Chapter 290: True and False Negotiations

Solely.

These two words are too significant, and he didn't think about it deeply, he knew in advance that the negotiations would not succeed at all, and of course this plenipotentiary was fooling, what right did he have? To have only the right to say no would be to surrender the lives of oneself and the entire mission to the Tatars. This right is really weird.

He didn't know if he was thinking too much, or if the emperor meant it this way, anyway, he understood that the so-called carte blanche was to let him plan and complete this task independently. If you have the ability, you will use it all, and you have the right not to use it, and it will be invalid when it expires.

When the Sixth Guard of Jinyi was established, the tasks given to him by the emperor included carrying out various tasks outside the fortress, spying on military intelligence, kidnapping, assassination, and even planting spies, lurking, etc.

It was only later that he decided to go to the coast, especially Fujian, to carry out the mission, and he gradually forgot this purpose, thinking that his main enemies in the future were the pirates and the coastal tycoons.

The Jinyiwei that Liu Shouyou took over did not have these tasks, and basically operated inside and outside the capital, and then went to other provinces to perform tasks by holy order, and after returning, he just handed over the errand, and there was no mission abroad.

On the surface, the negotiations were held in two places at the same time, but in fact, the negotiations in the capital were just a pretense for the purpose of asking for hostages with the Tatars, and the White Lotus Sect could legally pick up their people through this way, and the negotiations in the Tatar court were the real negotiations. This is already a consensus between the two sides.

The imperial court sent an ambassador plenipotentiary to Tatar to negotiate, which was already an expression of sufficient sincerity, and it was said that the agreement reached through negotiation, even if it was signed, had to be brought back and jointly studied by the six ministries and the cabinet, and then approved before it could be handed over to the emperor for approval. After the emperor's approval, it will be handed over to the cabinet for review, and if the cabinet feels that the terms are unreasonable, it can still be rejected and reformulated, and finally all members of the cabinet will sign and seal the scholar, and then get the palace to be stamped with the jade seal, so that the whole process is completed.

This time, he was appointed as an ambassador with plenipotentiary negotiations, which meant that he was authorized by the emperor and the cabinet at the same time, and the signing of the treaty after India officially entered into force.

Of course, this is the greatest manifestation of the court's sincerity, and King Altan and Zhao Quan estimate that they will mistakenly think that the court is afraid of war and want to ask for peace.

He didn't know how the upper echelons of the two sides were fighting wits and courage, and he didn't want to know, he just knew the final result of this negotiation, and his only task was how to bring back everyone who had been brought out safe and sound.

If he can't do that, he'll have to be prepared to be beheaded or herded.

Thinking of this, he acted immediately, and was the first to find Zhang Juzheng, and he had to probe the mouth.

"What's the matter with you kid, don't you want to be this ambassador plenipotentiary?" Zhang Juzheng has a headache when he sees him now, and he can't wait to hide.

"Of course I am willing, as a member of the imperial court, I naturally have the consciousness of sharing worries for the country, even if it is a sea of swords and fires, I can't shirk it." Moreover, standing in front of Zhang Juzheng, he said heroically.

"Well, how come I can't see a trace of the consciousness you said in you." Zhang Juzheng was holding a porcelain cup, looking at him while drinking tea.

"I'm a low-key person, and I'm deeply hidden." Besides, it's cute.

"Well, you are very low-key, you have to be high-profile, and you have to occupy half of Beijing." Zhang Juzheng was worried about occupying a street, and felt that he had gone too far, but the emperor was willing to wipe his ass for him, and he couldn't say anything.

Besides, after all, he is the commander of the sixth guard of Jinyi, and he is really the emperor's person, and Zhang Juzheng doesn't want to repair it as much as he used to, and he can repair it anyway. Don't say that to the emperor's people, even to the emperor's cat, you have to save face, this is called avoiding suspicion.

The two laughed for a while, and then said that they were going to plan a special large-scale operation of Jinyiwei, under the guise of doing business.

Zhang Juzheng smiled after hearing this: "Your idea is not bad, but have you gotten the emperor's consent?" ”

"I should be able to agree, the first and sixth guards originally had the requirements to perform tasks outside the Saiwai, or I would have taken advantage of this great opportunity to go deep into the Saiwai to familiarize myself with the terrain and customs, and I would not have this opportunity in the future."

"In addition, I have to think about the safety of everyone in the entire mission, in case the negotiations break down and the Tatars turn their faces, let alone kill us, it will be miserable enough to detain us for a few years."

"Doesn't the emperor have any other arrangements?" When Zhang Juzheng heard him talk about the safety of the mission personnel, he also expressed his solemnity.

"Gave me a secret letter and three tips, and I won't open them, I don't know what's inside, I can't rely on these three tips to make a talisman, right?" And let's be honest.

Although the emperor sternly warned him not to let anyone know, Zhang Juzheng and the emperor wore a pair of pants and were not among "anyone".

"That's right." Zhang Juzheng also smiled, it seemed that he really didn't know about it.

"Your idea is still good, but you write a report on the action and submit it to the emperor for approval. The cabinet is not needed. Zhang Juzheng thought for a while and said.

The two talked about the negotiation again, and then got up to leave.

"I said, do you kid want to make a big profit this time, under the guise of Jinyiwei's special operation, to achieve your own goal of earning money?" Zhang Juzheng asked with a smile.

"My lord, my purpose is definitely to complete the mission and bring back the mission personnel safely, but without the guise of doing business, my personnel can't go deep into the desert." Besides, the color is right.

"Well, since it is not your purpose to be a merchant, all your profits from this merchant's business will be handed over to the treasury." Zhang Juzheng said with a smile.

"My lord, this is not good, this mission will send so many people, it will cost a sea of silver, I don't ask the emperor for funds, I have to use the money earned from business to subsidize it, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers."

"Go, go, you use these words to fool the emperor." Zhang Juzheng laughed and drove him away.

Besides, after leaving, Zhang Juzheng sat in the Taishi chair and thought about it, and he also felt funny, he had just heard that he was very business-minded and talented, and he didn't believe it, but now it seems that he really has a specialty in this area, but sometimes he is too domineering.

As for taking the caravan out of the customs to do business this time, of course he has no objection, the little silver earned from business is not in his eyes, but if he knows the scale of this business, it is estimated that he will have to scream.

However, what he thought more was that this plenipotentiary ambassador was proposed by the emperor, asking the cabinet to agree and authorize, and the cabinet also agreed under the leadership of him and Gao Gong and Xu Jie, but only he and Gao Gong knew the result of the negotiation, Xu Jie and other scholars thought that the emperor was suffering from insufficient military spending and wanted to avoid a war with Tatars, and most officials in the court also thought so.

Now the Tatars are reorganizing their armies and putting on a posture of a decisive battle with the Ming Empire, and the coast is full of smoke, although the scale is not large, but it has also disturbed the frontier, and the officials and generals of the provinces are trying to exaggerate the banditry in their own jurisdictions and fight for more military funds and funds with the imperial court.

The imperial court is indeed stretched thin here, and there is no way to fill the holes everywhere, so it has to be so stiff, at this time, signing a peace treaty and a truce with the Tatars is really the best choice.

Moreover, after returning home, he drafted an operation report overnight, and he did not write down how to make specific arrangements, but only proposed to take advantage of the great opportunity of this peace talks to let his 3,000 men and horses enter the outside of Cyprus to carry out a special all-round reconnaissance mission under the pretext of protecting the caravan.

He did not say a word about the purpose of creating a retreat for the mission.

There is also chaos in the palace, and all parties and factions have found internal responses in it, and any secret can fly out of the palace.

As for the details of the operation, he didn't think about it well, and even if he thought about it, it was not easy to write it out, and if it was leaked, all his deployments would be invalid.

In the morning, he revised and polished it, and then transcribed it on a piece of paper in Gong Kai, sealed it and handed it to Zhou Dingcheng, so that he could hand it over to Zhang Jing himself.

"You're not writing a resignation report, are you?" Zhou Dingcheng asked.

"Of course not, how could I quit my job and want to do a big job." Besides.

Zhou Dingcheng looked at him for a while, and couldn't understand how a negotiation ambassador could do a big job.

"In addition, you tell Master Zhang, doesn't he have a store, and I will bring in some goods from outside the plug." Besides.

"Restocking? Didn't you negotiate with you, why did you get involved in the purchase again? Zhou Dingcheng wondered.

"You don't care, just tell him like that, and he will understand." Besides.

"Code or riddle?"

"No, I really want to buy a batch of goods outside the Saiwai and come back, I heard that the Tatars have a lot of calligraphy and paintings from the Song Dynasty and even the Jin and Tang dynasties, which is a good thing." And salivate.

"That'...... There is no mine, no, I will go with you, go with you. Zhou Dingcheng is the same, the most unpleasant thing is the calligraphy and painting of the ancients, and his mind is immediately confused when he hears it.

Besides, although the attaché has not yet been decided, Zhou Dingcheng is the one who decided to arrange to stay in Beijing, at this moment, Zhou Dingcheng heard that there are two Jin and Tang Dynasty calligraphy and paintings can be bought, where can he still sit still.

"Well, it's okay for you to go, but you don't go with me, go with Ling'er and them." Besides.

"Follow...... Who, you repeat? Zhou Dingcheng felt that he had heard it wrong.

How to go with Zuo Ling, do you want to go outside the Saiwai, but it's impossible.

"Well, this time I will lead the team to negotiate, Ling'er will lead the team to do business, I am also worried that she will buy fake calligraphy and paintings and fake antiques, you will go with you to help her appraisal."

"Doing business? What's going on, the more you talk about it, the more confused I become. Zhou Dingcheng was really stunned.

Besides, he had to say his thoughts and plans again, of course he didn't say that the negotiations would definitely break down, but just said that he would take this opportunity to train the team, and if there was a task outside the plug in the future, he would have a spectrum in his heart to operate.

"Will the emperor agree?" Zhou Dingcheng said worriedly.

"That's why I asked you to go, here is the action report, please ask the emperor for approval."

"I see this matter hanging, even I feel like it's nonsense, even if the emperor approves it, will the Tatars allow our people to get out?"

"They'll agree, we'll see." And smiled meaningfully.