At a time when the East China Government was actively preparing for a war in which negotiations broke down, the tripartite talks held in the United States were also proceeding at a normal pace, and the three parties involved in the talks were indeed facing the talks with the utmost seriousness, bargaining with each other, and sometimes even fighting for a single word.

However, although the negotiations were very difficult, as time went on, they were also negotiated one by one, one by one. Originally, before the formal talks began, the US media were not optimistic about the talks, but as the terms were gradually decided, more and more results were achieved in the talks, and it seemed that some of them could be negotiated. However, such media are in the minority, and the attitude of most media is still very cautious, because the negotiations have not yet entered the sensitive area.

In the fifth round, the negotiations achieved great results, and the East China government, Russia and Japan reached a consensus on most of the terms, such as the transfer of the northeast region, commercial interests, economic power, etc., and the East China government also made certain concessions, such as giving up the claim to Sakhalin Island and dividing Sakhalin Island equally with Russia, but in the end, the issue of reparations became deadlocked, and the three parties finally decided to leave the issue of reparations to the next round of negotiations.

On the other hand, the negotiations between Japan and Russia are basically over in this round, and the two sides have reached an agreement on the terms and texts, only the final signing is needed, after all, at this time, there are not many contradictions and conflicts of interest between Japan and Russia, and the allies of the two countries are also behind the scenes, compromising and making concessions to each other, so the two countries do not have much entanglement, and the negotiations were quickly completed, but the final signing ceremony was carried out together after the tripartite talks were all over, and now we can only wait for negotiations with the East China government.

However, in the sixth round, the negotiations reached an impasse, and the East China government insisted that Japan and Russia must pay reparations, while Japan and Russia responded-for-tat, saying that they would never consider reparations, so the two rounds of negotiations were fruitless, but both sides confirmed that the seventh round of negotiations would be held.

Since the negotiations between Japan and Russia have ended, after consultation and confirmation among the three parties, the three parties will take a day off on the third day of the sixth round of negotiations, and the three parties will also be asked to reconsider the issue of reparations.

On this day, the Japanese and Russian ambassadors to the United States, Kentaro Kim and Rosen, rushed to New York to negotiate with Roosevelt on how to force the East China government to give up its demand for reparations, but Roosevelt said that he could do nothing about it, after all, the United States wanted to maintain a neutral and impartial position, and Roosevelt thought that it would be useless to put pressure on the East China government. On the one hand, they threatened to stop trade with the East China Government and impose economic sanctions on the East China Government, and on the other hand, they promised to provide the East China Government with low-interest loans with an interest rate of no more than 3% to help the East China Government repay its debts, and so on, that is, to demand that the East China Government give up the reparations. However, the East China government did not waver in the slightest and insisted on not giving up its demand for compensation. Therefore, Britain and France could not do it, and Roosevelt did not think that he could do it, but instead worsened the relations between the United States and the East China government, and the gains outweighed the losses.

After the seventh round of negotiations began, Li Sanjie, on behalf of the East China government, put forward an ultimatum, demanding that Japan and Russia confirm within 24 hours whether they would accept the demand for reparations, and if they refused, the negotiations would be declared broken. Later, under Roosevelt's maneuvering, the time was extended to 48 hours.

Komura Shoutaro and Werther did not dare to slack off, and immediately reported this spy back to China, and Japan and Russia also hurriedly negotiated with their allies. A day later, Japan and Russia jointly announced that they would refuse to pay compensation. The tripartite talks also officially broke down.

Roosevelt then made a speech in Washington, saying that the United States had done its best and regretted the breakdown of the trilateral talks. Representatives of the three parties also held a final press conference in Portsmouth. Reporters from all over the world rushed to cover the last news of the negotiations.

Komura Shoutaro first spoke on behalf of Japan, saying: "The Japanese people love peace, and the emperor sincerely hopes that peace will be restored in the Far East, and in this negotiation, Japan showed a high degree of goodwill and made great concessions, but the negotiations eventually broke down, but the responsibility is not in Japan, but in the East China government, because the East China government insists on asking for compensation, which exceeds the bottom line that we can bear, this is the most important reason for the breakdown of the negotiations, and the East China government should pay all the responsibility, we can only express regret this." ”

Witte said: " We came to the United States to negotiate this time, adhering to the highest goodwill of His Majesty the Tsar, and with 12 points of sincerity, hoping to reach a final agreement and restore peace in the Far East, Russia has done its best efforts, but the negotiations finally broke down, and peace still could not be realized, completely because of the greed and unrealistic illusions of the East China government, although Russia hopes for peace, but the dignity of a great power cannot be violated, so although we regret this, we have to choose to let the negotiations break down, but all the consequences arising therefrom should not be borne by Russia。 ”

It can be said that the deputies of Japan and Russia both pointed the contradiction at the East China Government and put all the responsibility for the breakdown of the talks on the head of the East China Government, and after the representatives of the two countries finished speaking, the reporters' eyes were all focused on Li Sanjie to see if he responded to the accusations made by Japan and Russia. In addition, I also hope that Li Sanjie will bring them some more fierce information, because during this time, Li Sanjie has provided reporters with a lot of valuable news reports.

Li Sanjie had already made preparations and said: "I don't want to respond to the accusations made by the representatives of Japan and Russia and us, because there is no justice in the matter, and I think everyone should be clear. I'm here to tell you just a story, once upon a time there was a farmer, he was very rich, but he was very weak, anyone could bully him, and two robbers fought on his farm in order to compete for the farmer's wealth, causing great damage to the farm, and then a distant relative of the farmer came back, this relative was strong, and had a good ability, and beat the two robbers, and the robbers could not beat the farmer's relatives, so they had to save the luck, hoping that the relatives would let them leave the farm, but the relatives demanded that the two robbers compensate for the loss of the farm, do you think this request is excessive? ？”

In fact, the symbolic meaning of this story is very clear, and the reporters present still don't understand, so they all looked at Komura Shoutaro and Werther to see how they responded, but Komura Shoutaro and Werther's faces were very ugly, but they had nothing to say, because in their eagerness, both of them really couldn't think of how to respond to Li Sanjie's speech, after all, Li Sanjie was discussing in the name of storytelling, and they couldn't make up any decent stories for a while, and at this time, neither of them had the patience to deal with reporters, so they simply ended the press conference hastily。 And Li Sanjie also answered a few questions.

The breakdown of the trilateral talks hosted by the United States has once again become the focus of attention of all countries in the world, and all countries have issued statements one after another, but most countries have expressed regret over the breakdown of the talks, but they have not commented on the rights and wrongs, after all, this war in the Far East has nothing to do with most countries, and they cannot choose sides. However, on the very next day, Britain and France jointly issued a statement fiercely criticizing the East China Government, putting all the reasons for the breakdown of the negotiations on the side of the East China Government, and announcing economic sanctions against the East China Government, ending all economic and trade exchanges with the East China Government, and calling on other countries to participate in the economic sanctions against the East China Government.

Naturally, the East China government was not to be outdone, and immediately spoke out against Britain and France, saying that this Far East war was ostensibly a war between Japan and Russia, but in fact it was controlled by Britain and France behind the scenes, so Britain and France were the culprits of this war, and now that the agents of the two countries have been defeated, Britain and France finally can't help but end up in person, but the East China government is not afraid of Britain and France entering the war, and has full confidence to defeat Britain and France and safeguard China's interests.

All of a sudden, the clouds of war once again loomed over the Far East, and a new war was imminent.

On 27 January, the Japanese delegation departed for China, on 28 January, the Russian delegation also departed for China, and the delegation of the East China government returned to New York the day after the negotiations broke down. Li Sanjie went to visit Roosevelt again, expressed his gratitude to Roosevelt, and resigned in person.

Although this was just a courtesy visit, it still made Roosevelt quite favorable, after all, Japan and Russia were all appointed ambassadors to the United States to complete this task, but it was obviously a grade lower than the East China government, and it was a bit rude in terms of diplomacy. Although Roosevelt could also understand that, after all, the negotiations broke down, and the representatives of both countries were probably not in the mood to complete this final ceremony. But in contrast, the East China government is more personable. Moreover, during the talks, Roosevelt could not see the slightest disappointment and frustration on Li Sanjie's face, as if the breakdown of the negotiations did not have any impact on Li Sanjie, and also made Roosevelt feel emotional, this is the bearing of a diplomat, and it seems that the representatives of Japan and Russia are still worse.

In fact, this was the main purpose of Li Sanjie's stay in the United States and his return to New York after the negotiations broke down, because Li Sanjie had already received an order from China that the East China government had planned to cooperate with Anderson, and during the tripartite talks, Anderson did not make an appointment to meet Li Sanjie, so as not to interfere with Li Sanjie's negotiation work, and now that the negotiations have been concluded, Anderson also immediately made an appointment with Li Sanjie, and now he should discuss his own affairs。