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On the fifth day of October in the second year of the Ming Dynasty, Tong Tuchang, who had been away from Nanjing for more than half a year, finally completed the mission of peace talks and returned to Nanjing.

Tong Tuchang left Beijing in September and traveled south with the Manchu generals who had accepted prisoners of war, first to Yangzhou.

The general who accepted the prisoners of war was none other than Dolgon's nemesis, Zilharang, who had already been deposed as the king of Doro. But I don't know what means that Saopo Xiaozhuang used to persuade Dorgon to release Zilharang and reinstate him as an official.

"It must be that girl who slept with Dolgon again, and Dolgon has tuberculosis and still plays with this? I wish you to go crazy right away and return to heaven soon! Tong Tuchang thought viciously.

In fact, Tong Tuchang has a little bit of a villain's heart, Xiaozhuang and Dolgon have a leg, but in this kind of big thing, it can make Dolgon change his mind after a sleep.

After Xiaozhuang saw Dolgon, he openly and honestly talked about the current situation in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and now it is clear that the Ming is strong and the Qing is weak.

And Dolgon's two white flags were greatly damaged, and the other five flags also needed to be topped, so after compromise, Dolgon agreed to release Zierharang and serve as the general of Dingyuan, commanding all the Qing troops along the Yangtze River, responsible for fighting against the small Shenwu court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and must recapture the grain-producing areas of Jiangxi and Huguang.

Tong Tuchang returned to Yangzhou with Jierharang, leaving Fang Fengnian to hand over to Jierharang, and he rushed back to Nanjing overnight with several of his subordinates to report the good news to the emperor.

Tong Tuchang stood on the bow of the ship and saw the city wall of Nanjing, and was overjoyed, finally back, the impossible task was completed by himself, and the official position of governor was waiting for him.

Coming ashore from the Jinshan Gate, Tong Tuchang found that the city gate was heavily guarded, and the inspection department that was originally guarding the gate became a loaded Ming army.

Tong Tuchang was an envoy, holding the scepter of the Son of Heaven, and the soldiers guarding the door naturally did not dare to stop him and let Tong Tuchang enter the city.

Tong Tuchang first went to the Ministry of Rites to hand over the formalities, and then entered the palace to meet Emperor Zhu Hongsan.

Zhu Hongsan was overjoyed when he heard Tong Tuchang come back, he had received Tong Tuchang's secret recital, and now he and the Manchu Qing have basically reached a consensus to deal with Zhu Youlang together, and after eliminating Zhu Youlang, he will make the Manchu Qing look good!

Tong Tuchang entered the hall and saw Zhu Hongsan, and quickly knelt on the ground and choked up and said, "Minister. . . Tong Tuchang, meet His Majesty the Emperor! ”

Seeing Tong Tuchang like this, Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "Tong Aiqing has worked hard, get up!" Come! Give a seat to Tong Aiqing! "It's an honor, no one can have a seat in front of the emperor except for a few prime ministers in the cabinet.

Tong Tuchang was flattered and quickly stood up and thanked him.

Seeing Tong Tuchang carefully sitting on the embroidery pier, Zhu Hongsan asked with a smile: "Tong Aiqing, can the trip to Beijing go smoothly?" ”

Tong Tuchang listened to the emperor's question, and quickly explained in detail what he had experienced in the past six months, what he encountered in Shandong, and what he was detained in Beijing. Anyway, the main credit is his own, and the other two deputy envoys Fang Fengnian and Zhao Mengguan have completely become decorations. Zhao Mengguan said that Tong Tuchang felt that it was better not to offend him, and it was better to give Zhao Mengguan some credit. As for Fang Fengnian, he didn't have a good word, and completely said that Fang Fengnian was a sinner who cut himself off from His Majesty.

"Your Majesty, that Fang Fengnian had many complaints about His Majesty along the way, and had a secret conversation with Hong Chengchou, the puppet governor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Huai'an, and the minister thought that Fang Fengnian must secretly take refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and such a minister must be guarded against!"

Tong Tuchang reversed black and white, and detained all the basins on Fang Fengnian's body, it was best to hope that the emperor would cut off Fang Fengnian's head in a fit of anger.

However, Zhu Hongsan didn't say anything, but just asked: "Tong Aiqing, I heard that you also recognized a relative in Beijing?" ”

Tong Tuchang heard the emperor's question and his back was cold in a frightened back, he knew that it must be Jinyiwei who sued him behind his back, fortunately, he didn't say anything bad about Zhao Mengguan just now, and gave him some credit, otherwise these people don't know what else to say.

Tong Tuchang hurriedly left his seat and knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty, you are wronged!" At that time, the whole mission was locked up in the post station by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he couldn't contact outsiders, so the minister had no choice but to make up and go out to meet the minister's relatives! But the minister can guarantee that Tong Tulai has also won over the ministers, but they have all been sternly rejected by the ministers, and he has not embarrassed His Majesty! ”

Seeing Tong Tuchang frightened like this, Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "Get up!" I don't disbelieve you, I really want to believe you, but I can't send you to peace talks! ”

Tong Tuchang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead when he heard the emperor say this, got up and sat down again.

"Did Tong Tulai lead you into the palace? Who have you seen, tell me what happened in detail! ”

"Your Majesty, the minister entered the palace and saw the Manchu Qing Empress Dowager, the minister fought the basis of reason, neither humble nor arrogant, and the Empress Dowager was finally intimidated by the minister's loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, so she agreed to sign a contract with my Daming!"

Zhu Hongsan nodded noncommittally and asked, "What other terms are there in the contract besides the ones on paper?" ”

In order not to leave a handle, Tong Tuchang did not write the clause of dealing with Zhu Youlang with the Manchu Qing into the formal contract, after all, it is really not good to be a traitor to deal with his own people. However, Tong Tuchang has already explained to Zhu Hongsan that there are still secret clauses, but he can't say it until he faces the saint alone.

Tong Tuchang now heard the emperor's question and hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, the Manchu Empress Dowager hopes that we can give up the Wuchang Mansion so that they can cross the river to attack King Gui's army!" ”

Wuchang is an important town on the Yangtze River, without Wuchang, there is only one Jiujiang left in the upper reaches of Nanjing, if Jiujiang is lost again, there is no danger to defend at all. In addition to these Wuchang is also the emperor's place of Longxing, the mausoleum of the first emperor is still in Wuchang County, I don't know if the emperor can agree. Tong Tuchang peeked at Zhu Hongsan as he spoke, afraid that the emperor would pull him out and cut him in anger.

To Tong Tuchang's surprise, Zhu Hongsan was not angry, Zhu Hongsan was just making up whether it was appropriate to give up Wuchanghe.

The Wuchang Mansion and the surrounding Xianning, Jiayu, and Daye areas that Zhu Hongsan now occupies, formed a wedge between the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Zhu Youlang, and to be honest, it was not really useful. If Wuchang Mansion is given to the Manchu Qing, then their own defense line will be reduced to Jiujiang, although the security zone will be retreated by more than 200 miles, but it will also make the Manchu Qing and Zhu Youlang completely connected to the fire, so there are still a lot of benefits.

However, Zhu Hongsan didn't want to talk more about military affairs in front of Tong Tuchang. "Tong Aiqing, you have been gone for more than half a year, you should also go home to rest, I will give you half a month off, go home to accompany your family, after the new position will be appointed by the cabinet, go down!"

Hearing that the emperor was going to promote himself, Tong Tuchang was overjoyed, and he was promoted to the governor of the next level, which was a serious feudal official.

Zhu Hongsan watched Tong Tuchang go out happily, and said to Li Chengen beside him: "Lao Li, you go to Jinyiwei to have a look, if Zhao Mengguan comes back, let him come to see me!" ”

Zhao Mengguan, as a subordinate officer of Jinyiwei, went to meet the commander Qian Lide as soon as he returned, and at the same time reported the words and deeds of all the officials in the mission to Qian Lide.

When Zhao Mengguan was reporting, a guard outside the door came in to report: "Commander, Gonggong Li came over outside the door, saying that there is an edict from His Majesty!" ”

The emperor's dictation was important, and Qian Lide hurriedly took all the officials in the yamen to greet him.

Li Chengen was originally at odds with Qian Lide, Qian Lide almost died in the hands of Li Chengen when he was in Zhoushan, but now that Li Chengen has a verbal message, Qian Lide has no choice but to kneel down and give a salute.

"I don't know what happened to Gonggong Li coming to Jinyiwei?"

Li Chengen said with a smile: "Hehe, Commander Qian, please hurry up, the emperor's edict is not for you, the emperor wants to meet Zhao Mengguan!" ”

Zhao Mengguan was confused, although he was a Jinyi guard, but his identity was 108,000 miles away, so could he see the emperor?

Li Chengen said to Zhao Mengguan: "Zhao Zhenfu, let's go!" Don't make the emperor wait! ”

Zhao Mengguan looked at Qian Lide and said in a low voice: "Lord Commander, the last general is rude!" After speaking, he stood up and followed Li Chengen out of the yamen.

Qian Lide looked at Zhao Mengguan's back thoughtfully, what does the emperor want to see Zhao Mengguan for? Didn't the surveillance records of the civil servants in the past pass through themselves? Could it be that the emperor does not trust himself anymore?

Zhao Mengguan followed Li Chengen into the palace and came to the gate of the Wenhua Palace, Zhao Mengguan asked in a low voice: "Factory Gong, I don't know what will happen in the future when Your Majesty summons the end?" ”

Li Chengen laughed: "Lord Zhao, your fortune has come, don't forget our family when you soar in the future?" ”

Zhao Mengguan was overwhelmed by Li Chengen's laughter, and hurriedly said: "Please rest assured about this!" Zhao Mengguan didn't say anything about Li Chengen, and he didn't dare to ask again, so he had to follow into the Wenhua Palace.

Zhao Mengguan had seen Zhu Hongsan when he was sitting in Dongguan before, but at that time, Zhu Hongsan was just a clan with two stinky money, where was it in Zhao Mengguan's eyes. But later Zhu Hongsan was named the king of Chu, and then became the last emperor of the prison state, Zhao Mengguan never saw Zhu Hongsan again, and the identities of the two were too different.

Zhao Meng entered the main hall and did not dare to raise his head, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying long live.

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "Lao Zhao, get up!" ”

With the emperor's permission, Zhao Mengguan dared to stand up.

"Lao Zhao, I've known you for seven or eight years!"

"Back to Your Majesty, the last general and His Majesty have known each other since Chongzhen fifteen years, and it has been seven years now!"

Zhu Hongsan nodded, stood up and came to Zhao Mengguan's side and said, "Old Zhao, the old man in the Hidden Mansion probably counts you as the lowest, right?" ”

Zhao Mengguan didn't dare to answer this sentence, of course the position was the lowest, Zhao Mengguan was born in Guangdong, not Zhu Hongsan's old Huguang department, plus he was not treated by Qian Lide, so he naturally worked the most and was promoted the latest.

"Hehe, the last general has gone from a hundred households sitting in the hall to a pacification envoy from the fourth grade, it is all the grace of His Majesty, and the last general is very satisfied with it now!"

Hearing Zhao Mengguan's insincere words, Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "Haha, Lao Zhao, you will also be a sycophant!" ”