Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 969 The Requested Zhennancheng Agreement
"Dear Governor, this is a promise made by the emperor of your country. As long as the country agrees to this condition, the two countries will be reconciled forever!" Mustafa moved out the big Buddha of Emperor Chongzhen in front of Lu Xiangsheng to suppress humanity, " Not only did I agree, but I was also willing to surrender to the Ming Empire forever."

He has been to the southern city of Persian town once, and comparing what he saw and heard on the road twice, he was surprised to find that the people's livelihood in Persia recovered so quickly, except that there were fewer people. The dilapidated appearance caused by the military disaster.

It can be seen from this that the Ming Empire has definitely established a firm foothold in Persia.Looking at it like this, it won't be a few years before the Ming Kingdom has enough logistics to launch a large-scale war.

Seeing this, he was very grateful, and felt that the Ottoman Empire's decision this time was absolutely correct.If it is delayed for another two years, once the Ming army uses large-scale troops against Ottoman again, it will definitely be like thunder, which cannot be resisted by the Ottoman Empire.And by that time, even if the Ottoman Empire agreed to that condition, it would probably be too late.

Therefore, when Mustafa saw Lu Xiangsheng, when he mentioned this matter, he saw that Lu Xiangsheng seemed a little stunned, so he quickly said the above words to remind Lu Xiangsheng that he had no right to refuse what the Emperor Ming said.

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he was indeed a little surprised.

The Ottoman Empire really agreed to cede the area east of the Black Sea Strait, which is equivalent to the former Ming Dynasty ceding the area north of the Yangtze River to others.If this kind of thing happened in Daming, it would be absolutely unacceptable.

But now, the Ottomans agreed.Moreover, listening to the tone of the messenger, it seemed as if he had to force himself to accept it.

Haha, there is such a thing in this world.If it was changed to before, I would never have dreamed that such a thing would happen!

In fact, although he was surprised by this matter, he was not too surprised.Because Emperor Chongzhen had talked about this matter with him before he left.But at that time, Emperor Chongzhen did not confirm whether the Ottoman Empire would finally agree.

Emperor Chongzhen only said that the reason why he did this at the beginning was that he had no intention of seizing more land.The reason for the expedition is more for the oil in the ground.The most oil-producing areas have been occupied by the Ming army. The reason why they want the area east of the Black Sea Strait is to establish a frontier to protect the oil area.

Based on Emperor Chongzhen's idea, Lu Xiangsheng understood what he should say.

Therefore, after he came back to his senses, he said with a smile: "Since it was I, the Emperor Ming, who said something first, then of course there is no problem. But do you Osman know that if you submit to my Ming Dynasty, what will you pay tribute to?"

Today's Ming Dynasty is different from before. It does not need weird gadgets or luxury goods, but only food and grass.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty had already asked each vassal state to pay tribute once, and Mustafa had naturally heard of it.I wasn't surprised to hear it at this time, but it was a bit embarrassing.

Because the Ottoman Empire evacuated all the population in order to strengthen the walls and clear the country.In this way, one can imagine how big the pressure on food and grass will be!At this time, the Ottoman Empire lacked food and grass!

However, this is a request to submit to Daming.If you want to hug Daming's thigh, this is the price you have to pay.

Mustafa thought that before he came, both the empress dowager and his brother-in-law had told him to entrust the future of the Ottoman Empire to him.

Thinking of this, Mustafa gritted his teeth and said: "There is no problem in paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty. No matter how difficult the country is, we must express our respect for the Ming Dynasty. We will definitely pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty."

Speaking of this, he paused and then asked: "I just don't know how much food and grass the country needs to pay tribute? On the way here, I saw that Persia is full of harvests. There should be no shortage of food and grass, right?"

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but smile when he heard this.Not only in Persia, but also on the Yan Yingyuan side and the Baghdad plains, there is going to be a bumper harvest.

However, he did not show off, and only replied to Mustafa: "You should have heard that European countries are discussing alliances to deal with me, Ming. A big war is inevitable. Plan ahead, of course the more food and grass, the better!"

Speaking of this, Lu Xiangsheng began to estimate in his mind how much food and grass would be appropriate for the tribute from the Ottoman Empire?If there are too many words, the Ottoman Empire will not be able to take them out, and it is useless to say more; if you say less, it will be cheaper for the Ottoman Empire, which is not good.

But Mustafa was overjoyed when he heard that, rolled his eyes, and quickly replied: "I have indeed heard! Those Europeans are really too much, and they still want to unite to deal with the Ming Empire. How about this, my Ottoman Empire is now Now that I have surrendered to Ming Dynasty, the affairs of Ming Dynasty are also the affairs of my Ottoman. I, Ottoman, are willing to send troops from all over the country to deal with European countries and teach them a hard lesson. In this way, food and grass are also very important, you see... ..."

Lu Xiangsheng did not have Emperor Chongzhen's wiretapping system, so it was impossible for him to know about the assembly of the fleet off the coast of Austria.Therefore, it is impossible to know accurately that the reason why the Ottoman Empire took the initiative to cede is because European countries will unite to destroy the Ottoman Empire.

At this time, after hearing Mustafa's reason, he nodded after thinking for a while and said: "It is inevitable for the vassal states to send troops. But it is also an attitude if you can take the initiative to propose it. In addition, you say It makes sense. Since this is the case, I can report to His Majesty the amount of tribute grain and grass, and give a certain degree of reduction!"

The matter of paying tribute is actually under the control of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple.But here is too far away from the capital, and Emperor Chongzhen gave Lu Xiangsheng full power, so he can actually have the final say.

The reason why he is not sure is that Lu Xiangsheng knows the duty of a minister very well.Even if he can decide, he still has to go through the process to show his respect to the emperor.

After hearing this, Mustafa was very happy, and felt that he had gained a lot of advantages. After going back and talking about it, he would definitely be affirmed.So, he urged Lu Xiangsheng to sign the agreement quickly.

Just like that, the Zhennan City Agreement between the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire was signed.

According to the agreement, the Ottoman Empire ceded the area east of the Black Sea Strait to the Ming Empire, and from then on, it will always be a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.As the suzerain of the Ottoman Empire, Ming Dynasty has the obligation to protect the Ottoman Empire.

After the signing was completed, Lu Xiangsheng watched Mustafa leave with a smile on his face, feeling a little puzzled.No matter how you look at this agreement, it is a disgrace to the Ottoman Empire, ceding land and paying compensation; but why is he so happy?Could it be because of that inconspicuous little agreement in the agreement?

Since it is already the relationship between the suzerain state and the vassal state, there are nearly [-] captives captured by the Ming army before. Based on the principle of their voluntary, they can choose to go back to Ottoman, or they can choose to settle here in Daming and take their family in Ottoman. come over.

For these captives, Da Ming was not cruel enough to squeeze them to death.

It was originally agreed at the beginning that as long as they work hard, they will perform well after completing major tasks, such as building the railway at Fort Minway, how many acres of wasteland farming in Baghdad, how much harvest, etc., or after a certain number of years. If you get it, you can get rid of your captive status and gain freedom.

Only in this way can the enthusiasm of these prisoners be brought into play.Otherwise, in the absence of hope, the enthusiasm for labor will definitely not be high, and it will consume so much energy on the Ming army's side to manage so many captives!
Although it has reconciled with the Ottoman Empire now, it is actually time for those captives to fulfill their original promise.Therefore, from Lu Xiangsheng's point of view, this was a matter of convenience, and Daming did not suffer any disadvantages. Why is the emissary so happy?
Another point, Lu Xiangsheng himself can be sure, now that there is such an agreement, he guesses that with a high probability, not only will those captives not return to Osman, but they will ask their family members in Osman to come to Daming.

Mustafa had already gone back, Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while and couldn't understand why he was happy, so he didn't think about it anymore.

For him, it was over.And he is not the most concerned about the matter of European countries uniting to deal with Ming.It's not that he looks down on European countries, but he understands that it is definitely not that easy to unite European countries.

After fighting for so many years, he understood a truth.In war, it is not the strength of the troops, but the number of elites at their disposal!All European countries have their own plans, so their combat power is definitely not the superposition of one plus one, but the kind that is less than two.

Speaking of which, what Lu Xiangsheng is most concerned about now is actually an important matter explained by Emperor Chongzhen before he left.

On Yan Yingyuan's side, he had taken a part of Egypt by order and controlled the narrowest place.Emperor Chongzhen wanted to dig a canal in that place, together with the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean.

This matter is a bit troublesome.

Although the Ming Dynasty has the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which is navigable from north to south, it can be said to be the longest canal in the world.Logically speaking, it would not be difficult to dig a canal here.Not to mention, in ancient times, there have been several excavations and abandonment, and there is a certain canal foundation.

However, the difficulty with this canal is that this area is a desert area, sparsely populated, and the land output is even less.In order to have enough labor to dig the canal, sufficient materials must be provided, otherwise too many people will die and the project will not be completed in the year of the monkey.

The difficulty now is to add another one. Where can I get enough free labor?
In the original plan, the Ottoman Empire was destroyed after full preparations, so that the follow-up captives could be used to do this.However, now the Ottoman Empire has voluntarily surrendered.Thinking of this, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help being a little surprised. The Ottomans must have escaped, so the Ottoman envoy was so happy, right?
(End of this chapter)