Three-one-five verbal quarrels (1)

On the first day of the fifth year of Chongzhen, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Ming Empire’s delegation and the recipients formally sat down on the negotiating table. Originally, they planned to let the guests rest for a few more days, but the Ming envoys were somewhat agitated.

I couldn't bear it anymore and asked to start immediately, so we started talking.

There is a circle of oblong tables with flowers placed in the middle. Both parties to the negotiation take their own sides, with supporting staff arranged behind them - this very common negotiation model in modern times was very strange in the eyes of Ming Dynasty people. When deciding who can

When they sat down at the negotiation table, and who could only sit at the back, they were very humble internally, and it was difficult to decide on an order and sit down.

After that, the old professor asked the other party if they had negotiation minutes? If not, you might as well use the minutes prepared by them - the negotiation minutes are the most important and basic document in any negotiation. Both parties lay out their respective requirements and terms one by one.

If both parties can accept it, it will be approved. If one party cannot accept it, they will discuss it.

Usually both parties to the negotiation will prepare their own minutes. Sometimes the two minutes may even be completely different and have fundamental conflicts. If you directly use the other party's minutes in the negotiation, no matter how you deal with it later, you will still be moving within the framework established by the other party.

——This is a very taboo thing.

As a scholar, the old professor would not have thought of this, but Julie had done this a lot in the past. Her large company used to use these little tricks to bully the other party when negotiating with small mainland customers. In her opinion, this is

It was similar to the previous business negotiations, but this time we faced a group of country bumpkins and local leopards - even if the other party was the famous Qian Qianyi.

It's a pity that as a woman, Julie can't sit on the negotiation table directly - Qian Qianyi and the others will never discuss state affairs with a woman. However, she still planned a very specific negotiation strategy for the team, including this time traveling through many aspects.

All the minutes templates were made by her... and there were countless traps set for those Ming envoys.

——You look down on women, right? Well, then it feels good to hide behind men and watch those arrogant Ming Dynasty elites foolishly jump into the pits they dug.

Now was the first pit, neither big nor small. Although it was the old professor who was speaking, Julie paid close attention to Qian Qianyi's expression, wanting to see how this Ming Dynasty genius would respond.

The envoys of the Ming Dynasty had never seen this kind of practice. In their concept, recruiting or appeasement was nothing more than a high official from the imperial court coming to the rebel territory in person, comforting them with kind words, and promising some official rewards. However, the rebels

One should express repentance with tears, and then happily accept the court's grace - no matter what one thinks in one's heart, or what the actual results are, at least this is what the official article has always done.

But Shorthair's actions completely overturned their previous understanding. This group of people really didn't even have a little bit of rebellious consciousness. They entertained this delegation very thoughtfully, but purely as hosts, they treated

The enthusiasm of the guests, but not the guilty feeling of occupying the Ming Dynasty's territory, as if they are the natural and completely legal owners of this place - Qian Qianyi has deeply realized this in the past few days, and today

, when he saw the negotiating table, which meant that both parties had completely equal status, he once again confirmed his guess.

However, after all, Qian Qianyi was a minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, and he was still very talented in foreign negotiations. Although he had never encountered this method, he still maintained a personable attitude and was not sure about the old professor's words.

He didn’t deny it, he just said vaguely: Can I take a look at your “minutes” first and then talk about it?

If Julie would have withheld it, she would not give it to her until the other party made her attitude clear before she came up with her side's minutes. Negotiations are inherently a battlefield for both parties, and there is no mercy. But the old professor couldn't do this.

, with Julie’s eyes full of complaints behind him, he still handed a document to the other party.

Qian Qianyi opened the text and opened it. It took him a while to get used to the short-haired simplified Chinese characters and horizontal writing habits, and then the look on his face gradually became more exciting - the content of this document is actually not too much, but Qian Qianyi only

After reading the previous few posts, my face has already started to turn blue...

Article 1: Qiong Haijun - this is the official self-identification of the Chuanchuan people. In fact, they are not very disgusted with the term "short hair", but it can never be said so in official documents - recognizes that the Ming Empire has control over the Central Plains and Hainan Island.

, the sovereignty of Taiwan Island is the orthodox dynasty of China today.

Article 2: The Qiong Navy is willing to join the Ming Empire and serve for it. Its specific responsibilities are: the Qiong Navy guarantees the maritime security of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the Ming Empire, and protects the coastal states and counties in this area from Westerners and Japanese

, or a large-scale attack by a pirate gang - of course, small-scale harassment is unavoidable, but Qiong Haijun will try to eliminate all large armed groups in this area that threaten the Ming Dynasty, including Japanese pirates and Western barbarians.

However, in addition to performing the above-mentioned security tasks, the Qiong Navy does not accept combat tasks in other directions in principle. If necessary, we can negotiate separately and sign relevant agreements.

Article 3: As support for the above-mentioned actions, the Ming Dynasty allowed Qiong Haijun to station in Hainan Island and Taiwan Island, and also allowed Qiong Haijun’s trading companies (commercial associations) to set up trading stations in the Central Plains region to conduct trade exchanges with various parts of the Ming Dynasty.

Immigrants were also recruited to move overseas to develop land in order to obtain the food and materials needed to support the survival and development of the Qiong Navy.

It is specially noted in this article: Hainan Island and Taiwan Island still belong to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the local governments will still pay taxes as usual according to past practices; the local army is under the responsibility of Qiong Haijun, and the local ruling civil servants can still be dispatched by the Ming Dynasty, but the requirements

Can maintain cooperation with Qiong Haijun.

Qiong Haijun was responsible for the food and salary expenses of all officials and soldiers on the island, so Ming Dynasty did not have to pay a penny more.

Article 4: If the Ming Empire can allow Qiong Haijun to manage trade and exchanges with Westerners, Japanese, and other South China Sea countries, Qiong Haijun is willing to pay a sum of money to the Ming Empire every year for this purpose. The specific amount will be determined after negotiation.

It is also noted in this article: Qiong Haijun will not interfere with countries that originally had tributary relations with the Ming Dynasty, such as North Korea, Ryukyu, etc. Only those countries that came uninvited and the Ming Dynasty did not want to deal with them, such as Xiyihong

Mao, as well as the Japanese, were dealt with by Qionghai Town.

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There were only a few big requirements, and there were some small details below. However, Qian did not read it in detail. After a few glances, he silently handed the document to Jin Yiwei next to him without saying a word.

Although the leader Liao Yong pretended to be humble for a long time, of course, the group of them could only arrange seats based on official rank in the end, with the exception of him, "Captain Qian".

Liao Yong's fifth-grade rank was considered relatively high among this group of people, so he sat next to Qian Qianyi. He took the text, saw only the first item, and roared loudly:

"What the hell is this - do you have to recognize whether our Ming Dynasty is orthodox? Our Ming Dynasty has been in power for more than two hundred years. If you don't recognize it, wouldn't it be Ming Dynasty? Ah!"

After all, he is a military attache, and he can usually pretend to be polite, civilized, and courteous, but when he gets excited, Qiu Ba's true colors are exposed. Qian Qianyi probably knew his temper, and he obviously didn't want to play the role of such a red-faced and thick-necked man.

character, so he deliberately asked him to use this gun.

At this end of the negotiation table, Pang Yu took a deep breath - is the war of words finally about to begin? Qian Qianyi on the opposite side did not say anything, and Mr. Li certainly would not speak easily. With him and Ade acting as the main debaters,

I have long been aware of this.

So Pang Yu took up what Liao Yong said, pointed to the copy of the minutes in his hand, and said with a slight smile:

"Is Liao Qianhu referring to the first article? Although it may seem like nonsense, this is the basis for the peace talks between us..."

"The basics are rubbish! We are officials and you are thieves - this is the basis! My Ming Dynasty is willing to treat you with kind words and give you a few officials to show off. It is already a great favor from the emperor and has been cultivated for several lifetimes! Now!

I, the Ming Dynasty, want you to admit it? Admitting is nothing!"

——Liao Yong obviously also realized: Qian Qianyi wanted him to play this snarling black-faced character, so he became more and more unscrupulous in his words. He was not so rude on the boat. But he had already seen it here

It was nothing more than a strategy, so no one was angry at Liao Yong's impolite words.

Pang Yu secretly nodded. Although they were from the Ming Dynasty, their negotiation skills were no worse than those of modern famous negotiators. He knew that someone must jump out and make a fuss at this time - the two sides had huge differences in their concepts of this negotiation.

It is normal to start with a quarrel. It is rare for the other party to decide the division of roles in an instant, and Liao Yong decisively jumped out to play the bad guy.

But as long as the other party is willing to play tricks, playing tricks means there are rules, and the biggest advantage of modern people is that they have the ability to make rules. No matter how angry Liao Yong is, he still uses this negotiation minutes as the basis for discussion, and he still

They dance on the palms of their hands.

Of course, a positive response is necessary. From the look on his face, Qian Qianyi was extremely dissatisfied with this article. In fact, when Julie wrote this article, even Ade and others here were laughing, saying that he

If someone named Qian dares to bring this thing back to Beijing as it is, he will definitely be beheaded by Emperor Chongzhen. Is this just looking for trouble!

But it was written down in the end. Anyway, this was just a basis for discussion. There was still a lot of room for compromise before the final agreement reached by both parties. But there were some concepts that they had to explain clearly to these arrogant Ming Dynasty envoys.

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The big negotiation has begun. If you have any good suggestions, please leave them in the discussion area.
Chapter completed!