1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2407
Judging from the content of the telegram sent back by Qian Tiandun, it clearly pointed out that the Manchu Qing's request for the truce was to prepare for a complete truce with Haihan in all regions, but the target of the truce did not include other countries, which shows that The Manchu Qing did not intend to cease war with neighboring countries such as Ming and North Korea.Haihan wanted to include Ming and North Korea as the armistice targets of the Manchu Qing in the terms of the peace talks. I am afraid the Manchu Qing would not accept it.The reason is not complicated, and Tao Donglai didn't waste too much saliva, and let everyone present understand the reason.

"North Korea has just changed its new king. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the new king is supported by us, and our country has many large-scale industrial projects under construction in North Korea. If Huang Taiji doesn't want to provoke us, then there is a possibility of sending troops to North Korea. It’s not big anymore.” Yan Chujie analyzed: “Da Ming is more dangerous, just like Lao Tao’s analysis just now, the Man Qing should have seen the gap between Ming and our country, so they used the method of armistice and peace talks to separate our country. The relationship with Daming."

"The truce is good for our country, not good for Ming, so in fact it is Ming and Qing who are wrestling at both ends, and we are just a seesaw in the middle." Tao Donglai followed Yan Chujie's words and said: "What we have to do is to fight from both ends. While striving for more benefits, we must also try to keep the situation in balance, and we cannot allow one side to easily gain the upper hand."

"This bowl of water is not so easy to level." Ning Qi replied thoughtfully: "Now the situation in the north has been significantly different from the original history. The Manchu Qing obtained more advanced water from overseas. Ordnance technology, this may make the strength of the Qing army grow rapidly. It's hard to say whether Daming... can hold on!"

Yan Chujie snorted coldly and said, "If people don't save themselves, the sky will not help them. Daming also knows that as long as he asks us for help, there is a chance of turning things around, but they plan to go all the way to the dark side. What can you do?"

Regarding Da Ming's performance in the process of being invaded by the Manchu Qing, Haihan was extremely disappointed. Da Ming neither organized a decent defense nor asked Haihan for help in time. The whole resistance process was simply a mess.Even though it is difficult for Haihan to send troops deep into the interior to confront the main force of the Qing army on the frontal battlefield, if Ming Dynasty had called for help earlier, Haihan could have organized an armed fleet to go upstream from the Yellow River estuary and carry out executions against the Qing army in the area where the Qing army crossed the river. hit.If the timing is right, it may be possible to deter the Qing army from crossing the river and keep Jinan City on the south bank of the Yellow River.

But in fact, it was not until the Qing army bypassed the capital and approached Shandong that Haihan knew that all the defensive measures deployed by Ming Dynasty in the north had been broken and could no longer stop the Qing army from raging.But even so, Da Ming did not make any statement to ask Hai Han for help, which also reflected the depth of Daming's scruples towards Hai Han, probably no less than his hostility towards Man Qing.

If Daming didn't ask for help, it would be difficult for Haihan to take the initiative to intervene.These warring areas are hundreds of miles away from the Haihan military base, and most of them are inland. Without the full cooperation of Daming, Haihan will never send his elite to take risks in such an environment.But as long as there are more such large-scale invasions and Ming is still so weak, the Manchu Qing will probably truly realize the possibility of replacing Ming to rule the world.

"This is where the difficulty lies. Even if we are willing to provide some form of military assistance to Da Ming, Da Ming may not be willing to accept it." Tao Donglai further explained Yan Chujie's words: "We are not yet able to confirm Da Ming's attitude. , but I personally feel that it is not optimistic.”

If Daming is unwilling to compromise, it will be very difficult for Haihan to gain more benefits from Daming by hyping up the truce and peace talks.But Daming can break the pot, and Haihan, out of consideration for his own development, can't just sit back and watch Daming collapse under the iron heel of the Manchu Qing, and he has to find ways to help Daming maintain his rule.

Tao Donglai went on to say: "So the measures we have to take now is to put pressure on Daming, we must make them pay attention to the change of attitude towards the Manchu Qing, and let them realize that once our country ceases war with the Manchu Qing, then Daming What a difficult situation they will face!"

There was silence in the meeting room for a while, and then Ning Qi's voice was heard again: "This is really not crying without seeing the coffin! Even if you pretend, you have to pretend to show it to Daming first, and let those people in the Ming court Realized that we will really sit down with Man Qing to negotiate an armistice."

"If this is the case, it may be necessary to ask Tom Wang to go to Jinzhou to preside over the negotiations." Gu Kai added: "Tom will come forward to represent the executive committee, and the name will be more justified."

Wang Tom is not only a military leader, but also the only member of the executive committee who is in the north. It doesn't take long to get to Jinzhou from North Korea.If the negotiations with the Qing Dynasty were to be started in the name of the executive committee, it would indeed be more formal for Wang Tom to come forward.

"But if Daming wants to start a high-level dialogue with us after realizing the seriousness of the problem, can Tom Wang handle it in Golden State alone?" Beks questioned this.

Of course, what he questioned was not Wang Tom's military quality, but whether Wang Tom had enough diplomatic skills to deal with the Manchu Qing and Ming at the same time, not only to win more benefits for Haihan from the negotiating opponent, but also to let Northeast Asia continues to maintain the delicate balance Haihan needs.

Yan Chujie immediately defended his colleagues: "Everyone, don't forget that the alliance agreement signed between our country and North Korea was negotiated by Tom Wang himself in Seoul. He is not a layman in diplomacy. And regarding the specific situation in Northeast Asia, I don't think anyone here can understand more thoroughly than him, if even he is not competent, who else here can be in charge of this job?"

It was not all smooth sailing when Haihan and North Korea signed an alliance agreement. Tom Wang took most of the warships of the Northern Fleet with him when he went, and showed his strength to the North Koreans on the Han River outside Seoul. It's settled.To say how many diplomatic means are involved, it is not necessarily true. In the end, it is the powerful force displayed by Haihan that plays a decisive role.

But this time, they have to deal with the Manchu Qing and Ming at the negotiating table. What kind of negotiations can be concluded in the end, I am afraid that it will still depend on military strength.Yan Chujie was aware of this, so he didn't want the executive committee to send another person to the north to take charge of this matter, so as not to steal the limelight from the military.

Of course, it is difficult for anyone to take the initiative to leave Sanya, where the environment is comfortable, for a long time, and take a boat to Liaodong, thousands of miles away, to handle diplomatic negotiations that are not easy, and to take responsibility for the results of the negotiations. bear.So after Yan Chujie spoke, no one else questioned the person in charge of the negotiation.

But determining the person responsible for the negotiation is only the first step, and formulating a negotiation strategy is the real problem.Since Daming's attitude cannot be ascertained at present, it is also difficult for the executive committee to issue some specific instructions. It can only formulate a general negotiation direction and conditional framework first, and the officials in charge of this matter will grasp the scale and timing by themselves.In order to ensure that everything is done in a thorough manner and that others will supervise the implementation process, the executive committee intends to involve several other high-ranking officials in the north to join the plan.

At present, Haihan's senior officials in the north include Qian Tiandun, Chen Yixin, and Hao Wanqing, in addition to Wang Tom.Except for Hao Wanqing, who was affiliated with the Ministry of Security, the other three were senior military generals with rich experience and familiarity with the situation in the north. It can be said that this lineup basically represented the will of the military.However, Chen Yixin and Qian Tiandun had received the envoys of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties successively, and they knew the ins and outs of the matter better, and Hao Wanqing was an intelligence officer, so such a major event would naturally not be absent, so it would not be too abrupt for the other three to join in.

But when a discerning person sees this lineup, it is not difficult to think that Haihan's current rule of overseas colonies has shown a serious bias, that is, overseas colonies far away from Hainan Island are almost all under the management of military generals , and there is often a lack of senior officials in charge of administration, civil affairs, commerce, culture and education to preside over local government affairs.

The reason for this situation is not that the military holds power and refuses to let the executive committee appoint civilians to govern the local area, but because there are too few people among the traversers who are willing to develop overseas for a long time, and only those from the military Senior generals are more motivated and have a sense of responsibility, and are willing to lead troops to fight outside all year round and expand their territories.

Most of the traversers had various ambitions when they first participated in the operation. At least half of the ten people wanted to become the ruler of a certain area in this era.But when they really came to this time and space, they gradually realized that many goals are not easy to achieve, and they are often far beyond their ability.For the vast majority of ordinary people, no matter what environment they are in, they can only be ordinary people in the end.

The only good thing is that even if these people who have penetrated fate don't have to work hard, they can still enjoy the dividends brought by time travel in this time and space, easily have the life of a superior person, and smoothly marry a wife and have children as a worry-free life. Carefree rich man.They may hold some dispensable positions in Sanya, or they may manage a town with a small population somewhere in Hainan Island. In short, they have a dawdling job. They can go to Halong Bay in Annan or Guangzhou City in Daming during their annual vacations. play for fun.

But if these people are asked to leave Hainan Island to develop in other places, they will often refuse such a transfer, because everyone knows that in this time and space, the place where the living conditions are closest to the 21st century is only Sanya.And the place outside Hainan Island is basically another world, a world that is hundreds of years different from their living habits.Although they can also live a very superior life in overseas colonies, but in their view, the social environment is finally on par with Sanya, because it is likely that there will be no "similar" for several months or even years. Opportunities for face-to-face communication.

This is not an isolated phenomenon among the time traveler group, and even in high-level organizations like the Executive Committee, some people gradually have a similar mentality.Only by staying in Sanya can we live among the group of time travellers, and leaving here means to give up our past to a certain extent and fully integrate into the environment of this time and space. Not everyone can have such determination and will, many people I still hope to keep my own life circle and enjoy a stable life without worrying about food and clothing in Hainan Island.

There are fewer and fewer traversers who are willing to go overseas to develop, and the Executive Committee has no good way to deal with it. They can't forcefully assign missions abroad and assign their own people as criminals.And those who have really tasted the sweetness of overseas development are basically only special groups dominated by military generals. Of course, they will not take the initiative to ask the executive committee to send someone to share their power, so as time goes by, they will gradually change. This is the weird situation now.

So now when dealing with overseas affairs, the Executive Committee often can only rely on the strength of the military. There is no other reason, because there are often only high-level military officials in the local area, and what else can they do without handing over to the military.For such a major change in the situation in the north this time, the executive committee can only hand over the errands to the military.Fortunately, there is still Hao Wanqing staying in the north, who can somewhat play a supervisory role in the negotiation process.

Of course, the executive committee will not let this bad trend go unchecked, so it is currently trying to find ways to tap the potential from within the crossover crowd, trying to train more people with the ability to govern, and then send them to work overseas.It's just that so far, such efforts seem to have not seen any obvious results.

The news about the Manchu Qing's attempt to seek an armistice and peace talks is still a high-level secret that only a very few people know, and there is not the slightest word on the market.However, regarding the looting operations of the Qing army in the Ming Dynasty in the past few months, it has been published in various newspapers in Sanya, and it has become a hot topic among the people recently.

Since more than half of the population of Haihan are immigrants from Daming, the folks have a natural sense of closeness to Daming, but also because of this, the public opinion trend of the people is almost hating iron and steel, thinking that Daming's resistance is too outrageous People are disappointed, the dignified kingdom of heaven is actually unable to resist the invasion of the Qing army. You must know that only a few years ago, the predecessor of the Manchu Qing was just a small Jianzhou Guard under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. It's only been more than ten years, how can the situation develop so fast, and the Qing army has already beaten the Yellow River in one fell swoop.

Of course, while accusing Daming, public opinion also generally believes that Daming did not seek help from Haihan in a timely manner like North Korea, which was one of the main reasons for its crushing defeat in front of the Qing army.

(End of this chapter)