The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 849 A Rare Peace (Please Subscribe For A Monthly Pass)

As the saying goes, if you are poor, you will put aside disputes, and if you are rich, it has been since ancient times.

The current Ming Dynasty's strength in the New World is limited. If you want to develop the New World, you can only choose to put aside disputes with the Spaniards and engage in joint development.

Of course, once Da Ming has enough strength in the New World in the future, then this shelving controversy will become an ancient one.

I understand all this!

Hearing this, Pelos took a deep breath, but his eyes lit up.

The purpose of Spain launching this war was to force Daming to come to the negotiating table.

Unexpectedly, although they were defeated, Daming took the initiative to bring up the peace talks.

It seems that for Da Ming, this battle is also very difficult...

If Daming intends to negotiate peace, then even if he returns home after the defeat, he won't have to worry about not being able to explain to the country.

After all, they all used their absolute "strength" to force Daming, who was too lazy to negotiate with Spain before, to sit back at the negotiating table. What else do the nobles in the country want? !

Not satisfied?
I'm not satisfied that you have the ability to lead your own troops to fight with Daming to achieve a better result!
proceed if you can!
But can you do it?
If it doesn't work, just push it less!
Pelos feels that if Daming is willing to negotiate peace, he and the country should be able to explain the past this time.

Pelos said.

"Okay, when will the peace talks start?"

Jia Yun said with a still indifferent expression.

"Don't worry, wait until you deliver a batch of grain and grass to Daming first."

"Otherwise, those prisoners of war will starve to death!"

Pelos' cheeks fluttered, and he couldn't help complaining in his heart. This attitude is really unbearable!

The pride of the damn Mingren!

However, he finally nodded and agreed, and ordered someone to prepare a batch of food and send it to San Francisco.

Don't let those prisoners of war starve to death!
After Jia Yun left, Pelos sent someone to report to Mexico City.

The reporting fleet quickly went south and sailed to the Panama area, and then sent people to ride overland, cross Panama, and head to the east coast to report.

……

On the ninth day of the first month of the tenth year of the Ming Dynasty, Mexico City finally received the news of San Francisco's defeat.

The moment Governor Pizarro heard the news, he slumped to the ground, his face full of fear and disbelief from the bottom of his heart.

5 people, that's 5 people!
How did you lose the battle? !

It really shouldn't be!

With trembling hands, he flipped through the battle report sent back by General Pelos, his face turned pale little by little.

However, as the governor of Spain in the New World, Pizarro is also responsible, and he didn't say much nonsense.

Instead, he quickly suppressed his surging emotions, and then thought about how to deal with the aftermath.

Now that the defeat has become a reality, the next focus is no longer how to continue the war, but how to deal with the aftermath.

In any case, the nearly [-] prisoners of war in the hands of the Ming army must be redeemed.

Otherwise, he, Pizarro, could commit suicide and apologize.

Their governor's mansion, the Spanish population in the New World is limited, and it is absolutely unacceptable to lose a whole [-] young and strong at once.

There is also the matter of peace talks. Pizarro also has to ponder over what he should do to get the Ming people to agree to restore the Spaniards' share in the East-West trade...

Thinking about these messy things, Pizarro felt a severe headache.

However, while making quick arrangements for the aftermath, he sent someone to report the matter to mainland Spain.

The defeat of 5 people is no longer something he can press if he wants to.

Immediately afterwards, Pelos also sent envoys to Daming's San Francisco camp, and ordered people to continue preparing food, and then sent it to San Francisco by sea.

……

The tenth year of the restoration of Ming Dynasty, the beginning of February.

The Daming San Francisco camp held preliminary talks with the envoys sent by the Spaniards.

On Daming's side, Jia Yun still represented the governor's mansion for talks.

"It's fine if you want to redeem the prisoners, but first you have to make war reparations for the losses Daming suffered during this war."

Jia Yun picked up the teacup and took a sip of the tea, and said with a natural expression.

Carlos heard the words and tried to ask.

"How many?"

Jia Yun said with a smile.

"1000 Daming silver dollars!"

Carlos gasped when he heard that.

"Impossible! This number is too much, and we cannot accept it."

Jia Yun was not annoyed when he heard this, but just said with a sneer.

"Since this is the case, there is no need to talk about it, the envoy, please come back!"

The nearly [-] Spanish prisoners of war in his hands are the biggest bargaining chip in this negotiation for Daming.

In this kind of negotiation with an absolute advantage, Daming will naturally be very tough.

Of course, according to Daming's temper, even if there is no advantage in the negotiation, he should still be tough.

When Carlos heard the words, the expression on his face stagnated, but he changed his words.

"It's not impossible to discuss!"

As soon as these words came out, the cold look on Jia Yun's face disappeared, replaced by a bright enthusiasm.

"Then, then we can discuss the redemption of prisoners of war!"

"An ordinary prisoner of war is worth 50 silver dollars, which is the base price."

"Beyond that, let's count the accommodation expenses, food expenses, medical expenses, management expenses, etc. of these prisoners of war who have been with me in Daming during this period of time."

"Isn't it too much for a prisoner of war to ask you for 100 silver dollars?"

"For military officers, different military ranks require different price increases. Do you have any objections?"

Carlos couldn't help but speak when he heard this.

"But... But, isn't the food for the prisoners of war provided by us?"

Obviously, Carlos was very dissatisfied with Jia Yun's behavior of rip-off.

When Jia Yun heard this, he couldn't help but rolled his eyes and said.

"But you only provided food. Don't you need energy to turn food into food?"

"If you don't want to change it, then forget it. Da Ming doesn't mind wasting some ammunition, and I will help you solve this big trouble."

Carlos: "..."

Carlos couldn't help but want to complain, but finally held back.

Facing Daming's way of negotiating, which flips the table at every turn, he really has no way to talk.

Gritting his teeth, Carlos still spoke.

"Yes, we can accept such a redemption price!"

"However, we also have a request for this."

Jia Yun nodded and said.

"Speaking!"

Carlos opened his mouth to tell the plan that the Spaniards had been brewing for a long time.

"Restore my Spanish share in the trade between East and West."

"Spanish merchant ships are allowed to pass through the waters controlled by Ming Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty and Spain stop hostilities."

When Jia Yun heard this, he pondered for a while and said.

"I can't decide on this matter!"

"The order to interrupt your Spaniard's east-west trade route and sink all Spanish ships in the waters controlled by Ming Dynasty was issued by the emperor."

"Whether this matter is over or not can only be decided by the emperor!"

"However, our side can submit an application upwards, but I don't know what kind of reply His Majesty will give."

Carlos heard the words, took a deep breath, and said.

"We can compensate the Chinese who died in the Luzon Tuhua Incident!"

The benefits inherent in East-West trade are simply too great.

So big that Spain can't give up.

Make money, don't be ashamed to admit it!

When Jia Yun heard this, he pondered for a while and spoke.

"Okay, I'll report to the higher ups!"

"I hope Nanjing can give a reply as soon as possible."

Suddenly, Jia Yun chuckled.

"Since that's the case, let's implement the war reparations and the redemption of prisoners of war first..."

Carlos twitched the corner of his mouth, but still said.

"it is good!"

……

In April of the tenth year of the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, the "Mingxi Peace Agreement" was signed at the Governor's Mansion of the New World of the Ming Dynasty in San Francisco.

The two parties stipulated the following related matters in the treaty.

First, the Ming and the West stopped hostilities in the New World, put aside disputes, and jointly developed.

Second, the Spanish side admitted defeat and paid Daming 1000 million Daming silver dollars as a war indemnity.

Third, the two sides reached an agreement on the exchange of prisoners of war. The Spanish side redeemed 100 prisoners of war from Ming Dynasty at the price of 7000 silver dollars per person.

The 2000 people who were not redeemed by the Spaniards were either exhausted to death during the labor reform, or were sold away by the Indians and used as sacrifices for the gods.

Fourth, divide the territory of the two parties in the New World and stipulate the open range of the two parties to avoid conflicts.

Fifth, the Spaniards are no longer allowed to attack the Indian tribes who accepted the canonization of the chieftain of the Ming Dynasty.

With the signing of the agreement, the cloud of war lingering over the New World finally dissipated.

After the signing of this peace agreement, Daming began to prepare to send the agreement back to Daming mainland for backup.

In this regard, the Spaniards offered to send someone to accompany them.

They want to send people to Daming to discuss the resumption of trade with Daming.

……

Time passed quickly, and the fleet departing from the New World arrived at the mainland of Daming at the end of July, the tenth year of the restoration of Ming Dynasty.

The Spaniards went to Beijing together with officials from the New World.

Officials from the New World were arranged to go to the palace to meet the emperor, while the envoys sent by the Spaniards were arranged to be placed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Zhu Hongyu met the officials sent back from the New World in the imperial study.

Jia Yun walked into the imperial study and bowed to Zhu Hongyu who was sitting behind the desk.

"My humble minister Jia Yun, see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Zhu Hongyu raised his head and put down the memorial in his hand, with a gentle smile on his face, he spoke.

"Haha, the Qing family is flat!"

"Give a seat!"

Zhu Hongyu's voice was thick and hearty, exuding such a strong confidence and an admirable courage.

Jia Yun sat down cautiously in front of Zhu Hongyu.

This was his first time facing the Holy Spirit, and he was so nervous that he didn't dare to look up at the emperor, but just lowered his head and lowered his eyes, clenched his fists hard, his knuckles turned white.

The expression on Zhu Hongyu's face was very gentle, and he said with a smile.

"The Qing family don't need to be nervous, come and give Jia Qing some tea!"

After the tea was served by the little eunuch, Zhu Hongyu asked warmly.

"What's the situation in the New World? After the war is over, will the Spaniards have any follow-up actions?"

There was tension in Jia Yun's voice, and he opened his mouth to answer.

"Your Majesty, after the war ended, the New Continent signed a peace agreement with the other party on its own initiative."

While talking, Jia Yun handed over the peace agreement to Zhu Hongyu's desk.

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly, then took the agreement and read it.

As he read the agreement, Zhu Hongyu had an expression of approval on his face, and said.

"Well, well done!"

"Let's leave this agreement as it is for the time being. Now that the court's power in the New World is limited, it's good to talk about peace first."

Zhu Hongyu is still very satisfied with the terms negotiated between the New World and the Spaniards.

At least the aspect of land cession and compensation is well done!
Zhu Hongyu has always been obsessed with letting Westerners cede land to Daming for compensation.

Seeing that the emperor was satisfied, Jia Yun continued to speak.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I still have something to report to Your Majesty!"

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly.

"speak!"

Jia Yun expressed the Spaniard's request to resume the trade between the East and the West.

It also stated that the Spaniards were willing to make compensation to Daming for the incident of Tu Hua in Manila that year.

I beg Daming's forgiveness!
After Zhu Hongyu pondered for a while, he also spoke.

"This matter can be discussed!"

"Go back and let the relevant officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs discuss with the Spaniards."

"..."

For Zhu Hongyu, resuming trade with the Spaniards actually does more good than harm.

In the past few years, Daming's shipments in the east-west trade have been somewhat weak.

If he wants to increase the total amount of trade between the East and the West and obtain more foreign exchange benefits for Daming, it is also possible to let the Spaniards re-enter.

After more than ten years of trade blockade, the warning given by Ming Dynasty to Westerners should be enough.

Of course, the prerequisite for the Ming court to resume trade with the Spaniards is that the Spaniards must provide compensation that satisfies Daming.

In the two Spanish massacres in Manila, the total number of Chinese killed may exceed [-].

If he couldn't get enough compensation, Zhu Hongyu felt that he would be sorry for these [-] compatriots.

At the very least, he would have to pay 100 silver dollars per person as compensation!
Seriously blackmail the Spaniards!
……

At the same time, after receiving the news that Ivanovich was defeated, the army he sent to the east to recover the lost land was annihilated, and he further lost the territory of Lake Baikal.

The Tsar also realized that it may be a fact that his empire lost the territory in the East.

He wanted to increase his troops to take it back, but 8000 people was already the logistical limit he could afford.

If there is more, it will not be able to afford the logistics.

After much deliberation, he was going to send a mission to discuss with Daming about dividing the territory.

The current Rakshasa is unable to compete for territory with Ming in East Siberia and Central Siberia.

However, if it is on the northwest border of Ming Dynasty, they still have the ability to branch out.

Now that Ming's military presence in the northwest is weak, and the ethnic and religious situation in the northwest is complicated, Ming's control over the northwest is relatively weak.

In addition, Ming Dynasty also has hostile forces such as the Kazakh Khanate, the Khiva Khanate, the Bukhara Khanate, and the Persian Empire in the northwest.

If Luo Sha wants to block Daming in the northwest, he can do it.

The tsar's mission set out from St. Petersburg and traveled westward to Western Europe.

Board a ship from Western Europe, and then head east by sea.

……

After more than half a year of sea voyage, the mission of the Raksha Kingdom arrived in Malacca in the autumn of the tenth year of the Ming Dynasty.

Then he submitted the customs clearance documents and credentials to the customs of Daming in Malacca.

The news of Rakshasa's arrival quickly spread to Nanjing as if he had grown wings.

Zhu Hongyu soon got the news that the Raksha people sent a mission to Daming to agree on the demarcation of the border.

Without hesitation, Zhu Hongyu ordered Malacca to allow the Raksha people to pass the customs.

Prolonged war is not advisable, even if Da Ming is constantly making progress in the direction of Siberia.

However, it is impossible for Ming Dynasty to deploy a heavy army in the direction of Siberia for a long time to prevent the possible counterattack of the Raksha people.

Therefore, it is quite necessary for the two sides to negotiate and divide the territory in order to reduce the number of troops deployed on the border.

After receiving the imperial decree from the Ming court to allow them to enter Beijing, the Raksha Mission also set off from Malacca and continued eastward.

After the Spaniard got the word that Zhu Hongyu could negotiate, he was quite excited.

They are going to contact the mainland, send enough officials to the east, and hold peace talks with Ming Dynasty.

In the 11th year of the Restoration, the Ming cabinet came forward, met and negotiated with the envoys of Luocha and Spain, and finalized the peace agreement.

Declare the end of the war!

The Spanish side made a major compromise, and it decided to pay Daming 500 million Daming silver dollars as compensation for the victims of their two massacres of China.

And the King of Spain personally came forward to hold a mourning meeting in Madrid, the capital of Spain, for the people of Ming Dynasty who died in the two massacres of China by the Spaniards.

On that day, the high-level leaders of the Kingdom of Spain will all be present under the supervision of the personnel sent by Ming Dynasty, and the Spanish flag will be flown at half-mast to express condolences.

After the Spaniards have done this, Ming will lift the trade ban on the Spaniards and open the sea areas controlled by Ming to Spanish ships, allowing the Spaniards to participate in the trade between the East and the West.

In addition, there is also Daming who wants to open a branch of the Royal Bank of Daming in Spain.

In the trade between Spain and Ming Dynasty, it is necessary to use Ming silver dollars or banknotes for settlement.

For these supplementary terms, the Spaniards also agreed to all of them.

As for Rakshasa, it is finalizing the division of territory with Daming.

The two sides divided the territory in the north on the map, and determined that all Siberia to the north of Lake Baikal and to the east should be assigned to Ming Dynasty.

The west of Lake Baikal still belongs to Rakshasa.

But in the northwest direction, it is finalized that Lake Balkhash is the boundary, the east belongs to Daming, and the west belongs to Luocha.

It may not be intuitive enough to say this. To put it simply, there is one more Eastern Siberia and half of Central Siberia than the Manchu Qing at its peak, and the rest of the place is not far behind.

In addition, in order to redeem the Raksha prisoners captured by Da Ming, Luo Sha also paid a large amount of war indemnity to Da Ming.

Well, the land cession compensation package is now complete!
Of course, this peace agreement is only temporary.

In the future, when Daming builds the railway to the northwest and runs through the Siberian Ice Sheet, then Daming will continue to expand outward.

However, looking at it now, it can only be for the time being.

Due to the limited distance, Daming is no longer able to continue to expand outwards!
With the finalization of the armistice peace agreement between Ming Dynasty and Rakshasa, Spain, in the 11 years since the restoration, most of the wars around Ming Dynasty have come to an end.

Whether it's the New World, the Rakshasa in the north, the Khanates in the west, or Myanmar and Nanyang in the south...

All the wars have basically come to an end!
It has been 18 years since Zhu Hongyu rebelled against the Qing in Lu Song, expelled the Tartars, and restored China.

In these 18 years, the war has hardly stopped.

During the 18 years of war, Zhu Hongyu created a super empire as far as the Han and Tang Dynasties, and extended the tentacles of the Han people to the New World.

Now that the war is finally suspended, the ruling and opposition parties all feel a little uncomfortable.

But in any case, the suspension of the war is a good thing.

Everyone in Daming is cheering for the rare peace!
In the next period of time, the focus of Zhu Hongyu's work will be to organize the military system of Ming Dynasty and carry out military reforms.

To put it simply, it is to expand the imperial guards and weaken the frontier army in order to achieve the goal of strengthening the weak branches.

Prior to this, there were continuous wars around Ming Dynasty, and it was impossible for Zhu Hongyu to promote the policy of strong stems and weak branches during the war, thereby weakening the combat effectiveness of the frontier army.

But now that the war has come to an end, in order to prevent the tragedy of the Anshi Rebellion from repeating itself, it is very necessary to strengthen the weak branches.

The current Ming Dynasty Imperial Guard has only 5 people, but the frontier troops from all over the country, together with the army and navy, total 70 million.

In this case, the army directly under the central government will be too weak.

When Zhu Hongyu was alive, he was naturally not worried that someone would dare to rebel.

His prestige is enough to suppress everything.

But what if he dies?
Without a strong enough Imperial Guard guarding the center, how would the king of later generations control the situation?
The continuous party struggles and internal struggles in the Southern Ming Dynasty were also related to the fact that the emperor did not have an army that he could really control all the time.

And Chongzhen was able to change 17 chief assistants in [-] years, killing local governors like killing chickens is also related to his control of the Beijing camp.

Therefore, after the surrounding wars have temporarily come to an end, Zhu Hongyu will prepare to rectify the military system and implement strong branches and weak branches.

In addition, the focus of Daming's next work will be on internal affairs.

Including economic development, infrastructure repair, promotion of cultural and educational work, etc.

……

Yangzhou!

Although Yangzhou experienced the brutal Yangzhou Ten Days that year, it was slaughtered bloody by the Qing Dynasty.

It's a complete loss of vitality!
But after the restoration of Ming Dynasty, Yangzhou has gradually recovered and even made progress by virtue of its superior geographical location and the investment of big salt merchants.

Outside Yangzhou City, Qingshan Garden.

It is the garden of Jiang's family, a famous salt merchant in Yangzhou.

The gardens are patchwork and ingenious.

The Yuhua stone in Nanjing, the green willows by the West Lake, the rosewood in Nanyang, all kinds of exotic flowers and plants are everywhere.

To be honest, this salt merchant's garden is much more exquisite than Zhu Hongyu's palace in terms of sophistication.

It's just that the area of ​​this garden is far less than that of the imperial palace.

The 11th year of the restoration of Ming Dynasty, early spring!

In March, the grass grows and the warblers fly.

The green shoots on the willow tree began to twitch.

The spring breeze gently blows on the lake, causing ripples immediately.

Red flowers and green grass complement each other.

Jiang Wanhe, the contemporary head of the Jiang family, was sitting in a small pavilion in the middle of the lake, playing chess with a young man dressed as a scholar.

Beside the two of them, several maids played fans to shade them.

There is also a handsome Yangzhou skinny horse playing the guqin with his fingers, and the beautiful sound of the piano is heard.

"Mr. Xie, have you heard that the imperial court intends to release three business licenses for the banking industry recently?"

Jiang Wanhe placed a sunspot on the chessboard and asked.

(End of this chapter)