In March 1653, the great war around Nanking finally stopped.In this battle, the Qing army took the initiative to abandon Nanjing and Huainan, which seemed to suffer great losses, but in fact, it exchanged space for time to regroup, and severely damaged the fierce enemy Donghai Town, provoked internal discord in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and achieved the established strategic goals, which cannot be regarded as a failure.The Longwu Dynasty and the Zhejiang Department divided the war, and the land they gained, each expanded their territory, and they all gained a certain amount, but Donghai Town lost a lot of money.However, as Zhao Ming withdrew to Jiangdong and took the initiative to withdraw from the war, marginalizing himself, all parties were busy earning power and profit, and dividing the fruits, Zhao Zamao was not better, and all parties had no time to pay attention to him.After the Qing army withdrew across the Huai River, Azig sat in Xuzhou, and hundreds of thousands of Qing troops were stationed in Shandong and Henan, establishing a solid defense line.On the Yangtze River, after the Qing army's defense line collapsed due to the fall of Wuchang, the Qing army finally stabilized its position.This made the Manchu Qing gradually end the chaos after Doer's death, and from the rush to deal with it, to become calm and idle.After stabilizing the foreign war, Shunzhi's position was stable, and the politics of the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the Shunzhi era.At this time, after the Ming Dynasty occupied Jiangnan and Huainan, the territory expanded, and it needed soldiers and horses to guard, and after the army spread out on the front line of Huguang and Huainan, it could only barely hold on to the Qing army, and was unable to go north to start a war.In addition, as the threat of the Qing army to the Ming Dynasty decreased, the contradictions between the Tang and Lu factions within the Ming Dynasty resurfaced, and the energy of the Ming Dynasty was contained, and the situation of the Manchu Qing became safe.At this time, the Ming Dynasty was busy digesting the newly recovered lands, and with internal divisions, it was impossible to threaten the Manchus in the short term, but the Manchus continued to implement a policy of showing weakness in order to paralyze the Ming Dynasty.In mid-March, the Manchu envoy Feng Quan, a scholar of the Inner Academy, and the champion Lu Gong, headed the mission, went south again and arrived in Nanjing to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty.As soon as the news came out, the differences within the Ming court in Nanjing became more obvious, the Zhejiang department headed by the prince Zhu Yihai strongly opposed the peace, and within the Longwu court, the scholar Du Yinxi did not approve of the peace.On the 28th, the Imperial Palace of Nanjing City, in the Chengtian Palace.Zhu Yujian was wearing the dragon robe of the Ming Emperor, wearing a winged crown, sitting on the throne, and Pang Tianshou, the chief eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor, stood beside the emperor, flanked by hundreds of officials wearing official robes.The news that the Manchu envoys arrived in Nanjing and stationed in the post house had spread in the city of Nanjing, causing a fierce reaction among the ministers, making the Longwu court, which had already been cracked, even more torn.At this time, Zhu Yujian glanced at everyone, and then said in a deep voice: "Recently, the Qing envoys were stationed in Nanjing, I think you Aiqing have heard about it. ”After Zhu Yujian finished speaking, He Tengjiao immediately came out of the ranks, saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the world has been in turmoil for decades, and the people are determined, and our dynasty is not yet capable of completely driving out the Qing army. ”Before the court meeting, Zhu Yujian summoned the cabinet scholars, the purpose of which was to ventilate his subordinate ministers, let the cabinet unify their opinions, and support him in negotiating peace with the Manchus.Although the Zhejiang power is strong, it is mainly at the local level, and in the Longwu court, it is mainly the officials who support Longwu, and as long as the officials of the DPRK and China can support the peace, the peace can be easily reached.After He Tengjiao finished speaking in Zhu Yujian, the first one came out to approve peace, that is, to set the tone of the entire court meeting, so that the officials understood that the emperor intended to negotiate peace, and the scholars were in favor.However, in the Longwu Imperial Court, there was Zhu Yihai, who was standing at the head of the hundred officials, who immediately came out of the queue to salute and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter must not be done!"
Jiannu entered the customs, killed my people, destroyed my temple, and now the revenge has not been avenged, Beijing is still in the hands of Jiannu, how can we negotiate peace?
”As soon as Zhu Yihai spoke, above the court, the prince's party immediately stood up and echoed and opposed the peace.There are many reasons why Zhu Yihai does not approve of peace, but the most critical point is that he is concerned about the vital interests of him and the Zhejiang department.In order to maintain huge military expenditures and continue to control local finances, the Zhejiang system needs to have an excuse, and only the main battle, only the war, can the existence of the feudal town be reasonable.If peace is negotiated and there is no war, then there will be no reason for the commanders and ministers of the towns to continue to maintain a strong military force, and they will fall into passivity and be attacked politically.Zhu Yujian wants to abolish Zhu Yihai's position as the prince and set up his son as the crown prince, Zhu Yihai wants to sit firmly in the position of the prince, he must obtain the support of the Zhejiang warlords, and in return, Zhu Yihai must safeguard the interests of the Zhejiang warlords.Zhu Yihai's opposition was expected by Zhu Yujian, but in the imperial court, after all, there are few people in the Zhejiang department, and if he can get the support of the cabinet, Zhu Yujian believes that he will still be able to pass a resolution.He Tengjiao listened to Zhu Yihai's words, and immediately came out, accusing Zhu Yihai of not considering the actual situation and not being considerate of the people, and his subordinate official Fu Shangrui also jumped out and attacked Zhu Yihai.He Tengjiao's political propositions, one of which was to weaken the feudal towns and strengthen the centralization of power, and now with the support of the emperor, he naturally strongly advocated peace.As long as the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing reached an agreement, there was no need for the Ming Dynasty to maintain such a large army, and He Tengjiao had an excuse to weaken the towns of Zhejiang and realize his political ideal of weakening the localities and returning power to the central government.There was a hint from the emperor, coupled with the support of He Tengjiao and a large number of other lords and factions, and the voice of peace immediately overwhelmed Zhu Yihai.At this time, Zhu Yujian, who was sitting on the throne, couldn't help but show a smile on his face.And just as he was about to take a stand, Du Yinxi suddenly came out of the ranks, and the bachelor next to him, Wan Yuanji, wanted to pull it, but he didn't pull it, so he let Du Yinxi walk to the center of the hall and saluted loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister opposes peace!"
”Plug Yinxi has a very high prestige in the Longwu Dynasty, and a large number of main battle factions have gathered around him, as soon as he speaks, the palace immediately quiets down, so everyone looks at him, and the air freezes instantly.Most of the officials in the palace heard the rumors and knew that the emperor wanted to negotiate peace, and the ministers who were smart enough were naturally obedient to the king's heart, and many people did not expect that Du Yinxi would stand up against it.A discerning person can see at a glance that it is the emperor who wants righteousness, and he stands up with Yinxi, isn't he against the emperor?
With the secret support of Emperor Longwu, he thought that the peace could be passed smoothly, but he didn't want to, so Du Yinxi actually turned his elbow outward and asked outsiders to speak.For a while, Zhu Yujian's face suddenly became gloomy, and he said in a deep voice: "Why is the block bachelor opposed?
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