"Those princes were defeated, and the Great Khan of Timur did not blame them, but only let them repair in the city. In the evening of the same day, the congregation of the True God rose up in rebellion. The army in the city is pressed. The next morning, the princes suddenly attacked the city gates. At that time, the armies in the city had been scattered in the city, and the army guarding the gate was caught off guard and was captured by them. These men led the army of the slave dynasty to attack the imperial city. The Great Khan's pro-army was already small, and he was caught off guard by them and lost the imperial city. The Great Khan had to withdraw from the city of Baghdad. ”

Hao Kang's expression was gloomy but not angry when he told this, and the hatred was suppressed in his heart, which made Yang Congrong feel that Hao Kang was more powerful. If you think about it, you can understand that even if Hao Kang is angry at this time, he will bring all the troops of Damascus to attack Baghdad and it will only be a moth to the fire. At this time, Damascus had to consider whether they would be attacked by the slave dynasty. Recalling that Hao Kang was detained in Constantinople, and when he saw Yang Congrong, he said some youthful and vigorous words to Yang Congrong, this young man has really grown up a lot now.

"Your Excellency Hao Kang, I wonder what your plans are going to do in the future?" Yang asked calmly.

"I want to formally join the Quad and form the Eastern Mediterranean Alliance."

"The Yuan Kingdom and the Western Roman Empire were vassal states of the Mongols. Wouldn't it be embarrassing for you to join like that? Although he was talking about embarrassing topics, Yang Congrong was not only not embarrassed, but looked very comfortable.

Hao Kang's expression was not embarrassed, he said naturally: "The so-called vassal country, everyone actually knows what is going on. I don't want to bring it up, and I hope that if you do, you won't mention it either. ”

"If Mongolia joins, the constitution of the alliance will definitely need to be adjusted." As the person who drafted the alliance treaty document, Yang Congrong did not want to be vague. The Quadripartite Alliance had a position, and the treaty stipulated that if Mongolia and the Great Song were at war, the Yuan Kingdom and the Western Roman Empire were not allowed to side with the Mongols. Now that Mongolia wants to join, the basic treaty of the Quadripartite Alliance will of course have to be re-signed. Otherwise, there will be a 'I'm against myself' funny situation.

Hao Kang expressed his attitude bluntly, "Minister Yang, the Mongolia under my command will not be an enemy of the Great Song Dynasty, and the new alliance will also be based on cooperation."

"Whether it is an enemy or not is not by a paper covenant. The reason we unite must be that there is an external enemy, and when the enemy disappears, the old covenant will inevitably change. Yang calmly expressed his attitude very frankly, "Even if the enemy disappears, there will be personnel changes within the participating countries, and the policies of this country will still change dramatically." We are very tolerant of this, because we know it very well. Yang said it beautifully and crisply, because that's how he sees things in his heart.

Under the order of Zhao Guanjia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs specially organized manpower to cooperate with the Great Song Archives Bureau and the history department of the university, and spent nearly ten years sorting out the huge documents of the "History of the Great Song Dynasty Negotiations". In addition to sorting out, it is also necessary to analyze and summarize, comparing various previous histories, the Zhao Guanjia completely solved all the barbarian problems in the territory that the Great Song Dynasty now controls. The barbarians either returned to heaven happily, or accepted the leadership of the Great Song Dynasty with joy and sincerity. Moreover, those obedient mountain people and cave people, without exception, regarded themselves as Song people, and lived a happy life without starvation through labor.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs cannot be regarded as a belligerent department in the Great Song Dynasty, but the Zhao official family likes Han Feizi, and of course the Ministry of Foreign Affairs cannot lag behind. It is written in the five beetles that when Shun is in time, there are seedlings who are not satisfied, and Yu will cut them down. Shun said, "No." Virtue is not thick and martial arts, not Tao. 'It is a three-year practice, doing Qi dance, and there are seedlings and clothes. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs undoubtedly has the most profound understanding of this passage in the various ministries.

Hao Kang pondered, but obviously felt that he couldn't grasp the point of his words. This can't be blamed on Hao Kang, because behind every sentence Yang Congrong said there were many painful lessons that made the Great Song Dynasty personnel who compiled the "History of the Great Song Dynasty Negotiations" unable to hold back tears. There are many historical facts that Yang Congrong can't bear to read. This kind of hundreds of years of thick history is not something that a young man like Hao Kang can accumulate on his own.

However, Hao Kang was not unable to talk about it because of this, he simply went straight to the topic, "Minister Yang, I don't know what I have to do to get the approval of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"Build a civilized nation that we can believe in." Yang replied calmly. The Zhao official family has always been very tolerant of civilized countries, such as the Wa State, and the Great Song Dynasty has never considered taking the initiative to crusade. Even after the acquisition and payment of Shikoku Island, Shikoku Island did not want to split Shikoku Island from the Wa Kingdom and turn it into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

Based on Yang Congrong's experience in the Eastern Mediterranean, not to mention the thousand-year-old countries such as the Eastern Roman Empire, even the Western Roman Empire established by Boyan and the Yuan Kingdom established by Hao Ren have all received the help of the Great Song Dynasty. Because the Zhao Guanjia firmly believes that a civilized country must have its existence value. If it is a barbaric nation, no matter how strong it is for a while, it will be born of injustice and die of shame.

"Minister Yang, I have asked the officials of the Great Song Dynasty and Zhao to help us build a system, but in fact, I want to take the path of building a civilized country. It's just that at this time, Mongolia is in danger, like a dried carp. It's just too big to start with the big picture. ”

"It's not about grandeur. The territory of Eastern Rome and the territory of Western Rome are not great powers. Now both countries are encountering serious domestic problems, but we still believe in the two countries and have cooperated with them a lot. If Mongolia makes the same request, I wonder if His Excellency Hao Kang will believe it? ”

"Your Excellency shouldn't be talking about Mongolia's non-compliance with the agreement." Hao Kang's expression was very ugly.

"Not really. Because we know very well what these two countries are going to do, their purpose of solving the problem is very different from that of Mongolia. ”

Hao Kang felt that he couldn't hold back his anger, but he held back his anger and said: "Mongolia did sign an agreement with the Great Song Dynasty before, and then reneged on the alliance and acted against the Great Song Dynasty. But now Mongolia is different, and we are sincerely willing to be friendly with the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"To put it bluntly, if Your Excellency Hao Kang says this, it means that Your Excellency's Mongolia has not changed at all. That's all for today, please think about what is going on. After Yang calmly finished speaking, he got up and said goodbye.

Hao Kang was angered by Yang's calm words, and part of his anger was indeed due to the feeling that he had been humiliated personally. But more partly because Yang Congrong used his advantage to prescribe vicious conditions to Hao Kang. Didn't Yang Congrong just want Mongolia to be a vassal to the Great Song Dynasty! Hao Kang could respect the Great Song very much and could kneel to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, but he couldn't accept to surrender to the Great Song from the beginning. And Yang Congrong thought so and said it directly, and a lot of long-winded words were accusing Mongolia of being wrong. Is it necessary to be like this when you are such an adult?

Angry and didn't want to discuss with the ministers, Hao Kang went back to his residence directly. Seeing his wife greet him in the living room, Hao Kang couldn't help but smile although he was angry. As long as I see classmate Mu's classmate Hao Kang, I feel happy, this is something that others can't bring Hao Kang. I was happy in my heart, and a smile naturally appeared.

"What's the matter, look at your upset." Mu asked.

Hao Kang's heart warmed, but his wife was still intimate. He pulled his wife to sit on the sofa and began to tell Yang Congrong's words. Mu didn't attend the meeting because he felt a little embarrassed. At this time, listening to Hao Kang's words, he frowned slightly at first, and it didn't take long for him to interrupt Hao Kang's words, "You wait first." I think you think Minister Yang is blackmailing you? ”

"Isn't it?" Hao Kang asked rhetorically.

"Zhao Guanjia once said that the prodigal sons and rangers are running from place to place, and the difference between them is that the prodigal sons are homeless, and the rangers are home. The prodigal son is a bit like you now, feeling that there is no place for the world to be big. The rangers are different, they already have in their hearts the world they agree with, the truth they agree with, and the morality they adhere to. Even if they are unborn, they are willing to help. In fact, the reason why they made a move was not to get something from that person, but that they were denying themselves if they didn't do it. Back then, you hated Da Song so much, was it because Da Song did something unacceptable to you personally? ”

Hao Kang was stunned, he really didn't think so. Thinking carefully about his past, he was suffering for Mongolia, not because of the pain or injustice he himself suffered. Just like he himself didn't have much friendship with Timur Khan, but seeing Timur Khan, who represented Mongolia, being attacked by traitors and suffering from the pain of life and death, Hao Kang just felt unacceptable.

But after thinking about it, Hao Kang didn't understand the more specific connection between this and him. Finally, Hao Kang asked, "Madam, what do you think Minister Yang wants to say?" ”

Classmate Mu did not answer directly, but told Hao Kang about Da Songlai. In addition to the strong military support for the construction of these systems in the Great Song Dynasty, the upper echelons were quite unified under the leadership of the Zhao official family. Although there are many people who oppose the state ownership of land, many more people firmly support the state ownership of land. When Director Mu and Hao Kang were in school, there was also a lot of education, which explained from the root how the exploitation of private landlords of land was harmful to the court and people of the Great Song Dynasty with a centralized system.

After talking about the education that he and Hao Kang had experienced when they were students, Mu asked, "Who do you think comes first between the Zhao Guanjia's efforts to build the country and the war?" Afraid that Hao Kang wouldn't understand, classmate Mu asked Hao Kang in more straightforward words, "Do you think that the Zhao official family built the Great Song Dynasty to fight a war, or did it fight a war to build a country?" ”

"This ......" Hao Kang thought for a while, and replied with some reluctance: "The war is to build the country. ”

"What about Mongolia? I don't think it's too much to use the Mongolian tradition to plunder and get rich. Mu shared her views.