Chapter 89 two

In the back garden of Xi Nei, Zhenjin and Princess Kuokuo are leisurely admiring the roses, peonies and roses in full bloom in the garden. Zhenjin chooses a purple-red rose and puts it in the bun for his wife. superior. Just seeing off his second son Da Ma Ba La, Kuo Kuo really looked a little sullen.Zhen Jin tried his best to make her happy, and kept telling her some anecdotes. Kuo Kuo really understood her husband's intentions, so he could only pull himself together, and smiled while agreeing. Yes, it is rare to have such good weather after the rain, and it is even rarer to have such a good mood as Zhenjin.

Some time ago, Kublai Khan issued an imperial decree, sending Bala as a deputy envoy, accompanied by the envoy and Li Huosun to the countries in southern India. At the same time, he sent Polo to the Ilkhanate to report Khan Aruhun formally promulgated his pardon. Aruhun was the grandson of Hulagu, the founder of the Ilkhanate, and the grandnephew of Kublai Khan.He succeeded his father in the 21st year of Zhiyuan (1284), and immediately sent envoys to Dadu to request the official canonization of Kublai Khan.In fact, since Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty and unified China, the Four Khanates (Golden Horde, Chagatai Khanate, Wokuotai Khanate, and Ili Khanate) were far beyond their reach. As in the period of Mongol Khan, it completely obeyed the orders of the central government and was basically in a semi-independent state.But even so, the Khans of the Four Great Khanates still regarded Kublai Khan as their suzerain Khan, and the Yuan Empire was their suzerain. Still willing to follow the arrangements and opinions of the central government.Among the four major Khanates, the Ili Khanate has the closest relationship with the Yuan Dynasty, which is probably related to the fact that the founders of the Ili Khanate, Hulagu and Kublai Khan, were compatriots.

Even more coincidentally, the two missions set off today after finishing all preparations, and Zhen Jin saw them off at Longfu Palace. Zhenjin's eldest son, Gan Mala, followed his uncle Namhan out of the town to the northwest two years ago, and has not had time to return to Beijing until now.Ba La this left again, only the youngest son Tie Mu'er was left under Zhen Jin and Kuo Kuo Zhen's knees.After all, Kuo Kuo is really a mother. When her sons grow up, they are often not around. She will inevitably feel lonely. According to Zu Khan's regulations, every morning, Tie Mu'er had to go to Kuizhang Pavilion in Xingsheng Palace to study. Sometimes, Zu Khan Kublai Khan even gave him lessons in person.When Tie Mu'er was a teenager, he fell into the habit of drinking for some reason. For this reason, Kublai Khan reprimanded him a lot. In the worst case, he even ordered people to tie him to a tree and whip him three times.The third time, Kublai Khan did it himself, and Tie Mu'er was beaten to pieces.Kuo Kuo Zhen didn't know it at the time, although Zhen Jin was in front of him, he couldn't persuade his furious father Khan.Thanks to Boyan, the right prime minister who had just returned from the northwest front, pleading repeatedly, Kublai Khan calmed down, threw his whip, and ordered the guards to take Tie Mu'er back to his palace to apply medicine.

Tie Mu'er's whole body was in severe pain, and of course he couldn't sleep well at night.When he woke up from his sleep again, he found Zuhan sitting beside him, holding a soaked towel in his hand, wiping the cold sweat off his face.Seeing him wake up, Zu Khan asked softly, "Does it hurt?" He couldn't answer for a moment.Under the dim candlelight, he realized for the first time that Zuhan was an old man.The wrinkles at the corners of the eyes, the no longer black hair and the no longer smooth cheeks all proved to him one thing: time is merciless.Under the dim light, he realized for the first time what kind of helplessness and vicissitudes were hidden behind Zu Khan's strength.

"It hurts, just tell Zuhan." Zuhan continued, his old voice full of infinite pity. Tie Mu'er cried, of course, not because of pain. "Cry when it hurts. It might be better if you cry. Tie Mu'er, come on, Zuhan wipes your sweat. Hey, you, among the three of you brothers, you are the most loving and smartest. Now , and you are the most worrying thing for Zu Khan." Tie Murren Zuhan wiped his sweat and tears for him.Suddenly, he turned over, knelt down on the bed, and kowtowed deeply to Zu Khan three times on the bed.He never said a word of contrition, but this act of his showed his resolve more than anything he said.

Since then, although Tie Mu'er drank alcohol occasionally, he never drank heavily. Zhen Jin himself prefers his eldest son, Gan Ma La, to his third son. Gan Ma La is loyal, generous, and brave in battle. This is what Zhen Jin likes and trusts most.The second son, Bala, was the favorite of his ancestor Khan Kublai Khan.Since he was a child, Bala has a cheerful personality, outstanding eloquence, long-term skills, and has shown extraordinary military command skills and adaptability. Therefore, Kublai Khan always took Bala with him every time he went on a personal expedition.Of course, people with discerning eyes can see that this is Kublai Khan's intention to train Baji so that he can truly become the candidate for the Great Khan after Zhenjin.

In fact, if Yala hadn't died young on his way to the South China Sea at the age of twenty-nine, the throne of sweat probably wouldn't have fallen to Tie Mu'er.And as a mother, Kuo Kuo really can't be exempt, her heart and soul is always her youngest son Tie Mu'er.It was this kind of mother's preference that made her, after the death of Kublai Khan in the 31st year of the Yuan Dynasty (1294), when the officials faced the dilemma of whether to serve Ganmala or Tiemu'er, she She did not hesitate to respect the mother of the country, and begged Boyan to help Tie Mu'er, and finally pushed the youngest son to the Khan position according to her idea.This is for a later story, so I won't show it for the time being.

Tie Mu'er finished his homework and came back in a hurry. In the back garden, he found his father and Eji. "Father, Erji, is my second brother gone?" He asked anxiously. "Let's go, just go." Tie Mu'er stomped his feet vigorously, and complained: "It's too uninteresting, so we can't wait another day, and leave after my birthday." Tomorrow is Tie Mu'er's 20th birthday, but at the age of 20, he is in his prime. "Eldest brother can't come back in time, the twentieth birthday is really boring." Tie Mu'er kicked the stone with his foot discouragedly, and walked to his father.

Zhen Jin looked at his son's childish face lovingly: "Did you teach you lessons, sir?" "Mr. came to stay for a while, gave me a topic and left. In a few days, the envoys of Annan (now Vietnam), Java (now Indonesia), Koryo (now Korea, South Korea) and other dependent countries will come to see the ancestors. Are you sweating? Of course the palace is busy." "What kind of topic did the master give you?" "It's about strengthening the state's rule over Tibetan areas. Father, I remember you told me that one year when the emperor Basiba left Lintao for Lhasa, you personally led the army to escort him."

"yes." "If you tell me about the situation at that time, maybe it will inspire me." "Alright." Zhen Jin nodded, with a faint smile on his face. "We set off in March. On the way, the emperor continued to explain the teachings of the Buddhist scriptures to me. Every time he explained, he would record it with a special pure gold powder. This is the famous "Expanding Knowledge". Later, we arrived at Saskya. There were people everywhere, on the mountainside and at the foot of the mountain, there were huge crowds of people, and countless believers worshiped. The Geshe in charge of teaching in Uszang (now Tibet) and the leaders in charge of religious affairs in various places held Hada came to greet him. On the second day, the emperor held a Dharma meeting with 70,000 monks. I also understand your patriarch Khan's political foresight and good intentions of respecting the emperor and teacher."

Before Tie Mu could speak, he stopped in surprise.He saw a jujube horse galloping towards him, and the person who came was Shang Wen, the father's friend and the young supervisor of the Taifu.The young supervisor of the Taifu is just the second official of the Taifu supervisor. From the fourth rank, his job is mainly to be in charge of the treasury cashier and food. His position is not high, but Shangwen personally has a close relationship with Zhenjin. "Shangwen has met the prince and concubine! I have met Prince Tiemu'er!" Shangwen got off his horse fifty steps away from the real gold, threw the reins to the guard who led him, and went straight to the three of them. In front of him, he was covered in hot sweat. "Excuse me! Shangwen, you came in a hurry, there must be some business?" "Yes. I have something important to tell the prince." "Oh? Please tell me." Shangwen looked at Kuo Kuo Zhen and Tie Mu Er in embarrassment. "Oh, Tie Mu'er, help Erji go back to the palace to rest first, I'll go back later." Kuo Kuozhen took two embroidered cushions from the handmaid, carefully placed them on the stone plinth, then nodded to Shang Wen, smiled and said: "Master Shang, you and the prince might as well sit down and talk. The prince's illness is just a little bit better. Don't make the prince too tired." "I understand." "Then, let's go first." "I respectfully send off the crown princess and prince!"