Donald stayed at Diaoyutai for three days.

Three days later, officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs finally sent someone to invite him to the Yamen for talks. This day is the fifteenth day of the fourth month, and it is also the day of the month. The reality is today, every fifteen cases of the first day of the dynasty, for the Shuowang dynasty. The emperor listens to the government at the imperial gate, and the Jintai Imperial Woo ascends to the throne, and the officials above the fourth grade of the Jingshi are to be whipped off, and then they are divided into civil and military affairs, and then they go up the stairs and stand in the corridor in different classes, and perform things according to the steps.

Those lower-level officials can only wait outside the noon gate, bow five times and bow three times under the guidance of the officials of the Honglu Temple, and then arch north to wait for the will.

The Imperial Gate Decision was originally the old system of the Ming Dynasty, but at the time of this dynasty, the emperor no longer liked this kind of court meeting that was more ceremonial than the nature of actual affairs, so the regular dynasty was also changed from one day to five days, and now, it has simply become two dynasties in January. The court meeting in the past two days is not really to solve any major affairs of the court, and the real major events have the three systems and departments. For more important military events, there are also meetings of the Prime Minister's Office and the Military Aircraft Department, which completely follow the emperor's practice of holding small meetings for major events.

The Japanese Dynasty became the 15th Lunar New Year's Summit, and it was just a ceremony.

But the atmosphere today is a little different, and this is all because of the presence of envoys from several countries. Previously, the Netherlands, Spain, and England ignored the friendship treaties they had previously concluded with the Han Dynasty, openly provoked, attacked the Han merchant ships, and blocked the Nanyang shipping routes, which eventually led to the Nanyang War.

Only half a year later, the imperial court had already beaten three people in the South Seas, the Spanish fleet in Manila, Luzon was defeated, the Spaniards were killed or captured more than 4,000, and the lonely city of Manila was surrounded and blockaded on all sides.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Dutch in Java retreated to Batavia and hid under the fortified shore forts, not daring to show their faces at all. Batavia was blockaded by the Han Royal Navy and became a lonely city.

England was even locked out of the South Seas.

Within half a year, two of the three Yi had collapsed their colonies in Nanyang. The Spaniards in Manila, in particular, have run out of ammunition. In the end, he couldn't wait for the king's reply, so he had to surrender Kaecheng under the leadership of the Philippine governor, and handed over the fortress of Port Manila without firing a single shot.

The Dutch were still stubbornly resisting in Batavia, but the King of Portugal sent envoys from far and wide to seek diplomatic establishment, hoping to get the support and help of the Han Dynasty.

After the surrender of Manila, the Seventh Fleet took over Manila and all of Luzon. A support fleet of Spaniards arriving from the Americas was a step late. But the reinforcement fleet, which consisted of only about 20 warships, would not change anything even if it came early.

The envoy of Philip IV of Spain in the fleet saw that Manila had changed hands, and that the Philippine governor and other Spaniards in the Philippines had become 'guests' of the Han army. Peace talks can only be chosen.

As a result, Garcia, the envoy of King Philip IV of Spain, appeared here today, together with Donald, the envoy of King João IV of Portugal, Van Marwijk, an envoy sent by the governor of Batavia, a Dutch-Indian company, and John, an envoy sent by the British East India Company.

The emperor chose to meet with the envoys of the four countries when he met with the court.

This meeting with the envoys of the four countries is undoubtedly that the Han Dynasty wants to rebuild the Nanyang order, and it is inevitable that the victorious Han Empire will lead this order reconstruction.

It is the so-called soldier who surrenders without a fight. is the highest level, although the Han Dynasty finally relied on strong force to wake up the three kingdoms of Britain and the Netherlands, but there is no point in continuing to fight. And so on. There are losses on both sides.

As soon as the belly of the fish was white, the officials came to the noon gate one after another.

As soon as the time came, the three-way drum sounded, and the noon door slowly opened. The guards have lined up the road, and the armor unique to the guards shines so brightly that it is impossible to look at them directly.

The drums had just stopped. The Flag Guards marched out in a neat line, and on the red banner was a five-clawed golden dragon. The flag bearer holds the national flag high, the flag guards march with the flag, and the military band plays music behind it.

Outside the noon gate, there is a national flag stand on the square.

The flag guards ascended the national flag stand, the military band played the national anthem of the Han Dynasty, and the flag bearer shook off the dragon flag and slowly raised the dragon flag.

All the officials lined up, stood neatly, and stared up at the national flag rising.

The national flag was raised, and the flag guards entered the palace, and at this time, the hundred officials followed behind the flag guards through the noon gate. Those officials who are not of sufficient rank can only stay where they are and secretly envy themselves.

The officials who entered the noon gate counted the number of officials in the Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Rites and checked the names of the officials, and then reported in the yellow book.

After a while, the eunuch appeared on the steps, and began to sing and shout with a sharp voice, "There is a decree, summon the cabinet, the imperial history platform, the parliament, and the Privy Council!" ~”

These are all the procedures that the officials have long been familiar with, and everyone is skilled in arranging shifts and standing.

Standing at the front, it is natural that Yuan Jixian, the first assistant of the cabinet, then Liu Zongzhou, the imperial historian, followed by the senator Ni Yuanlu, and then the second assistant of the cabinet, the imperial history of Zuodu, the Dali Temple, the general doctor, and then the group of assistants and the secretaries of various ministries. On the side of the generals, standing in the first place is the left privy envoy Zhang Shan, followed by the right privy envoy Cai Yuan, and then the secretary of the military department and the chief of the general staff, followed by the commander of the guards and the pro-army, the commander of the nine gates of the guard, the commander of the five war armies, the commanders of all services, the chief of staff of the theater, the chief of staff of the services, and the commanders of the arms.

The order of the two classes of the court meeting is only according to the position, not according to the title and title.

The officials of the Ministry of Etiquette kept a close eye on it, and no official dared to casually talk about it, and it was rare to get up early to hold two court meetings in January, so everyone could bear it. They all stood straight one by one, and they only stood for this moment anyway, and as soon as the emperor arrived, after seeing the ceremony, he would usually give a seat to the hundred officials.

Sitting for a court meeting, this is also a major feature of this dynasty, won the praise and support of hundreds of officials, otherwise they came early in the morning, waited outside for a long time, and stood for half a day when they entered the palace to hold a court meeting, which was a fatal thing for many officials.

The position of the first assistant Yuan Jixian was closest to the emperor's imperial palace, only separated by the ninth-level jade steps.

For such a big pomp and circumstance today, Yuan Jixian is very clear, this is for those four Yi to see. In fact, today's court meeting is just a formality, the Foreign Affairs Department has already talked with Siyi, and a preliminary agreement has been reached, and today is just the final establishment of the public, and then the signing of the agreement.

The entente was very beneficial to the Great Han, and Siyi had little room for bargaining, and finally agreed. But today it can only be regarded as an initialling agreement. Because of such an important agreement, it had to be brought back to China by the ambassador of Siyi, submitted to the king for approval and signing, and if the king did not sign it in the end, the agreement would still be countless.

But the initialing is completed, and Siyi has no room to regret it.

If the agreement is formally reached, it will be a real soldier who surrenders without a fight, and without fighting, it can still get the result that the Han wants.

He was also surrounded by important ministers of the imperial court, either the prime minister participating in politics or the military aircraft. If it is placed in the Ming Dynasty, it must be a cabinet scholar and a great Jiuqing.

A group of important ministers are still in favor of making peace with the four countries again. It doesn't matter if the peace negotiation is not beneficial, if the Han can get many benefits, then why should the peace negotiation be abandoned instead of using troops to fight?

As for the generals, they are more of an ornament at the court, unless they talk about military affairs. Otherwise, they have no room to intervene, and the warriors are not allowed to interfere in politics, which is the boundary between the DPRK and China today.

But the civil service is actually dominated by the cabinet. The cabinet is the one who runs it. For example, the current peace talks with Siyi are under the guidance of the cabinet, and the Foreign Affairs Department is specifically responsible. As for the council and the Imperial Tower, they can't control specific matters. Responsible for auditing only.

Yuan Jixian, as the first assistant to the cabinet, also favored the peace proposal. Of course, the premise is that Siyi is willing to admit defeat and surrender. And transfer sufficient benefits to the Dahan.

"As soon as the peace agreement is settled, the import and export of foreign trade can finally be recovered, and we have suffered a lot of losses in the past six months."

The secretary of finance said with a smile, "If it is really two or three years, those who do foreign trade and import and export business in China will have to go bankrupt." Fortunately, these Xiyi are just some paper tigers screaming, but they will fall down as soon as they are hit. ”

The eunuch whipped his way, and the emperor finally appeared.

The emperor sits, the officials salute, and then sit.

"Announce that the envoys of Spain, England, Portugal, and the Netherlands will come to the palace to meet you!"

The envoys of Siyi went to the hall and stood in this splendid hall, all a little nervous and a little helpless.

For many days in the Dahan Jingshi, they fought several times with the officials of the Dahan Foreign Affairs Department, but in the end they did not bargain at all, just because their strength was not good, and now they were choked by the navy of the people, and this time they came to beg for mercy, so they did not have the slightest right to speak.

In fact, this is a copy of the Nanyang Agreement between the five countries a few years ago, and that time the countries also suffered big losses under Liu Jun, the Dutch and Spanish lost Taiwan, the Portuguese lost Macao, and the British followed the Dutch to fight Liu Jun, losing troops and losing generals, and finally had to sign a peace treaty with Liu Jun.

At that time, the four countries were especially powerful in the East Indies, so the treaty was barely fair and fair, but this time, the Han army gave them a traitorous treaty that made them lose their power and humiliate the country.

Among them, the three countries of Britain and Dutze, which provoked the Han and were defeated, were punished particularly severely, especially the two countries. Spain had to hand over the Philippine Islands to the Han Dynasty, and all the rights and interests in the Philippine Islands had to be handed over to the Han Dynasty, except for people who could leave, all the rest of the colonial property including cities, fortresses, manors, churches, cannons, munitions, goods, ships, etc., were owned by the Han Dynasty, and they could not even take away their personal property.

The same was true for the Dutch, who were required to transfer all the rights and interests of the island of Java to the Han, and not a single silver coin could be taken with them except that they could leave safely.

In addition, the two countries must also promise the Han that they will not sign any contract with any of the natives of the Nanyang in the future, nor will they establish any colonies on the Nanyang islands.

At the same time, the peace treaty also clearly stipulated that the Han Dynasty would re-establish a friendly trade and trade treaty with the two countries, and the Han would allow the two countries to anchor and trade in the imperial commercial ports along the coast of the Han Empire, including the South Seas, and allow them to set up trading stations to conduct trade. At the same time, the mainland of the two countries and the overseas colonies of the two countries must also open their trade to the Han Dynasty, allow supplies and trade into the port, and no tariff barriers must be established, and the two countries can provide the most favored nation treatment to the Han Dynasty.

In order to express the sincerity of friendly trade, the Han was willing to exempt the two countries from the war reparations and economic losses that the two countries should have paid to the Han Dynasty.

As for the British, they were stopped out of the South China Sea this time, so they were a blessing in disguise, and in the end, the agreement signed between Britain and the Han Dynasty was that Britain recognized the special rights and interests of the Han Empire over the entire Nanyang Islands and the Indochina Peninsula region, and Britain was not allowed to sign any agreement with any of the South Sea Islands and the natives of the Indochina Peninsula, and was not allowed to establish colonies in the two places, nor to have arms in the two places, nor to sell or provide arms to the natives of the two places for free, and not to help the natives train their armies, and so on.

The two countries also re-established friendly trade and trade relations, and Britain's mainland and overseas colonies were required to be open to Han merchant ships, no relevant tax surcharges, minimum tariffs were guaranteed, and the most favored nation treatment for trade and trade between the Han Dynasty was also required.

In contrast, the Han mainland, the Nanyang Islands and the Indochina Peninsula region were also open to trade and allowed free trade.

Since the Portuguese were not defeated in the war, they signed another friendship agreement with the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty established diplomatic relations with Portugal and formed an alliance.

The Han Dynasty loaned Portugal 30 million Han silver coins and allowed Portugal to repay it for 30 years. Although the interest rate of this loan is not low, the amount is large and the repayment period is long, so it can be said that it is completely like giving money.

Of course, Dahan does not do loss-making business, and there are many additional conditions for lending out the 30 million.

After the Portuguese obtained the loan, they ordered warships, artillery, and guns from the Han Dynasty, as well as imported a large amount of sugar, tea, porcelain, silk, tobacco, paper and other goods from the Han every year.

In fact, the 30 million borrowed by the Portuguese basically could not be taken away, and in the end, the left hand went in and the right hand went out, and a large number of orders were placed in Dahan, warships, merchant ships, and various ordnance goods, etc., in short, the money finally returned to Dahan. And not only that, the Portuguese also handed over all their interests in the Nanyang region to the Han in order to get the loans of the Great Han and the arms of the Great Han.

Including the city of Malacca, and not limited to the city of Malacca, including their territory in the Spice Islands, in short, the colonies in the South Seas were all handed over to the Han.

For this reason, the Han also paid the Portuguese an additional 20 million silver dollars, that is, to buy all the castle fortresses, ports, manors, workshops and other real estate in their colonies.

Is it a profit or a loss to buy these for 20 million silver dollars? I can't say a word, but in the long run, it will definitely be earned. Moreover, the 20 million yuan will eventually be turned into various orders, and then turned into goods for the Portuguese.

Portugal and all its overseas colonies will also be open to trade with the Han and will be granted most-favored-nation status. (To be continued.) )