As a grandson of the Qing Dynasty's domestic secretariat, Yang Fangxing, since receiving the prince's order to go south, he has designed various possibilities in his mind - how to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty as neither humble nor arrogant as possible.

It is true that Yang Fangxing is a slave of the Qing Dynasty. Even if he dies, he will be a slave of the Qing Dynasty. But this does not mean that he is inferior to them in front of the Ming Dynasty.

Who is Yang Fangxing?

He was one of the Han officials who persuaded Huang Taiji to join the country.

Anyway, he would never have fallen into the prestige of the Qing Dynasty!

But what he never expected was that he, a great-grandson of the Qing Dynasty, was not even qualified to enter Yulin City.

Therefore, he and his servants could only stay outside the city, and they stayed for three days!

During these three days, they were not only sleeping in the open, but even the Yulin guards did not give them food, grass, meat, and even the Han people did not sell them.

This is not a warning, but to protect him - who made him a man from the Qing Dynasty, and if he entered the city, he would not take it down or behead his head, it would violate the national law!

Therefore, he could only stay outside the city for three days.

"Dorgon wants to handle this matter peacefully? Haha, OK, then I will offer a price. My conditions are simple. The first is to cede the land! You have to cede the land one hundred miles before Yulin Pass to me! Second, it is to pay compensation. Our army has a lot of expenses to search for the missing soldiers. Now the missing soldiers are not aware of their lives and deaths. Since it is lost to you, you have to pay the money! Third, the garrison, in order to prevent similar incidents from happening again, you will withdraw from Ordos, and we have the right to move in Ordos..."

In a tent outside Yulin City, facing the envoy sent by the Qing Dynasty, Li Yun directly discussed the conditions for peace with him.

It's not a discussion, it's a price.

As for the conditions offered.

It was no big deal for the Qing Dynasty.

It is just cedes land, compensation, and some privileges... These are all the best things in the Qing Dynasty!

Descendants are good at being ancestors.

Li Yun knew that as long as he got these three things, Ordos would almost be eroded by the Ming Dynasty, and then what would be more than one hundred miles?

This negotiation will turn into a "victory"!

As for why the Qing Dynasty was willing to cede land, pay compensation, and lose power and humiliate the country, this matter was just as His Majesty said, and it was actually a test of where their bottom line was.

When the Qing Dynasty was in the most miserable state in history, even though it was cedeed and the compensation was paid, it seemed that it was just because of the defeat... It was not right. It seemed that there had never been a war with the Russians and they cedeed the land directly.

That's right!

People have hereditary!

If you beat your ancestors, you are good at being grandsons. If you don’t have to be like other people, you may not be as quick as they do. But for the so-called Manchus, it’s okay. This is a habit passed down by our ancestors, and it’s no big deal. Otherwise, being a master or being a slave is nothing big.

"This compensation for losses is easy to say. The prince said that since the person was lost on the territory of our Qing Dynasty, it is natural to compensate for losses. But this cedes land... and a hundred miles of land is not OK!"

Yang Fangxing looked embarrassed and it was nothing to pay money, it was just a lot. The Ming Dynasty shouldn't ask for millions of responses, and hundreds of thousands of taels of money could always be taken out.

However, it is a bit difficult to accept the cedes of a hundred miles in front of Yulin Pass! Although the Qing Dynasty has long been focusing on the Western Regions, it may cause any future troubles to cede such a large piece of land to the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the Qing Dynasty cannot station troops in Ordos. Doesn’t this mean that Ordos is handed over?

"Sir,"

Wang Tianxin, who was standing beside him, also said,

"Ordos is the Eight Banners' land, and there is no reason to cede. Besides, it is just a grassland and is not suitable for farming. It is useless to ask for it by the Han people. It is better for the general to issue a compensation number. As long as it is reasonable, I believe the prince will agree."

"Hmph!"

Li Yun sneered,

"You are a wise man, so let's make it clear! This land must be cut. Without a hundred miles of land as a buffer, I can't sleep well. I was ordered to guard Yulin. As soon as I took office, you drew a cold knife. If you were to station troops in Ordos, you might have come that day. I want this land for you. I don't know how many people in Nanjing want to fight the Great Wall. Now you have sent your reasons. If you cut the land, the ministers in the court will be able to press this matter..."

What?

Is there such a benefit to cede land?

Yang Fangxing and Wang Tianqin looked at each other, and they were both a little skeptical. No, it was not a skeptical, but a complete belief!

What a deep hatred between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty!

How many Han people have been killed! How could the emperor of the Ming Dynasty live in harmony with the Qing Dynasty? Besides, the Qing Dynasty may not be willing. The reason why the two families have not fought hard is to fight for a few years to stabilize the situation.

The Qing Dynasty wanted to rely on the Western Expedition to gather the power of hundreds of Western countries to move south. As for the Ming Dynasty, it also wanted to rectify the Ming and foreign countries at home and abroad, and then take revenge on the northern expedition.

To put it bluntly, everyone will fight sooner or later.

Although he has such a heart, the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty may not think so. How could Yang Fangxing, a scholar, not know what civil servants think?

They must not be willing to fight, and the military merits of the war have nothing to do with them.

They would rather be peaceful on the border. Only when the world is peaceful can the emperor be unable to live without their civil officials rather than relying on military generals. They are unwilling to fight, and military generals on the border may not be willing to fight. Why?

Doing a good business can make money!

If the war lasted for three months, the master in front of him would not be able to earn money!

The prince is indeed clever!

In an instant, the two Qing envoys admired Dorgon's arrival. After all, the prince said, "Gather the material resources of the Qing Dynasty and make friends with joy." Why is it just to buy time! In order to prevent the Ming Dynasty from sending troops.

After thinking about it, Yang Fangxing spoke.

"This matter is of great importance and I can't agree. These conditions need to be reported to the prince before we can decide. And then, can the general sign such a peace agreement?"

Yang Fangxing's question made Li Yun laugh.

"I have signed the letter, so I will naturally report to Nanjing. Anyway, the same thing is still the case. If you don't agree, I will not be able to handle the transaction with Nanjing. You can decide whether to sign or not."

"I wonder how much compensation Daming wants?"

Wang Tianxin turned the topic to paying money.

Ordos... Actually, it is really not important. This place is a place for the Mongols, not a place for the Qing Dynasty. It doesn’t matter whether it is cut or not. What’s important is that you can’t fight the Ming army for the time being!

When they came, the prince had already told them that the Western Expedition was about to be imminent, and they should not lose their big things because of small things. They should try their best to appease the Ming people so that they would not send troops north. In fact, it is no big deal to ced Ordos at the moment... After all, in a few years, when the prince conquered Rakshasa, he would still fight back!

Compared to cede land, the amount of compensation is a big problem!

After thinking about it, Li Yun stretched out his top hand:

"Five hundred thousand taels... I don't want more, this is not a large amount, right?"

Five hundred thousand taels are not much?

Yang Fangxing's face turned black!

How much silver tax was collected in the Ming Dynasty a year? If you throw a soldier, you will ask for 500,000 taels of silver!

"No, no! I must not be able to bring so much money."

"This is impossible... too much, too much, and I, the Qing Dynasty, did not produce silver."

Li Yun waved his hand with a smile:

"It doesn't matter if you don't produce silver. If you don't have silver, then give high-quality wool worth 1 million taels of silver. Everything is based on the price of wool in Xin'an!"

In an instant, Yang Fangxing understood that the person in front of him was eyeing the wool of the Qing Dynasty!

He used the excuse of missing soldiers to fetch the wool from the Qing Dynasty!

What is the price of Xin'an? Which price is several times different from Yulin.

The two of them exchanged glances with each other. There was a lot of news revealed in the negotiation.

And the person in front of you... is so greedy!

Li Yun smiled again and said:

"Two, I believe Dorgon will decide these conditions I have put forward. You just need to report to him! That's all for today's negotiations!"
Chapter completed!