Chapter 913 Hundred Years Covenant

Author: Chongqing Lao Q

Chapter 913 Hundred Years Covenant

August 31, Nanjing, Imperial City, Hongwumen Thousand-Step Corridor.

Compared to the empty and dark halls in the palace, Sun Kewang still prefers to handle all matters of the court and government in the bright and comfortable official office of Qianbu Corridor.

In fact, as early as the Hongwu period, the central government offices of the Ming Dynasty were basically placed on both sides of the Qianbu Corridor in Hongwu Gate. On the east side were the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Zongren Mansion, and on the west side were the

It is Taichang Temple and the Governor's Mansion of the Hou Army.

, the former military governor's office, the right army governor's office, the left army governor's office, and the central military governor's office basically follow the pattern of Wen left and Wu right. The whole pattern is also in line with "the six ministers are on the left, the latitude and longitude are in Wen; the fifth government is in the west, and calmness is in

The custom of "martial arts" through the ages.

Behind the Qianbu Corridor, on the east side are the Dongcheng Military and Horse Division, Taiyuan Hospital, Zhanshifu, and Hanlin Academy; on the west side are the Qintian Prison, Banner Guards, Jinyi Guards, and General Affairs Department. Among the six central government departments, only the Criminal Department does not have one

Within the Hongwu Gate, the Criminal Department, the Imperial Procuratorate and the Dali Temple are collectively known as the "Three Law Divisions", and they are all located on the west side of the Taiping Causeway outside Taiping Gate in Nanjing.

Today, Qi Yuanshan, the special and plenipotentiary envoy of the State of Qi and the deputy prime minister of the cabinet, together with more than ten cabinet affairs officials, held a formal meeting with the Ming government led by Sun Kewang at the Qianbulang Government Office.

The two sides will conduct extensive exchanges and consultations on political mutual trust, economic exchanges, tariff negotiations, port openings, immigration issues, and military cooperation between the two countries, and prepare to sign a package agreement to consolidate the cooperation that has been ongoing or will be implemented.

Plans should be officially confirmed or standardized to reduce various frictions and disputes between the two parties.

However, during the half-day exchange, officials from various ministries of the Ming Dynasty were shocked to find that Qi State had formulated several plans and measures for every negotiation matter involved. The regulations were detailed, the processes were complex, and the measures were rigorous.

, the complexity of the standards is daunting and makes everyone feel confused and at a loss.

We are all people who have read poetry and books, and are rich in economics. We can understand these words and clauses clearly and know their meaning. However, so many clauses and measures are combined together, echoing one after another, and fitting into each other. How can we do this?

Is it a bit confusing for people to understand?

Also, the various texts and statements listed by Qi Guo are all in vernacular and have no literary grace at all. Reading them makes people feel a little dry and vulgar.

Furthermore, these Qi officials kept talking about "interests", "competition", "treatment", "justice", "transparency", "legal system"...etc., words like these, and they even asked me in a serious way.

The Ming government must reflect and respect the basic principles they proposed in bilateral agreements.

Throughout the morning's exchanges, officials from both sides seemed to have encountered some obstacles. There were too many differences in common ideas, values, morals, and even language.

Is it because the Qi State is located on the Han continent and cannot bathe in our orthodox Chinese culture, so their officials have become so straightforward and vulgar? Moreover, every one of them does not shy away from business matters and the interests of villains.

, which made all the serious and rigid Ming officials shake their heads and sigh.

It should be noted that Mencius once said that when a country is governed by righteousness, why should we talk about profit? Confucius also said that a gentleman is understood by righteousness, and a villain is understood by profit. Furthermore, when the Ming Dynasty is restored and China is unified, we should implement benevolent government and restore people's livelihood. That Xunzi is not

As I said, righteousness is valued in prosperous times, and profit is valued in troubled times. Under the rule of King Qin, our Ming Dynasty will naturally enter a prosperous age, so "righteousness" should be put first!

Your country of Qi puts "profit" first in everything. Doesn't it seem a bit... a villain's move?

"It doesn't matter. If both parties have differences, disputes, and confusions, then sit down and talk slowly and clarify things slowly." Qi Yuanshan said with a smile: "We have broken all the matters apart, broken them into pieces, and explained them clearly.

Chu, clearly. Then we will seek common ground while reserving differences, make concessions to each other, find examples to follow, and finally come up with an agreement and regulations that satisfy both governments."

"Your Highness, King Qin, the affairs here are complicated, and we and you will continue to negotiate and communicate with the specific personnel handling them. Why don't we go out for a walk and get some relief from the heat?"

"Well, let's leave it like that." Sun Kewang glanced majestically at the several important officials of the Ming Dynasty present, and then nodded, "Your Majesty, please follow Gu Yu outside the palace and walk around."

Upon seeing this, officials from the Ming and Qi countries all stood up and respectfully watched the two big men walk out of the hall.

"Your country... Your Majesty, are you in good health?" After walking a few steps, Sun Kewang asked softly.

"Your Majesty, King of Qin, has asked me to ask. Your Majesty, King of Qi, has always been in good health. He is vigorous and vigorous, without any disease." Qi Yuanshan responded: "When you come, your Majesty also asked me to send greetings to Your Highness. I also hope that King Qin will always be in good health."

, benefiting the Ming Dynasty."

After hearing this, Sun Kewang's face couldn't help but darken. A few years ago, you, the lord of Qi, and Gu were both kings, but now you have ascended the throne and proclaimed yourself the emperor, and were respected as "Your Majesty", while Gu has been the king of Qin for twenty years.

years.

Also, what does it mean to hope that my body will always be strong? It is an insinuation that I am old and cannot withstand the ravages of time?

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin, I might as well tell you a fact." Qi Yuanshan thought for a while and said slowly: "I, the monarchs and ministers of Qi State, have always had slightly different opinions on how to deal with the mainland of China."

"I would like to hear the details." Sun Kewang's heart moved and he listened carefully.

"From the various ministries of our Qi State's cabinet to our army and navy, they all regard China as the imaginary enemy of our Qi State in the future!"

"Huh?" Sun Kewang stopped and asked calmly, "What do you mean by this?"

"China will be reunified, and the mainland will be unified. With your population size and existing Celestial Dynasty heritage, you will definitely regain the prosperity of the past when all nations came to Korea and worshiped from all directions. Not to mention that our Qi State is in Korea, Annan, and Siam

, and Japan and other places have too many commercial interests and will be threatened by your Ming Dynasty. Even in the Nanyang region where our Qi State relies on as the core, you will also launch a huge challenge to our Qi State at some point in the future.

."

"Under such circumstances, we, the Qi State, should try our best to suppress your smooth rise when the Chinese mainland is still in its infancy, even at the cost of using force to break up the mainland, create civil strife, and ultimately weaken your strength. We can support the Qing Dynasty.

, in the north and you continue

Continue the confrontation, hold North Korea and Annan hostage, conquer your northeast and southwest, and use Qi's powerful maritime power to harass your eastern coastal areas. We can also seize Yizhou, Qiongzhou, and all the islands along the coast of the mainland, and completely blockade the entire continent.

maritime trade.”

"Your Highness King Qin, you don't think that our Qi State can't do this, right? The war with Japan has fully proved that our Qi State is absolutely capable and confident in implementing the above-mentioned combat goals in the coastal areas of Ming Dynasty. Although your Ming Dynasty is developing

and build your own navy, but it is undeniable that at present, you are still no match for our Qi State at sea."

"..." Sun Kewang stared at Qi Yuanshan with a gloomy expression, and asked in a deep voice: "But your Qi country has done nothing, but because your Majesty blocked it?"

"That's right." Qi Yuanshan nodded and said, "Your Majesty opposes all military operations and strategic deployments against the Ming Dynasty."

"That may not be the case." Sun Kewang said quietly: "By supporting Yunzhou Yongfan, aren't you targeting our country, China?"

"Oh, Yunzhou is an accident." Qi Yuanshan said with a smile: "At the beginning, the Qing Dynasty was very fierce. Although our Qi State tried its best, we could not guarantee that we could save the mainland's crisis. Therefore, we decided to go to Yunzhou

, Zhenzhou and other places were laid out, thinking that the people of the Ming Dynasty would find a place to stay. Later, Yunzhou's power became increasingly powerful, but its existence still did not threaten the mainland, but aimed at Japan in the south and Tsarist Russia in the north.

"

After hearing this, Sun Kewang's expression softened slightly and he nodded to express his approval of Qi Yuanshan's explanation.

"Why do you, Your Majesty, insist on protecting... the Ming Dynasty?" Sun Kewang suddenly thought of something, and the corners of his eyes twitched a few times.

"Although our State of Qi is based on the Hanzhou Continent in the south, and was founded as a country and is an independent entity, fundamentally speaking, it still belongs to the Chinese civilization and is descended from Han and Miao people." Qi Yuanshan looked deeply at Sun Kewang, looking at the towering tower not far away.

Spectacular palace city,

He said leisurely: "Besides, including Your Majesty, half of the population of Qi State has migrated from the mainland. Whether it is psychologically or emotionally, there is always a bit of hometown complex. And our Majesty, this complex is even worse.

others."

"How can we use hometown sentiment as an excuse for military and national affairs?" Sun Kewang sneered, feeling that it was incredible that the Emperor of Qi spared no effort to support the mainland just because he was born in the Ming Dynasty.

"I wouldn't have believed it twenty years ago." Qi Yuanshan shook his head and said, "But over the years, our Majesty has spared no effort to support the Ming Dynasty, continuously attacked the Qing Dynasty, and proposed various measures in our cabinet and the military department.

The Ming Dynasty’s strategic layout and coercion tactics are all responded to or rejected, so what’s the point?”

After hearing this, Sun Kewang couldn't help but fell into deep thought. In the more than thirty years of Qi's interference in the situation on the mainland, apart from recruiting immigrants wantonly, it seems that it did not do anything to harm the interests of the Ming Dynasty. Instead, it saved the crisis several times, spending countless manpower and material resources.

, it can be said that he was kind and righteous to the Ming Dynasty, just like reincarnation. This once made countless people speculate that the leader of the Qi Kingdom was not the filial son and grandson of the Zhu Ming royal family who was left overseas, so he would do such a thing!

"...Actually, the reason why our Qi State supports the mainland so much is definitely not because of the Zhu Ming royal family." Qi Yuanshan knew what Sun Kewang was thinking about, so he simply put the question aside, "Whether this Jiuzhou land is surnamed Zhu or not

Sun, as long as it is for our Han Dynasty, Huaxia Zhengshuo."

When Sun Kewang heard this, he stopped again and looked at Qi Yuanshan with a complicated expression. His heart was filled with ups and downs. All the previous worries and concerns were suddenly swept away.

"What do you, the Qi State, want to get from the mainland?" After a while, Sun Kewang took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice.

population?

trading?

Territory, or something else?

"Your Majesty once told me that this period is a period of great change that has not happened in thousands of years." Qi Yuanshan did not answer Sun Kewang's question, but said to himself: "At the same time, this period is also a period of great change that has swept all countries and nationalities around the world.

In the age of great strife. Ten years ago, our State of Qi presented a huge globe and a map of the world to His Highness the King of Qin. Presumably, Your Highness knows that the entire Chinese mainland is no longer the central empire that our Chinese nation prides itself on."

"The north of the mainland of China is traversed by a huge Tsarist Russia, which is greedy for the south and east, and is gradually eroding the local indigenous people; the northwest of the continent is the gradually unified Junggar Mongol Khanate (defeated in 1676

After the leader of the Oirat alliance, Oqiltu Khan

, has just established this khanate), its eyes are bound to turn to the Western Regions, Wusi Zang, and even covet the Hexi Corridor, the land of Shaanxi and Gansu. The desert in the north, needless to say, is the remnant of the Qing Dynasty and the Karhar at both ends of the Rat.

Khamengg and Mongolia are always threatening Shanxi, Hebei, and Liaodong."

"Farther to the west of Thailand are the countries of Europe. They are all enemies of tigers and wolves! Although the countries of Europe are still in constant disputes and cannot look far to the east. But they were already in power more than a hundred years ago.

Conquer the vast continents of North and South America as colonial lands and take everything from them

They will continue to absorb various resources and minerals to strengthen their strength. In time, when the European countries end their attacks on each other, they will definitely look around to find targets that can be conquered. And our Eastern world, with abundant products, will definitely become

Its prey."

"This world is not only a competition between countries, but also a cruel killing between nations. Like jungle beasts, the weak eat the strong, the fittest survive, and the fittest survive. Once countries and nations are lost, they can fall into eternal catastrophe or become slaves.

The skin and bones of the slave girl may not exist, and they will be completely wiped out in the long river of history.”

"Your mainland and my country, Qi, share the same culture and race, and are connected by blood. They are both Chinese people. In this jungle world full of thorns and wild beasts, shouldn't we join hands, help each other, and be united in dealing with the outside world?"
To be continued...