The imperial court and Zou Degui reached a consensus, and the matter of peace negotiations was decided, and the venue for peace talks was set in Beijing. Although both the British and the Russians strongly advocated an armistice before negotiations, North Manchuria still adhered to its own rules of fighting and talking, when the negotiations were completed and when the armistice was being held. The British had learned this insistence of North Manchuria as early as the conflict between Britain and Manchuria, and now that the sword was in the hands of North Manchuria, they refused to stop the war, so they could only rely on them.

The British and the Qing Dynasty, as mediators, sent Wei Tuma and Wen Xiang as their representatives, respectively, and the plenipotentiary of Russia could only be the Russian minister to China, Bayusek. Although the representative of the North Manchurian side was Zou Degui, who was already in Beijing, they also got a delegation headed by Luan Yu from Changchun. In addition to assisting Zou Degui in the peace talks, the Luan Yu mission will also be stationed in Beijing as a minister, serving as a communication channel between the imperial court and Northern Manchuria. After the peace talks ended, North Manchu also had to help the Qing Dynasty put down the rebellion, and the imperial court also had to give North Manchurian corresponding benefits in return, and there was no mission in Beijing, so the two sides could not coordinate and communicate in time.

North Manchurian is very concerned about the establishment of an office in Beijing and attaches great importance to it. Before Luan Yu became minister, he was a cabinet member of North Manchuria, and he was Pi Runmin's number one cadre. Sending a cabinet minister as a minister is not for the sake of diplomatic reciprocity, but for the sake of grabbing more benefits. The relationship between the Qing Dynasty and Northern Manchuria was extremely awkward, and it was impossible to make any reciprocal things, and after having consular jurisdiction and trade tax exemption, North Manchuria needed to maintain its dumping market and raw material production area.

Why Luan Yu came is not an important matter, the top priority at the moment is peace talks. The Qing Dynasty was anxious for North Manchuria to send troops to help them quell the rebellion, and the British were afraid that North Manchuria would completely defeat Russia, and the Russians would want to keep their empty Western Siberia, and Goxinga was also a little powerless, so the Quartet now hoped to stop the war as soon as possible.

"What are you talking about, let's keep fighting!" Although they both hoped for an armistice, when Wei Toma and Wen Xiang saw the letter of intent from Russia and North Manchuria, they both felt that this peace talk should not be held at all, and the two sides were not the same thing at all, and there was something to talk about.

The conditions in Northern Manchuria are already excessive, but there is still some leeway, and the conditions in Russia are completely foolish dreams. North Manchuria still insists on fighting wherever it goes, as long as it is what they occupy, it will be theirs, but they can make appropriate concessions, such as the Russian army handing over Temple Street and Sakhalin Island, which are still under their control, and North Manchuria will return Russian territory north of Yakutsk. On the issue of compensation, North Manchuria believed that Russia's aggression against China in 1858 had led to a series of subsequent problems, and that the Russian army had tortured and killed Chinese civilians in the occupied areas, so North Manchuria demanded compensation of 200 million rubles, about 150 million pounds.

This plan can be said to be wishful thinking in North Manchuria, and neither Britain nor the Western world will agree with the Manchurians' ideas. It is the legitimate right of Northern Manchuria to recover the Outer Northeast, and it is understandable for Russia to cede two pieces of land as compensation, but it is too much for the Manchurians to eat millions of square kilometers of territory in one go, and Europe has never had this rule. If it is as Manchuria demands, it will be mine if I fight it, and there will be only a few countries left in Europe now. Napoleon's killing of Spain can only make his family the king of Spain, and cannot completely erase the country of Spain on the map. The Europeans were very unaccustomed to wars of annihilation and could not accept large-scale territorial annexation, and of course Africa and the Americas were considered terra nullius in their eyes. Although the British did not agree, the Qing Dynasty felt that this proposal of Northern Manchuria was very reasonable and very much in line with the consistent style of the East.

As for the proposal of the Russians, it was even more excessive than that of the Manchurians, and it was simply a fantastic idea. Russia demanded that the Manchurian Army unconditionally withdraw from all occupied Russian territories, including the Outer Northeast region, and compensate Russia for all losses caused by the war, amounting to 500 million rubles. Fortunately, when the Russians were dreaming, they had not forgotten the territorial disputes in the Outer Northeast, so they proposed that after the armistice, the four parties attending the meeting would send representatives to jointly complete the survey of the Outer Northeast, and on the basis of the remains of the main buildings of the local residents, the Outer Northeast would be divided through consultation.

This plan is no longer a matter of the difference in concepts between the East and the West, it is completely that the Russians have taken the wrong medicine, and Wei Tuoma and Wen Xiang all shook their heads after reading it, not to mention the ruthless characters in Manchuria. As long as Zou Degui sees this set of things proposed by Russia, the negotiations are estimated to be over, and this plan is not reliable at all. The Russian army has already been beaten like that bear, and the Russians are really crazy to dare to make such a request. Wittoma even had to send a telegram overnight to ask the Japanese side whether the situation in the Far East had changed dramatically and whether the Russian army had achieved a very brilliant victory, otherwise how could it make such a nonsense request. Naturally, the Russian army in the Far East was still huddled in the last three strongholds of Omsk, Miaojie, and Sakhalin, and was being beaten by the Manchurians.

"The Russians are really crazy!" Wittoma had to let out a desperate lament.

In fact, Wittoma really wronged the Russians, and this plan was neither researched by Bayesek himself, nor was it drawn up by the lords of St. Petersburg, but Tsar Alexander II specially sought a special plan from China and made great efforts. The Russians analyzed the character characteristics of the Chinese and, based on the successful experience of the past, did their homework very sufficiently, to come up with such a dream clause. The reason why this plan is so unreasonable is that the Tsar has a bit of a problem finding China and is based on too different successful experiences.

Alexander II approached Muravyov, Count of Amursky, who was preparing to move to Paris, and based on the successful experience of Muravyov's blackmail. The Russians came up with a plan based on this miraculous idea, which naturally seriously deviated from the facts. From Tsar Alexander II to the lords of St. Petersburg, they all believed that Muravyov would once again bring miracles to Russia, and the cowardly Chinese would definitely give Russia a surprise gift again.

Therefore, Bayusek received the highest instructions from the Tsar that his attitude towards the Chinese must be brutal, the demands should be as excessive as possible, and the threat of force should be on his lips at all times. Russia must not only minimize its losses in the Far East, but also further seize its interests in China, and it would be perfect if it could get Vladivostok or Dalian and Lushun in its hands through verbal intimidation. At present, the Russian government is relatively short of money, so it must ask the wealthy North Manchurian government to compensate Russia's budget for the next three years.

"I don't know what the Russians think about it, Mr. Minister, but I can assure you that if this plan of theirs is delivered to Mr. Zou Degui's desk, the war will not only not stop, but will be much larger. I remember that you also had contact with General Goxinga, and he is not a man who can swallow his anger. Wen Xiang was very kind enough to give Wei Tuma a piece of advice, and hoped that the British minister would start to play a positive role.