In the fourth winter of the Apocalypse, the winter of the grassland was surprisingly cold, and a large number of cattle and sheep were frozen to death in the simple sheds. The Mongols on the steppe had a good winter because the previous trade had allowed the Mongols to obtain food and other supplies.

But it was definitely not a good winter for Lin Dan Khan.

He led a group of remnants of the defeated army and crossed the frozen Yellow River. After braving the wind and snow and trekking for nearly half a month, we arrived in Qinghai.

This winter, Lin Dan Khan could only flee to Qinghai, and although Mobei was conquered by Lin Dan Khan, his foundation was unstable. I am afraid that this time has passed, and I am faced with one rebellion after another. Only in the Qinghai region, Lin Dan Khan still has a good foundation and can gain a firm foothold.

After a lot of hardship, they finally arrived in Qinghai, where there were enough cattle and sheep for Lin Dan Khan and the Tumut Department to spend the winter. For the defeat of this war, Lin Dan Khan was dealt a great blow.

For the powerful firearms and disciplined cavalry shown by the Ming army in the war, Lin Dan Khan was only left with fear at this time. He couldn't imagine that the Ming army had trained such a powerful army. The Mongols' superiority in cavalry was simply gone.

Less than a month after Lin Dan Khan's front foot arrived in Qinghai, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty came again.

"No, just pull it out and kill it." Lin Dan Khan's anger towards Daming can only be sprinkled on the messenger of Daming.

"Great Khan, no! There is a way that the two armies do not come to the war without killing the envoys, not to mention that the envoys of the Ming Kingdom came this time, mainly to negotiate peace with our Mongolia, if they kill the envoys of the Ming Kingdom, it will completely anger the Ming Kingdom. As a Mongolian nobleman, he was so frightened that he hurriedly admonished.

What two countries are at war without cutting down is often not such a valid criterion for the Mongols. It's just that the Mongols were in the midst of defeat at this time. The situation throughout Mongolia is volatile. At this time, the Ming envoy came to negotiate peace with Mongolia. Is that naturally what the Mongolian aristocracy wants to see?

Lin Dan Khan is also very stubborn, and he doesn't dare to be real after making a bit of prestige. So he borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, and let people bring the envoy of the Ming Kingdom into the big tent.

It was none other than Lin Wence, a diplomat from Mongolia specially appointed by the Ming Dynasty.

"Ming diplomat Lin Wence, see the Great Khan of Mongolia." Lin Wence arched his hand after coming in, and then greeted Lin Dan Khan with a smile: "I haven't seen the Great Khan for several months, why has the Great Khan lost a lot of weight?" ”

"Humph!" Lin Dan Khan was secretly sarcastic, and snorted coldly with a hot face. In a displeased and arrogant tone, he asked, "Do you Ming Kingdom Heavenly Son want to negotiate peace?" ”

Let's make peace! Whoever speaks first will be lowered.

"It's not that my Ming Dynasty must negotiate peace with Mongolia, but that I, the Holy Son of Heaven, Ming Dynasty, am merciful and don't want to fight again. As long as Mongolia wins the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty does not mind rebuilding with Mongolia and rebuilding a country of brotherhood and friendship. Saying that, Lin Wence took out the document with the terms written on it and handed it to Lin Dan Khan.

Lin Danhan took the file suspiciously, and then opened it and read it. There are two kinds of characters on it, Chinese characters and Mongolian script, and after Lin Dan Khan read the above treaty, his face turned blue on the spot. The body trembled involuntarily.

"No way, you guys are wishful thinking." Lin Dan Khan roared on the spot and threw the document directly on the ground. The Mongolian nobles on the side hurriedly picked up the document. Then start to see.

I saw that the document had the following treaty written:

1: Because of the initiative to tear up the covenant, it is against morality, and on the day of the armistice, Mongolia will fully withdraw from the northeast region, that is, east of Yinshan and other places, and at the same time return the Hetao to the Ming Dynasty.

2. Mongolia compensated the Ming Dynasty for military expenses of 5 million yuan.

Three: Mongolia paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

Four: allow Mongolian nobles of all tribes to freely go to Daming to settle down.

Basically, these are the treaties, but Lin Dan Khan was stimulated after reading them, and those Mongolian nobles had different expressions, but most of them were silent.

"If the Great Khan doesn't accept it, then the little envoy can't do anything. I only hope that the Great Khan will ask for more blessings for yourself, and see if you can resist my Ming Iron Horse. What's more, even if my Ming Dynasty does not continue to attack the Great Khan, there will be some large Mongolian tribes who are willing to take refuge in my Ming Dynasty, and my Ming Dynasty only needs to give them tens of thousands of sophisticated equipment to let them sweep the grassland. Lin Wence directly threatened Lin Dan Khan with a sonorous and powerful voice.

"Hubris......

"Ridiculous......"

Suddenly, some Mongolian nobles couldn't help it and sprayed Lin Wence on the spot. But Lin Danhan sat there with an iron face, gritting his teeth and unable to say a word.

At this moment, Lin Dan Khan was really scared.

He was not afraid before the defeat, because his control over the various tribes of Mongolia was still good, but now after a great defeat, his prestige has plummeted in the steppe.

If the Ming Kingdom really showed a supportive attitude towards some tribes, then there must be Mongolian tribes who were willing to take refuge in the Ming Kingdom. The Ming only needed to blockade trade with him Lin Dan Khan and give tens of thousands of sophisticated equipment to the Mongol tribes who had taken refuge in the Ming to sweep the steppe and build a Mongol regime that was completely subjugated to the Ming State.

This is simply to completely destroy his rule over the steppe!

At this time, the situation is stronger than people, and Lin Danhan feels that he can't hold it anymore, and he really can't hold it anymore. If you continue to hold on, you will probably be driven into exile.

Lin Dan Khan kept struggling in his mind, and Ming Guo's meaning was obvious, that is, he didn't want to continue fighting. But it's definitely not that I'm afraid of continuing to fight with Mongolia, but I don't want to continue to use force. It was definitely easy for the Ming State to destroy his Lin Dan Khan's rule over the Mongols.

First of all, the Ming Dynasty was able to dispatch an elite cavalry that the Mongols could not resist, and if this cavalry swept the steppe for a long time, it would be terrible.

Because the cavalry can feed the war with war on the grassland, there is no need to worry about food, as long as you can grab cattle and sheep, you can continue to fight.

Once the Ming Dynasty continued to sweep the Mongols, the Mongol tribes under the rule of Lin Dan Khan would no longer want to graze and produce in peace. Although the Mongols could hide from these cavalry, the cattle and sheep could not outrun these cavalry. Without cattle and sheep, how could the Mongols survive in the steppe?

What's more serious is that the Ming can support a Mongolian puppet regime at any time to replace him Lin Dan Khan.

Since ascending to the position of Great Khan of Mongolia, Lin Dan Khan has never felt so aggrieved. He wanted to resist. I even wanted to cut down the Ming envoy in front of me who dared to threaten him with a knife.

But...... Does he dare?

"Indemnity. The reparations are too ...... Too much. "I held it for a long time. Lin Dan Khan suddenly held back such a fart. The entire tent was silent on the spot, and all the Mongolian nobles looked at Lin Dan Khan with an incredulous gaze.

"This indemnity is not much, and my military expenditure this time is more than five million." Lin Wence smiled, the Mongolian Khan in front of him was obviously about to bow his head.

As long as the treaty is signed, Mongolia will enter a state of slow death in the future. Then he continued to go to the abyss of weakness, and was finally swallowed by Da Ming.

Lin Dan Khan and how do not know, but as a ruler. Thinking about things in my head. That is, when the situation is stronger than people, if you can barely maintain a day of rule, you can maintain a day of rule.

"We in Mongolia can't afford that much money." When Lin Dan Khan was bargaining, he felt that the whole person was not good. Lin Wence said with a smile: "It's okay, we don't want Mongolia to come up with a one-time compensation, you can pay it in installments, pay off the compensation in 20 years, and only need to repay the principal of 250,000 yuan per year, of course, the interest is calculated separately." ”

"Of course, if the Great Khan feels that the conditions are too harsh, he can talk about it slowly. Anyway, our Holy Son of Heaven said it. We're not in a hurry. Lin Wence said with a smile: "It's just that if the treaty hasn't been signed after the beginning of spring, we won't talk about it." ”

Lin Dan Khan heard the threat. Suddenly he gritted his teeth again.

It's so hateful!

"What do you think, Great Khan?" Lin Wence asked.

"Let's talk, let's talk!" Lin Dan Khan replied viciously, the situation is stronger than people! The defeated Lin Dan Khan has no hole cards to play.

Since it's going to talk, it's not reasonable to let people stand. In desperation, Lin Dan Khan added a seat to Lin Wence, asked people to serve wine and meat, and entertained the Ming delegation first.

The next day, the two sides began to hold negotiations.

There is really nothing to talk about in negotiations, because negotiations are basically one-sided.

On the terms of territorial redivision, the Mongols had no conditions for negotiation. Because of the places that the Ming Dynasty wanted, except for the Hetao that had not yet been occupied, the other areas had basically been swept by the Ming Dynasty. Even the Hetao will be swept away by the Ming army after the beginning of spring. If you want to protect these territories, you will definitely not be able to keep them.

Daming does not have a lion opening, and occupying the area north of Yinshan is considered to be without a lion's mouth.

There is nothing to talk about in terms of the amount of compensation, Lin Danhan heard that the five million compensation can be paid off in 20 years, and he basically accepted it.

But then when the interest was calculated, Lin Danhan's whole face turned black.

The annual interest of 5% will be nearly tens of millions in 20 years. This is still the case of repaying the money every year, if it is repaid after 20 years, it will roll to 13.2 million under the interest.

It's just mad.

The Ming Mission insisted on this interest rate and did not let go at all.

"Okay, let's set this interest rate!" Lin Dan Khan instructed the Mongolian minister in charge of the negotiations, while thinking viciously, when the control of the Mongolian tribes is stabilized, Lao Tzu will not pay back the money at that time, it does not depend on the mood!

Willing?

Naturally unwilling!

Although he hasn't thought of any effective way yet, Lin Dan Khan will not be willing. The solution can be thought slowly, and the situation will be stabilized first.

As the saying goes, the lesser of two sides, this negotiation is completely about the psychology of Lin Dan Khan.

However, the negotiations then reached an impasse, because Lin Dan Khan was unwilling to pay tribute to the Ming courtiers and was unwilling to release the Mongol nobles into the Guannai.

If a vassal pays tribute, it will cause great damage to his prestige. And put those Mongolian nobles into the world of flowers in the Ming Kingdom, and then they will be attracted by the Ming Kingdom in two times?

When the time comes, if the Ming Kingdom wants to kick him away, he only needs to talk to these Mongolian nobles.

On this issue, Lin Dan Khan is not stupid, and he clearly sees that Da Ming's intentions are sinister and his motives are bad.

Lin Dan Khan and the Ming envoys were on the bar on these two conditions, and after the negotiations persisted for nearly several days, Lin Wence saw that he could not achieve his goal, so he no longer insisted on these two treaties.

For the Ming Dynasty, a stable Mongolian situation was also needed for the time being, so that the Ming would have enough time to digest the territory they had just occupied.

After all, the territory grabbed this time is too big, and it can't be digested in three or five years.

If you replace Lin Dan Khan with a large Mongol tribe, you can strike at the Tumut tribe. Then it is true that the purpose of occupying territory and not being harassed by the Mongols can be achieved, but it may also create some uncontrollable factors. For example, the Mongols had too much sophisticated equipment in their hands. After the elimination of Lin Dan Khan, it is likely to create a new threat.

Rather than this, it is better to let Lin Dan Khan, a decrepit boy, continue to rule Mongolia.

If you can negotiate with Lin Dan Khan, then you will basically not need to use more Mongolian force in a few years, and you can save a considerable amount of military spending and focus on internal reform.

As for whether Lin Dan Khan is honest or not, it doesn't matter. If Lin Dan Khan wants to recover his breath, it will take at least three or five years. At that time, Daming digested the territory, and there happened to be a new expansion demand, and it was time to open the knife to Lin Dan Khan.

With the different minds of the two sides, a consensus on an armistice and peace was reached on the surface.

Lin Dan Khan immediately ordered his henchmen to sign the terms, and Lin Wence also signed the treaty, and then the treaty came into force, and the Ming and Mongolia officially lifted the state of war and restored them to a friendly state.

As for the remnants of Jiannu who caused this war, they have disappeared without a trace at this time. Lin Dan Khan heard that Huang Taiji kept going west with people.

After the treaty was signed, Lin Dan Khan remembered the mood of those Jiannu, and he could only use 'day dogs' to describe it most accurately. It's really a dog, and I originally wanted to unite these Jiannu to fight against the Ming Dynasty, but it turned out to be a big heel, and the initiator ran away.

Lin Dan Khan, who was in a state of anger, could only sprinkle his anger on those women and servants, and if it was not pleasing to the eye, it would be a violent beating, and for a while, the people around Lin Dan Khan were silent.

This treaty, signed in the winter of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, immediately aroused a warm response after it was transmitted back to the Ming Dynasty. Under the propaganda of the Daming Daily, the outcome of this war against Mongolia was promoted as the greatest victory ever over Mongolia.

Because he successfully made the Mongols pay 5 million yuan in compensation, Lin Wence also brought back the first indemnity, although it was only 300,000 yuan.

However, after the end of the war, they grabbed the chassis and obtained reparations from the nomads through diplomatic negotiations, which is indeed rare in Chinese history.

The fourth year of the Apocalypse is the year of Jiazi, so this treaty is also called the "Treaty of Jiazi".

The signing of the "Jiazi Treaty" obviously opened a 'Pandora's box' of using unequal treaties to oppress other peoples.

This kind of squeezing method can be seen everywhere in the later foreign expansion. (To be continued.) )