It was early morning on April 15th, the thirty-fourth year of the Ming Dynasty.
A large number of ships appeared on the west coast of the Daqin Sea and around the island of Cyprus, as well as on the sea outside ports such as Haifa, Beirut, and Limassol.
Including a large number of cruisers of various types, as well as a larger number of transport ships and various passenger ships.
All the ships were flying the naval flag of the Ming Dynasty.
In the past month or so, Ming Dynasty has prepared more than 500 transport ships in the Great Qin Sea.
In the past few days, 300,000 troops were loaded onto ships and sent in batches to the coastline of the western part of the Great Qin Sea.
The goal is to completely control this stretch of coastline as quickly as possible to prevent the European and Western countries from intervening in trouble.
Ottoman soldiers and officers in various ports on the seaside looked at the Ming Dynasty's ships and flags on the sea in a daze.
They have all received notices to hand over the port, city, temples and other urban buildings, as well as this land to the Ming people at noon today.
The military advisers and diplomats stationed in the Ottoman Empire from various countries in Europe and the West boarded the departing passenger ship with heavy but relaxed hearts.
At the same time, Fengtian Palace was in the Western Cape Palace.
The Ming Dynasty court and all vassal states as well as representatives of Huangzhuang.
Representatives from the courts and royal families of Britain, France, Portugal and other countries in Thailand and Spain, as well as other specially invited representatives.
Khiva, Kazakhstan, Norway, Sweden and other independent countries are officially represented.
Representatives from all walks of life gathered together again as witnesses to the signing of the peace treaty.
The layout of Fengtian Hall has been slightly changed. All seats on both sides have been removed, and the middle forum has been replaced with a large long table for discussion.
Zhu Jingyuan, as the signing representative of the Ming Dynasty, sat at the top of the table, and Zayadin, the signing representative of Osman, sat on the right side of the long table.
This layout still shows the unequal status of the two sides, but no one has made any actual doubts.
The entire anti-Ming alliance plus the dead Rome could only barely cope with the Ming Dynasty. Of course, a single Ottoman did not dare to ask for equality.
All other representatives who did not sign stood on both sides of the long table and watched the ceremony.
Shen Fu unfolded the four drafts in different languages and handed them to Zhu Jingyuan in turn.
Remind Zhu Jingyuan where to sign and seal.
There are a total of four agreements between the two parties, written in Mingwen, Ottoman Turkish, Dashiwen and Persian respectively.
It is clearly stipulated in the text of all agreements that when there is a conflict between Huayue interpretations in different language versions, the plain text version shall prevail.
In fact, the original version of the peace treaty signed by both parties was the plain text version.
The other three were translated by Osman himself and showed them to people in their own country to save their last face.
As a suture monster, the Ottoman state has a very complex domestic language and writing system.
The royal family and the court use "Ottoman Turkish", whose grammar is Turkic, but more than 80% of the vocabulary used comes from Arabic and Persian.
Ordinary Turks at the bottom of the Ottoman Empire also use "Ottoman Turkish", but most of the vocabulary used is still Turkic.
Therefore, even if they were in the same country, the Ottoman royal family and ordinary people could not communicate smoothly in many cases.
Since there are a large number of Arabs in the Ottoman territory, and the Tianfang religion is widely believed in the country, religious-related documents and laws are all in Arabic.
At the same time, Persian is usually used in literature, art, and diplomacy, as well as some Greek Latin.
During the upsurge of Ming Dynasty, the Ottomans also imitated the Qin Dynasty in developing books with the same script, and tried to popularize Ottoman Turkish throughout the country.
But Ottoman Turkish itself is a seam monster. The key is its overall weakness at the cultural level and its inability to suppress Arabic and Persian.
After all, my most important religious classics and most attractive literary and artistic works are all presented in another language.
The resistance to promoting Ottoman Turkish, which is considered a vulgar language, is too great.
So far, the official language of the Ottomans is Ottoman Turkish, but Arabic and Persian are still widely used.
If the announcement is only made in Ottoman Turkish, many people in the country may not be able to understand it at all.
Relatively speaking, the Ming Yayan language is standardized and mature enough. It comes from the most powerful country in the world and is the language with the largest number of speakers.
It was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to believe the Ottoman Turkish documents, so the two parties could only use the Ming Dynasty peace treaty as the original.
Ottoman representative Zayadin, with the help of his attendants, also signed his four peace treaties in different languages.
Zhu Jingyuan and Zayadin each signed the documents in front of them and then exchanged them. Then they signed, sealed and saved the documents from the other country's signing country.
Then, at the request of the Ming Dynasty, the monarch's approval documents prepared in advance by both parties were exchanged on the spot.
In this way, the peace treaty between the two parties was officially signed and came into effect directly at the time of signing.
The camera crew below has taken enough photos for subsequent reports and publicity.
Then Zayadin stood up and made a public announcement of the peace treaty.
In accordance with the will of the Ottoman Sultan and the peace treaty signed between Osman and the Ming Dynasty, the Ottoman state officially withdrew from the anti-Ming alliance.
The Ottomans immediately dismissed Muhammad Ali from his post as governor of Egypt, and thereafter Egypt's affairs had nothing to do with the Ottomans.
These contents were originally included in the peace treaty, and the territory given up by Ottoman included Egypt.
But it involves other countries, so we specifically inform other countries.
At the same time, some details of the treaty between the two parties were deliberately left unclear and were not informed to other countries.
The peace treaty stated that the lands "directly transferred" by the Ottomans to the Ming Dynasty were: Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, and Mesopotamia.
But the land "abandoned" by the Ottomans has an additional word "etc." added at the end of the same enumeration and description.
The content contained in the word "wait" mainly refers to other areas of the Dashi Peninsula that were tacitly understood by the Ming Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire and were completely out of control.
In fact, it also implies that the North African region, including Libya, Tripoli, Tunisia, etc., has been controlled by the West and the separatist forces.
Of course Ming wanted them all, but Osman no longer had control over those places, so he couldn't hand them over directly to Ming.
At the same time, Osman also had the idea of provoking Ming and Taixi to continue fighting, so he only agreed to deal with Mohu in the peace treaty.
The Ottomans had given up completely anyway. How much the Ming could occupy in the future was up to the Ming itself.
Next, Muhammad Ali of Egypt came out as a minister and submitted the prepared application for signing the vassal treaty to Zhu Jingyuan.
Zhu Jingyuan said a few words on the scene, and then directly read out the imperial edict prepared in advance on the spot.
The State of Egypt was established, Muhammad Ali was conferred the title of Prince of Egypt, and he also served as the Governor of Egypt.
The area controlled by Ali was quite vast, but the title he directly received was only earl.
However, Ming Dynasty clearly informed Ali that as the other party continued to pay normal tribute (paying taxes), the title would gradually be promoted to Duke.
For Ali, the actual situation was the same as in Persia. The current title was not important, nor was the title in the future.
The important thing is to become a member of the Ming Dynasty.
With this status, unless another world war breaks out, the European and Western countries and the Ottomans will not dare to touch Egypt at all.
He is the earl of the Ming Dynasty. Even if he is the prince of Taixi, he can only be equal to himself.
At this point, the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire officially ended.
Representatives from both sides stood up again and left the scene one by one, and relevant news spread around the world again.
Zhu Jingyuan and the main officials of Ming Dynasty did not leave immediately, but directly sat down around the conference table and had a small meeting.
Zhu Jingyuan took the small notebook he had prepared and ordered the Ming officials around him one by one:
"Inform the Daqinhai Front Army of the Right Army Governor's Office that the agreement has been signed and will come into effect directly.
“We will start landing on the shore now and take over the city starting at noon local time.
“According to the plan, we will manage the lands that the Ottomans want to hand over as quickly as possible, especially the island of Cyprus.
“First, we need to control the situation in the transfer area as soon as possible to prevent the Thai and Spanish countries from secretly intervening in trouble, and drive away all Thai and Spanish military and political personnel.
“The second is to supervise the retreat of the Ottoman troops, prevent the other side from causing damage during the retreat, and supervise the treasury and cultural relics.
“Ottoman can take away all the population of the transferred area, except the Arabs and Persians, the local Turks, Greeks and everyone else.
“All the population on the Cyprus island, regardless of race, must be taken away, and the Ming Dynasty will take the initiative to provide transport ships to help.
"Arabs and Persians in other areas, relatively secular shallow believers can stay and live locally, while the rest of the population moves to Persia and Egypt.
“Keep an eye on and urge the immigration progress organized by the imperial court, and transport enough Ming immigrants to the Dashi area, especially the island of Cyprus, as soon as possible.
"Ordinary people are divided into fields, and scholars are divided into officials. Remember to fire all guns, and temporarily manage them in the military camp mode.
“Build a society for us Ming people as soon as possible, even if it is purely agricultural for the time being.
“There must be people from our Ming Dynasty living there, so that these places can truly become the land of the Ming Dynasty.
“Once our negotiations with Lucia begin, the situation will definitely become more tense quickly.
"We do not rule out the possibility of war with all the European and American countries again, so we must be quick."
Several clerical staff nearby were busy writing records, and at the same time, they were broken down one by one and handed over to the corresponding personnel for communication.
In fact, according to customary and practical regulations, the peace treaty documents signed by representatives of various countries must be sent back to their home countries, officially sealed by their monarchs, and then exchanged for the monarch's ratification, and then the peace treaty can officially take effect.
However, due to the existence of the telegram and the deliberate delay in the past month or so, the entire content of the peace treaty between the Ming Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire has been repeatedly and carefully confirmed by the monarchs of both sides.
The Ming Emperor would not veto it, and the Ottoman Sultan no longer had the ability to veto it, so the ratification documents were prepared in advance, so the agreement took effect immediately.
The Ming Dynasty's navy and army are all ready, and they are now floating outside the key port terminal.
Zhu Jingyuan's instructions were sent to the West China Sea in the form of a telegram, and the transport fleet immediately began to dock and land.
At noon, the landing Ming troops began to enter the city, and the Ottoman garrison and some residents began to evacuate.
The Ottomans had decided to abandon these areas a month ago, and news of the evacuation had already spread, either openly or covertly.
More than ten days ago, the news of Ottoman's acceptance of the request was officially made public, and local soldiers and residents had already begun preparing to migrate.
On the morning of the next day, the Ming Dynasty Right Army Governor's Office basically took over the area on the west coast of the Qinhai Sea and the island of Cyprus.
Part of the local residents gradually evacuated with the Ottoman troops, and some stayed to accept the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty.
However, whether they leave or stay, the number is very limited.
The world war has been going on in this area for more than ten years, and most of the local residents have fled or died because of the war.
There are not many people left living here, and the actual number is not as large as the troops on both sides.
Compared with coastal areas connected by sea, the handover process in the inland is much slower.
Even if the Ming Dynasty uses bicycle troops, it will take four days to cover all areas, and it may take seven or eight days to completely take over.
Zhu Jingyuan arranged all the tasks and prepared to return to the palace to rest.
As a result, at this moment, a thin official in his thirties called out to Zhu Jingyuan:
"Your Majesty, please wait a moment."
Zhu Jingyuan was obviously taken aback by this title, and his mind turned several times before he came to his senses:
"You...an official of Dashi Country?"
The official immediately bowed his hands and said:
"Your Majesty, I am the Chief of the Royal Palace, Liu Zhixin. I have something to ask your Majesty for."
As the chief historian of the palace, Liu Zhixin is equivalent to the status of the state minister. When reporting to the king of his family, he has to introduce himself first, which feels like no one else.
Zhu Jingyuan understood what was going on. He waved his hand to others to do their work. He sat down and asked:
"Tell me, is there anything I need to decide?"
Liu Zhixin breathed a sigh of relief and said in a relaxed and cheerful tone:
"Your Majesty, according to the decree issued by the imperial court in the past few days, the scope of our Dashi Kingdom has changed again.
“The entire Dashi region, except for the Xihai Peninsula, all other Ming lands were merged into the Dashi Country.
"The Oman Kingdom in the southeast corner of the original Dashi Peninsula, after the vassal king accepted the conditions for reform, is about to return to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and the territory is also integrated.
“The Two Rivers Kingdom, which originally had only garrisons and no official officials, was directly withdrawn and merged into the Dashi Kingdom.
“So now our Dashi Country is the largest and only vassal state in the Dashi region, and we also have many good places.
“At the same time, the court also asked the king about his intention, whether he wanted to take this opportunity to move the capital.
“I think Baghdad, Jerusalem, and Damascus are all good.
"Among them, Damascus was the capital of the ancient food country."
Liu Zhixin is much more energetic now than he was before.
The large-scale expansion of the country of food, and the inclusion of many good places, made the royal family chief completely excited.
When I was trapped in the Big Food Country, I thought it was a big trap, but I didn’t expect that it would become prosperous within a year.
Our food country is getting better.
When Zhu Jingyuan listened to these reports, he was at a loss for a moment:
“In places like Jerusalem, Damascus, and Baghdad, doesn’t the imperial court have chief envoys?”
Liu Zhixin explained with a little regret:
"Your Majesty, in accordance with the latest decree, the imperial court first expanded the Western Sea Chief Envoy Department and incorporated the Palestinian area.
“There is also a Shuanghe Chief Envoy Department, which mainly covers the two river basins, and the Chief Envoy Department is stationed in Baghdad.
“There is also a Chief Envoy Department of the Western Qin Dynasty, covering Syria, Lebanon, and Cyprus, and the Chief Envoy Department is stationed in Damascus.
“Wherever there is a Chief Envoy within the scope of the Dashi Kingdom, the immigrants and descendants of the Ming Dynasty are under the jurisdiction of the Chief Envoy, and the natives are under the jurisdiction of the Royal Palace.
"Where there is no chief envoy, the place is under the sole jurisdiction of the Dashi Prince's Palace."
Zhu Jingyuan nodded slightly:
"This is more or less the same, so the current Big Food Country has a very large territory in name, but in reality there are still so many places under our own control.
"Moreover, these lands are concentrated around Liusha County, our capital. Isn't it appropriate for the capital to remain where it is now?"
The Liusha County that Zhu Jingyuan mentioned is the current capital of the Food Kingdom, and the place is probably near the Dammam Port in Saudi Arabia.
In Zhu Jingyuan's previous life, it was an important oil transportation port, but now there are not many people there.
As the capital of the Princely Kingdom of Dashi, it can still only be called a county, which shows how miserable this place is.
Liu Zhixin felt very speechless after listening to Zhu Jingyuan's words. The name was Liusha County. Is this place where people live?
There is such a wonderful land along the Great Qin Sea. You can go to the Mesopotamia and Mesopotamia. But if you can’t go to Oman, why do you have to stay in Liusha County?
Is it just because you don't live in Liusha County yourself and to facilitate the management of the surrounding directly-administered lands that you let the officials of the royal palace stay there?
Liu Zhixin, who had just been excited, became bitter again.
Zhu Jingyuan looked at Chang Shi's reaction, estimated the time and situation, and was able to reveal something:
"Liu Qing, don't worry. Among the immigrants organized by the imperial court this time, a group of them are sent to Liusha County."
Liu Zhixin subconsciously wanted to ask, why are immigrants sent there? Isn't it good to go to Daqinhai?
Zhu Jingyuan did not give him a chance to ask questions:
“Among this group of immigrants, there are well drillers whom I asked my mother to arrange to drill wells near Liusha County in search of oil.
"I heard that there are oil seedlings in many places around the Persian Gulf. There is probably oil underground in our Liusha County.
"If oil can be drilled, then our Liusha County and our big food country should start to stand up."
Liu Zhixin knows about oil and oil wells. In some places, as long as you drill a hole into the ground, the oil will come out by itself.
Although the amount of this thing is not large, as long as the well is dug out, the money later will be basically free.
Although it will definitely not make Liusha County rich, it should be able to live a normal life, and using fire will not cost money.
Zhu Jingyuan had heard that there were oil seedlings, and Liu Zhixin had seen them with his own eyes. Maybe oil could really be drilled out.
His Majesty has already had this kind of plan, and obviously he still has the Dashi Kingdom in mind, and is not really just handing over the boss.
This made Liu Zhixin feel a little more at ease, but he was still a little worried:
"Your Majesty, oil is still exclusively owned by the Royal Family Consortium. Even if we drill out oil, it must be handed over to the Royal Family Consortium, right?"
Zhu Jingyuan nodded slightly and said:
"Yes, so we just drill, and once we find the oil field, we hand it over directly to the consortium for management, and we just sit back and get the share."
Having said this, Zhu Jingyuan stood up and gently patted Liu Zhixin on the shoulder:
"Maybe after this negotiation is over and Liu Qing returns to Liusha County, the consortium will already start sending money.
"From now on, our big food country will just make money while lying down."
Liu Zhixin was not carried away by Zhu Jingyuan's paintings. Instead, he asked and reminded very calmly:
"Your Majesty, it costs money to drill a well. If we can't drill for oil, won't the money be wasted?
"Our big food country... the treasury is really empty..."
Zhu Jingyuan smiled and waved his hand and said:
"Don't worry, I'll pay for the well digging. Grandpa Huang directly gave me a sum of funds. If you lose, you won't lose to Dashiguo."
Liu Zhixin breathed a sigh of relief, and then instinctively accepted the job:
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will do a good job in this job, so that our food country can have extra income."
After Zhu Jingyuan appeased his parents, he subconsciously wanted to send him away, but on second thought he held back.
This palace chief, Shi, is his true minister. A legitimate minister is the deputy of his palace.
Now that both parties are in the same city and are responsible for the same job, it is not appropriate to leave him outside.
There will be more and more things happening in the Food Kingdom in the future, and I may have to use him to control the Food Country frequently.
So Liu Zhixin was asked to stay directly in the palace and be used as his third staff.
