Since even the emperor agreed to the plan of false peace.
Then, Daji no longer hesitated and immediately ordered the Ministry of Rites to prepare for the diplomatic mission to the State of Jin.
At the same time, he also informed Youyun of the news.
Zhu Di and Bai Qi learned about this almost at the same time.
Without any hesitation, they immediately summoned all the generals to discuss the matter.
Now, the seven-day ceasefire period of Jin State has long passed, but they are not in a hurry to attack.
Because winter is about to come and there is a lot of snow in the north, they must prepare supplies for the winter before they can think about attacking the city.
This also gave Qin a chance to catch its breath.
In Youzhou City.
Zhu Di said to everyone: "Don't let the soldiers know about this for now."
This is also because we are afraid that they will not understand and thus feel disappointed.
After all, the soldiers on the front line were fighting bloody battles, and suddenly heard the news that the court was asking for peace. Who could bear it?
Yao Guangxiao sighed, "Your Highness, you must know that the truth cannot be hidden. Sooner or later, the news of our request for peace will leak out."
The soldiers don’t care whether it is a real request for peace or a fake one.
Zhu Di pondered for a moment and said, "Even if we can't hide it, we have to cover it up. When we can no longer hide it, we can tell the soldiers the whole story."
I was afraid that even if I told the whole story, the soldiers wouldn't understand.
It's really a headache.
After a pause, Zhu Di asked Yao Guangxiao, "Master, do you think this plan is feasible?"
The latter shook his head and said, "Even if it fails, it will have no impact on our Great Qin. The most we can do is to reduce morale.
But with the prince's ability, I think the lost morale can be made up."
Hearing this, Zhu Di laughed and said, "When did Master learn to flatter?"
Yao Guangxiao clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, monks do not tell lies."
Zhu Di said sternly: "Forget it, let the court give it a try. If this plan really succeeds, perhaps we can counterattack Jin."
The situation on Bai Qi's side is similar to that here.
They all chose to conceal the matter first, and then explain it to the soldiers when it could no longer be concealed.
It has to be said that from this incident, it can be seen that the court and these generals on the front line are still extremely united.
Take the case of Bai Qi for example. He killed the captives. Even Daji didn't think of really blaming him at first, but instead thought about how to make the matter smaller.
Now that the court has a plan, they have chosen to support it unconditionally instead of feeling depressed and having disagreements with the court.
In fact, this is particularly important.
"What worries me is that I heard that the State of Jin just held a grand ceremony in Shangjing to commemorate the 20,000 captives killed by Wu'an Jun..."
At this point, Yao Guangxiao clasped his hands together again and continued, "Now, I'm afraid that the entire Jin State is extremely hostile to my Qin State.
If we send an envoy at this time, we will inevitably be targeted by the State of Jin. They might even order the execution of our envoy to highlight their friendship with the State of Chu."
Zhu Di frowned and said, "When two armies are fighting, envoys are not killed. This is an ancient rule. How dare the Jin State break it?"
Sometimes, once some rules are broken, it is difficult to make up for them.
People will become unscrupulous. At that time, it will be difficult for countries to trust each other. Instead, they will just be suspicious of each other. The result will often be constant consumption between the two countries.
There is no real winner.
Therefore, we still have to strictly follow those clichéd rules.
Unless strength outweighs the rules.
At the moment, Jin State does have the conditions.
Yao Guangxiao responded, "Your Majesty, our army has already killed the prisoners, which was wrong in the first place. If Jin were to kill the envoy, even if word got out to other nations, I'm afraid they would just consider it a matter of 'reciprocity.'"
Zhu Di nodded and said, "This is something I had not anticipated. Master, please take a guess as to who the court will send to the State of Jin this time."
Yao Guangxiao asked, "Left Prime Minister Qin Hui?"
Zhu Di shook his head.
Yao Guangxiao added: "That should be the Minister of Rites. In fact, Heshen and His Excellency are quite suitable to go.
At the very least, the peace talks will not harm the interests of our Qin State too much, even if this peace request is a farce from beginning to end."
Zhu Di smiled and said, "Neither of them. Instead, they sent the Supervisory Censor Guo Kai."
"Guo Kai?"
Yao Guangxiao looked very shocked, but the next moment, he laughed out loud, "No wonder the court chose to send envoys to Jin during this sensitive period between the two countries."
Zhu Di asked curiously, "What does this mean?"
Yao Guangxiao said, "Your Highness, I just said that Jin might not fall for Qin's plot to sow discord and choose to kill the envoy. But if the envoy is Guo Kai...
There is no need to worry about whether he will die. Because as far as I know, this Guo Kai is very afraid of death.
If you are afraid of death, you won’t die?
What's the reason for this?
Zhu Di said: "Master, you know the ministers in the court very well."
Yao Guangxiao smiled and said, "It won't hurt to know more when working for the prince."
A few days later.
In the streets and alleys of Xianyang City, everyone was discussing the court's intention to negotiate peace with the State of Jin:
"They say they want to negotiate peace with Jin based on the principle of friendship between the two countries. In my opinion, this is obviously because the imperial court is scared and dare not fight!"
"Yeah, I used to think our emperor had a strong backbone. After all, he said he would fight the enemy to the death. But now...tsk tsk, it's hard to put it into words."
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