Seeing Chongzhen's sudden anger, Chen Xinjia didn't dare to speak anymore, and he knelt on the ground and didn't dare to move.

At this time, Zhou Yanru coughed lightly and took over: "Your Majesty, what Chen Shangshu said also has a certain truth. Tang Guogong Li Xiao's power was too big, and he really had to guard against it, but Weichen thought that Chen Shangshu's move was too intense. It would be too inappropriate to treat Li Xiao, a great hero who made great contributions to the country, destroyed the land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty, and forced the Qing court to come to negotiate peace, and treat him as the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu that used each other and conquered each other. This kind of practice will only chill the hearts of heroes, and the emperor must not do such a reckless act. ”

Chongzhen sighed and said slowly: "Aiqing's opinion, I also look at it. In Aiqing's opinion, how I should do it is appropriate. ”

Zhou Yanru's eyebrows twitched, and then he bowed his hand and said: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, this peace agreement of the Qing court cannot be easily refused, and Tang Guogong's side cannot be offended casually." ”

Chen Xinjia sneered on the side: "Shoufu's rhetoric is light, why don't you want to have both bear paws and fish, but it's too difficult to achieve such a goal." In the following opinion, if you want to negotiate peace with the Qing court, you will inevitably offend Li Xiao, and if you want to satisfy Li Xiao, then I will not be able to negotiate peace with the Qing court. These two dilemmas, although Zhou Shoufu is happy, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to do. ”

Zhou Yanru also smiled and said: "Chen Shangshu, Zhou also knows that this matter is not easy, but now he can only try his best to reconcile and come up with a plan that is acceptable to both the Qing court and Li Xiao." In the opinion of the minister, this matter should be handled like this, please ask the emperor to allow the minister to try to say. ”

Chongzhen saw that Zhou Yanru had a solution, and was immediately very happy, and immediately said: "Very good, very good, you can talk about the jade rope in detail." ”

Zhou Yanru arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, if I agree to the plan discussed by the Qing court immediately, it will inevitably make the Tartars look down on it, and I need to bargain with it." From Weichen's point of view, he can use the power of Li Xiao, the Duke of Tang Guo, to suppress them openly and secretly, so that they can understand that now they are begging me to sign a peace agreement, not my Ming begging them in turn. Wechen believes that they must be more eager to sign this agreement than we are. ”

When Zhou Yanru said this, Chen Xinjia interjected: "Zhou Shoufu is right, the advice of the Qing court envoy must not be agreed to immediately, so as not to make it contemptuous. As for the annual tribute money, I still need to try my best to reduce it, and strive to achieve the bottom line of the Qing people. ”

Chongzhen also nodded again and again: "The jade rope is very true, and I also look at it." Qinglu wants to sign this agreement urgently, then I Daming just took the opportunity to lower the share of tribute, after all, the agreement is complete, and then I want to change it, but it is not easy. ”

Zhou Yanru couldn't help but light up when he saw the emperor's words of approval, and he said loudly to Chongzhen: "What the emperor said is very true, over there, I should deal with it like this." However, for Li Xiao, the Duke of Tang Guo, in order to appease, the minister hoped that the emperor would give Li Xiao the title of king with a different surname, so as to relieve his anger, be loyal to him, and strengthen his will, so that Li Xiao could understand that although the court negotiated peace with the inviter, it was a last resort, but at the same time, it was also a reward for him, so he gave the prince a special title. In this way, although Li Xiao may still have resentment and dissatisfaction with His Majesty's peace with the Qing people, but in the case that His Majesty values and gives him the title of prince, Li Xiao weighs the importance and will eventually be grateful to His Majesty the Emperor. ”

After Zhou Yanru said this, Chongzhen frowned, and a complicated look appeared on his face.

No, Daming hasn't been crowned a king with a different surname for many years, is it appropriate to add Li Xiao like this now?

At this time, Chen Xinjia on the side shouted in a surprised tone: "Zhou Shoufu, this title is the most noble thing in the imperial court, how can it be given lightly?" Li Xiao is just thirty years old, and he is already the Duke of Tang Guo of the Ming Dynasty, he can be described as a young man, and he is a high and famous man, how can he give the king a knight again, this is too sensational. ”

Zhou Yanru looked directly into his eyes and said-for-tat: "Chen Shangshu, I don't agree with what you said. Li Xiao, the Duke of Tang Guo, when my Ming Dynasty was so defeated, he could still lead his troops alone, first sweep away Jinzhou, kill the Qing Dynasty clan Le Ke Dehun, and capture the entire city of soldiers and civilians. Then continue to send troops to the north, detour through Korea, go west to capture the Qing Dynasty's Longxing land Hetuala, and bury the Tartars of the whole city alive, such a miraculous feat, enough to shine through the ages, illuminate the past and the present. This great achievement, although the founding generals Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, I am afraid that they may not be able to achieve it. Li Xiao has made such miraculous achievements, and the imperial court has no material rewards due to lack of financial resources, how can even this lord be so stingy. If the imperial court has neither silver and money rewards, nor has the status of a nobleman, it will inevitably be the heart of a group of meritorious soldiers. ”

Chen Xinjia's face was still dissatisfied: "Lord Shoufu, this prince's position is too precious, I want to come to my Ming Dynasty, only when the country is founded, there is a different surname to be crowned king, to this day, in addition to the clan inside, where are there examples of different surnames being crowned kings." As soon as this case was opened, the court lords who were only afraid of the rarest things in the world caused this to be indiscriminate. “

Hearing Chen Xinjia say this, Chongzhen also frowned.

You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, kings with different surnames were extremely scarce, and basically all of them were concentrated in the Ming Dynasty when the country was founded, and during the period from Hongwu to Yongle, the different surnames sealed in the middle and late periods were extremely scarce.

In order to confirm that what the author said is true, the following is a brief introduction to Wang with a different surname in the early Ming Dynasty.

Yang Wang Chen Gong: Yi Qi name. Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's mother is the father of Empress Chun (that is, Zhu Yuanzhang's maternal grandfather), and he was posthumously presented to King Yang in the second year of Hongwu.

King Xu Ma Gong: Yi Qi name. Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's wife, the father of Queen Ma. In the second year of Hongwu, he posthumously presented King Xu.

Xu Da, King of Zhongshan: One of the founding heroes. Feng Wei Guogong, posthumously presented to the King of Zhongshan, and called "Wu Ning".

Kaiping King Chang Yuchun: Hongwu died in the army in the second year, posthumously crowned the king, and said "loyal to the military".

Li Wenzhong, King of Qiyang: The first title of Cao Guogong, the posthumous title of King of Qiyang, and the name "Wujing".

Deng Yu, King of Ninghe: Posthumously crowned the King of Qiyang, and called "Wushun".

Dongou King Tang He: The first seal of Zhongshan Marquis, into the letter of the Duke of the country, posthumously crowned the king, "Xiangwu".

Qianning Wang Muying: The first seal of Xiping Marquis, the posthumous king, and the name "Zhaojing".

Dingyuan Wang Musheng: The first attack on the Hou, in July of the sixth year of Yongle, he entered the Duke of Qianguo with the conquest of Annan Gong, died in the fourth year of orthodoxy, and was posthumously crowned the king, and he was "loyal and respectful".

Dongping Wang Zhu Neng: The second hero of Jingnan. In September of the first year of Yongle, he was named the Duke of the Kingdom. Yongle died in the army in the fourth year, posthumously crowned the king of Dongping, and called "martial martyr".

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It can be seen that even at the time of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, many kings with different surnames were posthumously sealed, which was regarded as a kind of honorary title for the deceased, and now, if Chongzhen wants to reward the extremely precious prince to Li Xiao, who is just thirty, this is really the first time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Chongzhen immediately thought of a more realistic concern, that is, if Li Xiao has been crowned king, how should he reward him if he makes new contributions in the future? That's a big problem.

At this time, Zhou Yanru seemed to see through his thoughts, and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the minister, it is really natural for Li Xiao to make this great contribution and give him the title of the king of the county." Besides, the court is so scarce now, and it can't get a real reward, so why not give Li Xiao a prince? Besides, this lord is a liujue, and if he is eliminated for a lifetime, why not worry? Taking a step back, even if Li Xiao makes new contributions in the future, I am afraid that it will not be a greater achievement than capturing Hetuala, the land of the Qing Dynasty's Longxing, if he wants to further become a prince, it is very difficult, basically impossible, the emperor should not worry about this. “

Chongzhen was silent for a long time, and finally nodded: "Okay, I will give Li Xiao the title of king of the county." Now the Tartars are in great trouble, and they urgently need Li Xiao's strength to curb them, so I will give Li Xiao the title of King of Pingliao. “

Zhou Yanru slammed to the ground and said loudly: "The emperor is wise." “

With the emperor's consent, next, Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia immediately began to get busy.

After nearly ten days of bargaining with Ning Wan and others to negotiate the price, the two sides finally reached a preliminary agreement in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

These conditions are as follows:

First, the Ming Dynasty recognized the independent status of the Qing Dynasty, and the two countries were called brotherly countries, of which the Qing Dynasty was the elder brother and the Ming Dynasty was the younger brother.

Second, the two countries have good and bad events, and they must send envoys to each other to celebrate and mourn;

Third, the Ming Dynasty gave the Qing State 1,000 taels of gold and 300,000 taels of silver every year, and the Qing Dynasty gave the Ming 1,000 catties of ginseng and 1,000 mink skins; Due to the war this year and the lack of national strength of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was specially allowed to pay tribute from next year.

Fourth, the Manchurians, Mongols, and Han Chinese on the Qing Dynasty's side, and Koreans who entered the Ming Realm must be captured and sent to the Qing Dynasty; Those who rebel into the Qing territory must also be arrested and sent to Ming;

Fifth, each monarch has its own country, with Ningyuan Shuangshupu in the middle of the soil ridge as the Ming boundary, Tashan as the Qing border, and Lianshan as the moderate place to carry out mutual trade.

Sixth, after the two countries have demarcated the boundary and signed a treaty, this agreement must be observed in duplicate for a long time, and must not be violated.

This treaty, especially in terms of paying the annual silver tribute, was much lower than the previous conditions, so Chongzhen was quite satisfied with this condition, and finally issued a holy decree to approve the implementation.

After the agreement was reached, although the Manchu dynasty was raging and there were many opponents of the letter, but at the insistence of the emperor, the first assistant, and the secretary of the military department, although the opposition to the peace of the court and the central government was lively for a while, it was finally acquiesced.

After reaching an agreement, Chongzhen Fu sent Langzhong Ma Shaoyu as the main envoy and General Li Yulan as the deputy envoy, with a return visit team of more than ten people, and returned to the Qing Dynasty with the Qing Dynasty delegation of Ning Wan, to visit the Qing court to meet Huang Taiji, which officially took effect after the two emperors jointly stamped it.

When the imperial court and the Qing envoy discussed the details of the peace, Chongzhen officially issued an order to give Li Xiao the title of prince of the county and promote Li Xiao to the king of Pingliao.

In order to reflect the importance of Li Xiao and the suspicion of Li Xiao, the emperor was particularly gracious, and did not have to let Li Xiao enter Beijing to be crowned king, and the ceremony was simple, but specially sent Wang Chengen, the chief eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, as a representative, to lead a huge propaganda group to Shandong to announce the decree in person.

Eight days later, Wang Chengen came to Jinan, and in the original courtyard of King De, which is now Li Xiao's private residence, he read the holy decree aloud to Li Xiao and others who were kneeling on the ground.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said: Li Xiao, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, far-reaching waves, sweeping the domain of Jinzhou, conquering the land of Qing Xingfa, raising the prestige of the country in foreign countries, and revitalizing Huaxia in depression, such a miraculous feat, brilliant and extraordinary, I heard the report, and I was very happy. Li Xiao worked hard to seek governance, and he relied on the ministers of the humerus; Worship Chen Mo with his hands, and he will rely on the pillar of the court. help the chaos and fight the chaos, and list the high merits and who is what; Drive for the king, and sing the glory of the country. Hereby to evaluate the performance, read the performance but not praise it for the favor? ……“

“…… However, Li Xiao is not only a dragon horse, but a family of the imperial family, but I Jiaxian does not avoid relatives, but follows the will of the emperor's ancestors who must be rewarded for their merits. Tong Gui favors the tin, and the macro belt is in the Wang family. Jiayu Ye's Fu Rong, En Chonglian; The distribution of Yan Tianhuang, the courtesy and the family, the grand ceremony and the mediocrity, and the new Lun life. It is specially awarded the title of King of Li Xiaojun, promoted to the King of Pingliao, and awarded the crown prince Taibao. I Xi's fate is in the play, and the body and the country are flattened. I hope that Li Xiao, the general of the city, Wei Zhenyidi, deeply admires the Jun Lie of Yuan Rong, and Xuanhua Huaxia, and smokes it with Zhaolu cloth. Temporary Xi Wu Ben, Jia Nai Pi Ji, Fighting Zhongxing, to negotiate the hope of me, admiration this. ”

With a respectful face, Li Xiao, who was kneeling on the ground, heard that the emperor actually gave himself a different surname to himself who was still in the world, and Li Xiao's heart was still quite shocked.

There is a generation of Ming Kingdom, and there are only a few dozen people with different surnames who are crowned kings, and they are now promoted to the king, which is really beyond their expectations.

Of course, in the Southern Ming Dynasty, the emperor in order to win over the military leaders from all over the country, resulting in the abuse of famous lords, and eventually became many princes like dogs, and the princes walked everywhere, but at this time the Ming Dynasty was about to die, and it was an extraordinary time, but it could not be compared with the present.

The emperor, who has always been suspicious and stingy, is willing to generously crown himself as the king of the county, is it because he wants to play some calculations that he doesn't know? ……

Li Xiao, who was kneeling on the ground, was thinking nervously and quickly.

The officials and generals kneeling on the side were also greatly moved.

This Lord Li, first became a concubine of the dynasty, and then crowned the king with a different surname, although it is said that the salesman is the real return, and the merit is here, but this saint's honor and favor is really unparalleled in the world.

Wang Chengen, who looked like a servant with a dusty face, his face was full of haggardness, and after reading this long period of holy decree, he took a few breaths before he preached loudly: "Li Xiao, King of Pingliao, take the decree." ”

"Minister, Li Xiao, take the order and thank you, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Li Xiao, who had a solemn face, came from his contemplation and soberness, and slowly received the holy decree from the hands of Wang Zhixin.

Wang Chengen smiled and helped Li Xiao up: "King Pingliao, our family is sincerely congratulated, King Pingliao is so young, but he is in a high position as the king of the county, he is the first person in this dynasty, looking at the world, who has such a grace, it really makes our family envious and admired." ”

Li Xiao said with a smile: "The prince praised it falsely, how can Li be so virtuous, let the emperor be so trustworthy and give him the prince, Li Mou is really ashamed." “

Wang Chengen squeezed out a smile on his face, but lowered his voice and said: "King Pingliao, our family has something to discuss privately with King Pingliao, and I also ask King Pingliao to retreat from everyone and take a step to speak." ”