Daming 1805

Wenhua Hall in the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty.

In the apse where the Ming emperor used to work, two long tables were newly added in the past two days.

There are two [-]:[-] scale new battleship models on each table.

The main design of the conservatively verified full-caliber main gun battleship and the conservatively verified aircraft carrier has been basically completed recently.

They are all based on the hull of the existing battleship, making as small modifications as possible to achieve the purpose of verifying new ideas, so the design speed is much faster.

Before the official start of construction, a large-scale warship model is usually made and handed over to relevant personnel for intuitive appreciation.

Now that these two models were made, they were placed in front of the emperor.

The old emperor Zhu Zhongliang stood in front of the model that was almost as long as a man, looking at the aircraft carrier model and the planes on it, feeling quite satisfied.

"The conservative type looks like this, and the goal type doesn't know how different it is..."

Pick up a model of a small airplane and put it in front of yourself for a closer look.

At this time, there was a notification from the guards outside, Zhu Jianyan, the second son of the emperor, came to see him, and waved him directly to let him in.

Zhu Jianyan's official position changed again. Half a month after the Ming delegation headed by Zhu Jingyuan left Beijing, Zhu Jianyan became Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Zhu Jianyan's office was directly moved to the cabinet of the Wenhua Palace, and he was still in charge of the affairs of the Honglu Temple.

It should be said that, under the old emperor's behest, almost everything is in charge now, and the old emperor feels a little let go.

Zhu Jingyuan's news was delivered to the capital at 04:30 pm, the capital time, and sent directly to the cabinet office.

After Zhu Jianyan read it, he thought about it for a few seconds with a solemn expression, and finally decided to find the old emperor.

Zhu Jianyan handed the telegram to the old emperor, and at the same time briefly stated Zhu Jingyuan's request:
"Father, Jing Yuan requested that Persia be made a foreign vassal, and let the army directly enter Persia, and try to launch an attack in the northwest of Persia.

"Simultaneously began the construction of railways and infrastructure in the northwestern region of Persia as a base for attacking and defending against Lucia and the Ottomans."

The old emperor took it over and took a look, then immediately pushed it back:

"You can do it yourself."

Zhu Jianyan was suddenly speechless:

"My son feels that this matter is of great importance, and it is very likely that the flames of war will be triggered again. My son can't make a rash decision now, and I ask my father to make a decision..."

The old emperor continued to play with the model:
"Then you should follow Jing Yuan's suggestion."

Zhu Jianyan opened his mouth:
"My son... my son obeys orders..."

After Zhu Jianyan resigned, he went directly to the cabinet and asked the grand scholars to draft an order to title the king of Persia.

As a foreign vassal, the highest title of the monarch is the Duke of the Kingdom, so the King of Persia was directly reduced to the Duke of Persia.

But the name doesn't really matter, the key is the actual status and relationship.

After the title was given, Persia became the legitimate kingdom of Ming Dynasty.

The relevant procedures were left to the cabinet to go through directly, and Zhu Jianyan went to the Hall of Martial Arts by himself.

Summon the military ministers on duty and ask them to formulate a combat strategy as soon as possible according to Zhu Jingyuan's suggestion.

At the same time, King Abbas VI of Persia was surprised for a long time after receiving his son's telegram.

Of course, Abbas VI would not refuse to become a foreign vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and there was no way to refuse.

After a long pause, he quickly issued the order that was taken for granted.

Let the troops that were originally concentrated on the northwest border go to the border to strengthen the defense line again.

Speaking of attacking Lucia and Ottoman, the current Persia may not have that ability, but everyone can defend in this era.

A three-piece set of trenches, barbed wire, and water-cooled machine guns, just set it up and wait for the enemy to force it.

Now both Ming and Taixi have completely withdrawn from the Anxi border, and there are only Persian troops in Persia.

But western Persia left behind the fortifications built by both sides.

There are two places where the two sides confront each other, and Persia will build another one on the border, that is, three lines of defense.

While ordering the troops to go to the border, the King of Persia immediately mobilized troops from other regions to reinforce the northwest border.

At the same time, a telegram was sent to the Ming court, voluntarily applying to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and requesting the troops of the Ming Dynasty to enter Persia.

Although Daming's prince gave a reminder, he couldn't wait for Daming to come for the canonization, he had to take the initiative to ask for it.

After the Ming court received Persia's application, it officially issued an order the next morning:
Set up a Persian vassal, canonized Abbas VI as the Duke of Persia, and ordered the Duke of Persia to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty Right Army in all actions.

The troops that Ming retreated to the Tianzhu area to repair, the troops that were repaired in the Mesopotamia, and the troops that were repaired on the West Sea Peninsula received the assembly order again.

The initial troop withdrawal was supervised by both sides, so there were still Thai and Western personnel around Daming's retreating troop.

The actions of the Persian troops to build a defense line on the border could not escape the eyes of the Lucia and Ottoman patrols on the opposite side.

The actions of the Persian troops and the regrouping of the Ming troops quickly spread to Taixi.

The monarchs and ministers of the Thai and Western countries were shocked when they received the news.

Based on the minutes of the peace talks sent back yesterday, many monarchs and ministers began to worry whether the negotiations between Daming and Ottoman were about to break down.

The peace talks, which seemed to be very safe at first, seem to be full of uncertainties again.

The monarchs of all countries are considering whether to call back the negotiators, at least the main generals.

However, they also noticed that the assembly activities of these troops were all concentrated around Ottoman.

In the end, they all decided to observe again and ask the representatives in front to confirm the situation first.

The Ottoman Sultan Selim III was even more horrified, and immediately sent a telegram asking the Grand Vizier ahead, asking him to ask Daming what he was going to do.

Grand Vizier Zayedin was startled and angry, and immediately went to find Shen Fu, the Minister of Honglu Temple of Ming Dynasty:
"Why did Ming gather troops again? According to the agreement before the start of the peace talks, neither of us can do this!"

Shen Fu said very calmly:

"Our Prince thinks that Ottoman has no sincerity to negotiate, so he decided to start war preparations again."

Zayadin really wanted to ask loudly, is it just the so-called sincerity to hand over all the land south of Anatolia?

Or loudly accuse Daming of being unreasonable, angrily denouncing those demands as extortion.

But in the end Zayedin resisted the impulse, and made a serious and serious argument:
"We didn't refuse. We are still considering it. We can communicate further. I think there should be room for negotiation."

Shen Fu seemed rather helpless and began to present the facts to Zayadin:

"First, the Thai and Western countries are no longer able to fight anymore, they are eager to withdraw from the war, and will not fight for Ottoman again.

"Secondly, Ottoman's troops are no match for Ming. This has been confirmed in the Lianghe battlefield. After the Thai and Western countries withdraw from the war, it is only a matter of time before we, Ming, can achieve our goal alone.

"Third, we have never taken the initiative to tear up the armistice agreement. We have maintained peace with Lucia for hundreds of years when we have the advantage. You can regard our armistice agreement as permanent.

"Fourth, the Prince Daming who presided over the peace talks this time is the King of Dashi, and all he wants is the Dashi area.

"If in this situation, Othman still cannot recognize the reality, we can only let the war continue.

"If there are no accidents, Taixi should watch Da Ming fight with you this time, and continue the negotiation after Da Ming achieves the war goal."

After Shen Fu finished speaking, he sat down and drank tea, waiting for Zayedin to make a decision.

Zayedin knew in his heart that what Shen Fu said was reality, a reality that made Zayedin feel powerless.

After a 3-minute silence, Zayedin spoke again:

"I understand this reality, and I will try to persuade the Sultan, but I need an exact promise, what kind of support Daming can give Ottoman."

Shen Fu didn't speak, but took out a piece of paper and started writing his promise directly:

"We need Ottoman to exist on his own, as a barrier between us and Tessie.

"After we get the land south of Anatolia, the local Arabs will hand it over to Egypt, and you can take it away yourself.

"After that, we can offer Ottoman a very wide range of help.

"Including industrial machinery, weapons and equipment, shipbuilding and warships, culture and education, transportation, railway minerals, etc.

"These are things that can be written down, direct public commitments to you, and there are other things that can't be put on paper.

"We will support you in your confrontation with Tessie, including supporting you to carve up Austria with Lucia and Prussia.

"We can cooperate in the dismemberment of Lucia in the future, and we support you in taking back the land around the Black Sea.

"You sell the land of the Arabs, and you can take the land of the Austrians.

"Your sultan has ten days to respond, but a public response can be delayed up to a month."

Hearing Shen Fu's promise, Zayedin felt mixed feelings in his heart.

The support and promises of Ming Dynasty are what any country wants, and it will be of great help to any country.

If it wasn't for those lands, Zayedin might already be cheering...

But when he heard the last sentence, Zayedin was obviously stunned:
"Ten days to give Daming a response? Then, a month to make a public response? Is this a delay?"

Shen Fu nodded with a smile and said:
"Yes, Daming has just successfully developed several new weapons, weapons that may change the mode of war, and their production is being accelerated.

"Gradual delivery to the front will begin within a month, and if the Ottomans continue to fight, test it on your field
"Otherwise, it may be used against Lucia on the battlefield. Lucia probably won't easily agree to our request."

Zayedin asked with a heavy heart:

"Is this... a threat?"

Shen Fu smiled and said:
"You can assume it is."

Zayadin left Shen Fu's mansion with a heavy heart, and took the car provided by Haijiao Huangzhuang to return to his residence.

A report was compiled in detail and sent to the ruler of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman Sultan.

At the same time, they also sent messages to other anti-Ming alliance countries, explaining the situation between their own side and Ming Dynasty.

It is claimed that Ming gave Ottoman a one-month deadline to fully accept Ming's conditions or continue the war.

All other negotiations were also suspended until Osman made a decision.

The Ming Dynasty continued to gather troops in the Dashi area, and the Persian defense line on the Ottoman and Lucia borders gradually took shape.

The troops of other countries that were going to disband also had to remain on standby, ready to regroup and enter the battlefield at any time.

Although the Ming Dynasty set a deadline for Ottoman, the Thai and Western countries did not dare to ignore it.

The clouds of war seem to be gathering again.

After repeated consideration and hesitation, the royal families and high-level officials of various countries did not choose to recall the peace talks delegation.

Recalling the delegation means officially abandoning the peace talks, and there is really no way out.

They instructed their representatives to persuade Osman and suggested that Osman accept Ming's conditions.

So the representatives of the anti-Ming alliance countries began to take turns or form groups to talk to Ottoman Grand Vizier Zayedin.

Present the facts, reason, and tell Osman that he has no choice but to accept Daming's request is the way out.

Zayedin remained noncommittal, as if he was not particularly anxious because the remaining time was relatively long.

After this situation continued for eight days, another major news came from the front line, and the Ming troops once again entered Persia.

Representatives of the Thai and Western countries happened to get together to persuade the Ottoman Grand Vizier Zayedin, and they immediately broke out after receiving the news.

British Prime Minister William Pitt stood up and said:
"This violates the pre-war agreement between our two parties. I will go to Daming's representative to protest."

Zayedin shook his head slightly and said:

"This time the battlefield is on the Ottoman border, which is also putting pressure on Ottoman, so let me go."

Zayadin's attitude was very firm, and he finally left the representatives of the Anti-Ming League and came to Shen Fu's mansion again:

"Shen Shaoqing, our Sultan has made a decision to accept Daming's request.

"However, His Majesty the Sultan additionally requested that a fleet should be sold to Ottoman before Daming helped Ottoman build a ship industry system.

"There will be four capital ships, four armored cruisers, and at least eight protected cruisers.

"Payment with land in Syria etc..."

Shen Fu frowned:

"Those lands should have been handed over to Da Ming in the first place, and now they are being used to exchange for the fleet. Isn't that just for Da Ming to give away?"

Zayedin subconsciously wants to shout filial piety loudly: What do you mean the land should have been given to Daming?What gangster logic is this!

Using hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land in exchange for a fleet is a blood loss, okay?
But in the end Zayedin resisted the impulse, still very calmly bowed slightly and said:

"This is the last request of His Majesty the Sultan. I hope His Majesty the Emperor Ming and His Highness Prince Dashi can fulfill it."

Regarding this special request, Shen Fu could not make up his own mind:

"I need to ask His Royal Highness the Food King for instructions."

Shen Fu left Zayadin in the living room and found Zhu Jingyuan who was discussing the design of the warship with the craftsmen.

After Zhu Jingyuan came to Xiyang Cape, as long as he was not preparing for negotiations or directly participating in peace talks, he was busy with battleship design most of the time.

Confirm the design of the high-speed battleship that I remember one by one, and do experiments and calculations with the craftsmen for those that I don't remember clearly.

In the past few days, he has spent all day on the battleship design team.

Shen Fu roughly explained Osman's request, and then reminded Zhu Jingyuan:

"Your Highness, we can refuse this request. Even if we don't give anything, Osman will still accept it in the end."

Zhu Jingyuan thought about the current situation:
"It's better not to deceive people too much, you tell them that you can't build new ships for them, but you can transfer the existing old ships to them.

"It's not a particularly old ship. It can be guaranteed that the ship is less than 15 years old, and they can be used for more than ten years before their new ships are launched."

Shen Fu still wanted to persuade, Zhu Jingyuan directly picked up a simple line diagram of a new ship on the table:
"After the armistice, the number of warships we need will have decreased, and most of the warships will have to be decommissioned, transferred and dismantled.

"At the capital, the design of the latest full-caliber main gun battleship has been basically completed.

"The construction will officially start soon, and it is expected to be launched by the end of this year.

"After the new generation of warships enters service, all the original warships will have to be phased out, and they will all be dismantled as scrap metal.

"Now that these future scrap iron can directly urge Osman to accept the conditions, it can already be regarded as worth the money.

"By the way, we can contact Lucia later, saying that we won't need those warships after the truce, and we can sell them some.

"Prussia and Austria will help us in the future, so we won't cheat them on this.

"As for other countries, you can ask about the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Denmark, and Norway.

"England and France probably won't want it, and they won't want us at a discount. They have to deal with warships themselves, and their targets are also these countries.

"So our discount rate has to be larger, and we have to contact or even sign an order in advance.

"Starting to deal with warships in advance can also show our sincerity for peace!
"Of course, we can't sell them all, we have to keep some, and the delivery deadline will be delayed for a few years, and our new ship will start to launch.

"We can't have our navy run out of gear after a war without ships."

After the birth of the "dreadnought" in history, the old warships before, the so-called "pre-dreadnought", were quickly eliminated.

Because the combat distance of the dreadnought has been directly increased from about six kilometers to more than ten kilometers.

The original pre-dreadnought ships had no way of fighting the dreadnought ships, and could only be suppressed and beaten unilaterally.

After the World War, all countries had to reduce their military expenditures, and the excess warships built during the war had to be sold or dismantled.

Shen Fu didn't know how much advantage the dreadnought could have, but he immediately understood the problem of equipment disposal after the war.

"Your Majesty understands, it's still His Highness who thinks thoroughly."

Shen Fu bid farewell to Zhu Jingyuan, and went back to convey Zhu Jingyuan's meaning to Zayadin:
"The war is coming to an end, we can no longer build new ships, so we can only give you the existing warships, which can guarantee the age of the ships within 15 years."

Zayadin didn't say any more nonsense, and directly accepted Zhu Jingyuan's suggestion:
"Thanks to His Royal Highness Prince Dashi for your generosity, then we will formally open the contract in 20 days.

"However, when I came here today, I still brought questions about the countries of Thailand and the West.

"According to our agreement before the war, neither of our troops will wait to enter the Anxi Three Kingdoms.

"Now that Ming has entered Persia again, the countries of Thailand and the West want to protest to Ming.

"How should I explain it to the Western countries?"

Shen Fu said with a nonchalant smile:
"Our original promise was given to the former independent Anxi three kingdoms, but now the independent Persian kingdom no longer exists.

"Our Ming troops entered Persia, a vassal state of Ming Dynasty. This is the internal affairs of our Ming Dynasty and our vassal state, and has nothing to do with other countries!

"Of course it is not limited by the original promise."

The corner of Zayedin's mouth twitched slightly:

"Is this how I respond to the Western countries? Can they accept this explanation?"

Shen Fu nodded lightly and said:
"They just want a reason for self-comfort, even if the reason is that they have been fooled, as long as they can justify it."

Zayadin understood that what Shen Fu said was the truth, but at this moment he could only respond in silence.

I can only feel in my heart that being a diplomat of Ming Dynasty is much easier than that of a country like my own.