In April, the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River is infinitely good.

Now that Zhu Cihong has been the emperor for nearly seven years, he has successfully mastered the entire country.

If there was no rise of the Wei State, Zhu Cihong would definitely be high-spirited at this time, but the existence of Gao Yihuan made it difficult for him to sleep and eat, even if he looked at the beautiful scenery on Xuanwu Lake, there was no trace of happiness in his heart.

At this time, the boat sailed on the sparkling lake, and Zhong Shan's figure was reflected in the lake.

On the deck, a brocade guard wearing a flying fish suit, a saucer helmet on his head, and an embroidered spring knife on his waist, stood on the side of the ship, looking around vigilantly.

At this time, a small boat slowly approached the building boat, and the Jinyiwei on the boat lowered the rope ladder, and the Jinyiwei commanded Wu Bangfu to climb up first, and then a thin old man with a turban on his head also climbed up.

Wu Bangfu said to the old man: "Lord Feng later! ”

The old man nodded, and Wu Bangfu tidied up his python robe, rubbed up the ship, and saluted to the lone back above: "Your Majesty, people are here!" ”

Zhu Cihong didn't turn around, but said lightly: "Let him come up!" ”

"Yes!" Wu Bangfu bowed, then walked to the edge of the ship, and glanced at the Jinyi guards below, and they immediately understood, and led the old man up to the ship.

At this time, Wu Bangfu waved his hand, and the brocade guards on the deck left around the shipbuilding one after another, leaving only Zhu Cihong standing with his hands in his hands, Wu Bangfu standing on the side with a knife, and an old man wearing a gray sermon robe and a turban.

At this time, the thin old man looked at Zhu Cihong's back, first knelt down and kowtowed, and said with tears in his eyes: "The old minister can see Your Majesty, and see that Your Majesty has become a male lord who has turned the tide, he really dies without regrets!" ”

Zhu Cihong turned around and looked at the old man, but sneered: "Okay, Mr. Feng, there is no need to act." Tell us what you mean! ”

The person who came was Feng Quan, a bachelor during the Apocalypse, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, he surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and was awarded the University Scholar of the Inner Hanlin Hongwen Academy and the Book of the Ministry of Rites, and convened a large number of eunuchs for the Qing court to enter the court.

Feng Quan's face was a little embarrassed, but he immediately recovered, and said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, the minister is here for the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Zhu Cihong was ashamed in his heart, and in his heart, he despised these Ming Dynasty ministers who had defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Since they have enjoyed the favor of the Ming Dynasty, but they can't be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, these people are traitors and traitors.

Feng Quan was obviously a slave of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but when he came up, he kowtowed to him, and the shameless minister didn't even add the word of sin, and he felt sick when he looked at it.

Now Feng Quan said that he came for the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cihong felt very ridiculous, this bad old man was very bad, he couldn't believe Feng Quan's words, but Zhu Cihong thought so in his heart, but said: "Oh, then I want to listen to it, how does Mr. do it for my country." ”

Feng Quan immediately kowtowed again: "Your Majesty, Dolgon sent his ministers here to borrow a boat from Your Majesty, and the ministers thought that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Your Majesty. ”

Zhu Cihong snorted coldly, and said in his heart Sure enough, where is this old dog still thinking about Daming, and he is clearly interceding for his master.

Regarding the matter of borrowing the boat, Zhu Cihong had already made up his mind not to lend it to Dolgon, so that Dolgon and Gao Yihuan would break the net and drag the Wei army, and when Dolgon couldn't hold it and lost its use value, he inserted Dolgon from behind to show his position against the Tartars.

Zhu Cihong waved his hand impatiently, "If it's for this matter, Mr. can go back." ”

Seeing this, Wu Bangfu hurriedly stepped forward and prepared to ask Feng Quan to leave.

Feng Quan was in a hurry, and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, now that the Wei army is sharpening its swords, and Dolgon has no intention of entanglement, he just wants to withdraw to Guanwai, at this time, His Majesty puts forward any conditions, and Dolgon will agree, including Your Majesty's request for Shanbei Zhili." ”

Feng Quan quickly threw Dolgon's hole cards, he really didn't do it for Dolgon, but for himself.

The most taboo thing in negotiation is to let the opponent know the hole cards, otherwise it will be difficult to bargain, Feng Quan said such a thing, the position is definitely not on the side of the Manchus, but the Manchus are sold.

Zhu Cihong frowned, stunned, he was silent for a while, and asked, "Is this really true?" ”

The recovery of Shandong and Northern Zhili and the recovery of Beijing are still very attractive to Zhu Cihong. If he can occupy Shandong and Beizhili, and the army enters Shenjing, it will inevitably be able to boost the morale of the military and civilians of the Ming Dynasty, and in turn suppress Gao Yihuan.

Feng Quan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it's true! Dolgon wants to withdraw from the Guanwai, the hearts of the people in Beijing have been dispersed, and the ministers have contacted many ministers, and everyone is willing to welcome His Majesty back to the capital. ”

If Dolgon wants to withdraw to Guanwai, the Manchus will definitely go, but in the Manchu court, many Hanchen do not want to go to the bitter cold land outside Guanwai.

Then they are left with only two choices, to take refuge in Wei or to rely on Nanming, there are many officials in Beijing who are in contact with Wei, and naturally there are also people who want to take refuge in Nanming.

The reason why Feng Quan wants to take refuge in Zhu Cihong is relatively simple, Wei has no relationship with him, he defected to Wei, I don't know how Wei will treat him, and Nanming is now Ma Ruan's party back in power, which is considered a eunuch party, he has a lot of old knowledge, and his protégés are all officials in Nanming, and he himself has a relationship with Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng, so he decided to take refuge in Nanming.

This is the same reason as Wu Sangui's choice to defect to the Manchu Dynasty, in the Dashun Dynasty, Wu Sangui has no acquaintances, no network, he can't predict his fate after taking refuge in the Dashun, and on the side of the Manchu Dynasty, there are his uncle Zu Dashou, brother Wu Sanfeng, brother-in-law Pei Guozhen, cousin Hu Hongxian, many of the warlords in Liaodong have become traitors, Wu Sangui's relationship network is on the side of the Manchu Dynasty, his fate after defecting to the Manchu Qing Dynasty is relatively certain, plus Li Zicheng arrested his father, he is even more unlikely to believe in Li Zicheng.

To sum up, it is a little less risky to take refuge in the party with a network.

Feng Quan saw that Zhu Cihong was deep in thought, and knew that he was tempted, so he hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, Gao Yihuan is gathering troops to try Shenjing, if Your Majesty does not take it, Shenjing will fall into the hands of the Wei army, and Your Majesty will regret it too late." If Your Majesty agrees, the minister can let the Qing army cooperate with Your Majesty, and then Your Majesty will still play the banner of the Northern Expedition, and the Qing army will take the initiative to withdraw to Denglai, Your Majesty can directly accept Beijing by the sailors, and the minister will also call on Beizhi and Shandong Prefectures to return to the Ming Dynasty. If His Majesty recovers Beijing, he will definitely be the lord of the Ming Dynasty, and he will be able to deal with the Western Wei Dynasty calmly as the Son of Heaven. ”

Zhu Cihong was silent for a long time, he couldn't decide on such a big matter immediately, and he still needed to discuss it with his henchmen, but he was indeed moved in his heart.

At this time, when Zhu Cihong looked at Feng Quan again, his eyes immediately softened, and he suddenly felt that this bad old man was not so disgusting to him.

Zhu Cihong walked in front of Feng Quan, and suddenly bent down to support Feng Quan, who was undulating on the ground, with a smile on his face, "Mr. has worked hard, get up and talk, I want to have a good talk with Mr." ”

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