Looking at Li Yan standing below and saluting, Zhu Ling was also quite touched. If it were more than ten years ago, he would still be his minister, and he would still be the emperor supported by everyone. He would no longer have to see his subjects fighting each other.
Not to mention watching his own people die violently with his own eyes.
To be honest, even at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was still full of talents, and there were many famous generals and ministers. But maybe God did not favor the Ming Dynasty, or maybe the Ming Dynasty had really reached its end, and perhaps no amount of famous generals could prevent its demise.
Zhu Ling hated and loved the man in front of him who helped Li Zicheng.
"Whose last name is it?"
"Messenger of Dashun, Li Yan!" Li Yan faced the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen, and showed no sign of weakness. He immediately stepped forward and responded loudly. When the surrounding Jinyi guards saw that he dared to step forward, they immediately pulled out half of their weapons.
The blade of the knife alerted him.
"I heard that you are here to negotiate peace? Is this your attitude towards peace negotiation?" Wang Jiayan on the side was very dissatisfied when he saw Li Yan being so arrogant. In their hearts, thieves and bandits have an attitude that is unforgivable, so they tried to
The thieves who destroyed the Ming Dynasty were even more unforgivable. Thinking of the suffering the Ming Dynasty had suffered and the humiliation the court had experienced, he really couldn't bear it.
After glancing at Wang Jiayan, Li Yan showed no disdain and continued: "The peace negotiation is a good thing for both parties, not just us. I believe that Daming has long wanted to negotiate peace with our Dashun, but we have never agreed.
.Now that Dashun is willing to have a good relationship with Daming, do you want to give up this opportunity?"
Hearing this, all the ministers present looked at him angrily. They never expected that the intruder proposed peace first, and that the envoy sent in the end would be so arrogant!
This is still on the land of the Ming Dynasty and above the court of the Ming Dynasty!
"presumptuous!"
Wang Guoxing, who had not spoken until now, suddenly burst into anger and shouted. Many guards in uniforms around him drew their swords and wanted to attack him. They were waiting for His Majesty's order at the next moment. They would all step forward to chop this man into pieces.
Not only was Wang Guoxing intolerable to Li Yan's attitude, but Zhu Ling, who had been sitting there, was also a little intolerable to Li Yan's attitude. Does this still look like he wants to negotiate peace? This look is like Ming Dynasty begging an intruder.
Negotiable.
"You said we hope to negotiate peace? Yes! We once had hope." Seeing Li Yan being so tough, Zhu Ling just sneered, and then said lightly: "But we are not willing now."
"Oh?" Hearing Emperor Chongzhen's words, Li Yan was a little surprised. He was also clear about the current situation. If it hadn't been for the sudden southward movement of Jian Nu, which caused Dashun to be attacked from both sides, then the Ming Dynasty would never have had any problems at this time.
Taking a breather, don't look at the fact that they defeated an army of 100,000 people before, but with their ability, they will soon gather together again.
But now the Ming Dynasty does not have that many troops. This is the gap, and it is the confidence that he dares to speak like this.
"Your Majesty is not willing to negotiate for peace by speaking like this?"
"Hahaha."
Zhu Ling laughed a few times when he saw this, and then wrote lightly: "We in Ming Dynasty can accept to continue fighting. We have accepted the hardships for so many years, and it is not a problem to persist for a few more years. But how many years can you, Dashun, really persist?
You can't defeat Jiannu, and you can't easily defeat Ming. In this case, what confidence do you have?"
Hearing this, Li Yan just narrowed his eyes slightly. Indeed, what Chongzhen said was true, but it was something he didn't want to mention.
"Besides, if you are really not afraid of being attacked from both sides, why would you come to negotiate peace with us? Are you afraid that the previous peace negotiation was rejected by Jiannu?" Zhu Dadian from behind also immediately mocked. But he could see it, thieves are thieves. If it were between them
If you show weakness in front of you, they will press forward step by step.
"Jiannu is a foreign enemy. You and I are both Han Chinese and we should face it together."
Before Li Yan could finish speaking, Shi Kefa immediately stood up and angrily said: "Han people? A few years ago, the slaves and the Ming Dynasty fought. We retreated steadily, and we couldn't even raise military pay. Do you know why? It's all because we wanted to pacify you.
, caused by taking away a large amount of military pay! When you rebelled, why didn't you say you would help us resist foreign enemies? It's simply despicable!"
If several people shouted at him one after another, no matter how thick-skinned Li Yan was, he couldn't withstand such insults.
He was not willing to continue to struggle with these matters, so he immediately said: "Your Majesty, do you still want to negotiate for peace? I am here to negotiate, not to quarrel with you!"
"certainly."
Zhu Ling also immediately returned to the topic: "As for the peace negotiation, it was you, Dashun, who proposed it. Naturally, it was us who proposed the conditions."
"Can."
"Since ancient times, the conditions have been nothing more than money, people, land or being a vassal. Now we want a piece of land, which was once the land of our Ming Dynasty. Beizhili."
"What?" Li Yan suddenly felt that he had heard wrongly. Why was the Ming Emperor in front of him so childish and what he said was so ridiculous? He immediately said: "Beizhili is so big. I don't know how big it is if I die."
How many soldiers do you have? Do you want our land now with just one sentence?"
"If you don't give it, there is no need for us to continue the negotiation." Zhu Dadian said coldly immediately. After meeting this Li Yan, he knew that the negotiation would not go smoothly, but he would never let Daming be humiliated.
"Think carefully, Mr. Li. Your situation in Dashun is even worse than that of our Ming Dynasty. The disastrous defeat of your 50,000-strong army alone proves that you must allocate more troops to withstand the pressure of establishing slaves. In this way,
The Ming Dynasty's 100,000-strong army has come out in full force, can we really stop it?"
Zhu Ling was not in a hurry. Anyway, he could see that although Li Yan was so arrogant and tough, he was just trying to make a fool of himself. If the peace talks really failed, I'm afraid Li Zicheng would send someone else.
Moreover, Li Zicheng was already riding a tiger and it was difficult to get off. Even if he was reluctant to part with the country he finally conquered, he could still distinguish between one place and all places, which was more important.
"This matter is important. I can't decide it alone. We must tell our emperor." Li Yan was also suppressed at this time and his temper was gone, and his tone of voice was much lower than before.
"It doesn't matter."
Seeing that Li Yan finally lost his tough attitude just now, Zhu Ling knew that he had no choice but to accept this condition.
"We can wait. You can stay in Yanzhou Mansion these days and take a look at what the Ming Dynasty is like under my governance."
…
After the court meeting, Li Yan was arranged to a restaurant not far from Prince Lu's Mansion, surrounded by guards in uniforms, all here to monitor him. After all, Li Yan was not a small role, and he had to be watched closely.
"If Beizhili had been recaptured at that time, the safety of the capital would have been relieved, and the problem of Shanhaiguan would have been solved. Now there will only be rebellion in Nanjing, and we can expect the Ming Dynasty to regain its prosperity!" Thinking of today's peace negotiation with Dashun, Wang Jiayan
He couldn't help laughing while eating. He hadn't laughed like this for a long time since the bandit rebellion.
"Sir, by the way, will Li Zicheng agree to our conditions?" Huang Bodang asked with some uncertainty. After all, a city as big as Beizhili, could a thief give it to Ming Dynasty easily?
Hearing this, Wang Jiayan said calmly: "It doesn't matter. We can't give you a whole North Zhili, but half of it is fine. What the court needs is South Zhili, Shandong, the passage to the capital and Shanhaiguan. Even if we
In the end, only half of Beizhili was obtained, but we could still provide assistance to the capital and Shanhaiguan."
“But there is also the threat of slavery.”
"The imperial court has also considered that before Ma Shiying is solved, His Majesty will not rush to negotiate peace with the intruders and station troops in Beizhili. It will not be until Ma Shiying is solved that the army will directly enter the Tianjin area. The so-called civil strife has not been eliminated.
Can foreign troubles be pacified?"
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Hangzhou Prefecture
"My Lord Governor, 30,000 soldiers and horses are ready to go, and are always ready to march at your command!" Yuan Jixian stood on a high platform, looking at the 30,000 troops filling the open space in front of him, and couldn't help but feel full of ambition. Someone next to him raised his hands and said respectfully.
Naturally, these 30,000 troops were obtained after subduing the general who wanted to rebel. Although he was the governor before, he had no military power. The bandits were eliminated by mobilizing surrounding troops, and he did not have any troops. But even though he had no military power,
In this way, he never worried that he would be out of troops.
Over the years, he has gained prestige through fighting.
Prestige alone is enough that when he beats the commander-in-chief with his rod, no one under his command dares to stop him. This is prestige!
"Wait for my order. Don't rush to send troops. Your Majesty will soon have some movement. At that time, when everyone is ready to send troops, we will take action."
"As you command!"
Sure enough, after three days of continuous travel, King Yong and King Ding finally arrived in Yanzhou late at night on the fourth day and met their long-lost father, Chongzhen.