Chapter 768: Entering Beijing
When several Manchu Han officials, led by Chen Mingxia in the room, heard Hou Xun say this, they all secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Now that the Qing Dynasty is over, these guys have no intention of dynasty, how to please the emperor of the new dynasty is the right way.
Chen Mingxia thought for a while and said, "Teacher, what are the conditions for coming to negotiate peace this time?"
Hou Xun looked at Chen Mingxia and laughed, saying, "Hundred Histories, now they are different from the past. They used to be peace talks, but now my million-strong army of Ming Dynasty is at the city. You have no possibility of negotiating conditions. Opening the city and surrendering is your only choice!"
Chen Mingxia's old face turned red when Hou Xun said that, as it was, the Qing Dynasty only had an isolated city like Beijing, so what qualifications would there be to negotiate?
Chen Mingxia stood up and bowed to leave. He wanted to pass the news to the little emperor to know.
Hou Xun called Chen Mingxia and whispered: "Hundreds of histories, the barbarians have no national fortune for a hundred years. If you are proficient in history books, you should know this! You are a Han Chinese, so you should consider your affairs after you!"
Chen Mingxia listened to Hou Xun's meaningful words and said nothing and bowed and retreated.
Emperor Shunzhi was still waiting for news in the palace, and if it didn't work, he would still be ready to run away. Therefore, Chen Mingxia did not dare to delay and came out of Sifang Pavilion to visit Shunzhi.
Shunzhi has always been very good to Chen Mingxia. Because Chen Mingxia also worked as a part-time bachelor of Hanlin and usually taught to Shunzhi, Shunzhi has always respected Chen Mingxia as Mr.
When Shunzhi saw Chen Mingxia coming in, he quickly asked Yan: "Mr. Chen, what did the Emperor of Southern Ming say?"
Chen Mingxia thought about it. Hou Xun's words just now were still in his ears. At this time, everyone was the one who was married to his parents. Although Shunzhi was good to him, his own wealth and life were still important.
Thinking of this, Chen Mingxia looked up and said, "Your Majesty, I have met the Southern Ming envoy Hou Xun. He brought news about the Southern Ming Emperor. As long as the Qing Dynasty surrendered Beijing and returned to the outside of the pass, I can make my Qing Dynasty be king outside of the pass and follow the Korean law!" In order to survive, Chen Mingxia had to deceive the young emperor Shunzhi!
Shunzhi was overjoyed when he heard this. This was the best result. Shunzhi never expected that Zhu Hongsan could give such generous conditions. Although Shengjing outside the pass was occupied by the Ming army, there were more than 100,000 Manchus and more than 500,000 Liaodong Han people in the north. As long as he was given another time twenty years ago, he could be able to form another team.
But Shunzhi is not a child either. He is now the emperor and still has some political experience. The Ming army has already reached Tianjin. Can he still give such generous conditions?
"Mr. Chen, what you said is true? Why did the Ming emperor give such generous conditions!"
Chen Mingxia is now determined to cheat to the end, so she began to imagine out of thin air and find reasons for the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty seems to be powerful now, but there is still the rebellion of King Gui in the south that has not been eliminated. I heard that King Gui's general Li Dingguo brought hundreds of thousands of troops to the Ming army to deal with the border between Yunnan and Guizhou, and Sichuan and Shaanxi. These places all need the Emperor Shenwu to pacify them, so Emperor Shenwu is ready to let us go out of seclusion and then take action to clean up the chaos in the country!"
Shunzhi thought it was almost the same. If he had changed to him, he would have the same trick. He would first clean up his backyard and then deal with the enemies outside.
Shunzhi nodded and asked, "Mr. Chen, what should we do?"
Chen Mingxia is already preparing to surrender to the Xin Dynasty. Besides, he is from the south, so he can follow the Manchus to live in a snowy place like Liaodong. So Chen Mingxia said: "Your Majesty, you can sign a contract with Emperor Shenwu now. At that time, Your Majesty will take the Empress Dowager and return to the north slowly!"
Shunzhi looked at Chen Mingxia’s sincerity and was also moved: “Will Mr. Chen not go with us? I’m afraid there will be a lot of unexpected things when you stay in the pass! Otherwise…”
Chen Mingxia quickly interrupted Shunzhi: "Hey! Your Majesty, I am fifty-one, how many years will I have to live? In addition, the Liaodong climate minister is not adaptable, so it is better to stay in Beijing and do some finishing work for Your Majesty!"
Seeing that Chen Mingxia was not going to leave, Shunzhi did not force him. After all, he was already like this, and the people in Beijing were different. There were really few ministers like Chen Mingxia who could consider the Qing Dynasty in the final stage.
"Okay, Mr. Chen will draft an order!"
Chen Mingxia quickly lay on the ground and drafted a contract, and then asked Shunzhi to see if he wanted to meet his wishes.
Shunzhi picked it up and saw that the contract was divided into three points. The first was to marry Shunzhi's sister and Huang Taiji's twelve daughter Yatu to Emperor Shenwu. The Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were brotherly countries and would never attack! The second was that the Qing Dynasty followed the Korean example, removed the emperor's title and became a vassal of the Ming Dynasty! The third was that the Qing Dynasty withdrew from the pass and handed over the south of the Tielingwei to the Ming Dynasty!
Shunzhi sighed. The first two points were easy to say, nothing more than women and false reputation, but this third point was a bit reluctant. In this way, the efforts of the three emperors of the Qing Dynasty, the past forty years, were completely wiped out. But there was no way. The best ending was already the best. Shunzhi thought about taking out the jade seal and put it on the contract. The next step was to use the seal for the Emperor of Southern Ming.
Chen Mingxia took the contract and did not go to the Sifang Pavilion to Hou Xun, but returned to his home first. Chen Mingxia looked at the contract in her hand. This kind of thing was purely for death to send to the Emperor of Southern Ming. If he wanted to succeed in the peace agreement, he would need to process it himself.
Chen Mingxia asked his subordinates to go to the Ministry of Rites to find the contract between the court and the Nanming peace talks a few years ago, and then wrote the three words Zhu Hongsan on the contract according to the signature of the Emperor of Southern Ming, and then took out the Nanming jade seal he forged and covered it hard on the contract. In this way, the contract will take effect, but it will only be on the full list.
Then Chen Mingxia went to Sifang Pavilion again and told Hou Xun that Shunzhi had agreed to the conditions of Emperor Shenwu. Hou Xun had no doubts and stood up and left the city to report to Zhu Hongsan in Tianjin.
Three days later, Chen Mingxia handed over the forged contract in his hand to Emperor Shunzhi, lying that it was sent by Nanming. Shunzhi saw that Nanming agreed and completely relieved.
His safety was guaranteed. All the Manchu nobles in Beijing were relieved and began to pack their luggage in small packages. On the sixth day of the September 19th, the eighty thousand Manchu Banners and more than 20,000 Han Army Banners, led by Emperor Shunzhi, left Beijing from Chaoyangmen, preparing to go to Mishunyi and Miyun, and then exit from Gubei exit.
Chen Mingxia and the Han people who stayed were respectfully sent to Emperor Shunzhi and the Queen Mother outside Chaoyang Gate. The one who stayed with Chen Mingxia was the one who wanted to give it to Zhu Hongsan to ruin. This title was also now.
Chen Mingxia knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know if I can meet again in the future. Please take care of your health!"
Shunzhi felt uncomfortable when he saw Chen Mingxia. He could be considered Chen Mingxia's student. Shunzhi said in the car: "The weather is cold, teacher, please come back!" Then Shunzhi led a long convoy to rush outside the pass in the heavy snow.
Chen Mingxia stood in the snow and watched the convoy leaving. Her dark heart was slightly touched. He had been with Shunzhi for seven or eight years. It can be said that he taught Shunzhi's knowledge and was still emotional, but it is hard to say when it comes to matters that are at stake.
Zhu Hongsan was also surprised after receiving the news from Hou Xun in Tianjin. He didn't expect that the Qing Dynasty would agree to the conditions so easily? He didn't even bargain? However, Zhu Hongsan didn't think about anything else. After all, Zhu Hongsan is already at the city, so the little emperor Shunzhi has no choice but to bargain.
After Zhu Hongsan received the news from Hou Xun, it was the fifth day of the ninth month. On the next day, the sixth day of Shunzhi's escape from Chaoyang Gate to escape, Zhu Hongsan rushed to Beijing from the Tianjin cavalry along the canal.
Now that an agreement has been reached with the Qing Dynasty, the young emperor of Shunzhi surrendered unconditionally, Zhu Hongsan was not in a hurry and arrived at the periphery of Beijing on the ninth day of the lunar month.
Zhu Hongsan stood on the hill ten miles outside Beijing city, looking at Beijing in the heavy snow, and silently said in his heart: It has been eight years since I watched Chongzhen hang himself here, and then fled from here to the south in a mess. Unexpectedly, I could also bring hundreds of thousands of troops back!
At this time, the Ming army had been found ten miles away in Beijing, but there was no panic in the city, because the Manchus had already run away, and the rest were Han people.
The Han ministers who stayed in the city, led by Chen Mingxia, quickly opened the gate of Jiucheng, and then knelt outside Yongding Gate to welcome the arrival of the new king.
Zhu Hongsan rode a horse to Yongding Gate. Seeing a group of people kneeling here, all wearing Ming Dynasty official uniforms, not even a single one wearing Qing Dynasty official uniforms, he couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Hou, what's going on? Why are they all wearing my court official uniforms? Who are they?"
Hou Xun came forward and called Chen Mingxia. Chen Mingxia knelt in front of Zhu Hongsan's horse and shouted: "Criminal Chen Mingxia, long live my emperor here!"
Zhu Hongsan pointed at Chen Mingxia with a horse whip and asked, "Why are you wearing the Ming Dynasty's official uniform? What about the little emperor of Shunzhi? Didn't he agree to my unconditional surrender?"
When Chen Mingxia heard Zhu Hongsan ask about this, he gritted his teeth and replied: "The pseudo-emperor of the Qing Dynasty Shunzhi was afraid of Tianxiang, so he took his entire clan to abandon the city and fled on the sixth day of the lunar month. The criminals and others were Han people and could not follow the Qing Tartars to Liaodong to help the evildoers, so the criminals and others stayed in the capital!"
Zhu Hongsan was stunned. The little emperor ran away? But Zhu Hongsan didn't take it seriously. He just needed Beijing to accept it peacefully. As for Shunzhi, he could catch it again.
Zhu Hongsan asked: "Where did Shunzhi run from?"
Chen Mingxia wanted to be a loyal minister of the new dynasty at this time, so the emperor asked everything.
"Your Majesty, the little emperor Shunzhi set out from Chaoyang Gate on the 6th day of the first sixth day, passed through Shunyi, and Miyun came out of the pass. Now he is about to reach Miyun!"
Zhu Hongsan nodded and said to Li Chengen behind him: "Old Li, you send someone to deliver a letter to Li Yuanyin, asking him to intercept them before the Qing Dynasty came out of seclusion, do you know whether you are alive or not?"
After Zhu Hongsan said that, he looked at Chen Mingxia who was kneeling in front of him and asked, "Your name is Chen Mingxia? Is Chen Mingxia who wrote a letter to keep his hair and clothes, and the world is peaceful?"
Chen Mingxia didn't expect that the emperor knew about this and quickly said, "It was the criminal minister! When the criminal minister saw the Qing Dynasty slaughtering me, Han people, he risked his life to write a letter!"
Chapter completed!