More than a year ago, Huang Taiji's widow brazenly infringed on the power of Emperor Zhu Youlang of the Ming Dynasty and announced to the whole world that Deng Ming was a close relative of the Ming Dynasty - acknowledging someone as a royal family member, which is one of the few powers in the hands of Emperor Yongli.

If the released guards who still lived in Myanmar and Siam, a hard-core ally of the Ming Dynasty, had thought about biting a piece of meat from Mangbai day and night, Emperor Yongli might not have even the right to choose what to eat for lunch. Of course, Zhu Youlang can now ask the Myanmar guards for the food he wanted, but he lost the freedom to eat or not to eat lunch. Before Deng Ming supported Manglu, Wacheng did not care much about Zhu Youlang's life and death, so for a long time, the food that Zhu Youlang relied on for filling his stomach was given by monks from nearby temples. However, after the emergence of the Manglu separatist group, the Mangbai government suddenly became concerned about the health of the Ming emperor's family.

Now every two months, the Ming Imperial Guards and Yang Zai in northern Myanmar have to make a rumor that the emperor died or that Yang Zai’s father-in-law Ma Shoufu was tortured to death, and then he announced in tears that he would attack Wacheng. Siam realized that King Jin and Duke Baoguo were busy dealing with the enemies in front of him and had no intention of inviting them to participate in the attack on Myanmar, so he contacted Grand Secretary Yang. Siam was also happy to create false news that Zhu Youlang was abused by Mangbai. They did not take two months, but twice a month!

In order to clarify the facts, Mangbai could only ask Zhu Youlang to write letters, saying peace to Kunming three times a month to refute the lies that Grand Secretary Yang and the King of Siam passed on to Li Dingguo, Deng Ming and Bai Wenxuan. Mangbai not long ago ordered monks who were still loyal to Awa to pray for the Emperor Yongli, hoping that he could give birth to more dragon sons and dragon girls to prove to the malicious Kunming and Chengdu that their emperor was in good health and in a happy mood.

Because Emperor Yongli and Ma Shoufu, Duke Mu had no personal freedom, they could not protest to the mistress of the Aisin Jueluo family for her infringement of the genealogy editing rights of the Lao Zhu family - it is common to fight for the world, but the struggle for the genealogy editing rights... Did you, from Tungus, not even let the memorial rights of Fengyang ancestral tomb? What a barbarian!

Mr. Yang, who could protest on behalf of the Emperor Ming, was not on this. He was gradually convinced by the Manglu regime and the King of Siam, and was determined to help the Manglu regime launch a war to unify Myanmar, and by the way, let Siam friends get a share and let the guards enter Awa City to take revenge.

Regarding the announcement of the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty, Deng Ming was the last person who had the right to protest, but he did not take this seriously at the beginning. In order to reduce the probability of being exposed, Beijing did not specify which vassal king Deng Ming was, but only had an ambiguous hint. Deng Ming originally thought that if he didn't say it, Yongli or Yang Zai's exiled court would do it for him. Later, Deng Ming felt that Beijing was a bit too much and began to consider public refutation, Gong Yan came up with the strategy of "a royal family, each expressing their own words."

Now Deng Ming has obviously missed the best time to publicly refute it. Since Yongli, the exiled court and Deng Ming herself remained silent about it for a year, the empress dowager's behavior of overcoming power by the Qing Dynasty seemed to have become a fact. If it weren't for Sony and Oboi's slaves, and if it weren't for Sony and Oboi's incompetent slaves, the empress dowager of the Qing Dynasty would have long been named the prince of the Ming Dynasty for Yongli.

Today, the envoy from Beijing said this matter very confidently, and Deng Ming couldn't refute it. It was not because the default was too long, but because it was useless to refute the envoy based on reason. The Empress Dowager in Beijing would not admit his mistake, nor would he compensate and eliminate the influence.

The envoys of the Qing court were so angry because Deng Ming actually wrote a letter to the Qing court to recommend his admiral to support the Qing Dynasty to destroy the Ming army. All such things have been done. Can moral integrity be limited? At present, the central government of the Qing court and the local governments in Shandong believe that Deng Ming has set an unprecedented record, and that no one will refresh in the future. When encountering such a negotiating opponent, the envoy knows that any great reason will not work.

Because the situation on the battlefield in Shandong was not entirely beneficial to the Qing court, the envoy had to use the skills of negotiation and come up with something more convincing. The envoy was a descendant of the Yehe family, Manchu from Zhenghuang Banner, and now he was the imperial guard. He was under the secret orders of the Empress Dowager and the Minister of the Responsible, and he held certain rights to negotiate and bargain.

"The imperial examination and the resignation of officials can ensure that local tyrants will not threaten the court." Although he was a Manchu from the Yellow Banner, the envoy revealed the importance of the resignation of officials system in one word.

Since ancient times, whenever the Central Plains dynasty occupied a piece of land, it would try its best to implement the system of changing land and returning to the rebirth. As long as it was not too hindered too much, it would try to carry out. Although Wu Sangui's action to attack the Shuixi'an clan was dissatisfied with some court officials in Beijing, he felt that he had let Li Dingguo not fight, but wanted to clean up the chieftains because he took the salary of the court to not work, the Auxiliary Ministers' Group did support this. Because Wu Sangui made the Wumeng area complete the work of changing land and returning to the rebirth, which was equivalent to clearing obstacles for the Qing court. Recently, the attitude of the Auxiliary Ministers suddenly changed, and they sent people to find the descendants of the An family to pardon him. This was not because the Qing court felt that it was wrong to change land and return to the rebirth, but because the Qing court intended to return Guizhou to the Ming court. Since this was the case, there was no need to pull out the thorns for the Ming court. It would be best to support the An family before returning Guizhou to the Ming army.

Wu Sangui did not object to the court's actions, because he knew that the court would not cause trouble to support An family before giving up Guizhou. If the Qing court rehabilitated the An family, the Ming court and Li Dingguo would have a headache in the future.

Now the envoy from Beijing believes that Deng Ming planned to do the same thing in Jiaodong, because he could not get it himself and no one else could have it. With this purpose, he supported the powerful local officials in Jiaodong.

"Yes, it's impossible to threaten the court, so it's so vulnerable." Deng Ming replied coldly.

Because they don’t stay in the local area for a long time and may be transferred at any time, local officials can only rely on the prestige of the court. They don’t have to be honest. They can only return to their hometown after leaving office to benefit the people. You don’t have to be polite to the people in office. Anyway, those who go out to be an official will not be polite to other places.

For local gentry and people, local officials are greedy foreigners. However, since everyone has no courage to kill officials and rebel, they can only make him happy. When the people are bullied too ruthlessly, the gentry will also come forward to beg for the sake of homesickness.

During the battle in Jiaodong this time, the Fuqing Army and the Ming army lacked combat experience, and the Fuqing House was currently a mess, but such a backward organization and army could still defeat the Green Camp. Seeing that the situation was not good, the local green camps were united, and although they were the Qing army, few people wanted to be buried with the prefects and counties from other provinces. The clerks in the yamen were all locals, and they were completely infiltrated by the gentry House and the gentry House with the threat of the relatives and temptations. Every time the military meeting chaired by the Dengzhou Prefecture was held, their copy of the meeting could be sent to the gentry House for the officers who helped the Qing Dynasty to study it.

The situation is very obvious now. Even the pioneering gentry coalition forces can compete with Shandong Green Camp. As they continue to work together, their advantages over Shandong Green Camp will become greater and greater. As long as Beijing does not draw elite troops into Shandong to fight, it will only be a matter of time before the Qing army can drive the Qing army out of Shandong. With the interference of the Ming army in Jiangnan, the Qing court will not have many troops to waste on the battlefield in Jiaodong.

"If the prince gave up the imperial examination and supported the powerful, the prince would sooner or later suffer a lot." Because of the order of the Empress Dowager, the envoys of the Qing Dynasty even regarded Deng as the prince in private.

"I don't know how much harm I will suffer, but the Lord of the World will definitely not be yours." Deng Ming still spoke in a cold tone.

There are only 40,000 Manchu men left, which is one of the reasons why Jieshu is timid in Jiangnan. Beijing no longer has the confidence of the Dorgon era, and he no longer dares to fight for the lives of tens of thousands of Manchus to win the world. He relies on the Green Camp, but he dares not let go of arming the Han people, and he cannot admit the consequence of the Green Camp's defeat.

Jiaodong is not afraid of being in chaos. As long as Deng Ming retreats back to Sichuan, the Qing court can kill the Jiaodong Gentleman House - at least Beijing still has this confidence now. However, if Deng Ming fanned the flames in the entire Yangtze River Basin, the Qing court would definitely not be able to handle it. Now the ministers of the regent suspect that Jiaodong is likely to be a pilot for Deng Ming. If the other party thinks the effect is good and intends to promote it nationwide, the Qing court will almost certainly admit that the large number of Han vassal states appeared in an attempt to maintain the status of the Zhou emperor.

"The prince is right. My dynasty should be exhausted and will probably not be able to suppress it in the end. If the powerful are so easy to deal with, all dynasties will not have the system of official positions. The Han emperors felt it was hard, so our difficulties were of course greater." The envoy of the Qing court frankly admitted Deng Ming's view without any intention of dispute: "But at that time, my dynasty will withdraw from the exile, or only retain Yan Yun, and confer all the governors the king, as long as they pay tribute to me. At that time, this is not our dynasty, but the prince's trouble, right?"

There was no third person present, and the envoy had no scruples: "Just throwing the Emperor Ming to Myanmar and bringing the gold back, the Emperor and the Empress Dowager did not think that the Prince just wanted to drive us out of the pass and then retire. Abolishing the imperial examination is really harmful to others and not to do it. Last time the Prince did not agree to the conditions of the court, I thought about it and felt that Guangdong could be handed over to the Prince, and the Prince could be called emperor, and there was no need to pay tribute to our court."

"You don't even want to surrender?" Deng Ming was surprised.

"Of course, China is so big, why can't we tolerate two emperors?" The envoy replied calmly: "The prince and I take a step back, and there will be no third or more emperors coming out. The prince is still the honor of ten thousand chariots, and his wealth will last for generations, so why not do it?"

Deng Ming remained silent, while the Qing envoy looked at the other party with confidence.

"Can we negotiate tomorrow?" Deng Ming took the initiative to demand that the negotiations be stopped.

"Okay." The envoy of the Qing court said happily: "The prince needs time to consider it, and the specific details are not in a hurry. It will be negotiated in two days."

"No," Deng Ming shook his head: "I will not agree in the end, but I do need time to reject your proposal, Mr. Nalan."

...

Before going to the House of Gentlemen to meet with everyone, Deng Ming asked the Qing envoy to bring back his counter-suggestion, which was still a four-year full ceasefire. Deng Ming promised to try his best to encourage other Ming army leaders to agree to this ceasefire. If someone violated the ceasefire agreement, Deng Ming was willing to pay a price to maintain his reputation in order to obtain time to digest the fruits of victory, and was willing to provide more guarantees. As for the situation in Jiaodong, Deng Ming meant to maintain the status quo during the ceasefire. He promised not to expand the war and overturn the liberated official system in other regions. However, the Qing court must recognize the status quo east of Jiaoshui River, recruit and help the Qing army to destroy the Ming army and ensure their lives.

After meeting the people from the House of Gentlemen, Deng Ming did not conceal the news that he was discussing peace with the Qing court, and reiterated that he would not sacrifice the interests of the Gentlemen to win more conditions for himself.

"At the cost, I need one of your authorization, that is, while I promise not to harm your interests, you guarantee to obey my peace results." Deng Ming continued to influence the House of Gentlemen: "That is, if I reached a ceasefire agreement with the Qing court, you will not violate it without authorization."

Of course, this authorization must be issued by the Gentile House. While helping Yu Qi gain authority, Deng Ming is also working hard to help the Gentile House establish a stronger framework. After all, the more combat effectiveness this House is, the more chips Deng Ming has in his hands, and the Qing court needs to invest more manpower and material resources to guard against Jiaodong. Even if he is recruited, as long as Jiaodong's military strength is strong, the Qing court will still have to keep a considerable amount of troops to guard against Jiaodong's army's sneak attack on Jinan.

Deng Ming pointed out that the position of governor of Jiaodong should not be assigned by the Qing court or controlled by someone without restrictions, but should be elected by the House of Gentlemen. In other words, the decision-making power is in the House of Gentlemen, not the military power of the Qing court or the military head, so that someone can prevent someone from dyeing his top red with the blood of the Jiaodong gentry. The House of Gentlemen was not too wary of Deng Ming's painstaking efforts to help the gentry design checks and balances, because Deng Ming's intention was obvious. He was afraid that after Jiaodong was recruited, the gentry would be confused and be bribed by the Qing court, so he must ensure that the gentry would be disinterested with the Qing court for a long time and be wary of each other.

Given the current situation in Jiaodong, the voting rights of the House of Commons are divided completely based on the amount of property. Only those with property have a say in the county council. If a group of small landlords united the real estate meeting the standards stipulated by the House of Commons, they can also elect a representative to the House of Commons to attend the meeting. As for the opinions of the tenants, they are completely ignored. Anyway, they are all the leaders of the boss, and Deng Ming has no intention to help them obtain political rights immediately - Deng Ming still has to continue fighting with the Qing court and cannot offend the gentry class in Jiaodong for the sake of the tenants. He gave himself an imperialist rather than a revolutionary. The heroes of the city can also have a place in the House of Commons. As long as they provide military expenditures for the support of the Qing Dynasty and the extermination of the Ming army like the gentry, they can have the right to represent and there is no military expenditure.

As for the tens of thousands of refugees brought by Yu Qi, Deng Ming tried his best to lobby the gentry's House of Representatives to draw strong men from them to form an army. Many gentry were worried about this, because the ceasefire negotiations have begun and they were worried that continuing to expand the army would arouse hatred by the Qing court.

"Although we are negotiating with the Qing court, you guess what the Qing court's wishful thinking is now?" Deng Ming inspired everyone.

The Qing court never relied on winning the world with virtue, but his frightening reputation, so the gentry could easily guess that the Qing court probably thought about winning both Jiangnan and Shandong battlefields, and then suppressing the Jiaodong rebels, and at the same time forcing Deng Ming to make concessions in the negotiations - if it was really impossible to completely annihilate Deng Ming.

"The Qing court must have thought of destroying the Qing army and then maintaining the 'status of Jiaodong at that time. So if you want to save your life, it is best to have the strength to break through Jinan and cut off the canal transportation. In that case, the Qing court should beg you to return to the east of Jiaoshui River and agree to the conditions you put forward." Deng Ming tried hard to promote the thinking mode of being able to fight and be able to be harmonious: "At that time, as long as you are not greedy for more territory in Shandong, it should be easy to reach an amnesty agreement with the Qing court."

"We have no idea about Qingzhou Prefecture." The House of Gentlemen was convinced by Deng Ming again. They promised that they had no greater ambitions for the territory of the court, but wanted to save Dengzhou, one acre of three-point land in Laizhou. Deng Ming also believed their statement. If it weren't for the concern that Dengzhou Prefecture would destroy Yu Qi and turn around and fight towards the rebel army, the gentry of Laizhou Prefecture would not be very interested in leaving the government to fight. However, the gentry of Laizhou Prefecture and Dengzhou Prefecture had no interest in Qingzhou Autonomy, which does not mean that Qingzhou gentry after being "liberated" did not mean that Deng Ming would not worry about this matter.

In addition to some of the people who could be recruited into soldiers, Deng Ming planned to resettle the remaining Yashan refugees to the coastal areas. Since the coastal areas were deserted, it caused great difficulties in the transportation and raising food and grass by the Fujian army, and it also affected Sichuan merchants and the autonomous Jiaodong doing business.

As for the resettlement fee, Deng Ming believed that it should be paid by the House of Gentlemen, but Deng Ming took the lead in this matter because the House of Gentlemen was indifferent to its own land and other matters other than recruitment.

"It seems that we can only continue to maintain the ban on sea in Jiaodong." Deng Ming began to lobby the gentry House to continue to implement the Qing court's ban on sea, because while the Qing court moved the boundary and banned the sea, it also exempted taxes from these places.

"The purpose of supporting the Qing Dynasty and destroying the Ming army was to be loyal to the court. Since the ban on seas was an imperial edict, of course it must be implemented, otherwise it would be a traitor." Deng Ming summoned the gentry who lived close to the coastal areas and mobilized them: "Since the ban on seas was to continue to be implemented, then naturally these areas cannot be taxed, even the gentry's congress cannot be taxed, and the sea ban was banned, so of course there were no fishermen or sea traders."

In short, if some gentry organizations go to the forbidden sea areas to farm and fish, they are naturally tax-free, and they even set up factories and engage in maritime trade, such as participating in Deng Ming's arms and salt trading or participating in jade and ivory processing, of course they don't have to pay taxes.
Chapter completed!