After leaving the palace, Qian Qianyi had to say with admiration that the old man is still hotter.
Abandoning Shanhaiguan was equivalent to giving up the Ming Dynasty's original capital in the north and turning the southern capital into a new capital, so he persuaded Duke Wei to no longer object to handing over Shanhaiguan to the Qing Dynasty.
This prompted the auxiliary ministers to discuss and approve cooperation with the Qing Dynasty.
As for whether there are people in the court who insist on ceding Shanhaiguan to the Qing Dynasty, it is no longer important. What the five auxiliary ministers all agree on can be forcibly implemented even if some people object.
After returning to his home, he immediately sent someone to the post house of Honglu Temple to invite Fan Wencheng.
Originally he was unwilling to take the job, but because Fan Wencheng had approached him and he was the chief minister of the cabinet, the matter fell on him and the cabinet.
"Sir, Mr. Fan is here." The steward of the Qian Mansion came to Qian Qianyi to inform him.
Later, Fan Wencheng was brought to Qian Qianyi.
"Meet Mr. Ge." Fan Wencheng saluted Qian Qianyi very respectfully.
Qian Qianyi looked back and forth at Fan Wencheng several times. Finally, he raised his hand and pointed to the seat beside him and said, "Fan Wencheng, please take a seat."
Fan Wencheng was not polite and walked over and sat down.
"Steward, let someone serve tea." Qian Qianyi ordered the steward Qian who was waiting in the room.
Soon, a cup of hot tea was brought over by a servant of the Qian Mansion and delivered to Fan Wencheng.
Qian Qianyi leaned back, put one forearm on the edge of the table, and said, "Inviting Mr. Fan here suddenly is something that needs to be informed in advance."
As he spoke, he paused and deliberately did not continue.
"Old Qian Ge, please speak. I am all ears." Fan Wencheng looked very calm and looked like he was listening.
Qian Qianyi looked at his calm appearance and secretly praised him.
He was indeed a Han minister who could be valued by the Qing emperor. Many officials in the Ming Dynasty may not be able to achieve this kind of calm demeanor without being alarmed when encountering difficulties.
"Your conditions have been agreed to by Ming Dynasty." Qian Qianyi did not continue to deliberately joke and directly stated the result.
However, there was still no joy on Fan Wencheng's face, and he was still very calm, as if what he just said had nothing to do with him.
Qian Qianyi became a little puzzled when he saw this, and couldn't help but ask: "Shouldn't Mr. Fan be happy? This is the first time that Ming Dynasty ceded one of its own passes to others."
"Maybe in Mr. Qian Ge's eyes, I should be happy, but I don't think there is anything to be happy about." Fan Wencheng responded.
Hearing this, Qian Qianyi raised his eyebrows and said with some displeasure: "Isn't this what you came to Ming Dynasty to ask for? Now that Ming Dynasty has agreed to your request, isn't it worth being happy?"
The other party's lack of appreciation had already made him feel dissatisfied.
Fan Wencheng shook his head and said: "The reason why I am not happy is that firstly, Shanhaiguan is still in the hands of the tiger thieves and does not belong to the Ming Dynasty, so it cannot be said that the Ming Dynasty ceded Shanhaiguan to the Qing Dynasty. Secondly, although Shanhaiguan agreed to the Ming Dynasty, I will no longer take it back, but in the end I still have to take back the Qing Dynasty from the tiger thieves. The third is that the tiger thieves are not so easy to deal with. Now let alone Shanhaiguan gifting me the Qing Dynasty, even if the Ming Dynasty promised to hand over Jiubian to me The Qing Dynasty is useless, as long as the tiger thieves are not eliminated for one day, everything will be like a moon in the water and can only be seen."
Qian Qianyi opened his mouth.
He wanted to refute, but he knew that everything the other party said was true, leaving him at a loss as to where to refute.
"However, I still want to thank Mr. Qian Ge. It is precisely because of Mr. Qian Ge's support that the cooperation between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty has been better promoted." Fan Wencheng bowed to Qian Qianyi.
Fan Wencheng's words made Qian Qianyi lose interest in continuing the conversation, so he said: "The alliance with the Qing Dynasty will be announced in the court tomorrow. Someone will take Mr. Fan into the palace by then. I hope Fan Wencheng will Be prepared to complete the alliance between Ming and Qing."
After saying that, he reached out and picked up the tureen on the table, placed it in front of him and used the lid to stir the tea inside.
Fan Wencheng saw that he was going to see off the guests, so he stood up, bowed and said, "I would like to thank Mr. Qian Ge for the reminder. Then I will not disturb Mr. Qian Ge and leave."
"I won't send you off." Qian Qianyi told the steward of the Qian Mansion beside him, "Go and see Mr. Fan off."
The steward of the Qian Mansion stepped forward to see Fan Wencheng leave the Qian Mansion.
The imperial court's cession of Shanhaiguan to the Qing Dynasty was leaked and soon spread throughout Nanjing.
Many students in Nanjing got together and cursed the presence of traitors in the court. None of the several auxiliary ministers escaped being scolded.
Although the Ming Dynasty lost half of its country, it still managed people's discussion of government affairs relatively loosely. Unlike the later Manchu Qing Dynasty, those who dared to discuss state affairs were directly arrested and exiled.
What students of the Ming Dynasty liked to do most was not to recite poems and argue, but to talk about government affairs and criticize all the officials in the court. Any officials who could not satisfy them were traitors.
This is quite similar to the Donglin Party.
The students were also very courageous. When they saw that the adults in the court did not pay attention to the requests of the students, they gathered together to attack Honglu Inn.
Every day, there are students yelling and cursing outside the post hall of Honglu Temple.
Fan Wencheng was born Han and was a scholar, but he defected to a foreign race. The students took advantage of this and scolded him to pieces.
As a result, he didn't even dare to go out of the post house, so he could only hide in the post house every day.
However, after a few days, there were fewer and fewer students making trouble. Except for a few extreme students, most students stopped making trouble.
It is rare to hear anyone talking about Shanhaiguan in the teahouses and taverns on the streets.
In a private house in Nanjing.
Fu Yunchun, the commander of the Tiger Flag in Nanjing, waited for a secret spy below.
"Boss, I have found out clearly that some people in the court acted together to suppress the students who were causing trouble. These officials who took action are inextricably linked to academies all over the south of the Yangtze River." Secret spy Wang San said.
Fu Yunchun rubbed his chin with his fingers a few times, and said: "I didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty would be so concerted in cooperating with the Qing Dynasty. It's a pity that our move has not played a big role. , and it was cracked."
"Otherwise, let's assassinate him! My subordinates arranged for someone to secretly kill Fan Wencheng. In this case, the alliance between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty will definitely be in trouble." Wang San looked at Fu Yunchun and said.
Fu Yunchun thought for a while and finally shook his head. He said: "Assassination can't solve the problem. The Qing Dynasty suffered successive defeats in the hands of our tiger-character banner. Even without Fan Wencheng, a thief like this, he would still cooperate with the Ming Dynasty and kill someone." It cannot change the outcome, and there is no need for us to let our brothers take this risk."
Rejected Wang San's idea of getting rid of Fan Wencheng.
