A few years ago, Zhu Yujian still had some ambitions to drive out the Jiannu and recover the rivers and mountains.But now it is the ninth year of Longwu, and he is fifty-one years old, more than half a hundred years old.In the era when the average life expectancy is less than 30 years, 50 years old is already considered a high life expectancy.If he was ten years younger, Zhu Yujian would not be so eager to negotiate peace, he is now at an advanced age, and he doesn't know how many years he can live, seeing that he can't completely defeat the Manchu Qing in a short time, he can only rush to make peace, and then take advantage of his ability to do things to clear the obstacles for the prince.The old Zhu family generally has this tradition, when Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, in order for his descendants to sit down smoothly, he almost killed the heroes of Conglong.Zhu Yujian felt that his time was short, so he also began to do it, preparing to lay a stable foundation for the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Linyuan.Within a few months of the Longwu Imperial Court still being the capital of Nanjing, Zhu Yujian continued to move, and the main battle faction such as Plug Yinxi was quickly driven out of the central government and delegated to the locality, and although Plug Yinxi was nominally supervising Huguang, he was actually overtaken by Zhu Yujian.The Shun system, which was originally assigned to Plug Yinxi, was left in Nanjing and Jiangbei, and was reorganized into the forbidden army and the Jiangfang Army to protect the safety of Nanjing, so that Plug Yinxi had the name of the superintendent, but there were no soldiers and horses under him.The Ming army that stayed in Huguang was controlled by Fu Shangrui, the governor of Hubei, and Fu Shangrui He Tengjiao endorsed in the imperial court, so he was naturally not afraid of blocking Yinxi and would not obey the dispatch of blocking Yinxi.Therefore, although Du Yinxi was crowned the Duke of the Kingdom, he had actually been marginalized by the Longwu Imperial Court and lost the ability to influence the national policy of the Ming Dynasty.Seeing that the emperor deliberately alienated him, Du Yinxi was somewhat disappointed in his heart, and he also felt that it was not interesting, so he was convinced and asked to resign, but Longwu actually did not have a symbolic retention, so he approved Du Yinxi's resignation.This made Du Yinxi extremely disappointed, and moved to Junshan Island, Dongting Lake, Yuezhou, to live in seclusion, He Tengjiao was naturally not at ease about this, and arranged a confidant to be Baling Zhixian to monitor Du Yinxi.After driving the main battle faction out of the imperial court, although Zhu Yihai opposed the peace, the Zhejiang faction was mainly in the locality, and the voice in the court was very small, and the opposition was quickly drowned out by the main peace faction.In June, He Tengjiao and Feng Quan finally completed the negotiation and wrote the official peace treaty between the Ming and Qing dynasties.The treaty stated that the Qing army would no longer invade the south, while the Ming Dynasty recognized the Qing Dynasty as the Northern Dynasty, and the eastern section of the border between the two sides was bounded by the Huai River, the middle section was bounded by Funiu Mountain and Fangyu Mountain, and the western section was bounded by Daba Mountain.At the time of the fierce fighting between the Ming and Qing dynasties on the Eastern Front, Sun Kewang's campaign against Chengdu on the Western Front had been going on for several years.Although Wu Sangui thwarted Sun Kewang's attacks many times, it didn't take long for the Western Army to make a comeback after each defeat, so that Wu Sangui could not get a respite, the population around Chengdu was lost, and the fields were abandoned, which could not support the Guanning army to continue to defend Chengdu.Previously, the Manchu court also sent materials to Chengdu from time to time, but with the urgency of other fronts, the materials allocated to Wu Sangui became less and less, and in the end there was no at all, coupled with the rugged road into Sichuan, the consumption of materials was too large, Wu Sangui could only abandon Chengdu and withdraw to the Hanzhong Basin.And all this happened during the Jiangbei War, so the western section was bounded by Daba Mountain.The treaty determined the boundaries and stipulated that the Ming and Qing dynasties would stand side by side in the north and south, and the Ming Dynasty would not be called vassals, and the Qing Dynasty would not be called vassals, which took care of the face of Emperor Longwu and the Ming court.In return, the Ming Dynasty opened up fields on the border, cheapened the Manchus, and traded with the Manchus at lower prices.He Tengjiao negotiated with the Manchu Qing Dynasty and reached this treaty, compared with the Southern Song Dynasty's "Shaoxing Peace", one did not call the minister, the other did not pay tribute, but took Nanyang and Runing, which was not a shame, and was publicized as a diplomatic victory by the Longwu court.Of course, in addition to the above written treaty, there was also a disgraceful verbal secret agreement between the Ming and Qing dynasties, that is, the Manchus sent Nanyang, the fiefdom of the Tang Dynasty, plus a Runing Mansion to the Southern Ming, and promised not to invade the south again, while the Ming Dynasty promised to deal with the main battle faction and kill Zhao Zamao in order to gain the trust of the Manchus.At the same time, the Ming Dynasty had to abandon Liaodong and Korea and withdraw the Ming army from Donghaezhen.He Tengjiao agreed to the Manchu Qing's request without hesitation, and betrayed Zhao Ming's interests and Donghai Town's interests without Zhao Ming and Donghai Town's knowledge.However, He Tengjiao also clearly told the Manchu Qing that although the Longwu court agreed, Donghai Town might not obey the order, and the Longwu court could only guarantee that if the Manchus received Liaodong and Korea, the Longwu court would not interfere, and there was no guarantee that Donghai Town would withdraw troops from Liaodong and Korea.The two sides agreed to send envoys to each other immediately, and sent credentials and treaties, and after Zhu Yujian and Fulin successively stamped the Great Seal, the "Hui Si Peace Conference" came into effect immediately, and the Manchu Qing and Ming dynasties entered the stage of stalemate.Suzhou City, the residence of the governor of the East China Sea.It has been half a year since Zhao Ming returned to Suzhou, and he gradually walked out of the shadow of Jiangbei's failure.The defeat of Jiangbei is Zhao Ming's shame, but it is not his Waterloo, as long as he manages it carefully, Zhao Ming is confident that he will take away all the glory he has lost.The Ming and Qing dynasties negotiated peace, Zhao Ming knew about it, and Zhu Yihai also wrote a letter, hoping that he could oppose the peace.Zhao Ming didn't hate Zhu Yihai, but he saw clearly that Zhu Yihai was actually not a master, he was also selfish, and understood that it was unwise to pin the future of the country and the nation on one person.After Zhao Ming received the letter, he went to the recital, expressing his disapproval of the peace, and then did not follow, but concentrated on dealing with the follow-up matters of the defeat of Jiangbei.First of all, it was the wounded who needed to be treated, Zhao Ming summoned all the military doctors and soldiers, found Langzhong at a high price, purchased medicinal materials, and ensured that the wounded could be treated, and then allocated money and food, compensated the fallen soldiers, and ordered the shogunate to formulate a set of policies to give preferential treatment to their dependents and their descendants.While taking care of the wounded and compensating the families of the soldiers, Huaxing Company increased production, manufactured muskets, artillery, and armor to make up for the losses in the war, and at the same time recruited soldiers from Tunding and the people to restore the strength of Donghai Town.Pension soldiers, manufacturing firearms, armor, and recruiting soldiers are all things that cost a lot of money, and almost the maritime trade in Donghai Town in recent years, as well as the capture of foreign wars, have been consumed, so that Zhao Ming, who is not worried about money, has to care about maritime trade again.While caring about trade, there is another thing that also gives Zhao Ming a headache.The peace between the Longwu court and the Manchu Qing Dynasty soon had an impact on Donghai Town, making many people think that there was no need to fight, and it was somewhat difficult for Donghai Town to recruit new soldiers.The land of Jiangdong is rich, you can support yourself in everything, and you don't have to risk losing your head, so why go to the army?
Now that the court has said that it will not fight, the people are still in a hurry, come on, they can live their lives with peace of mind!
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