The governor of Zhili Ya'men', Cixi and the courtiers looked at each other at a loss, and negotiated peace?

There must also be people who can negotiate peace, Li Hongzhang, who is the most 'fine' in the entire Qing Dynasty, was trapped in Beijing by the Russian army, Zhang Zhi's 'hole' and Liu Kun are far away in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is only one Rong Lu who understands foreign affairs in the DPRK, but Rong Lu came forward to preside over the peace talks, so what about the defense, if the Russian army is fighting a surprise attack, there will be no place to cry when the time comes. -

Rong Lu sighed secretly and said, "Lafayette, now only the slaves come forward to negotiate peace. ”

Cixi was taken aback and asked: "Ronglu, if you come forward to preside over the peace, the mourning family is naturally relieved, but if you preside over the peace, what about the defense of Baoding?" ”

Rong Lu replied: "Lafayette, now I can only let Lord Xu bother and preside over the defense with Zhang Mingyuan." ”

Cixi nodded and said: "Okay, since this is the case, then it is up to you, no matter what the conditions, as long as the Russians are willing to withdraw their troops, we will agree, of course, you also have to fight more, our Qing Dynasty can no longer withstand the toss." ”

Rong Lu nodded and began to prepare for the peace negotiation.

When several brigade commanders of the Russian army, including Tymoshenko, received the news that the Qing court was going to negotiate peace, they were naturally overjoyed, and sent 'elite' cavalry to Beijing as soon as possible, sending a message to Linevich, and at the same time ordering artillery to continue the siege of the city.

If you can break through Baoding Mansion and capture the two palaces alive, then there is nothing to say, the entire Qing Dynasty is not a problem, if you can't break Baoding Mansion, then wait for Linevich to come over and negotiate peace together, after all, such a thing must be decided by Linevich.

When Linevich got the news, he was so excited that he yelled in a 'chaos', transferred all the military affairs to the two brigade commanders, and led a company of cavalry to Baoding Mansion without stopping, and it took less than two days from Tymoshenko to Linevich's arrival in Baoding.

Today's Baoding Mansion has not been breached, but the Qing army has suffered heavy casualties, and the Cixi and other monarchs and ministers have been desperate.

At this time, the news that the Russian army agreed to negotiate peace was finally sent to Cixi's desk, and Cixi was overjoyed, and finally she didn't have to worry about it, and finally didn't have to die.

The Qing and Russian sides sat down in a small town in Mancheng and began negotiations.

Linevich directly threw out his own negotiation conditions: ceding the entire northeast, the ancient 'Mongolian' plateau, and the northwest region to the Tsarist Empire; Dong Fuxiang, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, brought huge losses to the Tsarist Empire, and the Qing court must execute Dong Fuxiang; and compensated the Tsarist Empire with 200 million taels of silver for the war! opening all the ports of South China to the Russian Empire; Acquire all the right of way in North China free of charge;

As soon as Rong Lu saw the draft of this negotiation, he was anxious at that time, if it is done like this, it is better to give the entire Qing Dynasty to your Tsarist Tsar of Russia!

Rong Lu resolutely disagreed with the terms, Linevich sneered, and said: "Your Excellency Rong Lu, Xiangbi, you still have hope for Li Hongzhang in Beijing City, rest assured, he was watched dead by my two cavalry brigades, and there was no hope of running out of Beijing City, as for Baoding Mansion, under the army of my Tsarist Russian Empire, in three days, three days, I will be able to use artillery to bombard Baoding Mansion!" Don't forget, the hundreds of 'doors' of Krupp heavy artillery captured from Hohhot, Zhangjiakou and Changping have now been transported to Baoding Mansion, do the empress dowagers and emperors of your country really want to taste the taste of being bombarded by artillery? ”

Rong Lu's face was soft, and now the Qing Dynasty is a person who has to bow his head under the eaves.

Rong Lu begged: "Your Excellency Linevich, I hope to ease our atmosphere, the conditions put forward by your country are too harsh, such serious conditions are enough for us to lose China, I am afraid this is not a situation that other powers are willing to see, if you want to seize the entire Chinese territory north of the Great Wall, can Britain, the United States, France, Germany and Japan agree?" You want all the right of way in North China, can these powers, who have already acquired vested interests, agree? ”

Linevich laughed and said: "Your Excellency Ronglu, don't use the great powers to scare me, as long as you Qing Guozheng agrees, our Tsar's Majesty has a way to shut up the great powers, in a word, do you agree or not?" ”

Rong Lu grinded hard here, and finally Linevich lowered some conditions, first, it was inevitable to execute Dong Fuxiang and Zhang Yi, who would return to China in the future; Second, the northwest can be dispensed without, but the northeast and the ancient 'Mongolian' plateau must be ceded to China; third, all the treaty ports of southern China should be opened to Tsarist Russia; fourth, Tsarist Russia has the priority right to obtain the right of way in northern China; fifth, 150 million taels of silver will be compensated to the Tsarist Russian Empire;

At this point, Lineevich began to not give an inch, otherwise, the project would be carried out immediately, and 20,000 Cossack cavalry would be thrown into the attack at any time!

Rong Lu was helpless at this time, and said: "Your Excellency Linevich, such conditions can no longer be decided in the future, and you must consult the Empress Dowager Lafayette and the emperor before you can decide." ”

"Okay," replied Lynevich: "Well, I'll sit here and wait for an answer, and give me a clear answer in one day, and if I don't agree, then I'll have to meet again!" ”

Rong Lu took the text of the negotiation, got on his horse quickly, returned to Baoding Mansion, and explained the situation of the negotiation to Cixi.

Cixi sighed and said, "Okay, now that it's over, do we have any other way to think of it?" Alas, if you had listened to Li Hongzhang's words at the beginning, how could you be so passive and regret not being at the beginning! ”

Rong Lu was also full of bitterness, and said: "Lafayette, if our agreement is signed, then there is no room for repentance, such harsh conditions, will we not be scolded by future generations and become sinners through the ages?" ”

Cixi said helplessly: "Ronglu, now that the Russian army is besieging Baoding, do we have any other choice?" The only chance is to bet that we will prosper in the future of the Qing Dynasty and then recover the country. Sign it, we can't help it. ”

In this way, Rong Lu received the holy decree and quickly returned to the city to meet Linevich.

Lynevich smiled: "How? Lord Ronglu, do your Empress Dowager and Emperor agree to our conditions? ”

Rong Lu said in a sullen voice: "The Queen Mother and the Emperor have agreed to your conditions, and I hope that your country's army will withdraw its troops immediately after we sign the treaty......

Ninevich was overjoyed, he originally hoped to be able to take the three eastern provinces, and the others were secondary, but he didn't expect the Qing court to agree to all the conditions so happily, it seems that the Qing court was really scared of himself. The two sides signed the "Sino-Russian Baoding Treaty" in Mancheng, and finally, Rong Lu sighed heavily, as soon as this word was signed, he was infamous for eternity, and now it can only be like this, Rong Lu signed the treaty here. China and Russia immediately sent a telegram in Baoding Mansion to announce to the world that the Qing court was defeated and reached a peace with Tsarist Russia, and the three eastern provinces and the land of nearly 4 million square kilometers of 'Mongolia' were handed over!