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Chapter 567 The Treaty of London Signed

Prince Edward personally sent the eight terms of negotiations to the palace of the Stuart Dynasty in England and handed them over to Charles I, the king of the Stuart Dynasty.

Charles I's performance after seeing the contents of these eight clauses can be described as furious. Although he dared not treat Yang Sichang, the representative of the Ming Dynasty, he could still lose his temper in front of Prince Edward.

Therefore, Charles I directly scolded Prince Edward: "Fak! You bastard, you just had the result of the Ming people, and gave up the Isle of Wight, and asked me to pay so many silver dollars for compensation. What are you worried about, or are you the prince of my Stuart dynasty?"

Prince Edward had a private statement that he had reached a deal with Yang Sichang to sell the weapons of the Ming Kingdom. In order to convince his king to accept this treaty, he could only explain in tears: "King, it is precisely because I am the prince of the British Empire that I have to agree to this clause. Now the enemy is strong and I am weak. In addition, because of the intervention of the Ming Empire, the pagans who do not obey the rule of the Stuart dynasty in various places are already ready to move. Now we can only agree to the Ming Kingdom first and send this plague god away to calm the domestic situation. Then, Xu Tu develops. One day, our Stuart dynasty will also bring back all these shames! Moreover, it was only after my repeated mediation that the Ming Kingdom reduced the conditions again and again. Originally, the Ming Kingdom wanted the Isle of Man, and the compensation was 60 million silver dollars."

"Hmph, sixty million silver dollars, even these two hundred and one million silver dollars, I don't have them!" Charles I couldn't help but roar. Although he didn't need Prince Edward's explanation, he also understood the truth and knew that he had no trump card to bargain with the Ming Empire. However, as a king who was once a hegemon in Europa, he would now admit that this treaty was really unacceptable for him. And once he accepted this unequal treaty for him, it would not only make him lose face in front of other Europa countries, but also in the entire English.

"After the negotiations, the Ming Dynasty, His Excellency Yang Sichang, also said, "As long as we recognize that this treaty is valid and willing to maintain the friendship and trade between the wise and the wise countries, their Ming Empire will be willing to maintain the rule of the Stuart dynasty and recognize the orthodox status of the Charles family in England, and can provide military assistance if necessary."

After Prince Edward said this, the British king Charles I couldn't help but feel better, because after all, his ruling interests were not damaged. Although it did cause losses to the entire country, it would be a good deal to use this loss of national interests to exchange for the support of the Ming Empire for its dynasty's rule.

Because of his obsession with power, Charles I became a lackey of the Ming Empire without realizing it. Of course, he himself was unaware of it. Just as in history, a woman named Cixi said such words as measuring the material resources of China and making love for the country. He couldn't help but sigh: "Go and sign and tell them that the people of the Ming Empire, my British Empire is willing to make friends with the Ming Empire forever, and use the material resources of the British Empire to form friendship with the Ming Empire!"

After hearing this, Prince Edward quickly flattered Charles I for a few words, and received the order and came to tell Yang Sichang's people in person that he could sign a treaty on the "Yu Qian" day.

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The "Yu Qian", which has experienced no less than a hundred major naval battles, is considered one of the most advanced main warships of the Ming Dynasty. Like the Qing court and the British signed the first treaty of the power and humiliation of the country on the British ships in the 1840s, which was originally written by the history book. Now, on the ships of the Ming Dynasty, Prince Edward will represent the British government and sign the first unequal treaty of the power and humiliation of the country, namely the Treaty of London.

The reason why it is called the London Treaty is that it was signed near London, England, and the core condition for promoting the generation of this treaty is that London, the capital of England, has been threatened by the army of the Ming Empire, forcing it to seek peace.

When Prince Edward boarded the "Yu Qian", he had to sigh at the advanced ships of the Ming Empire. In his understanding, he never thought that warships could be built with iron armor or even without human traction. He did not expect that there was a machine in this world that could replace manpower to achieve higher efficiency in driving, nor did he expect that so many artillery could be installed on the entire ship.

Prince Edward mentioned his feelings about this day in his memoirs in his later years. In his opinion, the gap between England and the Ming Dynasty at this time would be no less than a hundred years.

In fact, Yang Sichang invited him to come to the "Yu Qian" to sign the "Deal of London" to show the military strength of the Ming Dynasty and further shock Prince Edward, so that through the feelings of Prince Edward and others, the entire English gave up his resistance to the Ming Empire.

Although it was a warship, since it was the place where Yang Sichang was stationed, it was deliberately decorated with high standards. Therefore, when Prince Edward entered the cabin hall, he felt that this place was even more gorgeous than the palace.

However, at this time, Prince Edward was obviously not in the mood to appreciate the oriental decoration art in the cabin. At this time, he was a little uneasy because he realized that he was going to sign the first unequal treaty in history on behalf of the entire English. He knew that he would soon become the first historical sinner.

Yang Sichang was in a good mood at this time. He thought that Charles I, the king of the English Empire, would refuse because his conditions were too harsh, and he would force himself to use force to teach a lesson. Now he did not expect that Charles I, Prince Edward and others would agree so readily.

At one moment, the incense table was already laid and the cross was also laid. Yang Sichang and Prince Edward sat on a long table covered with red silk cloth at the same time. A total of two documents that first wrote the terms and notes in Chinese and then in English were bound in exquisite ivory wood and placed in front of the two. Prince Edward signed with a chicken pen, and Yang Sichang wrote his name with a brush. Prince Edward wrote very heavyly, while Yang Sichang wrote very elegantly and freely. The two finally exchanged documents and signed the names again. Finally, they handed over the signed treaty documents to their staff, and then shook hands with each other and made peace.

Then the two signed a secret agreement, a supplementary agreement that was beneficial to the Edward family but not to England.

At this point, the first Opium War between the Ming Dynasty and England and Giriya, which lasted more than a year, ended.

Since it was specifically stated that it was the First Opium War, there was the Second Opium War.

Of course, this is just a later story.
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