Chapter 128 Yinzhou Colonial Trade Plan
Spanish Prime Minister Manuel, in the face of Zhu Jingyuan's proposal to sign a 20-year peace treaty, carefully considered the language and responded:
"His Royal Highness the Great Food King, we should be able to continue to discuss and discuss, and we also hope for eternal peace in the world......
The other party put on a posture of speaking well, but Zhu Jingyuan smiled and shook his head and said:
"The result of the discussion is that neither side is happy, and there is no guarantee of eternal peace, so let's sign a peace treaty for twenty years.
"It's really not good, we don't want the land of Nanyinzhou, and we directly use the battle line as the boundary, so that we are happy with each other."
Zhu Jingyuan's reaction made Manuel instinctively imagine that Zhu Jingyuan just wanted to fight again in 20 years.
This Great Eclipse Prince is just fifteen years old this year, and thirty-five years later, in the prime of life.
Manuel could imagine that the strategic goal of the Ming Dynasty might be the whole of Yinzhou, or the seizure of all the Spanish colonies.
But they thought it was impossible to do so at present, so they were inclined to sign a twenty-year peace treaty.
Digest and integrate the current land, and wait until twenty years later to fight.
Manuel's guess was largely correct.
Zhu Jingyuan actually really hoped that the Spaniards would choose the Twenty-Year Peace Treaty.
The ultimate strategic goal of the Ming Dynasty in Yinzhou is, of course, to completely dominate the entire Yinzhou.
Drive all the Tessians back to Tessie and establish a native reservation for the Tessies.
However, this strategic goal cannot be achieved in this war, and it may not even be possible to achieve it in the next war.
So Zhu Jingyuan divided it into three stages.
The first stage is to completely occupy Nanyinzhou and control part of the transportation arteries in the middle of the Atlantic.
It's not that difficult.
The Southern Yinzhou War was originally the place where the Ming Dynasty achieved the most results.
The land seized by the Ming from the Spaniards and the Portuguese totaled nearly two million square kilometers.
At present, six of the sixteen imperial villages in the New Tianfu area were built during the war.
The civil strife in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies was, of course, an important reason.
The second phase was to completely occupy the west and south of the Medi River, including the area of Mexico that is now under Spanish control.
It is also impossible to accomplish the goal at this stage in this peace talks.
It was impossible for Spain to completely abandon all of its colonies on Yinzhou.
Because the Ming Dynasty has no land border with the Spanish mainland, it has no ability to directly occupy the Spanish mainland for the time being.
So there's no way to push to death like you did with Osman and Lucia.
In fact, the situation is similar on the Dutch side.
Although the Dutch mainland is smaller and more sparsely populated, the Ming do not have the ability to land on their soil at the moment.
For the Netherlands, which was cowering behind Britain and France, it was difficult for the Ming to even threaten and harass them.
Until the English and French died, the Netherlands was safe.
If Da Ming forcibly demanded all the colonies of the Netherlands, the Netherlands could completely put up a bad street and tell Da Ming that if you have the ability, you can take it yourself.
That would only reduce the Ming Dynasty's deterrent effect on other countries.
Therefore, Zhu Jingyuan easily let go of the Netherlands and let the other party leave the best Mozhou colony, as long as the rotten land of Nanyinzhou.
This is to remove the other party from the negotiation sequence as soon as possible.
However, the situation in Spain is slightly different from that of the Netherlands.
Although it is still difficult for the Ming Dynasty to land and occupy the Spanish mainland for the time being, it has already posed a certain threat to it.
The Ming fleet could set out from Egypt to harass and threaten Spain's coastline in the Great Qin Sea.
The Ming could accept the Ottoman heritage through Egypt and expand westward in the North Mexican region.
In that way, the distance between Daming and the Spanish mainland will be closer and closer.
At the same time, Spain's most important colony of Yinzhou, both north and south were under the threat of the Ming Dynasty, and they were all held in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, the Ming can be much tougher against Spain than against the Netherlands.
But we still can't push to death, we still have to control the intensity of oppression.
You can claim most of the colonies that the other party has no control over, but you still have to leave some colonies for the other party.
Avoid their tendency to be stumbling.
When their own strategic bombers are mature and their aircraft carriers can be used in real combat, this plate duck (Spain) should be on the grill.
The Spanish delegates did not know about the future of aircraft carriers and aircraft, but they were able to see the threats that lay ahead.
Therefore, the more Zhu Jingyuan wanted to sign a 20-year agreement, the more Spain did not dare to accept the 20-year agreement.
Manuel immediately smiled and said:
"No, no, no, we can still negotiate, and there should be conditions that are acceptable to both of us."
Zhu Jingyuan asked rhetorically:
"So how do we both get to the satisfaction of both of us? The Prime Minister may wish to talk about it. ”
Manuel pondered for three seconds, subconsciously looked at the representatives of other countries, and seemed to think of a note:
"That's ...... The dispute between our two sides in North Yinzhou is not actually a dispute between our two countries, and Britain and France can be brought in to talk together. ”
Zhu Jingyuan waved his hand directly and said:
"No, we have not signed an armistice agreement with the British, and the British do not have the problem of breaking the treaty.
"Lucia, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain were the countries that broke the armistice agreement of the Ming Dynasty.
"So we're done talking to each other, and then we're going to talk to the British and French."
Zhu Jingyuan didn't want to bring the British and French in to talk now.
The British and the French can be regarded as a mixture of Dutch and Spanish in their current negotiating position.
The British mainland is in the North Atlantic, and the Ming can't attack directly, but his southern Tianzhu colony is next to the Ming.
The French colonies had no contact with the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming could harass the French mainland from the Great Qin Sea.
But neither country is threatened to the same extent as Spain.
Britain and France wanted an armistice, and the Ming could ask them to pay a small amount of reparations and cede a small number of unimportant colonies, which was equivalent to an "apology".
But it will be difficult to get them to make substantial concessions.
That's why Zhu Jingyuan encouraged Napoleon to go to the British and French colonies to make trouble.
So now Zhu Jingyuan doesn't want Britain and France to get involved in negotiations with other countries in advance.
The British, the French, the Spanish also understood this.
The British wanted to maintain their leadership, so when they heard the call of the Spaniards, British Prime Minister Pitt took the initiative to speak:
"Since the interests of the UK are involved, of course the UK must participate in the discussion, not ignore it.
"I have a suggestion that we can do a colonial exchange between our three countries.
"The Ming got the Lesser Antilles, the island of Cuba, and most of West Texas.
"Spain gets the Florida area, the East Texas Honey River area, and the Bahamas.
"Britain took out the Florida region, got the island of Haiti, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and peace with the Ming Dynasty."
When the Spanish delegate heard this, he was visibly stunned.
The British actually took out the Florida region!
The Florida region of the United States, which was also originally a Spanish colony, bordered the British North American colonies directly on land.
Historically, this land was traded by Spain to the British.
But at the time of American independence, the British deliberately returned the land to Spain.
The United States endured for a while after independence, and finally took it from Spain.
In the history of this world, when Spain was abandoned by the Ming Dynasty, Florida was taken directly from land by the British.
When the British wooed the Spaniards into the anti-Ming alliance, the Spaniards first opened their mouths and demanded that the British return all their colonies.
After some bargaining, the British eventually returned only a few islands such as Cuba and Haiti, as well as Guyana.
Florida was still kept by the British.
Florida shares a direct border with the British colony of North Inse, and is clearly not as defensively comparable to that of a separate island such as Cuba.
Now the British handed over Florida to Spain, and let Spain hand over the largest island of Cuba in Central America, as well as western Texas, to the Ming Dynasty.
In this way, Spain will not lose money, and it will still be able to maintain its contact and voice in the disputed area in the central part of Yinzhou.
The Florida Peninsula and the Bahamas were also sufficient to secure the Spanish shipping route to the Mexican colonies.
After the completion of such a deal, the six colonies between the British, Western, and Ming dynasties were intertwined in the southeast of Yinzhou.
If they fight on their own, it cannot be said who is more beneficial.
But when the British and Spaniards faced the Ming Dynasty, they were potential allies and could have an advantage.
Zhu Jingyuan and the representatives of Da Ming frowned when they heard this.
This division of the British cannot be said to be a dog's tooth and tooth, it can only be regarded as a mess.
If you don't take out the map and compare it, you can't tell what's going on.
But Zhu Jingyuan didn't really need to distinguish clearly, Zhu Jingyuan only figured out one key arrangement, and sentenced this plan to death.
Although Daming got the largest island of Cuba, the surrounding Haiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico are all British.
It was really cost-effective for the British to hand over a piece of land on the mainland, take back a few key islands, and at the same time formally negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty.
It is impossible for Zhu Jingyuan to make the British so cost-effective......
So Zhu Jingyuan said categorically:
"Impossible!"
British Prime Minister Pitt heard Zhu Jingyuan's resoluteness, so he immediately adjusted the details of the plan on the spot:
"How about handing over the island of Cuba to Britain, and Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica to Daming?"
The British took Cuba and in turn asked the Ming to surround him with Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica, which seemed to be very sincere.
However, Cuba's position is more critical, and after the British get it, they can directly cut off the route from Nanyin to Texas.
Zhu Jingyuan objected again with a hint of anger:
"I repeat, it's impossible, and I'm not going to accept a messy colonial deal like yours.
"I'm here for peace, not to create conflicts, don't come with me like this."
Pete was taken aback by Zhu Jingyuan's reaction, but he also thought that he had touched Zhu Jingyuan's preferences, and immediately changed his strategy again:
"If His Royal Highness really came for peace, then Britain can hand over Nan Tianzhu to Daming.
"But Britain demanded full control of the seas in the central part of Yinzhou.
"The land on the continent of Yinzhou, north of Texas, south of St. Louis, and east of the Rocky Mountains, will forever belong to Great Britain.
"The Greater Antilles, the whole region of Guya, and the region of Panama, belong to Great Britain forever.
"To the north of the Viceroyalty of Peru in Spain, the whole Viceroyalty of New Granada, forever belonged to Great Britain.
"The Lesser Antilles are reserved by Spain.
"Permanent peace between the Ming Dynasty and Britain and Spain."
This large list of demands was put forward, and the representatives on the scene were taken aback.
The British actually wanted to hand over Nan Tianzhu!
Tianzhu can be considered the richest colony in the world.
So even half of Tianzhu can be exchanged for a large number of colonies.
The British made no less demands.
The first is the central and southern parts of the United States except Texas.
Then there are the Colombia, Venezuela, and Guyana regions of South America.
There are also the largest islands in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
These lands were given to the Ming by the Spaniards, or the land that the Ming originally coveted.
It is equivalent to passing through a circle in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and finally transferred to the British.
The British would have complete control of the central region of Yinzhou, as well as the surrounding sea supremacy.
However, the Ming Dynasty was also able to completely unify Tianzhu and completely control the sea control in the small Western region.
It's really a big deal, a deal that's good for world peace.
Nan Tianzhu has been completely wrapped by the Ming Dynasty, and if the British want to get benefits from Nan Tianzhu in the future, they must always look at the face of the Ming Dynasty.
The British had long been ready to abandon the colony of Nantianzhu.
I didn't expect to hold it in the war.
Now is the right time to take it out and exchange it for enough land in other areas.
At the same time, the power will be completely reduced to the North Atlantic region, and the Ming Dynasty will be prevented from coveting the central and northern Atlantic regions.
This proposal, although unexpected, is reasonable.
After thinking about this, everyone at the scene looked at Zhu Jingyuan, including the representatives of the Ming Dynasty.
Everyone instinctively thought that in the face of such a huge transaction, which seemed to be a fair transaction, Zhu Jingyuan should not make a decision immediately.
Should ask to go back and think about it carefully and then discuss the details further.
As a result, in everyone's surprised eyes, Zhu Jingyuan directly waved his hand vigorously and said very resolutely and decisively:
"If you don't change it, don't even think about it."
The delegates at the scene were stunned.
Pete also vaguely understood Zhu Jingyuan's true thoughts.
But Pete was still a little reluctant to give up, and tried to persuade Zhu Jingyuan again:
"Your Highness, handing over Nan Tianzhu to the Ming Dynasty and giving Britain complete control over the middle of the Atlantic is the best way to avoid conflict between our two sides.
"This is obviously in the interest of peace between us, and if you are not satisfied with the details of the transaction, we can continue to talk in detail."
Zhu Jingyuan still refused again without hesitation:
"If you don't change it, you won't change it, don't mention this stubble in the future, I'm not interested in Nantianzhu, I prefer the land of Yinzhou."
Nan Tianzhu can be regarded as the handle that the British put in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
These lands and islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean were also imminent by the Ming Dynasty to control the Spanish and British.
And the result of this exchange proposed by the British was that all the existing handles and imminent hands of the Ming Dynasty were lost.
How could Zhu Jingyuan exchange with them.
A place like Nantianzhu, which is completely surrounded, can be directly seized by force in the next war.
The islands in the central part of Yinzhou, as well as the British and French colonies in the north of Yinzhou, will be very troublesome to occupy even in the next war.
Now that he has claimed the islands of Yinzhou and the land near the Gulf of Mexico, he wants to serve as an important fulcrum for the next war.
It is equally undesirable to abandon important fulcrums in the Atlantic and Yinzhou for the sake of an effortless goal.