The negotiations took place in a quiet room at Jing'an Temple, where the monks had avoided all and were guarded by 200 armed British soldiers. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The area of the quiet room is not large, only about 40 square meters, and 3 or 40 people are squeezed into it at once, and it immediately looks a little crowded.

The first step is to exchange the terms of the negotiation proposed by each other, so that each side can understand the conditions proposed by the other party so that the formal negotiation can follow. The countries approved two negotiation terms, one for the traveler and the other for the Qing court, and both were in Chinese and English, while the traveler only prepared a negotiation clause, of course, for the countries, because at least in name, the crosser and the Qing court were on one side, so there was no need to give the Qing court a copy. Only the Qing court did not even prepare a single terms for negotiation.

Li Hongzhang is a person who understands and knows that although it is a tripartite meeting in name, in fact, in this negotiation, the traverser and the other countries are the leading parties, and the Qing court is only here to be a foil, and can only act according to the faces of others, so it is useless to put forward any negotiation conditions, and simply do not mention any clauses, and wait for the two of you to talk.

Qin Zheng and Li Hongzhang took over the folders handed over by the countries, and at the same time, Qin Zheng also handed the folder of his own negotiation terms to the countries, and the terms prepared by the traveler were also in Chinese and English. Qin Zheng opened the Chinese version of the document, while Li Sanjie looked at the English version of the document, and the others watched by the side of the two, in fact, these people have quite solid English skills, and there is basically no problem in reading, writing and speaking, so for them, there is no difference between reading Chinese and reading English.

In the Qing court, Li Jingfang is proficient in English, so in general, he is the translator of Li Hongzhang, although there are eight countries on the side of each country, but all consuls can understand English, and in terms of Chinese, only the Japanese consul Oda Kiri is more proficient, and the others are basically half-hanging, but there are also special translators.

For a while, the room was silent, and everyone was looking carefully at the negotiation terms proposed by the other party.

There are a total of six negotiation clauses for the traversers, which are:

1. Overseas Chinese returned the Tianjin Concession to various countries and compensated the losses to the concessions of various countries, totaling 24 million taels of silver;

2. The overseas Chinese returned the Weihaiwei Concession to the British and compensated the British for the loss of the concession, totaling 10 million taels of silver;

3. The overseas Chinese returned the Qingdao Concession to Germany and compensated Germany for the loss of the concession, totaling 16 million taels of silver;

4. All kinds of laws, regulations, and systems formulated by overseas Chinese during the occupation of the concession and all kinds of administrative institutions established by them shall be abolished, and all the systems and administrative institutions of the former concession shall be restored, and all the industries and assets seized by overseas Chinese in various countries shall be returned to other countries;

5. All the soldiers and personnel of various countries captured by overseas Chinese in the previous wars shall be unconditionally released, and the ships and weapons of various countries captured by overseas Chinese shall be returned to other countries.

6. Overseas Chinese will compensate various countries for the losses and expenses of the war, totaling 30 million taels of silver, and together with the compensation in the first three articles, a total of 80 million taels of silver will be compensated to various countries;

After Qin Zheng and the other four negotiators read the negotiation terms proposed by the countries to the traversers, they handed them over to the negotiating assistants behind them to watch, and then whispered to each other about the negotiation terms proposed by the countries.

Although there is a technique of asking for a sky-high price and paying back the money on the spot in negotiations, it is generally within a relatively reasonable range, or one or two of the proposed terms are deliberately raised to the asking price, while the other terms are relatively reasonable and reliable. However, it can be said that none of the negotiation clauses proposed by various countries are reasonable, and all of them are unreliable, and it can be said that it is impossible for the traverser to agree to even one, which makes people wonder whether the countries really intend to negotiate with the traverser.

Of course, they are still looking at the time of the negotiation terms, and it is not yet time to speak, so Qin Zheng and the others did not say anything, but just discussed in a whisper how to deal with it when they spoke later.

After a while, the Qing court also read the negotiation terms proposed by various countries to the Qing court, so the two sides exchanged views on the negotiation terms proposed by each country to each other. Since this is a tripartite meeting, it is completely reasonable to exchange views in this way, and the Qing court will have to watch the negotiation terms proposed by the travelers to the countries later.

The terms of negotiation proposed by the countries to the Qing court were:

1. The murder of the German ambassador to Chung, Klinde, was the case, and the Qing Dynasty needed to send an envoy to Germany to apologize and erect a monument to commemorate his death;

2. The murder of the secretary of the Japanese embassy in the country, Sugiyama Bin, and the Qing Dynasty needs to send an envoy to Japan to apologize;

3. The Qing State compensated all countries for the cost of war losses, totaling 300 million taels of silver;

4. The Qing State shall demarcate the special boundaries of the embassies of various countries, which shall be the exclusive residences of the embassies, and shall be managed by the embassies alone, and troops shall be dispatched to garrison them. Chinese nationals are not allowed to reside in the exclusive territory of the embassy. 、

5. The Qing Dynasty should demolish the Dagu Fort and the batteries in the stream that obstructed the passage from Beijing to the sea;

6. The Chinese state agrees that each country shall be the host, and at its discretion, a number of troops will be stationed in the same place, so as to ensure that there is no severance from the passage from Beijing to the sea.

7. The Qing State should select eight corresponding areas in the country and hand them over to other countries as new leased land;

8. The Qing Dynasty should forever prohibit the Boxers and hostile acts against other countries, arrest the leaders and members of the Boxers, and ensure that they will not engage in all forms of xenophobia in the future;

After reading the terms that various countries issued to the Qing court, Qin Zheng's face couldn't help but sink, compared with the [Xinchou Treaty] in the old time and space, this clause except for the Qing court's compensation for a little less silver, only 300 million taels, and the [Xinchou Treaty] demanded compensation of 430 million taels, and then there was no requirement to punish the Qing court's personnel who advocated war with various countries, there was basically no difference in others. Even worse, because the [Xinchou Treaty] did not make any claims to China's territory, and this clause clearly stipulated that eight new concessions should be opened.

Of course, Qin Zheng understood that the countries did not mention the punishment of those who advocated war with other countries, not because the countries were tolerant, but because they had made an exchange with the Qing court, that is, the Qing court accepted the conditions put forward by the countries, and the countries did not hold the Qing court accountable for the personnel who started the war. Therefore, it can also be said that the terms of this negotiation are more harsh than the [Xinchou Treaty], and the infringement of China's sovereignty is one step further than in the old time and space. And whether it is out of self-established transcription or the national thinking of the travelers, it is absolutely not permissible for this treaty to become true according to the terms of the negotiations.

At this time, Li Hongzhang and the others had already read the negotiation terms that the countries had issued to the traverser, and they were looking through the negotiation terms listed by the traverser to the various countries, so the traverser and the two parties were waiting patiently, but the personnel of both sides were discussing and discussing in a low voice.

After about ten minutes, Li Hongzhang and the others also finished reading the negotiation terms listed by the traverser to various countries, and returned the document to one of the countries, at this time Qin Zheng said: "Everyone has finished reading the negotiation terms proposed by the other party, if you have read them all, we will enter the next agenda and start the trial to formally negotiate the negotiation terms." ”

However, when Qin Zheng spoke, he did not hand over to the Qing court the documents of the negotiation terms listed by various countries to the Qing court, and the countries and the Qing court did not care, thinking that it was the negligence of the traverser who forgot it for a while, but replied to Qin Zheng that he could enter the next agenda.

At this time, Huo Bilan said: "Does Political Commissar Qin have any opinion on the negotiation terms we proposed?"

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Huo Bilan said: "Then does Political Commissar Qin agree to discuss the negotiation terms we proposed first?"

Qin Zheng said: "Yes." ”

Huo Bilan was stunned, and he was also happy in his heart, because in the negotiation, discussing the plan proposed by the other side first is usually more beneficial to that side, and generally the two sides will take turns to discuss their own plans, and Qin Zheng did not make such a request, and promised to discuss the negotiation terms of each country first, so Huo Bilan was a little surprised, but he was still very happy, after all, this is beneficial to his own side, and the other negotiators of various countries also showed joy, some people even thought that the traverser must lack negotiation experience to make such a mistake。

At this time, Huo Bilan said: "Okay, then let's start with the first article. ”

Qin Zheng shook his head and said, "You don't need to start talking about the first article, I can reply to you right away." As he spoke, Qin Zheng threw the two negotiation clause documents listed by various countries to the traverser and the court in front of the negotiation table of each country, and said in a deep voice: "We do not agree on the contents of these two negotiation clauses, so these two negotiation clauses can no longer be discussed. ”

Qin Zheng's move stunned all countries, as well as Li Hongzhang and others, because he was Li Hongzhang, he had participated in various negotiations no less than dozens of times, and he had never seen such behavior. Only the traverser remained silent, obviously knowing that Qin Zheng would take such a move.

At this time, Huo Bilan had not recovered from the shock, and subconsciously asked: "Political Commissar Qin, what do you mean by this?"

Qin Zheng said: "Didn't you hear what I said clearly? Then I'll say it again, that is, we don't agree on the content of these two negotiation terms, so we will not discuss these two negotiation terms again." Your Excellency, do you all understand?"

Huo Bilan came back to his senses at this time, and immediately discussed a few words in a whisper with the other negotiators, and also threw the document of the negotiation terms of the traverser over, and said: "We also do not agree with the negotiation terms you listed, and we refuse to discuss the negotiation terms you listed again. ”

Li Hongzhang looked left and right, and he didn't know whether to cry or laugh in his heart.

Qin Zheng remained silent and said, "Since both of us have refused to discuss the terms of the other party's negotiation, then I can understand that this time the negotiation has broken down. ”

Huo Bilan was not only stunned for a moment, not knowing what Qin Zheng meant by this, but at this time, he must not admit it, and said: "If you think that this time the negotiation has broken down, then it can be regarded as a breakdown." ”

Qin Zheng nodded, got up from his seat, and said, "Okay, then let's take our leave." After finishing speaking, the traversers who participated in the negotiation also got up one after another and walked out of the negotiation room with Qin Zheng.