Chapter 111: Peace Talks with Persia Succeed The Mughals sent emissaries

The Persian envoy did not have many cards to play in his hand, so he immediately said, "It's better for General Ning to put forward your idea, right?" We do our best to accommodate your requests! ”

Ning Dexin said: "I still want to touch my bottom first!" He didn't say politely, "We wasted a lot of ammunition in this battle, and we also lost a lot of personnel, and you must compensate for these, no problem, right?" ”

"This?" The Persian envoys could not refuse, nor did they dare to agree.

Ning De didn't embarrass him, didn't wait for him to answer, and continued: "After you launched an attack on us, we also took a military action to counterattack. Now General Li Kui has attacked westward along the Caspian Sea, and is probably almost on the border with the Ottoman Empire. We cannot hand over what we occupy. In other words, we want all these places to be bounded by the Alborz Mountains to the south and the Ottoman border to the west! And where to the west of the Green Ridge, we want it. You must pay for your barbarism! ”

Without waiting for the envoy to reply, the minister who came with the envoy quit, "This is absolutely not possible!" We must not lose the land north of the Alborz Mountains to the Caspian Sea. ”

"But you have lost the land, which I have occupied! Do you have what it takes to take it back? Ningde's words were calm, but the content was resolute.

"You!" The minister's fingers trembled angrily, and he said, "Our Persian Empire will never give in to anyone!" ”

"Is that what your Emperor Abbas meant?" Ningde asked, "If that's the case, we don't have to talk about it!" You can go back to Isfahan with our army, and we will make your Abbas kneel and agree to this. You are shameless enough, it is you who have launched an attack on us for no reason, and you have no intention of reflecting at all. I don't think you should be given any chance! ”

Seeing that Ning De was really angry, the envoy hurriedly persuaded: "General Ning is angry!" We've got something to say! ”

Seeing that Ning De calmed down a little, the envoy said: "General Ning, please understand, the area north of the Alborz Mountains to the Caspian Sea is really important to our Persian Empire!" We can't afford to lose, I don't think we can do that, we'll cede to you a little bit more west of the Green Ridge. Please General Ning must understand! ”

"You are going to fight!" Ning De said, "If you don't let you cut some meat, it's intolerable!" I don't think your emperor has yet to realize the seriousness of this matter! In my opinion, the gap between us is too big to talk about! Say something ugly, you just don't have a face! ”

"General Ning, don't be angry, can we talk about the conditions?" The envoy persuaded.

Ning De said unceremoniously: "Tomorrow we are going to send troops to you Isfahan." If you want to be safe, go with our army! I'll talk to you Abbas about it! ”

"Oops! This person just doesn't understand the situation, and he is offended, General Ning must not blame! The envoy said, "The conditions you have put forward are far from what we expected, can we let us think about it for another day, and tomorrow we will give you an answer?" ”

"Humph! What else is there to consider? Ningde's anger did not subside.

"To tell the truth, such a big thing, even if we agreed, we also need to go back and report to our Majesty, so that our Majesty can decide this matter!" The envoy said, "Let's go back and discuss what we can do." Isn't General Ning in a hurry either? ”

Ning De reluctantly agreed, waiting for them for a day.

In the evening, however, Ningde allowed them to meet with the commander-in-chief of the front who had been captured by them.

The Persian envoy returned to their residences, all of them looking depressed, and the envoy understood that it was not okay not to agree to Ningde's request, but he did not dare to agree. The minister who came with him also knew that it would not work if he didn't agree, but he couldn't agree to it, because he didn't want to go back and be scolded, and it wasn't his fault that he couldn't talk about starting a war. Therefore, they have their own minds and cannot discuss this matter at all.

Instead, Ningde allowed them to meet the captured generals, and they were willing to go and see them. After they visited the captured generals together, the officers and soldiers on guard also brought out the captured commander-in-chief of the front and met with them.

When the captured commander-in-chief heard that they had come to negotiate peace, he immediately said: "Tell Your Majesty that you can't go to war with the Ming army anymore no matter what!" With the current situation, our Persian Empire is dead in battle, and it can't defeat the Ming army. Tell Your Majesty! ”

The envoy said: "They offered us the land north of the Alborz Mountains to the Caspian Sea, and we did not dare to agree!" ”

"Stupid!" The commander-in-chief said, "You don't give it to them, they bring troops to Isfahan, and we don't give them to anyone?" ”

"But! We don't dare to bear this infamy! The envoy said.

"Then will you let Your Majesty bear this infamy? When you come out, Your Majesty has not given you clear instructions, that is, you must do this for Your Majesty! Isn't that understandable? "The commander-in-chief knew very well what Abbas meant.

The envoy turned back to the minister who had come with him, "What do you think of this, sir?" ”

This still doesn't want to take responsibility, "I don't agree to hand over such an important place to the Ming Dynasty." However, if you agree, I will not object! ”

The envoy didn't want to leave him behind, and asked, "You mean, wait until they reach Isfahan?" ”

"No, no, I didn't mean that!"

"Don't be fighting!" The commander-in-chief understood that neither of them wanted to be responsible.

The envoy said firmly: "Now, we are faced with two choices, one is to wait for them to reach Isfahan, and the other is that we agree to their request and go back to report to Your Majesty." You have to pick one and use it as my reference! ”

The minister was forced to be helpless, so he had to say: "Let's promise to come down first, and go back and report to Your Majesty!" ”

The next day, when they came to see Ningde, Ningde had already prepared an agreement in Chinese and Persian and handed it to them.

They took a look at it, and there were three main contents:

First, the Persian Empire apologized for the army's unprovoked attack on the Ming army, which caused a large number of losses in personnel and property, and promised that the army would be strictly restrained in the future, and such a thing would not happen again.

The second is to compensate for the losses caused to the Ming army's supplies, that is, 2 million taels of silver, as well as ceding the land north of the Alborz Mountains to the west to the border of the Ottoman Empire to the Ming Dynasty, and ceding the land west of the Green Mountains to 500 li west of Kabul.

The third is to permanently open borders and allow caravans from all countries to move freely.

After bargaining, the envoy and others finally agreed to the agreement after reducing the amount of silver to one million taels.

As the mission left, Ningde told them: "I remind you that we will not stop our military operations until the agreement signed by your Emperor Abbas is delivered, and we will not return the places we have occupied during this period." I hope you can get back soon! If you reneg on this agreement, our demands will be doubled! ”

The Persian envoys all knew that this was a bit of a bully by the Ming army with its strong military strength, but they also had to say in their hearts, who let us have nothing to do but mess with others!

In fact, Ningde is just to scare the Persians, the Chinese New Year is about to begin, and the weather is freezing, and he doesn't want to launch a bigger military operation. But the necessary pressure must be put on the Persians, otherwise they will drag things out.

The good news is that Li Kui and his army have reached the border with the Ottoman Empire. Now the Ming Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire are considered bordering.

Zhang Zhimu received that the envoys of the Persian Empire had accepted the conditions put forward by Ningde, had signed an agreement, and came to the command center.

Ouyang He said to Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng: "We are now in the west, and we still have to show weakness." We must not arouse the vigilance of the countries over there. We're going to need a little bit of buffering time. ”

"In any case, we got a passage on the way around the Caspian Sea! This battle is not in vain! Chen Yufeng said.

Zhang Zhimu said: "The places in the west that we have laid are really too big! We have to build a few more large farms over there and hire a large number of agricultural workers to supplement them. Hurry up when it comes to immigration! ”

"Zhimu, I've been thinking about this immigration, we can't force the people to pass, then we have to attract the people to come. We're doing a great job in the Loop! We still need to put more effort into encouraging policies. In addition, we must speed up the formation of our border guards to the west and send them over as soon as they are formed. And you said that you will build a large farm, and there will be schools, hospitals, shopping malls, cinemas, and television stations, and all kinds of means will be used, and there will be more natural people there. Chen Yufeng said.

"The soldiers and workers over there are paid a higher salary, and the people over there have silver, and all kinds of merchants will be attracted to it! Just take it slowly! Ouyang He said. The problem now is that we still have to send some officials over, both our newly trained court officials and our old experienced cadres. We police also have to send some people who can stand the test, and the situation is complicated over there after all! ”

It's going to be the New Year, Xiao Hongyu and they are naturally the busiest, rehearsing the Spring Festival Gala, and Xiao Hongyu doesn't dare to be ambiguous every year. Now everyone's requirements for the party will be higher and higher. However, this year, Xiao Hongyu asked the newly formed National Song and Dance Troupe, as well as the Army Art Troupe, the Yaogang Art Troupe, and the Yaogang Film and Television Center to participate in the Spring Festival Gala together, and there is a lot of room for program options.

What interested Xiao Hongyu was that Zhang Zhimu told her about a dance idea of a thousand-armed Guanyin. For this idea, Xiao Hongyu personally organized the band and dance team to choreograph and rehearse, and cooperated with the backdrop of the lighting stage passing by, and the effect was very good.

Seeing Zhang Zhimu, Xiao Hongyu couldn't hide it and said: "Every year the Spring Festival Gala must have one or two excellent programs." I can guarantee that this year's Thousand Hands Guanyin Dance will definitely be unforgettable for everyone after watching it! ”

Zhang Zhimu thought to himself, in his previous life, people couldn't watch so many shows, and the Thousand-armed Guanyin could still stand out, and it is not surprising that it has attracted beaters now. However, Zhang Zhimu suggested Xiao Hongyu: "I think your TV show is still very monotonous now. ”

"Oops! We're racking our brains to figure it out! We've done all sorts of gigs! Ruby explained.

"That's monotonous!" Zhang Zhimu said, "I suggest that you can hold a kind of national folk competition. Spread the word ahead of time, no matter who has any unique skills, you can come to the game, and then you can broadcast it live. Such a show is sure to be fascinating. You can also hold the Folk Song Grand Prix and the Opera Grand Prix! Wait, you have to be open-minded! ”

Zhang Zhimu's words opened Xiao Hongyu's mind a lot, and he kissed him on the face excitedly and said, "Oops! Thank you for that! In this way, there is really a lot that our TV station can do! It's enough to have all kinds of competitions! ”

"You can also invite some audiences to participate in the scene, the atmosphere is good, and it is also conducive to your publicity!" Zhang Zhimu added.

"Hey!" "I have too many things to do every day right now. The movie side has to be managed, the TV station and the music academy have to be managed! Now Li Mao and Li Gongzi have sent people to study the affairs of the TV station, and they will also go to the TV station. Kaifeng heard about it, and also sent someone over, and he also wanted to be on TV! It's a busy day! ”

"You should separate your clerical work from your business work, and next year, you should take the initiative to do a good job of popularizing and building television stations in all provinces. I think you're going to set up a special department to do this. This department is responsible for personnel training, equipment procurement and installation, etc. Television is the best and most acceptable channel for our propaganda work. ”

"I've thought about this too, and we'll start doing it next year!" Xiao Hongyu said, "However, I think that our TV sets should also be mass-produced like cars, so that everyone can afford TV sets, and our TV can develop faster!" ”

"What you're saying is that the TV factory should be expanded." Zhang Zhimu knows that Yangchang and their production pressure is already very great, and many products are produced by them, and this situation seems to be changing, and the production of radios, televisions, refrigerators, telephones, etc. should be separated. In that way, production can be expanded, and Yang Chang and his family will be freed up to work on new things.

The Spring Festival here in Yaogang is getting more and more lively, but Li Zicheng and they are still facing the task of cleaning up the unconvinced officers and soldiers in Siam, and they can't have a good New Year.

And then Qin Peng, they can't celebrate the New Year on their side. After the rainy season passed, it was still very muddy everywhere, but Qin Peng and the others couldn't wait. The brigade crossed the Brahmaputra River and prepared to march into the hinterland of the Mughal Empire.

What Qin Peng didn't expect was that the news from the Mughal Empire made them feel very strange that the Mughal Empire was not as chaotic as they thought. When Qin Peng and Jiang Wei moved their headquarters to the west bank of the Brahmaputra River, they were surprised by the news that the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan had sent an envoy to negotiate.

Qin Peng and Jiang Wei both understood why there was no chaos in the Mughal Empire, it turned out that Shah Jahan had fled back.

It really made Qin Peng guess right.

When Shah Jahan and his officers and soldiers made the final charge, they made the intention of rushing over alive and even if they died. But when it was time to set out, the guards changed him into the armor of ordinary soldiers. The guards also changed into the armor of ordinary soldiers. During the charge, many of the guards around him died, but the guards kept protecting Shah Jahan. In the end, there was no way, so he mixed in with the soldiers and became a prisoner. The undead guards kept him guarded, and the soldiers of the kiln simply registered the prisoners and did not find Shah Jahan. The Yaogang people did not find Shah Jahan and thought that he had died on the battlefield.

After a long time, these Mughal captives were also very obedient, and the kilns and soldiers were not so strict with them. Shah Jahan and his guards took advantage of the opportunity to go out to work and escaped back across the Brahmaputra River one night.

Shah Jahan, who had fled back, used harsh measures to get rid of some of the mischievous people who were vying for the throne, and immediately launched a national mobilization to continue the recruitment of men. However, Shah Jahan also knew that it would be difficult for the newly recruited soldiers and horses to face the Ming army head-on. In the end, Shah Jahan absorbed the advice of one of his ministers and was ready to sacrifice some land in exchange for the Ming army's refusal to attack the Mughal Empire.

It seems that God is helping Shah Jahan, and the heavy rain blocks the attack of the Ming army, and also leaves time for Shah Jahan to regroup his troops and horses. The British and French also strongly supported Shah Jahan, giving him a lot of muskets and artillery.

As soon as the rain stopped, Shah Jahan sent an envoy to negotiate with the Ming army. He was to negotiate with the Ming army before they made a large-scale move.

Hearing that Shah Jahan's envoy had arrived, Qin Peng said to Jiang Wei: "General Jiang, go and see this envoy!" Let's hear what they have to say. ”

"I see, I ordered them to surrender immediately!" Jiang Wei didn't want to talk nonsense with them.

"Hey! Shall we hear what Shah Jahan sent to do first? Don't worry! Qin Peng said.

In the big tent, Jiang Wei very politely invited the envoy to sit down, and then asked: "Our two countries are at war, and the envoy is here, he must not be here to visit, just tell me something!" ”

Seeing Jiang Wei dressed in a military uniform, he spoke crisply and neatly, and the envoy was not polite, "I came to negotiate peace on behalf of our Mughal Emperor!" I want to see your boss! ”

"We don't plan to have any peace talks!" Jiang Wei said, "If there is anything, you can be wronged, tell me, I will take care of the previous things!" ”

"No, no, I don't think any of us want to see war and bloodshed, war is only a means, not an end. We can completely let the two sides achieve the goal of war without bloodshed! "The envoy spoke tactfully.

"We didn't provoke you in Burma, so why are you attacking us? You must pay the price for your hubris! Jiang Wei was not polite.

"Tell me, then, how can you be satisfied?" The envoy threw out the question.

Although Li Wei has a very good way on the battlefield, he still has some gaps in his heart and according to the envoy.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Wei asked: "Then tell me, how do you want to compensate for the losses caused to us?" ”

"We are both responsible for the war, we each make a concession, and we will get along amicably with each other. In the future, we will help each other, and we are two neighboring big countries in the East. It's supposed to help each other! The envoy said.

"Huh! Could it be that your navy is attacking us, and your army is attacking us. Don't you have to pay for these losses? Li Wei was a little angry.

Seeing that Li Wei was a little angry, the envoy knew that he couldn't be tempted by Li Wei, so he should just say the conditions!

The envoy smiled and said, "Our emperor sincerely befriends you!" When I came out this time, our Majesty put forward a very generous condition. ”

After the envoy finished talking about the conditions, Jiang Wei, who has always been tough, felt a little unexpected!