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Taking the king of a country as a hostage has been extremely rare since ancient times;

Like North Korea, it is only hostage to two princes.

And the husband and Gou Jian had a grudge against killing their father, and after the defeat of the Yue Kingdom, Gou Jian was not allowed to go to the Wu State as a hostage.

From a legal point of view, taking the king of a country as a hostage is equivalent to handing over the entire country to someone else, and you have to do what others tell you.

Now that the Manchu Qing still has the strength to fight, they are willing to go to the emperor, send the princess and relatives, take the monarch as a hostage, and take the initiative to withdraw from the Great Wall. This series of practices is really unexpected.

The ministers of the Qin State in the palace had a lot of discussions about this, and scholar-type officials such as Ai Nanying even sighed from the bottom of their hearts, "The world can strike the army!" ”

Qin Mu asked people to put Guerjia first. After Xifu took it down first, the imperial envoy Xia Zhiyuan was the first to come out and play: "King Qin, the ancient sage, all have benevolence and virtue. The sage also said that those who convince others with their strength are not convinced by their hearts, and they are not supported by their strength; Those who convince people with virtue will be convinced by the center.

Now that Beiyi is willing to take the initiative to withdraw from the Great Wall, and take the pledge of his king, he will always be a screen, which shows the sincerity of his heart, and the minister thinks that my king should be benevolent and forgive his past crimes, so as to prevent thousands of people in the Central Plains from suffering from the flames of war again. ”

During the incident, Huang Yida then went out and said: "King Qin, to be able to recover the Central Plains without using swords and soldiers is really the inspiration of my king's benevolence, so that Di Yi does not dare to go against Shengde." The minister also believes that our king can pardon the past sins of Jiannu and turn the war into a jade silk. Internally, let thousands of people avoid the flames of war; Outside, it makes Zhuyi happy and convinced. In this way, Daqin is very lucky, the Jurchen is very lucky, and the world is very lucky! ”

As more and more people came out to express their acceptance of the Manchu court's request for peace, a large number of ministers, such as Qin Qiubai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Bai Tie, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Yang Tinglin, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Song Yingxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Gu Yanwu, the bachelor of Hanlin, Bian Di, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Luo Wanzao, the priest of the Guozi, and Ai Nanying, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, also stood up and asked Qin Mu to accept the Manchu peace agreement so that he could peacefully take over the Central Plains.

They believed that this would not only save hundreds of thousands of troops from the huge cost of the northern expedition. At the same time, it can prevent the Central Plains from being devastated by war again. In short, this is really beneficial and harmless to Great Qin.

Among the six Shangshu, only He Liang, the secretary of the military department, and Liu Boquan, the secretary of the household department, did not stand up.

In fact, Liu Boquan, more than anyone else, hoped to take over the Central Plains peacefully and avoid the use of troops.

It's just that he is used to only Qin Mu being the first to look forward, Qin Mu didn't make a statement, he never wanted to take a position first.

Qin Mu looked at it, and more than half of the ministers in the palace supported the acceptance of the Manchu peace conference. He looked at Sima An and found that Sima An's face was solemn; Lu Zhenfei next to him was thoughtful; Li Yuan seemed quite moved.

Qin Mu secretly sighed, Dolgon deserved to be a cunning badger, after repeated defeats, he threw out the condition of taking the king as a hostage, withdrawing from the Great Wall, and sending the princess and relatives, which made many ministers of the Qin State believe in his sincerity in asking for peace.

Even Qin Mu wasn't sure if it was true that Dolgon had promised to withdraw beyond the Great Wall;

Dorgon was a man of great ability. In order to maintain the internal unity of the Manchurians, he was willing to give up the throne and launch the six-year-old Fulin. In the face of the strong temptation of the throne, few people have been able to do this throughout the ages.

With Dorgon's wisdom, it cannot be ruled out that in order to preserve the vitality of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he really abandoned the Central Plains and withdrew from Guanwai.

After all, if you really quit the customs right now. For the Manchus, this was not necessarily a bad thing.

Anyway, Dolgon's trick came to pass. He grabbed the moral high ground.

If Qin Mu did not agree to his request for peace and insisted on raising troops for the Northern Expedition, he would be opposed by many officials of the Qin State, making it difficult for the Qin State to work together and twist into a rope.

At the same time, he can also give Qin Mu a big hat of "regardless of the life and death of the people in the world, and he is belligerent".

Once this big hat is buckled on his head, Qin Mu's reputation among the people of Qin will definitely plummet.

What's even more worrying is that the people of the Central Plains could have been spared the ravages of war and returned to Great Qin safely, because Qin Mu did not accept the peace negotiations and insisted on waging war, so that they would be caught in the war again.

As soon as this popular sentiment is lost, the balance of war will slowly tilt in favor of the Manchus.

And if Qin Mu cares about these, once he starts peace talks with the Manchus, it will take at least nearly two months to go back and forth between Jinling and Yanjing;

In the end, whether the negotiations were successful or not, Dorgon was able to achieve his goal of delaying the war until after the summer harvest.

Qin Mu thought a lot, and he asked the ministers in the palace, "Do you think that Dolgon is really afraid of my Great Qin?" If you are really afraid, when Duoduo was defeated last year, why did the Manchus not propose such a peace proposal? Why did you not bring it up until this time?

Could it be that Dolgon feels that he owes me too much to Daqin, so he has to take care of it first, and then hand it over to my Daqin to take over the management when the harvest is about to begin, so that he can feel at ease? ”

Yushi Xia Zhiyuan came out and replied: "King Qin, at this time, at that time, when Duoduo was defeated last year, the Manchu army was unstable, and if he immediately sued for peace and withdrew from Guanwai, his army would definitely collapse, and it was no longer possible;

Looking at it now, its internal stability is a little, and if the Mongol tribes are about to leave, the Manchu Qing is already in danger of being attacked by the enemy, and the minister feels that the Manchu Qing agreed to take his king as a hostage and seek to withdraw from the Guanwai in his whole body, which may not be unbelievable. ”

"King Qin, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has expressed its sincerity, if the Great Qin does not accept it and insists on raising troops to crusade, it will be immoral, and the people of the Central Plains will attribute the crime of the war to my Great Qin;

If my Great Qin shows sincerity, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty rebels, then its sinister face will be displayed in front of the world. Since ancient times, the way is more help, the unrighteous little help, when the time comes, my king will re-rise the righteous teacher to crusade, the people of the Central Plains will definitely carry the pot and pulp to welcome. ”

Qin Mu said lightly: "Let's discuss this matter for the time being, the major affairs of the country, you have to be cautious, the ministers don't have to rush to conclusions, let's go back and think about it clearly." ”

Qin Mu couldn't insist that Dolgon was completely deceiving, so he simply retreated from the dynasty first and slowly thought of countermeasures.

To be honest, he couldn't be sure whether Dorgon was really willing to give up his wish and quit the border, and he really couldn't be sure for a while.

If it is true, Daqin can spend countless less money and food, and can avoid the Central Plains being devastated by war again, who doesn't want such a result? It is no wonder that the ministers of the palace couldn't help but stand up and agree to the Manchu sue for peace.

Qin Mu thought all the way back to the imperial study, and immediately asked Han Zanzhou to summon Sima An, Lu Zhenfei, and Li Yuan to come and discuss.

Qin Mu and the others sat down and immediately asked, "Do the three pavilion elders think that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is credible in seeking peace?" ”

Sima An replied: "King Qin, regardless of whether the Manchu Qing can be trusted or not, the key is that Dolgon's move made Great Qin's immediate Northern Expedition become unknown. ”

Yes, whether the Manchu Qing Dynasty wants peace or not is credible, you have to understand clearly before you can make a conclusion, you have to understand, this opportunity is missed.

If you ignore it, if the Manchu Qing is willing to give up the Central Plains, then you are a sinner, and it is your stubbornness that makes the Central Plains suffer from the war again, so that Daqin spends countless money and food in vain, and sacrifices countless soldiers in vain

Lu Zhenfei said: "King Qin, the Qing envoy has to ask King Qin to accept his so-called princess before he is willing to withdraw from the border, whether he is sincere or deceitful, how can he let him mention all this condition?" ”

Lu Zhenfei's words made Qin Mu's mind seem to flash a bright light, and he immediately asked, "What is the best plan for Scholar Lu?" ”

"King Qin, if the other party can put forward conditions, my Great Qin can also mention it, didn't the Manchu Qing claim to be willing to withdraw from the Guanwai? Well, now our court has also come to put forward a condition, there is no need for him to withdraw from the Guanwai first, as long as he is willing to withdraw his troops north of the Yellow River and show enough sincerity, the King of Qin will accept his princess as a concubine, and then talk about withdrawing from the Guanwai. ”

"Not bad, not bad." Qin Mu nodded his head.

Sima An said: "I'm afraid that Dolgon is a drunkard and doesn't mean to drink, so I can naturally put forward conditions, but as long as Xifu claims that he can't be the master, he has to go back and ask his master first, and this hot potato is thrown back into Daqin's hands, because I can't afford to wait." ”

This is also right, first withdraw the troops north of the Yellow River, such a thing Xifu said that he can't be the master, that's normal.

He didn't have to refuse such a condition at all, as long as he said that he would go back and ask for instructions, and he could delay it until after the summer harvest.

How can we confirm whether the Manchus were really willing to retreat from the Guanwai, or whether they were deliberately delaying time?

Even if you don't believe Dorgon, you must find a reason that can convince the Manchu ministers and the people of the world.

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(To be continued......)