Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 408 The Second Envoy of Lu and Gui
Song Taizu added a yellow robe as a general, and after winning the big position, he released his military power with a glass of wine. Emperor Ming Chengzu won the throne by strengthening the vassal, and began to restrict the suzerain vassal.

After Chengzu, the clan of the Ming Dynasty basically no longer held power, and had to report to the county magistrate before leaving the city, but right now, two great feudal clans were born in Nanming that could threaten the throne.

At this time, the Longwu court learned the lessons of the "Tang-Lu Controversy" and began to seek coexistence with the two powerful vassals. After moving to Guangzhou, the Longwu court sent envoys to contact the two vassals to discuss major issues.

Now that the new year is approaching, Lu Fan and Gui Fan also know that the Longwu court is powerful, and there is indeed a need to reach some consensus among the three to avoid repeating the mistakes of Eastern Zhejiang and Fujian. Wu eased the relationship, and secondly determined their respective interests.

When the envoy arrived, Emperor Longwu, as the son of heaven, naturally could not negotiate with the envoys of the two vassals. Wang Yan understood this, so he ordered Li Guo to take strict precautions against Li Chengdong, and hurried back to Guangzhou.

When he arrived in Guangzhou City, Wang Yan went to the palace first, and the servants took him outside the hall. Emperor Longwu paced back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, and the candlelight in the hall stretched his increasingly aging figure.

At this time, he listened to the servant's report, returned to his seat and sat down, and then ordered the servant to invite Wang Yan into the palace.

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty~"

Even if he wanted to negotiate with the two vassals of Lu and Gui, Wang Yan had to know the bottom line of the emperor, so he went to the palace overnight to meet him.

"Ai Qing is flat." Emperor Longwu raised his hand, and then said: "The envoys of King Lu and Gui have been in Guangzhou for a few days, and I haven't seen them until Qing's return."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wang Yan stood up and saluted, "I heard that the one sent by the King of Lu was Zhang Huangyan, the censor of Youqian Capital, and the one sent by the King of Gui was Qu Shixu, a scholar. These two are among the two vassals of Lu and Gui. They are all important ministers who can talk, and I see that the two feudal vassals also have the intention of negotiating. I think this is an excellent opportunity to put aside the internal conflicts of our dynasty and unite to fight against the Qing Dynasty. However, I don’t know where the bottom line of the court is in this negotiation. , Your Majesty, please clarify."

Emperor Longwu had thought a lot in the past few days, he pondered for a moment, and said: "Although the two kings do not have the name of a feudal town, in fact, no matter whether officials are appointed or taxes are collected, they are not reported to the imperial court. Become a country within a country. In this case, since the court cannot be changed in a short period of time, Aiqing only needs to hold on to three points. First, recognize me as the Son of Heaven, and the second king must never be called emperor. attack each other, and thirdly, they cannot win over their respective ministers, Officer Xu."

In fact, most of Long Wu's opinions were Wang Yan's previous advice, which was why Long Wu had to wait for Wang Yan instead of directly asking Zuo Maodi to negotiate.

Among these three points, the first is to ensure that Nanming reaches a consensus in name, respecting Longwu as the co-lord, recognizing the legitimacy of his throne, making up for his lack of blood, so that the Ming Dynasty will not be split.The second point is to avoid conflicts so that the three parties can reach the outside world.The third point is to learn from the painful lessons of poaching each other's corners during the "Tanglu Controversy", messing up officials and ranks, causing chaos in the official system, and making courtiers' hearts unstable.

Wang Yan nodded, "I understand~"

"This time, Ai Qing and Zuo Ge will make a decision together. Su Qing's attitude towards the two vassals of Lu and Gui is too tough. I have already sent him to Macau to discuss with Franji about fighting against the Dutch. Ai Qing This matter must be settled as soon as possible." After Long Wu finished speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Aiqing has worked very hard all the way, I still have a memorial to read, so I won't say more, Aiqing, please step down~"

Wang Yan and Su Guansheng governed Guangdong, conducted maritime trade, and basically cooperated with the Portuguese, but the Dutch always wanted to monopolize the trade with China, but after Wang Yan and Zheng reconciled, they did not have the guts to challenge Ming.

After Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the situation in the East China Sea and the South China Sea has undergone major changes. The original overlord of the Far East, the Zheng family, collapsed and the Zheng family's power split. Although Zheng Chenggong inherited part of the Zheng family's foundation, his focus at this time is In fighting against the Qing court, the Dutch felt that their chance had come. Their ships frequently sailed into the South China Sea and robbed several Ming merchant ships, trying to force Ming to trade with them.

Naturally, Daming couldn't tolerate this kind of thing, so Long Wu just took the opportunity to dismiss Su Guansheng, so as not to affect the negotiation with the two feudal lords of Guilu and Guilu.

At this time, Wang Yan saw that the emperor had already picked up the memorial, squinted his eyes under the candlelight to watch it, and saluted immediately, "Your Majesty should also pay attention to the dragon's body~" After finishing speaking, he exited the hall respectfully.

Zhang Huangyan, like Wang Yan, was a Juren of the Chongzhen Dynasty, and there were many similarities between the two. They were both young enough to be entrusted with important tasks.

When the Qing army invaded Jiangnan, 25-year-old Zhang Huangyan stepped forward to join the army and became an important minister under King Lu.

In the early morning of the next day, Wang Yan first met Zuo Maodi, and then asked Zhang Huangyan and Qu Shixu to be invited. In order to prevent the two vassals from colluding, they were arranged in the east and west posts respectively.

The six ministries of the imperial court had just been rebuilt, and they were all crammed into the original governor's yamen. Wang Yan and Zuo Maodi did not go in, but stood outside to talk.

Not long after, Zhang Huangyan, who lived in the posthouse on the east side, arrived first. He got out of the carriage and saw two officials in scarlet robes from a distance, but they didn't know each other. He bowed forward and said: "Wansheng, I pay my respects to Duke Chu, old Zuoge."

When Wang Yan saw the person coming, he was overjoyed and said in surprise, "Why is Xiao Yin here?"

The person who came was Xia Wanchun, a boy from Jiangzuo in the past, although he is still not as weak as a crown, but he is not childish at all, and he has grown into a man.

Hearing the words, Xia Wanchun made a bow and said, "I was going to come to Guangnan to take the imperial examination, but when we set off, the Jiangnan rebels were fighting against the Qing soldiers, so we were delayed for some time. Later, we met Mr. Zhang on the road, and we came to Guangnan together."

After finishing speaking, he introduced Wang Yan and Zuo Maodi, "This is the envoy of Lu Jianguo, written by Zhang Xuan, the censor of Youqin Capital, and Master Zhang."

Zhang Huangyan stepped forward, knowing the identities of Wang Yan and Zuo Maodi, he bowed neither humble nor overbearing, "I pay my respects to the two cabinet ministers."

Zuo Maodi smiled, waved his hands and said, "Zhang Yushi doesn't need to reason too much."

Wang Yan nodded, and then said to Xia Wanchun: "How about Xiao Yin go to my house first?"

Xia Wanchun knew that Wang Yan and the others had important matters to discuss, so he immediately saluted and said, "I will obey the arrangement of the Duke."

Wang Yan immediately exchanged for a soldier, took Xia Wanchun to his residence, and told him to treat him well.

After Xia Wanchun was sent away, Qu Shixu also came in a carriage. After the two parties greeted each other, Zuo Maodi smiled and said, "Let's go in together!" In the room, the four people were divided into guests and hosts, and some officials served them tea. After the officials from the Ministry of Rites left, Wang Yan said straight to the point: "Qu Gong, Zhang Yushi, everyone is here today to discuss, I am Ming Internal issues, what do you two think?"

(Thank you for the monthly ticket of Fei Zuo Fei You. I will go out for a while tomorrow, and I will write in a bit of a hurry. It is also coded by my mobile phone. There are many typos. I will try my best to pay attention. I hope everyone will forgive me.)
(End of this chapter)