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The main contents include the withdrawal of French armed forces from Vietnam and the question of France's retention of power in Vietnam; Vietnam's takeover of Nam Ky; The occupation of French colonies such as Tahiti and Pondicherry by the Ming Dynasty.

France has expressed its willingness to withdraw most of its armed forces from Vietnam, but they have demanded the right to garrison troops in Saigon, including the army and navy. The number of garrisons depends on the situation, that is, they have the final say on how many people are stationed, and there is no restriction on the movement of their garrisons; They also demanded that jurisdiction over the French colonies in Nam Ki be retained, and that the farms and factories cultivated and operated by the French would be under the direct management of the French, and that the Vietnamese government should not interfere.

The Vietnamese are very unfamiliar with international diplomacy, and their understanding of this is that in the future, the French will still be managed by the French government, and the Vietnamese officials will not even have an opinion on this, because the civilian officials do not like to deal with foreigners at all, just like the Manchu officials, they basically took the initiative to give up the management of foreigners, took the initiative to open up foreigners' residences, demanded that foreigners only live, and finally formed an uncontrolled concession.

Therefore, the Vietnamese are also not interested in managing foreigners, and they do not care whether these French colonies will become a country within a country in Vietnam, because they can accept the situation that the Chinese in northern Vietnam are armed to cultivate, and there is no reason why they cannot accept French farmers farming in Vietnam.

What they cared about was the size of the French garrison, and they demanded that the French army not exceed a thousand men.

The Ming Dynasty proposed that France cede the rights of all the colonies occupied by the Ming Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty as compensation for the losses of the Ming Dynasty in this battle, otherwise France would be required to compensate 5 billion francs.

Just lost 5 billion francs to Prussia, and before paying 5 billion to the Ming Dynasty, not to mention whether to pay or not, the humiliation brought by this amount can definitely destroy the French regime, and the French government does not want to let the Third Republic fall so soon and re-establish a Fourth Republic or the Third Reich, France does not know how long the civil war will last.

When all the colonies occupied by the Ming Dynasty were handed over, France was not reconciled, although these colonies had been occupied by the Ming Dynasty, but if they were occupied, they could not take them back, and there was no need for them to negotiate.

The French strongly did not agree to limit the size of the troops stationed in Vietnam, not only not the size of the army garrison, but they also demanded that the size of their naval fleet not be limited.

At the same time, it was made clear that the French Republic had never considered the issue of paying reparations, and the colonies occupied by the Ming would not be ceded to the Ming Dynasty.

If you can't talk about it, then fight.

Da Ming once again cut off the supply of Da Nang, and at the same time ordered the army to cross the Saigon River, the French soldiers who had long been war-weary did not expect the Ming to suddenly cross the river, and they were caught off guard for a while, and their order was still not the order to take the initiative to attack, so they watched the Ming army cross the Saigon River, and part of it entered the embankment of the Chinese settlement five kilometers away from Saigon, and all the police and good troops who were guarding against the Chinese during this time were expelled.

Through this river crossing, the Ming Army formed a flanking posture against the French army in Saigon, and once the war broke out again, it would be able to attack Saigon on both sides.

At the same time, the naval fleet also appeared on the Saigon River several times to deter the French forces defending Saigon.

The French are very angry, they know that they are militarily inferior, but you don't have to remind them back.

But they nevertheless made concessions, they promised to compress the garrison to ten thousand instead of the thousand proposed by the Vietnamese, and the number of the fleet they were willing to keep at ten, but demanded to maintain control of the batteries in Saigon.

For the Ming Dynasty, he promised to hand over the colonies of Tahiti and New Caledonia to the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty had to return the ports of Pondicherry and Madagascar.

The British were also mediating at this time, they would never accept the Ming occupation of Pondicherry and other French Indian colonies, but they could accept the Ming to get the French Pacific colonies, and the demand was that the Ming could not build military bases and garrisons in New Caledonia and Tahiti.

The Ming told Britain that the Ming had no intention of putting its military power into the South Pacific, and the French Indian colonies could also be returned to France, but the Ming asked France to transfer the protection of Madagascar to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming could promise to use the port of Madagascar peacefully, not for military purposes, but only as a peaceful commercial port.

Britain praised this, and was willing to accept Ming control of Madagascar if it did not use it for military purposes.

But it was difficult for the French to accept, in their opinion, it would be a pity to lose the colonies of the Peace, where there were now only criminals and missionaries, but Madagascar was relatively important, not only was it a large island, but there were more than a million people on it, and a colony with a population was valuable.

Even in the eyes of France, Madagascar's development potential is still above the French Indian colonies such as Pudupulry, after all, French India is squeezed by the British, and has no commercial interests at all, and can only be used as a transit base for French ships, and after the loss of Vietnam and the Pacific colonies, they have no need for transit.

However, Madagascar and South Africa are across the sea, France occupies here, and it is a threat to Britain, which has just put forward a double-open plan and intends to make great achievements in Africa, and the Ming Dynasty promised not to use Madagascar for military purposes, which is very much in line with the interests of Britain, so Britain is more able to accept the Ming occupation here.

On the issue of Madagascar, the Ming resolutely refused to give in, which made France see the determination of the Ming to seize where, and the French fleet was blocked by the Ming Dynasty, and it was not an overnight thing to rebuild the navy, and they no longer had the ability to protect Madagascar.

Anyway, France only has this base in East Africa, and France's main interests in Africa are in North Africa and Central Africa, and after considering it, the French believe that Madagascar is not impossible to lose, but they need to be compensated enough, and they demand that Daming pay them 100 million francs, equivalent to 9.3 million taels.

Daming said that the money could be given to France, but asked France to open France's African colonies to Daming, that is, to allow Ming merchants to trade freely in French Congo, Tunisia, Senegal and other colonies.

At the Berlin Conference to divide Africa, the agreement reached between the great powers was to maintain free trade between African colonies, that is, on the French colonies, German merchants could also do business freely, and Belgians could do business freely. It is important for them to see that the government is willing to work for the benefit of the country in any case.

However, France also took advantage of the situation to put forward other demands, that is, the colonies of the Ming Dynasty must also be opened to France.

What the Ming wanted was a pass to Africa, and he was willing to pay a high ticket for this, and of course the money was also given to obtain a valuable colony like Madagascar, as for opening up his own colonies, the Ming believed that France's presence in its own colonies could make the colonies more closely linked with the world economy, which was beneficial. The biggest demand of the Ming Dynasty for the colonies was to release the population pressure in the country, stabilize the social order, and economic interests were secondary, so they agreed to France's request.

So far, Daming and France have reached an agreement on the basic attitude, basically achieving benefit sharing, rather than a zero-sum game, both sides have opened up new interests for themselves, and also preserved some old interests.

But on the other hand, Siam's negotiations with France were not smooth, Siam was not able to expel the French army from Cambodia, because they did not enter the war earlier, the Ming army did not even enter Cambodia, and the Ming had no say at all in Cambodia.

This made Siam not only steal chickens and rice, but also provoke France, a strong enemy.

Daming has no intention of participating in the Cambodian issue, if Siam joins the war earlier, Daming is willing to cooperate with Siam to completely drive France out of Indochina, but considering the existence of France in Nanqi, it is equivalent to a knife resting on Vietnam's neck, which can help Daming firmly hold the chain around Vietnam's neck, so Daming acquiesced to France's stationing troops in Saigon.

The same is true for Siam, if France maintains influence in Cambodia and can continue to pose a threat to Siam, in addition to relying on Britain, Siam can only rely on the Ming Dynasty, and the presence of France can push Siam further into the arms of the Ming Dynasty to a certain extent.

On the other hand, Britain's balancing strategy made the Ming realize that if the French power was kept here, it would be a counterbalance to the British power.

So Daming decided not to intervene in the Cambodian issue.

But the Ming did not intervene, but Siam wanted to win over the Ming, Rama V proposed to the Ming Consulate, hoping to visit the Ming in the near future, and invited to have direct talks with His Majesty the Ming Emperor.

Da Ming quickly agreed.

King Rama V secretly took a boat from the western coast of Siam to Yangon, took the British railway, entered Yunnan through Mandalay and Lashio, and the train went directly to Guangzhou, which was the Britannica Bridge built by the British, which was opened to traffic in the year of the outbreak of the Ming-French War, and another Greater Asia Railway, which was also opened to traffic last year.

When Chulalongkorn arrived in Yangon, he was secretly received at the port, and Zhang Bishi, the minister of Singapore from the Ming Dynasty who came by boat, personally met him at the port.

This person is the founder of the famous Changyu wine in later generations, but at this time he has nothing to do with wine, his main business is reclamation, opened eight rubber plantations in the Dutch colony, and hired tens of thousands of Chinese, because it is consistent with the strategy of the Ming colonization of Nanyang, and has a huge network of contacts in the local area, invited him to serve as the minister of the Ming Dynasty to Singapore, responsible for managing all Nanyang affairs.

"The minister has been waiting for a long time."

Rama V was very inquisitive and humble.

Zhang Bishi bowed down and said, "The king is polite, only two days earlier than the king." ”

King Rama V sighed: "Singapore is really easy to use by the sea. ”

Zhang Bishi said with a smile: "The railway is more convenient than taking a boat, if Siam is connected to the railway, the king will not have to delay the journey." If Singapore had a railway, it would be less tiring to travel in the next place. ”

When it comes to the railways between Siam and Singapore, King Rama V can't help but be worried.