Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 181 Ming-Portuguese Treaty
Since taking the initiative to withdraw to Zhili, although Qian Deaf Laogou still believes that the Qing Dynasty is the center of the world and a well-deserved power in the world, especially after taking Gurkha and North Korea successively, Qian Deaf Laogou's confidence A little more.

However, for Portugal and Queen Maria I of Portugal, the Qing Dynasty is just a memorable coward who can allow Portugal to continue to control Macau, nothing more.

As for Qian Deaf, the old dog sent someone to contact Portugal, saying that he could cooperate with Portugal to help reduce the pressure on Portugal and reduce the compensation that Portugal will face...

Piano, the envoy sent by Maria I, expressed doubts and resistance from the bottom of his heart - if you are so hot that you can influence the decision of the Ming court, why do you still retreat to Zhili?

Instead of getting in touch with the people sent by Qian Deaf Old Dog, why not just sell them to Daming, maybe you can save a few taels of silver?

Then Piano found Liang Chen, the right servant of Honglu Temple, and first revealed the fact that the old dog Qian Deaf sent people to contact him, and then said that Portugal has always respected Daming.

Piano even recalled those things during the reign of Tianqi and the reign of Chongzhen with tearful tears, even the Portuguese committed a crime in Macau and was caught by the Ming government for a while, and then said After Jianlu went south, Jianlu exploited the Portuguese.

In short, a small part of the reason for this situation is that the Portuguese in Macau are ignorant, and a bigger part of the reason is that Jianlu only wants to exploit Macau without management, so that the Portuguese in Macau There was a misunderstanding, which led to all this.

Piano said that if possible, Portugal would be willing to compensate Ming Dynasty for the military expenditures for these wars. He only hoped that the two countries could get along with each other in a friendly way in the future and strengthen cooperation in all aspects with the attitude of earning money together.

In short, with such nonsense, Liang Chen, the left servant of Honglu Temple, was directly confused.

Liang Chenzhi began to doubt life——

Ever since Zhu Jinsong managed to get back a lot of books from Qian Deaf Old Dog, books such as Qiqianxishu and "Heavenly Creation of Things" were naturally thrown into the Royal Academy, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Poor Poor, such as related books. The books of the political strategists naturally became the compulsory textbooks for the officials of Honglu Temple.

The results of it?
This shit, a student of political strategist, was actually taken aback by what a savage said?If this gets out, wouldn't it make Su Qin, Zhang Yi and the others come alive!

After tangling for a while, Liang Chen said that the military expenses must be compensated, but the damaged buildings and goods in Macau, as well as the corresponding aftermath expenses, should also be borne by Portugal.

In addition, in order to compensate Daming's feelings, Portugal must set aside a piece of land next to the port in Portugal to build the base of the Daming West Sea Fleet.

Of course, Ming had no interest in the land of Portugal, nor in Europe as a whole. The reason why he wanted to build a western fleet in Portugal was entirely for the peace and development of Europe.

Believe it or not, I believe it anyway.

Regarding Liang Chen's statement, Piano was also quite confused.

As for asking Portugal to compensate Daming for military expenses, Portugal actually has nothing unacceptable. After all, it was Portugal who was beaten, and its skills are not as good as others, so there is nothing to say.

However, the buildings and goods that were blown up in Macau seem to have been destroyed by your Daming shells, right?Can this also be counted on Portugal?

Also, you came all the way to Europa, Daming, just to give Europa warmth, do you believe this kind of nonsense!
However, the two sides continued to argue until Liang Chen became impatient and remembered the ancestral skills of the strategist: "Either lose money, or go to war. The three major fleets of the Ming Empire welcome the Portuguese navy to fight at any time! Or, the Ming Dynasty The three major fleets of the empire can go to Portugal for a while!"

Yes, the ancestral skill of the Strategists is the threat of force—the two parties negotiate, and the Strategists always like to use an ashtray to gesticulate, and threaten the other party’s monarch at every turn: Do you want to do what I want? , I'll take this ashtray and throw your face in the face!
Shi Jian returned to Zhao with complete jade, Cao Mo robbed Duke Huan, and Mao Sui lobbied the king of Chu to unite against Qin.

If Liang Chen is such a frail scholar, it is unrealistic to expect him to threaten people with an ashtray like Lin Xiangru and Mao Sui. After all, Piano is just an envoy and not the king of a country, but Liang Chen can hold Ming's Three fleets came to threaten the whole of Portugal.

Although Ming’s three major fleets don’t even have a full crew—like the South China Sea Fleet, there are more or less two dozen warships, and the East China Sea Fleet and the North Sea Fleet are basically a family of five or six warships, and they usually have to rely on whaling ships. Decorate the facade.

but!

Piano didn't know what happened to the Ming Dynasty's three major fleets. He only knew that the South China Sea Fleet first blocked the waters of Macau and then the waters of Cochin.

The South China Sea Fleet is so awesome, and the North Sea Fleet, which has the same establishment as the South China Sea Fleet, is probably not far behind. The East China Sea Fleet, which shoulders the heavy responsibility of defending Shandong, is even more awesome?
Therefore, Piano hesitated: "I can't decide to set aside a piece of land to come to Daming to build a naval base. I have to wait until I return to China to ask Her Majesty the Queen for instructions. But for the matter of Macau, we in Portugal are still willing to try our best to make up for it." — Believe me, we Portuguese have always been sincere.”

Only then did Liang Chen snort coldly, and began to continue arguing with Piano—I have to admit that it was not unreasonable for the political strategists in the pre-Qin period to always like to threaten the monarch with ashtrays.

The two parties finally agreed:
First: Portugal compensates Ming Dynasty with 1000 million taels of silver, and compensates Macau for all losses equal to 2000 million taels of silver. The annual interest rate is 3000%.

Second: Daming leased 500 hectares of Porto Port and nearby land from Portugal, paying an annual rent of 99 taels of silver, with a lease term of [-] years. Daming has an unlimited priority to renew the contract.

Third: Portugal cedes the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil to Ming.

After Piano's unremitting efforts, he finally won some benefits for Portugal: Ming must station a fleet of no less than ten warships and an army of 3000 people in Portugal. , the army of Ming Dynasty has the responsibility to protect the security of the Portuguese royal family and the mainland of Portugal. If this cannot be done, the above contract will be voided immediately.

Both sides expressed their satisfaction with the freshly published "Ming-Portuguese-Jinan Treaty".

Liang Chen calculated that within three years, Daming would definitely ensure the safety of Portugal. After all, more than 3000 million taels of silver were involved. As for whether Portugal would still exist after three years, that might be another matter.

Piano is also very satisfied with this contract. Piano doesn't even plan to settle the compensation within three years—it's better to delay him for decades or hundreds of years, which is equivalent to spending money to hire a super bodyguard for Portugal.

After thinking about it, Piano made another proposal that stunned Liang Chen and even Zhu Jinsong: "Our Majesty Queen Maria I of Portugal has a daughter named Maria Clementina."

"His Royal Highness was born in 1774. According to your calculation method, Qian has been deaf for 39 years. She is about ten years younger than your Ming emperor. She is not married yet, let alone has a boyfriend."

"If possible, we hope that your Ming emperor can marry Her Royal Highness Clementina. Her Majesty Queen Maria I said that she will confer Her Royal Highness Princess Clementina as the Grand Duchess of Portugal, and the entire Porto district will become Clementina. The fief of Her Royal Highness Princess Mentina."

"This also means that if the Ming Emperor agrees, he will be crowned the Prince of Portugal, and the offspring of him and Her Royal Highness Princess Clementina will be the next generation of the Portuguese King, or the next generation of the Portuguese Grand Duchess."

Liang Chen was completely dumbfounded.

As the left servant of Honglu Temple, he can definitely be regarded as a high-ranking official in the Ming court. Liang Chen also knows a little bit about the plans of Zhu Jinsong, Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs—to cut flesh and blood from Portugal first, and then Find another chance to kill Portugal completely.

After all, those Portuguese people entrenched in Macau kept saying that they wanted to lease Macau with 500 taels of rent. This kind of thing that slapped His Majesty the face of the Emperor was absolutely impossible for the entire Ming Dynasty to tolerate.

But Liang Chen never expected that Queen Maria I of Portugal would want to take the whole of Portugal as a dowry.

Liang Chen even wondered if these Portuguese barbarians were planning to take advantage of this matter to take advantage of the 3000 million taels of silver military compensation?

After thinking about it, Liang Chen tentatively asked, "What if His Majesty the Emperor does not agree to be crowned Prince of Portugal?"

Piano, who was discussing with Liang Chen with a smile just now, immediately changed his face: "The Emperor of Ming can disagree with marrying Her Royal Highness Princess Clementina, but if he agrees to marry Her Highness Princess Clementina but does not agree If you are crowned as the Prince of Portugal, then we in Portugal will never agree to this marriage."

After Liang Chen reported this matter to Zhu Jinsong, Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs, Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs were also confused, and even had the same idea as Liang Chen.

If it wasn't for the plan to waste 3000 million taels of silver, what were these Portuguese barbarians planning?
Could it be that these Portuguese barbarians feel that the compensation of 3000 million taels of silver is too much of a disadvantage, so they want to save face through this incident. After all, if Zhu Jinsong married the daughter of Maria I, he would be inferior to Maria I generation.

Zhu Jinsong knew why—the countries in Europa didn't really care much about whether a son or a daughter would inherit the throne. What they cared more about was whether the married couple accepted the title of their own country.

For the Portuguese, if Zhu Jinsong is willing to marry Clementina and be crowned the Prince of Portugal, then the future emperor of Ming can also serve as the Prince of Portugal, and it is not a big deal for Portugal to merge into Ming.

If there is no such "part-time job", it means a colony or a complete military conquest, which is a great insult to the local people-Julius Caesar and Augustus did not take part-time jobs after successive conquests of Egypt. Pharaoh of Egypt, Alexander conquered Persia and did not concurrently serve as king of Persia.

There was even an incident where an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire almost triggered an uprising because he refused to be crowned king of the Czech Republic.

After Zhu Jinsong roughly explained these things, the eyes of Zeng Cheng and other big shots lit up.

This is so cost-effective. I didn’t know how much military expenses would be spent on the cross-sea expedition. Now, just getting one more concubine in the harem can directly turn the whole of Portugal into the territory of Ming Dynasty, and it is very reasonable and legal. I can also say it in the future. The kind since ancient times...

Zeng Cheng bowed and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you agree for the sake of Daming?"

(End of this chapter)