The three of them talked for a long time, eating together at noon and eating together at night.

Young people, there are too many topics.

When Zhang Zhansheng, the crown prince of the Federal Empire, returned to the Federal Empire's embassy, it was already past nine o'clock.

But Foreign Minister Hou Dongfang has been waiting for him.

Among the imperial officials of the Great Song Dynasty, there is no problem with the safety of the crown prince...... According to an informant in the palace, only three people were talking and eating in the study.

This day happened to be Da Song's holiday, and the three of them all took advantage of it.

The crown prince meticulously recounted the main contents of the conversation to Foreign Minister Hou Dongfang.

Of course, there is no need to mention some conversations about Shou and Princess Zhao Yujiao.

Hou Dongfang listened carefully to Zhang Zhansheng's narration, and interjected from time to time to ask a few words...... Their conversation was to be reported entirely to the king, so they had to be as detailed as possible.

Hou Dongfang asked: "He said that he agrees with the Magna Carta?" What is his reasoning? ”

Zhang Zhansheng said: "He said that casting a tripod to show the world is that all living beings are safe...... I add that the Magna Carta is a protection for all...... He said that only a military as strong as the Federal Empire was the real protection. ”

Hou Dongfang smiled and motioned for Zhang Zhansheng to continue.

The officials of the Great Song Dynasty repeatedly expressed the necessity of joint operations between the two sides, believing that the spirit of the Tatar bandit group was different from the commercial spirit of the Great Song Dynasty and the Federal Empire, and that they were the common mortal enemies of both sides......

The conditions offered by the officials of the Great Song Dynasty were:

The two sides fought in alliance to drive out the Tatar bandits, and in the eastern region, the Great Song Dynasty only took back the sixteen states of Youyun, and from then on the two sides took it as the boundary, and the rest of the eastern part was left to the federal empire; In the northern region, the Great Song Dynasty only sought one place in the Hetao; In the western region, only the hometown of Western Xia.

After completing these requirements, the Great Song Dynasty will also begin to formally establish a constitution, and will engrave the ancestral motto of "ruling the world with scholars" left by Song Taizu on the stone tablet for the ceremonial soldiers to guard.

Hou Dongfang smiled and said, "...... Their demands are getting more and more detailed, and I really don't know who gave him the idea...... What are the conditions? ”

Zhang Zhansheng said truthfully: "He said that the rest is to be proposed by the Federal Empire...... Gold, silver, treasures, money, silk and jade beauties can all name numbers. ”

"Haha, he still thinks of us as Tatar robbers in his heart......"

Zhang Zhansheng said solemnly:

"I don't think so. How many times did he say that he wanted to come to Badaohe to see it in person, but he couldn't see it really by looking at the pictures, and he was very eager for our train, hoping that after we completed the construction of the railway connecting the ten cities on the west bank, we could help them build a railway from the new Bianjing area to the Hangzhou area.

I don't think he thinks we are Tatar bandits. ”

Hou Dongfang didn't say anything more, he wanted to report these words to the king truthfully.

The request for this cooperation came too suddenly...... An eighteen-year-old young man, who has just been in power, can come up with such a well-thought-out strategic deployment?

Do you still know to imitate the Magna Carta?

But he doesn't seem to understand the true usefulness of Magna Carta as well as Zhang Zhansheng......

Of course, he knew that his major masters would put forward many conditions, but this was not something that he, as a foreign minister, could decide.

He sent all the information to Liuqiu Island, and then waited patiently for a reply.

Less than ten days later, the island was sent with the conditions of the Confederation Empire.

Foreign Minister Hou Dongfang handed over those conditions to Crown Prince Zhang Zhansheng and said, "Zhansheng, look at these conditions......

Zhang Zhansheng took it and looked at it, knowing that this was a package that included economics and politics, but instead acquiesced to the requirements of the Great Song Dynasty on future territorial issues.

The Federal Empire had no territorial disputes with the Great Song Dynasty, or at all regarded territory as a key issue for the time being.

Hou Dongfang is waiting for Zhang Zhansheng's opinion.

Zhang Zhansheng looked at it and said, "...... The last article asks the Great Song Dynasty to clarify the content of the "Great Song Charter", is this to ask them to learn from us? ”

Hou Dongfang said seriously: "The king didn't mean that, he should just hope that they could write rules and regulations to follow......"

"Are we too wide? You can't print paper money indiscriminately, and you can't arbitrarily monopolize, and I know that these are closely related to business and trade exchanges...... But they have already offered to follow the teachings of the ancestors......"

Hou Dongfang sighed in his heart, the crown prince was still too young.

There are no detailed regulations, and the ancestral teachings can be interpreted at will...... He has been engaged in diplomacy for so many years, mainly dealing with the Great Song Dynasty.

Since he studied "Elementary School Logic" with his masters, he found that many of the concepts followed by Da Song were full of contradictions.

"Cang Liao knows etiquette, and knows honor and disgrace when he has enough food and clothing!"

"Full of warm thoughts**!"

Let's talk about it, is it good or bad after being warm?!

"Good birds choose trees to perch, and virtuous ministers choose their masters!"

"Loyal ministers don't care about the two masters!"

Let's talk about it, is it loyalty or choice?!

Therefore, just one sentence of ancestral instruction cannot make people clear where their bottom line is.

The Great Song Dynasty and the Federal Empire were indeed two countries, but due to the extremely close commercial and trade relations, the conduction of various affairs was extremely strong...... Although it cannot be said explicitly, the fact is that there is almost no such thing as an "internal affair".

Of course, judging from the experience of the crown prince, he can't think of it so far for the time being.

If we understand that ancestral precept only from the perspective of good intentions, it can indeed express a certain will.

Hou Dongfang changed the topic and said: "The king will soon send a negotiation team to negotiate, and finally you need to sign a clear ...... on behalf of the king."

Zhang Zhansheng's eyes lit up and said, "Yes!" I understand the importance of this covenant!! ”

In the past month or so, Crown Prince Zhang Zhansheng has recruited nearly 100 candidates for the Great Song Dynasty Imperial Examination with zero scores, and he sent an envoy to personally recruit them, which is far better than the effect of publishing and advertising in newspapers.

When they saw that the envoy of the crown prince of the Federal Empire had come to the door with a letter from the crown prince himself, and had paid a considerable amount of money on the spot, most of them readily agreed.

The fact that their name can be known by a crown prince has already moved them, not to mention that they can get a lot of travel expenses?!

The candidates themselves understood that they basically had no future in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty......

During this period, Lü Wenhuan, the head of the Lü military group, invited the crown prince to visit the Xiangfan area in a private name.

But he was politely declined by Foreign Minister Hou Dongfang on his behalf...... At present, it is already a situation at the national level, and if the crown prince is allowed to visit the Xiangfan area on purpose, in this delicate situation, it is an act of giving people authority.

Although Lü Wenhuan still had a good personal relationship with the king and foreign minister of the Federal Empire, it could only be a personal relationship.

In the past few days, the Federal Empire has indeed sent a negotiating team.

The members of the negotiating team were: Minister of Finance Koo Kim-shan, Minister of War Bao Wei, Minister of Education Yeung Yau Hang, Minister of Customs and Commerce Kwok Chi-yan, Minister of Agriculture Feng Zheng and their attachés.

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