Daming 1805

Chapter 524 If you want to make him die, you must make him crazy.

Is Zhu Jingyuan afraid of war?

If we put aside all external conditions and simply talk about the attitude towards the war itself, then Zhu Jingyuan is indeed afraid.

If large-scale wars get out of control, the results and harm will be unpredictable.

When Zhu Jingyuan had just recovered his memory, he was really terrified when he analyzed the war situation in Ming Dynasty based on the experience of his previous life.

If Daming continued to hold on, there was a certain probability that it would collapse.

However, Zhu Jingyuan will not escape the war.

If there is an opportunity, war will be used rationally.

Both Zhu Jingyuan and his father actually wanted to unify the world.

Now this world refers to the whole world.

With enough strength in itself, no one should be able to reject this idea.

So this is even the current public opinion of Ming Dynasty.

This kind of public opinion is not the "general trend" mentioned in ancient times, but a popular appeal that really exists among the people.

Because the Ming Dynasty completely unified the world, it was really good for the people of the Ming Dynasty.

However, according to the truce agreement signed by Zhu Jingyuan with the western and western countries, Ming will not seek territorial expansion in the western and western continents.

Of course Daming can tear up the agreement and use force directly.

But that would not only entail infamy, but more importantly, it would not be cost-effective to start a war directly.

It doesn't even meet Zhu Jingyuan's real goal.

Zhu Jingyuan wants to unify the world and include Taixi mainland into Ming's territory.

But I don't want to accept Thai and Western people entirely.

Even if you have to accept it, the fewer the number, the better.

Especially the fewer the number of young and middle-aged men, the better.

In this case, the most ideal situation is that a large-scale war will break out on its own within the western continent.

It would be better if it lasts for a long time, destroying the western continent of Thailand into ruins, and destroying the new generation of young people from the Western countries again,

When the war progressed to the later stage, Ming Dynasty was "invited" by Britain, France and other countries to join the war according to the actual situation.

Or end up directly under the banner of saving the people of Taixi.

Hang people and punish crimes.

Unless the country leading the war develops atomic weapons during the war, it will be very difficult for Ming to fail.

Even if the development of fusion weapons fails, fission weapons that have been mass-produced and have high practical value can already directly change the situation of the war.

After the war ended, the courts of the original Thai and Western countries could not maintain social stability and could not protect the lives of the people in their own countries as an excuse.

Turn the Thai and Western countries into vassal states of Ming Dynasty, and de facto unify the world.

Therefore, although Zhu Jingyuan would not say it clearly, he actually supported Prussia or similar countries in launching wars.

In the history of Zhu Jingyuan's previous life, the development and madness of Germany and Japan in the early stage were to some extent connived by the United States and Britain.

In the current world, Zhu Jingyuan will also connive at countries that may launch aggressive wars.

Unless Lucia directly declared war on Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jingyuan would even expect them to achieve better results.

If you want to make it die, you must make it crazy.

However, from Zhu Jingyuan's point of view, unless Lucia's brain had a twitch, it would be impossible to declare war on Daming first.

Unless they have unified the Western continent and truly established a new Roman Empire.

By that time, war was practically inevitable.

That is the battle of civilizations and races.

Zhu Jingyuan's question now is how to respond to the Lucia people's question about the adjustment of the profit distribution of the Volga-Ural Oilfield.

The Volga-Ural Oilfield is an oilfield located on the border of the Xianbei Principality and the Kazakh Principality of Lucia and Daming.

Zhu Jingyuan knew the general distribution of the oil fields in advance, and knew that the oil producing areas were basically in the current Lucia territory.

So in the ninth year of Ankang, Zhu Jingyuan, according to the situation at that time, facilitated the cooperation between Daming and Lucia in oil field development and signed a cooperation agreement.

According to the agreement, Daming will provide part of the investment and related technology transfer.

In the first ten years of oilfield development, Daming received 20% of the oilfield profits, and from the tenth year to No. [-], Daming received [-]% of the oilfield profits.

From No. 20 to No. 40, the two parties will share 40-[-], and after [-] years, the distribution will be based on the actual output of both parties.

This cooperation agreement is of course beneficial to Daming.

Most of the oil production is in Lucia. In the next 20 years, Daming will account for most of the income. In 40 years, Daming will basically get half of the income.

But in the eyes of the uninformed Lucians, this cooperation agreement is still fair.

Now five years have passed, and the construction and development of the oil field, as well as the continuous surrounding exploration, have also been carried out for five years.

The people of Lucia have basically determined that there are no large-scale oil fields on the land of Ming Dynasty within the scope of the oil field.

Unless the scale of the oil field is expanded to the coast of the Caspian Sea, which is impossible.

The Lucians, who knew that they had suffered a great loss, obviously couldn't stand it, and naturally hoped to revise the cooperation agreement.

In fact, before Emperor Lucia came to Daming, Lucia had already explained the French affairs to Daming.

Of course, it is more polite and official. I hope to renegotiate the cooperation method with Daming.

Of course Daming didn't take this issue, but replied according to the original cooperation agreement:
According to the additional terms of the contract, the contract is revised every ten years, and it is not yet time for revision.

Now that Emperor Lucia has come to Daming, it is very likely that he will take the initiative to talk about this matter.

The chat between King William III of Prussia and Zhu Jingyuan did not last long, and William III knew that he could not take too much of Zhu Jingyuan's time.

Others are probably still waiting to talk about themselves, and they may even have applied and lined up.

So I felt that my attitude had been achieved, so I took the initiative to say goodbye and left.

After William III went out, he first met Emperor Nicholas of Lucia, and explained Zhu Jingyuan's attitude very optimistically.

Nicholas listened to William III's introduction with a look of disbelief:

"Emperor Daming really said that?"

William III smiled and nodded to confirm:

"That's what I said, otherwise I wouldn't be so relaxed now."

While Nicholas breathed a sigh of relief, he couldn't help discussing Zhu Jingyuan's mentality with William III:
"So, why did the Emperor Ming allow this kind of thing so simply?
"This means war!
"Does Ming not care about the outbreak of war between the countries in the alliance?"

William III looked around, and then expressed his thoughts:

"I think it's possible that you really don't care.

"The relevant agreements of the League of Nations formulated by the emperor himself did not prohibit internal wars.

"At the same time, when signing the naval treaty, Da Ming also expressed his attitude again.

"Da Ming is not the suzerain country of the European countries, and has no obligation and will not help the European countries to establish rules.

"The emperor also understands the situation in our countries.

"Knowing that in a situation like this, playing a game is the easiest solution.

"What's more, the war between the European countries is relatively beneficial to Ming.

"Of course, there is another possibility...

"The emperor himself does not want Ming to participate in the war. This is an attitude that has been shown since the armistice agreement of the world war..."

William III did not say all that he had to say.

But when Nicholas heard this, he quickly understood what the other party meant:
"If Ming wants to prevent wars in other countries, it is very likely that they themselves will directly participate in the war.

"If the Emperor Ming didn't want to participate in the war, he could only hint at or even allow wars between other countries."

William III nodded slightly after listening:

"But whether it is not caring, not interested, or unwilling to participate in the war, it is a good thing for us...

"Da Ming's attitude was originally the biggest problem, but now it's not a problem at all."

Nicholas let out a long breath, and his expression towards William III changed slightly.

The scene was silent for a few seconds, and Nicholas said in a relaxed tone:

"It seems that we can re-sign the oilfield development cooperation agreement, and the possibility of getting a fairer plan is a little higher..."

William knew that Nikolai and even Lucia were thinking about that oil field now.

Of course, it is better to solve this problem as soon as possible.

William recalled Zhu Jingyuan's attitude, and also felt that the success rate of this matter was very high:

"Good luck to Lucia..."

Nicholas nodded slightly, then said goodbye to King William III, and went to see Zhu Jingyuan alone.

When Zhu Jingyuan was chatting with William III, Nicholas expressed his request to meet Zhu Jingyuan alone through Zhu Jingyuan's servant.

Not long after William III went out, Zhu Jingyuan thought about his future strategy, and asked Nicholas to be brought in.

Nicholas had already prepared his emotions, first he greeted him politely, and then took advantage of Luo Feiya's relationship to chat with Zhu Jingyuan about the daily routine.

But both parties knew that there must be business, and of course the family routine didn't last for a few words, and it was over if there was such a meaning.

Then Nicholas put forward his main purpose of meeting Zhu Jingyuan in the most euphemistic way possible:

Hope to renegotiate the Volga-Ural oilfield cooperation plan with Daming.

The cooperation with Daming on this oil field has been the heart disease of Lucia's court for the past two years.

In particular, the oil field developed by Ming Dynasty in the Principality of Xianbei is currently larger than the Volga-Ural, which makes the Lucia people even more unbalanced.

The Xianbei Principality was originally Lucia's land!

Now Daming not only exclusively enjoys Xianbei's Qiuming Oilfield, but also takes most of the remaining profits from the Volga Field, which is really too bullying.

Nicholas and his ministers had already prepared a lot of rhetoric, and also prepared several reasonable adjustment plans.

Nicholas was going to take it out step by step according to Zhu Jingyuan's reaction.

Zhu Jingyuan had expected this a long time ago, Zhu Jingyuan was not prepared to negotiate with Lucia in this kind of place at all:
"I have already learned about the specific situation, and I have also heard the explanation of the situation from the officials of Honglu Temple.

"Since we have signed an agreement, we will implement it in accordance with the agreement.

"There was already a method of revision in the agreement, and this was a concession made by Daming.

"I hope that Lucia can abide by the agreement and talk about this matter after the ten-year period expires."

Nicholas was about to come up with his own rhetoric:

"Your Majesty, the oil fields in the Urals are irrelevant to Daming, but they are indeed the key to Lucia..."

Zhu Jingyuan interrupted Nicholas directly with a wave of his hand, completely refusing to give the other party any room for bargaining:
"That's it for the oil field, we have nothing to talk about now."

Nicholas was a little dazed, he didn't expect Zhu Jingyuan to be so tough.

Before he came in to see Zhu Jingyuan, he discussed and analyzed with William III that there should be something to discuss about this matter.

I even feel that I can get a relatively reasonable distribution plan.

As a result, Zhu Jingyuan directly refused.

At the same time, Nicholas was also a bit on top, and Zhu Jingyuan's response was too domineering and unreasonable.

Now all relevant personnel already know that Daming has already taken advantage of it, and Lucia has already suffered a big loss.

Even if Daming didn't want to give up these interests, he should use some rather gentle rhetoric to keep pushing and delaying.

As a result, there is no explanation at all now, not only directly refusing to discuss, but also having such a tough attitude.

Nicholas was furious in his heart, and some of the higher-ups said something with a straight face:
"If Your Majesty insists on refusing to negotiate to resolve the issue, we can only unilaterally terminate the cooperation agreement..."

This is something that has a certain threatening meaning.

If Zhu Jingyuan really didn't want to participate in the war, and Lucia really unilaterally tore up the agreement, Daming could only watch or threaten a few words.

Zhu Jingyuan's response was very direct, straightforward and logical:

"The duty and purpose of the Ming army is to protect the interests of the Ming royal family, court and common people.

"The oil field cooperative development agreement with Lucia in the Volga-Ural region is in the interests of the Ming royal family and the imperial court.

"If Lucia unilaterally tears up the agreement, Ming Dynasty will directly send troops to occupy all the existing oil-producing areas.

"This is my last warning, don't say it was unpredictable."

This is a direct threat of war, and Zhu Jingyuan really wants to see if Lucia has the courage to directly challenge Daming.

Nicholas was a little confused again.

Nicholas had already analyzed it with Lucia's ministers, and had just discussed it with King William III of Prussia.

Everyone thinks that the new emperor of Ming Dynasty has little interest in war.

As a result, I only mentioned it a little bit now, and verbally threatened to terminate the agreement, and the other party directly responded with a clear threat of war.

Is this a little too jumpy?Is it a bit of a fuss?
Is this the real state of mind of Emperor Ming, or is it just a bluff to intimidate himself?

Nicholas felt that the possibility of intimidation was not low.

But Nicholas has no way to test it, at least it is impossible now.

If this threat is serious, then Lucia will immediately get involved in the confrontation war with Ming, which is not in line with Lucia's strategic plan.

If Lucia wants to launch a war, the priority targets should be Sweden, Norway, Ottoman, Austria and other countries.

Only after Lucia unified most of the Taixi continent would she have a chance to fight against Ming.

It is impossible to directly challenge Daming now, and there is no chance of winning.

So Nicholas had to endure it.

In the original negotiation plan, there was indeed a record that Daming completely refused to negotiate, but the nun thought that the possibility was not high.

But now I have to use it to endure humiliation.

Nicholas first tried his best to control his emotions, and then said to Zhu Jingyuan in a panic:
"Your Majesty, calm down, Lucia has absolutely no intention of harming Da Ming's interests, and absolutely has no intention of having any armed conflict with Da Ming.

"If His Majesty thinks it's inappropriate to revise the cooperation agreement now, then we can discuss it after the ten-year revision period stipulated in the contract expires."

Zhu Jingyuan snorted coldly, and picked up the teacup on the table.

Nicholas knew that this was the meaning of seeing off the guests, so full of resentment and loss, he bowed and said goodbye with a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)