Be the emperor from the postman

Once the matter was exposed, Chongzhen was reluctant to push Yang Sichang to blame, but he didn't care so much about Chen Xinjia.

After all, Chen Xinjia was able to be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War by him, and the kindness of knowledge and encounter was great, so it was time for him to repay.

What's more, the officials Du Xun investigated for corruption were all under Chen Xinjia's subordinates.

Could it be that Chen Xinjia, the superior, didn't notice it at all?
Or think deeper, if all the subordinate officials under his command have been taken, the chief official has not taken his share?

So Chongzhen has no psychological burden now.

Except for the two ministers, one civil and one military, it's nothing to be mean and ungrateful to the rest of the courtiers. It's really a normal operation.

The only courtiers he really agrees with are Yang Sichang, Wu Guojun and other unimportant chess pieces that can be discarded at any time.

Chongzhen was unwilling to give up the Ningjin line of defense.

Even though the Ningjin Line of Defense is poorly built, it can still prevent the Qing army from entering the pass from here.

He was even more reluctant to retreat from Hong Chengchou.

So when Chen Xinjia proposed the idea of ​​retreating, he was extremely disappointed with him.

Daming did not have the ability to actively attack the Qing court. Huang Taiji wanted to solve Daming once and for all through Song Jin, and Chongzhen had to rescue Jinzhou if he didn't want to be more passive.

Although the presence or absence of pine brocade could not stop the Qing army from going south to plunder, but with this line of defense, any place in the pass occupied by the Qing army would become isolated and unable to effectively occupy it.

Even if it is occupied, the manpower, material resources, and communication costs are extremely high.

But once Daming gave up the Ningjin line of defense, how would Shanhaiguan defend without depth?
Daming has only two choices, either to fight a decisive battle in the capital, or to flee to Nanjing.

But now that there are a large number of established rebels in the Northwest and the Central Plains, Chongzhen has no chance to move south.

Even if it was moved to the south, Chongzhen might not even be able to be Zhao Gou.

How many people in the south can listen to the imperial court?

According to the current ruling ability of Ming Dynasty, how much trouble will there be for such a large project of moving south?
What's more, because of the example of Da Song, if Ning Jin is lost, and he loses again and again, can Da Ming still have the world?

He could only choose to take a big gamble, hoping that Hong Chengchou could win the battle quickly outside the pass, and come back to beat the rest of the rogues.

But Chongzhen couldn't afford to choose the decisive battle on the great plain near the capital.

He is much poorer than Da Song, and it is impossible to equip a large number of heavy infantry to resist the damage of the Tartars.

Chen Xinjia took over the important task, and then dispatched two generals to leave the capital to find Ma Shaoyu, and asked him to negotiate peace as his representative.

Ma Shaoyu, who had just narrowly escaped death, was taken aback. After all, His Majesty said that anyone who dared to propose a peace would die immediately.

Why did he change his mind now?
Gao Qiqian, Yang Sichang and others also tried to negotiate a peace after the Qing army entered the border and looted last time.

It's just that the implementation stopped halfway through the opposition from the DPRK and China.

Ma Shaoyu took two generals to the camp of the Qing army to ask to see the commander Jierhalang.

Dorgon was supposed to be the commander in chief.

But he was too fishy.

Huang Taiji had entrusted him with a heavy responsibility before, but Dorgon said that we soldiers who are far away from home will also celebrate the New Year.

So during the Chinese New Year, he deliberately set up camp thirty miles away from Jinzhou, and made pork and sauerkraut dumplings with a group of Qing soldiers.

In short, Dorgon is on the front line, it is the king who will take you to eat!dumpling!smash!

Not only that, Dorgon also gave them a holiday to go home for the New Year to watch their wives reunite with their families.

As a result, the morale of the Qing army plummeted.

It also gave Hong Chengchou the opportunity to secretly transport grain and grass to enhance Jinzhou's grain storage.

But such a humane (major mistake) thing is not allowed in Huang Taiji.

Leaving aside that you, Dorgon, did not carry out my orders, why do you need to be a good person to buy people's hearts, and appear ruthless?
What's more, the Qing Dynasty didn't need to pay all kinds of costs to besiege the Ming army?
I really thought that the food and salaries were brought by the strong wind, so you dare to delay the business like this?

And as the commander-in-chief of the front line, you are so derelict in your duties?
Then Dorgon was punished.

But when he got to Huang Taiji's place, his beloved concubine was about to die, so he left the front line crying, and rushed home frantically to see his wife.

After all, being an emperor is something I can do, but you can't.

Huang Taiji also completely ignored his own previous orders.

Because of Huang Taiji's method of restructuring and centralizing imperial power, these princes were naturally dissatisfied with him.

Leaving aside the small conflicts other than brothers being vicious, father dying and son laughing, who can give up their own vested interests generously and selflessly?

Moreover, Huang Taiji also deprived the prince of his title and the authority to intervene in the management of the flag.

You are a good banner owner, what you say in your own banner will not count under the intervention of the emperor.

How can this work?
Huang Taiji's restructuring behavior greatly affected the morale of the nobles of the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

Maybe a few people are looking forward to his death!
What's more, the soldiers of the Qing army have become rich after so many years of looting.

Life is good, who wants to put their head on the waistband of their trousers and go all out?

And those who dare to fight must be paid enough, otherwise, the benefits and risks of going to the battlefield are almost the same, who is willing to work hard?
A basic logic is that military expenditures continue to increase every year, in order to ensure the treatment of the standing army, so that they can burst into more combat effectiveness.

In addition, because of the heavy losses in the battle with He Jinchao in Datong, Huang Taiji absorbed a large number of Han people and Mongolian descendants to join the Eight Banners.

These soldiers are the old base of the original Guanning Army.

Therefore, apart from the Jianzhou Jurchen, Huang Taiji's current subordinates are no different from the Ming army on the opposite side. They are all composed of Guanning Army and Mongolian Yiding.

But at this time, Daming took the initiative and met Jierhalang.

With the example of Dorgon, Jierhalang didn't want to follow suit, and instead of fishing, he received Ming's envoy politely.

As a result, he found that Ma Shaoyu, who was the envoy, did not have the imperial edict of Chongzhen, but took a letter from Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War. He was furious, and directly drove Ma Shaoyu and the three of them out of the Qing army camp.

A Minister of the Ministry of War is also worthy of negotiating peace with me?
What's more, with the experience and lessons of the previous peace negotiation, without the handwritten letter of the Ming emperor, the peace negotiation is a fart!
Daming's dog officials dare to come and amuse your Qing's prince?
In fact, Jierhalang also hopes in his heart that he can negotiate a peace, not only because the Qing Dynasty is now being dragged into the quagmire of war, and the damage is not small.

Another common method used by the Qing emperor Huang Taiji was to avoid reality and avoid siege, bravely fighting in the field to avoid siege, and minimize casualties.

Now let them gnaw hard bones on the front line, it really needs to pay a huge price.

After the Jin Dynasty arrived in the Qing Dynasty, when they attacked the strong cities of the Ming Dynasty, almost all of them suffered heavy losses and returned home in defeat.

Compared to Dorgon's belief that Huang Taiji deliberately let his subordinates gnaw hard bones and weaken his strength, Ji Erhalang felt that the Qing Dynasty could not afford to lose by attacking the strong city of Ming Dynasty.

Ma Shaoyu saw that he couldn't do anything, so he visited twice more, and got a reply from Jierhalang that it was not an edict from the Ming emperor, if you dare to come again, I will cut off your head and hang it outside Songshan.

After being frightened by the Qing army, Ma Shaoyu no longer dared to uphold the idea that the two armies would not be beheaded when they fought, and obediently wrote a letter to the capital.

At the same time, Jierharang also reported the incident to Huang Taiji in the rear.

Huang Taiji felt very puzzled, he was beaten like this, could it be that the border officials deliberately deceived him and made him relax his vigilance?
He was going to take a look first, anyway, the Songshan camp had already fallen into a stalemate.

After receiving the news, Chen Xinjia immediately went to ask Chongzhen for instructions.

Although Chongzhen was willing to follow Yang Sichang's suggestion to set a trap for Huang Taiji, he still wrote an imperial edict just like He Jinchao's peace negotiation.

This imperial edict was not written by Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty to Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, but in the form of "Chen Xinjia, Shangshu of the Ministry of War".

Actually an internal decree, not a diplomatic letter.

Wait until Jierhalang sends the Ming emperor's decree to Shengjing and hand it over to Huang Taiji.

"According to the report of the Ministry of War, Liao and Shenyang intended to suspend the army and the people, and there were no credulous people in China and North Korea, mainly because the front-line governors and governors did not report the truth.

Today, the Qing Ministry has repeatedly replaced Chen, trying to ensure that it is sincere. Our country is open and sincere, and it seems not difficult to obey.

To look up to the benevolence of the heavens, to restore the old relationship of my ancestors' kindness and righteousness.

Today's special order is to act cheaply, and the official will announce it, and get accurate information to play back. "

Chongzhen's edict took a lot of thought. He seemed to want to negotiate with Huang Taiji, but he didn't want to talk to Huang Taiji on an equal footing.

Indirectly expressing its willingness to accept the Qing Dynasty's request of "resting the army and resting the people" in the form of an imperial edict to the Minister of the Ministry of War.

The whole story is filled with the condescending tone of the monarch of the great power of the Celestial Dynasty to foreign vassal states.

After Huang Taiji finished reading it, he was very annoyed, that bastard Chongzhen actually thought that I was not worthy to have an equal dialogue with him?
After his counselor Fan Wencheng finished reading it, he looked suspicious:

"Your Majesty, since it is an edict from Chongzhen to the ministers, why did you stamp the seal of "Emperor's Treasure" on the document unconventionally?

This is a bit similar to the imperial edict issued by the celestial dynasty to the vassal states! "

The Manchu Qing conquered North Korea, so they also got the imperial decree from Ming Dynasty to North Korea, so they knew what it was like.

What's more, all the imperial edicts issued to the vassal states in the past dynasties are all yellow paper with a dragon side, but this paper is a dragon in the middle!
In the past, the square of the great seal was engraved with the treasure of fate.

The current big seal is rectangular, engraved with the emperor's treasure.

Therefore, Fan Wencheng suspected that it was a forgery made by border officials and a conspiracy by the chief envoy of Hong Chengchou.

Hearing this explanation, Huang Taiji called several people who used to be high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty to come and identify him suspiciously.

Several people firmly insisted that this treasure is true, and analyzed:
"In the old Renshen year (the fifth year of Chongzhen), when the emperor was conscripting Hal, Governor Shen of Zhangjiakou made an oath on June 21.

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty also knew about it, but he was confused by the floating opinions of civil servants, so he dismissed Shen Qi from the post of governor.

Later, he ordered to discuss peace affairs, but was blocked by various civil servants, so he went to bed.

This peace please is by no means empty words. "

And they all said that this is Chongzhen's behavior style, and it is absolutely impossible to be a fake.

After all, the Ming Emperor's spectrum, regardless of whether he has the strength to show it at the moment, must be shown.

Chongzhen attached great importance to things like face and reputation!
After hearing these explanations, Huang Taiji was convinced.

In order to show his identity, he did the same.

Indirect reply to the Ming Dynasty in the form of an imperial edict to King Azig and others.

Both parties are connected through intermediaries.

Ma Shaoyu immediately reported to the imperial court, and Chongzhen once again allowed the Ministry of War to act cheaply in the form of an imperial edict to Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War, and sent Ma Shaoyu and others to Shengjing for negotiations.

Huang Taiji planned to wait until the envoys of the Ming Dynasty arrived in Shengjing, and then decide whether to leak the news to the Ming army in the Songshan camp, so as to relax their vigilance.

peace?

Huang Taiji is holding on now, but he is not willing to stop the war easily.

The sunk costs of both the Ming and Qing Dynasties were too high, and no one wanted to give up the initiative.

Two generals escorted Ma Shaoyu to Shenyang.

In order to create a peaceful atmosphere for the negotiations, Huang Taiji ordered to stop the attack on Songshan and retreat for a mile.

Hong Chengchou stood on the wall of Songshan City, holding a binoculars and watching the Qing army appearing to withdraw, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He really didn't expect that after Yang Sichang returned to the court this time, he would not only be able to attack corrupt officials, but also make money, and persuade His Majesty to agree to negotiate a peace for the sake of Yinhuang Taiji.

Now let's see what concessions the Daming Mission can make?

negotiating.

Fan Wencheng, the representative of the Qing Dynasty, recounted the reasons for the Qing Dynasty's rise of troops: "Nanguan lost the marriage, and the Celestial Dynasty helped him invade our main land, so there were battles in Chaoshun and Qinghe.

They also increased their troops to kill my lord, and my lord took Liaoyang and Guangning.

My lord has never forgotten the peace, and he considered sending a letter to Yuan Chonghuan not to report to the Ming court, so he entered Yongping and Zunhua.

I traveled thousands of miles to Zhangjiakou to seek success. When the governor Shen Qi, my lord waited for half a year and did not report to the Ming court.

Fang Yizao moved the book again, and did not report it to the Ming court, so my lord sent people to go to Miyun to attack Shandong.

Ningyuan is not strict in military management, so our lord besieged Jinzhou and Songshan. "

What Fan Wencheng said was that my Qing Dynasty was passively invading Ming Dynasty, and it was all forced by you Daming!

Ma Shaoyu didn't dare to respond, so he smiled dryly.

In his thinking, Hong Chengchou was besieged by heavy troops, and it was impossible for him to succeed.

He naturally has no confidence to refute that you dog tartars are traitors who betrayed Ming Dynasty, Nuo Nuo can't say anything.

After several rounds of negotiations between the two parties, an agreement was finally reached, and Ma Shaoyu returned to Ningyuan with Huang Taiji's credentials.

"The emperor of the Qing Dynasty sent a letter to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The two sides fought, and the Ming Dynasty harmed my second ancestor for no reason.

(Nurhachi's father and grandfather's heads were cursed by Li Chengliang)
My Taizu Emperor (Nurhachi) then announced to the world and personally conquered Erguo.

Afterwards, every time I wanted to send a letter to repair it, but Erguo refused, the matter continued to spread until today.

Since my succession, I have been blessed by heaven and surrendered to Mongolia and North Korea.

It was declared to the world, honored by the title, the country was named Qing Dynasty, and the Yuan Dynasty was changed to Chongde.

Every time our army enters the territory of Er, it will attack the city and fall into battle.

Still willing to reconcile, it is for billions of living beings.

If the two countries reconcile with sincerity, the old grudges will be resolved from then on, and there is no need to care about the difference between superiority and inferiority!
The ancients said: If the emotion is open, it will be bright, and if the emotion is hidden, it will be dark.

If the envoy of the Kingdom of Ruoer comes, I will meet you.

When our country goes there, you will also make me meet.

Then the friendship will not be deceived, and the peace can last for a long time.

For good or bad events, envoys should be sent to celebrate and condolence.

Every year, your country gives me ten thousand taels of gold and one million taels of silver from the Qing Dynasty, and our country gives a thousand catties of ginseng and a thousand pieces of mink fur.

Taking the earth ridge in the middle of Shuangshubao in Ningyuan as the border of your country, and Tashan as the border of our country, a land with moderate mountains, the two countries trade with each other here.

If you wish to reconcile, send envoys to bring peace letters and oaths, and I will also take the books, otherwise don't send envoys to write letters! "