On the third day after Hong Chengchou and others left Nanjing, Fan Wencheng received news from Liaodong.
The person who sent the letter was a Han Chinese, or was once a Han Chinese. Later, he shaved his head and could no longer be considered a complete Han Chinese.
"Mr. Fan, this is a secret message sent by the emperor from Liaodong."
The messenger handed a confidential letter to Fan Wencheng.
Fan Wencheng checked the lacquered opening of the secret letter and saw that it was intact. Then he opened the secret letter and pulled out a piece of letter paper.
After reading the contents of the secret letter, he slapped his thigh hard and said in annoyance: "I know that the people in the Tiger Flag will definitely not leave for no reason. Why do you have no hope for peace talks? It's pure fart. This is knowing that he is going to die and running away in advance.”
The content of the letter is not complicated.
There was only one thing written on it, which was that the Qing State contacted the Mongolian Mongolia and the Mobei Mongolia Division and began to send troops to Monan Mongolia under the rule of the Tiger Banner.
"Your Majesty is so wise!" Fan Wencheng couldn't help but read what was written in the secret letter again.
He originally thought that the Qing Dynasty would form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty to deal with the Tiger Character Banner together, but he did not expect that his emperor would lay down a banner. The alliance with the Ming Dynasty was just to hide from others. The real purpose was to contact the grassland tribes to deal with the Tiger Character Banner together.
Fan Wencheng walked around the room several times excitedly.
Since arriving in Nanjing City with the Tiger Character Banner, he has encountered obstacles in Nanjing City. He has no hope of forming an alliance with the Ming Dynasty. Even several of the people he brought have died.
Now that I saw that the tiger-character flag was about to suffer misfortune, I felt a bad breath coming from my heart.
"I can't wait here. I need to spread this news and let more people know." Fan Wencheng thought that he could use this news to complete the task of forming an alliance between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.
In the past, the Ming Dynasty did not form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty. Although it was because of the obstruction of some powerful figures in the Ming Dynasty, in the final analysis, it was because of the powerful force of the Tiger Character Banner.
Now the Tiger Banner will face the alliance between the Moxi and Mobei Mongolian tribes. He believes that as long as the officials of the Ming Dynasty are not stupid, they will no longer refuse to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty.
After coming out of the post house, he did not go to Shi Kefa and others who openly supported the alliance between the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the court, but went to Qian Qianyi's house.
Shi Kefa and those people supported the alliance between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. Regardless of whether they knew about the news that the Tiger Character Banner was about to be encircled and suppressed, these people would support the alliance with the Qing Dynasty, but Qian Qianyi was different.
Qian Qianyi was not only the chief minister of the cabinet, but also the auxiliary minister. Winning over this person would be very beneficial to the subsequent alliance between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.
Compared with the bustle outside Wei Guogong's mansion, the front door of Qian Qianyi's mansion was also extremely lively.
Because Wei Guogong was from a noble family, many people could not bear to seek refuge with him, but Qian Qianyi was different. He was the head of the civil service and an auxiliary minister.
For many scholars, there is no objection to taking refuge in his disciples.
When Fan Wencheng came to visit Qian Qianyi's house this time, he did not ask Gao Hongtu to accompany him, but directly sent a greeting note to Qian's house.
Perhaps it was because the envoys of the Tiger Character Banner gave up the peace talks and left, so Fan Wencheng's greeting card was sent in, and immediately someone from the Qian Mansion came out to invite him in.
It wasn't his first time coming to the Qian Mansion, but he was already familiar with it.
The servants of Qian's Mansion who led him were heading towards the study room where Qian Qianyi usually entertained guests.
Entering the study, Fan Wencheng saw Qian Qianyi's familiar face.
In addition, he also noticed another person in the room, Qian Qianyi's student Qu Shiqi.
"I've met Mr. Qian Ge, Prime Minister Qu Fu." Fan Wencheng raised his hands to Qian Qianyi and Qu Shichu respectively.
Qian Qianyi glanced at Fan Wencheng and said, "Fan Wencheng came to me for the purpose of forming an alliance with the Ming Dynasty, right?"
"That's exactly what happened." Fan Wencheng said calmly.
Hearing this, Qian Qianyi frowned slightly and said: "The court has shelved this matter. The alliance Mr. Fan wants to seek may not be possible. Instead of struggling with me, Mr. Fan should return to Liaodong earlier."
He did not support the alliance with the Qing Dynasty in his heart, but as the chief minister of the cabinet, he could not say it out loud, otherwise many people would alienate him.
"It doesn't matter if you put it on hold, just restart it." Fan Wencheng said, "And naturally I am confident enough when I come this time, otherwise I would not have rashly come to visit Mr. Ge."
Qian Qianyi looked at Fan Wencheng's confident look, and his heart moved, and he said: "It seems that the departure of the Tiger Flag people gave Mr. Fan courage. If it is for this reason, I can't help Mr. Fan."
Even if the Tiger Character Banner people left, he never thought of forming an alliance with the Qing Dynasty.
Of course, if he openly refuses, he cannot say it directly, otherwise the image of the Northern Expedition he maintains will collapse.
"Mr. Qian Ge, you might as well listen to what I have to say." Fan Wencheng was not disappointed by Qian Qianyi's rejection.
Qian Qianyi looked at Fan Wencheng and said, "If you have anything to say, Mr. Fan, just say it."
"The tiger thief is about to die." This sentence came out of Fan Wencheng's mouth.
Qian Qianyi was stunned when he heard this.
At this time, Qu Shishu asked: "What does Mr. Fan mean by this? Does the Qing Dynasty have a way to deal with the Tiger Flag?"
"Yes, the Qing Dynasty already has a way to deal with the tiger thieves, and it is being implemented. It is precisely because the envoys of the tiger thieves knew the news that they fled back in a hurry." Fan Wencheng said to Qu Shiqi, while not Forgot to look at Qian Qianyi aside.
Qu Shiqi was also stunned when he heard this.
He just said it casually, but he didn't expect it to turn out to be a prophecy.
"What does Mr. Fan mean by this? Could it be that he got some news?" Qian Qianyi's curiosity was aroused.
He immediately understood that the other party was prepared.
Fan Wencheng faced Qian Qianyi and said, "Does Mr. Qiange know how the forces on the grassland are divided?"
"this!"
Qian Qianyi hesitated.
He only knew a little about the situation on the grassland, but he didn't know everything. After all, it was a foreign force. He only knew a little bit about it, but he didn't know much.
He was afraid that he would show cowardice in front of Fan Wencheng and lose face, so he said: "If you have anything to say, Mr. Fan, just say it. I'm all ears!"
"Then I'll tell you the truth." Fan Wencheng didn't sell it, and said directly, "The Mongolian tribes in the Mongolia and the Mobei tribes on the grassland have joined forces, and together with me, the Qing Dynasty, we will deal with the tiger thieves together."
"Mr. Fan is talking about Wala?" Qu Shishu asked.
Fan Wencheng smiled and nodded, saying: "Yes, it's Wala. Of course, the three Mobei tribes will also send troops to deal with the tiger bandits."
"Wala is not close to the Tiger Flag. How could he go all the way to conquer the Tiger Flag? Mr. Fan can't be mistaken!" Qu Shishu suspected that Fan Wencheng had deliberately fabricated it.
It was to promote the alliance between Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty.
