Chapter 1732 Rhetoric

For diplomats from various countries, really important diplomatic affairs should not be communicated and negotiated in public places such as banquets. Especially when there are diplomats from many other countries present, it is easy to expose the diplomacy of their country if they are not careful.

policy. So today’s occasion is actually only suitable for testing the tone and attitude. As for the real issues, we still have to wait for a separate meeting in the future to slowly communicate.

But this scruple will not keep the diplomatic envoys silent. Although it is not appropriate to talk about their own affairs, it does not prevent them from inquiring about other people's news. For example, Fei Cexian is very interested in knowing how much North Korea bought from Haihan.

Are the weapons the same as those purchased by the Ming Dynasty? How much does it cost? When does it plan to be installed in the army... If you ask Li Xi directly, you will definitely not get the answer, but maybe you can get the answer from a senior official of Haihan

Get just a few words of information.

In fact, no matter how many weapons produced by Haihan were purchased by North Korea, they would not threaten the security of the Ming Dynasty. However, Fei Cexian believed that such transactions would encourage North Korea's ambition to break away from the Ming Dynasty, which would not be a good thing for the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, he believed that the Haihan people wanted to

North Korea has no good intentions when selling weapons. It just wants to use such means to gradually complete the control of the North Korean army, just like they did to Annam, Champa and other small countries. It is impossible to say that North Korea will agree to this.

If he had to accept some of Haihan's more excessive conditions, how could the North Korean envoy look guilty when he saw him?

Now that it was time for envoys from various countries to engage in activities, Fei Cexian was no longer polite. He stood up and walked straight to Tao Donglai. The reason why he did not go to Ning Qi or Schneider was because after getting in touch with him during this period, he found that

These two people are really difficult to deal with. They often go around and get themselves involved in conversations. Often the purpose is not achieved and instead they are tricked by the other party.

Fei Cexian believes that among the high-ranking officials in Haihan, Tao Donglai is the easier one to deal with, because his official position is actually the nominal leader of Haihan and the uncrowned king of the country. He can be said to follow the law.

There is no need to be afraid of anyone or anything, and there is no need to hide your feelings and thoughts.

Of course, this is just Fei Cexian's personal idea. If he had asked envoys from other countries about Tao Donglai's deeds in the diplomatic field before this, he might not have made such an unwise decision.

When the Haihan Executive Committee was first established, Tao Donglai actually shouldered part of the diplomatic mission, and his style was the same as the other two. The foreign officials who had fallen into his hands were really not

Mr. Fei Cexian thought that Tao Donglai would be easier to deal with. This was really a big mistake.

After Fei Cexian stepped forward to meet Tao Donglai to greet him, he got straight to the point: "Mr. Tao, I have something unclear, and I hope you can give me some advice. North Korea is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and it stands to reason that we should provide them with

Military assistance must also be implemented with the consent of our country, but your country's current approach is to deliberately bypass the Ming Dynasty and even instigate North Korea to conceal the true situation from our country. I dare to say that this is not a good idea, okay?"

Tao Donglai smiled and said: "In Lord Fei's opinion, if military assistance is to be provided to North Korea, how can it be considered reasonable?"

While the two were talking, there were already several listeners beside them. The overt and covert struggle between Haihan and Daming was no secret, but it was rare to hear officials from both sides debating such topics in public, not to mention that Tao Donglai had always

He is regarded by the outside world as the true leader of Haihan Kingdom, and what he said represents Haihan's official attitude. Naturally, everyone pays special attention to this. They also really want to know what Haihan's true attitude towards Ming Dynasty is.

What is the position of North Korea, which has recently been drawn into the Haihan camp?

Seeing that enough spectators had gathered around him, Fei Cexian responded immediately: "If your country wants to provide military assistance to North Korea and sell weapons, it is not impossible, but it should not bypass the Ming Dynasty."

If you want to act on your own, you must inform Ming Dynasty before that. In addition, the weapons and equipment sold to North Korea should be delivered to Ming Dynasty first, and then Ming Dynasty distribute and deploy them to North Korea. This is the right way."

After hearing Fei Cexian's speech, everyone immediately started talking. It was enough to inform the Ming Dynasty. After all, the status of the suzerain state was there, and it should be done in this way according to the rules. However, the weapons and equipment purchased by North Korea must be delivered to the Ming Dynasty first, and then transferred to the Ming Dynasty.

, this is clearly an attempt to pluck the goose's feathers. Let Ming control the weapons available to North Korea. This is certainly not Haihan's original intention of selling weapons to North Korea, and the possibility of compromise is extremely low.

Then I heard Tao Donglai say: "Okay, since Mr. Fei keeps saying that North Korea is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, I would like to ask if the Ming Dynasty, as the suzerain state, should send troops to help North Korea when it is threatened by external force, just like it did during the Wanli Period.

If so, what was your country doing when Hou Jin was exerting military pressure on North Korea?"

What is the Ming Dynasty doing? Can Fei Cexian tell these people in front of him that the Ming Dynasty is in a tight war situation and has no time to care about relieving North Korea on the Northeast battlefield. But he can be sent to Haihan as an envoy. His shame is not ordinary.

Hou, immediately responded without any hesitation: "Of course our country is deploying troops and generals to prepare to attack Houjin to relieve the pressure on North Korea."

Tao Donglai shook his head and denied his statement: "No, you didn't. Has your country had any victories against the Jin Army in recent years? According to our understanding, there is no such thing, and the situation is quite passive, almost

We have given up all field operations and can only defend the city and wait for the enemy to retreat. Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that we do not care about our overseas vassal states."

Fei Cexian quickly denied: "This is absolutely not the case. I'm afraid there is something wrong with Chief Tao's source of information. Every year our Ming army fights with the Hou Jin army, all battle reports are sent to the Ministry of War in the capital for archiving. Victory results are not uncommon, but Sanya

The news here is blocked, it hasn’t reached here yet.”

Tao Donglai said: "Is that so? I do have the war report transcripts from the Ministry of War. If Mr. Fei wants to take a look, I can ask someone to send them over right away."

Fei Cexian was so angry that he cursed secretly. He never thought that Tao Donglai could play such a big game and even want to publish the information from the Ministry of War. These things are obviously unpublished records. As for how the Haihan people got hold of these top-secret information

Once it is obtained, it is not something he can know. Fei Cexian does not dare to bet on whether Tao Donglai's words are true or false. If they are true, it will undoubtedly cause a lot of turmoil; if they are false... Documentary records of Haihan Company's Military Department

If it can be faked, Ming Dynasty will be over sooner or later.

Fei Cexian quickly changed the subject and did not let Tao Dong control the direction of the conversation: "As a vassal state of our country, North Korea should have notified our country when it concluded military treaties with other countries."

"You are overthinking." Tao Donglai shook his head and said, "Today's North Korea may not continue to regard the Ming Dynasty as its suzerainty. Come on, please invite the North Korean special envoy Mr. Li Xi to come over."

Li Xi was actually standing on the periphery of the crowd, listening to the debate between the two men. Although he didn't appreciate Tao Donglai's explicit statement, he didn't like Fei Cexian's lies either. If it weren't for the two

He is North Korea's new and old backer. Li Xi really wants to stand up and say that it has nothing to do with me.

But in the end, the two families chose to work together to drag North Korea into the water. Of course, this was not a tacit understanding, but they both wanted to use North Korea as a weapon. Last year, Haihan might not have torn his face apart, but with Haihan’s actions in the South China Sea,

The layout is gradually improving, and there is no longer as much fear about the attitude of the Ming Dynasty as before. The tough attitude shown by Tao Donglai on this occasion today has announced that Haihan's route of keeping a low profile is undergoing substantial changes.

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Fei Cexian had already begun to regret it at this time. He felt that he had made a huge mistake by taking the initiative, and asking Tao Donglai was even more of a mistake. If the person he was debating was Ning Qi or Schneider, even if the other party showed

had the same attitude, at least before Tao Donglai came forward, there was still some room for maneuver. But now it was Tao Donglai himself who expressed the attitude, and his words were very serious, making it difficult for him to show up in this situation again.

Round out the words.

Fei Cexian can only hope that Li Xi will be a better person and find a way to get over this embarrassing situation as soon as possible without leaving any room for Haihan to make excuses.

But Li Xi didn't have the ability he expected. North Korea couldn't afford to offend either of these two families, and now it was more painful for him to choose one of them than to kill him.

If possible, Li Xi would like to faint and fall to the ground immediately to avoid this dilemma.

But now that everyone's eyes have been on him, it would be too pretentious to faint at this time. Li Xi coughed dryly, and the people next to him immediately opened a passage for him, so that he could join the debate as soon as possible

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Li Xigan said with a smile: "I didn't hear the topic that the two adults were arguing about just now. Could it be related to our country? In fact, it's better for everyone to stop discussing the issues. Don't hurt the harmony because of some fictitious issues."

Li Xi's feeble persuasion had no effect. Tao Donglai said: "As we all know, Korea has been one of the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty in the past period. The king of Korea was also canonized by the Ming Dynasty and was protected by force from the Ming Dynasty.

. But this situation has changed after Wanli. The Ming Dynasty can provide less and less help to North Korea, so that North Korea has to fight against the powerful enemies from the north alone. For North Korea, the Ming Dynasty, the suzerain state, has no other choice but to hang a

In addition to being famous, can it also play any practical role? Mr. Li, what do you think?"

As Li Xi listened, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. If someone said this in North Korea, it would definitely be regarded as treason. But Tao Donglai said it so easily in front of the Ming envoy,

Obviously, he didn't intend to save any face for Daming. However, in the end, Tao Donglai asked him to express his attitude. How should he answer this?

Fei Cexian was not willing to give Li Xi a chance to answer the question, so he immediately took over the conversation: "Since Chief Tao also recognized the subordinate relationship between Ming Dynasty and North Korea, he should not use this baseless so-called change to provoke

Relations between the two countries. Our country has had good relations with North Korea for generations, so Chief Tao should save his energy!"

Tao Donglai smiled and said: "Master Fei, even if you don't let Master Li express his position in public, you can't change the objective reality. At this stage, the help that our Haihan can give to North Korea, the Ming Dynasty cannot give. We are willing to help North Korea, no

Because North Korea is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but because North Korea and our country are complementary in some aspects. In other words, we have no intention of becoming the suzerain state of North Korea. North Korea just needs to be our partner. The Ming Dynasty can do this.

To what extent?"

Can the Ming Dynasty do it? Of course it is impossible. If Korea claims to be on an equal footing with the Ming Dynasty, the court will definitely be furious. Why should a vassal country that relies on the Ming Dynasty be on an equal footing with the Ming Dynasty?

But if you look at North Korea's perspective and face two equally powerful countries, one is willing to get along with North Korea in partnership, but the other wants to ride on your neck and let you call yourself daddy. Which one will win the North Korean royal family more?

Where is your joy?

Fei Cexian is not a fool. He immediately thought of this after listening to Tao Donglai's discussion. This is a basically unsolvable problem for the Ming Dynasty. It is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to give up its status as a suzerain state for more than two hundred years, even if

The same goes for the emergence of competitors like Haihan. If North Korea chooses to fall to Haihan, the relationship between Ming Dynasty and North Korea may eventually break down, and the North Korean royal family may even be declared traitorous. But in the current internal and external troubles faced by Ming Dynasty,

, it is impossible to free up hands and feet to punish North Korea for the time being - not to mention that North Korea already has a new backer Haihan behind it.

Fei Cexian tried hard to control the anger in his heart. He knew that if he lost his temper at this time, he would actually admit defeat. After several rounds of debate, he had realized that Haihan wanted to influence Ming's control of North Korea, but

Fei Cexian still couldn't figure out why Haihan did such a thing that was harmful to others and not beneficial to himself. He was just sure that Haihan could never be as kind as Tao Donglai claimed. The so-called partners must only further plunder and plunder North Korea.

Just an excuse.

"Chief Tao, what you said today may affect the diplomatic agreement that our two countries have reached and will also cause great harm to the relations between the two countries. The diplomatic relations that have been established with great difficulty, don't you

Are you going to destroy it so easily?" Fei Cexian asked word for word.

Tao Donglai shook his head and said: "I just want to use this to express our country's diplomatic attitude to other countries, that is, we will treat all countries equally regardless of their size. Maybe Ming and North Korea had a subordinate relationship in the past, but to us, Haihan, it is all the same

That's right. Countries that have established diplomatic relations with our country are partners, and those that have not established diplomatic relations with us are opponents."
Chapter completed!