The negotiations with the British went very smoothly because the main purpose of opening a shopping mall in China had actually been met and the requirements for Nanjing zhèng fu were also very clear. Therefore, when I came to China, I had agreed to agree to China. The conditions were actually revealed, and there was nothing to bargaining. A consensus agreement was reached soon.
China will allow the UK to do business freely in China and establish British shopping malls in Songjiang Prefecture. It can set up shopping malls and directors to manage shopping malls, but it must respect China's laws, customs and tax systems and customs traditions. In return, the UK will help China when it adapts in the future. Establish a stronghold in India but China must fulfill this right within five years for more than five years. The UK will not help China and China should notify the UK half a year in advance.
Although during the negotiations, the British side also proposed to lease an island in the Luzon Islands as a settlement for Britain to trade in Asia, Li Gefei used this article not to be rejected within the scope of the negotiations and stated that if the UK still I hope that the islands on the Luzon Islands can be negotiated in another negotiation. Before the agreement is reached, British merchant ships can dock on Luzon Island like other merchant ships in various countries for trade. The UK did not insist on this, so the two sides successfully signed the contract.
Because this time the agreement was signed in Nanjing, China, and it was also named the Sino-British Treaty. After the negotiations ended, the British representative officially sent an invitation to Nanjing zhèng fu. I hope Nanjing zhèng fu could send a delegation to the UK to strengthen the two countries. Friendly exchanges and suggest that the UK can take responsibility to send ships to pick them up
After the signing of the Sino-British Nanjing Treaty, both sides felt very satisfied that Britain had officially obtained the power to trade in China, and now Luzon is under China's control, which actually facilitates Britain to come to China for trade, and Shang Yi has also officially obtained the British. It is normal to support the establishment of a colony in India and set a deadline. With five years, Shang Yi is confident that he can send a colonial fleet to India in a maximum of two to three years.
However, it was some of the invitations sent by the British to Shang Yi for the invitation to visit. In fact, it was Shang Yi's goal that made the Chinese take the initiative to go to Europe. Only in this way can China take the initiative to understand the outside world and go to the world to fully participate in the whole world. International competition in the Age of Discovery
In another 21st century, experts have designated five levels for a country's export level. The lowest level is exporting mineral resources; the second is exporting cheap labor; the third is exporting intensive technical industries; and the advanced one is Export high-tech technology; the highest level is exporting culture. In the era when Shang Yi came to this time and space, China has completed the first and second stages and is in the transition stage from the third to the fourth level and has begun to test the compensation Exporting culture abroad is not enough to achieve China's own strength and influence, so it is just the beginning in this regard.
However, in this time and space, China directly skipped the first two stages and was in the third stage, and the fourth and fifth stages did not have this concept in the whole world. Although European missionaries were very active in this era, this is just Catholicism. The unilateral behavior does not mean that European countries have been consciously exporting their own culture. In fact, at this time, European countries have almost no foreign exports. Basically, they can't beat them and use the robbery money to buy them.
Then China's purpose of taking the initiative to go global is not just to trade, to compete for colonies, and to spread Chinese culture to Europe to use Chinese culture to influence the world. In this era, except for a few fanatical colonists, China is extremely powerful.
Most Europeans are civilized in their eyes, and their wealth expresses advanced ideas and culture to the symbols, just like the police and country in another time and space.
Modern European thoughts have just begun at this time. Humanism, and human rights ideas, freedom and equality are all very new things. They have not yet formed a relatively complete system. This is a great opportunity for China to influence the world. Of course, on the other hand, Shang Yi is also
I hope to introduce these humanisms in Europe, the concept of freedom and equality of human rights ideas, so that Eastern and Western cultures can form a collision of equality, and see what results can be produced.
However, Shang Yi's original intention was to turn his attention overseas after defeating the Qing court at least the world was generally stable. However, no matter how good the plan was, it would not keep up with the changes in form, since the British side took the initiative to propose an invitation, of course it would not be possible.
Missed this opportunity because it is rare to have British guidance on the route to Europe and to Europe and to take care of the British.
Therefore, the next day, Shang Yi proposed at the Cabinet Ministers' Meeting that he planned to send a delegation to visit Europe with the British envoy. Of course, Shang Yi put forward the banner of promoting Chinese culture overseas.
Originally, Shang Yi was a little worried that his suggestion would arouse opposition from the ministers of the cabinet. Shang Yi knew that in the late 19th century, Li Hongzhang had visited five European and American countries in another time and space, but was scolded by some conservative officials as "a gang that leaves his parents".
Go to the land of dogs and sheep, so Shang Yi also made the best decision to explain the plan to force it if he really said he was dissatisfied
What Shang Yi did not expect was that most people agreed with this, in fact, China's attitude towards overseas was not conservative in this era. In the early Ming Dynasty, Zheng He had seven trips to the West to visit overseas countries. This time, he just went there.
It has to be a little further away than Zheng He. In addition, overseas trade has always been the main source of income for Nanjing. Therefore, the officials and citizens in the ruling areas of Nanjing are also more open to overseas attitudes, and Shang Yi has given the following "promotion of China overseas".
The tone of culture is also very attractive. Only the new chief assistant Wang Fuzhi suggested to Shang Yi that going to Shanghai is not just that in extraordinary times, everything should be simple and not easy to spread.
Since the cabinet ministers' meeting passed, Shang Yi immediately appointed Li Gefei to organize his first visit to Europe in Chinese history. Of course, Wang Fuzhi's suggestion should be adopted, and it should not be as big as Zheng He's voyage to the West.
It is purely labor and money, but it cannot be too simple at least you have to take your own Chinese sailboat to pick it up and send it away.
Shang Yi and Li Gefei discussed the friendship between visiting Britain. First of all, the people who visited this time should be arranged to at least have a certain understanding of the situation in Europe overseas. In this regard, overseas Chinese businessmen must be much more competent, so Shang Yi also made Li Gefei immediately.
Join forces with Luzon
Then Shang Yi immediately recruited British envoys, as they said that they accepted his invitation, would send a fleet to visit the UK or even mainland Europe, but it would take some time to prepare for about three months. I hope they could wait more in Nanjing.
A period of time
In fact, according to the British's idea, Nanjing zhèng fu just sent a delegation of dozens of people to take a British sailboat. I didn't expect that China would set up a group to drive the ship by itself, which seemed very grand. Of course, the bigger the Chinese side, the better after all, they also knew that this would be It was a moment that was forever recorded in history. Therefore, after some discussion, the British decided to send two boats back to India to report to the company's directors for this trip to China. The signed Sino-British Nanjing Treaty was handed over to the company for review and The company report that China will send a mission to visit the UK, it is best to send someone back to the country first. India, as a transit station for the route from Asia to Europe, must also be prepared to welcome the Chinese mission.
After Shang Yi returned to the back house of the royal palace, he had dinner with his wives and concubines. He also came to his study and began to seriously think about his plan for this visit.
This time, Britain came to China and drove three ships, with a total of five or six hundred people. So China cannot be at least a different size. However, this is China's first visit to Europe. It is also a multi-faceted fleet size. People who visit, diplomatic principles, what affairs should be completed in the UK and what cultural exchanges should be conducted in Europe. Whether you need to visit other countries to carry goods, etc.
Because after seizing Manila in Nanjing, zhèng fu, he had already had a certain conflict with Spain and Roman Catholicism. This visit to England must have alarmed Spain and Roman Catholicism. So how will these problems be dealt with.
Another important point is to make up for the current trend in the UK and Europe for those who visit.
It is December of the fifth year of Shunzhi in the Chinese lunar calendar, but the Gregorian calendar has actually entered 1649. Both Britain and Europe have undergone tremendous changes. Britain has completed the bourgeois revolution and established a new republic. The British Parliament will be guilty of treason this year. The former king Charles I was executed; and the Thirty Years of War on the European continent finally came to an end with the victory of the Protestant countries such as France, the Netherlands, Sweden, etc. France became the No. 1 power in Europe. The Netherlands Revolution also succeeded. And will begin the peak of his own sea coachman; and Spain will completely weaken and lose its status permanently after it is completely weakened. The influence of the Roman Catholic Church has also fallen further and is forced to recognize the status of Protestantism. The Reformation of Luther. Finally, it has achieved comprehensive success. If you don’t understand these situations, you may not be able to achieve a successful result.