Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wen Tiren, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, who entered the palace to ask for an audience.

"Peace!"

Emperor Chongzhen immediately said angrily: "This is how you, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, deal with the thieves in yellow.

Negotiate peace, how can our Ming Dynasty negotiate peace with the rebels?"

On the way here, Wen Tiren had already thought of a way to persuade Emperor Chongzhen.

When he saw Emperor Chongzhen getting angry, he immediately knelt down.

"Your Majesty, I also think about the Ming Dynasty.

We negotiated peace with the thieves in yellow.

The rebel Su He came from a peasant background.

If his goal is to get a high official position and a generous salary, we will promise him a high official position and a generous salary.

If Su He really accepts the peace negotiation, we can sow discord between Su He and his men in the name of justice.

By then, the Ming court will be able to solve the hidden danger in Suhe without spending a single soldier.

The thief in yellow refused to negotiate for peace, and it would take a long time for both parties to reach a settlement on this issue.

By negotiating a peace, we directly delayed the time for the thieves in yellow to attack the city.

The yellow-robed thieves have to go on an expedition, and the logistical replenishment will inevitably take a long time.

Once the time drags on for too long, the thief in yellow reveals logistical problems.

We can send a large army out of the city and completely defeat the thieves in yellow.

Using negotiation to delay time can also allow the young men who have just been recruited to the city wall to become familiar with the use of various weapons on the city wall.

Let these young men who defend the city have more time to train so that they can play a greater role."

Emperor Chongzhen heard Wen Tiren list these conditions.

Even if the agreement and conditions cannot be reached with the thief in yellow, it can still delay the siege of the city by the thief in yellow.

King Qin's troops from the south have not yet reached the capital.

If we can wait for King Qin's troops in the south and then attack from both inside and outside, this is the only way for the Ming Dynasty to defeat the thieves in yellow.

Regarding the Ming troops in the city, Emperor Chongzhen only hoped that they could defend the capital.

As for going out of the city to fight back against the yellow-robed thieves, he no longer had hope for the Ming army in the capital.

Before the yellow-robed thieves surrounded the capital, he sent troops to recapture Changping and Tongzhou, two important auxiliary cities of the capital.

The two strong troops sent out failed without exception.

From that time on, Emperor Chongzhen was disappointed with the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

Wen Tiren knelt on the ground and waited for a long time.

Only then did he hear Emperor Chongzhen’s decree.

"Wen Aiqing, then go and try it!"

Wen Tiren was immediately shocked and asked him to go to the yellow thief camp as an envoy. This was really too dangerous.

He raised his head and was about to postpone it when he saw Emperor Chongzhen's blood-red eyes.

Wen Tiren suddenly felt his whole body tremble, and a cold air rushed from the soles of his feet straight to his forehead.

He immediately bowed his head to the ground and thanked the emperor for his kindness.

"Old ministers will obey orders, and they will never dishonor the dignity of the country.

I would rather die in the camp of the thieves in yellow than fight for the interests of the Ming Dynasty."

Emperor Chongzhen said calmly: "As long as Wen Aiqing has this consciousness, then you can write a peace treaty document between the Ming Dynasty and the thieves in yellow."

Under the watchful eye of Emperor Chongzhen, Wen Tiren began to write peace documents.

While writing, I kept observing Emperor Chongzhen's expression.

Emperor Chongzhen showed an angry expression, and he immediately revised the terms and wrote terms that were extremely beneficial to Ming Dynasty.

When the peace treaty was finally written, anyone who looked at it felt that the Ming Dynasty had won the victory.

Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied and asked Wen Tiren to take the peace documents to discuss peace negotiations with the thieves in yellow.

The thief in yellow agreed to these terms, and he could barely reach an agreement with the thief in yellow.

When Wen Tiren came to the south city wall, he was hung from the wall in a hanging basket by the Ming army.

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4333 (the ninth year of Chongzhen), May 16th.

Su He was inside the Chinese army's tent, reading the military report sent by Su Xiong.

The battle in the southern battlefield was very good.

Most of the cities in places like Huguang, Jiangxi, and Fujian were captured.

Su Xiong, the Second Army and the Fifth Army have joined forces in Jiujiang and have cut off the Yangtze River. They will soon capture Jiujiang.

Jiujiang City is a reinforced concrete structure, and Ming Dynasty has mastered the manufacturing of cement.

Cement manufacturing technology is too simple, and Su He is not surprised if this technology is leaked.

Su He did not believe that the Ming army could hold the southern Zhili and Zhejiang areas by relying on cement.

It just increases the difficulty of siege in the southern battlefield.

After all, wars are fought by people. Even if a decadent army like the Ming Army fights with advanced rifles, they will be completely defeated.

The weapons equipped by the Qin army completely overwhelmed the Ming army, and there was nothing like cement that could make up for the gap.

The only thing about Su Xiong's military report that surprised him was that King Gui of Hengzhou surrendered to them.

This is the only Ming Dynasty king who surrendered to them. This needs to be publicized well.

This is a landmark event, which means that all the Ming lords believed that the Ming Dynasty was exhausted.

The security regiment informed that Deputy Chief of General Staff Wang Shiyuan wanted to see him.

Su He put down Su Xiong's military report and asked Wang Shiyuan to come in.

What will happen to Wang Shiyuan?

Could it be that someone below is urging them to attack the city with artillery now?

These people are too anxious. The naval transport ship is expected to deliver a large amount of weapons and ammunition tomorrow.

With all the military supplies ready and then attacking the city, the capital can be conquered in one go.

The current ammunition is still somewhat scarce, especially the shells of heavy artillery, which need to be used sparingly.

Wang Shiyuan walked in and reported: "Your Majesty, there is a high-ranking official from the Ming Dynasty coming down from the capital city wall. He said that he is Wen Tiren, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty.

Said he came to negotiate peace with us on behalf of the Ming Dynasty."

"Peace negotiation?"

When Su He heard this word, he couldn't believe it.

What did Emperor Chongzhen and the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty think?

Wen Tiren was actually able to propose peace to them.

How stupid is he to agree to peace with Ming Dynasty when he has already reached the capital?

He knew Wen Tiren somewhat. He was one of the few people in the Chongzhen Dynasty who could serve as chief minister for a long time.

He is extremely good at figuring out the Holy Will, and is best at political fighting.

In his previous life, during his reign, he failed to reverse the declining national power of the Ming Dynasty.

In this life, Wen Tiren did nothing as the chief assistant.

Not to mention he possesses Zhang Juzheng’s reforming spirit even after his death.

He couldn't even become a paper poster to make up for Ming's shortcomings.

In the Ming Dynasty, officials who do practical things cannot get ahead, and only officials like this who please people's wishes can rise to the top.

Su He waved his hands nonchalantly and said, "We have nothing to talk about with Daming.

When the two armies are fighting, the envoy will not be killed.

Let him return to the capital."

Wang Shiyuan had already walked to the door.

Su He spoke again: "Wen Tiren dares to take the risk to come, then I will meet him."

Su He changed his mind. He did not want to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty.

He was thinking of the emperors in history who came to the city with troops and wanted to negotiate peace.

In his memory, the Ming Dynasty was not good at negotiating peace with the enemy when troops came to the city.

The emperors of the Song Dynasty were good at approaching the city to negotiate peace with the enemy.
To be continued...