833 Daming, do not negotiate peace

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"Prince Zheng, are you scared of that Li Zixiao? Don't want to get in? ”

Dodor said sarcastically.

Zilharang glanced at Duoduo and said calmly: "This king is not afraid, but cautious, I can't afford to lose in the Qing Dynasty." ”

"Prince Zheng is right, Li Zixiao has always been our confidant, and I don't know who was defeated by Li Zixiao one after another.

He even once served as a prisoner under the stairs, if you want to say that you are afraid, you don't need to say that Prince Zheng is afraid! ”

Hauge suddenly spoke, in solidarity with Zilharan, and at the same time deliberately sarcastic as Dodor.

"Hauge, what are you talking about!"

Sure enough, Duoduo was uncovered by Hauge's past scars, and he exploded his hair directly, stood up, pointed at Hauge's nose, and roared angrily.

"Duoduo, what are you anxious about, did I tell you?"

Hauge sat calmly in his seat, looking at the angry Duoduo opposite, he was in a good mood, he liked to expose Duoduo's scars.

Joining forces with Zilharang to suppress Dorgon and his men has always been Hauge's countermeasure.

If not, because of the mortal feud between Hauge and Dolgon, Hauge would not have been able to successfully obtain the support of Daishan and others to let him take charge of the two banners.

Daishan and others supported Hauge in order to balance Dolgon, and the internal struggle between the Tartars has actually always existed.

Hauge's words this time angered Dodor again, and Dodor stood up and pointed at Hauge's nose and scolded, looking unrelenting.

Hauge was not a good talker, and when he heard Duoduo cursing him like this, he went straight back.

If it weren't for the generals under their command on both sides, it is estimated that the two would have fought directly.

Seeing that a meeting was about to turn into a scolding war between the two, Dai Shan, who had been sitting on the first seat, knocked on his crutches and scolded: "Have you made enough trouble!" ”

As Daishan spoke, Duoduo and Hauge stopped their fighting and sat back in their places.

"This day the king has summoned you to discuss matters, not to see you quarrel."

Dai Shan's voice was cold, no one around answered, and Duoduo and Hauge also sat back in their places, and they didn't dare to offend Dai Shan.

Seeing that both sides had calmed down, Dai Shan continued: "Entering the customs is the lifelong wish of Taizu, the emperor and us.

This king also hopes that before he dies, he can see that my Eight Banners warriors can enter the pass and enter the Central Plains.

Now, this king does not want to see you quarrel, but wants to see you unite and achieve great things.

What Prince Zheng said just now is right, Li Zixiao is my great enemy of the Qing Dynasty, so I must guard against it, but I don't have to care too much about it.

Next, you will discuss how to get the opportunity to enter the customs for our Qing Dynasty in the next turmoil in the Ming Kingdom.

Don't let this king see you anymore and quarrel over small things that are big with sesame mung beans. ”

"Yes, Prince Li taught you a lesson."

With Dai Shan intervening, it can be regarded as suppressing the dispute between Duoduo and Hauge, so that the three parties can truly discuss their next plan of action.

After a day of deliberation, they finally came up with a countermeasure and immediately took action.

A few days later, the Eight Banners of Tartars outside the customs secretly mobilized one after another and moved in the direction of Shanhaiguan.

Although the Tartar troops were hidden, they still couldn't hide Leng Feng's intelligence officers outside the customs.

Immediately, Leng Feng first transmitted the news to Zhou Dazhu in Jinzhou, and then transmitted it to Li Zixiao in Kaifeng through the transfer of Tartar troops in Jinzhou.

"Hmph, the Tartars really won't let go of this opportunity, and they are ready to move again.

It's just that what Ben Hou didn't expect was that this time Dolgon didn't bring down Hauge, and it seems that Dolgon's strength has been weakened a lot! ”

After Li Zixiao got the news from Leng Feng, his eyes were also slightly cold, and he said.

"If you want to fish in troubled waters and take the opportunity to enter the customs, you have to ask me if Li Zixiao agrees.

Shishi, send an order to Wei Hong, let him prepare the army's food, grass and ammunition as soon as possible, if there is any need, go directly to Han Lushan and let him prepare. ”

For the secret actions of the Tartars, Li Zixiao couldn't stop them.

Li Zixiao can only act according to his own deployment, and wait until he meets the Tartars, and then teach them to be people.

As Li Zixiao's order was issued, several generals of the White Dragon Army, Xu Wei, Liu Chong, Qi Wei and Luo Chao, returned to Kaifeng one after another.

On the Ming court's side, it was also in full swing to mobilize men and horses to deploy defenses in Shanxi to prevent Li Zicheng from attacking the capital from west to east.

Similarly, at this time, even if Chongzhen hated Li Zixiao, he also sent someone to Kaifeng to spread the decree, asking Li Zixiao to send troops to attack Xi'an and encircle and suppress Li Zicheng.

It's just that when Chongzhen sent the messenger to Kaifeng to deliver the decree, he didn't see Li Zixiao, and was told by Wei Hong and others that Li Zixiao was still in the Wa Kingdom.

In Li Zixiao's absence, no one would dare to accept Chongzhen's holy decree.

The eunuch who delivered the decree was delayed by Wei Hong and others in Kaifeng, and was entertained with good food and drink for nearly a week before he was ready to return to the capital.

Wei Hong: They did this, and Li Zixiao instructed them.

Dealing with Chongzhen's will this time, Li Zixiao has a countermeasure, that is, dragging.

Dragged until Li Zicheng sent troops to the east, until Li Zicheng broke through the capital, and until the Ming Dynasty perished, the situation in China will be turned upside down.

And just when Chongzhen mobilized the Ming army in the north of the country, deployed defenses at the passes of various cities in Shanxi, guarded against Li Zicheng's intrusive army, and ordered Li Zixiao to send troops to attack Li Zicheng.

Chongzhen also ushered in a group of uninvited guests in the capital.

"Jiannu sent a messenger at this time?"

Chongzhen sat in the imperial study, listening to Wang Chenen's report, a little puzzled.

That's right, it was at this time that the messenger of the Tartars arrived in the capital.

"Cheng'en, you make arrangements, tomorrow, I will meet the Jiannu envoy."

Chongzhen thought about it, but decided to meet the messenger sent by Tartar to see what kind of medicine Tartar was selling in the gourd this time.

"Holy Lord, don't you need to meet the Jiannu envoy with the ministers in the court?"

Wang Chengen asked.

"No need, I don't know the purpose of the Jiannu envoy's visit this time, and now the situation is already turbulent.

To be on the safe side, I'd better meet with this slave messenger alone and see what they have to do. ”

Chongzhen waved his hand tiredly and explained.

"Yes, the old minister will go."

The next day, Chongzhen met with the Tartar messenger in his imperial study and asked him about his intentions.

As a result, the Tartar envoy turned out to be on behalf of the Qing State and proposed peace to the Ming Dynasty.

"You want to make peace?"

With a sneer on his face, Chongzhen stared at the Tartar messenger in front of him who was fluent in Chinese, and spoke.

"Yes, Your Majesty.

My Emperor has just ascended the throne, and I think that over the years, our two countries have fought frequently, and countless soldiers have been killed and wounded, both sides have been injured, and the people and money have been lost.

I hope that the state of hostility between the two countries can be changed, a peace agreement can be reached, no more wars will be made, and border trade markets will be opened, so that the people of the two countries can live and work in peace and contentment. ”

The messenger of the Tartars was so clever that what he said was a good one.

But in fact, this is a ploy that Dolgon and other high-ranking Tartars came up with to confuse Chongzhen.

They pretended to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty, just to make Chongzhen relax his vigilance against the Tartars outside the Guan, and then they could transfer troops from Shanhaiguan to deal with Li Zicheng.

In this way, it will be much easier for the Tartar army to conquer the Shanhaiguan and enter the pass.

In the face of the rhetoric of the Tartar messenger, Chongzhen is not a fool.

For so many years, Da Ming has suffered a lot of losses on the Tartars, and the ambitions of the Tartars to enter the Central Plains have long been revealed.

At this time, if Chongzhen really believes it, the words of this Tartar messenger are really strange!

Although Chongzhen didn't understand what Tartar was doing this for, he believed that there must be a conspiracy behind it.

At this time, Chongzhen was glad that he was not in the court, and summoned this Tartar envoy in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

If it weren't for the Tartar envoy's remarks asking for peace, I am afraid that the entire Ming court's civil ministers and military generals would have agreed to negotiate peace with the Tartars, and even cheered for it.

However, Chongzhen did not plan to make peace with the Tartars.

So, Chongzhen looked at the Tartar envoy below, and said word by word: "Da Ming, don't negotiate peace." ”

"What? Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, what do you say! ”

This Tartar envoy was not stunned by Chongzhen's words, and was stunned for a while.

He never expected that Chongzhen would reply like this.

According to the idea of this Tartar envoy when he came, over the years, the Ming army and the Qing army have basically never won.

On the contrary, it was the Tartars who repeatedly defeated the Ming army, and even plundered the customs several times, ruining the entire north of the Ming Dynasty.

And now, the Ming Dynasty is even more chaotic, and the leaders of the two strongest rebel armies, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, both have hundreds of thousands of troops, and they have even become emperors.

In this case, they threw an olive branch and took the initiative to negotiate peace with Chongzhen, presumably Chongzhen would gladly agree.

Even if they took the opportunity to put forward some harsh conditions, Chongzhen would give in and agree at that time.

For example, let Chongzhen find a way to kill Li Zixiao.

Just like back then, the Tartars asked people to frame Yuan Chonghuan and let Chongzhen kill Yuan Chonghuan, they planned to repeat the old trick.

Some time ago, Dai Shan, Dolgon and other Tartar princes and ministers had already let them install traitors in the Ming Dynasty, and they repeatedly stated Li Zixiao's guilt to Chongzhen in the court.

told Chongzhen that Li Zixiao had the heart of rebellion and had to get rid of it, but Chongzhen never attacked Li Zixiao.

The Tartars were also frightened by Li Zixiao's White Dragon Army, and at this time, many people among the Tartars were afraid of the White Dragon Army.

A few years ago, this would have been unthinkable.

That was the Qing army, thinking that it was invincible in the world, and it didn't take any opponent in its eyes.

Therefore, the Tartars wanted to borrow Chongzhen's hand again to kill Li Zixiao.

Chongzhen's refusal to kill Li Zixiao made the Tartars think that Chongzhen didn't want to kill Li Zixiao and wanted to continue to use Li Zixiao against them.

This time, Tatar simply proposed peace to Chongzhen.

is to tell Chongzhen, look, we have all made peace, and you still have Li Zixiao.

Li Zixiao has such a heavy army, aren't you worried about him rebelling? Kill him.

Moreover, we have all negotiated peace, why don't you hurry up and transfer Wu Sangui from Shanhaiguan to exterminate Li Zicheng's rebels.

The wishful thinking of the Tartars is very good.

But it's a pity that it was completely the Tartars themselves who misunderstood, it wasn't that Chongzhen didn't kill Li Zixiao, he wanted to kill him a long time ago.

It's a pity that Li Zixiao is not Yuan Chonghuan, as early as a few years ago, Li Zixiao had already disobeyed the orders of the imperial court and Chongzhen's will.

To put it bluntly, Chongzhen can't mobilize Li Zixiao anymore, let alone let Li Zixiao enter the capital and take the opportunity to kill him.

Li Zixiao would not be fooled by this at all.

If not, Li Zixiao has never rebelled, and has even been actively resisting the Tartars, and has fought with the Tartars several times.

This also made Chongzhen very distressed, he loved and hated Li Zixiao.

Li Zixiao didn't take the initiative to rebel, and Chongzhen couldn't kill him, so he was even more reluctant to condemn him as a rebel, which didn't mean forcing him to rebel!

simply, let it go like this.

As a result, now, this Tartar envoy has just proposed that he wants to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty.

He didn't even have time to say the harsh conditions he had thought of later, and Chongzhen directly refused.

Chongzhen stared at the Tartar messenger with a cold face, and said again: "What, isn't what I said clear enough?

I have rejected your request for peace, I have never acknowledged your so-called Great Qing Dynasty, and in my eyes, you are a bunch of rebels.

Guanwai has always been the land of the Ming Dynasty, and it is my Liaodong Metropolitan Division, not the Great Qing Kingdom as you say.

You are just a bunch of rebels, who have no qualifications to make peace with me.

If you want a truce, then let the remnants of Nurhachi's descendants surrender to me.

I only accept surrender, not peace. ”

As he spoke, Chongzhen stood up, straightened up, and looked at the Tartar messenger without being angry.

Chongzhen at this moment is majestic, and he can't see the tired appearance before at all.

Even so, Chongzhen knew very well in his heart that his refusal to negotiate peace with the Tartars this time was tantamount to pushing Daming to the edge of the cliff.

But he still has no regrets, because he remembers the legacy of his ancestors.

'The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies. ’

He will not allow himself to submit to the Tartars, this is his last dignity as the Ming Emperor.

"You go back and tell Jiannu that as long as I am still in power for a day and alive for a day, they Jiannu will not want to enter the customs."

Chongzhen looked at the Tartar messenger and said resolutely.

"Crazy, Chongzhen is crazy."

At this moment, this Tartar messenger in his heart is this thought.

"Okay, Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I will definitely tell you what you say. Leave! ”

Seeing Chongzhen's resolute attitude, this Tartar envoy knew that there was no need to continue talking, so he left decisively.

After the Tartar envoy left, Chongzhen sat back on the dragon chair, his face also looked tired, and he had lost his previous spirit.

"Cheng'en, block the news that the Tartar envoys want to ask for peace, don't spread it, and those ministers of the province keep writing and begging."

Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen on the side.

"Yes, the old minister will go down and arrange it."

Wang Chengen responded, left Chongzhen's imperial study, and went down to arrange this matter.

Wang Chengen never expected that Chongzhen would refuse the Tartar envoy's request for peace, and anyone would be surprised.

After all, in the situation of the Ming Dynasty at this time, if Chongzhen can negotiate peace with the Tartars and free up the elite of the Ming army in the north, there may be a chance to exterminate Li Zicheng's chaotic army.

It's a pity that Chongzhen never believed in Tartar, nor did he intend to believe in Tartar.

(End of chapter)