Daming: Lend the system to Emperor Hongwu at the beginning

Chapter 149 Peace Negotiations with Great Britain
The Ming Royal Navy has completed another round of upgrades in the past ten years.

The number of naval warships is now actually reduced compared to before.

This time Chang Yuchun brought over sixteen warships besides the main ship Xiongying.

But the tonnage is bigger.

None of these sixteen warships has a tonnage of less than [-] tons, and they are truly giant artillery fleets.

In the original history, the British Fleet on which the Sun Never Sets, which was still criss-crossing the world at this time, was still superstitious about its numerical superiority, and did not study in the direction of giant ships.

It was not until 20 years later that the strategic significance of the giant ship was gradually realized.

The battleship fleet of this giant ship and cannon has been active on the world battlefield since then, until it was replaced by an aircraft carrier in World War II.

But in this time and space, Zhu Yuanzhang made clear the research policy of the Ming Dynasty's giant cannon very early, so in the second naval battle against the Eight-Power Allied Forces, the main ship of the Ming Dynasty was already the largest warship in the world at that time.

That battle completely made the Ming Navy proud of the world, and at the same time, the whole world also saw the horror of the giant ship's cannon.

Countries all over the world immediately rushed to follow up.

If the time goes back another ten years, it doesn't even need ten years, it only takes another five years. With the huge supply of resources in the colonial world, Britain can also create a battleship fleet that is not weaker than that of Ming Dynasty.

If Ming waited until then to start a war with Britain, even if it could win, it would only be a miserable victory.

But unfortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang did not give him this opportunity.

Before his huge artillery fleet was fully formed, he directly attacked his naval fleet and made great achievements in one fell swoop.

This battle almost wiped out the British fleet, making Britain completely lose the last possibility of strategic hegemony with Ming Dynasty on the sea.

This is simply destructive to a sea power country like the United Kingdom.

Without the navy, it means that the colonies around the world can no longer be deterred by force, and the consequences of this are unimaginable.

Queen Victoria of England sat down on her throne weakly, looking down at the many members of the parliament who were also silent, and everyone was speechless.

"What should I do?" This is the common thought in everyone's mind now.

But in fact, everyone knows what is the best choice at this moment, but they are all waiting for Victoria to speak.

"Let's make peace!" Victoria rubbed her eyebrows, and finally had to express her position in public.

In fact, summing up is a nicer way of saying it. Now, in this situation, it is a surrender, to lie down and let things go.

Chang Yuchun readily agreed to the letter of peace sent by the Queen of England.

"Tell your queen, I am not here to invade England, but to protect my Ming's legitimate rights and interests in England!"

"You should know that I, Ming, now have a lot of legal property in the UK. These properties should be protected by British law. Now someone wants to rob our property, but your British government doesn't care, so we have to send soldiers to protect our country's legal rights. "

Hearing Chang Yuchun's words, the corner of the envoy's mouth twitched twice.

Of course he knew what Chang Yuchun's so-called legal property was, and it was obtained by using the holy bead scam.

But even so, so what, Daming's fists are big now, so what he said makes sense.

Soon the two sides entered the negotiation stage.

There are three conditions in Chang Yuchun's proposal.

"First, Britain gave up the development of the navy and abolished the army."

"Second, Daming will send troops to the UK as a strong guarantee to protect property in the UK!"

"Thirdly, all British colonies overseas must be abandoned and the local people given autonomy."

These three conditions made the face of the entire British Parliament's senior management look ugly for a moment, and they firmly disagreed.

Chang Yuchun understood this very well. Negotiations have always been about demanding prices and paying back the money on the spot.

Anyway, the European battlefield has not yet produced results, and he has plenty of time to spend slowly with these British guys.

Three months later.

Negotiations have finally progressed to a point where both parties are relatively satisfied.

It's still three o'clock.

"First, Britain gave up the development of the navy and abolished part of the army."

"Second, Ming Dynasty will send troops to the UK, but the number will be strictly limited, and must strictly abide by British laws."

"Thirdly, Britain can give up some of its overseas colonies, but not for free. Ming Dynasty needs to pay a price to replace them."

[Progress of conquering Britain: 71%]

"Yes!" Chang Yuchun looked at the progress bar of conquest of England, smiled and nodded.

His purpose has been achieved.

The so-called price is nothing more than money, and it just so happens that they still hold the huge benefits that Shen Wansan has obtained from Europe.

This money can be exchanged for a large number of assets in the UK and abroad, so that Ming can control the lifeline of the entire UK.

At the same time, the money will also allow the capitalists in the UK who are on the verge of bankruptcy to recover their blood, so that the UK, a country that has completed the industrial revolution, will not collapse directly.

After all, the difficulty of conquering a completely collapsed Britain and the difficulty of conquering a Britain that is still functioning in an orderly manner are simply worlds apart.

If you want to conquer the collapsed Britain, you need to conquer everyone in the country, and if you want to conquer the current Britain, you only need to conquer the capitalists who made the order.

Just like when the Manchu Qing conquered Ming Dynasty.

If the Ming gentry hadn't been afraid of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army, they had taken the initiative to defect to the Manchu Qing, and even offered to help maintain the order at the bottom, it would have been impossible for the Manchu Qing to conquer the entire Ming Dynasty within a year or two.

In some respects, the present Britain and the Ming Dynasty at that time are of the same nature.

Although the Queen of England has rights, they are also limited. The control of the entire country is actually in the hands of big capitalists like Parliament.

It’s just that compared to the gentry in the Ming Dynasty who only knew how to collect money, fight for power and profit in the country, and desperately fight internally, these capitalists in the UK are more aggressive. Perhaps it is because the UK is too small and the domestic resources are too few. Understand that the use of force, foreign colonization, and foreign aggression are better ways to make money.

But in fact they are essentially the same.

There is no bottom line, and both have the weakness of the bourgeoisie.

As long as you can keep your own property, no country or nation is bullshit.

If these capitalists were from Ming Dynasty, then Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely strip them off and make them known to the public without hesitation.

But if it was in the UK, then Zhu Yuanzhang would have to call out.

Because he only needs to control these people, and then he can control the whole of Britain.

And these people have weaknesses, and the huge assets of each of them are their weaknesses.

In front of Da Ming's violent army, they trembled with fear. They were afraid that Da Ming would be completely unreasonable and directly rob them of their assets.

But now Daming not only did not directly rob them, but also negotiated with them in a very reasonable way.

Even if the negotiation conditions are a bit harsh.

But this is normal.

After all, they are now a defeated country.

The defeated country has no right to speak!

The negotiations with Britain came to an end, and it was already difficult to continue to make progress in conquest in a short period of time. Chang Yuchun naturally turned his attention to the current European battlefield.

In this time and space, without the aid of the United Kingdom and the harassment from the sea, Germany's combat effectiveness has been completely released.

Now the army of Tsarist Russia has been pushed back into Russia, and it is gradually advancing towards the inland of Tsarist Russia.

If he is really allowed to take down Moscow, another Napoleon will appear on the European continent.

And the country is more belligerent, more aggressive.

To be honest, this is not in the interests of Daming.

But Chang Yuchun was not in a hurry to intervene in the European battlefield, because although Germany had a greater chance of winning now, Tsarist Russia did not have no chance at all.

The battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and it is not too early to draw conclusions.

He shifted his gaze again and looked at another opponent.

An opponent who is on the other side of the ocean and has not been involved in this European melee.

United States.

In the words of His Royal Highness, this country is Daming's biggest opponent in the future.

He must be defeated before he has fully industrialized and integrated all his forces.

Because if he had enough strength, it would be impossible to conquer this country that almost occupied the entire North America and was about the size of Ming Dynasty.

In history, after the completion of the Civil War and the settlement of the southern slave owners, the United States quickly ushered in a wave of great development.

This is also the beginning of the United States' gradual rise to the world stage and its real rise.

But now that the American Civil War has just come to an end, and the domestic political situation is still unstable, it is the weakest time.

If you want to conquer the United States and miss this opportunity now, I am afraid there will be no more in the future.

(End of this chapter)