On 15 June, the Manchurian army marched less than 50 miles from the victory.

At the end of this day, I was in a daze, as if I had aged ten years overnight.

I can see that this time Abahai really wants to negotiate peace, and my heart is broken after Ningwan.

If you want to talk about peace between the two countries, when Nurhachi was in power, he resented the Southern Dynasty for oppressing Jianzhou, hated Wu and Wu, and Nurhachi hated scholars. It is simply impossible to negotiate peace between the two countries.

Six years ago, Nurhachi died in August and was succeeded by Abahai.

In September, Yuan Chonghuan suggested to the Emperor of the Apocalypse that "when its position is undetermined and the great coupling is respected, the picture shows that between the eight dogs, the same prison, the bones will be devoured", "In case this way is beneficial, it is better than 100,000 armor soldiers".

The so-called "throwing bones" means throwing the flesh and bones of peace, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse agreed that he would "act cheaply". (See "Records of the Ming Xi Sect")

In October, Yuan Chonghuan sent a lama and a Dusi to mourn Nurhachi. One is to "listen to the truth and truth", the second is to "separate its sons from the upper and lower levels", and the third is to ask Manchuria to "return to their fate and listen to the punishment of the imperial court". To put it bluntly, it was the Emperor of the Apocalypse who sent Yuan Chonghuan to take the first step towards détente between the two countries.

Yuan Chonghuan's delegation was warmly received by Abahai.

Abahai's move kills three birds with one stone.

First of all, the Mongols were stupid. Manchukuo and the Ming Dynasty stumbled, and actually played such a position, it seems that it is better to follow the Ming Dynasty than to follow the Manchurian murder and arson.

Second, Abahai used this as an excuse to send troops to North Korea. My father died, and people came to mourn in the Ming Dynasty, but you actually ignored it, and you took the blame for sending troops to beat you!

Third, we should actively negotiate peace, and whether it succeeds or not, we should first occupy the commanding heights of public opinion.

About a month later, Abahai sent an envoy to Ningyuan with a letter of reply to Yuan Chonghuan and the Ming envoys. In his reply letter, Abahai expressed his gratitude for the funeral and congratulations on his accession to the throne, and formally expressed his intention to hold peace talks, hoping that peace talks would be carried out at an early date.

A month later, the envoy of Abahai returned from Ningyuan and brought back the original letter to Yuan Chonghuan, relaying Yuan Chonghuan's opinion.

In the first month of the following year, Aba Hai sent another envoy and handed over the proposed peace document to Yuan Chonghuan.

There are three main points in the letter:

First, the responsibility for the war of the past twenty years lies with the Ming Kingdom. The letter once again revealed the "seven hatreds", the Ming State "has been very bullying", and Manchukuo is "rejuvenating".

Second, "regardless of the size of the country, stop arguing about right and wrong", requiring the Ming State to admit its mistakes.

3. Prerequisites for peace negotiations: 100,000 taels of gold, 1,000,000 taels of silver, 100,000 pieces of satin, and 1,000 pieces of wool and green cloth were to be handed over to Manchukuo as a "gift of reconciliation." After the two sides reconciled, Manchukuo paid tribute to 10 Dongzhu, 1,000 mink skins, 1,000 catties of ginseng every year, and Ming gave 10,000 taels of gold, 100,000 taels of silver, 100,000 pieces of satin, and 300,000 pieces of cloth as a "reward". (See "Records of Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty")

The letter was sent to the Emperor of the Apocalypse. It can be inferred from this that the letter must have adjusted the format of the titles of the two countries.

Abba Hisense's requirements are very harsh, and Ming Guo will never agree to it. However, the so-called "asking for a sky-high price to repay the money on the spot" is not an exaggeration in the content of this letter compared to the diplomatic negotiations of later generations.

Sure enough, the Emperor of the Apocalypse knew this well. In the same month, he proposed to Manchukuo the terms of peace with the Ming State:

Manchukuo must "change the name of the previous year and obey Zhengshuo", return the "invaded land", and sacrifice the "traitors".

As for the gifts demanded by Manchukuo, the amount was too large, and he replied, "If you don't carry it, you will take too much." (See "Records of the Ming Xi Sect")

At this point, the two countries have started a formal negotiation process.

In March, Aba Hai replied:

The amount of the annual tribute remains the same, but the "reward" for the first year may be reduced to 50,000 taels of gold, 500,000 taels of silver, 500,000 pieces of satin, and 5,000,000 pieces of cloth. However, the land that has been acquired and the people "have learned that Anji has been laid" cannot be returned. (See "Old Manchu Files")

In April, Yuan Chonghuan wrote a letter to take advantage of the fact that Manchukuo was attacking Korea to build the three cities of Jinzhou, Zhongzuo, and Dahui, and use the delaying army as the top. When the enemy learned the news, the city was defended. When the Emperor of the Apocalypse learned about it, he rewarded him.

In May, Abahai led the elite troops with the yellow flag, the yellow flag, the white flag, and the white flag to attack western Liaoning. Capture the Daling River and Xiaoling River, and then attack Jinzhou, besieging the city on all sides. Zhao led his troops to defend the city, and sent envoys to sue for peace three times, but it was unsuccessful. The Ming Dynasty mobilized Mangui, Zu Dashou, and You Shilu to help. Abahai failed to attack Jinzhou, changed to attack Ningyuan, and continued to attack Jinzhou, and withdrew his troops in early June. The history is known as "Ningjin Victory."

It's not surprising that it's common to talk and talk while fighting.

In July, Yuan Chonghuan resigned to "return to his hometown", which Wei Zhongxian approved.

In August, the Emperor of the Apocalypse died and was succeeded by Emperor Chongzhen. So there was a platform duet, and five years of Pingliao. Yuan Chonghuan made a comeback, gathered the strength of the whole country to build a large number of buildings in Liaodong, and planned to build one city at a time until Shenyang.

Since then, the peace and interaction between the two countries has become a stage for Manchukuo.

In July of the second year of Chongzhen, Abahai wrote to Yuan Chonghuan: Since you have no intention of negotiating peace, I will raise troops, and its responsibility lies with Ming.

In October, Abahai led his army into the pass and attacked Beijing. All the way to the city "gentry and soldiers", Manchuria "repeatedly sent envoys to make peace", Emperor Ming did not allow it, so "sue Tianxingshi".

In December, Aba Hai withdrew from the army, leaving two letters of "discussing peace with the monarch of the Ming Kingdom" and placing them outside the gate of Desheng and Anding in Beijing.

In the same month, Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned, and after more than half a year of trial, he was sentenced to Ling Chi on charges of "conspiracy and rebellion," "unauthorized peace," and "murder of the marshal." Yuan Chonghuan left a poem before his death:

"A lifetime of career is empty,

Half a lifetime of fame is in a dream.

After death, there is no worry about the brave,

The loyal soul still protects Liaodong. ”

In March of the third year of Chongzhen, Abahai sent letters to Emperor Chongzhen, Ming ministers, and Jinzhou officials, asking for "peace"; In the same month, Amin, who was stationed in Yongping, sent a letter to the Ming officials of Fengrun and Kaiping, asking for peace to be negotiated as soon as possible, otherwise "it will be difficult for me to wait for peace when I bring my family to it." There was no reply from the Ming Kingdom, and in May, the Ming Kingdom recovered the four cities of Yongping with Hongyi cannons.

In May of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Abahai sent a letter to the general of Dalinghe, saying that he was "tired of soldiers and wishing for peace". In August, Abahai besieged the Daling River with a division of the whole country, and attacked the city with red-coated artillery.

No one knows what Abahai's attitude towards peace talks is in his heart, but in the matter of peace talks, Manchukuo competed for impression points.

As of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Aba Hai and Emperor Chongzhen are completely a repetition of Altan Khan and Emperor Jiajing.

One desperately demanded that the tribute be negotiated for peace, and the other resolutely ignored it.

If you ignore me, you will fight until the city of Beijing, and you will still ask for peace with tribute.

By the end of the fifth year of Chongzhen, the degree of damage to the Ming Dynasty by Abahai was similar to that of Altan Khan.

As of the fifth year of Chongzhen, the war-weariness of the soldiers and civilians in the border towns of the Ming Dynasty was similar to that of that year.

I don't know how many people secretly fantasize in their hearts: if the Ming Dynasty can make a move, the Longqing peace of the year, and if the Tonggong can be repeated, the Great Wall and the outside can enjoy peace for a hundred years.

Obviously, these people who secretly fantasize about me do not include Ning Wanme, who is a resolute main battle faction.

Ning Wan knew that with the courage of the Manchurian army and the mediocrity of the officials of the Southern Dynasties, if Manchukuo deliberately provoked a war with the rhetoric of negotiating peace, there was a chance that it would succeed;

And vice versa, if Manchukuo had used war as a threat to pressure the South to make peace, there was a good chance that it would have succeeded.

In the past, talking about peace was more of a tactic, a kind of propaganda, and a kind of excuse.

Now, it seems that Abahai is sincere.

Sure enough, I was not the only one who was puzzled.

On the 16th, as soon as the army was encamped, messengers from Azig arrived.

The peace letter sent by Abahai to Zhangjiakou was received, and Azig was also handed over to the defenders of Zhangjiakou. Azig sent someone to ask: What does the Great Khan mean?

Is it to start the war with peace or not as an excuse? Or is it the threat of war to make peace?