The venue of the peace talks was a restaurant called Mantanghong, which had been ordered to be renovated as a place to witness history.

Kerosene lamps, tables and chairs, glasses, bone china, red tablecloths, and red carpets were sent from Eastern Qin.

There are also two flags hanging in the middle, one is the star spike flag, and the other is the red background Ming flag, which represents the Ming Dynasty.

According to Yan Zheng's arrangement, these are extremely commemorative historical relics, and after the negotiations, they will be sent back to Eastern Qin.

At that time, a special replica of the house will be opened to the public, so that the people can remember this historical moment.

When the carriage of the Ming delegation arrived at the restaurant, it was already full of onlookers from Ningbo.

For them, it seems that the peace talks have nothing to do with them, anyway, the people in Ningbo City are still well governed.

Xie Qian and Liu Daxia, wearing brand-new scarlet official clothes and winged black gauze hats, stepped out of the carriage with heavy faces, followed by a group of Ming officials, and after verifying their identities at the door, they were in a hurry to walk the red carpet in.

When I walked into the negotiation room, I saw that it was full of Dongqin-style objects, especially those red flags, which were particularly dazzling.

Liu Daxia sat quietly in the main seat, Xie Qian and Wang Heng sat on both sides of him, and the rest of the officials sat and stood.

The officials on both sides, who had recorded their records, and the officials who preached the conditions, were all looking at each other with hostility at the moment.

The main negotiators, on the contrary, looked more relaxed, after all, many people have seen it before.

The negotiator of the Eastern Qin Dynasty was Ah Xin, and the accompanying officials included Qiu Ruicai and An Shan, as well as Li Ya, a representative of the Ministry of Commerce, and Zhao Xuehong, a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Ashin once visited Daming Jingshi, and knew Wang Heng, and also knew Liu Daxia and Xie Qian.

He smiled and arched his hand and said, "Lord Wang, Lord Liu, Lord Xie, let's meet again!" How have you been lately? ”

Wang Heng replied: "It's all good, but it's a pity that you can't reminisce about the old now." ”

"Then let's talk about it!" Ashin said with a smile: "At present, our appeal is probably the nineteen articles on the national letter, and my country's bottom line is also these nineteen articles!" ”

"Heh, what's the point?" Liu Daxia was disdainful and said directly: "Except for the opening of the port, I forgive the rest of the things!" ”

"Lord Liu, don't get the priorities wrong, right now, it's not me Dongqin who has a request for Daming! Now that the negotiations fail, the Cao Yun will be blocked from now on, and our army will also come to Nanjing! Therefore, these nineteen articles are already my king, great tolerance! ”

Xie Qian said coldly: "In that case, why should Dong Qin do anything more? Is this the hypocritical trick of your Eastern Qin, used to deceive the world? ”

"Definitely!" Ah Xin waved his hand and said: "This is the commander-in-chief of the Ming operation, Anshan, that is, under his command, our army is even a key town, he is determined to fight, but my lord thinks that this war against the Ming is just a self-defense counterattack, and the goal has been achieved, and it is enough for the Ming Dynasty to pay the price!" ”

"That's right!" An San glanced around viciously and said: "With your Ming Dynasty's military strength, it is not difficult to land from Tianjin and take the Beijing division lightly!" ”

"It's so rampant!" Xu Songnian, a military general accompanying the Ming Dynasty, said: "I have tens of millions of soldiers and civilians in the Ming Dynasty, and hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers on the nine sides, how many soldiers can you have in Eastern Qin?" ”

"Then don't talk about it, let's send an army each, and fight again from the Beijing division!" Ansan immediately went back.

"Hit it!" Xu Songnian said angrily: "I, the border army of the Nine Towns of the Ming Dynasty, is it possible that I am still afraid of more than 10,000 of you!" ”

Ah Xin waved his hand to stop, looked at Liu Daxia and said, "Lord Liu personally fought a battle with our Eastern Qin, so he should know the severity!" ”

Liu Daxia's old face turned red, and he snorted: "You can open the port, the customs can also be built according to your method, and the rest, such as recruitment, inland waterway shipping rights, mutual recognition of clans and vassals, etc., will not work!" ”

"Your Excellency should understand that the opening of ports and customs is not real! I, Dongqin, originally planned to let the Ming Dynasty compensate for the military expenses of 5 million taels and the ransom fee of 3 million taels, but my monarch took pity on it and thought that the money would always be paid by the poor people of the Ming Dynasty, so I gave up! The right of inland waterway shipping is also convenient for our Eastern Qin, and it can help the poor people in a timely manner.

As for the mutual recognition of the clan and the domain, it is just to let the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty recognize that the Eastern Qin enjoys the same rights and interests as the Ming Dynasty! This is in the Ming Dynasty, there is no loss of interests, on the contrary, after this article is added, the Ming Dynasty will not conflict with the Eastern Qin again in the future because of the affairs of the clan! ”

"Mess around!" Xie Qian said angrily: "The right of inland waterway shipping means that your Eastern Qin's military ships can enter and exit the Ming River, which is tantamount to exposing the heartland of the Ming Dynasty to the Eastern Qin's troops, this is absolutely impossible!" ”

"The right of inland waterway shipping is just for the convenience of business, the Eastern Qin military ships are merchant ships, and the reason why they are equipped with naval guns is because the Ming State is not well governed and the bandits are not effective, which makes pirates everywhere, and I have to arm merchant ships in Eastern Qin! On the other day, you will clear the Haiyan River in the Ming Kingdom, and my Eastern Qin warships will dismantle the naval guns! Ashin argued.

"What are these words? How is this my fault of the Ming Dynasty! ”

"How is it not your fault of the Ming Dynasty? If it weren't for the Ming Dynasty attacking our Shuangyu garrison, how could our army fight this battle? ”

"Hehe, that Shuangyu Island is the territory of my Ming Dynasty!"

"The territory has been occupied by pirates, and they still don't admit that pirates are rampant, and we are not allowed to install naval guns on our merchant ships?"

"You're justifying!"

"You are even more unreasonable, you love to talk about it, if you don't sign it today, you will immediately stop Caoyun, I see how long you can last......"

"Shameless ......"

"Oh, I, Dongqin, with the victorious army, is willing to negotiate peace, which is already a gift......"

"What's ...... talk about that?"

The negotiations soon became a street call, with all sorts of quibbles and arguments taking turns.

The paperwork recorded is a little difficult to start, and I am confused by all kinds of strange remarks.

After a period of quarrel, the peace talks were directly suspended.

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After about an hour, the peace talks resumed.

Liu Daxia proposed a reciprocal plan, that is, the ships of the Ming Dynasty could also enter the inland rivers of Eastern Qin.

Ashin refused, saying that if this idea was stored again, then the peace talks would be stopped, and the Ming Ningbo garrison would immediately send troops to Shaoxing.

With such strong words, the Ming delegation was quite helpless, and had to put forward a second plan, that is, the Eastern Qin promised to only send merchant ships into the inland river.

This article was also rejected, and Ashin said that unless a port was opened along the Yangtze River, it would not work.

Liu Daxia had no choice but to put this article aside for the time being and talk about it after discussion.

Then he talked about the number of ports to be opened, and Xie Qian cut four in one breath, saying that he could only open Quanzhou Port.

Ah Xin slapped the table angrily and scolded, and directly said that he would not talk about it, and Daming had no sincerity at all.

In desperation, the Ming mission had to change the plan, saying that it was inconvenient for Tianjin to open up, and asked Dongqin to change places.

Ashin directly refused, but said that Tianjin Customs could be fully managed by Daming himself.

Liu Daxia felt that it was feasible, so he passed this article.

In this way, the first day of negotiations ended with difficulty.

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Ten days later, the peace talks left only three major differences: the right to inland waterways, mutual recognition of clans and vassals, and recruitment.

Dongqin did not give an inch, and Daming hoped that Dongqin could replace these terms with other terms.

It is really too important to have the right of inland waterway shipping, and if I can grind for a while now, I naturally don't want to let go easily.

Ashin, who lost his patience, began to let the defenders of Zhenjiang ban navigation.

The Ming Mission still does not let go, talking every day and grinding every day, doing meaningless struggles.

On May 6, the fourth year of Huaxia, the Beijing division rushed to Ningbo with an urgent order.

The Ming mission, which had always been in contact with the Beijing Division, did not eat on this day.

On the second day, the Ming delegation took the initiative to propose that all the treaties of the peace talks be adopted.

Liu Daxia signed the peace treaty as quickly as possible, and the Eastern Qin Dynasty called the Treaty of Ningbo.

The treaty covered trade, tariffs, cultural propaganda, recruitment, diplomatic relations, economy, military and other aspects.

Among them, the most critical points are: First, the five ports of the Ming Dynasty were traded, and at the same time, the customs were jointly built, and the tariffs could only be negotiated by the Eastern Qin.

Second, consulates and extraterritoriality, the Ming Dynasty lost its extraterritoriality, and Chinese nationals could freely enter and leave the Ming Kingdom to live, do business, and study.

Third, it is allowed to run newspapers and drama theaters and other cultural institutions in Daming, and the content of the distribution is not censored by Daming.

Fourth, the right of inland waterway shipping stipulates that the merchant ships of the Chinese State can freely enter and exit the inland rivers of the Ming Dynasty and carry out commercial activities.

Fifth, the freedom to recruit workers and set up factories, this article stipulates that any Chinese citizen has the freedom to recruit workers and build factories in Daming.

Sixth, the mutual recognition of the clan and the domain, all the rights and interests of the Ming Dynasty in the vassal state, the Huaxia State is equally enjoyed!

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