After laughing for a while, Yang Xu asked Russia about the solution to this so-called "misunderstanding", and in fact, he directly asked Tolstoy's real purpose of requesting a meeting.

In this regard, Tolstoy expressed his views on Russia and expressed deep regret for the direct misunderstandings and frictions between the two countries. Although this misunderstanding and friction was due to poor exchanges between the Ming Empire and Russia, after all, the two countries are friendly countries, and the problem is easy to solve.

Tolstoy pointed out that first, both sides should cease the war, and then the Ming Dynasty returned Ulan-Ude and the Russians captured by the Ming Dynasty. In addition, the Ming Dynasty retreated southward from the Siberian region and returned to the state before the conflict broke out between the two sides.

Of course, Russia promised the Ming Dynasty that Russia would resolve the problems of Mongolian rebels such as Korchin, Cossacks, Chechnya as soon as possible, and arrest the leaders of these rebels and hand them over to the Ming Dynasty for disposal, thus demonstrating Russia's sincerity.

Hearing this suggestion, Yang Xu sneered in his heart, where is such a cheap thing in the world? At present, Russia only has an important stronghold in Irkutsk in the Far East, and is now basically controlled by the Ming Dynasty in the eastern part of Lake Baikal. Even Ulan-Ude had fallen into the hands of the Ming Dynasty last year.

With Tolstoy's light words, the Ming Dynasty returned the territory he had swallowed to Russia, and also returned the captured Russians to Russia at no cost?

The Ming Dynasty was not the Qing Dynasty, and Irkutsk was not the Yakshasa of the past. The Ming Dynasty could never have won the war on the battlefield like the Qing Dynasty, but instead handed over the fruits of victory to the opponent in actual negotiations.

The Ming Dynasty now shows its enterprising attitude all over the world, and is never as weak as the Qing Dynasty diplomatically. Not to mention Zhu Yicheng, it is impossible for Yang Xu to agree to Tolstoy's suggestion, not to mention that this so-called suggestion is completely fooling people.

Compared to Tolstoy, who is experienced in politics and proficient in diplomacy, Yang Xu is definitely not an opponent as a pure soldier who is talking to him. However, Yang Xu has no idea of ​​talking to Tolstoy at all, because Yang Xu keenly felt this point in the first contact. Compared with the level of the other party’s professional diplomat, he is far inferior to his soldier.

In this case, Yang Xu must play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses to avoid falling into the other party's language trap. However, there is one thing that Yang Xu recognizes. Judging from the current situation, it is almost impossible for the Ming army to defeat Irkutsk, especially with the changes in the seasons and the passage of time, the Battle of Irkutsk will not end this year at all. What will happen next year? Yang Xu is not sure about this.

There are also reasons for agreeing to Tolstoy's meeting. In fact, Yang Xu already had the idea of ​​retreating his troops, otherwise he would not have launched a fierce attack again when Russian reinforcements had just arrived, intending to try whether he could take down Irkutsk.

Unfortunately, Yang Xu's attempt failed. Irkutsk's strong defense made the Ming army return in vain again, and the advantage of time was also on the Russian side. The Ming army could not take risks again like attacking Ulan-Ude, because once the adventure failed, the entire northern legion would fall into an irreversible situation.

From this point of view, Yang Xu is ready to return or truce, which is consistent with one of the points proposed by Tolstoy.

After a period of thinking, Yang Xu spoke to Tolstoy and said, "Your Earl, I cannot do these requests you made, which is far beyond my authority."

"So... Is the Duke personally acknowledging our conditions?" Tolstoy seized the loophole in the other party's words and immediately asked.

Yang Xu shook his head and said without comment: "I am a soldier. In the Ming Dynasty, soldiers do not participate in politics. The military's duty is to obey and execute orders, and even I am no exception."

"Hisser Duke..." Tolstoy frowned slightly, with a little displeasure: "In your identity and status, you can make the decision on the northern battlefield. You are not an ordinary soldier. According to our Russians, you are the great duke of the empire. A great noble like you can represent the will of His Majesty the Emperor of your country to a large extent, isn't it?"

I have to say that Tolstoy did his homework before coming and gained an in-depth understanding of the situation in the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Xu shook his head and smiled, "Emperor, I don't know the aristocratic situation in your country, but the will of the Ming Emperor is the highest. Not to mention that I am just a duke, even the prince and the prince will never make similar promises without the permission of His Majesty."

Tolstoy's eyes rolled a few times, and he was a little unsure of the authenticity of Yang Xu's words. Although he collected a lot of information and information about the Ming Dynasty when he went to the Far East, he thought he had some understanding of the Ming Dynasty. But after all, as a foreigner, it is still unlikely to truly understand the Ming Dynasty's political system in such a short period of time. Moreover, many of Tolstoy's ideas were based on the perspective of Westerners, which was somewhat different from Eastern politics, and he himself agreed with this.

Originally, Tolstoy planned to fool Yang Xu and use his experienced diplomatic means to force Yang Xu to make some promises to him, and then let Yang Xu influence the Emperor of Ming Dynasty as his duke and the highest commander of the Northern Legion to make decisions.

Such diplomatic methods are very common in the West, and Tolstoy has some confidence in his abilities, but he never expected that although Yang Xu was far inferior to him in diplomacy, and he did take the initiative from the beginning, at a critical moment, Yang Xu directly transferred the conflict in this way.

"Your Excellency, you see, I have shown enough sincerity here. Don't you want our two countries to eliminate misunderstandings one day and let the border return to its previous state of peace?" Tolstoy failed to do anything and said sincerely.

Yang Xu sighed, nodded first, and then shook his head: "Emperor, although I am very sorry, this is a fact after all. I cannot make any promises to you before I received the order from His Majesty the Emperor. However, I suggest that if you want to solve the problem, it is better to go directly to my Ming Dynasty capital. With your identity and status, you can directly meet His Majesty the Emperor. As long as His Majesty the Emperor agrees, send the imperial edict to the front line as soon as possible. Don't talk about the suggestions you just made, even if there are more, I will implement them without fail."

As he said that Yang Xu was still in the place of his life, he planned for Tolstoy. He first told Tolstoy that the most convenient and fastest route to the Ming Dynasty from here, that he could send a guard to escort Tolstoy south, enter the northern desert grassland from Siberia, and then enter the southern desert Mongolia from the northern desert grassland, and then cross Mongolia across the Great Wall to enter the heart of the Ming Dynasty.

After arriving at the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Xu suggested that Tolstoy contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Dynasty and find a way to meet several ministers of the Military Affairs Office. Although Yang Xu is a soldier, he has a good relationship with several ministers of the Military Affairs Office. He can write a letter to recommend it on his behalf. As long as several ministers of the Military Affairs Office are willing to see him, the matter will be half successful, and it will be much easier to meet the emperor next.

When Tolstoy met Emperor Zhu Yicheng of the Ming Dynasty, then we will rely on how Tolstoy and His Majesty the Ming Dynasty to discuss. I think that with Tolstoy's ability, there will be no problem with such negotiations. Anyway, according to Tolstoy's words, this was originally a misunderstanding. Since it was a misunderstanding and it was just to resolve the misunderstanding.

Yang Xu became more and more excited as he spoke. He gestured on the table with tea and his fingers. As he spoke, he introduced the style of the capital to Tolstoy, because Tolstoy had previously mentioned the idea of ​​going to the Ming Dynasty to take a look. Now he was very sorry that Yang Xu could not leave to accompany him. He could only explain to Tolstoy in this way. In addition to the style, there were also the delicious food of the capital. When he talked about this, Yang Xu was even more flirting and told Tolstoy in detail what the old brand of the house was delicious and what dishes the house was the most memorable in the capital...

Faced with Yang Xu's enthusiastic explanation, Tolstoy also showed a look of yearning and great interest, and he discussed it enthusiastically with Yang Xu on this topic with his old friends. At the same time, he took paper and pen to write down all of Yang Xu's words, as if he was really like a tourist going to the capital.

This chat lasted for a whole day, and by the evening, the two seemed to be unsatisfied. The two sides had made an appointment and met here tomorrow to continue to exchange unfinished topics.

After saying goodbye enthusiastically, Tolstoy turned toward Irkutsk. When he and Yang Xu said goodbye, the smile that had been on his face disappeared in a flash, and replaced by a deep solemnity.

During the first contact, the meeting between Tolstoy and Yang Xu seemed very harmonious, but for the two parties involved, it could be a war without gunpowder.

Tolstoy used his political means and excellent diplomatic ability to gain a temporary advantage, and even almost achieved his goal. Unfortunately, Yang Xu was more difficult to deal with than he thought. Although this duke who was a soldier was far inferior to him in politics and diplomacy, Yang Xu adopted a way that made Tolstoy helpless to block his use of the means, and this method was the "Tai Chi Kung Fu" commonly used by the Chinese.
Chapter completed!