The Great China Empire officially received the note from the Tang Empire on the afternoon of the next day. When Jiang Run, the Minister of Rites, saw the request from the Tang Empire, his face immediately turned ugly.
"The Tang Empire is really too overbearing! Isn't it normal for them not to get involved in the civil war of our Great China Empire? How can they still find some fallacious excuses and ask for compensation?" He threw the credentials in the
On the table, there was no intention of handing this thing over to Zhao Kai.
Just kidding, if Zhao Kai saw this, wouldn't he be so angry that he exploded on the spot? For the sake of his own face, Jiang Run thought that he should go and have a good chat with the ambassador of the Tang Empire first.
But he just stood up, and after a second thought, he sat back down in his seat: He thought of those damn diplomats from the Tang Empire, and he could guess what attitude these bastards would use to talk to him.
Since the other party has sent this document, he must be determined to get it. Although the money seems to be a lot, it is reasonable and reasonable.
If the Great China Empire does not give it, then it is entirely possible that the Tang Empire will send troops to participate in the war, and then it will not be a question of whether to give it or not.
Jiang Run even guessed what kind of conditions that damn Zhao Yu would agree to with the Tang Empire in Fengjiang: Maybe, if the Tang Empire wants Jiange Nanku, this traitor will also agree.
After all, compared to the entire Dahua Empire, places like Fengjiang and Zhe are just an area.
In order to seize the entire Dahua Empire, it is not difficult to cede Fengjiang. As long as he is not stupid, Zhao Yu will definitely know how to choose.
However, the foundation left by our ancestors and the hard work of dozens of generations of the Great China Empire have been completely wasted.
"Alas..." Jiang Run sighed, picked up the credential from the table, and read it carefully.
The first item is about compensation for railway damage between Qin, Hua, Tang and Three Kingdoms. The Tang Empire did not ask for much in this matter, only about 2 million gold coins.
If that's all it takes, the Dahua Empire can swallow its breath and just give the money to the Tang Empire - it makes sense to spend money to eliminate disasters. Even Jiang Run himself can make the decision and convince the Ministry of Household Affairs
He took out 2 million gold coins and settled the matter.
Unfortunately, this was only the first article. The Tang Empire then proposed "compensation for trade losses". This compensation was quite expensive: the Datang Empire believed that the civil war in the Great China Empire delayed the Tang Dynasty.
The trade between Qin and Qin is conservatively estimated to cost more than 50 million gold coins a year.
This number is a bit unbearable when taken out: 52 million gold coins in compensation is already quite a lot of trees. You know, when the Great China Empire was defeated, the compensation on paper to the Tang Empire was only about this number.
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Everyone knows that Dahua Empire actually loses more, but on paper it is really only this much. This is Zhao Kai's logic: I can die, but I can't lose my face.
The content in the third article is even more devastating: The Tang Empire requires the restoration of trade between Qin and Tang within one month, which is equivalent to stipulating that the Great China Empire must end this civil war within one month.
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If the time is exceeded, the Dahua Empire will have to compensate the Tang Empire for a huge sum of money. For the Dahua Empire, this is simply a direct robbery.
But Jiang Run knew that if the Great China Empire rejected the request in this letter of credence, Datang Empire aircraft, Datang Empire tanks, and countless Datang Empire soldiers would soon appear on the battlefield.
No matter from any aspect, that kind of situation is something that the Great China Empire does not want to see. Jiang Run's instinct is to avoid such an outcome, so he held the letter of credence for a long time and was unwilling to move.
Soon, the door was pushed open from the outside, and it turned out that the prime minister Chu Muzhou walked in with his hands behind his back. He didn't speak, and sat in front of Jiang Run, waiting for Jiang Run to speak.
"Sir, you...do you know everything?" Finally, Jiang Run spoke. He looked at Chu Muzhou and asked in a difficult tone.
"I know." Chu Muzhou sighed and said in a long voice: "Before I came, the Tang State had already sent me a copy of the credentials."
"The general is not a country!" Jiang Run's face turned gray, and his voice was full of sorrow: "This Tang State is really bullying people too much."
"The enemy is strong and we are weak, what can we do?" Chu Muzhou shook his head and told a fact that many people were unwilling to admit: "The Tang Empire is booming, but our Dahua Empire has long been exhausted. After the war...
The country will perish."
"Thinking back to those days, His Majesty's persistence turned out to be right... Mr. Jiang, do you think... is it ridiculous?" Chu Muzhou laughed at himself, the wrinkles on his face deepened, and his voice was full of exhaustion.
For the sake of face, Zhao Kai wanted to send troops to fight for the Zheng State when the Tang Empire attacked the Zheng State. The Tang Empire did not exist at that time, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty did not regard the newly rising Tang State as a thing.
thing.
On the one hand, the Tang State declared itself a vassal and paid tribute and paid a large sum of money, which calmed Zhao Kai's anger. On the other hand, everyone believed that the Great China Empire was weak and it was not appropriate to use weapons at that time.
But who knows, Zhao Kai was right at the time. Mobilizing an army of millions at that time and desperately helping Zheng to drive the Tang Dynasty's tiger and wolf army into the sea might be the only chance for the Great China Empire.
However, they were all wrong, causing the Dahua Empire to miss its last chance to fight to the death. Later, the Tang State established a firm foothold in the Zheng State's homeland, and the trend was established, and no one could stop it anymore.
Thinking about it now, it might have been right if he had followed Emperor Zhao Kai's wishes and sent troops to protect Zheng at all costs.
"Master Chu...what's the use of talking about this now?" Jiang Run remembered that he was also on the opposing side at that time, and his face became even more ugly.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Each of them calls themselves loyal and good ministers. They work hard on weekdays and never slack off in major matters. But in the end, they just watched helplessly like this.
Neighboring countries rise up and then grind their dignity to the ground.
"Sigh... Let me discuss the matter of compensation with Mr. Jiang." Chu Muzhou knew that escaping would definitely not work. If he didn't come forward to help at this time, Zhao Kai would be at the peak of his anger.
Kill Jiang Run.
Now they are all grasshoppers on a rope. Only by working together in the same boat and uniting as one can we finally have hope of saving the empire.
"After convincing His Majesty, you must be prepared for the worst. No matter what, the two million for the railway can be compensated, and part of the fifty million for trade must be cut off... The most important thing is the third one. The amount must be increased within a time limit.
If you want to refuse, even if you pay 10 million more, you can't give in." Chu Muzhou was indeed a prime minister, and he arranged the matter clearly in just a few words.
He could see the sinister intentions of the Tang Empire at a glance: among the three demands, the most vicious one was the third one. It was tantamount to forcing the Great China Empire to follow the Tang Empire's timetable during the Fengjiang Civil War, which obviously increased
The pressure from the Great China Empire to use troops.
Therefore, Chu Muzhou’s countermeasure is very simple: We accept the money, but you can’t go too far!
Sure enough, after the two met Zhao Kai, Zhao Kai was so angry that he turned the table over: he really couldn't bear the power of the Tang Empire.
In the past, it was him, Zhao Kai, who bullied others. When did it become Tang Mo's turn to take advantage of him? The whole room echoed with Zhao Kai's curses. If swear words could kill people, Tang Mo might have been cut into pieces by a thousand cuts.
"He is forcing me! Whether it is Lions I or Dorne I... is there no one in this world who upholds justice? Aren't the emperors in this world worried about the rise of the Tang Empire?
"After Zhao Kai cursed for a long time, he reached his position panting and looked at Jiang Runchu Muzhou who lowered his head and said nothing and asked.
"Far water cannot quench near thirst, Your Majesty." Chu Muzhou persuaded him - he actually knew another piece of news that he didn't tell.
Just now, before he came to Jiang Run, the spies deployed in the Binghan Empire and Yangmu Empire came to report that someone in Fengjiang had spent a lot of money to recruit mercenaries from these two countries.
This is equivalent to saying that Fengjiang has solved the problem of soldiers. If the war continues to consume, the Dahua Empire may not be able to withstand the consumption better than Fengjiang.
Because Chu Muzhou knew that Fengjiang relied on the Tang Empire, and as long as the Tang Empire was willing to pay, Fengjiang would definitely have an endless supply of soldiers, weapons and ammunition.
There are only two methods now: one is to capture Fengjiang as soon as possible and put out this civil strife at all costs.
The second way is to persuade the Tang Empire to stop supporting Fengjiang: close the port and stop transportation. Then Fengjiang will be destroyed without any attack, and the war will end within a few days.
It is a pity that one of the great Chinese empires cannot handle these two situations, and the other seems to be unable to handle these two situations.
"Why is Zhao Chen dawdling on the front line? Is he waiting for me to die before he can seize Fengjiang?" Zhao Kai remembered the unsatisfactory battle situation on the front line and slapped the armrest of the chair and roared.
Previously, Zhao Zheng was defeated all the way to Shanping on the southern line... This incident had already made Zhao Kai lose his face and became furious.
But Zhao Chen's subsequent battle with Zhe did not go smoothly: the Chinese army assembled a large number of troops, but in the end they installed their own defense lines. For a while, they had no choice but to stay in place and waste time.
Every time he thinks of this, Zhao Kai can think of the first war between Great China and the Tang Empire: neither Qian Jinhang nor Feng Kezhi seemed willing to carry out his orders, resulting in a complete defeat on the front line.
"Why! Why? Why are you not loyal to anyone? Why are you forcing me!?" Zhao Kai suddenly stood up from the chair and shouted angrily: "Everyone deserves to die! Everyone deserves to die!"
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