Chapter 757: Strong Negotiations

This martial arts exercise is destined to be shocking, deafening, and effective.

The confidence of the Horqin tribe in Mongolia has greatly increased, and Chahar must have restrained and scruples.

Joseon's determination to follow the Ming Dynasty will be strengthened, Kayama Kumori of the Satsuma Domain will swear allegiance to the death, and the small movements of the Ryukyus will be close to nothing.

Annam, Burma will naturally be frightened, and when the country is in turmoil, it will never want to go to war with the powerful Ming Dynasty again, or lead them to intervene.

The Dutch and Spaniards completely recognized the reality this time, their hearts were uneasy, their nerves were tense, and their mood was difficult to calm down, but they were all thinking about negotiating peace with the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.

The civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty were boiling in their hearts, their faces were full of red light, and there was a raging fire burning in their chests, and they wanted to look up to the sky and howl!

Those gentry, opposition officials, celebrities, and ordinary people were drumming in their chests, extremely proud, and their expressions were irrepressibly excited, beyond words.

King Ping and King Tang also looked up at Zhu Xu, who was high above, with different thoughts.

King Ping sighed in his heart, King Xiaohui finally became the current mighty Emperor Jingzheng, and all his thoughts for many years were not in vain.

King Tang's heart surged, and he secretly said in his heart that this is what my Ming Emperor should be!

No matter what everyone thinks, Zhu Xu is very satisfied with this martial arts exercise, and I believe that it will have a great effect!

He put his hands behind his back, watching the military exercise gradually come to an end, the sun above his head was already hanging in the southwest, not asking if everyone had the heart to eat, and when it was completely over, Zhu Xu waved his hand and said, "Banquet!" ”

With a wave of his hand, he pressed back everyone's hearts.

Inside the canteen of the naval base.

The cafeteria was huge, and although it was improvised, it was large enough to accommodate 500 people at the same time.

The dishes on each table are exquisite, they are all a representative, and they are full of color, flavor, and blessing. Made by the top chefs in the state capital.

Zhu Xu, Tang Wang, Ping Wang and others naturally sat in the front and the most honorable position.

Tang Wang, Xiong Wencan and others are very happy, this exercise has greatly enhanced the confidence of the officers and men, showing the strength of the navy, and the status of the navy will become more and more important in the future! The shouting for the retrenchment will definitely become quieter!

Zhu Xu ate a little slowly, mainly because he didn't sleep last night and had some stomach discomfort. He was naturally the happiest, his gaze sweeping over the large group of people in front of him.

The military power shown by the Ming Dynasty is absolutely crushing level, whether it is the surrounding Wa Kingdom, Annam, Burma, or overseas Spain, the Dutch, absolutely invincible on land, at sea, the Ming Dynasty is also moving towards invincibility!

The effect of this military exercise will definitely be at the level of a nuclear explosion, and it will take effect quickly!

Not far from him, in Annam, the Burmese envoys did not know what to eat, and looked up from time to time, their faces were worried, and they were always uneasy.

The fighting power of the Ming Dynasty is too strong, only more than 10,000 people, enough to sweep their country, they have old grudges, and it hasn't been long, how can they feel at ease!

Chahar, the envoy of Lin Dan Khan, Nikru, had a calm face, looked at the table full of exquisite dishes, lost his appetite, and was speechless for a long time. The Ming Dynasty became stronger and stronger, which frightened him. Chahar is actually not strong, relying on the support of the Ming Dynasty in recent years, it has annexed many small tribes, but it can't look down on the desert, can't confront the Ming Dynasty, and now it can't!

The envoys of the Wa State are not calm now, the Korean War a few decades ago, the Ming Dynasty did not have such a powerful navy, if the Ming Dynasty held grudges against the previous grudges, could they resist the Wa State?

The most unpalatable is the Netherlands, a captive of Spain, seeing the strength of the Ming Dynasty, they can't even give birth to the courage to resist.

A huge naval fleet, a powerful army, none of which they can easily defeat, if they can't maintain good relations with the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the colonies near the Ming Dynasty, Asia, and even the whole world, they will become extremely unsafe!

This result is so terrible that they can't bear it, and neither can their country!

It is necessary to reconcile with the Ming Dynasty, maintain good relations, and ensure that their interests are not infringed upon!

This is the common voice of the Dutch and the Spaniards, they can't wait, anxious, their eyes are always looking at Zhu Xu's direction, and they can't wait to negotiate peace with His Majesty the Ming Emperor now!

But His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty didn't speak anymore except for a few polite words and appeased him, and ate slowly.

These people are very depressed and tormented.

Relatively distinct, that is, the surrounding Ming Dynasty is happy to see the Ming Dynasty's strong small countries, tribes,

The Mongolian Badali was very happy, and the powerful Ming Dynasty was able to protect the weakened Horqin.

Korea was in danger of being a Japanese state, and it was weak, and it was in great need of the protection of the Ming Dynasty.

The Satsuma Domain is even more so, although Kayama Kumori got the official position of Satsuma Mamoru and was recognized by the Tokugawa family, but he was also terrified, for fear of being found to be backed by the Ming Dynasty, and now seeing that the Ming Dynasty is so powerful, that worry is gone.

The happiest are those officials, gentry, and celebrities of the Ming Dynasty, and the strength of the army can be considered that the foundation of the country is solid, and the four seas are peaceful, which is what they are most happy to see! Although he restrained himself in front of Zhu Xu, he still pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and the laughter was endless.

"Your Majesty, Weichen respects you......"

"Long live the emperor, may I be ...... forever"

Tang Wang, Ping Wang and others toasted Zhu Xu with a smile on their faces, and their tone was unusually respectful.

Zhu Xu drank a few glasses, put down the wine glass and said: "After the banquet, well, two hours later, King Ping, King Tang, and Xiong Wencan came to my study." ”

The three of them all looked slightly shocked, and then said, "Yes." ”

This feast is a buffer for these people to facilitate the following things.

Zhu Xu had an upset stomach, sat for a while, then stood up, turned around and left.

I don't know how many people are watching Zhu Xu, as soon as he left, almost everyone was alarmed, and they all looked up at his back, until he went out, his eyes still couldn't be taken back, and there were countless meanings in the eyes of some people!

Zhu Xu didn't bother to pay attention to them, he wanted to recharge his energy and wait for the next 'battle'!

Those people in the restaurant, naturally there are Tang Wang, Ping Wang greeted, Rao is so, the two of them are also anxious, left and right to deal with.

Those who are 'irrelevant' can naturally leave, and the propaganda of this big military show is everywhere.

And the people who stayed in the base, no one knew how many people were like ants on a hot pot, anxious, and wrote a secret letter to send someone away, but they still didn't feel at ease, and tried every possible way to find the officials of the Ming Dynasty to inquire about the side.

The Ming Dynasty's military exercise would not have no purpose, but no one knew what it was, and if they couldn't figure it out, they wouldn't be at ease sleeping.

King Ping, King Tang, Xiong Wencan and others were stumbling, obstructing, appeased, and wishing to do everything possible to calm these people down, and even the Dutch Governor Puttmans kept asking for negotiations with the Ming Dynasty, which made trouble in front of Cao Huachun.

Cao Huachun is now sorting out Zhu Xu's recent speeches, which must be polished, retouched and sent to the capital, the current cabinet, and the future revision of history, these are extremely important.

He is by Zhu Xu's side, and he knows very well the role of this martial arts exercise, and the most important thing is deterrence!

Deter some small countries with bad intentions in the southeast peninsula, deter the red-haired people, the Francophone people, and the restless people in the Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Xu was sleeping, although he was tired, he was deliberately drying those people, and he naturally didn't need to pay attention to them.

It wasn't until it was almost dark that Zhu Xu washed his face refreshed, changed his clothes, and walked out.

"Your Majesty." Cao Huachun stood next to Zhu Xu and only said one sentence, and the rest was silent.

Zhu Xu laughed, and said as he walked to the study: "It's lively outside, right?" ”

Cao Huachun followed and said, "Yes, many people have come to ask to see, and the Dutch are going to rush out." ”

Zhu Xu turned around and entered the study, sat on the chair, and said directly: "Well, let Yang Sichang, Dolgon and others go, and crusade against the Zheng clan of Annan as soon as possible, the speed must be fast, and the navy will also support, with the strongest force, recover Annan!" ”

Cao Huachun understood what Zhu Xu meant, bowed down and said, "Obey." ”

Defeating the Netherlands, Spain's naval battle can not show the strength of the Ming Dynasty, this military exercise is still not enough, it must be a hearty battle, devastating, thunderous lightning victory, in order to show the strength of the Ming Dynasty and thunderbolt means!

Zhu Xu's fingers tapped slowly on the tabletop, and his mind flipped.

In the north of the Ming Dynasty, there is basically no threat north of the Great Wall, and Chahar is still unable to flower, which can be regarded as stable.

In the Eastern Sea, the Wa State can toss one or two, but even if they do not close the country, they are not the opponents of the Ming Dynasty, so they don't have to worry about it.

In the South China Sea, the main naval forces of the Netherlands and Spain were basically wiped out, regardless of whether the negotiations were successful or not, the initiative was in the Ming Dynasty, and they no longer had the ability to plunder, right.

These small countries in the southeast are not peaceful internally, fighting endlessly, their strength is constantly weakened, and they are unable to challenge the Ming Dynasty, but they are unstable factors, and they need to be deterred to ensure that they do not have a moth, so that the Ming Dynasty can have a stable external environment and do its best to deal with internal affairs.

'Xiaoice River' is moving towards the most drastic period, affecting from all sides, will make the Ming Dynasty weaker and weaker, and at the same time, the Ming Dynasty's 'Jingzheng New Deal' is also entering a deepening and meticulous stage, which requires concentration and full effort to do it, and cannot be distracted.

Zhu Xu spent six years overdrawing the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, building a strong army, sweeping away the Jiannu, establishing a navy, and defeating strong enemies at sea, just to ensure that this period of weakness could not be disturbed, and there would be no endless wars or other things, dragging the Ming Dynasty into a catastrophe.

Now, it's the final step!

By subduing these countries in the southeast, the last potential threat of the Ming Dynasty was also minimized, and there was no need to bother too much in the next few years.

"Call King Tang, King Ping, Xiong Wencan." Zhu Xu snapped his fingers and said.

"Yes." Cao Huachun turned around and sent someone to pass it on.

The three of them had actually been waiting for a long time, and when they heard this, they hurriedly trotted over and saluted, "The minister will see the emperor." ”

Zhu Xu was holding the teacup and said with a smile: "Flat, how is it, is it enough to be choked?" ”

King Ping and Zhu Xu have a close relationship, and they have a close attitude of not being afraid of anything, and said with a smile, "The emperor has long known that the ministers were entangled by some envoys from Burma and Nanzhang for more than an hour, and they said that they wanted to enter Jingnagong for a while, and they wanted our cannons for a while, and they also said that they were warships, how could these ministers be ......the masters."

Zhu Xu took a sip of tea and said with a smile undiminished, "What is expected, na, look at these, while watching, listen to me." As he spoke, he picked up a few pieces of paper and handed them to the three of them, all of which were transcribed and sorted out by Cao Huachun.

"Treat the north," Zhu Xu pondered his words, and said: "Horqin, and my Ming military has been integrated, what we need to do now is the integration of culture, politics, and trade, I will order the cabinet to promote Horqin to carry out institutional reform, set up academies, and then open the mutual market, except for prohibitions, can be unimpeded, the royal bank, Huitong Commercial Bank, etc. must set up branches in Horqin, the purpose is to integrate trade...... As for Chahar, limited contact, or containment first......"

Zhu Xu's writing on the paper is very complicated, and his mouth is relatively simple, but even so, the three of them still frowned when they heard it, and they always felt a little incomprehensible.

"Joseon, Satsuma Domain, Ryukyu, all the same disposition,"

Zhu Xu ignored them, he was determined to establish a huge 'Greater China Circle', and looked at the three of them: "The maritime trade fair will be completely liberalized, and will continue to establish perfect business rules, and will promote them to integrate into our Ming Dynasty in terms of system, and establish a joint naval fleet at sea......"

For maritime trade, the Ming Dynasty has always held an attitude of ignoring and restricting the actual situation, and now Zhu Xu wants to be completely open, Tang Wang, Ping Wang, Xiong Wencan are all traditional literati, looking at the more detailed table of terms on the paper, frowning and not speaking.

"In short, in terms of military, politics, economy, culture, and commerce, we must unify and form a ......community of safety and danger with the Ming Dynasty," Zhu Xu remained quiet, and slowly summarized and told the three of them, in fact, he was going to slowly annex, and the north would use the Mongolian cavalry to guard against the Russians who might arrive, and build a strong island chain at sea to protect the inland!

"What about these ...... in the southeast?"

Zhu Xu tapped his fingers on the table, and said in a slow tone: "Internal chaos, lack of guidelines, abolition of etiquette, they are all my vassals of the Ming Dynasty, I can't tolerate it!" But now is not the time to intervene, we have to think slowly......"

The main thing is that the southeast peninsula is a mess, the territory is too large and too complicated, and the Ming Dynasty cannot be mixed at this time, so as not to fall into the quagmire and not be able to extricate itself.

Xiong Wencan and the others did not speak, but they had already seen the 'strategy of the Southeast Peninsula', which included liaison with 'orthodoxy' and covert support, the establishment of joint armies and navies with various countries, the strengthening of trade, the opening of mutual markets, and so on.

These are small means, making some preparations, Daming is not short of silver, now there is a shortage of food, open to the market, for Daming, it is a kind of smaller cost, more effective 'robbery'!

In fact, at this time, Horqin, Korea, Satsuma Domain, and Ryukyu will all welcome the 'help' of the Ming Dynasty, which is the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, helping them in all aspects, although there will be doubts, but they will still agree, and they will actively promote the implementation.

They are all facing threats, they need the protection of Daming, and they need Daming's firm attitude!

The policy of the southeast peninsula is to use both hard and soft hands, on the one hand to 'deterre' and on the other hand to win over and divide: they dare not move with a strong military force, and on the other hand they are looking for the chess pieces they need to use!

The peninsula is now very deep, and the Ming Dynasty cannot fight a large-scale war that lasts for a long time, and there is not much benefit, so it is not cost-effective.

Next, then, there are the Netherlands and Spain.

Zhu Xu picked up the tea again and said, "You take a good look, ponder and ponder, and ask me if you don't understand anything." ”

King Ping, King Tang, and Xiong Wencan raised their heads, and then looked at each other again, all of them were silent, and they didn't know how to speak for a while.

The Ming Dynasty emphasized literature over military force, heavy agriculture and suppressed business, and now the emperor is obviously more enthusiastic about business, or to completely open the ban, for these people whose ideas have been deeply rooted, it is a very uncomfortable impact, and they can't wake up for a while.

Zhu Xu waited for a while and saw that no one spoke, so he said, "King Ping went to see Badali, Nikru." When the Tang King saw Korea, the Satsuma Domain, the Ryukyus, and Xiong Wencan saw the countries of the Southeast Peninsula, if he still didn't understand it thoroughly, he would study it first or come to ask me before going. It's a matter of my country, and you can't make a mistake! ”

The three of them were stunned, and immediately stood up and said, "Obey the order!" ”

Zhu Xu secretly took a deep breath, these are not the point, what he has to do is the most important thing!

The three of them glanced at Zhu Xu again and withdrew.

The three of them walked out of Zhu Xu's study, stopped outside in unison, looked at each other, and were silent for a while. Tang Wang Shen said, "The emperor is heroic, far-sighted, eloquent, even if we are puzzled, but we can't hold back, this matter must be done with all our might, not the slightest slack!" ”

King Ping agreed, he watched Zhu Xu come all the way, and also watched the changes of Daming bit by bit, shook his hands and looked at the two of them and said, "Well, yes." ”

Xiong Wencan's personality is soft, and he is not a firm 'general', seeing that the two princes said so, he thought about it and said: "These are not difficult, but it takes time to do them." ”

This is naturally that although Zhu Xu just said it simply, he wrote several pages, involving all aspects, and it is also a kind of 'new deal', which needs to be promoted by the Ming Dynasty from top to bottom.

The three of them glanced at each other, and King Tang said: "Let's act separately, we can't live up to the Holy Hope!" ”

King Ping and Xiong Wencan both nodded, and each turned to leave.

Not long after the three of them left, Zhu Xu settled down and said, "Bring Putmans." "This was the governor of the Dutch East India Company stationed in Batavia, now Jakarta. The Spanish Oquindo has run away, and the little minions he caught are not yet qualified to negotiate.

Putmans was a little embarrassed now, he had no change of clothes, his hair was not combed as before, his face was a little withered, in short, from the outside to the inside, he was not good, very bad, terrible.

Despite his embarrassment, he was still a very gentleman, saluting Zhu Xu with the etiquette of the Roman Empire, and said, "Putmans has seen His Majesty the Ming Emperor. ”

He spoke pure Roman, and there was a merchant walking in the South Seas translating.

Zhu Xu sat upright, nodded and said, "Please be seated." ”

Zhu Xu's voice fell, and a guard moved a chair and placed it not far from Zhu Xu's desk.

Putmans saluted again, sat down on the chair, looked directly at Zhu Xu, and said: "Dear Your Majesty Daming, I am deeply sorry for the previous offense, and I am willing to make compensation to make up for the loss of your country......"

Zhu Xu looked motionless and said: "Compensation is a must, no one has dared to offend our country for a long time, but I don't want to hear ordinary words and monotonously repeat some words from the past." You should know that our navy is on a crusade against Manila, how long do you think it will take? Manila is not far from Batavia. ”

Putmans' face changed slightly, his face was composed, and he did not speak.

He already knew that Ming Guo was crusading against the Philippines, but he didn't expect that Ming Guo's appetite was so big that he even fought the idea of Batavia!

Okundo is out with all his might, Manila is basically empty, not to mention the regular army of the dynasty, even a group of pirates of a slight size can break through their royal city! The headquarters of their East India Company, Batavia, is the same, there are not many people stationed there, as long as the Ming Dynasty pushes a little force, the headquarters will be terminated, and the colonies of the nearby islands will fall into the hands of the Ming people, and even threaten further north, the whole of Asia!

The thought of this made him shudder, they would be driven out of Asia, lose everything they had in Asia, and never come back!

There is even more terrifying, the Ming Kingdom may start a war with the Netherlands in the world, and the Netherlands is already fighting openly and secretly with Spain, and is absolutely unwilling to add the powerful empire of the East!

Although Putmans was frightened in his heart, his face was not very moved, he was also an old colonial governor, and he had his own set of means, he looked at Zhu Xu directly, and said: "We will give a price that is enough to satisfy His Majesty the Emperor in exchange for His Majesty's friendship, but I hope that before this, Your Majesty's army will not attack our possessions and fleets, and your army will not act hostile to us until the negotiation is over." ”

Zhu Xu smiled and said, "I am very willing to promise you, but you should know that the sea area is too big, and I am not sure what they have done by the time my notice arrives." ”

Putmans' eyes froze suddenly, and his expression showed a hint of nervousness, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom was not lying to him, this was indeed a real problem, and it had been too long since he was captured!

Once those places are really captured by the Ming Dynasty, it will be impossible to want them to spit out again! He is now even more worried about whether the Ming Dynasty will send troops to Malacca and completely sweep them away from Asia!

The Dutch colonies are now divided into three parts, the Americas, Africa, and Asia, among which Asia is the largest, the richest, and the most profitable from trade, the Americas, Africa are too backward to compare, if the Netherlands is driven out of Asia, the losses will be incalculable, and he will be judged the most severely!

Zhu Xu's face was calm, and he didn't move from beginning to end.

He didn't use any conspiracy, he was upright, the general trend was in the Ming Dynasty, and he let the red-haired ghost have any conspiracy and tricks, and his army would break it!

Putmans was uneasy, he had almost no chips in his hand, and he couldn't negotiate with the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom at all, he kept looking at Zhu Xu with his eyes, and said for a long time, "Your Majesty, the East India Company is willing to maintain absolutely friendly relations with the Ming Dynasty, and pay the price that makes you feel tempted for this offense, and please respond with friendship, Putmans promises that this incident will never happen again!" ”

Zhu Xu shook his head slightly, and said, "You should know that the silk, tea, porcelain and the like you like are not very valuable in my Ming Dynasty, my country's territory is hundreds of times that of Spain, and the population is more than 20 times, and the trading house I personally own has an annual silver income of nearly 100 million taels, I don't think you can pay the amount that makes my heart move." ”

The translator glanced at Zhu Xu quietly, the emperor's words were obviously bragging, but he still translated the past truthfully.

Sure enough, Putmans's eyes widened when he heard this, and his face was shocked, but considering the sky-high prices of porcelain and silk that he transported every time, and the powerful Ming Emperor in front of him, there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.

His face changed, and he was extremely embarrassed. The Ming Kingdom was too strong, so strong that the Netherlands could not compete with ten times the strength now, and of course, it was impossible to come out thousands of miles to start a war with the Ming Dynasty.

He shook his head from side to side, frowned and said anxiously: "Your Majesty the Emperor, perhaps...... It is true that I cannot give you a satisfactory price, but I am willing to pay the greatest price in exchange for a sincere friendship with Your Majesty. ”

Zhu Xu took a moment and said, "Let's talk about it." ”

Putmans struggled in his heart, and said, "I am willing to compensate Your Majesty with 10,000 taels of gold, 500,000 taels of silver, 1 million catties of rice and other grains, and I am willing to give half of our territory to the Ming Kingdom." ”

Zhu Xu looked at Putmans and said with a calm and unsettling look: "These things of yours should be on the southern island, maybe it won't be long before my army will find out." ”

Putmans' face immediately wrinkled, and his breath became a little rapid.

The Emperor of the Ming Kingdom is not a threat, it is a reality, their navy has been at sea for many days, and it will not take long to break through Manila, so it is only a matter of time before they occupy their dependencies, Batavia, the headquarters of the East India Company!