Chapter 4: Promoting Reconciliation by Fighting (1)
Xiong Tingbi received a letter from the court sent him by the court. When he opened it, he saw that his daughter was enthroned as a concubine. After a long time, Yuan Chonghuan and other generals came to congratulate him after hearing the news, but they saw Xiong Tingbi who had no joy at all. They were slightly surprised and quietly sent Man Gui and other generals, and Yuan Chonghuan stayed alone in Xiong Tingbi's tent.
The two of them have already resolved their past grudges, and now they are both loyal to one emperor. Yuan Chonghuan first asked: "Li Nie Nie-seen who entered the palace to serve the emperor, should the eldest brother be happy? Why are you so frowning?"
"Brother Yuan Xian, you don't know anything. Brother Yu doesn't think that Li Niang has anything wrong with serving the emperor, but you know, it's still deep as the sea when entering the marquis's marquis, let alone that palace?" Xiong Tingbi was a little worried. With Xiong Hu's straightforward personality, it doesn't matter when he gets favored. If he loses favor, he doesn't dare to think about the outcome. He thought that the two of them had broken up, and he didn't expect to enter the palace.
"Brother, you don't need to worry. Li Niang is very smart. Although the palace is full of dangers, I believe she should be able to protect herself." Yuan Chonghuan comforted that the most difficult thing in this world is the family affairs of the emperor. He knows the mood of the sworn brother very well.
"My brother, I won't talk about this anymore. I heard that Huang Taiji's tone was relaxed!" Xiong Tingbi didn't want to say too much about this matter, so he hurriedly changed the topic.
"I just heard that the emperor sent Lord Liu Zongzhou to envoy the Mongolian tribes, especially the new Princess Taisong, who had Lin Dankhan of the Chahar tribes, as his concubine, and Princess Le'an also married Ezhe as his concubine. Once our Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian tribes of Chahar, this move would definitely make Huang Taiji unable to sit still, so he naturally had to make concessions. If we cannot reach a peace agreement with our Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, we will be attacked by the back and forth, or even attacked by three sides!" Yuan Chonghuan analyzed while walking.
"My brother has a good analysis. It seems that the peace talks should have resulted in the near future." Xiong Tingbi said.
Xiong Tingbi and Yuan Chonghuan were as expected. After Huang Taiji learned that the Ming court and Mongolian Chaharlin Danhan had married, he could not sit still and quickly summoned the kings and bells to Chongzheng Hall to discuss. Due to the situation, Huang Taiji had to make major concessions and notified the Er Beile Amin, who was stationed in Tashan overnight to make concessions to the terms of the peace talks.
The re-planned negotiation conditions were set as ten: Article 1: The division of boundaries. The Later Jin originally required that all outside Shanhaiguan be ruled by the Later Jin Dynasty. Now, it is changed to Tashan, Xingshan and Heishan outside Ningyuan City as the boundary. Accepting the Ming court's proposal, a thirty miles from east to west was drawn here, and the military and civilians on both sides could not live here. Article 2: The issue of the belonging of the people, Liu Hongxun and others insisted that the Later Jin Dynasty would release the people who were willing to return to the Central Plains, while the Later Jin Dynasty refused. These will be the basis for strengthening their own strength in the future. Without the people's people, in another hundred years, the more than 200,000 people in the Later Jin Dynasty would want to enter the Central Plains, which was a dream! So this article,
Still remains unchanged. Article 3, the issue of tribute compensation, the Later Jin proposed that the Ming court should compensate the Later Jin at least 10,000 taels of silver and 10,000 taels of gold and 10,000 taels of gold and silver, 10,000 taels of gold and silver, 10,000 taels of coarse cloth, 500 thousand pieces of silk, 500 tons of salt and tea each year. After the Later Jin Dynasty, the Later Jin Dynasty also paid tribute to the Ming court forty Dongzhu, 3,000 squids of ginseng every year, and the value was almost equal. Article 4, both sides were captured by the other party, and the Later Jin Dynasty originally asked the Ming court to release the captured Eight Banners soldiers, and the Ming official soldiers captured by the Later Jin Dynasty resolutely refused to release them on the grounds that they voluntarily joined the Eight Banners of Han as the reason, but how could Zhu Yinglong be willing to do so?
Restraining each other to return their respective officers and soldiers, one person replaced the other. Fifth, in Ningyuan, Dalinghe, Jinzhou and other border cities, they opened horse markets, and asked cattle, sheep and horses to exchange barter for various iron supplies such as farm tools. The Ming court must ensure that the interests of the merchants of the Later Jin Dynasty are not violated. Article 6, the Later Jin still asked the Ming court to withdraw the garrison of Pidao. Article 7, since it is a brotherly country, Huang Taiji has many great emperors of the Ming Dynasty and should be brothers. This article was even boycotted by all the generals and officials in the Ningyuan front line. The territory of the Ming Dynasty was much larger than that of the Later Jin Dynasty. How could there be any reason why the Heavenly Kingdom was the younger brother of the barbarians in small lands? Huang Taiji did not insist on this. Huang Taiji hoped to be the same as the Chahar of Mongolia.
Lin Danhan, who canonized the king of the Great Jin Kingdom and gave him a golden seal. Article 8, severely punished the Liaodong Marshal Yuan Chonghuan. The Later Jin believed that it was his step-by-step advance that led to the war between the two countries. Such a person was more abominable than Xiong Tingbi back then. This article also made a concession, but he asked the Ming court to remove the Liaodong Marshal and transfer him from Liaodong. Article 9, The Later Jin recognized that North Korea was a vassal state of the Ming court, but it was also a brotherly state of the Later Jin Dynasty. North Korea could pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty in the future, but it must also follow the brother agreement signed between the Later Jin and North Korea and pay tribute to the Later Jin Dynasty. Tenth, those who tear the covenant without authorization will bear all responsibilities from the date of signing the agreement.
When Liu Hongxun saw the ten items that the Later Jin Dynasty offered to make concessions, although there were many concessions, most of them were material money and money. The substantial principled things did not change much. This so-called big concession clause can even show Huang Taiji's deeply hidden ambitions. Amin even proposed intentionally or unintentionally that he could marry the Ming Dynasty, intermingle marriages, etc. Liu Hongxun had a scheming calculation and had long seen Huang Taiji's hidden ambitions. He paid the case overnight with an 800-mile fast horse to report to Zhu Yinglong.
Zhu Yinglong was awakened by Xu Yingyuan late at night and read the memorial overnight. He lost all sleepiness. Huang Taiji's attitude was so tough under the current situation. Although he seemed to have made considerable concessions, his fundamental intention did not give in at all. Huang Taiji treated himself as a child who was still stinky!
Zhu Yinglong thought about it and found that Huang Taiji was not beaten and was so fearless. He was also worried about internal and external troubles. He urgently needed to remove the internal tumors of the Ming Dynasty first, which took some time to breathe. The marriage with Mongolian tribes, especially Chahar tribes, completely exposed his feelings. It seemed that Huang Taiji was indeed not that simple. He used the Mongolian tribes, especially the Chahar tribes, which had a feud with the Later Jin Dynasty, to drive away tigers and swallow wolves to restrain the development and growth of the Later Jin Dynasty. Huang Taiji had already seen that he was unwilling to start a war with him at the moment. Even though he had a posture of fighting in Ningyuan, he still did not hide his sharp eyes that had been following Nurhaci for more than 20 years.
Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji, you can clearly touch my pulse, but when will I hold your pulse in my hands? Zhu Yinglong sighed in his heart. It was not until the red candle on the imperial desk burned out and Xu Yingyuan came to replace it, and he woke up from his thoughts.
Chapter completed!