Chapter 630 The Treaty of Nanjing
Zhu Hongsan heard that Lopez wanted to return Spanish prisoners of war by himself. How could this work? His navy was just starting out, so he could lose these free instructors.
"Mr. Major General, you have just admitted that Luzon is the inherent territory of my Ming Dynasty. Then your Spanish army is the invading army, and now they are prisoners of war! But I am magnanimous and did not punish them, but organized them into my navy for labor. This is not an exaggeration. You must know that I paid them wages! Can those countries in Europe do it?"
Lopez heard Zhu Hongsan say this and he had nothing to say. He had contacted Spanish prisoners of war in more than a month and knew that their situation was good. Some people still married and had children in China and were not ready to return home. However, Spain now needs too much in Asia. There are less than 2,000 soldiers in the Governor of Malacca. It is okay to suppress the natives, but it is not an opponent to the Netherlands and the British. In addition, the troops in Malacca are all Portuguese. Although Portugal has been annexed by Spain, they are also considered Spanish troops, but those guys will definitely not work hard. It would be nice to fight and not surrender to the enemy in the face of the battle.
"The Emperor of Ming Dynasty, how can we release those soldiers from our country?"
Zhu Hongsan definitely cannot let them go back. What should they do if they go back halfway to their own navy?
"Mr. Major General, according to my Ming Law, they will have to serve ten years of labor before they can be released back to their hometown! It has been three years now, and in another seven years they will be able to go home. You can wait!"
Lopez was stunned when he heard this. Not to mention seven years, he couldn't wait for even a year. Now the Dutch have occupied Indonesia and built the city of Batavia. One step further is the Moluca Islands, which are rich in spices. That is the lifeline of Spain in Asia and must not be lost.
Lopez gritted his teeth and asked, "Then may I ask the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, can I ask the Ming Dynasty to send troops?"
Zhu Hongsan has been waiting for this sentence after so many twists today. Although Zhu Hongsan was happy, he brought it out on his face. Instead, he frowned and said, "This is not good! That's the business of you Europeans. It's really not good for me to join the Ming Dynasty! You Europeans also have to take peace as the most important thing. You cannot sit down and talk about anything. If it really doesn't work, let the Dutch not do it?"
When Lopez heard Zhu Hongsan's words, he couldn't help but curse in his heart: It's just a fart! Now that Europe has a human head that is a dog head because of the Thirty Years War, can it sit down and talk?
Zhu Hongsan continued, "But it's not impossible to help you. No matter how you say the Major General is my father-in-law. We are a family. Is it a helping you to help you? "
When Lopez heard Zhu Hongsan's whisper, he was overjoyed and asked: "The Emperor of Ming Dynasty, you are right. Anna is my favorite daughter. For Anna's sake, we must send troops to help us!"
"Don't worry, my father-in-law, you must help you! But you know that our Ming Kingdom is also fighting now, and the barbarians in the north rebelled, and I still have to deal with them. I really have no troops to help you. Otherwise, when I wait for my rebellion to be suppressed, I will definitely send a large army to help you!"
Lopez knew that Zhu Hongsan said this was a benefit. Before he came, the king of Spain had already handed him the bottom line, that is, any kind of money and territory was easy to say, as long as the Ming Kingdom sent troops.
"Ming Emperor, I know it's not easy for you, so we will pay for the cost of sending troops. I wonder how many silver dollars the Emperor of Ming Dynasty needs?"
Zhu Hongsan knew that Spain was not short of silver. The large silver mines in South America could produce hundreds of tons of silver every year. A Mexican Eagle Yuan could only buy two old corn locally, but in China, he could buy half a cow. So Zhu Hongsan did not plan to ask for Spanish silver. What he was going to ask for was land.
In later generations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had two magical artifacts, one called "Since ancient times" and the other was "Co-development". These two magical artifacts complement each other. When Lao Tzu was weak, he was "Co-development" and when Lao Tzu became strong, he was "Since ancient times", and some small countries in Southeast Asia suffered a lot of losses from these two magical artifacts. Just now, because Luzon was not far from mainland China, Zhu Hongsan used "Since ancient times", and now he had to use "Co-development"!
"Mr. Major General, you and I are relatives, so don't mention money or something. I only have two conditions. One is that the ships of the Ming and Spanish enjoy the same right of passage and tax exemption as their own ships in the other colonial ports. The second is the occupied Netherlands. The British colonies were jointly developed by Spain and the Ming Dynasty. Do you think this is good?"
Although these two conditions seem equal, you should know that the Ming Dynasty's overseas colony is now only Luzon, and Spain's colonies are spread all over the world. Africa and America are full of Spanish colonies. Now that Spain and Portugal have merged, Spain's real empire of the sun never set. The second is the same. It seems equal, but China lacks everything, that is, it is not short of people. As long as the Chinese are given time, they can occupy the world by relying solely on the number of people.
Although Lopez did not understand politics, he was not a fool. He knew that as long as he agreed to these two conditions of the Ming Dynasty today, all Spanish colonies would be open to the Ming Dynasty by then. But there was nothing we could do now. The most important spice archipelago was under the eyes of the Dutch, and now he couldn't care much about it. He could only grit his teeth and agree, and then ask for reinforcements first. As for the future, let's talk about the future.
When Zhu Hongsan saw Lopez nodding in agreement, he was overjoyed and immediately asked someone to use it to sign the first treaty with Europe in Chinese history, the Treaty of Nanjing!
However, although Zhu Hongsan said it simply, there were only two items, Zhu Hongsan added a few more items when signing the contract. One was that the Ming people enjoyed extraterritorial legal rights in the Spanish colony, which means that the Spanish governor had no right to interfere. The second was that the Ming merchants enjoyed the same tax rate as their own in the Spanish colony, and their property was sacred and inviolable. Zhu Hongsan thought about it and added another one, which was the most far-reaching influence on future generations.
According to the historical documents of the Ming Dynasty, Han people have arrived at the Ural Mountains since the Tang Dynasty, and Gao Xianzhi led his army to fight a battle of Henglus with the Arabs. Therefore, the territory of the Ming Dynasty should be bounded by the Ural Mountains, the west is the European boundary, and the east is the Ming boundary. This is actually Spain recognizes the ownership of the Ming Dynasty over the vast Siberia.
Anyway, there are so many historical documents in ancient China. Zhu Hongsan still remembers a news in later generations that in later Britain, three Han corpses from the ancient Roman era were unearthed. The Internet immediately heard a call that "the British islands have been an inseparable part of China since ancient times." Now Zhu Hongsan just said that east of the Ural Mountains is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and he is much more kind.
When Lopez saw the third line, he knew that Russia, in the north of Europe, was developing eastward, and heard that it had passed the Ural Mountains. However, Russia stood on the side of the Protestant country in the Thirty Years' War and opposed the Catholic country led by Spain. It is also popular among the Spanish people now to add some congestion to Russia.
This Nanjing treaty was more than 40 years earlier than the Nebuchu Treaty, and China took a lot of advantage. This treaty had a profound impact on later generations, and even Zhu Hongsan did not expect that he originally thought that he would leave a legal basis for later generations, so that he would say something "since ancient times" and "co-development" without any hesitation. But what Zhu Hongsan didn't know was that China and Russia had many wars for this treaty, and countless people died on both sides, thanks to Zhu Hongsan.
The treaty was kept in duplicate, one was kept in the Ming Dynasty and the other was to be delivered to Spain. After seeing Lopez sign his own stinky and long name, Zhu Hongsan was in a very good mood and finally could do something for his descendants.
Zhu Hongsan was very happy, but Zhang Huangyan around him really didn't understand what the emperor was doing. Now the country is in a row. The Qing Dynasty in the north, Zhu Youlang in the west, and Zheng Chenggong under his armpit were all eyeing him. Why did the emperor still help these Folang Jimen fight?
As Zhu Hongsan's senior officer and chief military aircraft of the Military Affairs Office, Zhang Huangyan must of course fulfill his responsibilities as a counselor.
"Your Majesty, now our war is tense and the country is short of troops, why do we still need to help these Folang Jimen?"
Zhu Hongsan laughed and said, "Xuanzhu, you don't know that this treaty will play a big role in the future. I can't see anything now, you will know in the future!"
"Your Majesty, but we have no soldiers to send when we fight on both sides!"
Zhu Hongsan now has an army of less than 200,000 people in his hands. It is really difficult to defend such a large territory.
Zhu Hongsan pondered: "This is a problem. Yangzhou and Wuchang cannot move, and the army in the capital cannot move either. Is there any movement in Guangxi?"
The information of the Jinyiwei needs to be summarized into the Military Affairs Office. Of course, Zhang Huangyan knows how Zhu Youlang is doing now!
"Return to Your Majesty, the Jinyiwei sent intelligence half a month ago. The King of Gui in Guilin summoned Li Dingguo to meet him. I don't know why? He Tengjiao's troops from Changsha are preparing to enter Sichuan. The Qing army in Sichuan is now at a disadvantage. Perhaps He Tengjiao wants to retake Sichuan!"
"Zhu Youlang meets Li Dingguo?" Zhu Hongsan was not very impressed by the late Ming generals. Except for He Renlong, who died in Shanxi, he could remember this Li Dingguo. Li Dingguo had amazing achievements as two famous kings, so Zhu Hongsan felt that it would be better to be careful.
"I ordered the Jinyiwei to send additional personnel. We must figure out what Li Dingguo is going to do! As for Nanyang? Let Wang Jinbao, the third division stationed in Luzon, send a regiment, and fight first. Let's talk about it if the troops are not enough!"
The area under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Luzon is very large. In addition to Luzon Island, Hongji Coal Mine in Annan, and Yong'an Prefecture in Beibu Gulf are all under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Luzon. Wang Jinbao's third division had only 15,000 people, and he had to station in the area to prevent native attacks and sent people to attack the Dutch. The staff was really tight.
Chapter completed!