At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

"Brother Ali, don't lose the son of Masuhu in the land of Timur Khanate!"

Brother Ali introduced his identity seriously, hoping to attract the attention of the other party and win some bargaining chips in the negotiation.

In the Timur Khanate, Tumian was not only an official rank of ten thousand households, but also a prince.

Don't Lost Bali has a larger sphere of influence than the Black Sheep Kingdom and the Aries Kingdom. It is nominally a province of the Timur Khanate, but in fact it is more like a tribal alliance system.

In a sense, it can be regarded as an independent regime attached to the Timur Khanate.

This is also Ma Suhu's bargaining chip to start the negotiation. I can rely on Timur or Daming, it just depends on who gives more!
Chen Mao looked at the young man in front of him with a cold expression, and said: "My surname is Chen, my name is Mao, Duke Jun of the Ming Dynasty, guarding Hamiwei by imperial decree, and hereditary will not replace him."

After being conveyed by an interpreter, brother Alibu pressed his right palm on his left chest and bowed his head to show his respect.

"Excuse me, is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty already in Hami? Why don't you come to negotiate in person, so that you can show your sincerity."

Chen Mao said bluntly: "His Royal Highness the Prince is indeed in Hami, but you are not qualified enough to see the Prince."

These words were not polite, but brother Ali was not in a hurry or annoyed, because he had already made preparations.

Since you come to negotiate, you must do some homework in advance.

In his own capacity, Chen Mao personally came to the negotiations to save face. It didn't matter whether he saw the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty or not. He just wanted to confirm whether Daming really wanted to send troops.

Because Daming's attitude will directly determine his next choice, whether it is war or peace, but he must not make a mistake.

"His Excellency Jun Guogong, let's get to the point!"

Seeing that the other party was so straightforward, Chen Mao was not polite and said, "Tell me, what do you want?"

Brother Ali said: "There has never been a large-scale conflict between the Timur Khanate and the Ming Dynasty. Today, it is so mobilizing and mobilizing the crowd, and even the crown prince personally conquered it. Why?"

After hearing this, Chen Mao was so angry that he laughed, and said: "The crown prince's conquest is naturally because our emperor is besieged by your army. I think you are young, why are you more confused than this old man?"

Brother Alibu argued: "You are the ones who started the war from the beginning to the end of this matter, constantly challenging the bottom line of my Timur Khanate, starting from Tehran, which was originally our territory, but was forcibly occupied by your emperor. You started it all!"

"Is Tehran your territory?"

Chen Mao couldn't help laughing, and said, "Call him and see if he agrees?"

"Your Excellency Jun Guogong, you are being unreasonable!"

"If the old man was unreasonable, he would have kicked you out a long time ago. How could he be so polite to you?"

Brother Ali had no choice but to explain: "The name of Tehran comes from the Persian word Raja, which is enough to show that it was part of the Persian dynasty a long time ago."

Chen Mao waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about whether the above statements have any basis. Even if Tehran used to belong to Persia, what does it have to do with your Timur Khanate?"

Ali Boke was stunned when he heard the words, and then said: "The great Central Asian conqueror Timur the Great spent 30 years fighting east and north, and established a huge khanate, covering the entire territory of Persia. In other words, all the territories of the ancient Persian dynasty belonged to the Khanate.”

"What's your reasoning?"

Chen Mao felt that the young man seemed to be out of his mind, so he said: "Your Timur Khanate and the Persian dynasty have no inheritance relationship, and ancient Persia has perished 2000 years ago, and only the Persians and the Persians are left. Persian."

"In the past 2000 years, times have changed. There have been many dynasties in that land, the Parthian Dynasty and the Sasanian Dynasty. They are all just passing clouds. The same is true for your Timur Khanate. Don't imagine yourself as the chosen one."

"Just now you said that you took all the territory by force, but Tehran is not under your actual control, so why should it be under your jurisdiction?"

Brother Ali felt that he was wrong, so he said: "At least from a geographical point of view, Tehran's location is closer to the Timur Khanate, and it should be more appropriate for the Khanate to govern it."

Chen Mao said indifferently: "From a geographical point of view, the Timur Khanate is also very close to Daming!"

Brother Ali's back burst into cold sweat, and after a long time, he said, "Your Excellency Jun Guogong, do you have nothing to talk about?"

"If you want to talk, the old man can accompany you, but the old man advises you, don't waste time!"

"Alright then, let's talk about Daming's request."

Chen Mao suddenly asked: "Are you here today to represent the Timur Khanate, or to represent Don't Lose Eight Miles?"

Brother Ali frowned, and asked, "Don't Lose Bali is part of the Timur Khanate. What's the difference?"

"The difference is huge!"

Chen Mao shook his head, and then said: "If you represent the Timur Khanate, I have only one sentence, either surrender now, or see you on the battlefield!"

Ari Buge had a thought, and asked, "If I represent Don't Lost Eight Miles, what should I say?"

Chen Mao said: "My great Ming Dynasty is a kingdom of the heavens, with blessings everywhere. I will never be an enemy of the surrounding small countries, and I will give various rewards. You should have heard of it?"

Brother Ali thought to himself, those small countries that were related to you are gone, and they are all included in the territory of Ming Dynasty, so naturally they will not be your enemy.

"Your Excellency Jun Guogong, please explain more clearly."

Chen Mao nodded and continued: "If I reopen the Silk Road in Ming Dynasty and open up trade routes between the East and the West, do you know what it means to you?"

"It means... what?"

"Don't lose eight miles to occupy half of the Western Regions. When the time comes, the trade route will open, what do you think it means?"

Brother Ali suddenly lowered his head, lost in thought.

Like other grassland tribes, Bieshibali live on agriculture and animal husbandry. Because of the harsh climate and poor water and grass, the local people are very poor, and the poor have no oil or water.

If Daming reopens the Silk Road, by then, this trade route will run across the Silk Road.

What does trade route mean?
money!

Trade, commerce, is money!

Before that, the best preparation he had made was to make a promise of gold and silver from Daming to recruit father and son.

Everyone likes gold and silver, but if you want to make money, you must spend your life.

As the leader of Bie Shi Ba Li, getting money is not a problem. Even if the people have no money, they can go to the surrounding tribes to plunder, or reach out to the Khan to ask for it.

Therefore, if Daming's promise is only gold and silver, there will not be much temptation.

Besides gold and silver, there is only power.

However, before the battle between the two armies, who knows which words are true and which words are false?
Even if you make a promise now, what can you do when the time comes?
Before this negotiation, Ma Suhu and his son discussed for a long time.

They tried to think about all the possible answers given by the Ming army, and then carefully studied which words were credible, which words were not, and how to deal with what kind of situation. They were all fully prepared.

At the negotiating table, brother Ali also acted according to his father's instructions, but things suddenly exceeded expectations, which made him a little at a loss.

No gold or silver was promised, no office was promised, not even a nice word was said.

There is only one sentence to reopen the trade route, and everything becomes different immediately.

Just imagine, if things are true as the other party said, and the Silk Road reconnects the east and the west, what kind of changes will it bring to Bieshabali?
What else to plant, what to pasture, just sit at home and count the money!

After a long time, Brother Ali raised his head and said, "I can't make the decision on this matter. I need to go back and discuss with my father before making an answer."

Chen Mao stretched out three fingers and said lightly, "Three days."

"what?"

"You have three days to think about it. If there is no reply after three days, we will only see you on the battlefield."

Brother Ali's expression changed drastically, and he said, "Three days is too little, how about one month?"

"Only three days, no discussion."

"Half a month?"

"Three days!"

"Ten days?"

"Three days!"

"Five days, five days for the head office, right? It takes two days for me to go back from here, three days is not enough!"

Brother Alibou looked very anxious, because deep down in his heart he didn't want to go to war.

Although Daming's side is just making empty promises, it's really too tempting.

What Daming could give, Abu Saiza could never give in his lifetime.

Chen Mao said: "It's enough to take a fast horse for a day and a night for this journey. It's enough to give you a day to discuss, and then a day and a night to return here."

"It's too fast to travel day and night, can you..."

"The battle is imminent, life and death are at stake, you still want to sleep well?"

Brother Ali had no choice but to say: "The matter is too big, and it is related to the future of hundreds of thousands of people in Bali. I am worried that my father will not be able to make up his mind. Please allow two days."

Chen Mao lowered his face, and said: "The real thing is to break up. You can either surrender or fight. What's there to hesitate?"

Brother Ali seemed to be touched by this sentence, he gritted his teeth and said, "Three days is three days, wait for me to come back!"

Only then did Chen Mao say: "That's how a man should be, the old man is waiting for you!"

Brother Ali bowed solemnly, and then hurried away with people.

Chen Mao returned to the prince and told the negotiation process in detail.

Zhu Jianshen opened his small eyes and asked, "Is this all right?"

Chen Mao replied: "His Royal Highness, please rest assured, within three days, there will be a reply."

Zhu Jianshen looked at Yu Qian and asked, "Yu Shangshu, are we...not fighting anymore?"

Yu Qian stepped forward and said, "We still have to fight, but not now."

"Why?"

Yu Qian looked at Chen Mao, and continued: "Mr. Jun has already made it very clear to the other party that cooperation is a win-win situation. Ma Suhu is not a fool, so he will naturally understand the truth of this."

Chen Mao said: "The other party weighs the pros and cons, and will definitely agree to surrender."

"Just tell them that I, Ming, want to reopen the trade route, that's enough? Don't you need to promise some gold and silver, or an official position?"

After all, Zhu Jianshen is only ten years old, and his biggest hobby is making inventions, so he doesn't know the way to do it.

Chen Mao said: "The premise of all negotiations is strong strength. Your Highness personally leads the army to go out. Don't lose eight miles. Those troops can't stop them. The other party comes to negotiate and wants to maximize some benefits. What is there in the world? Is it more tempting to open a trade route?"

Zhu Jianshen said half-understanding: "What should we do next? Should we continue negotiating with Timur Khan?"

Chen Mao said: "Timur Khan has nothing to talk about, he can only fight."

"Why is that?"

Yu Qian stepped forward and explained: "This Timur Khan is equivalent to the emperor of my Ming Dynasty. Ma Suhu is just a prince and aristocrat guarding one side, just like Duke Jun. If foreign enemies invade, Duke Jun can still surrender even if he surrenders." Keep your own glory and wealth, but the emperor can't surrender, otherwise there will only be a dead end."

Chen Mao was anxious and said angrily, "Yu Qian, what are you talking about?"

"Duke Jun, don't worry, let me make an analogy..."

"Why don't you use yourself as an example?"

"I'm not a duke guarding one side, so it's not appropriate to compare myself to myself!"

"Is the old man suitable?"

"Duke Jun, please calm down, the anger will hurt you!"

Yu Qian had no choice but to apologize with a smile on his face, and then said: "His Royal Highness, what I mean by this minister is that whenever we are ministers, we have a retreat, but the emperor has no retreat, and His Royal Highness has no retreat. Because of this, a king cannot have a retreat." Any fluke mentality. Everything is forewarned, and if it is not forewarned, it will be abandoned. Every major event, every war, must be treated with caution, and a complete plan must be made in advance, and remember not to underestimate the enemy!"

Zhu Jianshen scratched his head, and said: "The words of Yu Shangshu are a bit profound, I will write them down first, and I will gradually understand them in the future."

Yu Qian sighed secretly, His Royal Highness usually hangs out with people from the Academy of Sciences. Although technology can rejuvenate the country, the way of monarch and ministers has been abandoned.

If one day, Daming is invaded by foreign enemies and troops are approaching the city, Bei Lin or Tong Xuan and his like will definitely not teach these principles, but tell the prince, I will build you a machine gun, and you can just use it.

Times have really changed!

However, no matter how the times change, a king must be clear about his identity and the responsibilities on his shoulders.

Today's Ming Dynasty is no longer what it used to be. If Ottoman is captured, and then the entire Western Region is penetrated, the territory will almost cover half of the world.

As the territory of the empire expands again and again, various problems will follow.

If it is not handled properly, it will be like Jiaozhi in the Xuande period, chaotic again and again, and finally can only give up.

His Majesty's literary and military strategy is definitely fine, but His Highness the Crown Prince doesn't seem to be very interested in governing the country, which makes it difficult...

Zhu Jianshen thought for a while, and then said, "Duke Jun, Yu Shangshu, what should we do now?"

Chen Mao said: "The army is assembled and ready to go!"

Zhu Jianshen asked: "Didn't it mean...the other party would compromise?"

Chen Mao replied: "Your Highness, please remember that nothing is perfect in this world. Just now Yu Shangshu said, prepare in advance and take various preventive measures before you can win a hundred battles."

Zhu Jianshen nodded and said, "I remember what the two Qings said. When can we see Father?"

Yu Qian and Chen Mao looked at each other, and then said, "Up to two months!"