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CHAPTER STAYING IN MARS

In September in the south of the Yangtze River, flowers and willows are still blooming, but the grass and trees in the north are withered and yellow, covered with white frost, and even the shores of the White Sea have frozen. The Chahan Naoer Palace by the lake is shrouded in white mist in the early morning. The bonfires in the camps of the guards outside the city have not yet been extinguished. The soldiers on duty are spraying white vapor with their mouths and noses, and ice particles are hanging on the edge of their leather caps.

He Weixian walked out of the camp tent and was shaking when the biting cold wind blew. He tightened his leather robe and pressed his sable hat. He took the sleeves handed over by the servant, and led the two long followers into the imperial city with both hands in his sleeves, preparing to attend the morning court. He checked his waist sign outside the city gate and stepped into the palace city. He couldn't help but sigh.

He Weixian has been holding his breath for a long time. Since Xin Khan succeeded to the throne, his status has been deteriorating. No one has ever tested his waist card when he went in and out of the palace before. His face is better than Dahan's gold medal. But now he is not only going in and out of the palace to check his waist card, but he has no power to Suwei Palace, and can only serve as a peripheral guard outside the city.

He Weixian could understand this. After all, although he was deeply trusted by Zhen Jin Khan and was ordered to support Tiemur ascend. However, he strangled Sang Ge in public in the palace, led troops to purge the political enemies in the capital, and killed the powerful and powerful kings of the Mongyuan Sect in a river. Of course, he was also afraid of Xin Khan. Fortunately, Zhen Jin Khan was also aware of the people and left him a way out, allowing him to lead his troops out of the capital to serve as the Taiyuan Road Xuanwei envoy, avoiding the possible liquidation.

However, He Weixian was exempted from the subsequent liquidation, but it was still affected. His father lost his official position, accepted a gold medal, and awarded a general Guangwei's idle official position and was banned. But he was still satisfied. It was a blessing that he could save his life in this chaotic situation.

"Hmph!" The imperial city is not big, it is just a rectangular city with a total of 300 steps north and south and more than 300 steps east and west. He Weixian walked along the imperial road and went to the outside of the palace city to prepare to enter the hall in a short while. Looking at the stone palace walls, he couldn't help but snorted coldly.

The Mongolian Yuan implemented the two-duty system. Starting from the period of Kublai Khan, they usually set out from Dadu in the second and third months of the Xia calendar. They "paid northern tour" Shangdu and returned to Dadu in August and September. The emperor stayed in Shangdu for nearly half a year every year. When the emperor visited Shangdu, the entourage staff included concubines, princes, Mongolian kings, prime ministers, and hundreds of officials. They each had their own positions and officials, leaving only the Central Secretariat Pingzhang, and several people from the Right Prime Minister or the Left Prime Minister stayed in Dadu.

In February this year, Tiemur went out for the northern tour of Dadu. He Weixian was ordered to lead the troops to the Shangdu Guards. After staying in Shangdu for half a year, he was preparing to return north on time. However, after only two days of travel, he received the Southern Emperor's northern tour from Lin'an. The teams returning to Dadu were stationed in Chahannao Palace. More than 100,000 people had been stopped here for nearly twenty days.

Although no one said why, everyone knew it. The Khan was worried that the Southern Dynasties would destroy the peace agreement and invade the north again, while the Southern Dynasties emperor just wanted to fight in person under the banner of a northern tour. He Weixian knew that the Khan was afraid, and was afraid that the Southern Army would go north and go straight to Dadu and be trapped in the city at that time, so he said that his body was pretending to be wandering outside the border.

He Weixian was very disdainful of the Khan's cowardice. He thought that all the Khans of the Yuan Dynasty were not famous for their martial arts. They had personally led their troops to fight and conquer a huge country. However, Tiemur only heard the news of the Southern Dynasties' northern tour. He had not yet confirmed that the Southern Dynasties wanted to invade the north and was so scared that he dared not return to Beijing, without the heroic spirit of his ancestors.

If it was just because he was marginalized, He Weixian could still understand that this was just a Khan's art of defending the enemy. However, looking at the upstarts and guards who were standing in front of him with their heads raised and looked proud, he felt depressed. He thought that when he was on duty and serving the Khan, they didn't know where to farm horses and farm!

On the bloody night when the real gold died, countless powerful people died, and there will inevitably be upstarts to fill the vacant position. The guards who are on the Khan tent are naturally the focus of rectification, and the guards stationed in the Kuli area are the top priority.

In the past, there were not many Mongolian troops guarding the northern part of the Mobei region and being led by the kings, but not many remained in the Central Plains. Among them, there were only four Mongolian guards, three of which were under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, and were led by the commander of the commander of the Mongolian guards at the left and right. In addition, they were directly under the command of the Great Khan, adapted from the Eastern Palace Guards at the Emperor.

During the Southern Army's Northern Expedition, all the Mongolian guards who participated in the war suffered heavy losses. Zhenjin transferred the grassland kings' troops to supplement and rebuild. After Tiemur ascended the throne, he strengthened his troops with a quota of 80,000 troops. At this time, the left and right Mongolian troops expanded to 30,000; Zongren Guards were also expanded to 20,000; Duwei Guards directly under the Khan were divided into the left and right guards, with a quota of 30,000 troops.

Now the Duwei Guards are stationed in Shangdu and Dadu Guard Palace City, the left and right Yi Guards are stationed in Taiyuan Road and Dadu Road, and the Zongren Guards are stationed in the old capital of Helin. The five Mongolian guards may have been in exchange for He Weixian's achievements in supporting the dragon, and the other four guards are all Mongolians serving as ten thousand households.

From the layout, the five Mongolian guards were all stationed in important places in the capital. It can also be seen that this was Tiemur's rebellion in order to curb the rebellion of the Central Plains King Guards and the grassland kings. However, from another perspective, it can also be considered that Tiemur left a way for him. If the Central Plains capital cannot be fixed, it will retreat to the Shangdu to continue fighting, and the Shangdu is also breached, you can go to Helin, the old capital in the south of the desert to continue to be his own khan. Obviously, he was still afraid of the threat of the Southern Dynasty.

The five guards of the Han army were still set up front, back, left, right, and central guards, with a 100,000 troops. The Duwanhu Mansion was under the jurisdiction of the Duwanhu Mansion. Zhang Gui, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, was appointed as the Duwanhu, and also led the Central Guard Army. The other four guards were appointed by generals from Jurchens and Khitans, and were stationed in military farms and garrisons in prefectures and counties around the capital.

During the invasion of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, they, as the main force of the counterattack, suffered the most heavy losses in the war, and some were almost wiped out. Therefore, this reorganization only retained the most powerful Qinchawei, Tangwuwei, Asuwei and Western Regions Guards, and incorporated other abolished people into it. The number of troops was only 40,000, and the Qinchawei Du Wanhu Mansion was still under the jurisdiction of the Qinchawei Capital.

"Congratulations to Wanhu!"

"Gao Wanhu, Li Wanhu!" At this time, the two of them came over again. They were the Wanhu, the left and right sides of the Han army, and this time they followed the imperial guards. Both of them were Jurchens, and there were also many Jurchen men who were the capital of the Mongolian army, and the proportion of talents even exceeded that of the Jin Dynasty army.

The ancestor of the left army, Gao Naoer, fought against Khwarezm and followed the prince of Kuochu to fight against Sichuan and other places. The second generation Gao Yuanchang participated in the war against Kublai Khan to destroy the Song Dynasty, and followed Kublai Khan's son to expedition to Jiaozhi, and finally died there. Gao Mili, the third generation, was also the number one thug of the Mongol Yuan in Guangdong.

The Right Army Wanhu Li Ting was born in the Pucha family of the Wanyan tribe of the Jurchens. He was a member of the Jin Dynasty. After he surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, he not only fought the Song Dynasty, but also performed well in the Battle of Xiangfan, but also fought in the Western Regions and even participated in the naval battle against Japan. Because he fought too many wars, everyone had to look up to him and regarded him as a witness of the great martial arts of Kublai Khan era. Even after Tiemur ascended the throne, he still sat under the kings and above all officials when he was in the banquet.

"You..." According to the convention in the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties, the status of Mongols and Semi people in the same ranks was higher than that of Han people, but Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan both regarded the Jurchens as Han people, while He Weixian was the Wanhu of the Mongolian Guards. The squad should be before them, but the two of them squeezed him away and stood in front of him.

"Is there anything wrong with He Wanhu?" Gao Mieli turned his face and looked at him in confusion, but Li Ting didn't even look back, as if he didn't hear it.

"It's okay!" He Weixian looked at his joking eyes, knowing that they looked down on him for not having any military achievements. They all rely on Xianshan's favor to gain their current status. And now he also knew that the current situation was sensitive, and these two people were getting favors. He was unwilling to lose the big picture because of the small. Thinking about it, he suppressed his anger and snorted coldly.

"Zhongshu Ling, Shushu..." At this time, An Tong, Kuorigis, Li Siyan, Zhang Gui and other important officials also came over, and the officials bowed one after another.

"He Xuanwei Department, it's cold and it's cold outside the city. Why not move into the city too!" An Tong is now the Secretariat, ranking first among all officials, and is deeply trusted by Tiemur. He just smiled and nodded slightly to the others, but when he walked to He Weixian, he stopped and said.

"Thank you Shangguan, everything is fine!" He Weixian said with a brief politeness.

"He Wanhu, don't be polite. There is no shortage of You in the imperial city, so it is more convenient to enter and exit the palace!" Korigis stepped forward and patted his shoulder and said with a smile.

"Where is the official who dares to transgress? He must stay in the imperial city and cannot leave his post without hesitation!" He Weixian replied to the court and refused.

"Don't be polite. The Khan also mentioned the celebration of Wanhu last night. Thank you for your kindness in the day!" Li Siyan also advised from the side.

"How dare you take credit for your contributions after your official post!" He Weixian said humbly.

"If you have any difficulties, just say it. Don't be polite. We will remember the kindness of the day in our hearts!" Seeing that An Tong refused, he stopped persuading him and said goodbye to him. Li Ting and the others walked forward without even looking at the salute. The others glanced at them coldly and followed them.

"Haha!" The eyes swept over, and Li Ting and Gao Mieli's bodies were obviously stiff. He Weixian felt warm when he saw this, and knew that they were also grateful for what they did that day. If they had other thoughts, they would become dead bodies, and there would be no glory today. Now it is obvious that they are seeing themselves being humiliated and support him to support him.

"All the ministers have something to report, and they have nothing to do to retreat!" After waiting for a while, the palace gate opened wide, and Fang Chenyou shouted loudly.

"..." This is true for all morning courts these days. The Khan did not attend court at all, and everyone came just to go down the formalities.
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