Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 660 Negotiation Conditions
The envoys of the Manchu Qing had been in Guangjing for more than half a month. When Feng Quan released the news that he was planning to rule the river, Wang Yan was still very tempted. In the subsequent negotiations, Feng Quan often deliberately digressed, entangled in the details of the delivery, and asked the Ming army navy to withdraw from the Yangtze River first. Wang Yan lost his patience after watching it for a few days.

After tossing and tossing this morning, all the alcohol on Wang Yan's body was gone, and his legs were no longer floating, so he rode a horse and led a group of personal guards to the Ministry of Rites.

Wang Yan got off his horse in front of the yamen, and the guards of the brigade stayed outside. He only took Lu Shikui and followed him with a knife, inseparable.

?? "Your Highness, please." An ingenious official from the Ministry of Rites bowed and asked.

"Thank you." Wang Yan said casually, and followed the little official all the way to the lobby of the Ministry of Rites.

When Wang Yan came outside the hall, the little official bowed and retreated. Someone shouted loudly, and the people in the hall quickly stood up to greet him: "Your Highness!"

Wang Yan looked at the few people in the hall, except for Feng Quan and the number one scholar Lu Gong who had lost face in Guangjing and was made into a drama, He Wuzhen and other officials of the Ministry of Rites, the eunuch who was in charge of rituals Pang Tianshou is also listed.

"Your Highness is really busy with every day. I am really sorry that His Highness was not invited until today for the important event of the peace talks between the two countries." Pang Tianshou said in a strange way.

The Ministry of Rites had indeed invited him several times before, but as a main combatant, he did not approve of peace talks. After hearing Feng Quan's conditions, he felt that the goal of the Qing court might be to trick him into lifting the blockade of the Yangtze River. Bian didn't discuss it properly. As the county king, he came to argue with the Qing envoy, which was too cheap, so he never attended.

Wang Yan frowned slightly, and didn't give Pang Tianshou a good look, "Military affairs are important for men, and eunuchs, what are you doing here?"

This was scolding Pang Tianshou for not being a man. Seeing Pang Tianshou's face change, Qian Bingdeng hurriedly said to Wang Yan, "Your Highness, Eunuch Pang was appointed by His Majesty to preside over the peace talks."

Wang Yan didn't say much about the emperor's appointment. He went straight to the middle hall and sat down. Pang Tianshou also waved his sleeves and sat down with a cold snort. The rest of the people looked at each other and sat down one after another.

Although Wang Yan and Pang Tianshou were at odds, they didn't reach the point of choking each other when they met. The reason for this was that he saw Pang Tianshou appearing and probably guessed the emperor's attitude on this matter, so he despised him first in terms of aura. down the other side.

"Hege Department, please come alone today, but what's the matter!" Wang Yanming asked knowingly.

After hearing this, He Wuzhen said: "The two countries have been negotiating for more than half a month, and the Ministry of Rites and the Qing envoy have almost reached the point of discussion. Now there is only one key issue that can be settled, so please come here, Your Highness."

Wang Yan couldn't help sitting up straight when he heard the words, feeling a little shocked in his heart. He hadn't paid attention to it for a few days, and it was almost settled here. He couldn't help but wonder what the talk was like now.

"Oh?" Wang Yan asked solemnly: "I don't know what the conditions are now, and what issues have not been reached?"

After listening to Wang Yan's words, Pang Tianshou sat aside and snorted coldly, "Hmph, Your Majesty is so indifferent to state affairs, it's a waste of grace."

Wang Yan listened to him muttering in a low voice, his face was warm, and he squinted his eyes.This Pang Tianshou used to be against him secretly, but now he is openly against him, obviously relying on something.

He Wuzhen, who was sitting next to Pang Tianshou, couldn't even hear it. He cursed secretly in his heart, this eunuch provoked him, while looking at Wang Yan, seeing his angry face, he didn't dare to let the two gentlemen, He pinched Wang Yan in front of the envoy of Qing, and without giving Wang Yan a chance to get angry, he immediately intervened: "Your Highness, the matter of peace talks has now been decided on three major points. It is a country of uncles and nephews with Daming, your majesty is your uncle, and the emperor of Qing is your nephew. The second is to delineate the border according to the old boundary of the Southern Song Dynasty and Jin Guo Shaoxing. The third is to open the border market trade. "

This condition is even better than the previous few days, and it is almost the condition that Hongguang's monarch and ministers wanted but could not get.

The country of uncles and nephews has preserved the face of Ming Dynasty. The old world of Song and Jin has covered thousands of miles of rivers and mountains without a single soldier, and there is no need for annual coins like the Song Dynasty. Who would not be tempted by such a condition?
It's just that the conditions for this negotiation are getting worse and worse. At first, the Ming Dynasty only thought that it would be good to rule the river by drawing the river. After talking about it, they actually talked about the border of the Huaihe River, and Dorgon also brought Hauge's Sichuan and Hanzhong was sold, which is too rare.

Could it be that Dorgon wanted to instigate Daming to deal with Hauge? The emissary set off at the beginning of October, and Hauge only started fighting at the end of October, so the timing was wrong!Moreover, using Jiangnan and Lianghuai to instigate is too cheap.

This made Wang Yan confused for a while. He frowned. The situation in the Ming Dynasty is not as good as that of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Jianyi still occupies the south of the Yangtze River. Why should such conditions be given? Lu Wang lied to Zheng Zhilong, Wang Yan still believed in his own judgment, he squinted his eyes and glanced at Feng Quan, and asked in a deep voice: "With such a good condition, what issues are there that have not been discussed?"

He Wuzhen said: "Actually, there is only one thing, that is, I hope His Highness can withdraw the navy from the Yangtze River!"

Wang Yan smiled at the corner of his mouth when he heard this, turned his head to look at Feng Quan and said, "I don't know when the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will be able to march into Jiangnan and Lianghuai after the agreement is reached?"

Seeing Wang Yan asking him, Feng Quan stood up and said, "According to the rules, after the peace talks are reached, the envoy must first return to Beijing, then send the letter of credence over, and finally your envoy will be sent to our country, and then the agreement will take effect."

"In this way, it will take at least half a year, and there must be no mistakes in the middle, otherwise it will take longer." Wang Yan asked in a deep voice.

Naturally, Wang Yan knew about these procedures. He stared at Feng Quan. Feng Quan felt uncomfortable for a while, so he nodded awkwardly, "According to the rules, it will indeed take about half a year."

"It won't be too late for Ming's navy to retreat in half a year." Although Wang Yan is not completely sure, he doesn't believe in Jianyi, so this is undoubtedly the safest way.

Feng Quan was dissatisfied after hearing this: "This is not possible. The Qing Dynasty has shown great sincerity in this peace negotiation, but your country has not expressed anything. The navy must withdraw from the Yangtze River. The two sides have to cease fighting before the peace negotiation can proceed." .”

After Feng Quan finished speaking, Pang Tianshou, who was seated opposite him, immediately stood up and said, "King Hengyang, the conditions for this peace negotiation have finally been negotiated. My Ming Dynasty can win thousands of miles of land. As long as the peace agreement is signed, the imperial court can return the capital to Jinling. But you intend to stop it, what is your intention?"

When Wang heard him standing up and blaming himself, the anger in his heart exploded immediately. After all, I am also the king of the county. How about you have face? There is no bottom line.

Wang Yan immediately jumped up against the case, and shouted angrily: "Xiao Shu, are you a Ming official or an honest official!"

(End of this chapter)