"The Japanese and the Russians have negotiated?" Not long after returning to Berlin, Machar brought the news that the Russian-Japanese peace talks had been completed and a peace treaty had been signed.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Russians and the Japanese signed a peace treaty at Portsmouth, and the war in the Far East ended." Marchar replied respectfully.

"After more than two years of fighting, it's really time to end. So what conditions did the two sides agree on? I'm afraid both sides are reluctant to sign this letter, right? Jochen teased the two gangs of people who were exhausted in the end, and it is conceivable that the negotiations between the two sides must be open and hidden, and everyone wants to take advantage of it as much as possible.

The Portsmouth Peace Treaty signed by Japan and Russia under the mediation of the Americans had four main articles: first, Russia recognized Japan's special interests in Korea; secondly, the Japanese and Russian garrisons in Manchuria maintained the status quo; Then Russia transferred the lease of the Liaodong Peninsula to Japan; In the end, the Japanese withdrew their troops from Sakhalin. Machar simply explained the contents of the treaty to Jochen.

"It seems that Xiao Niqi's face is still saved, not to mention that there is no land reparation, and even the control in North Manchuria is still in his hands, and now he can deal with those opponents in his country with peace of mind." Jochen said lightly that in the Russo-Japanese War in history, the Russians completely lost both face and lining.

Not only did it completely withdraw from Manchuria and transfer the Liaodong Peninsula and the South Manchurian Railway, but more importantly, it assigned Sakhalin Island to Japan 50 degrees north latitude = south, which also led to the dispute between the Japanese and Russia who were behind the collapse of the Soviet Union over Sakhalin, which the Japanese called the four northern islands.

"But in this way, if Japan and Russia divide their spheres of influence in Manchuria, then the military confrontation between them will not stop, and Russia will have to continue to be distracted in the Far East, which is beneficial to us. This qiē can only be achieved by your decision, Majesty. Martial immediately sent it to the fart.

For such a sycophant, Joheng accepted it with confidence, didn't he work hard to make the Russians uncomfortable, but although his temperament was a little fluttery, he would not get carried away and get dizzy.

However, Russia and Japan fought in Manchuria, and after the war, they transferred the Liaodong Peninsula in this way. The division of spheres of influence between the north and south of Manchuria did not ask the master whether he agreed or not. Jochen said with some joking that even if the reparations for the First Sino-Japanese War were stronger than in history, the naval reconstruction after the First Sino-Japanese War was stronger than in history, and the newly formed army was more elite than in history under German training, he still didn't dare to let out a fart for the Russo-Japanese War.

"Your Majesty, regarding the transfer of the lease right of the Liaodong Peninsula, the treaty says that the consent of the Qing State needs to be sought." In response to Jochen's ridicule, Machar also replied sarcastically: "But the Qing government will not disagree." ”

Jochen knew that the Qing Dynasty was frightened by the fierce fighting between Japan and Russia, and the elite new army and Beiyang naval division were all standing still to defend the Beijing division when the Russo-Japanese war was heating up.

Although the kind of big scene between Japan and Russia. The new army and the Beiyang Navy Division will be swallowed up without even hearing a sound, but when the two sides are exhausted, you will put a new force there, and you can scare the two families half to death if you make a little move, and then you don't know what price you can start in order to win over this new force, so even if you are a wall grass, as long as you don't make a clear statement and make some moves to make both sides nervous, you won't be ignored like this now, right? Sure enough, the mud can't support the wall.

Heaven can do evil. You can't live if you do your own evil, and you only sigh about the life and death of the Manchu Dynasty. I didn't take it to heart, so I just said it casually, and after the ridicule, I returned to the topic again: "What about after the peace treaty is signed?" Did it cause any reactions? ”

"There is still chaos in Russia, but because of the armistice, His Majesty Nikolai can finally suppress those rebellious people with peace of mind, and the situation in Russia should be calmed down. But Japan is in trouble. The Russians, who won the war but did not force them to cede land and pay reparations, therefore believed that the government was incompetent, and coupled with the original social contradictions, it has not been very peaceful recently. In addition, the Americans have reaped some benefits from the Russians, and some people believe that it is because the United States is obstructing them. Favoring the Russians did not achieve their goal, so some protests broke out against the Americans. Mashal reported to Jochen.

"None of these protests are so 'peaceful', are they?" Jochen interjected with a teasing smile.

"Yes, Your Majesty, because of some personal injuries and economic losses, the people in the United States are now very dissatisfied with Japan." Machar scoffed with some contempt: "Those yellow-skinned monkeys who don't know the height of the sky, do they really think that they can take advantage of the Russians if they continue to fight?" Just after fighting with the Russians, they went to provoke the Americans, do they really think that they are invincible in the world? ”

Jochen smiled slightly when he heard this, the Japanese did not know that the sky was high and thick because they were too smooth before, but the Japanese do have arrogant capital now, the Russian Pacific Fleet was beaten into the Siberian Fleet, the Panama Canal was not navigable, the American Pacific Fleet was not yet in the climate, the German and French Far East Fleets were not strong, and in this area of the Far East, in addition to the British Chinese fleet, it was indeed the strongest Japanese combined fleet.

However, this kind of arrogance will soon be slapped in the face by Roosevelt's group, Jochen doesn't care much, the harder the beating, the better, Jochen wants Japan and the United States to tear his face, but this is just a thought.

After giving his impressions, Machar reported again to Jochen: "The French are very pleased with the armistice between Japan and Russia, and have once again offered Russia a loan, and presumably they are again counting on the Russians to put pressure on us to the east."

The British were also very happy about the armistice, because they also felt that the Japanese might not be able to support it if they continued to fight, and that they should stop if they could get some benefits from the Russians, and now that the Russian navy was almost completely annihilated, and the army wanted to go south, the Japanese would be in front, and they could rest assured in the Far East. ”

Mashal was also very unhappy with this situation, although the hopes of the French were unlikely to come up anytime soon, not to mention that it would take a long time for the Russians to recover, and even if the revolution in Russia had not yet subsided, it was nonsense to expect Russia to exert pressure on Germany.

And the British can't really be at ease, although the Japanese stopped the Russians from moving south, but the British will not fail to realize that the Far East is now a calm active volcano, God knows when it will erupt, and it is still far from being able to sit back and relax.

Having said that, however, Russia will one day recover, and then the threat from Germany to the east will reappear, and whatever will become of the Far East in the future, at least for now the British can worry about it and be at ease directed against themselves in Europe.

In short, there is no long-term or short-term, trouble always comes, and what Jochen is doing now is only to make future troubles come later, so that the current troubles can be smaller, that's all.

"The battle is over, and the Russian warships and soldiers in Subic will send them away to Vladivostok, take care of their meals and help repair the ship, and Nick should really thank me." Jochen said with a smile: "Except for the Black Sea Fleet, which cannot be out at all, the Siberian Squadron is the last bit of money for the Russians. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will inform the Russian side to be ready to receive it." Machar nodded: "Although the Russian Navy, which has lost its backbone after being frightened by the Japanese, probably does not have the courage to fight again, but it can continue to strengthen the strength of Vladivostok and make those yellow-skinned monkeys continue to fidget." ”

"Even if the matter in the Far East is over, at least it is unlikely that there will be any major conflict in the short term." Jochen waved his hand.

"Your Majesty, if there is nothing to do, please let Rong Chen retire." Mashal bowed slightly, ready to leave, but was suddenly stopped by Jochen.

"Adolf, what happened to the last time you asked you to investigate?" Joechen asked with some urgency.

"I'm really sorry, the parliament thinks that the current naval funds are very sufficient, the British are just building a large warship, and there is no need to make a fuss, the displacement of the British warships in the past is also higher than ours, and there is no big problem, so it is impossible to increase the military spending of the navy for this reason." Machar replied with some ease, and then added: "I also agree with the opinion of the parliament, there is really no need for the navy to continue to increase its funding now." ”

Jochen had previously used the British to hype up the launch of the Intrepid to allow Machar to test the Parliament's attitude on whether to react to the British's new warships, that is, whether to continue to allocate funds, and to see if there was a possibility of submitting a second amendment to the Navy Act and passing Guò.

Although Machar believed that the navy was now sufficiently funded, and the growth of naval strength was even faster, and he opposed Jochen's idea when the Russian navy no longer posed a threat, he could only agree to Yochen's request, after all, testing the attitude of the parliament could only be done by him, the prime minister, and it would not be a temptation for the navy to come forward.

However, the good thing for Marchar was that the new warships of the British did not pose a threat, and that the Russian navy was finished, and that Germany could deal with one less enemy, although the industrial giants and believers in naval economics believed that it was not a problem for Germany to increase its naval spending at the present time, but their attitude was not resolute, so the general attitude in the parliament was still not in favor of increasing naval spending.

Mashal was happy with the result, so he was at ease in the face of Jochen's questioning.

Although Jochen was a little dissatisfied with this result, it was still expected, and Jochen began to be a little worried, the parliament did not react to the new warships of the British, but because the Russian Navy was finished, it was thought that the pressure had been reduced, and even if the dreadnoughts showed their true colors, those parliamentarians who did not understand the Navy might not be able to pay attention to it. (To be continued......) R1292