When he received Xifu's letter from the Ming Kingdom from Wei Qi, Shenyang was already in the spring season. But in this soothing season, Huang Taiji, who had read Xifu's letter, felt that there was a block in his chest that was difficult to spit out, making it difficult for him to breathe.

Huang Taiji, who forcibly endured the anger in his heart and spent a long time calming down his mood, said to Wei Qi, who was standing aside with his head bowed: "Go and call Yue Tuo and Zierharang, and say that I have something to discuss with them..."

After Huang Taiji returned to Shenyang and decided to make peace with the Ming Kingdom, he reduced the troops in front, retaining only the defenders of Beizhen, Heishan, and Panshan, and ordered Sakhalian to replace Yuetuo and Zilharang in front. When the Mang Gurtai mutiny died and Amin fled abroad, Huang Taiji was most worried about the mutual suspicion between the flags.

Yue Tuo and Zierharang, the two powerful banner owners Baylor, were in Shenyang, and it was easier to appease the hearts of the people of the Eight Banners in the city. And with the support of these two banner owners, Baylor, it is also easier for the Eight Banners soldiers in Shenyang City to accept a series of reform measures to change the clan name. Huang Taiji knew that the current Houjin could no longer withstand the second civil strife, otherwise the military spirit of the Eight Banners would really be finished.

When Yue Tuo and Zierharang hurried to the palace to see Huang Taiji, the depression when they had just received the letter of Xi Fu, Huang Taiji finally dissipated a lot. Therefore, when he showed Xifu's letter to the two, he was already able to calmly ask the two, "What do you think about Akito's attitude?" ”

Yue Tuo couldn't hold back and stood up and said, "The Ming people are so rude, it is clear that they don't want to make peace with our country. In that case, just continue to fight with him. I still don't believe that these wise people can compare to us women... The Manchurians were more tolerant of hard fighting. Please allow me to go to Beizhen and compete with the Ming army. ”

Huang Taiji did not make a sound, but made a gentle gesture towards him, motioning for him to sit down first. Then Huang Taiji turned to Zilharang and asked, "Do you think so too?" ”

Zilharang did not support any further fighting, and his soldiers and horses were clamoring to go home and farm. But he also understood that what Huang Taiji wanted to hear was not the opinion of whether to send troops or not, but wanted to see his attitude, that is, sitting on that side.

"The minister thought that whether to fight with the Ming State or not should be decided by the Khan King. The ancients said: If you go outside, you must first settle inside. China's local area is not as good as the Ming country, the population is not as good as the Ming country, and the financial resources are not as good as the Ming country; The only one who can be feared is the Eight Banners created by the first Khan, and the only one in the hearts of the people is also. When it was the time of the first Khan, I was able to defeat all the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and finally established the foundation of the country.

However, after the return of the first Khan, the people who led the Eight Banners had their own selfish intentions, which led to the disagreement between the people of our country, and there would be rebellions like Amin and Mang Gurtai in the country, and we would have repeated defeats when we fought against the Ming Kingdom, and there was the defeat of Yizhou today.

The so-called remedy is not too late. The minister thought that in the future, the major policies of the country should be decided by the Khan King, and the Eight Banners should no longer have their own small abacus, so that our country can work together to resist the strong enemy..."

Yue Tuo looked at Zilharang who was talking eloquently beside him several times with surprised eyes, as if he had just met this blue flag lord Baylor. Although Yue Tuo wanted to refute Jilharang, looking at Huang Taiji's approving gaze, he finally swallowed those words back into his stomach.

After listening to Yue Tuo and Zilharang's opinions, Huang Taiji opened his mouth and said to the two: "Some of your words are reasonable, but some of them are too much.

It's good to be safe outside and inside. But I still have to listen to the voices of the flag soldiers, and I can't make a decision regardless of it, and let you implement it, then it is not a matter of unity of mind, but a centrifugal of the top and bottom.

But this time in the war with the Ming Kingdom, I am probably going to act arbitrarily. This battle cannot continue, and it cannot be fought. Spring sowing was imminent, and there were as many as 500,000 or 600,000 Koreans escorted back by Dolgon. If we can't arrange for them to go down to cultivate the land as soon as possible, then what will we do to feed these many people after the harvest this autumn?

In addition, if we continue to fight with Mingguo, what benefits can we get? Mobilize all the horses in the country, and the most we can do is to recapture Yizhou, can we still take the fortified city of Jinzhou? If we can't defeat Jinzhou, we won't be able to find a place to replenish the grain and straw we went out, and this is a loss-making business.

The Ming country has a lot of land and resources, even if the land around Jinzhou is missed this year, they can also transport grain from the customs to feed the soldiers and civilians of Jinzhou. But what about us? After the spring sowing, not only will no one transport grain to us, but even the North Koreans will not be able to afford it. If they are starved to death, who in the neighboring countries will dare to take refuge in our country in the future?

The Emperor of the Ming Kingdom humiliated me in front of Xifu, not because the Ming Kingdom has the upper hand now, but because he knew that my country was powerless. I am afraid that this emperor has the intention of provoking me and letting me expend the power of Houjin on the line of Quang Ninh and Uiju, so as to further weaken our country.

As the king of China, he likes to play with this kind of carving insect skills, and I think this person's pattern is nothing more than that. And endure him for a few years, let our country concentrate on production, and when the treasury is full, I will settle this account with Mingguo Xiao'er..."

Whether Huang Taiji's words were sincere or not, Yue Tuo and Zilharang were a little unsure. But the two knew one thing, that is, Huang Taiji finally bowed his head to the emperor of the Ming Kingdom. Even if Huang Taiji's reasons were correct, the two of them still felt a little frustrated in their hearts. From now on, those who are always worried about the enemy's attack are probably no longer on the side of the Ming Kingdom.

In early April, Xifu finally received an order from Shenyang, and when he opened the envelope and saw the contents, he was also shocked for a long time before he came back to his senses.

Huang Taiji's decision was quickly sent to Chongzhen, and in addition to refusing to come to the capital to submit to Chongzhen like the king of Joseon, Huang Taiji almost agreed to other conditions proposed by the Ming Dynasty.

“… It is bounded by the Daling River and Yiwulu Mountain, and the border between the two countries is divided. In addition to Beizhen, Montenegro, and Panshan between Yiwu Lushan and Liaohe, Houjin no longer built other cities, and the Ming Kingdom was not allowed to build more than three forts in Yizhou.

The garrison of the Later Jin in the Quang Ninh area was comparable to the Ming garrison in the Uiju area, and both sides promised not to increase the garrison. In the event of a special situation, the other side shall be notified in advance of the transfer of troops and horses in these two areas, so as to avoid misjudgment.

Later, Kim sent troops to North Korea to punish North Korea for its previous mistakes in violating the brotherly alliance. Later, he forced North Korea to hand over the gifts and canonization documents of the Ming Dynasty, and asked it to sever the suzerain-vassal relationship with the Ming Dynasty, which was purely out of misunderstanding. Houjin was willing to give up all the clauses of the covenant between the two countries that harmed the interests of the Ming Dynasty, and returned the rewards and canonization documents to the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming also promised not to interfere with other provisions of the covenant between the two countries, but as the suzerainty of Korea, the Ming declared to the Later Jin that if the Later Jin invaded Korea again, it would be equivalent to an invasion of the Ming Dynasty, and the peace treaty between the two countries would no longer have legal effect..."

After listening to Lu Qi finish reading the text of the peace agreement, Zhu Youzhen was in a trance for a while, and then asked Lu Qi: "How many years has the peace treaty been signed?" ”

Lu Qi looked up at the emperor and said, "We proposed to sign every five years, but the representative of Houjin insisted on signing every three years, and now we are still negotiating on this point." ”

Zhu Youzhen pursed his lips and said, "They want to see if there is a chance in three years, so why don't I do that." According to their wishes, they signed every three years. Three years later, everyone will do it again. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. In addition, there is also a report on the side of the Sihai Trading Company, which is about the trade with Houjin, and it seems that there has been a little change on the Houjin side. Lu Qi hurriedly took the opportunity to say.

Zhu Youzhen took the report from Lu Qi's hand and looked through it, the report of the Sihai Trading Company was indeed correct, and the trade exchanges with Houjin had indeed undergone a lot of changes since the beginning of spring this year.

The Later Jin side established a trading company modeled after the Ming Dynasty, trying to monopolize the trade between the Later Jin and the Ming Dynasty. In other words, whatever goods the Ming Dynasty sells to Houjin in the future will be bought by this trading company. And whatever goods Daming wants to buy from Houjin, he must also buy them through this trading company.

Zhu Youzhen pondered for a moment, what kind of trading company is this, is it clearly a tooth shop? "Barbarians are barbarians, hundreds of years in advance, they came up with thirteen lines in Guangzhou, which is to use Daming as a foreign businessman to beware." Zhu Youzhen despised it in his heart.

Sihai Trading Company naturally has nothing to say about this kind of interference in free trade, mainly to raise its own costs. In particular, the company called the trading company of Houjin also took out an extremely crude paper money and forcibly demanded that the Sihai Trading Company accept it.

They also said that in the future, whenever they traded in the Houjin country, they would only accept the Qing Yuan and gold and silver, and would no longer accept the Ming Yuan. The suggestion of the Sihai Trading Company in the emperor's report was to simply block trade with the Houjin and force the Houjin to retract such an arrogant and unreasonable trade policy.

Zhu Youzhen took out the so-called Qingyuan banknotes sandwiched in the report and looked at them for a while, before he said to himself: "I really don't know whether to live or die, and I dare to use such a rough and easy-to-imitate banknote, so don't blame me for being polite." ”

Zhu Youzhen put down the banknotes, looked up at Lu Qi and said, "Tell Sihai Trading Company to temporarily agree to Houjin's conditions, and first find out the number and rules of the banknotes they issue." Then help them establish the credit of the Qing Yuan, expand the scope of use of the Qing Yuan, and preferably let the Houjin use this kind of paper money to buy leather, horses, ginseng, cattle and sheep from the ethnic minorities in Liaodong and the Mongolian tribes. Once the balloon is blown up, we pop it.

Without the various materials exported by our Ming Dynasty, Houjin would not have the ability to recover these Qing Yuan. As long as we refuse to admit that Qing Yuan is money, then they are a piece of waste paper. The various ethnic groups in Liaodong that have suffered losses will definitely teach the Houjin court a harsh lesson.

Also, give the banknotes to the mint and let them try to copy them. As long as the use of Qingyuan is wide enough, we can also help Houjin issue more banknotes, which is a profitable business..."