Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 91
Outside the city of Hangzhou, Wang Yan, together with Zuo Maodi and others, practiced for Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi. The two each led thousands of soldiers and went to Dusongguan and Si'an towns with a little money and food.

A few days later, Dai Zhifan returned to Hangzhou, and said that the soldiers of the northern captives would return to Nanjing along the canal. Wang Yan couldn't help wondering, did Duoduo really want to follow the example of the Song and Jin Dynasties and negotiate peace?
A few days later, Zhang Bingzhen, who was sent to the Qing camp, sent back the terms of the agreement from Nanjing Kuaima: First, the Ming Dynasty professed its vassal to the Qing court, and the Qing court proclaimed Lu Wang Zhu Changhao as emperor.The second is to delineate the boundaries. The west of Jiujiang is bounded by the middle stream of the Yangtze River, and the south of Jiujiang is bounded by Zhili and Zhejiang Province. The Ming Dynasty ceded Songjiang, Suzhou, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Yingtian, Guangde, Taiping, Ningguo, and Chizhou. The land of the Nine Houses.Third, the Ming Dynasty pays 200 million taels of silver to the Qing Dynasty every year, and since the second year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, it will be moved to Nanjing every autumn for payment.Fourth, the Ming Dynasty was not allowed to station heavy troops in Zhejiang Province, and the Qing Dynasty did not station large troops in the south of the Yangtze River, in order to show its intention to abide by the peace talks.

Almost as soon as Zhang Bingzhen’s memorabilia came out, the detailed work sent by Wang Yan to Nanjing also sent back news that the Qing court ordered Nanjing to be changed to Jiangning Mansion to show the stability of the south of the Yangtze River. Only Angbangzhang Jingtulai was left, and a total of 3 troops including Tian Xiong and Ma Degong were left to guard Jiangning, and the rest of the troops crossed the river north and returned.

Messages spread to Hangzhou from different channels, all telling the truth and sincerity of the Qing court. Ma Shiying and others celebrated each other, thinking that they helped the Ming Dynasty in exchange for peace, and that they were the great contributors to the continuation of the state.

On July 25th, Lu Fan formally issued an imperial edict to accept the terms of the peace negotiation, and sent an order to all the prefectures. Zhang Guowei, who recruited volunteers in Taizhou, and Yang Tinglin, Li Yongmao, who recruited volunteers in Jiangxi, heard that the imperial court had negotiated peace. Follow one after another.

The humiliating terms made Wang Yan angry, but with Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi and other ministers in charge, Ma Shiying used various excuses to send them to Hangzhou successively, and the government was controlled by Ma Ruan, so Wang Yan could no longer influence the court situation.

At first, Lu Fan was afraid because of the pressure of the Duoduo soldiers, and regarded Wang Yan as his arm. However, with the withdrawal of the northern captives, the pressure on Hangzhou suddenly eased, and Lu Fan rarely summoned Wang Yan, which made Wang Yan slowly pushed to the edge. .

Now Ma Shiying seldom allows Wang Yan to participate in the government affairs, and Wang Yan has no interest in peace talks. He runs around every day to resettle the people of Yangzhou, but he never sees Ma Shiying's face.

At this time, Wang Yan was extremely disappointed with the court. He no longer objected to the negotiation, but did something for the people wholeheartedly.

Seeing that more than half of the money and food in his hands had been consumed, and the conflicts between the people of Yangzhou and the residents of the city were gradually rising, Wang Yan became anxious.

30 people followed Wang Yan to the south, but the imperial court ignored them. If the grain ban was in his hands, wouldn’t the people starve to death?

The people of Yangzhou shared weal and woe with Wang Yan. Wang Yan, who was forced to see Ma Shiying again and was rejected, finally broke out and became domineering once again.He led hundreds of soldiers, rushed directly into Ma Shiying's mansion, and pulled him out to meet him.

Because in the terms of the peace talks with the Qing court, Zhejiang Province was not allowed to station heavy troops, and Ma Shiying was unwilling to let an army that was at odds with his political views and not under his control be stationed in Hangzhou, so he had long planned to drive Wang Yan out of Zhejiang.

These days, Ma Shiying knew that Wang Yan was running around in order to bring the 30 people into the city, but he always avoided seeing him. The purpose was to drive Wang Yan out of Hangzhou at a very small price when Wang Yan was helpless. Unexpectedly, Wang Yan led troops directly into his mansion and dragged it out of the study.

Ma Shiying didn't expect that things didn't develop in the direction he expected. Knowing that this game happened, he couldn't help being very frightened, thinking that Wang Yan was going to launch a mutiny and seize the power of the court.

At this time, Wang Yan walked straight to the lobby of the Ma Mansion with an angry face under the support of the soldiers, and sat down at the first place.

Not long after, Ma Shiying was brought into the hall by the soldiers. He saw Wang Yan's face was full of anger, and saw the soldiers' murderous look, and his face turned pale for a while.

For a while, Ma Shiying was terrified, but at this moment the soldier moved the seat and pushed him down.

Today, Wang Yan broke his face with Ma Shiying, so naturally he didn't care about the etiquette, and he didn't care about Ma Shiying's status as the chief assistant minister, so he asked directly, "Yan asked to see him several times, why didn't Ma Fu disappear?"

When Ma Shiying saw that the soldier asked him to sit down and listened to Wang Yan's words, he knew that Wang Yan had no intention of killing him and seizing power. He is a general with tens of thousands of elites, and he cannot be forced too much.

At this time, Ma Shiying looked at Wang Yan's scarred face, and said with lingering fear: "I didn't miss you on purpose, but I'm really busy with government affairs, so I can't be free!"

"Don't be idle? Can you put 30 people in starvation and disease, and ignore them?" Wang Yan couldn't help being furious when he heard Ma Shiying's perfunctory words, and sarcastically said, "Ma Fu is so hardworking that he doesn't even have time to see me. None, are you busy betraying your country?"

Ma Shiying was ridiculed by Wang Yan like this, it can be said that he was disgraced. His dignity as the chief minister made him instinctively want to refute, but he was worried about angering Wang Yan again. Very tolerant, just keep silent.

Seeing him like this, Wang Yan was not being sarcastic, and he didn't want to waste any more time entanglement, so he went straight to business: "I want the people of Yangzhou to settle in Zhejiang Province and settle down as soon as possible. If Ma Fu doesn't come up with a countermeasure today, I can only Please Ma Fu come and take up residence in our camp!"

Ma Shiying heard Wang Yan's threatening words, but said: "It is now the end of July, and the farming season has been wrong. The imperial court has no money and food to support 30 people. The next year's autumn harvest, and Zhejiang Province is prosperous. Before the war, all the fertile land belongs to the imperial court. Take out the land for resettlement, so it is absolutely impossible to settle in Zhejiang Province!"

Wang Yan frowned when he heard the words: "Zhejiang Province is prosperous and heavily taxed. How could it be impossible for 30 people to be resettled? Is Ma Fu trying to force the people to a dead end?"

"The imperial court was newly established, and it had no money at all. It was barely supported by the silver stock of the Zhejiang Provincial Government. Now it is negotiating peace with the Qing court. In autumn, it has to release 200 million taels of tribute silver to Nanjing to pay. Where is there any money?" Ma Shiying argued. .

When Wang Yan heard his words, he couldn't help being annoyed for a while, and said angrily: "Does Ma Fu want to sit idly by and ignore the people?"

Seeing that Wang Yan cared about the people, Ma Shiying was already angry, and felt that the time was ripe, so he finally expressed his purpose: "The people in Yangzhou are also the people of the imperial court, and the imperial court will naturally not ignore them. However, it is impossible to arrange them in Zhejiang Province. Just eat it!"

(End of this chapter)