The negotiation was confidential, but I didn't expect it to be leaked out, causing an uproar in the government and the opposition.

Although Zhu Cihong gave the minister a hint, he would definitely not admit it, and he had the intention of making peace.

This matter can only be done by the people below behind his back, and he is completely unaware.

Zhu Cihong was furious, several ministers bowed their heads to the ground, did not dare to move, let alone explain, and said in their hearts that they might suffer this time, and they would not be able to follow in the footsteps of Chen Xinjia.

At this time, Zhu Cihong lost his temper, but he did not punish them, but suddenly asked: "You say, who deliberately smeared the imperial court?" ”

All kinds of materials, personnel, conditions, and letters of the peace were omitted, and it was obvious that someone was targeting them.

Nanjing is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and someone can set off such a big storm, which is also the reason why Zhu Cihong is angry.

Ma Shiying said: "Your Majesty, according to common sense, you only need to analyze, discredit the court, and sabotage the peace conference, who benefits the most, and you can deduce who did the thing." ”

Zhu Cihong frowned, at present, the Manchu Qing and the Ming Dynasty have the need to negotiate peace, the Manchu Qing wants to withdraw from Jiangbei to solve Gao Yihuan, and the Ming Dynasty needs time to take a breath, so the news cannot flow out from within themselves, as well as from the Manchu side.

Of course, the possibility of a deliberate leak by the Manchu Qing cannot be completely ruled out, but this probability is very small.

Looking at it this way, the last thing that wants to see the Ming and the Manchu negotiate peace is Gao Yihuan, he is fighting fiercely with the Qing army, if the Ming and the Manchu negotiate peace, the Qing army in Jiangbei can completely withdraw, then Gao Yihuan has to fight against the Manchu Qing alone, and he will be hung by the Ming Dynasty.

"Gao Jingzhong, he is really loyal!" Zhu Cihong suddenly said hatefully.

"Your Majesty, the minister also suspects that it is Gao Jingzhong, he is sparing no effort to smear the court in public opinion, and prepare for rebellion in the future." Ruan Dacheng directly accused Gao Yihuan of rebelling and transferred the emperor's anger to Gao Yihuan, so that they could get out.

"Your Majesty, Gao Yihuan proclaimed himself the King of Wei without the permission of the imperial court, and the ambition of the wolf son was clearly revealed." Ma Shiying also spoke.

Others also criticized Gao Yihuan.

The Nanjing Imperial Court, whether it is the main battle or the main peace, or Ma Ruan, Donglin, and the imperial party, has basically the same attitude towards Gao Yihuan.

Gao Yihuan called the king of Wei, and set up a grass platform team in the northwest, which was a great threat to them, and the premise of their struggle for power and profit in Nanjing was that the Nanjing court must exist, and if it was replaced, then they would have no time to play.

Zhu Cihong's face was gloomy, although Gao Yihuan was tackling the key problems and relieved him in disguise, but this did not prevent him from hating Gao Yihuan.

Gao Yihuan's wolf ambition, this time the matter must be that he made a move to stir up the yellow, the first is to avoid Nanjing and the Manchu Qing to negotiate peace, to prevent him from fighting alone, and the second is to smear Zhu Cihong's face in order to frame the imperial court, so that Zhu Cihong will lose the heart of the army and the people.

The current situation is really complicated, Zhu Cihong was silent for a while, "Jinyiwei, has there been any movement of Gao Jingzhong recently!" ”

The commander of Jinyiwei turned out to be Ma Luan, the son of Ma Shiying, who was recently replaced by Zhu Cihong with Wu Bangfu, the former commander of the Fusi of Beizhen, who fled south from Beijing.

Wu Bangfu had just taken over Jinyiwei, and many things were not very familiar, but this time there was a mistake again, and the pressure was very high.

"Your Majesty, the secret spy came to report that Gao Jingzhong gathered troops in Xi'an and prepared to rescue Nanyang, but there was no other action, but the minister got the news from the north that Gao Jingzhong captured Meng Qiaofang, the governor of Shaanxi of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in Yan'an, and quietly put him back, it seems that he intends to negotiate peace with the Manchu Qing!" Wu Bangfu replied.

"What?" Zhu Cihong's color changed instantly.

Ma Shiying couldn't help but be angry when he heard this, you are a high-ranking loyalty, stirring up the peace between the Yellow court and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and inciting public opinion to smear the imperial court, but he made peace with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, how can people be so shameless.

"Your Majesty, this matter can be dug deeply, and then publicized to let the world know the ugly face of Gao Jingzhong!" Ma Shiying immediately stood up and directly ordered Jinyiwei to do what he wanted.

Zhu Cihong was silent, and Gao Jingzhong negotiated peace with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which made him shocked and confused.

He hadn't thought about this problem before, but now that he thinks about it, Wu Sangui can vote for Qing, and Gao Yihuan can also vote for Qing, but as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, it is absolutely impossible for him to vote for Qing.

If Gao Yihuan fell to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zhu Cihong didn't dare to think about it.

For a while, Zhu Cihong was in a thousand troubles, and the situation was complicated, but he realized that he couldn't force Gao Yihuan, in case he was forced to the side of the Manchus, the situation would be grim.

"This matter, this is the end of it! Don't mention it again! Zhu Cihong's face was gloomy.

Ma Shiying and the others were slightly stunned, but after all, they were all old politicians, and they immediately understood what the emperor meant.

First of all, now that Nanjing has just betrayed the country, Nanjing has accused Gao Yihuan of making peace with the Qing court, and the people will not believe it, but will think that Nanjing has been framed.

Secondly, if things make a big fuss and Gao Yihuan really makes peace with the Manchus, or throws himself to the Qing court, what will happen to Nanjing?

"Yes! Obey! Ma Shiying nodded, and then said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, that Gao Jingzhong asked for the title of King of Wei, and there is still a matter of peace talks?" ”

"Title him the King of Western Wei!" Zhu Cihong said in a deep voice: "The matter of your private negotiation will be terminated immediately, the participants will be disbanded, and they will be transferred out of Nanjing to avoid the limelight for the time being, and they are not allowed to leak any more news, otherwise they will be immediately killed." The imperial court will resolutely deny this matter, and say that it is a manchu planting! ”

"Obey orders!" Ma Shiying and the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The King of Wei and the King of Western Wei are one word apart, but their level has been lowered by one level.

This is Zhu Cihong's temptation of Gao Yihuan, if Gao Yihuan can maintain a tacit understanding with him, he will accept this title, if he does not accept it, it proves that the tacit understanding is completely broken, and it has completely turned into a hostile relationship.

Gao Yihuan knew that if he asked for the title of king, Nanjing would definitely not give it, so he called him the king of Wei, and when Nanjing saw that he was called the king of one word, he would most likely take a step back and give a compromise plan.

This is a negotiation technique, when you want something in your heart, knowing that the other party is unwilling to give, and unwilling to tear your face, you might as well put forward more excessive, more radical conditions, then the other party will easily accept the original conditions in your heart.

Zhu Cihong did not intend to admit the matter of peace talks and avoid the mistakes of the Chongzhen Dynasty, so he would not severely punish the officials who participated in and supported the negotiations, because the punishment would be a blow to Nanjing if he recognized the peace talks with the Manchus in disguise.

After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, he closed his eyes for a while, and suddenly continued: "On the Jiangbei front, all armies should hold the defense line tightly, don't stir up trouble, and the Jinyi guard must strictly investigate the fine work in Nanjing City!" ”

Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng glanced at each other and understood what the emperor meant, although the peace talks failed, the front line should maintain a tacit understanding with the Qing army, not take the initiative to provoke a war, and maintain the current relatively calm situation.

The two understood, and immediately saluted and received the order.

Wu Bangfu also saluted and received the order, saying that Jinyiwei would definitely clean up all parties in the city.

Zhu Cihong immediately waved his hand, "You all retreat, Wu Bangfu stays, and I still have something to explain." ”

Ma Shiying and the others hurriedly saluted and retreated, Wu Bangfu waited for them to leave, and saluted: "What does Your Majesty command?" ”

A trace of murder flashed in Zhu Cihong's eyes, and he hooked his hand and said, "You come here with your ears~"

In the palace, when Zhu Cihong and many ministers discussed how to deal with the crisis, Hou Fangyu had already become a lost dog.

The prisoners of the kingdom in the city, as well as some young scholars, were looking for him to kill the thief.

Hou Fangyu escaped from Li Xiangjun and was about to go home, but found that there were already soldiers guarding the door.

If such a big thing happened, the court would definitely take people to blame, he didn't dare to go back, but after thinking about it, he decided to go to the Donglin boss and ask about the situation.

But now he didn't dare to come to the door directly, so he first found his friend and ventured out of the territory to find out first.

He asked Xiaotong to send a letter, and asked to come to a tavern to meet, and when the appointed time came, Hou Fangyu looked out the window vigilantly, and suddenly saw a team of brocade guards, walking towards the restaurant.

Hou Fangyu gasped, it's over, he sold him, the court must be arresting him everywhere and trying to blame him.

For a while, Hou Fangyu hurriedly escaped from the restaurant, came to the edge of Qinhuai alone, looked at the brightly lit Qinhuai River, and felt bitter in his heart. I didn't get any benefits, but I became a traitor and a big traitor, which is really wronged.

What now? Nanjing could no longer accommodate him.

Hou Fangyu sighed, half a sound to calm down, ready to leave Nanjing first, as soon as he turned around, he saw two black shadows suddenly stepped forward, grabbed him, and stuffed him into a carriage.

There were two people sitting in the carriage, a man and a woman, the man didn't know, and the woman was Qin Huai's famous prostitute Yu Xiang'er.

He got into the car and was slightly stunned, but the sturdy man sitting in the middle smiled and said: "Hou Gongzi, make a friend, my Jiayu, deputy envoy of Xuanyi Guard." ”

"Xuan Yiwei, you are high-quality and loyal people!" Hou Fangyu's face changed.

Fang Jiayu smiled and said, "Let's get straight to the point!" Hou Gongzi, now that you are cornered, Nanjing will kill you, you want to live, it is better to serve us! ”

Hou Fangyu's face was gloomy, "You want to take advantage of people's danger!" ”

Yu Xiang'er smiled faintly: "Hou Gongzi, helping us is helping the people of the world, helping Hanmin, and helping yourself!" ”

Fang Jiayu said in a deep voice: "Hou Gongzi, do you still have a choice now?" Whether to bear the infamy of betraying the country for Nanjing and be killed, or to stand on the side of the people and be a hero, you choose! ”

Hou Fangyu was very angry in his heart, he could guess that the leakage of the peace negotiation must have something to do with Xuan Yiwei, but he didn't have anything to do now.

"Alright! I promise you, but how can you save me, how can you help me wash away my infamy! ”

Fang Jiayu smiled, "Hou Gongzi is really Junjie, I will send you out of Nanjing first, and in the next step, you will break into the interior of the Manchu Qing Dynasty." Rest assured, if you take refuge in the past, the Manchus will definitely not suspect that when the Wei army recovers Beijing, it will be the day when you will show the snow! ”

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