Prince Li of the Great Qing Dynasty came to Liaodong and sent an envoy to Jinzhou to send a document requesting peace.

This request for peace has caused a great deal of controversy.

Zheng Jinhong as the representative of many generals of the Zheng family, resolutely opposed to peace with the Houjin, a clear situation in front of them, the Zheng army in the battle of Liaodong achieved a huge victory, a heavy blow to the Eight Banners Army, such a moment is to take advantage of the victory to pursue the time, if you agree to the Houjin peace matters, wouldn't you give up the victory in front, and the emperor has just made a deployment, the Zheng army has been ready to attack, recover all the places west of the Liaohe, and adopt a blockade policy for the Houjin, so that the Houjin slowly collapsed, at that time, Zheng Jiajun launched a general attack on the Eight Banners Army again.

The civil officials represented by Zhou Yanru had a vague attitude, they were not particularly in favor of negotiating peace with the Later Jin, but they believed that since Huang Taiji had sent Dai Shan as an envoy to come, it was still necessary for the Ming court to meet him, and if he simply refused Dai Shan, it was possible to completely deteriorate the situation in Liaodong, which was not conducive to the complete blockade of the Later Jin.

Speaking of which, the opinions of the imperial court are basically the same, and they are all against negotiating peace with the Later Jin, after all, the Ming court has occupied an absolute advantage, whether it is in terms of national strength or in the army.

In the end, it was Zheng Xunrui who was able to make a decision.

The instrument of peace was placed on the table.

Zheng Xunrui has seen it several times, Huang Taiji suddenly sent an envoy to negotiate peace, which was beyond his expectations, and it was Dai Shan, the first prince of the Great Qing Kingdom, who was dispatched, which has shown that Huang Taiji is eager to negotiate peace.

But can it be judged in turn, the Great Qing State can no longer be maintained, and the Zheng army can launch a general attack on Shenyang.

Zheng Xunrui would never see it this way, he knew that Huang Taiji was also a generation of heroes, and he thought about everything he did repeatedly, and he would never leave only one path for himself.

Zheng Xunrui has a lot of questions to think about. Is it agreed that Dai Shan came to negotiate peace on behalf of the Qing Dynasty, and what is the main purpose of Huang Taiji sending Dai Shan to negotiate peace.

The civil and military ministers in the court were all opposed to this peace, because Dai Shan came as the plenipotentiary representative of the Great Qing State, and if he agreed to negotiate peace, it was the Ming Dynasty that recognized the existence of the Great Qing State in disguise, which even the former emperor who hanged himself did not do. The Emperor never recognized the existence of the Great Qing Kingdom.

Zheng Xunrui doesn't care about this, whether it is the Great Qing Kingdom or the Later Jin, it will eventually be swept away by the Zheng Family, not necessarily to say that he agrees to come to negotiate peace with Daishan, it is a recognition of the Great Qing State, and it is not that the imperial court does not agree to negotiate peace, and the Great Qing Kingdom does not exist, and Huang Taiji created the Great Qing State in the ninth year of Chongzhen and ascended the throne as the emperor, which is already a well-known thing. After so many years, the Ming court has never recognized it, and people are also good.

Strength is the key.

When Zhou Yanru and Yang Tingshu entered the wing, Zheng Xunrui was still bowing his head and pondering.

Zhou Yanru has already rushed over from Ningyuan, since the emperor is in Jinzhou, Zhou Yanru must rush to Jinzhou.

Zhou Yanru and Yang Tingshu saluted respectfully.

Zheng Xunrui looked at the two and got straight to the point.

"Zhou Aiqing, Yang Aiqing. I invite you to come, what is the matter? You also know that there is a big dispute about Dai Shan's coming to negotiate peace, and I know that the top and bottom disagree, and the generals in the Zheng family's army completely disagree with Dai Shan's coming to Jinzhou, and you think that Dai Shan can come to Jinzhou. But I am not here to negotiate peace, this question is placed in front of me, I want to hear your opinions, today's discussion, you can say what comes to mind. Don't hide anything. ”

Zhou Yanru looked at Yang Tingshu and spoke first.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Dai Shan wants to come to negotiate peace as a messenger of the Great Qing Dynasty, this is absolutely impossible, the imperial court has never recognized the existence of the Great Qing Kingdom, if Dai Shan comes to negotiate peace as a representative of Huang Taiji, or to discuss other things, it can still be considered, but the minister has no good views on the matter of peace, the minister thinks that this is Huang Taiji's delaying tactics, but he is thinking about delaying time, to see if he can find a solution to the difficulties......"

After Zhou Yanru finished speaking, Yang Tingshu also spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister agrees with Lord Zhou's analysis, the minister thinks that the emperor can ignore Dai Shan, if the emperor decides to come to Jinzhou on behalf of Shan, just send someone to discuss with Dai Shan, as for Zheng Jiajun's oppression of Hou Jin, there can be no relaxation in the slightest......"

Zheng Xunrui nodded slightly, it seems that Zhou Yanru and Yang Tingshu have thought carefully.

"What you said is right, I also have such an opinion, but since Huang Taiji sent Dai Shan here, I can't lose my etiquette, I see that this matter of negotiation with Dai Shan, I still ask Zhou Aiqing to be directly responsible."

Speaking of this, Zheng Xunrui's face became a little serious.

"I have been thinking about it for the past two days, Huang Taiji sent Dai Shan to negotiate peace, its main purpose, I am afraid that it is time to delay, the Eight Banners Army suffered a crushing defeat in Liaodong, and Huang Taiji's life is not easy, and it also takes time to dispatch the army and calm down the mood, including the mood of the Houjin Manchurian nobles, but I don't think that the Zheng family army can achieve victory by attacking Shenyang at this time."

"There will be no change in the imperial court's policy towards Houjin, no matter what the purpose of Dai Shan's coming to discuss peace, what kind of conditions he says, or what kind of sincerity he has, what should the imperial court do or how to do it."

"I am thinking about agreeing to come to negotiate peace with Daishan, but also to buy time."

"I know an allusion, that is, the story of boiling a frog in warm water, the two must not have heard of it, this frog is good at jumping, no matter what danger it encounters, it is necessary to jump away quickly, but put the frog in cold water, slowly heat the cold water, so that the frog unconsciously, and when the frog finds that the water is already very hot, if he wants to jump, he has no ability, and finally dies in the hot water."

"I will also adopt the same method when dealing with Huang Taiji and Houjin."

"I agreed to let Dai Shan come to negotiate peace, this is tantamount to giving Houjin and Huang Taiji a chance, it doesn't matter what to talk about peace, it doesn't matter, the key is to paralyze Huang Taiji and Houjin, so that they think that Zheng Jiajun will not launch an attack on Shenyang in a short time, in this case, Zheng Jiajun from Liaodong and Liaonan two places strictly block all trade with Houjin, you must remember that in the process of negotiating peace, what mutual market matters, never mention."

"Houjin lacks the source of commodities, especially the source of food, which is basically difficult to maintain, and at that time, even if Huang Taiji personally comes to negotiate peace, it will have no effect."

After Zhou Yanru and Yang Tingshu left, Zheng Jinhong entered the wing.

When facing Zheng Jinhong, Zheng Xunrui told the truth, Zheng Jinhong absolutely supported all the decisions he made, and implemented them to the letter, what Zheng Xunrui needed to do was to explain the truth to Zheng Jinhong, and then Zheng Jinhong made it clear among the many generals of Zheng Jiajun.

Zheng Xunrui talked about the matter of peace, Zheng Jinhong listened very carefully, and thought about speaking several times during the period, but in the end he still didn't speak, Zheng Jinhong's expression, of course Zheng Xunrui noticed it.

"Jinhong, I see that you have always wanted to speak, and you can say anything directly when you think of it."

Zheng Jinhong didn't hesitate, and then spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that letting Dai Shan come to negotiate peace is cheapening Huang Taiji and Hou Jin, and besides, the minister has heard that Lord Zhou and Lord Yang have also said, if they agree to come to negotiate peace with Dai Shan, wouldn't it be a recognition of the Qing Dynasty."

Zheng Xunrui had a smile on his face.

"Jinhong, you have always been by my side, for so many years, you know everything I have done, and you know my temper best, I also feel that over the years, your progress has been great, and you can understand my intentions in many places, but there is one thing you still haven't been able to notice."

Zheng Xunrui's words made Zheng Jinhong grateful and nervous.

After he ascended the throne of the emperor, whether it was Zheng Jinhong or Xu Wanghua, his attitude became extremely respectful, and he did not dare to have the slightest disrespect, such a situation, Zheng Xunrui could not change it, thousands of years of Confucianism have raised the emperor to a god-like position, especially he who ascended to the emperor's throne by his own struggle, and the people below are even more respectful.

"What I value is the actual interests, not the superficial things, just say whether this generation of good represents the Great Qing Dynasty, what does it matter, I don't care what he represents, whether it is the Great Qing Kingdom or the Emperor Taiji, it doesn't matter, from the matter of opening the sea ban, you can see my attitude, when Zheng He went to the West, no matter what his purpose was, but his final approach was to show the authority of the Ming Dynasty, giving out more things, and obtaining less things, I am not optimistic, and there is the matter of all countries coming to the court, I have made my attitude clear, If these messengers were thinking of what to gain from me, it would not have been possible. ”

"The most Zheng Jiajun's chief soldiers, cabinet ministers, you should also have such a view, don't care about the immediate gains and losses, look at the long-term, Zheng Jiajun will eventually occupy Shenyang and recover all the lost territory, whether it is the Qing Dynasty or the Later Jin, it will be completely wiped out by the Zheng Jiajun in the end."

After Zheng Xunrui said these words, Zheng Jinhong's face turned red.

Zheng Xunrui was able to say these words to him, which shows complete trust, following Zheng Xunrui's side for so many years, Zheng Jinhong knows very well that the current emperor, the former young master, has not changed much because of the emperor's accession to the throne, the emperor has always been wise, and has always maintained this kind of situation, no matter what happens, can calmly deal with it, the emperor's people-oriented strategy has achieved great success in the Ming court, and now the Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more powerful, which is the best explanation.

This made Zheng Jinhong more determined, he must follow the emperor well and do his best to do things well. (To be continued.) )