After the negotiations between the South China Sea World War and the later negotiations of the Kingdom of Portugal, the current relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Portugal is very delicate.

In the disastrous defeat of the Far East Battle, the Portuguese Kingdom not only lost the powerful Far East fleet, but also paid a considerable price for the war.

Not only was the compensation, but even Macau, which was proud of Portugal, completely lost the opportunity to be ruled by the kingdom. At present, Macau has become a free port, and the Portuguese in Macau, including businessmen from some other Western countries, have directly joined the Ming nationality due to Macau reasons.

But in contrast, the Ming Dynasty did not really send officials to rule Macau. The city council is still the one who ruled Macau. As the speaker, Fernando has the nationalities and titles of the two countries. In addition, the name of the Free City Port can be regarded as leaving a last fig leaf for the defeated Kingdom of Portugal.

The Portuguese king Joao V was a very talented man. During his reign, the Portuguese Kingdom began to become stronger again, and the national strength of the Portuguese Kingdom developed greatly with the outbreak of the European war.

Unfortunately, the king's luck was really bad, or the governor and fleet commander he sent to Macau to be too arrogant, which led to a series of tragedies that followed. Afterwards, Portugal King Joao V also knew that the result could not be changed, so he sent an envoy to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty to find ways to save some interests and continue to allow Portugal to maintain its previous influence in the Far East.

But the final result was a bit unsatisfactory. The powerful Ming Dynasty did not agree to the demands of the Kingdom of Portugal, and even oppressed the Kingdom of Portugal and finally signed a treaty with "humiliation". However, over the years, although the Kingdom of Portugal knew that what it had lost could no longer be regained, and as the Ming Dynasty became more and more powerful, if the Kingdom of Portugal wanted to continue to gain a foothold in the Far East, it would have to abandon its past grudges with the Ming Dynasty and gain support from the Ming Dynasty.

From a historical perspective, the Portuguese entered the Far East at the earliest time and once obtained large colonies in Southeast Asia. However, Portugal's colonies have now lost a lot of them in the continuous annexation of Spain and the Netherlands, especially the former, which has taken away the land that should have belonged to them from Portugal.

When it comes to Portugal and Spain, the grievances between these two countries are not obvious. In terms of geographical location, Portugal and Spain are territories, and the territory of the two countries is close together. Portuguese and Spain also come from the same language family. Many words are pronounced the same. It can be said that they are like one province in China and another province. The two sides have different accents, but they can still communicate without barriers.

After the rise of the Age of Discovery, Portugal and Spain, coupled with the later Netherlands, occupied colonies almost worldwide, and thus began the beginning of colonial rule in Western countries. However, with the beginning of Portugal's decline, overseas territory was gradually lost. If it were only for military reasons, the Portuguese might have accepted their fate, but there were political reasons, which was a bit complicated to say.

In 1580, because the Portuguese king Enrique ascended the throne, Enrique was old. According to the inheritance law, the first heir to the Portuguese throne was Philip II, his grandson, but Philip II was the king of Spain, which led to strong dissatisfaction among the Portuguese.

Because once Philip II inherited the Portuguese throne, it would inevitably lead to a result, which was the merger of Portugal and Spain. This result was absolutely unwilling to see the Portuguese, so the Portuguese finally chose the second heir to force the throne of Portugal. However, at this time, Philip II was furious and launched a war for this. In the face of the powerful Spanish army, Portugal was soon occupied by Spain. Then Philip II directly seized the throne of Portugal and announced the merger of Spain and Portugal.

It was this incident that caused Portugal to be annexed by Spain and ruled for 60 years. During this period, many of Portugal's overseas colonies were taken over by Spain, thus losing a large amount of territory. Because the Portuguese had never recognized Spanish rule, coupled with the loss of the colonies, the Portuguese hated Spain extremely. Finally, in 1640, during the IV of Joao, they occupied the palace, killed the Minister of State sent by Spain, defeated the Spanish army in Portugal, and once again made Portugal independent.

This shows the grudges and grudges between Portugal and Spain. These two countries, which were originally brothers, have long turned against each other. This is also the real reason why the Spanish throne war broke out before, and the Portuguese Kingdom, which originally joined Spain to fight against France, did not do this, but instead gloated and stood by.

When Fernando came to Nanjing, although Zhu Yicheng invited him to come, he also carried the mission of Portugal. After the Ming Dynasty signed a treaty with Portugal, Portugal paid a heavy price. In recent years, the Portuguese Kingdom also figured it out that it was absolutely impossible to deal with a powerful empire like the Ming Dynasty. Since the lost things cannot be returned, please please the Ming Dynasty and follow the Ming Dynasty to gain some benefits, which is more in line with Portugal's interests.

The negotiator who had previously represented the king, Earl Vasconcelo was in Macau. This time he came here by chance, because although the negotiations were not successful, Earl Vasconcelo also understood the power of the Ming Dynasty. After returning to the Kingdom of Portugal, he had a few long talks with the king. The king finally decided to send him to the Far East again, and this time he tried to break diplomatic breakthroughs, achieve actual diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty, and see what opportunities there are in the Far East.

Earl Vasconcelo is an experienced politician. His rich experience and vision are not comparable to ordinary people. Not long after he arrived in Macau, he noticed the subtle changes in the situation in the Far East, and then collected a lot of information through the merchants in Macau. After that, he found Fernando and directly asked whether the Ming Dynasty could attack Spain. Fernando was one of the insiders, but he never expected that Earl Vasconcelo had judged this through clues, and was shocked and almost admitted the matter.

Earl Vasconcelo frankly told Fernando that this was judged by all aspects of information and did not want to inquire about the information of the Ming Dynasty. However, Earl Vasconcelo felt that this was the opportunity for the Portuguese Kingdom to regain its previous rights in the Far East. He proposed that Fernando make suggestions to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The Portuguese Kingdom was willing to stand with the Ming Dynasty in this matter. If necessary, the Portuguese Kingdom could also send all his military forces in the Far East to assist. As long as the Ming Dynasty defeated Spain, the Portuguese Kingdom would regain some of the benefits of the colonies and completely open up trade with the Portuguese Kingdom.

This was an unexpected surprise. Zhu Yicheng never expected that he had previously planned to the South China Sea and tried to bring Britain to the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, Portugal also jumped out. With the assistance of these two companies, the Ming Dynasty's strategy of completely expelling Spain would be much easier.

This is also the reason why Zhu Yicheng specially called Fernando to meet today. Although he still trusted William Adams, after all, compared to Fernando and even Earl Vasconcelo, he was still a little young, so he directly used Portugal's statement to suppress the British and force the British to make concessions. This is the best way.

The following situation was as Zhu Yicheng expected. William Adams quickly brought the emperor's reply to George Churchill. At first, when George Churchill learned that the Ming Dynasty had refused Britain's interest in Luzon, George Churchill was very disappointed, but later he heard that the Ming Dynasty was willing to assist Britain in obtaining the Brunei colony, George Churchill was stunned at first, and then he couldn't help thinking.

Although Brunei is somewhat different from Luzon, there is not much difference between Brunei and Luzon in terms of actual production. However, the dynasty of Brunei was relatively strong, and Western countries have tried to occupy Brunei many times but failed.

If the Ming Dynasty could help in this matter, then the possibility of obtaining Brunei was extremely high. Moreover, when George Churchill heard that the Kingdom of Portugal was also planning to send troops to help, he immediately assumed the account and felt that although the business was not as perfect as expected, it would be a good deal if it could be done.

At the same time, William Adams did not place all hope on George Churchill. Unlike the Ming Dynasty, Britain's overseas colonization, especially the Far East, was carried out by the East India Company, which was not a real official institution of the UK, but just a relatively complex semi-official business group.

As a commercial group, naturally, the demand for commercial interests is greater than that of political interests. In addition, William Adams originally came from the East India Company, and his uncle was a senior executive of the East India Company. If the UK wants to launch a war in the Far East, the East India Company is a place that cannot be avoided at all, because most of the warships and soldiers required for the war are under the name of the East India Company. George Churchill, as the British ambassador in the Ming Dynasty, could represent Her Majesty the Queen to a certain extent, but could not represent the East India Company.

Using his own channels, William Adams first convinced his uncle, and then persuaded several other shareholders of the East India Company. Then the East India Company took the initiative to persuade George Churchill in the face of interests, making him have to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty in military and political terms on this in terms of commercial interests to expand Britain's influence in the Far East.

At the same time, the actions of the Kingdom of Portugal also made George Churchill feel urgent. In this case, he finally agreed to the Ming Dynasty. In late October, when Count Vasconcelo arrived in Nanjing again, the three countries held a three-day meeting. Before the meeting ended, the three parties signed an agreement on the South China Sea. This secret agreement was called the Nanjing secret agreement that changed the world pattern in later generations.
Chapter completed!