Caballero took out the "Japan-Mongolia Agreement" he had prepared and showed it to Fernando Alvarez and Chigi, and both of them couldn't help but cheer.
This "Concordat" is too clever!
First of all, the "Concordat" perfectly avoided the religious red line between Philip IV and the Holy See, that is, the religious issues of the Timur Empire in Hindustan. Spain is not France. For the sake of national interests, it can ally with the Ottoman Empire, the enemy of Catholicism, regardless of the opposition of the Pope.
Therefore, the Tianfang religion of the Timurid Empire in Hindustan was an insurmountable obstacle for Philip IV.
However, "international law expert" Caballero used the concept that the Hindustan Timurid Empire was affiliated with the Great Khan Empire, allowing the Great Mongolia to represent the Hindustan Timurid Empire in diplomacy. That is to say, the Timurid Empire of Hindustan was regarded as part of the Great Mongolia.
Sony and other five ministers went abroad for a tour. Not only did they change the name of the country, but the territory was also completely different. Inexplicably, there was an extra India!
If we were to draw an internationally recognized complete picture of the Qing Dynasty, Dorgon would not even recognize it - is the country above really the Qing Dynasty?
People like Sony are so worried! I don’t know if I can explain it after I go back?
However, Philip IV and the Holy See were able to get away with it. Neither Mongolia nor the Qing Dynasty adopted the Tianfang Sect as the state religion. This was fine. It was politically correct!
Secondly, the Concordat dealt with the Catholic missionary issue quite skillfully!
Not free preaching, but unfree preaching!
"The Mongols don't agree to give Catholicism the right to spread freely?" Bishop Chigi asked with a frown.
"No, they agreed, but I didn't agree." Caballero's answer was surprising.
"Why?" Jiji asked.
Caballero said with a smile: "Because free preaching is actually impossible! Great Mongolia can represent the Mughals in Europe, but it does not mean that it can really protect the church from freely spreading Christianity in the land of the Mughals. of the gospel.
In addition, Korea, a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, was also quite resistant to Catholicism!
And there were also some problems in the Qing Dynasty... Confucianism and Buddhism had a great influence there and occupied the mainstream. Once the church is allowed to develop freely, unnecessary conflicts will inevitably arise. At that time, given the temper of the Qing emperor and the regent, he would probably issue an edict to prohibit it, and he might even kill the believers, which would be unfavorable. "
The freedom to preach in places where Catholicism is not the mainstream is of course the goal pursued by the Catholic Church, but this is the "highest requirement" rather than the bottom line. The bottom line is that Catholicism is not allowed.
Based on Caballero's understanding of the Qing Dynasty, the Holy See, and the Spanish State, if he preached freely first, he would definitely fall out over the matter of preaching and banning religion in the future.
Instead of falling out over trivial matters in the future, it is better to strictly limit the missionary matters, so as not to act like a newlywed couple now, and become the murderer of the father in a few years!
Caballero said: "So I made a clause in the Concordat that the Holy See's ambassador to the Qing Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty court will negotiate missionary matters... These things should be discussed carefully!"
Fernando Alvarez, Duke of Navarre, didn't care. He just turned to look at Chigi. Chigi was a very open-minded cardinal. He smiled and said to Caballero: "Justice, you did a good job, think about the problem." Very thoughtful!”
He paused, "Now there are some trade issues that are beneficial to both sides, oh, it should be beneficial to all three parties to be discussed with the Mongols. His Majesty the King has agreed to establish the Pacific Trading Company to be responsible for the fur trade with the Qing Dynasty, as well as to open the India The trading company is responsible for trading with the Mughals... Do you think these two companies can be opened?"
Caballero thought for a while and said: "There is no problem with the fur trade in the Pacific, but India's trade may offend the interests of the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom and needs to be seriously considered."
Jiji thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, let's do trade in the Pacific first... Maybe we can also use the support of the Qing Dynasty to knock on Japan's door, so we can make a lot of money. !”
...
Just as the Qing envoys disguised as Mongols were negotiating with Spain and the Holy See in Seville, Ji Kun, who had just sent away Kong Dai, Li Shaoyou and Gulju, finally arrived in Xinjiang. I saw Dutch representative Van Diemen at the Ming Dynasty Embassy in Paris.
By the way, Prime Minister Mazarin did not leave the port of Marseille in the end! Although he boarded a French warship sailing to Alexandria with Kong Dai, Li Shaoyou, and Gülju, he had to disembark at the hotel because he forgot the gift from the Queen Mother Anna of France to the Emperor and Empress of the Ming Dynasty. In order not to alarm everyone, he disembarked in disguise as his own entourage...
Mazarin, who had delayed his ship, had no choice but to return to the Castle of Saint-Germain and reluctantly took over the position of Prime Minister of France again.
Just a few days after he took over the position of prime minister, the Netherlands finally sent someone to welcome Ji Kun. The Netherlands is an interesting country. It is a dual hegemon in Europe on both land and sea, but after defeating Spain and gaining national independence, it turned into itself. It fell apart.
On the face of it, it is still one country, but inside it is divided into seven parts. Not only the navy and army are divided into seven parts, each is governed by seven provinces. All matters that are on the table must be approved by the seven provincial councils before they can be implemented.
So Van Diemen, who returned to China, spent these days running back and forth between the parliaments of the seven provinces and the board of directors of the East India Company, explaining to a large number of people the drastic changes taking place in the Eastern world. After running around for several months and answering a bunch of incomprehensible questions, it was not until February 1651 that I finally got an accurate message and a question from De Wit, the speaker of the seven provincial councils.
The accurate letter is that the United Provinces Republic welcomes the arrival of the Ming Dynasty mission!
The question is how big was the Ming Empire? This is indeed a difficult problem, and Ji Kun doesn't know it, because the size of the Ming Empire is different under different standards.
And under the same standard, the area of the Ming Empire is also constantly changing.
"Ambassador Dimen, what do your seven provincial councils want to know?"
In a three-story Western-style building in Paris, Ji Kun was meeting with Van Diemen. Of course he knew that the issue of the seven provincial councils was not that simple.
Van Diemen explained with a smile: "The issues of the seven provincial councils include three aspects. First, how much territory does the Ming Empire claim to own?
Second, how much land does the Ming Empire actually control?
Third, how much mainland territory did the Ming Empire have? The so-called mainland refers to the territory claimed by foreign vassals, excluding those claimed by foreign vassals. "
Dimen finished speaking, but Ji Kun looked at Van Diemen with sharp eyes, "Ambassador Dimen, continue!"
Van Diemen shrugged and said with a smile: "Okay, let me explain it again. The seven provincial councils want to know whether Ming Dynasty wants to unify China? They also want to know Ming Dynasty's territorial claims in the direction of Nanyang?"
Ji Kun laughed: "Of course the Ming Dynasty wants to unify China! But I don't know about the Ming Dynasty's territorial claims in Southeast Asia!"
I don’t know and I can’t talk nonsense!
Moreover, Ji Kun already knew that the Dutch took the wrong medicine and disbanded a very powerful army.
Although the Dutch navy is still strong, without a strong army, the Netherlands will not be able to occupy much territory in Southeast Asia.
In addition, the Ming Dynasty now has two "good friends" in France and the Ottomans - for the struggle against the Netherlands and England, the two European maritime powers, having friends on the European side is very important.
Otherwise, it would be easy for Ming Dynasty to make people feel trapped in the Eastern Continent, with no strength to change hands and no way to get out.
And with France and the Ottomans, the Ming Empire could even bribe France to threaten the Dutch mainland, which had no army, when necessary!
Ji Kun paused and asked: "I would also like to know how much territorial claims you, the Dutch, have in Nanyang? Maybe our two countries, together with Portugal and England, can sign a "Quadrilateral Treaty" together. , and jointly ensure stability and free trade in the Nanyang area."
