Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 199 Everyone Comes to Sue for Peace
Chapter 199, I'm Coming to Sue for Peace

"Long live!"

"Won!"

"Now the Indian Ocean is ours!!"

On the twelve ironclad ships, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Navy cheered.

"Get rid of all evil! Order to sink all British warships!"

Zhu Xi couldn't be more excited in the command cabin.

This is an unprecedented victory.

The Eastern Fleet of Britain, the so-called overlord of the sea, was abolished in World War I. In the future, the ruler of the sea will not be the so-called Great Britain, but Ming!

Now the British Eastern Intervention Fleet has been defeated like a mountain.

The remaining battleships tried to escape from the battlefield.

Leave a fleet of presence in the east for Britain.

But how could Zhu Xi allow the military exploits in front of him to slip away from his eyes.

It is impossible for these sailing warships to escape from the steam ironclad ship.

Twelve ironclad ships rushed towards the sailing ships that were turning around like tigers into a herd of sheep, the artillery roared, and several warships were blown up.

on the sea.

Those Britons lying on the broken planks, including Vice Admiral Nelson after falling into the sea, just watched the battleships being sunk one after another. The expensive battleships are like paper at this moment. So fragile.

The future is the era of ironclad ships
Nelson thought.

fortunately.

Fortunately, the sea is wide enough.

The vastness made it impossible for the Ming Empire to control all sea areas in the first place, at least they could not control the Atlantic Ocean right now.

But
Just having the hegemony of the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean is enough.

foreseeable.

South Asian subcontinent.

Australian mainland.

Southeast Asia.

and also
West Coast of North and South America.

They are already on the lips of the Ming Empire.

Perhaps the key to the future struggle for world supremacy is in the Americas?

Nelson thought, lying on his stomach on a plank floating in the sea.

Just then, a rope came down.

Nelson smiled wryly.

It seems that these Chinese people still obey the rules.

At least the sailors who fell into the water were not attacked.

This time.

I am afraid that thousands of naval soldiers will be captured.

do not know either
What conditions will the Chinese put forward to allow them to return to Britain?

Indian Ocean battlefield.

A decisive naval battle is over.

The result of the decisive battle was naturally that the Ming Indian Ocean Fleet won a complete victory.

The British Eastern Intervention Fleet was wiped out.

Not a single battleship escaped.

There were more than 800 sailors who were captured alone.

Among them were Vice Admiral Nelson of the British Navy and Captain Collingwood of the British Navy.

The result of this war determines the hegemony of the Indian Ocean for the next ten years, and now the Ming Empire has opened up the waterway to India.

Now the Britons have no way to prevent Ming's goods from pouring into the South Asian subcontinent.

However this time.

At the Governor's Palace in Calcutta.

Sir Richard Wellesley, Governor of Britain and India, was still waiting for the news of victory.

"Do you really think we can win easily?"

Somewhat fidgety was Sir Richard Wellesley's useless brother.

"Of course, the Ming Empire didn't know that we used a secret weapon in this battle, and they would definitely be surprised."

Richard Wellesley gracefully shook the glass of red wine in his hand.

"The quality of this red wine from India is almost close to that of the French. The East is really a rich land, even India."

Richard Wellesley said.

"According to the Prime Minister's suggestion, this time we must at least gain control of the Straits of Malacca, and at the same time force His Majesty the Ming Emperor to suspend the war against the Qing Empire. In addition, the Ming Empire must open its own market."

"Do you think the Emperor Ming will agree to this? We don't have the strength to land and fight on the mainland of the Ming Empire. Their army is very strong."

Arthur Wellesley said.

"So what if you don't agree? This is just a negotiation. Of course I don't expect him to agree to everything, but as long as we destroy the Ming fleet, the emperor of Ming will have to submit, because the Ming Empire is actually an ocean empire. Isn’t it? A large part of their fiscal revenue depends on foreign exports and ocean trade.”

Richard Wellesley said.

"From this point of view, as long as their fleet is defeated, the Ming Empire may actually be even weaker than the Qing Empire."

Just defeat their fleet?
Arthur Wellesley frowned.

"War is full of accidents. Everything you said is based on "defeating the fleet of the Ming Empire", but you haven't considered it. What if?"

"What if we lose the battle?"

Arthur Wellesley asked.

"The Chinese are not fools, and they may have their own secret weapon."

"just in case?"

Richard Wellesley shook his head.

"There is no chance, my brother. We have a larger fleet, we have better soldiers, our fleet has richer combat experience, and we have secret weapons, so where is there any chance? I admit that the Ming Empire China’s national power is very strong, but the Chinese are originally a nation on land, and if they want to go to the sea, it will take at least 100 years to establish a navy that can cross the four seas!”

Richard's voice just fell.

The door of the governor's office was knocked open with a bang.

Richard just frowned.

I saw that it was the liaison officer of the Governor's Mansion who slammed into the door.

He looked extremely flustered, sweating profusely, and he didn't even have time to tidy up his appearance.

How ungentlemanly.

Richard was about to give a reprimand.

Hearing the news from the liaison officer, Richard stood up suddenly, without even knowing that the red wine on the table was blown to the ground.

"Mr. Governor, it's over, Britain's Eastern Fleet is over, and Britain's Indian colony is over!"

"We were defeated, the entire Eastern Fleet was wiped out, and the Chinese took control of the Indian Ocean!"

Richard Wellesley was dumbfounded, trembling all over, and his mind went blank.

He realized it when he came back to his senses.
The Eastern Fleet was wiped out.

The Chinese will land in the South Asian subcontinent on a large scale.

Britain would lose its foothold in India.

This series of dire consequences.

Let Richard. Wellesley at a loss.

Arthur Wellesley took a deep breath: "We now need to be ready to fight the Chinese on land."

Richard Wellesley slumped back to his office chair.

Then he nodded.

"Yeah, we no longer have a navy, and now we can't blockade India's coastline, but our colonies in India must be kept. By the way, we have to report the situation in India to London as soon as possible. We need to let the country know about this. How did one stop lose the battle, the Chinese are coming”

Richard Wellesley even began to imagine the terrible scene of Chinese gunboats appearing in Portsmouth Harbour.

He shook his head, stared at Arthur Wellesley and said, "That's right, we must prepare for battle, but... war is the last option."

"Before that, perhaps His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty will accept our... summation."

Britain demands peace.

The Qing Dynasty also demanded peace.

at this time.

West Liaoning, Ningyuan City.

The Son of Heaven is here.

Both Liu Yong and Ji Xiaolan were wearing make-up clothes, flower feathers on their heads, and court beads hanging around their necks.

Accompanied by a group of cavalry from the Ming Army, they entered the Palace of the Son of Heaven.

The two dare not look around.

At the first time when entering the Son of Heaven.

Liu Yong and Ji Xiaolan paid respects.

"Liu Yong, a scholar of Renge University in the Qing Dynasty (Ji Yun, Minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Qing Dynasty), kowtowed to His Majesty the Son of Heaven."

The two kneeled three times and kowtowed nine times respectfully.

This is a great gift to meet the emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

Now it is used to pay homage to the Ming emperor.

Zhu Daohua sat on the seat, and waited for the two of them to kneel down before saying: "I will make ceremonies in the Ming Dynasty and clean up the bad rules. You can salute according to the Ming rites."

Liu Yong looked up at the young Zhu Daohua, and said, "Foreign ministers are ministers of the Qing Dynasty, and do not follow the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Daohua looked at Liu Yong curiously.

Liu Luoguo, the prime minister who was said to be a hunchback in later generations, did not seem to have a hunchback, nor did he have the thin and wretched image of later TV dramas.

Come to think of it.

This Liu Yong can be such a big official.

There is definitely no problem in terms of image. In ancient times, one of the assessments of being an official was appearance.

The appearance is not good enough.

Not tall enough.

Generally, they cannot be high officials.

This Liu Yong is from Shandong. He is tall and strong. He is obviously a typical Shandong man.

Zhu Daohua didn't bother with etiquette.

Instead, he asked, "You two come from Beijing, what do you intend to do?"

Liu Yong said: "I don't know if the Son of Heaven wants to take all of Beijing?"

"Oh?" Zhu Daohua showed a rather interested look.

Listen to this.

It is the Qing Dynasty that is leaving.

This is still for peace.

It is naturally good to take all of Beijing.

After all, this city was the ancient capital of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

Many buildings have considerable historical value.

Moreover, a complete Beijing city can be obtained, and the reconstruction will be saved in the future.

The Ming Empire must have been a land-sea complex empire.

So Beijing must be an important capital city.

In the land of Yanyun, you can firmly control the grasslands in the north, and radiate to the land of Central Asia in the west.

"Qianlong wants to run away? That's right, his capital is more than 100 million Eight Banners. Compared with the more than 100 million Eight Banners, Beijing City is not a place that cannot be given up. Where is he going? To sweat on the grassland ?”

Zhu Daohua smiled slightly and asked.

Liu Yong couldn't help but smiled awkwardly, and said: "Why should the emperor ask why he knows it? If you win Yanyun and sweep Shanxi, there will be only one Guanzhong left in Han. It is not easy to take a Guanzhong with the emperor's strong soldiers. My lord I would like to cede Liaodong, Yanyun, and Shanxi to the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty will only keep Liaobei, Inner and Inner Mongolia, and the Western Regions."

(End of this chapter)