Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

There's no way around it; modern people's genes are so advantageous. Ancient people entered old age after the age of 40 or even 35, but modern people take better care of themselves and eat better, so you won't see them age much even at the age of 60.

Ancient people really cannot compare with modern people in this respect. After Zhang Yong traveled through time, he has been enjoying wealth and glory. He has been riding in a horse-drawn carriage during the expedition. Everything he eats and uses is the best, and he has basically never had to endure the hardships of sleeping in the open air.

So even though he is 47 or 48 years old now, he still looks very young. But it is different for Kublai Khan. At this moment, Kublai Khan even looks older than Zhang Yong. The big beard on his face really affects his appearance!

"Hahaha! Zhang Yong, could it be that you really have been blessed by Eternal Heaven? Do people age slower than us normal people?" Kublai Khan looked at Zhang Yong and asked.

He has created so many magical artifacts, and his face has only aged slightly, which is really unacceptable.

Father, why did you become an enemy of such a person when you were young? Why didn't you win him over? If you had won him over to our Tuolei family, we wouldn't be so passive!

Kublai Khan sighed helplessly. When he saw Zhang Yong again today, he couldn't even see much change from when they met on the Mongolian grasslands several years ago.

This is really sad and helpless!

"Maybe it's really the Eternal Heaven that has given me a different kind of care! It makes me look less old." Zhang Yong smiled and spoke as he sat in front of Kublai Khan.

Of course not! I just age slowly. However, this is indeed the reason why I am now deified.

Zhang Yong gained great reputation due to his endless aura and his aging speed which was much slower than others.

The identity of God's messenger is indeed very useful. For the people of this era, using this theological means to rule them is actually the best choice.

"Haha! I have nothing to say about losing to you. We are a family, my father, my mother, and my eldest brother.

And I, and even my brothers, were all defeated by you, by your son, and our Golden Family was defeated by you." Kublai Khan said.

After he was captured, no one in the Golden Family could stop Zhang Yong. Although Brother Batu was very good at fighting, he was no match for Zhang Yong in political tactics.

And his means of warfare are far inferior to this one. Batu's fighting style is a typical Mongolian style, inherited from Genghis Khan and his father Jochi. But compared with Zhang Yong now and the army that went on the Western Expedition, there is a huge gap.

"I am a member of the Golden Family, and my son is the grandson of Genghis Khan. How can I defeat the Golden Family?" Zhang Yong said.

If one wants to completely rule the Mongolian ethnic group, one cannot get away from the name Genghis Khan. If you want to say who is the symbolic and representative figure of a nation, then for the Mongolians, it is undoubtedly Genghis Khan.

Her family had an unclear and inseparable relationship with Genghis Khan. Several of her sons were Genghis Khan's grandsons. Tulanlun gave birth to three sons and was now pregnant with another.

What's more, there is Xiaoyun. No matter what, Genghis Khan's bloodline has been passed down in his family.

"Hahaha! I lost, and I accepted the defeat sincerely. The fact that I can meet you this time also makes me completely convinced. Zhang Yong, please send me off!" Kublai Khan said.

"Kill you? Haha, Kublai Khan, why should I kill you?" Zhang Yong smiled and stared at Kublai Khan with curiosity.

"??? I have been against you for more than ten years! Don't you hate me and don't want to kill me?" Kublai Khan said.

"You don't understand this, right? Killing you is just a momentary pleasure, and I don't regard you as a very powerful opponent. Otherwise, you wouldn't be alive today.

To tell you the truth, I have already placed all kinds of spies and assassins in your home.

Every move of your family members is under my surveillance, including the fact that you and Mengge started a rebellion together. I was the first to receive the news. "Zhang Yong said.

"Hmph! Are you humiliating me? Although I, Kublai Khan, lost to you, if you want to humiliate me, it is impossible!" Kublai Khan said.

"I didn't mean to humiliate you. After you and your men escaped, I didn't harm your family. Now they are all under house arrest.

You can take some time to go back and reunite with your family, and then live with them until the day you die." Zhang Yong said.

Kublai Khan was a rebellious king, but he no longer posed any threat, as the entire Tolui family had been completely dealt with by him.

To be honest, this kid Ariq Boke doesn't have any great abilities. Among Tolui's four sons, Zhang Yong only cared about Kublai, Mongke, and Hulagu.

As for Alibugha, he was far inferior to his brother in both political and military acumen.

After all these years on the Mongolian grasslands, Zhang Yong had almost taken away his military power.

"No, no! I have no intention of humiliating you. Although your family is my enemy, it is undeniable that your father, Tolui, is the most capable general in the entire Mongol Empire besides Genghis Khan.

You brothers are not bad people. Now the whole country has been pacified. I will kill you just to vent my anger. Besides, being my enemy is not what you want, right?" Zhang Yong said.

Killing Kublai Khan would not benefit him in any way. On the contrary, keeping him alive would help him win the hearts of a large number of Mongols.

Look, how merciful the great Emperor is. The hateful Kublai Khan betrayed the great Khan many times. However, because of his status as a member of the Golden Family and his bloodline, the Khan did not choose to execute Kublai Khan. Instead, he imprisoned him and let him reflect at home.

When Kublai Khan heard this, a hint of surprise flashed across his face. It was just as Zhang Yong said, he really didn't want to be an enemy of Zhang Yong.

When the Western Expedition just ended, he advised his elder brother not to be an enemy of Zhang Yong, and even proposed a marriage with Zhang Yong to strengthen the relationship between the two families.

But his mother, eldest brother, and several other brothers were determined to avenge their father. In the end, he had no choice but to become the enemy of Zhang Yong.

Although in the end due to accident, his sister married Zhang Yong's son and the two families completed the marriage, his mother and elder brother did not think that this was the beginning of a easing of relations between the two families.

He thought this was a disgrace to the family and even expelled his sister from the family. But in the end, Kublai Khan realized that there was more than one traitor in the family.

Sometimes things like interests can change everything.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you. On the contrary, I will divide you up. You can be called Si De Hou if you become a marquis.

From now on, you will live in your own house, with plenty of food and drink. You should think carefully about where you did wrong. When I have time, I will invite you to the palace and we can have a good chat. "Zhang Yong said.

He kept Kublai Khan under his nose, put him under house arrest, and gave him the title of Marquis of Side, so that he could think about his failure.

"You! Zhang Yong, if you still respect me as a man, if you still admit that I am your opponent, then you should give me a cup of poisoned wine.

Or give me a quick death, wrap me up in cowhide and trample me to death with a horse." Kublai Khan was immediately unhappy, staring at Zhang Yong and roared.

This name, Marquis Side, is extremely insulting and humiliating. Zhang Yong wants to deprive Kublai Khan of his last dignity.

If he died at this time, the Mongols would still think he was a hero.

Although the rebellion failed, at least he rose up to resist. But if he had accepted Zhang Yong's reward, he would have become this inexplicable marquis.

So how do the Mongolian people and Mongolian nobles view Kublai Khan?

I'm not your subordinate!

"Hahaha! Kublai Khan, let me teach you one more thing now. After you have the power over life and death.

You have to listen to what I say. I say one thing and you are not allowed to say another. " Zhang Yong looked at Kublai Khan and snorted coldly, saying.

"I can choose to die!" Kublai Khan stared at Zhang Yong and shouted.

Kublai Khan realized that Zhang Yong wanted to use him and himself to once again reap the reputation of the Mongols and once again demonstrate his benevolence.

How can I let you do what you want? You have me under house arrest, but I can choose to die. "Yes! You can choose to die, and your family, all the people who have been a burden to the family, and even all the descendants of the Golden Family, will be buried with you.

If you don't let my plan succeed, I will make the Golden Family disappear completely." Zhang Yong said, laughing at his hands.

Losers are not qualified to negotiate conditions, and losers are not qualified to choose their own destiny.

You can choose to die, but what about your family? What about other members of the Golden Family? What about your Tolui family?
Your Tolui family killed my wife's younger brother. Zhang Yong only needs to tell Tulanlun now, and this girl will immediately jump up and kill all the people in Tolui family.

There is no way to deal with the people of the Golden Family. The blood of Genghis Khan is so fierce. As long as you open your mouth, Tulanlun will definitely not show mercy.

"You! I am already a loser, and you won't even let me die?" Kublai Khan roared.

Zhang Yong has now completely ruled the Mongolian grasslands. If he really does this, the descendants of the Golden Family and the descendants of their Tolui family will most likely be slaughtered.

I originally wanted to be a heroic figure and leave in a heroic way, but Zhang Yong just wouldn't let me do that.

"As the saying goes, a good death is worse than a miserable life. Look, you eat my food, drink my drinks, and use my things, but I can't kill you. It's so satisfying." Zhang Yong said with a smile.

You want to be a hero, but I won't let you. I want you to be a bear. I want you to live on to show my benevolence. If you die, it will definitely inspire a wave of Mongols.

But if you are alive, they will not regard you as a legend. Only dead people can become legends.

"Hahahaha! Zhang Yong! Zhang Yong, everyone underestimates you! You want the hearts of the entire Mongolian people." Kublai Khan said with a big laugh.

His laughter was filled with sadness, sorrow, and self-mockery.

"I will make the lives of ordinary Mongolian herders better in the future, several times better than they are now. What reason do they have to disobey me and follow my orders?
In the past, all the herdsmen on this grassland lived a precarious life, and sometimes it was difficult to get enough food to feed their children.

Why are you so martial and fierce? Because if you are not martial and fierce, you can't survive!" Zhang Yong said.

Why have the people on the grasslands, these nomadic peoples, always been the biggest enemies of the farming peoples? It is because they do not have enough food to eat.

If people could have enough food to eat, who the hell would be willing to travel thousands of miles to the south with a saber to rob?

Isn’t it nice for me to live in a tent, eat roasted lamb, drink kumis, and hug my wife?
It was because they had experienced too many hard times and could not even get enough food that they wanted to move south.

"Even during the reign of Genghis Khan, the lives of all herders were not much better. From the time they reached adulthood, they had to follow the Khan to fight in wars.

Fight until he dies. If he loses a battle, he will have to sell his sons, daughters, wife, and even himself as a slave. But I will change all this. "

"You have a very thorough understanding. You understand the Mongols better than any other Mongols. You are right. The ordinary herdsmen on the grassland have been oppressed for too long." Kublai Khan said.

Unexpectedly, the person who knew the Mongols best was not himself and others, but an outsider.

Did the Mongolian nobles know about these things? No, because they were the ones who oppressed and bullied the Mongolian herdsmen the most. All Mongolian nobles wanted to have more livestock under their control.

If this is how they treat their compatriots and people of the same ethnic group, what about people of other ethnic groups?

Kublai Khan suddenly had a strange idea. In fact, there seemed to be nothing wrong with Zhang Yong ruling the world.

"Some things, in fact, will become clear to you as long as you think them through and understand them. When I destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, I discovered a large number of Mongolian troops in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Why did these Mongols flee thousands of miles from the grassland to the Southern Song Dynasty? I think you should know the reason. "Zhang Yong said.

In the original history, Mongolian herdsmen could only flee to the Southern Song Dynasty, but after he appeared, a large number of Mongolian herdsmen fled to his land and became his herdsmen.

"Haha! You're right. I lost, but it's not unfair for the entire Mongolia to lose to you. Not at all.

Your change of dynasty and establishment of Daqian is indeed a good thing for ordinary Mongolians like us, but it is not a good thing for Mongolian nobles and princes. "Kublai Khan said.

"It's rare that you can think it through! Okay, let's talk about this today. I'll make you a hotpot some other day! Have you ever eaten mutton hotpot?" Zhang Yong said.

After all, you are the representative of this dish! But now it’s me.

"??? The hot pot you invented is eaten by many people on the Mongolian grasslands. I like it very much too. Many herders cut some frozen mutton or beef and eat it during festivals.

But we like to rinse it directly in boiling water, and then eat it with a little salt." Kublai Khan said.

"It seems like you've figured it out." Zhang Yong asked.

"Yeah! You're right, it's better to live a miserable life than to die a good death. I eat your food and drink your drinks, and you can't do anything to me?
And I also want to see what Mongolia will look like in the future." Kublai Khan said.

Since you won't let me be a hero, then I will be a witness! I will write down everything I saw and heard, leaving a true history for future generations.

"Let's go! Have a good rest!" Zhang Yong patted Kublai Khan's shoulder, stood up and left where he lived.

The next day, Kublai Khan, who was escorted back to the Mongolian headquarters in Karakorum, was not executed by Zhang Yong as all the Mongolian princes and nobles had expected, but was instead conferred the title of marquis by Zhang Yong.

He will retain his status as a Mongolian prince, receive the same treatment as other Mongolian princes, and will move to Daxing Prefecture in the capital.

Zhang Yong's move left many Mongolian nobles and even many Mongolian civilians scratching their heads, not knowing what it meant.

In the Mongols' understanding, Kublai Khan is your enemy. You should kill your enemy and then humiliate his wife and daughter, but why should you reward him now?
"Boss, what are you doing? Why don't you kill Kublai Khan?" Tulanlun came to Zhang Yong's bedroom and asked in confusion. Her belly was already five or six months big at this time.

"Hahaha! Killing him will do me no good. Keeping him can help me pass the time when I have time." Zhang Yong put down the book in his hand and spoke.

If he dies, he will become a Mongolian hero. I must let him live.

"I don't understand, I don't understand at all. Then, what about Hulagu? You, you promised me that you would avenge my brother." Tulanlun said.

She had waited too long for Hulagu to die.

"Don't worry! He is not Kublai Khan. He will die of illness after the Western Expedition is over." Zhang Yong said, hugging his first wife in his arms.

"Sister! In fact, not killing Kublai Khan is the best choice. If you kill him,

Instead, it would provoke reactions from some nobles on the Mongolian steppes, who would think that Kublai was a hero who rebelled against His Majesty.

And if they didn't kill him and gave him rewards, then all the Mongolian nobles

Even some young people in Mongolia think that Kublai Khan is nothing special.

In the end, he accepted the enemy's reward and wanted to survive. "At this time, Xiaoyun came over and sat next to Zhang Yong and said.

No one will know about the conversation between Your Majesty and Kublai Khan. All people see is that Kublai Khan was not executed, but was conferred a marquisate and retained the title of Mongolian prince.

The Mongols don't think about so many things, they only focus on one thing.

You, the hero of resistance, have finally become the enemy's lackey. (End of this chapter)