Russia was the first to agree to peace in the coalition forces, and of course Russia really wanted the three eastern provinces, but he also knew that with so many families watching, the appearance of eating should not be too ugly. Polar bears also have an inconvenient little abacus to solve, that is, to solve the border problems of the three eastern provinces, which the Sino-Russian secret treaty of 1896 could not solve. So at that time, when they heard that the Qing court was going to conduct full-scale negotiations, the Russians were the first to support it. After the news was revealed that Russia was preparing to take the lead in negotiating peace with China, the complex contradictions that had been lurking between various countries in the past were once again exposed. After some coordination, the countries finally decided on the strategy of first negotiating peace and then armistice instead of the method of armistice first and then negotiating peace as the Qing government had hoped.

After the preconditions for agreeing to peace were decided, the countries began to engage in a new contest over how to arrange the future of the defeated countries around their own national interests. Realizing that the strength of the nations could not meet the needs of dividing up the Qing country, and in line with the principle of smashing the pot if it was not cheap, and the polar bear's territorial ambitions for Northeast China brought Britain and Germany together, Britain and Germany reached an agreement in principle after urgent consultations, and the two most important points in the agreement were: First, all countries should not divide China's territory, and second, China's coastal areas and coasts should be freely open to trade and economic activities of all countries.

Since the Russians felt that they did not have the strength to carve up China, France, Japan, the United States, and other countries all echoed the British and German proposals. After deciding not to adopt a policy of partitioning China, the countries once again debated the question of whether to accept Li Hongzhang as the plenipotentiary and minister of the Qing government.

Until the highest authorities of each country have reached an agreement on a number of issues to be negotiated for peace, the armies of each country continue the war according to their own will. Beginning in early January, the coalition forces began to sweep the suburbs of Beijing and Zhili under the banner of crusading and clearing the Boxers, but they never dared to advance to the area west of Yulinbao.

From late February to mid-March, Li Hongzhang made progress in clearing diplomatic channels, and a breakthrough was made in the peace negotiations on the question of whether or not the foreign powers would recognize Li Hongzhang as the Qing government's plenipotentiary minister. At the end of March, the British government recognized the Qing government's proposal for peace. Following Britain, France also expressed its agreement on the question of the choice of peacemaker. Britain, France, the United States, and Russia have all agreed to appoint Li Hongzhang, Yi Xuan, Zhang Zhidong (absent), Rong Lu, Yuan Shikai, and Wu Yuhan to serve as China's ministers of peace and peace, and other countries have also expressed their agreement. On April 7, 1801, Li Hongzhang and Yi Xuan, on behalf of the Qing government, officially launched peace negotiations with representatives of 11 countries at the Six Nations Hotel in Beijing.

At the negotiating table, the so-called commander of the Eight-Nation Alliance, Dwasssy, was neatly dressed, and his face was black. On either side are the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Japan, the United States, and other soy sauce people. I just put on the official uniform and hat like a costume, and with the pace of several old adults, I, the newcomer to the officialdom, also found my seat, but it was a little off, facing the American representative, it seems that the United States is also a soy sauce character.

"Immediately release the kidnapped coalition officers and soldiers" Komura Shoutaro of little Japan has a very neatly trimmed beard, but the color of his hair is a little mixed, no wonder he, a wing is completely wiped out, accounting for almost half of the losses of the coalition army, and it is almost inevitable that Komura will be the first to complain.

"That's since" The old prince was almost about to agree, so I had to cough and forcibly interrupt, otherwise it would be a big deal.

"That" stared at me a little bit, too.

"The noodles were salty in the morning." Silence, everyone probably didn't understand what it meant, and after a while, you could almost hear the back of the table overturning the chair, hehe, don't tease everyone.

"Kidnapping is a shameful crime and should be punished, I fully agree with the Japanese representative, and I think you think so too"

"Of course, the kidnapping is a cough on Japan, a crime against the coalition forces, and it should be corrected immediately"

"Then your other delegates must agree with that," I asked.

There was a buzz and most of the delegates were nodding. Anyway, I agreed, and I didn't plan to get them to sign the detainment, so the next thing was, "So in order to stop kidnapping, should we confirm the definition of kidnapping, and can all acts of forcibly imprisoning the freedom of others against their will without legal authorization be recognized as kidnapping?"

"Yes, it fits the Oxford Code" John Bull is quite intriguing at times.

"Very well, since you believe that the coalition officers and soldiers captured by our army in combat are illegal and against their will, they have been kidnapped. So are all the Chinese laborers and black slaves who were forcibly taken from China, Southeast Asia, and Africa victims of the crime of kidnapping committed by you? Speaking closely, there are no less than 5,000 Chinese officials, soldiers, and civilians kidnapped by you in the coalition barracks. "The Japanese devils are already dumbfounded. The foreign devil camp on the opposite side shook their heads for a while, and the birds chattered endlessly, but they didn't recognize it anyway.

I don't bother to distinguish between them, you say kidnapping, let's take care of the Chinese laborers and black slaves. Several translators were secretly giving thumbs up under the table. Boss, it's still like a mud tire, and it's good to nourish qi.

"Let's first discuss how the two sides can release the prisoners of war" Wadsey had no choice but to put aside the kidnapping and just talk about the prisoners of war.

Finally got to the point. "The release of all prisoners of war on both sides was a prerequisite for an armistice"

"No, we don't have this reason in the Great Japanese Empire, and it's only fair to have a one-on-one reciprocal release."

"Do you recognize our ranks, then?" The village was almost suffocated by purple eggplant, and I was really worried that he would suddenly explode.

"We have captured a few general soldiers and deputy generals, these are all your senior generals, and they cannot be confused with small soldiers, this is a stain on the honor of soldiers." The French rooster's speech with his head held high was quite passionate.

"Yes, we support Japan," Komura was happy. "You didn't catch our generals in your hands, and you are really ashamed to exchange small soldiers for generals."

"Who let you little Japan cut the door too much, the two brigades of more than 2,000 people are not even willing to let go of a major general, and the bad man wasted his old strength and arrested 2 Zhongzuo. Next time, you can get a big one to lead the troops, so that we can catch a big one for you to change. ”

"Yaga, you are disrespectful to the Great Japanese Empire, you must apologize"

"Apologize for your size, if you have the ability, you can send two more divisions, and you can see how many prisoners I can capture."

"Please pay attention to the demeanor" Wadsey couldn't stand it anymore, and his beard was curled up and down. "Please take the peace talks seriously."

"Very well, in order to reach an agreement as soon as possible, I suggest that the issue of prisoners of war be postponed." I borrowed the slope to get off the donkey.

"No problem. The prisoner exchange was put on hold for the next item, and on the issue of apologies for the Clinder incident, the position of the coalition forces was..."Wadsey was also tired of this senseless bickering.

The gag is just a little selfish motive on my part, and I don't want a few old and important ministers to sell the country too unskillfully, at least let the European and American powers have some scruples, of course, the little nose will not care too much about the prisoners of war in my hands, unless the emperor and his sister are in my hands. Establish an image of being a bastard in the international community, and it will not suffer losses.

The negotiations that began in the afternoon have become the ones described in the textbooks, and the terms of betrayal are one after another.

The next day's negotiations went around the issue of exchanging prisoners of war, and this time the bosses were very interested in making me the chief representative, and the dirty work of slapping the table and staring at the foreign devils was handed over to me, who let me be a living Lei Feng. After an hour of verbal talk, I negotiated with Britain, France, the United States, and Russia on the principle of voluntary repatriation, but the little Japanese did not agree to it, demanding that all their prisoners of war must be repatriated, and it seems that they are also worried about whether those "cowards" who have not become gods will betray the motherland.

"I think the proposal of the Qing delegates is very constructive, and it is worth discussing that the embassy personnel of Canada, Thailand, Turkey, and other countries that did not send troops to the war will be responsible for screening the leased land in Tianjin, fully respecting the personal wishes of the prisoners of war, and choosing to repatriate or stay or transfer to a third country." One of the American representatives was Major Risken, who was saved by me, and there were no three or two prisoners of war in the American soldiers, so he was naturally willing to push the boat along the water.

"No, I have reiterated it many times, the soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire will not accept such a humiliating screening, and they will definitely return to China to serve."

"Isn't this the end of it, since Mr. Komura has so much confidence in your soldiers, why don't you agree to accept the principle of voluntary repatriation, are you afraid that your soldiers will make a choice that your master can't accept."

"Yaga, you have insulted our Great Japanese Empire, and you must apologize to me."

"Do you know how to be polite, Mr. Ishii. I'm standing and talking to you now, how can you still sit there and not stand up and answer, such a faux pas, is this the quality of a diplomat in Japan? ”

"Yaga, I've been standing here talking to you, it's you who just stood up, it's you who is rude, but you are framing and accusing a diplomat of the Japanese Empire, which is really rude."

I deliberately craned my neck and looked at you, "Sorry, I really didn't notice you were standing." Of course, I can't blame all of this, who knows how tall Komura is when he is standing and not sitting. Who would have thought of that, wouldn't it? ”

"Poof" Boss Li Hongzhang couldn't help it first, tilted his head and sprayed the interpreter with a sip of tea water, and waved his hand again and again to apologize. Prince Qing directly covered his stomach and slipped under the table, sighing vigorously. The envoys of the countries on the opposite side listened to the whispers of the translator behind them, all of them were embarrassed by the alliance and laughed, one or two of them held back their laughter, and the faces of the horses were red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, which was very good-looking. By the way, the pale face of the small village is even more lively.