Episode 161: The Problem That Melon-sama Can't Understand
Episode 161 The problem that Mr. Gua cannot understand
After the luncheon, there was an hour's rest time for both parties. Xiang Xiaoqiang and the members of the mission returned to the room, took out the radio and sent the situation back to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nanjing, telling them that they had succeeded in bribing the negotiating ministers of the Beiqing Dynasty, and that they had got the situation here.
The bottom line of negotiation is reported back.
Sure enough, after a while, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent back a telegram, which confirmed it and signed it.
From the afternoon of August 7th to the afternoon of August 8th, the negotiations continued in a serious manner for two days. During these two days, there was no lack of quarrels on the negotiating table, but there was never the expected smell of gunpowder.
On the night of August 8, Xiang Xiaoqiang received a secret message from Zhu Yourong, asking Xiang Xiaoqiang to work harder and strive to bring the family members of the more than 80,000 "new citizens" who stayed in Daming to come to Daming. Otherwise, they
If you stay in Beiqing, your fate is unpredictable. As long as this agreement can be successfully negotiated, Ming Dynasty can make greater concessions in terms of material interests such as gold.
Xiang Xiaoqiang sighed and finally understood why people from other places would rather risk their lives to come to Ming Dynasty to become citizens.
That night, Xiang Xiaoqiang secretly found Guade Xin and made this request to him. He also promised that as long as this matter can be completed, what he will receive after returning to Beijing will not be 500,000, but one million.
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Last night, Guadexin had already sent two diamonds to an expert who went to a jewelry store in Lushun to see them. They found that they were indeed real and worth so much money. Therefore, Xiang Xiaoqiang had already gone to Guadexin here.
"Building credibility," Guadexin said to Xiang Xiaoqiang when he returned to Beijing
He had no doubts about how much money the Queen of Beijing gave him. However, he said that Nanming's new request was not within the Qing's expectations. The total cost of the families of these 80,000 people would be at least three to four hundred thousand.
There are too many people, so it will definitely be difficult to handle. The emperor is afraid that he will not be able to pass.
Xiang Xiaoqiang immediately threw out two official chips so that Guade Xin could explain to his superiors:
As long as the Qing side agrees to this, the Ming side can guarantee in the treaty that it will no longer incite the people in the north and organize them to flee south. In addition, the gold and tungsten bars that the Ming side gave to the Qing side were originally 200 kilograms each.
You can get 1 ton each.
Guade Xin finally understood Nan Ming’s style. He couldn’t help but ask Xiang Xiaoqiang:
"Master Xiang, aren't we just a few ordinary people? Why are you so willing to shed blood? Even if all these 80,000 people are integrated into your army, you only have 80,000 more troops, and nothing will change at all. With this ton of gold and a
Ton of tungsten, you can build at least hundreds more aircraft and tanks, which is much more powerful than tens of thousands of soldiers."
To be honest, what Gua Dexin is asking now, if Xiang Xiaoqiang had not understood the same when he first came to Daming more than half a year ago, he would have asked the same question. But after living in Daming during this period, although he cannot say that he completely understands it, at least he can't understand it.
Basically understood.
Xiang Xiaoqiang tried to explain to him, but found that the concepts and ways of thinking in their heads were too different to be explained clearly in one or two sentences. In the end, he had to say with a smile:
"Well, this... you also understand that our Majesty is a young girl, too soft-hearted, and she studied in the UK, and her mind is full of foreign things... I can't explain it. Anyway, we are all on errands.
, What should we do when we are the emperor’s subordinates? What should we do when we are ministers? Sir Gua, are you right? Hahaha..."
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In the original first day of negotiations, the Nanming side insisted on the Qing side's "core demands" and repeatedly said that this confused the basic rights and wrongs and challenged the moral bottom line of mankind. This was unacceptable to the Ming Dynasty no matter what, and it would have been much better.
He didn't want his own thousands of people and refused to agree...On this point, the Qing negotiator Gua Dexin "had to" make concessions step by step.
But the next day Nanming suddenly made a new request, saying that it is okay for us to sign a contract to agree to your war conclusion, but the families of the 80,000 new citizens in Beiqing must also come to Nanming to reunite with their relatives.
Guadexin also did a good job, pretending to be inexplicably surprised, and then temporarily adjourned the meeting and went back to send a message to Beijing about the situation, asking Guangwu for instructions. In the message, Guadexin emphasized that for the core of our Qing Dynasty,
Requirements, Nanming from beginning to end
It is a firm refusal. The slave had no hope at all... But now I didn't expect that Nan Ming was so pedantic and put forward such a ridiculous condition. Then this is a perfect opportunity to force Nan Ming to agree to our conclusion of the war.
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Since Nanming insists on the hundreds of thousands of Qing army family members, then I, the Qing Dynasty, will be happy to throw away these hundreds of thousands of mouths to achieve our goal. Anyway, most of these hundreds of thousands of people are old, young, women and children, and they can be used by Nanming
There aren't many people joining the army, and apart from consuming more food, they won't get much. From a slave's point of view, they can talk to Nan Ming.
After a long time, Emperor Guangwu called back. If the Nanming side can agree to our core requirements, then we can also agree to theirs. However, we must try our best to fight for other peripheral interests. In addition to the core requirements, we should also try our best to
Get something real back.
Gua Dexin felt happy when he saw the emperor's reply. He thought that he had put this million yuan in his pocket. So he called back: I obey the order and will try my best to gain more benefits for the Qing Dynasty.
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As a result, in the subsequent negotiations, the two sides no longer struggled with the Qing side's "core requirements", the deadlock was broken, and the two sides began to negotiate other exchanges of interests one by one.
By the afternoon of August 9, the two sides finally "reluctantly" reached a consensus:
1. The Qing’s discussion of the war at the beginning of the year was written at the beginning of the treaty, and both parties signed and acknowledged it.
Second, the Qing side repatriated 6,312 Ming army prisoners of war to the Southern Ming Dynasty, and the Ming side repatriated 71,154 Qing army prisoners of war to the Northern Qing Dynasty. As for the other 82,176 Qing army prisoners of war, since they voluntarily stayed in the Southern Ming Dynasty, the Qing side did not require the Ming side to return them
repatriation.
3. In view of the fact that the 82,176 Qing prisoners of war who voluntarily stayed in the Ming Dynasty have been naturalized in the Ming Dynasty, the Qing side, in the spirit of humanitarianism and the supremacy of human ethics, will repatriate their families in four batches within one month after the signing of this treaty.
Send them to Mingfang and let them live with their relatives.
4. As for the definition of "family" in Article 3, after discussion by both parties, it was agreed that there is no limit on the specific number of people, but it should be "family" rather than "tribes", that is, it must be defined as "parents, wives, children, and those who are not independent"
Within the scope of "brothers and sisters who are married".
5. From the date of signing of this treaty, the Ming side will permanently stop instigating and organizing people to smuggle out of the country in the areas controlled by the Qing side.
6. From the date of signing of this treaty, Ming Dynasty will no longer provide any support to the guerrilla armed forces in the Taihang Mountains.
7. In view of the consensus between the two parties on the conclusion of the war in Article 1 of this treaty, the Ming side admitted that it had carried out armed aggression and terrorist bombing against the Qing side, and was therefore willing to pay war compensation to the Qing side. The specific amount is: 1 metric ton of gold with a purity of 99.9%;
1 metric ton of 99.5% pure tungsten rod.
8. Regarding war compensation in Article 7 of this treaty, the Ming side shall transport gold and tungsten bars in four batches to the port controlled by the Qing side for delivery within one month after the signing of this treaty.
9. The Qing side’s performance of Articles 5 to 8 of this Treaty shall be based on the Qing side’s performance of Articles 2 to 4 of this Treaty.
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The above is the general content of the treaty between the two parties. Xiang Xiaoqiang, He Weibang and Guade Xin each took the draft of the treaty and carefully browsed it. Both parties expressed satisfaction. Then, it was handed over to the Qing side for formal transcription.
The last article of the treaty actually means that although both parties have signed it, no one can go back on it. Once the Beiqing fails to release the Ming prisoners and the families of the 80,000 new citizens within the time limit, then our Ming side will not only
I will not give you gold or tungsten bars. I will continue to support the Taihang Mountain Column and continue to encourage organizations in your rear to escape south. Therefore, this is an insurance clause.
The Qing delegation sent the transcribed treaty. In this era, Western treaties and official documents were all typed with typewriters, but Chinese characters are special and are not composed of letters. Typewriters cannot be used, so in addition to printed matter, it is important to
Documents can still only be transcribed manually.
The two sides held the original copy of the treaty written in calligraphy and read it carefully, then exchanged signatures and seals, and each side kept one copy.
At this point, the armistice treaty after the Ming and Qing wars was officially signed, and the Ming liquidation was a formal armistice.