Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 698 The Trench Mirror Treaty, Get Malacca!
Zhaowu four years, November 29th.

The third negotiation between Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands on the aftermath of the Dongfan Island War.

This time Luke no longer mentioned the matter of being a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty - the water here was too deep, and he felt that even if the Prince of Orange came in person, he might not dare to make a decision.

In this way, the Netherlands made another concession in the negotiation, only hoping to redeem the captured Dutch officials, soldiers and citizens in accordance with European practice and price.

Daming didn't want to use the captives to get much money.

For one thing, there were no big figures among these captives, such as great nobles.Second, in the past year and a half, Daming has actually used these captives to build a lot of roads.

After finalizing the redemption of the captives, the two sides debated for most of the day about land cession and compensation.

Judging from the negotiation time between countries, it took more than half a day to finalize the matter of land cession and compensation, not only is it not long, but it is progressing rapidly.

Just because Ming had the upper hand in the negotiations, while the Netherlands had almost no advantage at all, so they could only make concessions, quickly exposing their bottom line.

In the end, Luke signed the "Treaty of Trench Mirror" with the Ming Dynasty on behalf of the United Provinces of the Netherlands (commonly known as the Netherlands).

The treaty has three main articles-

Article [-]: The United Provinces of the Netherlands redeemed some of the people captured by the Ming Dynasty during the Battle of Dongfan Island at an appropriate price.

Article [-]: The United Provinces of the Netherlands ceded Malacca and its surrounding colonies to the Ming Dynasty.

Article 20: The Dutch East India Company is responsible for compensating the losses of the Ming Dynasty in the battle of Dongfan Island and the losses caused by the company’s colonization of Dongfan Island in the previous 300 years, totaling 130 million taels of silver (approximately equal to [-] million two gold).

The first repayment of 500 million taels of silver is required, and the subsequent 800 million taels of silver and interest must be repaid within four years.

The "Treaty of Trench Mirror" was scheduled to be held more than two months later, that is, on February [-]th in the fifth year of Zhaowu.

Because whether it is the Dutch side preparing for the first repayment of 500 million taels of silver, preparing to deliver Malacca, or the Ming side handing over the Dutch captives, it will take a certain amount of time.

It is worth mentioning here that the reason why the treaty states that the Netherlands redeemed most of the captives was because of a secret deal with Ming.

Among the Dutch captives born in the Battle of Dongfan Island, there are still some available people.For example, officers who are familiar with naval battles in the era of sailing warships, or craftsmen with shipbuilding skills, and so on.

Daming doesn't really want to let these useful people go, and the Netherlands doesn't care much about these people, but wants to reduce the compensation.

And so PY Trading was born.

However, although this transaction cannot be announced to the public, it may not be a bad thing for the group of Dutch prisoners who were left behind.

Because some Dutch captives now expect to stay in Ming Dynasty...
Zhaowu four years, December [-]th.

Nanjing.

"Sell the newspaper! Sell the newspaper!"

In the morning, the newspaperman's shouts resounded in the streets and alleys inside and outside the city.

"Da Ming Pao headlines! Negotiations with the Dutch are settled! The Netherlands cedes Malacca! The compensation is 300 million in silver!"

Originally, the Ming Pao was a must-read newspaper for many Nanjing citizens. When they heard that this issue of the Da Ming Pao was reporting on the reparation of the Netherlands’ land cession to the Ming Dynasty, many people became excited and crowded around to buy the newspaper.

"Give me one!"

"Reporter, take the money, I want one too."

"Give me, give me, I just gave you money!"

"···"

Speaking of it, although the price of Da Ming Daily has been lowered repeatedly, the price is still not low now. One issue of the newspaper costs a lot of money.If there are additional issues or special issues, the price will be calculated separately.

However, at this time, Shi Lang was surrounded by dozens of people to buy newspapers, and he was a little flustered for a while.

Fortunately, all newspaper offices are now bound by the imperial court decree, and no longer use newspaper boys under the age of 13, but use newspaper boys aged 13 to [-].

These young men are better able to cope than children.

But now this newspaper man grew up from a newspaper boy, and he is even more familiar with the situation in front of him.

"Don't worry, the judges, Da Ming Daily is absolutely enough today - it said above, if it is sold, it will be reprinted immediately."

While talking, the newspaper man distributed newspapers to those who paid.

When these dozens of people had bought newspapers and left, the reporter happened to have only one copy left in his hand.At this time, Tang Datao, who was watching with a smile, came over and paid for the last one.

Immediately, he took the newspaper and headed directly to Moxianglou.

During the two or three years of studying in Nanjing, Tang Datao also became a frequent visitor of Moxianglou.

Not only because the tea in Moxianglou is good and the price is fair, but also because Moxianglou has become a well-known place in Nanjing where young scholars gather and communicate.

When he came to Moxianglou, Tang Datao found that the place was more lively than usual—it was like this every day when the Ming Pao was published. If the newspaper published important military and political actions of the imperial court, young scholars who came to Moxianglou to read and discuss There are more children.

Tang Datao decided that the Moxiang Building would be full soon today, so he hurriedly asked for a second-floor cubicle and took a seat first.

During this period, all kinds of comments about the headlines of today's Da Ming Daily from upstairs and downstairs kept coming to his ears——

"Where is Malacca?"

"Brother Liu doesn't know? Malacca is the former kingdom of Malacca, with the same transliteration. Look, isn't there an introduction to the history of Malacca on the second page of this newspaper?
The Kingdom of Manraga was established in 1402 AD by the Palembang prince Paramisura from Sumatra, that is, the 35th year of Hongwu (also the [-]th year of Jianwen).

In the first year of Yongle, they sent envoys to pay tribute to our Ming Dynasty. In the third year of Yongle, Cheng Zu made Bailimisula King of Managa.

In the ninth year of Yongle, Paramisura led a delegation of 540 envoys including his wife and entourage to pay tribute to our Ming Dynasty. "

"Then how did the Kingdom of Malacca become the Malacca of Heyi?"

"There are also introductions in this newspaper, Brother Liu, you can read it yourself." This person said so, but still couldn't help introducing, "About more than 100 years ago, the Franji people first came to Nanyang from Europe.

At that time, the internal political environment of the Managa Kingdom was dark, and the king was also incompetent, so they were taken advantage of by the Frangji people to destroy their country and occupy their land.

A hundred years after this incident, that is, more than forty years ago, Heyi also came to Nanyang from the west.

At that time, Malacca, which was controlled by the Franji people, fought with the two local sultanates of Johor and Aceh. It was like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and all three lost in the end.

When He Yi first arrived in Nanyang 40 years ago, he took a fancy to Malacca, an important maritime traffic route, and sent troops to attack it many times.

He Yi, Brother Liu should have known about it in the previous Daming Newspaper. They are good at naval battles, but they are really not good at land battles. However, they have a high probability of losing any war that has anything to do with land.

Therefore, He Yi has been trying to win Malacca for nearly 40 years, but he has not been able to win it.It was not until seven years ago that it cooperated with the Kingdom of Johor to capture Malacca.

It's a pity, with Heyi's fighting power, he is destined to not be able to defend a good place like Malacca.Look, won't this be ceded to me, Daming..."

Hearing this, Tang Datao couldn't help smiling and shaking his head slightly.

As far as he knew, Heyi's combat effectiveness was not low.

According to Da Ming Pao's report, among the many records of He Yi in Nanyang, it is true that he has lost a lot of battles, but the worst opponents are the kingdoms who occupy a place in Nanyang. Most of the time, they are fighting against Spain, Portugal and Ming Dynasty, and it is normal to lose.

Tang Datao has been interested in global geography and humanities since he read the Ming Daily.

There is even a feeling: this world is similar to the world of great disputes during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. If scholars want to know the true truth, they should not be confined to the culture of one country and one place. scholars.

Therefore, when the tea was served, Tang Datao listened to other people’s idle thoughts, sipped tea and read newspapers, and first learned about the human geography of Malacca through the Daming Newspaper.

When there was the earliest record of Malacca in China, it was just a fishing village with overgrown grass. It got its name because it was located on the bank of the Malacca (Malacca) River.

It was not until the Tang Dynasty that the Maritime Silk Road was opened, and Malacca became an important channel for east-west traffic, that it gradually became prosperous.

Because the Managa Kingdom is the earliest country in this area, its kings and nobles all believe in Christianity, so the indigenous people in Malacca now also believe in Islam.

In addition to being an important channel for east-west sea traffic, Malacca is also rich in natural resources.

There are precious things such as Huangsuxiang, Damaerxiang, bird wood, flower tin, etc. There are also many fruits and vegetables from the East and the West. As for tropical fruits, everything is available, which can be described as a land of abundance...

　First more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)