Chapter 1 Tripartite Talks (IV)

In fact, no matter whether the secret peace talks between the Later Jin Dynasty and Chahar Mongolia were successful in the end, as long as Chahar Mongolia concealed it from the Ming Dynasty, it would inevitably cause a rift from the Ming Dynasty, which was a matter that would not suffer any loss for Huang Taiji.

When Man Gui learned the news, he found a way to understand and destroy the secret peace talks between Huang Taiji and Lin Danhan, and ordered people to send the news quickly to the capital.

Man Gui's solution was simple and direct, and he directly sent a large army to take over the defense of the temporary garrison in Chahar Mongolia in Ulanqab and cut off the external contact between Chahar Mongolia. Naturally, this secret peace talks could not continue.

This is the most effective and stupid method. There is no need to break up with Lin Danhan, but this is equivalent to dragging the Ming Dynasty directly into the war between the Later Jin and the Chahar Mongols. However, as long as Huang Taiji continues to attack the Chahar Mongols, the Ming Dynasty will join the war sooner or later, just sooner or later.

Of course, this was what Man Gui did at Ezhe's request. To outsiders, this was just Ezhe's use of the power of his wife and family to shock those disobedient voices inside him. However, in Lin Danhan's eyes, he keenly realized that the Ming Dynasty had received some news. This trick of cutting off the firewood from Huang Taiji could not enter. Although his own people could go out, they would inevitably be monitored. Therefore, this secret peace talks are likely to die.

When Zhu Yinglong saw the secret report sent by Man Gui, he laughed and passed it to Sun Chengzong and Xiong Tingbi and said, "Huang Taiji and Lin Dan had a grudge against Shen Sihai a few days ago, but now he actually sat on a table and had peace negotiations started."

Sun Chengzong carefully read Man Gui's secret report, then handed it to Xiong Tingbi beside him and said, "Your Majesty, these two people are in peace in private, are they afraid they are not satisfied with their kindness?"

Zhu Yinglong smiled coldly and said, "I don't know these two people yet. One is respectful to my Ming Dynasty on the surface, and the other is, begging me for my Ming Dynasty and whispering humbleness. In fact, these two people are both arrogant and unwilling to be underestimated. On the surface, it seems that there is a war or peace between the two countries, it is not about my Ming Dynasty. In fact, they each have their own plans. Lin Dan wants to drag me into the water, but Huang Taiji tried his best to leave me alone. These two people are planning for their respective interests. This time, Huang Taiji must have thrown out some bait that Lin Dan cannot refuse, otherwise Lin Dan would not care about his current predicament and quietly engage in peace talks with Huang Taiji."

"From the news from General Man, they should have not reached an agreement, but once they put aside the Ming Dynasty's agreement to reach a ceasefire and peace, we will be passive, and then we will send troops will become a thankless thing." Xiong Tingbi looked up and analyzed after reading the secret report.

"No." Zhu Yinglong shook his hand, "Even if they reached an agreement, they would still notify me of the Ming Dynasty in the end. Even if Huang Taiji did not do this on purpose, Lin Dan would do this. I think Huang Taiji's purpose is to make me a notary role in the Ming Dynasty, stay out of it, and not participate in the dispute between Chahar Mongolia and the Later Jin Dynasty. He deliberately made a secret peace talks with Lin Dan to tie up my Ming Dynasty and let us have nowhere to exert our efforts."

"It's true that if this plan is successful, Huang Taiji will not suffer much, but for me, the Ming Dynasty, I will be passive in the future." Sun Chengzong frowned.

"Yes, I sent troops to rescue people with kindness, but the person rescued them was rescued, but the person rescued turned around and quietly reached a peace agreement with his enemy, leaving me, the one who saved people aside. Think about it, what would I think in my heart?" Zhu Yinglong knew that this was a plan from the Later Jin Dynasty, which caused a crack between him and Lin Danhan, but he was still unhappy.

"General Man Gui said in a secret report that he had agreed to Ezhe's request and took over the defense of the outside of Ulanqab, the temporary garrison in Chahar Mongolia, which cut off their secret contacts. Even if they wanted to negotiate secretly, it would not be possible to reach a secret peace in the short term." Xiong Tingbi said.

"It's understandable that General Man Gui has so many. After all, Lin Dan is unwilling to have any disagreement with me at this time, otherwise he would prevent Ezhe from making this request to Man Gui." Sun Chengzong said.

Zhu Yinglong suddenly had a strange smile on his lips and said, "Their father and son are very cooperative."

In fact, the Ming Dynasty and Chahar Mongolia are not the same as each other now. Both sides are testing each other's intentions. Lin Dan first used retreat as an advance, pushing Ezhe to the front stage, and hid behind the scenes, and immediately won the favor of the Ming Dynasty. After all, Ezhe married the princess of the Ming Dynasty, which is considered half a Ming Dynasty person. With him in power, he will inevitably tend toward the Ming Dynasty. Ezhe is indeed inclined toward the Ming Dynasty and is quite obedient, but Ezhe is an unfair Mongolian. Even if he tends toward the Ming Dynasty, he cannot deny the fact that he is a Mongolian. Therefore, as a powerhouse, he needs to seek benefits for his people, so he still represents the interests of Chahar Mongolia. He seems to have handed over the security of Chahar Mongolia to the Ming Dynasty, but in fact it is also a kind of pressure transfer, allowing the Ming Dynasty to bear the pressure of the Later Jin army and hide in the Ming Dynasty's protection circle to rest.

However, he seemed a little bit immature. Ezhe thought that the Ming Dynasty was in his own calculations, but it was not the case. Lin Danhan, who was hiding behind him, could see clearly that if he had not quietly argued with Huang Taiji and ceased, Man Gui would not have agreed to Ezhe's request. Doing this would be equivalent to making the Ming Dynasty directly face the Later Jin Dynasty. Not to mention that he would not do such stupid things, even the one from Beijing would not let Man Gui do this. Since Man Gui agreed, there was another reason. That reason was himself. It seemed that the Ming Dynasty had heard some trouble.

"Then how should we deal with it now, Your Majesty?" Xiong Tingbi asked. What is involved now is not only military affairs, but also politically competent, which is a bit weak for a general who is good at the military field.

Zhu Yinglong did not answer, and turned his eyes to Sun Chengzong who was thinking, asking, "What are the good ideas about Old Old Sun?"

Hearing the emperor calling him, Sun Chengzong hurriedly looked up and said, "Old minister thinks, this battle is unlikely to fight again. Instead of watching them negotiate secretly, it is better to simply let the Ming Dynasty come forward and have a tripartite talk. In this way, Chahar Mongolia and the Later Jin Dynasty are under the surveillance of our Ming Dynasty, and they are not afraid that they will make any private agreements that will be detrimental to our Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Yinglong laughed and said, "I and Mr. Sun are really heroes who have similar views. Since they want to play tricks, let them all sit on my table and play. How much they can play, it depends on whether I, the master, is willing, haha!"

"What the emperor said is very much. In this way, no matter how sinister Huang Taiji is or what Lin Danhan has any thoughts, he must obey the arrangements of my Ming Dynasty." Xiong Tingbi said with joy on his face.

"Two my dear friends, who should preside over the negotiations?"

"If you are experienced in terms of experience, it is most suitable for Liu Hongxue, and the last time Huang Jin negotiated in Jinzhou is also good..." Sun Chengzong recommended a few people.

After hearing this, Zhu Yinglong nodded and said, "Liu Hongxun is old and should not be tired and busy. I want him to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a few more years. Besides, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not as good as other yamen. No one is watching. I am still worried. Huang Jin is quite suitable. He has participated in such negotiations and has experience. Besides, we are not going to negotiate this time, but to supervise the negotiations, so Huang Jin is enough to take on this task. In addition, if we choose a few young people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is time to let these young people take the lead."

"The emperor is wise!" Sun and Xiong said with sincerity.

"Also, the negotiation location must be set up in our army's camp, which is crucial." Zhu Yinglong added a sentence at the end.

Sun and Xiong understood and went down together to prepare for drafting orders.

On this day, Huang Taiji was promoted to the tent and summoned the generals to discuss matters. At the critical moment, a report suddenly came from outside the tent, saying that General Mangui of the Ming Dynasty sent an envoy to ask for his visit.

Man Gui sent an envoy to see him? Huang Taiji was stunned. He had been confronting each other for so many days. He took the initiative to send a few envoys to see Man Gui, but he had never seen Man Gui send an envoy to visit him.

After hesitating for a moment, Huang Taiji was summoned.

The gold tent will be arranged on both sides to make a way, and quietly wait for the arrival of the messenger sent by Mangui.

Xu Qing, chief of staff of the Guanning Iron Cavalry Division, was dressed in a neat military appearance, four plum blossoms on his shoulders shining silver, and wearing new combat boots under his feet, walked into Huang Taiji's central army tent with a smile.

The emperors and ministers of the Later Jin Dynasty had seen Guanning's iron cavalry on the battle horses, black armor and black robe. In addition to the strange style, they were basically acceptable. However, Xu Qing's current outfit has completely overturned the usual clothing habits of the Ming people, with his mouth and waist tied, especially the four shiny plum blossoms and two yellow bars on his shoulders. No one of the Later Jin Dynasty's monarch and ministers of the Later Jin Dynasty knew what it meant.

In order to compete for the quota of this envoy, there was a fierce competition. In the end, the Chief of Staff of the First Division won Man Gui's trust with his superb immediate skills, eloquence and good face, and was selected to carry out the task of notifying Huang Taiji of the three-party talks.

"Xu Qing, the chief of staff of the First Division under the command of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, met His Majesty Tiancong Khan!" Xu Qing did not kneel down to Huang Taiji, but raised his hand to Huang Taiji according to the military salutes carried out in the Ming army and said.

Seeing that Xu Qing saw their Khan, His Majesty, did not kneel down to salute, the fierce generals of the Later Jin Dynasty were immediately angry and wished to go up and tear Xu Qingsheng up immediately.

"Bold Xu Qing, I'm not kneeling down when I see me sweating!" Yue Tuo had a bad temper. Before Huang Taiji could speak, he shouted at Xu Qing.

Xu Qing had already thought of a possible encounter before coming, so he was not afraid at all. He just looked at Huang Taiji and saw what he said.

Huang Taiji also felt that Xu Qing was too rude and did not respect him enough. Even the Emperor of Ming Dynasty should not be so arrogant and rude to him.

"You Ming Dynasty claim to be a country of etiquette. As an envoy, does General Xu not know the importance of etiquette?" Huang Taiji said with a deep expression.

"Your Majesty Khan, Xu Qing naturally knows that Xu Qing has already saluted you just now. Because this is in the military camp, Xu Qing has to salute you. Even if the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is in the military camp, Xu Qing will salute you the same." Xu Qing said in a humble and arrogant manner.

A trace of doubt flashed across Huang Taiji's face, but a flash of inspiration immediately flashed in his mind. When Xu Qing was speaking just now, he raised his right hand to his forehead, his five fingers were put together, and his strange behavior was about 70 degrees slanted up. At that time, he thought he was sweating, and Huang Taiji didn't care much about the minor details, so he didn't care too much. Most of the generals in the tent had thick lines, so naturally there were not many people thinking about this small action. Could this be the military salute of the Ming Dynasty? But it seems that he had not heard of the military salute of the Ming Dynasty?

"Your Majesty Khan may not know that my Ming Dynasty has abolished the principle of bowing in the army and used the salute before raising his hands. It is simple and clear. Every minute and every second in the war is very critical. The kneeling ceremony is too cumbersome, so the emperor ordered it to abolish it." Xu Qing explained with a smile, and gave another example of salute to Huang Taiji and the generals in the tent.

Perhaps in the disdainful eyes of many golden generals, this seems to be a typical chaotic courtesy that is not distinguishing between superiors and inferiors, but Huang Taiji's heart was very touched. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty actually had the courage to challenge the ancient rituals of the army for thousands of years. This is not something that ordinary people dared to do. If it weren't for the absolute control of the army, he would definitely not dare to do this. What he does now shows that the Ming army has been completely controlled by him. How powerful is it to be such a big country, the army is completely controlled by one person?

Just as Huang Taiji was distracted from his thoughts, Xu Qing said, "Xu Qing came to deliver a letter to His Majesty Khan at the order of Commander Mangui?"

"What letter?" Huang Taiji asked.

"Ten days later, the Ming Dynasty, Chahar Mongolia and His Majesty Khan's Great Jin Kingdom held tripartite talks in our Guanning Iron Cavalry Camp to peacefully resolve the dispute between us." Xu Qing took out Man Gui's handwritten letter and handed it to Huang Taiji's guards and said.

"Three-party talks?" Huang Taiji was stunned. He felt that something was wrong, so Daming took the initiative.

"Why should we listen to you? "Yue Tau said, "Why should we Dajin listen to you? "

When Xu Qing heard the word "Ming Dog", his face suddenly turned cold and said, "General Yue Tuo, I am the envoy of the Ming Dynasty. You openly insult me ​​as Ming Dog in front of this envoy. This matter will definitely be reported to General Man Gui and the Emperor. Just wait to apologize to Daming in person during the negotiations!"

"Okay, you, Mingdog, you..." Yue Tuo was so angry that he was threatened by the other party in his own camp. How could he swallow his tone?

"Yuetuo, stop!" Huang Taiji happened to read the handwritten letter from Wanmangui. Seeing Yuetuo so arrogant in front of him, he immediately shouted angrily.

"I'm sorry General Xu went back to report to General Man Gui, and said that the three parties would definitely send someone to the meeting." Huang Taiji said to Xu Qing heavily.

"So, Xu Qing said goodbye!" Xu Qing saluted, then turned around and walked out with his head raised and his chest raised.
Chapter completed!