Thank you Ao Xiaocheng for the huge reward. Bow to you.
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Katerina and Henna, these two beauties full of exotic charm, are over 1.8 meters tall and graceful. With their three-dimensional facial features, they are enchanting, with deep eyes, and they are so charming that people can't help but think of bed at first sight.
Batur was eager to make peace, and this time he must have put in a lot of effort to find these two peerless monsters, which really touched Qin Mu.
The two girls seemed a little uneasy under his gaze, and they didn't know where to put their hands.
Qin Mu suddenly remembered something and asked curiously, "Your name is Hai Na, right? Why don't you wear a headscarf?"
Henna's chest was magnificent, rising and falling gently with nervousness, like surging waves. Perhaps because she had not learned much Chinese along the way, she seemed a little confused about Qin Mu's question.
Qin Mu spoke and gestured again, and she finally figured out what he was asking. She quickly answered in awkward Chinese: "Your Majesty, I... I am... Persian... I don't believe... in Islam."
Qin Mu originally thought she was an Arab girl, but it seemed he was wrong. She was probably of Persian descent. Because of the language barrier, Qin Mu was too lazy to ask any more questions and said to the court lady Li Shuang'er, "You should teach them first. In addition to Chinese, you should also teach them palace etiquette as soon as possible."
Li Shuang'er bowed and replied, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Qin Mu was not so impatient as to push the two foreign women away immediately. He waved his hand and asked Li Shuang'er to take them away first, while he went to have lunch.
Although these two girls are charming and beautiful, Qin Mu has already made up his mind about the Western Regions, and he will never change his original intention because of two beauties.
After lunch, Qin Mu returned to Wuying Palace and summoned Liu Fangliang and other military generals to inquire about the preparations for the hunt.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Everything is ready."
"Generals, you should know that this hunt is not an ordinary one. In front of the Mongolian and Tibetan leaders, we must fully demonstrate the iron-blooded heroism and true combat effectiveness of our army. If anyone makes a mistake and loses face for our Great Qin, don't blame me for holding you accountable."
"If there is any mistake, I will accept your Majesty's punishment."
The target of this hunting trip was the Qitate people of Hetao. To put it bluntly, it was to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys. The purpose was to let the leaders of various tribes personally experience the advanced weapons and terrifying combat effectiveness of the Qin army. The powerful deterrent force would make them cooperate with the policies of the Qin Dynasty and ensure the long-term stability of the Northwest region.
Because he was going to go hunting the next day, Qin Mu accepted an audience with the Dzungar envoy Heerjin in the Golden Palace in the afternoon.
Heerjin thought that the two stunning beauties must have moved the Emperor of Qin. That was why he was received so quickly. He was secretly delighted. He had spent so much effort to find these two exotic beauties. Finally, his efforts were not in vain.
He did not dare to put on airs, and immediately bowed with great respect after entering the palace, and then presented the gift list he had brought, which the eunuchs in the palace read out in the hall. There were all kinds of rare gems and precious furs, and the quantity was quite large.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Great Qin. Last year, we, the Dzungars, had some friction with the Qin army in Guazhou in pursuit of Abdullah Khan of the Yarkand Khanate. This was purely a misunderstanding. Our Khan actually had no intention of being an enemy of the Great Qin. In order to show our sincerity, our Khan specially sent a foreign minister to bring gifts to apologize to Your Majesty.
Your Majesty is rich and generous, and we beg you to forgive our unintentional offense. We, the Khan, have pledged our loyalty to the Qin Dynasty and promised not to be its enemy again. We will pay tribute and come to the court every year. We hope that Your Majesty will be magnanimous and forgive our mistakes."
Heerjin was in his forties, with a round face and a thin beard. He spoke with great vigor. He tried to keep a low profile, kept bowing while speaking, and was very respectful.
Gu Jun'en, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, came out and said, "Heerjin, if you want my Lord to forgive your crimes, you should show your sincerity."
"Sir, we have come here with all our sincerity..."
Gu Jun'en interrupted him and said, "You call this sincerity? I want to ask you, you said that your invasion of Guazhou last year was a misunderstanding, is this true? You probably don't know that Zasaktu Khan Norbu has been captured alive by my Qin soldiers.
According to his account, he had sent envoys to the Western Regions to arrange for Batur to attack our Great Qin from both sides. They invaded the south of the desert, and you attacked Hexi. This was clearly a plan agreed upon by both parties, with the intention of annexing our Great Qin. Is this the misunderstanding you mentioned?"
Few Mongolian men are good at speaking. Heerjin was so embarrassed that his face turned red. He tried to defend himself, "Your Majesty, please understand that Norbu did send an envoy to our Khan, but that was after a misunderstanding between Junggar and Daqin, and our Khan did not agree to Norbu's joint attack on Daqin."
Qin Mu was too lazy to argue with him on these issues, and said: "Batur is ambitious. He first unified the western desert, then invaded the Western Regions and destroyed the Yarkand Khanate. He was still not satisfied and invaded the Hexi Corridor.
I know that he is a wolf, a greedy wolf. It is not difficult for me to trust him. First, let him send his fifth son Sengge to Daqin as a hostage, and withdraw his troops to the south of Asu (Aksu);
I allow him to take away all the men, old people and children in the area south of Tianshan, but women under the age of 45 must stay. If he can do this, I will believe that he is sincere in his loyalty and will stop fighting and make peace between the two countries. "
After hearing what Qin Mu said, Heerjin's eyes widened like copper bells. If he really did what Qin Mu said, it would be equivalent to asking Junggar to give up the entire northern Xinjiang and the western desert grassland, and only retain the territory of southern Xinjiang.
Can Batur Khan accept such a result
"Your Majesty, the Emperor of Great Qin, our Khan's intention is that your country withdraw from Mulei City, and the Hami area east of the 800-li Gobi Desert will belong to Great Qin. The south will be bounded by the former Ming Dynasty's Aduanwei, the east will belong to Great Qin, and the west will belong to our Junggar.
At the same time, the Qin Empire released the captured Junggar women and children, and our Khan paid tribute to the Qin Empire every year with 5,000 war horses, 10,000 cattle and sheep, a number of Hotan white jades, and 1,000 ounces of silver.
Your Majesty, our Khan sincerely submits to you and will never have second thoughts in the future. If your Majesty likes us, our Khan will find ten beauties from the Western Regions every year and present them to your Majesty."
Ministers such as Gu Junen and Li Yuan could not help but secretly look at Qin Mu with strange expressions. The emperor was only in his twenties, an age full of energy. The ministers were really afraid that he would be a hero who could not resist the temptation of beauty.
Qin Mu seemed not to notice the ministers' gazes, and said to Heerjin solemnly: "I am the Son of Heaven, and my words are golden. How can I allow you to bargain? However, in order to show my magnanimity, I agree to return some of the Junggar women and children first. If Batur is really sincere in submitting to me, let him do as I say. I will decide based on the situation and release all the Junggar women and children in the future."
The tens of thousands of women and children in Junggar were nothing. Whether they were released or not would have little impact on the strength of both sides. In fact, if they were not released, the Junggar soldiers would marry local women and have more children.
If Batur really followed what Qin Mu said and withdrew from the northern border, took away the local men, the elderly and children, and left the young women behind, then Daqin would be able to easily take over a clean northern border, which would be of great benefit to the long-term stability in the future.
The young women were left behind and assigned to the Qin soldiers as wives or concubines. This could, on the one hand, appease the Qin soldiers and allow them to guard the border with peace of mind; on the other hand, keeping these women behind could allow them to do farm work and produce something.
Given the fertility of the Han people, it won’t be long before the entire northern border is filled with Han children.
Hearing that Qin Mu was willing to release the women and children of Junggar, Heerjin was somewhat moved. These women and children were insignificant to Daqin Eryan, but to the Junggar tribe, they were their wives and children, their closest relatives.
If we can really get it back, it will be of great benefit in calming the shaken military morale.
In addition, the Qin army is now aggressive and constantly increasing its troops to Mulei City. If this continues, it will be difficult to defend the northern border. The situation is stronger than people. If we take the initiative to withdraw from the northern border, we can at least keep the southern border. If we continue to be enemies with the Qin army, I am afraid that we will not even be able to keep the southern border.
The only thing to worry about now is whether the words of the Great Qin Emperor can be trusted, whether he will become more aggressive, and whether he will continue to invade the southern border after gaining control of the northern border.
This is destined to be an unanswered question. The Dzungars now have only two choices: one, continue to be the enemy of the Qin Dynasty and fight to the end. The other is to trust the emperor of the Qin Dynasty and voluntarily give up the northern border.
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