Ogedei was a little surprised. This young man with a thin figure from the south had a bright look and a thousand times more confident at this moment, as if he was talking about something that he had already confirmed. *Spoken**She*

He asked in a deep voice: "How did the Southern Dynasty guide us? You will talk about it in detail."

Song Yichang said: "Invisible battles, iron cavalry came out everywhere, captured cities and land, and robbed cattle, horses, food and people. This kind of trauma is visible and easy to recover. However, invisible battles, using economy as a weapon, killing people without blood, siege cities without people. But dragging the entire country into the trap of the Southern Dynasties, making us poor and making the Southern Dynasties develop."

A hint of imperceptible sharpness appeared in Kublai Khan's eyes, and he said to Song Yichang: "What is the mystery in this? You can explain it in front of the Khan."

Song Yichang smiled without saying a word, but just picked up the porcelain plate at his hand and said, "Let's start with this plate. Does Dahan know what this plate is made of?"

Ogedei shook his head and said, "I only know it was a tribute from the south. Who knows what this light and white thing is made of."

"In fact, it's just a handful of soil from Longquan!" Song Yichang said loudly: "I dug it out from Longquan Mountain, first made it with a craftsman, then put it in a kiln, and finally made this plate. This plate was sold from the Southern Dynasties. It can be sold for 70 jin in the market in Daming! In other words, it takes 400 jin of salt to sell such a plate in Daming!"

Ogedei was startled. He had followed Genghis Khan to learn how to deal with government affairs since he was young. His understanding of the economy was far deeper than that of his two brothers and more profound than Tolei. Of course, he understood what four hundred kilograms of salt meant. On the grassland, four hundred

A kilogram of salt is enough to buy cattle and sheep from a small tribe, dozens of good war horses, and even dozens of female slaves. In order to see four hundred kilograms of salt on the grassland, the brothers turned against each other.

I didn't expect that this mere plate could be worth such a great value.

"A handful of soil in the Southern Dynasty can exchange for our four hundred kilograms of salt! Is there any more unreasonable transactions in the world than this?" Song Yichang said loudly: "This is a blatant robbery! This is the real invasion! The property we have worked hard to fight with the lives of warriors every year, but they actually exchanged it for soil! Is there anything more ridiculous in the world than this?"

Kublai Khan stroked his beard under his jaw and said intently: "I have heard of this. However, it is said that the Central Plains can also produce these cups, plates, bowls, cups, such as Ruzhou in Henan and Cizhou near Taiyuan. However, when the army passed by, the craftsmen were killed or ran away. The Khan could issue an order to ask the local Daluhuachi to call the craftsmen to start production again, and once it was produced, they were sent to Helin immediately. In this way, don't you have to worry about relying on the Southern Dynasty?"

"It is precisely, if we want to prevent the Song Dynasty from succeeding, we must establish our own production system. But it is difficult to build such a complete system. We must choose a suitable talent to be manager. Only those who understand the mystery here can re-convene people and deploy kilns. Only by ensuring stable monthly output. But I think there is no such talent under the Dahan subordinates."

Ogedei also nodded and said, "Earlier, Bittieer once suggested to me that he would kill all the people and animals in the Central Plains and turn all the banks of the river into pastures for us to grazing for us Mongolians. But Yelu Chucai disagreed. He said that if the tax was re-exported according to the Jin Dynasty, he would receive 400,000 stones of grain and 80,000 pieces of silk at a time. It seemed that he was very proficient in this matter, so what if he left this matter to Yelu Chucai?"

Yelu Chucai was the first-ranked role among the ministers who were surrendered by Mongolia in the Han area. He surrendered to Genghis Khan as early as after the Mongolian army attacked and destroyed the Jin Dynasty's Zhongdu. He was also a descendant of the Khitan nobles, which was suitable for the Mongols to use Khitan to restrain the Jurchens.

After Ogedei ascended the throne, Yelu Chucai was still trusted by the Khan. Under his strong advocacy, he began to use the old rituals of the Jin Dynasty to establish the Mongolian rule over the Central Plains. He actively restored civilized governance and gradually implemented the plan of "governing the country with Confucianism" and "definition of systems, discussing rituals and music, establishing ancestral temples, building palaces, creating schools, setting up imperial examinations, eliminating seclusion, visiting legacy, recruiting virtuous people, seeking justice, advocating agriculture, suppressing laziness, saving punishment, subsidizing taxes, advocating reputations, denying ethics, and removing redundant staff.

, , , banish cruel officials, respect filial piety and brotherhood, and provide relief to the poor," and attempted to use this set of rules to influence the Mongolian headquarters. For example, the rules between the Mongolians in the past were rough. Whether they were generals or relatives, they simply bowed when they saw the Khan. However, Yelu Chucai insisted on implementing the way of monarch and ministers in the Central Plains. He personally persuaded Chagatai to first perform the monarch and ministers to the Khan. When everyone saw Chagatai, they followed Yelu Chucai's advice, and naturally they all followed.

Yelu Chucai's lifelong wish was to use the etiquette and education of the Central Plains to transform the Mongols and create a barbaric agricultural empire like the Liao and Jin Dynasties.

Therefore, he insisted that the generals who went south should not kill the Confucian scholars in the prefectures and counties, but should send these Confucian scholars to the north. This is the most important help to achieve his ideal of "peace in all the seas".

So when he saw Song Yichang making great contributions before the Khan, Yelu Chucai felt that it was not jealousy, but joy. The scholar of the Southern Dynasty made such a great contribution for the first time when he met Khan, and he would definitely be a heavy reward for the Khan in the future. Perhaps he would be the minister trusted by the Khan in the new affiliated people in the future. With his help, he would be able to slowly influence Khan and let him understand the essence of the Central Plains ethics.

I could only hear the yelling loudly on the imperial steps: "Yelu Chucai, come forward!"

Yelu Chucai carried his long beard and ran to the stone platform in small steps. Seeing that Dahan and Song Yichang were having a happy conversation, he felt very comforted.

Ogedei briefly explained Song Yichang's statement to Yelu Chucai. Regarding this set of economic strategies in the Central Plains, Ogedei only had a little simple concept, and there were several mistakes in a few simple sentences. Yelu Chucai endured the inconvenience of spending in person, but Song Yichang interrupted from time to time and pointed out the errors for the Khan.

Yelu Chucai quickly saw the difference between this scholar in the Southern Dynasty and himself. He was educated by Shandong Confucianism since he was a child, and spoke straightforwardly and obeyed etiquette, so he could not help but speak and do things more rigidly. When he disagrees with the Khan, he insists on his own opinion and even argues in front of the Khan.

Even Empress Naimazhen once said: "If you are so powerful in arguing with the Khan, you have not been executed yet. Perhaps only Yelu Chucai is in the world."

Yelu Chucai knew that it was because the Khan still needed him to govern the people of the Central Plains. When he was still useful, the Khan still retained the rationality of the domineering man even though he was angry.

But Song Yichang's performance in front of him was completely different from that in him.

When Dahan said something wrong, he always coughed gently, or deliberately made a sound to make something sound, so that Dahan would notice it, and then stopped talking. Then he started with a Buddhist or folk joke, and slowly pointed out Dahan's mistakes in secret and tactfully, so that Dahan would not lose face, but could correct the Dahan's mistakes. The wonderful things about the talk often made Dahan laugh.

Two unknown words immediately appeared in Yelu Chucai's mind as a slander.

In ancient times, there were few loyal ministers and many slander ministers. Most people valued only the fame and wealth that the monarch could bring to themselves, but they didn't care so much about the people in the world. They would do whatever the emperor thought and how he was happy, and they would do it completely ignoring the welfare and well-being of the people under their rule. This is the slander.

Despite this, the slanderous ministers always have an advantage over the loyal ministers in the court, because they are indeed thinking day and night for the sake of the Lord's thoughts. The loyal and upright ministers cannot do this.

Just like when he argued with Ogedei on that day, Song Yichang knew how to use stories and fables to make the Khan happy.

Is Song Yichang the slander who hindered the empire and caused harm to the people?

If so, then Yelu Chucai would rather use the darkest and most despicable means to erase him from the stage.

Fortunately, what Song Yichang said was probably inconsistent with him. However, he still heard some ridicule, which was to say that his tax collection in Yanjing and other ten routes was not conducive to his work and did not give sufficient amount to the Khan.

Since ancient times, ministers advised the kings to be diligent and thrifty. However, the Mongolians were in trouble on the grassland for thousands of years and finally had the opportunity to enjoy wealth and gentleness. How could they be willing to do it if they wanted to practice the thrifty way?

Yelu Chucai was not sure what Song Yichang’s real intention was, but bowed and said, “Khan, the people’s strength in the Central Plains have not been fully restored. At this time, the government has been running a business, which is useless to make money, and it is also disturbing the local government. I would like to ask the kings and nobles to be frugal and accumulate the people’s strength. When the vitality of the Central Plains accumulates in the future, it will not be too late to handle official kilns and other affairs.”

When Ogedei heard his words, he was immediately unhappy: "Our expenses are less than one tenth of the Sinan Sikhan in Lin'an. How can we look like a monarch who ruled the world? That's it, the money we rewarded to all tribes and princes often lacked. Why can Sinan Sikhan have so much gold, porcelain and silk? Is it because my territory is not enough for him, or is it because my Mongolian army is not as large as his lamb army? "
Chapter completed!