Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 462 Treaty of Isfahan
The journey of the Da Ming Global Fleet is still going on. After tens of thousands of people from Da Ming assisted in the construction of Tuticorin, an important port in South India, Tuticorin has already had a new look, and the Da Ming Global Fleet will also Continue to set sail.

According to the plan, Bai Mingxiu's fleet sailed around India again, stopped at Goa and other European-controlled ports, and conducted some trade, but the trade volume was not large.The value of goods carried by the Ming Dynasty Global Fleet is very large. With the capital of European merchants and Indian merchants, it is difficult to take over most of them.

The fleet landed at Karachi in another plane, and Bai Mingxiu sent a group of people to build some new buildings, mainly including a fortified fortress, where the Ming army left a company of troops to guard it.Although Bai Mingxiu believes that the temporary practical use of building a port on the west coast of India is not very high, Ming's trade is unlikely to have much demand for this port unless it joins a large amount of crude oil transportation.But after all, this is also an entrance to Pakistan, and the European colonists have not yet established a presence here, so Bai Mingxiu thinks it is necessary to start this way.

He named this new stronghold Vatican Port, and the temporary goal was to develop it into a trading port and military base. Later, the Tianzhu Company would try to use Vatican Port as a base in the western Indian Ocean to expand trade to the Arab world and even East Africa.

After the establishment of Van Harbor, the Global Fleet went to Safi Persia and visited Bandar Abbas.Zheng He had been here back then, and the Persians were not particularly unfamiliar with the Chinese. Although they were still curious and awed by the huge global fleet, in general, Da Ming did not show a very strong attack. Suddenly, the ships landed one after another, unloaded some cargo, and some passengers wandered around, all looking peaceful.

Bai Mingxiu was a little surprised that the Persians accepted Daming's visitors.After all, he knows that after Su Shuhuan drove away the Western Qing Dynasty in the Inner Asia region, he extended the borders of the Ming Dynasty. Last year, the Lizhengyuan formally established the Anxi Xuanwei Division, which has a huge land in Inner Asia, covering another plane including China. Most of the five Asian countries.Turkmenistan and part of Uzbekistan are the territory of the Safavid dynasty, but the control is not strong, so after several conflicts, Su Shuhuan has confined the Safavid dynasty to the Iranian plateau.

Theoretically, there is a conflict between the two sides, especially the Safavid dynasty is a Persian empire, but the rulers are still Turkmen, but it is obvious that the Safavid dynasty is extremely restrained. After returning to the area south of the Copet Mountains, the two sides stopped confrontation .

After the Shah (king) Abbas II of the Safavid Dynasty learned that the Ming Dynasty Global Fleet was coming, he specially sent his court attendants to Bandar Abbas and invited diplomat Liang Haisheng to Isfahan.

Liang Haisheng led the Ming mission into Isfahan and met the emperor in Abbas II's palace.

"...Chinese envoy from the far east, welcome to Persia."

Liang Haisheng met Abbas II with a very new style of etiquette. He just bowed at 45 degrees.

The eunuch in the palace scolded angrily: "It's really presumptuous. You have to kneel on one knee to worship the Shah!"

Unexpectedly, Abbas II taught the eunuch a lesson: "Da Ming has his own etiquette, and Ambassador Liang is a guest from afar, how could he be so rude, drag this eunuch down, and beat this eunuch severely with a whip."

The eunuch didn't expect that the flattery would turn into flattering himself, so he hurriedly knelt down to admit his mistake.Liang Haisheng was watching the show with a smile.He had also known Abbas II for a long time. He was a wise master of the ZTE.

Abbas II said: "Persia has a long-standing friendship with Daming, and the two countries used to conduct trade through the Silk Road. And just recently, Daming has become our neighbor and drove away the annoying Uzbeks. It’s a very gratifying thing.”

Liang Haisheng didn't expect the Shah's tone to be like this. He seemed to be deliberately showing a friendly side.

Regarding the Safavid dynasty, Ming really didn't bother to colonize it or do any work.The Iranian plateau is not considered a treasure land, and Ming is more interested in controlling the Gulf region.

Liang Haisheng got off the donkey along the slope and said: "Da Ming also has the same feelings. Before I came this time, our great Guangfu Emperor His Majesty once asked me to establish a good relationship with Persia, delineate our borders, and sign a mutual agreement." A non-aggression treaty, trade between the two sides. Whether it is through the land trade route, or from the sea to the south, we have great potential for trade cooperation."

Abbas II clapped his hands and praised: "Very good!"

The Shah was actually very clear about Ming's strength. An eastern empire wiped out the Tatar invaders, and even drove the Tatar invaders to the Inner Asia region.With such a vast territory, a large population, and even an empire with advanced weapons, the rational Abbas II knew that Persia could not be provoked.Abbas II was not a ruler who was particularly keen on war. Although Safi Persia had enmity with Ottoman, during his reign, the two countries maintained a relatively friendly relationship, which made Persia peaceful and developed.

The same was true for the Ming Dynasty. Abbas II did not believe that the Ming Dynasty would leave Inner Asia, which had almost no living people, and then challenge the rugged Iranian plateau and mountains southward to occupy his territory.

Liang Haisheng's diplomatic activities in Safi Persia went very smoothly. Abbas II was a very eloquent ruler, and he didn't actually have much confidence to argue with Ming at the negotiating table. Fortunately, Liang Haisheng wanted to reach an order People are satisfied with the results, and there is nothing particularly excessive.

The results of the negotiations with Abbas II were outstanding, and the Ming Dynasty signed the Treaty of Isfahan with Persia.First, the two countries formally established diplomatic relations, established diplomatic relations at the ministerial level, and established embassies in each other's country; secondly, the Ming Dynasty and Persia established a border with the Kopet Mountains and other natural watersheds as the boundary, with the Ming Dynasty's territories in the north and Persia in the south. Recognize that the other party has complete sovereignty; both sides grant each other most-favored-nation status. The Ming merchant ships are allowed to trade in any port in Persia and enjoy relatively low tariffs. At the same time, the Ming Dynasty also allows Persian merchants to trade in any border town and port of the Ming Dynasty and enjoy Lower tariffs; fourth, Ming Dynasty accepted Persia to send one hundred foreign students to study in Ming Dynasty. Ming Dynasty also sent an officer advisory group to Persia to start arms sales to Persia and assist the Persian army in modernization.

Generally speaking, the Treaty of Isfahan was a treaty of equality. The Ming Dynasty gave Persia respect while not showing much interest in Persia.

(End of this chapter)