"Just to get the Qing government to solve the violence committed by the people against our European citizens, we need to convene talks with various countries? It's enough to put pressure on the Qing government together with the ministers of various countries, and the British have other intentions in it, right? German Prime Minister Machar felt a little strange when he received an invitation to the meeting from British Prime Minister Marquess Salisbury.

"It's nothing more than a diversion of attention, and Cousin Nicky seems to be very interested in Africa lately, and I guess their proposal of a three-nation alliance to put pressure on Britain has made the British feel troubled, and if they find an excuse to get everyone together to negotiate, the British will be able to play some tricks again."

For the sake of the Boxer Rebellion, the five powers of Europe should meet with the United States to discuss it? There is no such thing in history, and Jochen estimates that this is made by his own little butterfly, and the British approach is obviously that the drunkard does not mean to drink.

"They play their little tricks, we just have to stick to our bottom line, the railway must be built to the Persian Gulf, and the rest don't have to worry too much, but it's a pity that we can't keep pace with the Russians this time." Frederick III said with a sigh.

"There is no way to do it, father, even if you keep pace with the Russians, it will not lead to anything, the British have concentrated almost all the world's forces there for this war, not only are they under great financial pressure, but they must seize the gold and diamonds of the Boers after victory. What's more, if they withdraw their troops like this, there will be no place for them to put the face of the British Empire, so His Excellency the Marquis of Salisbury will not stop no matter what. In that case, we might as well see if we can get something out of the British. Jochen replied.

"You're right, Jochen, and we have to keep it that way. The Boer gold has been falling into our pockets as our goods have been imported. Although France, Italy, and Russia all exported weapons to the Boers, since the beginning of the war, the routes have been blocked by the British. Although we got some French goods through secret channels in France and sent them to Africa, our weapons were still the main equipment of the Boers, and although the British could not catch us, we could not jump directly to the forefront. Frederick III nodded.

"Then if the British are still unwilling to accede to our demands, let us remain silent at the meeting and let the British deal with the French and Russians themselves." Frederick III ordered.

"Yes. 陛xià. ”

Although the British invited the countries to convene a meeting, the venue of the meeting was chosen in Paris, which was in a better situation. Since it was convened in the name of resolving the Qing issue, it was natural that we could not talk about the Sultan, Polynesia, the Persian Gulf, and the like, so the first issue was how to get the Qing government to immediately suppress the increasingly fierce Boxer Rebellion.

In fact, when all countries unanimously demanded that the Qing government exterminate it, the reason why the Qing government could still allow the Boxer Rebellion to become more and more fierce was also made up by the countries themselves.

After the defeat of the Qing government in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Qing state was not untouched, and the idea of trying to enrich the country and strengthen the army still received considerable support within the Qing state. Therefore, the conditions for reform and reform of the law have gradually matured.

Under these circumstances, Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and other reformists began to appear on the stage of history, and they organized strong societies through guò. Newspapers and magazines were published, articles were published, and other methods were used to build momentum for the reform of the law, and they were supported by powerful figures such as Weng Tongyong, the head of the household department, and Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangguang.

As Emperor Guangxu's teacher, Weng Tongyi's support undoubtedly made Emperor Guangxu begin to pin his hopes on the reform of the law, and Kang Youwei and others were also reused.

In 1898, the Wuxu Reform presided over by Emperor Guangxu came into being, which originally tried to send a dose of good medicine to the aging and corrupt Qing Dynasty, but this good medicine was too powerful. directly drugged Emperor Guangxu himself to death.

As the saying goes, empty talk is misleading. Like Kang Youwei, he only knows how to make a big sense. The reform carried out by a scholar who has a sharp mouth that can speak with a head and a sharp mouth, and who can produce a colorful article, but has no actual experience in governing and the means to coordinate the interests of all parties, is an unrealistic castle in the air.

The whole policy of changing the law is empty and greedy, and I can't wait to make the Qing Dynasty look new overnight. Such a change, which does not take into account the actual situation, naturally offends a large number of vested interests.

And these people joining forces have the ability to pry the cornerstone of the entire Qing Dynasty, in this case. The Empress Dowager Cixi, who was originally supportive of the change, changed her original position and began to resolutely oppose it.

Weng Tongyi and Kang Youwei regarded the emperor as the only hope that the reform could be implemented, so they began to encourage the Guangxu Emperor to take power and recentralize power in the hands of the emperor, which led to the intensification of the conflict with the Empress Dowager Cixi, the real ruler of the Qing Dynasty.

They revolve around Guangxu's imperial party and the later party around Cixi. Fighting each other for their own interests, in the end, the rift between Guangxu and Cixi slowly evolved into antagonism, and when Tan Sitong visited Yuan Shikai at night in the hope that he could use military force to purge the Hou Party and support the emperor, the Empress Dowager Cixi finally made a move.

This Lafayette, who has been in power for decades and has experienced the Rehe coup, has not experienced any storms? After a coup d'état, the core figures of the reform were either exiled overseas or generous, and the reform failed after only 103 days.

The gains and losses of the reform are irrelevant here, and Cixi did not completely deny some of the policies in the reform after that, which also have nothing to do with the overall situation, but after the European and American countries intervened in the internal affairs of the Qing court, the Empress Dowager Cixi began to be dissatisfied with various countries more and more.

At the end of 1898, Guangxu was placed under house arrest in Yingtai, Zhongnanhai, and then there began to be calls for a new monarch and a queen mother to listen to the government, so Cixi decided to depose Guangxu.

At the beginning of 1900, Cixi convened a meeting of princes and ministers, and decided to establish Pujun as the eldest brother, and scheduled Emperor Guangxu to hold a resignation ceremony on New Year's Day in the year of Gengzi, and change the yuan to "Baoqing".

As soon as this news came out, the Qing people questioned one after another, and individual princes and governors of various provinces within the Manchurian aristocracy had different voices, but these people were not worried at all in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and what really made Cixi jealous was that European and American countries had expressed opposition to it.

All countries were worried that the original political situation of the Qing State would change after Guangxu was deposed. Thus hindering the conduct of commercial trade, and therefore strongly opposed. The reformers in the Qing Dynasty and the governors of the southern provinces, out of consideration for their own interests, also conveyed to the ministers of various countries the attitude of hoping for the intervention of the foreign powers, thus further strengthening the determination of the countries to exert pressure.

The British even mentioned that the guards of the embassies of various countries would assemble and directly enter the Forbidden City when the time came, and rescue Guangxu. Although this unreliable mention was not implemented in the end. However, the reaction of the great powers was so fierce that Cixi was also frightened.

Under these circumstances, the abolition ended with Cixi's compromise. However, this also made Cixi dissatisfied with the foreign powers, and then the party and some of the Manchurian ministers who hoped that Pu Jun would ascend the throne also fanned the flames, hoping to use the Boxers' idea of "helping the Qing to destroy the foreigners" to drive the foreign powers away, so as to satisfy their own interests.

In this way, the current situation has been solved. If this situation continues to develop, the Eight-Nation Alliance, oh, now there is no Austria-Hungary. The invasion of China by the Seven-Nation Alliance is inevitable.

But if there is a real invasion of China by the Seven-Nation Alliance, who will benefit the most? Obviously, not Germany.

The first is the indemnity, the largest share of the reparations in history was the Russians, who received 130 million taels of silver, followed by 90 million taels of German silver. And now that Austria-Hungary is gone, it is obvious that the part originally allocated to Austria-Hungary cannot be fully distributed to Germany, and will inevitably be distributed to other countries in proportion. Secondly. Once the First World War began, the German money would definitely be gone.

Although after the First World War, countries began to return the reparations in the Xincho Treaty for their own purposes. However, in any case, the reparations before the refund still made the countries make a lot of money, and the value generated before the refund cannot be equated with the amount returned.

Second, after the Xinchou Treaty, the Qing government's ability to control its own country became weaker and weaker, and it was undoubtedly Britain that could profit from it, but the most profitable of them was undoubtedly the insatiable Russia. In addition to huge indemnities, Russia also invaded the three northeastern provinces and seized huge lands, and Russian Foreign Minister Ramstov even said: "The war against China in 1900 was the most adequate war in history."

Whether it's Britain or Russia. Or Japan, which was able to get a piece of the pie because of its geographical advantage, took advantage of the war to gain benefits from the Qing state, which was not in Germany's interests in the long run.

At present, the weapons and equipment of the navy and army of the Qing State are all made in Germany, the training system of the army is learning from Germany, and the machinery and equipment for industrial production are all imported from Germany.

Therefore, in the Anglo-French-Russian secret war, Germany can be silent, but in the case of the Qing Dynasty, Germany can take care of everything.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here primarily to address the issue of violence against our citizens by a civil society within the Qing Dynasty. As far as I know, the Qing government has also carried out a series of actions, but the situation has not been fundamentally changed, but has become worse and worse. German Chancellor Machar raised this question in front of the delegates attending the meeting.

"Do you need to ask? Of course, it was because the Qing government ignored the demands of various countries and did not do its best to encircle and suppress those mobs, so those mobs were able to survive, and then the situation became what it is now. Durnov, chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire, said viciously.

"Do you mean that Russia is going to start from Siberia and go all the way south to attack the capital of the Qing Kingdom?" The British Prime Minister, the Marquis of Salisbury, who is now at odds with the Russians, immediately ridiculed each other and joked, what these Russians want to do can be seen at a glance, these hairs in the three northeastern provinces have long wanted to swallow in one bite, how can they succeed.

"Are you ready to speak well to the mobs, Your Excellency, to make them believe in God, and then forgive them?" The Russians also unceremoniously pushed back.

"Countries can send fleets into the Bohai Sea to force the Qing government to comply!" The Marquess of Salisbury responded.

"What if that doesn't work? Is it like your country used to shell Dagukou? In the event of war, will the warships of your Royal Navy be able to go ashore? French Prime Minister Rousseau was also on the sidelines.

"Or are you ready to land your army? Your country's army is still manpowered? "The French speak directly of the British pain points in Africa.

"Do you need the British Empire to draw troops from somewhere else to deal with those yellow-skinned monkeys? The troops stationed in Hong Kong are enough. Although annoyed by the Frenchman's scars, the Marquess of Salisbury was still full of confidence.

"Really? But that's how your country judged the situation in Africa, right? "The French simply clung to the sore feet of the British.

"The new army of the Qing Kingdom stationed near Tianjin was trained by our officers, and its weaponry and combat skills are no different from those of our army, and it is best not to take it lightly." Mashal made up for it with a bland stab.

"So don't you have 100,000 troops in the Philippines? How about sending some of them to Qingguo? Although he wanted to scold the Germans who helped the Qing state train the army, the Marquis of Salisbury endured it, and then proposed a very reliable proposal for the German troops in the Philippines, which now had the strongest military power in the Western Pacific.

"I'm really sorry, it's no problem to send the Far East Fleet to join your country's Bohai Bay blockade operation, but the army in the Philippines is really unable to get out of it now." Machar simply refused.

100,000 troops can't draw 10,000 people? How bad is the situation in the Philippines? The Marquis of Salisbury was also helpless about the Germans' excuses, and the Germans were now clearly uncooperative.

"However, Germany does need to make some efforts." Machar's tone changed: "Our Emperor is benevolent and hopes that the problem of the Qing State can be solved by gentle means, and blind pressure cannot solve the problem, so our country is willing to continue to communicate with the Qing government on this issue, and our actions should be decided based on the results of our communication." (To be continued......)