Guangzhou Bay?

Ye Mingchen almost didn't sit on the ground, but he couldn't hide the gaffe on his face: "Why is Guangzhou Bay?" ”

He knew that foreigners were white-eyed wolves who couldn't be fed, and he had already considered the fate of a catastrophe before meeting the Spaniards, but how could it be Guangzhou Bay!

It was Guangzhou, China's busiest port, a place of trade with all countries, and even if the British invaded it more than ten years ago, they only offered to lease Hong Kong.

After the Opium War, although the British were allowed to open consulates and concessions in Guangzhou, the gentry of Guangzhou always resisted the British to enter the city, setting off a vigorous anti-entry movement, and even became one of the fuses of the Second Opium War.

In this time and space, although the anti-entry movement was forcibly suppressed by Ye Mingchen due to the rise of the Rainbow Army, Guangzhou was still full of hostility towards foreigners.

He doesn't know how to describe his feelings, why is this foreigner so uninteresting, he is ready to be Shi Jingtang, but you can't choose Guangzhou Bay!

You know, in this case, it is not interesting for him, the emperor, to sit, and people can come in from the leased land at any time, so he forced a happy face: "There are too many disputes in Guangzhou Bay, can your country change places, for example, Qiongya is good, and Leizhou!" ”

It turned out that Ye Mingchen's bottom line was Qiongya, Hainan at this time was just the end of the world, and Leizhou was just the last resort, but now he had to throw Leizhou out - at least Leizhou Bay was also a good choice for the Spaniards.

It's a pity that the Spaniards have long lost the desire to open up colonies, they don't have the patience to develop a wild area like Qiongya, and even lose confidence in a region like Leizhou, which has been developed for thousands of years, and they are only interested in one place, that is, Guangzhou Bay.

"We only need Guangzhou Bay, if His Royal Highness the King does not agree, then our country's withdrawal of volunteers is ......"

This is the key point of Ye Mingchen, since he is a scholar who was determined to serve the country when he was a teenager, but a person can get such a status in the Qing Dynasty. And how much chastity can be preserved, in history, he certainly died of hunger strike, but it was mostly a fight to the death after being ruined.

Now that he has the opportunity to achieve Zhao Tuo's career, he naturally has a super sense of fame, so he just feels that the price is not appropriate now: "Everything is negotiable, everything is negotiable, don't withdraw the volunteers, if your country withdraws the volunteers now." After all kinds of business and countless efforts, isn't it just to turn it into nothing? ”

The Spanish consul also knew that if the Filipino Volunteers were withdrawn now, it would be equivalent to losing the chance of recovering the millions of silver dollars invested earlier, so he continued to promise a huge profit: "Our king has a claim. If your country is willing to lease a place in Guangzhou Bay, China will not only lease it as an ally with your country, but will also be willing to send 10,000 volunteers, 50,000 guns, 800 cannons, 10 ships of guns and shells, and other military resources will not be count......ed."

This hit the nail on the head of Ye Mingchen, who knew that even British and French friends could not be relied upon, let alone Spain, which was notoriously weak among the great powers. However, the temptation of 10,000 volunteers, 50,000 guns, and 800 cannons was too great, and he had to ask, "Is this true?" ”

Naturally, it was true, and the Spanish consul patted his chest and said: "If His Majesty the Emperor doesn't believe it, you can sign an official article, in black and white, how can you fake!" ”

Ye Mingchen was relieved, but he resisted signing a black-and-white agreement from the bottom of his heart. Sometimes the British say it well. The agreement was torn up, how could he tell the truth: "I can't sign it." Regarding the lease of the port of Guangzhou, Ye Mingchen will not fight, defend, or negotiate peace, and will never compromise with your country......"

With this attitude, it is easy to do, and in the next month or so, Ye Mingchen can be said to be full of good news.

First, the West Fe Bank in the Philippines issued a letter of credit for 1.5 million Mexican silver coins to the Spanish merchants, allowing them to export arms to Guangzhou on a large scale, and then the Russian merchants finally brought two free ships of arms from the Far East with great difficulty.

All this reassured Ye Mingchen, not to mention that although Spain did not send the legendary 10,000 mercenaries, it finally sent 800 Philippine volunteers, plus the volunteers sent in the early stage, the total strength reached 3,700, and if you count the new troops who have been trained by the Spaniards and Filipinos, the total number has reached 7,000.

With these 7,000 new troops, Ye Mingchen felt that he had a bottom against the southbound Hong Army, not to mention that in addition to the so-called "Changjie Army", there were still 5,000 people in Shi Yunqing's "Yongsheng Army".

This new army is led by Bu Xing, this Bu Xing has many battles with the Hong army in Fujian and Zhejiang, and has won many battles, but the Hong army is too strong, so he has to transfer to Leizhou, he was originally a native of Guangdong, a strong man on the sea for many years, once swept the entire coast of China, and now he has come forward to recruit bravery, and has 3,000 people, who can be deployed along the coast in case the red thieves rush to the ocean.

According to the information he obtained, since the red thief suffered a setback on land, he had to recruit more than 1,000 elites in Minyang, preparing to attack the Guangdong Sea by boat, with Buxing having these 3,000 people, plus his newly recruited tide bravery, everything was under control, so Ye Mingchen was relieved to arrange his great cause of ascending the throne.

Although the wars are frequent and the dynasty is new, the matter of ascending the throne can never be sloppy, and it must not be like Liu Jue's reckless background and the great cause of ascending the throne is a mess.

I heard that Liu Jiehu's enthronement ceremony in Hangzhou was extremely hasty, and he just held a ceremony with the civil and military officials and the thieves and literati and ended it hastily, and then took the harem of the thief to swim through the West Lake, saying that it was a new creation of the country and cherished the people's power, but Ye Mingchen was born as a jinshi, and he never thought that with Zhejiang's financial resources, he could not even run an enthronement ceremony that followed nine days and nine nights, and it was entirely because this thief's knowledge was too short.

Therefore, although the country is eventful, all the rules and regulations must not be hastily handled, Ye Mingchen personally inquired about every detail, and must not be sloppy, especially the disposal of the Guangzhou flag people, which is even more eye-opening.

In order to justify his name, he Ye Mingchen is not a chaotic minister and thief, so it is the result of the unanimous support of the Manchurian and Mongolian Han members, from the general of Guangzhou to the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, in view of the isolation between the north and the south, Ye Mingchen is heroic and extraordinary, and can take on great responsibilities, so he tearfully supported Ye Mingchen to ascend the throne, correct his position, and achieve great achievements.

Tens of thousands of bannermen in Guangzhou unanimously supported Ye Mingchen, but at the same time, Ye Mingchen also transferred Shi Yunqing's new army, plus more than 10,000 tide warriors, into the city, and also disarmed all the banner troops, and the cannons were set up outside the banner city, putting on a posture of starting a war. ”

The banner people are so supportive of King Yue, and the Han people have written and petitioned thousands of people and thousands of people, unanimously hoping that Ye Mingchen can create a foundation for all generations on the throne, and I don't know how many people have been mobilized for these books, Ye Mingchen is impatient on the one hand, and on the other hand, he is in a hurry to carry out step by step in accordance with the rules and regulations of the history books.

He now finally understands why Liu Jiehu wants everything to be simple, what to do to have fun with the people, this is too wrong to do state affairs according to the history books step by step, not to mention anything else, for a country name and year name, the quarrel has not been decided for more than half a month, and Liu Jiehu is of course Mu Monkey and crowned, the country name "Xia", the year name "Zhenyuan", which makes people laugh off their big teeth, but it is better than a mess here now.

I want to learn from Liu Jiehu to be simple, but how can it be so easy to be simple, the result is that the entire enthronement ceremony is becoming more and more complicated, spending more and more money, and even many serious things are delayed, the British consul asked to see Ye Mingchen three times, but Ye Mingchen either urged the Spaniards to send troops quickly, or was busy discussing the country name and the year name, but in the end he did not see each other, and the French consul could only ask someone to bring a message and ask him to carefully consider the matter of enthronement.

He is not afraid of the French, and now he has the support of the Americans, Spaniards, Russians, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedes and other countries, how can the French frighten him with a few words, not to mention that they have all come to this point, if he is not called emperor, it will not be a waste of his previous achievements.

Therefore, he could only continue to walk, complete this great cause of enthronement, and put everything on the right track, for this reason he urged the Spaniards again, he was willing to discuss the issue of the lease of Guangzhou Bay with an attitude of "no war, no defense, no peace", but the Spanish people should also show a little sincerity, and the original 10,000 volunteers should always see a personal shadow.

The Spaniards could not withstand his urging, so they had to transfer 1,200 men from the colonial garrison in the Philippines to prepare to board the ship, but they insisted that they had to sign the official document in black and white.

Time was on his side, until this day, the Spanish consul 100,000 anxiously begged to see him overnight: "Your Majesty the Emperor, Your Majesty the Emperor, I am unfortunate to inform you that the Kingdom of Spain has decided to withdraw from this war and withdraw all the volunteer ......"

The Spaniards played this method several times, and Ye Mingchen said with the mentality that the wolf was coming again: "Okay, you can withdraw your troops as soon as possible, but ......"

It's just that this time it's not as simple as the wolf coming, the Spanish consul's expression is extremely solemn: "This time it's really going to withdraw the army, I can't help but withdraw, the red thief has already landed......"

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