The emperor is embarrassed

Chen Jingzhong did what he said.

Zhang Shu not only met Saza, but also received the courtesy that an envoy deserves.

At this time, Saza's attitude was very different from before, and he said very politely, "Xiao Wang has just ascended the throne, and many affairs were previously decided by people close to his father. I thought it was the Celestial Dynasty deliberately embarrassing Xiao Wang, and wanted to seek justice from His Majesty the Emperor on the spur of the moment. It was later discovered that everything was a misunderstanding. Now that the matter has been clarified, Xiao Wang has dealt with all relevant people. The envoy was previously neglected. I don't know if I was angry with Xiao Wang in my heart."

Zhang Shu said, "Since the prince knows the reason, I hope that the prince will present the letter of credence to His Majesty in order to resolve the dispute between the two countries."

"It's natural." A trace of impatience flashed in Saza's eyes, and he still restrained his temper and said, "Now that Xiao Wang has prepared incense table candles, it is better to take out the envoy's credentials. Both Xiao Wang and your Majesty have just Since he ascended the throne, he is about the same age, and Xiao Wang is really curious about this first correspondence."

After holding the ceremony to welcome the letter of credence, Zhang Shufang presented the letter of credence to Saza.

Seeing the request inside, Saza needed [-] horses in exchange for Hamur, and immediately became furious, and directly handed the letter of credence to Chen Jingzhong.

Chen Jingzhong looked at it at a glance, and said, "The emperor of your country may not understand the situation of Tatars. I, Tatars, have lived in this barren grassland for generations. I have to count on His Majesty the emperor to reward me with my life. Now These [-] horses are really too many. Even if I give all of my Tatars, I won’t be able to get them out.”

Zhang Shu said, "Prince Hamur is the elder brother of Prince Saza and the nephew of His Royal Highness Chen Wang. His status is extremely noble, and his social status is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary people. Do the two His Highnesses think that His Royal Highness Hamur is not worth it?" A hundred thousand horses?"

"Let's not talk about Hamur, even this king is not worth the price." Saza did not want to save face in Zhang Shu's imagination at all, Saza sneered, "Our Tatar life is rough, and it is not as noble as your Han people. Naturally, it is also very cheap. If you want me to say, one thousand horses is enough, one hundred thousand? If you want to say this, let Hamur stay with your majesty the emperor. When will I save up to one hundred thousand horses? , and use it to redeem my brother Hamul."

Chen Jingzhong also bargained, "It's too much."

After being left in the cold for these days, Zhang Shu held his breath in his heart, and his attitude was quite firm and tough, "Originally, my court minister thought that His Royal Highness Hamur had a noble status, and if it wasn't for the mercy of my Majesty, one hundred thousand horses would not be exchanged. Since Prince Saza thinks His Royal Highness Hamur is only worth a thousand horses, then I have nothing to say."

"Things are always negotiated." Chen Jingzhong eased the atmosphere, "We all know what your emperor means. The envoys should also give us time to discuss, so there is no need to ask for an answer now."

Zhang Shu continued, "Your Majesty, I treat Prince Hamur as my own brother. Although His Highness Saza's brother is only worth one liter of horse, my brother to Your Majesty is unparalleled. Since the two If His Highness has any difficulties, the young minister will step back first, if His Highness has any orders, just send someone to call the young minister, and the young minister will definitely come."

Saza waved his sleeves to push him away, "Go and rest." Seeing Zhang Shu, he was upset. It was this guy who brought the news that Hamur was still alive, and caused him so much trouble!Hateful Chinese!

As soon as Zhang Shu left, Saza immediately jumped off the throne and went to Chen Jingzhong, "This little emperor, how dare you ask for a price, one hundred thousand horses? Hmph, one hundred thousand horses!"

Saza sneered, walking back and forth in the tent.

"This kind of thing has always been asking for a lot of money, and it's nothing strange to pay back the money on the spot." Chen Jingzhong said lightly.

Saza's eyebrows moved, raised half of his thick eyebrows, and showed a mocking look, "My uncle, you don't really want to exchange a hundred thousand horses for a piece of trash, do you?"

"Saza, Hamur is your brother."

"I don't have such a captured brother." If Hamur comes back, not only will Saza want to exchange a large number of Tatar horses, but Hamur's original body has already been eaten by him, and Hamur's wife and children will also die. Became his wife and children, these things, Saza absolutely does not want to spit out.

Chen Jingzhong asked tentatively, "If you don't need [-] horses, you can exchange Hamur back?"

"I only have a thousand horses." Saza emphasized, "That Han envoy is so difficult, it seems that he will never agree to exchange a thousand horses for Hamur."

"Uncle, you also heard what the envoy said. Now their emperor treats Hamur like a brother. Hamur will not suffer at all. Let's let Hamur live in the Han palace for the time being." " Saza squinted his eagle eyes halfway, and said coldly, "One day, I will break into the palace of the Han people and take my brother back personally."

He glanced at Chen Jingzhong again, "Isn't that okay? My uncle?"

"Such words are unrealistic." Chen Jingzhong broke Saza's arrogance with one sentence, "You didn't get cheap this time, and you also know that the soldiers and horses of the Han people are not fools, and it is not so easy to conquer the imperial capital."

"Saza, although their emperor is friendly to Hamur now, he is expecting to exchange Hamur for a big price. Now you refuse, if their emperor is furious, Hamur will definitely suffer."

Isn't that just right?I can't ask for more.Saza secretly replied to his uncle in his heart.

Seeing Saza's indifferent appearance, Chen Jingzhong sighed, "Saza, Hamur is your brother after all."

In any era, any race, although the Han people often regard themselves as a state of etiquette and arrogantly regard other races as barbarians, all races are the same in terms of respecting the strong.

In the history of the Han people, it is not uncommon for ministers to be strong and masters to be weak, and it is not uncommon to replace them.

Of course, the humanities of the Celestial Dynasty are profound, and those who succeed are called the founding kings; those who fail are called traitors.

In fact, everyone is just trying to win for their own ambitions, so there is no need to speak too harshly.

Today, no matter how elegant and eloquent Chen Jingzhong is, the one who is in charge of the current Tatar is not Chen Jingzhong, but His Royal Highness Saza who has the most soldiers and horses.

Chen Jingzhong could not persuade Saza to bring Hamur back.

Even if Chen Jingzhong had several fierce quarrels with Saza because of this, Saza would never make any concession on the matter of redeeming Hamur.

As the new king of Tatars, Sazar has his own limit on this matter.He took over Hamur's territory, his wife and son, and if Hamur came back, he would be cutting Saza's flesh.How could Saza agree.

Negotiations stalled for a while.

At this time, Zhang Shu found that the person he could reach a consensus in Tatar was not Hamur's hard-hearted wife, but Chen Jingzhong, the uncle who had betrayed Hamur.

Compared with Saza's indifference, Chen Jingzhong behaved more like Hamur's relatives, and he came to ask Zhang Shu about Hamur's recent situation.In fact, before Zhang Shu was dispatched abroad, he was just a small fifth-rank censor, and it was impossible for him to meet Hamur, and he was not familiar with Hamur's actual situation.

However, don’t forget that Zhang Shu was selected by Ming Zhan to serve as an envoy to Tatar not only because he was familiar with the habits and language of the Tatar people, but also because he was shrewd and eloquent.

Envoys eat with their tongues.

Although Zhang Shu didn't know Hamur's recent situation, he was good at making up stories.

"Your Highness Hamur is my honored guest of His Majesty, how can I be a lowly official? However, I will give His Majesty whatever I eat to Your Majesty, and I will give it to His Majesty for the clothes I wear to His Majesty." What kind of fabric does His Majesty Muer use to make clothes? It’s just that.” Zhang Shu said earnestly, “The nobles violated the border for no reason. Although they were defeated by our dynasty, our soldiers were not without damage. To kill His Royal Highness Hamur to sacrifice the spirits of those fallen soldiers in heaven, thanks to my mercy to His Majesty, I tried my best to save His Royal Highness Hamur's life."

"Only a monarch of all nations like Your Majesty, who has a mind as broad as the sea, can pardon His Royal Highness Hamur's crimes. But Prince Saza, Prince Hamur's younger brother, looks coldly at His Royal Highness Hamur Since I am a prisoner in the imperial capital and refuse to rescue him, where is the brotherhood?" Zhang Shu sighed, "If Prince Hamur, who is far away in the imperial capital, knows that Prince Saza is so heartless, how can he feel sad?"

Chen Jingzhong didn't follow Zhang Shu's words, but took a deep look at Zhang Shu, and said calmly, "This envoy is wrong. Hamur should have expected this result. You Han people have a saying, Two tigers cannot fit in one mountain. Hamur used to be Saza's strong contender for the position of Khan, but now Saza is Khan and Hamur is a prisoner. My lord envoy, if it were your emperor, he would save his sworn enemy ?"

Strange surprise appeared on Zhang Shu's face, "Aren't His Royal Highnesses Hamur and Saza blood brothers?" His face seemed completely unaware of Hamur and Saza's rivalry.

"My lord envoy, you are too unreasonable." Chen Jingzhong pointed out the loopholes in the words, "My lord envoy even knows that I have made friends with Hamur and betrayed Hamur. Don't you know about Hamur and Saza's feud?"

"Even if the envoy didn't know beforehand, according to the envoy's cleverness, he should have guessed when he saw that Saza categorically refused to redeem Hamur."

Zhang Shu had a very thick skin, he sighed deeply, and looked into Chen Jingzhong's eyes seriously, to show his selflessness and increase his persuasiveness, "His Royal Highness, you are from the royal family, so you naturally understand how much competition between the royal families is. Powerful. And, you are familiar with the classics of the Han family, and you should know that the Han people have a saying that family ugliness should not be exposed. You ask, will your majesty save your own mortal enemy? This question is not difficult to answer."

"If it were my Majesty Chao, even the brother of my mortal enemy would definitely be redeemed with a lot of money." Zhang Shu said righteously, "His Royal Highness Chen, you underestimate the wisdom of Your Majesty Chao. If you don't ask, you will lose the hearts of the royal family. With my majesty's wisdom, if you encounter the same problem as His Highness Saza, you will never make the same unfeeling choice as His Highness Saza. For His Highness Saza, Hamu Is Prince Er an outsider?"

"Even as His Royal Highness Chen said, Prince Hamur was once a strong contender for the throne of Prince Saza. I would like to ask His Highness, is Prince Saza's seat not secure enough now? Returning to Tatar, do you still have the power to compete with Prince Sazar? Faced with a person who fails to himself and to the enemy, even if Prince Hamur returns to Tatar, what can he do? He still has the ability to threaten Sazar The status of a prince?" Zhang Shu said seriously, "At this moment, Prince Hamur is already a completely non-threatening brother. However, the redemption of Prince Hamur is a proof of Prince Saza's brotherhood, benevolence and righteousness. heart of!"

"Prince Saza is not only a brother of Prince Hamur, nor an uncle of His Royal Highness Chen Wang." Zhang Shu said in a deep voice, "Now Prince Saza is giving up the safety of Prince Hamur because of the gap and small interests. , In the future, if any of you are in the position of Prince Hamur. Excuse me, Prince Saza will definitely make the same choice!"

"Such a choice, in the eyes of us Han people, is despicable!" Zhang Shu said, "Even if Prince Saza won the seat of Khan with a horse, sword and gun, does it mean that the people of the Tatars still need to rely on horses, swords and guns to govern the people?"

"His Highness Saza gave up his reputation of benevolence, righteousness and friendship because of small interests. Now, His Highness Saza has given up on Prince Hamur. In the future, what can His Highness Saza not give up?" Zhang Shu asked earnestly.

"I intend to ask Your Majesty Saza to redeem His Highness Hamur. Is it because of these one hundred thousand horses?" Zhang Shu put on a saintly face and said decisively, "If Chen If His Royal Highness thinks so, you will underestimate our Majesty!"

"Your Majesty's move is entirely for His Royal Highness Saza!" Zhang Shu said, "Is one hundred thousand horses a lot? Using one hundred thousand horses to gain a reputation for benevolence and righteousness is simply too little. However, this move can completely fulfill His Royal Highness Saza In the name of benevolence and righteousness!"

"Welcome back a harmless Prince Hamur, but he can fulfill his reputation and win the hearts of all Tatar tribes!"

"Is there anything more cost-effective in the world than here?"

Chen Jingzhong couldn't help clapping his hands and praised, "There are envoys in your country who are eloquent and eloquent, which really opened Chen's eyes. Chen once watched books written by Han people, and Zhang Yi of Su Qin in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods was nothing more than that."

Zhang Shu was not half-satisfied, and said solemnly, "Your servant is just here on the emperor's order to go to Tatar as an envoy, and I dare not be praised by His Royal Highness Chen Wang! Su Qin and Zhang Yi are here to unite against the tyrannical Qin Dynasty, but unfortunately the six countries have their own ideas and cannot We are united in our ambitions, and finally died at the hands of Qin. Today, the minister is working hard, if His Highness has doubts about the villain, you can ignore what the minister said."

"Your envoy also knows that benevolence and righteousness are the most useless things in front of real swords and guns."

"But I have never heard of a tyrant who can last forever. Since His Royal Highness Chen is familiar with the history books of the Han family, he should know that Qin Shihuang is the best example." Zhang Shu said, "His Royal Highness is a Tatar nobleman. Could it be that Isn’t the plotter the continuation of the Tatar nation through the ages?”

Chen Jingzhong was not willing to agree to anything easily, instead he said, "The envoy's words are very pleasant, but the envoy was sent by you to the emperor, and it naturally represents the interests of the emperor. What is the ultimate purpose of the envoy?" Will you think about my Tatars?"

Hearing this, Zhang Shu smiled, "Your Highness is really worrying too much."

"Your Highness, forgive me for speaking bluntly. Since the founding of the Celestial Dynasty, our dynasty has made peace with the Tatars. From the time of Taizu to the present Emperor, there have been wars for more than 100 years. But, except During Emperor Dezong's reign, the Tatar Khan was lucky enough to break through the Yanmen Pass, and the Tatars have never had a real large-scale victory." In addition to a pair of sharp teeth, Zhang Shu also had a good appearance of integrity and generosity. People with this appearance can often add a certain degree of credibility to what they say.Zhang Shu said, "His Royal Highness Sazar has just obtained the rights of the Tatars, and he has begun to invade our border. Please forgive me, if Prince Saza can win this battle, he will be able to defeat Prince Saza among the Tatars. It has played a big role in strengthening the position. However, we have all seen the results."

"Prince Saza not only failed to win, but Prince Hamur fell into my court's hands." Zhang Shu said, "Perhaps, His Highness and His Highness Saza know some news about my court. But, I have to tell His Highness, The information you get is not necessarily accurate."

"My Royal Highness is more wise and powerful than previous emperors in the past. There is no basis for my words, but this battle can be seen." Zhang Shu said with a smile, "Does His Highness Chen think that this victory is accidental?" Do you still think that you Tatars were not defeated by my majesty this time, but by my overlord!"

"If His Highness thinks this way, it is a big mistake!"

Zhang Shu said, "Early after I ascended the throne to Your Majesty, I began to prepare for this war. In Gansu, Xuanfu, Datong, and Liaodong, I bought 20 horses from Tibet to prepare for the battle, and even the latest forged swords and guns. There are countless arrows and halberds, and the northwest defense line is ordered to strictly prevent your Tatars from attacking! If you are intentional and unintentional, you Tatars will naturally lose and never win!"

Chen Jingzhong's face changed slightly, Zhang Shu smiled, deliberately not to go into details about hiding the horse, just leaving Chen Jingzhong countless room for imagination.

Uncharacteristically, Chen Jingzhong was obsessed with the matter of Tibetan horses, but he refused to show his face, "I heard that the emperor of your country and the king of Tibet had a marriage for a long time."

"Marriage can only be achieved when there are common interests. Princess Showa and nobles in my court were also close by in-laws before. It's a pity that since Princess Showa, although the nobles have countless ladies, they don't seem to have any intention of marrying us." Zhang Shu With a bit of condemnation, "Not only that, but to fight disrespectfully, I am very angry with His Majesty for this."

Chen Jingzhong immediately stopped asking questions about Tibet, and instead asked, "Oh, could it be that His Majesty of your country intends to marry our family?"

Ming Zhan didn't explain this kind of thing, but Zhang Shu showed his great ability to adapt to the situation at this moment, and he said calmly, "During Emperor Renzong's reign, there was indeed a precedent of sending Princess Showa to marry Tatar. But Prince Saza has no good intentions towards our court. Princess Qingluan is the beloved daughter of the King of Tibet, the jewel in his palm. Now the King of Tibet keeps sending envoys to pay his respects to His Majesty and Princess Qingluan. Caring for Princess Qingluan is like Care about your eyeballs. And since the marriage, the Zhennan Palace in Southwest China has carried out border trade with the Tibetans, and the friendship between the two countries has lasted forever. Now His Royal Highness Saza still doesn’t care about the life of his brother who is a captive in the imperial capital , let alone a mere princess?"

"His Royal Highness Chen, everyone open the skylight and speak honestly. When Princess Zhaohe married Khan of your clan, what kind of grace I, Emperor Renzong, did. Now His Royal Highness Saza doesn't seem to care about the safety of his brothers and sisters. Our Majesty married Qingluan Princess, since His Majesty ascended the throne, I bestowed upon Princess Qingluan the honorable title of imperial concubine, and bestowed upon Her Highness the supreme honor. That is because Princess Qingluan has brought friendship and peace to Tibet." Zhang Shu sighed regretfully, "But , your princess does not have any weight in His Royal Highness Saza's heart. And this time His Highness Saza committed a side attack for no reason, this matter is pending, and it is impossible for my Majesty to consider marrying you."

Hmph, this Tatar is quite shrewd, if he gets married at first, many things will be unclear.At that time, Hamur will no longer be a prisoner, but will directly become His Majesty's uncle, and the matter of [-] horses will be in vain!

Zhang Shu is so shrewd, how could he agree to this matter!

Chen Jingzhong was very sorry, with a gentle smile on his lips, he said, "The envoy may have misunderstood His Highness Saza, and His Highness Saza is not the kind of person the envoy thought. The dispute between him and Hamur , It’s just a dispute between children. It’s just this time that you offend the border of your country, and it’s Saza who just came to the throne and was deceived by some old people, Saza is also an innocent person.”

Chen Jingzhong's words seemed soft, but Zhang Shu hardened his temper, and said angrily, "Your Highness, you don't have to say such a thing to lie for His Highness Saza, what you hear is false, and what you see is true. The minister has come these days, and His Highness Saza's various The words and deeds are all seen by the minister. The minister is a humble person, but now the minister is the envoy of my Heavenly Dynasty, and what the minister represents is the Xiumian of the Heavenly Dynasty!"

"His Majesty Saza, who neglects the little minister, is neglecting my celestial majesty!"

Politicians must have a thick skin. Chen Jingzhong's smile did not change, he held Zhang Shu's hand kindly, and patted the back of Zhang Shu's hand, "The envoy is really paranoid, and I, the Tatars, have no such intentions! But Since the envoys are not used to my Tatar diet, I will order your Han cooks to cook Han food for the envoys in a short while. I also have the best Longjing tea in my place. Only an elegant person like an envoy deserves to drink such good tea."

Zhang Shu had no choice but to be compatible with Chen Jingzhong, and his expression softened slightly. Chen Jingzhong said again, "We Tatars are all outspoken. I have listened to the envoy for a long time. As Saza's uncle, I also want to say something to the envoy. words."

"Your Highness, please speak!"

Chen Jingzhong was seated in a dangerous position, and said seriously, "One thing, what the envoy said is correct. We Tatars and the Celestial Dynasty have come to make peace, and we have made peace. If we can really capture the country of your Han people, I will Humans have no intention of that.”

"Why do we fight? Don't we Tatars have flesh and blood? Or do I like to shed blood and sacrifice in my life?" Chen Jingzhong sighed, "The envoys came to Tatars with honorable status and are friends of our Tatars. .”

"Now that the envoy sees us, we are not the murderous monsters that you Han people say." Chen Jingzhong said with a look of sadness on his face, "It is really that the life of the Tatars is too poor. The year is not good, the winter is long, and even the grassroots There are many days without food. Just separated by a city wall, the people on the other side enjoy a rich and rich life. We Tatars envy you the wealth of the Han people."

Zhang Shu disagreed, but his face did not show any inappropriate expressions of disdain, ridicule or fear that ordinary Chinese people face the Tatars. His expression was very appropriate, a kind of sincerity from the heart , "Your Highness, if you have difficulties, you can directly send envoys to tell His Majesty my family that we are neighbors if we lack clothing, food, and supplies. We are neighbors, just like neighbors. As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. What difficulties can we not talk about?" ?My Majesty is not unreasonable. Your Majesty regards the people of the world as his own people. Seeing the suffering of the people is as sad as his own. If you have any difficulties, you can bring them up. But in this way, you just take up your swords and guns to kill and rob , what will my Majesty think of you? This is not a wise thing for you!"

Hearing what Zhang Shu said, Chen Jingzhong really had a slight liking for this man, he knew that the Han people hated the Tatars.Of course, this came from the long-standing bloody feud between the two ethnic groups, but Zhang Shu was able to explain the war between the two ethnic groups in such a gentle and euphemistic way, which made Chen Jingzhong slightly moved.A trace of helplessness and gratitude appeared on Chen Jingzhong's face, and he complained about his suffering, "Master Zhang, it's hard for us Tatars."

Zhang Shu thought to himself, this His Royal Highness Chen Wang is really capable of stretching and bending, but this kind of friendship between individuals should be based on the peaceful coexistence between the two countries.Although Zhang Shu has a good impression of Chen Jingzhong's elegant demeanor, but at this time, he really can't accept Chen Jingzhong's friendship.

Facing Chen Jingzhong's complaints, Zhang Shu didn't say a word, his eyes were slightly sad.

Who is not difficult?

However, no matter how difficult it is, it is always wrong to be a robber.

When Chen Jingzhong saw Zhang Shu's eyes, he didn't speak for a while.

The negotiations ended in an eerie silence on both sides.

Ming Zhan still doesn't know about Zhang Shu's progress in Tatar, but Gong Xindou's Qingcheng Dao human sex scandal has been presided over by Fang Shenxing and Qian Duanyu is on the jury, and the investigation has revealed the truth.