Chapter 1028. Negotiation & Trading.

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Seeing the boxes full of heads, there were as many as twenty or thirty, Xuan Ye couldn't help but be shocked, and his first reaction was that Zhao Junchen sent someone to hunt down the scout horses of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and took the heads of the Jianzhou warriors to demonstrate to him.

But after a closer look, I felt that it was wrong, these heads did not have pigtails, obviously not from Jianzhou Jurchen, but more like the heads of Han people.

Why did Zhao Junchen show himself the heads of Han people? Is it to show that he is good at killing? And still kill your own people?

On the other side, after Qian Tong, the soothing envoy of Jianzhou Jurchen, saw these boxes of heads, his expression changed greatly!

His suppression envoy position, the most important position is to buy those traitors and traitors like him in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and now after seeing these heads, although it is blood stains that cover his face, it still makes him aware of something, and he has vaguely guessed the identity of these heads.

As the so-called "things hurt their kinds", Qian Tong's heart suddenly had an extremely terrifying feeling.

Seeing the different reactions of Xuan Ye, Qian Tong and others, Zhao Junchen restrained the arrogance he deliberately pretended just now, raised his hand with a smile, and the attendant next to him immediately handed Zhao Junchen a pole.

Zhao Junchen explained with a chuckle while fiddling with the head in the box with a pole: "The owner of this head is Zhang Deshun, the county magistrate of Xuanda County; The owner of this head is the squire Lin Cheng of Linhe Village of Xuanfu; The owner of this head is Bi Zhen, a thousand households on the road in Xuanfu Town; The owner of this head is He Bing, a merchant of Xuanhua Mansion......"

After a little introduction to the origin of a few heads, Zhao Junchen dropped the wooden pole in his hand and explained with sincerity: "I gave these heads to the Great Khan, not only to show my respect, but also to show the court's sincerity in this negotiation!"

The owners of these heads were the most hated Jianzhou Jurchens in Xuanfu Town, and after they learned the news that the imperial court planned to negotiate peace with the Jianzhou Jurchens, they all strongly opposed it, and they also vainly wanted to encourage the border soldiers to start another war, so I killed them and gave their heads to the Great Khan...... Is the Great Khan satisfied with this gift? ”

Listening to Zhao Junchen's introduction, Xuan Ye also sank his face again.

Although Xuan Ye has never seen these first-level masters in person, he has also heard of most of them, because these people are the eyeliner and spies that the Jianzhou Jurchen bought with great difficulty in Xuanfu Military Town! Now seeing such a scene, I am afraid that it has been served by Zhao Junchen!

For a while, Xuan Ye could be described as shocked and angry!

What is surprising is that Zhao Junchen has only arrived in Xuanfu Military Town for three or four days, and he has already found out the vast majority of spies and eyeliners planted by the Jianzhou Jurchens in Xuanfu Town, such abilities and means are absolutely beyond the reach of others, which makes Xuan Ye more and more jealous.

What is angry is that Zhao Junchen's approach not only made Jianzhou Jurchen's years of operation in Xuanfu Military Town go to waste, but his actions were obviously demonstrating to Xuanye, but he still had to say that it was his sincerity and gift, and even said that he killed the owners of these heads because they opposed the peace between the imperial court and the Jianzhou Jurchen.

When Zhao Junchen repeatedly provoked and demonstrated just now, Xuan Ye seemed to be unyielding, and occasionally showed anger, but his eyes were always calm and calm.

But this time, his gaze was fixed on Zhao Junchen's face, but he became as ruthless as a hungry wolf.

Xuan Ye didn't care about Zhao Junchen's previous provocations, after all, these provocations were just a matter of face, but they would not harm the actual interests of the Jianzhou Nuzhen, but Zhao Junchen's approach this time was a real heavy blow to the Jianzhou Jurchen's business and hard work, which Xuan Ye couldn't bear no matter what.

"Lord Zhao, do you have any misunderstanding?" Xuan Ye's voice was cold and asked slowly: "My repeated forbearance is only because I have a lot of sincerity for today's negotiation, but this does not mean that my Dajin is weak and can be bullied, and it does not mean that you can be humiliated at will!"

Lord Zhao said that there are tens of thousands of Han people and tens of millions of adult men, which sounds so scary, and seems to regard these situations as their biggest dependence, but no matter how many sheep there are, how can they be the opponents of tigers and wolves? If Lord Zhao doesn't want this negotiation to continue, just say it directly, why waste time, just restart the war, I have heard of Lord Zhao's great exploits for a long time, and I also want to learn Lord Zhao's methods of leading troops! ”

Noticing that Xuan Ye's attitude and mood had finally undergone a real change, Zhao Junchen was satisfied.

Zhao Junchen's repeated provocations are not to blindly show strength, nor to sabotage this negotiation, but to test Xuan Ye's true heart and the current situation of Jianzhou Jurchen.

Looking at it now, Xuan Ye has many civil and military officials from Han nationality around him, and he is more influenced by Han culture than Zhao Junchen expected, but his city government and forbearance are still not as good as the "Kangxi Emperor" that Zhao Junchen is familiar with, but his attitude is tougher.

At the same time, Xuan Ye's performance also proves that the food shortage situation of Jianzhou Jurchen is indeed extremely serious, otherwise Xuan Ye would have turned his face on the spot at this time, and would not just make threats.

After understanding Xuan Ye's true character and the current situation and bottom line of Jianzhou Jurchen, he also took the opportunity to show his tough posture, Zhao Junchen's goals have been achieved, and the follow-up negotiation strategy can be determined.

As a result, Zhao Junchen's performance was quite a bit of a flattering taste, and when Xuan Ye showed an aggressive posture, Zhao Junchen became more and more smiling.

I saw Zhao Junchen say with a smile: "The Great Khan is serious, I am also full of sincerity for this negotiation, what I just said is not to humiliate Dajin, it is all the truth!" As the so-called rabbit dead dog Heng, bird bow hidden, these people used to be between the Ming and Dajin at both ends of the rat, swaying, sometimes assisting Daming to fight against Dajin, sometimes assisting Dajin to invade Daming, it is also by such means of wall grass, these people are making a lot of money, so good to nourish!

But it is precisely because of this that they are most afraid of Daming and Dajin reaching peace talks! In this way, they not only lost an important profit channel, but also lost their value to Dajin, and maybe they would be betrayed, so they have indeed jumped up and down these days, spreading hate speech everywhere, and using all kinds of small means in an attempt to provoke the war between Daming and Dajin again...... Therefore, if these people are not eliminated, the peace talks between you and me will change sooner or later, and my action to get rid of them this time is precisely for the smooth progress of this peace talks, and this is where my sincerity lies! ”

At the time of his statement, Zhao Junchen's title for the Manchurians had quietly changed from a "Jianzhou Jurchen" with a taste of contempt to a "Dajin" with respect.

And Zhao Junchen's statement is still half-true and half-false, but after all, it gave Xuan Ye a step and took a step back.

In fact, Xuan Ye also has some understanding of the situation that Zhao Junchen said-just like the Liaodong Military Town, isn't it just that he has always been raising self-respect? There have been several peace talks between the Jianzhou Jurchens and the Ming Dynasty, but most of them are because of the secret bad work of the Liaodong Military Town, which forced the Jianzhou Jurchens to surrender and rebel repeatedly.

After Xuan Ye pondered for a while, he finally accepted Zhao Junchen's explanation, but his expression was still cold, and he said: "I only hope that Lord Zhao can understand that my patience is limited, and I hope that Lord Zhao's provocation will end here and not make an example, otherwise my Dajin will immediately withdraw from this peace negotiation and see the truth on the battlefield!" ”

Zhao Junchen was still hiding needles in the cotton, with a smile on his face, and said: "If you can't talk about it, there is no way to see the real chapter on the battlefield...... However, the Cabinet believes that as long as there is good faith on both sides, the negotiations will not break down. ”

After speaking, Zhao Junchen raised his hand and said, "Since this is the case, let's enter the account to negotiate." ”

Xuan Ye nodded, walked into the tent with a cold face, and Zhao Junchen also walked side by side.

However, when the officials on both sides entered the accounts one after another, very few people noticed that Zhao Junchen's staff Niu Fude suddenly approached Qian Tong, the suppressor of the Jianzhou Jurchen, and secretly handed Qian Tong a note.

Qian Tong has always been responsible for the secret contact between the Jianzhou Jurchens and those eyeliner spies in the Ming Dynasty, but he is also experienced, although he was stunned after seeing Niu Fude's performance, he still put away the note without moving, and planned to wait until it was entered into the account.

When the relevant personnel of both sides entered the tent, they took their seats on the left and right sides.

After everyone sat down, Zhao Junchen took the lead in speaking: "After Dajin's surrender table was submitted to the imperial court, I have already read it, but I feel that Dajin's request is a bit excessive!" Not only are there too many conditions, but there are also many conditions that are difficult for a strong man!

For example, Daikin hopes that Daming will support 3 million stone grains and grass, 10,000 iron tools, and cattle farming tools, which is absolutely impossible! Over the years, there have been natural disasters in various places, and my Ming Dynasty can't get so much food in a short period of time......

There is also the matter of mutual market between the two sides, and the imperial court will never allow the caravan captain of Dajin to enter the hinterland of the Han people without hindrance......

Besides, your request for Liaodong Military Town to reduce its troops is also very difficult and unnecessary! In view of the fact that you have repeatedly surrendered and rebelled, it is impossible for the imperial court to reduce its own defensive forces, and if you have no objection from now on, the strength of the military town in Liaodong will not hinder you in anything......

As for the division of power between the Ming Dynasty and the Golden Dynasty in the Mongolian steppe, I also think that you are too advantageous, the Ming Dynasty has no intention of invading Mongolia, and this time the Battle of Hetao is just to regain the homeland! This condition is simply to allow you to annex the Mongol tribes, and it will not be beneficial to my Ming Dynasty......"

In this way, Zhao Junchen said a lot of things, when the Jianzhou Jurchen presented the surrender table to Emperor Deqing, the Communist Party also put forward eleven conditions, and Zhao Junchen actually refuted all of them.

Seeing Zhao Junchen's attitude, Xuan Ye's anger that he had finally suppressed suddenly came out again, and he only felt that Zhao Junchen was really insincere about this negotiation.

Just when Xuan Ye was about to threaten and reprimand, Qian Tong had already read the note that Niu Fude secretly handed him, but a trace of joy flashed on his face, and he handed the note to Xuan Ye in time, and attached it to Xuan Ye's ear to explain the origin of the note.

After Xuan Ye was slightly stunned, he looked down at the content of the note, only to see that it said, "The mutual market is negotiable, but the caravan in charge of the mutual market needs to be limited and designated." ”

In addition to this sentence, the note also had the names of several comptoirs written on it.

Xuan Ye is also a smart person, and he immediately understood the meaning of this note.

According to the proposal of the Jianzhou Jurchens, after the Ming Dynasty and the Jianzhou Jurchens exchanged markets, the caravans of both sides could go deep into each other's territory, purchase materials on their own, and carry out commercial activities, which was obviously an extremely large trade activity.

And Zhao Junchen's attitude is that he agrees that the caravans of both sides can go deep into the territory of the other party, but the number of caravans qualified to enter the territory of the other party must be limited, and it must be reviewed by the other party!

At the same time, the names of several trading houses written on the note are obviously related to Zhao Junchen, once Xuan Ye agrees to Zhao Junchen's conditions, the Jianzhou Jurchen must designate the caravans of these trading houses into their sphere of influence, and these trading houses monopolize the trade activities leading from the Ming Dynasty to the Jianzhou Jurchens, which represents a huge amount of profit - how high such profits are, just look at those rich Jin merchants who are rivaled by the country!

Obviously, Zhao Junchen wants to use this negotiation to make his own profit, and intends to make a private deal with Xuan Ye!

This private transaction also represents another thing, that is, as long as the Jianzhou Jurchen agrees to Zhao Junchen's conditions, Zhao Junchen will also make certain concessions in other aspects of this negotiation.

And Zhao Junchen's tough attitude now is largely just a show, not really unwilling to make any concessions.

After thinking that he had figured out Zhao Junchen's thoughts, the anger in Xuan Ye's heart suddenly dissipated, and his mood became a little better.

Then, Xuan Ye began to think about another thing.

Zhao Junchen was an official with a mixed reputation in the Ming Dynasty, not only did a lot of practical things, but also a well-known big corrupt official, this time when he negotiated with the Jianzhou Jurchen, he also wanted to take the opportunity to make profits for himself, obviously a greedy person.

Obviously, this is Zhao Junchen's biggest shortcoming.

If there is a weakness, then you can use the weakness and use it for your own use!

What's more, I heard that Emperor Deqing of the Ming Dynasty was also jealous and suspicious of Zhao Junchen's young power, which also gave Zhao Junchen a reason to betray the Ming Dynasty!

Therefore, Xuan Ye looked at Zhao Junchen in front of him, and began to secretly consider the possibility of persuading Zhao Junchen to defect to the Jianzhou Jurchens.

Even if Zhao Junchen can't be allowed to turn his back on the Ming Dynasty and take refuge in the Jianzhou Jurchens, as long as he takes out enough benefits, bribes Zhao Junchen to secretly contribute to the Jianzhou Jurchens, and makes Zhao Junchen the spokesperson of the Jianzhou Jurchens in the Ming Dynasty, just like Qin Hui in the Song Dynasty to the former Jin, it seems to be somewhat certain?

Thinking of this, Xuan Ye looked at Zhao Junchen's eyes, but suddenly added a hint of eagerness.

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There was a bug in the previous chapter, "Jianzhou Jurchen" is just the name of the Han people for the Manchus during the Ming Dynasty, and the Manchus should have called themselves "Dajin" at that time, and now it has been modified, everyone forgive me.

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