Is Zhu Jingyuan afraid of war?
If we put aside all external conditions and simply talk about his attitude towards the war itself, then Zhu Jingyuan is indeed afraid.
If a large-scale war gets out of control, the consequences and harm will be unpredictable.
When Zhu Jingyuan had just recovered his memory, he was really scared when he analyzed the war situation in the Ming Dynasty based on his previous life experience.
If Ming Dynasty continued to hold on, there was a certain probability that it would collapse.
However, Zhu Jingyuan will not escape the war.
If there is an opportunity, war will be used rationally.
Zhu Jingyuan and his father actually both wanted to unify the world.
Now this world refers to the whole world.
No one should be able to reject this idea if they have enough strength.
So this is even the current public opinion in Ming Dynasty.
This kind of public opinion is not the "general trend" mentioned in ancient times. It is a demand that really exists widely among the people.
Because the Ming Dynasty completely unified the world, it was indeed beneficial to the people of the Ming Dynasty.
However, according to the armistice agreement signed by Zhu Jingyuan with the Western countries, the Ming Dynasty will not seek territorial expansion in the Western continent.
Of course Ming could tear up the agreement and use force directly.
But that would not only bring infamy, but more importantly, it would not be cost-effective to launch a war directly.
It is even inconsistent with Zhu Jingyuan's true goal.
Zhu Jingyuan wanted to unify the world and bring the western continent into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
But I don’t want to accept all Thais.
Even if you have to accept it, the smaller the number, the better.
Especially the smaller the number of young and middle-aged men, the better.
In this case, the most ideal situation is for a large-scale war to break out within the Western continent first.
It would be best if it lasts a long time, reducing the mainland of Thailand to ruins, and once again destroying the new generation of young people in the countries of Thailand and Spain.
When the war reached a later stage, Ming Dynasty was "invited" to participate in the war by Britain, France and other countries based on the actual situation.
Or just end up under the banner of saving the people of Thailand and Spain.
To punish the people and punish them.
Unless the countries leading the war in Europe and the West developed atomic weapons during the war, it would be difficult for the Ming Dynasty to fail.
Even if the development of fusion weapons fails, fission weapons that have been mass-produced and have high practical value can directly change the situation of the war.
After the war ended, they used the excuse that the former Thai and Western governments were unable to maintain social stability and protect the lives of their own people.
Turn the Thai and Western countries into vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, de facto unifying the world.
Therefore, although Zhu Jingyuan would not say it outright, he actually supported Prussia or similar countries in launching a war.
In the history of Zhu Jingyuan's previous life, the early development and madness of Germany and Japan were, to a certain extent, connived by the United States and Britain.
In today's world, Zhu Jingyuan will also condone countries that may launch aggressive wars.
Unless Lucia directly declares war on the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jingyuan will even expect them to achieve better results.
If you want to make him die, you must make him mad.
However, in Zhu Jingyuan's view, unless Lucia had a brain twitch, it would be impossible to declare war on Ming in the first place.
Unless they have unified the western continent and truly established a new Roman Empire.
By that time, war will actually be inevitable.
That is the war between civilizations and ethnic groups.
Zhu Jingyuan's current question is how to respond to the Lucians' issue on the adjustment of revenue distribution from the Volga-Ural Oilfield.
The Volga-Ural Oil Field is an oil field located on the border of the Xianbei Principality and the Kazakh Principality of Lucia and Daming.
Zhu Jingyuan knew the general distribution of the oil fields in advance and knew that the oil-producing areas were basically in what is now Lucia.
Therefore, in the ninth year of Ankang, Zhu Jingyuan promoted the cooperation between Daming and Lucia in oil field development and signed a cooperation agreement based on the situation at that time.
The agreement stipulates that Daming will provide part of the investment and related technology transfer.
In the first ten years of oil field development, Daming received 70% of the oil field's profits, and in the tenth to twentieth years, Daming received 60% of the oil field's profits.
From the 20th to the 40th year, it will be divided 50-50 between the two sides, and after the 40th year, the distribution will be based on the actual output of the two sides.
This cooperation agreement is of course beneficial to Daming.
Oil output is basically within the territory of Lucia. In the next twenty years, the Ming Dynasty will take the majority of the profits. In the next forty years, the Ming Dynasty will basically get half of the profits.
But in the eyes of the uninformed Lucians, this cooperation agreement is considered fair.
Now five years have passed, and five years have passed since the construction and development of the oil field, as well as continued surrounding exploration.
The Lucians have basically determined that there are no large-scale oil fields in the Ming Dynasty within the scope of the oil fields.
Unless the oil fields are expanded to the coast of the Caspian Sea, which is impossible.
Knowing that they had suffered a huge loss, the Lucians obviously couldn't bear it and naturally hoped to modify the cooperation agreement.
In fact, before Emperor Lucia came to the Ming Dynasty, Lucia had already explained the affairs related to France to the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, it is more polite and official, and I hope to renegotiate the cooperation method with Daming.
Of course, Daming did not take this issue and just replied in accordance with the original cooperation agreement:
According to the additional terms of the contract, the contract is revised every ten years, and it is not yet time for revision.
Now that Emperor Lucia has come to Ming Dynasty, it is very likely that she will take the initiative to talk about this matter.
The chat between Prussian King William III and Zhu Jingyuan did not last long. William III knew that he could not take up too much of Zhu Jingyuan's time.
Others are probably still waiting to talk about their affairs. They may have even applied and lined up.
So I felt that my attitude had been achieved, so I took the initiative to say goodbye and left.
After William III went out, he first went to see Emperor Nicholas of Lucia and explained Zhu Jingyuan's attitude very optimistically.
Nicholas looked in disbelief after hearing William III's introduction:
"Did the Ming Emperor really say that?"
William III smiled and nodded to confirm:
"That's what I said, otherwise I wouldn't be so relaxed now."
While Nicholas was relieved, he couldn't help but discuss Zhu Jingyuan's mentality with William III:
“So, why did Emperor Ming allow this kind of thing so easily?
"This means war!
"Does Ming not care at all if war breaks out between countries within the alliance?"
William III looked around and then expressed his thoughts:
“I think it’s possible that I really don’t care.
“The League of Nations-related agreements drawn up by the emperor himself did not prohibit internal wars.
“At the same time, when signing the naval treaty, Ming Dynasty also showed its attitude again.
"The Ming Dynasty is not the suzerain state of the European countries, and has no obligation and will not help the European countries establish rules.
“The emperor also understands the situation in our countries.
“Knowing that in this situation, a fight is the easiest solution.
"What's more, the war between the European countries is also relatively beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.
"Of course, there is another possibility...
"The emperor himself does not want Ming Dynasty to participate in the war. This is an attitude shown since the armistice agreement of the World War..."
William III did not say all of his words.
But when Nicholas heard this, he quickly understood what the other party meant:
“If Ming Dynasty wanted to stop wars in other countries, it is likely that they themselves would have to directly participate in the war.
"If the Ming Emperor did not want to participate in the war, he could only hint at or even allow wars between other countries."
After hearing this, William III nodded gently:
"But whether we don't care, are not interested, or are unwilling to participate in the war, it is a good thing for us...
"Da Ming's attitude was originally the biggest problem, but now it's not a problem at all."
Nicholas let out a long breath, and the expression he looked at William III changed slightly.
There was silence for a few seconds, and Nicholas said with a somewhat relaxed tone:
"It seems that we can re-sign the oil field development cooperation agreement and the possibility of getting a fairer plan is a little higher..."
William knew that Nicholas and even everyone in Lucia's court were thinking about the oil field.
Of course, it would be better to solve this serious problem as soon as possible.
William recalled Zhu Jingyuan’s attitude and felt that the success rate of this matter was very high:
"Good luck Lucia..."
Nicholas nodded slightly, then said goodbye to William III, and went to see Zhu Jingyuan alone.
When Zhu Jingyuan was chatting with William III, Nicholas expressed his request to meet Zhu Jingyuan alone through Zhu Jingyuan's servant.
Not long after William III left, Zhu Jingyuan thought about his future strategy and asked someone to bring Nicholas in.
Nicholas had already prepared his emotions. He first greeted him politely, and then used Luo Feiya's relationship to chat with Zhu Jingyuan about home affairs.
However, both parties knew that there must be something serious going on, and of course the family affairs would end after just a few sentences.
Then Nicholas put forward his main purpose of meeting Zhu Jingyuan in the most tactful way possible:
It is hoped that the Volga-Ural oil field cooperation plan can be renegotiated with Daming.
Cooperation with the Ming Dynasty in this oil field has been a worry for the Lucia court for the past two years.
In particular, the oil fields developed by the Ming Dynasty in the Xianbei Principality are currently larger than the Volga-Urals, which makes the Lucians even more unbalanced.
The Xianbei Principality was originally Lucia’s land!
Now the Ming Dynasty not only has exclusive access to the Qiu Ming Oilfield in Xianbei, but also takes away most of the remaining profits from the Volga Field. It is really bullying.
Nicholas and his ministers had already prepared a lot of rhetoric and several sets of reasonable adjustment plans.
Nicholas was going to take it out step by step based on Zhu Jingyuan's reaction.
Zhu Jingyuan had already expected this. Zhu Jingyuan was not prepared to negotiate with Lucia in such a place:
"I already know the specific situation, and I also heard officials from Honglu Temple explain the situation.
“Now that we have signed an agreement, we will just implement it in accordance with the agreement.
“There is already a way to amend the agreement, and this is a concession made by Ming Dynasty.
"I hope Lucia can abide by the agreement and wait until the expiration of ten years to discuss this matter."
Nicholas was immediately ready to come up with his prepared words:
"Your Majesty, the oil fields in the Urals are not important to the Ming Dynasty, but they are indeed the key to Lucia..."
Zhu Jingyuan directly interrupted Nicholas with his hand, leaving no room for bargaining:
"That's it for the oil fields, we have nothing to talk about now."
Nicholas was a little stunned, he did not expect Zhu Jingyuan to be so tough.
Before he came in to see Zhu Jingyuan, he discussed and analyzed with William III that this matter should be discussed.
I even feel that I can get a relatively reasonable distribution plan.
As a result, Zhu Jingyuan refused directly.
At the same time, Nicholas was also a little bit overbearing. Zhu Jingyuan's response was really overbearing and unreasonable.
Now all relevant personnel know that Daming has taken advantage and Lucia has suffered a big loss.
Even if Ming Dynasty did not want to give up these interests, he should have used some rather mild rhetoric to continue to shirk and delay.
As a result, there is no explanation at all. Not only does it directly refuse to discuss, but it also has such a tough attitude.
Nicholas was furious, and some of the superiors said with a straight face:
"If His Majesty insists on refusing to resolve the issue through negotiation, we will have no choice but to unilaterally terminate the cooperation agreement..."
This is a somewhat threatening statement.
If Zhu Jingyuan really doesn't want to participate in the war, and Lucia really unilaterally tears up the agreement, Daming can only watch or threaten him.
Zhu Jingyuan's response was very direct, straightforward and logical:
“The duty and existence of the Ming Dynasty’s army is to protect the interests of the Ming Dynasty’s royal family, court, and people.
“The agreement with Lucia to jointly develop the oil fields in the Volga-Urals region is in the interests of the Ming Dynasty royal family and the imperial court.
“If Lucia unilaterally tears up the agreement, Ming will directly send troops to occupy all existing oil-producing areas.
"This is my last warning, don't say it's unforeseen."
This was a direct threat of war, and Zhu Jingyuan really wanted to see if Lucia had the courage to challenge Ming directly.
Nicholas was a little confused now.
Nicholas had already analyzed it with Lucia's ministers, and just now had a discussion with King William III of Prussia.
Everyone thought that the new emperor of Ming Dynasty had little interest in war.
As a result, now I only mentioned it slightly and verbally threatened to terminate the agreement, and the other party directly responded with a clear threat of war.
Isn't this a bit too much of a jump? Is this a bit of a fuss?
Is this the true mentality of the Ming Emperor, or is it just a bluff to intimidate himself?
Nicholas felt that the possibility of intimidation was not low.
But Nicholas has no way to test it, at least it is impossible now.
If this threat is serious, then Lucia will immediately be involved in a war of confrontation with the Ming Dynasty, which is not in line with Lucia's strategic plan.
If Lucia wants to launch a war, its priority targets should first be Sweden, Norway, Ottoman, Austria and other countries.
Only after Lucia unified most of the western continent would she have the opportunity to fight against the Ming Dynasty.
Now it is impossible to challenge Ming Dynasty directly, there is no chance of winning.
So Nicholas could only endure it.
In the original negotiation plan, there was indeed a record that Daming completely refused to negotiate, but the nun thought that the possibility was not high.
As a result, now I have to use it to endure the humiliation.
Nicholas first tried hard to control his emotions, and then said to Zhu Jingyuan in a panic:
"Your Majesty, calm down, Lucia has absolutely no intention to harm Ming Dynasty's interests, nor does she have any intention to have any armed conflict with Ming Dynasty.
"If His Majesty thinks it is not appropriate to revise the cooperation agreement now, then we can wait until the ten-year revision period stipulated in the contract is up before discussing it."
Zhu Jingyuan snorted coldly and picked up the tea cup on the table.
Nicholas knew that this meant seeing off guests, so he bowed and said goodbye with a smile and full of resentment and disappointment.
(End of chapter)
