Daming 1805

Chapter 128
Zhu Jingyuan looked at the representatives of Spain and Portugal.

The two representatives of the United Kingdom also looked at the past at the same time.

If the Dutch are not stopped, the Spaniards must be stopped.

Guyana can barely give up to Ming, but the Antilles must not.

Prime Minister Pete has already reacted, and now he will not confront Zhu Jingyuan, but directly tell the Spanish Prime Minister and the prince:

"You must not give up the Antilles, or your route to New Spain (Mexico) will be completely controlled by Daming!"

Spanish Prime Minister Manuel thinks so too:

"Yes, Your Royal Highness, it is impossible for us to give up the Antilles."

Zhu Jingyuan was not surprised, and immediately changed direction:
"How about replacing the Greater Antilles with Texas? This will ensure that your route will not be interfered by Da Ming."

The Spanish representative grinned when he heard this, and the food king was really talking nonsense.

At this time, the Texas area was larger than the Texas state of the United States in later generations, and the east extended to the banks of the Honey River.

There is no specific border in the north, and it is integrated with the entire Louisiana region.

And from Texas to the north is the historical Louisiana area, the area between the west bank of the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains.

It is now a disputed area between Ming Dynasty and the West, Britain, and France.

If Spain handed over the Texas region to Ming Dynasty, it would completely isolate this disputed area from the Spanish colony.

This is tantamount to letting New Spain completely abandon the contention for this disputed area.

Of course Spain cannot accept it.

Spanish Prime Minister Manuel shook his head directly and said:

"This is even more impossible. Even if Spain accepts it, the British will not accept it."

Now Texas, across the honey river is the British American colony.

Texas was given to Ming, and Ming's colony was across the river from the British, much closer than the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

The British Prime Minister agreed without hesitation when he heard the words of the Spanish Prime Minister:

"Yes, Texas cannot be handed over to Daming."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded slightly:
"Then the question is, how are you Spaniards going to end this war?

"Say it yourselves, what price can you Spain offer?
"Let's evaluate it and give a reasonable truce period.

"If you can't decide, it's better to stop fighting directly on the front line."

Now Manuel suddenly became a little stunned.

Subconsciously reacted, I seemed to watch Holland exit easily, so I relaxed my mind.

Daming's request is not so easy to satisfy.

Since the war was theoretically initiated by the countries of the Anti-Ming Alliance, the peace talks were also proposed by Taixi, which has also formed a practice in previous negotiations.

The countries of the Anti-Ming Dynasty Alliance must pay a sufficient price for the truce.

Especially the four countries of Holland, Portugal, Spain, and Lucia, they were the countries that had originally signed an armistice agreement with Ming.

Under the somewhat nervous gaze of the British, Manuel reassessed the situation:
"You can give up the Yinzhou area south of Panama..."

Zhu Jingyuan laughed immediately:

"Do you realize now that my request is not excessive at all?"

Manuel's expression has become very ugly.

The present time period was originally the era when the independence movement in Nanyinzhou was rising.

Historically, it was the news of American Independence and the French Revolution that inspired the courage of Latin American rebels.

Then the Napoleonic War shattered the European order, especially directly subverted the Spanish royal family, and gave Latin American countries a chance to become independent.

In this world, it was the ongoing world war between the Ming Dynasty and the Anti-Ming Alliance that gave the rebels and careerists in Yinzhou a chance.

Spain and Portugal in this world have far more control over Southern Yinzhou than in the same period in history.

But the liberators of South America in history, Bolivar, San Martin and others, Pushkins and others also learned the experience of rebellion from the history of Ming Dynasty.

They first gather young people who are equally ambitious, and after secretly accumulating strength, they launch an armed uprising.

First of all, learning from Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, they played fleeing warfare and mobile warfare, and the scale of the rebel army grew rapidly like a snowball.

They also summed up the lessons of Li Zicheng's failure and referred to Zhu Yuanzhang's successful experience.

When the armed forces have grown to a certain scale, they will make peace with more ambitious magistrates and the bourgeoisie.

Absorb them to join the team and establish your own court and system.

San Martin was established in the middle of the Brazilian Plateau, north of the Xintianfu Huangzhuang in the Ming Dynasty, and in the west of Portugal's Brazilian colony.

St. Martin is the self-proclaimed king, and the name of the country is directly called the Kingdom of St. Martin.

St. Martin took the lead, and the other rebels followed suit.

O'Higgins established the Kingdom of Pushkins in southern Peru, behind the Andes.

On the Mexican plateau in Northern Yinzhou, the rebel army led by Hidalgo, who was born in the church, established a holy Mexican kingdom with theocracy.

The young Bolivar can be regarded as a rising star in the rebel army, but the speed of development and growth is very fast.

He established the Bolivarian Kingdom in the northern Andes, in the middle of the Viceroyalty of New Granada in Spain, and later in Colombia.

I have been leading the army in combat, and I also seek to join forces with other countries to overthrow the colonial rule of Spain, Portugal, and Ming.

Bolivar went south to cooperate with San Martin last year, trying to seize the land of Xintianfu from Daming, but did not achieve any results.

This battle was also classified as a harassment by Ming Dynasty.

Although Daming's New Tianfu Huangzhuang has been harassed by them all the time, the impact is relatively small.

Because the situation in Xintianfu Huangzhuang is more stable.

The immigrants in Xintianfu Huangzhuang are basically Ming people, and the original Thai and Western immigrants were driven to the colonies of Spain and Portugal.

St. Martin and Pushkins are the descendants of Thai-Western immigrants who were expelled from the Ming colony.

The environment of Xintianfu is really a land of abundance for the farmers of Ming Dynasty.

Originally, the land was sparsely populated, and there were countless lands to be reclaimed, and all of them were extremely fertile.

As long as we farm here honestly, the whole family can live comfortably.

Having children is too busy, and there is no motivation to rebel.

Instead, a large number of young people will join the army to seize more land on the northern border and at the same time resist the harassment of white ghosts.

This led to the fact that the main body of the rogues was originally Xiyi.

Xiyi was already discriminated against by the people of Ming Dynasty. The key is that the images of the two sides are very different, and the other side has no way to hide in Xintianfu.

Therefore, the places where the rogues are the most serious are basically in the colonies of Spain and Portugal.

In addition to the several kingdoms of St. Martin and others, other native Thai and Western rebels also established a dozen large and small dukes and earls.

After these new monarchs each had their own bases, they began to expand wildly, sending troops to attack cities and land.

From Mexico to Peru, from Brazil and New Grenada, more than half of the Yinzhou region is full of flames, and the era of melee wars between princes is about to come.

The main forces of Spain and Portugal are resisting the attack of Ming Dynasty, and they can only be exhausted in the face of these rebels.

This is also an important reason why Spain and Portugal accept the peace talks and hope to negotiate peace as much as possible.

Spain considered abandoning Peru in Nanyinzhou, or even the entire Nanyinzhou, and tried its best to suppress the uprising in Mexico and keep New Spain.

The most valuable areas of the Peruvian Governor's Mansion in Southern Yinzhou, including the largest Potosi silver mine and the Chilean region, have now been occupied by Ming.

Although the New Granada Governor's Mansion is still there, it is the lair of Bolivar, who caused the most trouble, and it is extremely difficult to eradicate it.

Under such circumstances, Zhu Jingyuan asked Manuel for the price of the peace talks.

Manuel basically didn't think much about it on the spot, so he directly gave Nan Yinzhou, which was originally planned too much.

Spain is handing over the land. Whether Da Ming can suppress those uprisings and really occupy those lands is Da Ming's own business.

Zhu Jingyuan only asked for the Antilles and the California peninsula on top of this, which is really not a high asking price.

Zhu Jingyuan's rhetorical question only exposed Manuel's plan.

Manuel's face was ugly for a while, and he once again calculated the current situation in his mind.

The Antilles are all islands, and they are several times closer to the mainland of Spain than Daming.

As long as he defends himself well, it will be very difficult for Da Ming to land and seize it.

At the beginning, it was Daming who suddenly cut off trade relations, which caused Spain to almost go bankrupt and almost paralyzed the navy and army, before it was taken away by the British.

In the future, neither the Ming Dynasty nor the British will be able to forcibly seize it again.

But the problem is that Ming can launch an attack on the Yinzhou continent, at the north and south ends of the Spanish colony.

If Spain refuses to make concessions, Ming Dynasty will definitely not agree to sign a permanent peace treaty, giving ten years is the limit.

When the peace treaty time comes, a new war will begin.

Before that, Spain itself might not be able to defend the colony of Nanyinzhou.

Instead of letting those rebels take the land, it's better to give it to Daming in exchange for peace.

After careful consideration, Manuel spoke again:
"Spain can give up the California peninsula and the Lesser Antilles."

This is another step back, leaving the main part of the Andres Islands and giving those small islands to Daming.

In this way, both sides can enter and exit the Caribbean Sea on their own through the strait they control, and go to Zhongyinzhou and Nanyinzhou on their own.

Zhu Jingyuan tapped on the table lightly:

"As I said before, if you don't give the Greater Antilles, you have to add the Texas region."

Manuel's subconscious veto:

"This is impossible."

Zhu Jingyuan stretched out two fingers:
"Then sign a 20-year armistice."

Manuel's expression froze again:
"You...don't go too far."

Zhu Jingyuan did not continue to be aggressive this time, but instead showed a persuasive expression:

"A 20-year truce is actually very reasonable, it's been a generation.

"Traditional armistice agreements are usually 20 years long.

"There is no problem at all with direct signing for 20 years."

What Zhu Jingyuan said was indeed the truth.

Except for direct land cession, 20 years is already relatively long for other common treaties.

However, between Ming Dynasty and Ottoman, Lucia, and the Netherlands, there are already near-permanent long-term peace treaties.

Other countries may also sign permanent peace treaties.

By signing a 20-year treaty alone, we are separated from other countries. This is not simply a matter of being isolated.

This is to tell the whole world that my country, which has only signed a treaty for 20 years, has a potential war risk compared to other countries.

If you want to form an alliance with me, come to invest, and come to immigrate, you should be more cautious.

This is simply a long-term risk warning for the whole world.

At the same time, it's also a very immediate threat.

Signing a 20-year contract is actually a bet.

Bet on whether the national strength of the two sides will change substantially in 20 years, and bet on whether the other party will restart the war in 20 years.

You also have to bet on whether the other party will break the contract within twenty years.

Because since there is a time limit, the long-term peace treaties of other countries indicate that the other party has not achieved its strategic goals.

So it is possible to regret after signing the contract, and directly tear up the treaty and declare war in less than 20 years.

　The state is completely bad today, and I can't write anything at all. Today is only [-] words, sorry brothers.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)