Chapter 3286
Any situation that occurs outside the Victory Palace will be reported to the Executive Committee in real time by a dedicated person. The direction of the development of the situation seems to have deviated from Tao Donglai's original intention of deliberately keeping Wang Chengen in the dark.
Tao Donglai couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that Wang Chengen would expose so many people's positions. This is an unexpected gain!"
Ning Qi smiled and said: "They are not trying to support Wang Chengen, they just don't want Ming Dynasty to fall so soon."
Schneider asked: "Who are the people from other countries who support Wang Chengen outside?"
Gong Shiqi, who was standing nearby, immediately responded: "Currently, those whose identities can be confirmed are basically from the South China Sea region and European countries."
Schneider said: "The small countries in the South China Sea are nothing to worry about... Then Portugal and the Netherlands should be among them?"
Gong Shiqi nodded and responded: "Thomas from Portugal and Su Keyi from the Netherlands have already shown up."
Schneider sneered: "These Europeans really don't make people worry!"
In fact, no one on the executive committee was surprised by the stance shown by Portugal and the Netherlands on this incident.
Although these two countries are nominally diplomatic countries with Haihan, and Portugal even has in-depth cooperation with Haihan in many fields including military affairs, as the saying goes, they are enemies and they are both countries aiming to compete for global sea power. , there must be competition between them.
When Haihan attacks Spain, they will definitely support Haihan. After all, Spain is the common enemy of all parties. But now that Haihan has to deal with Daming, their stance will change.
Combining vertical and horizontal alliances is a part of international relations. It is understandable that European countries chose to support Ming at this time out of consideration of their own interests.
However, they were so eager this time that they even ignored Haihan's feelings. Presumably it was because they realized that Ming's situation was in danger. If they didn't find a way to help Ming, they might have to watch Haihan annex Ming and then transform into Become a real oriental monster.
However, the actual support they can provide to Daming at the moment is extremely limited, so the Executive Committee is not in a hurry to deal with this, but has a joking mentality to see what kind of performance they can perform.
Thomas never imagined that he would stand with his old rival in this situation, but Daming's current situation no longer allowed him to have any other choice.
Thomas actually didn't know beforehand that the peace envoy sent by Ming Dynasty had quietly entered Hangzhou. Until he heard that this person was left hanging outside the Victory Palace by the Executive Committee, he keenly smelled the danger.
After confirming the identity of this person through other channels, Thomas quickly contacted the ambassadors of several small countries in the South China Sea with whom he had good relations, and asked them to follow him to the Victory Palace to stand in line for the Ming envoys.
Unexpectedly, Su Keyi also took action in unison. After the two parties met outside the Victory Palace, they stood together tacitly.
Except for Portugal and the Netherlands, most of the remaining South China Sea countries are in a wait-and-see mood. They have no intention of interfering in the war between Haihan and Ming Dynasty, but they do not want Haihan to become stronger, which will definitely further compress their living space.
And Wang Chengen suddenly transformed from a miserable person outside the Victory Palace to a supporter of many countries, which made him lament that the world was changing too fast.
Since Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, it seems that there have never been so many countries publicly expressing support for the Ming Dynasty. However, this temporary camp also lacked some vassal states that were supposed to support the Ming Dynasty. For example, North Korea and Annan, which were really more powerful, did not participate. Obviously, they did not intend to offend Haihan for such a thing.
Wang Chengen was not surprised by this. Annan had already defected to Haihan during the civil war more than 20 years ago, severed official contacts with the Ming Dynasty, and would no longer respect the Ming Dynasty as the suzerain state.
North Korea came from behind and completely integrated into Haihan's system. It gradually changed the system inherited from the Ming Dynasty into Haihan's model. The upper-level officials in power were almost all puppets supported by Haihan. It is said that this time North Korea also quietly sent a small group of troops to participate in the battle on the northern battlefield.
It was a blessing that these two countries did not openly declare war on the Ming Dynasty. Wang Chengen did not expect them to still stand on the side of the Ming Dynasty.
But no one present had any idea of how effective this so-called solidarity could be, and whether it could really push Haihan to have peace talks with Ming Dynasty.
As long as the Haihan Army still has the upper hand on the battlefield, the Executive Committee will have the confidence to continue to shelve the peace talks.
Su Keyi tried to find out from Wang Chengen the peace talks conditions prepared by Ming Dynasty, but Wang Chengen was not stupid. How could such a secret be known to outsiders?
Besides, the Netherlands had many wars with the Ming Dynasty in the south in the early years. Although the current relationship between the two countries cannot be said to be hostile, it definitely has nothing to do with the word "friendship." Wang Chengen will definitely not cater to the Netherlands without any bottom line in order to win the verbal support of the Netherlands. its requirements.
The executive committee did not meet the requirements of this temporary international group, but it still graciously provided them with seats and tea so that these foreigners could sit and wait.
However, such a group of people waiting outside the Victory Palace was much more conspicuous than when Wang Chengen was alone. Not long after, the relevant news spread inside and outside Hangzhou, and then one after another people came to watch near the Victory Palace.
The solidarity activities organized by Portugal and the Netherlands continued into the afternoon. Seeing more and more people watching nearby, diplomats from various countries became more and more uneasy.
The executive committee did not intend to meet them, so they left them hanging outside with Wang Chengen. This indirectly showed their attitude. Some smart people had already started to back out, but they just proposed to break up due to lack of face.
The onlookers obviously didn't like their behavior, and some people began to yell and curse, asking foreign countries to stay out of their own business.
If Haihan hadn't sent additional troops to maintain order at the scene, someone might have been unable to restrain themselves and came forward to argue.
Seeing that dusk was approaching, the executive committee was probably off work, and there was little point in continuing the performance. Thomas was about to discuss with Su Keyi to close the team and wait until tomorrow to continue, when suddenly there was a loud noise in the square.
Then I saw many young literati pouring into the square, holding various slogans and red and blue flags in their hands, and surrounded the foreign envoys with cheers.
It turned out that students from several local academies in Hangzhou also took a synchronized action and gathered in Victory Square to express their support for the Executive Committee.
It is difficult to confirm whether this was a spontaneous action or a secret organization by an expert, but the momentum was indeed considerable, with thousands of direct participants, and these students led a large number of people to surround the group outside the Victory Palace.
(End of chapter)