Article 1: Cedion of the Isle of Wight to the Ming Dynasty, and the withdrawal of the Ming troops stationed in London and its adjacent islands.

Article 2: The English Stuart dynasty must open Grace, Manchester, Liverpool, Eastbourne, London and other five places as treaty ports, allow the Ming Dynasty to send consuls, and allow Ming merchants and their families to live freely, and are not subject to English laws and regulations, and England does not have extraterritorial jurisdiction over the Ming Empire.

Article 3: England compensated the Ming Dynasty with 21 million silver dollars, of which 6 million silver dollars were used as compensation for the burned opium, 12 million silver dollars were used to compensate the Ming military expenses, and 3 million silver dollars were used to compensate the merchants' debts. The payment shall be made in two years, and if the payment is not made on time, an interest of five silver dollars shall be added to the interest of $100 per year.

Article 4: The Ming merchants are permanently allowed to trade freely with the English merchants, and the English government has no right to unilaterally decide to prohibit the trade of one or more types of goods in the Ming Dynasty.

Article 5: The taxes paid by the merchants of the Ming Dynasty on the import and export of goods shall be agreed between the English and the Ming, and the English shall have no tariff autonomy over the trade of the Ming Dynasty.

Article 6: The Ming and the British will each release each other's soldiers and civilians, but Cromwell, Tom and other war criminals must be handed over to the Ming to be severely punished.

Article 7: The Ming Dynasty enjoys the most-favored-nation treatment of the United Kingdom, and the rights and preferential treatment signed between the United Kingdom and other countries are also entitled to the Ming Dynasty.

There are seven articles, each of which kills Prince Edward's heart like a sword, but Yang Sichang has already said that none of these seven articles can be reduced, and the entire draft treaty can only be increased but not reduced.

Therefore, Prince Edward could not have any objection even if he was unwilling in his heart.

Yang Sichang slid the jade wrench on his finger very indifferently, and did not speak again, as a representative official of the emerging bourgeoisie of the Ming Dynasty, all the terms he proposed were for the purpose of maximizing the interests of the Ming Dynasty and effectively ensuring the interests of the Ming merchants.

Although this was too much for Edward, the representative of England, and none of them could be accepted by himself, for Yang Sichang, in order to maintain the relationship with the Stuart dynasty as much as possible, and not weaken the strength of the Stuart dynasty too much to quell the domestic rebellion, he had mercifully taken the initiative to reduce a lot of more excessive content.

But these seven articles must not be reduced.

In Yang Sichang's view, as a strategic official of the military system, he naturally knows the importance of the military strategic value of the Isle of Wight, and if the Ming wants to control the entire English trade and even the entire Europa situation with the least armed force, he must occupy a pivot point, so that he can not only threaten London, but also threaten Paris in the south, or threaten Germany in the west, and can also go to sea to directly attack the Netherlands and Franco.

So, Daming must have the Isle of Wight.

As the most developed material transit stations in England, these trading cities must allow the Ming to trade in this area, because this area is the main business store of the Ming opium trade.

And the Stuart dynasty wants to block trade for its own rule, and can block other cities, as long as it does not hinder these places, this is already a huge concession for Yang Sichang.

Secondly, on the issue of reparations, Yang Sichang did not have a lion to open a big mouth, he was based on the income of the Stuart dynasty provided by Jinyiwei, in his opinion, the Stuart dynasty would not perish because of the loss of this amount.

Prince Edward finally had to agree to this draft, his character was already cowardly, and now Yang Sichang directly said that it could not be changed, and he couldn't say anything, but just sneered: "Your Excellency may have considered it twice, and I have no objection, but these terms, contemptible people still can't explain to my king." ”

Yang Sichang saw that he was stumbling and had no principles, so he decided to offer some more benefits to tempt him to make up his mind to sell his country's interests.

So, Yang Sichang said: "Your Highness should know that this official is in charge of the military department, that is, the military aspect of the entire Ming Empire, half of which is the final say of the official, and the official also knows that your country is now suffering from the counterinsurgency against the Scottish rebels has made no progress, and this official can privately sign an agreement with His Highness to sell you a batch of high-quality weapons, and only sell to you, and then you will sell them to the military of your country, Your Highness will definitely make a lot of profits, and even control a certain amount of military power because of this, The king of your country will no longer dare to do anything to you, and you will not be unable to hold your head up in front of that new group of nobles. ”

Yang Sichang's move clearly showed that he was bribing Prince Edward, and intended to tie Prince Edward's own interests with the interests of the Ming Dynasty, so that he could be a lackey of the Ming Dynasty in a down-to-earth manner.

In other words, let Prince Edward be a traitor to England in a down-to-earth manner.

Prince Edward is not a stupid person, he naturally knows what Yang Sichang means, and he also knows that once he has the exclusive right to import Ming weapons on behalf of England, it means that as long as the relationship between Ming and England does not deteriorate, he can always make a fortune on this, and he can also control the import of weapons by the British military, after all, the best weapons are in his own hands.

It's just that in this way, he and the whole of England will be subject to the Ming Dynasty.

Prince Edward weighed it again, but his rich self-interest still made him resolutely determined to sell the long-term interests of the country, after all, he did not want his traditional farmers to be gradually stripped of their power by the new aristocracy, and Cromwell's radical behavior in the anti-smoking movement not only annoyed the outside forces such as the Ming but also annoyed them the stuart diehards.

"Then this clause should be added, Daming ore and weapons arrive in England and sell without paying tariffs", Prince Edward suddenly mentioned such a sentence, he took the initiative to ask for the ban on the tariffs of ore and weapons trade is not really to save money for the Ming or win the favor of the Ming for him in England, but in this case, Yang Sichang promised that the cost of the Ming weapons as the exclusive agent of his Edward family will decrease, and the profit he will earn from the middle will be more.

Yang Sichang didn't care, selling a batch of domestically obsolete weapons was originally advocated by His Majesty, but selling them to the local government and local families is the same, and now it is just to give this Prince Edward a little sweetness.

Yang Sichang was also very happy to see him so happy, in fact, from the very beginning when he saw this Prince Edward, he was sure that this person was the best person to negotiate, in order to expand the benefits of the Opium War to a greater extent today.

"In this case, even if the content of this negotiation is finalized, this official proposes that tomorrow I will go to my Ming 'Yu Qian' battleship to sign this treaty, and by the way, let this official also entertain Your Highness", Yang Sichang is now very friendly, which makes Prince Edward feel like a spring breeze, and he hurriedly agreed.