Watching the other party's personnel walk out of the negotiation room in turn, Huo Bilan and the others' faces also changed, because no one thought that overseas Chinese would really dare to do it, and before the negotiations officially began, they simply declared that the negotiations had broken down, clean and neat, without any delay. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because Huo Bilan regretted it in his heart, if he knew that overseas Chinese really dared to do such an extreme thing, he would not choke with them, but would use a more relaxed method to express his own attitude.

In fact, the negotiation clauses given by various countries to the traversers were only pretentious gestures, and they never thought that they could be realized, and the negotiation clauses given to the Qing court were the real goal. After all, all countries also understand that what they can't get on the battlefield is impossible to get at the negotiation table, and it is simply impossible for overseas Chinese to give up the concession and pay compensation to other countries.

Although Huo Bilan swore yesterday that overseas Chinese would never launch a military operation, he actually didn't have much in his heart, after all, he knew too little about overseas Chinese to accurately judge the actions of overseas Chinese. And Huo Bilan's real goal was to force the Qing court to accept the conditions of various countries, so that the overseas Chinese would accept this fact, not let the negotiations break down, so that the overseas Chinese would naturally not launch any more military operations. But the exit of overseas Chinese also disrupted Huo Bilan's plan, and if the negotiations really broke down, who knows what the overseas Chinese would do.

Although Huo Bilan did not know whether the overseas Chinese withdrew from the negotiations or not, he knew very well that he could not bear the consequences of the breakdown of the negotiations, so he did not dare to take the risk of sitting back and watching the negotiations really break down, and he had to bring the overseas Chinese back. It's just that just now he and the overseas Chinese were-for-tat and refused to give in to each other, and now they can't get it back, so Huo Bilan asked the overseas Chinese to stay and continue to negotiate, Huo Bilan really can't open this mouth.

However, Huo Bilan is an experienced diplomat after all, and his adaptability is still very strong, and in his haste, he immediately thought of a solution, so he hurriedly glanced at Li Hongzhang and signaled to let Li Hongzhang open his mouth to retain overseas Chinese, after all, his position is relatively detached, and he is suitable to play this round.

Li Hongzhang naturally understands Huo Bilan's intentions, and he doesn't want the negotiations to break down, at least not like this, and at this time, he can only come forward by himself, so that both sides have a step, even if Huo Bilan doesn't give him a look, Li Hongzhang will also come forward to retain overseas Chinese, and now it is just a matter of selling Huo Bilan's favor.

So Li Hongzhang immediately got up and shouted: "Political Commissar Qin, stay down, stay down, you have something to say." Then he said to Li Jingfang beside him: "Quick, go and chase after Political Commissar Qin." ”

Li Jingfang hurriedly got up, caught up with Qin Zheng and the others, and said: "Political Commissar Qin, the tripartite negotiation is very important, how can it be negotiated at one time, why are you in such a hurry? ”

In fact, the decision to withdraw from the venue was a temporary decision made by Qin Zheng and others just now, because it was impossible for the traverser to accept the two negotiation terms proposed by various countries, and instead of rejecting them one by one during the formal negotiations, it was better to deny them all now. And the decision to withdraw from the negotiations now is naturally a tactic to put pressure on countries, showing the determination of the traverser not to compromise.

Qin Zheng estimates that from the standpoint of each country, the negotiations will never be easily broken, so they will definitely find a way to retain the traverser, so that in the next negotiations, the traverser will occupy a dominant position. Of course, even if the negotiation really broke down, the traverser was not afraid, after all, before coming to Shanghai, the traverser had already begun to prepare, and once the negotiation failed, it would be resolved by force. It is precisely with such confidence that the traverser dares to resolutely declare that the negotiations have broken down.

Now that Li Hongzhang came forward to save him, Li Jingfang also chased him out, and Qin Zheng also came down this step, stopped, and turned back. After all, if it can be resolved through negotiation, it is better to use negotiation to resolve the issue, and war is only a last resort.

Seeing that Li Jingfang had pulled Qin Zheng and the others back, Huo Bilan also breathed a sigh of relief, this other party is really not easy to deal with. But although Qin Zheng turned back, he did not enter the negotiation room, but stood at the door and said: "As I said just now, we will not agree to the content of these two negotiation terms, so we will not discuss these two negotiation terms again." If this is not acceptable, we will not reopen the negotiations. ”

Although Li Hongzhang came forward to save him, Qin Zheng believes that all countries will sit back and watch it, but if they want to bring themselves back to talk, then it is impossible not to make substantive concessions, this is not only a matter of face, but also a matter of who will lead the negotiations in the future.

This time the ball was kicked back to Huo Bilan's feet, because he had to give a clear answer to Qin Zheng's request, and at this time Huo Bilan couldn't help but hesitate, if he agreed, then in the subsequent negotiations, his side would undoubtedly be in a very disadvantageous position, and I am afraid it would be difficult to achieve his goal; Therefore, Huo Bilan is also in a dilemma now, and he doesn't know how to answer.

Fortunately, at this time, Ke Pena said: "In this way, we will each make a concession, and the negotiation terms we gave to you will no longer be discussed in this negotiation, but the negotiation terms we gave to Qingguo are still valid and can be discussed, so everyone should sit down and continue to talk." ”

Li Hongzhang listened to it, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, since it is a negotiation, it is natural to talk slowly, so if you can not even talk about it, even if the negotiation breaks down, I think everyone should give in and continue to talk." ”

Qin Zheng thought about it, although he did not negate the two negotiation terms proposed by various countries, but denying one before the formal negotiation could be regarded as a victory, after all, this kind of negotiation is a long-term game, and it is impossible to expect to beat the other party to death with a stick. Although the negotiation clauses of the Qing court were retained, they could be refuted one by one during formal discussions, and it was impossible for the travelers to accept them anyway. Therefore, Qin Zheng nodded and said, "Okay, we agree to make one step each, but then we have to start discussing the terms of our negotiations." ”

At this time, everyone's eyes turned to Huo Bilan, Bi Jing was on the side of each country, and Huo Bilan had to make the final decision.

From Huo Bilan's heart, he is naturally unwilling, although he said that he did not hope for the negotiation terms of overseas Chinese, but he was completely denied before the official start of negotiations, which was obviously not the original intention of formulating this negotiation clause, and it was necessary to start discussing the negotiation terms of overseas Chinese, it can be said that this negotiation is unfavorable, but the unfavorable start does not mean that this negotiation will be a complete failure, and he still retains the negotiation terms of the Qing court, and also keeps the negotiation from breaking, so there is still a chance to turn the tables, after all, Huo Bilan still has cards in his hand。 So Huo Bilan had no choice but to nod and say, "Okay, we agree to your request." ”

The three parties re-seated themselves at the negotiating table and began to continue the negotiations, which naturally followed a discussion on the terms of the negotiations proposed by the traverser.

There are a total of 7 negotiation terms proposed by the traverser, all of which are:

Within three days after the conclusion of the talks, the Eight-Nation Coalition handed over Beijing to the People's Army, withdrew 20 kilometers outside Beijing and stationed there, and within one month, each country sent ships to withdraw all the Eight-Nation Coalition forces to China.

The money, property, and goods plundered by the 28-nation coalition forces in China shall be returned to the People's Army before they are withdrawn from Beijing, and they shall not be privately hidden;

3. The soldiers of the Eight-Nation Coalition who were captured by the KPA in the previous war were to be redeemed by the countries at the cost of the redemption of the prisoners;

Fourth, in the early stage of the war, the weapons, materials, and ships captured by the People's Army of the Eight-Nation Coalition were all owned by overseas Chinese and disposed of freely;

5. The Tianjin, Weihaiwei, and Qingdao concessions were all abolished and taken over by overseas Chinese, all the systems of the concessions were abolished, and new systems were formulated by overseas Chinese, and the original Tianjin, Weihaiwei, and Qingdao concessions could be retained, and overseas Chinese ensured the safety of residents, enterprises, factories, and commercial banks of various countries in the original concessions, but they needed to respect the overseas Chinese and formulate new systems.

6. Overseas Chinese will urge the Qing court to protect the security of embassies of various countries and not to attack embassies again;

7. Overseas Chinese are willing to carry out extensive economic and trade relations with other countries, and on the basis of equality and cooperation, mutual benefit;

However, after formal discussions, the two sides had a huge disagreement on Article 1. Because Beijing's political and symbolic significance is very huge, both the traverser and the other countries want to control Beijing as a bargaining chip to negotiate terms with the Qing court, so as the actual controller of Beijing now, the countries naturally do not want to hand over Beijing to the traverser to take over.

Huo Bilan first said: "Political Commissar Qin, we think that the first point you put forward is very inappropriate, Beijing is the capital of the Qing State, and it has nothing to do with you, so we believe that Beijing should not be included in this negotiation." ”

Qin Zheng said: "Now that Beijing is being invaded and occupied by you, as far as we are concerned, it belongs to the enemy's war zone, so how can it not be included in this negotiation? And once the negotiations are successful, you should cede Beijing, so it is only natural for us to take over Beijing." ”

Bai Zaotai said: "Just now Mr. Huo Bilan said that Beijing is the capital of the Qing State, and although the nobles are Chinese, they have no subordinate relationship with the Qing State, so we think that it is unreasonable for you to take over Beijing, and after the negotiations are over, we will negotiate the Beijing issue with the Qing State, or wait for a while to discuss the negotiation terms of the Qing State, and then discuss the Beijing issue." ”

Li Sanjie said with a smile: "We have no subordinate relationship with the Chun State, and we have no direct relationship with us to take over Beijing, right?