Be the emperor from the postman

Gao Qi was shocked.

He really didn't expect the messenger of the Hammer Bandit to blow himself up.

However, this rather sincere self-explosion made him confused.

There are too few channels for him to know the news about the Hammer Bandits, so he can't judge whether it is true or false.

Through the memorabilia of Shanxi governor Xu Dingchen, Gao Qiqian also knew that the hammer bandits were strong, but he didn't know how to do it.

Otherwise, Hong Chengchou, who has no strength and can fight, has never dared to talk about regaining the land of Shaanxi.

So that He Jinchao captured Hanzhong through Shaanxi and entered Sichuan and Shu?

Now that He Jinzhao is going to propose a peace, Gao Qiqian sees it as an opportunity.

Now the Tartars outside the pass are pressing every step of the way. If there is a resurgence in the northwest, it will not be conducive to the court's suppression of the rebellion.

Those stubborn people refused to negotiate peace with the Tartars, and Yang Sichang's strategy of making peace with the outside world first failed.

It is not impossible to negotiate peace with the hammer bandits now.

Is it not a peace negotiation with whom?
Previously, the imperial court accepted the surrender of Zhang Xianzhong and others, temporarily allowing the Central Plains and other places to restore calm for a period of time.

"How do the miscellaneous family know that you gang of rebels keep their word, and Zhang Xianzhong and the like rarely backtrack?"

"Hahaha." Sun Chuanting grabbed the butler's teapot and poured it on his own:

"You have to understand that the words of the rebels are much more true than the words of your officials."

Gao Qiqian took a sip of tea before he asked, "What is your real purpose?"

"Murder with a knife."

Regardless of Gao Qiqian's trembling hands, Sun Chuanting continued:

"If Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng dare not listen to my commander in chief, they will have to suffer."

Gao Qiqian had long heard the rumors of the Hammer Bandits being at odds with the other rogues, especially after Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang died in battle, He Jinzhao thought that the other rogues deliberately sold out his elder brother.

That's why He Jinchao led his troops directly to the capital to rescue him, but he ran into the kidnapped Qing army Azig.

Wu Guojun, Marquis of Jingliao, pretended to be a hammer bandit to fight the Qing army, and lured them into a fight, which hurt each other.

After the battle between the Qing army and the hammer bandits, they were unable to besiege the capital, so they both left the capital.

But Gao Yingxiang was not rescued by He Jinchao. In order to avoid being hacked into pieces by the court, He Jinchao sent someone to shoot him dead on the execution ground.

Gao Qiqian knew what happened.

Because the last time the emperor wanted to send Zu Dashou to come to the capital for rescue.

Zu Dashou had always used the excuse that there was a war in Liaodong and did not want to rescue him. He wanted to come that time, but was restrained by Huang Taiji's people in Liaodong and failed to come back.

That's why Wu Guojun turned the tide and won His Majesty's love.

Thereafter the rogues were forbidden to enter the territory of the Hammers unless they dropped their arms and surrendered.

"Just a peace talk?"

Gao Qiqian's heart has been loosened a bit, the internal discord among the rebels is a good opportunity.

"I have to pay."

Sun Chuanting put down the teacup in his hand and said.

"Hey." Gao Qiqian called out directly: "You guys are really greedy."

"Let's score three to seven."

"Oh."

Gao Qiqian regained his composure on his face.

Although he was a favorite internal official of Chongzhen, he was also loyal to the emperor.

But the two things of making money and being loyal to the emperor do not conflict, they belong to the existence of grasping with both hands.

"How much do you want?"

"My commander-in-chief said that it all depends on the staff of Governor Gao. If there is no money, the main reason is to make friends with Governor Gao."

Sun Chuanting directly "turned an enemy into a friend".

Only when everyone has common interests can we better promote the development of this matter towards the ultimate goal.

"Hahaha."

Gao Qiqian couldn't help laughing out loud, and patted his own belly proudly: "Let the miscellaneous family think about this matter."

Sun Chuanting raised the teacup in his hand.

"Come here, give him a change of tea!"

"Yes."

Gao Qiqian said with a chuckle: "The miscellaneous family is open-minded. They have never been themselves. All they pretend to be are the errands assigned by the miscellaneous family. They must be done wholeheartedly."

The official gentry group is actually willing to spend money.

They chose to donate 100 taels to the court and felt heartbroken, and they lost a lot!

But they chose to bribe Shangguan to give away 1 taels, and they all thought it was worth the money!

Sun Chuanting nodded in agreement with Gao Qiqian's words.

Think of him as a member of the Donglin Party who resigned because he was dissatisfied with Wei Zhongxian, and now he is "hooking up" with the eunuch again.

I have to say that the environment can change people's thinking.

Many people seem to have many choices, but in fact they have no choice. The only thing left is to join if you can't beat it.

To be honest, how could there be so many people in the eunuch party? Didn't all the opponents of the Donglin party join the eunuch party?
In the past, Sun Chuanting felt that it was not good for him to be false and submissive to the eunuch, and his arrogance did not allow him to bow his head.

Now he communicated with the eunuch with ease.

The nature of these people's greed for money is really accurate, and there is no way to avoid it.

Capital.

When the imperial court was dealing with the war in Liaodong, some officials wrote to the hammer bandits to congratulate Jinchao on "begging for peace".

This matter made Chongzhen's eyes shine at once.

To be honest, He Jinchao occupied the land of the three provinces, which made Zhu Youjian extremely afraid.

This person occupies a lot more territory than the Tartars outside the pass, and in addition to the fact that he has a brilliant military record on weekdays, he has a militaristic appearance.

How can Chongzhen not be afraid?
Zhu Youjian was really confused when he heard that He Jinzhao sent someone to beg for peace, so he hurriedly called Chen Xinjia to analyze it.

After all, the rogues begged for surrender, and people like Zhang Xianzhong all wanted a chance to breathe.

Yang He, Chen Qiyu, Xiong Wencan and others all paid the price for their consolation.

Chen Xinjia felt that negotiating peace with whom is not negotiating peace?
The Ming court has reached the point where it is today, and it urgently needs more time and energy to deal with the increasingly anxious situation.

Concentrate on destroying one place where the fire is extinguished, and then go to the next one.

Otherwise, if everything is on fire, everything has to be taken care of, and Daming no longer has the strength to toss about.

Therefore, even if the matter of peace negotiation is not pleasant, for the sake of the overall situation, he is willing to bear this infamy.

No. 1 who has achieved the important position of the second-rank minister as a juren, he has experienced in the frontier for many years, and in addition to his talents, he has inevitably caught up with the customs of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom.

That is: not being able to keep oneself "clean".

It is a common problem of officials in the Ming Dynasty to "get out of the mud and get all stained".

After all, with Daming's current reputation, foreign captives knocked on the side several times, abducted a large number of people and plundered wealth, they could not be stopped, and they did not dare to pursue them.

There are hammer bandits occupying the land of three provinces, and the rest of the bandits are fleeing in many provinces.

The imperial court sent more troops several times, resulting in more and more common people following thieves, and it was difficult to collect taxes.

Under such circumstances, what "good reputation" does Daming need to maintain?
In the case of Chen Xinjia, they are just a bunch of people who are not short of food and clothing, and they still try to put gold on their faces.

But behind the scenes, they are all thieves.

Besides dragging Daming back, what else could they do?
Even though Chen Xinjia was just a Juren, he still wanted to continue the glory of Daming for another 20 years.

Therefore, after taking power, he acted quite boldly.

Chen Xinjia opened the mouth and said: "Your Majesty, we should stabilize He Jinzhao first, the land of Shanshan and Shanxi has been suffering from severe drought for many years.

He is a military man, and he heard that the soldiers under his command are treated very well.

But he raised so many people, it was difficult for the Hammer bandit soldiers to eat and drink daily, how could they wage a long-term war?
Therefore, He Jinzhao definitely didn't want the court to attack him.

I, Ming, also need more time to deal with the rest of the bandits and the Tartars outside the pass. "

"Your Majesty, I, Da Ming, must never negotiate peace with the hammer bandit He Jinchao."

Fu Zonglong, who had just been released from the imperial prison through Chen Xinjia's efforts, immediately expressed his objection.

These words made Chen Xinjia look sideways.

What's the matter, little brother?

The reason I worked so hard to get you out of prison is to make you specifically oppose me?
Chongzhen frowned slightly: "Could it be that Fu Aiqing wants to lead troops westward to destroy the hammer bandits?"

Fu Zonglong fled in embarrassment after being beaten by the hammer bandits, and knowing that Qin Liangyu's 3 white-armed soldiers were wiped out in the war, he would definitely invite Ying in the past.

But now he has only a bare commander left.

The last time he was released to take the blame, he was still the commander in chief.

He wanted to mobilize troops to resist the Qing army, but he didn't have anyone available around him, so he still worked hard to collect defeated troops.

After he was imprisoned again, these people were either taken away by Yang Sichang or assigned to Hong Chengchou.

Fu Zonglong couldn't answer right away.

But in essence, he believes that peace with the Hammer bandits must never be negotiated, even if it is false and submissive, it is absolutely unacceptable.

Seeing that he was silent, Chen Xinjia spoke again:

"Your Majesty, He Jinzhao's desire to reach an agreement with us is beneficial to Ming Dynasty."

"Ok?"

"I heard that Huang Taiji formed an alliance with He Jinchao and wanted to marry his daughter to him.

If our army supports the war in Liaodong on a large scale, He Jinzhao will take the opportunity to advance eastward and harm Gyeonggi, and cooperate with the Tartars outside the pass, which will be extremely troublesome for our Ming Dynasty.

At that time, if they are called Qin Wangbing, the food and military salary will not be enough.

Li Zicheng's scale in Henan was getting bigger and bigger, and Zhang Xianzhong was circling in Sichuan, Huguang and other places, besieging the governor Yang Sichang. "

"Now it seems that He Jinzhao and Huang Taiji also have their own ideas, otherwise there would be no conflict between the two parties and fight each other."

"Your Majesty, He Jinzhao has conflicts with the rogues and Tartars. I, Da Ming, can use the conflicts between them to divide them and draw He Jinzhao into Daming's camp, so that the rest of the rogues and Tartars will no longer trust me." he."

Chen Xinjia finally finished stating his thoughts.

As far as the court is concerned, the matter of peace negotiation:

The advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and it is a worthwhile operation.

"Congratulations to the rebel today, this year's famine.

If there is no famine next year, what should he do when he resists? "

In his heart, Chongzhen actually agreed with the peace talks, and he also knew that there was no money in his internal funds, so if he supported him to go to war everywhere, he would be able to stabilize He Jinzhao to overcome this difficulty, let alone other things.

"Your Majesty, you know that he is a false surrender, and he also knows that he is a false surrender, but each of us needs time to resolve our internal affairs.

The world is corrupt, and the people are thieves, all because of hunger!

Nahe Jinzhao started his business because of hunger, if he also starves his subordinates, he will die sooner or later! "

Zhu Youjian was a little dissatisfied with Chen Xinjia's words.

What is world corruption?

But when he heard that He Jinzhao would suffer backlash if he couldn't support so many people, Chongzhen felt a little relieved.

Those thieves always think that everyone can be an emperor.

But after becoming an emperor, how many major events in the world have to be dealt with?
Put them in my position, they are not as good as me!

Of course, this kind of thinking just made Chongzhen think for a while, he would rather die than give up the emperor's throne.

This was passed down to him by his ancestors of the Zhu family, how could he shame his ancestors?
Even the feudal king who wanted to keep the army was killed by him and became a useless person, let alone the rest who wanted to covet the throne.

Zhu Youjian still wants to carry forward, for generations to come!

Chen Xinjia clasped his hands again and said: "This year, there will be Governor Hong and Prime Minister Liaodong's affairs, and after making Huang Taiji suffer, we will definitely be able to keep the Guanning line of defense.

At that time, when the soldiers came back from Liaodong, they would be deployed in the area of ​​Ji Town, Xuanda.

It is safe to select elite soldiers and go to Henan and other places to put down the rebellion. "

Hong Chengchou's strategy made Chongzhen extremely satisfied.

Otherwise, Hong Chengchou would not be strongly supported.

For He Jinchao, a postman, Chongzhen has always kept it in his heart from his disdain at the beginning to now.

"Your Majesty, He Jinchao's sudden peace negotiation must be a conspiracy." Fu Zonglong raised his mouth again.

Chen Xinjia immediately retorted: "In that case, please invite Fu Shilang to discuss with you to see what the Hammer Bandits are up to."

He originally wanted Fu Zonglong to replace him as Minister of the Ministry of War, and then he went to Xuanda Frontier to resist the hammer bandit He Jinchao, and at the same time he had to hold Wu Guojun in his hands.

What's more, the soldiers in the hands of Shanxi Governor Xu Dingchen are quite elite, and they are also a rare force.

But now seeing that Fu Zonglong was still so staunch, with no room for sand in his eyes, Chen Xinjia hesitated.

Chongzhen glanced at Fu Zonglong, and said lightly:

"This matter is still under the supervision of the Minister of the Ministry of War, accompanied by Fu Shilang, to find out the bottom line of the hammer bandit."

"Yes."

The court meeting ended like this, and Gao Qiqian served as a bridge in the middle to communicate with each other.

Instead, they met Sun Chuanting, He Jinchao's emissary.

Sun Chuanting's fellow Jinshi, except Yang Wenyue, who surrendered to the hammer bandits, such as Yuan Chonghuan, Liang Tingdong, Wu Aheng, Shao Jiechun, etc., all died in sevens and eights.

Fu Zonglong never expected that even Sun Chuanting would surrender to the hammer bandits, and he would be entrusted with a heavy responsibility by He Jinchao. After all, Fu Zonglong was still Sun Chuanting's "student".

Seeing that Fu Zonglong was silent, Chen Xinjia said, "Since it's a peace negotiation, what does He Jinchao ask for?"

"One million taels of silver a year." Sun Chuanting stretched out a finger and said:

"My family's commander-in-chief can keep the six towns safe and sound, and will never collude with other rogues, nor will he rescue other rogues.

By the way, how about asking Zhang Xianzhong to make way for Yang Sichang to go back? "

One million taels of silver is really too little compared to three rates.

Back then, when he wanted to coax Lin Danhan into holding back the queen gold, he offered a price of one million taels of silver.

Gao Qiqian became a little excited when he sat with him for a while. According to the past, even if he embezzled military pay, he could only get 3 to [-] taels.

How can he not be excited if he can get 30 taels at once?
"How can I, Ming Dynasty, spend money to raise soldiers for the rebels?" Fu Zonglong was the first to refute and go back.

"Too many indeed."

Chen Xinjia really wanted to facilitate the peace talks and win more time for Daming.

At the same time, he also clearly understood that the imperial court simply couldn't afford so much money.