Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 557 Dayuan is dead, woo woo woo...

Timur and Ma Heima were dumbfounded when they heard this. Neither of them thought that the political situation in Ming Dynasty was so complicated.

According to their thinking, it is very rare for each country to have one of this kind of college that can accommodate tens of thousands of people to study together.

Even their Timurid Empire can only maintain a college with a scale of tens of thousands of people. If there are more, the finances will inevitably collapse.

"What does the envoy mean?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the academies under the name of the great-grandson of the Ming Dynasty far exceed the old emperor's in terms of number and scale..."

"hiss!"

Timur gasped when he heard the words, and was shocked by Daming's strength and background.

Ma Heima was also stunned, unable to figure out where Daming got so much money to support so many people studying off-duty.

"Your envoy, are you exaggerating what you said?"

"I followed my grandfather to fight in all directions, and I have never heard of any country that can establish several super-large-scale colleges..."

Hao Haida wanted to see Ma Heima doubting himself, so he smiled slightly.

"His Royal Highness, you haven't seen a true god yet, but can you seriously believe in the existence of a god?"

"This……"

Ma Heima really wanted to say whether he could be serious about the existence of God, but he only dared to think about it in his heart.

After all, their empire has to rely on religion to maintain it.

"The Ming Dynasty has a tradition of advocating learning since ancient times, and the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty encouraged the people of the world to read, so the people naturally like to read."

"As far as I know, there are village schools, county schools, prefecture schools, state schools, and Imperial College in Ming Dynasty..."

"This is just the academy established during the old emperor's reign."

"As for the academy founded by the emperor's grandson, I only know that there are many, but not how many."

"However, before Weichen's mission, I heard from Daming that there are more than 10 students in the college under the name of the emperor's grandson..."

"One hundred thousand?"

Timur and Ma Heima were completely shocked by this number, which had surpassed their cognition and made them feel a sense of terror.

Although Timur was shocked in his heart, he pretended to be indifferent on his face.

"Hao Hai Da Yu, even if the Ming Dynasty's culture and education are prosperous, their teaching quality must not be as good as our country's, right?"

Haohai Dayu is a human spirit, how can he fail to understand Timur's hidden meaning?
But he chose not to understand, and explained to himself.

"not necessarily!"

"From the point of view of foreign ministers, Ming's cultural and educational system is the most perfect, most reasonable, and most sound system in the world."

"Whether it's cultivating literati or cultivating officials, Ming's system is unique in the world!"

Timur's expression darkened suddenly when he heard this, annoyed at Haohai Dayu's lack of wink.

Ma Heima also felt that Hao Haida's desire was too much, and said with a bit of dissatisfaction.

"impossible!"

"If according to what you said, it would be very difficult for Daming to support 10,000+ scholars. How can it be guaranteed that each of them can learn true knowledge?"

Hao Haida smiled slightly when he heard the words.

"Oh, it's also possible that the foreign minister made a mistake. Why don't you let the foreign minister see your country's cultural and educational achievements first, and let the humble minister compare them before making a judgment?"

"it is good!"

Ma Heima immediately took Hao Haida to visit the Listan College, and showed him sages of various disciplines.

These sages came up with questions one after another, trying to confuse Hao Hai Da Yu, but they completely forgot that Hao Hai Da Yu is a top-notch wise man in the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Fantiandi.

Therefore, after asking more than a dozen questions in succession, all of which were perfectly answered by Hao Haida, the scholars of the Legistan students all shut up.

Seeing that Hao Haidayu is so wise and wise, Ma Heima put away his disdainful expression and respected Haohaidayu.

Only Timur had a gloomy face the whole time, because he not only failed to pretend to be coercive, but also made Hao Haida pretend to be coercive in disguise.

But this also indirectly made Timur calm down, and began to re-examine the gap between himself and Daming.

After leading Haohaidayu to visit the Legistan Academy, Timur immediately hosted a banquet in the palace and warmly entertained Haohaidayu.

During the meeting, Timur asked Haohai Dayu about the gap between Daming and his own empire, and asked the clerk to record the whole process.

Hao Haida had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. When he saw Timur ask, he immediately started to talk about it.

"Your Majesty, your empire is also very powerful, but compared to the Great Ming, both culture, education and martial arts are somewhat weaker."

"Let's talk about culture and education first. The Ming Dynasty unified culture thousands of years ago, with Confucianism as the main one..."

"Coupled with the improvement of the imperial examination system, Daming can easily select talents suitable for official positions from the common people..."

"On the other hand, in your country, both the cultural and educational system and the selection system are too extensive..."

In fact, what Hao Haidayu said was already considered implicit. Where did the cultural and educational system of the Timur Empire come from? It was just Timur Khan who issued several edicts to encourage the people to read and write.

As for the official selection system, it is even more lacking. They still rely on the theory of blood lineage. Many civil servants are filled by military generals, plus some Persian officials from the conquered lands, forming a set of local diwans.

Although Timur felt that Haohai Dayu's words were ugly, he still accepted it humbly.

In terms of culture, education and official selection system, his own empire is indeed incomparable with Ming Dynasty.

But Timur has different opinions on martial arts.

"Lieutenant Haohai Dayu, I agree with what you said about the gap in culture, education and official selection system, but in terms of martial arts, I think I am not weaker than Zhu Yuanzhang of Ming Dynasty, right?"

Hao Haida smiled provocatively when he heard the words.

"is it?"

Timur sneered when he heard the words, and looked at his grandson Ma Heima, who immediately stood up and told Timur's achievements.

"Since my grandfather founded the empire, he has successively governed Khwarizm, Afghanistan, East Chagatai, Persia, etc..."

"His achievements are comparable to those of Genghis Khan more than 100 years ago. How can Zhu Yuanzhang of Ming Dynasty compare with my grandfather?"

From the perspective of territory and population alone, Timur's achievements are indeed extraordinary, not much better than Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty.

But Hao Haida wanted to come to the Timur Empire this time, the main purpose was to add trouble to Timur, so naturally he would not make the old man proud.

"His Royal Highness, you are very right. Your grandfather was indeed a very remarkable person."

"But the foreign minister has a sentence, I don't know whether to ask it or not."

As soon as Ma Heima heard this, he knew that the old guy hadn't held his fart well, but he still bit the bullet and said politely.

"Your envoy, but it's okay to say."

"May I ask His Royal Highness, if you and your grandfather conquered Khorezm, Posderry and other places, do they use the same script and language as that used in Samarkand?"

When Ma Heima heard this, he immediately became dumb, and Timur, who was sitting aside and pretending to be aggressive, was also rendered speechless by Hao Haidayu's tricky question.

The interior of the Timurid Empire is very complicated. These conquered areas, not to mention the difference in language and writing, even have great differences in religious beliefs and folk customs.

"May I ask the special envoy, what do you mean by this?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, as far as the foreign ministers know, the lands that Daming conquered, whether it was North Korea or Vietnam, all used the same characters as Daming."

"Moreover, there are tens of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty. Although their languages, customs, and beliefs are different, they all use the same language."

"Emperor Ming's laws and regulations can be transmitted to people in any place through Ming characters..."

"Your Highness, to conquer is not only to conquer the body of others, but also to conquer the spirit of others!"

"Even if Da Ming perishes, the inheritance of Da Ming will not be cut off."

"If your empire were to perish, what do you think your empire will leave behind?"

Timur and Ma Heima fell silent when they heard this, while Ali Muyad glared at Haohai Dayu resentfully, and when others were not paying attention, he quietly blamed him by his ear.

"Hao Hai Da Yu, are you crazy today, why did you say something that annoys His Majesty!"

Hao Haida rolled his eyelids when he heard the words, and said with disdain on his face.

"I'm just telling the truth!"

"Ugh!"

"You, you, I will be cheated to death by you sooner or later!"

Ali Muyad was ready to face the violent storm of Emperor Timur, but after a while, he was surprised to find that instead of getting angry, Emperor Timur stood up and saluted Hao Haidayu.

"Hao Hai Da Yu, you are a true wise man, I am honored to hear your enlightenment!"

Although Ma Heima didn't know why his grandfather suddenly behaved uncharacteristically, but seeing that his grandfather saluted, he could only salute accordingly.

However, just after he finished saluting, he heard his grandfather's inquiry.

"Ma Heima, did you hear the meaning of what Haohai Dayu said just now?"

"I……"

Seeing this, Timur sighed heavily in his heart.

Although he likes Ma Heima very much, he has to admit that Ma Heima's knowledge is still a little short.

"Taiwei Hao Haida wants to remind us to unify the writing, language, customs, and beliefs..."

"Even if our Timurid Empire dies in the future, our writing, language, history, and customs will always be rooted in this land!"

Ma Heima suddenly realized when he heard this, and saluted his grandfather respectfully.

"Grandfather is wise!"

Hao Haida wanted to hear what Timur said, but he also admired it sincerely in his heart, Timur's insight is really good.

"What Your Majesty said is exactly what the foreign minister wants to express!"

"The Ming Dynasty unified the written language more than 1000 years ago. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the official language was promoted throughout the country, and the language is gradually being unified."

"At the beginning of the founding of the Great Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang abandoned the costumes of the Great Yuan Dynasty, re-standardized the clothing system, and changed the customs of the Ming Dynasty..."

"Although this move has caused great harm to my Yuan Dynasty, I have to admit that this is a good national policy for the long-term stability of the empire..."

Timur respectfully saluted Hao Haida when he heard the words.

"Teachable!"

"If Haohaida wants to be the captain, Ben Khan would like to invite you to serve as the prime minister of the empire, to assist Ben Khan in governing the empire and unifying the empire's system..."

Hao Haida hesitated a little when he wanted to hear the words, and then politely declined.

"Thanks to the Great Khan's attention, but the Dayuan is in danger, and the foreign ministers really don't want to do anything, please forgive me!"

Timur was not discouraged when he heard the words, but smiled knowingly.

"Ben Khan will hold a military parade outside the capital in three days, so that Lieutenant Hao Haidayu can see the soldiers of our empire!"

"If Ben Khan's army has any shortcomings, I would like to ask Taiwei Hao Haida Yu to give me some advice!"

When Hao Haida wanted to hear the words, he immediately showed a joyful expression, which means that half of the alliance has been completed!
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"My humble minister will know everything and say everything!"

At the end of the dinner, Timur ordered people to clean up a garden palace in the city and rewarded Hao Haida to live in it to show his importance to Hao Haida.

At the same time, it is thoughtfully equipped with elite guards to protect the safety of Haohai Dayu around the clock.

Of course, in Hao Haida's eyes, his protection is a form of surveillance in disguise.

However, Hao Hai Dayu doesn't care anymore, as long as he can save Bei Yuan, so what if he stays with Timur forever?
What's more, is Timur willing to let him be the prime minister?

In fact, Hao Haida wanted to be quite tempted, but he was afraid that if he agreed too quickly, he would be looked down upon by others and feel that he had no integrity.

Therefore, he made a move to retreat and gain some benefits for Da Yuan.

Three days passed quickly, and more than [-] troops gathered outside Samarkand.

These are elite troops stationed around Samarkand, specially used to protect the capital.

Hao Haida wanted to stand on the city wall with Emperor Timur as an envoy of the Yuan Dynasty.

Looking at the neat army below, Timur felt a surge of pride in his heart.

"Hao Hai Da Yu, what do you think of this Khan's army?"

Haohaidayu didn't turn on the "random" mode today, and it was exaggerated when he opened his mouth.

"The majesty of His Majesty's army is something that foreign ministers have never seen in their entire lives."

"Foreign ministers once watched military exercises in Ming Dynasty, and the strength of Ming Dynasty is only the complexity and variety of weapons, and the sharpness and order of armor."

"Your Majesty's army is all soldiers of a hundred battles, and the spirit and spirit exuded from them make ghosts and gods avoid them!"

When Timur heard this, he burst out laughing proudly.

"Hahaha!"

"It's not easy to get Hao Haida Yu Taiwei to praise you!"

"You're right, these people are all elite soldiers who followed Ben Khan in the northern and southern expeditions!"

"As long as they are here, no matter how many troops Daming sends, Ben Khan is sure to beat them back!"

Hao Haida wanted to hear this, so he thought about it a little and reminded.

"Your Majesty, please don't underestimate the enemy. The weapons of the Ming army are very sophisticated, especially the large number of armor..."

"If Your Majesty can't tie with Da Ming in terms of weapons, then he can only crush the opponent in terms of numbers, and let the opponent retreat in the face of difficulties."

"A weapon?"

Timur had a headache when he heard this.

"Ben Khan has also heard that the manufacturing speed of Ming Dynasty weapons is extremely fast, and more than [-] arrows can be produced every day."

"But fighting is not just about the weapons you use, it's about the coordination of the arms you fight, the bravery of the soldiers, and the coordination between the various troops."

"If in a narrow terrain, we concentrate our superior forces to block Da Ming, even if Da Ming has tens of millions of arrows, it will be difficult to break out of the encirclement!"

Hao Haida felt faintly worried when he heard the words, feeling that Timur would suffer a big loss in Daming's hands.

But he doesn't dare to talk too much now, for fear of scaring Timur, he dare not make an enemy of Daming.

I can only say a compliment out of conscience.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Timur smiled lightly when he heard the words, how could he not hear Haohai Dayu's insincere words?
But he didn't want to pursue it, and he felt that he had the strength to fight against Da Ming.

"Hao Haida wants to be a captain. If your country forms an alliance with our country, who should lead the two armies?"

Hao Haida sold Dayuan without hesitation when he heard the words.

"Naturally, His Majesty is the leader!"

"If Your Majesty can defeat Daming, not only will I belong to Your Majesty, but the other two Khanates will also belong to Your Majesty!"

Timur laughed happily when he heard the words, just as he was about to high-five and swear with Haohaida, he heard a commotion under the city gate.

This made Timur very dissatisfied, and immediately ordered people to execute those who made noise for no reason.

However, as soon as the guards under him went down, they saw the emperor's grandson Ma Heima rushing up.

"Grandfather, someone in the city claims to be the envoy of Beiyuan, saying that he has something important to meet with Taiwei Hao Haidayu!"

When Timur heard this, he immediately called back the guards.

"Since it is Haohaida who wants to be the captain, then Ben Khan will sell the captain's face and let the captain handle it himself."

Hao Haida bowed respectfully to hear the words.

"Thank you for your Majesty's trust, foreign ministers come as soon as they go..."

After a long while, Hao Haida climbed up the city wall in despair, and fell to his knees with a plop as soon as he walked in front of Timur.

"Your Majesty, Da Yuan can no longer form an alliance with your country..."

Timur was taken aback when he heard this.

"what?"

"What exactly is going on?"

Hao Haida cried out as if mourning.

"The foreign minister just learned that Da Yuan is dead, woo woo woo..."

(End of this chapter)