The first thousand one hundred and eighty-two chapters are negotiating
Although it is only a side hall, with the royal style, it will not be too small, otherwise it will not be able to accommodate so many forces to negotiate together.
However, the side hall did not seem empty at this moment.
Each mission has only two to four people as representatives, but so many missions add up to twenty or thirty people.
Naturally, the number of people on the side of the Dali Imperial Court cannot be smaller than that of the foreign envoys.
In addition to the negotiators, the Imperial Guards were specially dispatched to prevent accidents.
Therefore, although the area of this side hall is not small, it not only does not appear empty at this moment, but also a bit crowded.
But these are minor details.
For more than half a year, although the court and the mission have delayed each other, the number of negotiations has not been small, and the various processes are relatively familiar.
Therefore, although there were a lot of people in the side hall at the moment, it was still very orderly.
According to the established procedures, representatives of the imperial court and various ethnic missions greeted each other and sat down in their respective seats.
Then everyone's eyes focused on King Cheng and Tian Rong, who were taking the main seats on both sides of the long table.
The first sentence of the negotiation was naturally started by the two people as the chief officer and the general representative.
Tian Rong was not polite either.
Momentum is one of the most important factors affecting negotiations.
Although it's up to the guest to do as he pleases, in the negotiation process, you can gain more advantages by opening your mouth early.
However, King Cheng, who was sitting opposite Tian Rong, obviously understood this very well.
Even as the host, and in this negotiation, I was in an advantageous position, so I spoke more confidently.
Although I don't want to admit it, the expeditionary force in northern Xinjiang did give this negotiation a good start.
There was a "bang" sound.
Just as Tian Rong was about to speak, King Cheng slammed the table and stood up suddenly, taking the lead.
"Dear envoys, this negotiation has lasted for too long and it is time to end. However, we still have to make certain points clear."
Ignoring the startled foreign envoys, he said directly: "After this period of discussion, we still believe that Articles 5, 8, and 21 of the last negotiation... need to be carried out in accordance with
We request revision."
"The details of Article 3, Article 9, Article 52... still need to be continuously optimized."
"At the same time, Article 12 and Article 30 we..."
Without waiting for the foreign envoys to react, King Cheng laid out all of Da Li's conditions.
After he sat down, everyone across the long table changed their expressions.
What Prince Da Licheng just said not only completely negated the results of the last negotiation, but also put forward more stringent conditions.
Many foreign envoys were almost so angry that they walked away.
However, after the beginning of spring, the immortal army entrenched outside the southern border of Dali may start their journey again at any time. Even if they are angry, they must sit down and talk one by one.
However, you don't have to sit down.
After King Cheng made a start, Tian Rong, the chief representative of the foreign mission, also took action.
"No, you have no sincerity at all. We demand..."
"Yes, we want to..."
"These items cannot be changed..."
"Sincerity, this is our sincerity. If you don't accept it, don't talk about it..."
"you……"
As King Cheng and Tian Rong finished their speeches, both sides of the long table, whether they were Dali officials or foreign envoys, began to argue.
Either sit on a chair, stand up, or lean out half of the body... there are any postures.
What's more, when they get excited about talking, they just throw away the things at hand.
The atmosphere gradually became anxious.
And this is a normal negotiation scene.
The purpose of negotiation is to use the existing bargaining chips to obtain more, so it is natural to argue based on reason. Naturally, there is nothing polite about arguing based on reason.
It's too polite. Don't talk about negotiation in this kind of situation. You may not be able to get in.
However, the others were arguing fiercely, and Cheng Wang, as the chief official, and Tian Rong, as the general representative, gave up the right to speak.
Have a big meeting for small things, and a small meeting for big things.
All major issues cannot be solved by arguing.
Three days ago, in a fenced-off room in the courtyard of the Ryukyu Mission, after King Cheng revealed his true identity to Tian Rong, he took the opportunity to negotiate the main conditions and their respective bottom lines.
Nowadays, no matter how loud the argument is in the side hall, it is actually just a matter of arguing over some minutiae within the scope agreed between the two of them.
With the two of them secretly cooperating and controlling, this negotiation will only develop towards the result they want.
Looking at the two parties who were noisy and occasionally fighting, a look of helplessness flashed in King Cheng's eyes.
In his original plan, the negotiations with the foreign envoys would be delayed as long as possible until King Yu returned to the frontier.
Of course, if he had already entered the central palace before this, then there would be no need to consider peace talks.
After completing the unification of Dali's strength, he will become the new person who leads the expedition.
But all this was disturbed by King Yu.
When he had a secret conversation with Tian Rong that day, he already knew that Tian Rong was so coercive that he specifically avoided King Yu because he was worried that if he could not explain it later, who would have known that King Yu would still vomit blood.
There is no doubt that King Yu did it on purpose.
At that time, King Yu's words sounded nice, but once the prince was injured, as the temporary emperor handling the affairs of the state, King Cheng had to intervene no matter what.
But on the one hand, the envoys representing foreign races were bullied in Dali, and on the other hand, the superior brothers and sisters were injured.
When foreign missions come from afar but are bullied, if word spreads, the face of the Heavenly Kingdom will be damaged in the end; but if a brother who is injured does not help seek justice, it may leave a reputation for brotherly disharmony.
On the one hand, it is the face of the court, and on the other hand, it is personal conduct. No matter how you deal with it, the result will not be good for King Cheng.
After thinking about it all night, King Cheng simply cut through the mess quickly, ended the negotiations, and sent all the foreign envoys away first.
Of course, the suspicion of the Ryukyu mission has been eliminated in the past two days.
As the real mastermind who planned this incident, King Cheng naturally had the means to use several scapegoats as the murderers of the assassination case to close the case.
And with his status, he can basically be foolproof, and he doesn't have to worry about being discovered.
However, in order for Tian Rong to cooperate with him in today's negotiations, King Cheng took the initiative to reveal his identity in front of Tian Rong and promised to take a step back during today's negotiations.
His harshness just now was just intentional, so that his flaws wouldn't be discovered later.
King Cheng glanced at Tian Rong and lowered his head slightly.
Negotiations involving so many forces are no small matter. Although today is determined to be the last negotiation, it cannot be ended hastily.
Not surprisingly, the whole day will be spent on this.
