After hearing Fan Kang's words, Aodengelile was stunned for a moment, and then asked with some confusion: "The marriage is a great thing for the two families, why doesn't the emperor of your country allow it?"
Fan Kang replied angrily: "Long live my family. Since ancient times, sending princesses to get married has always been given to the victorious party by the defeated party. Today, I have won many victories against you. How can I do this?"
Aodengelile's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. As expected, Meng He had guessed. The emperor of the Central Plains was really determined. Fortunately, there was a backup plan this time, otherwise the peace negotiation might not have been possible.
When Aodengeril thought of this, he immediately smiled and said: "What am I? So that's it. Since the emperor of your country is unwilling to send the princess to the grassland, why not let the princess of our grassland go to the Central Plains to accompany the emperor of your country? I don't know what the rules are.
What do you think, sir?"
When Fan Kang heard this, he felt that it was interesting. If the bride and groom were to let the princess from the prairie come to the Central Plains, I think Jia Ke would not object.
Fan Kang touched the cup, with a smile on his face, and said to Aodengerile: "I think this is a way. I just don't know how old the princess of your country is and what her color is?"
Fan Kang knows how picky Jia Ke is about the color of women now. If this prairie princess is a crooked melon, she will be ignored by Jia Ke even if she is sent to the palace. I am afraid that not only will the two families not be able to reconcile,
, and even new contradictions may arise.
But Aodengerile didn't understand what Fan Kang meant. When he heard that Fan Kang didn't ask about the princess's talents, he directly asked what the princess looked like. He looked down on the Central Plains people in his heart, but he still said: "I
The princess in question is the youngest daughter of our Great Khan - Naren Gaowa. She is just fifteen years old this year. She is extremely beautiful and is the number one pearl on our grassland."
Fan Kang nodded after hearing this, and then said: "In that case, be prepared. I will go back and report to the current emperor. I think the emperor will summon you soon."
"Then I'll have to trouble Mr. Fan a lot more about this matter. Once it's settled, I'll still be grateful."
After hearing what he said, Fan Kang nodded tacitly, and then left.
After leaving the guild hall, Fan Kang let out a deep breath. He felt really uncomfortable acting with these people.
Fan Kang immediately returned to the palace and reported to Jia Ke what had happened today with the envoy.
After hearing this, Jia Ke nodded, thinking that it would be good if he could marry a princess from the prairie. At least he would not send his sister to the prairie.
"Okay, this matter was done well. I will summon the Tatar envoy at the Hall of Supreme Harmony in three days."
After hearing this, Fan Kang bowed and agreed, then withdrew from the Yangxin Hall and returned to the Ministry of Rites. He then sent officials from the Ministry of Rites to report to Aodengelile and asked him to make preparations. Three days later, in the Emperor's Palace of Taihe,
He will hold a court meeting and he will be summoned at that time.
Three days later, Jia Ke went against the norm and did not hold a court meeting at Qianqing Gate. Instead, he went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony where a grand ceremony was held and summoned all civil and military officials.
Among the civil and military officials, those who were sensitive to information had already received the news in advance, and they all knew that the emperor was going to summon the Tatar envoy today.
After the civil and military officials formed a procession in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Jia Ke came to the Hall of Supreme Harmony in an imperial chariot.
Jia Ke entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and was helped down to the imperial steps by Li Deshan, and then sat firmly on the throne.
Next, all the civil and military officials knelt down on the ground and performed three prostrations and nine kowtows.
After all these etiquettes were completed, Li Deshan stood in front of the imperial steps and shouted to the people below Jia Ke: "My ministers, if you have a copy, you will start early, but if you don't have a copy, you will leave the court."
As soon as Li Deshan finished shouting, Fan Kang, the Minister of Military Affairs and the Minister of Etiquette, came out of his duties, knelt down, cupped his hands, and began to play upwards.
"Chen Fan Kang has his roots."
Jia Ke sat on the dragon chair made of gold and said lazily: "If you have a book, just play it."
"Long live the report, the Tatar envoy Odengeril has arrived outside the Wuchao Gate, asking for an audience with the emperor."
"Since he's here, let him come in."
As soon as Jia Ke finished speaking, Li Deshan, who was standing next to him, immediately shouted down: "The emperor has a decree to convey the Tatar envoy to visit."
Then the little eunuch outside the palace spread these words to the door of Wuchao one after another.
Aodengelile, who was outside the Wuchao Gate, came to the palace and was already shocked by the palace.
He had been born in the grasslands since he was a child, and he had never thought that there were such splendid buildings in the world. Now after seeing such splendid buildings, he understood why the Khans could not forget the Southern Dynasties.
While he was thinking about it, a eunuch came over and called him, "Hey, that Tatar envoy, the emperor wants you to come to the Palace of Supreme Harmony to see you."
After hearing this, Aodengerile calmed down, straightened his clothes, and then followed the eunuch into the central area of the Central Plains.
Aodengerile walked inside and looked around.
The first thing I saw was a splendid palace gate - the Gate of Supreme Harmony, which was the main entrance to the palace outside the Forbidden City. Inside the gate was the Hall of Supreme Harmony (commonly known as the Golden Palace), which can be called the highest-standard gate in ancient China.
When Aodengeril passed through the Gate of Supreme Harmony and came to the front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he was even more stunned when he looked at the main hall.
I saw the top of the Hall of Supreme Harmony with load-bearing eaves and a three-story white marble platform underneath. It was painted with golden dragons and seals. There were 11 immortals and animals on the roof and 11 bays, all of the highest shape. It is one of the largest existing wooden frame buildings in China.
1. There is a square in front of the palace, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people to worship and celebrate. The entire palace is magnificent.
At this point, the original pride of Odengeril has been beaten without a trace. Is it really possible for the Tatars to conquer a civilization that can build such a splendid building?
The eunuch led Aodengelile to the imperial road with two dragons playing with pearls in front of the palace and asked him to wait here. Then the eunuch went in to report.
After a while, the eunuchs shouted one after another.
"The emperor has a decree, and the Tatar envoy has come to see him."
After hearing this, Aodengeril walked to the front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony under the guidance of the eunuch.
Then Aodengelile entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony alone, and saw that it was very empty inside, with large characters standing on both sides. The civil servants were all elegant and extraordinary, and the military generals were all menacing.
Aodengelile came to the imperial steps with some trepidation. Although his legs were weak now, he knew that as Dada's envoy, he could never kneel down to Jia Ke.
So Aodengeril put his hands on his chest, lowered his head and said to the superiors: "The Tatar envoy Aodengeril has met the emperor of the Central Plains."
Fan Kang, the Minister of Rites, who was standing aside, saw that Aodengeril did not kneel down, so he hurriedly came out and said, "Tatar envoy, why don't you kneel down to see our emperor?"
After hearing this, Odengeril held his head high and said: "You and I are not affiliated with each other. I am here on behalf of the Tatar Khan, so I cannot kneel down."
Fan Kang still wanted to argue, but Jia Ke was a little impatient because they were so talkative.
"Okay, I think he is a savage from outside the territory and does not understand etiquette, so there is no need to ask him any more."
After listening to Jia Ke's words, Aodengelile almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. What are outsiders? He almost pointed his nose at them and called them bastards.
But how dare you not bow your head when you are under the eaves? This is on someone else's territory, so you can only tolerate this tone for the time being.
Fan Kang heard that although Jia Ke said that he was exempted from the other party's etiquette, his tone was not kind, so he smiled slightly, stopped arguing, and returned to class.
Jia Ke sat on top and asked Aodengeril: "When you come to my kingdom, what does the Tatar Khan have to explain?"
"To the Emperor of the Celestial Dynasty, I, the Great Khan, want to fight in the two countries for many years, and do not want to destroy the lives of the two countries. I have been specially ordered to reconcile the two countries and call it a truce."
Jia Ke already knew what he was saying, so he just nodded and asked, "Is that all? Is there anything else?"
Aodengelile felt a little scared now, because he knew what he was going to say next. If he said this, he would not have any good fruits to eat when he returned to the grassland.
But when he came all the way to the Central Plains and saw the prosperity of the Celestial Empire, he was even more convinced that if he fought against the Tatars in the Central Plains, they would win for a while, but they would eventually be wiped out.
Even if they were able to escape in the end, they would have no choice but to migrate far to the western continent like the original Huns.
But in this case, their tribe might not survive until ten. In the end, Aodengeril gritted his teeth and finally plucked up the courage to state his final conditions.
"My family, the Great Khan, is willing to marry the emperor for the sake of reconciliation between the two families. I will send my youngest daughter to the Celestial Empire to serve the Emperor of the Central Plains."
Jia Ke finally smiled here.
"It seems that your Khan is very sincere this time. In this case, I can't let your Khan's good intentions go to waste."
At this point, Jia Ke finally agreed to the Tatars' request for peace, and the next special offer had nothing to do with it.
After that, Fan Kang led people from the Ministry of Rites and Aodengerile to start bargaining for more than ten days on the specific contents of the contract between the two countries.
In the end, we finally reached a requirement that was acceptable to both parties. Let’s not talk about other details. The main contents of this contract are the following aspects.
First, the Tatars and the Central Plains Empire ceased fighting, and the people and herdsmen on the border could trade with each other.
Second, a mutual market should be set up on the border between the Central Plains and the grassland, so that commodities from the Central Plains and the grassland can circulate with each other.
Third, both sides must not support their respective resistance forces.
These articles are the basic conditions for trust between the two parties, and many other treaties are extended on the basis of these three conditions.
Finally, after Jia Ke used his seal, the treaty was completely taken away by Aodengeril. This was to be sent back to the grassland for Alsileng Khan to also use his seal, and then one of the two copies would be sent to the Celestial Empire.
With two contracts in hand, Aodengeril did not dare to neglect. He hurriedly drove out of Gubeikou and headed northwest. After walking for more than twenty days, he finally returned to Alsileng Khan's palace.
Where the account is.
When he got here, Aodengeril felt nervous for a while. This time he took it upon himself to sell the princess to the Celestial Empire. He didn't know what the Great Khan would do to him when he returned.