1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 3192
At night, the west of Hangzhou City rushes to Jinmen.

A large number of people who went out of the city to watch the West Lake Fireworks Conference are returning to the city through the Yongjin Gate. Most of the topics they discussed were the beautiful scenes they saw just now. Few people would notice that the martial law checkpoint outside the nearby Daming Embassy has not yet been withdrawn. Walk.

The Ming embassy was strictly prohibited from going out because of the Zhu Zhongyun case, and the diplomatic personnel in the embassy naturally lost the rare opportunity to enjoy the fireworks.

However, for Yue Shizong, the fireworks conference was just an insignificant event, and if he missed it, he would miss it, but he lost a chance to meet the high-ranking officials of Haihan because of this, which was a terrible thing.

Yue Shizong had read the articles in the Donghai Times many times, trying to figure out the official attitude of Haihan from them.

But the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the situation was not good.Haihan didn't intend to turn the big thing into a small thing, but made the matter public at the first time, probably with the idea of ​​making a big fuss by taking advantage of it.

Yue Shizong wanted to make an excuse to the executive committee in person, but it seems that Haihan doesn't intend to give him such an opportunity.Now I can't even get out of the embassy gate, and I can't ask to see the senior officials of Haihan.

Although people can't get out, fortunately there are channels to send in real-time news from outside, so that they won't be trapped here and become deaf and blind.

Every once in a while, someone wrapped the letter paper on a small stone and shot it into the embassy yard from a distance with a slingshot.Although this native method is quite primitive, it is one of the few practical means of information transmission under the current special circumstances.

The latest news just brought in from outside has been placed on Yue Shizong's desk together with the wrapped stones.

He eagerly opened the ball of paper to shake off the stones, smoothed the crumpled letter paper on the table, and began to read the small print on it.

The information sent in this time does not seem to be directly related to the assassination case. It is a list of guests invited to board the ship tonight to swim with the senior officials of the Executive Committee on the West Lake.

In addition to local civil and military officials and envoys from various countries, there are also some folks mainly from the business and cultural circles.Yue Shizong looked over one by one, and soon found some not-so-good clues.

In this list, none of the guests belonged to Daming, and this was inconsistent with the guest list he knew.

As the diplomatic envoy of Ming Dynasty stationed in Hangzhou, Yue Shizong had already received the invitation for this event, and apart from him, some Ming businessmen who had good relations with Haihan would also be invited to attend.But now on this list, all the people from Daming did not attend.

Yue Shizong didn't doubt the reliability of this list, because it was not news stolen from any special channel, but the real-time information recorded by his men who went to stay near the wharf by the West Lake and counted heads one by one.

The only reasonable explanation for this situation is that Haihan temporarily canceled the original invitation, not only to him, Yue Shizong, but to all Ming people.

There is no doubt that this is a rather unfriendly move, but considering the assassination incident that happened just yesterday, Haihan's caution seems reasonable.

But what Yue Shizong was worried about was that Haihan's move was not just for safety reasons, but to create an occasion where there were no people from Ming Dynasty, and to announce some decisions that were not good for Ming Dynasty.

The problem now is that Haihan doesn't seem to be in a hurry to negotiate with Yue Shizong through diplomatic channels.Yue Shizong has no clue as to what stage the trial of the assassination case has progressed and what attitude the Executive Committee has on the matter.

Yue Shizong knew that he had to try to break this deadlock and re-communicate with Haihan's senior management as soon as possible, otherwise the situation might speed up towards the direction of getting out of control.

Yue Shizong immediately picked up a pen, carefully wrote a letter, and asked his subordinates to send it to the Haihan Army outside the embassy, ​​asking him to forward it to the Executive Committee.

Although people are grounded, the channel to convey opinions through documents is still open.There is no other way to think of at the moment, Yue Shizong can only use this method to get the chance to meet with the executive committee.

Yue Shizong's efforts were not in vain.Near midnight, someone from Haihan's side came to answer and invited him to participate in the military parade to be held tomorrow morning.

Although visiting the military parade may not be able to talk to senior officials of the Executive Committee, it is a signal to restart negotiations after all.After being disqualified from viewing the fireworks display and the embassy was banned from going out, this can be regarded as the only good news in the past two days.

April 1657, [-] in the Haihan calendar, National Day.

Thirty years ago, the crossers landed in Yulin Bay, Hainan Island, and named the place Victory Port, which opened the legend of Haihan.The Landing Day was later determined by the Executive Committee as the Haihan National Day, and it continues to this day as a national holiday.

However, for the people of Hangzhou, this is actually a relatively unfamiliar festival.After all, most of the people have only joined the Haihan nationality in the past two years. They don't have too much affection for the new dynasty, and they don't quite understand the special significance of this festival to Haihan.

This year's National Day is the first large-scale festival to be held after Hangzhou was transferred to Haihan. The official took advantage of the visit of the Executive Committee and the timing of the announcement of the capital relocation plan.

Two days before the arrival of the executive committee, every household inside and outside the city was already decorated with lanterns and festoons, creating a festive atmosphere.The government handed out small red and blue flags from house to house, and large red and blue flags could be seen flying everywhere on the streets of the city.

The entrance ceremony of the executive committee two days ago and the fireworks display held in the West Lake have given the local people a preliminary experience of the Haihan-style festival.

The military parade on National Day is said to be Haihan's traditional reserved event, and the people are flocking to it. The gates of the west of the city were blocked by people who were about to leave the city early in the morning.

After receiving the special permission, Yue Shizong left the embassy smoothly, but the carriage he was riding in was still blocked at Yongjinmen, which is a short distance from the embassy.

Yue Shizong raised the curtain of the car and looked out. The road leading to the outside of the city was full of people traveling in costumes, and many of them were holding small red and blue flags in their hands.

It goes without saying that these should all be people rushing to watch the military parade.

Sitting in the car, Yue Shizong could clearly hear the conversations of the people outside the car, most of which were discussing the fireworks display and the military parade.

Facing such a scene, Yue Shizong could only smile wryly.It hasn't been long since Haihan took over Hangzhou, and the local people's hearts seem to have obviously turned to the other party, and no one cares about when Daming will regain Hangzhou.

(End of this chapter)