Chapter 310: Loyal Ministers (Second Update, Asking for Support)
Shengjing at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, although it is the same as the Shengjing on the black soil on the bank of the Liao River in addition to the name, there is no similarity, the square Chinese-style city, there are many sharp edges, and there are many fortresses outside the city wall, the reason for this is that the battlefield environment has changed, so that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is also trying to adapt to the new changes of the new era.
Although Shengjing is not that Shengjing, but sitting as the capital master of the Great Qing Kingdom, Shengjing still has a different meaning, and because of this, when a few months ago, the emperor sent a secret envoy to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty, and was willing to cede the Western Regions in exchange for the news that the Ming Dynasty recognized the Great Qing Kingdom, I don't know how many people were sad. They were even angry about it, and in addition to these emotions, they were of course relieved.
At least, if the peace negotiation is successful, it will be a good thing for the Great Qing Kingdom, and everyone no longer needs to be as worried as now, thinking about when the Ming Kingdom will call. Sometimes, people say righteous words, but in their hearts they often think of something else.
People are always realistic, and they will always succumb to reality and interests.
However, for some people, they still have some bottom line.
They always have their own persistence, just like Tang Bin, who is the crown prince and the prince, has his own persistence, just like when he was a native of Henan, when the Ming Dynasty recovered the river, as a Tongguan Taoist, he never considered descending to the Ming anyway. Even if he was born in the old clan, his ancestor Tang Kuan was a native of Lai'an County, Chuzhou, followed Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, to raise troops, and became an official for later generations, and the seventh ancestor Tang Zhen moved to Suizhou. Tang Bin never thought about it anyway, and even when he was persuaded by his friends, he said, "Swear to repay the king's kindness." The so-called "Jun'en" was actually the Manchu Qing Dynasty avenging his "family vendetta" - when Li Zicheng led the army to attack Tang Bin's hometown, his mother Zhao was martyred and died. This is the so-called "grace" of the newspaper, and of course, the "grace" of the Jinshi in the ninth year of Shunzhi.
In his hometown, the villagers are often ashamed of it, after all, many people feel that if Tang Bin had been anyway, perhaps, the Manchu Qing Dynasty would have been exterminated long ago, but he was not ashamed, but was proud of it, thinking that it was his "loyalty" that saved the Qing Dynasty.
It is precisely because of this merit that he became the governor of Shaanxi - the only governor under the Manchu Dynasty, and then gradually rose to the rank of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and the prince and the prince. It can be said that he won the trust of the Manchu emperor.
As the crown prince's concubine, he has always been carefully teaching the prince while concentrating on state affairs. can be regarded as loyal, but because of discord with Mingzhu and others, he is slowly losing the emperor's trust.
But even so, he was worried about state affairs, just like at this time, after learning the news that the imperial court intended to negotiate with the Rakshasa Kingdom, Tang Bin, who was shocked, immediately entered the palace to ask to see the emperor.
"Minister, the reason why I want to see the emperor is because I have seen and heard some rumors, indicating that the threat of the DPRK is imminent, in order to buffer the relationship, the emperor is ready to give up the Western Regions to the Rakshasa Kingdom, and some people even say that not only the Western Regions will be given to the Rakshasa Kingdom, but even Dingxi Province will be handed over to the Rakshasa State, so the minister entered the palace to ask for a meeting, and he wanted to come to advise the emperor's ......"
At first, he only thought it was a rumor, but now, from the emperor's voice, it seems that these rumors are true, and he can't help it:
"Your Majesty, please forgive the old minister. This Rakshasa country is really a wolf ambition, even if we hand over the Western Regions and Dingxi to the Rakshasa country, so cut the land, and will be placed in my Qing Dynasty to expand the territory of the soldiers, the minister thinks, even if the Ming country is unwilling to negotiate peace, my Qing Dynasty should not give up the land to the Rakshasa country, the minister thinks that this is not appropriate. ”
Looking at Tang Bin, Xuan Ye looked up to the sky and laughed.
"Hah...... Tang Bin, Tang Bin, why are you so old-fashioned. This Rakshasa country is really my Qing country's friend, after the Qing Dynasty lost the Central Plains, in the Western Regions to set the country, must be a good country, only in this way, can be based in the Western Regions, even now, the minister in the court said to the Western Regions, Dingxi to hand over to the Rakshasa country, what is done is also to lure the Rakshasa country and the Ming Dynasty to conflict with heavy profits, then the Rakshasa country armor is more than a million, if you can get this strong reinforcement, I Daqing, will be able to return to the Central Plains! Tang Bin, don't you want to go back to your hometown in Henan? ”
Xuan Ye looked at Tang Bin and asked, back then, Tang Bin's father wrote several letters, and he did not return to his hometown in the name of "loyalty and filial piety cannot be both", even after his father died, he still did not worry, in fact, he couldn't go back, after all, Henan returned to the Ming Kingdom at that time. But he wants to return to his hometown, and if he doesn't want to go back to his hometown in Henan, it is absolutely impossible.
But Tang Bin's stubbornness came up.
"Your Majesty, Emperor. The old minister wants to go back to his hometown in Henan, but in the minister's opinion, this land must not be ceded to him, if it is ceded to others, wouldn't it be a loss of power and humiliation of the country? It was handed over to the Ming State in order to ease the relationship between the two countries, in order to make friends with the Ming State, so that it would no longer be my enemy, so that the overall situation, even if the minister was opposed, he felt that it was acceptable, but ceded to the Rakshasa State, the minister thought, this matter must not be, even if the Rakshasa State has a million armor, how can he take millet for me in the Great Qing Fire? The old minister has the courage to ask, is this proposal of Lord Ming out of holy will? ”
Tang Bin's questioning made Xuan Ye feel annoyed for a while, and Xuan Ye looked at Tang Bin and asked.
"Since it can be ceded to the Ming Kingdom, why can't it be ceded to the Rakshasas, the Rakshasa can help me regain the world from the Qing Dynasty, and what can I get by ceding it to the Ming Kingdom?"
Xuan Ye, who was determined to do a big thing, how could he allow Tang Bin to spoil this matter, and sneered.
"Said that you want to negotiate peace with the Ming Kingdom, even if it is to cut the land, none of you say anything irresponsible, but to the Rakshasas, all of them say nonsense, Tang Bin, you tell me, why are you two completely different attitudes of the Ming Kingdom and the Rakshasa in the same land cutting?"
Tang Bin is not the only one who opposes the land cession, but also many ministers, who often oppose it under the pretext of the ambition of the wolf son of the Rakshasa country and their lack of faith.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Rakshasa country has no faith, and when it was in Siberia, it deceived the Mongolian people and stole its country, and its temperament was tyrannical, and there was no faith at all, so the minister thought that the Rakshasa country was not credible in the West, and the Ming country was ......."
Without waiting for Tang Bin to finish speaking, Xuan Ye sneered.
"It's a good Western student who can't be trusted, I'm afraid this is the root cause..."
The emperor's sneer made Tang Bin feel cold, and he immediately realized that the emperor in front of him was not Han, and these words would also stimulate him.
"Your Majesty, the capital of the minister, the capital of the minister,"
Looking at Tang Bin, who was kowtowing and asking for sin, Xuan Ye sneered.
"Kneel down! The DPRK and China have their own decision on this matter! ”
"Your Majesty, Ministers, Ministers......"
Squeaked, Tang Bin saw that the emperor had made up his mind, and he talked about the emperor's taboo, so he had to cry and kneel.
"This Tang Bin, it's really damned!"
Xuan Ye shouted angrily.
"I think what he thinks in his heart is probably still some Huayi argument, what Rakshasa people have no faith at all, in the final analysis, it's not because they are not from the Ming Kingdom, why don't they say anything nonsense about the Ming Kingdom."
"Master, because the Ming Kingdom is Han,"
Mingzhu chimed in. He was already at odds with Tang Bin, and he didn't mind taking this opportunity to file a complaint.
"They are also Han Chinese, ceding land to the Ming Kingdom, in the final analysis, it is still beneficial to the Ming Kingdom, but the Rakshasa can be allowed, although it is beneficial to my Qing Dynasty, but it is not conducive to the Ming Kingdom, so they naturally do not want to see it, and naturally oppose it in every way."
Two natures, sentence by heart, and then Mingzhu said.
"After all, they still say this because they are Han Chinese!"
"What Mingzhu said is extremely true!"
Xuan Ye sneered,
"These people really deserve to die, even if they are in the flag, they are still Han in their bones, if it weren't for ......"
Smiled coldly.
"They say that the Rakshasas are tyrannical, but the unpaid does not mean that Sang scolds Huai, no matter how tyrannical and cruel the Rakshasas are, as long as they can help me regain the world, I will give all the land in the extreme west to the Rakshasas, why not?"
Then, Xuan Ye said again.
"Besides, this far west land was taken by me from outsiders in the Qing Dynasty, so why not cede it? Don't say that it is here, that is, to cede Shaanxi, as long as the Rakshasa country is willing to send troops, it is not impossible to consider ......"
The emperor's words made Mingzhu immediately echo him.
"Master, in the final analysis, this Western Regions is still a barren land, and giving this place to the Rakshasa can not only make good friends with the Rakshasas, but also make it cross between my Qing Dynasty and the Ming Kingdom, so that my Qing Dynasty can naturally recuperate, and the Rakshasa is bound to conflict with the Ming Kingdom, over time, after my Qing Dynasty recuperates, I can naturally take the opportunity to recapture the Western Regions, and then take the Central Plains, the world of the Central Plains and the Rakshasa will ultimately belong to my Qing Dynasty, after all, I have the Holy Son of Heaven in the ......Qing Dynasty."
At this point, Mingzhu's words changed and he said again.
"It's just that Tang Bin and others don't know the importance of the imperial court's plan in my Qing Dynasty, and they talk about the tyranny of the Rakshasa and obstruct this matter, and the minister thinks it's ......."
Without waiting for Mingzhu to finish speaking, Xuan Ye said.
Tang Bin ...... If he commits the crime of deceiving the king, he should be punished according to the crime, and if he recites his merits in the Qing Dynasty, he will be hanged! ”
When the two imperial guards came to Tang Bin with a glass of poisonous wine, looking at the poisonous wine, Tang Bin couldn't help but muttered with tears like rain.
"Your Majesty, the ministers and ministers have never thought about anything else!"
After such a sigh, Tang Bin said again.
"The king let the minister die, and the minister didn't dare not die, but after the minister died, the Qing Kingdom ......"
"Master Tang, the Great Qing Kingdom has its own Son of Heaven, it's not your turn to worry about it, please hurry up and get on the road, we can go back and explain to the master!"
The imperial guard sneered, interrupted Tang Bin's words, and delivered the poisoned wine to him.
"Lord Tang, please!"
In the end, Tang Bin was still in tears, holding the glass of wine, his eyes became a little complicated, if he hadn't made this choice back then......
"Your Majesty, the thunder and rain are all Jun's grace, and the ministers went first!"
After saying that, the poisoned wine was drunk......