Chapter 171 Peace Discussion (Part 2)

"This Kublai Khan is so cruel that he actually did this." Li Jun said in a deep voice with a serious expression.

Li Tingzhi, Wen Tianxiang, Liao Shenggong, Lu Xiufu, Du Dayong and others also looked solemn, looking at Li Jun and waiting for Li Jun to show his instructions.

Hu Gou, a scientist who is good at improving animal breeds and raises good pigs, cows and horses, looked frightened, and sweat beads oozing out of his face. After hearing Li Jun's words, he knelt down to apologize to Li Jun and said, "Your Majesty, this is all incompetent. If you didn't discover it in time, you will have this disaster. Please punish the emperor."

Li Jun stood up, helped Hu Gou up, and comforted him: "Don't blame yourself. If you hadn't discovered it early, you wouldn't know how big the disaster would be. It would be great if you discovered it. It would not lead to a greater disaster. This is all your credit, and you are not wrong."

Kublai Khan's spirit is really beyond the reach of ordinary people. Li Jun offered him a condition to ask for 5,000 mares. Not only did he not give the mare, he gave all the horses. His intention was very obvious, that is, he did not give the Southern Song horses a chance to reproduce quickly. Whether he gave Li Jun's mare or a stallion, the Southern Song Dynasty got 5,000 high-quality mares that could be bred, so the number of horses in the Southern Song Dynasty would increase a lot. He gave the horses, which avoided this situation. For Mongolia, this was indeed a good method.

The real gold is still in the hands of the Southern Song Dynasty. If he does this, if a bad thing is to cause trouble to the real gold, maybe Li Jun will kill the real gold in anger. This is a dangerous move, and only a person like Kublai Khan dares to do this.

If things ended here, Li Jun, who had always been calm, would not be so serious. Kublai Khan's courage was really unimaginable. It was tolerant to send five thousand horses, because sending a good stallion in the Southern Song Dynasty, which needed horses in great demand, would be tantamount to shooting himself in the foot. It is reasonable to replace stallions with horses and there is no need to pursue it.

However, all the horses sent by Kublai Khan were fed with chronic poison, but also with feed with plague. His intention was very obvious, that was to use these five thousand horses to poison the war horses of the Southern Song Dynasty. It can be imagined that if the Southern Song Dynasty got these five thousand top-quality horses, it would have to be equipped with troops and would be assigned to various troops. Once the plague broke out, the Southern Song Dynasty war horses would be infected with horse plague on a large scale, and the number of deaths would be immeasurable.

As a result, the unpredictable losses brought to the Southern Song Dynasty would have a huge impact on the military operations of the Southern Song Dynasty, and in turn would affect the military strategy of the Southern Song Dynasty. This was an extraordinary move for Kublai Khan. If it succeeds, it would be easy to know the benefits it would bring to the Mongols.

For the Southern Song Dynasty, it may be called a devastating catastrophe. Western historians claim that the reason why the Western Expedition of Badu was terminated was because Mongolian war horses were infected with horse plague and died in large numbers, which made the Mongolian army no longer able to fight and had to retreat. Then, a few years later, later generations would say that the large-scale death of war horses greatly weakened the military strength of the Southern Song Dynasty, and had to change the entire military strategy, and was in an extremely unfavorable position in the decisive battle of the Central Plains.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu and Yue fought for hegemony. In order to avenge, the King of Yue adopted the poisonous plan of Wenzhong and selected the best millet and steamed it and gave it to the Wu Kingdom. Seeing that the millet was full, Fuchai of Wu was very happy and used it as seeds to plant it for the people of Wu Kingdom. The result was imagined, that was, the Wu Kingdom had no harvest, and the famine caused it, and the damage caused to Wu Kingdom could not be estimated.

Kublai Khan's plan was similar to this, and his intention was really sinister and vicious enough!

Fortunately, the heavens are not as good as humans, so this problem was discovered by Hu Gou. Speaking of the discovery, it seems to be accidental, but in fact it was because of Li Jun's wise decision-making. Hu Gou followed Li Jun's instructions and selected a group of veterinarians to conduct attack training for them. This training is extremely targeted, mainly targeting horses, especially war horses. Hu Gou naturally understood this point. In order to maximize the effect, he brought his students to the horse farm to explain the characteristics of Mongolian horses. The war horses raised in this horse farm happened to be Mongolian good horses brought by Tumuhuan, because they had arrived in Lin'an and had not had time to distribute them. For Hu Gou, this was the best specimen, so he brought his students here to intern.

Unexpectedly, during the explanation, he found that something was wrong with these horses. After careful analysis, he found that he had done something to the Mongolians. He knew that this matter was extremely important and immediately came to see Li Jun and report it.

Maybe this is God's will!

If Hu Gou hadn't discovered it early, the consequences would have been unimaginable once these horses were assigned. Li Jun would not be an exaggeration to praise him so much. Li Tingzhi and the others kept nodding and expressed their deep agreement.

It was Hu Gou's responsibility to check the Mongolian horses. It was logical that this matter was inseparable from him, so he should be punished. Unexpectedly, Li Jun not only did not blame him, but also comforted him with gentle words. It was really unexpected. Hu Gou could not believe it and said, "Your Majesty, this is my duty, and I am unforgivable..."

Li Jun shook his hand and interrupted him, "This is your duty, but you have a lot of things and you can't get rid of yourself. How can you have time to check these horses? You can find that it's not too late to make up for the dead." After a pause, he said, "This reminds us that Kublai Khan, the opponent, is hard to guard against, and we must not take it lightly."

This incident fully proves Kublai Khan's courage and wisdom. He is really an extremely difficult opponent. Li Tingzhi and the others thought so in their hearts, saying: "I should follow the Hadith!"

"The other problem exposed is that the court lacks talents like Hu Gou too. If there are more talents like Hu Gou, even if there are more, this might not happen. Therefore, the court must increase its investment and cultivate more talents in this area." Li Jun continued: "General Liao, immediately carry out a major horse inspection across the entire army to see if there are any problematic horses. This is one of the first things. Second, eliminate all the horses that cannot be used."

No matter how talented a person is, he cannot do everything. His energy is limited after all, so some people think that even a genius who is rare is not as important as a good team. Napoleon was hailed as the greatest military genius in human history, but the result was that he was eventually defeated by Waterloo. The reasons are many. One is certain: he put everything on himself and did not build a powerful team. This is the vivid metaphor of "inverted triangle" by Western historians. Napoleon was the fulcrum of this inverted triangle. When he was exhausted, his empire collapsed.

Li Jun's words really hit the nail on the head. Improved species was difficult for the ancients to understand and accept. If a outstanding scientist like Hu Gou had not met Li Jun, a wise monarch with a strong modern consciousness, his ending would have been destined: he would be regarded as an alien and ended up in depression.

If there were more talents like Hu Gou, everyone would do their own things and would have more things to manage, and such things would not happen again.

Liao Shenggong stood up and said, "I obey the order."

"Is these horses still saved?" Li Jun asked Hu Gou with anticipation. Five thousand excellent Mongolian horses were of great significance to the Southern Song Dynasty, which was in great need of horses. If these horses could be cured, it would be a great thing.

Hu Gou thought for a while and said, "Prince, please rest assured, I will definitely cure these horses."

He is a rigorous scientist and is not sure enough to say such things. Li Jun said with great confidence: "Then please. Well, Isolate these horses first, and then distribute them after they are cured and observed for a while."

This is a safe way, and Liao Shenggong and the others agreed very much.

"Emperor, the Tartars are so rampant that they don't take the court seriously, so they should teach them some lessons. If the Tartars know, the court is not easy to mess with." Wen Tianxiang said indignantly.

His words were immediately responded by Li Tingzhi, saying: "Your Majesty, I had doubts about the punishment of Tumuhuan. Now it seems that the emperor is still wise and has the ability to know the future. When I think about it, I feel ashamed."

"There is no way to know the future, you can really brag." Li Jun thought in his heart, saying, "Xiangfu's words are serious. Isn't this obvious? Talking is also a fight, and whether it is not a talk or a fight, whether it is a talk or not, so talk is just a game. If a child plays a house, I can't really do it. I will deal with it with it in a joke, just as I should."

He said in contemplation: "You are right, it's time to give Kublai Khan some color, otherwise he wouldn't take the court seriously." He picked up his pen, wrote at his desk, and picked it up and handed it to Liao Shenggong, saying: "General Liao, send this to Zheng Jinghe immediately and ask him to act according to his plan." Zheng Jinghe is now commanding the war on the Shandong Peninsula.

"I obey the order." Liao Shenggong took it and read it, and said excitedly: "In this way, Kublai Khan will definitely never forget it for the rest of his life."

Li Jun gave a special reminder and said, "Tell Zheng Jinghe that if you let go of your hands and feet, you must act ruthlessly and never show mercy, so that Kublai Khan will never forget you!"

"Prince, please rest assured, I understand." Liao Shenggong said confidently: "Kublai thought we would definitely attack Zhenjin. What he could not have imagined was that we would actually go to his doorstep to make a big fuss."

Li Jun said: "When beating a dog, we need to look at the owner. Let's beat the dog first, then show it to the owner, and bring Tumuhuan immediately!"

Tumuhuan dragged Duan Ganmu in like a dead dog, throwing it heavily on the ground, as if a soft dough was slumped on the ground, looking weak.

Li Jun looked carefully and saw that Tumuhuan, the loyal envoy of Kublai Khan, would be ashamed if Kublai Khan saw him. His face was pale and blood-colored, like a piece of white paper. If the people in the country didn't know that they would definitely regard him as a dead body dug out of the soil when they saw him.

His lips were as dry as a turtle shell, and a layer of frost was covered with a faint whiteness, his eyes were dull, and his originally flexible eyes no longer existed, turning into dead gray and gray. What does the person who was dying of thirst in the desert look like? What does he look like?

It's just after the Spring Festival, and the weather is still cold. How could he become like this? Lin'an is located in the famous and rich water town of Jiangnan. There is a desert at all. He is a big and lively person who is jumping around. In addition to Li Jun and Li Tingzhi, the two of them here know the truth, Wen Tianxiang, Lu Xiufu, Liao Shenggong, and Du Dayong are not clear about the matter, and they look at him with curious eyes. They are all famous people of talent. They don't know how many thoughts have changed in their minds, just thinking about the ignorance of the passage. Why is Tumuhuan like this?

"Shuishui, give me water, I want to drink water." Tumuhuan slept on the ground, asking for water weakly: "Give me water, please give me some water."

"If you don't have water to drink in the water town of Jiangnan, it's too hard to believe it. God's evil deeds are like forgiveness; people's evil deeds cannot survive! Perhaps, this is God's punishment for the evil deeds, so I won't give you water to drink." Liao Shenggong fully utilized his rich imagination and thought in his heart.

His thoughts were also what Wen Tianxiang and the others thought. They looked at each other, shook their heads at each other, and meant that they could not understand. As if they had some understanding, they looked at Li Jun, and saw Li Jun staring at Tumuhuan with a look of his eyes, indifferent, and very well understood that this was Li Jun's masterpiece.

Li Jun made a gesture and Duan Ganmu brought a bowl of cold water. Before he could walk to Tumuhuan, Tumuhuan's nose was more flexible than that of the hunting dog on the grassland. He had already smelled the water vapor and suddenly became energetic. He jumped up from the ground and rushed to Duan Ganmu. He stretched out his hands and grabbed the bowl, and drank it with his mouth. Looking at his drinking water, he really couldn't compliment it. It looked the same as the reaction of the thirsty cow who had not drunk water for several days when he suddenly saw the water.

Logically, he was an envoy from Mongolia, and his every move represented the image of Mongolia. He was very particular and could not drink water like this, but he couldn't bear the thirst and could not bear it.

Don’t say that he can’t help it. Even a gentleman who “don’t drink the water of the thief” may not be able to bear it if he pours saturated salt water for more than ten days, and he will behave the same as him.

Li Jun’s method of dealing with him was actually very simple. He was not considered a clever idea. Juejue was that there were really not many people who wanted to get this idea, and even fewer people dared to implement it. That is, to circle Dumuhuan, prevent him from moving, add excessive salt to his diet, make his mouth thirsty, and then put supersaturated salt water on the small window. Dumuhuan drinks too much, and there is still the reason why he will not die of thirst?

It is not without his reason that Tumuhuan was able to choose Kublai Khan as an envoy. His performance was really remarkable. At the beginning, he was persevering and swearing to never eat or drink. Li Jun had expected his reaction, and specially adjusted an imperial chef with extremely high skills from the imperial kitchen to cook for him. Li Jun's requirement was that the food must be made extremely exquisitely, and the ability you have was to use. Of course, there was only one limit, which was to put enough salt to death.

In other words, except for excessive salt, everything is normal for the diet. Can the food cooked by the imperial chef be bad? It is full of color, fragrance and taste, and put it on the window and let him use it. Tumuhuan really couldn't resist the temptation, and he couldn't bear to eat it. At the beginning, he kept reminding himself to eat less, but the man who was hungry and could defeat him, let alone him, and he would be out of control as soon as he ate it.

As a result, friends all want to find that the more they eat, the more they become, the more they drink water, and the more they drink water, the more they become, the more thirsty he becomes. Later, he himself didn't know whether he was a living person or a salty person? The salt content was so heavy that it was unimaginable that a certain part would be salty and painful when it was released. Not only did he suffer, but his younger brothers and sisters suffered.

The crime is really great!

It was not only Tumuhuan who received this "special treatment", but Tamuyi and others were also "rewarded" and each of them "can't enjoy it all".

After drinking Tumuhuan, she wiped her mouth, licked her tongue, and said, "Some more, come again. It's so delicious, so delicious." A bowl of cold water, if he wouldn't even take a look at it on weekdays, there is anything good. Now it's time to change, and only then can you know the sweetness of water and the preciousness of water.

Li Jun shook his hand, Duan Ganmu pressed Tumuhuan onto the chair and said, "If you want to drink water, it's beautiful! If you want to drink urine, you have to sprinkle it yourself." Thinking of the wonderfulness of this, he couldn't help it and burst out laughing.

This matter was very interesting, and when I said something interesting to him, Li Tingzhi and the others could no longer hold it back and covered their mouths and laughed. The Mongolians have always been arrogant and did not take the Song people seriously. Unexpectedly, they had such unlucky times. They felt a moment of emotion in their hearts, and they smiled happily.

However, after thinking about it, although Li Jun's method is not very serious, this soft knife is still a good way to deal with Tumuhuan.

After drinking a bowl of water, Tumuhuan recovered a lot of spirit and protested: "I want to protest. The most basic truth is that the two countries will fight for war and not kill the envoys. Your envoys have not been insulted when they arrive in Dayuan."

Before he could speak, Wen Tianxiang stood up and shouted, "Stop. You have the nerve to say, "When the envoy from my dynasty goes to the Tartars, did you suffer any insults? If nothing else, just say that Wen went to Boyan's camp. Didn't he set up a sword mountain sword formation for Wen?"

This is an indisputable fact and no one can change it. Tumuhuan was stunned for a moment, but fortunately his reaction was not slow and said, "A man, a real man, licks blood from the knife head, doesn't have to frown even when facing the sword mountain sword formation. Is Lu Shan afraid?" Although this is a rebuttal, it does not lose his heroic spirit, which makes people feel disappointed when they hear it.

"Since Wen entered the officialdom, he has put life and death aside. Why fear the mere formation of the Tartars?" Wen Tianxiang said coldly.

Tumu Huanli argued: "The sword formation is open and honest. It is much better than you use salt to deal with me. It is like one in the sky and the other in the ground. You are really despicable and shameless, using such despicable means to deal with the envoys of the Yuan Dynasty."

"Shut up, are you an envoy or a spy? Are you not enough of your hands and feet in horses? Not even vicious?" Li Jun asked sternly.
Chapter completed!