After several days of difficult negotiations, the Jinzhou army and the Qing Dynasty finally reached a compromise.

In order to reach peace talks, the Qing Dynasty paid tribute to the imperial court's 30,000 horses, of which 10,000 were given to the Jinzhou Army.

In addition, the Qing Dynasty agreed to give 10,000 war horses to the Jinzhou army at one time in exchange for various materials that it urgently needed.

Apart from food, the Jinzhou Army was not short of other materials, so it didn't matter if it was used to exchange war horses, as long as the purpose could be achieved.

In this way, the Jinzhou Army achieved the goal of obtaining 20,000 war horses in disguise.

In the end, the Jinzhou Army made a small step in the division of their respective territory, taking the 50 miles south of Liaoyang as the border, which allowed the Qing Dynasty to retain some mining areas, and the others belonged to the Jinzhou Army.

Yue Tuo had tried his best to do this result. Originally, the Jinzhou Army didn't want to leave a piece of ore for the Qing Dynasty, but later Yue Tuo threatened the war horses and barely kept a small amount of it.

When the final document of the agreement was sent to Lu Ruolin, Lu Ruolin just took a simple look and signed the signature and handed it to Wu Chaojie with a seal.

"That's it." There was no excitement on Lu Ruolin's face.

"Is the governor dissatisfied with the agreement?" Wu Chaojie asked cautiously.

"No, these conditions are pretty good, especially the war horse matters, which are handled beautifully, and I am very satisfied." Lu Ruolin praised.

"Then why does the governor seem to be in a bad mood?" Wu Chaojie said in confusion.

"Chaojie, how long do you think this agreement can last for peace?" Lu Ruolin asked.

"This depends on whether the Tartars are tactful or not." Wu Chaojie smiled.

"No matter how well-behaved the Tartars act, as long as I think it is necessary, they should be destroyed." Lu Ruolin's tone was plain, but his words were full of murderous aura.

"Why is the governor concerned about the court's reaction?" This is the greatest possibility that Wu Chaojie could think of.

"It's not a concern, I just don't want to break up with the court." Lu Ruolin corrected.

"Governor, please forgive my subordinates for their own guessing. As long as our Jinzhou Army continues to develop, it will be a matter of time to break up with the court. Every man is innocent and bears a treasure." Wu Chaojie secretly glanced at Lu Ruolin.

It is definitely impossible for the officials of the Jinzhou Army to not want Lu Ruolin to establish a country. The founding fathers, this temptation is not ordinary, and who doesn’t want to leave a name in history?

It would be fine if the Jinzhou Army did not have this ability, but with the strength of the Jinzhou Army, it could fight for it, and the chances were quite great. Lu Ruolin had always been willing to stand under the court, not only helping the court make money, but also helping the court fight. In this way, he would be suspicious and plotted by the court. It was impossible for the officials under the Jinzhou Army to have no complaints.

"Chaojie, do you think people like loyal people or masters?" Lu Ruolin asked.

Wu Chaojie immediately understood what Lu Ruolin meant and quickly defended himself: "Governor? How can we say that we are the Lord of Devouring? We just belong to the court in name? And the court is sorry for us first."

"The world doesn't think so. As long as we admit that we are Zhu Ming's ministers, then if we go against the court, we will be traitors? Even if we seize the world, we will leave stains? We are criticized by the world." Lu Ruolin shook his head.

"A king succeeds and loses the enemy, as long as we succeed? Historical books are not written as much as we want." Wu Chaojie refuted.

"Defending the people is more important than defending against Sichuan. Besides, I don't want to bear this stigma." Lu Ruolin smiled.

Wu Chaojie has no choice? He smiled bitterly and said, "If I had known, I would not be this nominal minister."

"This time and another time? The first time to join the court still brought us a lot of benefits, otherwise the Jinzhou Army would not be like today. So I don't regret it when submitting to the court." Lu Ruolin did not think that surrendering to the court was a failure.

With the strength of the Jinzhou Army at that time, it was of course beneficial to maintain independence? But it could not borrow strength from the court, especially the grabbing of population and resources.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

"It's just that when will it be bound by this name?" Wu Chaojie sighed.

"How long do you think the Zhuming Dynasty will last?" Lu Ruolin asked.

"According to our analysis, if there were no special circumstances, the court would not have been able to hold on for a few years." Wu Chaojie said in a low voice.

"If Zhu Ming dies, who is the most likely murderer?" Lu Ruolin asked.

"If we don't interfere? Most of the time, it's a peasant army." Wu Chaojie said confidently.

"Since someone helps us solve this problem, why do we have to be evil people and leave stains? Is it not good to be fishermen?" Lu Ruolin said with a smile.

"The governor means..." Wu Chaojie suddenly realized.

"When a traitor or avenge him for the Lord? Which one is more popular?" Lu Ruolin asked.

Wu Chaojie nodded, "I understand."

"The reason why the Qing Dynasty recognized this agreement was nothing more than thinking that the court still had some constraints on me and that the content of the agreement was guaranteed. If one day the court was gone? Or when you were too busy to take care of yourself? What's the use of this agreement? It's no different from waste paper? It depends on when we want to tear it apart." Lu Ruolin sneered.

"Wouldn't it be a few years for the Tartars?" Wu Chaojie said unwillingly.

"How many years? You underestimate the power of the peasant army or Li Zicheng. At most, the court will not be able to withstand it in one to two years." Lu Ruolin's words were shocking.

"One or two years? Is it so short? The court still has elite troops on the nine sides, how could it be that they can't hold on for even two years?" Wu Chaojie was a little distrustful of Lu Ruolin's judgment.

"The elite nine borders? Now, except for the Guanning Army and Xuanfu Army, the other border troops have a little combat power. Moreover, the peasant army has already become popular. The people who have suffered in the world for a long time are impatient. Zhu Ming has already lost their momentum, but the speed of defeat is far beyond people's imagination." Lu Ruolin sneered.

Wu Chaojie was speechless, but he still couldn't believe that the Ming Dynasty, which had ruled the world for nearly three hundred years, would be defeated as quickly as Lu Ruolin said.

After receiving Lu Ruolin's approval, Chen Xinjia and Yue Tuo both breathed a sigh of relief. The biggest obstacle to peace talks between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty was eliminated, so that the court would officially sign a contract with the Qing Dynasty and reward Dorgon.

There is nothing left about Lu Ruolin. Chen Xinjia and Yue Tuo go back to the capital together, and there is still a final procedure to leave.

Soon, the court announced the world that the Qing Dynasty officially surrendered to the court. From then on, Dorgon left the imperial title and accepted the imperial prince of the Qing Dynasty.

This country name was also the result of Yue Tuo's struggle against reason. The court's original intention was to give a name like Guiyi and Shunyi to demonstrate the achievements of the court's common ruler and powerful ruler in the four barbarians.

Unfortunately, Yue Tuo thought those titles were too embarrassing. After all, Dorgon asked to withdraw his imperial title. How could he use that humiliating title? He insisted that the court enthroned Dorgon as the King of Qing.

The court is not good elsewhere, and it is really serious and harsh in terms of etiquette. Apart from the Ming Dynasty royal family, no one else has ever sealed it, so it is even more impossible for them to give it to the barbarians in their eyes.

As a result, the peace talks were settled in just a few seconds. As a result, it took a full seven days to argue over the name of the title and finally settled. In the end, both sides took a step back, and Dorgon was awarded the title of the King of the Qing Dynasty and enjoyed the treatment of the Prince of the Ming Dynasty.

Since Dorgon became the King of the Qing Dynasty, the titles of the ministers below must be taken down. The prince becomes a prince, and the prince becomes a marquis, and he will descend step by step.

The Qing Dynasty's acceptance of the imperial enthronement had a great impact on all forces in the north, especially for the Mongolian tribes, their attitude towards the Qing Dynasty began to change quietly.

The various tribes of Korqin had the closest relationship with the Qing Dynasty and were loyal allies of the Qing Dynasty. However, after the war between the Qing Dynasty and the Jinzhou Army failed and nearly half of the territory was lost, the attitudes of the various tribes towards the Qing Dynasty began to become ambiguous.

After the Qing Dynasty accepted the enthronement of the Ming Dynasty, this centrifugal force began to become more and more obvious. A large number of Mongolian cavalry left the Qing Dynasty and returned to Mongolia under various excuses. And the livestock tribute to the Qing Dynasty began to decrease, and time was also deliberately delayed.

There is nothing wrong with the grassland people fearing power but not virtue. They always follow the strongest ones. Once they find that the leader is not good, they will not hesitate to turn their faces on them.

Dorgon was mentally prepared for this. He knew the Mongols very well. But the overall situation is not stable yet, so he has no time to hit the Mongols, but he will definitely remember this account.

There was a group of people who were even more affected by Dorgon's acceptance of the imperial enthronement, namely the traitors who defected to the Qing Dynasty.

Most of these traitors were desperate or tried to fight for wealth and only lived in the Qing Dynasty as slaves. Now the Qing Dynasty was not doing well, and they had no way to go back, so they seemed particularly frightened now.

In order to win over the Han people, Huang Taiji enthroned several Han princes, namely Kong Youde as King Gongshun, Shang Kexi as King Zhishun, and Geng Zhongming as King Huaishun. Because the names of the three kings all have the word Shun, he was called the Sanshun King.

Among them, Geng Zhongming followed Dai Shan and died in battle outside Gaizhou City. Only the Han princes in the Qing Dynasty were the only monk Kong Youde.

However, now Dorgon can only call himself a prince, and the title of Monk Kong Youde Kexi was naturally lowered and was directly demoted to marquis, namely Gongshun Hou and Zhishun Hou.

The reduction of titles is still secondary. The most terrifying thing is that the Han people in the Qing Dynasty cannot see hope.

The Qing Dynasty was in chaos in this great defeat, and even its Manchus could not be preserved, let alone those Han slaves. In addition to the Han people who were given to the Jinzhou Army, many Han people died on the way to migrate and starved to death due to food scarcity, including many of the Han soldiers. Therefore, Han soldiers generally had resentment towards the Qing Dynasty, but they didn't dare to say it out loud.

The high-ranking officials of the Qing Dynasty also noticed this and specially transferred most of the Han soldiers to places far away from the Jinzhou army to prevent them from rebelling.

Monk Kong Youde Kexi was caught between the Qing Dynasty and Han soldiers. It was not pleasing to both ends and life was very difficult.

In fact, they are pretty good. At least they have military power and have certain value in use. The Qing Dynasty should also be appropriately attracted. Those Han people who served as officials in the Qing court, such as Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan, are much more miserable. They are gradually being marginalized and their futures are even dimming.

Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan, etc. are no better than ordinary Han people, and they have the possibility of returning to China. As famous traitors, once they are caught by the court and the Jinzhou army, they are likely to be executed by Lingchi. Therefore, no matter how difficult it is, they can only follow the Qing Dynasty to the point of being black.

The court had thought about extraditioning these big traitors, but the Qing Dynasty rejected the court's request for its own face. For the sake of the overall situation, the court did not insist and temporarily gave up this request.

But this incident also sounded a wake-up call for Kong Youde and the others, making them live in fear all the time.

The Qing Dynasty had lost its ambition to fight for supremacy in the Central Plains and wanted to survive in one acre of three-point land in Liaodong. Kong Youde and his people's value was greatly reduced.

In order to save himself, Kong Youde and others did not care about the suspicion of the Qing Dynasty. Several more important Han ministers in the Qing Dynasty gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

"Mr. Fan, you are resourceful. What do you think we should do in the future?" Kong Youde asked bluntly.

"What are you planning for Marquis Kong?" Fan Wencheng asked without answering.

"Mr. Fan is worried that we have two hearts? Please rest assured. We share weal and woe with the Qing Dynasty and will never betray the Qing Dynasty." Kong Youde expressed his position.

Fan Wencheng nodded slightly relievedly.

The Qing Dynasty was very wary of the Han people now. The Qing Dynasty would definitely arrange meetings like this. If they really planned to rebel, they would definitely not survive today.

However, such a blatant party, as long as someone who is a little more rational, knows that it is impossible to plan a rebellion.

"The situation in the Qing Dynasty is now in a difficult situation. If the prince pays attention to us, we must show our value." Fan Wencheng expressed his thoughts.

"We can even give our lives to the Qing Dynasty, how can we show our value?" Shang Kexi asked with a frown.

"Life is not worth the most these days, and the prince is not bad for the people who die for him. The key is how to reflect the value of our Han people to the Qing Dynasty, so that the prince will pay attention to us again." Fan Wencheng looked down on the people who kept talking about his life, which was too technical.

"Sir Fan, don't be careless and tell us what to do." Kong Youde was too lazy to guess the riddle.

"My Qing Dynasty has lost a large area of ​​land in the south. Now the only real core land is Liaoyang and Shengjing. Liaoyang is next to the Jinzhou army and is at risk of being attacked at any time. Obviously, it cannot be used as the rear of the Qing Dynasty. Then the only safe place is Shengjing."

"But the land around Shengjing is limited and it is impossible to support everyone. For the long-term plan of the Qing Dynasty, new land must be explored."

Fan Wencheng's idea was a bit novel. There were a lot of land in the Qing Dynasty, but there were not many places suitable for farming and grazing. They were all primeval forests and wastelands, which were very difficult to develop.

"Explore new land? Where to develop?" Everyone was puzzled.

"Explore northward." Fan Wencheng's words were amazing.
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