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Chapter 786 Chapter 786

In the conference room, the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Great China Empire envied the officials of the Tang Dynasty for wearing a priceless watch on their wrists.

What he didn't know was that the seemingly incomparably expensive watch on the wrist of the other party was actually a standard equipment for officials in the Tang Dynasty. Everyone had one after entering the job. big characters.

Datang's welfare for officials is quite good. Many high-ranking officials' cars are high-end Rolls-Royce products with scary displacement.

Even middle-level management cadres have special cars to use. The quality of these cars is not low. In all countries, they are luxury cars that nobles may not be able to afford.

It is precisely because the Tang State treats officials very generously that their methods of dealing with officials' corruption and dereliction of duty are also very cruel.Those who accept bribes will even implicate their family members, and those who use their power for personal gain are severely punished.

"In my country, if an official reveals his wealth, he will be impeached by the censor and punished by His Majesty." An official from Dahua picked up his teacup and took a sip.

The fragrance of tea is overflowing and refreshing, and it is definitely a rare good tea - Tang's "excessive spending" is completely beyond the imagination of Dahua officials, who do not understand the logic of Tang's officials' behavior.

These people sit in the best cars and enjoy the most high-end technology, but they often make some crude decisions: they will eat and chat in crowded noodle restaurants like other ordinary people, and they can also be laughed at by a few old ladies who come to complain Pointing at the nose and insulting, as if schizophrenic.

They couldn't understand that the price of a pot of good tea purchased by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs could lift many tea farmers out of poverty, and they couldn't understand that it cost 3000 million gold coins extravagantly to build a Forbidden City in Tang Dynasty.

If in the Dahua Empire, an emperor dared to say that he would spend 100 million gold coins to repair the garden, he might be killed by a censor in the hall the next day.

But in Datang, when the king of the Tang Kingdom announced that he would spend 3000 million gold coins to build an unprecedented palace, everyone stood up and applauded, as if they were a group of pious pilgrims.

The common people in Chang'an miraculously rushed to tell the story after hearing about this incident, 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 construction of the entire Forbidden City will bring to Tang and Chang’an, how many contractors will make a lot of money, how many new technologies will be used, How many new businesses have sprung up...

"So you can only wear it secretly at home?" Tang Guo's diplomat was very young, and he shook his arm when he spoke, making his watch make a nice clattering sound.

Just drinking tea, the official of the Dahua Rites Department didn't answer the Tang diplomat's question, or he didn't bother to answer and didn't dare to answer...

"Our Emperor believes that the return and redemption of prisoners of war should be discussed in detail. After all, the matter is of great importance, so we must not be sloppy." After a few seconds of silence, the officials of the Dahua Ministry of Rites put down their teacups, and they did not rush Open your mouth and say.

"We can sell half of Fengjiang's ones, and Xi Cong's... I'm afraid I can't return them to you." The diplomat of Datang showed a smile of 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 Dahua Rites Department seemed to have become much tougher. With their hands on the table, they stared at the diplomats of the Tang State and said, "There are 70 of us in Xi Cong! You are not willing to return any of them, but There's no sincerity."

"Xi Cong was destroyed. Those people are all war criminals. Some have already been executed, and some have to pay the price for what they did as slaves for three years! They have all been sent to where they should go now, how can they be returned to you?" Tang Guo The diplomats did not budge.

The officials of the Dahua Ministry of Rites also insisted: "Then we want all the captives of Fengjiang! Not one less!"

Tang Guo's diplomat frowned incredulously. He felt that the attitude of the diplomats from the Ministry of Rites was a little different today.

However, as usual, he immediately gave his answer: "I can only give half of it!"

"Then the conditions we promised about the prisoners of war are not counted!" The officials of the Dahua Empire's Ministry of Rites seemed very satisfied, with a look of disdain on their faces.

Seeing the other party's tough attitude, the diplomats of Tang State immediately made a decision: "Let's take a break..."

He got up and left the seat, walked out the door and came to another room.There were already many people waiting there, including several officers.

"Obviously, they are deliberately finding fault this time." A middle-aged official with a lit cigarette in his finger said to the diplomat who entered the room.

"They think this war still has to be fought?" Several officials from the foreign affairs department looked at the representatives sent by the military.

Those representatives were very embarrassed, and one of the colonel officers shook his head: "They don't have any chance of turning defeat into victory... unless they can eat the 1st Armored Division, repel the 3rd Armored Division on the flank, and re-enter Feng Jiang, repel the 9th Infantry Corps stationed there..."

"If they have the ability, we should beg them for peace talks now." Another officer explained: "The air force's reconnaissance plane has confirmed that they have not assembled more than [-] counterattack troops at all."

"Could it be that they are bluffing? Scaring us? In order to pay less price?" An official looked at the diplomat in charge of the negotiation.

"Are they crazy? The situation is so unfavorable, and they still want to take this risk, just to get an extra [-] prisoners back?" The officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs found this speculation incredible: "The other party has such courage?"

"Unlike, the series of performances just now are 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 said: "If they are really preparing The counterattack should be lower-key than it is now."

Several people nodded, agreeing with the diplomat's opinion: If the other party was really preparing to fight back, it would not be so obvious—they would use a more secure performance to cover up their attempt.

If it is really pretending to be confident to arouse Tang Guo's vigilance, it will be self-defeating.You know, it is Tang's side that has the advantage now.If the Tang State becomes vigilant, any counterattack by the Dahua Empire will be no different from death.

"What do you think of the intelligence department?" Everyone looked at the intelligence officer on the side.

"We don't have any definite news here. We can say anything." The intelligence officer shook his head. They had to ensure the accuracy of the news and not make wild guesses.

Just when he was shaking his head, another intelligence officer interjected and added: "But we just got a piece of information, it's not from us, it was provided by Chu State."

He paused for a moment, and continued under the surprised eyes of many people: "Chu State buried a nail in Fengjiang before, the kind of dead man who is absolutely loyal...Chu Yangren, have you heard of it?"

Seeing that many people nodded, he went on to say: "We were not looking for various information in Fengjiang City before. The Chu State gave us a very interesting information in order to show their favor. They confirmed that the three sides of us During the few days when Fengjiang City was besieged, Feng Kezhi, the great general of the Dahua Empire, was still in the encirclement and had no intention of retreating."

For a while, everyone was silent.

A few days before Fengjiang City was surrounded, Feng Kezhi was still in Fengjiang City, which inevitably made people have some imaginations.

"Is he still in the city?" An officer looked at his companion in disbelief: "Is he in the encirclement?"

"Then this matter is interesting. Shouldn't Dahua Empire be more anxious to negotiate peace and rescue 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 suspiciously. the diplomats around him.

Several diplomats thought about it for a while, and then someone came to their senses: "They don't want to kill Feng Kezhi, do they?"

"Delay time, when we completely occupy Fengjiang, Feng Kezhi will die?" Someone next to him immediately answered: "Yes, this is a reasonable explanation."

"If Feng Jiang is lost, Feng Kezhi can return home at that time, and he can deal with it casually. It would be even better if he died in battle... the same is true for being captured by us. In short, it is impossible for him to continue to be the great general of Dahua Got it." After thinking about the key people among them, they pieced together a lot of possibilities casually.

"Good guy, what a shocking secret." A group of people glanced at each other, and some couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

The diplomat in charge at this time looked at his colleagues and asked for their opinions: "Then what should we do?"

Several diplomats could say in unison: "What should we do? Since the Dahua Empire is not in a hurry, then we will cooperate with them to put on a good show."

The leading official patted the diplomat on the shoulder: "You go back, since the other party wants to delay time, then we will cooperate with them to delay time! Fengjiang City...we really won't return a single prisoner!"

Returning to the meeting room again, the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Great China Empire found that the state of the diplomats of the Tang State seemed to have changed.

The negotiations that had been preempted by him immediately returned to the leadership of Tang diplomats.The two people, or the two teams of people kept putting forward conditions, insisting on recalculating a peace agreement that was about to be 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, the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Dahua Empire laughed immediately after hearing these words: "Then it's a deal! If Fengjiang City is lost, then we will agree to all the conditions you said today!"

"Okay! That's the deal!" The diplomat of Tang State cooperated as if I had been tricked.
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