Early in the morning, the Recha Hotel received a notice from the travelers asking for a press conference venue to be set up in the hotel. Although the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion is very hasty, the efficiency of the Licha Hotel is quite high, and just a few days ago, a press conference was held, so the staff of the Licha Hotel are also familiar with the road, and there is no chaos.

Originally, the press conference of the time-traveler plan started at 11 o'clock, but by about 10:30, 3 or 400 people had gathered, and even more than 10 cameras had been set up, of which there were nearly 300 reporters, and about 100 people heard the news to see the excitement. Seeing this, Qin Zheng also decided to hold a press conference in advance.

The reporters present were naturally happy, after all, it was too enduring to wait like this, and the press conference started early, so it was better to get big news as soon as possible, and their hearts were more stable.

So Qin Zheng came to the seat with a folder and said: "Fellow journalists, welcome to this press conference, due to the rush of time, it may cause you some inconvenience, and we apologize." You may be a little surprised, because at this time, we should be negotiating with other countries in the Jing'an Temple, why did we hold a press conference here, in fact, this press conference was also a temporary decision. And the reason for the body, you will understand in a while. ”

Qin Zheng continued: "Just about an hour ago, we were indeed negotiating with various countries in the Jing'an Temple, but on the spot, we made a decision, which is why we are holding a press conference now, that is, we decided to withdraw from this Shanghai negotiation. ”

After saying this, there was a sudden "boom" at the scene, and a flurry of discussion sounded, because the news was indeed so shocking that all the reporters and other personnel present were shocked, and some reporters immediately asked loudly: "Why? Why did you withdraw from this negotiation?" ”

After the discussion calmed down a little, Qin Zheng said: "The reason why we withdrew from this negotiation is very simple. As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from the folder he was carrying, waved it, and said: "This is a telegram sent by the Qing Imperial Court to Li Hongzhang and Li Zhongtang yesterday, asking Li Zhongtang to sign treaties with various countries as soon as possible, and accept all the conditions put forward by various countries to the Qing government. I will not read out here what are the conditions for negotiation proposed by various countries to the Qing government, as well as the contents of the cables, but write them on a large wooden board, so that you can see them clearly. ”

Immediately after speaking, someone carried two wooden blocks, one with the terms of negotiation proposed by various countries to the Qing government, and the other with the content of the telegram. However, there were too many people present, only the people in the first few rows could see it, and the people in the back could not see it. So Qin Zheng announced that the press conference would be suspended for 30 minutes, so that the reporters present would take turns to come forward to watch it, and they could copy it. In addition, the original of the message was brought to the camera and they were asked to take a picture.

After a short period of time, the reporters who had finished reading the contents of the two wooden boards were also talking a lot, and this time the voices were much louder than just now, first, it was a pause time and they could speak freely; second, the negotiation conditions proposed by various countries to the Qing government were too harsh, and they were much stricter than the [Shimonoseki Treaty] five years ago, after all, the [Shimonoseki Treaty] was only a land reparation, but there was no right to garrison troops, and this time it was all over. Therefore, most of the reporters were very angry after reading it, and many people even began to curse, although some people were less bold and did not dare to speak, but the indignation was already written on their faces. After all, the current situation is much better than when the [Treaty of Shimonoseki] was signed, and it can even be said that it is beneficial to the Qing court, but the Qing court wants to sign a treaty with other countries that is more stringent than the [Treaty of Shimonoseki], which is difficult for any normal Chinese to accept.

And Qin Zheng and others observed everyone's performance on the side, and also listened carefully to everyone's remarks, but what surprised them was that most of the people cursed Li Hongzhang was actually Li Hongzhang, scolding Li Hongzhang and betraying the country, although there were also a few people who pointed the finger at the imperial court, but they only talked in general terms, and the words were far less intense than scolding Li Hongzhang.

This made Qin Zheng and the others a little crying and laughing, they didn't expect Li Zhongtang to lie down and shoot. However, the [Treaty of Shimonoseki] is indeed Li Hongzhang's black pot for the Qing court, so it is not too surprising that he was shot this time.

About 30 minutes later, basically everyone had finished reading and copying, and they all returned to their places and sat down, waiting for Qin Zheng to speak. And at this time, everyone estimated that Qin Zheng's speech would definitely have some big news.

Qin Zheng said: "Before this negotiation, the principle we determined was to safeguard China's interests, not to cede land, No compensation, and in the past few days of negotiations, we have been trying our best to fight for this goal, all these conditions put forward by various countries have been rejected by us in a righteous word, but what we did not expect is that while we are doing our best to fight for the interests of China, the Qing court, the supreme ruler of the land of China, has fully agreed to the conditions of various countries, and does not hesitate to sell the national interests, so that our efforts are all in vain. And we have no way to get the Qing court to change its decision, but we can't sign such a treaty as traitors, so we decided to withdraw from this negotiation. ”

After Qin Zheng finished speaking, the audience fell silent. Because Qin Zheng did not point the finger at Li Hongzhang, but directly pointed at the Qing court, he even used such fierce words as "national interests" and "traitors." Although Shanghai's atmosphere is open and the newspaper industry is relatively developed, the public can also get in touch with a large number of new ideas and concepts, and many newspapers will also publish some articles that are acupuncture of the times. However, the spearhead is generally pointed at the ministers, and very rarely aimed at the Qing court, and even if there is, it is only superficial, and it is generally pointed, or it is a big play of Spring and Autumn brushwork, and the main point is not reached.

This is mainly because the Qing court has ruled in China for more than 250 years, which has been deeply entrenched, and the authority of the imperial power has been in China for more than 2,000 years, so the influence of the imperial power cannot be eliminated in a short period of time.

And Xiang Qin Zheng pointed the finger at the Qing court like this, and even his words were fierce, and he had never done so. Although the reporters knew that the overseas Chinese were not subjects of the Qing court, they were still very surprised, so no one spoke for a while, and the whole venue was completely quiet.

Obviously, Qin Zheng was not very satisfied with this result, and the reason why he pointed the finger at the Qing court was actually to blame the Qing court for all the reasons for the breakdown of the negotiations, and to show that the overseas Chinese did not take the Qing court seriously at all, thus attacking the authority of the Qing court. But I also know that the Chinese of this era cannot be forced, and it still takes time to break the authority of the imperial power. Therefore, Qin Zheng said: "That's all we want to announce, the following is the time for questions from reporters, if you have anything to ask, you can raise your hand to ask questions now." ”

At this time, the reporters present had not yet recovered from Qin Zheng's speech just now, so no one asked questions for a while, and after two or three minutes, one reporter raised his hand and was picked up by Qin Zheng. The reporter said, "You have announced that you are withdrawing from this negotiation, so what is your next step?"

Qin Zheng said: "Our next move needs to be decided by our executive committee after consultation, so I can't answer your questions now, but there is one thing I can answer you, that is, we will definitely take action." ”

As soon as Qin Zheng finished answering, 10 reporters raised their hands, and Qin Zheng pointed out another reporter, and the question he asked was: "Will you go back to war next?" Will you come to attack Shanghai?"

Qin Zheng said with a smile: "As I said just now, our next move will only be decided after consultation with our executive committee, but we will definitely take the actions we see fit, so I can only answer you that all actions are possible." ”

The next reporter asked: "If you withdraw from the negotiations this time, will you not negotiate with other countries again?"

Qin Zheng said: "Of course not, we have always loved peace, and advocate the settlement of disputes in the form of negotiations, and war is only a means of self-defense when we have no choice but to do so." However, peace is by no means obtained by handouts from other countries, still less by betraying the interests of our own countries, so we hope to negotiate with other countries to resolve China's war, but if it is a negotiation based on these conditions put forward by various countries, we will absolutely not participate in it. ”

At this time, another reporter said: "Mr. Qin, although the conditions put forward by various countries are harsh, but they are accepted by the imperial court's resolution, and it seems that it is not appropriate for you to withdraw from the negotiations so rashly and deny the resolution of the imperial court.

Among the reporters, there are also good and bad, including the reformers who are progressive in their thinking and advocate reform of the law, and there are also the old guards who hold on to the defects and defend the traditional defenders to maintain their own self-reliance, and Qin Zheng's fierce attacks on the Qing court just now have indeed aroused the dissatisfaction of some people, so some people have stood up to question Qin Zheng. Of course, this question also expressed the sentiments of many people, and although some progressive journalists scoffed at this question, they also wanted to hear how overseas Chinese would answer.