After Guangxu listened, he was also stunned, his face was full of disappointment, and Cixi glanced at him, sneering in his heart, in fact, Guangxu's thoughts Cixi was very clear, the reason why he did not stop Guangxu was because at this time Cixi had fully understood the intentions of the East China government, they did not plan to reconcile with the Qing court at all, but planned to completely overthrow the Qing court and establish a new dynasty, but Guangxu was 40 years old, and he was still so ignorant.

Now Guangxu is speechless, and the ministers are also speechless, and the cold scene has been cold for more than 2 minutes, before Cixi said: "Why don't you speak, of course it is easy not to agree to the conditions of hypocrisy, but as soon as the war starts, how can the imperial court resist." ”

At this time, Zhang Zhidong said: "The Queen Mother, the Emperor, please forgive the ministers for saying bluntly, if the battle is together, with the military strength of our Qing Dynasty, it is by no means a false and rebellious opponent, and the great powers and countries cannot rely on it, so please also ask the Queen Mother and the Emperor to consider carefully and think twice before acting." ”

Before Cixi and Guangxu could speak, Na Tongji said angrily: "Lord Zhang, according to what you say, should the imperial court surrender to the pseudo-rebellion!"

Zhang Zhidong didn't argue with him, just lowered his head and stopped talking.

Na Tong wanted to say more, Cixi said: "Okay, now it's about talking about business, not quarreling." In fact, Cixi knew in her heart that Zhang Zhidong was reminding herself not to make the mistake of Gengzi's country again. However, Cixi also has a bottom in her heart, she can still escape if she can't beat it, anyway, the preparations for escape have been done, and the conditions of the East China government must not be agreed.

At this time, Lu Chuanlin said: "The Queen Mother, the Emperor, there are still 6 days left before the deadline for hypocrisy, and there is no need to rush the decision. ”

Cixi also nodded and said, "That's it, Lu Chuanlin and Zaifeng, this matter will be handed over to the two of you." ”

Lu Chuanlin and Zaifeng hurriedly bowed and said, "Yes!"

Yin Chang said again: "The queen mother, the emperor, so far, we must not make the worst plans, Beijing's defense needs to be strengthened, and there is a military camp in the east of the city, it is better to take advantage of the opportunity to negotiate, send troops to besiege first, and take a look at the spirit of the hypocrisy." ”

When Lu Chuanlin heard this, he was also taken aback, and said: "This matter must not be allowed, now that the negotiations have not ended, how can we easily use the sword soldiers, if the hypocrisy uses this as an excuse, and the responsibility for sabotaging the negotiations is put on my Daqing." ”

Yin Chang said: "The pseudo-rebel has no sincerity to negotiate with us, why should we be serious, not to mention that the pseudo-rebel army is strong, and it is difficult to be hostile. ”

When Cixi heard this, she was silent for a while before she said, "Don't be busy first." ”

Although Cixi was ready to run away, the Qing court had also been strengthening Beijing's defenses, after all, the longer Beijing could be defended, the farther she could run, and the safer it would be. However, if Cixi wants to send troops to attack the garrison of the East China Government in Beijing now, Cixi really doesn't have the courage to do so, so she can only deal with Yinchang first.

At this point in the discussion, there is nothing to say, after all, no one can come up with any good way, Cixi is now only thinking about how to escape, and the others are not hopeful, so they also announced their withdrawal from the court, and after the ministers kowtowed, they withdrew from the Palace of Raising Hearts.

On this very day, newspapers in China's major regions reported on the negotiations, and the five conditions for the negotiations put forward by the East China Government were all fully reported, and most of the newspapers also reported on the East China Government in full. For example, when talking about the incompetence of the Qing court, it listed in detail the unequal treaties signed by the Qing court with foreign countries, the area of territory ceded, and the amount of silver to be compensated, and so on; when mentioning the merits of the East China government, it also listed a large number of examples and data, which also made the five negotiation conditions put forward by the East China government more convincing.

When the news of the negotiations appeared, the first countries to react were the countries, after all, they were much more sensitive to the media than the Qing court. Germany, the United States, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and other countries have basically taken a neutral attitude, and they all expressed the hope that the East China government and the Qing court can achieve a peaceful settlement of the relations between the two sides, but the terms of peace are negotiated by the two sides themselves, and neither country commented.

Britain and France, on the other hand, criticized the East China Government's excessively harsh and unreasonable negotiation conditions, but at the same time expressed the hope that the East China Government and the Qing court could peacefully resolve the relations between the two sides, and also demanded that the East China Government revise the terms of the negotiations.

Japan and Russia, however, sternly criticized the behavior of the East China government for being too hegemonic and completely lacking the sincerity of a peaceful settlement, and said that they would give full support to the Qing court and resolutely oppose the negotiation conditions of the East China government, and at the same time called on the international community to work together to stop the hegemonic behavior of the East China government, uphold justice for the Qing court, and uphold international justice.

The United States and Germany now have good relations with the East China government, so it is impossible to oppose the East China government, but they also do not want to offend the Qing court too much, and this time the East China government did not ask for their diplomatic assistance, so the two countries also coincidentally adopted a neutral attitude, and neither side was offended. Austria-Hungary is the only German leader and naturally follows Germany; while Italy is still nominally allied with Germany and Austria-Hungary, so naturally it cannot run counter to the two countries, not to mention that Italy does not have many interests in China and its influence is limited, so it has no interest in standing on that side.

Although Britain and France have achieved reconciliation and normalization of relations with the East China government, the grievances between the two countries and the East China government are not so easy to eliminate, not to mention the rise of the East China government in the Far East and the good relations with Germany, it is almost a direct alliance, which is of course very unfavorable to Britain and France, although the right Britain and France do not dare to directly confront the East China government in the Far East, but if they find an opportunity to stumble on the East China government or disgust the East China government, of course the two countries are willing to do it.

However, Britain and France are also unwilling to have a complete bad relationship with the East China government at this time, direct confrontation, so although they are biased towards the Qing court, they also leave room for the Qing court, and do not resolutely stand for the Qing court.

Japan is now completely torn apart from the East China government, so in line with the principle that the enemy of the enemy is its friend, it naturally stands resolutely on the opposite side of the East China government. Only Russia clearly stood on the side of the Qing court and confronted the East China government head-on, which was somewhat surprising, and there was no need for Bijing Russia to directly clash with the East China government at this time.

Of course, Russia also has its own reasons for doing this. The Bosnian crisis in Europe was coming to an end, and the threat of war from Germany and Austria-Hungary, as well as the resolute opposition of the Ottoman Empire, made it difficult for Russia to insist on its own demand for the right to navigation in the Black Sea, because Russia was far from recovering from the defeat in the Far East and was unable to start a new war, let alone in the face of such a powerful opponent as Germany and Austria-Hungary, even the Ottoman Empire should not be underestimated.

Although Russia has formed an alliance with Britain and France, once the war starts, Britain and France are obliged to participate in the war according to the requirements of the alliance, but after all, Britain and France are too far away from Russia, although the three countries have strategically formed a flanking attack on Germany, but tactically Russia can only rely on its own alone, at the beginning of the war, and even in the middle stage, it is difficult for Britain and France to give Russia substantial support and help, Russia must rely on its own strength, resist Germany, The Austro-Hungarian army attacked until Britain and France took the initiative on the other side, but Russia was clearly not capable of doing so. As a result, Russia can only choose to compromise and intend to give up the right of navigation in the Black Sea, just waiting for a step, such as convening an international conference, at which the division of spheres of influence of various countries after the Bosnian crisis will be clarified, and Russia can also end the Bosnian crisis with dignity.

But in this way, Russia has been dismantled for several months but has gained nothing, not only the Black Sea navigation rights have not been fished, but also in the Far East and completely withdrawn from Mongolia, it can be said that the loss is heavy, Russia will naturally not be reconciled, now the European side has become a foregone conclusion, but in the Far East, there is still a little room for recovery, because Russia has been operating in Mongolia for decades, and its influence is all over Mongolia, and it is impossible to withdraw all of them. Garrisoned, but a considerable part of the personnel did not withdraw, so the Russians began to play tricks, finding various reasons for not wanting to withdraw the remaining personnel from Mongolia, but hoping to retain some forces in Mongolia, which might be useful in the future.

On the one hand, it issued a warning to Russia, demanding that Russia must withdraw from Mongolia on time in accordance with the requirements of the agreement, and that it must not find any reason to postpone or refuse, otherwise the East China Government will take measures; on the other hand, it has dispatched troops to force the withdrawal from Mongolia, but the Russian personnel who still do not want to leave should leave immediately, and their attitude is also quite tough.

After all, now Russia really has no ability to wage war again, and it is just at this time that the East China government and the Qing court are conducting peace negotiations, which makes Russia see the opportunity, so Russia immediately gives the Qing court a very high-profile platform, putting on a full support for the Qing court, and openly confronting the East China government, in fact, it hopes to use this as a bargaining chip to exchange interests with the East China government in exchange for retaining a part of the power in Mongolia.