"Dorgon wants to negotiate peace? Haha, OK, then I will make an offer. I have three conditions. One is to cede land! Your Qing Dynasty must cede the land of Jinzhou in Liaodong to me, the Ming Dynasty! The second is to pay compensation, Dorgon He massacred Datong first and then dug up Konglin. His crimes were heinous. It is impossible to arrest him now and ask the Qing Dynasty to pay for the crime! The third is to make a marriage. Dongguo Gege must be sent to Dengzhou to raise him for a few years and then become my concubine. ..."
Danya Mountain, Penglai Palace. Zhu Cixiang, Emperor Hongxing of the Ming Dynasty, was discussing the conditions for peace with two envoys sent by the Qing Dynasty, Jin Zhijun and Fan Chengmo, in the main hall.
As for the conditions, they were nothing to the Qing Dynasty. Land cession, indemnity, and marriage...are all what the Qing Dynasty was good at!
As long as Zhu Cihong obtained these three things, the defeat of Guishan would naturally become a "strategic victory" - without victory, how could the Qing Dynasty be willing to cede territory, pay indemnities, and make peace? The Qing Dynasty was in the most miserable state of history, when it was ceding territory and paying indemnities. It seems like there was no marriage, right?
"It's easy to make peace. Huang Ama and Princess are both happy, but paying for money and ceding land... ceding Jinzhou is not acceptable!"
Jin Zhijun looked embarrassed. In fact, the compensation was easy to say...it was just a small amount. The Qing Dynasty didn't have it for several million. One hundred thousand or two hundred thousand could be paid by the nine imperial merchants.
But the cession of the Liaodong Peninsula to the Jinzhou Guard was really hard to accept! The Qing Dynasty had long regarded the territory outside the Pass as the private land of the Nine Flags disciples. How could it give a piece of land to Nanming?
"Yes," Fan Chengmo also said, "Beyond the Pass is the fundamental land of our Qing Dynasty, and there is no reason to cede it... Besides, Jinzhou is a cold and bitter land that is not suitable for farming. It will be of no use to the Han people if they know it." If your Majesty wants to keep the good relationship between the Southern Ming Dynasty and the Northern Qing Dynasty for a long time, it is best to withdraw from Jinzhou, and our government can exchange the land of Jinzhou with the prefectures and counties in the Central Plains."
"Fan Chengmo, it seems that you still want to deceive me!" Zhu Cixiang said with a smile, "He has never thought about long-term peace with our court... Doesn't he just want to slow down for a few years so that he can strengthen his army? Are you going to expand the Nine Banners and then compete with me for the world? The long-term harmony between the Ming and Qing Dynasties is just a lie. I am also a sensible person, so we might as well make it clear!"
What? Did Dorgon really think so?
Jin Zhijun and Fan Chengmo looked at each other, both a little doubtful, no, not doubtful, but completely convinced!
Dorgon, the treacherous emperor Ama! Not only did she sleep with the Queen Mother and hold the Emperor hostage, she has now developed into the Emperor’s Arma! Will he be so honest and live in harmony with Ming Dynasty? He must have wanted to buy a few years to stabilize the situation, reorganize the Qing Dynasty inside and out, and then compete with Nanming for the world.
After all, the Qing Dynasty was a newly founded country, full of vitality and prosperity. How could it be compared to the Ming Dynasty, which was almost three hundred years old?
In a newly emerging country, everyone makes progress and strives to be first. Once it stabilizes, it will advance by leaps and bounds!
Once the Nanming Dynasty stabilizes, it will be just like the Southern Song Dynasty. Qinhuai singing and dancing will stop for a long time, and Nanjing will be regarded as Beijing...
Huang Ama is indeed clever!
When the two envoys of the Qing Dynasty admired Dorgon in their hearts, Zhu Cihong spoke again, "How about this, our two countries will sign a time-limited peace treaty...five years, five years is the limit, who can Don’t fight anyone, let’s rest and recuperate. We’ll talk about what happens in five years.”
Zhu Cixiang was thinking, now is 1648 in the Western calendar, plus five years it will be 1653... Dorgon, Duduo, and Azig must all be dead, and it should be easy to start the Northern Expedition by then.
Well, there is no shame in comparing lifespan with the enemy... Zhu Cixiang has decided to be a longevity king - he was finally chosen by Zhu Yuanzhang to become the Ming Emperor, and of course he will hold the throne for a long time!
"I wonder how much compensation the Ming Emperor wants?" Jin Zhijun turned the topic to the matter of money compensation.
In fact, the issue of Jinzhou Guard is not whether to cut or not, but whether the Ming army withdraws or not!
The Ming army just refused to leave, what could Dorgon do? The terrain of the Jinzhou Peninsula is so narrow that the Ming army has dug trenches and built sandbag walls at the isthmus at the entrance of the peninsula. If we want to attack by force, don't even think about it without tens of thousands of people dying!
If an open-ended peace treaty is signed, the cession of the Golden State may become a condition that is difficult for Dorgon to explain. Now it is only for five years, so it doesn't matter... Just call it back after five years!
So the amount of compensation is a big issue!
Zhu Cixiang stretched out a finger: "One million stone white noodles... I don't want more, this is not a lot, right?"
One million stones is not much?
Jin Zhijun and Fan Chengmo’s faces turned dark!
The Qing Dynasty only collected more than 4 million shi of flour in agricultural taxes a year. You, the emperor of Nanming, have to pay a quarter of it!
"No, no! It's impossible for our government to provide so much food."
"This is impossible... If your Majesty is sincere in negotiating for peace, you should not put forward such impossible conditions."
Zhu Cixiang smiled and waved his hand: "Don't talk so eloquently... Now let's talk about the marriage proposal. Although Gege cannot be the queen, I will not give less than the betrothal gift, and I will give it to you worth 1 million taels of silver." When it comes to silk and cotton, just follow the price of silk and cotton in Dengzhou City!”
What? Doesn't this mean that silk and cotton worth 1 million taels of silver are exchanged for 1 million stones of flour?
Jin Zhijun and Fan Chengmo immediately understood - the compensation was fake, but the trading of grain was real!
There are so many people in Nanming that the land is tight, and there will be food panics from time to time. The white rice noodles will have no edge when they grow... Anyway, when it is cheap, the price of rice in Nanjing and Yangzhou is rarely lower than that. One, two, two, three, and one stone.
Anyway, Emperor Zhu would not be able to compensate for exchanging 1 million taels of silk cotton for 1 million stones of flour. He would probably make a lot of money, and his face would be twice as good - the Qing Dynasty would pay compensation!
As for the silk cotton given out by the Ming Dynasty, it was Dongguo Gege's betrothal gift. Why is Dongguo Gege the princess Heshuo of the Qing Dynasty? Isn't it worth some silk and cotton?
Besides, the betrothal gift will not be written on the peace treaty between the two countries. It is the marriage contract between Zhu Cihong and Dongguo Princess... Although the marriage contract between the two countries must be recorded in the annals of history, but the false accounts It's relatively easy to do.
Jin Zhijun and Fan Chengmo exchanged glances, and the peace talks were on track!
At this moment, a little Huangmen hurriedly walked into the hall and whispered something in Zhu Cixiang's ear.
Zhu Cixi then said with a smile: "You two, these conditions I have proposed must be decided by Dorgon... You just have to present them! That's the end of today's negotiations, but don't be in a hurry. Leave, I have three people I want to meet with you. They are Hesheli Sony, Sun Zhixian and Kong Sixi. They are all high-ranking officials of your Qing Dynasty. I want to use them and the family members of the Qing army captured in Liaocheng and other places. In exchange for the people, official family members, and military family members you plundered from Qufu."
This is an exchange of prisoners of war... Of course Dorgon will not refuse. Sony, Sun Zhixian, and Kong Sixi are actually worthless, but the Zhengluqi family members in Zhu Cihong's hands have to be exchanged. Those are all bannermen and nobles. If they are not exchanged, won’t the Zhengluqi and the soon-to-be-reconstructed Xiangluqi lose value?
It was precisely because of this that Zhu Cixiang took advantage of the opportunity of exchanging prisoners to send Sun Zhixian and Kong Sixi back to the Qing Dynasty.
Of course, these two people are not good birds, especially Sun Zhixian. He has a share in the "Hair-Shaving Order" in history. Logically, he should be chopped into pieces.
However, after Zhu Cihong became the Ming Emperor, his stance on the issue was different. Although the "Hair-Shaving Order" caused a bloody storm, was it not a good thing for Nanming, who was already in danger at the time? Without the "Head-Shaving Order", would Jiangnan's resistance have been so fierce?
Although Nan Ming failed to seize the opportunity to fight back in history, this can't be blamed on Sun Zhixian who created the opportunity for Nan Ming, right? The more traitorous ministers of the Qing Dynasty like Sun Zhixian, the more beneficial it will be to the Ming Dynasty?
So Zhu Cixiang wanted Sun Zhixian to go back and cause trouble to the Qing Dynasty. If he created a disaster as bad as the "Hair-Shaving Order" again, Zhu Cixiang promised to seize the opportunity and make sure to make the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and regain the lost territory...
