After the motorboat docked, the reporters on the pier had not yet left, and were waiting for the representatives of the three parties to come back to see if they could get any big news out of their mouths.

After Li Sanjie went ashore, reporters immediately gathered around and asked Li Sanjie about today's talks. When he was on the motorboat, Li Sanjie had already thought about how to deal with it, so he was confident and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I can announce a major news to you, and it will definitely be on the headlines of various newspapers tomorrow." ”

When the reporters heard this, they immediately became interested, and no one spoke for a while, listening to Li Sanjie's next words.

Li Sanjie said: "The result of today's talks is that the negotiations have broken down. ”

"Hum!" The reporters suddenly burst into exclamations, and this is indeed extremely shocking news, because the negotiations have not officially started at all, and today is just a preparatory meeting, so how could the negotiations break down? However, looking at Li Sanjie's appearance, it is obvious that he is not joking, and he is not joking about this kind of thing, and several reporters still subconsciously asked: "Is this true?"

Li Sanjie was still very patient and said: "Of course it's true." ”

At this time, several reporters finally reacted and said, "Mr. Li, can you tell us the reason for the breakdown of the negotiations?"

After listening to this, some of the reporters basically understood, but some of them were still confused, thinking that even if the East China government refused to listen to the Qing court ministers, it would be enough to refuse the Russian side's demands, and there was no need to withdraw from the negotiations in such a drastic way. A reporter asked, "Mr. Li, why do you refuse to listen to the ministers of the Qing Dynasty?"

Li Sanjie said: " There are two reasons why we refused to be listened to by the Qing ministers: one is that we used to be part of the Qing State in the past, but in September last year, the Qing government officially recognized us as a completely independent political body, so we have nothing to do with the Qing government; ”

Immediately, a reporter discovered the subtext in Li Sanjie's words and immediately asked: "You just said that the government of the Chunguo State cannot represent China, can it be understood that the government of East China can represent China?"

Li Sanjie smiled slightly and said, "Yes, only our East China government can represent China." After a pause, he added: " In the 60 years before our return, the Qing government signed more than 100 traitorous treaties with foreign countries, ceded about 4 million square kilometers of territory and compensated about 350 million taels of silver, and when we just returned to China, the Qing government was even beaten by the Eight-Nation Coalition and even gave up the capital, and this is the second time that the Qing government has abandoned its capital, and this Far East war basically took place on the territory of China, but before we entered the war, the Qing government not only could not protect its own territoryJournalists and gentlemen, do you think such a government is still qualified to represent the country?"

There are too many black materials in the Qing court, and finding a few of them can deal a fatal blow to the Qing court, and the United States itself is an emerging country that advocates freedom and has weak government authority, so Li Sanjie's words can indeed resonate with reporters.

Li Sanjie said: "After we returned to China, we have always been committed to safeguarding national interests and protecting the people, and when we first returned, we defeated the Eight-Nation Coalition and saved the Qing government at that time. ”

Another reporter said: "It doesn't matter who is qualified to represent the Chinese government, but at present the Qing State is indeed the legitimate government recognized by all countries, and the Far East is indeed the territory of the Qing State, so it is reasonable to listen to this tripartite meeting, and the listeners will not have any impact on the negotiations. ”

Li Sanjie shook his head and said, "This journalist is thinking from the perspective of goodwill, we can understand, but we think that the Qing government will use this opportunity to betray China's interests." ”

When the reporter heard this, he was still a little unconvinced, and asked: "Are you saying that the Qing government will betray the interests of the country?" ”

Li Sanjie said: "Yes, this is also the main reason why we can't trust the Qing government, because the Qing government officials have not only done this kind of thing of betraying the country's interests, in the past, there have been border survey and negotiation officials of the Qing government who accepted bribes from the other party and deliberately betrayed the country's territory. ”

The reporter did not give up, and asked: "Are you just guessing what you say, or is there solid evidence?"

Li Sanjie said: "Let's think about it, why did Russia propose to invite the ministers of the Qing State to participate in the negotiations, and what good would this do to Russia? Russia has been peeking at the territory of northeast China, and this territory originally belonged to the Qing State, so will Russia have such a good heart? If you believe that Russia will preside over international justice and justice, it is better to believe that the old sow will go up to the tree." ”

In addition, Russia is still synonymous with barbarism, belligerence, ferocity, and violence in the image of reporters, so they also agree with Li Sanjie's statement, and Russia's invitation to the ministers of the Qing State to participate in the negotiations must not have a good heart.

Li Sanjie said again: "And why didn't the ministers of the Qing State participate in the negotiation before the tripartite talks, but only now, and it happened that five Qing ministers happened to visit the United States, is this just a whim?" As far as we know, the Russian negotiators and the Qing ministers have met many times in the past few days, and as recently last night they were holding secret talks in the hotel where the Russian negotiators were staying, so we have every reason to think that there may be an ulterior secret behind this matter. ”

The reporters immediately began to talk again, because this was another shocking news, and one reporter immediately asked: "Do you think that the Russian negotiators have bribed the Qing minister?"

Li Sanjie smiled and said: "Mr. reporter, I haven't said that, if I want to know the truth, I'm afraid I can only ask the Russian negotiators to know, you see, they have already gone ashore, and those who want to ask can rush over and ask to see what the Russian representatives say." ”

In fact, although Li Sanjie did not explicitly say that the Russian negotiators had bribed the Qing minister's inspection minister, he actually always hinted that it was such a thing, and for the reporters, subconsciously, they all hoped that this was the real thing, because it was another explosive news, and in addition, the parties to this matter were not Americans, so it was naturally not a big deal to watch the excitement, so many reporters believed it six or seven points, and when they saw that the Russian delegation had gone ashore, they immediately rushed over.

Before the motorboat docked, Witte saw reporters surrounding the delegation of the East China government, and his heart was a little sour, the Americans were really uninformed countrymen, and they were actually fascinated by the yellow-skinned monkeys, and they didn't take their own nobles seriously. After the motorboat docked, Werther had just landed, only to see the reporters give up the East China Government delegation, but they were about to come here, and they couldn't help but feel refreshed, it seemed that the reporters still had some vision, and after a few days, they finally recognized the true face of the yellow-skinned monkey, which has a deep aristocratic heritage. The gloomy mood just now also lifted up a bit.

Werther, of course, did not forget to maintain his approachable style, and immediately smiled, waved to the reporters, and said a few words of newly learned English. As soon as the reporter came around, he started asking questions.

"Mr. Witte, we have just heard from a delegation from the East China government that the negotiations have broken down. ”

"Yes, because it was the East China government that asked to withdraw from this negotiation, we ......"

"Mr. Witte, I heard from the delegation of the East China government that the reason why they asked to withdraw from this negotiation was that the Russian delegation proposed to invite the ministers of the Qing State to participate in the negotiations, isn't it?"

"Hmm...... Yes, but that's ......"

"Mr. Witte, why did the Russian delegation propose at this time to invite the Qing ministers to participate in the negotiations? ”

"Hmm...... This is because ...... Because ......"

"Mr. Witt, I heard that in the past few days, the Russian delegation has met several times with the Qing Minister, please is this true, and what are you talking about at the meeting? ”

"This ...... The ......" Even though it was January, beads of sweat were already forming on Werther's forehead, for he had discovered that the course of events had long been out of his control.

"Mr. Witt, I heard that last night, you had a secret meeting with the Qing ministers, and today's Russian delegation's proposal to invite the Qing ministers to participate in the negotiations is not related to yesterday's secret talks?"

“...... ......”

"Mr. Witte, it has been claimed that some kind of agreement has been reached between the Russian delegation and the Qing Ministers, which is why the Russian delegation has made a proposal today to invite the Qing Ministers to participate in the negotiations and listen.

"No, no, we've met, but ......"

"Mr. Witte, may I ask what agreement was reached between the Russian delegation and the Qing Minister, whether it is to suppress the East China government together in the negotiations?"

"Mr. Witt, I heard that you bribed the Qing Minister's Inspector, and the Qing Minister's Inspector promised to help you suppress the East China Government in the negotiations, is this true?"

"Mr. Witt, can you tell us how much money you bribed the Qing Minister?"

"Nonsense, nonsense, this is slander, slander, bastards, all bastards...... "Originally, Werther's mood was not good, but under the pressure of the reporters, he finally couldn't help it, burst into rudeness, and then angrily pushed the reporter away and walked away.