Jinan Mansion, in the middle of Haoge's line, Haoge took the letter in his hand, and his face was suddenly pale, the letter was sent by Dolgon, let him stick to Jinan, but at the same time, he made it clear that the imperial army is now in Shaanxi, and the guards in the capital cannot be left lightly, so let Haoge focus on defense first, and later transfer some soldiers and horses from all over the country to him.

The Ming army had no intention of attacking Shandong, but Hauge did not dare to be careless, and agreed to hate Dolgon's sinister intentions, Dolgon wanted to take the opportunity to consume his troops, the Manchu Eight Banners, in addition to the Han Eight Banners and the Mongolian Eight Banners, the Manchu Eight Banners were mainly in the hands of Dolgon, Haoge, Duoduo, Daishan, and Jierharang, Zierharang and Daishan were peacemakers, and no one could be offended, and now Duoduo was defeated in Jiangnan, and the soldiers and horses of the Zhenglan Banner in his hands suffered heavy losses, and Dolgon's strength was damaged. This was to consume the white flag force in his hand, and he was naturally very angry.

"Dolgon, I'll settle this with you someday."

In fact, after the succession of the little emperor of Shunzhi, Haoge has lost his hope for the throne, and only wants to be his prince of the Qing Dynasty, but with the continuous suppression and exclusion of Dolgon, the flame that has been extinguished by Haoge burns again, he knows that if he has no power, the final result will definitely be miserable, and Dolgon will not easily let go of his old opponent.

"Tan Tai, shrink the soldiers and horses of Cao County and Shanxian County to Jining Prefecture, and retreat the soldiers and horses of Tancheng to Yizhou, don't go to conflict with next year, he Dolgon will let me be cannon fodder, no way!" Hauge immediately issued a military order, shrinking the defensive line and preserving his strength, so as not to attract the attack of the Ming army, he was not afraid of fighting, but he didn't want to lose himself, and finally cheapened Dorgon.

On August 25, in Xuzhou, the newly appointed Xuzhou prefect Jie Chongxi was busy with official business in the government office, and Jin Shenghuan, the chief soldier of Xuzhou, ran in in a hurry and put a letter in front of Jie Chongxi.

"General Kim, what is this?" Jie Chongxi also put down the brush in his hand and asked curiously.

"This is just sent by a Qing army, and he wants to negotiate with us, what should I do about this matter, I can't be self-sufficient, please tell the prefect!"

Jie Chongxi also opened the letter at the moment, read it quickly, and said with a smile: "It seems that the Qing army is afraid of being beaten, plus Duoduo and a group of people are in our hands, Dolgon has scruples, so he whispered, and wants to talk to me about the conditions, I will copy a copy of this letter, the original will be sent to the general of Henan, and the other will be sent to the capital, the general will definitely need to discuss with the imperial court, we will do a good job of defense and security, and the rest will be handed over to the imperial court to deal with!" ”

"That's good! There is the prefect of Laojie! Jin Shenghuan also nodded, agreeing with what he meant.

Two letters, then a west and a south, sent out, about the same distance, almost at the same time, Cao Bianjiao in Xuzhou after getting the letter, but also handed over the defense to Yuan Shu, he rushed back to Nanjing, this matter is very important, since Dolgon wants to negotiate, then negotiate, Ming needs time to stabilize the situation, recuperate, accumulate strength, he does not want to fight year after year, the consumption is too great, after the military reform of the Ming Dynasty, there are 400,000 standing troops, and the consumption of two silver per person per year is eight million taelsAlthough Cao Bianjiao has reformed the tax system and is expected to be able to increase some taxes, it cannot be the consumption that bottoms out every year, and how to appease the land and people occupied in the future when the time comes, this also requires silver and food.

On September 3, Cao Bianjiao returned to Nanjing, and he had already sent someone to reply to Haoge in Shandong, willing to negotiate, if the other party was sincere, he would send someone to Fengyang to negotiate, and also made it clear that he would never accept the coming of the rebellious ministers, and if he wanted to talk, he would send a Qing minister over.

"As for the Manchu Qing Dynasty's request for negotiations, let's talk about it, how to talk about it? Since the founding of the Dingdu of Nanjing, it has been almost two years, and the treasury has not had much money in the treasury since the founding of the Dingdu, and it is a great consumption to form a sailor division and support the army, and we need time to recuperate, and negotiations are feasible, but what kind of conditions should we propose, I want to hear your views? ”

The eight auxiliary ministers of the cabinet are all here, discussing the matter of negotiation, Cao Bianjiao focused on the current situation, that is, let some radicals see the situation clearly, don't think that they can fight back to Beijing after one or two battles, that is impossible, the Manchu Eight Banners are not made of paper, they won in Nanjing, that is a fluke, their forces are scattered, and then the enemy is lax, on the frontal battlefield, we still have to face these practical problems, do not think that the Manchus are afraid so they are seeking peace, this is negotiating, If he was really aggressive, Dorgon would not care about Duoduo, and if he was placed in the same position, Cao Bianjiao would also act like this, which is the will that politicians must have.

"I thought that if it was a negotiation, we would have the upper hand, after all, this was the Manchu Qing Dynasty taking the initiative to show weakness, we could put forward the conditions we wanted, let them cede the land and pay compensation, and at the same time we must ensure that the mausoleums of our previous emperors are not damaged and returned to the widows of the first emperors." Yuan Jixian was the first to speak.

Wan Yuan Ji also got up and said: "This is not a negotiation, this is the Manchu Qing Dynasty is suing for peace, they will definitely not be like this, protect the mausoleum of the first emperor and return the widow, they will be willing to accept it, but they will never agree to the compensation for the land cution, even if Dolgon can accept it, the Manchu court will not accept it, I think the more you can get some compensation." ”

Cao Bianjiao bowed slightly, still agreeing with the meaning of Wan Yuanji, cutting the land, that is humiliation, no dynasty will be willing, unless what they get is a chicken rib, there is really no meaning to occupy, they will give up, but at the moment, in any place in Shandong and Shaanxi, the Manchus will not be willing to spit it out.

"What Brother Jiren said is very true, I think that protecting the mausoleum of the former emperor and returning the widow of the former emperor, whether they will refuse, these two do not have to be considered, as for the compensation for land cutting, it is difficult, but you can also give it a try, put it forward, let them bargain, leave room for it!"

"If you can't cut the land, then pay compensation, they have plundered tens of millions of taels of gold and silver from my Daming over the years, don't they want Duoduo, then hand it over to them, anyway, now Duoduo only has half a life left, and if you waste one, it is useless for me to keep it!"

"I understand what your lords mean, then let's be sure, that's it, this negotiation between us and the Manchu Qing Dynasty is different from the Tanyuan Alliance of Song Liao, we still have to fight back, at least five years, at most ten years, we want to regain the lost territory, and I will never do the Southern Song Dynasty!"

"That's right! I will never be a ...... of the Southern Song Dynasty" At that moment, several people stood up one after another, they were all strong people, naturally they would not learn from the Southern Song Dynasty, they lived in the south of the Yangtze River, did not want to forge ahead, and blindly sought perfection.

"Then I will go to Fengyang, waiting for the Qing court envoy to come, you have to do one more thing, all the original Ming courtiers who have been in the north to commit treason to the Qing Dynasty, as long as their families are in the south of the Yangtze River, all of them must be found, ask them, if they are willing to go to the north, how many people there are, you have to count them, I want to let those traitors know the fate after treason."

"The general wants to dispose of all these people and kill them?" Wan Yuan Ji was also taken aback.

Cao Bianjiao hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile: "No! It's just a lesson for those second ministers, and they won't do anything to their families, but their property is to be confiscated, just give them some acres of land to live, and deal with the specific situation on a case-by-case basis, count these people first, and you will know when the time comes. ”

"Yes!" Although everyone didn't know what Cao Bianjiao wanted, he also obeyed the order.