Li Xuandu couldn't confirm the truth of what the old khan said for a while, and now the golden horde has three pillars, namely the army stationed on the northwest border, the army stationed on the border of Liaodong, and the khan's personal guards stationed in the royal court.

Old Khan saw what Li Xuandu was thinking, and said: "Ili Khan is not equal to the cowardly Xue army, and destroying Ili Khan is not the same as destroying the cowardly Xue army. No matter what method Liaodong uses, as long as Ili Khan is defeated, I can take away his position as the Grand Lieutenant in the name of the Khan. In this way, there are two advantages, the first advantage is that the new khan does not have to face a high-ranking uncle, and it is not difficult to exile the Iri Khan, who is no longer the captain of the cowardly Xue army, and the second advantage is that the new khan can re-promote the Ili Khan without having to face the situation of being unsealed. In this way, it is the new khan who is benevolent to the Ili Khan, and the Iri Khan will naturally be loyal to the new khan. ”

Li Xuandu praised: "The Great Khan is well versed in the art of the emperor. ”

"Don't flatter me. Old Khan waved his arm, "I learned from the people of the Central Plains, your Emperor Wude of Great Wei divided the emperor's authority into two before he died, and handed it over to Zhang Suqing and Xie Pheasant respectively, his original intention was good, thinking that the two could check and balance each other, and when the little emperor grew up, he would be able to smoothly take back the authority from the hands of his teacher and mother, but what was the result? The little emperor has reached adulthood and has his first son, but he has not yet taken back his own power. Mother, let alone uncle?"

Li Xuandu said: "Ili Khan is a man of Mingli Khan. ”

Old Khan shook his head and said: "Mingli Khan is Mingli Khan, Ili Khan is Ili Khan, I believe in Ili Khan's loyalty, but I have to say that he is too nosy sometimes." In the words of you Central Plains people, Ili Khan has overstepped his duty as a courtier, and he should not have participated in the battle of the royal court, let alone dictated my decision, even if he was right. Of course, this does not prevent me from valuing him, and I sometimes think that if Irihan is not my younger brother, but my son, then I don't have to worry so much, he is a perfect heir, I can rest assured that I will put the cowardly army in his hands, I don't have to do anything, he can completely clear all obstacles with his own strength. ”

Li Xuandu very much agreed with the words of the old Khan, and the biggest disadvantage of Ili Khan was not that he did not have the blood of the Khan King, but that he only had the blood of the previous Khan King, and did not have the blood of the Khan King of the current generation.

Old Khan continued: "To be honest, according to the previous rules, it should be a brother to a brother, but now the Golden Horde is no longer the Golden Horde of the past, tents have become palaces, and even cities have been built on the steppe, and the throne of the Khan has become the inheritance of father and son, and even from the youngest son to the eldest son, and the Golden Horde has become more and more

The more he looks like the Central Plains, the more Ili Khan fights with the Central Plains people, and he is also the most deeply affected, do you see him now, is he very much like a stereotypical Central Plains person? He even married a Central Plains woman, it is said that he brought back from the Central Plains, that woman is the daughter of an official eunuch, she has read very well, Ili Khan likes to talk to her about Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, these things, and then he is more and more like a minister of the Central Plains, always wants to point fingers at the Khan, what does that word say?"

Li Xuandu said softly: "Advise." ”

"Yes, advise. Old Khan said: "I always want to advise, not greedy for money and fame." Maybe you and he can talk to each other. ”

Li Xuandu asked, "Why can't Mingli Khan inherit the throne of the Great Khan?"

Old Khan said: "Actually, you know that Mingli Khan is too old, in fact, the speed of the Khan's replacement is secondary, the key is that he has lost all his ambitions, and only thinks about how to keep his power, if such a person becomes the Great Khan of the Golden Horde, then the Golden Horde will only sink and degenerate, and eventually become rotten." ”

Li Xuandu asked again: "With the help of the old khan, Liaodong can help the old khan defeat the Ili Khan, but what can Liaodong get? ”

Old Khan said: "There is a saying in the Central Plains, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, even if the little emperor wants to support Zhao Zheng to do something, it is all difficult, let alone me, the lord of the enemy country." However, defeating Ili Khan itself is the best reward, Zhao Zheng wants to enter the customs, wants to go south, and cares about his own back, although the Golden Horde can form an alliance with Liaodong, but no one will believe that a mere contract can bind both sides, but he defeated Ili Khan, and the Golden Horde has no spare strength to attack Liaodong, which is more reliable than any contract, I believe that Zhao Zheng will not let go of this golden opportunity. ”

Li Xuandu had to admit that what Lao Khan said was very reasonable, and defeating the Golden Horde army under the command of Ili Khan would be the biggest relief for Liaodong, which was far more attractive than gold, silver and land.

However, Li Xuandu still felt that Old Khan's idea was a little too bold, and couldn't help but say: "Isn't the Great Khan afraid that Liaodong will take the opportunity to attack the royal court?"

Old Khan said: "Migratory birds migrate, fly south in autumn for the winter, and fly back in spring. Historically, the Northern Expedition was chosen when the weather was warm, and who would have made the Northern Expedition to the grassland when the weather was cold and frozen? When the time came, the warriors of the Golden Horde would have defeated them with snow, wind, and severe cold. ”

Li Xuandu said: "But it's spring soon." ”

Old Khan said with a smile: "I have lived on the grassland all my life, living in water and grass, moving according to the four seasons, and in the spring, the royal court will move to the east court, away from Liaodong." Secondly, the spring cold is still precipitous, and the snow on the grassland does not melt, and the cavalry of the Central Plains is unable to meet these conditions

Under the labor division expedition. Finally, if the Liaodong army wants to go south, it has to guard against the golden horde behind it, and if Liaodong wants to go north, there is no need to guard against the Central Plains court on the other side?"

Li Xuandu had no choice but to nod and say, "Old Khan is far-sighted and thoughtful. ”

Old Khan said with a smile: "I have written down the praise of the envoy of the Central Plains, and when people are old, they always like to listen to some pleasant words." ”

Li Xuandu said: "It's not just flattery, the wisdom of Old Khan really convinces me. ”

Old Khan laughed, "An old man hates the contempt of young people the most, and being able to get sincere praise from an excellent young man will make me, an old man, have a good mood all day." ”

Li Xuandu smiled slightly and did not speak. In front of Old Khan, although he had a transcendent realm of cultivation, and he could kill this dying old man with just a thought, Old Khan's aura gave him a feeling that he couldn't use it. It's not that he is afraid of Lao Khan, but in Lao Khan's body, he faintly sees the shadows of Li Daoxu and Xu Wugui, and at the same time, Lao Khan has a personality charm that is difficult to refuse, perhaps it can be called the spirit of a king, which is slightly lacking in Li Daoxu and Xu Wugui. In all fairness, if Lao Khan was not the Great Khan of the Golden Horde, but the emperor of Great Wei, perhaps it would be difficult for Li Xuandu to be hostile.

At the beginning, Li Xuandu had the idea of assassinating Lao Khan, wanting to use Lao Khan's death to stir up chaos in the royal court, but now Li Xuandu has changed his mind, and he decided to change from a fake messenger to a real messenger, promote this "peace", and completely defeat Iri Khan. Maybe Zhao Zheng didn't expect that Lao Khan would give such "rich" conditions. Then again, it is impossible for Lao Khan to inform Yue of this kind of important event, and then let her pass the word to Zhao Zheng, he can only say it himself, and the identity of the envoy of the Central Plains must be of sufficient weight, so Lao Khan will be sure that Qin Qing will come in person as a messenger, and said that if Qin Qing comes in person, he will meet him as soon as possible, and if it is a nobody, he will not show up at all.

Thinking of this, Li Xuandu suddenly understood Zhao Zheng's "kindness" to Lao Khan's release It's not that he didn't know anything, so he decided to go to the Golden Horde by Qin Qing in person, only because Qin Qing couldn't make the trip for some reason, so he asked Li Xuandu to go on his behalf, and Zhao Zheng just guessed, and couldn't fully grasp the intention of the old Khan, plus Zhao Zheng and Li Xuandu didn't have a deep relationship, if this matter leaked out, I was afraid that I would be slandered by Confucianism as a collaborator and traitor, and I couldn't argue, so I couldn't tell the truth, so I could only tell Li Xuandu vaguely, and only said that I would listen to the truth of the royal court.

When the two were talking, Lao Khan's car was already close to Lao Khan's Golden Horde, after all, Xiao Yan's palace was close to Lao Khan's Golden Horde, Lao Khan enjoyed the kneading of the two female slaves, and said: "Messenger, the national teacher wants to see you, do you want to see him?"