On the day of the peace talks, the prince asked Gulang to take people to invite the Tatar envoy to come for peace talks.
The Crown Prince, Murong Yuanbo brought Deputy General Chang, Gao Zhijun brought Qinglong and Moxue, and Canglang stayed to protect Liu Ningchu and Huo Jinqian.
When they arrived at the posthouse, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Eunuch Wang and others were already waiting at the door.
Everyone came to Yijietang for the peace talks, which Gao Zhijun had decorated very warmly.
"Wow, girl, this is what you arranged, it's so beautiful."
Seeing the surrounding arrangements, Murong Yuanbo was shocked. This was not a negotiation, but a visit to chat about family matters.
The prince also liked it very much. It was very warm. If the home was decorated like this, it would really make people feel happy.
There will be a confrontation soon, which is incompatible with this arrangement.
The Minister of Rites looked at the cozy setting, feeling somewhat bewildered. Aren't negotiations supposed to be fierce and brutal? What kind of results could be achieved by negotiating in such a cozy atmosphere? It must be a joke.
"Princess Xiangyun, are you trying to make a fool of yourself by coming to negotiate with us under such circumstances?"
The Minister of the Ministry of Rites looked at Princess Xiangyun with contempt and said coldly.
"How dare you! How dare you question this General Ning's daughter? Who gave you the courage?"
Hearing that the Minister of the Ministry of Rites dared to look down on his daughter and said such unpleasant words, Murong Yuanbo was furious.
"Minister of the Ministry of Rites, this is too much. She is a princess, and her official rank is higher than yours. How dare you disobey her and question her decision? Apologize to her now."
The Crown Prince also felt that the Minister of Rites had gone too far.
Although the negotiations were really out of place and somewhat out of place in this atmosphere.
"My lord, I'm sorry! I have overstepped my bounds. Please forgive me, my lord!"
The Minister of the Ministry of Rites immediately apologized to Gao Zhijun and begged for mercy.
"It's okay! Let's forget about it this time. I hope there won't be a next time!"
Gao Zhijun didn't intend to argue with him. She had her reasons for doing so.
Negotiation is actually a battlefield without the smoke of gunpowder, where both sides are on the verge of a showdown and a contest of wisdom and courage.
If the environment is bad, everyone's emotions will be even more agitated.
She decorated the place so warmly that I couldn't get angry or hit her even if I wanted to.
Fighting a war requires military books and strategic planning, and negotiations also require arrangements and strategic planning.
Because negotiation requires strategy, and strategy is the basis of military strategy.
"Thank you, Princess!"
The Minister of the Honglu Temple said.
Everyone sat down, and soon the Tatar envoy arrived.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, the General of the Cavalry, this is our Prime Minister. He is in charge of the peace talks."
General Xuanyuan came in with his men and introduced them to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Murong Yuanbo.
"Master Prime Minister, right? I hope our peace talks will be successful. I am the Cavalry General in charge of the negotiations this time."
Murong Yuanbo introduced himself and then said.
"Now let's talk about our emperor's demands for compensation."
"First, we will cease fire for fifty years!"
"Second, you must pay us ten thousand taels of gold and one hundred thousand taels of silver every year, and you must also pay tribute to our dynasty with rare treasures every year."
"Third, we have to pay 10,000 cattle and sheep as compensation every year, and 10,000 dairy cows."
"You must not break this agreement within fifty years, or you will have to pay us ten times the indemnity. If you agree, we will sign the treaty immediately."
Murong Yuanbo stated the emperor's demands for compensation, except for the last one, which was written by Gao Zhijun. She wanted to open a milk tea shop and needed a lot of milk, and cows were the source of milk.
The Prime Minister was relieved that he did not hear any request to cede land or cities.
He was afraid that the other party would ask for too much, such as two cities or ceding territory. If that were the case, he would agree.
In fact, what the Prime Minister didn't know was that the emperor wanted to cede two cities, namely the two cities near the border, which were taken away by Gao Zhijun.
Taking these two cities will not only bring no benefits, but also disadvantages.
Think about it, will the people of those two cities obey the arrangements of outsiders? They will try every possible means to create chaos or assassinate them. Will you intervene or not?
When you take over a city, you must station troops there to garrison it. Not only must you protect its inhabitants, but you must also find ways to improve their lives. Will they be grateful? Definitely not. They will only resent you, resent you, believing you are their enslavement. They will often make shady moves in secret, leaving you defenseless.
Since it is a thankless task, it is better to empty their treasury so that they have no extra money to do bad things.
It sounds like a small amount of money, but if you have to pay it every year, it will be a large sum in fifty years.
"This Prime Minister agrees on behalf of our Emperor, but we also have a request, which is a marriage to consolidate the friendship between our two countries."
The Prime Minister stated their request, which was a marriage alliance.
In fact, marriage alliances were very common, because the defeated party would usually send a princess or a princess to marry the other country to bind the two countries together and make them brother countries.
"Marriage?"
Gao Zhijun asked curiously.
She felt that there was something fishy going on and that the other party must have some ulterior motive, otherwise they would not have proposed a marriage alliance.
Gao Zhijun's idea made sense. In fact, the Tatar emperor did have a conspiracy. He sent his most favored youngest daughter to marry the emperor, hoping to use their marriage relationship to steal the recipes for the ten-repeating crossbow and grenade. If the open method didn't work, he would send someone to steal it.
"Yes, a marriage alliance. To show his sincerity, our emperor is willing to marry our youngest, most beautiful, and most favored princess, hoping to form a friendly relationship with Daliang and become a brother country."
The Prime Minister told the story of the princess's marriage.
"Princess? What conspiracy do those Tatars have?"
"I think so too. He must have a purpose for marrying the favored princess here."
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