Huang Taiji sent an envoy to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to negotiate peace, and took out three million taels of silver to redeem the king of Wuying County, Azig, and at the same time gave up Dalinghe City, and more importantly, Huang Taiji bowed down to the Ming court, after these news reached Huai'an, there was not much reaction from the people, after all, Huai'an did not suffer from the invasion of the Houjin Tartars, but the scholars of Donglin Academy, Fushe and Yingshe reacted very strongly, and even once gathered to denounce it.

Among them, Qian Qianyi and Huang Daozhou's performance is more intense, Huang Daozhou rushed to Suzhou from Fujian, when teaching at Donglin Academy, he focused on the matter of Houjin peace, Huang Daozhou believes that the imperial court should not accept Houjin and Huang Taiji's peace, Huang Taiji has ascended the throne in Chongzhen nine years and called the emperor, its ambition is very clear, that is, thinking that one day overthrow the Ming Dynasty court, dominate the Central Plains, the court should take advantage of this opportunity to teach the Houjin Tartars a hard lesson, only to exterminate the Houjin Tartars, Only then can Huang Taiji truly surrender.

Qian Qianyi completely agreed with Huang Daozhou's point of view, and his ideas were even more radical, believing that some adults in the imperial court accepted the so-called peace of the Houjin, that is, they were greedy for life and afraid of death, that is, they connived at the Houjin Tartars, and they betrayed their ancestors, could it be that a mere three million taels of silver could buy the dignity of the Ming Dynasty.

For a time, the Donglin scholars in the south were excited, and they were ready to denounce the cabinet.

However, this trend subsided in a short period of time, and it is said that Liu Zongzhou, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, specially found Huang Daozhou and Qian Qianyi, and after a few conversations, the situation gradually quieted down.

As for the reason for this, outsiders have no way of knowing.

After Xu Wanghua learned the news, he was really anxious.

Zheng Xunrui had already learned the news, and the dark line in the capital sent the information to Huai'an as soon as possible. Including who Huang Taiji sent to the capital to negotiate peace, and who was responsible for the conversation of this peace.

The situation in Nanjing, Suzhou and other places has been continuously summarized to Zheng Xunrui.

Zheng Xunrui's focus has shifted to preparing for the Firearms Bureau, Tang Ruowang and Bo Yu and others have come to Huai'an, and Bi Maokang, the right attendant of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites. Also willing to assist in the research and development of firearms.

Now I am waiting for Yang Tingshu's operation, I didn't expect that at this time, such news came from the capital.

For two days, Zheng Xunrui didn't go anywhere, he was always in Donglin Bookstore, analyzing the purpose of Huang Taiji, this time the peace was proposed by Huang Taiji, and Anping Beledudu was dispatched, which shows that Huang Taiji attaches great importance to this matter. Moreover, in the final peace agreement, Huang Taiji made it clear that he would submit to the Ming Dynasty and cede Dalinghe City in Liaodong, saying that he would not continue to have any provocative behavior in Liaodong.

In contrast, after receiving three million taels of silver from Du Du, the imperial court released Azig, the king of Wuyingjun, and other Houjin Tartars.

After two negotiations, Huang Taiji took out 13 million taels of silver.

However, the second negotiation is compared with the first negotiation. There was a big difference, the second peace. Huang Taiji made it clear that he submitted to the Ming court, which is not a concession that ordinary people will make, in comparison, Huang Taiji made this gesture, which made the emperor more happy.

It's a pity that Zheng Xunrui doesn't see it that way.

Success and defeat are eternal truths. Strength can decide everything, Huang Taiji's strength did not suffer much loss, at the beginning of the year to attack Korea, plundering countless money and population, the strength has been significantly enhanced. Taking out three million taels of silver from it is not a particularly difficult thing to do, and it will not hurt your muscles and bones.

As for verbal promises, whoever really believes them is a fool who will not hesitate to do so.

The movements of those Donglin scholars in Nanjing and Suzhou, Zheng Xunrui is not concerned, these people are nothing more than shouting for a while, they can't play any role, the court has already made a decision, and later commented and protested, which is equivalent to hindsight, and Qian Shisheng and Hou Sui and others are Donglin Party members, they all agreed when they discussed in the cabinet, and the Donglin scholars below stood up and shouted, wouldn't it be a slap in the face.

When Xu Wanghua entered the Donglin Book House, Zheng Xunrui's expression was relaxed.

Xu Wanghua, who was in a hurry, didn't wait for Zheng Xunrui to speak, so he started to analyze directly.

"My lord, my subordinates have analyzed the matter of Houjin peace these days, and I think the situation is not very good, and my subordinates just thought that Huang Taiji came to negotiate peace for the purpose of Azig, but after analyzing the situation these days, I feel that it is not so simple."

"Mr. Xu, don't worry, speak slowly, the sky won't fall."

Xu Wanghua is obviously still in a hurry.

"The subordinates believe that Huang Taiji is doing this to make the court relax its vigilance, and it should have two purposes to let the court relax its vigilance, one is to be able to ease up for a while, and the other is to wait and see if there will be any changes in my Ming court."

Zheng Xunrui nodded slightly.

"Mr. Xu, in fact, you have already answered the question I raised last time, and you are like a tiger."

Xu Wanghua's body trembled.

"It turns out that the adults have already analyzed the reason."

"Mr. Xu, think about it, Huang Taiji can ascend the throne as the emperor, conquer many tribes in the grassland, be able to get the support of the grassland tribes and the Manchu Eight Banners, and create the Great Qing Dynasty, is it such a simple character, in the case that his own strength has not suffered much damage, why should he bow down to the court, if there is a subservient today, why did he ascend the throne as the emperor in the first place."

"My lord, my subordinates are also worried about this, Huang Taiji's purpose of negotiating peace this time is probably very clear, that is, to let my Ming court fall into civil strife, at least to let the Zheng family army encounter calculations."

"Yes, this is the terrible place of Huang Taiji, presumably Huang Taiji is aware of the internal disputes within my Ming court, and it is also accurate that there will be internal strife within the court, all the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, the lackeys are cooking, and I use the internal strife of my Ming Dynasty to weaken the strength of the Zheng family's army, Huang Taiji is indeed powerful."

"My lord, my subordinates think that Huang Taiji's vicious thoughts should be exposed, otherwise Huang Taiji will really succeed, and there will be huge disputes in the court, and the consequences will be irreparable."

Zheng Xunrui smiled and looked at Xu Wanghua as he spoke.

"Mr. Xu, you and I are so far away from the capital, we can analyze Huang Taiji's evil thoughts, can't the cabinet members of the court analyze the reason, I'm afraid it's unlikely, since someone can analyze the reason, but no news comes out, isn't it very clear that there is something strange here."

Xu Wanghua's face became a little ugly.

"My subordinates really don't understand, some adults in the court, for their own selfish interests, abandoned Lun? Li, abandoning the country, what do they want to do, can they feel comfortable in their hearts when they see the Ming Dynasty ruined. ”

"Mr. Xu, don't be excited, there are no wonders in the world, such a thing happens, it's nothing, the party struggle between the DPRK and China has become a chronic disease, and it is difficult to eliminate it in a short period of time, unless it is a big move."

Xu Wanghua's expression changed several times, and finally became calm.

"The subordinates understand, the adults are far-sighted, and they have long expected everything, and the subordinates admire it."

"Needless to say, Huang Taiji has already made a move, this move is very good, steady and ruthless, grasped the key point, probably Huang Taiji is waiting for good news at the moment, waiting for my Ming court to have civil strife, waiting for the situation of the master of high merit, in this case, we can't panic, don't pay too much attention to this matter, what should be done or what to do, in order to remain unchanged in response to all changes, relatively speaking, Huang Taiji is our real opponent, as for some adults in the court, I really haven't seen it in my eyes."

Zheng Xunrui's self-confidence affected Xu Wanghua.

"When the lord says so, his subordinates are relieved, the first phase of this year's Cao Yun is about to begin, and his subordinates will focus on the matter of Cao Yun during this time."

"Well, the 500,000 stone grain transported by Cao must be safely transported to the north, in addition to the remaining 300,000 stone grain, of which 150,000 stone is transported to Shaanxi, and 150,000 stone is transported to Penglai, tell Wang Yuncheng, who is stationed in Penglai, that 100,000 stone grain must be transported to Lushun in the fastest time, and how to distribute these grains is something that Yang He, Gu Menglin, Cao Chi and others need to worry about."

"Yes, Hongmen's affairs, subordinates suggested that Wen Kun be directly responsible, Xu Jikuang assisted, and his subordinates have warned Hong Mingcheng that he can't completely use the righteousness of the rivers and lakes to dominate Hongmen, but still have to find ways to absorb some scholars, so that Hongmen can develop well."

"Wen Kun is mainly responsible for the affairs of the torture room and storage, there are already a lot of things, I'm afraid I can't be busy, the development of Hongmen is a very important matter, in the second half of the year, Hongmen will begin to take on heavy responsibilities, in this case, or ask Mr. Xu to be in charge of Hongmen's affairs, how is this Xu Jikuang."

"The subordinates think that Xu Jikuang is good and capable, but why Xu Jikuang took refuge in the adult in the first place, the subordinates are not very clear, so they dare not let him know about confidential matters."

"It's better to be cautious, Xu Jikuang suddenly changed his attitude, I don't really understand the mystery, I still need time to observe more, but the time for this observation can't be too long, I think it's limited to half a year, if you don't find any abnormalities, you can boldly let go of it in the second half of the year."

After Xu Wanghua left, Zheng Xunrui's expression became more relaxed.

Huang Taiji will indeed find a way, and he can bend and stretch, but unfortunately, Huang Taiji did not estimate his Zheng Xunrui's ability, if this bit of conspiracy and tricks can't be dealt with, then Zheng Xunrui can't have such outstanding achievements over the years, Huang Taiji is too wishful thinking. (To be continued......)