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Chapter 171 Sing Double Reed

Seeing Wen Tiren and Yang Sichang refuse, Dorgon was eager to reach the results of the peace talks, and he had to grit his teeth and run to the front of the two of them. He also flew with a squeezing of money rat tail behind his head: "Please stay, please stay, follow you in the next few items, but there are still something worth discussing in the details."

Wen Tiren and Yang Sichang looked at each other when they heard this, then turned around and walked back to the negotiating table in a tacit understanding.

Dorgon now wanted to eat these two people, but what he could do was that he was worried about now.

The so-called peace talks are sometimes like this. Although the peace talks are at the negotiating table, the results of the peace talks were actually decided long before the peace talks. After all, the result of the peace talks is based on the comparison of the strengths of both parties.

Although the Qing Dynasty was a newly emerging military aristocratic group, it was still a regime that was not yet sound and was still in the serfdom. Its national strength was naturally not as good as the Ming Dynasty, which was still dominating the world even though it was old. If the Qing Dynasty wanted to live with the Ming Dynasty, it could only accept any requests made by the Ming Dynasty, otherwise he would have to obtain survival information through military aggression.

However, the latter is obviously more difficult than the former. Especially after Zhu Youxiao defeated the main force of the Qing Dynasty in the capital, the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty did not dare to enter the pass and rob. After all, the Ming Dynasty is not the Ming Dynasty during the Chongzhen period, and there is no soldier in the entire country who dares to fight. Although there is a Tianxiong army of Lu Xiangsheng, it is a hungry place to resist the Qing Dynasty.

What's more, the Ming Dynasty has not had a large-scale peasant uprising, so it can completely deal with the entry of the Qing Dynasty's Tartars.

"The number of tributes paid every year is five times more than in previous years. This is really difficult. My Qing Dynasty has no need for people. If you still have to scrape the ground three feet a year and take out five times the tribute items, it would be better to fight. Although your country is strong, if you really don't give me any chance, we would rather die in battle than be starved to death by you!"

Dorgon slapped the table angrily and turned to look outside. It could be seen that this peace talk made him very depressed.

Wen Tiren was lukewarm and still drank tea. After silence for a long time, he blurted out: "Well, my Emperor Ming Dynasty has always been kind and treated equally. According to his requirements, it is okay to only add four times more than in previous years."

Yang Sichang glanced at Wen Tiren and couldn't help but smile. He naturally clearly remembered what the Emperor Zhu Youxiao once said was to add three times.

However, Yang Sichang did not expose it, but just shook his head and deliberately looked dissatisfied with Wen Tiren's betrayal of His Majesty's request.

Seeing the expressions of these two people, Dorgon thought that Wen Tiren was deliberately making fun of him at the beginning. Therefore, he deepened his hatred for the left minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, and even couldn't help but curse: "Old fox!"

"It's okay to have four times, and I can only try my best to maintain it. Your country is also too stingy!"

Dorgon clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said this, and at the same time he felt relieved. Fortunately, he didn't agree directly to the five-fold number.

Wen Tiren hesitated for a while and did not speak.

Yang Sichang also pretended to be unwilling to look at Wen Tiren and said, "Mr. Wen, I remember what Your Majesty has always said is five times more than in previous years, but not four times. Now you have changed Your Majesty's request by yourself. When the time comes, your Majesty will blame me, don't take me."

Wen Tiren looked very unhappy, glared at Yang Sichang angrily, and put the teacup heavily on the table: "I am responsible for it! Could it be that the peace talks will be delayed? Is it rushing to go back to Beijing to ask for an order to return home to visit relatives?"

"good!"

Yang Sichang nodded and said depressedly: "Let me talk about the land south of Haizhou Guard. According to the requirements of our Majesty, the north of the Liao River is the vassal state that is granted to your country. However, you still occupy more than 40 cities south of Haizhou Guard, and this must be returned."

Today, except for a few important towns in Liaodong, most of them are borderless and very deserted. Even after the Eight Banners of Manchuria occupied it, most of them destroyed their castles and gave up the place.

Therefore, Dorgon didn't realize anything, so he agreed, but he had been coveting the fertile land in the Daling River area for a long time. After all, the Qing Dynasty did not only rely on fishing and hunting to make a living, and there were also a large number of serfs who needed land to cultivate. There were many fertile land in the Daling River area, so Dorgon also brought up this.

"It's okay. Although this place is now controlled by the troops of King Wu Xiang of Liao, it is also the land of His Majesty, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. I will give you this to you as the master of Your Majesty. However, this peninsula south of Haizhouwei must be returned to me."

Wen Tiren said that, and secretly kicked Yang Sichang with his feet. Yang Sichang understood and immediately slapped the table, stood up angrily, pointed at Wen Tiren and shouted: "Mr. Wen! Have you forgotten what Your Majesty told you at that time? The peninsula south of Haizhouwei is a sparsely populated wasteland. Your Majesty called this place, but in fact it means that the land of the Daling River cannot be returned even if it belongs to the hands of the King of Liao!"

When Yang Sichang said this, he closed his mouth and looked very regretful that he had let go of it. Then he sat down directly: "No matter what, I cannot agree anyway. It must be south of Haizhou Wei, including the area around the Daling River, and the several towns in the Daling River occupied by your country must be returned to my Daming."

Before Dorgon could speak, Wen Tiren first argued with Yang Sichang.

Wen Tiren was also so angry that his face turned red and his neck was thick, and he said sternly: "I am the official who is the peace talks this time. You, Yang Sichang, pay attention to the order of hierarchy and inferiority. Don't think that if you have a name in front of Your Majesty, you can underestimate me. I will tell you now that I am the six ministers and nine ministers of the tribes and have the right to report secretly. Now I can rush to Beijing to impeach you for eight hundred miles!"

As he said that, Wen Tiren said again: "It's enough to make the decision, you don't have to say more."

Yang Sichang also pretended to be angry and waved his sleeves and was about to leave the seat angrily.

But Dorgon was very proud of this. He was very happy to see the two envoys from the other party, so he could use the two of them to find out more information.

He now at least felt that although Wen Tiren, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, had a little unstable position and was perfunctory in his position. However, Yang Sichang, the doctor of the Ministry of War Military Selection Department, was obviously a bit irritable and upright, but he was a man of firm principles. Now that the two of them had a fight like this, it would be beneficial for him to gain more benefits for the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, when Dorgon saw that Yang Sichang was about to leave, he ran away kindly and persuaded Yang Sichang back: "Don't hurry to leave. Since it is a peace talk, let's talk with each other with peace. Why bother to get angry? But Deputy Envoy Yang, don't be too harsh. Wen Zhengshi did this to make the peace talks go well. These details can be done at will. The land of Daling River is the land of my Qing Dynasty. So I would like to ask your country not to force it."

"Well, this kind of treason for the country is not done by me, Mr. Yang. When the time comes, someone loses his head, so don't think I will plead with you!"

Yang Sichang said it and sat back. In this way, the peninsula south of Haizhou Wei was owned by the Ming Dynasty, and the Daling River outside the pass, which was originally granted to the Guanning Army, was sold directly to Manchuria by Wen Tiren. The Ming Dynasty naturally ignored how Huang Taiji of Manchuria asked Wu Xiang for it.
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