Wei Guogong and the eunuch Yang Guorui looked at the speaking Duke Cheng with ugly expressions.
Is it because they don’t want to make peace with the Qing that they don’t want to go to the Northern Expedition? They didn't want to rescue the Supreme Emperor in the capital.
As long as the Supreme Emperor is still alive for one day, he is a threat to them, the auxiliary ministers. Otherwise, why would Qian Qianyi become the auxiliary minister? It was not because of the bloody edict of the Supreme Emperor.
"Did I say something wrong?" Cheng Guogong felt a little frightened when several people looked at him.
Wei Guogong looked at him and said, "You are right, but it has nothing to do with whether we want to have peace talks with Huzi Banner or not."
All he had to do was tell Mr. Cheng Guo to shut up.
"With the current strength of the Ming Dynasty, even if we really join forces with the Qing Dynasty to eradicate the Tiger Flag, it will not be of much benefit to the Ming Dynasty. Instead, it will support a powerful Qing Dynasty. Therefore, it is not a good thing to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty. The key is to have our own strength. That's all." Duke Ding said, in order to relieve the embarrassment for Duke Cheng.
Wei Guogong nodded and said: "I support Duke Ding on this point. As the old saying goes, you have to rely on your own strength to strike. The reason why I supported the peace talks with the Tiger Character Banner at the beginning was to delay the Tiger Character Banner's invasion and win for the Ming Dynasty. More time to strengthen the army to deal with the future war with the Tiger Flag."
"Otherwise, we should follow Mr. Qian Ge's suggestion and not hold peace talks with Huziqi for the time being, dragging down the two families while the Ming Dynasty trains a strong army on its own." The great eunuch Yang Guorui said.
As long as he didn't have to welcome the Supreme Emperor back, and he didn't have to be dwarfed by dignitaries like Wei Guogong, he didn't mind supporting the method proposed by Qian Qianyi.
And in his opinion, Qian Qianyi's method is very feasible.
"It's been delayed for a long time. What if the Tiger Flag flag quits?" Wei Guogong frowned.
Qian Qianyi said: "Then make peace with them. Even if we persist for one more day, we will still make money."
"Then what if the Tiger Flag sees our procrastination and decides to send troops to attack the Ming Dynasty?" Wei Guogong asked again.
Qian Qianyi said: "Then choose to form an alliance with the Qing State and bring the Qing State together to deal with the Tiger Flag. Anyway, we will not suffer any loss."
When Wei Guogong heard this, he hesitated.
At this time, Duke Dingguo said: "I think the method of delaying the peace talks is feasible, why not give it a try!"
He looked at Wei Guogong.
The eunuch Yang Guorui felt happy when he saw this scene, and he couldn't help but curl up one corner of his mouth.
There was a dispute within Xun Gui, and he was very happy to see this scene.
"If everyone has no objections, then let's make this decision!" Wei Guogong saw that everyone else had this idea, so he simply agreed.
Anyway, the purpose from the beginning was to ensure his power in the court. As for whether he could negotiate peace with the Tiger Flag, he didn't particularly care, as long as the Tiger Flag didn't cause trouble.
"Okay, then it's decided." The eunuch Yang Guorui made the decision directly this time.
Qian Qianyi breathed a sigh of relief.
At least he doesn't have to face Shi Kefa, a rotten guy, and he doesn't have to worry about ruining his reputation as a result.
As the five auxiliary ministers in the court, court officials should abide by what they decide.
However, regarding the peace talks with the Tiger Character Banner or the alliance with the Qing Dynasty, they decided to let it go and let the people make trouble, but the court would never interfere.
At the same time, the only thing the court did was to protect the safety of the envoys from both sides.
Otherwise, if one of them really dies, the method they want to delay cannot be implemented. Therefore, they must not only protect, but also send people to supervise to prevent the assassination of envoys from happening again.
Shi Kefa and others, who supported an alliance with the Qing Dynasty to deal with the Tiger Flag, never saw any movement from the auxiliary ministers. They repeatedly asked several auxiliary ministers in court to agree to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty.
It's a pity that several auxiliary ministers have already discussed the solution, and naturally they will not follow the intentions of Shi Kefa and others.
Shi Kefa, who had made trouble several times in court, saw that it didn't work, so he gathered people at home after going to court.
This time, Chen Yu was not brought with him
Ting.
Because Chen Yuting's sudden retirement caught them off guard, many people became dissatisfied with Chen Yuting, thinking that he decided to resign without consulting other people.
"We can't delay this any longer. Please think of a way to get several auxiliary ministers to support the alliance with the Qing Dynasty." Shi Kefa looked at the people in front of him.
He deeply felt the perfunctory behavior of several auxiliary ministers in the court.
But every time he thought of the Supreme Emperor still suffering in a place like the capital, he couldn't eat or sleep at night. He wished he could immediately lead his army to the north and rescue the Supreme Emperor.
"Your Majesty is young, and all major affairs in the DPRK are handled by a few auxiliary ministers. We have many ideas but no way to solve it." Qian Shisheng said.
Shi Kefa slapped the table hatefully and said, "That's why we have to welcome back the Supreme Emperor. If the Supreme Emperor were here, he would have mobilized all his troops to go north to regain the lost territory, instead of just fighting back and forth in the court like now, But it has no practical effect.”
"I'm afraid those auxiliary ministers don't want to welcome the Supreme Emperor back at all." Qian Shisheng said with a sneer.
Hearing this, Shi Kefa turned to look at Qian Shisheng and said, "Is there any evidence for saying that?"
"What kind of evidence is needed for this? It's all a matter of understanding." Qian Shisheng said, "How long has it been since the envoy from the Qing Dynasty came? How long has it been since the envoy from the Tiger-Character Flag came? No matter how much we discuss, there should be a result, but so A long time passed, but nothing came of it, except that there were many more officers and soldiers protecting the places where the Qing envoys and the Tiger Flag envoys lived."
"Perhaps it's because the envoy was assassinated last time and we were worried that something similar would happen again, so we sent officers and soldiers to protect him!" A censor said.
After hearing this, Qian Shisheng said: "There is no problem in sending officers and soldiers to protect, but the court has never come up with a result. This is the biggest problem. Those auxiliary ministers even had trouble with the Qing Dynasty and the Tiger Flag. Not even mentioned."
"Several auxiliary ministers said in front of the civil and military officials in the court that they would support the Northern Expedition. Is it possible that they want to break their promise?" Shi Kefa frowned.
Qian Shisheng snorted coldly and said, "Breaking a promise is nothing. As long as they can keep their power, they might even dare to assassinate the Supreme Emperor."
"Come on, don't say this nonsense." Seeing that the other party was getting bolder and bolder, Shi Kefa quickly reminded him.
Qian Shisheng said: "Maybe Xianzhi, you still have hope for those auxiliary ministers. Anyway, I have no hope at all. I can even guarantee now that they may have made an agreement secretly. It’s just that we don’t know it clearly.”
"There must be evidence for this kind of thing, otherwise it is difficult to talk nonsense." Although Shi Kefa was dissatisfied with several auxiliary ministers, he did not think that these auxiliary ministers would take care of the Ming Dynasty for their own selfish purposes.
