A few years ago, Zhu Youjian was still a little ambitious and wanted to drive away Jiannu and regain the mountains and rivers.

But now it is the ninth year of Longwu, and he is fifty-one and over fifty-year-old.

In the age when the average life span is less than 30 years old, fifty is considered a long life.

If he had been ten years younger, Zhu Youjian would not have been so eager to discuss peace. He is now old and does not know how many years he can live. Seeing that he could not completely defeat the Qing Dynasty in a short period of time, he had to be anxious to seek peace and then take advantage of his ability to do things to clear obstacles for the prince.

The old Zhu family generally has this tradition. In order for the success of his descendants to secure the country, Zhu Yuanzhang almost killed all the heroes who came to Long.

Zhu Youjian felt that he had not had enough time, so he also started to take action, preparing to build a stable country for the eldest son of the emperor Zhu Linyuan.

Within a few months after the Longwu court was still in Nanjing, Zhu Youjian continued to move, and Du Yinxi and other leading factions were quickly driven out of the central government and sent to the local area. Although Du Yinxi was nominally in charge of Huguang, he was actually undermined by Zhu Youjian.

The Shun faction, which was originally dispatched by Du Yinxi, was left in Nanjing and Jiangbei and reorganized into an imperial guard and a Jiang defense force to protect the security of Nanjing, making Du Yinxi the name of a commander, but his subordinates had no soldiers.

The Ming army left in Huguang was controlled by Hubei Governor Fu Shangrui, and Fu Shangrui had He Tengjiao endorsed by the court, so he naturally did not fear Du Yinxi and would not obey Du Yinxi's orders.

Therefore, although Du Yinxi was granted the title of Duke of the State, he was actually marginalized by the Longwu court and lost the ability to influence the national policies of the Ming Dynasty.

When Du Yinxi saw that the emperor intended to alienate him, he felt a little disappointed and felt bored. So he accepted and said he wanted to resign. However, Longwu did not have a symbolic attempt to keep him, so he approved Du Yinxi's resignation.

This disappointed Du Yinxi and moved to Junshan Island, Dongting Lake, Yuezhou to live in seclusion. He Tengjiao was naturally worried about this and arranged a confidant to be the magistrate of Baling to monitor Du Yinxi.

After driving the pro-war faction out of the court, although Zhu Yihai opposed peace talks, the Zhejiang forces were mainly local, and the voices in the court were very small. The voices of opposition were soon drowned by the pro-polis.

In June, He Tengjiao and Feng Quan finally completed negotiations and wrote down the formal peace talks between the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The treaty stated that the Qing army would no longer invade south, while the Ming Dynasty recognized the Qing Dynasty as the Northern Dynasties. The eastern section of the two sides was bounded by the Huaihe River, the middle section was bounded by Funiu Mountain, Fangyu Mountain, and the western section was bounded by Daba Mountain.

When the battle between the Ming and Qing dynasties on the Eastern Front was fierce, the battle against Chengdu on the Western Front had been going on for several years.

Although Wu Sangui defeated Sun Kewang's attack many times, it took not long after each defeat in the Western Army to make a comeback, which made Wu Sangui unable to get a breather. 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 Qing Dynasty had transported supplies to Chengdu from time to time, but as other fronts were in a hurry, the supplies distributed to Wu Sangui became less and less, and in the end there was no one. In addition, the roads into Sichuan were rugged and the transportation of supplies was too much, so Wu Sangui had to give up Chengdu and retreat to the Hanzhong Basin.

And all this happened to happen 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 were united together, and the Ming Dynasty did not submit to the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty did not submit to the Ming Dynasty, and they were concerned about the face of Emperor Longwu and the Ming court.

In return, the Ming Dynasty opened the court on the border, giving the Qing Dynasty cheaper and traded with the Qing Dynasty at a lower price.

Compared with the Southern Song Dynasty's "Shaoxing Peace Agreement", He Tengjiao negotiated with the Qing Dynasty, this treaty reached was not embarrassing, and did not pay tribute. Instead, he won the two prefectures of Nanyang and Runing. It was not a shame, and was promoted by the Longwu court as a diplomatic victory.

Of course, in addition to the above written treaty, there was also a shameful oral secret agreement between the Ming and Qing dynasties, which was that the Qing Dynasty gave the Tang vassal fief Nanyang, plus a Runing Mansion to the Nanming, and promised not to invade the south again. The Ming Dynasty promised to deal with the pro-war faction and kill Zhao Zamao to gain the trust of the Qing Dynasty.

At the same time, the Ming Dynasty had to abandon Liaodong and North Korea and withdraw the Ming army in Donghai.

He Tengjiao agreed without hesitation about the request of the Qing Dynasty. Without Zhao Ming and Donghai Town, he betrayed Zhao Ming's interests and Donghai Town's interests without Zhao Ming's knowledge.

However, He Tengjiao also clearly told the Qing Dynasty that although the Longwu court agreed, Donghai Town might not obey the order. The Longwu court could only guarantee that if the Qing Dynasty collected Liaodong and North Korea, the Longwu court would not intervene, and that Donghai Town would withdraw troops from Liaodong and North Korea.

The two sides agreed to discuss and immediately sent missions to send letters of state and treaties. After Zhu Youjian and Fulin stamped their seals one after another, the "Guisi Peace Agreement" came into effect immediately. The Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty entered a stalemate.

Suzhou City, the residence of the Governor of the East China Sea.

Zhao Ming has been back in Suzhou for half a year and gradually walked out of the shadow of Jiangbei's failure.

Jiangbei's defeat was a shame for Zhao Ming, but it was not his Waterloo. As long as he managed it with all his heart, Zhao Ming was confident that he would seize all the glory he lost.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Zhao Ming knew about this, and Zhu Yihai also wrote a letter, hoping that he could oppose the peace talks.

Zhao Ming did not hate Zhu Yihai, but just saw clearly that Zhu Yihai was not actually a wise ruler, and he was also selfish. He understood that it would be unwise to place the future of the country and the nation on one person.

After receiving the letter, Zhao Ming submitted a memorial, expressing his disapproval of peace talks, and there was no further text, but focused on dealing with the follow-up matters of Jiangbei's defeat.

First, the wounded need to be treated. Zhao Ming summoned various military doctors and found doctors at high prices to buy medicinal materials to ensure that the wounded were treated. Then he allocated money and grain to provide pensions to the fallen soldiers, and ordered the shogunate to formulate a policy to preferential treatment for their families and their descendants.

While taking care of the wounded and pensioning for the families of soldiers, Huaxing Company increased production and manufactured muskets, artillery and armor to make up for the losses in the war. At the same time, recruited soldiers from Tunding and the people to restore the strength of Donghai Town.

It was a huge amount of money to provide pensions, manufacture firearms, clothing and recruit soldiers, which almost consumed all the maritime trade in Donghai Town in recent years, as well as the capture of foreign wars, which forced Zhao Ming, who was not worried about money, to regain his concern for maritime trade.

While caring about trade, there is another thing that also makes Zhao Ming a headache.

The Longwu court's peace talks with the Qing Dynasty quickly had an impact on Donghai Town, which made many people think that there was no need to fight, and it became difficult for Donghai Town to recruit new soldiers.

Jiangdong is rich and can support yourself in anything you do. You don’t have to risk losing your head. Why bother to join the army?
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