Duan Tianming spoke the cruelest reality in the calmest words. For these monarchs, they no longer had any chance. After the Yan Kingdom took over the entire Luonan and obtained tens of thousands of troops, they no longer had any chance at all militarily.
It’s just that they still have some bargaining chips in strategy, that is population. The most important thing at the moment is population. As for land, it is secondary. The land in the entire Central Plains has not been fully cultivated, land saturation has not yet begun, and there is no contradiction between population and land at all.
According to preliminary measurements by Yan State, the plain area of the entire Central Plains region alone is about 400,000 square kilometers, which is slightly more than the size of Japan, 60,000 square kilometers more than two Henan provinces, and much more than the size of France.
However, the population of the entire Central Plains is less than 2 million, which is not the population that should be in this place with hundreds of millions of people.
After giving the big stick, there must be sweet rewards. Now the Yan Kingdom has plenty of land, so we must give it when it is necessary.
Duan Tianming started to act like a devil. It was a kind of pleasure of a big country bullying a small country, but he did not feel much guilt, because this was an internal affair of the race. By doing these things, more people would live better.
"We are not here today with the six city-states in the peripheral regions, nor with the ruler of Lingyun. This is because I need to make some minor adjustments internally."
"Once all nations agree to contribute to the peace and security of the Central Plains, six cities and lands, including Jincheng and Yangcheng, can be used as compensation. Lingyun Nation's land can also be allocated as compensation to the nations that have lost border cities. Relatively speaking, everyone should have their own decisions regarding the major cities in the core area of the Central Plains and the smaller border city-states."
Duan Tianming announced the news calmly.
"So what will happen to the population of these big cities?"
The king of Zhao couldn't help asking. He was still a little greedy for the tens of thousands of people.
"nonsense!"
Duan Tianming did not answer and spoke directly.
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There was some awkwardness in the scene, which was something everyone knew, and it seemed sensitive to bring it up now.
"What a fool."
The king of Wei has obviously accepted it now, and he is very envious of Jincheng.
This seems like a Munich, but it is different in nature. The entire Central Plains is bound to become a unified entity in many aspects such as culture and race. And from a racial perspective, Duan Tianming's actions are to help ordinary people in these countries avoid oppression by the martial nobles, which is a kind of liberation.
The process of unification will be accompanied by bloodshed. In order to unify, the Qin State directly killed hundreds of thousands of people and suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties in many wars. Duan Tianming simply used more clever but shameless means to turn this process into a vertical and phased process.
Compared with the horizontal killing and annexation, this phased unification is obviously more in line with the interests of ordinary people in the entire Central Plains region. Perhaps this is a conspiracy, but history will admit that this is an upright and moderate feat.
"I agree!"
The King of Wei expressed his position first.
"agree!"
"agree!"
Afterwards, the monarchs of the big border countries also expressed their opinions one after another. This statement may have been made out of helplessness, but now the goal has been achieved.
This approach also has a very important benefit, which is that it invisibly implements the annexation of Yan State and the relocation of the population of several Central Plains countries and Lingyun State. Even if Yan State makes any big moves in the future, these countries will not be able to raise any opinions because they have also become stakeholders in this system.
After discussing the most sensitive issues, the main direction began to shift to other aspects, Duan Tianming continued, and the monarchs of these countries continued to listen.
"In order to ensure military funding, each country should provide the central government with annual funding according to the military budget we provided in the document. Does anyone have any objections to this?"
"No!"
"In order to facilitate our economic and cultural exchanges, all countries should open their borders to each other, agree to various economic activities led by Yan Country, and impose relevant taxes on Yan Country's merchants. Do you agree with this?"
"agree!"
The monarchs of these countries do not know what kind of traitorous treaty they have signed, and Duan Tianming naturally will not mention it. These merchants are officially organized by Yan State, and Yan State will not prohibit private business activities, but they must ensure that they join the officially organized chamber of commerce and cannot engage in large-scale production activities.
This ensures that the Yan State government has absolute control over major commodities and the commerce of Yan State and even the Central Plains.
"Okay, we've signed all the other relevant treaties. Now let's talk about the Central Plains Council, which decides all matters within the Central Plains Confederation."
Now that the relevant military and economic work has been almost completed, what remains is to formally establish the parliament of the Central Plains Confederation. This is obviously one of the most important topics of this meeting and is also what the monarchs of these countries are most concerned about.
"The main purpose of our Central Plains Confederation Conference is to decide on public affairs throughout the Central Plains. The headquarters will be established in Yuqing City, the capital of our Yan Nation."
Duan Tianming said it as a matter of course, and the monarchs of those countries did not object.
"The relevant seats represent the right to make decisions. In this confederation, our Yan Nation occupies half of the seats, and the remaining seats will be distributed among the various nations. The specific number of seats is also marked in the document."
As soon as he finished speaking, the monarchs of these countries began to look through it again, and sure enough, they saw another paragraph in small print at the front, which contained the seats of their own country.
"ah···"
There was some awkwardness in the scene. It seemed that this was not easy to discuss. The monarchs of these countries didn't know how to start. Anyway, the fact was that they needed to calm down now.
"I think..."
"I think this seat should be..."
"Yan Country's seats are somewhat..."
After a momentary pause, the scene became heated again. The monarchs of these countries began to quarrel. Duan Tianming finally adapted to it and began to negotiate with these people in a friendly manner.
After two days of discussion, all matters concerning the formation of the Central Plains Confederation were finally completed. The most important aspect was the establishment of the Central Plains Parliament. Yan State occupied 45% of the seats in this parliament and had a veto power. More importantly, it was necessary to establish a unified market in the Central Plains. These countries passively became the dumping grounds for Yan State's goods and the collection of raw materials.
Of course, the establishment of the Central Plains Military Alliance is also an important aspect. By this summer, 150,000 troops will go to Yan Country for concentrated training, and all preparations basically require a lot.
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