Daming 1805

Chapter 348 Zhu Jingyuan's Mediation Method
The next morning, Zhu Jingyuan received Chu Yuqiang and his party in the living room of Ciqing Palace.

Ciqing Palace is where Zhu Jingyuan lives now, meeting his subordinates here means that they are all his own.

You can meet in a relatively private place instead of going to places like Wenhua Hall and Wuying Hall in front.

After saluting and saying hello, Zhu Jingyuan asked them to sit around him and chatted to explain the situation.

Sitting next to Zhu Jingyuan, Chu Yuqiang first gave a general report on the situation of Dashi Clothing Company.

In fact, Zhu Jingyuan has actually read the reports on the sales, profits, and market share of the firm.

However, the report and the on-site explanation are still different. There are many things that are difficult to write clearly in words.

There are also some things that are inconvenient to put on paper, which need to be said in person:

After the basic situation was reported, Chu Yuqiang began to explain the problem:

"Your Highness, the new Ming-style formal dress you designed, this new style of clothing, has swept the entire Thai and Western society.

"The upper wealthy and middle class, buy our authentic clothes directly, while ordinary people wear imitations from local tailors.

"The original Thai and Western traditional men's clothing is now almost equated with 'old-fashioned', and it is a symbol of being disgusted.

"But there is still a problem, the current direction of this trend is still mainly confined to the male circle.

“Your original designs were formed as womenswear, but we never found a market among Thai and Western women.

"Only women who are involved in public affairs, and women who hold management positions in companies, a small number of them have bought new Ming-style formal clothes.

"Maybe it's driven by the male staff, or it could be because the clothes are more suitable for activities than traditional Thai-Western women's clothing.

"But the vast majority of ordinary Thai and Western women take it for granted that it's men's clothing.

"They don't wear it for parties and outings.

"On the contrary, in Dashi Country, some ordinary women are already trying this new clothing in their daily life.

"Actually, women's clothing is the most expensive and the most profitable in Thai-Western society.

"The market is basically out of our reach now...

"The craftsmen are considering trying to design Taixi women's clothing, and this time I came back to ask you what you think."

After hearing this, Zhu Jingyuan nodded lightly:
"I already know the situation. It just so happens that I have prepared another kind of women's clothing recently."

As Zhu Jingyuan said, he asked the servant to inform Irene to come over in her lolita dress.

Irene was already wearing this outfit today, and she came out as soon as she heard the notice.

Chu Yuqiang only glanced at it, then immediately nodded and said:

"This design is very good, this style is different from the existing Taixi women's clothing, but it will definitely be recognized as women's clothing.

"Simplified compared to the existing Western and Western women's clothing, but still complex and refined enough to carry a high enough profit.

"The key is that this style of clothing can be made in many different designs, and new styles can be continuously introduced."

Zhu Jingyuan also nodded again and said:
"Yes, we can continue to introduce new styles, but we must stick to our style.

"Simplicity... at least relatively minimal.

"The hem of the skirt can be puffed up, but hard panniers cannot be used, and the hem of the skirt cannot be forced open.

"The design and decoration can be complicated and gorgeous, but it must not affect walking, sitting or lying down.

"The hem of the skirt should be slightly shorter, at least to show the ankle, preferably between the half of the calf and the knee."

Chu Yuqiang immediately nodded seriously and said:
"I understand that this is still the way of thinking about designing menswear in the past, and our designers have understood it very well.

"However, this time is a brand new direction, if you have time, it is best to produce a few samples.

"As an object for designers to learn and compare, your personal design is also the focus of publicity."

Zhu Jingyuan thought about it and said:
"I will try my best to draw some drawings and explain the design ideas clearly, but I don't have a lot of time.

"Let the designers see my basic design and my design ideas, and make new designs according to these standards.

"I will regularly review the design plans of the designers, choose the one that best fits the design idea, or put forward suggestions for improvement.

"These new styles that can be produced continuously are the main sales force of women's clothing in our firm."

Of course Chu Yuqiang hoped that Zhu Jingyuan would personally design the design for a long time.

But I also understand Zhu Jingyuan's identity, it is impossible to spend a lot of time on clothing design.

To be able to design a small number of samples and give an explanation of his design ideas is already a great emphasis on this industry.

Chu Yuqiang and several high-level executives of the firm also had no objections.

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A few days later, on November 1808th in the third year of Ankang in Ming Dynasty, December 12th, 24 in the Western calendar, the day before Christmas in Taixi.

Hosted and coordinated by Prince Dashi of the Ming Dynasty, the peace talks between Britain, France, the United States, Napoleon and Adams were officially held in the Hall of Martial Arts in the Forbidden City in Xintianfu.

Zhu Jingyuan sat on the main seat, and the other released representatives did not have any opinions. They originally asked Zhu Jingyuan to mediate.

Representatives of France, Crown Prince Charles, Minister of Foreign Affairs Talleyrand, representatives of the United Kingdom, members of the royal family Amelia, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Grenville sat on Zhu Jingyuan's left.

Representatives of the United States, King Charlotte, Regent Frederick, Prime Minister Monroe, Speaker Jefferson, Napoleon and Adams' plenipotentiary Adams himself sat on Zhu Jingyuan's right.

The participants did not have much opinion on the number of seats. Anyway, it is not a public meeting that affects the status, but a peace talk for a specific country.

But everyone was very surprised by the process of the meeting.

After everyone was seated, the officials of Daming directly took out several drafted contracts and placed them in front of the representatives of the four parties.

Under the astonished and confused gazes of the representatives, Zhu Jingyuan, who sat at the top as the mediator, said with a smile:
"There is actually nothing to talk about in this peace talk, and everyone has no choice.

"The general terms of the peace talks have been known to all of you during the interview process.

"Now Daming is just doing business, detailing and finalizing them, and putting them in front of you.

"Everyone can carefully read the content on the spot, and it can be said that Da Ming handled it as fairly and justly as possible.

"Actually, we all know that the peace negotiation itself is not the point, but what happens after the peace negotiation.

"Britain, France, the situation in your own country is not optimistic, and the United States and Canada are even worse.

"So everyone signed the contract as soon as possible, and after your Christmas, we began to discuss things after the war.

"I'll talk about these now, and everyone can read the terms carefully."

The representatives of the Quartet were stunned to discover that what Zhu Jingyuan said was indeed true.

In this peace talks, both sides could not continue the fight and had to stop the war.

When they accepted Zhu Jingyuan's mediation, they had already handed over their respective bottom lines to Zhu Jingyuan.

It is indeed normal for Zhu Jingyuan to integrate the ideas of the two parties and directly make a contract.

Daming, a powerful intermediary, can directly let the two parties sign the contract quickly, and can also save time in arguing.

So the representatives of various countries quickly calmed down and carefully checked the contents of the contract.

The terms of the armistice were very simple, basically only a few sentences.

In most cases, the fewer treaties and contracts, the less restrictive and, in fact, fairer they are for both parties.

First, all parties recognized that the lands and ethnic groups controlled by Napoleon and Adams were formally independent from Britain and France.

Secondly, Britain and France will not attack it again in the future. Napoleon and Adams control the country or organization, and they must not invade the land and ethnic groups of Britain and France again.

Then, the peace between the two parties was guaranteed and supervised by Ming.

In the end, Da Ming guaranteed the safety of the land and ethnic groups controlled by Napoleon and Adams, and how Da Ming protected its safety was up to the two parties to decide.

There are only a few articles in the contract itself, which are to confirm the current facts.

This is followed by a description of the territorial boundaries of the parties after the armistice.

It is basically the division method proposed by France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada.

However, it is not directly bounded by the front line, but by the mountains, rivers and lakes near the front line.

The few enclaves occupied by the two sides in their respective control areas were also directly handed over to each other.

French Colonial Borders: south of the St. Lawrence River, east of Buffalo and Lake Ontario, and north of the Potomac River.

The Potomac River is the river that passes through the later Washington, D.C., and the boundary river between Maryland and Virginia.

Includes the later northeastern United States, plus Canada south of the St. Lawrence River.

Including half of Pennsylvania, most of New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine in the United States, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec in Canada South of the St. Lawrence River.

The border of the Kingdom of British America is east of the Appalachian Mountains, south of the Potomac River, north of Florida Huangzhuang, the new Tianfu of Ming Dynasty, and east of Mihe Huangzhuang.

That is, the southeastern United States of later generations, complete North Carolina and South Carolina, half of Virginia, half of Georgia, and half of Alabama.

Napoleon's and Adams' territorial boundaries were west of the Appalachian Mountains, south of the Great Lakes region, and east of the southern tip of Lake Michigan where it meets the mouth of the Mobile River.

Mainly half of Pennsylvania, half of New York, half of West Virginia, half of Ohio, half of Indiana, half of Kentucky, and half of Tennessee in the United States.

The reason why many places are not complete states in history is because many state boundaries in history have accommodated each other.

For example, Indiana did not have the border of Lake Michigan, but Michigan gave it a piece of land by the lake.

Both Virginia and West Virginia have a small portion of land on the opposite side of the Appalachian Mountains.

The boundary that Daming draws for them now is not accommodating, but follows the mountains and rivers as much as possible.

There is also land in the west, north, and south, part of which was transferred to Daming, and it was not given according to the state boundaries.

Before the Yinzhou War, the colonial area of ​​Britain and France was about 100 million square kilometers.

Britain and France wanted to invite Yin Zhou of Ming Dynasty to help defend the front, and Napoleon wanted Ming to not interfere in the war between the two sides.

The two parties transferred a total of about 50 square kilometers of land to Daming.

Includes portions of Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky in later generations.

The war, which lasted nearly three years, is now over.

The British and French colonies left about 50 square kilometers each.

Napoleon and Adams became independent with about 50 square kilometers of land.

All parties involved in the meeting are basically satisfied with this boundary delineation.

I feel that Daming did plan based on justice.

All are acceptable, and you can sign the contract directly.

Peace in Yinzhou will also come.

Tonight is Tessie's Christmas Eve.

It should have been a moment of celebration.

It's just that the mood of the representatives of all parties is not getting better.

Neither side achieved its original goals.

Britain and France did not completely wipe out the rebels, and Napoleon and Adams did not bring the British and French colonies to independence.

Even Daming did not get the entire land west of the Appalachian Mountains, leaving behind Napoleon and Adams.

However, the Ming Dynasty basically did not participate in the war, so it was allocated more than 50 square kilometers of land.

This is almost equivalent to the area of ​​mainland France, and they are all very good land.

It also completely monopolizes the three large freshwater lakes of Huron, Superior, and Michigan.

Moreover, the countries of Napoleon and Adams will become the vassal states of Ming Dynasty.

So Zhu Jingyuan was quite satisfied with the result.

Only Daming, represented by Zhu Jingyuan, was more satisfied with the result.

Zhu Jingyuan sat on the table and flipped through the documents for more than an hour.

Waiting for the representatives of the four parties below to express their acceptance of this condition one after another.

Under the guidance of Ming officials, they signed the formal agreement one by one.

After the contract was signed, Niu Jian took out several other documents and asked the on-site clerical personnel to pass them to Adams.

Zhu Jingyuan said to Adams in the above:
"Adams, after you go back, sign these two documents with Napoleon and send them to the local capital of the Ming Dynasty.

"Honglu Temple will check your documents, and then issue the official canonization decree to you."

Adams knew that this was his and Napoleon's fate.

Immediately stood up, bowed respectfully to Zhu Jingyuan, then sat back and looked through the two documents.

Those were two applications for becoming a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

This document itself is actually public, but he just printed it out and handed it in, and Daming didn't care about it.

For Adams, the most critical content on the application was the description of the scope of his Napoleon's vassal state.

If it is a normal vassal state application, these contents should be filled out by the vassal state itself.

Now the scope of Adams and Napoleon's vassal state is the territory that Zhu Jingyuan divided for them.

The specific division method is to split the land currently shared by the two into two parts in the north-south direction.

Napoleon owned most of Indiana, half of Ohio, half of Pennsylvania, and a little bit of New York State.

Napoleon is directly called Count Napoleon, and the country he belongs to is also directly called Count Napoleon.

Adams owns most of West Virginia, most of Kentucky, most of Tennessee, a small part of Alabama, and a little of Virginia.

Adams is also directly called the Earl of Adams, and the country is naturally called the Earl of Adams.

The division of land area is relatively even, basically half of each person, and obtaining names and titles is also simple and rude.

But the problem is that Adams' lair, which was originally in the northeast of British America, has now gone directly to the southwest.

Adams subconsciously thought that this was intentionally allowing his vassal state to border on a large area with British America and Napoleon's vassal state to border on a large area with French Canada.

But the borders between the two sides are not too criss-crossed, and even deliberately accommodated the natural geographical boundaries.

But Adams soon understood that Da Ming had just left to Napoleon the land that still belonged to Napoleon.

My original land was long gone, so I moved to the southwest as a whole.

After trying to understand this point, Adams couldn't help feeling that Daming was really just doing things this time.

From then on, I was finally able to truly feel at ease.

Although it is a vassal state, it is a foreign vassal in nature and has a very high degree of independence.

According to a fixed time, pay tribute according to the specified ratio, that is, pay taxes.

Great Ming manufacturers are allowed to invest in the territory, and Ming troops are allowed to garrison in the territory.

The Ming court will basically not intervene in other normal administrative management.

(End of this chapter)