The news of the battle of Ningzhen spread to the northern provinces, like a few drops of water falling into a hot oil pot, and the anti-Qing **, which had just fallen, rolled up a monstrous wave again, and the momentum was even more violent, making the Qing court anxious, in order to solve the hidden dangers in the rear first, Dolgon sent an envoy to Nanjing and Guilin in the name of peace talks. ↑ Top Novel, www.

With Chen Mingxia, a scholar of Hanlin as the chief envoy, Liang Qingbiao, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, as the deputy envoy, and more than 70 civil and military officials and their personal entourage, they left Beijing under the protection of 1,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners and sailed south along the Grand Canal from Tongzhou.

In addition to the letter of state from the little emperor of Shunzhi to Emperor Longwu, they also brought a handwritten letter from Dolgon to Wang Kefan, and an open letter written by Jin Zhijun, Wu Ruju, Song Quan and other important ministers of the former Ming Dynasty to their relatives and friends, with a thousand taels of gold and 10,000 taels of silver as gifts. The money was only a deposit of good faith, and if the two sides reached a peace agreement, Dorgon was willing to redeem the thousands of Eight Banners trapped in Zhenjiang, Hangzhou, and Fujian for ten or twenty times the price.

After Chen Mingxia and others left the land of Gyeonggi, they could clearly feel the turbulence of the situation, the two sides of the Grand Canal were the areas where the Qing army controlled the most strictly, and there were still large and small groups of anti-Qing righteous division activities, Xiangma and bandits also took the opportunity to rise up, under the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, roaring to gather in the mountains and forests, and the entire territory of Shandong was alarmed, and the anti-Qing armed forces were invincible, and the most influential one was the Yuyuan Army that broke into the Yimeng Mountain.

The Yuyuan Army and Li Laiheng's Twist Army united, wiped out Ban Bushan in one fell swoop, and the momentum was greatly boosted, and the anti-Qing warriors in the Lu, Henan, and Anhui areas came to defect one after another, and several Yuyuan armies such as Zhang Qi, Ren Qi and Liang Min took the opportunity to expand their troops and horses, and actively developed outside the Yulin forest. At the same time, he did not abandon the base camp of the elm forest...... The cunning rabbit can only survive in the three caves, and Wang Kefan pointed out the huge flaws of the elm forest. Afraid of water attack, afraid of fire attack. Even more afraid of fire and water, Zhang Qi and others have given up the original idea of getting by, and would rather take some risks than actively develop outward.

At this time, the main force of the Qing army was transferred to other battlefields, and the area around Lu, Henan and Anhui was extremely empty, and Wang Wenkui, the governor of Caoyun, was tightly guarding the line of the Grand Canal, for fear that the anti-Qing righteous division would destroy the canal and cut off Caoyun, and he was unable to launch an attack on the Yuyuan army. Ren Qi and Liang Min took the opportunity to conquer the city. Successively conquered two county seats, opened warehouses to release grain, recruited troops and horses, looted the big and wealthy merchants in the city, and then seized Yimeng Mountain, Liangshan and other dangerous cottages, established new base areas respectively, and truly became a hero of Liangshan.

Zhang Qi mainly developed towards Henan and Anhui, and he sent an elite army to cross the Yellow River with Li Laiheng's twisted army. Advancing to the Dabie Mountains in the southwest direction, he ate several cottages with both soft and hard measures, and soon gained a firm foothold in the local area and became the leader of the anti-Qing forces in the Dabie Mountain area.

Elm Forest - Yimeng Mountain and Liangshan Mountain - Dabie Mountain. The Yuyuan Army finally realized the three caves of the cunning rabbit, and also occupied several nearby county towns, and the miscellaneous army has expanded to 100,000 people. Under the continuous expansion of strength, there will be a battle with the main force of the Qing army sooner or later. After the news of Ningzhen's victory came. Zhang Qi, Ren Qi, and Liang Min were greatly encouraged and sent 50,000 allied troops to attack Wang Wenkui. and more than 4,000 Qing troops in the area of Jining Prefecture to start a fierce battle.

The Yuyuan army won in the crowd and the morale was high, while the Qing army was a regular army, and its combat effectiveness was much stronger than that of the Yuyuan army. Ren Qi fought a defeat as soon as he came up, and was chased and killed by the Qing army all the way to Juye County, but after Zhang Qi and Liang Min killed from behind, the Qing army had to be forced to retreat and retreat to the vicinity of Jining Prefecture...... Chen Mingxia and Liang Qingbiao's envoys went south along the Grand Canal by boat, just in time for the fiercest battle in Jining Prefecture, and the elite of the 1,000 Eight Banners accompanying the envoys immediately participated in the battle.

"Alas, the bandits were killed and dispersed today, and they will get together again tomorrow, so it will not be the end of the game after all." Chen Mingxia held the side of the boat, looked at the abandoned fields on the bank of the canal and sighed: "Hundreds of thousands of people in Shandong have risen up as thieves, and they have nothing to do with crops. ”

"Baishi (Chen Mingxia Zibaishi) is right, it is precisely for this reason that the regent of the imperial father wants to temporarily negotiate peace with the puppet Ming, so as to send troops and horses to encircle and suppress the Yuyuan thieves." Liang Qingbiao patted his head lightly, and said haha: "Aha, it's wrong again, I've been calling Nanming a pseudo-Ming in the past few years, and I've always forgotten to change my words." ”

"Yes, yes, I'm not wrong, this time I went to Nanjing and Guilin, but I have to remember that I can't call them false again." Chen Mingxia pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, his smile was a little embarrassed and bitter: "Alas, who would have thought that? Half of Nanming's country is about to be lost, and in the end, we can turn over with salted fish, our errand is not easy to do......"

Chen Mingxia is Chongzhen's sixteenth year of Tanhualang, a famous scholar of the Fushe, famous for his article talent, the Fushe is a gentry group developed from the Donglin Party, representing the interests of the landlords and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, Chen Mingxia's body is marked with an obvious Jiangnan brand, which is considered the "Southern Party" in the Manchu court.

After Li Zicheng broke through Beijing, Chen Mingxia surrendered to join the Dashun regime, after Li Zicheng was defeated in Beijing, he fled to the south and planned to defect to the Hongguang court, but the Hongguang court was a "shun case", Chen Mingxia had to turn back and surrender to the Manchu Dynasty.

(The "Shun case" was an obvious mistake of the Hongguang court, or a bad consequence caused by party strife, when Ma Shiying and the Donglin Party fought for power, and the Donglin Party came up with the "Concubine Case" and "Prince Case" to attack Emperor Hongguang, Ma Shiying in turn ran the "Shun Case" to attack the Donglin Party, and civil officials like Chen Mingxia who had surrendered to Li Zicheng were severely investigated, and many people finally fell to the Manchu Dynasty...... From Chen Mingxia himself, after surrendering to the Manchu Dynasty, he was very active, and he was indeed a hardcore traitor who helped the people to do evil, but he had no feelings for the Ming Dynasty in his heart, and discussed current affairs in the eleventh year of Shunzhi, claiming that as long as the Manchu Qing ordered "to keep his hair and regain his clothes, the world will be peaceful", and his head was cut off by Shunzhi. ）

"Baishi doesn't need to worry, the imperial father regent doesn't really plan to negotiate peace with Nanming, but just let us try to delay it for a few months so that we can talk about it. Talk about not procrastinating, as long as it drags on the New Year. I'm not afraid to turn my face with Nan Ming again. Liang Qingbiao said: "After the southern mission arrived in Nanjing, Wang Kefan inevitably asked Guilin for his life. Under the exchange of letters, a month or two has passed, and when I go to Guilin again, I am afraid that it will be around the New Year, when Kong Youde and Tan Tai have already exterminated the Yuyuan army, and Azig has also swept Shanxi, and the land of Jianghuai is naturally solid. ”

"That's what I said, but this thief can't kill inexhaustibly, and it's always difficult for the world to be peaceful." Chen Mingxia looked very pessimistic: "Half of the world's grain endowment comes from Jiangnan. Now it is occupied by the Southern Ming Dynasty, Caoyun can only allocate the grain of Jiangbei, and after Kong Youde and Tan Taixun guard the Jianghuai, Caoyun into Beijing may be even more nominal, and it is inevitable that additional taxes will be levied in the northern provinces, and the situation will be the same as that of the Chongzhen Dynasty at that time. Alas, the thieves and the thieves are suppressed for a while, but they can't be suppressed for a lifetime! ”

The Ming army has now invaded Jiangbei. With the exception of Anhui and northern Jiangsu, two-thirds of the entire south of the Yangtze River was occupied by the Ming army, and if the war continued, the Qing court would have to go on a rampage in the north. Maintain the war by drinking to quench your thirst, and if you fight one or two more big defeats, it will be difficult to recover the form.

"It is certain that the river will be ruled by rowing. Not negotiable. Although we are vain and wronged, we must not be too weak. This must not fall into the prestige of the imperial court. Liang Qingbiao said with a smile: "Nanming had better be famous, and his lord is older." can be an uncle and nephew with the emperor, I have given this step, and everything else has to be argued on the basis of reason, Baishi must be ready to fight the Confucianism, haha, hahaha. ”

Chen Mingxia and Liang Qingbiao came to negotiate peace this time, and the hole card that Dolgon gave him was to recognize the legitimacy of the Southern Ming regime, and to recognize that Emperor Longwu was the king chosen by the southern provinces themselves......

The envoys followed the Grand Canal all the way south, and after passing the Huai'an Mansion in Nanzhili, they entered the control area of Zheng Chenggong's headquarters of the Ming army. After contact, the Ming army sent a force to greet them, and the escorted 1,000 Eight Banner soldiers were sent back to Beijing, and arrived in Yangzhou five days later, where they were arranged to stay temporarily in the Yin Hotel.

This stay is more than ten days, and no one has paid attention to them.

Chen Mingxia and Liang Qingbiao originally had the intention of delaying time, but when they came up, they found that the Ming army seemed to be even less anxious, and they didn't take their southern mission seriously at all, so they panicked in their hearts...... Could it be that the Nanming side still doesn't want peace talks? Do you still want to continue the Northern Expedition? It doesn't make sense, judging from the intelligence from all sides, the Nanming side is also a mess now, and the Chu army has lost Yanzhòng, and it should also take a period of rest and recuperation.

Chen Mingxia asked to see Zheng Chenggong several times, but Zheng Chenggong never saw him, and after a few days, he posted a notice outside the Yin Hotel: "By the order of Wang Kefanjun, the commander of the Eastern Expedition: The Qing envoy and his entourage passed through the place, and there was no need to respect him, and he should bring his own plate fee." Chen Mingxia, Liang Qingbiao and other six people entered Nanjing, and the rest of them were all left in Yangzhou ......"

Seeing this proclamation, Chen Mingxia and Liang Qingbiao were extremely indignant, the reason why the Qing court sent an envoy group of more than 70 people was to maintain their prestige and dignity, and now only six of them entered Nanjing, and they had to bring their own coils and luggage, and they could no longer put on an official show, so they resolutely could not agree.

They were furious and wanted to go to Zheng Chenggong to theorize, but Zheng Chenggong sent someone first, a team of wolf-like soldiers entered the Yin Hotel, and seized all the vehicles and luggage of the Southern Mission, except for the six people who were allowed to enter Nanjing, the other more than 70 people were placed under house arrest, and the 1,000 taels of gold and 10,000 taels of silver were directly pulled away by Zheng Chenggong, obviously put into their own pockets.

What a guts!

The Southern Mission came on behalf of the Qing court and directly contacted the Longwu court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong was just a military general, and he dared to snatch the gift to Emperor Longwu, which was simply lawless...... In the minds of Chen Mingxia and Liang Qingbiao, it is normal for Zheng Chenggong not to be afraid of the Southern Mission, but he has to take care of the face of Emperor Longwu, he is now so unscrupulous, Chen Mingxia and Liang Qingbiao are both frightened, and they can no longer care about indignation.

What does this mean, Chen Mingxia and Liang Qingbiao hurriedly analyzed, and before they could analyze one, two, three, Zheng Chenggong sent a team of soldiers, directly forcibly took the six of them away, sent them to Guazhou Wharf and threw them on the boat, and when they got off the boat, it was already Yanziji on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the officer who led the team also took a piece of silver weighing about six dollars from Chen Mingxia's baggage, which was used as the fare for the six of them to cross the river.

Since it has reached this point, they can only advance to Nanjing, Chen Mingxia and Liang Qingbiao endured the humiliation, hired a carriage to go to the Jinchuan Gate in the north of the city, got off in front of the city gate and lined up in a line, holding the "imperial book" of the little emperor of Shunzhi into the city, but after the six people lined up in a line, there was no prestige, and the two people in the back were still carrying burdens, looking wolf bèi and funny, which caused the officers and soldiers guarding the city to laugh.

The officers of the Chu army who came to greet him did not smile, the old soldier Wu was very strict, his helmet was bright, his military appearance was neat, and he relied on clothes and horses to support his saddles, and he looked like a general...... Knowing that he was the commander of the first battalion, Chen Mingxia and Liang Qingbiao felt a little relieved, the battalion officers were all generals at the first level of the general army, and it was not too rude for Wang Kefan to send a general soldier to greet them.

Nanjing is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the various institutions and facilities of the imperial court are readily available, in order to arrange the Qing envoy group, the protocol of the Honglu Temple was reactivated, the protocol is a department dedicated to dealing with tributary subjects, Chen Mingxia and Liang Qingbiao immediately expressed their opposition, resolutely do not live in the protocol.

If you don't live it, you have to live!

As soon as the "battalion officer" veteran Wu gave an order, more than a dozen Chu soldiers rushed up and "invited" Chen Mingxia and others into the protocol house.

In the next few days, the veteran Wu did not show up again, and Chen Mingxia and others were kept under house arrest until five days later, two more Ming Dynasty officials, Yiwen and Wu, claimed to be Hu Gaoyi, the head of the Ministry of Rites, and the young military general claimed to be named Jingliang.

"Ladies and gentlemen, have you come all the way from Beijing, is there anything wrong?" Kyora asked first.

"The Qing Dynasty and the Southern Ming Dynasty have been fighting each other for several years, and the people are deeply burdened. Chen Mingxia is neither humble nor arrogant, like Lin Xiangru facing the King of Qin.

"Is there any paperwork? Leave it to me. Hu Gaoyi looked like he was talking about an ordinary letter from home.

Liang Qingbiao rebuked angrily: "This is the imperial book of my Emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty, how can it be lightly granted to others?" Only when he went to Guilin to meet the Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty could he submit it in person. ”

Hu Gaoyi said lightly: "All tribute documents will be transferred by the Ministry of Rites. ”

Chen Mingxia hurriedly interrupted him, and said sternly: "What we have is a letter of the Great Qing Dynasty, not a tribute document, and it must not be handed over to the Ministry of Rites!" ”

He secretly stretched one hand into his arms, ready to desperately protect the book, but he didn't expect Hu Gaoyi and Jingliang to www.biquge.info their heads, turned around and left: "Okay, you keep it first, when you think about it, you are willing to hand over the documents to the Ministry of Rites, and we will talk about it." (To be continued......) R527