The Germans were able to persuade the Qing government to change its previous attitude and start to exterminate the Boxers with all its might, which surprised the countries, and at the same time realized that although Germany's interests in the Qing were not the greatest, its influence on the Qing was very huge, and all countries had to begin to pay attention to Germany's views on the Qing issue.

Naturally, the Germans would not reveal that they were involved in the earth-shattering conspiracy of the Qing emperor's replacement, but only said that because Germany and the Qing army were closely connected, they knew the reason and moved them with affection, and the Qing people gave face.

Since the Qing State was willing to strangle the Boxer Rebellion with all its might, then there was no reason for the countries to go to war again, and the basic goals of the European and American powers in Qing affairs were still the same, mainly hoping to expand trade, reduce tariffs, and turn the huge market and population of the Qing State into commercial profits, so it was better not to fight.

Except for the Russians, who were extremely unhappy with this, the rest of the countries were happy.

Immediately after the news from the Qing Dynasty made the countries even more happy, Zai Yi said to Cixi, Cheng countries have rebelled against Lafayette your will completely because they are worried that our Qing policy will no longer be friendly to all countries, if Lafayette you can make it clear to the ministers of various countries, my Qing policy will not change, the grace of trade will not change, and the ministers of various countries will no longer make Lafayette unhappy.

Cixi listened to Zaiyi's advice, summoned ministers from various countries, and reassured countries that they should not worry, and some of the policies that countries were concerned about in the reform of the law would not be changed, and would be vigorously implemented. In fact, after the failure of the reform, Cixi did not cancel all the policies in the Restoration, but only canceled the two policies that had the most opposition.

One is to abolish the government's privilege to support the flag bearers and allow them to fend for themselves. The other is to reform the imperial examination system, abolish the eight-share selection of scholars, and change the theory of examination and strategy.

The former is tantamount to cutting off the livelihood of the Manchus, who have now become a waste group, and naturally meets with opposition from all levels to the top. The other cut off the path of officials for those scholars who had only learned eight shares in their lives, and was also opposed by all scholars.

These two policies were originally made by those reformers who were not clear in their minds, and the Manchu ruling class and all the scholars were opposed to them. Such a big event is not considered in the long run, and it is actually a one-size-fits-all approach, it is really an old birthday star who eats arsenic - it is a long life.

Cixi abolished both policies. However, the policies of the Restoration, such as the training of the new army, the establishment of schools, and the introduction of Western studies, were not completely repudiated, so it is logical to promise the countries that the new policy will continue to be implemented.

Subsequently, he also ordered Zaiyi to lead the Prime Minister Yamen to discuss cooperation with other countries. After Zai Yi took office, he also very "generously" offered a "price code" that made the hearts of all countries, and the right to explore and mine minerals in the hinterland, which had been delayed, was open to all countries, and the establishment of factories in foreign countries was not limited to treaty ports, but was also allowed to be opened in other regions with the approval of the imperial court.

As a result, the opposition of various countries immediately disappeared. Seeing this opportunity, the Empress Dowager Cixi once again proposed to let Guangxu abdicate. Germany was the first to respond by expressing its support for the matter, and other countries immediately agreed.

Although there were many opposition voices within the Qing Dynasty, and the strength of these opposition forces was not weak at all, at this time, the German Far East Fleet, the British Chinese Fleet, the Russian Pacific Fleet, and the French Far East Fleet gathered together in the Bohai Bay.

Under Haijing's joint association, ministers of various countries said one after another that it was inconvenient for various countries to intervene in the internal affairs of the Qing Dynasty, but they did not want to see the political situation of the Qing Dynasty shake. Any situation of political instability will not sit idly by.

Haijing even hinted at the Qing government, if the Qing country changed. Germany's willingness to send troops from the Philippines to assist the Qing government in stabilizing the situation was already the most direct support for the Empress Dowager Cixi.

At this time, although Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States did not make a clear statement, if the Germans made a move, it was impossible for them, who were still sitting at the same table in Paris to negotiate, not to say anything, so the cooperation of the countries was basically a foregone conclusion.

In this case, the opposition forces of the Qing State have only two choices: first, accept the reality honestly; 2. Initiate a mutiny. Then go to war with the great powers.

It's a pity that these people are not as bold as Cixi to dare to issue the "Edict of Declaring War on All Nations", so they can only accept this reality in humiliation.

So Emperor Guangxu abdicated on May 15, 1900, and the eldest brother Pujun ascended the throne and changed his name to Baoqing, that is, Emperor Baoqing. Zai Yi finally got his wish true.

As a token of gratitude to Germany, Germany was granted the privilege of freely building railways and mining minerals, and Germany had more power in Shandong at this time than after the signing of the Sino-German Lend-Lease Treaty. Germany also proposed to the Qing government that the construction of the Philippines required a lot of manpower, and hoped that Chinese workers could be imported from the Philippines and dispatched by the Qing government.

Not only that, Zai Yi also built a new policy to Cixi, and there was also a strategy to strengthen the army in the new policy, and the important tasks of strengthening the naval division and organizing and training the new army should be handed over to friendly countries.

Cixi was gracious, and then Zaiyi reached an agreement with Germany to order 2 ships of the same type as the Haiqi-class small battleships and 4 ocean-going torpedo boats of the 1889 type. The Germans also reciprocated by half-selling and half-giving away eight more Type 1885 large torpedo boats in service to the Beiyang Naval Division at ultra-low prices.

In addition, the newly organized army was also given full authority to German military advisers, and the Dingwu Army was expanded to 16,000 men in full accordance with the German army's full-strength divisions, and in addition, five new divisions were formed, and six divisions were trained and commanded in full accordance with German standards, and their weapons and equipment were all German. These six divisions were called the Six Towns according to the name of the Qing government, and they were deployed in the Beijing, Tianjin, and Shandong regions, that is, the prototype of the Six Towns of Beiyang.

In this way, the invasion of China by the Seven-Nation Coalition did not take place, Germany benefited the most, and Russia lost the opportunity to annex the entire three eastern provinces and became the most lost among the countries.

And the Boxers, a radical patriotic movement that shouted the slogan of helping the Qing Dynasty to extinguish the foreigners, were quickly wiped out under the all-out strangulation of the Qing army. The situation in the Far East soon returned to calm, and the political situation in the Qing State gradually stabilized under the curtain of Galeries Lafayette.

Because the Qing government avoided a catastrophe, it did not completely become a semi-colonial country after the signing of the "Xinchou Treaty" in history, but it did not strengthen the central government's control over the local governments.

However, there were many governors in the provinces who expanded their own strength in the name of reform and reform, and they disobeyed the Qing government, so the situation faced by the Qing government was not much better than in history.

However, in any case, the face of the Qing government was preserved without being beaten and fleeing in panic without being beaten in the capital, without being forced to let foreigners garrison troops in the capital, without demolishing all their coastal defense fortifications, and without letting foreigners become the emperor of the Manchu court.

Perhaps this led to the postponement or failure of the Xinhai Revolution, the difficulty of emancipating China's mind, and the spread of the idea of a democratic republic, but this had nothing to do with Germany in Europe.

Because Haijing was able to handle the matter of coordination with the Qing Dynasty, Frederick III made him a viscount, and continued to remain as the minister in the Qing Dynasty to deal with the affairs of the Qing State.

The Far East did not make a fuss, and the Marquis of Salisbury was finally able to talk about Africa at the Paris Conference. His Excellency the Marquis also had a little confidence, and after General Roberts single-handedly commanded the South African Expeditionary Force, the British finally ceased to be rigid with the Boers.

The Boers had previously stormed the strongholds, but did not understand that the mobile guerrillas had finally paid the price, and the Orange Free State was the first to be destroyed by the British, and the Transvaal became a rabbit's tail in the eyes of the British—it could not grow. As a result, he changed his attitude and became tougher, and even began to be much less enthusiastic about seeking German support.

The German side has already been mentally prepared, dragging it out, and we are not in a hurry anyway. However, the German side also proposed to Britain that the British side would open the passage from the Orange Free State to Namibia, so that Boer refugees could enter German southwest Africa.

At this time, the British had not yet suffered the great suffering of the Boers, nor did they think of engaging in any three-light policy, and the commander of the expeditionary force, Roberts, even promised leniency that as long as the Boer People's Corps laid down their arms, they would be free to return to their farms, and the British would not be held accountable.

However, the refugees caused by the war did make it difficult for the British to manage, and if they were not properly handled, they were likely to join the resistance to attack the British Empire's army, so it was also quite tricky.

The Germans brought it up to help the British solve the big trouble, but the British were also very wary of the meaning behind the Germans' move, what did the Germans want to do? Was it an attempt to use this as an excuse to provide support to the Boers?

The German explanation is that since the beginning of the war, many Boers have begun to flee beyond the British sphere of influence into the German colonies, and it is difficult for us to manage the scattered and sneaky division of forces into us. In that case, you British might as well simply open the passage and send these people who want to escape the war directly, and it will be convenient for us to arrange it.

We didn't provide any support for the Boer resistance, but we could have helped the refugees, and besides, you had done it wrong.

The British, of course, absolutely did not believe that the Germans were now supporting the Boers in the slightest, but there was no way to blame them without a handle. Especially when the British agreed to this request when they thought that there was no need to agree to the construction of the 3B railway by the British and Germans, and that they did not even have to pay back Helgoland, there was no need to get along with the Germans for these trivial matters. (To be continued......)