"This raid on the embassies of various countries is a wanton violation of international norms, a barbaric violation of the civilized world, and a grave challenge to the dignity of all nations. The cannons have taught them enough lessons, both physically and spiritually, to make them aware of the tragic consequences of provoking the civilized world, and to let the gospel of God completely cover the kingdom, and of course we can understand the difficulties of nations that can no longer wage wars, so we are willing to take on this noble and honorable task, and shoulder the responsibility of preserving civilization and expanding the gospel of God, but we hope that the nations will give us enough support in other respects, so that our Russian warriors, let the great Cossacks ride horses and fight for this glorious mission。 Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The Russian Consul General in Shanghai, P.A. Dmitriev, waved his hands in the air to make a perfect end to this impassioned speech. Unfortunately, the consuls of the other countries present were not interested in his speech, some looked up at the ceiling, some closed their eyes to recuperate, and some played with their pens, but Dmitriev's attention was all focused on his speech, so that he did not notice the demeanor of the others.

It turned out that after the new issue of [New China News] was published in Shanghai, it did cause another shock. Because [New China News] Through the form of pictures and texts, it is reported in great detail that the People's Army found a large number of treasures in the palace in the process of searching the embassies of various countries, and also distributed several photos of the treasures, and in the form of interviews with ministers and old eunuchs of various countries, it is explained that these treasures are plundered from the palace by the Eight-Nation Alliance, deposited in the embassies of various countries, and are ready to be taken away when returning home, and the old eunuchs will prove the value of these treasures, what Kangxi's jade belt, Qianlong's big seal, Lafayette's favorite jade cabbage, etc., are written with noses and eyes, vivid and vivid。

At the same time, the New China Daily also published several other reports and editorial articles, all of which exposed the atrocities of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces in Beijing, and in addition to looting property, they focused on the indiscriminate killing of innocent people by the Eight-Nation Allied Forces in Beijing, and also accompanied by several photos of the beheading of innocent people. In fact, these reports and photos are basically historical materials provided by Qin Zheng, and they have not been interviewed at all, but because they are full of pictures and texts, they do seem to be a serious matter.

This naturally aroused the righteous indignation of the Chinese in Shanghai, because before that, the propaganda of various countries against the Eight-Nation Alliance was to protect the embassy and protect their own diaspora, and at the same time accused the Boxers of being a mob and so on. Because the Boxers' blind xenophobic actions also aroused the dissatisfaction of a considerable number of Chinese officials and gentry, there were indeed a number of people who believed this set of justifications, completely blaming the Boxers for the invasion of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and even beautifying the Eight-Nation Alliance, describing the Eight-Nation Alliance as helping the Qing court quell the rebellion and maintain order. However, the report of the [New China News] completely exposed the false image of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and of course, this was also due to the strong military strength and brilliant achievements of overseas Chinese, otherwise no one would have paid attention to the report of the [New China News].

The next day, Shanghai's major Chinese newspapers also published editorials, all of which severely condemned the evil deeds of the eight-nation coalition forces, and the national sentiment of the Chinese people also rose further.

However, at this time, the consuls of various countries were not aware of this, because at this time, the attention of the consuls was on the incident of the People's Army raiding the embassies of various countries in Beijing mentioned in the report, which was of course a serious diplomatic dispute, which naturally aroused the anger of various countries, so the British consul in Shanghai, Huo Bilan, also immediately gathered the consuls of various countries in Shanghai to discuss how to give color to overseas Chinese. In fact, since the overseas Chinese captured Tianjin, they basically cut off Beijing's ties with other countries, and Shanghai replaced Beijing as the center of diplomacy of various countries.

After the consuls of various countries gathered, the Russian consul Dmitriev spoke first and delivered a generous and impassioned speech, but although the words were high-sounding and awe-inspiring, the consuls of various countries were all smart people, and it was not clear that the Russians were intended, and they were nothing more than to use this embassy search incident to find a reason for the southward advance of the Russian army, and to try to persuade other countries to acquiesce, and even to support the actions of the Russian army.

To be honest, Huo Bilan's heart is very difficult now, he conveyed the news of the Russian army's southward advance to the overseas Chinese through Li Hongzhang, in fact, he wanted to use the overseas Chinese to stop the expansion of the Russian army, and basically acquiesced in the fact that the overseas Chinese occupied Beijing, and even planned to give some support to the overseas Chinese, but he did not expect that after the overseas Chinese captured Beijing, they would risk the world to search the embassies of various countries, causing major diplomatic incidents, Huo Bilan really didn't understand what the overseas Chinese were thinking, judging from his several contacts with the overseas Chinese, they were all civilized peopleIt is very easy for various countries to take a tough attitude towards overseas Chinese and change their policies toward change, and their plan to unite with overseas Chinese to resist Russia is also very likely to be aborted.

But now I think that these are useless, or listen to the attitudes of other countries before deciding on the next move, the Russians' statement is expected by Huo Bilan, but the Russians think that these few words can fool the countries really willing to support Russia's military action? After Dmitriev's speech was over, Huo Bilan said: "This is Russia's opinion, so do you have any other opinions?"

Japanese Consul Toru Oda immediately said: "We in Japan oppose any unilateral action by any country to change the current situation in China, so we in Japan strongly oppose the actions of the Russian army, and will never provide support and help to the Russian army, and at the same time hope that Russia can take into account the overall situation, restrain its own actions, and immediately stop military operations." ”

Britain, France, the United States, and other countries naturally cannot accept Russia's behavior, but it is not easy for them to directly come forward against Russia, but fortunately, there is still Japan, which can speak for them; because of the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, Japan and Russia have already torn their faces, so Japan has no scruples, so the Japanese consul directly opposed Russia's military action.

Seeing that Japan was the first to jump out to oppose it, Dmitriev couldn't help but be angry, the Japanese hardline attitude on the Korean Peninsula had already made Russia very dissatisfied, Japan was just a group of yellow-skinned monkeys, and when the great fighting nation was discussing international affairs in European countries, it should listen honestly to the side, and actually dared to be the first to oppose Russia's actions, so Dmitriev also decided to give himself a little color, so he said: "Are you Japanese cowards?" The search of your embassy by overseas Chinese is the biggest insult to you, and you still dare not start a war against overseas Chinese, it is really useless, and now we in Russia can stand up for you and teach overseas Chinese a lesson, not only do you not support it, but you also oppose our Russian actions, so it is difficult that you are really monkeys who have not fully evolved into humans, so your way of thinking is not the same as normal people?"

After Dmitriev finished speaking, the other consuls couldn't help but burst into laughter, and some people also realized that there was a good show to watch, but it was a pity that it was still early spring, and there were no melons and fruits to eat.

When Oda Toru heard this, he couldn't help but blush, and he had already greeted all the women in Dmitriev's family in his heart, and said: " We, the Yamato nation, are definitely not cowards, nor will we be afraid of any enemy, but we are very clear about Russia's intentions, and what generation will lead other countries to come out and teach overseas Chinese a lesson, but these are all excuses, and the real goal of your Russia is to take this opportunity to invade and occupy the territory of northern China, and this is a serious violation of the interests of our countries, not only Japan will not agree, but other countries will definitely not support Russia. ”

These words were actually tacitly understood by the consuls, but they were unceremoniously revealed by Toru Oda, so the consuls of various countries were also very embarrassed, and at the same time, they were also quite dissatisfied with Toru Oda, and they all looked at Toru Oda. But Toru Oda doesn't care, you want to provoke Japan and Russia to pinch each other, and you are watching from the sidelines, so there is such a good thing, and now I will wrap you all in.

And the Japanese mercilessly exposed, Dmitriev couldn't help but be a little embarrassed and angry, and said: "No matter what, whether or not you have your support, this time we Russia will definitely send troops to the south, enter Shanhaiguan, capture Beijing, and the powerful Russian army will completely wipe out the overseas Chinese and conquer China." ”

After saying this, the faces of the other consuls were not very good-looking, and Huo Bilan, who was the British consul, was even more vigilant in his heart, because Britain had major commercial and political interests in China, and if Russia really conquered China, even if it only conquered northern China, it would be a great threat to Britain, and now Britain was caught in the quagmire of the Boer War in South Africa, and in Europe it had to face the challenge of Germany, so it was really a little irresistible to Russia's aggressive offensive, so the top priority was to support an ally in Asia as soon as possible to curb Russia's expansion。

And just when the consuls were discussing enthusiastically, they only heard a knock on the door, Huo Bilan frowned, who came to knock on the door at this time, is it difficult not to know that he and the consuls are in a meeting? But after thinking about it, since it was at this time to knock on the door, then something important must have happened, so Huo Bilan hesitated for a while, and still said, "Come in." ”

The other consuls also stopped discussing at this time, only to see the door of the conference room open, and a waiter walked in with a frightened face, and said, "Your Excellency, there is a big incident in the concession, you should go to the balcony to take a look in person." ”