The scorching hot summer is finally coming to an end, and the cool breeze blows away the autumn leaves, blowing off the yellowing leaves on the trees.
On the tower of Xihua Gate, Zhu Qiyu was dressed in a green dragon robe, standing with his hands behind his back, his clothes flowing in the wind, looking ahead in the distance.
Under the tower is the convoy of the mission that has just finished its speech.
After several days of negotiations, Zhu Jian finally reached an agreement with the envoys sent by Oara.
Naha's representative also first stated that Wala promised to return the emperor and pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty again.
The Ming Dynasty agreed to accept Oara's vassalage, and promised to forget about the past and accept Oara's tribute again. At the same time, it opened the official tea and horse trading market led by Huangdian to a limited extent.
This condition should be satisfactory to both parties.
The Ming Dynasty finally took back the Supreme Emperor, maintained its status as a suzerain state, and gained Oara's renewed surrender.
On the Oara side, although the Ming Dynasty still strictly limited the number of tribute missions and no longer suffered the dumb losses of the past, in exchange, it agreed to reopen the prohibited mutual market transactions.
Although it is just a simple tea-horse mutual trade, and the leadership is completely controlled by Huangdian, being able to open up the mutual trade is already an unexpected benefit.
It should be said that from a clear perspective, this condition was a disadvantage for Ming Dynasty.
Especially the tea-horse trading market, in the opinion of many ministers, is completely unnecessary.
After all, the Ming Dynasty already had Tuotuo Buhua as a trading partner, and the content of the transaction was richer in materials. There was no need to open a mutual trade with Wala, even if the content of this trade was just a simple tea-horse trade.
However, under Zhu Qiyu's insistence, this condition finally passed the court meeting.
Zhu Qiyu did not bother to emphasize the excessive political significance, because as long as this kind of matter was brought to the court, there would definitely be endless quarrels.
So he still used the banner of the Supreme Emperor in this matter.
He only said that he was worried about the emperor's brother and was willing to make the greatest concession to persuade Wala to agree to return the emperor as soon as possible.
When this reason was laid out, the opposing ministers immediately fell silent.
There is no way, at this moment, no one wants to be regarded as the one who hinders the return of the Supreme Emperor.
If you continue to oppose, if something goes wrong in the negotiations, wouldn't it be your own fault?
Therefore, this condition passed the court meeting smoothly.
But in fact, this is just a reason.
The deeper meaning is that Zhu Qiyu needs the grassland to be chaotic.
Whether it is to reorganize the farmland on the border or the subsequent nine-border defense line that needs to be steadily advanced, the border needs to be in a peaceful state.
Today, the two largest tribal alliances on the grassland are the Tatars led by Totuobuhua and the Oara led by Ye Xian.
The two maintain a relatively balanced relationship.
However, once the mutual market opened, Tatar's strength would inevitably increase. On the contrary, Oara was defeated one after another and was on the verge of collapse.
Once Totuobuhua is repaired, troops will inevitably be raised to annex Oala.
The current Wala is different from the previous life. In the previous life, he fought all the way to the capital. His morale was stronger, he looted and extorted more money along the way, and he was stronger.
But now Wala has suffered repeated defeats and is much weaker.
Although Tuotuo Buhua is not a British master, he is not a mediocre person either. He will definitely take the opportunity to annex Wala.
This is also the reason why after the Battle of Shawo, he finally lost his nerve and wanted to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty.
There was no more time for him to hesitate any longer.
From the perspective of the Ming Dynasty, the emergence of a huge tribal alliance again would be detrimental to the peace of the border.
Therefore, Zhu Qiyu must ensure that when facing the Tatars, Wala at least has the power to counterattack.
Of course, it cannot be so strong that Tuo Tuo Bu Hua is afraid to stand still. It must be so strong that Tuo Tuo Bu Hua feels that even if he hurts the enemy one thousand and loses eight hundred to himself, he can still win the battle.
In this way, the grassland can become chaotic, and Ming Dynasty can rest and rest in peace.
This is of short-term significance. If we take a longer-term view, it will be related to the future restraint policy of the Ming Dynasty.
The significance of mutual trading lies in the fact that the Ming Dynasty supported weak tribes, suppressed powerful tribes, set off confrontations between tribes, and maintained chaos on the grasslands through different control of material quantities and categories.
Therefore, preparations need to be made in advance. It is not advisable to trade with one force alone.
The court of the Ming Dynasty needs to adapt to this non-war method earlier to consume the enemy's vitality, stabilize the strength of our army, and maintain a transcendent status.
Zhu Qiyu is confident about these conditions and will be satisfied first.
Therefore, for this mission, if nothing unexpected happens, it should not be a big problem to complete the final confirmation between the two parties and bring the Supreme Emperor back.
Compared with the last mission, this mission seemed simpler. It seemed to be a big battle, but it did not bring any gold, silver or silk.
I just brought some royal belongings with me to welcome back the Supreme Emperor.
As for the candidates, Zhu Jian, the censor of Youdu, in charge of Honglu Temple, was appointed as the chief envoy, Li Shi, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, as deputy envoy, and Luo Qi, the young minister of Dali Temple.
Perhaps it was because of Zhu Jian's presence that Empress Dowager Sun felt more at ease. The British government was organizing funeral arrangements again.
So this time the mission, excluding Yuan Bin who went back with him, was composed entirely of civil servants.
Besides Zhu Jian, the other two people are also quite interesting.
Li Shi requested the mission himself, while Luo Qi was recommended by Jin Lian, the Minister of Punishment.
You know, this mission is different from the previous one. Last time, people were appointed directly at the court meeting.
But this time, Zhu Qiyu did not make it clear when confirming the deputy envoy. Therefore, the ministers of the DPRK and China basically recommended candidates, and many even came forward.
Of course, among these people, there are people like Zhu Jian who want to welcome the Supreme Emperor back, but more of them are focused on this achievement.
The courtiers are all good people. During this negotiation process, the emperor's support and Wala's softened attitude were all seen in the eyes of the courtiers.
Therefore, everyone is confident that this negotiation will most likely be successful.
In this case, it is obviously a matter of taking credit, so why not do it?
There is only one reason why these two people can stand out.
In his previous life, Zhu Qiyu once ordered the two of them to go on missions.
Of course, the negotiation didn't work out in the end.
However, Zhu Qiyu was very clear about their opinions.
Regarding the matter of the Supreme Emperor, they also advocated that he must be welcomed back.
However, in other places, their views are somewhat similar to Wang Wen's.
Especially Li Shi, who was born as a royal censor and was famous for his outspoken opinions. If you just look at his temper, he is almost like a little Wang Wen.
As for Luo Qi, she was not an easy person either. She was born in Shizhong and had served as a patrol censor in various places. Later, the first thing she did when she was transferred back to the capital was to impeach her immediate boss, the censor of Zuodu, Chen Yi.
Promoting subordinate officials as prefects based on favoritism.
By selecting these two people as deputy envoys, Zhu Qiyu believed that the entire negotiation process would definitely impress a certain Supreme Emperor.
Of course, leaving with the mission was Yu Qian, who, as Minister of War, was in charge of military affairs on both sides and went to the border to investigate the Luo Tong case.
However, many ministers in the DPRK prefer that Yu Qian not go to investigate the case, but go to the border to sit on the border to add a layer of security to welcome the Supreme Emperor back.
Otherwise, no matter how big the arms reselling case is, how can two people who are already destined to die be able to go through it in person?
Looking at the mission's motorcade disappearing into the distance, Zhu Qiyu's expression was calm and unperturbed.
After a moment, Shu Liang's voice sounded from behind.
"Your Majesty, following an oral order, Duke Feng Li Xian, Governor Fan Guang, Minister of Rites Hu Hui, Minister of War Yu Shan and other senior officials have been summoned at Wuying Hall."