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"Mr. Ge, what's the news from the court?" Gao Hongtu looked at Qian Qianyi with bright eyes.
All affairs in the DPRK first passed through the hands of several auxiliary ministers. Now that Qian Qianyi is the auxiliary minister, he may know some things that he does not know.
Qu Shishu also looked at Qian Qianyi.
Qian Qianyi faced the two people and said: "The person who supports the Northern Expedition to welcome back the Supreme Emperor is Eunuch Yang, but the other auxiliary ministers are not willing to fight against the Northern Expedition and the Tiger Flag. However, due to the loud voice of the Northern Expedition, they cannot If you don’t agree with the Northern Expedition, even I don’t want Ming Dynasty to carry out the Northern Expedition at this time.”
"Some of the auxiliary ministers want to use the Tiger Flag to stop the Northern Expedition through the peace talks." Gao Hongtu quickly reacted.
Qian Qianyi nodded and said: "The envoys of the Tiger Character Banner can come to Nanjing because of the permission of Wei Guogong and others. Although Eunuch Yang is unwilling, he has to hold his nose and admit it. After all, there is no one on your side." Bian occupies three seats of the auxiliary ministers, and Eunuch Yang is the only one, so he does not have an advantage among the auxiliary ministers."
"This is about to fight in the ring!" Gao Hongtu said.
Qian Qianyi walked to the side and sat down in front of the main seat. He reached for the tea bowl on the table and said: "The envoys sent by the Tiger Character Banner to negotiate for peace were beyond everyone's expectation, but they also gave Wei Guogong and others An excuse not to go to war. The court will definitely start arguing over whether to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty or to negotiate peace with the Tiger-Character Banner. It's okay for you, Qida. After all, you are just the Prime Minister of Yingtianfu. The debate between the court and the government will not be heated up for the time being. On your body."
As he said that, he glanced at Qu Shiqi.
Qian Qianyi continued: "But don't be careless. Before the debate in the court comes to a conclusion, there is no guarantee that someone will not secretly have other ideas. You, Ying Tianfu Cheng, must ensure that there is no chaos in Nanjing, especially between the two parties." Envoy, nothing can happen."
"The student has taken note of it." Qu Shichen nodded.
There is no way, his rank is indeed a bit lower, and he cannot directly participate in the affairs of the court for the time being. However, as long as his teacher is still the assistant minister and the chief minister of the cabinet, even if he cannot enter the Sixth Ministry and become a minister, he will become the chief minister of the temple. no problem.
"Which side is Mr. Ge going to support in the DPRK?" Gao Hongtu asked.
Hearing this, Qian Qianyi hesitated for a moment and said: "Although I am not willing to use weapons against the Tiger Flag now, I have not yet decided which side to support."
"You don't want to offend Eunuch Yang?" Gao Hongtu thought that the person behind Qian Qianyi becoming the auxiliary minister was Eunuch Yang.
Qian Qianyi sighed lightly.
Regarding the peace talks, he preferred that Wei Guogong and others stand together, but he did not want to disagree with Yang Eunuch and bear the reputation of treachery.
He values his reputation very much and does not want to lose it.
"Teachers always have to make a choice and cannot waver all the time." Qu Shishu reminded Qian Qianyi.
In his opinion, the wallflower is doing something inappropriate.
Gao Hongtu said: "Shi Xianzhi and the others will definitely not support the peace talks with the Tiger Banner. If the elders also support the alliance with the Qing Dynasty, Eunuch Yang will not have an advantage among the auxiliary ministers, but he will be able to gain power in the court. The support of the majority.”
"Ma Yaocao was originally supported by Eunuch Yang. With the support of this pavilion and Shi Xianzhi, apart from those generals, there are really not many people left in the court to support Eunuch Wei." Qian Qianyi frowned.
After fleeing south, the Ming Dynasty still maintained the situation of imperial strife.
Because Ma Yaocao followed Yang Gonggong's lead, he was known as an eunuch. The Qi and Zhejiang parties that Wei Zhongxian left behind at that time also joined Ma Yaocao's side.
The remaining party is still mainly composed of people left by the Donglin Party.
Both Qian Qianyi and Shi Kefa were from the Donglin Party, so naturally most Donglin Party members followed them.
There are still a small number of officials left. They have either been kicked out of the court and taken up local posts, or they have little power and are just idle officials wearing black gauze hats.
As for Wei Guogong and others, they are neither far nor close to the civil servants, and more of them are wooing the military honors and military attachés of the Ming Dynasty.
It seems that there are three pillars, but the ones with the weakest say are Wei Guogong and other martial heroes.
Although Ma Yaocao became an eunuch, he was also a civil servant, and his interests were very consistent with those of the Donglin Party on certain matters. If not for the fact that three of the auxiliary ministers were all Dukes of the Military Honors, the generals would have received some attention. .
However, the right to speak in the court is still in the hands of civil servants.
Gao Hongtu faced Qian Qianyi and said: "If Mr. Ge supports the peace talks, Wei Guogong can use the peace talks to fight against Eunuch Yang in the court."
"No." Qu Shishu said, "Although the peace talks are good for the Ming Dynasty, the teacher must not stand with Wei Guogong and others. This will not only damage the teacher's reputation, but also make some people turn to Shi Xianzhi and the others."
Both inherit the Donglin Party's legacy. Qian Qianyi has the largest resources of the Donglin Party because he is senior and the chief minister of the cabinet. Although Shi Kefa is a junior, because his teacher is Zuo Guangdou, he also has some Donglin Party members. Party members are willing to stand with Shi Kefa.
Externally, everyone is a Donglin Party, but internally, they are disgusted with each other. Everyone dislikes everyone. If the Metropolitan Procuratorate had not been suppressed by Chen Yuting, perhaps the memorial to impeach Qian Qianyi's faction would have been written long ago. It was full of ceremonial supervisors.
Gao Hongtu looked at Qu Shishu and said: "Like Mr. Ge, I don't want the Ming Dynasty to go to war with the Tiger Character Banner. Minister of War, I know better than you. At present, the Ming Dynasty does not have any soldiers that can fight the Tiger Character Banner." Ma, if the war starts now, the Ming Dynasty may not be able to stop the Tiger-Character Banner army from crossing the river, let alone counterattack to regain the lost territory."
"How is this possible? Our country, the Ming Dynasty, is vast and rich in resources. Although we lost the war in the north, it was because we not only had to fight the Qing army, but also had to deal with the internal rebellion of the Tiger Flag. Otherwise, we would not be able to advance or retreat. We will not give up the northern provinces." Qu Shishu said fiercely.
For the Tiger Character Banner to be able to capture the Ming Dynasty's capital, in his opinion, it was a complete bargain.
Gao Hongtu shook his head and said: "Brother Qida, you have been in Jiangnan these years. Many things are hearsay and not seen with your own eyes, so you don't know the power of the tiger-character flag's soldiers. If the tiger-character flag's soldiers are really If the Qing army is not strong enough, the Qing army will not suffer successive losses at its hands and will have to go south to form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty."
"This!" Qu Shiqi choked.
Although he was unwilling to admit the military strength of the Tiger Character Banner, the Tiger Character Banner did defeat the Qing army several times. Even if Fan Wencheng found many excuses to defend himself, it could not change the fact that the Qing army was defeated in front of the Tiger Character Banner.
