Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 129 Negotiation?Sue!
Qianlong is really angry now.

This Zhu Daohua is too hateful.

Even if he really wanted to plunder the Jiangnan provinces.

That can't just make the whole world know about it.

How would people evaluate him now, Aixinjueluo Hongli?

tyrant?

Unreasonable and foolish king?

I don't want to lose the face of the old man Shiquan.

hateful.

That's abominable! !
Qianlong's internal injuries were about to be suppressed.

The important ministers who looked around were worried again, and there was still some expectation in their hearts.

In fact, Qianlong stayed in Yangzhou and did not retreat immediately.

In fact, it is also a matter of face.

He just lost the battle, and then left directly in despair.

I can't save face at all.

in other words.

The current Qing army lacks a step down.

Hmm. If Emperor Qianlong was pissed off.

Isn't there a step down now?
The emperor died, and the army had no choice but to retreat northward.

How pleasing to the ear.

And Qianlong fought such a big defeat.

He must be responsible. After returning to the capital, he has to find a way to improve his prestige. I am afraid that some important officials will be blamed.

But if he is pissed to death now, then those important ministers who may be blamed will become ministers of Gu Ming, and can they go further.

Unfortunately.

Qianlong seems to be in good health.

Although very angry, it does not seem to be the point of being pissed off.

It is now AD 1791, and Qianlong in history can still be alive and kicking for another nine years.
It seems that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty has not reached the point where the end is approaching.

So now the important officials of the Qing Dynasty can only find ways to reduce the impact of defeat as much as possible.

First of all, looting must not be looting.

The first is the issue of face. If Zhu Ming didn't make this known to the whole world, then he would do it, but now that the Qing Dynasty is doing these looting, all the scholars in the world will turn to Daming.

Although the Qing Dynasty was based on the Eight Banners.

But without the support of Han scholars and bureaucrats, they would not have been able to rule the Han land stably for more than a hundred years.

The second is the lining problem.

Fifty thousand and eight banners, if there is a chance, they can be rescued from the sword of the Ming army.

The Qing Dynasty will definitely be moved.

The nation of the Qing Dynasty is the Eight Banners.

If the Qing Dynasty really can't get along someday, it will go back to its hometown in Manchuria.

It is absolutely impossible to hold the Eight Banners without enough population.

Moreover, if the emperor of the Qing Dynasty wants to be stable, he must also get the support of the Eight Banners.

In addition, Qianlong was even more angry, or fearful.
If the Ming army landed directly from the mouth of the Haihe River.

Don't talk about cutting off water transportation.

It is even possible to go straight to the capital.
Although rationally speaking, Qianlong believed that the possibility of Zhu Daohua directly attacking the capital is not too great, because judging from Zhu Daohua's behavior style, he is not a person who likes to take risks.

The capital city is high and deep, and there are hundreds of thousands of Eight Banners, so the troops defending the city are definitely enough.

Moreover, the capital is quite close to Monan and Manchuria.

If Zhu Daohua's attack is unfavorable, there will be consequences for the Qing Dynasty to mobilize the Eight Banners outside the Guanwai and the cavalry of various Mongolian ministries to go south and surround them.

Here in the south of the Yangtze River, Qianlong could only support tens of thousands of cavalry at most.

But in the capital, he can mobilize 10,000+ cavalry to go south.

But after so many battles with the Ming army.

Qianlong now also feels that it is impossible to use common sense to infer Zhu Daohua and his Ming army.

In case someone does this, and some new weapon appears, it really takes over the capital, and then the Qing Dynasty will have nothing to do with it.

So Qianlong couldn't gamble on this.

With the lives of tens of thousands of Eight Banners in their hands, there is also the danger of the water transportation being cut off.

Now Qianlong could only pinch his nose and shrink back in Yangzhou City, not daring to act rashly.

Just when Qianlong was furious.

A piece of news that made all the emperors and ministers of the Qing Dynasty gasp came from the north at a fast pace.

Ming warships were found near the mouth of the Haihe River.

Dozens of Ming army gunboats appeared in Bohai Bay!

Qianlong, Heshen, Fukang'an, Helin, Hailancha, Agui and others were all stunned by the news, and even a little bit at a loss.

If the previous Zhu Daohua's threat was only verbal.

So now when the gunboats of the Ming army really appeared in Bohai Bay.

Immediately, they couldn't help but feel their scalps go numb.

To know.

Their families and wealth are all within the capital.

Even if the capital is besieged, it is hard to predict what will happen in various parts of the Central Plains.

When the Qing army was defeated in the south and the northern capital was surrounded.

Whether the Han gentry in the Central Plains, Huainan and other places will still be loyal to the Qing Dynasty is hard to say.

"Your Majesty, this matter is no small matter. If the water transportation is cut off, there will be no food supply for the millions of people in the capital." Fu Kang'an whispered from the side.

"Will Zhu Daohua attack the capital?" Qianlong slowly sat back on his seat, his face changed slightly, but he suppressed the panic in his heart after all.

"Not necessarily, but the Qing Dynasty can't afford to gamble." Fu Kangan said, "North Jiangxi was defeated, and the Packed Army was almost completely wiped out. Except for a few who fled back to Jiangning, the rest were either killed or captured. The same is true for the Ganlu Battalion, now only the Eight Banners are left to fight.”

"There are only Eight Banners left, and the Eight Banners can't be used to fight." Qianlong murmured.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the reason why Ni Ming wants to make a big splash, post notices, and threaten the Qing Dynasty is for the purpose of negotiating with the Emperor!"

At this moment, Liu Yong came out, knelt on the ground and bowed his body and said.

"Negotiation? This is forcing me to seek peace!"

Qianlong snorted coldly.

"Whether it's negotiating or seeking peace, at least one thing shows that Shunming doesn't want to fight for the time being. They have taken too much territory in one go, and they want to digest it properly and rectify it."

"When the rectification is completed, it's time for the army to go north and set the Central Plains." Qianlong's face became even more ugly.

"Your Majesty, since ancient times, it has been easy to conquer the country, but difficult to defend it. In the Ming Dynasty, before Li Zicheng entered Beijing, he was invincible and unstoppable. However, after winning the capital, he became rotten within a month. It can be said that soldiers do not want to fight. Enjoy your comfort zone." Liu Yong straightened up a little and said.

"You mean, after Zhu Daohua gets Jiangnan, his heroism will be wiped out by this weak Jiangnan?" Qianlong asked.

"This may not be the case, and I can't guarantee it. But this is an opportunity after all." Liu Yong raised his head and looked at Qianlong boldly, "This will give the Qing Dynasty time to regroup!"

The Qing Dynasty really needs to regroup.

All the ministers looked at Qianlong.

Qianlong stood up, turned his back to the ministers, and stared at the picture of living in Fuchun Mountain on the wall behind him.

This is one of his favorite paintings.

More than 60 private stamps have been stamped on it.

Before that, he would take this painting with him every time he toured the south of the Yangtze River.

It's just that looking at this beautiful river and mountain now, there is no taste at all.

After a long time.

Qianlong turned around.

"So, what does Zhu Daohua want?"

"He wants Jiangnan." Liu Yong looked at Qianlong, "and fame."

"Then what can I get?"

"time."

time?Do you really have time?
Qianlong raised his hand and looked at his skinny arm.

"Zhu Daohua is only 27 this year?"

he said suddenly.

The ministers did not reply, and Liu Yong lowered his head again.

"That's all, that's all. It's nothing more than recklessness, but." Qianlong turned his head, "This is just a negotiation, not a peace, and it's not an admission of defeat! It is impossible for the Ming and Qing Dynasties to have negotiations that touch on the relationship between the two parties. It is only about... this war. Aftermath."

If Zhu Daohua forces me to be an emperor.

Come on, brother from the north, brother from the south, Yangzhou alliance or something.

I'm in my 70s, and it's not appropriate to hold my nose to be someone's son, right?

Liu Yong sighed in his heart.

What time is it.

Still thinking about saving face.

If it can maintain peace between the north and the south for a hundred years by giving millions of coins every year like the Song Dynasty did, it would be really a dream for the Qing Dynasty.

After all, the Qing Dynasty can have another hundred years of Guozuo, can't it?

It has been 140 years since entering the customs, and another 100 years will be 240 years.

There are really not many dynasties that have existed for more than 200 years since ancient times.

The Qing Dynasty came to China with a foreign race, and it was able to have a state for more than two hundred years.

What more bike.

Now that you want to be Zhu Daohua's son, there is a high probability that he won't want it.

Since ancient times, fighting the world has paid attention to all-in-one effort, especially in a situation like this confrontation between the North and the South.

It's been a long time.

The peace faction inside both sides will raise their heads - after all, the risk of a war is too great, and how many of those high-ranking officials who have enjoyed wealth and honor can be willing to let it go?

therefore.

Zhu Daohua's side must be brewing and preparing for the second war. In two or three years at most, they will launch the Northern Expedition.

It is absolutely impossible for him to give Daqing too much time.

Qing time is really running out.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

The ministers heard that Qianlong was about to admit defeat—although he did not admit defeat verbally, but took the initiative to send people south to negotiate, this is the gesture of admitting defeat.

Moreover, the bargaining chip that the Qing Dynasty has now makes all the loyal officials of the Qing Dynasty feel sad, especially those loyal officials of the Han people-it turns out to promise not to plunder the people.

How ridiculous.

But now everyone dare not laugh.

After all, the knife in Qianlong's hand is quite sharp, and he can't chop Daming, but it is still very fast to chop off the heads of these scholar-bureaucrats.

The turmoil caused by the Literary Inquisition still keeps those Confucian scholars and bureaucrats silent.

Qianlong waved his hand, stared at Liu Yong and said, "Liu Chongru, the Liu family of your Zhucheng has served in the Qing Dynasty since your great-grandfather Liu Bixian. According to the procurator, Sichuan chief envoy."

"Your father, Liu Tongxun, was an official of the Hanlin Academy, a concubine of the Hanlin Academy, Zhan Shifu of Zhan Shifu, Minister of Rites, Right Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Left Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Yushi Zuodu, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and a scholar of Dongge University. The chief master of the Shangshufang, the president of the National History Museum, the president of "Siku Quanshu", plus the prince Taifu and the prince Taibao. They are my thighs!"

"As for you, Liu Yong, you are also an extremely human minister. Your fourth Liu family is a Qing minister, and you are a loyal minister of our Great Qing Dynasty!"

Liu Yong hastily threw himself on the ground: "Mr. Liu dare not forget the grace of the Qing Dynasty."

Qianlong nodded slightly: "Since that's the case, let you, Liu Yong, lead someone to go south for negotiations."

Liu Yong trembled all over.

As a Hanchen, get in touch with the Son of Heaven
Even if it's going south to negotiate.

In the future, I'm afraid. It will also be the key to other people's attacks, and it will easily make the suspicious Emperor Qianlong suspicious.

This is really not a good job - Liu Yong originally thought that Qianlong would send Manchen south.

I sighed in my heart.

Your life cannot be violated.

"The minister leads the order!"

Liu Yong said loudly.

(End of this chapter)