Daming 1805

Chapter 56 Asking for peace with Ming is not weak

When the sky in Moscow was slightly bright, Prince Nicholas and other important officials rushed to the imperial conference room of Emperor Lucia one after another.

Emperor Paul entered the conference room with two maids, glanced at everyone's clothes, and then looked at his own clothes subconsciously.

Above the Lucia court, most of the civil servants and relatively elderly people basically wore Ming-style robes, and the emperor also wore the Tuanlong uniform similar to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Most of the military attachés and young people were basically dressed in the same Ming style from a few years to more than a decade ago, but changes have taken place in the last ten years.

They gradually changed back to their Thai clothes, taut over-the-knee stockings and breeches, floral-collared shirts and heavy woolen tuxedos.

When they saw the way they saluted, they were also divided into two groups. One part bowed and bowed like Akito, and the other part knelt down on one knee to caress his chest and bowed his head.

Emperor Paul, who was accustomed to it, didn't say much. After everyone saluted, he sent the information he received and let them circulate it.

"Everyone, tell me, what should Lucia do now?"

After reading the information, the officials at the scene had very ugly expressions, and several closed their eyes directly.

The 32-year-old prince Nicholas spoke first:

"Father, can you be sure that the people of the Ming Kingdom are not 'bluffing'? We all understand the current war situation, and it is a feeling that is powerful and useless.

"As long as we also build our positions, what if the people of the Ming Kingdom use all their strength? It is impossible to hit the Ural Mountains.

"We can also go to 'bluff', just to find out the real details of people!"

The prince's radical point of view, which was obviously inclined to Da Lucianism, immediately aroused the approval of ministers with similar thinking tendencies.

The Minister of War not far away, the 60-year-old Earl of Bennigsen, Levin August, very helplessly dissuaded him:

"His Royal Highness can't be reckless, Daming's 'bluff' can become true, because Daming still has a lot of potential to tap.

"They are withdrawing their vassals to appease the vassal states, opening up the royal family's franchise industry to appease local capital while controlling the refugees, and starting to open up new industries for the royal family's consortium.

"But Lucia's bravado can only be fake, because we are approaching the limit, so the hint that can be negotiated is released.

"Once Daming insists on fighting, Lucia can only make a fool of herself, and even face a large-scale rout.

"So no matter whether Daming is bluffing or not, the Lucia Empire has only one choice at the moment, and that is to put down the illusion as soon as possible and seek peace."

The other relatively conservative and traditional ministers nearby immediately echoed:

"Yes, it is not weak to seek peace with Daming."

"His Majesty the great Peter the Great once asked Ming for peace."

"The Dutch, the Portuguese, and the Spaniards also asked Ming for peace."

"Lucia must stop the war, the court has gone bankrupt, and the order of cities and villages will collapse."

Lucia's old people, in fact, have no psychological burden to seek peace with Daming.

My ancestors have done it a long time ago, and other Thai people have done it too, why can't I do it again?

But this kind of traditional remarks has made the emerging Da Lucian nationalist officials a little flabbergasted.

Under the leadership of the prince Nicholas, they returned directly without hesitation:
"Have you all forgotten the purpose of our participation in the war!"

"Now to seek peace with Daming, what's the point of all the previous efforts?"

"We have made peace, how will we face other Europa people in the future! How can we return to Europa!"

"Begging for peace today, for peace tomorrow, when will we Lucia stand up!"

Seeing that the two sides were about to quarrel, Emperor Paul immediately patted the table a little irritably:

"Shut me all up!"

Emperor Paul stopped the quarrel at the scene and was about to reprimand them loudly.

Just at this moment, a secretary hurried in and handed a new telegram to the emperor.

Emperor Paul took it over and glanced at it, his face suddenly brightened, and most of the anger just now dissipated in an instant.

The telegram was circulated to the ministers, and at the same time he smiled with emotion and said:
"The Tatars of Anxi have their moments of wisdom..."

After reading the telegram, Earl Bennigson couldn't help but be overjoyed:
"The Three Kingdoms of Anxi are willing to mediate, so this time it is not for peace, even if it is a tie!"

After reading the information, the other civil servants and senior ministers also had a tendency to almost cheer.

"Facing Daming, a tie is a victory for us!"

"The purpose of the anti-Daming alliance has been achieved, and we can start discussing the planning of the post-war order!"

"This is a victory for our entire Europa!"

"The Europas are finally standing up!"

Facing the cheers on this side, the prince Nicholas on the other side was also a little surprised after reading the news.

It was just that he was completely calm on the surface, and he deliberately snorted coldly and said:

"Don't be too happy, this is just a suggestion from the Three Kingdoms of Anxi, not Daming's invitation, Daming has not yet agreed.

"Da Ming is exploring the potential of war. If we directly refuse mediation, what should we do?"

At this time, the telegram had already circulated, and Earl Bennigson said with a smile:
"His Royal Highness, I don't think Daming will refuse, although Daming still has strength, they are also very uncomfortable in this battle.

"It is almost impossible for Daming to surrender and admit defeat, so the biggest difficulty in this anti-Ming war now is how to end the war decently.

"Moreover, I even suspect that the mediation of the Anxi Three Kingdoms may have been hinted by Daming.

"Now the Anxi Three Kingdoms have sent a 'step' to both sides, I think Daming should take over this 'step'."

The surrounding ministers nodded, and Emperor Paul above couldn't help but ask:

"If the Anxi Three Kingdoms are really hinted by Daming, doesn't that mean that Daming can't hold on anymore?
"They are really just bluffing to withdraw their feudal lords and lift the ban? So do we still have to accept the mediation of the Anxi Three Kingdoms?"

The idea mentioned by Emperor Paul made the eyes of many courtiers suddenly light up, and Prince Nicholas subconsciously wanted to speak:
"Then we can bluff and get more land from the east and south..."

Earl Bennigson immediately shook his head, directly strangling everyone's delusions:
"Absolutely can't be greedy, can let Daming accept a draw is victory, absolutely can't force Daming into anger, because we simply can't hold on.

"However, we can be a little tougher at the negotiating table in the future, and let Daming sell as many interests as possible..."

The earl's words immediately aroused the approval of the conservative ministers, and the radical young people did not object after considering it.

They knew what Lucia's situation was like, and they really tried their best to fight until now.

As a result, this imperial meeting immediately turned the tide, and everyone began to discuss how to negotiate with Daming and what land or interests should be asked for.

The minimum requirement is that in order to split the Anxi Three Kingdoms, a part of Lucia must be given, and it cannot continue to be the ban of the Ming Dynasty.

The mood of Emperor Paul and the ministers became more and more pleasant during the discussion, and the meeting room was slowly filled with a happy atmosphere.

It was not until almost an hour later that Emperor Paul's secretary ran in again and handed over a telegram again.

Then Emperor Paul was dumbfounded, his eyes widened and he read it several times, word by word, word by word:
"Anxi Three Kingdoms said - Daming - refused - mediation - "

This time there is no need to circulate it. The ministers below understood what happened, and then subconsciously looked at Prince Nikolai.

Prince Nicholas was also completely stunned, he was just stubborn before.

In my heart, I couldn't wait to stop the war quickly, but I didn't expect that now I really let myself say the result.

According to Daming Yayan, this is a typical "crow's mouth"!

The key is that Daming refused so quickly. This may be because the telegram has just been sent to Daming. After the telegraph operator in Daming saw it, he asked the emperor for instructions, and the emperor refused directly on the spot.

At the very least, he didn't think about it carefully, otherwise, plus the transit time of the Anxi Three Kingdoms, it would be impossible to send it to the capital of Lucia so quickly.

The ministers were discussing happily just now, how to force Daming to make concessions at the negotiating table, and now they are all dumbfounded.

Especially Earl Bennigson, who had guessed before that the mediation of the Anxi Three Kingdoms was hinted by Daming, but as a result, they ignored the mediation and refused directly.

(End of this chapter)