Lu Ming

Chapter 597 Fuyuan Treaty ([-])

"Whose imperial decree did you follow? Haha!"

Hearing Annan's envoy's preemptive questioning, Shao Qiang raised his head and laughed loudly: "It's a joke, why do you have to obey the order?"

Zheng Chuntang was surprised and angry: "It's a joke, the two countries are fighting each other, and the side will say that it has no purpose?"

Shao Qiang smiled: "This is called a low-intensity conflict in the region, where are the two countries fighting each other?"

The weird Chinese dialect made Zheng Chuntang, who has read the Han family economics, hesitate for a while.After tasting it for a while, he finally understood.

"Well, there is really no imperial decree!" Immediately, the tall and straight noble official among the Annan people turned his hands behind his back, his feet were uneven, and sneered with a sneer on his face: "There is no imperial decree to act without decree." Frontier provocation, this is a serious crime of rebellion and extermination. Your uncle is with Emperor Chongzhen, can he afford it?"

"Hey, you official, why can't you understand? Let me explain clearly to you."

Shao Qiang, who was sitting at the top, touched his nose helplessly: "Master Cao, the loyal and brave uncle, is the deputy commander-in-chief of Guangdong and the real-time commander-in-chief of Zhangchao. The sea area of ​​the Ming Dynasty from the south of the Yangtze River is under the control of Mr. Cao. Don't say it." The Red River Estuary in the Beibu Gulf, you call it Tokyo Bay, is the Siam Sea to the south, and since ancient times, it has also been under the jurisdiction of the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Guangdong."

Shao Qiang paused and added: "This is called the nine-dash line. Well, you don't read much, so it's not your fault if you haven't heard of it."

"Then since it is where the jurisdiction lies." Shao Qiang continued to guide the other party's thinking: "It seems that there is no need to ask for orders in such small conflicts these days. The capital and the border area are thousands of miles away. I also said that Bian will have the right to make decisions on the fly."

Zheng Chuntang was dumbfounded.The next moment, he stopped posing when he wanted to understand, and started yelling: "Pretending to make excuses! Waiting for the barbarians to destroy our capital, this is considered a skirmish? And what about the nine-dash line? It's nonsense!"

Annan's envoy was furious, as some people expected.So Shao Qiang didn't get angry when he saw the people spouting poisonous words. Instead, he smiled and comforted: "Brother, seek common ground while reserving differences. You can talk about everything slowly. Don't be so angry."

Zheng Chuntang quickly calmed down.In fact, he just had an excuse to attack, but seeing that the other party was unmoved, he knew that his reckless test was useless.At the same time, his mood became depressed.

Before this, the civil and military elites in Shenglong Mansion also roughly figured out the mentality of villains before today's mission: For the hostile parties who do not know each other, it is certain to shoot first, then shoot, and then sit down to talk. in the interests of the powerful.After all, after the weaker party has experienced the strength, it will take whatever it wants, saving a lot of hands and feet.

It is precisely based on this speculation that Zheng Chuntang, as soon as he came up today, he would not let go of the "violation of the order".

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The moment the Annan court learned that they could send envoys to negotiate, the elites of this country knew that the time to pay the price was coming, with a high probability.

Although things are still far from clear, the daily cost of such a large and ferocious fleet, which has never been seen before, must be sky-high.The fine iron shells that have entered Shenglong Mansion these days alone are not a small number.

So no matter which side of the Ming Kingdom the people came from, since they had spent such a huge amount of military expenditure, they would naturally not have gone the wrong way to bombard Shenglong Mansion.People in Annan know with their toes that the other party must have something to ask for, and the request is huge.

This can also be seen from the report sent by the Hongji magistrate.

So although we don't know the exact purpose of the tiger wolf, but since it is a tiger wolf, it is nothing more than eating meat and drinking blood.Tigers and wolves, the Annan people have been expanding in the Indochina Peninsula these years. They are used to tigers and wolves, so they understand the mentality of tigers and wolves very well.

So the question is, how to deal with it?
It is definitely impossible to fight.These days, from the actual controller of the Houli Dynasty, Qingdu King Zheng Bing, down to the soldiers at the Shenglong Mansion to watch the city gate, they were all frightened by this fleet that descended from the sky.

The Annan people's traditional military methods are useless in the face of this invincible fleet.As of today, less than half of the Thang Long Mansion within the range has been destroyed by shells, and the ancient capital is paralyzed. The Zheng Group, which controls the north of Annan, feels tremendous pressure.

But the opponent came and went freely, looking at that leisurely appearance, he could launch an offensive again at any time.

In the face of the huge unreasonable power, Annan Chaotang quickly recognized the reality and reached a tacit understanding: "Comfort".

In fact, it is just decent language for admitting defeat and making peace.

There is no way, since we can't "suppress" it, we can only "caress" it.

The Annan people don't know that this kind of helpless choice is actually too common in the historical process of another plane.I don't know how many backward agricultural countries have all their dignity smashed by the shells of industrialization and endure all kinds of humiliation.

Of course, although the Annan people have recognized the reality now, it does not mean that they will surrender and take whatever they want, and they always have to resist at various levels.

Then, just before Zheng Chuntang set off, under the collective planning of the Annan people, they still found out a weakness of the opponent: aimlessness.

This information was judged by combining the documents sent by Hongji and Cao's information provided by the Dutch consultant.

The reason for attacking the opponent's innocence is simple: the only thing the weak can rely on is the system.To put it bluntly: the way for the poor to defeat the robbers is to use the power of the government.

So, even though An Nanguo used to live behind closed doors, even though An Nan's court used to treat Daming like a tiger and wolf and took strict precautions, but at this critical moment, these people suddenly remembered that Daming was the suzerain
Yes, the people in Annan realized that only within the political framework of Daming could it be possible to send this extremely ferocious general surnamed Cao back at a small price.

Emperor Chongzhen became the Bodhisattva Emperor of Annan Xiaobang overnight, please take away the mount that your family has descended to do evil.

This is the reason why Zheng Chuntang stuck to the imperial edict when he came up today.

But Zheng Chuntang was disappointed.

Zheng Chuntang, who has experienced court experience, can easily tell from the expression, movements and tone of this Senator Shao that the other party doesn't care about the charge of "provoking border quarrels".
This judgment made Zheng Chuntang secretly scream that it was not good.

But at this point, no matter what he thinks in his heart, his attitude on the surface must still be tough.So at the next moment, Zheng Chuntang continued to follow the plan and said: "I'm so pleased to learn that the envoys sent by Xiabang to pay tribute to Emperor Chongzhen left the Red River ten days ago."

After looking around coldly for a week, focusing on the group of officials and scholar-bureaucrats on the left, Zheng Chuntang said in a cold voice: "Hmph, if you want people to know, you have to do nothing yourself. You have done such a good thing in my Annan. It's time to see the sun!"

"Okay, okay, if you want to sue your parents, go!" Shao Qiang touched his nose helplessly for the second time today, and he was really speechless about the action of the Annan people following the court's order.

"However, this official Zheng, I still have a good word of advice here." The next moment, Shao Qiang and the group of scholar-bureaucrats also exchanged glances, and added with a playful face: "The emperor who is in the state of heaven is not so Good to see. The capital is strictly controlled, those envoys of your family, be careful to be taken back to their original places as blind people."

Zheng Chuntang replied stiffly when he heard the words: "Hmph, I don't need the counselor to worry about this."

At this point in the matter, Shao Qiang, who had been planning to talk about the business, probably understood Annan's tactics.This made him a little annoyed, and he felt like he had been put on a straight line: "Then other than talking nonsense, official Annan, do you really want to talk about serious business?"

After questioning, Shao Qiang said viciously: "I can tell you, everyone put on a show this time to save face for your father-in-law. If you can't speak clearly today, then you don't need to come anymore. After a few days, Let's see you at the palace of Shenglongfu!"

The Annan strategy formulated by the traversers before was originally a phased one: if the bombardment cannot defeat the Annan people, the next step must be to use the army to land and capture Thang Long Mansion.In the future, assuming that the Annan people still don't give in under this situation, they will burn down the Thang Long Mansion, and everyone will slap their butts and leave. They will burn it again after a while.

So Shao Qiang's words were not bluffing.If it is judged today that the Annanites show no sign of softening, then the so-called negotiations will be terminated immediately and the bombardment will resume.Next time, when the fleet comes again, it will be full of army and pioneer soldiers brought from Hongji Port.

Seeing that the amiable opponent before suddenly showed his true colors and threatened to capture Shenglong Mansion, reason and judgment told Zheng Chuntang that the opponent was telling the truth.If the family continues to ramble, they will probably be kicked off the ship immediately, and there will be no way to deal with business at that time.

So Zheng Chuntang quickly changed his face in the next moment, and returned to the businesslike style of a civil servant.

As of this moment, the contact channels between Cao and Zheng that had been established through the war had finally begun to play a role.

And when both sides start negotiating in earnest, the tempo picks up.

After all, the reality is that one side is very strong and the other is very weak, so this kind of one-sided so-called "negotiation" is actually more like a "notification meeting".

What to notify?

"Hey, all of these are my uncle's intentions. They are all good things, mainly for the sake of good neighborliness and friendship. Let's develop a well-off life together. Mr. Zheng, let's take a look here first, ask me if you don't understand anything, and ask your father-in-law to stamp it later. .”

The next moment, Zheng Chuntang took a piece of white, thin paper.

The so-called uncle's "thoughts" were written in standard lowercase letters on the paper.

These ideas include the establishment of the "Embassy District" of Thang Long Prefecture, the "Free Trade Zone" of Hongji, and a variety of fifteen clauses such as "three-port trade", "agreement tariffs", "free purchase of agricultural products", and "extraterritoriality".

After Zheng Chuntang looked at it for a while, he felt a little dizzy and his legs were weak, so he found a chair and sat down.After a while, after Zheng Chuntang read all the clauses, he probably understood the meaning of seven or eight of them.

Aside from those clauses that he still doesn't understand, just a few of them are the most simple and straightforward, and Zheng Chuntang intends to die with these people in front of him: "Dare to ask my lord, this embassy district is the meaning of a country within a country. ?”

"I help Cao's pay a million dollars every year? My Annan's annual income is less than one million!"

(End of this chapter)