Chapter 562: Temptation of the Hole Cards
"No, there are absolutely no harsh conditions, I'm real, what do I say." Besides, it's almost guaranteed to pat the chest.
Speaking of which, it is not too harsh for the imperial court to ask for the heads of Zhao Quan and others, after all, these people are all prisoners of the imperial court, who fled to the outside of the city, and helped to abuse the people, and did a lot of bad things that hurt the heavens and harmed the people, and it is natural for the imperial court to want to return its fugitives.
The problem is that the White Lotus Sect headed by Zhao Quan is not just a few fugitives, but a large sect with considerable power in the steppe, not only has a wide range of people, but also is the right-hand man of King Alta.
To deal with the White Lotus Sect, fundamentally speaking, the imperial court is more reasonable, but in terms of interests, King Alta must not agree, even if he has a face, he can't come down.
Of course, if the imperial court wants to solve the affairs of Zhao Quan and others, it will have no impact on Warat and Uliangha, and it can even be said to be a good thing.
Zhao Quan assisted the king of Altan to resist the Ming court externally, and to contain Warat and Uliangha internally. Therefore, these two clans also hate Zhao Quan and the White Lotus Sect to the core, and in this regard, the interests of these two clans are the same as those of the imperial court.
However, even with the pressure of Warat and Uliangha, the Altan king may not choose to give up Zhao Quan and the White Lotus Sect, at least on the surface, the Altan king would rather go to an all-out war than agree to this condition.
Zhao Quan, in fact, is really a damn person.
During the Jiajing period, Yan Song reached an agreement with the king of Alta when he was in power, and the conditions were extremely favorable, but he was torn up by Zhao Quan and the king of Alta within a few years.
The reason why Zhang Juzheng insisted that Zhao Quan's head must be exchanged for an agreement was actually to see this point, as long as Zhao Quan and the White Lotus Sect were not eliminated, it would be impossible for the imperial court to reach a permanent peace with Saiwai.
This time, the conditions brought are actually a lot worse than the agreement reached during the Jiajing period, even so, and it is considered that it is very likely that it can be negotiated, but getting rid of Zhao Quan and the White Lotus Sect has become the biggest obstacle to peace talks.
The previous saintess of the White Lotus Sect felt good, and besides, this time I came to eradicate them, so it was indeed the natural enemy of the previous saintess and the White Lotus Sect, and they could no longer coexist in this world, which was the so-called not sharing the heavens.
Dealing with the affairs of the White Lotus Sect is not as simple as chasing down fugitives.
Now, outside the camp, there are dozens of people on the wanted list of Jinyiwei, and besides, they don't even look at them, and they have no interest in arresting them at all. Dealing with them is very simple, as long as they don't enter the Great Wall, they will be free, and they can't do anything to hurt the Ming Dynasty when they live outside.
"My lord, can you tell us some of the terms you offered?" Hassan said cheekily.
"No, this must be announced at the negotiating table, and it can be brought up openly." Besides, he laughed.
Umeng and Diemur also laughed at Hassan's brazenness, and other people's hole cards will be shown to you, how to play this card?
Negotiation is like doing business, at first both sides are lions open their mouths, raise the conditions high, and then the two sides continue to learn, continue to reduce prices, and finally reach a mutually acceptable plan without breaking the bottom line, and the negotiation will be successful.
"Your Royal Highness, if you can do business with the Tatars, why can't you do business with our Warats?"
In the tent where the guests were entertained, Temu Yuhua asked Zuo Ling.
Temu Yuhua and Zuo Ling have been sitting for a long time, but fortunately, Zuo Ling is hospitable, and he doesn't treat her as a rival in love, so the atmosphere is not embarrassing.
The two gossiped for a while, and Temu Yuhua suddenly thought of business matters, so she asked casually.
"You can't do business with your Warats, who said that?" Zuo Ling asked with a smile.
"It was His Highness the Chin Cha who said it himself."
"That's what he said, not what I said." Zuo Ling smiled.
Tiemu Yuhua was a little confused, she proposed trade with the third lady last time, and refused at once, and said that she had to negotiate the share with the third lady, in fact, it is the so-called second-level agency, and the third lady is the general agent.
With the incompatible relationship between Tiemu Yuhua and the third lady, let alone doing business, it is impossible to sit down and say a good word, so she is also dead, and now she is just asking casually, which is completely different from Zuo Ling's statement.
What's going on?
"What he said about not being able to do business with you refers to the official channels of the imperial court, not private personal trade, why can't we do business between private individuals?" Zuo Ling explained with a smile.
"The princess has a personal business?" Tiemu Yuhua was still confused, and she also knew the business with the third lady, even if her family's business had nothing to do with the imperial court trade.
Besides, he knew very well in his heart that if he didn't do business with the Warat tribe, the third lady would definitely not do business with the Warat tribe, not even with Uliangha. This is not entirely because of the jealousy between the two princesses, but mainly because of the intricate relationship between the three clans.
Besides, the last refusal was actually a strategy, and it was impossible for him to give the Jade Princess and the Third Lady the same preferential conditions, so he refused first, and if the Jade Princess was really eager to do business, then Zuo Ling would come out for an interview. Zuo Ling is definitely a good hand at business negotiations, which is beyond the reach of the dust.
Zuo Ling took Yahuan to sit on both sides of a long table with Princess Jade and her maids, which looked like negotiations, and there were also small round tables next to them, all of which were used for entertaining guests, but there were too many maids around the two of them, and the small round table couldn't sit at all.
The jade princess wore a purple red, well-cut Mongolian robe with exquisite workmanship, but did not wear the beautiful high-crowned hat in the tent, and her long hair as smooth as silk was inserted with various gold and silver headdresses, and the price was even more amazing.
Most of these jewels are the legacy of the Mongol legions when they conquered most of the world, and they were inherited by several powerful clans in the steppe.
Zuo Ling was wearing a navy blue fine grain cotton dress, covered with a plain satin suit, and the beauty set off by her hair was like a dream. She didn't have any extra headdress on her head, and she only had a golden step in her bun, which was not expensive.
Zuo Ling is a person who doesn't like to dress up, he has always been without fat powder, and he is plain-faced, and he pays attention to natural beauty. This could not be more in favor, believing that any cosmetics are not only a waste to Zuoling, but also a bad thing, which may harm her delicate jade-like skin.
In fact, Zuo Ling's body is not cheap, just take that set of navy blue fine grain cotton dress, it is much more expensive than the general color satin, at that time there was no advanced weaving technology in later generations, fine grain cotton cloth is naturally very expensive.
In the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, some people deliberately paid tribute to dozens of fine-grained cotton cloths of various colors, hoping to please Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang did like it very much, but as soon as he inquired about the price, he immediately ordered that he was not allowed to pay tribute to this special cotton cloth.
The cost of fine grain cotton woven by this special process was dozens of times that of silk at that time, and the output was particularly low, even in the princely and aristocratic classes.
In the case that many people are still unable to achieve food and clothing, it is indeed not worth it to spin a large number of fine grain cotton cloth, no wonder Zhu Yuanzhang denounced it as a superficial and obscene skill, which costs the people and money.
Zhu Yuanzhang is a bold and ambitious hero, and his personal life has always been simple and casual. At that time, the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace were only hundreds, more than ten times less than the specifications of his descendants, and it was natural for him to refuse expensive tribute.
"Besides, it represents the court level, and the private business I do, these two are completely different, princess, please rest assured." Zuo Ling smiled happily.
Although she wears a veil, this laughter can also be infectious, making people's brains make up her smile like a flower, radiant, even if the Jade Princess and her maid are women, they can't help but feel a kind of confusion.
Having said that, what else does the Jade Princess not understand, besides, refusal, Zuo Ling agreed to do business again, and the husband and wife knocked and partnered, probably to improve the conditions.
This made the Jade Princess very depressed, she was also doing business, why two conditions and two prices? And the business must also be proposed by her, but people are sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai.
The Jade Princess was silent for a while, and then said with a wry smile: "Your Royal Highness, if I want to do business with you, what conditions can I be given?" ”
Zuo Ling listened to it and said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness Princess, I invite you to come over today to attend the party, enjoy the singing and dancing, don't talk about business, you might as well talk about business matters another day, this matter is not something that can be discussed in a day or two." ”
The Jade Princess nodded, knowing that she was too eager.
Zuo Ling's business with Sanniangzi is not a secret, and even the conditions offered by both parties are not difficult to hear, this is mainly because both parties do not want to hide it, and their respective ideas are on the bright side.
Even so, Zuo Ling and Sanniangzi talked for a few days before they preliminarily finalized a trade plan, and many detailed terms were continued to run in after being promoted to the city.
The third lady is a little inferior to the jade princess, she is not in power in the clan, so many things have to be agreed by her father. The Jade Princess is different, she has considerable power in the Warat clan, and many things can be decided directly.
"Your Royal Highness the Princess, they all say that His Royal Highness Qincha is the illegitimate son of your former emperor, why can't you give him an official title now?" The Jade Princess asked.
People like gossip, and women are even more so, even the Jade Princess is not exempt from vulgarity.
Zuo Ling said lightly: "This is all rumors, and it has nothing to do with the royal family, let alone blood relations, and he himself doesn't understand why he is favored by the emperor and takes on such a big responsibility." ”
"You Han people have a good saying, there is no love for no reason in this world, and there is no hate for no reason, since your emperor favors him so much, and even does not hesitate to make an exception to promote him to the prince-level Qincha, it can't be for no reason, right?" The Jade Princess didn't believe it.
"This kind of thing can only be asked to the emperor, don't say that you people who are far away outside the city don't understand, even those princes and bigwigs in the capital don't know the inside story, so all kinds of rumors are spread." Zuo Ling smiled.
"So His Royal Highness Qincha really doesn't have a prince? If this is the case, we can give him a prince, and you will be the official princess. The Jade Princess reiterates the old words, and she also hopes that the routine is close to making Zuo Ling give preferential conditions in business.