In the middle of May of the fourth year of Chongde, the Fengzhou negotiation delegation was accompanied by the Qing ambassador to Fengzhou Bayanha across the Liao River, and met with Fan Erxi, the Fengzhou ambassador to the Qing Dynasty, who came to greet them.

The Qing Emperor would never neglect the guests in terms of etiquette, and sent the scholar Xifu of the Inner Hongwen Academy, the scholar of the Inner Secretariat Academy Bao Chengxian, the Chengzheng Ashdarhan of the Metropolitan Inspection Yuan, the Chengzheng Ying Erdai of the Household Department, and the Chengzheng Boluo of the Lifan Yuan out of the city to greet them. Most of the two sides have met and are very familiar with each other, but the new face Beizi Bolo went to accept the credentials but caused trouble - Fan Erxi immediately exposed his identity, the envoy of Fengzhou was enraged, the two sides were equal states, and the emperor of the Qing Dynasty sent the Imperial Court in charge of the affairs of Mongolia to accept the credentials of Fengzhou, Yunrong clearly told Bolo to go back and change the officials of the Ministry of Rites, otherwise he would resolutely not enter the city. Bolo is the third eldest of the Rao Yu Belle Abatai family, and he is naturally clear about the relationship between Li Yu and their family, and he didn't dare to fight back after being taught a lesson, so he went back to his life in disgrace. The Qing Emperor ignored it, and sent Bolo out of the city to greet him every day, and the Fengzhou negotiation delegation certainly did not bow its head, and the two sides were in a stalemate for three days, Yun Rong could not bear it, and threatened to go home, and the Qing State would bear the consequences.

The emperor couldn't hold his breath, the war in the Qing Dynasty this year was unfavorable, the two armies of Dolgon and Yuetuo who entered the pass gained a lot, but the troops suffered heavy losses, Zilharang, Duoduo, and Azig took turns attacking the fortresses on the periphery of Jinzhou from February to May, and they were still victorious in the field battle, and the siege was not overcome, the reason was that the equipment was not sophisticated, and the troops were insufficient, and he also hoped to get some good firearms from Fengzhou, at least to bring back the more than 20,000 people who went to the door, and now he can't turn his face. The Qing Emperor made concessions and sent the Ministry of Rites to Cheng Zheng Mandarhan and Qixinlang Sonny out of the city to accept the letter of state, and by the way took the Fengzhou envoy into the city, but the shelf still had to be placed, and it was clearly told that the Fengzhou envoy would not want to meet unless they bowed to the Qing Emperor.

The ghost kneels down to you, and you don't see each other and pull it down - the envoy of Fengzhou doesn't care, but he expresses strong dissatisfaction with the negotiators sent by the Qing State, Fan Wencheng, a scholar, and Zu Kefa, the right political counselor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, are slaves and rebel generals, and they all have Fengzhou citizenship, how can they sit with such people, and the Qing State must be replaced immediately. The Qing Emperor was also on fire, and sent someone to take the Fengzhou envoy to send a gift list to theorize, which only had the name of Erlu, but there was no title and Fengzhou official seal, it was clearly a private gift, how could the exchanges between the two countries be so sloppy, the Qing Emperor was selfless, did not accept private property, read that you don't understand etiquette, and immediately took it to change it into a Fengzhou tribute ceremony.

Yun Rong smiled, love or not, if you don't accept it, return it, how can the Qing Emperor come back, the silk underwear and wool skirt in the gift have been worn on the body of the harem concubine - most of the gifts are tailor-made clothes for the Qing harem concubine, Wu Langha instructed Yang Wan to do this every year, these concubines lead the fashion trend of the Qing Dynasty, just give them as models, the price of clothing is naturally very expensive, but the target customers are rich ladies, and it is not uncommon for people who are not noble.

The two sides quarreled for more than ten days, and the emperor finally got annoyed, and the representatives of the Qing State were replaced by the university scholar Xifu, the Metropolitan Procuratorate Chengzheng Ashdarhan, the Ministry of Rites Chengmandalhan, the Hubu Chengzheng Ying Erdai, and the Ministry of Rites Qixinlang Sony.

"What's going on with you, the citizens of Toyosu? Is it a joke that the lord of the country is actually all citizens, look at us, how majestic and magnificent the name of the Qing Empire is! I advise you to revise your credentials so that you don't be embarrassed when you say it. Mandarhan was the first to attack and pushed the Fengzhou letter to Yunrong, and the Qing delegates immediately burst into laughter.

"That's it, you don't even have a year name, our Chongde year name and the Chongzhen year name of the Ming Kingdom are written on the national letter, and you can't be so explicit when you step on two boats, our emperor said, support your independence from the country, just come and ask for advice if you don't understand, who calls us their own people!" Xifu said while holding his stomach and laughing.

It is indeed a bit embarrassing, Fengzhou people even shouted to "respect the emperor and build another country", but they are confused about how to build the country, each has its own rhetoric, and even the country name of "Fengzhou Citizen State" is also written by Yun Rong, and the year name will not be there, no wonder it makes people laugh, and Fengzhou people themselves feel blush.

"The knowledge in the name of the citizen country is great, the sovereignty is in the people, not the king, the people are rich, the people are rich, the people are strong, this is the revelation of God, you don't understand! The Han people in the empire have long been rotten, they have cheap bones, and they have to find an emperor to bully themselves, you are embarrassed to learn from them, or learn from us, I promise to teach you. "Yun Rong, as the initiator, of course, has to be strong.

The Qing delegates did not accept this set, and unanimously believed that the people of Fengzhou did not learn and did not know how to do it, and they would dare to swagger and deceive if they pulled the pole and broke the flag, and if the Qing State recognized this inexplicable citizen state, they would be embarrassed to meet people when they went out in the future, and the national letter must be changed. And the envoy of Fengzhou also ridiculed the Qing Guoxue for learning a bunch of rotten and useless rags, so he thought that he was cocking his tail, and he was not worthy of staying outside the border to be a Yiren, so he simply surrendered to the Han people.

The two sides quarreled and cursed for a morning, didn't say a word of business, and almost fought with fists a few times, Yang Tingfang experienced such a scene for the first time, and was excited and scared in his heart, and quietly found Yun Rong during the lunch break.

"Brother Hezhou, is this possible? I've never heard of a fight between the two countries in peace talks, so shouldn't I be more peaceful? Yang Tingfang asked.

"That's a set of Han people in Guannei, we are barbarians outside the border, no need to be polite, Lao Yang, you have to remember, as long as you talk on the table, threats and temptations don't matter, if you really can't fight, you must suppress their momentum, we have always done this." Yun Rong replied with a grin.

"Wouldn't it be a mistake if the talks broke down!"

"What are you afraid of, it's a big deal to fight, can you talk about it after the fight, Fengzhou is how it was fought, outside the border, the stronger you are, the more others admire you, and no one will let you go because you are respectful."

Yang Tingfang understood, at the beginning of the peace talks in the afternoon, he first jumped out and pointed at the other party's representative and scolded: The Manchus have ancestral customs, which should be carried forward, but you have learned the Ming system, and even the tyrannical method of Ling Chi's execution has also been learned, the so-called Ming system is a bunch of stinky shit, you eat it regardless of the smell, and you are embarrassed to laugh at us, and when you see you, you get angry, believe it or not, Lao Tzu beats you.

Yang Tingfang's half-baked Mongolian dialect made the representatives of the Qing State look at each other, and after a long while, Sonny asked: "Mr. Yang, I heard that you were born in the imperial examination, and you also served as a salt official in the Ming Kingdom, I don't know which country you are?" ”

"Can you manage it, Lao Tzu is now a citizen of the Toyosu Citizen State." Yang Tingfang replied confidently.

Sonny paused for a moment, and suddenly pointed at Yang Tingfang and laughed, and the representatives of Fengzhou and Qingguo couldn't help laughing, Yang Tingfang blushed and sat down without saying a word.

"Forget it, we quarreled all morning trying to embarrass each other, but no one overwhelmed anyone, except for Sony who is a young junior, everyone else must have stayed in the mountains, and we should be no strangers to this set, we built a civil country, the Qing Dynasty built an empire, nothing more than to find a way to survive for their respective people, whoever has a way through it is a great thing, don't be entangled in this matter anymore." Buyantu put away his smiling face and said to the representative of the Qing State in a serious voice.

"I have read the "Naturalization Oath" and "The Biography of Erlu", in fact, we all admire Erlu, when Lao Zhushen was in the mountains, he also relied on mutual recognition to form many tribes, but most of them could only last for three or five years, either by the powerful tribes or by their own dispersion, Erlu insisted on more than ten years in Fengzhou, the population, the territory is getting bigger and bigger, amazing, he can be called a big hero, we accepted the national letter." Xifu sighed, and several other Qing representatives also nodded in agreement.

The Qing delegates first angrily denounced the Fengzhou army for provoking a war in Shandong, killing and wounding a large number of Qing officers and soldiers, and also branding Dudu Belle as an idiot, for which Fengzhou must bear full responsibility.

"Are you here to quarrel or are you here to make peace? If there is sincerity, then return the more than 20,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians who have been captured, and in addition, the army that I have entered the customs has entrusted you with the custody of 200,000 taels of silver and a large amount of property, and with the list of Turg as proof, this money must also be returned in full. Xifu knew that he was wrong, and hurriedly changed the subject.

Ge Kuri couldn't help laughing and said: "I'll correct it, there are indeed more than 20,000 Qing people who have arrived in Fengzhou, but according to their own words, they are here to visit the door, we are always embarrassed to tie up the guests and return them to you, if you can't go home, you can only listen to their own volition, we don't keep any money for you, there are some loot, you just admit bad luck, who told you not to listen to the persuasion to go to Shandong, you deserve it!" ”

"You want to repay the debt, then well, we owe 200,000 taels of loans, and the payment for the goods will not be repaid, and the two sides have agreed to open trade with each other in the two big cities of Duolun Noer and Ulan Hada, and we have also set up a special business bank for this purpose, but your businessmen are lawless, put aside our business bank to do business everywhere, and what they do is no different from smuggling, I have a strict law in the Qing Dynasty, and in the future, your businessmen can only trade with the government business house in the big city of Ulan Hada, and your trade ambassador must also move out of Shengjing to stay in Ulan Hada permanently, if there is any disobedience, it will be strictly dealt with, hehe, If you want to do business with me, you have to follow the rules. Ying Erdai said.

Yun Rong was speechless, to be honest, the people of Fengzhou did a bit excessive, the two sides did agree to open a big market transaction with each other, but the Qing Emperor did not pay attention to put Fan Erxi into Shengjing, a large number of large and small profiteers immediately followed, Fengzhou businessmen have long been familiar with smuggling, under the banner of Li Yu and Qing nobles colluded together to trade power and money, since then Fengzhou's business has blossomed everywhere in Liaodong, and other Ming smuggling merchants immediately colluded with Fengzhou businessmen to do smuggling business together, and the Qing government-run business has no money to make, The Qing court is not a fool, it will not be tolerated forever, this day will come sooner or later, and Fengzhou has no reason to quibble.

"How can this be reasonable, doing business is a matter for both buyers and sellers, and it has something to do with your court, if the people of the Qing Kingdom want to buy our goods, we can sell them, why do you restrict us to trading in the big market? And why do we ask us to only trade with your officials and merchants? The Fengzhou Chamber of Commerce officially proposed free trade to the Qing court, and it doesn't matter if you don't agree, see who can beat whom. Fan Yongdou did the largest business in Qingguo, and the ban on smoking in Qingguo had already caused him heavy losses, and if he restricted trade again, he would have to force him to work hard, so he jumped up and shouted angrily.

"I warn you, the strength of the Fengzhou Chamber of Commerce is beyond your imagination, if you dare to restrict trade, we will cut off your goods, not to mention weapons at that time, and you will not be able to get food and clothing." Yang Tingfang is engaged in farms and real estate in Baoketu and Hetao, and he has no share in the business of Qingguo, but he must be an accomplice at this time.

"What a big boldness, can you gang of profiteers blackmail me in the Qing Dynasty, you have been running around unruly all these years, doing everything possible to extract my country's silver, and what kind of liberal party have you drummed up, teaching me that the subjects of the Great Qing Dynasty are lawless and mercenary, how should this account be calculated?" Ashdarhan shouted angrily.

"Master, this is called free trade, which can benefit the whole world, so the Liberal Party will be very popular, there is too much knowledge in it, you don't understand!" Ashdarhan's grandnephew replied with a smile on his face.

"If you want to enter Liaodong to do business, we can partner in making gunpowder and guns, and your flowering bullets and paper-mounted guns are also good, you can do it together, Daqing has money for you to earn, which is also called free trade." Ying Erdai said with a faint smile, Daqingguo is really a freak, he can tighten his belt to make a Hongyi cannon, but he can't make a simple sword, and the power of self-produced gunpowder is far less than that of Fengzhou, this guy has a brain, and he is thinking about getting a few Qingfeng joint venture workshops to produce ordnance.

"Let's dream, we're not stupid, we have to have a dog beating stick if we ask for food, have we taught you that we still have a way to live!" Fan Yongdou replied unappreciatively.

"It's okay to cooperate if you want to, does your emperor dare to swear to heaven to abide by the Naturalization Oath? Do you dare to promulgate and implement the "Private Property Protection Order"? Yang Tingfang also added with a smile.

It's too much, the Qing representative can't bear it, he picks up his fist and wants to fight, the representative of Fengzhou is not ambiguous, he rolls up his sleeves to face the battle, Buyantu and Xifu The two elders became peacemakers, and hurriedly persuaded their own people to continue talking, but the two sides faced each other and did not give an inch - Qing asked all the prisoners to be repatriated, Fengzhou said that they could only voluntarily repatriate, Qingguo made it clear that they wanted to restrict trade, Fengzhou resolutely demanded the elimination of trade barriers, Qingguo proposed to introduce Fengzhou's funds and technical cooperation to open workshops and factories, Fengzhou said that it was resolute not to teach white-eyed wolves, The backlash began again, and for several days, the first mention of war-end responsibility and the return of money was thrown aside.

Although the two sides quarreled at the negotiation table, but in private there was a group of harmony, the Qing representatives took turns to sit in the village to invite guests to dinner, the prince of Yu Duoduo, who was in charge of the Ministry of Rites, also showed his face, and Fan Erxi, the trade ambassador of Fengzhou, also feasted the Qing representatives several times in the best restaurant in Shengjing, everyone ate with their mouths full of oil, and continued to quarrel after eating, in fact, everyone understands that quarrels and quarrels, and inviting guests to dinner are just things on the surface, and the final result of the peace discussion must be decided by the bosses of both sides.

In the evening of that day, a middle-aged officer arrived at the pavilion and showed his waist card as a first-class imperial guard, Tulai, and asked Yun Rong and Bu Yantu to go with him. Yun Rong and Buyantu knew this, and followed Turai out of the pavilion quietly, entered the palace in the dark, and went up to a mound, Turai pointed to a side hall and motioned for them to enter, and he remained silent outside the door.

The lights had been lit in the side hall, and a tall, fat man in his fifties was waiting for them with his hands behind his back. This person was wearing a yellow dragon robe, and his bearing was extraordinary, he should be the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Yun Rong and Bu Yantu suddenly felt a powerful momentum coming towards them, and they were a little at a loss for a while.

"I've heard of you a long time ago, and I know that you have the words Hezhou and Wenliang, since Fengzhou didn't kneel and bow, you don't have to make a big salute, I'm not a careful person." The man spoke slowly, still in Mongolian.

Yun Rong and Bu Yantu hurriedly stroked their chests and bowed to the juniors, and the Qing Emperor smiled and waved his hand and continued: "How is that kid Erlu? I haven't seen him for years, and I miss him sometimes. ”

"The commander also misses you, and often tells us that when the world is peaceful, he will definitely go to Liaodong to accompany you to ride a horse and hunt, if you like the grassland, he will build a palace for you in his pasture to enjoy your life, and he also asked me to bring a letter to you." Yun Rong said as he took out a letter from his underwear, held it in both hands and handed it to the emperor.

"After that, I'm afraid he often scolds me for being tyrannical and killing innocents, but I don't blame him, when he reaches the point of me that day, he will naturally understand." As he spoke, the Emperor took out the letter and looked at it.

In the letter, Li Yu said that he would not forget the grace of the teachings of the Qing Emperor, and was willing to regard him as his father forever, but he was ordered by the people, and could not abolish the public for private purposes, and the responsibility for the battle of Shandong lay with the Qing State, and Fengzhou only sought self-preservation, not trying to claim the title of king and hegemony, and was absolutely unwilling to be the enemy of any country in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it was a last resort to start a war with the Qing army. He strongly criticized the Qing Dynasty's repeated violations of the Guannei practice, such a labor expedition not only caused local erosion and people's livelihood withering, but did no real harm to the Ming court, not only failed to achieve the goal of forced peace, but consumed his own elite, in fact, the gains outweighed the losses. He put forward a new idea, since the Ming court insisted on fighting, then Fengzhou supported the Qing state to occupy Liaoxi, and pushed the battle line south to the Shanhai Pass, so that the Qing defense depth increased, and the future survival was basically worry-free, the Ming court had the pain of losing land, and was more likely to accept the peace talks. Li Yu is also very concerned about the future of the Qing Dynasty, hoping that his father-in-law can set up the prince as soon as possible to determine the society, Haoge is wise and brave and humble and gentle, and it is most suitable to inherit the unification, Fengzhou and the Qing Kingdom are brothers, and they will definitely help Haoge achieve a great cause of the Qing Dynasty.