The head of the envoy group was Chen Hongfan, who was a military attaché, initially under Xiong Wencan, and later fought with Zuo Liangyu, and became the chief military officer, but because of the defeat, he had been dismissed and idle in Nanjing.

After he heard the news, he made a move and became the official history of this envoy group.

Soon, a civil official, Zuo Maodi, the governor of Anqing and other places, heard about this incident and wrote a letter requesting to go north with Chen Hongfan.

The reason why Zuo Maodi let the governor and the senior official not go to Beijing is very simple, he is a northerner, he came to the south to be an official not long ago, and his mother was placed in Beijing, but the news of his mother's death came, and he planned to go back to mourn.

This kind of thing of going to the north to deal with the Tartars, everyone is willing to go, and this person takes the initiative to invite the court to be eager to go.

So they were given additional officials and knights, and entered the left Maodi Nanjing Military Department, the right squire and the right servant of the imperial history, and Chen Hongfan into the prince and the prince. At the same time, Zuo Maodi was put in charge of managing Hebei and liaising with the secret mission of Kwantung military affairs, hoping that Zuo Maodi would contact Wu Sangui, who was considered loyal by the imperial court.

Although Yang Chao could not thwart the emperor's decision, it was no problem to cram a few people into the envoy group in private.

So soon the envoy group with Yang Chao's people set off.

They carried the imperial letter of "Emperor Ming to the Khan of the Northern Kingdom", the edict given to Wu Sangui and others of the "Duke of Jiguo", 100,000 taels of silver, 1,000 taels of gold, and 10,000 horses of silk; And with the slogan "Go to Beijing to pay tribute to the first emperor; Thanks to the Qing King, and rewarded the suppression of Kou Wenwu and labor". The purpose was to negotiate with the Manchus and negotiate the matter of uniting the thieves and dividing the territory.

At the end of November, the legation headed north.

It was only in mid-December that he arrived in Shandong, and Yang Chao received the first accurate news from the north.

At this time, Shandong had been completely occupied by the Manchus, and the Ming army basically surrendered, except for a few places where there were rebel armies. The peasant army was largely wiped out.

Linqing has long been given up by Yang Chao, where is just as a bridgehead, too far away from Jiangnan. Yang Chao didn't have the strength to compete with the Manchu Qing anywhere.

The existence of all the rebel armies in Shandong was due to the policies of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Seeing that they had easily entered Beijing, Dolgon announced a few days later that the people should be allowed to shave their hair, and as a result, not only was there chaos in the Gyeonggi area, but also the rebels were everywhere outside the city for a time, and even the coal from Xishan could not be transported to the city.

Not to mention Shandong, the resistance was even more fierce, and Dolgon had to give up the idea of forcibly shaving his hair, which calmed down the people's feelings.

Shaving is easy!

Yang Chao secretly remembered this signal. It seems that shaving and dressing up was earlier than I thought, but I just gave up for a while.

And the revolt of the North was no worse than that of the South.

News came one after another, but it was not good news, and the Manchu Qing army was very rapid, chasing Li Ziguo into Shaanxi.

But they have just crossed the Yellow River, and the battle situation has not yet been transmitted, maybe it has been transmitted, but Yang Chao's spies can't find out, after all, Yang Chao's requirements for them are to be as concealed as possible and safety first. And after entering the capital, it is not allowed to transmit the message in explicit.

In late December, Yang Chao couldn't receive the news at all. Because the envoys have entered Beijing, and Yang Chao's spies are hidden, the most important thing for them now is to establish an intelligence station, rather than rushing to deliver news.

Yang Chao knew that the Manchu Qing and Li Zifen would not go south until they won or lost, and there would be no war in the Jiangnan region for the time being, so he seized the time to continue to stabilize the rear.

Yang Chao's 100,000-strong army is already very strict, and he has always insisted on training three times a day, and he has enough food every day. Each person can still eat two taels of meat every day, and there is no problem with nutrition. Coupled with strict training, the physical fitness of the soldiers may be slightly inferior to the elite of the Eight Banners. But it was more than one point stronger than the peasant army and the soldiers of the Ming army.

Everything is normal in the military, and Yang Chao has to worry about other aspects.

Dong Xiaowan insisted on going to Japan to help Yang Chao develop trade, but Yang Chao weighed the pros and cons and agreed to her going.

At the same time, he sent three warships received from the Dutch to escort her, and brought three hundred elite soldiers to protect her, all of whom were Yang Chao's personal soldiers.

Let these three warships go to sea, but it took Yang Chao a lot of effort, first of all, Yang Chao sailed directly to Japan, Zheng was not at ease, Zheng's attitude was secondary, the key was that Yang Chao did not have a qualified captain, even if Zheng agreed to go, Yang Chao could not go.

In the end, I talked with Zheng five times before Zheng agreed, Zheng sent their captains, Yang Chao only sent some sailors, and Yang Chao promised Zheng that he would not intervene in Zheng's trade with Japan, these three ships did carry goods, but they were not Zheng's main raw silk and other things, mostly some cultural goods, such as pen, ink, paper, inkstone, such as books and classics, paintings, etc.

Yang Chao's purpose is actually to promote culture, and at the same time open up the Japanese market, the Japanese advocate Chinese culture, so these cultural supplies should have a good market, after all, the customer base of these things can be people with a certain status, at least can understand Chinese, otherwise they can't appreciate it.

In addition to these high-end things, there are some exquisite daily necessities, some daily necessities of the upper class of the Ming Dynasty, such as special spices, such as clothing and jewelry, basically let Dong Xiaowan pass on the life of the upper class people of the Ming Dynasty.

The fundamental purpose of Yang Chao's promotion of culture is actually for cultural expansion.

In later generations, how many people in China admired the West, talked about Europe and the United States all day long, and asked themselves whether they were interested in the material life of the West or what kind of bullshit parliamentary system, they knew best in their hearts.

Therefore, telling the Japanese that the rich, civilized, personable, and extremely elegant material life of the Ming Dynasty may receive better results.

A few days after sending Dong Xiaowan away, it was the New Year.

This year, the Yang family was also lively, because she licked someone, she was still a princess, and her parents were extravagant.

Yang Chao already knows how to coax women, Zhu Yujiao slowly integrated into the Yang family, and her depressed mood has long dissolved, and she looks healthy.

is often a little guilty, failed to let the emperor allow Yang Chao to take a concubine, and Yang Chao comforted him that he would think of a way.

The news of the envoys did not come back during the Chinese New Year.

Yang Chao didn't know, in fact, everyone didn't know, as the chief envoy of the envoy group, Chen Hongfan surrendered as soon as he arrived in Beijing.

The most important purpose of the envoys to the north was actually to negotiate with the Manchus, first to discuss joint operations. Second, how to divide the territory.

It has to be said that the civil officials of Nanjing have long been ready to cede their territory to the Manchus, and they understand that the Manchus will not go out after entering the customs.

Some people plan to follow the model of the Southern Song Dynasty, "with the two Huai as the boundary." ”

Gao Hongtu, an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, objected: "Shandong's hundred and two mountains and rivers must not be abandoned. It must be a last resort, when the boundary of the river between the ears. ”

Ma Fushiying said: "The other master is still young. and the emperor are uncles and nephews. ”

In the end, it was basically determined that the Hejian area could be handed over to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was actually the place north of Cangzhou.

Gao Hongtu's claim is also well-founded, which is basically equivalent to Shi Jingjiao's ceding of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun to the Khitan, which means that Gao Hongtu advocated that the territory should be divided in the form of the Northern Song Dynasty rather than the Southern Song Dynasty.

The plan was very good, the Ming Dynasty restored the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty, while the Manchus occupied the territory of the Liao Dynasty, and the two sides were about uncles and nephews.

But the Manchus didn't want to talk about it at all.

At this time, Dolgon changed his attitude of avenging the Ming Dynasty. It did not recognize the Southern Ming Dynasty at all.

Instead, he intended to appease the Southern Ming Court.

And the first one to appease was the envoy of the envoy group.

As soon as the envoys arrived in Beijing, Tang Yu, a Ming general who had surrendered to the Manchus, told Dolgon at that time that Chen Hongfan could be appeased. It was hoped that Chen Hongfan would be appointed as the general soldier of the Ming Dynasty and sent him south to appease the Ming courtiers.

Tang Yu is so sure, because his son is Chen Hongfan's son-in-law, and Chen Hongfan has no children and only one daughter, and he basically came to seek refuge with his daughter when he went north at this time. The two parents' families have long been better about surrendering.

Dolgon immediately played and appointed Chen Hongfan.

Before the diplomatic corps could begin negotiations, the envoys defected first. The mission failed from the start.

As soon as they entered Shandong, they saw a notice from the Manchu Qing Dynasty: "By the order of the regent: Chen Hongfan passed through the place, and there was no need to respect him, and he should bring his own plate fee." Chen Hongfan, Zuo Maodi, and Ma Shaoyu allowed hundreds of people to enter Beijing to meet them, and the rest were left in Jinghai. Zu Zepu brought many people to Beijing. ”

Zu Zepu is the son of Zu Dashou. Zu Dashou had already surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the southern court hoped that Zu Zepu could win over Zu Dashou to help speak. As a result, the Manchus instead used this to show favor to Zu Dashou.

After bringing his own dry food all the way to Beijing, Zuo Maodi was anxious to negotiate with the Manchus.

The mission held the "imperial book" and entered the city from Zhengyang Gate.

The Qing court demanded that the imperial letter be presented to the Ministry of Rites. But Zuo Maodi refused, according to the etiquette system, the imperial letter of equal state should be given to the Son of Heaven, and the request was handed over to the Manchu Emperor, and handing it over to the Ministry of Rites was equivalent to Fanbang.

The Qing official said: "All tribute documents should be forwarded to the Ministry of Rites." ”

Zuo Maodi said that he was carrying a letter from the Celestial Empire, not a tribute document, and the two sides could not insist.

The Qing court also accused the Jiangnan Tuli Emperor, saying that the southern monarchs did not want to avenge Chongzhen, but set up a new monarch, which was disloyal and unfilial.

Zuo Maodi argued that the crown prince of Nanjing should avenge the previous emperor.

In the end, the Manchu officials began to threaten: "Needless to say, we have sent a large number of troops to the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Zuo Maodi replied: "Jiangnan is still big, and there are a lot of soldiers and horses, so don't underestimate it!" ”

The Manchu Qing finally refused to accept the letter of the Ming Dynasty, and the court sent 100,000 taels of silver and 1,000 taels of gold to Wu Sangui and others, as well as python satin and other things.

Then he drove the envoys: "You will go tomorrow morning." I have sent troops to Jining, and I will go to the south of the Zhier River in □, and I will send troops to the south. ”

Zuo Maodi asked to go to Changping to pay tribute to the mausoleum and discuss the burial of Emperor Chongzhen.

The Manchu Qing still refused: "I have cried for you, sacrificed, and buried." What do you weep about, what do you sacrifice, what do you bury? When the first emperor lived, the thief did not send troops; After the death of the first emperor, he supported the army and did not please the thief. The first emperor was not sacrificed by your disloyal ministers in Jiangnan! ”

and handed a letter to the mission, accusing the ministers of Nanjing, "not saving the first emperor is a crime; It is the second crime to set up an emperor without permission; It is the third crime of supporting soldiers and abusing the people in various towns. Sending troops to punish the guilt".

The Qing court soon led the troops to escort the mission south, but Chen Hongfan suddenly suggested that Dolgon keep Zuo Maodi and others, because when Dolgon recruited him at that time, he directly used the emperor's edict and did not shy away from it.

Dolgon took the suggestion and sent troops to intercept the mission in Cangzhou and escort it back to Beijing. (To be continued)

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