Chapter 19 2. Prepare for a rainy day, Kublai Khan wants to attack Brother Ali

When Kaiping celebrates Kublai Khan's proclaiming of sweat, the mood of Brother Alibu, who is far away in Helin, Mobei, is as cold as the cold wind in early spring.Those supporters shouted and cursed, unable to accept this fait accompli.Therefore, they also followed Kublai Khan, and with the support of Mengge's queen Ulu Hunai concubine, Mengge's son Yulong Dashi, Chagatai's grandson Aluhu, and others, Ali Buge convened a meeting in Helin. The Kulitai Conference of the kings of the Northwest declared the Great Khan and controlled the Mongolian headquarters and Chahatai and Wokuotai Ulus (fiefdoms).On the grassland in Mobei, two suns appeared, and the fight between a pair of brothers slowly kicked off.

However, Kublai Khan's strategy, thinking, and organizational management capabilities are better than his fourth brother.He took precautions, and before the war came, he took active measures, tried every means to stabilize himself and disintegrate the opponent. In the camp of Kublai Khan in Kaiping, the intense research never stopped for a moment.Khubilai knew that, by Genghis Khan's laws, the snap election was informal.According to tradition, the Kuritai Conference should be held in the Mongolian grasslands, and the four Ulus representatives of Genghis Khan should be summoned to attend before the conference.His position was not so bright and aboveboard, and his younger brother would never let it go.Therefore, after succeeding to the throne, Kublai Khan immediately started to prepare for the contingency.

In the palace, before the festive decorations could be removed, the air became tense. The heads of various ministries and commanders at all levels gathered together to study the next step of the Great Yuan. Hao Jing said: "Your Majesty, when the emperor ascends the throne, he should declare to the world, let the people of the world rejoice, and let the people of the land support him. Now, our Great Yuan Empire should send envoys to travel around to let your Majesty's great event of heaven be delivered as soon as possible. Your Majesty’s people know this. Mobei and Lin, in particular, should send a huge mission to explain this to Prince Alibuge, so as to prevent villains from slandering and leading the people to misery.”

Kublai Khan had planned this for a long time. It would be best for his own brothers not to fight. After all, blood is thicker than water! Therefore, Kublai Khan immediately responded, and immediately organized a luxurious and aristocratic delegation of more than 100 people to go to Helin. Eloquent.Before leaving, Kublai Khan personally summoned them and told them earnestly: "The trip to Helin is glorious but dangerous. You must find a way to persuade my own brother, your fourth prince, to explain to him that since my brother has already Ascend to the throne, they are all from their own family, born of one mother, and one milk compatriot, why should they care about it? When the elder brother becomes a profuse sweat, he will naturally have the younger brother's share. How can the elder brother treat the younger brother badly? As long as he supports and supports him My brother is the Great Khan of Mongolia, and he will agree to whatever he wants!"

Hao Jing's intention is obvious, he wants to lure Brother Ali to lose the truth to Kublai Khan. As a result, the irritable Alibu was fooled. Not only did he not listen to Kublai Khan's earnest persuasion, but he also angrily put these more than a hundred special envoys into prison. The envoys were all killed.His excessive approach, in the eyes of many tribes of the Golden Family, he appeared extreme, irritable and disrespectful, so many tribes turned to Kublai Khan, and even some tribes who were killed did not hesitate Standing firmly at the forefront of opposing Brother Ali. Then, brother Alibu sent two groups of people to attack Yanjing aggressively, and first provoked the war.

The scheming Kublai Khan was just the opposite. He sent envoys to every tribe tirelessly, tried every means to win their support, and proved that he was a legitimate Mongolian Khan in order to win more people's support.Despite the long distance, he still sent envoys to the Qincha Khanate and said to Qincha Khan: "Kublai Khan is benevolent and a well-deserved king. The Qincha Khanate has always been close to the Torre family. Our Great Khan is I will never forget it!" At the same time, I told them that Kublai Khan also recognized the existence of the Kipchak Khanate, and the territory occupied by Batu during the "Eldest Son's Western Expedition" should be the irrefutable land of the Kipchak Khanate. The empire will recognize it together; the Mongolian Empire will be committed to economic and trade development with the Chincha Khanate, friendly trade, and mutual exchanges.At the same time, send a lot of gold and silk to win their support and support with money and territory.

For the Ilkhanate under his younger brother Hulagu, Kublai Khan won their support in the same way.The relationship between Xu Liewu and Kublai Khan has always been good. At this time, Xu Liewu is leading the third western expedition.Hulagu had conquered Baghdad at that time, and successively captured the cities in northern Mesopotamia, as well as Damascus and so on.After receiving the news that Kublai Khan was the Great Khan in Kaiping and had a dispute with Brother Ali Buk for the Khan position, he decided not to go to Helin, but to stay in Persia.With this method, Kublai Khan initially divided and disintegrated the front of Brother Alibu. In addition, Brother Alibu was arrogant, arrogant and violent, which made the tribes dislike him, so he went to tell Brother Alibu as his envoy. When proclaiming sweat, the kings resolutely resisted.Xu Liewu and Bie Erge drove his envoy out without saying a word...

After gaining the upper hand in politics, Kublai Khan did not stop preparing for the war.Kublai Khan, who is well versed in the way of using troops, knows that in war, he is actually fighting for the economy.Whoever can have a solid rear will be able to continuously obtain money and food, and whoever can go further in the war.What's more, Brother Ali controls the most elite troops in the entire grassland, plus most of Meng Ge's soldiers and horses, in fact, he controls 70 to 80% of the military power of the grassland tribes.With such a huge power, without the backing of sufficient money and food, his ideal can only be a dream, and his dream will eventually fade into fantasy.Therefore, he accepted the suggestions of Liu Bingzhong, Yao Shu and others, set up the Zhongshu Province in the central government, promoted Wang Wentong to be the administrative affairs of the Zhongshu Province, and was in charge of the government affairs of the Central Plains and Han, reformed the taxation system, "removed the old disadvantages, and established a new policy", Sufficient money and food were saved for the war.

In order to control the region more effectively, Kublai Khan listened to the suggestions of Liu Bingzhong, Yao Shu, Hao Jing, etc., set up provinces, and the central government directly dispatched cronies and capable ministers to various places to start building a stable rear.He first sent Zhao Bi and Dong Wenbing, who were outstanding in talent and serious in handling affairs, as envoys on Yanjing Road to help him consolidate Monan and ensure that the base of Wufu people and harmony was not violated.At the same time, more than 7,000 Qixue troops were recruited to station in Yanjing, and Shi Tianze and others were mobilized to station in Xingzhou to defend the capital and ensure the safety of the central government; In the town of Guanzhong, Ren Jingzhao and Sichuan Dao Xuanfu envoys planned strategies to pacify Guanlong and stabilize the southwest; Zhang Qiyuan was dispatched as Xijing Xuanfu envoys to control and stabilize the Guanzhong area and ensure that Ali Boke's army could not invade the Central Plains. ... After firmly grasping these important areas, they also sent officials to Yidu, Jinan, Henan, Pingyang, Taiyuan, Zhending, Jingzhao, and Dongpingping Road to encourage farming and mulberry, build water conservancy, and farm fields to grow grain , develop agricultural production, and heal war wounds as soon as possible.In order to avoid fighting on two fronts, Kublai Khan also sent his counselor Hao Jing to serve as a scholar in the Imperial Academy, to wear a golden tiger amulet, to act as an ambassador of the country's trust, and to carry his credentials to the Southern Song Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty negotiated peace. (Hao Jing was sent to the Southern Song Dynasty and was secretly imprisoned by Jia Sidao for 16 years, but his loyalty to Kublai Khan never changed. He was called "Su Wu" in the Southern Song Dynasty, and it was a good story for a while.)

He still handed over the Tupan area to his most trusted Basiba. Now, Kublai Khan wants people and people, money and food, and money and food. The conditions for war are ripe, and he can conquer the disobedient brother Alibu at any time.Moreover, this series of measures has also made more people realize that only Kublai Khan can rule this huge empire, and how can the grumpy and disorganized brother Alibu be qualified for the greatness of the great China? emperor! At this time, Kublai Khan has already occupied the right time, location and harmony of people, but Kublai Khan still can't sleep all night, why?Because the news reports that have been sent back one after another say that only Liupan Mountain and the Hundu Haibu in the Sichuan-Shanxi area are still loyal supporters of Brother Ali.Before the war, the Ministry can be calmed down in advance, so that there will be a better chance of winning.

Therefore, Kublai Khan secretly ordered the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi to try to disintegrate the front line of Brother Ali and eliminate the Hundu Haibu who dared to go against him and follow Brother Ali before confronting Brother Ali.After receiving the order, Lian Xixian and Shang Tingjiao ordered to kill Liu Taiping and Huo Luhai who supported Brother Ali in Jingzhao, to kill Mingli Huo in Chengdu, and to kill Qitai Buhua in Qingju. ocean.Hunduhai didn't like it, and tried to get closer to Brother Ali, but was defeated and the whole army was wiped out.Kublai Khan stabilized the southwestern region cleanly, lost the support of Hunduhai, Ali Boke broke his wings before leaving the army, and lost almost half of his strength. At this time, relying on the rich manpower and material resources of the Han land, Kublai Khan decided to send troops to crusade against this disobedient brother, so a war between the two "Khans" broke out.