The Earl V of Rosebury was the most peculiar of British prime ministers, and it is said that he made three vows as a young man: first in horse racing, marrying a famous lady and becoming prime minister. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

He won a horse race as a young man, married Hannah, the daughter of the Jewish nobleman Baron Meyer Rothschild, and climbed the political ladder from an ordinary member of parliament in the city of London to the English foreign minister, and on March 2, 1894, he formed a cabinet and became prime minister.

This is a very inspirational story in any era, but the sad thing is that the inspirational prime minister met the Chinese Emperor Hu Zhen, and the super inspirational became super sad.

"What kind of conditions does the Chinese Empire need to negotiate?" The Earl of Rosebury was almost exhausted, forcing him to personally go to the Chinese Empire's legation in London to ask for a meeting with Xue Fucheng, the Chinese Empire's minister.

Xue Fucheng in another time and space was a diplomatic bureaucrat who was worried about the country and the people, and was one of the few people in the Qing court who knew Europe very well, and he was worried about the future and fate of the country for a long time, which led to the accumulation of hard work and illness, and returned to China in July 1895.

After the establishment of the Huaxia Empire, Hu Zhen knew Xue Fucheng's ability, asked him to continue to serve as the minister of the Huaxia Empire in Europe, and personally issued an order to him, to pay attention to his health, not to easily work and hurt his body, if he is sick, he must be treated and recuperated in time.

Xue Fucheng was deeply moved, and followed the new emperor's prompts everywhere, and at this time, there was no problem with his body at all, but it was better than the original.

At this moment, Xue Fucheng didn't seem to be an envoy, and turned a deaf ear to the British request for negotiation, and the Earl of Roseberry was driven to madness, and even ignored the general rules of diplomatic status, and personally came to the door to see Xue Fucheng and asked why the Chinese Empire was unwilling to negotiate.

Xue Fucheng thought to himself: Sure enough, the prime minister of the British Empire, as judged by the emperor, is really in a hurry, and there is a good show to watch below!

Xue Fucheng thought so, but the general diplomatic etiquette was still required, and he walked to the door of the legation to greet the Earl of Roseberry: "Hello, Earl of Roseberry, I have lost my welcome!" I don't know what to do? ”

The Earl of Rosebury wanted to be angry when he saw this man who was still dragging a pigtail braid on the back of his head, but now he had cut it off, but on this occasion, he wanted to suppress his anger anyway, and he asked directly to the point: "Why is your country unwilling to negotiate with our country?" ”

When Xue Fucheng heard this, his heart was happy, his body and blood were comfortable, and he suddenly felt that this was more than eating countless ginseng, he had been a civil official under the Qing court for decades and was angry with foreigners, and at this moment he all disappeared outside the clouds.

Xue Fucheng stared at the eyes of the Earl of Rosebury and was silent for more than ten seconds before he replied: "Obviously, this is your country's army to organize the eight-nation coalition fleet of the European and American countries, together with the fleets of the Japanese State and the Oros Empire, to expedition to our country's maritime territory and threaten our country, how can you blame our country for not being willing to negotiate now?" ”

The Earl of Rosebury was a little speechless, and for the sake of the British Empire, he quickly found a reason: "That is a thing of the past, can't your country turn a new page with our country?" ”

Xue Fucheng said lightly: "We must morally condemn the attack on our country by the combined fleet of your country and its European countries, the United States, and the Japanese countries, so that our people can accept the matter of negotiation!" ”

"Isn't it even acceptable for your country to pay reparations?" The caretaker government's prime minister, the Earl of Rosebury, apparently revealed his intentions.

Xue Fucheng was even happier when he heard this, even the Prime Minister of the English caretaker government felt that he could not stop without paying compensation to the Chinese Empire, so the following things would be easy to do, and the rest was nothing more than how to ask these foreigners who had been arrogant for many years to ask for the starting price and pay back the money on the spot.

So Xue Fucheng said: "There is a famous saying in your country's diplomatic circles, saying that there are no eternal friends, no eternal enemies, only eternal interests!" As long as it is in the interests of our country, our emperor will approve it. If you want to negotiate, you must go through a certain approval process and obtain the consent and authorization of our government and the emperor before proceeding! ”

Although the Earl of Rosebury was already 47 years old, he was still as anxious as a young man to do anything, and asked, "Well, when will your country complete the approval process for negotiations?" ”

Playing Tai Chi and playing official accents is originally the specialty of Chinese bureaucrats, and Xue Fucheng, who is old in diplomacy, is certainly no exception, and he suddenly resorted to a trick: "Well, this minister can't say clearly, then everything depends on the results of the discussion between the government in our country and the emperor." ”

The Earl of Rosebury's ambition is just to be the prime minister to have a good time, and he is actually just a good dragon in this profession, and he lost interest on the second day of his appointment as prime minister, and at this time he couldn't bear the drudgery of this negotiation, so he couldn't help but ask again: "Okay, what is the bottom line of negotiation in your country?" ”

Xue Fucheng stared at the strange prime minister in front of him for a few seconds, remembering Emperor Hu Zhen's explanation to himself, in front of these self-proclaimed civilized Europeans, they must not use the system of modesty, gentleness and courtesy of Chinese civilization for thousands of years, they must be unforgiving, and they must turn their advantages in the face of the enemy into maximizing their interests, so he said without hesitation:

"The bottom line? This time, our people have suffered great psychological trauma from the infringement of our interests by your country's organization of a joint fleet, and your country must: first, pay reparations and pay one billion pounds of indemnity to our country, as for the use of gold, pounds, and Chinese currency, it is all negotiable; The second is to cede land, Australia, India and all the islands in the Indian Ocean to China, and the Suez Canal will also be transferred to China for management! ”

The Earl of Rosebury jumped up in anger on the spot, losing a little of the bearing of the earl and the prime minister: "What? What is the reasoning of this for you? Your Huaxia Empire is too deceitful! You want to take all the colonies east of the Suez Canal in the British Empire? Wouldn't that take away three-quarters of the colonies of the British Empire? ”

"I'm sorry! Mr. Prime Minister, this is the bottom line of negotiations you have to ask the Chinese Empire, if you don't want to negotiate, then that's the end of today! Xue Fucheng put on a send-off look.

"You!" The Earl of Roseberry was so angry that his nose was almost crooked, but he still had the last shred of gentlemanly sense, and with a stomp of his foot, he turned and walked away.

In fact, the Prime Minister of the caretaker government of the English Empire personally visited the Chinese Empire's legation today, and it was not without gain, at least, that he knew the negotiation conditions proposed by the Chinese Empire against the defeated British Empire. (To be continued.) )