In March 1653, the war around Nanjing finally stopped.

During this battle, the Qing army voluntarily gave up Nanjing and Huainan, which seemed to have suffered huge losses, but in fact, they exchanged space for time to reorganize, and severely damaged the strong enemy Donghai Town, provoked internal discord in the Nanming Dynasty, and achieved the established strategic goals, which cannot be considered a failure.

The Longwu Dynasty and Zhejiang clique divided the battle. The areas they won were each expanded their territory and had certain gains, but Donghai Town lost all the money.

However, as Zhao Ming withdrew from Jiangdong and voluntarily withdrew from the war and marginalized himself, all parties were busy earning power and dividing the fruits. It would be better if Zhao Zamao didn't come, and all parties didn't have time to pay attention to him.

After the Qing army withdrew across the Huai River, Ajige was in charge of Xuzhou, and hundreds of thousands of Qing troops were stationed in Shandong and Henan, establishing a solid line of defense.

On the front line of the Yangtze River, the Qing army's defense line collapsed due to the fall of Wuchang, and the Qing army finally stabilized its position.

This gradually ended the chaos after Doorg's death, and from the rush to the chaotic response, he became calm and composed.

After stabilizing the foreign war, Shunzhi's status was stable, and the politics of the Qing Dynasty entered the Shunzhi era.

After the Ming Dynasty occupied Jiangnan and Huainan, its territory expanded and it needed troops to guard it. After the army spread out in Huguang and Huainan, it could only barely fight against the Qing army and was unable to go north to start a war.

In addition, as the Qing army's threat to the Ming Dynasty decreased, the conflict between the Tang and Lu factions within the Ming Dynasty reappeared, the Ming Dynasty's energy was restrained, and the Qing Dynasty's situation became safer.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty was busy digesting the newly recovered land, and with internal cleavage, it was impossible to threaten the Qing Dynasty in a short time. However, in order to paralyze the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty continued to implement policies to show weakness.

In mid-March, the Qing envoy, Feng Quan, a scholar in the inner court, and the top scholar Lu Gong, went south again to Nanjing to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as the news came out, the differences became more obvious within the Ming court in Nanjing. The Zhejiang faction headed by the crown prince Zhu Yihai strongly opposed peace talks, while within the Longwu court, the Grand Secretary Du Yinxi did not agree with peace talks.

On the 28th, Nanjing City Imperial Palace, Chengtian Palace.

Zhu Youjian was wearing a dragon robe of the Ming Emperor and a winged crown. He sat upright on the throne. Pang Tianshou, the eunuch of the Silijian, stood beside the emperor. On both sides were hundreds of officials wearing official robes.

The news that the Qing envoy arrived in Nanjing and entered the inn had spread in Nanjing, causing fierce responses among the ministers, making the Longwu court, which had already had cracks, even more rifts.

At this time, Zhu Youjian glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "I believe that my dear friends have heard of the recent Qing envoys entering Nanjing. Today, I will discuss this matter with you. I wonder what your dear friends think about this?"

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, He Tengjiao immediately stepped out and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the world has been in turmoil for decades, and the people are determined. But our dynasty is still unable to completely expel the Qing army. I think it is feasible to discuss peace with the Qing army and imitate the precedents of the Southern Song Dynasty!"

Before the court meeting, Zhu Youjian summoned all the great ministers of the cabinet, with the purpose of merging the ministers under his jurisdiction, allowing the cabinet to unify its opinions, and support him in peace talks with the Qing Dynasty.

Although the Zhejiang-based power is strong, it is mainly in the local area. In the Longwu court, officials who mainly support Longwu. As long as the officials in the court can support peace talks, peace talks will be easily reached.

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, He Tengjiao came out to agree on peace talks, which was to set the tone of the entire court meeting so that the officials could understand that the emperor was interested in peace talks, and the Grand Secretary agreed. Who among the following people who were not open-minded dared to object and did not have a political future?

However, in the Longwu court, there were some people who were unaware of their eyes. Zhu Yihai, who stood at the head of all officials, immediately stepped out to salute and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I think this matter is absolutely impossible! Jiannu entered the pass, killed my people, and destroyed my ancestral temple. Now that the great revenge has not been avenged, Beijing is still at the hands of Jiannu, how can we negotiate peace?"

As soon as Zhu Yihai spoke, the Crown Party immediately stood up in the court, and agreed to oppose the peace talks.

Zhu Yihai disagreed with peace talks, and there are many reasons, but the most important point is Guan Hu's vital interests with the Zhejiang faction.

The Zhejiang faction needs to maintain huge military expenditures and continue to master local finances, and only by fighting is the main war and the existence of vassal states is reasonable.

If peace talks and there is no war, then the leaders of the towns will have no reason to continue to maintain a strong military force, and will be politically passive and attacked.

Zhu Youjian wanted to abolish Zhu Yihai's position as crown prince and support his son as crown prince. If Zhu Yihai wanted to firmly sit as crown prince, he must obtain the support of Zhejiang warlords. In return, Zhu Yihai must safeguard the interests of Zhejiang warlords.

Zhu Yihai's opposition was expected by Zhu Youjian, but in the court, the Zhejiang clan had few people. If he could obtain the support of the cabinet, Zhu Youjian believed that he could still pass the resolution.

He Tengjiao immediately came out after hearing Zhu Yihai's words, and blamed Zhu Yihai for not considering the actual situation and not polite to the people. His official Fu Shangrui also jumped out and attacked Zhu Yihai.

He Tengjiao's political propositions were all about weakening the vassal states and strengthening centralization. Now with the support of the emperor, he naturally strongly advocated peace talks.

As long as the Ming Dynasty reached an agreement with the Qing Dynasty, there was no need for the Ming Dynasty to maintain such a huge army. He Tengjiao had an excuse to weaken the Zhejiang towns and realize his political ideal of weakening the local government and replacing power to the central government.

The emperor suggested, coupled with the support of a large number of peacemakers and other groups, the voices of peace talks immediately overwhelmed Zhu Yihai.

At this time, Zhu Youjian, who was sitting upright on the throne, couldn't help but smile on his face.

Just as he was about to make his position, Du Yinxi suddenly stepped out of the line. The Grand Secretary Wan Ji next to him wanted to go and pull him, but he didn't stop him. He asked Du Yinxi to walk to the center of the hall and saluted loudly: "Your Majesty, I object to peace talks!"

Du Yinxi was in the Longwu Dynasty and had a high prestige. A large number of pro-war factions gathered around him. As soon as he spoke, the palace immediately became quiet, so everyone turned their eyes to him, and the air instantly solidified.

Most of the officials in the hall heard the news and knew that the emperor wanted to negotiate peace. The smart ministers naturally obeyed the king's heart. Many people did not expect that Du Yinxi would stand up and oppose it.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see at once that it is the emperor who wants Yihe, and Du Yinxi stands up, isn’t he going against the emperor?

With the secret support of Emperor Longwu, he thought the peace talks would be passed smoothly, but he didn't expect that Du Yinxi would turn his elbow out and speak to outsiders.
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