The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 170
Lin Yuji's eyes widened immediately when he heard the words, and he waved his hands again and again, "How can this be done? Don't let the court approve the food and grass for the enemy. Just raising this matter is enough to kill me!"

"Even prisoners have a bowl of food to eat." Huang Xiyin said, "If my army runs out of food, it will be difficult for the general to restrain us. At that time, tens of thousands of people will rush around for food, how can we negotiate a peace?"

"If the general... Boluo turns his back on his promise after getting food and fodder, and sends his troops to invade Tianxing Mansion, wouldn't I be in a cocoon?"

Huang Xiyin said with a smile: "Master Lin, you don't need to worry too much. You only need to provide food for my troops for five days every five days. If there is any difference in the army, the food will be cut off immediately, and it will continue for five days. Half a day, even if you have other thoughts, what can you do?"

Lin Yuji bowed his head and thought carefully, if the Fujian army was in chaos due to lack of food and was finally defeated one by one, he might not be able to guarantee that his share would be captured by the Ming army. Now it is the best policy to safely send these "plague gods" away.

If it is only a few days of grain and grass, Boluo can't come up with any tricks. He weighed it for a while, and finally nodded: "Every four days, three days of grain will be distributed."

Huang Xiyin sighed and said: "Just as you said, it is enough to keep the army from mutiny."

In the end, he told Lin Yuji that Boluo's special envoy would come to Tianxing Mansion tomorrow morning, and asked him to take this person to see the Empress Dowager Zeng when he saw the opportunity.

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"There is no one in the court who agrees?" The Queen Mother Zeng sat on the chair, leaned forward and stared at Pang Tianshou and asked.

"Back to the Empress Dowager, all the courtiers spoke righteously and vowed not to agree to the peace talks." Pang Tianshou lowered his eyes and said, "That Yan Yang was almost beaten by several Qingliu, but fortunately His Highness Tang Wang stopped him, so there was no trouble just now."

Empress Dowager Zeng leaned on the back of the chair slumped, with a gloomy face.

Lin Yuji, Minister of Rituals, brought someone to see her yesterday, and told her that it was Boluo's secret envoy, named Jing Gule, who came to ask for peace talks.

Just when she was about to throw a tantrum and scold Lin Yuji angrily, Jing Gule told her that General Boluo sincerely negotiated peace, and if the Ming court agreed, he could be released to Emperor Hongguang and King Lu to show his sincerity.

She was taken aback immediately, how could she not know what Hong Guang and Lu Wang meant to the little emperor.The day when either of these two returned to Fujian, her son would abdicate!Fortunately, Lin Yuji brought Boluo's secret envoy to him. If this person appeared directly in the court, the officials would probably accept peace talks in exchange for Hongguang and King Lu.

Lin Yuji said that he knew the power of this, so he didn't let Jing Gule directly propose peace talks to the court, but brought him to meet the Queen Mother in secret first, and the Queen Mother made a decision.

She first ordered Pang Tianshou to send Jing Gule to "rest" and not to let him see other people, and then praised Lin Yuji for his thoughtfulness and careful handling of the matter, and asked him how to deal with it at this time, whether he should get rid of this secret envoy.

However, Lin Yuji said that peace could be negotiated. Emperor Hongguang and King Lu were in the hands of the captives, which was always a hidden danger for the court. It is better to use this opportunity of Boluo's peace to eliminate this hidden danger.

Seeing that Lin Yuji referred to Hong Guang and King Lu as hidden dangers, she knew that he was on her side, and asked how to use it.

Lin Yuji immediately offered a plan, saying that he only needed to find an excuse so that the Manchus would not announce the matter of returning Emperor Hongguang and King Lu, but instead sent the two to the place designated by the Queen Mother, and the rest of the matter could be handled according to the Queen Mother's wishes. .

Empress Dowager Zeng knew that if she did not mention sending back Hongguang and King Lu, there would be great resistance if she wanted the courtiers to agree to negotiate a peace with the Manchus, so she let Yan Yang leak a little bit of information during the matter to test the meaning of the courtiers.

Unexpectedly, when Pang Tianshou came back from Fengtian Hall, he said that Yan Yang, who had proposed peace with the captive, was almost beaten.

Pang Tianshou saw that the Empress Dowager was quite dignified, he hesitated for a moment, then cupped his hands and said: "His Royal Highness Chen killed more than [-] people at the front of Xianxia Pass and Pucheng, and not long ago he wiped out more than [-] people from the Shifu Department under Jian'an City.

"After several confrontations, the officials of the DPRK and China thought that Boluo's army was really vulnerable. Now Jian'an is also besieged by King Chen, and the barbarian army's food and grass will be exhausted, and it will be destroyed sooner or later. Therefore, no one will agree to negotiate a peace at this time. Things."

Before Pang Tianshou finished speaking, a eunuch suddenly came to report that Lin Yuji, the Minister of Rites, asked to see him.

When Empress Dowager Zeng was in a difficult situation, she hurriedly ordered: "Let him in quickly."

Lin Yuji didn't expect such a fierce reaction from the court to the peace talks. If Bo Luo couldn't be sent away, his wealth and life would be lost, and he was also very troubled at the moment.

When he arrived at the Meridian Gate, he heard ministers talking loudly about what had just happened.

"Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, when have there been peace talks?"

"Hehe, it's been a while."

"Oh, why don't I know, please ask Mr. Li for guidance."

"Master Zhang, have you forgotten the peace negotiation that Shen Weijing made during the Korean War in the Wanli period?"

"So it was that time, Mr. Li was joking, haha."

"It's just a joke. The captives are about to be wiped out, and someone talks about peace talks. It's really the same as that Shen Weijing."

The speaker had no intention of listening, but the listener did, the two left, but Lin Yuji fell into deep thought.

He was very clear about Shen Weijing's matter. During the Wanli period, Daming responded to North Korea's request for help and sent troops to help North Korea fight the Japanese invasion.

When Wa was exhausted from fighting and Daming was unwilling to continue wasting military pay in North Korea, a businessman named Shen Weijing appeared.He adopted the method of double deception, which actually led to the "peace talks" between Daming and Wa.He made Wanli think that the Japanese had begged for peace, and made King Toyotomi Hideyoshi of the Wa Kingdom think that Ming had compromised.Had it not been for some accidents, this ironic peace talks would have almost ended successfully.

"Beg surrender?" Lin Yuji's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately turned to the Ciqing Palace.

After seeing the ceremony, before the Empress Dowager Zeng asked, he immediately bowed and said: "I am the Empress Dowager, if you want to discuss the peace talks through the court, you must change the name of the matter. It should not be called a peace talk, but a peace talk." Build a slave and beg to surrender. In this way, no one will criticize it."

"Begging to surrender?" The Empress Dowager Zeng frowned, "How can people believe this?"

"It's not difficult." Lin Yuji had already thought about it on the way here, and immediately continued, "Right now, there is a drought in southern Fujian, and many people have starved to death. You can let people randomly collect the corpses of hungry people and pretend they are the heads of thieves. It is said that it was a great victory and killed tens of thousands of enemies, and the remaining captives were overwhelmed by the defeat, begging for surrender and living.

"At that time, the Empress Dowager only needs to send her ministers to 'receive the surrender'. In fact, she will discuss with Dorgon about returning Emperor Hongguang and King Lu. It will be safe."

Empress Dowager Zeng nodded slightly, it seemed that this was the only way at the moment.For her son's throne, but also for his life, she could only accept Lin Yuji's suggestion.

She asked again: "If there are peace talks, Dorgon will definitely ask to let Bo Luo go. How will Master Lin respond?"

"It is only necessary to change the defense of King Chen to another place, and transfer the empress dowager to control Xianxia Pass. Let the Qing army pretend to be refugees and go to Xianxia Pass in batches, and our army will send them out one by one."

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