At this time, Zheng Wen was summoning Prime Minister Liu Jian and other cabinet ministers in the Wude Palace.

Wait for everyone to sit down.

Zheng Wen opened his mouth and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Kublai Khan, the Great Khan of Mongolia, has sent a representative, and I want to negotiate peace with the great cadres, but I am not sure, I want to hear the opinions of the gentlemen. ”

There was silence for a long time.

Liu Jiancai was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, judging from the situation in the country, it is best to be able to negotiate peace with the Mongols, in the country in less than a month, the production and life of the people have been affected, and in another month like this, I am afraid that the situation in the country will be worse, and there will be instability in some places, so it is the worst for the minister to suggest that peace with the Mongols be negotiated." ”

Xie Fei said: "Your Majesty, the minister disagreed, mobilized millions of troops, spent a lot of manpower and material resources, but did not gain a single benefit, the government and the opposition are afraid that there will be criticism, and the morale of the army is afraid that it will be affected, and Your Majesty's reputation will also be damaged." ”

As a high-level martial artist in Beijing, of course he wants to fight for the interests of the military, and if he does not oppose or remain silent, his position in the military will be affected, and of course he will oppose it.

Guo Cheng, the head of the household, retorted: "You warriors know how to fight, do you know how much money and food are spent in less than a month?" In this way, in another month, the household department will go bankrupt, and the treasury will not even be able to issue your money, so the minister agrees to negotiate peace with the Mongols. ”

"You, you ......" Xie Fei was speechless when he was refuted all of a sudden, his face was red and his neck was thick, he looked angry, and wanted to step forward to beat Guo Cheng, but Guo Cheng also looked eager to try.

When Zheng Wen saw it, he was a little speechless, so he had to say: "Okay, they are all important ministers of the court, what kind of system do they become, continue to speak." ”

As soon as the two heard this, they immediately died down, and each no longer cared about the other.

Zhao Shan of the Ministry of War said: "Your Majesty, the Great Cadres have been in peace for a long time, and the registered army is afraid that there are many untruths, and the armament situation in various places has not been replaced for many years, and the Great Cadres are not ready for a full-scale war. So the minister agreed to make peace with the Mongols. ”

The next speakers agreed to make peace with the Mongols.

Zheng Wen listened, but his mind was not on this, although these speeches more or less put forward various reasons to support the negotiation of peace with the Mongols, but Zheng Wen still felt that the Great Qian court was conservative, although he was also inclined to negotiate peace, but he was still quite dissatisfied with this atmosphere in the court, and he was very unhappy!

But his face was not obvious, so he said calmly: "Then let's do it, let Zhao Aiqing, the secretary of the military department, talk to the Mongols on behalf of me, and I will entrust the specific scale to Zhao Qing, don't lose hope." ”

"Let's go!" After speaking, Zheng Wen got up, expressionless, and limped out of the Wude Palace.

The ministers watched him walk out of the Wude Hall step by step, thinking in their hearts, it seems that His Majesty is afraid that he is also inclined to negotiate peace.

……

Honglu Temple, inside the hall.

Zhao Shan and Bo Chi sat opposite each other, looking at each other, and they didn't say a word.

After a long while, Bo Chi's concentration was not as good as Zhao Shan's after all.

Then he took the lead in speaking: "Lord Zhao, I, Bochi, am the envoy of the Great Khan. I think of my big Mongolia, with millions of troops, covering an area of 10,000 miles, from east to west, from south to north, riding fast horses, running without sleep for a month, and still unable to reach the border, which can be described as strong. Our Great Khan is wise and powerful, invincible, and invincible, and this time I came to your country to negotiate peace because the Great Khan did not want to see your country's blood flowing, so he sent me ......."

Zhao Shan listened, scoffed, and then interrupted Bo Chi's speech, isn't it a threat of force, so he said: "There is no need to say this, I think that I have been a great cadre for more than 300 years, with a profound heritage, many rich people, covering an area of 10,000 miles, millions of soldiers, countless talented people, countless men and talents, food and materials, the ministers of the DPRK and the central government are dedicated to the country, the people are warlike, Your Majesty is eloquent, who is my opponent in this world, if you want to fight, I will pay to the end, but the new emperor ascended the throne and ruled the world with filial piety, and I don't want to be bloodied just after ascending the throne." When I heard that Mongolia was going to negotiate peace with me, His Majesty ordered me to come and listen to your terms and see if peace was negotiated. ”

Blowing each other, who wouldn't, isn't it just blowing bigger, and then adding the threat of force!

Bo Chi listened, and he was also secretly speechless, it seems that this lip work is indeed not the opponent of the great cadre, and the situation of the great cadre is not unaware, according to his observation and investigation these days, it is far less good than what this Lord Zhao said, and the situation in the country of the great cadre is still very complicated. If Daqian didn't want to negotiate peace, he wouldn't have arrived yesterday and would have come to talk to him today.

It's just that he cares, the Great Khan also wants to negotiate peace!

Then he spoke again: "Lord Zhao, we don't use these fictitious things, let's talk about some practical things, the Great Khan really wants to negotiate peace with the Great Cadres, so our Great Khan is willing to make up for some losses to the Great Cadres, but the Great Cadres must increase the mutual market with Mongolia." ”

Zhao Shan listened, thought for a while, and then spoke: "I can't make the decision on the affairs of the mutual market, but I still have a number in my heart about the matter of peace, as long as you Mongolians give me 100,000 horses and 1 million cattle and sheep, I can be the master and negotiate peace immediately." ”

"Impossible, we must add mutual markets, and this is too much, at most 10,000 war horses, 100,000 cattle and sheep, and we Mongolia can negotiate peace with you." As soon as Bochi heard this, he immediately vetoed it.

When Zhao Shan heard this, he couldn't do it, so he said with a smile: "Don't worry, let's talk slowly, as long as you Mongolia give me 90,000 horses and 900,000 cattle and sheep, I promise to increase the mutual market between Mongolia and Daqian." ”

As soon as Bo Chi heard it, he found that both sides of the negotiation were interesting, and this was almost a consensus, but this compensation was still too big!

Then he thought for a moment before he spoke: "How big is this increase you are talking about?" ”

As a knowledgeable Mongolian on the steppe, he deeply knows how important the exchange of trade with Daqian is to Mongolia, and Daqian does not know how much salt and tea flows into Mongolia every year, once the mutual market is cut off, many Mongolians will not be able to eat salt and drink tea, so he proposed peace in front of the Mongolian Great Khan, and Kublai Khan will agree, even if he is willing to give some compensation.

Zhao Shan listened, as the secretary of the military department, he also knew the importance of the mutual market to Mongolia, so he said: "How about ten times? ”

When Bo Chi heard this, his heart boiled like boiling water, but his face did not show it at all, so he calmly said: "How about twenty times?" And the compensation is too much, three horses, 300,000 cattle and sheep, how about it? ”

When Zhao Shan heard this, he bargained: "Twenty times is too much, it can only be ten times, 80,000 war horses, 800,000 cattle and sheep each." ”

When Bo Chi heard this, he was anxious, so he said: "Eighteen times, 40,000 war horses, 400,000 cattle and sheep each." ”

When Zhao Shan heard this, he bargained again, for a time it was saliva flying, arguing with each other, for a horse, a cow, a sheep, the two sides did not give in to each other, the quarrel was red-faced, the voice was getting higher and higher, for a while, the entire Honglu Temple hall was filled with a tense atmosphere, so lively!

In the end, the two sides finally agreed to increase the mutual market by 15 times, and Mongolia compensated 50,000 horses and 500,000 cattle and sheep each.

……

It lasted for more than an hour, and Zhao Shan walked out of the Honglu Temple, although he was a little tired, but he was in good spirits, and then walked towards the palace.

As for the matter of the mutual market, Zhao Shan was not worried, although the matter of the mutual market was not mentioned in His Majesty's appointment, but as a person of this era, he was still confident that he would persuade His Majesty to agree to increase the mutual market.

Daming Palace, the imperial study, Zheng Wen summoned Zhao Shan.

Zheng Wen took the lead and said: "Zhao Aiqing, how are you talking?" ”

Zhao Shan first saluted Zheng Wen before he spoke: "Your Majesty, the minister was ordered to negotiate with the Mongolian envoy Bochi, and the final result of the negotiation was that Mongolia and our great cadres negotiated peace, and our great cadres increased their trading with the Mongols by fifteen times, and the Mongols compensated me 50,000 horses and 500,000 cattle and sheep each. ”

Zheng Wen listened, his heart was suddenly happy, in fact, he had long wanted to exchange markets with the Mongolians, as a traverser, of course he knew the benefits of mutual markets, but what he didn't expect was that Zhao Shan would also have such thoughts.

But there was still no expression on his face, and he said in a flat tone: "How could Zhao Aiqing think of trading with the Mongols?" ”

When Zhao Shan heard this, he was not in a hurry, and organized his words before he spoke: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the exchange of my Daqian and the Mongols will not only be able to obtain huge wealth for my Daqian, but also in disguise to appease Mongolia and increase the mutual market, so that Mongolia will not invade Daqian for a long time, and Daqian will have a long time of peace, so that it will be more convenient for Your Majesty to focus on sorting out Daqian, reorganizing the army for war, and completely destroying Mongolia." ”

"And the minister, as the secretary of the military department, is deeply aware that the military preparation of my big cadres should be rectified, more than ten years of peace, my big cadres' military preparations have gradually relaxed, the low-level officers are seriously corrupt, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and the empty salary of the soldiers to risk the military salary from time to time, many places have a serious shortage of troops, and the 1.8 million army on paper has long been insufficient, and the armament is outdated, my big cadre army is no longer as good at fighting as at the beginning of the founding of the country, so the ministers are not so good at fighting, please increase the intensity of mutual market, Negotiate peace with the Mongols, and ask Your Majesty to reform our army, otherwise our army will be overthrown within a hundred years! ”

After speaking, Zhao Shan's eyes were red, and he knelt down to Zheng Wen!

When Zheng Wen heard this, he limped, walked to Zhao Shan step by step, and helped Zhao Shan with both hands before saying to him: "Qing, loyal minister!" ”

When Zhao Shan heard this, his eyes were even redder, his face was full of excitement, and he couldn't even stop shaking his body, this was the best praise he had ever heard of as an official for decades!

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