Chapter 645: Ming and Western Military Mutual Assistance Agreement (Part 2)
After hearing these words and looking at the expression of the Eastern Emperor, Dias finally breathed a sigh of relief. If he brought this news back to the country, his emperor would be ecstatic.
If the Ming Dynasty could participate in the war in the East, the Invincible Fleet would draw a large number of fleets to return to its home country, continue to maintain Mediterranean hegemony, and fight for control of the already lost English Channel.
Even when Philip IV sent out Dias, he was ready to think of an idea to transfer back to the ocean-going fleet and make a large-scale expedition to the Netherlands.
Of course, all of this requires the formal signing of the agreement!
Thinking of this, Diaz had already seen the prosperity of the Empire of the Sun never set. His eyes were radiating excitedly, and he couldn't help but chant with pure Spanish and Portuguese emphasis:
"Ah! Your hair is like the black of winter night, your neck is like the white of summer snow, and your face is like the red of morning light..."
This sudden awkward singing was in Spanish, and Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment and even more confused.
"What are you singing?"
Chau Wang smiled and translated the original words, saying:
"Your Majesty, Sir Dias is singing praises to your sages and divine martial arts, and is delighted for the friendship between Franji and the Ming Dynasty."
"Oh, so that's it..." Zhu Youxiao wiped his sweat and couldn't help but have a question in his heart, do Westerners like to sing a paragraph like this without any trouble?
Embarrassing, too embarrassing!
Fortunately, I don't understand...
However, Zhu Youxiao still smiled on his face and said:
"How can there be snow in summer?"
Johnson Chan explained again, "In the south of my motherland, the snow-capped peaks of the Alps stand under the blue sky all year round."
"Sir Dias should be praised as such."
Zhu Youxiao nodded, but he aroused his desire to go and see it in his heart. He was about to clap his hands, but he frowned again and took it back in time before he was taken away.
So, he said calmly:
"Don't sing, let's talk about the conditions."
Dias then came back from his ecstasy and said hurriedly:
"This time the Spanish Empire will sign a three-year military mutual assistance agreement with the Ming Empire. If any country is attacked, the Allies must join the war without any condition. This is the basis of the mutual assistance agreement."
Zhu Youxiao smiled and asked:
"You Spain have enemies all over the world. After signing the agreement, wouldn't the Ming Dynasty send a fleet across the ocean and go there to help you fight for the Protestantism?"
Zhu Youxiao's words were a bit complicated. Dias, the two Chinese swords, could only understand them roughly, but Joshua Chan played the role of a translator.
After understanding what this said from Joshua Chan, Dias hurriedly said:
"No, no, no! His Majesty the Emperor misunderstood!"
"The military mutual assistance agreement and further treaties are also available. We only need the Ming Dynasty to help maintain the trade routes between the two countries and put some pressure on the Netherlands in the East."
Speaking of this, he said proudly:
"As long as the Invincible Armada can withdraw, the seven provinces of the Netherlands will definitely return to the rule of the Emperor of the Great Spanish Empire!"
Zhu Youxiao was not actually jealous of his pride. After all, he was a person who traveled through time and knew that Spain had declined in these decades.
However, in order to show respect, he did not say anything sarcastic. Zhu Youxiao just raised his eyes and looked at him lightly, asking:
"Then what?"
Diaz said: "If His Majesty the Emperor agrees to sign the agreement, I will stay here for a while and discuss the common enemy of the two countries with your foreign ministers and join the agreement."
"Is your foreign minister...?"
This question asked Zhu Youxiao to live.
Foreign Minister?
I didn't seem to think of setting up one!
Zhu Youxiao was thinking about the candidate quickly in his mind. After thinking for a while, he locked himself on someone's name, his face remained unmoved, and he could not see any fluctuations in his heart, and he said calmly:
"Oh, Foreign Minister... Just find the one named Xu Guangqi. Is there any more?"
Xu Guangqi believed in the Catholic Church, named Paul, and taught himself the eight languages. He should be the most suitable candidate.
Xu Guangqi is also proficient in agricultural affairs and military weapons. Thinking of this, he is simply a talent!
However, it is indeed necessary to set up a diplomatic yamen to specifically sort out the diplomacy towards the West and the issue of Asian subordinates.
There are many foreign countries that pay tribute every year, and they must be listed one by one to form a formal relationship between the clans and the clans.
Otherwise, in this situation, you might not know when a certain foreign country suddenly sneaks to pay tribute.
Zhu Youxiao was thinking, and Diaz continued:
"The minister feels that it is necessary to establish a joint parliament, in the words of the Ming Dynasty, that is, establish a joint yamen."
"This yamen is only under the jurisdiction of the emperors of the two countries, mainly to coordinate and assist issues during wartime."
After saying that, he smiled sincerely and said that he had no other intentions to propose the establishment of this joint parliament.
Zhu Youxiao was stunned. The United Parliament, is there a lot of yamen established? It seems that it is quite troublesome to set up so many new foreign affairs departments!
Let’s go back later and throw it to the cabinet for research!
That's right, I'm tired!
Zhu Youxiao nodded and asked again: "Is there any other clause? Let me explain it directly."
Diaz thought for a while and said:
"No more! Your Majesty the Emperor is in peace!!"
After finally dealing with the Spanish affairs, Zhu Youxiao turned around and saw an official staring at him.
After all, I was a little tired, so I spoke a little harder: "Where are you? I've been waiting for a long time. Let's talk to me together!"
Who would have thought that the official actually knelt down with a "thump":
"Your Majesty, I am a great master of the initiation of the great master of the Chanhua king Zhasizhaba. Now Dazang has lost control of the snow area and needs the help of the Ming Dynasty!"
Zhu Youxiao was confused by these words, and Uszang's people actually came!
The so-called Grand Zang is actually the collective name of the great master of the initiation of the Ming Dynasty, the King of Chanhua, and is also the nominal supreme leader of Uszang.
The Ming Dynasty has always been a mystery whether the management of Uszang and Qinghai areas is effective.
Zhu Youxiao did not know the controversies in later generations. As the emperor, he only knew clearly that his so-called rule over these two places is basically in name but not real!
The most obvious thing is that since the throne of the 47th year of Wanli, and in five years, no one of Uszang has come to pay homage!
They had a great time playing house and were afraid they would have forgotten the Emperor of the Apocalypse in the north.
However, before Jiajing, the Ming Dynasty managed Uszang effectively.
Zhu Yuanzhang established the commander commander of the Uszangdu and the commander commander of the Duogandu. He maintained his rule by means of the state monopolizing the tea and horse trade and establishing the commander commander, Xuanwei Office, the recruitment and attacking department, Wanhu Mansion, Qianhu House, and the title of the former Yuan monks and officials.
By Zhu Di's generation, two Dharma kings, five tribal kings, two Buddhist sons in the West, nine great masters of initiation, eighteen national masters of initiation, and countless other Zen masters and monks.
In other words, during the Yongle period, it seemed that there was no big problem in describing Uszang as the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
However, during the Jiajing period, Emperor Jiajing, who believed in Taoism, seemed not interested in these things.
He expelled the King of Fan and the Monk who came to the court, abolished the Dugandus and Uszangdus, and all the civil servants in the face were withdrawn. Basically, they had been freed from Uszang for decades.
During the Wanli period, with the victory of the three major battles, Uszang once again expressed his support. Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister at that time, represented Emperor Wanli, and again enfeoffed the kings.
However, considering the large number of personnel changes involved in restoring Dugandusi and Uszangdusi, Zhang Juzheng did not dare to make such a big decision.
Since then, although the Ming Dynasty nominally restored its management of Uszang, it has been in name only and has continued to this day.
Zhu Youxiao didn't know what the envoy of King Chanhua came to do, but it was probably related to an envoy who sent him three years ago to claim to support the Gelug Sect's Yellow Sect.
Thinking of this, you might as well listen carefully.
Chapter completed!