"Yes, Duke, are you in such a hurry to find everyone? Did something happen?"
Ningyang Hou asked Duke Wei.
Wei Guogong pressed his hands, and after the room was quiet, he said: "You have all heard about the envoys sent by the Tiger Character Banner to the Ming Dynasty, right?"
"Everyone has known about this for a long time." Hou Ning replied, while not forgetting to look at the others around him.
"Yes, I heard about it."
"Yes, yes, yes, everyone has heard about it."
Others in the room nodded in response.
Wei Guogong glanced around the people in front of him and said: "Ding Guogong, Cheng Guogong, I and I have decided to support this peace negotiation with Tiger Character Banner. What do you think? You can express your opinions if you have different opinions. "
As soon as the words came out, the expressions of the uncles in the room varied.
Some people had already guessed it in advance, but there were also others who had obviously just found out and were looking at the several princes present with astonishment.
After waiting for a while, when no one objected, Wei Guogong said: "Since there is no objection, then I hope that we, the lords, will work together to promote peace talks between the Ming Dynasty and the Tiger Flag."
"Wait a minute." Hou Ning suddenly said, "My lord, I don't understand something. Can I ask your lord to help me?"
"you say."
"Recently, the imperial court has been clamoring for the Northern Expedition to welcome back the Supreme Emperor, and to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty. Why do they suddenly choose to negotiate peace with the Tiger Character Banner? Could it be that without the Northern Expedition, the Supreme Emperor will not be welcomed back?"
As soon as the words came out, everyone else nodded and said yes.
Although these lords do not take care of things very much, the changes in the court will also affect whether they can continue to maintain such a stable life in the future.
"Let me tell you!" Cheng Guogong said at this time.
Funing Hou said: "Then let's listen to Cheng Guogong give everyone an explanation."
Everyone in the room looked at Cheng Guogong who was sitting next to Wei Guogong.
Ahem!
Duke Cheng Guo coughed twice on purpose.
He likes the feeling of being watched. When he was in the capital, even if he was the Duke of the country, he would always have the British Duke over his head. But now, he is not only the Duke of the country, but also the auxiliary minister of the DPRK.
When everyone looked at him, he said: "The Northern Expedition must be done, but it also depends on the timing. The Ming Dynasty cannot withstand any setbacks. At this time, the Northern Expedition will not only fail to save the Supreme Emperor, but also Maybe everything is going in now, so after discussing with the other two princes, I decided to postpone the Northern Expedition and use the excuse of peace talks to even confuse the tiger-character flag to gain more preparation time for the Ming Dynasty and to make sufficient preparations for the future Northern Expedition. preparation."
Below, Hubbard and the other lords started talking to each other in low voices.
However, these people soon divided into two groups.
One group is the lords who stayed in the southern capital, and the other group is the lords who followed Yongle to the north after moving the capital.
The Lords who stayed in Nandu naturally did not want the Northern Expedition, because the success of the Northern Expedition would not be of much benefit to them. Instead, they would have to contribute people and bear the risks.
But it is different for those lords who fled from the capital to Nandu. Their ancestral inheritance was in the north. Now that the north has fallen into the hands of the Tiger Flag, they lost their family property and came to Nandu to make a living, although they are much better off than ordinary people. , but it is far from being able to live the rich life that it once was.
Naturally, he wanted to go to the Northern Expedition to regain everything the family had lost.
Later, the lord from the north and the local lord from Nanjing even quarreled.
The quarrel ended quickly.
Compared with the local lords in Nanjing, the lords from the north do not have an advantage in numbers. Not only that, but their confidence is far less than that of the lords in Nanjing.
Some northern lords even relied on local lords in Nanjing to make their families' lives easier.
The lack of confidence also forced the lord from the north to stop his activities and turn to several auxiliary princes for help.
"Everyone be quiet." Duke Cheng Guo scolded, then turned to look at the northern lords who came to Nanjing with him, and said, "You are clamoring for the Northern Expedition, but have you ever thought about whether the Northern Expedition will definitely succeed? ? If Tiger Character Flag is so easy to deal with, will you still hide here in Nandu?"
Following his rhetorical question, a northern lord lowered his head.
The day when the tiger-character banner army broke into the capital was an unforgettable day for them, especially the humiliation of leaving the capital in despair, which they will never forget.
"Why are you not talking anymore? Talk!" Cheng Guogong asked sharply.
These distinguished old gods in Nanjing were looking at the lords from the north, their eyes full of teasing.
They did not like these lords who came from the north. These people came to Nanjing, and in their view, they usurped the interests of their Nanjing lords.
As for the friendship between ancestors many generations ago, it is far less important than the current family interests.
"Isn't there still the Qing Dynasty? The Qing Dynasty is willing to form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty to deal with the Tiger Flag." A northern lord said.
Duke Cheng Guo stared at the person who spoke, and said: "If the Qing Dynasty you talk about is capable of dealing with the tiger-character flag, he will not send people here to seek an alliance with the Ming Dynasty."
"By combining the efforts of both families, there may not be no chance." The Northern Lord said in a low voice.
"Do you dare to speak louder?" Cheng Guogong raised his finger and pointed at the other party, and immediately said, "You don't even have the confidence to speak. I'm afraid you don't think that the alliance between Qing and Ming will definitely be able to deal with the Tiger Flag. "
The Northern Lord was silent this time.
Even if he said that the alliance between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty could deal with the Tiger Character Banner, Cheng Guogong would not believe it, because even he himself did not believe it very much.
Only after seeing it with your own eyes can you understand the power of the Tiger Flag army.
Seeing that no one was speaking, Duke Cheng Guo asked, "Is there anyone else who objects to peace talks with Tiger Character Banner?"
Several northern lords stopped talking.
Even if he still thinks about returning to the north, he knows that his arms cannot hold his thighs.
"Since there is no objection, then I hope that everyone can work together to promote the success of the peace talks between the Ming Dynasty and the Tiger Flag." Cheng Guogong said loudly.
At this time, Funing Hou said: "There are many people in the court who do not want to see the peace talks between Ming Dynasty and Tiger Character Banner. Eunuch Yang and the chief minister of the cabinet are people who support the Northern Expedition. They will not want to see Ming Dynasty and Tiger Character Banner." In the banner peace talks, with these two people present, I am afraid that most people on the civil service side will choose to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty."
"Don't worry, with our three auxiliary ministers here, the two of them won't be able to make much trouble." Cheng Guogong said in a comprehensive manner.
Among the five auxiliary ministers, they accounted for three, which was the confidence in his heart.
Funing Hou said: "You should still be careful. Those big turbans are used to manipulating righteousness. We, the nobles, may not be able to defeat those big turbans in the government."
