In the conference room, the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Great China Empire were envious of the Tang officials for wearing a priceless watch on their wrist.
What he didn't know was that the expensive-looking watch he was wearing on his wrist was actually a standard issue for officials in the Tang Dynasty. Everyone had one after joining the company, and the cover on the back was engraved with the four words "Serve the Country with Loyalty".
A big character.
Datang's welfare for officials was quite good, and the cars provided by many high-ranking officials were high-end Rolls-Royce products with terrifying displacement.
Even middle-level management cadres have special cars for use. The quality of these cars is not low. In various countries, they are luxury cars that even nobles may not be able to afford.
Precisely because the Tang State treated its officials very generously, their methods of dealing with officials' corruption and malfeasance were also very cruel. Those who took bribes would even harm their families, and those who took advantage of their power for personal gain were severely punished.
"In my country, if an official reveals his wealth, he will be impeached by the imperial censor and punished by your majesty." The Dahua official picked up the tea cup and took a sip gently.
The tea is fragrant and refreshing, and it is definitely a rare good tea. The Tang Dynasty's "excessive spending" was completely beyond the imagination of Dahua officials, who did not understand the behavioral logic of Tang Dynasty officials.
These people ride in the best cars and enjoy the most high-end technology, but they often make some vulgar decisions: they will eat and chat in crowded noodle restaurants like other people, or they can laugh and be laughed at by a few old ladies who come to complain.
Pointing at the nose and insulting someone, as if they were schizophrenic.
They could not understand that the price of a can of good tea purchased by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs could help many tea farmers escape poverty and become rich. They also did not understand that the Tang Dynasty had to spend an extravagant 30 million gold coins to build a Forbidden City.
If in the Great China Empire, an emperor dared to say that he wanted to spend 1 million gold coins to build a garden, I am afraid that the censor would be bumped into and killed in the court hall the next day.
But in the Tang Dynasty, when the king of the Tang Dynasty announced that he would spend 30 million gold coins to build an unprecedented palace, everyone stood up and applauded, as if they were a group of devout pilgrims.
After hearing about this incident, the common people in Chang'an miraculously rushed to tell each other, and many people even celebrated wildly.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Great China Empire may never know how many jobs the entire Forbidden City construction project will bring to Tang Dynasty and Chang'an, how many contractors will make a lot of money, and how many new technologies will be used.
How many new companies have sprung up...
"So you can only wear it secretly at home?" The diplomat of Tang State was very young. When he spoke, he shook his arm and made his watch make a nice clattering sound.
While he was just drinking tea, the official of the Ministry of Rites of Dahua did not answer the questions of the Tang diplomat, or he did not bother to answer and did not dare to answer...
"Our Emperor believes that the return and redemption of prisoners of war should be discussed in detail. After all, it is a very important matter, so we can't be careless." After a few seconds of silence, the official of the Ministry of Etiquette of Dahua put down his tea cup and spoke in a leisurely manner.
He spoke.
"We can sell Fengjiang's for half, but Xicong's... I'm afraid I won't be able to return it to you." The diplomat of the Tang Dynasty showed a smile that said "what can you do to me" and looked at the Dahua official across the table.
said.
Different from the previous ones, the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette of Dahua seemed to have become much tougher. They put their hands on the table and stared at the diplomats of Tang State and said: "There are 700,000 of our athletes in Xicong! You are not willing to return any of them, but
There is no sincerity."
"The Xicong was destroyed. Those people are all war criminals. Some have been punished, and some have to serve as slaves for three years to pay the price for what they did! They have all been sent to where they should go now, how can I pay you back?" Tang Guo
The diplomats refused to give in.
Officials from the Ministry of Rites of Dahua were also very insistent: "Then we want all the prisoners in Fengjiang! No one can be left behind!"
The diplomat of the Tang State frowned inexplicably. He felt that the attitude of the diplomat from the Ministry of Rites was slightly different today.
However, as usual, he immediately gave his answer: "I can only give half!"
"Then the conditions for prisoners of war that we promised before will not count!" The official of the Dahua Empire's Department of Etiquette seemed very satisfied, with a look of disdain on his face.
Seeing the other party's tough attitude, Tang's diplomats immediately made a decision: "Let's take a break..."
He got up and left his seat, walked out of the door and entered another room. There were many people waiting there, including several officers.
"Obviously, they are deliberately looking for trouble this time." A middle-aged official with a lit cigarette in his fingers said to the diplomats who entered the room.
"Do they think this war still needs to be fought?" Several officials from the diplomatic department looked at the representatives sent by the military.
The representatives were very embarrassed. One of the colonel officers shook his head: "They have no chance to turn defeat into victory... Unless they can eat the 1st Armored Division, repel the 3rd Armored Division on the flank, and rush into Fengcheng again."
Jiang, repel the 9th Infantry Corps stationed there..."
"If they have this ability, we will beg them for peace talks now." Another officer explained: "The Air Force's reconnaissance planes have confirmed that they have not assembled more than 100,000 counterattack troops."
"Are they bluffing? To scare us? In order to pay less?" An official looked at the diplomat in charge of the negotiations.
"Are they crazy? The war situation is so unfavorable that they still want to take this risk just to get an additional 100,000 prisoners back?" Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs found this speculation incredible: "Is the other party so courageous?"
"It's not like the series of performances just now, it's more like they want to delay some time, but their purpose of delaying time should not be to buy time for counterattack." The diplomat in charge of this analysis analyzed: "If they are really preparing
The counterattack should be more low-key than now."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Several people nodded and agreed with the diplomat: If the other party is really preparing to counterattack, it will not be so obvious - they will use more
Play it safe to cover up their intentions.
If you really pretend to be confident to arouse Tang Guo's vigilance, it will be self-defeating. You must know that the one who has the advantage now is Tang Guo. If Tang Guo's side becomes vigilant, then any counterattack by the Great China Empire will be counterattacked.
It's no different to die.
"What does the intelligence department think?" Everyone looked at the intelligence officer on the side.
"We don't have exact information here, we can say anything." The officials in charge of intelligence shook their heads. They must ensure the accuracy of the information and cannot speculate randomly.
Just as he shook his head, another intelligence officer intervened and added: "But we just got an intelligence. It was not our way, it was provided by Chu State."
He paused for a moment, and in the eyes of many people who were surprised, he continued: "Chu State buried a nail in Fengjiang before, an absolutely loyal kind of dead soldier... Chu Yangren, have you heard of it?"
Seeing many people nodding, he continued: "Weren't we looking for various information in Fengjiang City before? In order to show their goodwill, the Chu State gave us a very interesting information. They confirmed that on three sides of us,
During the days when Fengjiang City was besieged, the Great General Feng Kezhi of the Great China Empire was still in the encirclement and had no intention of retreating."
For a moment, everyone was silent.
A few days before Fengjiang City was surrounded, Feng Kezhi was still in Fengjiang City, which inevitably made people have some thoughts.
"Is he still in the city?" An officer looked at his companions in disbelief: "He is in the encirclement?"
"Then this is interesting. Shouldn't the Dahua Empire be more anxious about peace talks and rescuing the troops in Fengjiang City? Even if there are only half of them, we are unlikely to prevent Feng Kezhi from returning to the country, right?" An official looked at him doubtfully.
and the diplomats around him.
Several diplomats thought for a while, and then someone reacted: "They don't want to trick Feng Kezhi to death, do they?"
"Buy for time. When we completely occupy Fengjiang, Feng Kezhi will be dead?" Someone next to him immediately answered: "Yes, this is a reasonable explanation."
"If Fengjiang is lost, then Feng Kezhi can return home and do whatever he wants. If he dies in battle, that would be even better... The same goes for being captured by us. In short, it is impossible for him to continue to be Dahua's general.
Got it." After figuring out the key people, I pieced together a lot of possibilities.
"Good guy, what a shocking secret." A group of people looked at each other, and some people couldn't help but sigh.
The diplomat in charge at this time looked at his colleagues and asked for their opinions: "What should we do?"
It can be said that several diplomats said in unison: "What should we do? Since the Great China Empire is not in a hurry, then we will cooperate with them and put on a good show."
The leading official patted the diplomat on the shoulder: "Go back. Since the other party wants to delay, we will cooperate with them to delay! Fengjiang City... we really can't return a prisoner!"
Returning to the conference room again, officials from the Ministry of Rites of the Great China Empire discovered that the state of the Tang diplomats seemed to have changed.
The negotiations that he had taken the lead in before immediately returned to the leadership of Tang diplomats. The two people, or two teams of people, kept putting forward conditions, and they just recalculated the peace treaty that was almost finalized.
"If you are not convinced, then wait until we capture Fengjiang! Come back and talk about these conditions!" The Tang diplomat narrowed his eyes and made the sharpest test.
Sure enough, after hearing these words, the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Dahua Empire immediately laughed: "Then it's a deal! If Fengjiang City is lost, then we will agree to all the conditions you mentioned today!"
"Okay! It's settled!" The diplomat of Tang State cooperated as if I had fallen into a trap.
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I’m writing slowly today, so I’ll have to wait until midnight to make up for the update. Don’t wait any longer, just read it tomorrow morning.
