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Chapter 271 Chongzhen: Build a slave to bully me!
After Hong Chengchou was defeated and trapped in Songshan in July last year, Chongzhen secretly sent Chen Xinjia to negotiate peace with Jiannu.

It’s now February and it’s not done yet.

The main reason for such delay is Chongzhen's problem.

On the one hand, he demanded secret peace talks. The negotiating team was secretive and must do everything cautiously and slowly.

Second, Chongzhen was afraid of losing face, so he only used the internal edict (handwritten) of "Chen Xinjia of the Ministry of War" as his credentials for negotiations.

When Huang Taiji saw this, he first felt that the Ming Dynasty was not sincere in peace talks, and secondly, he felt that the Ming Dynasty still treated his "Qing Dynasty" as a small tribe or an internal rebel force. He felt that it was contempt and contempt for him and the "Qing Dynasty". insult.

So he refused on the spot.

This was the end of the first contact of the Ming and Qing peace talks.

Nowadays, the internal situation of the Ming Dynasty is much more severe than in history. It can be said that the country's demise is imminent, so Chongzhen's attitude is also lower than in history.In the second round of peace talks, Zhou Yanru and other cabinet ministers were finally summoned to formulate a formal decree for peace talks.

The peace negotiation mission sent people to send back the peace negotiation conditions proposed by Huang Taiji in advance. The messenger arrived in the capital last night, and Chen Xinjia only received the secret letter this morning.

He didn't report it immediately because he guessed that during this period, bandits and thieves were rampant and repeatedly captured the city, which would make Chongzhen furious, and he wanted to use the credit for peace talks to block it at the critical moment.

Now it is indeed in use.

Chen Xinjia felt that Chongzhen's eyes were a bit scary, so he subconsciously took two steps back, then took out a letter and said: "All the conditions proposed by the chieftain are in this letter."

Chongzhen couldn't wait to take the letter, opened it and read it.

The more he looked, the angrier he became.

There are three main conditions for Huangtai Jiti's peace negotiation.

First, the Ming Dynasty must recognize the "Qing Dynasty" and become a "brotherly country" with the Qing Dynasty, with the Ming Dynasty as the "brother" and the Qing Dynasty as the "brother", and the two countries formally establish diplomatic relations.

And a series of subsidiary conditions under this main condition: If the two countries have good or bad events, they should send envoys to each other to congratulate or pay tribute.Neither country is allowed to accept rebel generals (non-surrendered generals) who defected.Establish mutual markets, maintain trade, etc.

Second, the Ming Dynasty needs to donate ten thousand taels of gold and one million taels of silver to the "Qing Dynasty" every year. The "Qing Dynasty" gave back thousands of catties of ginseng, thousands of mink skins, or other materials.

In fact, he asked Daming to give "year coins" in a way that seemed barely decent.

Third, the Ming and Qing Dynasties were bounded by the Liuzhou River.

Currently, on the Ming side, Hong Chengchou and other [-] to [-] Ming troops are besieged in Songshan, Xingshan, and Tashan in the south of Jinzhou; Zu Dashou and other tens of thousands of people are besieged in Jinzhou City.

To the south of Jinzhou is Ningyuan Guard, further south across the Liuzhou River is Guangning Guard, and further south is Shanhaiguan!

Huang Taiji's article was tantamount to asking the Ming Dynasty to cede Ning Yuanwei.

Chongzhen felt that these three items were too much!

He couldn't accept any of it!

Snapped!
After reading the letter, Chongzhen threw the letter directly into Chen Xinjia's face, and said with a blushing face: "I am a slave tribe on the border of the Ming Dynasty. I rebelled and rebelled. How dare I be a brother country to the Ming Dynasty? You need to know that North Korea is not a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. That’s all!”

Fearing that Chongzhen would be angry, Chen Xinjia directly ordered him to be pulled and beheaded. He quickly followed up and said, "What your Majesty said is that at most we can recognize the pseudo-Qing Dynasty as a vassal state."

Chongzhen said again: "Do you think I'm a fool for asking me, the Ming Dynasty, to trade ginseng and mink skins with ten thousand taels of gold and one million taels of silver? Besides, if the court can really produce an extra million taels of silver every year, why not use it to suppress thieves?! "

Chen Xingjia said: "Your Majesty, don't be upset. Even if we negotiate a peace, there will be room for bargaining. If the captive chief wants so much, it is really a bit of a lion's mouth."

"I only agree to normal trading!" Chongzhen emphasized.

"Yes Yes."

Chongzhen said again: "As for using the Liuzhou River as the boundary, don't even think about it. If we negotiate for peace, we can at most use the Xiaoling River as the boundary!"

Here Chongzhen thought he had put forward a clever "condition" - if Xiaoling River was used as the boundary and Jiannu retreated, the Ming army trapped in Jinzhou, Songshan and other places would be relieved!
After saying that, Chongzhen would urge Chen Xinjia to handle the matter quickly.

But Wang Chengen hurriedly walked into the palace, holding a battle report and saying with a heavy expression: "Long live my Lord, there is an urgent report from Shanhaiguan. A few days ago, Jinzhou, Songshan, Xingshan, and Tashan were all captured!"
Governor Qiu Minyang of Liaodong and the commander-in-chief Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen and others were killed in the battle, while Hong Chengchou, Zu Dashou and others were captured! "

When he suddenly heard the news, Chongzhen stood frozen on the spot as if he had been struck by lightning.

Zhou Yanru, Chen Xinjia and others all looked over worriedly, fearing that Chongzhen would be killed if he could not hold on.

"puff!"

Chongzhen was still in good health, and he recovered after spitting out a mouthful of bad blood. Then he couldn't help shouting angrily, "Building a slave to bully me!!" Several people around him couldn't help but lower their heads when they heard this.

Because Huang Taiji's operation is really bullying Daming.

On the one hand, they were negotiating for peace, but on the other hand, they sent troops to capture Jinzhou and other places, making it clear that they did not want to return these people and land to the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, Chongzhen also vaguely realized through this incident that the so-called "peace treaty" was just a piece of paper that could be torn at any time to Jiannu, and could not stop Jiannu from attacking the Ming Dynasty at all.

Then why did Huang Taiji still negotiate for peace?

It is nothing more than to gain political victory - to make Ming Dynasty recognize the "Qing Dynasty", and even humiliate Ming Dynasty by ceding land, annual coins, etc.

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Chen Xinjia came out of the Forbidden City and hurried home. He put the secret letter on the desk in the study and went to change clothes.

Today, a subordinate of the Ministry of War invited him to dinner to discuss the distribution of food and salary for the suppression of bandits - the location was at a private residence.

When he went out, he remembered that the Tongbao from Zhangde Mansion yesterday had also been brought back casually, so he called a book boy and said: "You can send some Tongbao to the General Affairs Department on the table in my study. "

"Yes, sir."

This bookboy was also a reckless person. When he got to the study, he didn't notice the difference between the secret letter of peace negotiation and the newspaper, and actually sent both to the General Affairs Department.

Therefore, the next day, the peace talks between Ming Dynasty and Jiannu became known to both the government and the public, and public opinion was in an uproar!

Speaking of which, Chen Xinjia sent people to secretly negotiate peace with Jiannu. In fact, many people heard about it, and even the imperial envoy heard about it and used it to attack Chen Xinjia.

But without tangible evidence, most people said nothing.A few petitions for impeachment were suppressed by Chongzhen.

But this time, the secret letters of the peace negotiation were copied by the General Affairs Department to all yamen!

The proof is like a mountain!

The imperial envoy Yanguan was the first to take action.

Like sharks smelling the smell of blood, they all filed petitions to impeach Chen Xinjia for collaborating with the enemy and treason, and Qin Hui was second!

Then there are Chen Xinjia’s political or other enemies, as well as those who covet his power and position.

Then many neutral officials followed suit with impeachment.

Because in this case, impeaching Chen Xinjia shows that they do not agree with peace negotiations, let alone collaborate with the enemy and betray the country. It is a kind of political correctness.

As for whether the peace negotiation can really save the Ming Dynasty from crisis, not many people can care about it, and they can't.

Seeing that almost no one in the court supported the peace talks, Chongzhen couldn't resist.

Immediately sent someone to call Chen Xinjia into the palace, implying that Chen Xinjia would plead guilty and take the blame.

Chen Xinjia knew that as long as he took the blame, he would definitely not survive, so he pretended to be confused and even began to try to publicize the correctness of negotiating peace with Jiannu, trying to show that he had done something meritorious.

With so many people "scolding" him, Chongzhen didn't have the patience to keep fussing with Chen Xinjia. In anger, he directly ordered Chen Xinjia to be dismissed from his post and investigated.

The charge was not "collaborating with the enemy to negotiate peace", because neither the Ming court nor Chongzhen wanted to admit that they negotiated peace with Jiannu.

As a result, he was imprisoned for crimes such as "corruption by betrayal of officials, the defeat of Songjin, the defeat of the bandits, and the loss of the vassal"...
While the Ming court was making a fuss over the peace talks with Jiannu and was busy convicting Chen Xinjia, both the Yi and Chuang armies were attacking the city and plundering territory.

After Li Zicheng captured Daming Mansion, he did not send his troops north to capture the capital.

In one case, the Ming Dynasty transferred border troops from Xuanfu, Miyun and other places, and cooperated with Zhou Yuji and other Beijing elites to set up defense lines in Zhangdefu, Guangpingfu, Linqing Prefecture, Gaotang Prefecture, and Wuding Prefecture.

Secondly, if the invading armies of Huaiqing, Weihui and Zhangde in Shanxi and Henan have not yet been captured, it is equivalent to exposing their flanks to the front of the Ming army from Shanxi and Shaanxi, which is very unsafe.

Therefore, the Chuang army mainly fought westward in February, attempting to capture Weihui, Huaiqing and even Shanxi.

However, the Kuei tribe divided its army into two groups and attacked eastward.

The first route was naturally sent from Yingzhou, and within ten days they captured the [-] to [-] troops in Fengyang Prefecture.

However, the second army gathered in Wuchang and Huangzhou, waiting for Liu Sheng to pass before sending troops.

Because this second army will go eastward along the river and take Nanjing!
It is of great significance and must be conquered by Liu Sheng himself!
　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)