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Chapter 1201 Yuan Dadu

After the Li Fen Rebellion that year, Kublai Khan began to reduce the power of the Han princes, and at the same time ordered the construction of a large capital in the north of Yanjing City to show the meaning of ruling the Central Plains by Han law.

This is the same as the "Da'an Pavilion" in Kaiping City. It is a kind of psychological comfort to Han Chen, and this excuse can also be used to transfer Zhang Rou and Zhang Honglue away from Baozhou.

It can be seen that in the face of Li Xia's sudden rise in those years, Kublai Khan tried hard to stabilize people's hearts by practicing Chinese law.

Over the past few years, a new city has taken shape.

Its most distinctive feature is that according to the Mongolian living habits of living by water and grass, the city pattern is determined with water as the center.Now the Tonghui River has been dug through, making Jishuitan the wharf from the metropolis to Tongzhou.

In addition, the Jinshui River, the city wall of the capital city, the city wall of the imperial city, and government offices such as the Ministry of Education and the Privy Council have been completed one after another.

Huge projects are still needed before the completion of the entire city, but the foundation has already been laid.

Yuanda is a new city, free from the constraints of the old layout. The streets are neatly planned, with clear latitude and longitude, and are divided into fifty squares.

Among them, Zhang Rou's new house is in Lingchunfang, which is located in the north of the general manager's mansion on Dadu Road.

But the post house where Dong Wenyi and Dong Wenzhi brothers lived was in the old city of Jinzhong. If they wanted to meet the Zhang family, they had to go to the new metropolis.

So, on the second day of September, the two brothers took a carriage to Tongxuanmen in the north.

While queuing in front of the city gate, Dong Wenyi lifted the curtain of the car and took a look outside. He happened to see two sea arrest documents posted on the wall of the list.

He squinted his eyes and said to the coachman, "Stop."

Dong Wenzhi also saw the sea arrest document, glanced at the soldiers who rode their horses and followed them, and said, "We want to go and have a look."

These soldiers were actually in charge of monitoring them, and one of them got off his horse, went to the wall and took off the two sea arrest documents, brought them over and handed them to them.

"Thank you."

Dong Wen took it with a smile, and lifted the curtain of the car, just now he looked at the document with the old man's portrait on it, and sure enough, the arrested person was Bai Hua.

Looking at the other picture, the person arrested is a middle-aged man named Zhang Xiongfei, with a handsome appearance and quite a heroic spirit.

Passing the document in his hand to Dong Wenyi, the two brothers looked at each other again without speaking.

The carriage continued to move forward, leaving the old city of Jinzhongdu, entering the new city of Yuandadu, and heading towards Wanshou Xingguo Temple.

When they came out this time, of course they didn't expressly want to see the Zhang family, but they went to the temple to burn incense as an excuse.

This place was originally an ancient temple outside Youzhou City in the Tang Dynasty. It was expanded into a temple in the Liao Dynasty. Now it is enclosed in the new city of Dadu in Yuan Dynasty and renamed Wanshou Xingguo Temple.

The carriage drove slowly into the Li main gate, went north along the East Street, passed through the Thousand-step Corridor, and stopped in front of the Wanshou Xingguo Temple.

Dong Wenzhi got out of the car, looked up and looked around, and said with emotion again: "What a majestic city!"

In fact, the new city of Yuan Dadu has not yet begun to move residents in. Now most of the city is occupied by officials, craftsmen and troops in charge of construction. It looks empty, but the layout is indeed neat and the momentum is indeed majestic.

It is a capital city suitable for a vast unified dynasty.

Dong Wenyi also got off the carriage, raised his eyes to look north for a while, and asked, "Is that Miyagi over there?"

"Yes, if you look to the west, it will be the Taiye Pond."

Dong Wenyi was a little surprised, raised his hand and pointed to the ancient temple in front of him, and said, "Then the Wanshou Xingguo Temple is just at the south gate of the palace city?"

While talking, I saw a large group of people coming out of the temple in front of them. The leader was a tall and burly official, who was talking to the entourage who was holding the blueprints beside him.

It's Zhang Rou.

The soldiers in charge of monitoring the Dong family brothers became tense in an instant, and subconsciously moved forward, as if they wanted to block the Dong family brothers and separate the two groups of people.

Dong Wenzhi has pulled Dong Wenyi aside.

"Is that Mr. Zhang? It looks like he is going to rebuild this ancient temple?"

Some of the soldiers came to ask, it turned out that the place where Wanshou Xingguo Temple was located was indeed too close to the palace city. With the preliminary layout of the imperial city, Zhang Rou proposed to transform this place into the Altar of Sheji, and then build a Taimiao on the opposite side.In this way, the layout of the entire Miyagi is more appropriate.

The Dong family brothers repeatedly said yes, and after Zhang Rou and his party left, they entered the temple to pray.

They learned about Buddhism, had a detailed chat with the abbot of the temple, and then sat in the side hall to meditate.

The entourage can rest outside the Zen courtyard, and their backs can always be seen.

For a long time, the Dong brothers who were meditating couldn't get up. If they didn't move their bodies from time to time, people would think they were asleep...

And in a Zen courtyard in the temple, a young monk led the Dong family brothers in, and saw Zhang Hongji sitting there.

Zhang Hongji and Dong Wenzhi are quite familiar with each other. They have been secretly cooperating in smuggling from the Central Plains to Guanzhong in the past few years, and they already have a tacit understanding with each other.

"There's no need to be too polite, time is tight, so I'll make a long story short." Zhang Hongji cut to the chase, and said, "You should all know the current situation in the world? The Great Yuan Dynasty has reached the point where people's hearts are scattered and every inch of it is lost."

"I know, what advice does Uncle Guo have?"

The word "National Uncle" made Zhang Hongji chuckle dumbfounded, and soon became serious.

"I don't dare to teach you. The Yuan Lord moved me from Baozhou to Yanjing. He was afraid that I would bring the soldiers and civilians of Baozhou to the Tang Dynasty. But in Yanjing, we may not be able to raise troops and make trouble."

"How to do?"

Zhang Hongji thought for a while, but he didn't say it directly, but said: "You have all heard of a poem, Yuyang is encouraged to come."

Dong Wenyi was stunned for a moment, with a look of surprise in his eyes.

Yuyang is a place name, but now this place name has been abolished and merged into Miyun County in the north.

And sometimes Kublai Khan returned to Yanjing from Kaiping City, passing by Miyun.

It is not difficult to guess the plan that Zhang Hongji expressed by borrowing this line of poem... He intends to ambush Kublai Khan in the Miyun area?

Even Dong Wenzhi was puzzled and asked, "Is this Zhang Gong's idea, or Erlang's?"

Zhang Hongji shook his head, laughed at himself slightly, and said, "This is Liu Lang's idea."

"So that's how it is." Dong Wenzhi had been calm before, but now he felt a little uneasy, and asked again: "Do you really want to do this?"

"When a man is in the world, why should he be timid? Now that he has made a choice, he should make the greatest contribution and calm the world in the fastest time, so that the people of the Central Plains will no longer have to suffer from years of war."

Dong Wenzhi still hesitated, and asked again: "Erlang told us this, can you trust us?"

Zhang Hongji leaned forward and said, "Do you think I trust you more, or Kublai Khan trusts you more?"

He actually started calling Kublai Khan by his name.

Dong Wenyi listened to these, and turned his head to look outside the meditation room from time to time, looking very disturbed.

Dong Wenzhi kept adjusting his emotions, and finally asked: "How many people can the Zhang family arrange in this boundary of Yanjing?"

"It doesn't need to be too much, the elite three thousand surprises are enough. What about the Dong family?"

"Not sure yet, I need to get in touch..."

Several people discussed for a while, and the Dong family brothers hurriedly left the meditation room.

Zhang Hongji sat there alone, with a calm and composed expression on his face, but when he opened his palms, his palms were already covered with sweat.

How can you not be nervous?It was Kublai Khan who had to plot.

In case Dong Wenzhi and Dong Wenyi leaked the secret, or their actions were found out, the entire Zhang family would be implicated.

Zhang Hongji heaved a sigh of relief, wiped his hands on the front of his clothes a few times, and thought of what Zhang Honglue said.

"Second brother actually took his family from Baozhou to Yanjing, how unwise. Are you afraid that my father and I will be beheaded in Yanjing? Or are you afraid that Dayuan will send troops to attack Baozhou? At this time, as long as the Zhang family guards Baozhou, It should be that Yuan Ting was afraid that we would act rashly, so he never dared to act first. On the contrary, now, the whole family is deeply involved in this, people are swordsmen, I am fish and meat, the situation is passive... it is better to give it a go."

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a few days later.

Holding the blueprint in his hand, Zhang Hongji walked into a palace that was still under construction in the palace city of the Yuan Dynasty.

Several big shirtless men squatted on the ground laying the floor tiles. When they raised their heads and saw that it was Zhang Hongji, they put down their movements and gathered together.

"Any news?" It was Zhang Hongji who asked.

Although he has an extraordinary status, the Zhang family is under surveillance most of the time, and many situations need to be inquired by others.

"Yes, but not many, and I don't know if it's true or not."

The person who answered was a middle-aged man with a handsome appearance.

But if you take a closer look, this person is Zhang Xiongfei, the former director of Yingwei Yanjing Road who was wanted by Dayuan.

"It's hard to find out the news. All the people in charge of the Eagle Guards were replaced by Kublai Khan. I was also wanted, so I didn't dare to show up easily, so I could only contact some old departments." Zhang Xiongfei said: "It is said that Kublai Khan will be there next time. I’ll be back in Yanjing next month, but the information may not be accurate, I’m still confirming.”

In fact, Kublai Khan had just passed through Yanjing and returned to Kaiping a few months ago.

At that time, Kublai Khan's itinerary was quite secret, Zhang Xiongfei didn't know about it in advance, but after contacting Bai Hua and Zhang Yi once, he was convicted of a serious crime and fled incognito.

This time is different, this time he has a plan and a purpose to put Kublai Khan to death.

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However, just outside the new city of Yuan Dadu, soldiers and horses rushed from the north like flowing water.

"Khan, I found out."

Some cavalry rushed to Kublai Khan and reported: "The Zhang family and the Dong family of the Han Dynasty are secretly mobilizing troops to attack the Great Khan in the area of ​​​​Baima Pass..."

(End of this chapter)