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Chapter Hesitating

Qionghua means gorgeous jade, and also refers to the flowers of jade trees growing on Penglai Fairy Island. People can live forever after eating it. During the Jin Shizong period, the Qionghua Island was built in the waters, and the Taihu stone in Genyue, Song Bianliang, was placed on the island, and the name indicates that the island is a fairyland treasure island built with beautiful jade.

When Kublai Khan built the capital, he built Guanghan Hall at the highest point on the island, renamed Wansui Mountain and Taiye Pond, where he rowed and fished. Wansui Mountain was high and overlooked the whole city. Ardam was astrological for Tiemur, and the results were consistent with the general trend, thus gaining his reputation. Whenever there was a big event, he would ask him to ask him for astrology and divination.

Before ascending the throne, Timur placed Ardam in the palace to facilitate summoning at any time. After ascending the throne, he lived in the palace and felt it was inconvenient, and the harem was inconvenient. Moreover, Dayuan believed in Buddhism and it was not advisable to build temples for him in the palace. So he placed Ardam on Qionghua Island and built a high platform specifically for observing astrological signs.

Although Timur did not promise to make Ardam as the national teacher as before, he gave him great courtesy. Needless to say, he was open to food and wine. He was equipped with more than a dozen eunuchs for his power, and he was equipped with special guards to protect his safety. He also gave him gold medals to enter and exit the palace at will, and he gave him countless gold, silver and treasures. His life was very free and easy.

"The chaos is unclear, the future is unpredictable..." As soon as I entered the hall gate, I heard the sound of Aldam's howling echoing in the hall. Tiemur looked at Fang Chenyou in confusion.

"Shank you, you must be drunk again and are talking nonsense!" Fang Chenyou sighed and said helplessly.

"What's going on?" Tie Muer frowned, not very satisfied with his answer, and turned to the eunuch who was guarding the hall.

"Report to the great khan, the master will drink after watching the stars for several days in a row. If he drinks too much, he will yell. I don't understand the meaning!" the eunuch replied.

"A few days ago, the master had a dispute with someone outside the palace. Do you know why?" Tie Muer frowned even more and asked again.

"Khan, I heard that the master was talking about the current war in the restaurant. Some people said, "The Southern Army is strong and difficult to resist. It is better to save its strength to retreat to the city. When the Southern Army is exhausted and insufficient supply, it will retreat.' The master then said, "Retreating to the city is like trapping a dragon into the abyss, which is not necessarily a good thing." But the other party could not say much. A few people knocked the master to the ground and wanted to cut it. If the guards had not stopped it in time, the master would die from the knife!" The eunuch seemed to be still in fear.

"You dare to attack the master. You can check it out. Who is so bold and who is instructed by him?" Now Ardam is the beacon of Tiemur's guidance and the mentor of the soul. This is almost well known in the circle of powerful people in the capital, but there are still people who want to be detrimental to it, which is simply challenging his authority. Tiemur turned his face and ordered Fang Chenyou to say.

"Yes, I'll go check it myself right away!" Fang Chenyou was also clear. Although the empress dowager was still there, the Khan had fully controlled the situation over the past few years. The empress dowager retreated behind the scenes and his influence was greatly reduced. He was also very happy to do this kind of investigation of the evil deeds of the powerful.

"What do the master often do?" Tiemu's ears walked into the hall while asking the eunuch on duty.

"Recently, the master has rarely left the palace. He often sits on the stage to watch the stars all night at night and draws the astrological chart. But he seems to be in a bad mood. He always drinks a lot afterwards, walks around the hall, and mutters something, but the younger ones don't understand!" The eunuch replied carefully.

"In the future, all the words and deeds of the master must be recorded, and even if he is drunk, he must write down words." Tiemuer stopped and ordered, "In the future, the master must be advised to leave the palace. Nothing in the palace must be leaked, otherwise you will be chopped and fed to the dog!"

"Yes, the Khan told the little one to keep in mind and dare not disobey it!" The eunuch was so scared that he knelt down and kowtowed.

"Okay, where is the master?" After entering the hall, Tiemur glanced around the figure who had not seen Ardam, and asked with his head down.

"Why don't you go and look for it?" Most of these eunuchs are from Goryeo. They are considered to be his disciples and grandsons. They are also in the palace and are also tools for him to be able to get along with them. Fang Chenyou shouted at the eunuchs.

Guanghan Palace was not big, so people quickly found it, right in Xiaoyu Hall, but he did not come to see him. Tiemur hurriedly followed everyone to see him, but the situation in front of him was so funny. Ardam sat in the sea of ​​wine, soaked half of his body in the wine, and scooped wine from it with a glass of wine in his hand.

"Hurry up and pull the master out!" Fang Chenyou waved his hand and asked the eunuchs to pick up Ardam. Seeing his appearance, he couldn't suppress his anger in his heart. He rarely lost his composure. Of course, he was not angry about his rudeness in front of the Khan, but he really felt sorry for the big wine sea.

The sea of ​​wine is carefully carved from a whole piece of black and white jade, which can store more than 300 stones of wine. The sea of ​​wine is carved with turbulent waves, with whirlpools and thunders, and it is magnificent. It can be said that this is a scene of a living Dragon Palace world. Among the sea waves, there are dragons, pigs, horses, deer, rhinestones and other magical animals. The sea dragon hides in the water, and sticks out of the water on its upper body, spreads its teeth and claws, teasing the orbs that the Ruiyun holds in front of it.

What is even more commendable is that the instrument is not only huge in shape and extraordinary in temperament, but also has excellent carving. It uses the black and white changes of jade to outline the ups and downs of the waves and expresses the spots of the eyebrows and eyes of the animals. It is said that it is ingenious and superb in skills. It took more than a dozen craftsmen to carve it for five years. It is said that it is worth four big cities and is considered a treasure to maintain the country.

This "Wine Sea" was specially made by Kublai Khan to reward the three armies, and was earlier than the construction of the capital. During the banquet, the jar was filled with wine, and the Khan sat around with the ministers, with many gin wine glasses next to them, and everyone drank them at will. Now it was used as a bathtub, so how could Fang Chenyou not be angry?

"Slow down, slow down, don't hurt the master!" Jiuhai was placed on a pedestal that was half a foot high, so it was difficult for him to climb up while drunk. The eunuchs found a step stool and took him out of the wine sea. Then they lifted it down with all their might. Tiemu kept reminding him while commanding.

"Don't be a sweater, don't be hit by the smell of alcohol!" Fang Chenyou covered his nose with his sleeves and helped Dashen retreat a few steps. Ardam was really drunk, his eyes were blurred and he seemed to be open and closed. He was held by two strong eunuchs to barely stand. His body was soaked in wine, and the wine flowed down his hair and clothes, so how embarrassed it was.

"Cleaning him, changing his clothes, and cooking a bowl of sobering soup!" Tie Muer was also very frightened by the smell of alcohol, so he took two steps back and ordered the eunuch.

The eunuchs found a chair to carry Ardam away. Seeing that there were a few pieces of paper scattered on the table, Tiemur picked up and saw that it was the star map he had drawn. He hurriedly put it away before leaving the drunk Xiaoyu Hall, and came to the main hall in front to look carefully one by one.

Over the years, Tiemur has become a doctor after a long illness. Although he cannot make a horoscope through complex and complicated calculations and accurately determine the situation from the chart, he can also see the general context from the horoscope and learn about it. After seeing all of it, his face became gloomy. The situation of the Mongolian Yuan was like Ardam's drunken words. The house changes very frequently, which is elusive and difficult to grasp the trend.

As for the star chart that concerns oneself, the rise of the house indicates that one has no evil disease and has a tendency to improve. The downward position indicates that he has differences with the closest person, and has a bad relationship, something that is unfavorable to oneself, and even causes changes. The Zhongtian point is related to one's own power, but it changes violently, and seems to have ups and downs. On the contrary, the sky point represents the family and ancestors, but it also deviates, indicating that there will be changes in the family.

Tie Muer was frightened and found that some of the parts were contradictory and obscure, which made his mood fluctuate and difficult to calm down. However, he also knew that using the astrological chart to predict good and bad luck, he also had to combine the arrangement of multiple constellations and the trajectory of the main star to analyze the results. However, he only had only a little understanding and was difficult to further analyze.

But Tiemur's mood is still heavy. Ardam is now becoming depressed and even a little crazy. He needs to drink to suppress his anxiety. This is enough to show that he is also unable to make a correct interpretation of the changes in the astrological signs and cannot judge the further evolution of the situation, which makes him feel extremely stressed and unable to extricate himself.

After waiting for a while, Fang Chenyou returned that Ardam was still asleep after being sobered up, let alone analyzing the charts for him and predicting the situation. Tiemur could only instruct the eunuchs on duty to serve the eunuchs and go back first and ask for advice tomorrow, but if this matter is not decided, he is still anxious.

Today, the ministers in the court argued endlessly on the issue of staying or leaving. Tiemur sounded reasonable. The abandoned city and returned to the grassland can at least preserve the strength to fight again, so as not to bury all the elite Mongolians here. You should know that the war has not stopped in the more than 20 years since the founding of the Yuan Dynasty. Although the Han army and Semu people could be driven as cannon fodder, the casualties of the Mongolians were still very large.

The casualties in the war caused the population of Mongolia to grow slowly and basically stagnate. The number of counts on the list was less than 2 million, of which only 600,000 were young and strong soldiers. After the Southern and Northern Expeditions, tens of thousands of royal troops stationed in Henan and Shandong, which were north of the Huaihe River, were basically completely lost. Later, the Mongols who invaded the north of the central government, and the Danma Red Army and the Zhengu Army who were garrisoned were annihilated in large numbers.

According to preliminary statistics, since the invasion of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the population of Mongolians has been lost in the Central Plains to more than 300,000, and half of them are young and strong people. Now, most of them have gathered troops from all over the country to serve the kings. It can be said that almost all the Mongolians who can be recruited will be included. If they cannot defend Dadu, it will cause great damage to the vitality of the Mongolians and lose hope of revival within at least twenty years.
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