1830, Christmas.

Since learning that Guam and some other important islands controlled by Spain have been seized by the Chinese Empire, the Philippine Governor (pascualenrileyalcedo) Leon is very annoyed, although he is very angry but he can't help it, as mentioned above, in terms of colonization, Chinese colonization and European colonization have a huge difference, Europeans are a small number of people occupy a large area, the actual development and utilization is insufficient. Therefore, Spain does not deploy troops in the Pacific islands, and Spain's military forces in Asia are mainly in Manila and other places in the Philippines.

"Your Excellency the Governor!"

"Oh! Is there anything going on with Brooke? ”

"Well, the diplomatic envoy of the Chinese Empire has arrived."

"I still want to find them!" Hearing this, Leon looked indignant.

Because the policy of the governor of the Spanish colonies at this time was the feudal system, that is, the Spanish governor in the Philippines was the head of the colonial authorities, monopolizing administrative, judicial and military powers, and was the emperor of the soil.

In the conference hall, as the plenipotentiary of the negotiations, Gu Hanbing was the imperial foreign minister, and he knew French, German, English, Russian, Latin, Spanish and other Chinese.

When he saw Leon's face full of indignation, he smiled and said, "Your Excellency the Governor, good morning, I would like to ask you a question mark on behalf of my Majesty the Emperor of the Chinese Empire!" ”

Leon was surprised and said: "Your Excellency can actually speak Latin, and I have the impression that you officials in the East don't seem to know foreign languages!" ”

"Your Excellency said with a smile, here is a meeting gift from my country, I hope Your Excellency will like it."

Then, the attendant in the back took out a box, and Leon opened it to see that it was a pair of beautiful vases, and his heart blossomed, because closed porcelain is a luxury in Europe, and the royal families of all countries are proud to own porcelain. Such a beautiful gift made Leon fall in love.

"Brooke, go get my cigar." Leon looked at Gu Hanbing and his party as they looked at it more and more, and Gu Hanbing and his party secretly laughed at Leon's stupidity in their hearts, and they had been able to get ordinary high-grade porcelain, so it seemed that the next problem was not big.

"Your Excellency, we are here to seek a solution to the dispute over the island territory between our Chinese Empire and the Spanish Empire." Gu Hanbing said.

"Oh! I wonder how your country would like to explain this. ”

"These islands have been the territory of our empire since ancient times, but they have not been developed, and this time our country is just taking them back."

"Absurd, these islands were discovered by explorers of the Spanish Empire at the risk of their lives. Don't I know, Your Excellency? ”

"Your Excellency Leon, please calm down, our country's recovery by force has indeed caused losses to your country, so our country is willing to pay for it, but I also hope that you can sell these islands to our country."

"This will not work, the betrayal of the colony requires domestic consent."

"Your Excellency, several islands still have power for you, and we have prepared a generous gift for you, I believe you will be satisfied."

"It depends on what conditions come out of your country?" Leon smiled knowingly.

In 1830, on Christmas Eve, the Chinese Empire and Spain signed the Treaty of Commerce and Trade between the Chinese Empire and the Philippines in Manila. In order not to attract the attention of Spain, the treaty was signed in the name of a treaty of commerce.

The content of the treaty generally includes:

First, since the signing of the treaty, the Philippines has opened Manila and other trading ports, allowing citizens of the Chinese Empire to conduct commercial activities in the Philippines and the Spanish Asian colonies and protect their legitimate rights and interests, and the Chinese Empire has protected the legitimate rights and interests of Spanish merchants in the territory of the Chinese Empire.

Second, Spain sold Guam and other Pacific islands and the Batan Islands, an island in the northern Philippines, to the Chinese Empire for 2 million Chinese dollars (equivalent to 6 million pounds at the time).

Third, the two sides of the contract will negotiate tariffs and establish a Keelung-Manila trade route.

Fourth, the Chinese Empire and the Spanish Empire established embassies for each other

The whole treaty seemed to be satisfactory to both parties, the empire established the sovereignty of the colonies in the Pacific and could also buy raw materials for Spain's colonies in Asia at a low price, while Leon seemed to have lost a lot of land, but in fact, Spain did not develop these lands at all, and it was useless in his opinion, and the land was exchanged for a large sum of money (the Chinese currency had established a monetary advantage in the South Seas) and a large amount of porcelain, and more importantly, he received a promise from the Chinese empire.

"Your Excellency, I have heard a lot of news about your country, aren't your colonies in South and Central America already duli!" Gu Hanbing said as he looked out the window at the busy port in Leon's study.

"It's just a rebellion of the rebels, and our army will reoccupy it one day."

"Your Excellency, do you want to be a governor in the Far East all the time?" Gu Hanbing turned around and said.

"Your Excellency, what do you want to say, isn't it bad to be a governor here?" Leon's eyes rolled, and a hint of cunning flashed.

"My Imperial Majesty means that I want to cooperate with you more, not the empire that has declined." Gu Hanbing continued, "A Philippine kingdom of duli needs a king like you, and our Chinese empire needs a Philippine kingdom of duli. That's how we can deepen our friendship, doesn't it? ”

"I think it's good to be governor now." Leon thought for a moment and said.

"Then I'll wait for our cooperation in the future." In fact, in Gu Hanbing's opinion, Leon also has intentions, but now is the wrong time. But isn't there a future? ――

Spain -

In Spain, from 1823 to 1833, King Ferdinand VII severely suppressed the revolutionaries, which became the "dark decade" in Spanish history. Fernand VII (14 October 1784 – 29 September 1833) King of the Bourbon dynasty of Spain (reigned 1814 – 1833), the worst king in Spanish history.

On March 7, 1820, the Revolution broke out in Madrid. Fernand VII had to take an oath to accept the "Constitution of Cádiz", promising to reconvene parliament and appoint the Ziyou party to organize a new provisional zhèngfu. During the Ziyou faction's rise to power, Ferdinand was under de facto house arrest.

Seen by the European powers of the time as a copy of the French zhèngfu during the Revolution, the Ziyou faction led to the last regular meeting of the Five Nations at the 1822 Congress of Verona (1822), which was part of the European coordination mechanism in the early nineteenth century. Russia, Austria, Prussia, France, and Great Britain decided to suppress the revolutionary activities in Europe at the time, and since Britain had no intention of interfering in the internal affairs of other countries in the name of suppressing revolution, it was at odds with the four countries, and Britain withdrew from the European Coordination Mechanism. France was authorized to intervene in the war.

France used its formidable military force, the Spanish Expeditionary Force, to crush the Ziyou faction, and Fernand regained supreme power. In the following ten years, he practiced even darker **, more than 30,000 people were brutally killed, and more than 50,000 people were imprisoned, which is known as the "dark decade". By 1825, all of Spain's colonies in the Americas were duli.

King Fernand VII of Spain did not attach much importance to this treaty sent from the colonies of the Far East, although he did not know the Chinese Empire and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he preferred to pay attention to the situation at home, as for this treaty, he felt that a few islands were insignificant, but trade made him excited, the Manchu Qing closed off the country so that the wealth of the East said no to Europe, and now trade with the Chinese Empire meant that this wealth would flow into his own country, and with money he would be able to better control the revolution at home.

United Kingdom -

The 65-year-old King William IV of the United Kingdom (1765-1837) just ascended the throne this year. Historically, William IV was generally a mediocre king, but he was a philanthropic and simple gentleman, affectionately known to the people as the Sailor King

The Prime Minister of England at this time was the Earl of Grey of the Whigs. At that time, after the death of the monarch, a new general election was held in England, and in 1830, Wellington's Conservative Party faced off against the Whigs of Charles Gray, Earl of Grey. Immediately after defeating Wellington as Prime Minister, Gray announced that he would reform the electoral system, which had remained virtually unchanged since the fifteenth century, and its injustices were very obvious: for example, the large cities of Manchester and Birmingham did not have any seats, and some small districts, such as Old Salisbury, which had only seven voters, had two seats. Usually these small districts are in the hands of the big nobles, so these big nobles are always elected.

Chun Festival of 1831. At this time, Gray was at the Prime Minister's residence, receiving Wu Hong, the Chinese Imperial Ambassador to the United Kingdom, who had crossed the ocean to Britain, and Wu Hong presented his credentials to inform Britain of the Empire's sovereignty over the South Pacific Islands, and to exchange views on the Chinese embassy and the British ambassador to China.

Although the British opium trade in the Manchus had been destroyed in the past two years, the commercial trade with the Chinese Empire was very profitable from the development of the Far East, and after the House of Lords rejected the reform bill for the second time in 1831, the people of England began to agitate for reform, and there were even riots in some places. If it weren't for the fact that the whole country was plunged into the worst crisis since the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Gray also wanted to have more dealings with the Chinese Empire.

By the end of 1832, the ambassadors of the Chinese Empire to the European countries were basically in place, and the European countries welcomed these ambassadors with short hair and fluent foreign languages and the porcelain national gifts they brought, especially the ambassador to the Papal States was a devout Christian who satisfied the European countries at that time, and the same faith made them look at the Chinese Empire friendly and agreed to sign trade treaties with the empire, with the signing of trade agreements with various countries, the goods of the empire began to enter Europe.