Chapter 751: Accept Reality

Faced with this somewhat cold result, Condenius certainly knew what the problem was.

Therefore, as soon as the missionary Vanderlie arrived in Beijing with his emissary from the Viceroyalty of the Dutch East India Company Batavia, he immediately went to see Bidnow.

Bidno, who was worried about having nothing to do with the Ming court, met Condinius and learned about the recent massacre of Jesuit missionaries by Mu Suman, who had recently occurred in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty, and soon became hostile to Condenius and hit it off.

While verbally promising to fund the Jesuit mission in China and the Jesuit security corps, he waited for an audience from Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty before sending someone back to Batavia to report the matter to the Dutch governor Gerard von Weiss.

The situation of the Musu riots in the northwest was changing rapidly, and the situation of Jesuit missionaries such as John Tong in the northwest was also in danger, which made Condenius anxious and urged Biedno to act quickly.

However, Bideno came to meet with the Ming Emperor on other important matters this time, so he had to wait until he met His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty before he could take action.

In this way, in the anxious waiting of these two people, on the afternoon of the sixth day of the first month of the third year of Chongzhen, they finally waited for the reception of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor! First of all, on behalf of His Excellency Gerard von Weiss, the Dutch Governor's Palace in Batavia, I would like to congratulate His Majesty the Emperor on his army for winning a war that will make your name known for posterity! ”

Accompanied by Condinius, as soon as he entered the imperial study of the East Warm Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, he saluted and said this to Emperor Chongzhen.

After the shrewd Dutch and Portuguese went north, they learned about the situation in the Ming Dynasty, and of course they were also waiting and watching.

If the Ming Dynasty loses in this war, then of course they will have a different attitude, a different face.

Including the previous Portuguese envoy to the Governor's Mansion in Manchuria, Perez, would not be so easily dismissed by Emperor Chongzhen's words, nor would he agree to Emperor Chongzhen's arrangements for Burma so easily.

Although Perez was in front of Emperor Chongzhen and mentioned the war that happened outside Juyong Pass not long in advance, it did not mean that he was not affected by the victory of the Ming Dynasty in that war.

The Ming Dynasty's major victory against the barbarian invasion from the north meant that the threat from the north was largely removed from now on, which meant that the Ming Dynasty would have more energy, financial resources and troops to deal with possible conflicts from the southern frontier regions.

This is not good news for the Dutch, nor for the Portuguese, who covet Burma.

However, these people took the opportunity of Chaohe Zhengdan to come to the Ming Dynasty to ask for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and they were also prepared with both hands.

If the monarchs of the Ming Dynasty were easy to talk to, for example, like the monarchs of other Eastern countries, they were afraid of things, then they put forward higher demands.

If the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty are not easy to speak, or if the monarch is very wise and strong, the national strength is strong, and the army is strong, then they will act at the opportunity and put forward some lower or some basic requirements.

What kind of request was made by the Portuguese envoy, Biedno and others had no way of knowing, but from the back of Perez's expressionless departure, Biedno knew that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not easy to talk to.

Not long ago, the emperor himself led his army to a great victory against the barbarians of the north.

Therefore, as soon as Bideno saw Emperor Chongzhen, he immediately sent a sycophant.

Bidno originally brought an interpreter with him on this trip, but after meeting Condenius, he asked Condenius to act as his intermediary in the dialogue with Emperor Chongzhen and his court ministers.

At this point, when he had finished speaking, Condenius translated it as he had meant it.

Hearing this Bidno's sycophancy, Emperor Chongzhen didn't care, didn't respond, just raised his hand and motioned to Condenius and Bidno, who were kneeling on one knee and saluting, to get up and speak.

After the two got up, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said mockingly: "I have heard that after the Dutch followed in the footsteps of the Portuguese and came to the East, you seized many Portuguese territories.

"Today, you congratulate me on winning the war against the Tunguska people of the north, and I wish you Dutch people more land and trade routes from the Portuguese in the South Seas in the future!"

It was not in line with the Hajj etiquette to say such a thing in a diplomatic occasion as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but this remark of Emperor Chongzhen was unexpected by the cabinet ministers present.

Bidno spoke immediately, and Condenius translated it almost simultaneously.

"On behalf of the Dutch East India Company and His Excellency Weiss, the Dutch Governor in Batavia, I would like to thank His Majesty the Emperor for his recognition of Dutch interests in the South Seas," said Bidneau.

"Your Majesty! The era we live in is an era of complete freedom, and the world we live in is also a world of complete freedom! Every country has the right to pursue its own interests! And the great Dutchman, of course, also had the right to seize everything he could! ”

As soon as Bidenor finished speaking, he heard several applause of "pop", "pop", "pop".

To his surprise, this applause came from Emperor Chongzhen himself of the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Chongzhen applauded and said to him with a smile: "Mr. Biedno! You're not wrong at all! This is an era of total freedom, a world of total freedom! But you Dutch are not the only country in this world!

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen stopped clapping his hands, raised his right hand, pointed at Bideno, and continued:

"It's not just you Dutch who have the right to take everything you can! I, the Ming Dynasty, also have the right to seize all the land and interests we can take! I don't know if I say this, Mr. Biednor, do you, and His Excellency Governor Wes, whom you represent, agree? ”

Condenius, the Jesuit missionary who served as the interpreter, was stunned for a moment, but in the blink of an eye, he did not stop at all, and quickly translated the sentence to Bidno.

Bideno listened to Condinius's translated words, and obviously looked at Condinius with a little hesitation, and then at Emperor Chongzhen, who was still smiling.

What Biednor had just said was what they were saying in the Netherlands, or at least the Dutch East India Company, in the face of the old colonial empires of Spain and Portugal.

After saying it, he regretted it a little, worried about angering the young emperor in front of him.

But unexpectedly, the young emperor not only did not show any displeasure about this, but also immediately applied this logic to himself.

And after being applied to the Ming Dynasty, this statement is still logical.

It sounded weird, but he couldn't argue with it.

At that moment, he couldn't help but nod at Emperor Chongzhen, and once again took a serious look at the young emperor of the Eastern Empire.

Emperor Chongzhen's first words after meeting Bideno, although they seemed careless, were actually equivalent to acknowledging the interests of the Dutch in Southeast Asia and expressing a position and attitude of recognizing the status quo.

You must know that Java, a distant country, was also a subject country of the Ming Dynasty.

During the Yongle period, when Zheng He went to the West, almost all of these small Southeast Asian countries were attached to the wind.

The southernmost Xuanwei Division in the history of the Ming Dynasty was the Old Port Xuanhui Division.

And this old port is near the island of Java, which is now occupied by the Dutch, not far from the city of Batavia.

If Emperor Chongzhen recognized the interests of the Dutch, especially the Dutch East India Company in the South Seas, it would be equivalent to admitting that he had given up his sovereignty claims to the island of Java and the old port of Xuanwei.

This is an acknowledgment that the Dutch have been hoping for.

Although Emperor Chongzhen's words did not mention the word renunciation of sovereignty, the meaning was very clear, since you occupied it, it would be yours.

Although this point was not the purpose of Bideno's visit to the Ming Jingshi this time, it was an unexpected joy.

At least the Ming Emperor in front of him accepted the reality of the Dutch existence in Nanyang and recognized the rights and interests of the Dutch and the Dutch East India Company in Nanyang, so there was no longer any insoluble contradiction between the Dutch East India Company and the Ming Dynasty.

This is obviously good news for the mission that Biedno needs to accomplish this time!

Thinking of this, Biedno finally said, "Your Majesty, Honorable Emperor! I'll admit you're right! You and your empire have the right to seize all the land and benefits that your army can take! ”