Seeing that Perez changed his previous arrogance, and looked dejected and embarrassed in front of everyone's eyes, Emperor Chongzhen continued:

"Go back and tell you the Portuguese governors in Manrakat and Salian, and also tell Ta Long, the king of Ta Lom in Bago, that the Portuguese trade rights in Burma, as well as your Portuguese position and interests in Burma, can be recognized by the Ming court. I may authorize the Imperial Court to issue you a license to monopolize trade between Burma and the Tessi countries. But—"

Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen stopped, just looked at Perez coldly, and while looking at the Portuguese envoy, he left time for the other party to understand and think about these words.

And hearing this, Perez also suddenly raised his head, as if he had discovered a new world, and looked at Emperor Chongzhen.

Perez knew that this matter ushered in the last turn before he smashed it.

Pérez, a businessman-turned-Portuguese bureaucrat at the Governor's Office in Manchuria, certainly knew that things between countries were nothing more than one transaction after another.

He came to Daming Jingshi as an envoy, of course, not to preside over any justice for the Burmese people, because there is no justice between countries and between nations in this era.

Although he was not a Portuguese bureaucrat in Burma, he knew what the Portuguese were doing in Burma.

If you want to consider the justice of the Ming Dynasty's Yungui army entering Burma, then the Portuguese must first face the accusation of injustice.

The Taungoo dynasty itself, in particular, had no power over the lands of northern Burma.

Because it was not the Burmese who lived in that land, but the Shan.

The Ava Dynasty of the Shan people was overthrown by the Taungoo Dynasty, and a large number of Shan people were slaughtered by the Burmese.

Who should preside over this justice?

Therefore, these issues are not in the scope of Perez's consideration at all, and whether the trip can achieve its goals depends on what kind of deal can be reached between them.

It's just that in Peres's previous business or political career, as a representative of the Western colonial powers, he never took these feudal monarchs in the East seriously.

In his opinion, these people were barbarians who had not seen the world, or even been uncivilized at all, and not only did not deserve his respect, but they did not deserve his respect at all.

Because, with only a few hundred Portuguese mercenaries armed with muskets and artillery, he would be able to destroy a historic monarchy in the East.

Successful cases in the past have gradually developed the stinky problem of Westerners' empty eyes.

Before he came, he knew that China was different from all other countries in the East, not only because of its vast territory and population, but also because of its long history, splendid civilization, and a powerful army that was not much behind the Westerners.

But he took it for granted that as long as he frightened and frightened the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty, he might be able to frighten them as before, so that he could obtain huge concessions and benefits without spending a single soldier.

However, what he did not expect was that not everyone knew about the situation in Portugal even in the Tessie country, and the monarch of an eastern country thousands of miles away knew so clearly.

At this time, the original plan could only be frustrated.

He found that he needed to deal with the monarch of the East as he did with the West.

Although this way of dealing with people has never been used since they came to the East, it immediately emerged after they had a correct mentality and a correct understanding.

After Emperor Chongzhen said "but", before he could finish his words, Perez rushed to say: "Your Majesty, Respected Emperor! I understand what you mean!

"As long as His Majesty the Great Emperor and your army, Your Majesty, can fully guarantee the rights and status of the Puridoga people in Burma, and the peace between Pulidoga and China that is beneficial to both sides, will not be affected in the slightest!

"Before I came here, I was fully authorized by His Excellency Anders Longsted, Supreme Governor of Manchuria. His Excellency Governor Lonstead authorizes me to consult with His Majesty on all matters relating to Burma. ”

Emperor Chongzhen didn't care who the Manchurian governor Lonstede was.

For Burma, he is determined to win, at least for the land in northern Burma, he will get it no matter what.

Whether you are a Portuguese at sunset, a Dutchman in the ascendant, or an Englishman in the ascendant, on this issue, the Chongzhen Emperor now wants to get those lands at the cost of a war.

However, although Emperor Chongzhen thinks so, if he can have less resistance, or even more help, then of course he is also happy to see.

Therefore, listening to Perez finally correct his attitude and understand what he meant, Emperor Chongzhen continued the previous words and said:

"Your current status and interests in Myanmar can be guaranteed by the Ming Dynasty, but you need to meet the two conditions of the Ming Dynasty.

"First, go back and tell you the Portuguese governor in the East, Lonsteide, that he should open the port of Manraka to the Nanyang Company of the Ming Dynasty, and allow the merchant ships of the Nanyang Company to dock at Manraka for supplies and buy rice from Manraka.

"Second, go back and tell you that the Portuguese governor in Salem or some other official in charge of affairs will not always go south.

"As long as the Portuguese in Burma maintain strict neutrality, I will issue a decree to the Governor's Mansion of Yunnan and Guizhou to protect the rights and interests you already have along the southern and western coasts of Burma!"

Emperor Chongzhen sent Sha Dingzhou, An Shirong, An Chongsheng, Luo Ganxiang, and Pu Fuyuan to northern Burma, on the one hand, to take the opportunity of rewarding military merits to send these unstable elements and careerists in history to Burma as much as possible, so that they could continue to consume their own strength in the war in northern Burma.

On the other hand, it is also to use these Tusi in the Yunnan-Guizhou region to conquer Burma, at least northern Burma.

And his real intention was to use these troops and prisoners in the pacification of the rebellion as a front station, and one day send troops to Burma to open up the sea passage from southwest China to the Indian Ocean.

In the Ming Dynasty of this era, perhaps no one knows better than the current Emperor Chongzhen what an outlet to the sea in the southwest will mean to China in the future.

With access to the sea in this direction, the Dutch, who were entrenched on the island of Java in this era, and the Spaniards who were entrenched on the island of Luzon, were no longer a maritime threat to the Ming Dynasty.

The so-called Manraka Strait, which is a choke point, will not be in the hands of any major power in the future, and China will not have to worry about being blockaded.

At the same time, with the access to the sea in this direction, the Ming Dynasty had the capital to enter the Indian Ocean, not only did not have to worry about the threat of Spain and the Netherlands to the southeast coast, but also directly threatened their back road, and also had the capital to negotiate and trade in the future.

It's just that this is not the time to tell the Portuguese about such intentions.

After all, Portugal's power today is mainly concentrated in a few port areas on the western coast of Burma, that is, the territory of the Arakanese (later the Rohingya of Rakhine State) in Burma.

If you had made it clear now that you were to compete with the Portuguese for ports on the west coast of Burma, I am afraid that not only the Portuguese would be afraid, but also the Dutch, who had occupied several port areas on the east coast of India, would also be nervous.

In this case, the situation in Myanmar will become more complicated.

However, when Emperor Chongzhen said this, Perez was not at ease, and immediately asked:

"May I ask His Majesty the Great Emperor! Can you tell me about your territorial claims to Myanmar? Where is your army going to stop? How do you guarantee that your pledge to Pridoga will be carried out by your military in northern Burma? ”

After Perez said this, he probably realized that there was something wrong with his words, and then said:

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor! Your conditions, your request for Manraka, are acceptable to you on behalf of His Excellency Ronstead! I just want you to ratify a treaty that will be binding on both sides.

"At the same time, I hope that Your Majesty, Your Majesty, will be able to provide me and the Governors of Prido Kaman Rakal and Salian to further clarify the sphere of influence you desire in Burma. Your Majesty the Great Emperor may draw a line of demarcation between your army and your country's merchants and people in Burma. ”

Perez's words were quite uncomfortable in the ears of the two cabinet ministers and the British minister Zhang Weixian, but these people were a little unclear about the content of these words.

After all, in this era, Myanmar, which lived in the southwestern borderland, was basically out of the field of vision of most civil and military generals of the Ming Dynasty.

Even among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, there were few people who knew that Burma, a vassal state that had not paid tribute for a long time, was actually close to the sea.

At this time, listening to the Portuguese envoy say these words, I don't know where to start if I want to interject.

However, Jiang Yueguang, the deputy envoy of the Li Fan Yuan who led Perez to the meeting, did his homework and knew a little about the situation in Myanmar.

"Mr. Perez, please be careful! Since ancient times, even though Myanmar was a vassal state of the Chinese Celestial Empire, its land and its people have belonged to China for generations. Where do you come from the so-called sphere of influence?! ”