PS: Thanks to the book friend for the silly reward.
"Master Shi, why are you doing this?"
Fan Wencheng looked at Shi Kefa and said: "Exchanging Shanhaiguan for the northern provinces of the Ming Dynasty. There is no more valuable transaction than this. Why bother to stop Mr. Shi?"
"Don't think that I don't know your little thoughts. To tell you the truth, Shanhaiguan will never be left to you." Shi Kefa looked at Fan Wencheng coldly.
Given the importance of Shanhaiguan to the Ming Dynasty, he would never allow the Qing Dynasty to get involved in Shanhaiguan.
Fan Wencheng pursed his lips and frowned.
He thought that Shi Kefa would object to the transfer of Shanhaiguan to the Qing Dynasty, but he did not expect that Shi Kefa would object so fiercely on this matter, which made him regret coming to see Shi Kefa.
However, there is no point regretting it at this point.
Fan Wencheng said bluntly: "Shanhaiguan is the gateway to and from Liaodong. Now the entire Western Liaoning Corridor is in the hands of our Qing Dynasty. As long as our Qing Dynasty sends troops to wipe out the tiger bandits, the first place that needs to be captured is Shanhaiguan, so regardless of the Ming Dynasty Whether you agree or not, Shanhaiguan will fall into the hands of the Qing Dynasty. No matter whether the Ming Dynasty is willing to admit it or not, it will be a fact. The Qing Dynasty also has a sincere attitude of cooperation and will truthfully inform the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, the Qing Dynasty can completely take advantage of it. They refused to hand it over after going down to Shanhaiguan Customs."
"Then what are you still talking to me about here! Just to laugh at me?" Shi Kefa's eyes became colder and colder.
Even if he knew that what Fan Wencheng said was likely to become true, he would never agree to hand over Shanhaiguan to the Qing Dynasty as long as he was still in court.
Fan Wencheng said: "I don't mean to laugh at Mr. Shi, I just want to say one more fact. Regardless of whether the Ming Dynasty admits it or not, Shanhaiguan can only be the Shanhaiguan of the Qing Dynasty."
"Hmph, I want to see if Shanhaiguan is the Shanhaiguan of the Ming Dynasty or your Shanhaiguan of the Qing Dynasty. Come and see off the guests!"
After saying a few words, Shi Kefa called his servants to see off the guests.
Fan Wencheng stood up and said, "I won't disturb Mr. Shi. I still hope that even if Mr. Shi doesn't support Shanhaiguan, please don't stop him."
"Don't worry, even if the Qing Dynasty is blind, Shanhaiguan will only be the Shanhaiguan of the Ming Dynasty." Shi Kefa said with an ugly face.
But he also heard from Fan Wencheng's words that someone in the DPRK seemed to have agreed to give Shanhaiguan to the Qing Dynasty.
Snapped!
After Fan Wencheng left, Shi Kefa threw the pen holder on the desk towards the door.
The celadon pen holder hit the wooden door and fell to the ground, breaking into many pieces.
It was at this time that he realized that the alliance between Ming and Qing would definitely cause Ming to lose something, because Qing would not regain the mountains and rivers for Ming in vain.
Qian Qianyi was brought back to the palace by the young eunuch from the palace.
The imperial palace in Nanjing is larger than the imperial palace in Peiping, but because the palace lost its owner, the imperial palace in Nanjing became much more desolate than the imperial palace in Peiping.
Although the place once again welcomed a new owner, only some of the temples were opened. Most of the temples were still the same as before, with weeds and no one to take care of them.
Repairing a palace requires a lot of money, let alone repairing an entire palace.
The emperor is just a suckling baby. He doesn't even recognize money, so how can he know how to repair the palace? As for the court, no one is willing to use their own money to repair the emperor's palace.
As for the little tax revenue in the court, it was difficult to even support the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty, let alone waste it in the emperor's residence.
Precisely because the Ming Emperor was young, no one in the court cared about his thoughts. Of course, he didn't have any thoughts. Perhaps the young emperor's biggest thought was to eat enough and sleep enough.
Under the guidance of the young eunuch, Qian Qianyi came to the great eunuch Yang Guorui.
"I wonder what happened when Eunuch Yang called the official so late?" Qian Qianyi asked directly when he saw Yang Guorui.
It was too late outside to enter the palace, but at this time, the eunuch Yang Guorui summoned him into the palace. He thought it was something important.
"Serve tea for Mr. Qian Ge, and brew the best tea in our pot." Yang Guorui told the young eunuch.
The little eunuch retreated from the room.
The great eunuch Yang Guorui looked at Qian Qianyi in front of him and said, "We heard from the Jin Yiwei that the man named Fan from the Qing Dynasty went to your house?"
"Mr. Fan has indeed arrived at the house. I hope that the official can contribute some efforts in the joint efforts of the Ming and Qing Dynasties to deal with the tiger thieves." Qian Qianyi did not hide anything and frankly stated the purpose of Fan Wencheng's meeting with him.
There is no need to hide this kind of thing, and as long as someone is interested, it will spread out sooner or later.
The great eunuch Yang Guorui laughed after hearing this, and said: "It seems that the Qing Dynasty is more anxious than us. This is good, as it saves us from arranging more people to go to Liaodong."
"My father-in-law is right." Qian Qianyi agreed.
At this time, the little eunuch came over with hot tea.
After serving Qian Qianyi a cup of hot tea, the young eunuch took away the tea bowl in Yang Guorui's hand and replaced it with a cup of freshly brewed hot tea.
The great eunuch Yang Guorui blew on the hot air in the cup and said, "Did you promise him to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty?"
"Xia Guan did not agree directly. This matter concerns the imperial court. Xia Guan just told him that he needs to discuss with other people in the court before making a decision. Originally, Xia Guan was going to report to you tomorrow, but I didn't expect that your father-in-law would send someone to find Xia Guan in advance. Come here." Qian Qianyi said.
After hearing this, the eunuch Yang Guorui showed a look of satisfaction on his face and said: "It seems that you are not confused anymore. You did not agree to him directly. This matter needs to be discussed by several auxiliary ministers."
"Xiaguan also knew that the consent of the minister of auxiliary affairs was needed, so he did not agree on the spot. Moreover, the other party also put forward a condition, which made Xiaguan hesitate to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty." Qian Qianyi glanced at Yang Guorui carefully.
Even though he has become the assistant minister, Yang Guorui, the eunuch in charge of the twenty-four eunuchs in the palace, still feels that he is always one step below him.
Perhaps it was because he got the position of assistant minister through the other party.
"Oh? That man surnamed Fan also made a condition. Tell me, what are the conditions?" asked the eunuch Yang Guorui.
"The other party wants Shanhaiguan!"
Qian Qianyi stated the conditions proposed by Fan Wencheng.
Hearing this, the eunuch Yang Guorui pondered for a moment and said: "They have been thinking about Shanhaiguan for so many years, but they didn't expect that they finally found an opportunity."
"Shanhaiguan is very important to us. It can be used to prevent the Qing Dynasty from entering the customs in the future. Without Shanhaiguan, the Qing Dynasty can directly enter the customs, and after entering the customs, it will be smooth sailing, which is a great threat to our Ming Dynasty." Qian Qianyi Analyzing the importance of Shanhaiguan in front of the eunuch Yang Guorui.
At the same time, he also implicitly stated that he did not support the cession of Shanhaiguan to the Qing Dynasty.
(End of chapter)
