The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2600: Peace talks again

The king and his ministers of Qing were like ants on a hot pot, unable to discuss an effective solution.

The officials of Jing were unprecedentedly united and began to handle various government affairs in an orderly manner, working overnight, hoping to complete the backlog of government affairs in the past few days.

In this wave of reform, all technological innovations went very smoothly, such as the innovations of farmers and workers. Even officials who did not understand farmers and workers fully cooperated, because technological innovations could bring obvious benefits and contribute to their own political achievements.

However, political and social reforms touched the comfort zone of most people.

Even before, even if the Criminal Court was in charge, many officials were hypocritical, because many people did not understand the reform, were unwilling to reform, and thought it might fail, and they all had resistance.

But now, Fang Yun has established his own holy way, which is almost equivalent to a semi-saint helping Jing to reform. No one will question that this change is not good.

All doubts were suppressed, leaving Fang Yun completely free of worries.

Another night passed, and Jing State sent a letter to Qing State, demanding that Qing State pay the compensation immediately. If it fails to pay within the deadline, Qing State will be punished in the next step.

The Qing State court was in a panic, and Qing Jun hurriedly convened a court meeting to discuss countermeasures.

Among Qing State, one-third of the officials majored in miscellaneous schools, and one-third of them minored in them.

This led to a scene that embarrassed everyone in Qing State today.

The Golden Palace was empty, and the number of officials attending the court was less than half of the usual number.

Seeing this scene, Qing Jun was so angry that he was speechless for a long time.

The lack of the holy way and the establishment of the political way led to heavy casualties among the high-ranking miscellaneous scholars in various parts of the human race. All the living ones were recovering from their injuries, and there were rumors that the Zongsheng had been forced to treat them personally, otherwise those great scholars and university scholars would have no hope of recovery.

Some scholars in Qing State who minored in miscellaneous schools have given up minoring in miscellaneous schools and are preparing to minor in political ways related to miscellaneous schools.

There are rumors all over the human race that the Zajia family is about to be annexed by the Zhengdao, and the sooner the Zhengdao is repaired, the better.

Before noon, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Jingguo received a letter from Qingguo.

Qingguo said that it would immediately deliver the compensation to Jingguo and send Qingguo officials headed by Pang Jue to negotiate with Jingguo tonight.

The officials of Jingguo had already made sufficient preparations, and some officials even wrote to the cabinet to submit various sanctions against Qingguo.

If victory is just victory, it can only be regarded as not losing. Only when you gain benefits after victory can it be regarded as a real victory.

In the evening of the same day, the Qingguo envoys quietly entered the capital and entered the cabinet meeting room under the leadership of Jingguo officials.

This is where the Zajia people negotiated with Fang Yun and others last time.

Several of the officials had been here last time, and they instinctively sniffed after entering this meeting room, remembering the indescribable smell of durian.

Both sides sat down, and the Qingguo officials forced a smile, but the Jingguo officials were expressionless.

Fang Yun took out the official seal, glanced at the officials of Qing State, and said: "My time is limited. If we can't reach an agreement before dawn, you don't need to come again."

All the officials of Qing State felt a little nervous. They all knew that Fang Yun was difficult to deal with, but they didn't expect him to be so difficult. Qing State's plan was to negotiate slowly and find Jing State's bottom line, but now the plan has failed.

Unfortunately, all the strategists in charge of foreign affairs in Qing State have resigned!

Even more unfortunate is that there are two strategists in Fang Yun's negotiation team who were still Qing State officials yesterday. They were the Qing State Honglu Temple Minister and Shaoqing, who were usually the top and second-in-command in charge of foreign affairs in Qing State.

From the beginning, everyone in the Qing State negotiation team was extremely guilty, including Pang Jue who volunteered.

Pang Jue coughed lightly and said with a smile: "Fang Xusheng, the major events of the two countries cannot be too hasty. I am sick, so I hope to give me a few days."

"When I was sick, you miscellaneous people didn't let me go." Fang Yun said righteously.

The Qing official almost rolled his eyes, thinking that Fang Yun was too shameless. Now the whole human race knows that Fang Yun was pretending to be sick.

Pang Jue smiled bitterly and said, "Since Fang Xusheng is anxious, please make some conditions."

Fang Yun turned his head slightly and glanced at Wang Han, the current left assistant minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who was once the Minister of the Honglu Temple of Qing and the Grand Secretary of the School of Diplomacy.

Wang Han understood and coughed lightly, saying, "Since Mr. Pang is straightforward, then my Jing country will also be straightforward."

As he said that, Wang Han took out a stack of documents.

The Qing official was furious. This Jing official was too unscrupulous. He had already prepared the conditions and read them out in public, completely ignoring Qing.

Wang Han also ignored his former colleagues and read out the new treaty revised by Fang Yun of Jing in a serious manner.

The Qing officials became more and more annoyed as they listened, and they all looked angry and almost wanted to slam the table.

The conditions offered by Jing were too harsh.

Jing State requires Qing State to cede Haizhou, Lingzhou and Yongzhou, and cede the prefectures on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

Abolish all unfair decrees made by Qing State against Jing State. In the next 100 years, all goods of Jing State can be sold freely in Qing State, and Qing State shall not impose any form of tax on Jing State's goods.

Allow Jing State's educational institutions such as Fang's Academy and Fang's Library to be established in Qing State, and no obstruction shall be made.

Allow Jing State to recruit workers from Qing State without restrictions.

Qing State prohibits the propagation of any hostile remarks against Jing State, and actively cooperates with Jing State to crack down on anti-Jing people.

After entering Qing State, Jing State scholars will receive super-national treatment, and Qing State has no right to arrest or interrogate Jing State scholars.

This unnamed treaty is long and detailed with various clauses.

At first, the Qing officials were very angry, but after hearing the end, they were completely numb and let Wang Han read it.

When Wang Han finished reading, there was silence in the conference room.

"Bring melons and fruits." Fang Yun said.

Several Qing officials instinctively covered their noses.

This time, there were no stink thorns, but normal fruits.

Fang Yun took a piece of seedless watermelon, ate it slowly, put the rind aside, and looked at the people of Qing.

"Everyone, when will the new treaty be signed?"

The Qing officials glared at Fang Yun, but did not dare to refuse.

Pang Jue said helplessly: "Fang Xusheng, this treaty is too harsh. If I take this treaty back, the people of Qing will point at my spine and insult me ​​for a thousand years. Haizhou has the best coast of the entire human race. Once Haizhou is ceded, Qing will lose all its seaports. Not only that, you also want to occupy all the prefectures on the edge of the Yangtze River, which is equivalent to cutting off the largest waterway and sea route of Qing. We in Qing cannot accept it."

"Does Qing still have waterways or sea routes now?" Fang Yun asked back.

This sentence choked the officials of Qing speechless.

Since the Dragon Clan banned the sea and the Water Palace banned water, Qing has basically lost its water transportation, fishery and other businesses, and has been completely replaced by nearby countries.

To a certain extent, Jingguo's ceding of coastal and riverside areas is not really a big blow to Qing today.