After the talks were suspended for three days, the Russian delegation finally formally apologized to the delegation of the East China Government, saying that it was indeed inappropriate to suggest that the Qing ministers listen to the talks, and therefore they were willing to withdraw the proposal, and hoped that the tripartite talks would continue and begin to enter the stage of formal talks.

It turned out that Russia's submission was due to tremendous pressure from its ally, France. Just after the East China government announced its withdrawal from the talks, the US government immediately informed the French government of the details. The officials of the French government were immediately angry, although the French government had decided that if the negotiations broke down, it would send troops to the war with the British, but the result that the French government wanted most was that the East China government, under pressure from Britain and France, would abandon the demand for reparations and reach a peace agreement.

Although the breakdown of the talks was proposed by the East China Government, it was Russia that initiated the breakdown, and even many French officials believed that this was because Russia did not want to give up more interests in the talks, so it deliberately provoked the East China Government to break down the talks, with the aim of pulling France into the water and joining the war, because once France entered the war, it would inevitably vigorously increase its support for Russia, so the French Government also thought it was necessary to let Russia know that France was not something that Russia could manipulate at will.

The French government quickly decided that Russia would not be able to resume negotiations immediately. Moreover, in order to let Russia know that the attitude of the French government this time was serious and resolute, France immediately stopped economic aid to Russia until negotiations resumed, and also said that if the negotiations broke down like this, France would withdraw most of the funds from Russia and suspend the Franco-Russian alliance.

On the one hand, France is now a republic, while Russia is still an absolute monarchy, and the two sides have great differences in values; on the other hand, after the alliance between the two countries, Russia has been bent on expanding to the Far East, and it seems to maintain a close relationship with Germany, and the news of the resurrection of the Three Emperors Alliance has also continued to appear, which also makes many French people think that the alliance between Russia and France is just using France to contain Germany, so that Russia can free up its hands to expand in the Far East, and if this is the case, then this alliance is meaningless。

By now, relations between France and Great Britain had been greatly eased, and the two sides were almost on the verge of an alliance, so Russia's strategic value had also been greatly reduced, and the call for the end of the Franco-Russian alliance was gradually expanding in France. The French government also decided to simply use this opportunity to force Russia to make a choice. If Russia chooses to accept France's demands and resume negotiations, it means that Russia still attaches importance to France's opinions, and France can still control Russia with its economic strength.

After receiving the notice from the French government, the Russian government also felt that the situation was serious, and it seemed that this time it really provoked the French, although there were also people in the Russian government who shouted that France had no right to interfere with Russia's independent actions, that Russia could do whatever it wanted, and that it must not bow to the yellow-skinned monkey, but most officials remained silent about this.

At present, Russia's economy can only be maintained by France's blood transfusion, and once France cuts off its economic aid, Russia will definitely not be able to hold out for a week; moreover, after the alliance between the two countries, a large amount of French capital has poured into Russia, although France may not be as strong as Russia militarily, but it has an absolute advantage in financial capital, so now Russia's financial industry has been completely infiltrated by French capital, and a considerable part of other industries are also controlled by French capital, and once France withdraws all funds, even if it is only half withdrawn, Russia will inevitably collapse completely; moreover, France's termination of the alliance with Russia will deal a greater blow to Russia, although Russia is still eyebrow-eyeing with Germany from time to time, but this does not mean that Russia is willing to return to the Three Emperors Alliance, in which Germany and Austria-Hungary are one and the same, Russia is completely isolated and can only compromise with Austria-Hungary on the issue of the Balkans.

As a result, the Russian government also held urgent consultations, and in the end it could only decide to accept the French demands, and Bi Jing now had Russia's demand for France, which was greater than France's demand for Russia, so the Russian government immediately ordered the Russian delegation in the United States to take immediate measures to resume negotiations.

After receiving the domestic order, Witte also understood that the general trend was gone, although the domestic order did not say it explicitly, but he could only bow to the East China government, otherwise it would be impossible to resume negotiations. On behalf of Russia, Witte apologized to the East China government, withdrew the proposal, and demanded the resumption of negotiations.

Seeing that the Russian delegation had finally bowed its head, the delegation of the East China Government took advantage of the ladder to go down the wall and was willing to participate in the negotiations and resume the tripartite talks. President Roosevelt also breathed a sigh of relief, and although the final result was basically predictable, the trilateral talks could still proceed step by step, at least to complete the procedure satisfactorily, and not to become a joke.

Of course, the United States will not let go of the other party, that is, the Qing State's inspection minister. In fact, if it weren't for the investigation ministers of the Qing Kingdom, this turmoil would have been much smaller. Of course, it would be easy to deal with them, no matter how you pinch them, but the United States should not go too far, so it only made a solemn protest to the Qing court through the US minister to the Qing court, accusing the Qing minister of inspection of interfering in the tripartite talks beyond his authority, and also suspected of having a private deal with the Russian delegation, and demanded that the Qing state deal with it as soon as possible, which is to kick the ball to the Qing state.

After receiving the protest from the United States, the Qing court was also greatly shaken, because the Qing court did not know that such a thing existed. It turned out that the five ministers of inspection had contacted the Russian delegation to listen to the negotiations, but they did not inform the country, first, because it was too late, and second, they also wanted to report to the country after the completion of the matter, so as to invite merit and reward. Therefore, after understanding the ins and outs of the matter, Cixi was also shocked and angry, the Qing court had just been beaten and forced to admit that the East China government was an independent regime, which was a more serious result for the Qing court to pay compensation and cede land.

In fact, the five inspection ministers have not had a good time in the past few days, it turns out that they have been abroad for the past year, and they don't know what is happening in China, and they know that the Qing court has failed to conquer the river and lake base areas, and can only be forced to admit that the East China government is an independent regime, so the Russian delegation came to the door and said that they could help them participate in the negotiations。

And Li Sanjie's remarks to the reporters about the truth and falsehood, insinuating that the minister of inspection had a deal with the Russian delegation, also made many reporters go to the minister of inspection to visit and verify, but it is a pity that these five ministers of inspection have seen the structure of reporters' interviews, and they jumped up without being asked a few words, scolding reporters for fabricating facts, spewing blood, and breaking up with reporters. And the reporters are easy to provoke, after going back, they are naturally full of flowers, and the Qing court's inspection ministers have been ridiculed with injustice, and also give the accompanying translators a headache, it turns out that the translators are people who have stayed in the United States, but they know that reporters in the United States can not be easily provoked, so they bitterly persuade the five inspection ministers not to get into trouble with reporters.

But at this time, a telegram from the Qing court also arrived in the United States, where the five people were severely reprimanded, and demanded that the five people immediately end their investigation and return to China to punish their crimes. At this time, the five inspection ministers knew that they had stabbed Da Jiaozi, but it was too late to regret it, so they had to pack their luggage, resign to the United States, and return home by boat.

At this time, the negotiation delegations of the three parties also left New York under the arrangement of the US Government and came to Putsmus to start formal negotiations.

According to the agreement reached at the preparatory meeting, on the first day of negotiations between the East China Government and Russia will take place. After the twists and turns of the breakdown of the negotiation, Maozi also reined in a lot, and honestly followed the negotiation process, and there were no more demon moths.

After the two sides met, of course, they also made polite remarks, saying something that they did not even believe in, such as "pursue peace and stop the war," and then the delegations of the two sides each handed over the text of their own negotiation conditions to the other side, which also gave each side a bottom line on the conditions and demands of each party.

This process took about half an hour, and then the negotiations in the morning were officially over, and it was agreed that the negotiations would continue in the afternoon, because in the remaining time, both sides had to carefully read the negotiation conditions proposed by the other side, determine which ones were acceptable to themselves, those that still needed to be negotiated, and those that were completely unacceptable, and then began to negotiate the various terms one by one.

Compared with the negotiation conditions of the East China government, the plan proposed by the Russian side is more like a lion's mouth, proposing to the East China government to return Vladivostok, Shuangchengzi and other places, and although the Russian side agrees to withdraw from the northeast region, it requires the East China government and the Qing court to renegotiate the ownership of the northeast region, and retain Russia's jurisdiction and operation rights over the China Eastern Railway, and at the same time guarantee Russia's special rights in the northeast region and the diplomatic immunity of Russian nationals. Of course, this is also one of the negotiation skills. Let's ask for a sky-high price first, and sit and wait for the other party to pay back the money on the spot.

At 2:30 p.m., negotiations resumed. Li Sanjie first expressed the hope that negotiations would be held on the basis of the negotiation conditions provided by the East China Government. And Werther has no objection to this, because Werther knows very well in his heart that the conditions put forward by Russia are not reliable at all, and it is estimated that none of them can be accepted by the East China Government, but the negotiation plan proposed by the East China Government is much more reliable, except for the indemnity payment, which is unacceptable to Russia, the other articles are basically negotiable. After the morning's talks, the members of the Russian delegation basically discussed the terms of the negotiations of the East China Government, and did not mention their own at all. Therefore, it is actually reasonable to negotiate on the basis of the negotiation conditions provided by the East China government.

Of course, if it had been before, maybe Russia would have messed around, but now the Russians don't want to make any more trouble.