Moreover, this time he was only going to bring 200 people to protect the mission, and he estimated that the king of Altan would send a large army to protect the mission, the purpose of course was to monitor them, and the corresponding imperial court would do the same to the Tatar mission, and it had been decided that Qi Jiguang would personally lead 3,000 elite soldiers to protect the Tatar mission.

This is actually a kind of isolation and protection system, the war and peace outside the Guannei Sai, grievances have long been impossible to talk about, the Central Plains Empire from the Great Zhou Dynasty, through the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Qin, Han, Jin, Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, and the war outside the Saiwai has never been extinguished, and the Saiwai has also experienced the ups and downs of the Xiongnu, Khitan, Turkic, Dajin, Mongolian and other ethnic groups, many ethnic groups have disappeared in the long river of history, or assimilated and integrated with other powerful ethnic groups, but the hatred inside and outside the Great Wall has long been an unsolvable matter, even if it is reconciled for a while, In the end, there is still a resurgence of gunsmoke and endless wars.

There is no eternal peace, nor is there eternal war, and it is a historical necessity to divide and merge.

With regard to the enemy's mission, it is true that a reasonable person can restrain hatred, but there is no shortage of rational people who are blinded by the anger of hatred, and in addition to the provocation of some people with ulterior motives, it is very likely that there will be an emergency attack on and killing the mission personnel, and this kind of thing cannot be prevented precisely because it is not premeditated.

But even if there are 10,000 reasons for such an act to be forgiven, the result is something that neither side is willing to accept, that is, the devastating war that ensues for both peoples.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the rule that the two armies would not fight each other had been formed, but in the previous wars in later generations, there were not many people who could really abide by this rule, and most of the envoys sent were brave soldiers, knowing that they would die.

In order to prevent such an unexpected incident, all the secret negotiations between the Ming Empire and the Tatars were carried out in the military camps outside the border passes, and most of the military generals had strategic vision, and they were still able to remain sober intellectually and not act recklessly. Although the negotiations never succeeded, they still relied on etiquette and showed enough respect and courtesy to each other, and there were no unforeseen circumstances.

This time is different, besides, Wang Tinghala and Lin, who want to lead a team to Tatar, are thousands of miles away from Beijing, and I don't know how many tribes they have to pass along the way, and the danger will increase exponentially with the extension of the journey.

But this is not the category of consideration, but the problem that King Da and Zhao Quan want to guard against, to be honest, it's useless to worry, it's thousands of miles away, and no one knows where the problem is. On the contrary, if he was able to escape from such an attack, he would have sufficient reason to refuse to negotiate and embark on the return journey, and the king of Altan would have to send heavy troops to protect their safety.

This is also the reason why he wants to lead 10,000 people on the road, and 10,000 elite soldiers are at least fifty percent sure of protecting themselves against any tribe.

He even wondered if he could find a way to provoke a not-so-powerful tribe to attack the mission on the way, but unfortunately it was difficult to do this properly, if any tribe really got carried away and did this, the king of Alta would really destroy this tribe, and he would never have the slightest mercy.

However, this is also a plan, and whether it can be realized will be discussed first.

Besides, when he returned to the yamen, the chair was not hot, and he was called away by Zhang Whale.

This time I tried on clothes, and when I arrived at the garment factory in Guanglu Temple, many garment masters took a piece of clothing for him to wear, and then began to carefully observe where there was a deviation, where there was not enough ironing, and also took a pen to draw lines everywhere.

Besides, I was surprised when I tried it on, this is indeed all new, not restructured on ready-made clothes, and the python robe is already a semi-finished product.

"Boss, how can you do it these days?" Besides, he asked Zhang Whale in surprise.

Zhang Whale said with a smile: "Boy, this time the emperor has put a lot of effort into you, and there are 3,000 people making clothes for you, day and night. You have to thank the Emperor Longen. ”

"There's no need for that, just find some ready-made ones to change. Anyway, I wear it once when I go out, and I can't wear it when I come back. ”

Besides, he smiled bitterly, he knew that Ouchi didn't talk about python robes, that is, all kinds of clothes were available, and I don't know how many stocks there were, let's just talk about the dragon robe and the clothes worn by the emperor, it was a set a day, and he couldn't wear it until he died.

It is also a tradition that the emperor does not wear washed clothes, unless the emperor has a special hobby for a certain piece of clothing, and generally puts it away after taking it off and putting on a new one.

In the end, these clothes will be packed into boxes and given to the kings, princesses, relatives and some noble ministers, leaving a memory. Of course, the clothes rewarded by the emperor can only be seen, and they are placed every year when they make offerings to their ancestors, which are very decent, but they can't be worn, and it is a big rebellion to wear them.

Chengzu used to wear a patched arrow robe every day for a period of time, not because he was thrifty, but because this dress was sewn by Queen Gao when he was a prince, Chengzu put on this robe to show that he was born to Queen Gao, representing the bloodline, in fact, he was originally born to Zhu Yuanzhang's concubine as a tribute from North Korea, and after he was born, Zhu Yuanzhang gave him to Queen Gao to raise, and the Korean concubine died.

At that time, Chengzu usurped the throne and his reputation was not very good, so he used this method to flaunt the legitimacy of his throne.

In all dynasties, which emperor wore a raccoon (that is, washed clothes), and which queen and concubine's skirts did not mop the floor (clothes did not drag the ground) showed that he (she) was thrifty, and the historian would inevitably write a big book.

At that time, the skirts worn by the women of the rich and noble families were several feet long, and several maids were needed to carry them behind, so it was difficult to find out the real reason for this tradition, anyway, it was already in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it should be to show off its wealth.

Later generations were the opposite, skirts became shorter and shorter, and finally miniskirts and bikinis appeared, which can be regarded as the other extreme.

Worldly and secular things have evolved over a long period of time, and the specific reasons cannot be explained by one or two things.

"There are traces of altered clothes, which will be seen by a discerning person. You go out this time to represent the emperor's face, and you must not be looked down upon by the barbarian king of Alta. Zhang Whale said.

The three thousand garment makers and a number of workers began to sew clothes day and night for themselves, which was really flattering and honestly frightened, and I am afraid that only the emperor could enjoy this treatment.

"Boy, be happy, but let me tell you first, this time the mission is done, and when you come back, there will be a big reward, and if you mess up, you will have a big head." Zhang Whale said with a straight face.

"Boss, have you fornicated with the widows?" Besides, he asked him with his eyes open.

"Hey, little rabbit, how can you speak, dare to slander my old man." Zhang Whale was so angry that the folds on his face were piled together, if he had a beard, it was a beard fluttering.

"If you don't fornicate with the Japanese Invaders, then why do you speak so slippery in the Japanese language?" Besides, he was deliberately angry with him.

At this time, they had already left the garment factory, and they were sitting in Zhang Whale's big sedan chair, which was spacious and comfortable, more luxurious than Zhang Juzheng's sedan chair, and they could sleep in it.

"You little bunny is deliberately angry with me, isn't it?" Zhang Whale was so angry with him that he lost his temper.

"Haha, but my lord, you give me a standard, how to do this errand is considered to be satisfactory to the emperor, how to make the emperor dissatisfied?" Besides, he asked.

Zhang Whale was stumped, he didn't know the specific negotiation matters, only the emperor and the eunuchs of the palm print and the eunuchs of Bingbi knew about this matter, and the other big eunuchs did not know.

"The emperor will do whatever he wants to explain to you, and the emperor will be satisfied with the errand according to the emperor's wishes." Zhang Jing had no choice but to say so.

Besides, you don't know what else to pretend, as if you know everything.

He didn't know what the emperor's real intention was in sending him an envoy, only that this negotiation would never succeed, and this was the bottom line that Zhang Juzheng gave him, unless King Alta was willing to hand over Zhao Quan, but that was impossible.

What exactly do the emperor and Gao Gong Zhang Juzheng want to use this negotiation to achieve? Master Zhang is also pretending to be confused with him, which shows that he still doesn't know it's better, and if he does, it will be troublesome.

Is it a delaying tactic? No way, neither side is stupid, no one plays this kind of trick that a child can see through at a glance.

Or will the emperor send another surprise soldier to use this negotiation as a cover to complete another task? It's not like if there is a major military action in the imperial court, he can't be unaware of it.

When Zhang Whale opened his mouth again to tell him something else, his face suddenly turned green.

"Boy, do you know why the emperor put so much effort into you? The other party is a prince, so ah, you also have to dress up according to the prince's level, of course you are not a prince, this first explains, just to borrow the prince's etiquette as a messenger, this time the python robe or something has to be handed over after coming back, in addition, the emperor also wants to give you a female official plus eight palace maids, to be your personal maid. Prince, how can there be no maids by his side. and these ladies and ladies of the court have rewarded thee. ”

"I don't need this, I have the maids, and there are many more, thank you for me, these female officials and palace maids and courtiers can't afford it. Besides, when you get to the outside of the plug, once you don't adapt to the water and soil, you don't know who will serve whom. ”

Besides, it's really green, if you really want to accept these female officials and palace maids, isn't it equivalent to nine more ancestors, they may not have a high status in the court, but no one can afford to mess with them outside, they are definitely living ancestors.

"No, do those maids in your family know the etiquette of the princely level? I guess I bought them on the street," Zhang said disdainfully.

"No, my maid was sent by the Zhongshan Palace, and she was the personal maid of the prince of Wei, and she definitely knows these etiquettes." And swear.

"That's fine, you have to bring a drum honor guard, do you have this?" Zhang Whale asked.

"Yes, yes, all of them." Besides, I was in a hurry, and I asked for everything, and I said that I didn't have it.

But he really has it, and among the supplies rewarded by the emperor at the beginning, there was a full set of honor guards for the prince's expedition, drums, pianos, bells, etc., and there were almost no chimes.