As a result, Zhang Guowei was canonized as a Taifu in advance (originally to be canonized when rewarding the whole army), authorized to participate in political affairs, and led the negotiation of armistice-like matters with the Qing court.

Chen Zilong was depressed enough, but at this moment, Qian Sule made up for it and proposed that Zhang Huangyan be the deputy envoy to assist Zhang Guowei in negotiating with the Qing court.

This made Chen Zilong keenly feel that this was a "conspiracy", and there was a shadow of Wu Zheng behind it.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, facing Qian Sule, Zhang Guowei and others who stepped forward to talk, Chen Zilong angrily brushed his sleeves away.

Zhang Guowei was a little embarrassed, and Qian Sule persuaded: "Brother Yudi, don't mind, Mr. Wozi is fine, it's just ...... Ahem, not big enough. ”

Zhang Guowei smiled and said: "Zhang has also heard of this...... But it doesn't matter, they are all contributing to the court, and small misunderstandings can always be explained clearly. ”

But Zhang Guowei was wrong, this matter is really not easy to explain.

……。

Hong Chengchou did not leave.

How could he go?

The Qingtai courtiers here walked slowly, and before they walked out of Hongwu Gate, he had already received the news.

The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds.

Among the Han people, there are always some who do not regard themselves as Han people.

Hong Chengchou was very satisfied, Wu Zheng stepped down, and the negotiations could continue.

It's just that Hong Chengchou was a little disappointed that the negotiator of the Qingtai Dynasty was not the expected Chen Zilong, but was replaced by Zhang Guowei.

Didn't he die a long time ago, how could he come back to life? Hong Chengchou frowned and said to himself.

But Hong Chengchou is not worried about Zhang Guowei, as long as he is not the unreasonable shaft.

……。

Zhenguo Mansion.

"Send someone to Dantu quickly, so that Xia Wanchun is ready to fight again. At the same time, the defenders of Zhenjiang City were ordered to be on guard to prevent the Qing army from landing and sneak attacking. ”

On the side, Song An asked softly, "Didn't the Tartars send an envoy to negotiate peace?" Didn't the young master also think about a temporary truce with the Qing army, why did he have to fight again? ”

"Scared?"

"Where to speak, as long as the young master gives an order, my little Anzi will never blink an eye." Song An raised his head and said, "It's just that our army has suffered heavy casualties, and if we really fight again, I'm afraid it will be ......." ”

Wu Zheng glanced at Song An and said, "The strength of the Tartars is stronger than mine, this is a fact, and everyone knows it. But because of this, they want to get what they can't get on the battlefield at the negotiating table, can we agree? ”

"Of course not. If this is agreed to their unreasonable demands, how can you face your dead brother? Although Song An didn't know what the "thing" Wu Zheng's words were, he subconsciously understood that this must be crucial, so he was naturally indignant.

Wu Zheng said with a smile: "But we didn't agree, but the Qing court insisted that we agree, and even threatened us with war, what do you say?" ”

"Fight, can we still be afraid of them?"

"Yes, it's called war for peace. Go ahead! ”

"Yes. I understand. ”

Watching Song An leave, Wu Zheng sighed slightly, it was so reasonable, but Wu Zheng knew what kind of difficulty this order was for the tired army of Dantu.

"Come on, prepare the horse, my father is going to see the prince of Xingguo."

……。

Hong Chengchou did not deny the promise of 5,000 taels of gold after Ma Shiying's success.

This is not a small amount of money, according to the current exchange rate, it is sixty or seventy thousand taels of silver.

Plus the previous two thousand taels.

That's almost enough for an army of 10,000 for a year's salary.

Of course, it's not that Hong Chengchou is really so generous and spends a lot of money, his intention is nothing more than to let Ma Shiying continue to make some transactions with him secretly.

At this time, what kind of trading can be made?

Naturally, it is the final limit of the Qingtai Dynasty for this negotiation, of course, there is also the deployment of the Ming army, but this is a later story, Hong Chengchou is not in a hurry, as long as the truce is negotiated, then the Qingtai Dynasty will be in the bag sooner or later.

Did Ma Shiying say it?

That's it!

Not only did he say it, but he also spit out Wu Zheng's intention to save the remnants of the Zhenming Army.

This made Hong Chengchou very satisfied.

In fact, he has always wondered why no one has mentioned the remnants of the hundreds of Ming troops in Yizhen.

The so-called abnormal things must be demonic, the more he doesn't mention it, the more suspicious Hong Chengchou becomes.

You must know that the commander of the Yi Zhenming Army is the younger brother and commander of the old Qian Pavilion of the Qingtai Dynasty.

"Ma Xiang is really a person who knows the times, you can rest assured, but on the day when the Qing army captures Ying Tianfu, Hong will definitely fight for Ma Xiang in the court, and there will be no less of your achievements today."

Ma Shiying replied humbly: "Then Ma will rely more on Scholar Hong in the future!" ”

"Well said, well said." Hong Chengchou smiled like a spring breeze, but he was contemptuous of Ma Shiying in his heart, people are so weird, he became a second minister, and he was ashamed to be with other second ministers.

Maybe this is a knee-jerk to comfort myself from the bottom of my heart.

"The Qingtai Dynasty seems to be growing stronger day by day, but in fact, it is strong and middle-powered, and Wu Zheng is dominant, except for the benevolence of the prince of Xingguo, he still has his own strength, and it is only a matter of time before it overturns. It is really wise for Ma Xiang to be loyal to our dynasty at this time. In this way, I have a lot of eyeliner and fine work in Ying Tianfu, and when I leave Ying Tianfu, I will hand over a few of them to Ma Xiang, and if there is any news between you and me in the future, you can go to them. ”

Ma Shiying responded: "That dare is good, but although Wu Zheng is young, the city is very deep, and Ma is afraid that if he passes it frequently, it will arouse his suspicions......." ”

Hong Chengchou shook his head and said: "Ma Xiang misunderstood, with Ma Xiang's identity, those trivial things naturally don't need Ma Xiang to pass on the news...... You remember, you are a chess piece buried in the Qingtai Dynasty, except for particularly important information, you can completely ignore the others, your task is to assist our army to get the deployment of the Ming army and the defense map of Tianfu City when our army goes south in the future. Always keep close to Wu Zheng, and if necessary, I can even sacrifice some of Ying Tianfu's secret stakes to cooperate with you to gain his trust in you. ”

Ma Shiying said: "Ma Mou's future everything, only Hong University Shi Ma is the first to look forward." ”

……。

Many people couldn't sleep this night.

Chen Zilong is the one who can't sleep the most.

He had already urgently summoned Qian Qianyi to see him.

"Tell me, how did it come to this? I fought with Wu to tear up face, and I didn't want Zhang Guowei to occupy this position. What's even more strange is that Hong Chengchou, who was still angry yesterday, actually thundered and rained, and today he no longer talked about breaking the negotiations and leaving Ying Tianfu. If you knew this was the case, it would be better to let Wu Zheng continue to talk. ”

Chen Zilong was indeed a little frustrated.

In particular, Qian Sule, Zhang Huangyan and others inexplicably did not echo and stood on the opposite side of themselves, which made Chen Zilong suddenly feel his powerlessness in controlling the cabinet.

This is indeed a feeling of humiliation for the arrogant Mr. Chen Zilong.

Chen Zilong became a little emotional, and he shouted at Qian Qianyi.