Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Zhang Hu made a fool of himself and continued speaking in an aggressive tone.

"It was your initiative to invade and occupy Kulun. It was also your initiative to collude with Yongxuan, the remnant of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. It was also your initiative to unite the various Mongolian ministries and lead the army to invade our Ming Dynasty's Shanxi."

"This war was started by you, Lucia, from beginning to end."

"Why, now that we have lost the battle, you want to expose the matter with just one misunderstanding?"

"Is it possible that all the soldiers and people of Ming Dynasty died in vain?"

"Do you fucking think I, Daming, am a fool?"

When Holmes heard this, the expression on his face visibly froze.

Because this matter is indeed what Lucia did wrong, and there is nothing to argue with.

If Lucia wins this war, there will naturally be nothing to say.

As for imperialism, the victor is never criticized.

But who told Lucia to overturn in East Asia this time?
As the saying goes, if you make a mistake, you must admit it, and if you are beaten, you must stand upright. Since you have lost, there is nothing to say.

Just accept the whipping and lie down and be laughed at.

Holmes silently endured Zhang Hu's violent spit without saying a word.

After a while, Zhu Jing'an finally opened his mouth and said calmly.

"Okay, okay, Zhang Hu, please calm down first."

"Although Lucia started this war, the entire responsibility for the war lies with Lucia."

"But the war is over, isn't it?"

"We cannot keep our eyes fixed on the past. We must focus more on the future. Only peace can bring us a future and development!"

Zhang Hu pretended to be dissatisfied and angry when he heard this, but he still spoke.

"What His Highness said makes sense!"

"But Lucia must take full responsibility for this war and must compensate our Ming Dynasty for this, otherwise we will never agree."

After Zhang Hu finished speaking, the rest of the people in the Yangxin Hall, whether it was the cabinet or the Fifth Army Commander's Office, also spoke out to express their opinions.

Unless Lucia gives enough compensation, Daming will never agree!
Some people even clamored to fight again, capture Omsk, and drive Lucia's forces out of Siberia.

There are not many doves in the Ming Dynasty from top to bottom. Under the leadership of Zhu Jing'an, there are hawks per capita and a strong willingness to fight.

Even civil servants are like this!
Seeing this, Holmes couldn't help but sweat broke out on his forehead, but he still spoke.

"Your Highness, please make it clear what compensation is needed!"

"We will do our best to satisfy you!"

When Holmes was speaking, he looked expectantly at Zhu Jing'an, looking forward to his answer.

When Zhu Jing'an heard this, he was silent at first, and then spoke.

"First of all, Lucia has to bear all the losses suffered by the Ming Dynasty in this war, as well as the military expenses spent by the Ming army in combat."

"I did a simple calculation and found that Lucia has to pay a total of 10 million silver dollars to the Ming Dynasty as war compensation!"

Taking into account the losses suffered by the Tatar invaders in Shanxi and the military expenditures spent by the Ming army on the Northern Expedition in recent years, the figure of 10 million silver dollars is about the same.

Zhu Jing'an's asking price is not bad!

Well, at least compared to the asking price of the Eight-Power Allied Forces in the "Xinchou Treaty", Zhu Jing'an's price is definitely a conscience price.

When Holmes heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

His eyes were full of disbelief.

"Ten...ten million silver dollars?!"

He was a little frightened by the large opening of the lion on Daming's side.

Ten million silver dollars, hell, Lucia’s annual income doesn’t even amount to that much!
Ming Dynasty really dares to ask for it!
"Your Highness, this number is really too big. Lucia can't afford it, and I can't agree to it!"

Holmes can guarantee that if he negotiates a treaty with an indemnity of 10 million silver dollars and goes back, he will be thrown into exile in the Arctic Circle of Siberia by Her Majesty the Queen...

When Zhu Jing'an heard this, his expression remained unchanged.

"Ten million silver dollars, no negotiation!"

"If the envoy cannot agree, then there is no need to talk about the peace talks. Please come back, envoy!"

"Of course, Gu didn't ask Lucia to pay the compensation of 10 million silver dollars in one go. You can choose to take a loan to pay in installments, or you can choose to use land as collateral."

"Daming Royal Bank is willing to provide you with financial borrowing services."

Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty is a banking organization recently established in Ming Dynasty.

Its reserves are as high as 50 million silver dollars, and it has branches in almost all important cities across the Ming Dynasty.

There are financial functions such as remittances, loans, and savings.

In addition, Zhu Jing'an also plans to use the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty to prepare for the issuance of banknotes.

How can I put it, because of Lao Zhu's shady operations at that time, the Ming Dynasty treasure money was turned into Ming Dynasty waste paper, and it became a disgusting thing for plundering people's wealth. The reputation of Ming Dynasty Baochao is completely stinky.

Therefore, if Zhu Jing'an wants to issue banknotes again, he must be cautious.

Otherwise, if he messes around with banknotes, it will easily arouse public outrage.

Of course, if paper money can be produced, it will definitely play a positive role in promoting the economic development of Ming Dynasty.

It’s not an exaggeration to even say that it can make Ming Dynasty’s economy take off!

When Zhu Jing'an mentioned the Royal Bank of the Ming Dynasty this time, he hoped that the Royal Bank of the Ming Dynasty could take over the big order of Lucia's compensation, and then completely become famous all over the world.

In this era, there were only a few banks that could provide loans of ten million silver dollars.

When Holmes heard this, the expression on his face was obviously troubled.

But Zhu Jing'an had no intention of talking nonsense or bargaining with him. He directly made an excuse that he was busy with state affairs and left the Yangxin Hall.

He only asked the cabinet and the Fifth Army Governor's Office to send officials to continue negotiations with Homs.

The negotiation method between the cabinet and the Fifth Army Governor's Office is also quite simple and crude. If you make a request, if you agree, you will talk about the next item. If you don't agree, you will take it back.

When you figure it out and agree to Daming's request, we can continue talking.

Well, it’s not Daming who’s anxious anyway, let’s talk slowly!

Negotiations continued intermittently for two months, and finally the peace treaty was roughly finalized.

First of all, in terms of compensation, Lucia has to pay 10 million silver dollars in compensation to Ming Dynasty.

The indemnity is payable in ten-year installments at an annual interest rate of four percent.

Well, the interest rate is similar to the rate of the Boxer Indemnity.

Daming Royal Bank will be responsible for the compensation.

Secondly, in terms of local areas, Lucia ceded Lake Baikal (North Sea), Bargusi, Chita, and Nerchinsk to the Ming Dynasty, and patrolled the land in the Obo area as war compensation.

If connected in a line, it would probably push the Ming Dynasty's northern border by two to three hundred kilometers.

The land from Lake Baikal eastward to Patrol Obo was included under the rule.

In addition, during the peace talks, the Ming Dynasty also requested Lucia's exploration charts of Alaska and the successful expansion of Alaska.

Although Alaska does not yet belong to Maozi, Maozi has already begun to reclaim Alaska.

Zhu Jing'an wants to ask for Alaska, and the purpose is self-evident.

Next, he wanted to intervene in the reclamation of North America through Alaska.

As a price, the Ming Dynasty will allow Lucia's merchant ships to sail through the Ming Dynasty's North Sea to supply expansion strongholds throughout Central Siberia and Eastern Siberia.

The reason why Zhu Jing'an did this was because he knew that even if he cut off Lucia's supply to Central Siberia and Eastern Siberia, Ming Dynasty would not be able to take over the vast Siberia for the time being.

In this case, it is better to allow Lucia to supply Siberia through Lake Baikal for the time being.

To put it bluntly, as long as Ming occupies Beihai for a day, it is like holding Lucia's balls for a day.

As long as Lucia still wants to supply supplies to the reclamation points in Siberia, they will inevitably be under the control of the Ming Dynasty and will often have to make concessions to the Ming Dynasty.

For example, West Asia and Central Asia.

When Ming Dynasty expands to West Asia and Central Asia, if it can get the assistance and support of Lucia, it will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort.

Beihai will be the most important strategic fulcrum when Ming Dynasty competes with Lucia.

But what would happen if the Ming Dynasty did not allow Lucia to supply Siberia through the North Sea?
In that short period of time, the Lucia Empire will indeed lose Siberia, and this will also cause the Lucia Empire to suffer a heavy blow.

Even Catherine's rule would be overthrown.

But what good does this do to Ming Dynasty?

Now the Ming Dynasty cannot eat Siberia. If Lucia loses Siberia again, the only ones who will benefit are the local indigenous tribes in Siberia.

And what about Ming Dynasty?

Apart from the fact that Lucia will completely become the sworn enemy of the Ming Dynasty, causing constant conflicts between the two sides on the thousands-kilometer-long border, and making the entire northern border of the Ming Dynasty unrest, there is no benefit at all, okay?

Before the Ming Dynasty was able to completely eat Siberia, it would be a very stupid thing to cut off Lucia's supply to Siberia.

Of course, let’s wait until the Ming Dynasty’s version of the Trans-Siberian Railway is completed and the Ming Dynasty has the ability to eat the entire Siberia.

When the time comes, Ming Shao Ming will have to have another fight with Lucia for control of Siberia!
After the treaty of ceding territory and paying indemnities, there are the terms for opening up and resuming trade that are common to imperialism.

This is something both sides like to hear.

However, among the terms for resuming trade, Ming Dynasty also determined one thing, that is, agreed tariffs.

Well, Lucia’s tariff on Ming Dynasty needs to be negotiated by both parties. What is this called?
This is called free trade! !
As for the tariffs imposed by the Ming Dynasty on Lucia, it was the Ming Dynasty itself that had the final say. What is this called?
This is called the sanctity of tariff sovereignty! !
What remains are the detailed extraterritorial rights, one-sided most-favored-nation treatment, diplomatic immunity and other supplementary provisions.

After the negotiations between the two parties were finalized, the "Minglu Friendship and Peace Treaty" was sent to Zhu Jing'an.

After Zhu Jing'an read it, he sent the treaty to Lao Zhu.

After Lao Zhu sealed the treaty, he only had to wait for the text of the treaty to be sent back to St. Petersburg, and Catherine II would sign and seal the treaty, and the treaty would take effect. (End of chapter)