Chapter XXVII

Zhang Xuan hadn't made a decision yet, Zhang Zhen frowned slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, with the current momentum of the country, the national strength of our dynasty is rising like the sun, and it only needs to continue for a few years, and the army will definitely be hopeless and disadvantageous if it goes north." Why do you want to do this villainous trick? Even if Master Wen's plan succeeds, then our dynasty will negotiate peace with the east, and see its internal strife and attack it, then how can the people of the world look at this dynasty. In vain, the prestige of the country is only greedy. ”

"The Northern Expedition is not feasible now. But it is enough to recuperate and wait for the situation. Why do that? ”

"Otherwise," Yuan Shizhong said: "Now the two countries are fighting, just like two tigers fighting in the mountains, one will die, the so-called autumn of critical survival, and now I can't stand on the size of the superior, I can despise Dongyu, morality and righteousness at every turn, do you want to be Song Xianggong?" ”

Immediately, Yuan Shizhong said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Lord Wen's intentions are very good, no matter what you know, the defeat of Niuzhuang, there is my sergeant who fell into the hands of Dongyu, my dynasty can't ignore it, don't talk about anything else, this is also to be talked about." ”

Zhang Xuan listened to the balance in his heart and suddenly tilted, and said: "Yes, the front-line soldiers, fighting to the death, falling into the hands of the enemy, as long as they do not bend their knees and surrender to the thief, they should try their best to rescue." Master Wen, this matter, your Ministry of Rites will send someone to talk about it. ”

Wen Anzhi said: "The minister obeys the order. ”

The old fox of Wen'an naturally understood what Zhang Xuan meant, Zhang Xuan just let him talk about the exchange of prisoners, if some things were beyond the scope of authorization and caused a misunderstanding between the Eastern Emperor, it was not Guan Yingming's Emperor or anything.

It was the people below who misunderstood the meaning.

When the time comes, Wen Anzhi will be the scapegoat.

However, Wen Anzhi is very willing to be this scapegoat. Because Wen Anzhi really can't support it.

Zhang Xuan was in Zhaowu for three years, and implemented a series of reforms, so that almost everyone was busy with all fours to the sky, even if the Ministry of Rites was Qingshui Yamen, it was the same, receiving foreign envoys, because Zhang Xuan divided the envoys into subject countries and foreign countries, and the etiquette of the subject country could be copied from the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, as for the so-called foreign countries, many people in the Ministry of Rites were very distressed.

Because in the ancient Chinese tradition, there was never a country equal to one's own country, except for a few divided regimes.

Today, all officials of the Ministry of Rites believe that if there really is a country that is equal to this dynasty, then only the Qing Dynasty. The rest of the countries are not worth mentioning. Although Zhang Xuan meant, treat equally. I'm afraid these officials of the Ministry of Rites will not have a good reputation in Shilin.

In this way, they also have to rack their brains.

Not to mention, the Ministry of Rites also has other jobs, such as the management of students.

Because measuring the acres of land is related to the scope of preferential exemption for students, these are the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites, such as so on, many things are involved in the whole body, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are busy like a wheel, the Ministry of Rites

How can it be left alone.

Wen Anzhi clearly felt that he was old. Even if he divided these various government affairs to a few deputies, he would not be able to bear it.

Therefore, the matter of saying goodbye to old age is on the agenda.

It's just that the Wen family was martyred, and the children in the family were scattered, and there were few people left. He is all the hope of the Wen family. Once he goes, how to ensure the influence of the Wen family in the political arena of Great Xia is a problem, which is why Wen Anzhi offered this strategy for Zhang Xuan and was willing to bear the black cauldron.

He hoped that Zhang Xuan would remember this favor and show kindness to his children and grandchildren after he died.

He looked at what Zhang Xuan did, although it was harsh, but he didn't look like an ungrateful person.

However, Zhang Xuan didn't expect his mind at the time, it was only after going back that he carefully scrutinized it to grasp Wen Anzhi's distraction.

The envoy sent by Wen Anzhi was none other than Wu Meicun.

Not everyone can be an envoy, and an envoy must represent the dignity of the country. must have literary style, adaptability, fame, and even appearance, and Wu Meicun has been by Zhang Xuan's side for a while, and it seems that he has not done anything.

But in front of outsiders, Wu Meicun is already Zhang Xuan's henchman.

After this thing is done, Wu Meicun can also be released to stand alone.

After all, like Zheng Lian, Wu Meicun can't be by Zhang Xuan's side for a lifetime.

When Wu Meicun sent an envoy to Yangzhou, the news quickly came to Beijing.

When Azig heard this, his heart moved, and he suddenly felt that it was really good to doze off and meet the pillow. Azig is not Dolgon after all, Dolgon's prestige is something that Azig does not have, and he urgently needs to establish his prestige, not only from the emperor's side, but also for the people of the two white flags.

And now the Southern Dynasty sent envoys to discuss the capture of the Battle of Niuzhuang. He immediately felt that the opportunity had come.

Gather the captives who have been divided into slaves again and talk to Wu Meicun first.

The lion of Azig opened his mouth widely, and brought up more than 3,000 captives, and he would ask for a hundred thousand taels of silver.

However, after discussing with Nanjing, Wu Meicun agreed.

One hundred thousand taels of silver may be more important to the Qing court, but for Zhang Xuan, it is not so important.

In addition to this beginning, Azig sent people to talk to Wu Meicun in detail, and Wu Meicun got Wen Anzhi's hint that he wanted to establish a relationship with the Qing court like the Liao and Song dynasties, and let Shunzhi call Zhang Xuan his uncle. Only under this premise can the two sides continue to talk.

Azig didn't seem to care about Shunji's face. It was quickly agreed.

Immediately the negotiations between the two sides went into detail, but in this way, the differences between the two sides became great.

Generally speaking, there are several things to negotiate.

The first is to delineate the land, will

Some disputed places between the two sides are divided, first of all, Jinzhouwei in eastern Liaodong, and west of the Yalu River and east of Qianshan, this long and narrow coastal strip, because from here it can directly threaten Shengjing in Liaodong.

But Wu Meicun definitely disagreed.

Azig proposed in this regard that Sichuan should give up southern Sichuan and other places. Exchange these places.

Of course, Azig is not a fool, the reason why he let Chuannan is because Chuannan and he are in danger.

Although Li Dingguo has not fought big battles in the past two years, but small fights, there have been no less, and there are many toasts in southern Sichuan, these toasts sway back and forth between the Qing and Xia, although Wu Sangui has also sent people to fight for it, but it is always not as rich as the Xia Dynasty.

What's more, these places are all controlled by Wu Sangui.

When Wu Sangui heard that Dolgon was dead, he became more and more arrogant.

Naturally, Azig wanted to suppress it.

On this matter, the two sides are arguing and discussing. Let's not talk about it for now.

The second thing is the mutual market.

Between the North and the South, there is so much to complement.

The salt between the two Huai and the grain in the south are extremely needed.

Even though Zhang Xuan took extraordinary measures in salt politics and vigorously mined Sichuan salt, the people of the Xia Dynasty had no choice but to raise the price of salt. After all, it is not enough to increase production in one day or two, and now Zhang Xuan's measures can make the people in various provinces eat salt, which is already good.

As for grain, the south was originally the main grain-producing area.

There has been no war in the past few years, although it is not smooth weather, but Zhang Xuan's governance is quite effective, the vitality of the people has recovered, and some grain has accumulated. But on the side of the Qing court, the north is thousands of miles away, and it is by no means a day that can be restored, not to mention, the Qing court has been fighting for many years, and it is almost exhausted.

Therefore, there is still some grain in the Qing court, but the people have long been short of grain, and the shortage is serious.

In this matter, although Wu Meicun did not nod directly, he hinted that it could be passed. After all, this one thing is a matter of two pennies.

As for Azig, everything else is a trivial.

It's just that the negotiation also takes time, during the negotiation, both sides have restrained the soldiers of both sides to truce, starting from the Wuxing period, the scouts of the two sides will fight when they meet, and the situation of taking the other party's head and then quickly has been alleviated. Now the scouts on both sides, even if they saw each other from a distance, were confronted from afar, tense with swords, and then slowly retreated, only until the two sides retreated a hundred steps away, did they dare to turn back.

For a time, it seemed that the two countries really had the intention of a truce, from the chaos in the world during the Chongzhen period to the present, more than 20 years, there is a trace of peace in the world. Many scholars and ministers in Nanjing did not know the truth of the peace proposal, but rejoiced, and for them, it was a good thing not to fight. As for the Privy Council, I don't know how many letters of the generals below have been pressed.