When it came to the envoys of the Qing Dynasty and the envoys of the Tiger-Character Banner, no one said anything for a while.
To choose one is to reject the other.
Several people want both and want neither.
"What? Don't you have anything to say?" Wei Guogong looked at several people one by one, and finally fell on the eunuch Yang Guorui.
"Eunuch Yang, please tell me first!"
Duke Guo of Wei named the eunuch Yang Guorui.
Although there are five auxiliary ministers, they are actually two factions. The auxiliary ministers with noble backgrounds are in their own faction, and the remaining two are in another faction.
Qian Qianyi may have some small thoughts and never dare to disobey the eunuch Yang Guorui too much.
After all, the great eunuch Yang Guorui controlled the palace and the royal guards, which could be said to have imperial power, and the nobles held most of the Ming Dynasty's troops. Only he, the head of the civil service, lacked the confidence.
"Our family has no objections." The eunuch Yang Guorui said this.
Since the last time he saw Funing Hou, he had figured it out. What he and Wei Guogong and other dignitaries were competing for was power in the court. If the Supreme Emperor was brought back, not to mention power, he would not even be able to keep his position as minister of auxiliary affairs. .
Based on his understanding of the Supreme Emperor, perhaps the nobles and civil servants could still have some power left, but he, a slave of the royal family, could not even think about it.
He won't even have the chance to become Wei Zhongxian.
"Since Eunuch Yang won't say anything, I will let my father-in-law make the first move." Wei Guogong looked at the people around him and said immediately, "My idea is to have peace talks with Tiger Character Banner."
The great eunuch Yang Guorui frowned.
Although he had already guessed that Wei Guogong supported peace talks with Hu Ziqi, when he heard Wei Guogong say this in person, he still felt uncomfortable and felt that he was being overpowered by the other party.
"Eunuch Yang, what do you think?" Wei Guogong asked the eunuch Yang Guorui again.
The chief eunuch Yang Guorui said with a dark face: "The Duke has already made his decision. Our family has nothing to say."
"Do you have any different opinions?" Wei Guogong looked at the other three people present.
"I have no opinion."
"I don't have any objection either."
Both Cheng Guogong and Ding Guogong said they had no objection.
Their Lord's side was the first to decide on the peace talks with Tiger Character Banner, so naturally they would not have any other opinions at this time.
However, the last remaining Qian Qianyi did not speak.
Upon seeing this, Duke Guo of Wei turned to Qian Qianyi and asked, "What other ideas does Mr. Qian Ge have?"
"No, no." Qian Qianyi shook his head and said immediately, "There are many people in the court who are unwilling to negotiate peace with the Tiger Character Banner. They would rather form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty to wait for the Northern Expedition to welcome back the Emperor."
Although he did not mention names, he believed that several people here knew who he was talking about.
During these days, only those people had the most fun dancing in the court.
At this time, the eunuch Yang Guorui glanced at Qian Qianyi.
I thought bitterly in my heart that these turbans were the most scheming. The people who shouted in the court that the Northern Expedition was the most ferocious, never mentioned the Northern Expedition again after becoming the Assistant Minister.
"Mr. Qian Ge, you are the chief minister of the cabinet. I will leave this matter to you. Is that okay?" Wei Guogong looked at Qian Qianyi and said.
Qian Qianyi's face turned bitter when he heard this, and he said: "People like Shi Xianzhi cannot reason with reason. It is difficult to convince them."
"My lord believes that Mr. Qian Ge can do it." Wei Guogong put a high hat on Qian Qianyi's head.
However, Qian Qianyi didn't want to take on this thankless job at all.
People like Shi Kefa are bad-tempered and tough, and they can't get ten cows back on something they are sure of. However, these people have extremely high prestige among the officials.
If he tried to persuade Shi Kefa to give up the alliance with the Qing Dynasty, he might succeed, but it was impossible to dissuade Shi Kefa and others from negotiating peace with the Tiger Character Banner and not going to the Northern Expedition.
If he doesn't do it right, his reputation will be scandalous among the officials.
"The prince should go to someone else. In fact, this cabinet is not very supportive of the peace talks with the Tiger Flag." Qian Qianyi finally chose to keep his reputation.
As a member of the Donglin Party, he understands the importance of reputation very well.
If one's reputation is ruined, it will be difficult for him to become an official again in the future. For a person like Ruan Dacheng whose reputation has been ruined, if the Ming Dynasty had not lost half of its empire and moved its capital to Nandu, it would be difficult for him to have a chance to recover in this life.
Wei Guogong did not expect that Qian Qianyi would suddenly change his mind, so he asked: "Mr. Qian Ge is unwilling to support peace talks with Tiger Character Banner. Does that mean he hopes to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty?"
"That's not what I meant." Qian Qianyi did not want to offend people like Wei Guogong, so he denied it directly, and then said, "I feel that since the Qing Dynasty has come to form an alliance, and the Tiger Character Banner has also come to negotiate, it shows that Ming Dynasty is worth two Instead of choosing one side and taking sides, it is better not to reject both sides and give them some hope in exchange for more time to enhance Ming's strength."
As soon as he finished speaking, the eunuch Yang Guorui's eyes lit up and he immediately said: "Our family thinks Mr. Qian Ge's idea is very good. Why don't you consider it?"
As he spoke, he looked at Wei Guogong.
Originally he had to support the peace talks with the Tiger Flag, but now with Qian Qianyi's reminder, he immediately felt that he did not need to bow to people like Wei Guogong to support the peace talks with the Tiger Flag.
As long as there is no Northern Expedition and the Supreme Emperor is not rescued, it doesn't matter whether there is peace or not.
"If there is no peace negotiation, what will happen if the Tiger-Charactered Banner army attacks? The Ming Dynasty's existing troops may not be able to stop the Tiger-Charactered Banner's troops." Wei Guogong said.
He also thought about not having peace talks with the Tiger-Character Banner, but he was afraid that Ming's rejection of the peace talks would lead to an invasion by the Tiger-Character Banner army.
Qian Qianyi said: "I feel that even if we do not negotiate peace with the Tiger Character Banner, the Tiger Character Banner may not send a large army to attack the Ming Dynasty."
"How can you see it?" Wei Guogong asked.
Qian Qianyi thought for a moment and said: "I don't know if you have noticed that the Tiger-Character Banner peace talks team came to Nandu only after the Qing envoys arrived. I suspect that the Tiger-Character Banner did not think about peace talks from the beginning. , they just don’t want us to ally with the Qing, so as long as we don’t ally with the Qing, it may not matter whether the peace talks with the Tiger Flag are successful or not.”
The few people present were either nobles who had grown old and become demons, or they were eunuchs who had come out of the palace. No one was stupid.
With Qian Qianyi's reminder, the more they thought about it, the more they felt that this might be the case.
As Qian Qianyi said, the Tiger Character Banner may not care much about peace talks with the Ming Dynasty, but they just don't want to see the Ming Dynasty form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty.
"If the Tiger Character Banner is afraid of us forming an alliance with the Qing State, is it also afraid of being attacked by us and the Qing State from the north and south? In this case, if we form an alliance with the Qing State, can we get rid of the Tiger Character Flag and take back the lost territory?" Cheng Guogong suddenly said. .
(End of chapter)
