The matter is not over, after Remeni left, Wu Chaoyue, who is very aware of the current strength gap between China and Russia, is very worried, but Zhao Liewen and Yan Jingming, who have been accompanying him, breathed a sigh of relief together, and then Zhao Liewen also smiled: "Weiting, it's rare to see you speak so politely, looking at your appearance just now, listening to your tone, I'm really worried that you will fight with that Remeni on the spot." ”

"Do it on the spot?" Wu Chaoyue smiled dumbly, and said: "You underestimate that Remeni at this point Huifu, after all, he is a foreigner diplomat, no matter how bad his character is, no matter how fierce the dispute is at the negotiation table, he will never take the initiative to give others the truth." So don't say that I'm also personable just now, even if I pointed at his nose and greeted his eighteenth generation ancestor, that Remini would never do anything with me. ”

After smiling, Wu Chaoyue frowned slightly, and said: "On the contrary, on the battlefield of diplomacy, I have to guard against this Remny, what he said just now is not wrong at all, with the current overall strength of Tsarist Russia, it is not capable of fighting a long war on the northeast battlefield, but if they want to support the Shengjing Rebellion to split our territory and territory, then it will be really difficult for us to deal with it." If it is not handled well, the Northeast and Mongolia may be split by the Rakshasa Lao Maozi and the chaotic party, and it will be difficult to recover them. ”

If it is replaced by someone else, or if it is replaced by Zhao Liewen and Yan Jingming before Wu Chaoyue is a tiger, then Wu Chaoyue's worry will definitely be ridiculed as a big fuss, and he feels that even if he loses the bitter cold land of the Northeast and the Mongolian grassland, it will have little impact on the Central Plains of Fuhua Tianbao. But now Zhao Liewen and Yan Jingming are different, in Wu Chaoyue's side I know the importance of territorial sovereignty, and I heard Wu Chaoyue repeatedly talk about the importance and rich resources of Northeast China and Mongolia, subtly, Zhao Yan's thinking is also very close to modern people, so after listening to Wu Chaoyue's worries, Zhao Liewen and Yan Jingming also immediately used their brains and racked their brains to help Wu Chaoyue think about countermeasures.

It's okay not to think about it, after careful consideration, Yan Jingming quickly found out that something was wrong, and said: "Weiting, if the Rakshasa Kingdom fully supports the Shengjing Rebellion Party and works against us, it will be disgusting to us, and it is also possible to split our Northeast and Mongolia, but why should the Rakshasa Kingdom do such a thing that harms others and is not beneficial to itself?" Contribute money and efforts to help the Shengjing rebel party split our Chinese territory? ”

"Mr. Danchu, do you still need to ask such a simple question?" Zhao Liewen took over the conversation and asked very strangely: "Of course, the Rakshasa Kingdom wants to covet the land of our Northeast and Mongolia, first pretend to be a good person to help the Shengjing Rebellion stabilize the situation, and take the opportunity to reach into the Northeast and Mongolia, and then as long as there is an opportunity, it will definitely immediately annex the land of Northeast China and Mongolia, and recover their investment in the Shengjing Rebellion with interest?" ”

"Then how will the Rakshasa people treat the Shengjing Rebellion when the time comes?" Yan Jingming asked.

"If the Rakshasa people still have a little conscience, they will casually give the Shengjing Chaos Party some titles and idle positions, and let them eat and drink and wait for death." Zhao Liewen replied without thinking about it: "If the food looks ugly, the Rakshasa people can also directly slaughter the Shengjing chaos with one sword, or solve it with a cup of poisonous wine, saving money, food and trouble." ”

After answering this question, Zhao Liewen also understood the reason why Yan Jingming asked these simple questions, and asked tentatively: "Mr. Danchu, do you want the Shengjing Chaos Party to understand this truth?" So that they do not dare to accept the aid of the Rakshasa Kingdom? Or let them not give the Rakshasa a chance to reach into the Northeast and Mongolia? ”

"Ci'an and Cixi must understand this truth, and Yixun (Devil Six) must also understand." This time, Wu Chaoyue grabbed the conversation and said: "But it is useless to threaten them with this, with their treachery, they will definitely use the Rakshasas to blackmail us in turn, force us to accept the harsh conditions they put forward, and even force us to promise not to unify Northeast China and Mongolia by force." ”

"But at most, they only dare to talk about it, luring wolves into the house and leading the Rakshasa soldiers into the Northeast and Mongolia, and they may not dare to do this." Yan Jingming reminded: "Weiting, don't forget, for the sake of the power of the imperial court, the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces and the Prince of Pseudo-Gong could even do it to jointly launch a coup d'état, how could people like them tolerate the Rakshasa people to put them in the air?" Take them and take them, fight if you want, kill if you want? ”

Yan Jingming's words woke up Wu Chaoyue, and also made Wu Chaoyue see the dawn of solving the problem, because Wu Chaoyue knew very well how much power his cheap niece Cixi had - so big that in order to continue to hold the power of the court, he could even declare war on the whole world! Therefore, Wu Chaoyue also cheered up some spirits and asked Yan Jingming: "Mr. Danchu, in your opinion, how should we deal with this matter?" ”

"Xia Guan thinks that he might as well fight for a forced landing on the Shengjing Rebellion Party." Yan Jingming replied: "At present, we do not have the strength to enter the northeast and Mongolia and recover this land by force, but if we can take advantage of the inevitable contradiction between the Shengjing Rebellion and the Rakshasa Kingdom, it is not that there is no chance to force the Shengjing Rebellion to surrender to us. ”

"So how do you do that?" Wu Chaoyue asked thoughtfully.

"How to do it, Xia Guan still can't come up with an idea for a while." Yan Jingming replied: "But the lower officials think that we should firmly grasp two points, the first is to let the Shengjing Rebellion understand that no matter how much the Rakshasa Kingdom helps them, it is ill-intentioned, and sooner or later one day they will swallow them even with their belts and bones." The second is to let the Shengjing Rebellion know that surrendering to us is stronger than clinging to the Rakshasa Kingdom, at least we can save our lives and glory and wealth. As long as these two points are achieved, the Shengjing Rebellion Party will definitely be more jealous of the Rakshasa Kingdom, and it will be much easier for us to force the Shengjing Rebellion to take the initiative to lay down their arms and surrender. ”

Yan Jingming said very generally, and did not give a specific way to solve the problem, but as long as there is a general direction, it is enough. After muttering for a long time, Wu Chaoyue suddenly opened his mouth and instructed the guards next to him: "Go, invite back the envoy of the Rakshasa Kingdom just now, Remeni, and say that I want to talk to him again." Again, prepare the book office and record all the words I had spoken to Rhemeni. ”

Knowing that Wu Chaoyue would definitely play tricks, Zhao Liewen and Yan Jingming didn't ask much, smiling and just waiting for Remeni to return. Then it didn't take long for Remeni to be invited back to Wu Chaoyue before he even had time to come out of Wuchang City, and Wu Chaoyue finally changed his affectionate and polite face, and apologized for his rude words and deeds just now.

After talking nonsense, Wu Chaoyue took the initiative to bring up the matter about the territory, and said: "Dear Mr. Remeny, I have a small friendly proposal for the division between the two countries, I don't know if you can agree?" ”

"Your Excellency King Zhennan, it depends on what kind of friendly offer you have." Rhemeni replied with a smile.

"Of course, I made a huge offer to make concessions." Wu Chaoyue threw out the bait, smiled again, and said: "Of course, I also have a condition, if you can agree and do it, Mr. Rhemeny, then I will immediately make concessions on the division of territory." ”

"King Zhennan, your conditions must be related to the Shengjing regime of your country, right?" Remeni asked, smiling.

"Yes, I hope to join forces with your country to eliminate the Shengjing puppet regime of our Qing State." Wu Chaoyue replied calmly, and said: "Of course, I don't need your country to send troops to help, as long as your country supports me in politics and diplomacy, and then after I overthrow the Shengjing puppet regime by force, if the people of the Shengjing puppet regime flee to the control of your country, your country must unconditionally arrest them and hand them over to me for disposal." ”

After that, Wu Chaoyue added, "Including the Eastern Empress Dowager and the Western Empress Dowager of the Shengjing puppet regime, as well as the puppet Prince Gong Yixun and the pseudo-Korbi County King Monk Green, they must also be unconditionally arrested and handed over to me." ”

"Of course, we can consider agreeing to these." Remeni smiled and said, "But the premise is, what kind of concessions do you plan to make in the territory?" ”

"I can admit the "Aihui Condition". Wu Chaoyue smiled and said: "Mr. Remeni, you must also know that although our Qing general Yishan signed the "Aihui Treaty" with you, our Qing court has never officially recognized it, and your predecessor, Mr. Ignakiev, also signed a diplomatic document with me, promising that the land involved in the "Aihui Treaty" will be temporarily managed and jointly developed by your two countries, and if your country can help me eliminate the Shengjing puppet regime, I am willing to recognize the "Aihui Treaty" and cede that large piece of land to you. In addition, you do not need to return the cost of joint development that our Hubei Provisional Government has compensated you for before. ”

"Damn yellow-skinned monkey, finally relent." Remeni was secretly happy in his heart, but his face was very disdainful, and he said with a smile: "Your Excellency King Zhennan, your concession is too small, not to mention that the land involved in the "Aihui Treaty" has long been under the control of our Tsarist Russian Empire, even if you are willing to recognize the "Aihui Treaty", that land is too small and too small. ”

"On the Ili side, I can also consider making concessions." Wu Chaoyue smiled and said: "As long as your country makes a price, we can negotiate and negotiate." But the premise is that your country must first sign an official document to help me eliminate the Shengjing puppet regime. ”

Remeni smiled and said with a smile: "Your Excellency King Zhennan, you have taken too much advantage, right?" Before the division of the territory is done, let's sign an official document with you to jointly eliminate the Shengjing puppet regime, if this is eliminated, will you still make concessions at the negotiating table? ”

"Dear Mr. Remeny, you can think about it before answering whether I can say yes." Wu Chaoyue smiled and said: "And I must remind you, dear Mr. Remeni, I have shown enough sincerity to cooperate with your country, and if your country agrees, it can obtain a large territory at a very small price." And if your country refuses to cooperate, and I refuse to recognize the Aihui Treaty, then the price you will pay for obtaining the land related to the Aihui Treaty will definitely not be so small. ”

Rhemeni rolled his eyes and calculated, Wu Chaoyue observed his words, and said: "Dear Mr. Remeni, I take the liberty to remind you again, if you reject my proposal of friendship and cooperation, I can also ask Britain and France to come forward to help solve the issue of the Treaty of Aihui, and the price you will pay at that time will only be even greater. ”

It is very clear that Britain and France and other countries will never watch Russia eat such a large piece of land, and they also know that even if they can persuade Britain, France and other countries to give up their support for Wu Chaoyue, they will definitely have to make huge concessions on the European side, Remeni thought about it for a long time, but he still didn't dare to completely block this road, so he nodded and said: "Okay, Your Excellency King Zhennan, let me think about it and give you an answer." But I have said in advance, we can consider accepting joining forces with you to eliminate your Shengjing puppet regime, but we must first conclude the negotiations on territorial division. ”

"At the same time." Wu Chaoyue stretched out a hand to Rhemeni and said, "While negotiating the division of territory, we are also discussing how to join forces to eliminate the Shengjing puppet regime. ”

"Of course it's fine." Remeni also stretched out his dirty claws, and shook Wu Chaoyue's hand a few times.

After ending this barely friendly conversation, Wu Chaoyue invited Remeni to have dinner with him, and Remeni agreed, but unfortunately it was still early, and Remeni could only leave temporarily at the invitation of the Wu Mansion Guard, and went to the guest room to wait for dinner time to come, while Wu Chaoyue arranged for his brother-in-law Zeng Jize to accompany him and temporarily deal with Remeni. As a result, after Remeni left, Wu Chaoyue of course picked up the conversation between himself and Remeni recorded by the secretary office for the first time, and saw that the content was correct, Wu Chaoyue immediately ordered the book office: "Copy two copies, don't change a word." ”

The clerk's office agreed, and hurriedly picked up the pen to copy it, and Zhao Liewen next to him also smiled and asked: "Weiting, the two records of the transcription, one must be handed over to the chaotic party in the capital, and the other is who do you plan to give it to?" ”

"Monk Green." Wu Chaoyue gave an unexpected answer and said: "Although Monk Greenmi is disgusting, he still has some opinions on major rights and wrongs, and he is also very xenophobic, and he will definitely not watch the Rakshasa country annex Mongolia, let him see the true face of the Rakshasa country, and then he will have a certain hope of surrendering." ”

"Then it's best to enclose him a letter of persuasion." Zhao Liewen suggested: "Promise to let him continue to serve as the king of Korbi County, and also continue to recognize the title of the Mongolian prince, and persuade him to surrender to us with the Mongolian Eight Banners." In this way, as long as we can force the Shengjing rebels to surrender, there is at least an eighty percent chance that he will surrender to us. ”

"Okay, that's it." Wu Chaoyue agreed, and then instructed: "Huifu, write another letter for me, to my eldest niece, the Empress Dowager Xi, saying that as long as she can persuade the Empress Dowager Dong and Yixun to lay down their arms and surrender to us, I will respect her as the Empress Dowager and join hands with her to control the government." In addition, even if the Empress Dowager Dong shows the edict of the emperor who gave her death, I can guarantee that it will not be executed. ”

"I'm afraid it's not that simple, right?" Zhao Liewen said with some worry: "Comfort Ting, your eldest niece, is not only ordinary shrewd, can she advocate laying down her arms and surrendering to you because of your fluttering promise?" ”

"It's because she's shrewd enough that she's going to make smart choices." Wu Chaoyue pointed to the transcript of the conversation that the secretary was copying, and said: "After seeing that record, she will definitely understand that if she falls into the hands of the Rakshasas, she will not have any good end, only by standing on my side, she has a glimmer of hope to control the power, and she can be rich and noble for life at the worst, filling her notoriously greedy mouth." ”

After that, Wu Chaoyue added, "If it is not good, you can also stabilize her temporarily, so that she and the Empress Dowager will not immediately fall to the side of the Rakshasas, and give us time to prepare for the recovery of the Northeast by force." ”

"You can't just intimidate." Yan Jingming next to him interjected and said: "Rigidity and softness are combined, and we should also make a fuss about Huairou." Anyway, Zeng Jiushuai's side, there are as many Manchurian bannermen as there are Manchurian bannermen, so you might as well make an article on them. ”