Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

The development of the situation was indeed smoother than expected. He really didn't expect that the Tuo Lei family would give in so much.

Kublai Khan was actually able to come to Harakhalin in person, bow to him, and attend the ceremony where he became the Great Khan of Mongolia.

The only pity is that that guy Meng Ge didn't come. The reason for not coming was that Kublai Khan said that his eldest brother Meng Ge was seriously ill.

"What? Didn't the Tuo Lei family express anything?" Zhang Yong asked.

"I also thought they would jump over the wall and even raise troops to resist me. I was already prepared to suppress it, but who would have thought that the Tuolei family would be the first to surrender, even faster than the Chahetai family Some." Guyu said proudly.

Zhang Yong was a little surprised when he heard this. It was slightly different from what he expected. Could it be that the Tuo Lei family didn't take any action?

Just accept the fact that Guyu became the Great Khan of Mongolia so calmly? This is a bit inconsistent with Meng Ge's personality. It can be said that Meng Ge's personality is very similar to Tuo Lei's.

But compared to being dragged down by his father, Meng Ge's city is deeper and his ability to endure is stronger.

But this is about the election of the Mongolian Great Khan. The fact that Brother Meng of the Tuolei family can endure it is a bit beyond Zhang Yong's expectation.

In other words, it was not Meng Ge who played a key role here, but someone else, and this person was Kublai Khan.

"Let's go! Brother Zhang, let's talk about it after we go in. It won't be the same outside." Guyu took Zhang Yong's hand and entered the palace together.

"Yes! Please!" Zhang Yong nodded and made a gesture of invitation.

He entered the palace with his two wives and eldest son.

"Dingguan! Let me introduce to you. This is your uncle Guyu, who will also be the Great Khan of Mongolia in the future. Come and pay your respects quickly." Zhang Yong said to his son Zhang Dingguan.

Zhang Dingguan nodded, immediately stood up and came to Guyu, bowed to Guyu, and respectfully toasted a glass of wine.

"My nephew meets Prince Guyu!" Zhang Dingguan said.

"Hahaha! Okay! Are you Aunt Tulanlun's son? We are all a family, so there is no need to be so polite. You come out to the Mongolian grasslands and become your uncle. I will give you a fine war horse and treat you to a bowl of wine. From now on, just call me uncle when you meet, no need for so much etiquette," Guiyou nodded to Zhang Dingguan and said.

"Thank you, nephew, uncle Guyu!" Zhang Dingguan bowed to Guyu, stepped forward to take the wine handed by Guyou, and drank it down in one gulp.

"You are a tall boy, so your kung fu must be good. Can you ride and shoot?" Guyu asked.

"Reporting to Uncle Guiyou, I am good at riding and shooting, and I can also use marksmanship and sword skills." Zhang Dingguan said.

He really wasn't bragging about this. He had received a good education from childhood to adulthood. There are masters for foot combat, masters for mounted combat, swordsmanship masters, and bow and arrow masters.

"Well! You are a good and good man. When I go on my next expedition to the west, can I take you with me and let you be my vanguard general?" Guyu said.

"Thank you Uncle Guyou for your kindness. Uncle Guyou will be the Great Khan of Mongolia in the future. The Great Khan has orders, how dare I disobey him?" Zhang Dingguan said immediately.

During this time, he and his father Zhang Yong learned a lot, especially in speaking.

By the way, Prince Guyu seems to be several years older than his father! It looks so old!

is not that right? His father, Zhang Yong, is thirty-nine years old this year and will soon turn forty, but he looks like a man in his early thirties. He even shaved off his beard and looked even younger.

Compared with the Mongolians on the grasslands, his father was much younger.

"Hahaha! You are right, I am the future Great Khan of Mongolia. When you wait for the next Western Expedition, I will definitely take you with me and show you the West." Guyu said.

After chatting with Zhang Yong's son for a while, Guyu let the boy go. Zhang Yong could see that Guyu liked his son very much.

"It's a pity, Brother Zhang. My eldest daughter is only a little over nine years old now. Otherwise, I would definitely let my daughter marry your son, so that our two families can get closer." Guyu said.

To be honest, after inheriting the position of Great Khan of Mongolia, he needs to stabilize his rear and then take action against some bastard, the leader of all kings.

Therefore, he must stabilize his relationship with Zhang Yong. The previous marriage of the Wokuotai family was still a sister in name only.

Now, he really wants to deepen the relationship between the two families and carry out a further marriage, but unfortunately, his own children are still young and have not grown up at all. If he wants to get married, he will probably have to wait a few more years.

Thinking of this, Guyu was a little angry at Batu. This bastard actually married Brother Zhang first. However, the relationship between the two families is now very tense. Whether Batu will let his daughter marry is still one thing!
"Guiyou, if you want to marry into my family, you can't become the head of the family, what do you think?" Tu Lanlun looked at Zhang Yong and said.

Further marriage with the Ogedei family will indeed help consolidate the relationship between the two families. She agreed to this.

It's a pity that the eldest brother's age is a bit inappropriate, otherwise, she would have wanted to arrange a marriage for him.

However, this time I came to the Mongolian grassland. Instead, you can look for a target. If there is a suitable one, you can also decide on the boss's marriage.

"Hahaha! If that's what you want, Guyu, my third eldest child, Zhang Dingchuan, is only eleven years old this year, so he can just get married to your girl." Zhang Yong said.

Tu Lanlun's second son and Zhang Yong's third son were suitable candidates for marriage in terms of status and age.

Zhang Yong also saw what Guyou had in mind. Another political marriage with the Ogedai family would indeed help consolidate the status of the two families.

However, this marriage partner must be a child of Guyu. The daughters of other princes of the Ogedei family are obviously not suitable.

"Brother Zhang, since you have spoken, the matter has been settled. According to our Mongolian rules, you have to send your son over and let me raise him for three years." Guyu looked at Zhang Yong and said.

"Oh! That's okay. When he is older, when he is thirteen years old, I will ask him to come over. When he turns sixteen, I will bring your daughter back to Guanzhong to get married." Zhang Yong He nodded and spoke.

When two families get married, according to Mongolian rules, a child from the groom's family should go to the woman's family to work for three years to compensate for the loss of a daughter.

When Genghis Khan and Bortie were engaged, Genghis Khan was also left to work in Bortie's family, but he returned early because he was about to be poisoned.

Although there is this saying, in most cases, you can give some gifts, such as compensating the woman's family for some property, to avoid having to work for three years.

Especially the Mongolian nobles, although they have this tradition, they basically don't abide by it. It's just symbolic and they just send some gifts.

So Zhang Yong could see that Guyu wanted to keep one of his sons by his side for three years and become a person similar to a proton.

But now my third child is still only eleven years old. When he gets older, it will not be too late. Some things will happen in two years.

"Brother Zhang, we have agreed that after two years, I will wait for your son to come over and stay with me for three years, and then I will let him go back." Guyu said.

Seeing that Zhang Yong did not refuse, Guyu was obviously very happy. Today's words were also a test for Zhang Yong.

"That's natural. You have to compensate for the loss of a daughter. There will be one more woman in my family and one less woman in your family. Hahaha!" Zhang Yong said with a smile.

Although a small crack has appeared, both parties now want to try their best to repair it, which is good.

"Brother Zhang, when I launch the next Western Expedition, ask your eldest son to come and help me. If your other sons grow up, they will also come and help me. You will sit in the east." Guyu said.

"That's natural. They will definitely obey the orders of you, the Mongolian Khan." Zhang Yong said. Someone must have taught you something behind this! Otherwise, Guyu would never have thought of this with his brain. He actually wanted my son to come over and be a hostage, and there were more than one!

Who is the one? Yelu Chucai?

Probably not. This old comrade has been demoted, and it is said that he is not in good health now.

But apart from him, there seems to be no great scholar in the center of Mongolia.

Hearing this, Guyu nodded with great satisfaction, officially recognizing Zhang Yong. Brother Zhang is trustworthy, and what Kublai Khan said is indeed not trustworthy.

I have tested Brother Zhang like this, asking him to send several of his sons over as hostages and accept my orders.

But Brother Zhang had no defense against me at all and believed me unconditionally.

Kublai Khan, this bastard boy, must have wanted to take this opportunity to sow discord between the two families. He said that Brother Zhang had the intention to dominate the world, and the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty had already been promised to Brother Zhang.

As for the Han army princes in Hebei and the Central Plains army, I also ordered Brother Zhang to take over. After all, if Brother Zhang doesn't take over these two armies, they will be controlled by your Tuolei family, which makes me even more unhappy. rest assured.

Moreover, Brother Zhang has been sending money to Mongolia in recent years, including cattle, sheep and horses, and large amounts of gold, silver, and grain.

If you doubt Brother Zhang under such circumstances, it is indeed your own fault! What I want is the West, what I want is to destroy Batu, and then let all Western countries conquer.

When the time comes, he will rule the entire west and the Mongolian grasslands, while Brother Zhang will rule the Han areas in the Central Plains.

His grandfather Genghis Khan said that as long as the grassland army lives on the grassland forever, it can maintain its suppression of the Central Plains army. The prairie army, the prairie cavalry will always have the upper hand.

At the banquet, everyone exchanged some pleasantries, and some Mongolian generals and princes and nobles got up and left. Zhang Yong's two wives also got up and left with their eldest son. At this time, only Guyu and Zhang Yong were left in the huge palace.

"Guyou! Now, how do the other families express their opinions on the matter of you inheriting the Great Khan of Mongolia? Have they all agreed?" Zhang Yong picked up the wine glass on the table, took a sip and asked.

"Well! Brother Zhang, the only ones who have not recognized my identity as the Great Khan of Mongolia are the Batu Jochi family in the far west, and some of the Western kings who are attached to their family. I have not even informed them. This news." Guiyou said.

Anyway, after being notified, it is estimated that the Jochi family in Batu will also oppose him. Instead of doing this, it is better to cook the raw rice and make a show first.

After I have completely ascended to the position of Great Khan of Mongolia, I can just inform Batu directly and see what Batu's attitude is.

"This idea is okay, but just because you have blocked the news, it does not mean that others will not pass the news to them." Zhang Yong nodded and said.

In the original history, after Guyuk ascended to the position of Great Khan of Mongolia, he only rested for a year and immediately gathered hundreds of thousands of troops. It was a parade in name, but in fact he wanted to destroy Batu.

It turned out that Luheteni, the instigator of a certain Tolei family, wrote an informant letter to Batu and informed the Batu family. Batu was prepared for this matter in advance and even sent an envoy to question Guyu. .

As a result, the plan failed, so for such a big thing, Zhang Yongyong guaranteed that someone would definitely notify Batu, and this person must be Luheteni, the instigator of the Tuolei family.

However, the distance between east and west is too long. Even if the Tuolei family sent an envoy to Batu as soon as they received the news, it would probably take more than four months for the news to reach Batu.

By then Guyuk had ascended to the position of Great Khan of Mongolia.

"Brother Zhang, you just think I'm doing the right thing. By the way, Brother Zhang, Kublai Khan is here too.

He said he wanted to serve as a staff member under me. Do you think I should keep him? Guyu looked at Zhang Yong and asked.

Recently, Kublai Khan has been by his side, which has really helped him a lot, and he also respects him very much, and even behaves very humbly.

In this way, Guiyou had a very good impression of Kublai Khan, but after all, the other party was from the Tuo Lei family, and he once controlled the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains and Hebei.

So Guyu wanted to seek Zhang Yong's opinion.

"Oh! So, Kublai Khan, even after your Khan's enthronement ceremony is over, he will stay here to help you, right?" Zhang Yong asked.

Who did I say? Originally offered advice. You are the one who left my son here as a hostage! Kublai Khan.

Only you, who often mix and match among Han people, can propose this strategy to Guyou.

His eldest son followed Guiyou to the Western Expedition, his third son stayed behind, and his other adult sons also came to experience on the grassland. This was quite nice to say.

"Guiyou, what kind of person do you think Kublai Khan is?" Zhang Yong smiled and asked.

"How should I put it, Brother Zhang, I have a pretty good impression of this man named Kublai Khan. When I first met him, he was still a baby about the size of eleven or twelve. After returning from the Western Expedition, he was already a A twenty-year-old young man.

This guy was very good at talking, was quite polite to me, gave me a lot of ideas, and even helped me get a lot of Mongolian host kings to make them surrender obediently. "Guiyou said after thinking.

"Kublai Khan is indeed a top talent. Guyu, how do you think he compares with his eldest brother Meng?" Zhang Yong asked.

"Compared with Brother Meng, Brother Meng is far inferior to Kublai Khan in terms of handling political affairs and making suggestions. I can feel this.

As for military talent, I heard that this man was called Kublai Khan. He fought a few battles in Goryeo and quelled the rebellion of some Jurchens and Khitans. His war talent should not be very good. "Guiyou said.

Zhang Yong smiled when he heard this. Kublai Khan's war talent is not very good. I can only say hehehehehe!

This guy is a decathlete who is proficient in political struggles, power struggles, and war.

Was Kublai Khan's war capabilities poor? He fought against the Southern Song Dynasty alone and beat the Southern Song Dynasty until it was breathless. Jia Sidao repeatedly begged for peace and was even willing to surrender, but he refused.

Later, he competed with Alibu Ge who ruled the entire Mongolian grassland for the throne. In the early stage, Alibu Ge was slightly stronger.

But Kublai Khan led the Han princes in Hebei and defeated the opponent step by step, allowing all four major khanates to recognize his status as suzerain.

Even if it weren't for Hulagu and Belgo's sudden death, Kublai Khan would actually become the fifth Mongol Khan.

Instead of being the founding emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, these two families had already recognized Kublai Khan's status at that time. The only one who dared to jump out was Haidu.

What Kublai Khan lacked was just a Kuliltai Assembly election, so you said his military talent?

However, Kublai Khan did not show his strength during this period. When he was suppressing the Tuo Lei family, he also pacified Goryeo. He suppressed the Jurchen and Houjin rebellions and did not participate in any other wars.

This also led to Guyou's misjudgment. In terms of military capabilities, Meng Ge could not catch up with Kublai Khan even if he was a patsy.

After Meng Ge succeeded to the throne, why did he send Kublai Khan to attack the Southern Song Dynasty and Hulagu to the west? That’s because the Southern Song Dynasty in the East is stronger!
"Guiyu, this Kublai Khan, he is more powerful, more scheming, and more tolerant than his eldest brother Meng. Do you think he will be an ordinary person?" Zhang Yong said.

No matter what, I have to drive Kublai Khan away from Guyu, otherwise this bastard will definitely cause harm to me.

In this era, Zhang Yong is the only one who truly understands the horror of Kublai Khan. This guy is the real old bastard.

"Brother Zhang, do you mean to tell me not to use Kublai Khan? Is he a more tolerant person than Brother Meng?" Guyu asked. (End of chapter)