Three-one-six verbal confrontations (2)

"Master Liao, when we were on the boat, I told you that we are not from the Ming Dynasty."

Liao Yong snorted:

"so what?"

"But we are still Chinese, with authentic Chinese blood...well, just like people like Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Liu Bang, Liu Xiu, or Guo Wei and Zhao Kuangyin in history...and of course your Taizu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang..."

Pang Yu carefully considered his words and seemed to be still thinking about how to express it, but the expressions of Qian Liao and others across from him changed.

"So the land of the Central Plains has never been the private property that naturally belongs to any family or surname. It has only been more than two hundred years since the Zhu family took over the country. China's thousands of miles of territory and beautiful rivers and mountains did not belong to the Ming Dynasty before. From now on...hehe

, and it’s impossible to have the surname Zhu forever.”

"what do you want to say in the end?!"

Liao Yong stopped pretending to be angry and stared at Pang Yu with wide eyes, as if he had a premonition that the latter would say something very bad. Sure enough, Pang Yu nodded and said slowly but firmly:

"I just want to tell you: 'Princes, generals, and prime ministers, would you rather have your own kind?' - change dynasties and compete in the Central Plains. This is the inherent right of every Chinese! We now voluntarily give up this right and no longer compete with the Ming Dynasty.

Jiangshan, isn’t this the basis for negotiations between the two parties? If we can’t reach consensus on even this one, how can we negotiate on all the following terms?”

After these words were spoken, the negotiation hall fell into silence. Everyone in the time travel group was angry with each other, but there were also many outsiders, such as Wang Pu, Zhang Ling, Cheng Yegao, Yan Wenchang, Li Changqian... and so on.

, these local officials who were allowed to attend the negotiations and watch the participation did not know the contents of the minutes. They had always heard that negotiations were to be negotiated, but it was not until today that they truly understood Short Hair's intentions for the first time.

However, what surprised Pang Yu and other time travelers was that there was no loud objection to such "rebellious" remarks in the venue. Of course, those who have been with them for a period of time, look at me,

I looked at you, we looked at each other, but we were just looking at each other. It seems that after such a long time, these "loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty" were more or less affected by their short hair.

The military attachés of the Ming Dynasty headed by Liao Yong had previously acted filled with righteous indignation, as if they wished they could swallow these wild and rebellious things, but when Pang Yu said openly and openly, "Princes, generals, and ministers, would you rather have the guts?"

"After eight words, they didn't jump so much. They each swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and several people's eyes were focused on Qian Qianyi's face at the same time.

Such a big topic is no longer something that Liao Yong can deal with by pretending to be stupid. How to deal with it must be decided by the delegation leader.

Qian Qianyi had no expression on his face. After a while, he suddenly stood up and pushed away his chair. Without saying a word, he walked away. Liao Yong and others immediately followed him. There was a faint clatter of chairs, and the entire Ming Dynasty delegation was stunned.

He followed Qian Dacaizi and left the meeting place.

Zhou Sheng deliberately walked slowly and was the last one. It wasn't until everyone else had gone out that he turned back, sighed, and glanced here:

"Why bother with this... I know what you are telling the truth, you do have the ability to compete in the Central Plains. But... alas, even if the loaner has a thousand courages, he would not dare to talk about these topics with you.

It’s still listed in the first item…what can we talk about next!”

Pang Yu nodded to the other party:

"Zhou Qianhu, thank you for your advice. But this point is indispensable - we accepted the recruitment not because we couldn't defeat the Ming Dynasty's army, nor because we coveted the Ming Dynasty's official positions. We just wanted a position that would be beneficial to both of us.

A conducive and peaceful environment. This must be known to the big bosses in the DPRK and China. In addition, we really have good intentions towards Ming Dynasty - even on this first point, we have already given Ming Dynasty a

It’s such a great benefit, Zhou Qianhu can’t see it, right?”

Zhou Sheng thought for a moment and hesitated:

"...senior officer?"

"Yes, it is Taiwan Island - we have taken this island and expelled the Westerners on it. Originally it had nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty, but to show our sincerity, we treat it together with Hainan Island and regard it as the Ming Dynasty

Territory, this gift, can be regarded as the contribution of ‘opening up frontiers and expanding territories’ as Qian Qianhu said before, right?”

When he said this, Pang Yu couldn't help but glance at Professor Li next to him - originally the clause did not involve Taiwan at all, but Professor Li Mingyuan insisted on adding it, saying that he could not create splits in his own documents, so he

Just add it in casually - anyway, according to the tone of Ade and others, it is unclear who will own the South China Sea Islands and the large areas of Australia and America in the future. At this time, it does not matter if the Ming Dynasty takes advantage.

But Zhou Sheng obviously didn't have such great ambitions. Through this period of contact and understanding, he already knew that Yizhou Island, which was voluntarily abandoned by the imperial court, was actually several times larger than Qiongzhou Island, and its products were also extremely rich.

, similar to the whole of Yunnan, if it can be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, it will undoubtedly be a great achievement.

The Ming Dynasty has always valued territory. Even though Zhou Sheng knew that he should not be too polite to these people at this time, he still offered it and nodded:

"I will talk to Mr. Qian and others about this. However, I am afraid that the wording of your terms must be changed. Such arrogant and rebellious words must not appear in a formal announcement."

"That's natural, as long as you Jinyiwei write it in the report. As for the formal announcement... Haha, I believe that with Mr. Qian's literary talent, he will definitely be able to find the right wording."

"Master Qian, Liao Qianhu and the others... I still don't know if they are willing to continue talking."

Zhou Sheng looked unsure. In his opinion, those high-ranking officials from the capital were very rigid in their actions and were far less flexible than the border personnel. It would be a pity to lose the opportunity to expand land for the sake of a vague and righteous name.

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But modern people actually know that "Captain Qian" far better than he does - his reaction when he later faced the Manchu Qing Dynasty is clearly written in the history books. Of course, Pang Yu would not talk to him about this.

He just pointed at the table casually:

"It will definitely continue - you took away those negotiation minutes."

Indeed, the negotiating table was empty. Liao Yong had just thrown the minutes down when he was furious, but by now they were gone.

The first day of negotiations ended hastily. There was no movement from the Ming Dynasty delegation in the next few days. They simply stayed in the post and did not come out. Professor Li and the others were very determined and not in a hurry.

However, after the minutes of the negotiations were fully disclosed, some comrades here had other ideas - although they had informally agreed internally before, there would definitely be different opinions among more than a hundred people. So in the past few days, people often came to the negotiating team.

Members. Reflect their own views.

One of the most frequently expressed opinions is: Many people feel that it is meaningless for the negotiation team to bring the topic to matters such as whether to recognize the sovereignty of the Ming Dynasty - the Ming Empire will never give in on such a major issue related to the state.

Even if any promise is made, it is nothing more than a verbal agreement between one or two officials, and it has no actual benefit to the traveling public.

They believe that the negotiating team should focus on "concrete matters" such as opening up coastal and even inland markets, getting the Ming government to agree to allow free trade between the two sides, and allowing the recruitment of immigrants and skilled craftsmen from the mainland, so as to help this group achieve more

Human and material resources are needed to achieve industrial upgrading as soon as possible... In a word: don't pursue false fame, and the last word is to enhance your own strength!

This idea should be said to be very reasonable, but Julie, who was overall responsible for formulating the negotiation strategy, looked at the male engineers who came to offer opinions with pride, as happy as a big fox:

"Haha. I didn't expect that even you would be fooled - this is a hole dug for them! How can we talk about economics with the Ming Dynasty? Of course we have to talk about politics. Once politics is discussed, economic problems will be solved naturally!"

——China has despised business since ancient times, especially in the Ming Dynasty. There were no policy trade barriers in the Ming Dynasty. Apart from tax collection, there were almost no other management methods. As long as you can be recognized by the Ming Dynasty as one of its own, no matter what

Buying and selling goods are very free, and the theoretical tax rate is very low. After handling various "hidden rules", it is justifiable for merchants to travel everywhere.

Therefore, as long as this "justifiable" issue is resolved in the negotiation, everything after that will be the internal affairs of the trading company. In view of this, Julie hopes that trade issues will not be involved in the negotiation as much as possible, and it is best not to have any agreement in this regard.

——That way in the future, her company will be completely unrestrained.

In the past, when Julie went to the mainland to discuss investment on behalf of her company, she was most happy to meet those "political" leaders - as long as the mayors and secretaries calculated more political accounts, they would inevitably have a big hole in the economy... This

She had played a lot of tricks in modern times, and now she was even more comfortable playing this trick in the Ming Dynasty - starting with a big tiger skin related to "national sovereignty", she was not afraid of the officials

I’m not fooled. And when these loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty focused on “big” issues related to their own political futures such as national justice and imperial status, they naturally stopped paying more attention to “small things” such as trade.

"Yes.

... After a crackling discussion, several highly intelligent people who came to offer their opinions looked at each other in confusion. Before leaving, they had to admit: Let this girl from Hong Kong formulate the main strategy for this negotiation, and it is indeed a good use of her talents.

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In addition to the different opinions among modern people, there are also people who obviously have different ideas among the local collaborators - on the second day after the Ming Dynasty delegation stayed behind closed doors, they were responsible for guarding the perimeter of the pavilion and also under surveillance.

Their Wei Aiwen hurried to the staff headquarters and started with one sentence:

"We have a traitor among us!"

Everyone was surprised and asked, Wei Aiwen's face turned pale and he said angrily:

"Early this morning, that Wang Pu and Wang Jieshan sneaked into the hotel and never came out!"

It’s the middle of the month, let’s rob and rob!
Chapter completed!