Revision of the treaty was also one of the three conditions put forward by Jiaqing at the beginning, and now the Tang people have also put forward the same demand. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info But the Tang Dynasty's revision is naturally the same as the Qing Dynasty's revision.

When the earliest immigration treaty was signed, it was more of an intentional or programmatic document, and one of the most important expressions of the whole treaty was that the Qing State had the obligation to assist the Tang Dynasty in carrying out immigration work. As for the specific details, many of them are not involved, so the operation is all up to the Tang people themselves, and the Qing Kingdom occasionally discusses, but the Tang Dynasty does not take too much into account.

Conversely, such a treaty with unclear meaning in terms also caused some trouble for the Tang people after the Qingzhou case broke out. Because it is not clear how this immigration should be carried out, what obligations should be fulfilled by the Qing state's cooperation, how many immigrants should be in total each year, and how the two sides should invest in immigration, there is no special explanation. Therefore, when the Qing State adopted a vague approach, or responded negatively, it was also very troublesome for the Tang people.

So now, Datang also hopes to start implementing it again with a more certain and more favorable treaty.

In order to keep the throne, Jiaqing did not have much demand for no longer entangled in the relationship between the Tang people and the Qingzhou case. Lift it high and put it down gently, as long as you dilute public opinion and punish some people casually, you can naturally expose it. Although there was a lot of uproar outside the city, the name of the joint exercise between the two armies was still able to bluff some people. After all, this is not the era of mobile Internet, even if the people in Beijing know something, the whole world may not know. The vast majority of the news media in the Qing Dynasty had something to do with the Tang people. The Tang people are very shrewd. These days, the reports are all held and not posted. So it also left enough room for Jiaqing.

As for the "joint military exercises", it costs money. Naturally, it is impossible to ask for 8 million Tang Yuan as much as the Tang people, but Jiaqing can go to the military department, plan several commercial performances, and then engage in a few non-existent military procurement cases, although the amount of 8 million Tang Yuan is not small, but it is not too painful for the imperial court.

8 million Tang Yuan seems to be much less than the money spent by the Tang Dynasty in the past, but it is true that the First Brigade of the Tang Army only fought for three days before and after, although the army started to fight. From ammunition, oil to grain, plus all kinds of logistical support, it is a large amount of money, and damaged weapons and equipment need to be repaired, which is all expenditure. Of course, these expenditures will definitely not reach the level of eight million, although the operating costs of hundreds of armored vehicles are large, although there are many guns and ammunition, and then a full battle of 1 million Tang Yuan is enough to end the battle.

Of course, it is not impossible to ask for more, and the Qing court can afford to pay for it, but from the position of Bai Nan. He also did not want to excessively stimulate the Qing Dynasty, nor did he want to make a profit on the head of the Qing Dynasty. Even if his mind was full of plans on how to annex the Manchus. But there is no need to resort to anything drastic. What he still needs is order and stability within the Qing Dynasty, which is the best means to safeguard the interests of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the Great Qing Kingdom can be chaotic, but chaos must be nodded by Bai Nan. After all, it is his own country, although the people who sit in the world now are people who should not be, but the money will still be passed on to the people, and Bai Nan is unwilling to be too entangled.

At this time, Ji Yun's heart was actually a little relaxed, everyone in the world thought that the Tang people valued profit over righteousness, and they were careful about gold and silver, and they didn't like to suffer losses. The Tang people didn't grasp this handle and blackmailed the Qing court fiercely, and even gave some ladders that looked good, so that Jiaqing could go down the line, Ji Yun was somewhat relieved.

The Tang people are stubborn and stubborn, but they are also open, and in the words of many older generations, they say that there are rules and rules for doing things. As far as the first two conditions are concerned, Ji Yun has no opinion, and he believes that the emperor will not have any opinions, and will even breathe a long sigh of relief like him.

And the most important thing is to look at the last condition.

Zhu Yongfang naturally had a full set of details of the Tang Dynasty's revision requirements, and in fact, when the First Brigade of the Tang Army began the "exercise", Datang had already sent these things to the embassy in the Qing Dynasty.

What Ji Yun saw was a clause that was hundreds of pages long, and now that he has been dealing with the Tang people for a long time, Ji Yun has gradually become familiar with the Tang people's way of doing things. Ji Yun naturally knows why, because the Chinese are a particularly smart kind of people, they are very good at exploiting loopholes, and the Tang people are also Chinese, they hate to be exploited, because it will be very troublesome, so in order to prevent trouble later, they would rather be troublesome at the beginning, try to make the terms meticulous and meticulous, and do not leave any gaps.

The Tang people love the Fa and respect the Fa, as long as it falls on paper, they will take it out and use it, and they will speak righteously. Most of the time, these things are not used to restrain the Tang people from doing things, but to protect their interests.

Ji Yun opened the new covenant in his hand and knew that it would take time again. After a cursory glance, Ji Yun's eyebrows were furrowed very deeply, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to be able to kill a flying insect, he looked at Zhu Yongfang in front of him seriously, this envoy still looked unhurried, just sat next to Ji Yun and drank tea, and did not urge him to finish reading it quickly, it seemed that everything had nothing to do with him.

"No wonder the first two conditions are so favorable, it turns out that your country is waiting here."

Compared with the Old Testament, the New Testament is not only greatly expanded in length, but also even more unfavorable for the Qing Kingdom. The New Testament reaffirmed the rights and obligations of the Tang and Qing dynasties on the issue of immigration, when in fact the rights were unilateral, and the obligations could almost be said to be unilateral. At the beginning of the treaty, it was stated that the Qing State must unconditionally cooperate with the Tang Dynasty in handling immigration affairs.

Each year, Tang will formulate a resettlement plan for the following year, which will include the total number of immigrants, the structure of gender and age ratios, the distribution of migrants' origins, the amount and mode of compensation for migration, and so on. In principle, the total number of people in the immigration program should be between 1 million and 1.5 million per year. The treaty also takes into account several situations in which the number of immigrants can be adjusted, from natural disasters to wars.

This provision would be tantamount to frustrating the Qing state's desire to change the continued bloodshed of its own population, if the treaty was formally signed. The Qing state will still face this serious and persistent situation of blood loss from the population. This will inevitably cause various problems to the society of the Qing State. And it accumulates. It could get worse.

Ji Yun also understood that this was also the idea of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty may not have subjective plans to weaken the Qing State, but their desire for population is obvious. Although many people believe that the Qingzhou case is the source of the conflict, what really triggered the Tang army to take action in this turmoil was that Jiaqing completely stopped sending immigrants to the Tang Dynasty. In the eyes of some people, this seems to be nothing serious, but Ji Yun has enough knowledge of the Tang Kingdom. The Tang Kingdom needed a population to fill its vast and fertile territory. Although the Tang Kingdom is proud of the world. overwhelmed European countries, but Ji Yun used his ingenuity to faintly perceive that this was actually a competition for the living space of a nation. Although the Tang Kingdom now seems to have too much space to survive, it has always been the most simple and natural attitude of the Chinese people to make contributions to future generations and for the benefit of all generations.

Moreover, Datang has a variety of pre-set construction in China, and the Qing State cut off the source of immigrants, which will actually bring various losses to Datang, some of which may appear immediately, and others may be delayed. Ji Yun didn't know how big this loss would be, but he could feel it. Jiaqing's choice of this entry point was very accurate, and it hurt the Tang people all of a sudden. And the Tang people who are in pain are terrible.

Now is the time for the Great Qing Kingdom to pay the price.

Ji Yun continued to look down, and the more he looked, the more frightened he became. Datang made extremely detailed requirements for the degree of cooperation of the Qing government with its immigrants. What kind of obligations the Qing government has from the imperial court to the localities, and what kind of cooperation it does, are clearly written. What made Ji Yun even more panicked was that he searched through all the provisions, but did not find the clause that Datang would fund these works, but only saw one clause, which was that the Qing government's cooperation with immigration affairs would take care of the funds generated by itself.

Although in the past, the Qing court did pay for the immigration affairs between the Tang and Qing dynasties to a certain extent, but the expenses from the transportation of immigrants to the errands of officials were actually funded by the Tang Dynasty, and now the Tang Dynasty not only requires the Qing government to set up a special agency to assist the Tang Immigration Bureau in immigration work, but also requires the Qing court to pay for the expenses of this institution.

Ji Yun doesn't know how much money Datang has spent on immigration over the years, but a simple perception will not be wrong, that is, it is much more than Datang's military investment. The Tang Iron Army is already so strong, so the immigrants invest more money, what a terrifying number it will be. After all, Ji Yun vaguely knew that Datang's financial income was dozens of times ****** the country.

Even if Ji Yun didn't want to believe it, the pride of the Tang people was written on his face, and the magnanimity of the Tang people could also be seen.

The cooperation of the Qing court may not be of the same magnitude as the amount spent by the Tang Dynasty, but if it is only a fraction, it will also create a huge burden on the Qing Dynasty. This investment would not bring any substantial return to the Qing court, but would lead to the continuous and slow blood loss of the Qing state. Ji Yun knew that this was extremely crazy, and instinctively wanted to refuse.

Zhu Yongfang, who was sitting there, seemed to see through the change in Ji Yun's expression, he was in the sofa, and he didn't straighten up, his expression was still so indifferent, he said a word: "Scholar, we Tang people are not good at negotiation, we only know how to speak two words, one is good, and the other is not." ”

Ji Yun listened to his words like falling into an ice cave, even if this elegant man didn't say anything that was clearly threatening, his casual expression, as well as his soft and gentle words, made Ji Yun feel powerless. If the Qing court said that it agreed to the treaty, then Zhu Yongfang would say yes on behalf of the Tang people; If the Qing court said that it did not agree to the treaty, then Zhu Yongfang said no. There are no other options other than these two.

That is, Datang does not negotiate, you either accept it or not, that's all.

There is nothing to talk about if you accept this treaty, so if you don't accept it, Ji Yun couldn't help but look in the direction of the Forbidden City, twelve years ago, the man who is now sitting on the position of the president of the Tang Dynasty personally pulled a generation of British lords down from the dragon chair and threw them to overseas islands to retire, penniless. If you can do it once, you can naturally do it a second time, the Tang Army is outside the city, the North China New Army has no will to fight, and the Praetorian Guard is useless. Even Ji Yun could guess that there were still many Tang people in the court. Some people are taking advantage of the Tang people, and some people are inclined to the flames, and they may not need the Tang Military Region to attack the city, and there will be those who think they have the vision to open the city gate.

Ji Yun's waist couldn't help bending slightly, he was very old, he was very comfortable sitting on the sofa, he saw that it was straight for a while just now, maybe he was tired at this time, and he couldn't help but get slightly close to the soft back of the chair, which made him feel a little lighter.

This small area of the living room is resplendent with crystal chandeliers, shining brightly even in the daytime, with complex and beautiful carpets, solid wood furniture with strong traditional Chinese characteristics and full of Tang people's simple and bright aesthetics, from the living room furnishings, it seems to be able to feel a kind of luxury. Or more precisely, a real kind of wealth, a wealth with a strong sense of self-confidence, and this room is a sign of the aura of the arranger and the owner, which is very oppressive at the moment. Ji Yun sat there as an old man, feeling that his body was full of unpleasant stale and dark color, restrained and suppressed by the bright golden light and new and expensive aura.

Ji Yun didn't want to stay here.

When he was a teenager, he was full of pride in the Qing Dynasty, and he was proud of his career in the field, Ji Yun was a slave at that time, a slave who wrote words and essays, but he felt that his waist was very straight and his breath was very noble. Now Ji Yun doesn't have that breath. Even if he no longer kneels, he doesn't call himself a minion anymore.

He wondered when he had lost that breath. Maybe it's when you're middle age, or maybe it's when you're bumpy for the first time. But he pondered for a while, and finally determined that that the breath was lost twelve years ago.

Twelve years ago, the city was broken.

Since then, some people have stopped wearing braids, the court clothes have changed their appearance, adults no longer kneel when they see Shangguan and the emperor, there are electric lights in the city, and adults have cars for travel. It seems that everything has changed for the better, and many officials are satisfied with the improvement of their status and are working harder, including him Ji Yun himself.

At that time, he knew very well that the destruction of the city was a new opportunity, an opportunity for the Manchu Han civil officials to raise their heads and raise their eyebrows.

But today, Ji Yun was holding the thick stack of treaty papers, illuminated by the glass chandelier, and suddenly realized something.

Twelve years ago the city was broken, and the kingdom perished.

(To be continued.) )