Daming: I help my wife be the empress

When Luke and the Dutch were surprised and uneasy, Kuang Lu continued: "Taking a step back, even if you really transfer the main fleet from the Atlantic Ocean, why should I be afraid?

I have dozens of steel armored warships in Ming Dynasty, and I am not afraid of guns, and can run wild on the ocean.Even in the face of your so-called first-class battleships, you can win by fighting.

This time you have no sincerity in negotiating, if you want to provoke a war between the two sides again, then fight! "

After finishing speaking, Kuang Lu waved his sleeves and led Daming's negotiating team out of the venue, not giving the Dutchman a chance to speak again.

After Kuang Lu and others left, the surrounding Ming army also withdrew a large number, leaving only more than a hundred people and a few small officials in charge of the end, and Luke came back to his senses.

Then there was a burst of fear and regret in my heart.

He was worried that he would really mess up this negotiation and cause a second war with Ming.

If this is the case, the main Dutch fleet will definitely not come. Only with the warships and troops of the East India Company here, I am afraid that the existing colonies will be lost.

Thinking of this, Luke broke out in a cold sweat.

Leaving the small square under the guidance of the officials in charge of Ming Dynasty, Luke saw Gao Shida and other Portuguese council officials outside, as if he had seen a life-saving straw.

He hurried over to talk to Goldstar in Spanish.

Because the above has already ordered that as long as the Dutch are in the trench mirror and within the surveillance range, and do not do illegal things, there is no need to restrict their actions too much, so the Ming officials and soldiers nearby did not stop them.

Although Luke was impatient, he didn't lose his temper.

He first asked Costa, "How did Drapey get caught?"

The competition between Portugal and the Netherlands in the colonies is actually very fierce. If it is not necessary, it is impossible to cooperate.

Previously, Gao Shida and others also wanted to cooperate with the Netherlands to resist under the pressure of Daming.Now that they have all succumbed, it is naturally impossible to cooperate with the Netherlands.

No cooperation is required, and Gold Star will not give a Dutchman a good face.

He sneered and said, "He entered the border of Ming Dynasty illegally, isn't it normal to be arrested?"

In fact, Drapey dedicated it to Daming on his own initiative.

Of course he wouldn't say that.

Luke actually didn't want to be held accountable, but just used it to test Goldstar's attitude.As soon as Gao Shida spoke, he understood that the Portuguese were probably on the side of Ming.

In this case, the original first negotiation strategy is no longer used, and the second strategy has to be changed.

He then said: "I was negotiating with the envoy of the Ming Kingdom today, and I lost my head for a while, so I was so angry that the envoy left the meeting.

Please also send a message for us, saying that we are indeed negotiating with sincerity, and we can talk again tomorrow. "

After speaking, Luke asked his followers to take out a box and handed it to Goldstar.

Gao Shida caught it subconsciously at first, but then remembered the performance of the Ming officials in front of the Shenming Pavilion that day, and couldn't help feeling guilty for a while, and hurriedly looked around.

He wondered if his actions would make Daming misunderstand that he had colluded with Holland personally.

He was planning to stay in Haojing in the future, and he didn't want to leave a bad impression on the officials of Ming Dynasty.

After thinking about it, Gao Shida gritted his teeth and rejected the heavy box, saying: "If you want to talk about it, just tell the officials of the Ming Dynasty yourself, and you don't need to look for me."

After speaking, he turned his head and led the other Portuguese away.

This stunned Luke.

"The Portuguese don't accept the gold they get? Doesn't the sun rise from the west today?"

With a sigh, Luke had no choice but to leave.

After returning to the lodging place arranged by Daming, he tried to communicate with the guard officer, saying that he wanted to talk about it tomorrow, but the gold was also not sent out, but the matter was quickly completed.

So, in the fourth year of Zhaowu, on November 28.

Daming and the Netherlands started negotiations again on the aftermath of the Dongfan Island War.

The Dutch deserve to be founded on the basis of business. As long as it is not about money interests, they don’t care about face or anything.

Luke, as the chief envoy, seemed to have forgotten the nonsense yesterday, and his attitude took a 180-degree turn.

However, their purpose of taking advantage of negotiations has not changed.

"I heard that Ming is the first empire in the East, and other countries are all vassals of Ming, paying tribute every year.

Since I, the Netherlands, have city land in Nanyang, I am also willing to pay tribute to the vassal state of Ming Dynasty every year.

I just ask Daming to release our lost officials, soldiers and citizens during the previous Dongfan Island battle, and allow us to build a business house in Dayuan as a transit point for trade. "

This is the second strategy of the Netherlands in this negotiation.

Didn't Daming think that the heavens are the top of the country, and he is extremely good-looking?Then they will give enough face to Daming, learn from some countries in Southeast Asia and Southeast Asia, and recognize Daming as the suzerain country.

If a little fame can get a lot of benefits, the Dutch like it the most.

Kuang Lu was slightly surprised when he heard Luke's words, and then smiled.

But it wasn't a happy smile, but he asked anxiously, "Does your envoy know the relationship between the vassal state and the suzerain state?"

Luke said: "I know, the annual tribute is to give some gifts to His Majesty the Emperor Ming, right?"

Kuang Lu chuckled, and said: "Not to mention the new rules that I set up for vassal states in Ming Dynasty, even in the past, vassal states came to our Ming Dynasty for tribute trade only incidentally.

At that time, if you want to become a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty, the most important thing is to surrender to my Ming Dynasty, and the king must get my permission to succeed to the throne.

But as far as I know, your Netherlands is currently an inter-provincial republic, and national affairs are decided by the inter-provincial parliament, and there is no king.

If I had to say it, the Prince of Orange, who also served as the governor of many provinces, could barely represent the head of a country.

Why, is your country planning to report to my Daming that the Prince of Orange will come to the throne in the future, and then succeed to the throne after obtaining permission? "

After listening to the translation, Luke was stunned again.

Because he found that Daming had a deeper understanding of Holland than he thought yesterday.

As the first country in the world where the bourgeois revolution broke out, and it was an inter-provincial republic, most outsiders thought that the Netherlands had no king-like figure.

But in fact, the Prince of Orange, who has served as the consul of many provinces for generations and was appointed by God as the guardian of religion (Protestantism), is actually the quasi-king of the Netherlands.

Even the great speaker of the country's inter-provincial parliament is only similar to the prime minister of a feudal country, belonging to the second in command, and his power and reputation are hardly comparable to the Prince of Orange.

And in later generations, when the Netherlands became a kingdom again in the nineteenth century, it was indeed the Orange-Nassau family that became the royal family.

Of course, the system of the United Provinces of the Netherlands at this time is extremely complicated, and it cannot be explained clearly in a few words.

However, as a Dutchman, Luke knew very well that it was impossible to hand over the succession of the title of Prince of Orange to the Ming Emperor.

At this time in Europe, even the Netherlands, which was established by business and put interests first, did not dare to violate religious rights.

Even if it is offended, it can only fight religion with religion, instead of relying on an eastern empire thousands of miles away.

At least for the time being, this possibility does not seem to exist.

When Luke was stunned, Kuang Lu said again: "Since His Majesty succeeded to the throne and reformed the old system, my Ming Dynasty has different rules for vassals.

Even if you Netherlands really recognize me as the suzerain country, the 20-year occupation of our Daming Dongfan Island cannot be easily dismissed, and you have to pay whatever you want.

If not, how will our emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty explain to the hundreds of millions of people and those soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the battle of Dongfan Island? "

After a pause, Kuang Lu raised Daming's request.

"If you really want to turn hostility into friendship, then according to what we said before, you will pay 200 million taels of gold and hand over Malacca and its surrounding areas to Ming Dynasty.

Otherwise, don't blame me, Daming, for pursuing your occupation of Dongfan Island for [-] years.At that time, the land and water armies came out together, not to mention Malacca, even if you captured Batavia, the headquarters of your East India Company, and the Spice Islands, it would be nothing more than a common occurrence.

The pros and cons of this are clear, I hope you can take care of yourself and don't make wrong choices. "

After speaking, Kuang Lu led Daming's negotiating team to leave the venue again.

Second more.

Good night~