Chapter XXII
On March 20, Zeng Guofan began his expedition from Beijin Mountain to the north, and it took him five months to arrive at New Taipei City, the largest city in Alaska in the north of the empire.
By the time he returned to Beijinshan after completing his mission to inspect the Empire's North American colonies, it was already the end of August.
Subsequently, he led the mission south to Mexico at the docks on a mail ship provided by the North American Fleet, escorted by the North American Fleet. Along the way, Zeng Guofan was full of emotion, if it wasn't for His Majesty the Emperor appointing him as the head of the mission, he might still be immersed in the crash course of the Imperial University, and he would not be able to see this great river and mountain, he was proud of his country from the bottom of his heart. Only now did I understand what His Majesty the Emperor said in front of the cabinet: "When you are young, you should go out for a walk and see how the world changes, so as not to be the same." Although these words came out of the mouth of His Majesty the Emperor, who was about the same age as himself, it made him feel very strange, but now in Zeng Guofan's thinking, His Majesty the Emperor founded the country at a young age, and the revival of the strong army can have the achievements of today's Ri, Zeng Guofan thought that His Majesty the Emperor should have traveled to various countries when he was young, and saw the customs and civil affairs of various countries, so that he could have the empire of today.
After several voyages, Zeng Guofan and his entourage arrived at the port city of Mazatlan in western Mexico, the largest port on the western Pacific coast of Satlan. Located on the peninsula of the Bay of Olasartas in the southwest of Sinaloa.
Later, Zeng Guofan and his entourage were received by Mexican officials and arrived in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, ten days later.
Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. Located on the southern edge of the central plateau of Mexico, on the lacustrine plain, with an altitude of 2,259 meters and an area of 1,500 square kilometers, the city was severely damaged during the Spanish invasion in 1521, and the Spanish colonists built Mexico City on the ruins. In 1821, Mexico was designated as the capital at the time of Duli. The city is surrounded by steep mountains, the ** Catepetel volcano at the southern end is 5,452 meters above sea level, covered with snow all year round, and Lake Texcoco on the east side is the birthplace of Aztec and Toltec cultures. Parks of all sizes, such as Chapultepe Park, are embedded in the city like pieces of jadeite.
At this time a.l.de less than a year has passed since General Santa Anna seized power, Mexico's domestic land annexation is serious, the economy is stagnant, and the envoys of the Chinese Empire actually attach great importance to the visit, although the Chinese Empire is colonizing in its clear territory, which makes him very unhappy, but the domestic political situation is unstable, and the American immigrants in Texas have a tendency to duli, so he and his subordinates have decided to give up their land in California when the mission comes, After all, Alta California has a Hispanic population of just over 3,000 people, and in exchange for the economic and military support of the Chinese Empire, the situation in Mexico is now one of stability and paramount paramount importance.
On September 19, Mexican President Santa Anna officially received the envoys of the Chinese Empire, and the head of the delegation, Zeng Guofan, presented his credentials.
"Mr. Zeng, he became an envoy of the Chinese Empire at a young age, which shows that Mr. Zeng is a very talented young man, and your Chinese Empire is really full of talents." The interpreter translated Santa Anna's words to Tsang Kuo-fan.
"Thank you, Your Excellency, for your compliments, let's get down to business." Tsang was not modest, because this is the way of thinking in the West, which is what the professor of political science taught.
"Okay, then first of all, Mexico, as a sovereign state, hopes that the Chinese Empire will respect our territorial rights and hand over your cities on our territory, and we will guarantee the legitimate rights of your citizens."
"No, Mr. President, our country does not recognize Mexico's territorial sovereignty over the province of California, which is now our colony, and besides, our possession of California is internationally recognized, and the Empire has sent me this time in the hope that Mexico will sign a commercial trade treaty with our Empire and reduce trade tariffs on our country."
"It's unbelievable! You greedy yellow people, aren't you afraid of starting a war between our two countries? Santa Anna was furious.
"That's exactly what I want, since you don't want to give, you just want to get, then let the war speak." Zeng Guofan stood up indifferently and said.
a.de Iturved, as a good friend of Mexico's Minister of War Santa Anna, came out to play a round: "This is just a quarrel, how can it be involved in the war, Mr. Zeng, I wonder what concessions your country can make if our country gives up the province of California?" ”
"Oh! If your country gives up the province of California, we will give you financial compensation, and we will buy California for eight million Chinese dollars," Zeng Guofan said slowly as he sat down.
"You have also seen it in our country, so we want to import a batch of arms and military supplies from your country, I don't know what your envoy said?" Iturved glanced at Santa Anna, only to see Santa Anna nodding slightly.
"Arms are not a problem, and the empire wants to sign a trade treaty with Mexico to reduce tariffs, I wonder what His Excellency the President wants?"
"Your Excellency the President is naturally welcome!" Iturved preemptively said-
October 1, 1834. The Empire of China and the Republic of Mexico signed the Memorandum of Understanding between the Empire of China and the Republic of Mexico on the Territorial Question of the Province of California and the Commercial and Trade Agreement between the Empire of China and the Republic of Mexico, referred to as the Sino-Mexican Commerce and Trade Agreement, which accorded the Empire of China the most-favored-nation status.
"This is another diplomatic victory won by the Chinese Empire" This is the topic of the article that Lin Hong wrote after receiving the good news from Zeng Guofan, which was published in the Imperial RI newspaper, and Zeng Guofan became the focus of heated discussion for a while.
After signing the treaty, Zeng Guofan and his entourage continued south to Guatemala City, the capital of the Central American Federation.
After Mexico proclaimed the duli in 1821, the Ziyouists of the Viceroyalty of Guatemala drafted the first duli manifesto on September 15, advocating union with Mexico. However, when Ituverde, who claimed to be the "Emperor of Mexico", abdicated, the region instead convened a "National Constituent Assembly" for the Central American region, and on July 17, 1823, the Second Duli Declaration was issued, adopting the name of the "United Province of Central America", including the five "administrative regions" that had previously belonged to the Viceroyalty of Guatemala, namely Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. The capital was in Guatemala City, and the first president, José Cecilo del Valle, was invoked. In 1824, the country adopted a constitution modeled on the U.S. Constitution, establishing a federal Congress, with each province electing members of Congress on a proportional basis; The President, Senate and Supreme Court are elected through three elections; The presidential term is 4 years. Slavery and ecclesiastical privileges were abolished. In 1830, Morazan was elected as the new president of Central America. After coming to power, Morazan implemented a series of reform measures, such as the separation of church and state, equality for all, and speech ziyou, and exiled all clergy who did not cooperate with the new regime. In 1834, Morazán moved the capital of Central America from the conservative city of Guatemala to the Ziyou fortress of San Salvador.
Zeng Guofan waited until he found that the building was empty, and he took the wrong road, but after seeing Morazan again, Molasan, as a Ziyou faction, welcomed the trade cooperation between the Chinese Empire and the Central American Federation, and finally the two countries signed the "Trade Agreement between the Chinese Empire and the Central American Federation", and the Central American Federation gave the Chinese Empire the most-favored-nation treatment.
Subsequently, Zeng Guofan's diplomatic delegation visited the South American countries on the Pacific coast and signed economic and trade treaties with South American countries.