After the matter of the envoy was decided, he began to explain various things to his subordinates one after another.

There are indeed too many things to arrange, and special personnel need to be responsible for the training of troops, and although he does not personally go into battle to train the troops, he is still basically present every day, and now he can only rely on those few temporarily promoted commanders to keep an eye on them.

It seems that there is nothing to arrange at home, and besides, they don't think so, and it seems that safety can be guaranteed by changing from secret infiltration to secret mission, but they have to make two preparations, just in case.

The seizure of envoys by the Central Plains Empire and the Saiwai Imperial Court was nothing new, and Su Wu's nearly twenty years of shepherding sheep in the Beihai Sea was the best example. During the Song Dynasty, there was also a case where the golden envoy was detained in the mainland for many years, this kind of thing is not good for a time and a place, it is difficult to accuse which side is not keeping promises, it can only be said that whoever is unlucky is unlucky, and the person concerned can be regarded as loyal to the country.

Zuo Ling, Xiao Nier and others were overjoyed, they sincerely thanked the emperor for thinking about the safety of the situation, the original task was full of crises, almost there was no return, and now at least they can guarantee that they will come back alive, as for the content of the negotiations, gains and losses, of course they are not interested, and they don't ask.

Besides, he felt sorry in his heart, he really thought that it was safest to sneak outside the plug secretly according to the original plan, and it was best to have the head of the Salt Gang accompany him to enter, which was enough.

When you get to the outside of the fortress, it is useless how many soldiers and horses you bring, how many masters you bring, if you really want to go to war, you will inevitably be wiped out by the Tatars, even those top masters, how much room can they survive under the boundless rain of arrows of the Mongolian iron horses? The army is the same, even if he is allowed to enter with 20,000 elite soldiers, it is estimated that the whole army will be wiped out, and there will be no miracles.

In the Western Han Dynasty, the famous general Li Lingti 5,000 foot soldiers went deep into the Xiongnu royal court, although he was defeated, he fought and retreated all the way, and almost returned to Guannei. The army led by Li Ling can be described as extremely sophisticated, they were originally cavalry and elite soldiers, but the horses under his command were allocated to other generals by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Li Ling's defeat was inevitable.

Li Ling can be regarded as an immortal general, otherwise Taishi Gong would not have taken the risk of speaking for him, and as a result, he would have incurred great shame. After Li Ling surrendered to the Xiongnu, he not only married the Xiongnu princess, but also became the king, the throne of the Xiongnu was obtained by virtue of military merits and strength, and it is not trivial for a general to be crowned king.

In Chinese history, the era of the strongest combat power was the Western Han Dynasty, when the Xiongnu posed a threat to the interior many times greater than the Khitan and Dajin in later generations. After Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, he did not immediately start a war against the Xiongnu, but built the Great Wall to take a defensive position, and it was not until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that he really fought a decisive battle with the Xiongnu and finally eliminated the strong enemy.

Later, although the Xiongnu tribe still existed, they could never return to their peak state, and several branches had to abandon their homes, trek through mountains and rivers, overcome unimaginable difficulties and obstacles, and finally went to Europe to compete with the Roman Empire. The Huns were really powerful, they destroyed the foundation of the Roman Empire with their tired divisions, leading to the collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire, and the Europeans called it the whip of God, also known as "*", which shows their hatred and fear mentality.

How strong was the combat power of the Huns? I'm afraid that only when Genghis Khan comes out of the mountain can he crush them.

Besides, he knew that he was not a soldier at all, let alone a military general, let alone a famous general, although his subordinates were all carefully selected warriors and had undergone the most rigorous training, they were still inferior to the Tatar iron cavalry. If you are in the mainland, you can fight to the death, but when you get to the territory of the people outside the Saiwai, it is estimated that there will be no other end than destruction.

In that year, Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, led 40,000 elite soldiers into the Saiwai, and was ambushed and attacked by the famous Mongolian general Wang Baobao, and as a result, the 40,000 elites were wiped out in a battle, and the Ming Taizu who beat him lost his temper, and publicly praised Wang Baobao in the court as the first strange man in the world.

Coincidentally, when Cheng Zu, he also sent a famous general to lead 40,000 elite soldiers into the pass, and the whole army was wiped out after the same war, and even the main general failed to escape back.

Besides, when I think of these histories and compare them with my mission, my scalp is a little numb. The title of minister and ambassador of negotiations may be courteous to the king of Tatars, but at the same time, he is also a prisoner of others, depending on the development of events later.

A few days later, he received a decree from the emperor, commanded by Jinyi Weidu, and served as an ambassador for the envoy and plenipotentiary negotiations, and led people to the Tatar court to conduct secret negotiations. Everyone else is estimated to have received the corresponding secret order, but now I don't know who is teaming up with him, Zhang Juzheng said that the candidate has been decided, for the sake of secrecy, only when people arrive at the Xuanfu can it be officially announced.

"Don't worry, you are going out to take the helm this time, and the Sanpin Jinyi Guard is also weighty enough, and there seems to be a prince from Tatar, that is, the leader of a big tribe." Zhang Juzheng tried his best to soothe the atmosphere.

"My lord, we used to go through the motions, and that's what people mean, right?" Besides, he smiled bitterly.

Ambassador Plenipotentiary Negotiating, a title of many dignitaries, is actually just a little more weighty, and all his rights can be summed up in one word: no. Saying no in the court of the king of Alta, hehe, that is a huge risk, who knows what will happen if the king of Altan is unhappy?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was a bad idea, on the surface it was glamorous and glorious, but in fact there was a turbulent undercurrent, and the two sides were slightly inappropriate in their operations, and the result was that each other's envoys were taken hostage, and this kind of thing was difficult to reverse once it happened.

It may not be necessary to detain your life, but if it is detained for decades, it will really make people want to cry without tears.

"My lord, am I too young and not prestigious, can I change this candidate?" And this is the first time that I have retreated.

It turned out that the emperor sent him to secretly sneak into the outside of the fortress to spy on the top-secret military situation, and everyone who knew it said that he would definitely die, but he was fearless in his heart, and now he was really a little nervous.

"I can't change it. This was appointed by the emperor. Zhang Juzheng blocked his retreat with a single sentence.

"Otherwise, you tell the emperor, I still sneak in secretly, this minister and plenipotentiary negotiation ambassador can be replaced by another person, let's repair the plank road openly, secretly cross the Chen Cang, and catch both hands." Besides, I offer advice.

Zhang Juzheng's brows furrowed: "You especially like to dance on the tip of the knife, right, the more dangerous the happier, you don't want to go on the flat avenue, just pick the corners to go?" ”

"My lord, to tell you the truth, this road is the dangerous road now." Besides, he smiled bitterly.

"How?" Zhang Juzheng asked.

Moreover, the original plan was to secretly infiltrate the Tatar royal court, not to mention Zhang Juzheng, even Gao Gong and Xu Jie also thought that it was to send them to death. But everyone didn't take it seriously, thinking that the emperor was scaring him and wouldn't really send him to death, and then I don't know who leaked the news, and they thought that this task would definitely be automatically invalidated. Unexpectedly, the emperor turned around and complied with the demands of those families, and changed the envoy who spies on the military situation to a secret negotiation.

The three scholars thought it was safer. If one side does not want to eliminate the other side, but strives for its own best interests, negotiation is of course the best way. That's how diplomacy came about. According to reason, of course, the emperor's current arrangement is more reasonable and safer.

Besides, he couldn't say anything, and he always felt that it was more interesting to sneak in, and the reward was the greatest. It's too boring to go all the way and not get some valuable information back.

"Do you have a way to get top secret information about King Alta?" Zhang Juzheng looked at him for a long time and asked.

Zhang Ju misunderstood, thinking that there was a way to obtain top-secret information. Last time, he told him that King Altan and Zhao Quan were trying to collude with the powerful families in the capital to carry out "military advice" against the emperor, and this level of information could only be obtained by people around King Alta.

If that's the case, it must be a trick, because he doesn't need to go deep into the outside of the plug at all, he just needs to walk around the customs and come back, anyway, if there is information to hand in, the task will be completed. Otherwise, why did he think it was safer to sneak into the Tatar court secretly?

Zhang Juzheng stroked his hair and smiled, looking at the situation definitely.

"No, really not, your lordship thinks too highly of me." Besides, he hurriedly shook his head.

The last time the information was just a fluke, and he didn't know how the Salt Gang could get such top-secret information, but he also lost more than a dozen people, and it is estimated that it is absolutely impossible to obtain such information again.

"I heard Brother Musa say that you have always been unhappy with the descendants of those ministers who followed Emperor Jianwen back then, and you want the emperor to pardon the bloodlines of these descendants. If you make great contributions to the prosperity of the country and gain high prestige in the court, there will be a good drama to sing, and the emperor will have a reason to suppress the opposition of the ministers and issue such an amnesty. ”

Zhang Juzheng saw that he repeatedly shirked, so he had to change the topic.

Besides, he nodded at that time and didn't say anything anymore, Zhang Juzheng is knowing reason, moving with affection, and luring him to benefit, what else can he say, he entered the capital to die and survive, but it was just for such an amnesty decree.

Zhang Juzheng told him a lot of things that need to be paid attention to, and the imperial court also considered the security issue very thoughtfully, the envoys of the two sides met in Xuanfu, and then one went out of the fortress and the other entered the customs, and after the negotiation, the envoys of both sides were exchanged in Xuanfu, so as not to take hostages alone.

This kind of thing, in fact, there is no credibility guarantee at all, to say that there is, strength is the biggest insurance.

Zhang Juzheng appeased the situation because he knew that the emperor's order could not be recovered, and the cabinet had all agreed, if it was the emperor's personal order, he might still be able to make the emperor change his mind. Now the general trend has been set, and the arrow is ready to fly.

"By the way, the kung pao chicken you invented that day is really good, but I've asked a few people and I've never heard of this dish." Zhang Juzheng suddenly thought of this, and wondered the origin of the name Kung Pao Chicken.

"I came up with it myself, and I didn't have any reason for it." Besides, he laughed.

"No wonder."

Zhang Juzheng is not a gourmet, but he is well-read and does not let go of recipes, so he feels strange, erudite as himself, he has never heard of this delicacy, it turns out to be an invention and creation, this kid really has a lot of crooked ideas.