The ruler and his ministers of Qing were like ants on a hot pan, unable to come up with an effective solution.
The officials of Jing State were unprecedentedly united and began to handle various government affairs in an orderly manner, working overnight in the hope of completing the backlog of government affairs from the previous few days.
During this wave of reform, all technological innovations went very smoothly, such as the innovations of farmers and workers. Even officials who did not understand farmers and workers fully cooperated, because technological innovation could bring obvious benefits and help their own political achievements.
However, political and social reforms touch the comfort zone of most people.
Before, even with the support of the Criminal Court, many officials pretended to obey but secretly disobeyed because many people did not understand the reform, were unwilling to innovate, thought it might fail, and were resistant.
But now, Fang Yun has established his own saintly path, almost equivalent to a semi-saint who is helping Jing Kingdom to reform. No one will question that this change is a bad thing.
All doubts were suppressed, leaving Fang Yun completely free of worries.
After another night, Jing State sent a letter to Qing State, demanding that Qing State pay compensation immediately. If Qing State fails to pay the compensation within the deadline, further punishment will be imposed on Qing State.
The Qing court was suddenly in a panic, and King Qing hurriedly convened a court meeting to discuss countermeasures.
In the Kingdom of Qing, one third of the officials majored in miscellaneous subjects, and one third majored in miscellaneous subjects as a minor.
This resulted in an embarrassing scene for everyone at Qing Kingdom's court today.
The Golden Palace was empty, with less than half the usual number of officials attending court.
When Qingjun saw this scene, he was so angry that he was speechless for a long time.
The saintly way was flawed, and the political way was not established, resulting in heavy casualties among high-ranking scholars from all over the human race. All the survivors were recovering from their injuries, and there were rumors that the patriarch had been forced to personally treat them, otherwise those great scholars and university scholars would have no hope of recovery for all living beings.
Some scholars in Qing State who used to study eclecticism have given up on this and are preparing to study politics, which is related to eclecticism.
There are rumors everywhere in the human race that the Miscellaneous Family will soon be swallowed up by the Political Dao, and the sooner the Political Dao is repaired, the better.
Before noon, the Ministry of External Affairs of Jing State received the letter from Qing State.
The State of Qing stated that it would immediately deliver the compensation to the State of Jing, and would send officials from the State of Qing, led by Pang Jue, to negotiate with the State of Jing tonight.
Officials from the Jing Kingdom had already made adequate preparations, and some even wrote to the cabinet to submit various sanctions plans against the Qing Kingdom.
If victory is just victory, it can only be regarded as not failing. Only when profits are gained after victory can it be regarded as a real victory.
That evening, the Qing Kingdom envoys quietly entered the capital and, led by Jing Kingdom officials, entered the cabinet meeting room.
This is where the last visitor from the Miscellaneous Family negotiated with Fang Yun and others.
Several of the officials had been here last time, and upon entering the meeting room they sniffed instinctively, remembering the indescribable durian smell.
After both parties sat down, the officials from Qing State forced themselves to smile, but the officials from Jing State all had blank expressions on their faces.
Fang Yun took out the official seal, glanced at the officials of Qing State, and said, "My time is limited. If we cannot reach an agreement before dawn, you do not need to come again."
All the officials of Qing State felt a pang in their hearts. They knew Fang Yun was difficult to deal with, but they didn't expect him to be this difficult. Qing State's plan was to negotiate slowly and find Jing State's bottom line, but now the plan has failed.
Unfortunately, all of Qing's diplomats in charge of foreign affairs have resigned!
Even more unfortunate is that among Fang Yun's negotiation team, there are two officials from the Diplomacy School who were officials of the Qing State yesterday. They are the Minister and Junior Minister of the Honglu Temple of Qing State, who are usually the top and second-in-command in charge of foreign affairs of Qing State.
From the very beginning, everyone in the Qing Kingdom negotiation team felt extremely guilty, including Pang Jue who volunteered.
Pang Jue coughed lightly and said with an apologetic smile: "Fang Xusheng, the affairs of the two countries cannot be handled hastily. I am ill, so I hope you will give me a few more days."
"When I was sick, you guys didn't let me go." Fang Yun said righteously.
The Qing official almost rolled his eyes, thinking that Fang Yun was simply too shameless. Now the entire human race knew that Fang Yun was faking illness.
Pang Jue smiled bitterly and said, "Since Fang Xusheng is anxious, please make some conditions."
Fang Yun slightly tilted his head and glanced at Wang Han, the current Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who was formerly the Minister of the Honglu Temple of Qing State and the Grand Secretary of the diplomat school.
Wang Han understood what he meant, coughed lightly, and said, "Since Mr. Pang is so straightforward, I, Jingguo, will also be straightforward."
As he spoke, Wang Han took out a stack of documents.
The officials of Qing State were so furious that they were fuming. This official of Jing State was too unscrupulous. He had actually prepared the conditions long ago and read them out in public, totally disregarding Qing State.
Wang Han ignored his former colleagues and read aloud the new treaty revised by Jing Guofang Yun in a serious manner.
The officials of the Qing State became more and more annoyed as they listened. They all had angry looks on their faces and were about to slam the table and stand up.
The conditions offered by Jingguo are too harsh.
Jing State demanded that Qing State cede Haizhou, Lingzhou and Yongzhou, and all the prefectures on the south bank of the Yangtze River.
Abolish all unfair decrees made by Qing against Jing. In the next 100 years, all goods from Jing can be sold freely in Qing, and Qing shall not impose any form of tax on Jing's goods.
Jing State's educational institutions such as Fang's Academy and Fang's Library are allowed to be established in Qing State without any obstruction.
Jingguo is allowed to recruit workers from Qingguo without restrictions.
The Qing Kingdom prohibits the dissemination of any hostile remarks against the Jing Kingdom, and actively cooperates with the Jing Kingdom to crack down on anti-Jing elements.
After the scholars from Jing State enter Qing State, they will receive super-national treatment, and Qing State has no right to arrest or interrogate the scholars from Jing State.
This unnamed treaty is lengthy and detailed with various clauses.
At first, the officials of Qing State were extremely angry, but after hearing the end, they became completely numb and let Wang Han recite.
After Wang Han finished reading, the conference room fell silent.
"Serve the fruits and vegetables." Fang Yun said.
Several Qing officials instinctively covered their noses.
This time, there were no stinkthorn fruits, only normal fruits.
Fang Yun took a piece of seedless watermelon, ate it slowly, put the rind aside, and looked at the people from Qing Kingdom.
"Gentlemen, when will the new treaty be signed?"
The Qing officials glared at Fang Yun but did not dare to refuse.
Pang Jue said helplessly: "Fang Xusheng, this treaty is too harsh. If I take this treaty back, the people of Qing will point at my spine and insult me for a thousand years. Haizhou has the best coast in the entire human race. Once Haizhou is ceded, Qing will lose all its seaports. Not only that, you also want to occupy all the prefectures on the edge of the Yangtze River, which is equivalent to cutting off Qing's largest waterway and sea route. We in Qing cannot accept this."
"Does the current Qing Kingdom still have any water or sea routes?" Fang Yun asked back.
This sentence left the Qing officials speechless.
Ever since the Dragon Clan banned the sea and the Water Palace banned water, the Kingdom of Qing basically lost its water transportation, fishing and other industries, and was completely replaced by nearby countries.
To some extent, Jing State's cession of coastal and riverside areas was not really a big blow to the current Qing State.