The third update has passed, and there has been a curfew in Chenyang City, and everything around is quiet.

In the silence, in a house not far from the corner of Xiaoximen City, a fierce knock on the door suddenly sounded. Several rooms in the courtyard were basically lit up at the same time. A man nearly fifty years old, with a short stature with a finger-length beard walked out of the main hall.

In a house on the western suburbs of the yard, a middle-aged man with a tiger back and a bear-waisted waist and an extremely tall figure walked over with more than a dozen soldiers. The man was wearing bright light armor, but he didn't even have a decent weapon in his hand, only holding a long wooden stick. "What should I do now?"

Ma Shaoyou smiled bitterly and said, "General Li Shen, we are in the tiger's den. If the Tartars want our lives, this wooden stick cannot save us, let it go! Ma Fu, go and open the door."

General Li was named Li Yulan. This time, he was ordered by the emperor to lead fifty soldiers to escort the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue Ma Shaoyu to Chenyang to negotiate peace with the Qing Dynasty. Their weapons were confiscated by the Qing army as soon as they arrived, and then they were placed under house arrest in this house for several months. Not only Huang Taiji himself, but also many important officials of the Qing Dynasty had never seen many.

The door was slowly opened, and dozens of Qing soldiers stood solemnly with guns and knives outside the door.

Ma Shaoyou's heart tightened, and his tight palms began to sweat.

Li Yulan took a step forward, blocked Ma Shaoyu, and asked, "Who is coming?"

A Qing general walked into the gate and asked in Chinese: "Who is the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, Ma Shaoyu? My master is invited."

Ma Shaoyu pushed Li Yulan away and said, "I am Ma Shaoyu. May I ask your master is..."

Na Qing replied: "Mr. Fan, the Grand Secretary of the Inner Court, has prepared the sedan chair and asked Mr. Ma to get on the sedan chair."

When he heard that it was Fan Wencheng who summoned him, Ma Shaoyu breathed a sigh of relief. Among the Qing ministers, Fan Wencheng was the best-ranked Han man and the one who was easier to talk to. Although it only seemed like this on the surface, contacting him at least made Ma Shaoyu feel at ease. "Then please wait, I'll go and change my clothes."

"My master summoned him urgently, please hurry up sir."

Ma Shao nodded happily, turned around and walked into the room. Li Yulan followed closely and asked directly after closing the door: "Dr. Ma, why did Fan Wencheng look for you at this point in time?"

Ma Shaoyu shook his head, "I can't explain clearly. But what should have happened, otherwise he wouldn't have been so anxious."

Li Yulan nodded and said, "Then I will go with you and I can handle things one or two."

Ma Shaoyou smiled and did not refuse, although he knew that this move was not very useful.

Chen Xinjia climbed from the bottom to the high position of Minister of War, but due to his personality problems, there were not many people around him who could use it. Ma Shaoyu and him were from Sichuan, and after him for many years, he has always been the person Chen Xinjia trusted the most.

During the Battle of Songjin, Ma Shaoyu followed Hong Chengchou as the head of the position to plan military affairs. It was under his step-by-step pressure that Hong Chengchou led his troops to advance quickly, and was finally burned by the Qing army. The army was trapped in Songshan City, and he was also fiercely criticized by court officials.

In order to shirk responsibility, Chen Xinjia began to strongly support peace talks with the Qing Dynasty, and Ma Shaoyu, who was dismissed, became the best envoy to Chenyang. On the one hand, Ma Shaoyu was in return for his kindness of Chen Xinjia, but on the other hand, he was unwilling to be blocked in his career, so he tried his best to promote peace talks to make unparalleled achievements.

But unexpectedly, the Qing Dynasty was completely unwilling to worry about it. Since his arrival, the Qing court has kept hanging him up and has made some simple contacts until today.

Ma Shaoyu walked into the room with a worried look on his face. When he saw Fan Wencheng, he bowed slightly and said, "Sir Fan."

Fan Wencheng stood up, grabbed Ma Shaoyu's hand very affectionately, and led him to the seat to sit down. "Brother Chengyu, it has been several months since you came to Shenyang. But Fan was busy with government affairs and did not treat you well. I am really sorry! I hope you don't care."

Fan Wencheng's enthusiasm caught Ma Shaoyou off guard, so he had to keep saying, "Where, where?"

After the maid served tea, Fan Wencheng took it up and took a sip. He smiled slightly before he said slowly: "Brother Chengyu, you and I are both literati. The long-cherished wish in the hearts of literati is to cultivate oneself, manage the family and govern the country and pacify the world. Let's not discuss these three items of self-cultivation and family and govern the country. Now, there is a chance to pacify the world and place it in front of us. We must seize this great achievement!"

Ma Shaoyu was active and instantly understood what Fan Wencheng meant. He asked happily: "Did King Khan agree to peace agreement?"

Fan Wencheng smiled and said, "Brother Chengyu, not King Khan, should you call His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty?"

"Yes, yes, it's His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He was just now wrong." Ma Shaoyu quickly smiled and apologized.

Fan Wencheng sighed a long sigh and continued, "You and I have been fighting for many years, and countless soldiers donated their bodies in the wild, and the people are displaced. This is a tragedy on earth. But every time you talk about peace talks, no matter whether it is your country or our country, there are so many opponents! In this difficult time, you do not avoid swords and axes, and come to discuss peace talks for the welfare of the people of both countries. Although you and I are their own masters, Fan admires your actions very much."

Ma Shaoyu didn't believe in Fan Wencheng's words at all for the welfare of the people of both countries. But Ma Shaoyu was very helpful to his praise. He nodded quickly and said, "Mr. Fan praised it. This is a great achievement for the two countries to discuss peace. If Ma Shaoyu can help one or two of them, Ma would be very grateful."

Fan Wencheng waved his hand and said, "This is what I want in my heart, and there is no help. But Brother Chengyu also knows that since the war between the two countries, the Qing Dynasty has won many times, and the Ming Dynasty has been defeated many times. In the hearts of ordinary Qing soldiers, they all thought that the Ming Dynasty would be defeated, and the Qing Dynasty would be defeated, so there was no need for peace talks at all, let alone those Qing generals who were eager to make military contributions? In Ruming, a large group of corrupt scholars opposed it. In our Qing Dynasty, every soldier opposed it. If we want to successfully negotiate peace talks, the pressure Fan faced is no weaker than Brother Chengyu!"

Ma Shaoyu frowned and didn't quite understand.

Fan Wencheng said that he supported peace talks, but on the other hand, he talked about the difficulties of peace talks. This repeated narration is not like a court minister who holds great power at all, but more like a bargaining businessman. He goes around and goes around and is always selling for the price. And the most important thing is that Ma Shaoyu doesn't know why Fan Wencheng said this at all?
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