Chapter six hundred and ninetieth Jianlu seeks peace
Zhong Jinwei looked at the impassioned Emperor Chongzhen, and he was quite excited. With such an ambitious king, the country should not be destroyed!
Suddenly he remembered that he seemed to have strayed off topic. He was talking about things in Liaodong before, but he was talking about the Navy again.
So, he reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I have to prepare as soon as possible and transport supplies to Haizhou in time."
"Master Zhong, can you ask someone to go for you? There are many things in the capital that require you to be here." Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen discussed with Zhong Jinwei.
The cabinet, Jinyiwei commander and others who needed Zhong Jinwei's help all looked at Zhong Jinwei, hoping that he could stay.
But Zhong Jinwei shook his head seriously and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not possible. The slave chief Taiji must not be underestimated. Previously, when the Jianlu army gathered, they were forced to go to Niuzhuangyi from Haizhou by the new army. Jianlu suffered
This humiliation will definitely require targeted preparations. I estimate that we will have to fight it all the way this time."
In the Liaodong War, only Zhong Jinwei was the most authoritative. When he said this, other people in the Wenhua Palace could only agree with his point of view. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen said to Zhong Jinwei: "In this case, Master Zhong should prepare early and leave early.
Return."
The matter was settled, and after the meeting, Zhong Jinwei went to prepare for the delivery of supplies.
But that night, after Zhong Jinwei had played with his son for a while and was getting ready to go to bed, someone suddenly came from the palace and told Zhong Jinwei to pay an urgent visit.
They had to be summoned into the palace to discuss matters late at night, which was obviously a major matter. Zhong Jinwei was worried that something would happen again, so he hurried to the Forbidden City.
On the way, he met the church members who were having a meeting in the morning. No one knew what was going on, and they could only find out after entering the palace.
Emperor Chongzhen had been waiting in the Wenhua Hall for a long time, and only Wang Chengen was waiting beside him.
The officials summoned to appear were basically the cabinet, six ministers, and senior officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. They met outside the Meridian Gate and entered the Wenhua Hall together.
As soon as Emperor Chongzhen saw them all coming, he picked up something from the imperial desk. Under the light of the candle, his face looked a little strange and he said: "Master Sun from Shanhaiguan has been in a hurry for eight hundred miles, saying that Jianlu is asking for peace with the Ming Dynasty.
I would like to follow the example of Mongolia, be canonized by the imperial court, and be called a minister and pay tribute."
Emperor Chongzhen's words were like suddenly throwing a stone into a calm lake, causing waves.
"Your Majesty, isn't this Jianlu's tactic to slow down the troops?"
"Your Majesty, why did Jianlu suddenly have a peace meeting? There must be a conspiracy!"
"..."
The Wenhua Hall was noisy, as if it had suddenly turned into a vegetable market.
Wen Tiren, the chief minister of the cabinet, came out, shouted to silence the noise, and then reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, do you have any specific conditions for establishing the captives?"
Emperor Chongzhen handed the thing in his hand to Wang Chengen and asked him to pass it on to the ministers below. Then he first said: "The general request is that the imperial court withdraws its troops from Haizhou and opens up border trade. In exchange, Gaizhou Guards will be ceded.
The area south of the line with Zhangzidao will be given to the Ming Dynasty."
Zhong Jinwei sneered secretly when he heard this. Huang Taiji really had a good idea. Not to mention that Jianlu was originally a minister of the Ming Dynasty. He gathered people to rebel, robbed the land of the Ming Dynasty, and killed the people of the Ming Dynasty. How could he make them make peace with each other? He also wanted to imitate Mongolia.
, it’s really a beautiful idea to ask for the canonization of the Ming Emperor!
Don't look at the large area Jianlu ceded at once. In fact, these areas are the protruding areas of the Bohai Bay, all along the coastline. Faced with the harassment of the Ming Dynasty navy, Jianlu had a difficult time defending, so directly ceding them would be detrimental to them. It reduces the burden.
In addition, the several wars that started last year were all directed at Jianlu's food and other supplies, especially the Shenyang raid, which burned many food crops in the hinterland of Jianlu.
Now that the Jianlu were in short supply of supplies, they asked the Ming Dynasty to open mutual markets, obviously for their own disaster relief.
When Zhong Jinwei thought of this, he still secretly admired Huang Taiji's foresight.
He knew that Huang Taiji should have seen the advantage of the new army over Jianlu. Although Jianlu still had the strength to fight, Huang Taiji anticipated what would happen in the future and therefore took this measure of peace talks.
Zhong Jinwei didn't know that there was more to Huang Taiji's moves than he thought.
However, he was just watching from the sidelines and did not immediately express his opinion.
He remembered that in history, the Ming Dynasty was beaten by the Jianlu and wanted to negotiate for peace, but in the end the peace talks were not achieved. Now because of his appearance, the Jianlu were beaten by the Ming Dynasty and wanted to negotiate for peace. He wanted to know what would happen to this peace negotiation if he did not interfere. Will it be successful?
The imperial court now has a lot of money, so the expenses in the palace are not as sparing as before. This meeting is very important, so candles are lit in many places in the Wenhua Palace, making the Wenhua Palace very bright. .
Therefore, although there were people with poor eyesight in the Wenhua Hall, they were not affected by the light, and they all quickly read Sun Chengzong's memorial and the credential of the slave chief Huang Taiji.
"My ministers, what do you think?" Emperor Chongzhen asked immediately when he saw that all his ministers had finished reading.
"Your Majesty, Liaodong was originally the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the Jianlu were also ministers of the Ming Dynasty. But the Jianlu were killing my people and occupying my land. Now that the Ming Dynasty has become stronger, they come to sue for peace and even want to be canonized as king. I think that I can never agree. ." Xu Guangqi, Minister of Industry, was the first to express his stance, with an angry look on his face.
Upon hearing this, Bi Ziyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, frowned and also stepped forward and said: "That's not what you say, fighting costs money. Marquis Zhongxing also said during the day that Jianlu's strength is very strong. If If you miss this opportunity, Jianlu and the Ming Dynasty will fight to the death. Firstly, you don’t know when they will win. Secondly, you will have to sacrifice countless soldiers of the Ming Dynasty for this, wasting the originally small money and food. These things must also be done by the court. Just think about it.”
Zhong Jinwei was speechless. He could tell that Bi Ziyan was moved by Jianlu's peace talks, and even quoted what he had said before as his argument.
Zhong Jinwei wanted to speak, but then he thought about it and held back for now.
Emperor Chongzhen heard the two opinions and knew that they were reasonable, so he asked again: "What are the opinions of other ministers?"
As the leader of the hundred officials, Wen Tiren must express his opinion. I just heard him say: "I think that if we win, we can fight and ignore the peace talks. If we can't win or the fight lasts too long, we can negotiate with Jian." Let’s negotiate terms and strive for the most favorable conditions for Ming Dynasty.”
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he turned to Zhong Jinwei and wanted to ask his opinion whether he could defeat the Jianlu and how long it would take to defeat the Jianlu.
But when he looked over, he found Zhong Jinwei staring at the ground. The old god was there, seeming to be thinking about something.
Emperor Chongzhen saw this and did not disturb him. He turned to look at Yang He, Minister of War, and said, "Yang Qing, do you think the war with Jianlu can be ended in a short time?"
Yang He looked at the colleagues around him who were all looking at him, as if his answer would determine whether or not to negotiate peace talks. He was also an old man in the officialdom, so he would easily draw such an important conclusion, and immediately replied to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty
, I think that this matter needs to be answered best by the Marquis of Zhongxing. The Marquis of Zhongxing is the most familiar with the war in Liaodong and the understanding of Jianlu."