Chapter 1733
Chapter 1733
Chapter 1733
Tao Donglai clearly defined the existence of partners and opponents.But in fact, the scope of establishing diplomatic relations is very broad. Some countries that have established diplomatic relations with Haihan only maintain political diplomatic relations, and there are few trade exchanges, let alone in-depth exchanges such as alliances.However, Daming had established diplomatic relations with Haihan in name, but in fact it was still competing everywhere, and refused to recognize Haihan's current international status and influence, and was still classified as a partner country by Tao Donglai.
As for the opponents, everyone present could immediately think of Houjin, Spain, and Britain, which suffered a big loss in Xingdao two years ago.All these countries had confronted Haihan head-on on the battlefield, and Haihan had no intention of reconciling after the incident. Obviously, he was reassured to treat these countries as opponents.
Spain and the United Kingdom were also unlucky and hit the iron plate. After all, Haihan now regards the South China Sea as his own back garden and does not allow Western colonial countries to get involved easily. The Netherlands and Portugal have been cautious in their words and deeds after suffering a few years ago. No longer easily offending Haihan, but the two countries insist on competing with Haihan in terms of force, then naturally there is only a dead end waiting for them.
However, Houjin, who was far away in the bitter cold land of Liaodong, was a little wronged, at least from the outside world. After all, this barbarian regime has not been established for a long time, and there has been no contact with Haihan in any form in the past. Enmity at all.However, Haihan crossed thousands of miles of sea and border at any cost, sent thousands of armed personnel to the Liaodong area, and fought several real tough battles with Houjin in the local area, repelling its controlled area all the way to Jin North of the state isthmus.
Why does Haihan want to work hard to conquer Houjin? This is a question that is not easy to understand in the eyes of outsiders, but there is no doubt that Houjin must have been included in the group of unstoppable opponents by Haihan, even occupying an overwhelming position. After the advantage, he never mentioned peace talks with the other party. Such a resolute attitude is probably one of the reasons why Haihan was able to win the trust of North Korea.
These countries that Haihan regards as "opponents" all have one thing in common, that is, they have all suffered Haihan's harsh and ruthless military attacks.So Tao Donglai's words are undoubtedly reminding everyone on the scene, including Fei Cexian, that if you want to be Haihan's "opponent", you'd better think clearly about the consequences that will be brought about by this first, and understand yourself. Whether the country can withstand Haihan's military blow.
The answer is undoubtedly no, even if it is as strong as Daming, it would not want to go to war with Haihan, otherwise, in the year when Haihan annexed Hainan Island, Daming would have declared war.Even though Haihan actually occupied Liaodong and other places, the Daming Society chose to negotiate to resolve the territorial disputes. In fact, it admitted that it was difficult to defeat Haihan militarily, and could only deal with Haihan's situation through compromise. Strong performance.
Fei Cexian's current situation is really embarrassing. He originally just wanted to test Tao Donglai's attitude towards North Korea, to see whether Haihan valued Daming more or sheltered North Korea more, but he never expected that Tao Donglai's attitude would be self-defeating. He was far tougher than he expected, and he didn't intend to save any face for Daming at all, so he put the relationship between the three countries on the table very bluntly.
When Fei Cexian first arrived in Sanya, he heard a Chinese saying: face is given by others and lost by oneself.At this moment, he has deeply experienced such feelings. If he had thought a little more carefully before taking action just now, if he could have changed the subject on his own initiative after Tao Donglai opened his mouth and prevented him from taking advantage of the topic, perhaps the situation would not have developed into the difficult situation he is now. The degree of tidying up.
In front of envoys and businessmen from many countries, it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a humiliation to Daming to be taught so mercilessly by Tao Donglai.But Fei Cexian didn't dare to continue the debate with the other party at this time, because he really couldn't imagine Tao Donglai would say anything unfavorable to Daming next.
"Da Ming and Haihan formally established diplomatic relations last year, which naturally belong to the partnership mentioned by Chief Tao, but I hope that Chief Tao can pay attention to his remarks and not hurt the hard-won diplomatic relations between the two countries." Fei Cexian can only Let's talk about scenes, I hope Tao Donglai can stop here.It's just that compared to the previous questioning, his tone now has a bit more begging flavor in it.
Tao Donglai obviously didn't want to beat Fei Cexian as a dog in the water. Seeing that Fei Cexian had shown weakness, he accepted it as soon as he saw it, and said to everyone: "Let me take advantage of today's occasion to say a few more words, our country and Ming Dynasty are the same Please remember that we are friendly neighbors who depend on each other as lips and teeth. Although there are still many small differences of opinion and interests between our two countries, I think these small issues can be resolved through friendly consultations. Da Ming and Like North Korea, they are all partners of our country, and our country will maintain respect and understanding for the relationship between them."
Tao Donglai's calm look made Fei Cexian's chest tight again. You must know that just a moment ago, the other party was saying that North Korea would not continue to treat Ming Dynasty as the suzerain state, but in the blink of an eye, it seemed that what he had just said had been thrown away. In the back of my head.Obviously, Tao Donglai's statement is not credible, whether it is the previous statement or the current statement.
Although Fei Cexian, who realized this, was angry, he also felt a deep sense of powerlessness.How long ago has Daming been treated like this by other countries? Even countries like Portugal and the Netherlands used to humbly beg Daming for business opportunities. Only this Haihan is the most arrogant and rude. When he arrived in North Korea, he tried to pull away Ming's most staunch ally.
As an envoy of Ming Dynasty, Fei Cexian should reprimand Hai Han for his "immoral" behavior, but unfortunately, the situation is stronger than others. The war situation in foreign countries is very tense. After repeated battles and defeats, the national power is also declining rapidly, and has even become the object of public ridicule by senior officials of Haihan.
Pitiful!sad!Alas!As a bystander, Li Xi also had extremely complicated emotions about Daming's situation.In the past, Daming was the supreme heaven for North Korea. No one would question the authority and national power of Daming, but the appearance of Haihan broke this impression that had lasted for more than 200 years. Li Xi only knew it after contacting Haihan. Daming is not the strongest country in the world, at least this country located in the remote South China Sea has the strength that Daming has to fear.
Fei Cexian ended his unpleasant conversation with Tao Donglai with a livid face, and made room for others to ask questions.He didn't even think about Li Xi, who leaned over to explain a few words, and went straight back to his seat, poured a glass of wine first, trying to relieve the boredom in his heart.
"Master Fei, some trivial matters, why make yourself unhappy."
Fei Cexian raised his head, and saw that the speaker was Ning Qi, another high-ranking Haihan official. He cupped his hands and said, "Master Ning, your country always keeps saying that Ming is a friendly country, and you say that we are of the same family and common prosperity, but What's the point of these beautiful words just hanging on the lips and forgetting after saying them?"
Ning Qi said: "Master Fei, our country's position has always been very clear, but your country refuses to recognize our strength, does not want to coexist with our country, let alone accept the fact that our country occupies a dominant position in the relationship between the two countries."
Fei Cexian said: "Coexist? I think it will take a few more years, not to mention coexistence, it will be almost as good as Daming being annexed by your country! Sir Ning, is it true that people in the world can't see your country's ambitions and tricks?"
As soon as Fei Cexian said this, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful. He had just fallen into a big tussle when he was arguing with Tao Donglai just now, so he started to speak out again while the lesson was still in front of him.If I get bullied again, I won't have to be the ambassador to Haihan in the future, right?
Ning Qi was not angry, but continued to persuade: "Lord Fei, don't worry too much. Does our country help Daming too little? Let's not talk about the far away. In the past two years, we have sent troops to fight in Liaodong to hold back your country. After seeing the pace of the Jin army going south, this can’t be faked? After signing the diplomatic relationship agreement last year, our country sold a batch of weapons with advanced combat performance to your country. Now they should have been deployed in troops, right? If our country has the right to Ming Dynasty If you are coveting, then why do you need to go around such a big circle and just send troops to attack Guangdong? Is there any Ming army in Lingnan that can compete head-on with our army?"
What Ning Qi said was exactly the question that many people in Daming were puzzled by, that is, why did Haihan keep trying to encroach on Daming? He sent the army to the north to share the pressure for Daming.Although it is true that Haihan took advantage of the situation to occupy the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, it did prevent the Hou Jin army from being distracted from attacking North Korea or sending troops south to knock down the border.
If Haihan really wants to attack Guangdong, Fei Cexian is not optimistic about how long the garrison here can resist.The strongest army in Lingnan is recognized as the army led by Xu Xinsu from Fujian, but the problem is that everyone knows that Xu Xinsu has the same nostrils as the Haihan people, and he is neither obedient nor obedient to the imperial court, and the imperial court has nothing to do with him The method, after all, I was afraid that Xu Xinsu would turn against him if he was forced too urgently, and the situation would be impossible to clean up.
Of course, even if Xu Xinsu is willing to obey the orders of the imperial court, he may not be able to defeat the Haihan people, because this army was originally built by Haihan people to assist Xu Xinsu in training. Most of the senior officers in the company had the experience of receiving training in Haihan.If you want to count on such an army to defeat the Haihan army, it is better to count on the Haihan people to have a better chance of suddenly realizing their conscience.
Fei Cexian never believed that it was because Hai Han loved Daming deeply. He knew that these Hai Han people acted in a very realistic way, and everything they did must have a strong purpose. It is impossible to make a logical explanation for Haihan's behavior.It's just that his intuition told him that although Ning Qi's words sounded very touching, he couldn't believe them all.
"Although your country has helped Daming solve some problems, what happened today is not an expression of goodwill, is it?" Fei Cexian calmed down his emotions a little, trying to avoid offending the other party verbally.But the depression that Tao Donglai had nothing to say before still can't let go, so I still have to argue a few words with Ning Qi on this.
Ning Qi did not immediately respond to Fei Cexian's question, but slowly walked up to him and asked, "Can I sit down and talk?"
"Of course, please!" Fei Cexian couldn't refuse Ning Qi's request, and he really wanted to hear what else he had to say.
The purpose of Ning Qi sitting down to speak was very simple, that is, to have a private conversation with Fei Cexian, and his entourage immediately cleared an area next to him, blocking the others a few feet away.
"Let me make a long story short. Many countries in the South China Sea are waiting to see whether our country will show its attitude and whether it will go to war with Daming." Ning Qi said surprisingly: "In the eyes of many countries, Daming is undoubtedly a big piece of fat. It's just that they don't have the ability to take a bite. But if Haihan can take the lead in doing this, there will be many people who will take advantage of this opportunity to fish in troubled waters."
Fei Cexian responded coldly: "I, Daming, am not made of dough either...how does this have anything to do with what happened today?"
"Of course there is a connection." Ning Qi explained: "The attitude we want to express is that although our country can go to war with Ming Dynasty regardless of everything, we will not choose to take this path in the end."
Fei Cexian shook his head and said, "I don't think Chief Tao's words were intended to show such an attitude."
"Not to your Excellency, but to show your attitude to other countries." Ning Qi reminded: "If you stand as a bystander, what do you think of the debate just now?"
"What do you think?" Fei Cexian thought for a while. Apart from North Korea's embarrassing situation, other countries should have the mentality of watching a show.Although Tao Donglai's attitude was domineering, in the end he claimed that the two countries were in partnership, and that Haihan would not fight Da Ming. This may be quite disappointing to those who have ambitions for Da Ming.
But Fei Cexian always felt that Ning Qi's statement was too far-fetched. If Haihan just wanted to show his attitude towards Daming, why would he humiliate himself to achieve this goal.But what was wrong, he still couldn't figure it out.And he didn't notice that at the same time that Ning Qi came to talk to him, the senior officials of the Haihan Executive Committee also dispersed and found envoys from different countries to start talking alone.
In addition to communicating with these countries on their own issues, they also have a common issue to raise to these envoys, which is to require them to stand in the camp of Haihan in the future.And the premise of standing in line is the outbreak of war between Haihan and Daming.
(End of this chapter)
Tao Donglai clearly defined the existence of partners and opponents.But in fact, the scope of establishing diplomatic relations is very broad. Some countries that have established diplomatic relations with Haihan only maintain political diplomatic relations, and there are few trade exchanges, let alone in-depth exchanges such as alliances.However, Daming had established diplomatic relations with Haihan in name, but in fact it was still competing everywhere, and refused to recognize Haihan's current international status and influence, and was still classified as a partner country by Tao Donglai.
As for the opponents, everyone present could immediately think of Houjin, Spain, and Britain, which suffered a big loss in Xingdao two years ago.All these countries had confronted Haihan head-on on the battlefield, and Haihan had no intention of reconciling after the incident. Obviously, he was reassured to treat these countries as opponents.
Spain and the United Kingdom were also unlucky and hit the iron plate. After all, Haihan now regards the South China Sea as his own back garden and does not allow Western colonial countries to get involved easily. The Netherlands and Portugal have been cautious in their words and deeds after suffering a few years ago. No longer easily offending Haihan, but the two countries insist on competing with Haihan in terms of force, then naturally there is only a dead end waiting for them.
However, Houjin, who was far away in the bitter cold land of Liaodong, was a little wronged, at least from the outside world. After all, this barbarian regime has not been established for a long time, and there has been no contact with Haihan in any form in the past. Enmity at all.However, Haihan crossed thousands of miles of sea and border at any cost, sent thousands of armed personnel to the Liaodong area, and fought several real tough battles with Houjin in the local area, repelling its controlled area all the way to Jin North of the state isthmus.
Why does Haihan want to work hard to conquer Houjin? This is a question that is not easy to understand in the eyes of outsiders, but there is no doubt that Houjin must have been included in the group of unstoppable opponents by Haihan, even occupying an overwhelming position. After the advantage, he never mentioned peace talks with the other party. Such a resolute attitude is probably one of the reasons why Haihan was able to win the trust of North Korea.
These countries that Haihan regards as "opponents" all have one thing in common, that is, they have all suffered Haihan's harsh and ruthless military attacks.So Tao Donglai's words are undoubtedly reminding everyone on the scene, including Fei Cexian, that if you want to be Haihan's "opponent", you'd better think clearly about the consequences that will be brought about by this first, and understand yourself. Whether the country can withstand Haihan's military blow.
The answer is undoubtedly no, even if it is as strong as Daming, it would not want to go to war with Haihan, otherwise, in the year when Haihan annexed Hainan Island, Daming would have declared war.Even though Haihan actually occupied Liaodong and other places, the Daming Society chose to negotiate to resolve the territorial disputes. In fact, it admitted that it was difficult to defeat Haihan militarily, and could only deal with Haihan's situation through compromise. Strong performance.
Fei Cexian's current situation is really embarrassing. He originally just wanted to test Tao Donglai's attitude towards North Korea, to see whether Haihan valued Daming more or sheltered North Korea more, but he never expected that Tao Donglai's attitude would be self-defeating. He was far tougher than he expected, and he didn't intend to save any face for Daming at all, so he put the relationship between the three countries on the table very bluntly.
When Fei Cexian first arrived in Sanya, he heard a Chinese saying: face is given by others and lost by oneself.At this moment, he has deeply experienced such feelings. If he had thought a little more carefully before taking action just now, if he could have changed the subject on his own initiative after Tao Donglai opened his mouth and prevented him from taking advantage of the topic, perhaps the situation would not have developed into the difficult situation he is now. The degree of tidying up.
In front of envoys and businessmen from many countries, it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a humiliation to Daming to be taught so mercilessly by Tao Donglai.But Fei Cexian didn't dare to continue the debate with the other party at this time, because he really couldn't imagine Tao Donglai would say anything unfavorable to Daming next.
"Da Ming and Haihan formally established diplomatic relations last year, which naturally belong to the partnership mentioned by Chief Tao, but I hope that Chief Tao can pay attention to his remarks and not hurt the hard-won diplomatic relations between the two countries." Fei Cexian can only Let's talk about scenes, I hope Tao Donglai can stop here.It's just that compared to the previous questioning, his tone now has a bit more begging flavor in it.
Tao Donglai obviously didn't want to beat Fei Cexian as a dog in the water. Seeing that Fei Cexian had shown weakness, he accepted it as soon as he saw it, and said to everyone: "Let me take advantage of today's occasion to say a few more words, our country and Ming Dynasty are the same Please remember that we are friendly neighbors who depend on each other as lips and teeth. Although there are still many small differences of opinion and interests between our two countries, I think these small issues can be resolved through friendly consultations. Da Ming and Like North Korea, they are all partners of our country, and our country will maintain respect and understanding for the relationship between them."
Tao Donglai's calm look made Fei Cexian's chest tight again. You must know that just a moment ago, the other party was saying that North Korea would not continue to treat Ming Dynasty as the suzerain state, but in the blink of an eye, it seemed that what he had just said had been thrown away. In the back of my head.Obviously, Tao Donglai's statement is not credible, whether it is the previous statement or the current statement.
Although Fei Cexian, who realized this, was angry, he also felt a deep sense of powerlessness.How long ago has Daming been treated like this by other countries? Even countries like Portugal and the Netherlands used to humbly beg Daming for business opportunities. Only this Haihan is the most arrogant and rude. When he arrived in North Korea, he tried to pull away Ming's most staunch ally.
As an envoy of Ming Dynasty, Fei Cexian should reprimand Hai Han for his "immoral" behavior, but unfortunately, the situation is stronger than others. The war situation in foreign countries is very tense. After repeated battles and defeats, the national power is also declining rapidly, and has even become the object of public ridicule by senior officials of Haihan.
Pitiful!sad!Alas!As a bystander, Li Xi also had extremely complicated emotions about Daming's situation.In the past, Daming was the supreme heaven for North Korea. No one would question the authority and national power of Daming, but the appearance of Haihan broke this impression that had lasted for more than 200 years. Li Xi only knew it after contacting Haihan. Daming is not the strongest country in the world, at least this country located in the remote South China Sea has the strength that Daming has to fear.
Fei Cexian ended his unpleasant conversation with Tao Donglai with a livid face, and made room for others to ask questions.He didn't even think about Li Xi, who leaned over to explain a few words, and went straight back to his seat, poured a glass of wine first, trying to relieve the boredom in his heart.
"Master Fei, some trivial matters, why make yourself unhappy."
Fei Cexian raised his head, and saw that the speaker was Ning Qi, another high-ranking Haihan official. He cupped his hands and said, "Master Ning, your country always keeps saying that Ming is a friendly country, and you say that we are of the same family and common prosperity, but What's the point of these beautiful words just hanging on the lips and forgetting after saying them?"
Ning Qi said: "Master Fei, our country's position has always been very clear, but your country refuses to recognize our strength, does not want to coexist with our country, let alone accept the fact that our country occupies a dominant position in the relationship between the two countries."
Fei Cexian said: "Coexist? I think it will take a few more years, not to mention coexistence, it will be almost as good as Daming being annexed by your country! Sir Ning, is it true that people in the world can't see your country's ambitions and tricks?"
As soon as Fei Cexian said this, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful. He had just fallen into a big tussle when he was arguing with Tao Donglai just now, so he started to speak out again while the lesson was still in front of him.If I get bullied again, I won't have to be the ambassador to Haihan in the future, right?
Ning Qi was not angry, but continued to persuade: "Lord Fei, don't worry too much. Does our country help Daming too little? Let's not talk about the far away. In the past two years, we have sent troops to fight in Liaodong to hold back your country. After seeing the pace of the Jin army going south, this can’t be faked? After signing the diplomatic relationship agreement last year, our country sold a batch of weapons with advanced combat performance to your country. Now they should have been deployed in troops, right? If our country has the right to Ming Dynasty If you are coveting, then why do you need to go around such a big circle and just send troops to attack Guangdong? Is there any Ming army in Lingnan that can compete head-on with our army?"
What Ning Qi said was exactly the question that many people in Daming were puzzled by, that is, why did Haihan keep trying to encroach on Daming? He sent the army to the north to share the pressure for Daming.Although it is true that Haihan took advantage of the situation to occupy the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, it did prevent the Hou Jin army from being distracted from attacking North Korea or sending troops south to knock down the border.
If Haihan really wants to attack Guangdong, Fei Cexian is not optimistic about how long the garrison here can resist.The strongest army in Lingnan is recognized as the army led by Xu Xinsu from Fujian, but the problem is that everyone knows that Xu Xinsu has the same nostrils as the Haihan people, and he is neither obedient nor obedient to the imperial court, and the imperial court has nothing to do with him The method, after all, I was afraid that Xu Xinsu would turn against him if he was forced too urgently, and the situation would be impossible to clean up.
Of course, even if Xu Xinsu is willing to obey the orders of the imperial court, he may not be able to defeat the Haihan people, because this army was originally built by Haihan people to assist Xu Xinsu in training. Most of the senior officers in the company had the experience of receiving training in Haihan.If you want to count on such an army to defeat the Haihan army, it is better to count on the Haihan people to have a better chance of suddenly realizing their conscience.
Fei Cexian never believed that it was because Hai Han loved Daming deeply. He knew that these Hai Han people acted in a very realistic way, and everything they did must have a strong purpose. It is impossible to make a logical explanation for Haihan's behavior.It's just that his intuition told him that although Ning Qi's words sounded very touching, he couldn't believe them all.
"Although your country has helped Daming solve some problems, what happened today is not an expression of goodwill, is it?" Fei Cexian calmed down his emotions a little, trying to avoid offending the other party verbally.But the depression that Tao Donglai had nothing to say before still can't let go, so I still have to argue a few words with Ning Qi on this.
Ning Qi did not immediately respond to Fei Cexian's question, but slowly walked up to him and asked, "Can I sit down and talk?"
"Of course, please!" Fei Cexian couldn't refuse Ning Qi's request, and he really wanted to hear what else he had to say.
The purpose of Ning Qi sitting down to speak was very simple, that is, to have a private conversation with Fei Cexian, and his entourage immediately cleared an area next to him, blocking the others a few feet away.
"Let me make a long story short. Many countries in the South China Sea are waiting to see whether our country will show its attitude and whether it will go to war with Daming." Ning Qi said surprisingly: "In the eyes of many countries, Daming is undoubtedly a big piece of fat. It's just that they don't have the ability to take a bite. But if Haihan can take the lead in doing this, there will be many people who will take advantage of this opportunity to fish in troubled waters."
Fei Cexian responded coldly: "I, Daming, am not made of dough either...how does this have anything to do with what happened today?"
"Of course there is a connection." Ning Qi explained: "The attitude we want to express is that although our country can go to war with Ming Dynasty regardless of everything, we will not choose to take this path in the end."
Fei Cexian shook his head and said, "I don't think Chief Tao's words were intended to show such an attitude."
"Not to your Excellency, but to show your attitude to other countries." Ning Qi reminded: "If you stand as a bystander, what do you think of the debate just now?"
"What do you think?" Fei Cexian thought for a while. Apart from North Korea's embarrassing situation, other countries should have the mentality of watching a show.Although Tao Donglai's attitude was domineering, in the end he claimed that the two countries were in partnership, and that Haihan would not fight Da Ming. This may be quite disappointing to those who have ambitions for Da Ming.
But Fei Cexian always felt that Ning Qi's statement was too far-fetched. If Haihan just wanted to show his attitude towards Daming, why would he humiliate himself to achieve this goal.But what was wrong, he still couldn't figure it out.And he didn't notice that at the same time that Ning Qi came to talk to him, the senior officials of the Haihan Executive Committee also dispersed and found envoys from different countries to start talking alone.
In addition to communicating with these countries on their own issues, they also have a common issue to raise to these envoys, which is to require them to stand in the camp of Haihan in the future.And the premise of standing in line is the outbreak of war between Haihan and Daming.
(End of this chapter)