An Tong's ambiguity made Zhen Jin completely calm down. He was not an inexplicable "Xiaobai" emperor. Strictly speaking, he was trained as the emperor's heir since childhood. He had come into contact with the most advanced cultures of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism at the time, and finally accepted Confucianism. He was taught by famous scholars Yao Shu and Wang Xun. When he was named King of Yan, he was appointed as the Secretariat.

The Secretariat was the highest administrative institution in the Yuan Dynasty. The Secretariat was the head of the Secretariat. It was the first rank of the Secretariat and had a high status. At this time, he was only twenty years old. After being appointed as the crown prince, he was appointed as the Secretariat and the magistrate of the Privy Council. The following year, he began to "sign imperial edicts" at the Secretariat. He went to the Secretariat twice a month to sign and write necessary official documents. As the crown prince, he widely participated in the country's political activities and cruel power struggles, and experienced the ups and downs of the historical process of the early establishment of the Yuan Dynasty.

Zhen Jin's experience gave him a comprehensive understanding of the state system and political system, and understood the gains and losses. He knew that the early success of his father Khan was because he understood that geographical unification would inevitably require cultural and political unification. Therefore, he established the capital of the Han area and built the capital; established the year name, the country name and related etiquette system, set up the Taimiao to worship ancestors, formulate the Central Plains rituals, etc.; in addition, a centralized dynasty bureaucracy was established. A series of measures such as respecting agriculture and respecting Confucianism were taken.

Despite this, as a horse riding nation that entered the Central Plains, Zhenjin thought that its degree of sinicization was far from enough in the process of learning Confucianism and law and participating in political affairs, and even showed nothing. Moreover, when Kublai Khan ascended the throne, he issued an edict, clarifying his own institutional principles: Zushu adaptation. Zushu inherited the old Mongolian system, and adaptation was to carry out sinicization reforms. This destined that the Yuan Dynasty did not deepen, resulting in many traditional political ills and non-traditional political ills.

First of all, Kublai Khan was not active in the promotion of sinicization in the later period, and the process of sinicization was slow, so he treated it only as a quasi-religious treatment. This itself was because the territory of the Mongolian Empire was wide. From the perspective of Mongolia, the Han area was only a small part of the Mongolian Empire. Therefore, the Mongolian ruling class never looked at the Yuan Dynasty from a centralized position, and faced with multicultural cultures: Tubo Lamaism culture, Central Asian culture, European Christian culture, and Central Plains Han culture. Compared with so many options, the old ruling class certainly would not consider Han culture superior, and it lacked the internal motivation for sinicization.

Secondly, the Mongolians did not know Chinese characters, and the palace mainly used Mongolian language. After the founding of the new Mongolian characters, they must be written in their writing and attached to them in Chinese. This led to the Han people having to learn Mongolian language, otherwise it would be difficult to be an official. Moreover, most Mongolians do not understand Han culture, especially Confucianism. After all, they all said that they did not understand it. They said that Confucian teachers taught Confucianism for many years and did not know the meaning, but the monks in the West taught Buddhist scriptures and learned it overnight.

Furthermore, it is precisely because the Mongols did not integrate into the Han culture that they looked down on Han culture and accepted Han culture very slowly. Most people always had a gap in the rules and regulations and thoughts of the Han areas. They also made them not pay attention to the Han people, and the court did not hold imperial examinations for a long time, so Confucian scholars could not enter the bureaucratic system.

In addition, due to the retaining of a large number of old Mongolian systems such as the submission system, the Odog system, the Gift system, the Cyxue system, the Mongolian nobles were able to use their privileges to corruption and create many things to make money. This has also become the norm in the officialdom. It is abnormal not to be greedy or corrupt, making the court itself like a corrupt official.

In addition, after conquering Jiangnan, Kublai Khan did not give up the war, and still refused to stop his troops. He launched invasions against Goryeo, Japan, Annan, Chameng, Java and other places. However, these countries were too poor, and due to the lack of captivity and even suffered a crushing defeat, several military use were lost. Not only did they have no gains, but they also spent capital. It was precisely because of the consumption of war and the excessive abandonment of officials that inevitably led to frequent outbreaks of financial crises.

Zhenjin also realized that the struggle for power and profit within the ruling group made the political situation unstable. Most officials ignored the national affairs, were greedy for enjoyment, and were extremely corrupt. After the ministers were intrigued by the superiors and subordinates, the court imposed violent taxes, which made the economy increasingly declining, and the people were desperate to fight. However, under the counterattack of the Southern Dynasty, the taxation land was lost one after another, which made the gifts unable to be fulfilled, which made the old sects dissatisfied with the court, and their control over the grassland was also declining.

"The Left Prime Minister thought what should we do now?" Although Zhen Jin had already seen everything, he also thought that after inheriting the Khan throne, he could do a big battle with ambitious policies, implement Han laws, and restore the glory of the Yuan Dynasty. However, the time was not waiting for him. The Southern Dynasties continued to launch wars, making him exhausted and had no time to rectify the internal affairs. The current chaos was just a concentrated outbreak of various conflicts accumulated in the past. He asked weakly.

"My subordinates think they should negotiate peace with the Southern Dynasty!" An Tong said with a struggle on his face and he said with difficulty.

"Peace talks?!" As expected, as soon as he finished speaking, everyone took a breath and looked at An Tong in disbelief.

"No!" Brother Sang reacted first and said sternly, "Now our army destroys enemy baggage and injures the king of the country. This is a great opportunity for counterattack. How can we negotiate peace?"

"The Left Prime Minister proposed peace talks at this time and surrendered to the southerners. This not only insulted the national system, but also caused endless harm!" Yue Chi Cha'er also rebuked loudly.

"My subordinates think that the discussion of the left prime minister can be discussed. Stop the army with the Southern Dynasties, rectify internal affairs, reorganize military affairs, and rest and recuperate are the major plans for establishing a country!" However, Li Qian expressed his support for An Tong and stood up and said with politeness.

"I think missing the opportunity to counterattack is the way to destroy the country, and the Khan has made a decision!" Yue Chi Cha'er said again.

"I think the Southern Army has lost its supplies and is weak in attacking, and will not be willing to retreat. This is a good opportunity for peace talks, and we can also take the initiative!" Li Qian said.

"Pingzhang is too naive!" Brother Sang sneered, "Even if you want to negotiate peace, it is not a good opportunity. He will definitely ask for Kaifeng and Songzhou to use the Yellow River as the boundary to encroach half of the Central Plains. If our army can seize the opportunity to defeat the current enemy, it will be difficult for the Southern Army to coordinate, and will inevitably panic and strive to escape first. At that time, it will be difficult to take care of each other. Not only can the enemy be driven out of Huaibei, but Huainan must be repeated. At that time, peace talks will be lost at most, and the Central Plains can be safe!"

"The consultant only wants to win, but if he loses, the Song army will cross the Yellow River and head straight to the city of Dadu. Our dynasty has no place in the Central Plains, so we can only retreat to the grassland!" An Tong snorted.

"What's wrong with the grassland? There are hundreds of thousands of cavalry in my dynasty, so I can keep the Khan from worry!" Brother Sang said with a smile.

"Okay, you all retreat. Let me think about it before you can decide!" Seeing a few people arguing, Zhen Jin felt even more upset and waved his hand to let everyone retreat...

The discussion with several important officials was fruitless. At the next day, the ministers and officials divided into two factions and had another dispute. The faction led by Sangge and the Mongolian Sect King was in charge of the battle. They thought they could not compromise with the Southern Dynasties, but should fight with them with all their might. If they win, they could drive the Southern Dynasties out of the two Huai Rivers. If they lose, they would not retreat from the Central Plains and return to the grasslands. An Tong and a group of Han ministers were in charge of peace. They believed that only by maintaining the Central Plains could they have hope of revival. As long as they lie down on firewood and taste gall, they would be eager to govern, and quell the civil strife, they could go south again without ten years to unify China.

‘Ba…’ Several court meetings ended with quarrels. Zhen Jin listened to what both sides said, making them feel embarrassed and unable to make a choice, and didn’t know how to make a decision for a while. The ministers argued endlessly in the court, and after the court came, they also made memorials, and the memorials were delivered to his desk like snow. After he looked for a while, there was not much innovation in it, and he threw the memorials aside.

Zhen Jin was on the soft couch, with his eyes closed, but his mind was unable to rest, and he was still thinking about state affairs. He knew very well that if the Southern Dynasty captured half of the Jiangnan area and only hurt his skin, then Yuxi Timuer was wiped out in Jiangdong, and losing the two Huai Rivers would be damaged. Now if the personal army of the guards who came out to help was defeated, they would lose the Central Plains and even the Han area would be damaged.

Because real gold can see more clearly than those of the Mongolian sect kings. Once they lose the Han territory, they will not only lose the source of wealth and population. The most important thing is that they lose the support of the Han people, they will lose the weapons to check and balance the old sect kings. Even if they return to the grassland, it will be difficult to maintain their authority and become puppets. And they are eyeing other khanates, and it is difficult to protect their robbery. The grassland will fall into civil strife again, and such a disintegration is the destination of the Yuan Dynasty.

So Zhen Jin thought that peace talks with the Southern Dynasties was not a profit at all, but he felt very unwilling to give up the land south of the Yellow River. In this way, the Southern Dynasties was like putting a sharp sword on his throat, living under the threat of the Southern Dynasties at all times. Therefore, he felt that it was necessary to launch a counterattack while the Southern Army was burned. In this way, even if the two Huai Rivers could not be recaptured, he could still win the initiative in the negotiations. After all, peace under the sword and the negotiation in the attitude of a victor are completely incomparable to the chips and the right to speak in his hand.

And Zhen Jin thought that he also needed time and a space for temporary peace, freeing up his hands to rectify internal affairs, eliminate rebellions, establish his own authority, and become a real Mongolian Khan, rather than a vocal worm that is always held by elbows and left and right. But to do this, he must first eliminate foreign troubles and stop the war with the Southern Dynasties. Therefore, no matter the outcome, peace talks seem inevitable.
Chapter completed!