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Zhao Junchen's private transaction is not a big problem for Xuan Ye.

As long as the problem of food shortage in the territory can be solved as soon as possible, the trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Jianzhou Jurchens will be handed over to anyone, and there is no difference between Zhao Junchen and the Jin merchants, and the trade between the Jianzhou Jurchens and the Ming Dynasty is still in his hands.

What's more, Xuan Ye thought that he had the initiative in this transaction - he could allow Zhao Junchen's trading house to monopolize the trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Jianzhou Jurchen today, but tomorrow he could change his attitude and transfer this privilege to other trading houses, and the huge profits in it would inevitably affect Zhao Junchen's future position, so that Zhao Junchen would gradually become a "pro-gold faction".

Between the turns of his thoughts, Xuan Ye quickly considered the pros and cons, and happily agreed to Zhao Junchen's private deal.

With the "tacit understanding", the negotiation became more and more intense, but this fierceness is just the appearance, under the secret manipulation of Zhao Junchen and Xuan Ye, the two sides seem to be competing against each other, but their respective positions are gradually retreating, and the direction of the negotiation is also progressing along the tacit understanding they have reached.

It wasn't until an hour later that the dust finally settled and a preliminary consensus was reached.

The final result was that the Ming Dynasty agreed to accept the surrender of the Jianzhou Jurchens, but the conditions for the surrender of the Jianzhou Jurchens were also reduced from eleven to five, and the specific conditions were also compressed a lot;

First of all, after the Jianzhou Jurchens surrendered, the Ming Dynasty would support the Jianzhou Jurchens for free, but the amount of grain was not the three million stones that the Jianzhou Jurchens hoped for, but only 350,000 stones, as for iron tools, ploughing cattle, farm tools, etc., they would not support the Jianzhou Jurchens for free, but the Jianzhou Jurchens were allowed to go to the Ming Dynasty to buy and exchange after the two sides opened a mutual market.

Secondly, the Ming Dynasty agreed to open a mutual market with the Jianzhou Jurchens, and also agreed that the caravans of the Jianzhou Jurchens entered the territory of the Ming Dynasty to purchase all kinds of materials, but the number of caravans could not exceed 20 per year, and the caravans of the Jianzhou Jurchens must be reported to the household yamen of the Ming Dynasty before entering the country, and the relevant authority also needs to be reviewed and designated by the household yamen, and the same is true for the Ming Dynasty caravans entering the territory of the Jianzhou Jurchens, not only the number is limited, but the number of caravans also needs to be designated by the Jianzhou Jurchens;

Thirdly, the Ming Dynasty and the Jianzhou Jurchens from now on must restrict the military operations of the front-line garrisons, and must not provoke and cause incidents, and in the event of conflicts, they must also be entrusted to the officials of both sides to be responsible for consultation, and they must not unilaterally provoke war;

Fourth, when the Jianzhou Jurchens asked the Deqing Emperor to surrender, they had to unite with Korea and Monan Mongolia to act together, which meant that the scenery of the Deqing Emperor's birthday this year was more prosperous, and in exchange, the Ming Dynasty would sell an additional batch of supplies to the Jianzhou Jurchens at a low price for emergency purposes;

Finally, the Jianzhou Jurchens would recognize the Ming Dynasty's rule over the Hetao Plain, and the Ming Dynasty would also recognize the Jianzhou Jurchens' "jurisdiction" over the Mongol Mongols, and the actions of the two sides against the Mongol tribes would have to be the first to be notified to each other in the future.

These five conditions can be said to have their own gains, and it is impossible to say who takes advantage of them more - if you insist on saying it, it is also the Ming Dynasty that has face, and the Jianzhou Jurchen has benefited.

The position of the Jianzhou Jurchen seems to be a great concession, but the conditions they initially proposed to ask for a surrender were originally a sky-high asking price and a lion's mouth, and although the conditions reached now are not the best, they are enough to solve their urgent needs.

Moreover, the caravan of the Jianzhou Jurchens can enter the territory of the Ming Dynasty in the future, and their penetration will inevitably be further enhanced, which is also a hidden danger for the Ming Dynasty.

Out of his heart, Zhao Junchen thinks that this agreement does not have too many benefits for the Ming Dynasty, but he has only got some superficial scenery, and there is a danger of raising tigers, and he is also very dissatisfied, but he also has not much to do - now not only the Jianzhou Jurchen is forced by the pressure of food shortage to reach this negotiation, he is also facing the pressure of Emperor Deqing, and he must meet the good fortune of Emperor Deqing and let Emperor Deqing have a beautiful birthday.

Under such circumstances, this agreement is already the best result that Zhao Junchen can obtain.

But for Zhao Junchen himself, the benefits of this negotiation were many, and after a private deal allowed him to monopolize all trade in the Ming Dynasty's Jurchen sphere of influence in Jianzhou, it once again added an important source of wealth.

"This negotiation can only end up like this! If the Jianzhou Jurchens are allowed to successfully survive this year's food shortage, their threat will be greater, and their penetration into the territory of the Ming Dynasty will be stronger, and it will definitely become a big disaster in the future, and I can only hope that my anti-infiltration plan can succeed! ”

When he reached an agreement with Xuan Ye, Zhao Junchen secretly thought in his heart.

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On the other hand, after seeing that the agreement was reached, Xuan Ye's mood was a little better, because the harvest of this negotiation was enough to reduce the pressure of the food shortage in Jianzhou Jurchen by half.

At the same time, his desire to take the opportunity to subdue Zhao Junchen became more and more impatient.

Of course, Zhao Junchen has a noble status in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, but there are also great hidden dangers, and in the future, it may be the end of the bird's bow and hide, Xuan Ye thinks that a smart person like Zhao Junchen will inevitably want to leave a back road for himself, and Jianzhou Jurchen is the best choice for this back road! Moreover, Zhao Junchen is an image of greed for money in the eyes of the world, which is also a weakness that can be exploited.

Therefore, although Xuan Ye also knew that he had little chance, he still wanted to give it a try-maybe he would succeed?

After Xuan Ye investigated Zhao Junchen's actions in recent years, he admired Zhao Junchen's ability and hard work, and today he witnessed Zhao Junchen's means and wisdom, and he also had some thirst for talent in his heart, thinking that it was a pity that a good minister like Zhao Junchen stayed in the Ming Dynasty to assist a faint monarch like Deqing, if it could be used by the Jianzhou Jurchen, the strength of the Jianzhou Jurchen would increase rapidly.

Zhao Junchen certainly has a lot of shortcomings, but Xuan Ye thinks that he has enough capacity and control means.

So, after the negotiation ended, seeing that it was still early, Xuan Ye suddenly opened his mouth and proposed that the two sides hunt together to celebrate, and by the way, to enhance the relationship.

Xuan Ye's proposal was not timely, now that winter was approaching, there were not too many animals nearby to hunt, and there would definitely not be much to harvest.

But Xuan Yeyan was about to surrender to Emperor Deqing soon, and now was the best time for the relationship between the two sides, Zhao Junchen naturally couldn't refute his face, and agreed after a little hesitation.

Then, Zhao Junchen and Xuan Ye led their respective officials out of the big tent, and they all got on their horses and headed into the distance.

The reason why Xuan Ye proposed this hunt was just to create an opportunity to be alone with Zhao Junchen.

After the hunt began, the Jianzhou Jurchen riders were extremely active, they searched everywhere for the nests of hares and roe deer, and drove these animals to the front of Xuan Ye and Zhao Junchen, so that the two could easily shoot arrows and hunt.

Xuan Ye's interest was very high, and he quickly shot three hares, two roe deer, and even a wild wolf, don't look at his figure a little thin, but his archery skills are excellent, which completely shows the riding and archery culture of Jianzhou Jurchen.

In comparison, Zhao Junchen had few achievements, he just shot an arrow and then never shot again, just quietly watched Xuan Ye's performance, and sometimes spoke a few words of praise.

After hunting a roe deer again, seeing that there were no outsiders around Zhao Junchen, Xuan Ye finally found an opportunity to communicate with Zhao Junchen alone.

After he rode his horse to Zhao Junchen's side, he asked with a smile: "I see that Lord Zhao has never made a move, but he doesn't like the way of riding and shooting?" Why is it not in good spirits? ”

Xuan Ye is now only the Great Khan of the Jianzhou Jurchen, not the "Kangxi Emperor" that Zhao Junchen is familiar with, but he already has some imperial temperament on his body, and when he negotiated with Zhao Junchen before, his expression was always cold and solemn, which made people feel awe, but when he greeted Zhao Junchen with a smile at this time, it obviously gave people a feeling of spring breeze.

Zhao Junchen carefully observed the changes in Xuan Ye's temperament, and greeted him with a smile, saying, "It's not that I don't like it, but I don't like it...... I am a powerless civil servant, I dare not compare to the Great Khan Your civil and military skills, riding skills are barely skilled, but archery skills are ignorant, at this time naturally I don't want to show cowardice to make people laugh. ”

Xuan Ye seemed to appreciate Zhao Junchen's confession and said, "Being able to see your own shortcomings is a good advantage!" But it's not good to just blindly cover up your shortcomings, it's best to find a way to make up for one or two, but Lord Zhao, you are a literati, and this lack of riding and archery is really irrelevant. ”

After a pause, Xuan Ye's words had a hint of meaning, and he said: "Compared with one's own strengths and weaknesses, a person should understand his own opportunities and worries!" Some inconsequential shortcomings do not need to be deliberately made up, but some worries seem to be far away, but they still need to be solved as soon as possible, otherwise this worry may be close one day! It's a pity that people are strong and poor, and manpower is always unable to resist the general trend, and some distant worries are completely unsolvable...... What does Lord Zhao think? ”

Hearing Xuan Ye's meaning, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but be stunned.

Zhao Junchen is a smart person, so he naturally understood Xuan Ye's hints.

He didn't expect that Xuan Ye would want to subdue himself anyway!

Zhao Junchen was surprised, but also moved in his heart, and did not refuse directly, but said slowly: "Compared with leaving a way back for myself and letting myself always hesitate and hesitate, I still prefer to go forward and solve all problems...... What's more, there are long-term worries on the road ahead, but there are no near-term troubles on the back road? ”

Xuan Ye's smile was sincere, and he said: "Whether there is a near danger in the back road, as long as you explore it, you will know, if you find that the back road is very safe after exploring the road, why not leave yourself an extra choice?" ”

Seeing that Zhao Junchen fell into silence, Xuan Ye did not want to force Zhao Junchen to respond immediately, but lowered his voice a little, and said: "After Daming and Dajin open a mutual market, Lord Zhao's caravan can enter the territory of my Dajin unimpeded and monopolize all the commercial profits...... At that time, Lord Zhao will naturally be able to understand the good or bad of this back road!

Don't look at my Dajin has suffered a serious food shortage this year, and it still needs to be surrendered to the Han emperor, but this is just a temporary predicament, Dajin and Daming are by no means the same thing, no matter how dazzling the sunset is, it will soon fall, and even if the morning glow is obscured by dark clouds for a while, it will sooner or later release a dazzling light...... Perhaps, between you and me, there will be many opportunities for cooperation in the future! ”

When Xuan Ye said the sentence "You can easily find out the details of my Dajin, and you will also have close contact with many of my Dajin's personnel", his tone was slightly aggravated, which made Zhao Junchen feel shocked, and secretly wondered if Xuan Ye had guessed his anti-infiltration plan.

In today's negotiation, Zhao Junchen was certainly not satisfied with the final result, but he thought that he still had the upper hand when he and Xuan Ye fought alone.

Although Zhao Junchen also knows very well that the reason why he has the upper hand is mainly because Xuan Ye is hindered by the deliberate forbearance of the current situation of the Jurchen food shortage in Jianzhou, it is not that his means and abilities are more clever than Xuan Ye, but after all, he has suppressed this legendary historical figure, and he is inevitably a little proud in his heart.

But after this conversation, Zhao Junchen suddenly discovered that when he had been pretending to be arrogant to stimulate Xuan Ye and observe Xuan Ye's reaction, was Xuan Ye also observing himself by pushing the boat along the river? Did all your calculations really come true as you wished?

Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen's mood sank slightly.

But on the surface, Zhao Junchen was still silent, did not show any flaws, and just smiled: "In this case, let's wait for me to find out the road, the road ahead is currently quite flat, even if there are some bumps in the future, it may not be impossible to walk, and there is no hurry to take the back road." ”

Xuan Ye also smiled: "As long as you remember in your heart that you still have this back road!" ”

While speaking, a hare was driven by the knights to the front of the two, and Xuan Ye immediately raised his hand and shot the hare immediately.

Then, Xuan Ye added with a smile: "When I was young, my body was not very good, and I was actually not good at riding and archery, but after I practiced diligently, I have some results now!" ”

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This hunt can be described as huge, the two sides jointly dispatched nearly a thousand riders, but in the end only shot more than 20 rabbits, more than a dozen roe deer, and three wild wolves, and most of them were shot by Xuan Ye.

At the end of the hunt, after seeing that there was no more prey around, Xuan Ye made a mistake and "accidentally" shot his hound, and then gave the body of the hound to Zhao Junchen as a return gift, saying that the dog meat was very fragrant.

Zhao Junchen still pretended not to understand what Xuan Ye meant, and after accepting the "return gift" without moving, he quickly said goodbye to Xuan Ye and left with the team.

said that when Zhao Junchen's negotiation team left, Xuan Ye returned to the big tent used for negotiations.

In the big tent, Qian Tong has been waiting for a long time.

Seeing Xuan Ye appear, Qian Tong immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty, saying that most of the Jianzhou Jurchen's eyeliner spies in Xuanfu Military Town were pulled out by Zhao Junchen, all because of his own disadvantage.

Xuan Ye didn't blame Qian Tong, but asked calmly, "How big is the loss this time?" Our eyeliner spies in Xuanfu Town have all been pulled out? ”

Qian Tong had a strange expression and said, "We bought a total of twenty-six eyeliners and inner eyeliners in Xuanfu Town, but this time Zhao Junchen sent twenty-eight heads!" Among them, only twenty-five heads came from our eyeliner and internal response, and the owners of the other three heads had nothing to do with us, and they should have been unjustly killed by Zhao Junchen. ”

After a pause, Qian Tong's expression added a hint of excitement, and added: "However, I carefully counted these heads, and found that the most important Neiying in Xuanfu Town was not killed by Zhao Junchen, and should have escaped Zhao Junchen's investigation, as long as this Neiying remains, our losses in Xuanfu Military Town are not too heavy!" ”

Who is the most important eyeliner of the Jianzhou Jurchen in Xuanfu Town, Xuan Ye naturally knows in his heart, and after he pondered for a while, he suddenly said coldly: "The person who died unjustly may not be Zhao Junchen who did not investigate clearly, and the person who escaped the investigation may also be Zhao Junchen's deliberate hand...... This Zhao Junchen will definitely become a big trouble in the future! I just don't know...... Whether he will become a big disaster for Daming, or a big trouble for my Dajin, if you can't take it for your own use and stay by your side to take care of it, you must find a way to get rid of him! “

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Rainy day, sleeping day...... Really slept all day!

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