On February 20, the tenth year of Chongzhen, the special plenipotentiary representative of the emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, Anping Belle Dudu came to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, accompanied by Du Du and the Eight Banners Zhenghuang Banner Jia Lazhang Jing Yang Guli, and the Zhenghuang Banner Niu Lu Zhen Tan Tai and others.

Since the Battle of Salhu in the Wanli period, this was the first time that the Later Jin sent an envoy to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Du Du's trip was top secret, first informed Hong Chengchou, the Liao governor of the Great Ming Dynasty, and then Hong Chengchou secretly played the emperor, and the emperor summoned the cabinet ministers and Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department, and discussed repeatedly, and finally agreed that Houjin would send an envoy to Beijing.

Du Du, Yang Guli, Tan Tai and others, under the strict protection of the Ming army, entered the customs from Shanhaiguan, and they were all in the carriage all the way, and they would not show up at all.

Du Du and others were arranged to live in the north hall of the Huitong Pavilion.

How to place Du Du and others, there have been some small controversies in the cabinet, and finally unified opinions, the main and guest department of the Ministry of Rites is responsible for it, one of the main responsibilities of the main and guest department is to be in charge of foreign tributary affairs, as well as local governments, the tributary matters of the surrounding ethnic minorities, although Huang Taiji ascended the throne and called the emperor and established the Great Qing State, but in the eyes of the Ming court, Huang Taiji is still the commander of the Liaodong Command Department of the Ming Dynasty, even if he inherits the title of Nurhachi, that is, the Zuodu Governor, as for the Great Qing Kingdom and Huang Taiji, the emperor, the Ming court will not admit it.

arranging Du Du and others to live in the north hall of the Huitong Pavilion is actually to regard Houjin as an ethnic minority in the Ming Dynasty.

The person in charge of coming forward to talk to Du Du and others was Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department.

Yang Sichang has a very good ability, after serving as the secretary of the military department, he won the trust of the emperor, and his father was Yang He, the former governor of the three sides.

Huang Taiji sent Du Du and others to negotiate peace. There was a great controversy in the cabinet, and the Donglin Party represented by Qian Shisheng and Hou Sui was resolutely opposed to the peace talks, and they believed that it was necessary to crack down hard and even completely exterminate the Houjin Tartars, and if they agreed to negotiate peace, it would be a measure to lose power and humiliate the country. It is absolutely unacceptable that the cabinet ministers represented by Zhang Fengyi and Yang Yipeng, who are well versed in the dangers of battle, agree to negotiate peace, believing that it is not a good thing to be able to make the Houjin Tartars submit and accept the division of the imperial court. And the most critical cabinet minister, Wen Tiren, did not express his position on this matter at the beginning.

The dispute in the cabinet eventually reached the emperor, who summoned Wen Tiren and Yang Sichang and others separately.

Then Wen Tiren's attitude changed and expressed his support for the peace. It's just that the attitude of the Ming court must be resolute, and it must clearly put forward many requirements for Huang Taiji.

But everyone knows that there is a huge risk in the matter of peace, not to mention that many places in the Guannai have been plundered by the Houjin Tatars, and the common people have suffered greatly, so it is said that the so-called peace negotiations of the Houjin Tatars this time are actually aimed at Azig, the king of Wuying County, which can be seen very clearly by a discerning person.

Let's talk about the court. He also hated the Houjin Tartars, and what he thought of was to completely exterminate the Houjin Tartars, and there was no concept of peace at all.

This is the case. Yang Sichang assumed the responsibility of negotiation and negotiation, which can be described as the emperor's great trust.

After accepting the task, Yang Sichang met with the emperor three times, and as for what he talked about, even Wen Tiren, the head of the cabinet, was not particularly clear, of course, Wen Tiren wanted to know. It's also a very simple thing, but Wen Tiren is obviously a little evasive. I don't want to know the details at all.

It can be seen that the difficulty of negotiating peace is very great.

On 21 February, the first negotiations between Yang Sichang and Du Du were held at the Huitong Pavilion.

The identities and whereabouts of Du Du and the others are top secret. The news must not be revealed, otherwise the security cannot be completely guaranteed, the Ming Dynasty is a big country, and the two countries are at war without cutting the envoys, not to mention the peace envoys specially sent by Huang Taiji.

This time the peace, to be honest, the Ming court was not prepared, but also did not expect, when Hong Chengchou secretly reported the reason, even the emperor was surprised, so the first negotiation, Yang Sichang's purpose, is to find out the purpose of Du Du and others to negotiate peace, as for the requirements of the Ming court, the first negotiation will not be put forward for the time being, if the difference in the goal is too great, then it will lose the meaning of peace.

The first negotiation was not long, it was over in just one hour.

When Yang Sichang appeared in the Qianqing Palace with a happy face, the emperor and cabinet ministers were waiting for news.

"Your Majesty, the minister talked to Du Du, and he put forward two requirements, the first request is to release the king of Wuying County, Azig, who is Hou Jin, and the second request is to open the mutual market in Liaodong, Du Du expressed his position on behalf of Huang Taiji, willing to pay a fee of three million taels of silver, and at the same time willing to pay the court."

After Yang Sichang said such words, even the emperor couldn't believe it.

If this is really the case, Huang Taiji has made major concessions, perhaps after this peace, the situation in Liaodong can gradually stabilize, and the hidden dangers in the north of the Ming Dynasty can be completely eliminated.

After Yang Sichang finished speaking, Zhang Fengyi quickly expressed his position.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this time the peace negotiation, the imperial court can put forward clear requirements, Huang Taiji bows down to the ministers at the same time, and needs to accept the officials sent by the imperial court, Liaodong is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and Huang Taiji should remove the emperor's ......"

Qian Shisheng and Hou Sui couldn't say anything at this time, since Huang Taiji was willing to bow down, they couldn't object to the matter of peace.

Wen Tiren's face didn't have much expression, and the rest of the cabinet ministers would not express their stance easily.

After Zhang Fengyi finished speaking, the emperor looked at Yang Sichang.

"Yang Aiqing, what do you think?"

Yang Sichang's face was a little solemn, Zhang Fengyi's request just now was too high, he was almost certain that it would definitely not work to negotiate according to such a request, and this time the peace negotiation would eventually come to an end.

As the minister in charge of peace matters, Yang Sichang of course hopes that the peace can have the most perfect ending, he knows very well that if the requirements put forward by the imperial court are too high, it is impossible for Huang Taiji to accept it, everything must be done slowly, do not expect to eat fat in one go, it will be counterproductive.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this peace, the court can not put forward too many requirements, the speed is not reached, the north of the court has been in trouble for many years, now there has been a alleviation of the situation, should seize the opportunity, the minister thought that the court can put forward three requirements, one is that the emperor Taiji bowed his head and accepted the imperial court's edict, the second is that the Houjin Tartar gave up Dalinghe City, and the third is that the imperial court can send a small number of officials to enter Guangning and Yizhou and other places."

Yang Sichang's three requirements are well thought out, the second and third points can allow the imperial court to get tangible benefits, and can more stabilize the Guanningjin defense line.

"The minister thinks that other requirements, don't put forward for the time being, once the imperial court in Liaodong launched a mutual market, the imperial court can take a variety of means, slowly divide and disintegrate the Manchu people and the Manchu Eight Banners, and wait until the strength of the Houjin Tartars gradually weakens, and then put forward other requirements, the minister has always believed that only by truly exterminating or disintegrating the Houjin Tartars, can we completely surrender to the Houjin."

Yang Sichang's considerations are indeed far-reaching, and they are also in line with the actual situation, the cabinet ministers are not stupid, of course they understand the truth, the Houjin Tartar still has a strong strength, and Huang Taiji cannot really surrender, but this time the peace, the imperial court can get real benefits, including three million taels of silver, including Dalinghe City, you must know that the battle of Dalinghe City that year, the imperial court suffered heavy losses, and now it can be taken back, without spending a single soldier, of course, it is a good thing.

There was not much controversy in the ensuing session, and even Qian Shisheng and Hou Sui agreed to Yang Sichang's proposal.

The second peace talks soon began.

Du Du agreed to all the requests put forward by Yang Sichang, without the slightest hesitation, and even showed the slightest hesitation in the plan to give up Dalinghe City, which made Yang Sichang a little puzzled, I don't know what kind of calculation Huang Taiji is making, why he agreed so happily.

On 25 February, Du Du, on behalf of Huang Taiji, signed the negotiated documents.

On the 26th, all the three million taels of silver brought by Du Du entered the treasury of the household department.

On the first day of the third month, Hong Chengchou ordered the army to occupy the city of Dalinghe.

In fact, there was no Houjin Tartar in Dalinghe City, and the city built at the beginning was completely destroyed, and the army could not be stationed here, and the so-called occupation of Dalinghe City was just a statement.

On the fifth day of the first month of March, Du Du left the capital of Daming with Azig and returned to Shenyang via Shanhaiguan.

In such a short period of time, the negotiation was completed, and the hidden danger in the north of the Ming Dynasty was temporarily lifted, which many people did not expect, but this did not indicate that the imperial court had given up the defense of the Guanningjin defense line.

After Du Du left the capital, the news about Huang Taiji's surrender to his ministers and the imperial court's recovery of Dalinghe City slowly came out, surprisingly, this matter did not cause much turmoil in the capital, but after it spread to Nanzhili, it triggered a protest from some scholars, most of these people were Donglin Academy, Fushe and Yingshe scholars, but such protests disappeared in a short time.

It was Hong Chengchou who felt the most relaxed, as the Jiliao Governor, the pressure on the Guanningjin defense line suddenly decreased, and he must be happy, at least in a short period of time, there will be no major war in Liaodong.

No one thought about why Huang Taiji made such a choice, and no one thought about the possible impact of this matter, even Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department, who was mainly responsible for peace negotiations, did not show any attitude.

However, it is also false to say that no one pays attention to this matter, and it may be that the most concerned is the crown prince Shaobao, the head of the household, the right capital of the imperial history, and the governor of Caoyun, Zheng Xunrui. (To be continued)