"You go to Lisbon again and tell Joao IV that the new warship must also be given, and the price must be favorable enough. In this way, the conditions given before are still valid." Felipe IV's face changed when he said this He was a little ferocious and shouted sternly: "If you don't know what's going on, I don't care about anything else, Portugal will be destroyed. Even if he can escape, I will massacre Portugal. He will be responsible for the consequences!"
The Duke of Medina-Sidonia looked at him and could feel his firm attitude. He immediately knew in his heart that if Joao IV did not agree, he would really go crazy and do these things.
Maybe people outside will not understand, but the Duke of Medina-Sidonia can roughly understand why Felipe IV said such things.
No matter what, Spain was once the most powerful country in Europe, but now it has to send money to the Ming Empire, which is thousands of miles away. It is a bit shameful for Spain.
To put it bluntly, is this a kind of colonization in disguise? You don’t have to do it yourself, but you have to abide by their rules!
In addition, Spain is now extremely poor. If Portugal transfers those new guns and warships, it will not be able to afford them if the price is too high.
With all this, Felipe IV endured the humiliation and endured the heavy burden in order to make Spain strong again!
João IV had better agree, otherwise Felipe IV will really go crazy!
He was thinking about it, and suddenly, he heard Felipe IV shouting to them in a cold voice: "Also, no matter whether this matter succeeds or not, you must keep it secret and not tell it, especially since we may have to report it to the Ming Dynasty in the Far East. Do you understand that the empire pays?"
When the Duke of Medina Sidonia and the official heard this, they quickly agreed because they understood that this was a matter of concern to Spain's face.
Immediately afterwards, the Duke of Medina-Sidonia set off again secretly to Lisbon to meet his son-in-law and convey Felipe IV's wishes.
Moreover, he did his best for his son-in-law and analyzed the situation for John IV.
If Joao IV does not agree, once Felipe IV really goes crazy and slaughters all Portugal, even if Joao IV can escape and counterattack in the future, without the Portuguese, what is the point?
After careful consideration, John IV finally agreed to Spain's request. New guns and new warships were transferred to Spain for a minimal fee.
In order to give an explanation to the Ming Dynasty, all new guns and new warships were produced by Portugal, and the patent fees that should be paid to the Ming Empire cannot be less.
In other words, Portugal is like a second-rate dealer and is really just making hard money.
Of course, Spain also provides Portugal with raw materials and manpower to reduce Portugal's production costs, thereby saving Spain money.
After the two parties agreed, they formally concluded the treaty, which was called the "Treaty of Lisbon".
Many of the contents of this treaty are confidential. However, some are public.
It was Spain that recognized Portugal's independence, and Felipe IV married his daughter Marie Theresa to Theodosio, the eldest son of Joao IV. The dowry was 500,000 gold crowns, paid in three installments. clear.
History was changed by the butterfly wings fanned by Zhang Mingwei's time travel. Marie Therese no longer married the French King. Theodosio, who knew nothing about the Ming Dynasty capital, unknowingly robbed Louis X. The fourth wife.
After the signing of the Treaty of Lisbon, Spain, which was surrounded by enemies, suddenly ceased its military activities and stopped fighting abroad. Only the troops supporting the French rebels were still fighting, and all other troops withdrew into the country.
Spain's sudden changes have made many countries unable to adapt.
They are more gloating about the changes in Spain. They feel that the once powerful Spanish Empire is now a phoenix that is inferior to a chicken. Before, they had to recognize the independence of the Netherlands, but now they recognize the independence of Portugal, and even gave a princess to marry him.
After all this, Spain is finished!
However, they don't know that Spain is holding back its big move, waiting to be equipped with new guns and new warships, and once again become a blockbuster in Europe and soar into the sky!
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At the same time, on the Ming side in the Far East, the plan was to recover several places, but it was a little different from what was imagined, and no war happened.
At this time, there were three large tribes in Mobei Mongolia, whose leaders were Tushetu Khan, Zasaktu Khan, and Chechen Khan.
During the Little Ice Age at the end of the Ming Dynasty, these three Mobei tribes also lived a very difficult life and their strength was greatly reduced. Therefore, when they were in Chongzhen for eight years, they wrote a letter to communicate with Hou Jin. In the eleventh year of Chongzhen's reign, these three Mobei tribes sent people to Shenyang to express their submission to Huang Taiji and offer "Nine White Tributes", that is, eight white horses and one white camel as tribute every year.
Huang Tai was very happy. He knew the strength of the three tribes in Mobei, so he planned to set up forty-nine banners based on Mongolia's example, and also set up several banners in Mobei to break up the three tribes in Mobei. However, he died suddenly before this plan could be implemented. , this matter will be settled.
Although the three tribes of Mobei live deep in Mobei, they also know a lot about things in the south.
When the Mongolian tribes in Monan were swept away by the Ming cavalry, when the Ming Dynasty liberated Liaodong and wiped out the once very powerful Jianlu, I have to say that the three tribes in Mobei were very shocked. For this reason, they wanted to contact Ming Dynasty and express their surrender to Ming Dynasty.
But at that time, Ming Dynasty did not pay attention to Mobei Mongolia, because they thought it was too poor, so they ignored it.
As time passed, the people of Mobei Mongolia felt the changes in the Hetao area. The combination of farming and grazing made the various tribes in Monan Mongolia no longer have to worry about the severe winter, and even built sturdy houses to avoid white disasters. This made all the tribes in Mobei very envious.
Later, traces of the Ming army appeared even north of Mobei. Although there were not many, they were indeed there. This had never happened before.
After a little investigation, they also found out that the demon-like Tsarist Russians had also been completely wiped out by the Ming army. They were even more shocked that the Ming army had such high combat power in such a far place, and they felt sorry for the Ming Dynasty in their hearts. The empire is even more afraid.
Therefore, when the Ming envoy arrived in Mobei, he received a warm welcome from the three Mobei tribes and expressed their willingness to surrender to the Ming on the spot.
However, they hesitated for a while about the fact that Ming Dynasty wanted to set up a palace in Mobei. However, they did not hesitate for long. Since these leaders could still keep their glory and wealth, they just changed the title of Shanhan to the prefect. Thinking about the power of the Ming Dynasty, they finally agreed.
In this way, the Ming Dynasty included the Mobei region into the Ming Dynasty territory without any bloodshed.
During this year, similar to this, there was also Western Mongolia.
Just like the three tribes in Mobei Mongolia, although the living environment in Western Mongolia is better than that in Mobei Mongolia, there are also many things.
After Western Mongolia learned that Lin Dan Khan was destroyed by Hou Jin, they felt the power of Jianlu. For this reason, Gushi Khan, the leader of Western Mongolia at that time, the leader of the Oirat tribe, decided to surrender to Hou Jin.
However, his main focus was still on religious relations. He mobilized the elite of Oirat Mongolia and marched into Qinghai-Tibet to fight his religious war and destroy the Kagyu Karma regime.
Afterwards, Gushi Khan stayed in Tibet, but his main ally, Batur Hutaiji of the Junggar tribe, returned to Xinjiang.
This is a capable man who not only attaches importance to animal husbandry, but also attaches importance to the development of agriculture and handicrafts. He also took the lead in formulating the famous "Mongol-Oirat Code".
He is also very good at foreign relations.
Batur Hutaiji paid great attention to repairing relations with various tribes in Oirat. At that time, the main method was marriage.
When he returned from Qinghai, Gushi Khan had married his daughter to him, and he married his daughter to Gushi Khan's nephew Eqirtu, the future leader of Oirat.
Although Turgut moved far away to the Volga River, he still married Dala Uba Salza, the daughter of Orlek. He also married his daughter to Punchuk, the grandson of Orlek, and gave birth to a son, the famous Ayu. Qihan. He raised Ayuqi by his side for a long time, and it was not until Ayuqi's grandfather Shukur Daiqing returned from Tibet in 1654 that he brought Ayuqi back.
In the Tothic literature, he is often called "Yortaji" together with Heshuote's Oqiltu, that is, the two Taijis. This shows their status in the tribes of Oirat, that is, Ba Turhun Taiji is the same leader as the leader of the Oirat tribe.
In addition, Batur Hutaiji also attached great importance to the relationship with the Central Plains dynasty.
In the original history, in 1646, he, together with Gushi Khan and other 23 leaders of various Oirat tribes, jointly proposed peace to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which had taken over the Central Plains, and later sent envoys to Beijing alone.
And in this plane, when Batur Hutaiji knew that the powerful Jianlu were wiped out by the Ming army, and that Monan Mongolia was eventually swept by the Ming army because it helped Jianlu, and even heard about what happened in the Hetao Plain , he wanted to surrender to Ming Dynasty.
However, just like the three tribes in Mobei, the Ming Dynasty did not care about these Mongols at first, which surprised them.
By this year, when Batur Hutaiji heard that the Ming army began to gather on a large scale towards the western border and was still hoarding various supplies, he felt an imminent crisis.
It has to be said that he was indeed a person. He immediately assessed the situation, contacted Gushi Khan in Tibet, and finally made a decision.
In the original history, they knew that the Jianlu invaded the Central Plains and felt strong and surrendered. However, the Ming Dynasty in this plane was stronger and prepared to take action against the western Mongolia. This made them lower their stance, also twenty The three leaders signed a joint petition and sent key figures to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to adapt to changes.
