Culture and education in the south were flourishing. Although the Ming Dynasty divided the north and south lists in the imperial examinations to suppress the south, the Ming Dynasty, most of the time, was dominated by southern officials.

Nowadays, Donglin, which represents the interests of the southeast, is everywhere. Officials from several northern provinces either rely on Donglin or can only stand aside.

When southern officials controlled the court, their policies naturally tilted towards the south of the Yangtze River, the southeast coastal smuggling trade was booming, and the gentry and wealthy people made a fortune, but the government could not collect taxes.

The northern provinces were poor, famines and wars continued, and taxes remained unabated, which gradually led to their disinterest and moral integrity towards the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to the wealth of Taiyuan Basin, Shanxi is also a poor place. Shanxi merchants also wanted to make a lot of money from the salt merchants in the Huai River and the maritime merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, but they couldn't get involved and could only go out of the way and finally got on the line with the Qing army.

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Beijing City, inside the Ministry of War.

Chen Xinjia hurried into the public housing, then took out a secret letter sent from outside the pass and opened it to watch.

He looked at it for a few times, and his face showed joy. Ma Shaoyu, the deputy director of the Ministry of War who was sent to negotiate peace with the Qing army, reported that Huang Taiji finally replied and was willing to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty, and also proposed terms.

This made Chen Xinjia feel a little unbelievable. Although he advocated that the country would be settled first and negotiate peace with the Qing army, Chen Xinjia did not have any hope of whether Huang Taiji would accept peace.

After all, the Qing army had completely taken the initiative and could conquer the Northern Song Dynasty and rule the river like the Jurchens back then. Why should we negotiate peace now?

Now Huang Taiji agreed, which surprised Chen Xinjia, but then he thought that perhaps it was the battle between Songjin and Jiannu, and that it was also very effective.

Perhaps this is because Huang Taiji wanted to take a breath and rest the troops and then tear up the agreement and go south like the Jurchens back then.

After all, the barbarians have no trust, but as long as they can negotiate peace and wait for two or three years, the Ming Dynasty will have a chance.

This made Chen Xinjia very happy, and hurriedly picked up his pen and wrote a memorial, and then submitted it to Emperor Chongzhen.

After writing the memorial, Chen Xinjia packed the secret letters, and hurried out of the public room, went to the palace to pay homage to Chongzhen, and reported.

At this time, as soon as Chen Xinjia left, a minor official came outside the public room and called softly: "Ministry Hall?Ministry Hall?"

Seeing that no one agreed, there was no one around, the minor official pushed the door and entered.

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The palace, in the imperial study room.

Chongzhen listened to Chen Xinjia's report and pondered silently.

This matter ultimately requires Chongzhen to decide, and it is impossible not to speak. So Chen Xinjia kowtowed and said, "Please let Your Majesty make it clear!"

Chongzhen knew whether to negotiate peace, and the decision was up to him. Only when he agreed could Chen Xinjia continue.

Chongzhen said silently for a while and finally said, "If Jiannu requests peace talks, peace is OK!"

This seemed to be the Qing army taking the initiative to seek peace, but Chen Xinjia knew that Chongzhen wanted to save face, so he didn't care about these details and hurriedly kowtowed, "I understand the truth!"

Chongzhen nodded slightly, and then instructed: "This matter is confidential, don't let the court officials know about it!"

There is no airtight wall in the world, especially in the Ming Dynasty, where the scholars and officials only know that the party is the same and attack the differences, they will enrich their own families and ignore the country at all.

Since Chen Xinjia and Zhou Yanru made a move, the Donglin Party has been preparing to participate in Chen Xinjia and Zhou Yanru's book to find the place.

Zhou Yanru was an old bureaucrat who knew the truth that he had done too much and made mistakes. He became the chief assistant of the cabinet and focused on flattering Chongzhen. He did not do practical things at all. If he did not do things, he would naturally not make mistakes. The Donglin Party members could do nothing to him.

Chen Xinjia is still a little honest. As the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty, he was still passionate and wanted to turn the tide and implement his strategy of "rest the country first for resisting foreign wars."

And as long as he does things, he will have a handle to catch.

When the Donglin Party heard the news that Chen Xinjia wanted to discuss peace, it often published the book and participated in the matter, discussing Chen Xinjia's peace with Jiannu.

How can we argue with Jiannu in the Great Ming Dynasty? Regardless of whether the censors can fight or not, they are not going to the front line to fight, you, Chen Xinjia, must resist to the end.

The wave after wave of Chen in the court made the Grand Secretary Xie Qian unable to stand it. He felt that the censors ignored the national conditions, so he wanted to rescue Chen Xinjia.

Xie Qian found a few censors who scolded the most, hinting that their peace talks were beneficial to the court and told them not to make trouble. As a result, they were scolded by the censors and returned to their hometown.

Emperor Chongzhen was also forced by the censors to ask whether the court wanted to make peace with Jiannu, and in the face of fierce remarks, he could only deny it.

Now, a large group of people are staring at the peace talks, but there is no evidence, so they temporarily calm down. If it is leaked and the court officials know that the peace talks are indeed in trouble, the court will inevitably be in full swing.

Chen Xinjia was also wary of this, so he used his confidants, not a single person related to the Donglin Party.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty! I know it's amazing!" Chen Xinjia kowtowed and bowed.

Chongzhen then waved his hand and said, "Your family will do it! After the matter is done, I will let you be the second assistant."

Chen Xinjia got Chongzhen's consent and left the palace excitedly.

If peace talks are successful and the Ming Dynasty temporarily stabilizes the northern border, then the strategy of resolutely resilient to defend against foreign countries will be more than half successful.

Because in Chen Xinjia's eyes, the bandits inside the pass are much easier to deal with than the Jiannu outside the pass.

After all, the Ming court almost wiped out the bandits many times, but rarely defeated Jiannu.

At this time, Chen Xinjia was in a happy mood, humming a small song all the way, and walked out of the palace with brisk steps.

As soon as he left the palace gate, a group of officials blocked his way.

Chen Xinjia was slightly stunned and found that they were all old opponents, and his heart suddenly became shaking.

"It's out!"

"The traitor is out!"

A group of officials immediately surrounded him, with a ferocious face, waved his fists, and rushed up to fight.

Chen Xinjia was punched in the face, and his body took several steps back, and then he heard someone scolding: "The traitor actually made peace with Jiannu, and he was selling his country for honor!"

When Chen Xinjia heard this, he felt like he fell into an ice cave.

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The palace, in the imperial study room.

Just as Chongzhen was about to go to rest, an eunuch came to report, "Your Majesty, Shangshu Chen asked all officials to fight!"

Chongzhen was furious when he heard the words and slapped the table, "What's going on?"

"I heard that it was Shangshu Chen who was in peace with Jiannu, but the officials knew about it, so they beat someone up in anger!"

"What?" Chongzhen's body was suddenly withdrawn and he sat softly on the imperial throne, his expression was dazed, and after a moment, he turned sinister.

Soon, Wang Cheng's envoy came to report, "Your Majesty, all the officials knelt outside the palace gate to protest the court's peace with Jiannu, and demanded the killing of Chen Xinjia to calm the people's hearts!"

Chongzhen's face was gloomy and sunny, his face was as deep as water, and he was angry: "Damn it! I have repeatedly told him to keep it secret, why do you take my words as a wind in your ears!"

Chen Xinjia and Huang Taiji had peace talks and terms of peace talks. They were copied to the residence newspaper. Everyone in the capital knew about peace talks.

The Donglin Party seized the opportunity and took the opportunity to incite all officials and gentry and people.

The Ming Dynasty fought with Jiannu for many years. Every few years, they entered the pass and robbed. The people in the capital hated Jiannu. When they heard people inciting him, they immediately became angry.

For such a big thing, the chief assistant Zhou Yanru and others couldn't sit still and rushed to the palace to meet the saint.

In the imperial study, Xu Shiqi, the Minister of Justice, said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Chen Xinjia is talking about peace talks, Your Majesty acquiesced, is that really true?"

Chongzhen had a gloomy face and said silently for a while, saying coldly: "I don't know about this, but Xinjia is specialized in it!"

After hearing this, a group of officials criticized Chen Xinjia for not being ruthless and being in the court, he was in the court and was insulted by private money and should be executed.

Zhou Yanru glanced at Chongzhen, but the emperor refused to admit it and wanted Old Chen to take the blame, but if he followed the public opinion and killed Chen Xinjia, who else would do anything for the emperor in the future? The Ming Dynasty was afraid that it would really perish.

Zhou Yanru thought of this and decided to catch Lao Chen and quickly salute: "According to national laws, the enemy soldiers should not kill the Minister of War if they do not attack the city."

Chongzhen said coldly: "Chen Xinjia secretly wrote the money and deceived the emperor and refused to forgive him immediately."

Zhou Yanru's heart trembled, and he understood that the emperor was going to silence him, so he didn't dare to say much and kept silent.

A few days later, Chen Xinjia was taken to the execution ground in prison uniform and shackles.

At this time, Chen Xinjia couldn't help but look at the palace and sighed in great disappointment, "Is there anyone who can do my best to your Majesty in the future?"

After speaking, Chen Xinjia suddenly laughed bitterly and was beheaded at Caishikou. He gave up the matter of peace, and the Qing army had another excuse to send troops.

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