Chapter 475. Unprecedented Victory
Zhou Yanru left the capital in a daze, and there was a scene of gongs and drums, firecrackers, red flags, and crowds of people. On both sides of the road, tens of thousands of people in the capital were looking around, and on both sides of the mission were soldiers carrying heavy shields to escort them. After all, the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty had a deep feud. I wonder how many families of these people who watched the people died at the hands of the invading Qing army.
Now the Ming Dynasty cannot be beaten! It is rare for Qing people to take the initiative to seek peace, which is a huge step for Chongzhen. No one dares to let this matter go wrong. By then, there will be no more brains left.
"This envoy, please come here!"
Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyiwei, also came out to lead the way and led the way in front, which made him more pomp than Zhou Yanru.
But following behind him, Fan Wencheng, who had a rat-tailed mustache with money and a coral east bead, and a flower feather, looked at the scenes and raised his head arrogantly.
If it weren’t for the unreasonable person from Dongjiang, these people would be worthy of peace with me, the Qing Dynasty?
The gate of the capital that was closed in the Qing army twice opened in front of him. Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War, who had just been released from the prison, was also waiting at the door for a long time. Fan Wencheng was his savior, but Chen Xinjia seemed to be obviously not grateful. His old face twitched and cramped, and he was holding his fists heavily like a paralysis.
"I have seen the envoy, and your Majesty is named my official to welcome the envoy to the Honglu Temple down the pagoda. Please invite me here!"
The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were very careful here. Honglu Temple was a place to entertain envoys of the vassal state, but Huang Taiji had already praised himself as a emperor and a khan. He clearly wanted to be on an equal footing with the Ming Dynasty, but he was entertaining Fan Wencheng to that kind of place, which was deliberately trying to suppress the country.
I couldn't beat people on the battlefield, and these scholars and officials of the Ming Dynasty could only be careful here. Fortunately, Fan Wencheng and Ningwan were just a few destitute scholars. Although they were the first-rank official in Shengjing, they also lost to the type of people who had never seen the world. They didn't know the meaning of this. Fan Wencheng didn't object to anything and followed them.
Along the way, there were thousands of people in the capital watching, and even those who threw garbage vegetables and leaves to smash them. However, the one who was unlucky was not Fan Wencheng and his party, but the Jinyiwei who was guarding them.
At noon, in order to show the prosperity of the Celestial Kingdom, Chongzhen also gave an imperial banquet. Although it was not as prestigious as the Manchu and Han banquets in later generations, there were dozens of dishes.
But what Chongzhen didn't expect was that looking at the delicacies he had taken advantage of wasting his life, whether it was Fan Wencheng, the Han minister or the few accompanying Man ministers, all of them showed jealousy and greed on their faces.
This year, Liaodong is short of food, so short that even the nobles and nobles have to tighten their clothes!
After another greedy state banquet, the contract came to the main point.
"What exactly do your country want to sign a contract with our Ming Dynasty?"
The real negotiation content must be privately, and it is impossible to get the bright and gorgeous imperial front. In front of Emperor Chongzhen, he could only worship the envoys of the vassal states. Moreover, although the Qing Dynasty came to seek peace this time, Chen Xinjia was a sensible person. There were not many things that could be placed on the negotiating table in the Ming Empire. He invited Fan Wencheng to the study, and he asked openly and straightforwardly.
The one who was forced to make her angry by Mao Jue's cavalry, Fan Wencheng's answer was also very straightforward.
"My emperor is willing to live in peace with the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty must recognize the current boundaries of the Qing Dynasty! It also opens the three places of Ningyuan, Shanhaiguan and Qianziling as the markets between the Mashi City, and provides our Qing Dynasty with 10,000 taels of gold and 500,000 taels of silver every year! 300,000 stones of grain."
This price was more than half lower than when Chen Xinjia was impeached. It was a very affordable and honest price. Chen Xinjia couldn't help but show a sense of joy on his face, but he was surprised and was still behind him. He took out a gift list in his hand and read it very seriously.
"And every year, the Qing Dynasty will give back to the Ming Dynasty 5,000 kilograms of human body, 10,000 furs, ten hu of east pearls, and several deer antlers."
Although it is a bit like buying and selling forcing, at least the two sides have come and go, and the meaning of the annual monies in the Song Dynasty disappeared invisible, making the crows unable to find a handle for criticism. Chen Xinjia was all dead for a while, but he did not have the sentiment of bargaining for the country and the people like the wise prime minister Kou Zhun, so he almost agreed.
He said he knew, the negotiations were stuck here.
"No! All the world is the king's land! There is no two kings in the sky! There is no two kings in the country! Do you and other minor tribes and barbarians dare to be the king alongside the Emperor of Ming Dynasty?"
"As long as the Eastern Captive is more than one day, there will be no peace between the Ming and Eastern Captives!"
The one who stood up indignation was Liu Hongxun, the Minister of the Honglu Temple. His words were really passionate and majestic. However, Chen Xinjia almost pulled out his stool to hit people! There is no peace at all? You don’t have to go to the battlefield! Now there is only 30,000 people left from Wu Sangui and Tang Tong in Liao Town, and the nine sides are empty. Zuo Liangyu’s troops, the only main force in the Central Plains, is still confronting the thieves in Zhuxian Town. What to fight?
"Mr. Liu!"
"Chen Gemen, do you still want to lose power and humiliate the country? Do you insult my Majesty?"
The corrupt scholar Liu Hongxun opened his eyes wide open and shouted with a righteous voice. Chen Xinjia was so shocked that he held back his words. He knew that these verbal verbals were so good that he simply didn't say a word. He thought he would go back and throw the burden to Chongzhen. If he wanted to continue the negotiation, he would kick the corrupt scholar out sooner!
This really made Fan Wencheng embarrassed. The reason why he set the bottom line of negotiations so low and had some contact was because the Qing Dynasty urgently needed to achieve peace with the Ming Dynasty, and then used this contract to force Mao Jue to withdraw his cavalry. However, no matter how generous Huang Taiji was, he did not provide him with room for negotiation on the throne. He really made Huang Taiji abdicate, and he was worried that he would lose his head when he went back, so Fan Wencheng shook his head fiercely.
"My emperor is a descendant of the Great Jin Kingdom and a descendant of the royal family. The blood of the Wanyan family flows in his blood. Even if the Ming Dynasty was a descendant of Zhu Zi, he was a minister in the Song Dynasty at that time! The throne of our Great Qing Kingdom will never be abdicated!"
"Besides, your official has thought about it! Now the Qing Dynasty won on the battlefield. You, the general of Ji Liao, Hong Chengchou, also surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Our lord admires the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who is the lord of the Supreme Kingdom of the Heavenly Kingdom, so he is willing to take the lead in peace talks. If your country is ungrateful, our Qing army will destroy the pass and get more than these!"
This made Chen Xinjia tremble violently. Hong Chengchou was captured, and all the civil and military officials in the court thought that he had died at his best. A few days ago, Emperor Chongzhen also held public sacrifices. He never expected that he would be able to rebel and surrender! Is Hong Chengchou not optimistic about the Ming Dynasty? If this news spread, it would probably cause another shock to the court.
But Liu Hongxun seemed to have not heard of this most concerned issue, and he also ignored Fan Wencheng's threat. The old guy was still slapped at the table with his beard and stared at him.
"The evil of swords and weapons cannot defeat the etiquette! Your slave chief wants to raise troops to the Central Plains. Even if he is asked to come, I will welcome the thief chief to the millions of powerful troops! But if your thief chiefs do not cancel the passover emperor's title, the Ming Dynasty will never be peaceful and trade with you!"
Chen Xinjia almost cried, a million hero, the million heroes you have born in! You really don’t need to go to the battlefield, so it won’t be like this! If the peace talks are not completed, you really don’t need to go to the Vegetable Market!
However, just when Chen Xinjia was crying, Fan Wencheng's face also became ugly. He proposed the idea of suppressing Dongjiang with a Ming Dynasty peace agreement. If he really returned empty-handed and returned to Shengjing, he would not be able to explain to Huang Taiji.
"There can also be discussed in the Year Mutual. Our dynasty is willing to only receive a thousand taels of gold, 300,000 taels of silver, and 100,000 stones of grain, but my lord's name cannot be changed!"
This condition almost made Chen Xinjia burst into tears, but Liu Hongxun was as smelly and hard as the stones in the pit.
"no!!!"
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No one paid attention to the issue of the mutual trading of annual monies that really concern the people's livelihood of the court, but such an illusory title made the two companies compete for red. This issue lasted for three days, but in the end, Fan Wencheng, who couldn't wait, thought of a compromise plan.
On May 24th, the Qing Dynasty's envoy finally appeared at the Ming Dynasty's dynasty meeting in an open manner. In front of the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty's envoy's legs were no longer hard, and he knelt heavily on the ground, performing the authentic three bows and nine kowtows, and chanting loudly.
"The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty sent a young envoy to pay homage to the father of the Ming Dynasty!"
Huang Taiji soon became the Chongzhen round, but he respectfully called Chongzhen the father. In history, only the Emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty Shi Jingtang once called the son emperor to the Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang. In this way, he gave enough face to the Ming Dynasty and did not threaten the position of the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, although the son emperor was not nice, it was natural for his son to inherit his father's inheritance. Once Emperor Chongzhen died in the future, regardless of whether Huang Taiji was still there or not, the Qing Dynasty would still have the name of entering the pass to fight for the world. This is another small idea of Fan Wencheng Cun.
No matter what, Chongzhen's face was satisfied here. He had been fighting and robbing the east from the beginning of his grandfather, Emperor Tianqi, and came to him to seek peace. This was an unprecedented victory in decades. Looking at Fan Wencheng who was kneeling down, a smile also bloomed on Chongzhen's face. He raised his hand forward. He said with great majesty as the emperor of the Supreme Kingdom.
"Son Emperor's envoy, please be calm!"
Chapter completed!