On the blanket made of cashmere, Han Yi and Huo Ying looked at Mulendek Khan and many tribal leaders of the Kazakh Khanate who came over with a smile.
Mulundek Khan is still very young, with a tall figure and a straight nose, but his eyes are similar to those of Mongolians, relatively small and narrow. Obviously, the khan of the Kazakh Khanate really has the golden family.
Bloodline, there is Mongolian blood in it.
Han Yi and Huo Ying were carefully looking at Mulundek Khan, while Mulundek Khan and others were also carefully looking at the Ming general in front of them.
Han Yi and Huo Ying were dressed the same as the other Ming soldiers around them, with the same armor, helmets, sabers, bows and arrows, and muskets, but with red robes on the back.
Han Yi is younger and slightly older, but Huo Ying is very young, and the Ming troops around him are also very young.
"I am Mulendek. I came to participate in the peace talks in person at your invitation. Is this how your Ming Dynasty receives the leader of a country?"
Mulundek Khan looked at Han Yi, Huo Ying and others, and said in a arrogant tone.
He is the Khan of the Kazakh Khanate and an eagle in the sky. Even if he is defeated, he is still the king of a country, and he should be treated and treated like a king of a country.
"The battlefield is simple, keep everything simple, Khan, please take a seat!"
Han Yi nodded slightly and said.
"Please~"
Mulundekh Khan did not care about this, and knew that there was no point in worrying about it. Instead, he sat on the floor on the blanket very happily. Han Yi, Huo Ying and others did the same, sitting cross-legged beside Mulundekh Khan and others.
opposite.
"You still don't know the general's surname?"
Mulundekh Khan looked at the Ming army sitting neatly in front of him, his beard twitched slightly, and after thinking about it, he asked.
"My name is Han Yi, and this is Huo Ying..."
Han Yi briefly introduced the main generals on his side.
"General Han, I don't know how our Kazakh Khanate offended the Ming Empire, so that the Ming Empire sent troops to attack our Kazakh Khanate, and even burned, killed and looted wantonly in our Kazakh Khanate."
After being polite, Mulundekh Khan also asked with his own face. Even though he knew in his heart that he was the one who caused this matter, during the negotiation, he still wanted to shift the responsibility to Daming.
This way.
"You should know very well why our Ming Dynasty sent troops to attack your Kazakh Khanate."
Han Yi looked at Mulundekh Khan and said calmly: "If it weren't for your Kazakh Khanate, the Timur Khanate, the Shaybani Khanate and thirty-two tribes, large and small, to attack our Ming Dynasty.
In the Hezhong area, how can we, the Ming Dynasty, attack your Kazakh Khanate?"
"This area in the middle of the river does not belong to your Ming Empire. The area in the middle of the river has always been the place of our Central Asian countries and tribes. Your Ming Dynasty occupied it forcefully last winter. We just want to get back what belongs to us."
When Mulundekh Khan heard this, he immediately said very angry.
"The Great Khan is no longer a three-year-old child. He should know the law of the weak and the strong. What's the use of talking about this."
"My Ming Dynasty has occupied the Hezhong area. The Hezhong area belongs to my Ming Dynasty. You can take it back if you have the ability. If you attack the Hezhong area of my Ming Dynasty, we will naturally retaliate against you."
"On the grassland, hasn't it been like this since ancient times?"
Han Yi looked at the other person, smiled and said.
There is no point in talking about these things anymore. Anyway, the Ming Dynasty really snatched the Hezhong area from them. If we really want to say whether it is right or wrong, it is naturally the Ming Dynasty that invaded the Central Asian countries and tribes first.
"The general is right. This has been the case on the grassland since ancient times. The weak eat the strong, regardless of right or wrong, just who is stronger."
After hearing this, Mulundekh Khan pondered for a while and solemnly nodded in agreement.
There's no point in talking about it. Da Mingqiang wants to bully you, so what can you do?
If we can defeat the people of Ming Dynasty, we will naturally pay with blood and go to Ming Dynasty. Just like the tribes who entered the Central Plains in history, what they did in Ming Dynasty was burning, killing and looting?
"We, the Kazakh Khanate, are willing to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty and pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. We will pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty with 100,000 good horses every year."
"I wonder if such conditions can bring peace between our Kazakh Khanate and the Ming Dynasty?"
Mulundekh Khan thought about it and said directly.
"I wonder if the Great Khan has heard about our Ming Dynasty sweeping through the Southeast Asian countries last year?"
Han Yi smiled and did not answer directly, but asked instead.
"I've heard a little bit about it."
When Mulundekh Khan heard this, he was slightly startled, thought for a while and replied.
After the Ming Dynasty swept across the Western Regions and the Hezhong region last winter, all the countries in Central Asia began to care about the Ming Dynasty, and many things about the Ming Dynasty also spread here.
Mulundekh Khan attached great importance to this and even began to learn Ming dialect and Chinese characters. Coupled with the spread of the Ming Dynasty Morning Post, he also knew many things about the Ming Dynasty.
"The year before last, the Nanyang countries deliberately killed our Ming merchants and deliberately imposed heavy taxes on our Ming merchant ships. Our Ming Dynasty was furious and sent 100,000 troops to attack the Nanyang countries. Wherever our Ming army went, they swept across all directions.
Those whose countries are destroyed will be destroyed, those who surrender will be surrendered, and those who are conquered by our Ming Dynasty will be submissive."
"Among them, Siam is also a country that was conquered by our Ming Dynasty. For this, they need to compensate our Ming Dynasty 50 million taels of silver. In addition, they need to cede part of their territory to our Ming Dynasty. At the same time, our Ming Dynasty merchants will no longer do business in Siam.
Taxes need to be paid, and Siam must also protect the safety of our Ming merchants."
Han Yi talked lightly about the Ming Dynasty's campaign against the Southeast Asian countries last year, and brought up Siam as an example.
"Fifty million taels of silver?"
After hearing the translator's words, Mulundekh Khan couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Even though he is the great khan of the Kazakh Khanate, he has long been tired of seeing gold, silver and jewelry. He has seen countless things, but these fifty million taels of silver are as huge as a mountain. Listen,
He couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.
"If you, the Kazakh Khanate, want to live in peace with our Ming Dynasty, then you, the Kazakh Khanate, must agree to the following terms."
"First, you, the Kazakh Khanate, should pay compensation of 50 million taels of silver to the Ming Dynasty. You can pay it in installments, but you have to include interest."
"Second, your Kazakh Khanate ceded the Great Yuzi Grassland to me, the Ming Dynasty."
"Third, pay tribute to our Ming Dynasty. From now on, we must pay tribute to our Ming Dynasty with 100,000 good horses every year."
"Fourth, allow me, the merchants from the Ming Dynasty, to enter your country for business and trade. Your country must protect the personal safety of our merchants from the Ming Dynasty."
Han Yi reported his conditions.
Well, based on Liu Jin's style of dealing with foreign affairs, it is necessary to cede territory and pay compensation, and the trade rights of this businessman must also be won.
"Isn't it too much?"
Huo Ying next to him looked at Han Yi and gave him a look, and Han Yi understood immediately.
"It's a bit too much, but if it's not too much, how can the Kazakh Khanate know pain?"
Han Yi looked back with a look.
"Can they agree?"
"You have to agree even if you don't agree."
The two communicated with their eyes.
"No, I will never agree to such a condition. Fifty million taels of silver. Even if we move all the gold and silver from the Kazakh Khanate, we don't have that much gold and silver."
"What's more, we will have to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty every year with 100,000 good horses. This is simply not what our Kazakh Khanate can afford. We cannot afford so much wealth."
"This Da Yuzi also belongs to our Kazakh Khanate and will never be ceded to you."
When Mulundekh Khan heard this, he immediately stood up and said angrily. Many tribal leaders next to him also stood up one after another, looking very excited and angry.
"We would rather die in battle, and fight to the death, than agree to such conditions."
Mulundekh Khan said very firmly.
"Then you have to think about it carefully."
Han Yi said calmly: "You are not asked to take out the war compensation of 50 million silver in one lump sum. You can pay it in installments. For example, if it is divided into 30 years, the annual compensation of more than 3 million taels is enough.
One of your horses can be sold for dozens of taels of silver in our Ming Dynasty, which means you can sell it for one hundred thousand horses."
"What's more, you can still rob it. Go west and rob it. The gold, silver, cattle, sheep, horses, etc. you can grab can be used to offset the war compensation."
"Fifty million taels of silver may seem like a lot, but in fact it only costs less than one million good horses. It's enough to just go to the west and rob a few countries."
"As for the Great Yuzi Grassland, it is just a very ordinary grassland. There are vast and fertile grasslands all the way to the west. You can go and grab them."
Han Yi said while counting on his fingers to Mulundekh Khan and others.
After hearing Han Yi's words, Mulundekh Khan and others were stunned.
"Can the war reparations be paid in installments?"
A few million taels of silver a year is not much. What's more, this installment, installment, if I become stronger, the devil will continue to pay you in installments.
And what Han Yi said makes sense.
If the Kazakh Khanate could not defeat the Ming Dynasty, would it be unable to defeat other countries?
The people of Ming Dynasty can rob themselves, but can’t they rob other countries?
The most difficult thing for Mulundekh Khan and others to accept is the high war indemnity and the cession of the Great Yuzi Grassland, but if you think about it carefully, it seems that it is acceptable if you can rob other countries.
"The annual tribute horses can only be 50,000 at most."
Mulundekh Khan slowly sat on the blanket again, thought about it and said.
"Can!"
When Han Yi heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up. After thinking about it, he nodded and agreed.
With this breakthrough, the subsequent negotiations went smoothly, and soon the treaty known as the "Blanket Agreement" was signed, and then the treaty was rushed to the capital for 800 miles.