Chongzhen's words reached Jiergalang. Jiergalang had no time to take care of himself at this time and gave up Hong Chengchou in his opinion, so there was no reason to refuse. What's more, Hong Chengchou went to the Ming Dynasty as an envoy. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty said that he would not kill the envoy. Hong Chengchou went to forgive the danger of life, so Jiergalang went to the door himself and asked Hong Chengchou to take action.

Hong Chengchou was in a very conflicted mood during this period. The Qing army suffered repeated defeats one after another. Even Dorgon returned with great defeat. Naturally, he thought that the Qing flag might not be long before it was beaten. As a traitor of the Ming Dynasty, he definitely had no good end. However, thinking about the Ming Dynasty commander who was determined to wipe out the Qing army in the past, he had never been asleep for this reason, but in the end he failed. He became a prisoner of the Qing army. He also blamed himself for his weak will and could not show his ambitions by death. He was half-stopped and half-place.

He surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Since Li Zicheng captured Beijing, Chongzhen became a prisoner under Li Zicheng. He thought that the Ming Dynasty was about to fall, so he offered his plans for Dorgon to attack Beijing, which was to destroy the thieves and live up to the old master. As a result, Emperor Chongzhen now shed his shell and went south to Nanjing to recreate the Ming Dynasty. Seeing that the Ming Dynasty was invincible, not only that, the Ming Dynasty seemed to be reborn overnight, and its military strength was even more rapid, even above the Qing army. It was really impermanent!

Now the Qing Dynasty is in danger, and I don’t know where its retreat is. If I die at this time, is it for the Qing Dynasty? A joke! I will die calmly in the Battle of Songjin, which is for the Ming Dynasty. It can be praised for history. If the Qing Dynasty is surrendered, it will be a shame to the people of the world to die. What can I do?

When Jiergalang came to invite Hong Chengchou to take on the role of peace talks, Hong Chengchou was shocked. Especially when Jiergalang said that this was the intention of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, Hong Chengchou felt it was particularly absurd. Could Chongzhen's move meant to humiliate himself in person? Or killed himself to vent his anger? In short, there would be no good results for him to eat. Hong Chengchou was a little stunned for a moment, his mind was overturned, and he wanted to die, and sometimes he felt that it was not worth it to die now, and he could only leave a devil for thousands of years. Jiergalang saw that Hong Chengchou looked dull, completely different from his usual demeanor, but he thought that Hong Chengchou refused to go, so he repeatedly stated that Chongzhen would not kill him, and he vowed to guarantee him. Finally, he saw Hong Chengchou nodding and then felt relieved.

Hong Chengchou did not have the courage to die, and did not even go to death in the Battle of Songjin, and he would not choose to die now. Hong Chengchou had no choice but to set foot on the way to Yingkou with a nervous mood, and went to see Chongzhen with Tong Yanghe.

When he arrived at Yingkou, Wu Sangui came forward to receive Hong Chengchou and Tong Yangxing. Seeing Wu Sangui's excellence, Hong Chengchou felt ashamed and angry, but relied on his good skills in qi cultivation to cover up his embarrassing mood. Tong Yanghe only dealt with everything.

Wu Sanguiniu was so coaxing that he said that the emperor had no time today and would only receive the envoy tomorrow. Then he repeated the old tune and suggested that only when the Manchu Qing retreated to the area north of Heilongjiang, the Ming Dynasty could put the Qing Dynasty on the horse. Otherwise, when the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty arrived, all the people who resisted would be crushed into powder.

Of course, this condition cannot be agreed. I heard that it is extremely cold north of Heilongjiang and it is difficult to survive. Tong Yanghe and Wu Sangui sucked for a long time. Wu Sangui touched his nose, then glared and said that he would negotiate the conditions and not accompany him. As for any requirements, he might as well propose it to the emperor in person when he meets the emperor tomorrow. Everything depends on the emperor's sage.

The next day, when Wu Sangui came again, he told the two that Liaoyang had been captured and Duoduo was killed in battle, more than 8,000 Qing troops were killed in battle, and more than 9,000 Qing troops were captured. Among the prisoners, there were not many young and old, and the young and young, so it was obvious that the people could no longer get the young and strong.

Hong Chengchou and Tong Yangxing looked at each other, thinking that the combat power of the Ming army was extremely terrifying. They captured the city of Liaoyang in two days. Isn’t it a fool to defend Chenyang!

Chongzhen asked the two to wait here on purpose, just to wait for the day when Liaoyang City was broken, and then talk to the Qing Dynasty about the conditions for surrender. The two days of capturing Liaoyang was to kill the deterrent. It was just like the battle of Pingjin to capture Tianjin with lightning speed, forcing Beijing Fu Zuoyi to give up his fantasy and prompt Beijing to liberate peacefully as soon as possible. This is the same principle.

Afterwards, Hong Chengchou and Tong Yanghe boarded Chongzhen's boat in fear and fear to meet Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty.

When Hong Chengchou saw Chongzhen, he felt that Emperor Chongzhen was so energetic that he was very different from the morbid Chongzhen in the past. Maybe it was because people were so happy when they were happy! Chongzhen was also mixed with the old and haggard Hong Chengchou, facing the former minister and the current traitor, he should have been proud of his victory, but suddenly he thought that history had been a different ending, and he felt compassion for no reason. He felt that life was impermanent and God was willing to do something, and he could not even feel hatred for Hong Chengchou in front of him.

Chongzhen waved his hand and said to Liu Jiyun:

"I want to have a good talk with Hong Chengchou. You can take this Tong Yanghe down first."

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Chongzhen and Hong Chengchou talked for nearly three hours, and they didn't know what they had to do. However, after the talk, the Ming Dynasty relaxed the conditions for the surrender of the Manchus.

Since the Ming army easily captured Liaoyang, Jiergalang knew that Chenyang could not be defended. If you flee north, you really didn't know where to escape. With the Ming army's devastating combat power, even if you flee north, you will never escape the fate of being chased and wiped out one day. The conditions brought back by Hong Chengchou and Tong Yanghe were harsh, some of which even implicitly care for them. Jiergalang and Daishan summoned the people headed by the Eight Banners, and after discussing, they decided to surrender. This matter was reported to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and a woman, who dared not have any objections in the face of such a situation. After crying for a while, they could only accept the reality.

On the fifth day of September, the Qing army surrendered to the Ming army in Shenyang. The entire surrender ceremony was carried out according to the plan proposed by Chongzhen. Jiergalang signed the surrender letter and then handed over the sword. On the Ming army, Zhang Huangyan was responsible for the surrender. The Qing army drove out of Chenyang City to surrender. The Ming army only confiscated firearms such as machine guns, artillery, and thunder, which were defined as weapons of mass destruction, other swords, even rifles, shotguns, and the Ming army did not confiscate them.

Zhang Huangyan read out the imperial edict, named Fulin as King Shun, and his fief was to the east south of the Heilongjiang River Basin; He named Haoge, the eldest son of Huangtaiji, as King Su, and his fief was to the east north of the Heilongjiang River. In order to help the Manchus migrate smoothly, the court provided 10 million silver coins and 5 million taels of silver as an interest-free loan in five years, but the loan was limited to the construction projects reviewed and approved by the court. The construction projects were proposed by the Manchus, and after approval by the court, the court sent personnel to jointly manage them. In order to promote the economic development of the Manchus autonomous region, the court will build a railway to the Heilongjiang River Basin at an appropriate time. The imperial edict announced that the Han people in the Manchus autonomous region could freely travel and settle, and the Manchus could also freely travel to other areas of the Ming Dynasty and choose to settle down.

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The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty could understand other aspects, but the officers and soldiers were very puzzled by the court's lent money to the Tartars. The original condition proposed to the Qing Dynasty was to compensate the Ming Dynasty for two million taels of silver as war compensation, and to pay 500,000 taels of silver every year in the future. Now, the court still paid the price! Can this be understood?

Chongzhen returned to Nanjing, and Nanjing was in full swing for several days. The people of the Ming Dynasty cared for great enthusiasm. The court and the public gave unprecedented high praise for pacifying Liaodong. In the mouths of some flatterers, such achievements were simply unprecedented. The Ming Dynasty was revived and was about to enter a prosperous era. Chongzhen was indeed the protagonist who was praised. Wu Sangui returned triumphantly and became a hot figure. People forgot everything that mocked Wu Sangui that day. Wu Sangui was too busy to socialize. This time, he was really busy.

As soon as Chongzhen came back, Wang Chengen and the princess naturally came to meet. What Wang Chengen was most interested in was what Chongzhen and Hong Chengchou had talked about.

Chongzhen sighed and said:

"It was a bit difficult to talk to Hong Chengchou at the beginning. People were psychologically burdened, so I relieved the pressure on him and started chatting. I asked him why the Battle of Songjin was lost? He admitted that it was his command error, and it was an indelible nightmare. Another major factor in the defeat of Songjin's Battle was that the Ming Dynasty and the officialdom were better, and the army was no longer saved after the battle. The Qing army was able to win, and the strategy and tactics and combat power were the same thing. The Qing army was far inferior to the Ming army, so they could win."

Wang Chengen and the princess nodded. The Ming army was famous. Li Chengliang raised bandits in Liaodong, and later, when the official army suppressed the bandits, they were bribed by bandits, killed good people and gained credit, raised bandits, and withdrew military pay, etc., which was simply terrible. If it weren't for the establishment of a new army, those warlord-style troops would be afraid that no matter how advanced guns and cannons were available, they would not be able to win.

The princess then laughed and said:

"Is it possible that Hong Chengchou's idea for the emperor to let the Manchus go on the road of sacrificing the country? So the emperor decided to lend money to them to do projects, and then, they naturally got sacrificing, right?"

Chongzhen also smiled and said:

"It's okay if you have to say that. My idea is that I still want the Han people to try to integrate with the Manchus. The best way is to let the Han people participate in the post-war reconstruction of the Manchus. Once the engineering projects are started, the Han people will definitely flock to it. As for the Manchus to let the Manchus see the ** culture that is unique to the world in the Ming Dynasty, that is a side effect. I also told Hong Chengchou to assist Haoge to expand his territory to the north, and the north is also a good place!"

Wang Chengen smiled and said:

"It's still the emperor's scheming and conspiracy. Well, this layout has a lot of meaning!"
Chapter completed!