Chapter 577: Treaty of the Middle Rowell Pass
"Father-in-law Huang, but something happened in the palace?" Liu Hongjian suddenly felt a little nervous.
Recently, Chongzhen's health has become worse and worse, and when he was in North Korea last month, Zhu Cihong wrote in a secret letter that he hoped that he would return as soon as possible.
Now that he is thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, the palace still sends people to look for him, which means that something must have happened.
"The emperor is fine, don't worry about the prince." Huang He knew that Liu Hongjian had a lot to do with Chongzhen, so he quickly explained.
It turned out that the Ming Dynasty had recently been peaceful in the world, and Chongzhen saw that the prince Zhu Cihong had become more and more capable since he was in charge of the country, and finally decided to be located in the prince in the beginning of September of the nineteenth year of Chongzhen.
The new emperor's accession to the throne is a major event in the Ming Dynasty, and the first thing Chongzhen thought of was Liu Hongchuan, who may have been guarding the nine sides all his life, and Chongzhen has always been interested in the places outside the gates.
So no matter what the war situation outside the Guanxi was, after setting the date of the Zen throne, Chongzhen immediately sent someone to summon Liu Hong to go back.
"The emperor now lives in Xishan Villa, and has been trying to improve the steam engine with Wu Weibo Song Yingxing, and he can laugh several times a day, our family has followed the emperor for several years, and we have never seen it!" Huang He shook the dust in his hand and smiled.
In the past two years, Huang He first followed Chongzhen's Northern Expedition, then went to North Korea, and now has seen the grasslands of the far north.
He even thought about befriending the king of Anguo County to get an errand in the newly built sailor division of the imperial court, so that he could go down in history like Zheng Gong.
"The emperor has finally decided." Liu Hong smiled slightly, very pleased.
Five thousand years up and down, the big dream is boundless, and the so-called throne is nothing more than that, it is much better to be able to let go of the burden before life is gone, and find the real fun than to wake up when you are dying.
Uncle Chongzhen, who is obsessed with engineering, this makes Liu Hong gradually think of Chongzhen's elder brother Emperor Tianqi, who has been working for seven years and has nothing to do with the emperor, doing carpenter work every day, and living freely.
"Huang Gonggong has worked hard for thousands of miles, rested for two days and helped the king return to the emperor, and the king will definitely rush to the capital before the Double Ninth Festival!
In addition, I also told His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that we estimate that there will be one more province in Daming. ”
Liu Hong gradually knew the news and told Uncle Chongzhen that he must not have been as exciting as Zhu Cihong's kid, as soon as this kid ascended the throne, there were two places outside the gate to attach, and he probably couldn't sleep happily when he learned the news.
Vasily didn't let Liu Hongjian wait too long, he wanted to delay it a little longer, but another edict came from Moscow, telling him to stop fighting with the Ming Empire as soon as possible at any cost.
It turned out that Sweden and Poland also learned that the Rakshasa Kingdom and the Ming Empire in the East were in a melee, and the two kings exchanged messengers and planned to release their previous suspicions and take advantage of the fire to rob the Rakshasa Kingdom.
It's still on the shore of Lake Baikal, and there are still so many people, but Vasily and Liu Hongji's mood is different from the previous few days.
After the two of them sat down, Babutu behind Liu Hongjian glanced at Brother Mao Zi, who had 'secretly sent autumn waves' to him a few days ago, and quietly walked towards the reeds by the lake while Liu Hongjian and the two were not paying attention......
"Your Excellency General Daming, I have also repeatedly considered the conditions you put forward in the past few days, and discussed with the Marquis Morozov, and we have no objection to the first two items you proposed.
It's just that we hope to reduce the war reparations, based on 200,000 silver coins, I wonder if Your Excellency the General can agree? Vasily knew that the Ming General in front of him was not very good-tempered, and he didn't like to beat around the bush, so he said bluntly.
The truce was a must, but Vasily, for the sake of his position, wanted to recover as much of his losses as possible.
"No problem! That's it! Liu Hong gradually did not even hesitate.
Isn't it just some silver, he doesn't care, the court is not short of silver, and the Ming Dynasty is not short of silver, and now there is not much time to spend outside the customs.
He must deal with these matters as soon as possible and then rush back to the capital to attend Zhu Cihong's enthronement ceremony.
"Uh......" Vasily didn't expect Liu Hong's gradual agreement to be so simple, and he was a little surprised for a while.
A few days ago, there was no aggressive tone for half a minute, so refreshing, which made Vasily feel a little lost, and he knew that he would press it down again.
"Now that it's been agreed, don't waste time, let's sign the treaty!" Liu Hong gradually waved his hand, and a personal guard brought pen, ink, paper, and inkstone and placed it on the table.
Vasily sighed when he saw that the matter had come to this point, and had no choice but to signal his entourage to come and write.
The treaty states:
1. The territory of the Rakshasa and the Ming Dynasty is bounded by the Lena River, the Ilga River, and the Ergou River, with the Rakshasa Kingdom to the west, and the Ming Dynasty to the east, including the entire Lake Baikal, and the two sides are not allowed to station troops on the border.
Second, the Ming Dynasty returned the Marquis of Norton of the Rakshasa Kingdom and all the captured Rakshasa soldiers in the military camp, and the Rakshasa Kingdom handed over the entire clan of the exiled emperor Daishan of the Qing Dynasty.
3. The Rakshasa Kingdom shall pay an indemnity of 200,000 silver coins, which shall be paid in a lump sum within two months after the signing of the treaty.
The treaty was to be made in duplicate, with each side retaining one in the Ming language and one in the Rakshasa Chinese language.
The person in charge of writing was Fan Sicong, a translator who was fluent in Rakshasa language, and after he finished writing, he handed over one of them to the translator of the Rakshasa Kingdom, and the two exchanged documents and confirmed each of them before putting them in front of Vasily and Liu Hongchuan.
Liu Hong gradually did not hesitate, took the brush and signed his name, and then took out his own county king seal from the ring and pressed it fiercely on the paperwork.
When he arrived at Vasily, he was obviously a little depressed, although Alexei had authorized him to deal with it at all costs, but he had to pay compensation for the loss of so much land, and when he returned to his country, he would inevitably suffer the reproach of the whole country's subjects.
This is like Li Hongzhang more than 200 years later, even if everyone in the court knows that this is the best result, they still inevitably want to use him as the scapegoat.
After a moment of silence, Vasily finally picked up the quill brush and signed it.
"It is a pleasure to discuss with His Excellency Vasily, and I hope to see you again next time the treaty is signed." Liu Hong gradually took the document handed over by Vasily, blew the ink that had not dried, and stretched out his right hand.
"I hope to see you again, too!" Vasily reluctantly stretched out his right hand and shook hands with Liu Hong.
Although he was surprised that Liu Hongjian actually understood Europa etiquette, the sarcasm in Liu Hongji's words made him even more angry.
The Marquis Morozov visited him last night, showed him the unexploded grenades collected on the battlefield, and bluntly said that he had studied the structure of this thing, and he only had to return home to gather workers to copy it.
It was for this reason that Vasily decided to sign this disgraceful treaty.
The next time I see you, it must be when the Rakshasa Kingdom defeats the Ming Empire, it must be, Vasily swore in his heart.
"Well, so be it, goodbye!" Liu Hongjian couldn't see the resentment in the eyes of this old man, but he didn't care, and after putting away the paperwork, he planned to flash people.
At this moment, Babutu, a strong man in Guanning who secretly went out for a 'tryst', came back, followed by a limping hair.
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