Seeing Chongzhen suddenly furious, Chen Xinjia didn't dare to speak anymore. He knelt on the ground and didn't dare to move.

At this time, Zhou Yanru coughed lightly and took over the words: "The emperor, what Chen Shangshu said is also reasonable. Li Xiao, Duke of Tang, really has to be guarded against, but the empress dowager Chen, thinks that Shangshu's move is too fierce. If Li Xiao, a great hero who made great contributions to the country, destroyed the Longxing land of the Qing Dynasty, and forced the Qing court to come to discuss peace, is still so cautious and treat him as the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu that used each other and fought against each other, it would be too inappropriate. This would only bring the hearts of the heroes of the Great Cold, and the emperor must not do such a reckless move."

Chongzhen sighed and said slowly: "I also view my views on you. According to you, how should I do it properly."

Zhou Yanru's eyebrows trembled, and then bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, this Qing court's peace talks should not be easily rejected, and the Duke of Tang cannot be offended casually."

Chen Xinjia sneered from the side: "The Chief Minister's words are light, so I don't want to have both bear's paw and fish. It's too difficult to achieve such a goal. From the perspective of the following, if you want to negotiate peace with the Qing court, you will inevitably offend Li Xiao. If Li Xiao is satisfied, I, the Ming Dynasty, cannot negotiate peace with the Qing emperor. Although Zhou's premier's words are happy, I am afraid it will not be so easy to do this."

Zhou Yanru also smiled and said, "Shangshu Chen, Zhou also knew that this matter was not easy, but now he could only try his best to reconcile and come up with a plan that both the Qing court and Li Xiao could accept. In my opinion, this matter should be handled like this. Please ask the emperor to tell me about it."

When Chongzhen saw that Zhou Yanru had a solution, he was very happy and immediately said, "It's great, very good, you can tell me the jade rope in detail."

Zhou Yanru bowed and said, "Your Majesty, if the Ming Dynasty agreed to the proposal immediately, it would be despised by the Tartars. We need to bargain with them. In the eyes of Weichen, we can use the power of Duke Li Xiao of Tang to suppress them openly and secretly, so that they can understand that now they are begging me to sign the peace agreement, rather than my Ming Dynasty to ask them in turn. Weichen believes that their mood to sign this agreement must be more urgent than us."

When Zhou Yanru said this, Chen Xinjia interrupted: "Superior Zhou said that the advice of the Qing envoy should not be agreed immediately, so as not to make him feel contemptuous. As for the money he needs to pay tribute every year, our Ming Dynasty still needs to try our best to reduce the amount of money he needs to pay and strive to reach the bottom line of the Qing people."

Chongzhen also nodded repeatedly and said, "Yu Sheng said this very much, and I also viewed it. If the Qing barbarians want to sign this agreement urgently, then I, the Ming Dynasty, took the opportunity to lower the tribute share. After all, the agreement is 10% and I want to change it, it is not easy."

When Zhou Yanru saw the emperor's words of praise, his eyes lit up. He shouted to Chongzhen: "What the emperor said is very much. My Ming Dynasty should be able to deal with it like this. However, in order to comfort Li Xiao, Duke of Tang, I hope that the emperor will grant Li Xiao the title of King of a different surname to relieve his anger, loyal to his heart, and strengthen his ambitions, so that Li Xiao understands that although the court negotiated peace with the requesting prisoners, it was a last resort, but he also praised him for it, so he specially awarded the title of king. In this way, although Li Xiao may still have resentment and dissatisfaction with His Majesty's peace talks with the Qing people, when His Majesty attaches importance to and grants the title of king, Li Xiao will eventually be grateful to His Majesty."

After Zhou Yanru said this, Chongzhen frowned and showed a complicated look on his face.

No, it has not been granted the title of King of the Different surname for many years in the Ming Dynasty. Is it appropriate to add Li Xiao like this now?

At this time, Chen Xinjia, who was standing by, shouted in a surprised tone: "Shoufu Zhou, this title is the most noble thing of the court, how can it be given to others lightly? Li Xiao was only thirty years old and was already the Duke of Tang of the Ming Dynasty. He was proud of his youth and had a high title. How could he give the title again? This is too sensational."

Zhou Yanru looked straight into his eyes and said tit-for-tat: "Shangshu Chen, I don't agree with what you said. Li Xiao, Duke of Tang, was able to lead his troops alone when our Ming Dynasty was so declining, first wipe out Jinzhou, kill the Qing Dynasty royal family, Luke Dehun, and capture all the soldiers and civilians in the city. Then he continued to send troops north, detours through North Korea, and to capture Hetuara, the land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty, and buried the Tatars alive. Such a wonderful achievement is enough to shine through the ages and shine through the past and present. This great achievement, even Xu Da, a good general of the founding country, may not be achieved. Li Xiao made such a wonderful achievement. The court had a shortage of financial resources and no material rewards, but even this title was so stingy. If the court had no rewards for money and no status as a famous title, it would be better for the hearts of a group of meritorious soldiers in the Great Han Dynasty."

Chen Xinjia was still dissatisfied with his face: "Sir, the position of the title of the king is too expensive. I think that in the Ming Dynasty, only when the founding of the country can one be granted a king. To this day, there are no examples of a title of a different surname be granted a king except for the royal family. Once this example is opened, I am afraid that the title of a court that is rare in the world will lead to this beginning."

When Chongzhen heard Chen Xinjia say this, he also frowned.

You should know that during the Ming Dynasty, kings of different surnames were extremely rare, and basically all concentrated in the period from the founding of the Ming Dynasty. During the period from Hongwu to Yongle, the different surnames were extremely rare in the middle and late periods, as if they were only granted a few more titles during the Tumu Fort Incident.

To prove that what the author said is not false, the following is a brief introduction to the king of different surnames in the early Ming Dynasty.

King Chen of Yang: Yi's name. The father of Empress Chun, the mother of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty (i.e. Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather), was posthumously awarded the title of King Yang in the second year of Hongwu.

King Xu Ma Gong: Yi's name is the father of Empress Ma, the wife of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty. In the second year of Hongwu, he was posthumously awarded the title of King Xu.

King Xu Da of Zhongshan: One of the founding heroes. He was granted the title of Duke of Wei and posthumously awarded the title of King of Zhongshan and was posthumously named "Wuling".

King Chang Yuchun of Kaiping: died in the army in the second year of Hongwu, posthumously named the king and was named "Zhongwu".

King Li Wenzhong of Qiyang: He was first granted the title of Duke of Cao, posthumously named King of Qiyang, and was posthumously named "Wujing".

Ninghe King Deng Yu: posthumously named King Qiyang and posthumously named "Wushun".

Tang He, the king of Dong'ou, was first granted the title of Marquis of Zhongshan, was promoted to Duke Xinguo, posthumously named Wang Wang, and was posthumously named "Xiangwu".

King Muying of Qianning: He was first granted the title of Marquis of Xiping, posthumously named King, and was posthumously named "Zhaojing".

King Mu Sheng of Dingyuan: He first attacked the marquis. In July of the sixth year of Yongle, he was granted the title of Duke of Qian for his merits in the expedition of Annan. He died in the fourth year of Zhengtong and was posthumously named Wang and was posthumously named "Zhongjing".

King Zhu Neng of Dongping: the second most meritorious official of Jingnan. He was named Duke Chengguo in September of the first year of Yongle. He died in the army in the fourth year of Yongle and posthumously named King Dongping and was named "Wu Lie".

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It can be seen that even when the Ming Dynasty was founded, many kings of different surnames were mostly posthumous titles, which were considered as a kind of honor for the deceased. Now, if Chongzhen wanted to reward the extremely precious king title to Li Xiao, who was just thirty, it was really the first time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Chongzhen immediately thought of a more realistic hidden worry, that is, if Li Xiaoruo has been granted the title of king and he will make new contributions in the future, how should he reward him? This is a big problem.

At this time, Zhou Yanru seemed to see through his thoughts and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, from the perspective of the minister, now Li Xiao made such a great contribution and granted the title of the prince is indeed reasonable. Besides, the court is so scarce that he cannot give the title of the prince. What's wrong with giving Li Xiao a title to the title of the prince? Besides, this title is a title of free and will be eliminated in one lifetime, so why not worry? Take a step back, even if Li Xiao makes new contributions in the future, it may not be as great as capturing Hetuara, the land of Longxing of the Qing people. If he wants to become a prince further, it will be very difficult and basically impossible. The emperor should not worry about this."

Chongzhen was silent for a long time, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, I will give Li Xiao the title of Prince. Now the Tartars are in great trouble and need Li Xiao's power to curb it. I will give Li Xiao the title of King Ping Liao."

Zhou Yanru bowed to the ground and shouted loudly: "The emperor is wise."

With the emperor's consent, Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia immediately began to be busy.

After nearly ten days of disputes with Ning Wan and others to negotiate prices, the Ming and Qing dynasties finally reached a preliminary agreement.

These conditions are as follows:

First, the Ming Dynasty recognized the independent status of the Qing Dynasty, and the two countries were called brotherly countries, among which the Qing Dynasty was brother and the Ming Dynasty was brother.

Second, if there are good and bad things between the two countries, they must send envoys to celebrate and celebrate;

Third, every year the Ming Dynasty gave 1,000 taels of gold and 300,000 taels of silver, and 1,000 jin of Ming ginseng and 1,000 marten fur. Due to the excessive war this year, the Ming Dynasty lacked national strength, it was specially allowed to pay tribute from next year.

Fourth, those who enter the Ming Dynasty, those who enter the Ming Dynasty must be arrested and sent to the Qing Dynasty; those who rebels from Ming Dynasty must also be arrested and sent to the Ming Dynasty;

Fifth, each king has its own country, using the Tuling Ridge in the middle of Ningyuan Shuangshupu as the bright national boundary, Tashan as the clear national boundary, and Lianshan as the moderate place to conduct trade with each other.

Sixth, after the two countries have demarcated the boundary and signed, this agreement will be in duplicate and must be followed for a long time and must not be violated. If there is any violation, the heaven, earth, ghosts and gods will not protect it.

This treaty, especially in paying annual silver and tribute, was much lower than the previous conditions, so Chongzhen was quite satisfied with this condition and finally issued an imperial edict to be approved and implemented.

After the agreement was reached, although there were many opponents of the letter, the court opposed the peace talks, although it was lively for a while, and finally agreed to it.

After reaching an agreement, Chongzhen sent the doctor Ma Shaoyu as the main envoy, and the general Li Yulan as the deputy envoy. He brought a team of more than ten people to return to the Qing Dynasty with Ning Wan's Qing Dynasty delegation to visit the Qing court to visit Huang Taiji. After the emperors of the two countries stamped it, it took effect.

While the court discussed the details of peace with the Qing envoy, Chongzhen formally issued an order to give Li Xiao the title of county prince and promote Li Xiao to the King of Ping Liao.

In order to reflect his importance to Li Xiao and his suspicion of Li Xiao's plan, the emperor was particularly kind and did not have to let Li Xiao enter the capital to be crowned king. The ceremony was simple. Instead, he specially sent a representative of the eunuch of the rituals and supervisors to lead a large group of promulgation to Shandong in person.

Eight days later, Wang Chengen came to Jinan and in the former courtyard of Prince De's mansion, which is now in Li Xiao's private residence, he read out the imperial edict loudly to Li Xiao and others who were kneeling on the ground.

"In accordance with the will of heaven, the emperor issued an edict: Li Xiao, the Duke of Tang, spread the waves away, swept the territory of the Jinzhou, conquered the land of the Qing Dynasty, promoted the prestige of the country in foreign countries, and promoted the Chinese state in depression. Such a wonderful achievement was brilliant. I heard the report and was extremely happy. Li Xiao fought for martial arts to seek governance, but actually relied on the ministers who were loyal to him. He would rely on the pillars of the court to support chaos and suppress rebellion, and he would be able to support the great achievements of the king and sing the glory of the country. Can you please eliminate his achievements without praise for them?…”

"... However, since Li Xiao was the prince-consort of the dragon, he was a family of the imperial family. However, I did not avoid relatives, so I followed the order of the emperor's ancestors who would reward merits. The Maotu was divided into the imperial family and made a vassal of the imperial family. Tonggui favored the tin and the great belt was sharpened by the royal family. Jiayuye was generous and favored by the greed and honored by the sect; Yantianhuang's division of rituals was ritually commended Yi's relatives, and the grand ceremony was rewarded with Yong, and Xinlun's title. I was awarded the title of Li Xiao's title, promoted to the title of King of Ping Liao, and was given the title of Prince of Prince. The meritorious soldiers of his subordinates were all given to Youshi. I ordered the imperial edict to play the opera, and the country was built and the country was shattered. I hope that Li Xiao, the general of our Gancheng, would be powerful and strong, and would be close to the harsh Yuanrong, and would be praised by the pixia. I used the pixia of Zhaolu cloth. I temporarily won the military barbarians, and Jia was a great achievement and worked hard to revive my lotus hope, and I admire this."

Li Xiao, who was kneeling on the ground with a respectful look on his face, was still quite shocked when he heard that the emperor was still in the world and was still named a king of a different surname.

There were only a dozen people from the Ming Dynasty who had a different surname and had only a dozen kings. Now that they were promoted to the title of king, it was really beyond their expectations.

Of course, in the Southern Ming Dynasty, in order to win over the military leaders of various places, the emperor eventually became a king and a lord, and the kings were everywhere. However, at this time, the Ming Dynasty was about to settle down, which was an extraordinary time, but it could not be compared with the present.

The emperor, who has always been suspicious and stingy, was willing to generously grant himself the title of Prince. Could it be that he wanted to make a calculation that he didn't know?...

Li Xiao, who was kneeling on the ground, was thinking nervously and quickly.

The officials and generals kneeling beside each other were also moved.

This Lord Li first became the son-in-law of the current dynasty and was also granted the title of King of a different surname. Although he deserves his true reputation and has made merits, his holy family and honor are truly unparalleled in the world.

Wang Chengen, who looked dusty, had a haggard face. After reading this long imperial edict, he took a few breaths before proclaiming loudly: "Ping Liao King Li Xiao, receive the imperial edict."

"My minister, Li Xiao, I will thank you for your kindness, long live my emperor."

Li Xiao, with a stern face, came from deep thoughts and sobered up, and slowly took over the imperial edict from Wang Zhixin.

Wang Chengen smiled and helped Li Xiao up: "Pingliao King Pingliao, our family really congratulates you. Pingliao King is so young, but he is in the high position of the prince. He is the number one person in this dynasty. Looking at the world, who has such honor and favor? It really makes our family envious and respectful."

Li Xiao smiled and said, "The prince praised him for his mistakes. What kind of virtue can Li be so powerful that he can make the emperor trust him so much and give him the title of king. Li was really dissatisfied."

Wang Chengen squeezed out a smile on his face, but lowered his voice and said, "King Ping Liao, we have something to discuss with King Ping Liao in private. We also asked King Ping Liao to shut down everyone and talk to him after a step."
Chapter completed!