Chapter 174: Surrender (18th Update)
"Yes, Your Majesty, we have come to surrender to the Empire. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info" Ambassador Impage bowed his massive head deeply.
"Poof" The tea that Li Mingze was drinking squirted out.
"No, you're going to surrender, as if your main fleet hasn't lost more than half of it." Li Mingze asked puzzled, for fear that there would be fraud.
"We don't want to fight anymore, we don't want to fight anymore, we have a lot of people in our country, the coalition's reserves are running out, and the anti-war sentiment is growing stronger." Ambassador Impech's mournful voice came.
"So we want to be able to become vassals of the Sith Empire!" Ambassador Imbech raised his head.
"Oh? You want to become vassals of our empire? ”
"It's not impossible, let me see your sincerity." Li Mingze leaned back in his chair relaxedly.
"Your Majesty, we are willing to cede the other half of the star field from your passage defense line upwards! All we need to do is allow our citizens to be brought back, and we won't touch any of the equipment and resources on these planets. ”
"And after becoming vassals, we are willing to give thirty percent of all energy coins and mineral income every year!" Ambassador Imbech whispered.
"Oh?" Li Mingze's eyes lit up! You must know that the war is now on, and he also wants to end it a little, because now there is a new opponent who is eyeing him.
What's more, the attitude of other civilizations bordering the empire towards the empire is also getting worse, they think that the warlike empire is very dangerous, so in order to prevent themselves from being attacked on all sides, Li Mingze has long planned to end the war, but he didn't expect the Inbeqi Alliance to mention it itself today.
"I can accept your request, but I have a few requirements to become a vassal of the Empire, and if you can accept it, we will be family." Li Mingze squinted his eyes and the corners of his mouth brought out a mysterious smile.
"Say it, Your Majesty." The ambassador said helplessly.
"First! Your future schools must use Chinese as the main language, and all school textbooks must be formulated by our empire! ”
"Second! You can't have more than a cruiser! The tonnage must not exceed 1.2 million tons! All units of your army above the platoon level must place an Imperial political commissar! ”
"Third! All your citizens will henceforth enjoy the treatment of third-class citizens of the Empire! You need to apply to enter and leave the empire, but citizens of the empire do not need to apply in any form to enter your star field, and at the same time enjoy the treatment of first-class citizens! ”
(A third-class citizen is a citizen who does not enjoy civic benefits, but needs to fulfill civic duty, and the empire will guarantee its security.) )
"Fourth! From now on, all your goods will be set by the Empire! You only have the right to suggest! ”
"Fifth! In all future foreign wars of the Empire, you must participate unconditionally, and of course the supplies consumed by this will be provided by the Empire. Li Mingze took a sip of tea and moistened his throat.
"How's that, okay?"
"Well, can Your Majesty allow me to return to the council?" Ambassador Yin Beiqi said cautiously, for fear of provoking Li Mingze to stop the talks.
"Yes, you can go." Li Mingze waved his hand.
"Your Majesty, Gui'an." After a salute, Ambassador Inkbech got up and returned to the ambassadorship.
An hour later, Ambassador Imbech asked for another meeting.
"Oh? Has your council agreed? Li Mingze opened his closed eyes and asked.
"Your Majesty, our council has agreed, but they want the annual tribute to be reduced to twenty-five percent." Ambassador Yin Beiqi replied in a low voice, not daring to raise his head to look directly at Li Mingze, there was no way that Li Mingze's aura was too strong in the eyes of the ambassador under the blessing of the aura of immortal body.
"Well... Reduced to 25%, yes, but the tribute interval has been changed to once every three months! Li Mingze nodded magnanimously.
"Too... That's great. Ambassador Imbech shuddered with excitement.
"Your Majesty, when was the surrender agreement signed? You see? ”
"This is to be booked in the space station of Harwa in ten days," Li Mingze said after pondering for a moment.
"Okay~ I'll go back and inform the council." Ambassador Inkbech saluted and left the conference room......
Ten days later..... Harwa Space Station.
An unarmed Inbech cruiser slowly docked in the space station's harbor, and the accompanying destroyers lowered their guns and turned off their engines and suspended in space.
With the docking bridge in the harbor fixed to the cruiser, the speaker of Impage straightened his collar and led the group of councillors into the docking bridge.
Speaker Inbech and the councillors, who had come to the harbor through the docking bridge, were greeted by Imperial honor guards standing on either side of the exit.
Accompanied by the rousing Sith anthem, the honor guard raised the ceremonial knife in their hands into the air.
Speaker Inbech and the members of the parliament coughed dryly twice and walked past the Imperial honor guard, and as they walked past the honor guard, the honor guards put their sabers back into their waists, indicating that the enemies who had once faced each other with swords would henceforth mean "family".
It fully demonstrates the great power style of the Sith Empire of "people don't offend me, I don't offend people".
Through the corridor formed by the honor guard, the speaker of the Impage and the others got on the hovercar that had been waiting for a long time and drove towards the interior of the huge space station.
The hovercar stopped at the entrance of a large conference hall, and the guards trotted forward and opened the door.
Speaker Inbech nodded his head in thanks and led the group of councillors into the chamber.
The meeting room, which had been filled with chairs, had been emptied, leaving only a long table in the middle of the hall with pens and paper that had been prepared.
And Li Mingze was sitting on the throne at one end of the long table at this time, squinting at Speaker Yin Beiqi and the others who walked into the hall.
Speaker Yin Beiqi saw Li Mingze sitting in the hall walking quickly and kneeling on one knee.
"Your Majesty, our high-ranking Inbeqi has come to sign the vassal agreement." Speaker Inbech bowed his head respectfully, and the members behind him also fell to their knees.
"Get up, I'm ready for the agreement, you can sign it after you take a look." Li Mingze raised his hand and motioned for them to get up.
"Yes." Speaker Inbech gave a look, and the members hurriedly walked to the long table, picked up the agreement on the table, and read it carefully.
A few minutes later, the members of parliament nodded, and the speaker of the parliament got up and signed his name on the agreement, and took the official seal of the state of Impech handed by the councillor and stamped the agreement.
"Very good, very good, everyone will be a family in the future." Li Mingze clapped his hands with satisfaction.
"The staff in charge of vassal-related work will soon go to your star field, you must cooperate well, and our fleet will also withdraw to the passage defense line at a later date." Li Mingze said cordially.
"Your Majesty!" Speaker Inbech and the members of the House of Representatives knelt down on one knee and said humbly.
This moment was permanently preserved by the cameras of the many reporters standing on the sidelines.