Chapter 384 Negotiation Breakdown
When he heard the first clause Li Zhongcheng said, Park Yucheng's pupils contracted sharply. If Goryeo has no coastal defense, wouldn't you come whenever you want? Besides, in addition to the Ming Dynasty, there was a keen eyeing Fusang next to him.
"Mr. Park, don't misunderstand. What we mean by abolishing the coastal defense does not mean that there is no defense in the entire coastal coast of Goryeo. All defenses on the coast of Goryeo will belong to the Ming Navy. We will be responsible for the coastal defense of your Goryeo. Of course, all the expenses incurred will be naturally the responsibility of your Goryeo. Our Ming Navy is so powerful, you should believe that they can resist all invading enemies."
Li Zhongcheng saw that the other party was a little confused, so he explained this clause.
After hearing what Li Zhongcheng said, Park Yucheng almost fainted.
Why don’t you explain? It turned out that there was no coastal defense, but now you are responsible. Who is the biggest enemy of Goryeo? Isn’t it your Ming Navy?
If we hand over the coastal defense of the entire Goryeo Kingdom to you, it will be even more convenient for you. Will our country still have any autonomy?
If you don’t want to, you can block the Goryeo at sea or shell the major coastal cities. What happened yesterday can be copied everywhere in Goryeo.
"There is also the second issue of compensation. One hundred thousand taels of silver is definitely not enough. In this conflict in our country, the total number of casualties exceeded 10,000. In addition to the cost of our water warships, Lord Liang from our Ministry of Revenue made a calculation and you, Goryeo, need to compensate five million taels of silver."
After Li Zhongcheng said this, a person in the negotiation team of Goryeo fainted directly. What is five million taels of silver? Have you ever understood the financial situation of Goryeo?
The Lord Liang, who was sitting next to him, also frowned. When will I calculate this account for you?
Lord Liang did make a calculation, but in the end he asked Goryeo to compensate 800,000 taels of silver. At that time, the Ministry of Revenue felt that this number was too high.
Even if they sold the entire Goryeo Kingdom, they probably wouldn't be able to get 800,000 taels of silver. Now they're over, and suddenly they asked them to take out 5 million taels of silver. Is Goryeo worth the money?
According to the information collected by the Ming Dynasty, the annual tax revenue of Goryeo is between 700,000 and 900,000 taels of silver.
Even if it is one million taels of silver every year, who can bear the entire tax you have for five years now?
"The remaining terms needless to say, could Lord Li be sure that I, Goryeo, dare not fight?"
Park Yu-sung already understood that the fantasies he had made before were no longer useful, and the Ming Dynasty was indeed different from before.
With these terms they proposed, the original Ming Dynasty would not have proposed even if it was broken. Now this is not to ask Goryeo to compensate, but to let Goryeo fall to its destruction.
"It turns out that Lord Park actually has this idea. If this is the case, it would be inappropriate for me to sit in this position. General Shi Lang, why don't you continue to talk?"
After hearing Park Yucheng's words, Li Zhongcheng had no expression on his face, but waved to pull General Shi Lang over.
Since you have already talked about war, then we, a civil servant, are just talking about war on paper. Why not let our general talk to you well!
"I can't even talk about it, so please come back. Let's see the truth on the battlefield. At that time, what we want can only be brought back on the battlefield. But there is a saying that if we return to the negotiation field next time, our terms will be different from these."
Shi Lang said happily, "I'm not afraid of you fighting. There are so many people coming to us. Isn't it just to fight you?"
First, we also need to train the soldiers, and second, we also say what His Royal Highness said, we can use cannons to get things that cannot be obtained on the negotiating table.
Park Yu-sung naturally understood what the price was to leave here and then return.
But if we continue to talk about this situation here, he really cannot explain it. Not to mention the people in the capital of Goryeo, even the members of the mission present would not recognize this clause.
What's more, they only looked at the first two pieces, but they haven't read the latter yet. When they saw the contents of a piece of paper, they didn't know how excessive demands they had to make later.
"I've said goodbye. My Goryeo country is not easy to bully. It's related to the rise and fall of the country. My Goryeo country and the whole country will definitely be with you to the end."
After Park Yu-sung threw down a sentence, he immediately took his subordinates back, and he knew that there was no meaning to continue talking.
Now this guy finally understood why the Ming Dynasty was so slow in negotiations.
At the beginning, they didn't think about negotiating with you. It was just a matter of seeking some time to propose such harsh conditions. Compared with the time before, the Ming Dynasty has transported more troops up, so it is even more difficult to resist them.
There were several people in the Goryeo Mission who wanted to hesitate, but when they thought of the terms on the table, they couldn't accept it in their hearts, especially the compensation for five million taels of silver, which was really terrible for them.
"Mr. Park, after leaving this gate, we have no relationship with each other. Don't talk about any neighbors with all their clothes in the future. I don't have neighbors like you who stabbed the knife in the back in the Ming Dynasty."
Li Zhongcheng sent these people to the gate of the camp, and the troops behind had already begun to gather. Only now did Park Yucheng realize that there were more than tens of thousands of troops here.
"Mr. Li, the Ming Dynasty, abandoned his previous style of work and wanted to land in my country of Goryeo, so that his soldiers could land in Goryeo, you actually deceived us. Is this the style of work after the Ming Dynasty?"
Park Yucheng pointed at the Ming army in the distance, and his fingers began to tremble, but Li Zhongcheng did not feel any guilt. It turned out that in everyone's heart, the Ming Dynasty was so open and upright, but is this the reason why you often cheat us?
"If you say despicable, can you catch your country's soldiers burn, kill and rob us in our country? Can you catch your country's betrayal of the sect leader and be ungrateful? Lord Park is also a scholar, and I don't know if he can solve his doubts for Mr. Lee."
Chapter completed!