Chapter 111: A Sharp Turn
Seeing that the Ming and Ottomans basically negotiated with Egypt, French Foreign Minister Talleyrand was in a hurry.
I remembered the question that the Ottoman Grand Vizierza Aden had just asked:
"May I ask Shen Shaoqing, if the Ottomans hand over the Palestinian areas, how long will your peace treaty with the Ottomans last?"
Shen Fu did not reply directly, but turned his face to look at Zhu Jingyuan.
According to the previous agreement, if it was something that had not been determined internally in advance, he would ask Zhu Jingyuan with his eyes.
Zhu Jingyuan can decide directly if he has an idea, and if he doesn't think about it, he won't give a definite answer first.
Faced with this question, Zhu Jingyuan basically gave an answer without much thought:
"Five years."
Now Talleyrand smiled.
The sale of a large piece of territory was only in exchange for five years of peace, and the Ottomans could not have accepted such conditions.
Others even let out suppressed shocks, and five years was too short.
The expression of the Ottoman Grand Vizir Za Adin became very ugly:
"Your Royal Highness the Great Food King, you declared at the banquet that it was for the peace of this era, is it just a joke?"
Zhu Jingyuan said as a matter of course:
"My promise at the banquet was to promise not to take your heartland, which is the Anatolian plateau, and I say so now.
"If the Ottomans transfer all the land south of the Anatolian Plateau, plus the island of Cyprus in the Great Qin Sea, to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty can promise you permanent peace.
"And the Ming will provide protection to the Ottomans, promising not to cooperate with Lucia and Austria to dismember the Ottomans."
It's a promise, but it's also a naked threat.
The scene immediately resounded with a burst of exclamations.
But the meaning of everyone's exclamation was not the same, some were purely surprised by Zhu Jingyuan's straightforwardness, and some people were slightly moved.
For example, the Lucians thought of Constantinople, which can be called spiritual sustenance.
The Austrians also thought of more lands in the Balkans.
The Ottoman Grand Vizir Zaadin thought of all the situation, and then said in a very heavy and painful voice:
"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"
"The promise of the Ming Dynasty may be very important, but the promise can only be exchanged for the promise, not the land."
Zhu Jingyuan said without hesitation:
"If you don't change it, you won't change it, let's sign a contract directly according to the battle line, or simply don't stop fighting, let's go back and continue to fight!
"I am the Great Food King of the Ming Dynasty, and I have to get all the food regions that we think of the Ming Dynasty!"
Zaadin did not speak, unable to respond to the threat.
But some people just can't help but talk.
British Prime Minister William Pitt immediately stood up and was ready to say a few words:
"Don't get excited, let's negotiate slowly, how about we take a step back?
"His Royal Highness the Great Food King, our anti-Ming alliance still exists, and we have not disbanded it.
"If the Ming Dynasty wants to continue the war, then our alliance still has to continue to ......"
Zhu Jingyuan didn't wait for him to finish, he interrupted directly and said more forcefully:
"Then let's keep fighting! I might as well tell you directly that I am not in favor of an armistice in the first place!
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"We'd better just break down, go back and continue to fight, another three years, five years, ten years!
"I look at you Xiyi, and I see if you Ottomans can hold out for a few more years!"
Zhu Jingyuan didn't wait for them to respond, and got up directly and walked out of the Wenhua Palace.
Guan Tianpei and two staff members hurriedly followed.
Shen Fu also got up expressionlessly and announced:
"That's all for today's talks, you go back and think about it, if you really don't accept it at all, you can return to your homeland."
A question from Talleyrand made the situation on the scene take a turn for the worse, and the representatives of various countries were confused.
At the urging of the palace guards, he quickly left the Wenhua Hall and the palace, and returned to his residence to hold an internal meeting immediately.
Because there are too many countries in the anti-Ming alliance, the language is too complicated, and it is impossible for people to waste time by translating, so they still use the Ming Yayan.
The young French prince Charles was the first to speak:
"Why is this Great Food Prince capricious? He said that he came for the peace of our time, and today he said that he was not in favor of an armistice. ”
French Foreign Minister Talleyrand shook his head and explained:
"Your Highness, Prince Daishi's attitude is not capricious, he just expresses his purpose in different situations and in different ways.
"He did come with peace on behalf of the Ming Dynasty, but this peace has a price and conditions.
"The Ming Dynasty used to have a long-term peace with the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain after the Ming Dynasty achieved its strategic goals.
"The current situation is that Da Ming did not achieve his goal on the battlefield, so he wants to achieve it at the negotiating table.
"We all accepted their terms, there would be no need for war, so there would be peace.
"So he did come for peace."
The others roughly understood this logic, but they all felt very aggrieved.
It's like: you give me everything I want, and we can get along, and I don't do it.
The Prince of Wales of England suddenly said with some irritation:
"Da Ming is too arrogant, what he didn't get on the battlefield, and he still wants to realize it at the negotiating table?
"Today's goal is only the goal of the Great Food Region, and I don't know how big the goal is in Yin Zhou and Lucia!
"How much land is he going to ask Lucia for? How many colonies do you want to get in Yinzhou? Can it be considered to achieve all their goals? ”
Spanish Prime Minister Manuel said in a heavy tone:
"If the Ming Dynasty achieves its goal, peace will be given, but who can guarantee that the goal of the Ming Dynasty at this stage is the ultimate goal?
"The Ming Dynasty initially only recovered the islands near their homeland, then controlled the entire South Sea, and then the entire Great Ming Ocean and the Little Western Ocean.
"Now the Ming Dynasty is claiming the entire Great Food Region, and at the same time, the goals of Lucia and Yin Zhou are not yet clear.
"Who knows how much this insatiable dragon will have to get before it can really stop?"
British Prime Minister William Pitt felt that the direction of the discussion was guided by others, and immediately stood up to take over the conversation and preside over the order:
His ultimate goal had been proposed, at least temporarily, and he had pledged not to claim land in Europe itself.
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"Demands were also made to the Ottomans, not to claim the Anatolian plateau, that is, the peninsula of Asia Minor.
So the question now is, are we going to trust him? Do you want to accept this condition?
"Can Osman accept it? What should we do if we can't accept it? ”
Manuel subconsciously asked rhetorically:
"Discuss directly whether to accept Da Ming's request? Shouldn't we judge first whether that is the bottom line of the Ming Dynasty? ”
Pete looked at Manuel:
"Do you mean, to find a way to repeatedly test the Ming Dynasty, what is the minimum condition for granting a permanent peace guarantee?"
Manuel nodded rightfully:
"That's right, negotiation is about bargaining."
Pete asked directly:
"You're right, but it's an opponent on the same level, at least not an absolute difference.
"In the face of Daming's opponent, do you dare to fully believe in this bottom line that you have tried so hard to try?
"Have you ever thought that you get a perfunctory result that might make the other person impatient and casually give it?
"When you think you've succeeded and got the best terms, only to turn back and be greeted by a punitive war that refuses to negotiate?
"Do you remember what you learned about the end of the exterminated states and regimes in Chinese history?
"The Ming saw the difficulty of ruling Europe, so they gave a promise never to invade Europe.
"But if your repeated temptations provoke them, they can not rule, they can just reprimand.
"For the past two thousand years, their strategy against the northern nomads has been to punish rather than rule.
"In particular, the two emperors of the Ming Dynasty, Hongwu and Yongle, attacked the northern grasslands more than 20 times in total, with the purpose of killing people.
"After that, the grasslands were burned during the dry season for a long time, leaving the grassland livestock to starve to death in the winter.
"Take the initiative to cut off the trade of salt and daily necessities in the steppe, so that the Mongols can only cook food in cowhide bags......"
Manuel faced Pete's questioning, his expression was slightly embarrassed, and then he helplessly spread his hands and said:
"Then you can't say what it is, right? Ancient nomads posed a great threat to the Central Plains, and we now have similar abilities......"
Pete asked directly:
"What do you think? Can you go to Da Ming Yang and Xiao Xiyang to completely destroy Da Ming's lines of communication?
"The Ming Dynasty couldn't find nomads who had no fixed home, but now they know where our homeland is.
"Have you ever considered the Ming Dynasty's attack on the North Atlantic?
"Especially your Spanish mainland, which is now exposed to the eyes of the Ming navy!"
Manuel asked a little impatiently:
"So what do you think we should do?"
Pete looked at the Ottoman Grand Vizierza Adin:
"I'm inclined to accept that even if I give you ten or twenty years, it will be difficult to develop to the extent of competing with Daming.
"But I can't make decisions for anyone else, and it's up to Osman to think about it himself.
"I still think that it would have been better for us as an alliance to negotiate with Daming collectively and to be able to get the conditions.
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"Any country, the result of negotiating with Daming alone, is to let Daming take what he wants."
Pete vigorously exaggerated the threat of the Ming Dynasty, and the direction was obviously to encourage other countries to accept the Ming's demands with anger and humiliation.
and then continue to stay in the anti-Ming alliance led by himself, and maintain the pattern of the entire Taixi fighting against the Ming Dynasty.
For this reason, Pitt did not say something, and Talleyrand of France also thought of it, but after opening his mouth, he still did not speak.
However, Prussia's Hardenberg made up for them:
"The Great Eater and Shen Fu Shaoqing both mentioned that Osman can ask Daming for support, and Osman can work in this direction.
"Give over the land of the Arabs in exchange for industry and a fleet for the Turks, and even a system of shipbuilding technology......
"Outside of Anatolia, you have lost the best two river basins in Asia, so what's the point of holding on to a place like Syria?
"The colony of Syria can be exchanged for the promise of a permanent peace, I think it can be considered."
Ottoman is actually a stitching monster, Zhu Jingyuan and Daming are asking for the Arab region, that is, the big food in the name of Daming.
The main ethnic group of the Ottomans was the Turks, mainly concentrated on the Anatolian plateau.
Hardenberg was reminding the Ottomans that the land they had given up was actually a colony, which could be exchanged for homegrown industrialization.
Then strategically turn to Da Ming, seek the protection of Da Ming, and don't continue to follow Taixi's anti-Ming alliance, they won't be able to protect you anyway.
This showed the Ottomans a different way.
Pete and Talleyrand, of course, understood this logic, so they immediately glared at Hardenberg fiercely.
Manuel of Spain and Archduke Karl of Austria also frowned.
Where the hell are you in Prussia? Your homeland has nothing to do with the Mediterranean, so you just want to mix it up!
Let the Ming help the Ottomans promote industrialization and learn to build ships, this is an eye medicine for all Mediterranean countries!
Now the Tessie countries are allies with the Ottomans, but they have fought many times in history.
If the Ottomans accepted the Ming Dynasty's demands and asked for those industrial and technical helps, it would lead them to completely fall to the Ming Dynasty.
Although the Ming promised not to occupy European land, the Ottomans did not make any guarantees.
What if the Ming sent troops in the name of the Ottomans?
Even if you Prussia don't want the war to continue, and want to persuade the Ottomans to accept the conditions of the Ming Dynasty, you can't use this way!
Didn't the British show you a demonstration earlier! Continue to remind Daming of the threat and terror!
Zaadin had fully understood what the Tessians meant.
Some people are exaggerating the strength of Da Ming to remind themselves that they can't refuse Da Ming.
Some people are describing the cruelty of the Ming Dynasty as a warning of the consequences of their refusal.
Some people say that Da Ming can give protection, so that he thinks of accepting the benefits of Da Ming.
Although the angles are different, the purpose is the same.
They didn't want the war to continue, and they didn't want to continue to help themselves fight against the Ming Dynasty, so they all wanted to accept the conditions.
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I just don't know if you will be so positive when you get Daming's request.
Zayadine didn't put forward his thoughts, but sighed softly and said:
"I need to think about everyone's suggestions individually, and I need to confirm them with the Sultan."
The representatives of the Tessi countries said goodbye and left, leaving Zayadin and Ali of Egypt.
Ali thought for a moment and then began to speak:
"Great Vizier, in the face of an opponent of the level of Da Ming, even if it is a surrender of tribute, it is nothing.
"For the vast majority of ordinary countries, it would even be an honor to be a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.
"Besides, the Ottomans were originally Asian, not the barbarians of Tessie.
"If there was no anti-Ming alliance, perhaps the Ottomans would have become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty."
Zaadin waved his hand weakly:
"I understand, you go back first, let me think about it myself."