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The birth of Zhu Youxiao's third son made everyone in the palace rejoice, and the ministers in the court became more stable. After all, the prosperity of the royal family's heirs shows that the Ming Dynasty is still stable!
After Juliana gave birth, she didn¡¯t look sick. Instead, she looked like a mule taking off a heavy burden. She was so happy that she didn¡¯t want to take it anymore!
As the queen, Zhang Yan said this several times, but Juliana didn't listen at all. Zhu Youxiao and Cheng Yuyan also thought that Juliana's behavior was not a big deal, so Zhang Yan didn't care!
After Juliana gives birth to the baby, Zhu Youxiao will prepare to go to Jiangnan!
In Zhang Yan¡¯s room!
After Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Yan talked, Zhang Yan huddled in Zhu Youxiao's arms and said, "When will you go to Jiangnan?"
Zhu Youxiao stroked Zhang Yan's hair and said: "I will sign an agreement with the Holy See in the next two days. I will set off after the agreement is signed!"
Having said this, Zhu Youxiao paused and continued: "Originally, I wanted to take you with me to relax, but the children are still too young now, and I am afraid of problems after traveling all the way, so I still have to keep you in the palace!"
Zhang Yan chuckled and said: "Thank you for still thinking about these things, you can go to Jiangnan with peace of mind! I will naturally take care of things at home!"
Zhu Youxiao kissed Zhang Yan on the forehead and said, "I am truly lucky to be able to marry such a virtuous queen like you. Once I finish all the things I should be busy with, I will stay with you every day!"
Zhang Yan laughed with a "puff", lightly hammered Zhu Youxiao's chest, and said angrily: "You are the emperor, you should have the world in mind, what does it mean to accompany us every day?"
Zhu Youxiao hugged him nervously and said with a smile: "I love the country more than beauty. Who can say that I don't?"
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The next day!
The great meeting!
Bishop Andrei, wearing a black satin and gold embroidered bishop's robe, accompanied by Priest Egger and Tang Ruowang, respectfully kowtowed to Zhu Youxiao in the main hall!
Zhu Youxiao raised his hand slightly and said: "Sit down!"
Andre and the other three stood up to express their gratitude. Andre said: "Your Majesty, the negotiation between your country and the Holy See has ended. The two parties have also signed an agreement. As long as your Majesty uses your seal, the agreement will take effect. Therefore, the foreign minister kindly asks your Majesty to favor you." Accept this agreement!"
The agreement Andre mentioned was placed in front of Zhu Youxiao, and the content of the agreement was also very simple!
The first article is to elaborate on the friendship between Ming Dynasty and the Holy See, and mutually promise to respect each other's interests!
The second article is that the Holy See promises to respect the Ming Dynasty¡¯s rule over Asia, and clearly states that Asia is the Ming Dynasty¡¯s sphere of influence, and European countries have no right to establish colonies in Asia!
The Ming Dynasty respected the Holy See¡¯s right to preach in various Asian countries, and allowed missionaries to preach and provided protection for the missionaries without affecting the rule of the Ming Dynasty!
The third article is that the Holy See expresses its understanding of the possible war against the Orthodox Church in the Ming Dynasty, and promises not to do anything detrimental to the Ming Dynasty when a war breaks out between the two sides!
The Ming Dynasty promised that the war against Europe would be limited to the Orthodox Christian areas. The Ming Dynasty¡¯s army would not step into the sphere of influence of the Holy See unless it was attacked!
Article 4 is that the Holy See respects the Ming Dynasty¡¯s right to establish colonies outside Asia, and is willing to provide the Ming Dynasty with necessary navigation and other technical support!
The Ming Dynasty promised not to take the initiative to attack the colonies of European Catholic countries around the world, and to provide help when the colonies of Catholic countries are attacked!
Article 5 is that the Ming Dynasty recognized the dominance of the Holy See over Europe, regarded the Holy See as the only controlling force representing Europe, and promised to provide the Holy See with economic, military, and technical support when necessary!
These five agreements established Ming¡¯s dominance in Asia and at the same time gave Ming the right to develop other continents!
But the Holy See is definitely not at a disadvantage. They have obtained the only official diplomatic permission from the Ming Dynasty, and they have also received a promise from the Ming Dynasty that they will provide the Holy See with the help they can when necessary!
And now the Holy See needs such help from Ming Dynasty, because European Protestants have gone to war with Catholics, and the Holy See needs foreign aid like Ming Dynasty very much!
So when Andrei signed such an agreement that was beneficial to Ming Dynasty on behalf of the Holy See, he also ordered 5,000 flintlock muskets and 1,000 steel tiger squat cannons from Ming Dynasty!
It is said that at this time, European firearms manufacturing and metallurgical technology were not inferior to those of the Ming Dynasty, but why did Bishop Andre still purchase arms from the Ming Dynasty?
The main reason for this is that before the industrial revolution in Europe, the military??Production mainly relies on manual workshops, which means that if the Holy See customized 5,000 flintlock muskets in Europe, it would have to find dozens of workshops to customize them!
This is not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also difficult to guarantee product quality. In this case, if the Holy See needs large quantities of weapons, it would be better to order them directly from Ming Dynasty!
Bishop Andre knew very well that the Ming Dynasty was the only country in the world that had the manpower and material resources to achieve large-scale centralized production. It only took the Ming Dynasty half a month to produce these five thousand flintlock muskets and five hundred steel tiger squatting cannons. Can be produced with quality and quantity!
The shrewd Bishop Andre also calculated that customizing 5,000 muskets in Europe not only requires nearly 30,000 taels of silver, but also requires at least three to five months to equip the troops!
But if you order 5,000 muskets in Ming Dynasty, and the cost remains the same, as long as the muskets are transported back to Europe, they can be equipped with troops immediately!
The most important thing is that in order to show its friendliness to the Holy See, Ming Dynasty only charged 50,000 taels of silver for five thousand muskets and five hundred steel tiger squat cannons, while Bishop Andrei's offer to the Holy See was 70,000 taels. silver!
This is why Bishop Andre can confidently guarantee that the Holy See will definitely agree to this deal!
Of course, this is only the first transaction between the Holy See and the Ming Dynasty. If the war in Europe continues to expand in the future, how much arms the Holy See will need to order is a huge unknown worth looking forward to!
Zhu Youxiao passionately delivered a speech on the friendship between the Ming Dynasty and the Holy See, and then solemnly stamped the seal of the Ming Emperor on the agreement!
As a result, the first treaty of equality and friendship signed between Ming Dynasty and Europe - the "China-EU Mutual Assistance Treaty" officially came into effect!
As for why "Chinese Europe" is used instead of "Ming Europe" in the treaty, the official answer given by the Ming Dynasty is that the Ming Dynasty is the leader of all nations, among the heavens and the earth, so it is named Zhonghua. Therefore, all important agreements must use this "Zhonghua". "Character!
Bishop Andre didn¡¯t know what was going on. Anyway, the Ming Emperor had already used the jade seal, and this agreement was an unshakable law, so he didn¡¯t care about these details!
After the agreement was signed, Bishop Andre, Father Egger and Father Tang Ruowang respectfully thanked them and then exited the hall!
Seeing that Bishop Andre and the others were gone, Zhu Youxiao also stood up and left his seat. Li Jinzhong quickly shouted: "Retreat!"
All the officials saluted in unison: "I respectfully send you off to Your Majesty!" (Remember the website address of this website: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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