Chapter 172: Liu Zongzhou commits a crime in the imperial prison
Dorgon, who thought he had finally taken advantage of the Qing Dynasty, felt better again.
But before he knew it, it was precisely because he was less vigilant about Wen Tiren and Yang Sichang who were singing double acts that he accidentally agreed to one request after another from Wen Tiren and Yang Sichang.
He didn't care about the Guanning army such as Wu Xiang. As long as Zhu Youxiao did not participate and did not provide Wu Xiang with money, grain and military support, he even felt that the Qing Dynasty could directly annex Wu Xiang's troops.
Next, Dorgon was unheard of about the Ming Dynasty's embassy in Shenyang. After listening to Wen Tiren's explanation, he realized that it was just an institution that was to protect the interests of the people of the country who came to the Qing Dynasty to do other business, and was also responsible for contacting him.
It seems that this is to lay the foundation for future peace talks. Dorgon happily accepted the request put forward by the Ming Dynasty. In his opinion, his Qing Dynasty would definitely be as powerful as the Jin Dynasty in the future. Even if it could not destroy the Ming Dynasty, it would force this increasingly corrupt dynasty to sign a city alliance. Therefore, it would be convenient for the peace talks to be held again at that time.
Dorgon couldn't help but laugh at the Ming Emperor Zhu Youxiao, although he was not a wise king, he was not a really stupid monarch. Otherwise, he would not have thought about his own way of retreat and prepared that when his 100,000 cavalry of the Qing Dynasty would go south in the future, he would also be able to seek peace through this embassy to become the second Emperor Gaozong of Song.
When Wen Tiren proposed that Manchuria would not alliate with Mongolia, Dorgon felt more and more that the Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming Dynasty was a monarch who had no ambitions and only wanted to live a peaceful and stable life. Otherwise, he would not have asked himself not to allied with Mongolia. Isn’t he just worried that the Qing Dynasty would go south again under the pretext of Mongolia?
Dorgon agreed without hesitation. In his opinion, whether his Qing Dynasty and Mongolia were allied or enemies were not something that the Ming Dynasty could decide.
Instead of doing this, it would be better to give Zhu Youxiao a reassurance first to make it easier to paralyze the Ming Dynasty.
The peace talks ended smoothly. After Wen Tiren and Yang Sichang left, they couldn't help but smile at the letter of nationality that had been stamped by both sides.
Wen Tiren couldn't help but point at Yang Sichang and said, "Yang Wuxuan, I didn't expect you to be so good at acting, you look even more like an actor in the lotus squad."
"Mr. Wen is not like this either. You and I are half a dozen," Yang Sichang said, and looked at the content of the peace talks, sighed and said, "I can explain it to Your Majesty now."
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Morning day today.
Liu Zongzhou decided to make another statement in front of all officials in the court. The content of the statement was naturally to prevent Zhu Youxiao from having to negotiate with the Tatars.
Although other court officials also knew that once the peace talks were resolved, His Majesty's next focus would shift to internal affairs, and the first to take action were naturally the gentry and the vassal kings.
But now those who can stand in the court are almost all officials from small landlords or commoners. Even if they are not, they are mostly so-called people who are not tough in character or who are like Zhang Juzheng who would rather harm their own class interests than protect national interests.
So no one wants to follow Liu Zongzhou to touch Zhu Youxiao's bad luck, and Liu Zongzhou wants to do this not to let these bureaucrats who obey His Majesty the present day support him. What he wants is the support of most gentry in the world. He feels that even if he is really chopped off by Zhu Youxiao and deliberately adds stigma, the aspiring people in the world will never turn a blind eye.
In addition, the butt determines the head. When a person's cognition is limited to the interests of his class, he will take it for granted that what he has done is a just act.
Wen Tiren and Yang Sichang had also returned to the capital and also came to the court room, preparing to report the peace talks directly to His Majesty Zhu Youxiao in the court.
Unfortunately, when Liu Zongzhou entered the court room, he happened to see Wen Tiren chatting with the newly revived official Yang Sichang.
When Liu Zongzhou saw Wen Tiren, he was overjoyed. After bowing to Yang Sichang, he pulled Wen Tiren aside and asked in a low voice: "Brother Changqing, where have you been going in these days? Liu originally wanted to jointly publish a memorial with you to directly object to Your Majesty's peace talks with the Tartars at this court meeting, but he couldn't find you. You are the left minister of the Ministry of Rites and are responsible for the affairs of the foreign vassals. It is the most appropriate to have your signature in this memorial. If you don't look at the content I have planned, if you agree, you can add your name now, and it will be worth remembering forever."
Liu Zongzhou didn't know that Wen Tiren had betrayed him and had successfully completed the peace talks.
Until now, Liu Zongzhou still thinks that Wen Tiren is still on his side, and also thinks that the peace talks His Majesty wants to exercise must not be held.
Therefore, Liu Zongzhou thought of joining Wen Tiren to submit a memorial. In his opinion, as the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, the shock caused by Wen Tiren was naturally greater than that of a priest from the fourth rank.
Even though Wen Tiren was thick-skinned, he was a little embarrassed at this time and didn't know what to say in a timid way. He could only smile and said, "Don't do this by Liu Jijiu. I am a little gentleman. Although he is the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, he is just an idle person. How can he do such a big thing? You also say you should look for someone else."
As he said that, Wen Tiren hurriedly avoided Liu Zongzhou. Seeing that Liu Zongzhou was still going to talk to him, he hurriedly grabbed Guan Shaoning, the chief minister of the Ministry of Justice: "By the way, what did we say just now? It seems that Yang Shen was talking about the time when he was in Jiangxian, right? If you want to say that Yang Shen is indeed a rare talent in my dynasty. If there is Bo Hu in Jiangnan, Western Shu will be the first to recommend him as the son of the chief assistant."
Guan Shaoning looked at the official who looked quite rank in a blazing robe, and secretly wondered when he would have talked about Yang Shen to the official in front of him.
Just as Guan Shaoning, the chief minister of the official department, was preparing to ask in detail, a few whips came from outside, and suddenly drums and music sounded, and a eunuch shouted loudly: "All officials enter the court!"
The officials were busy dressing up and heading towards the main hall of Qianqing Palace in order of grades.
Fortunately, Wen Tiren was the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Liu Zongzhou was the fourth-rank priest of the Imperial College. The two were separated by several court officials, so Wen Tiren couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at this time, but he didn't dare to look at Liu Zongzhou.
At this time, Liu Zongzhou couldn't understand why Wen Tiren became so confused, as if he was still deliberately avoiding himself.
However, Liu Zongzhou did not intend to give up on Raven Tiren and he and he stopped His Majesty from having a peace talk with the Tartars, so he couldn't help but stretch his neck and walked while shouting in a low voice: "Brother Changqing, Brother Changqing!"
At this time, the censor responsible for maintaining order in the morning court saw Liu Zongzhou's actions and shouted: "Liu Zongzhou, the Imperial College Priest, made a loud noise in the morning court, come out, and wait for His Majesty to deal with it!"
Only then did Liu Zongzhou realize that he had committed a crime, he withdrew from the queue speechlessly, stood next to the white marble pillar, and lowered his head.
Not long after, the court officials had entered the hall one after another and stood in the left and right. Zhu Youxiao also sat on the throne. Seeing Wen Tiren and Yang Sichang were also there, he nodded. Now that the peace talks have been reached, it is naturally necessary to notify the officials of the matter. Today is the day of the court meeting, Zhu Youxiao decided to announce it directly in the court.
However, the censor who stood up first was the censor who maintained the order of the court. The censor bowed and said, "Your Majesty, all the court officials have arrived, but Liu Zongzhou, the Imperial College Priest, made a loud noise during the court meeting and committed a crime of great disrespect. Please make a judgment!"
Chapter completed!