Shengjing General's Mansion, Zhang Yi held the reply letter from Li Hongzhang in his hand, and he knew that this was Li Hongzhang's only request, that is, to negotiate at the negotiation table, in the name of the Qing Dynasty, and completely overturn the previous Baoding Treaty, so as to be able to promote this matter, otherwise, Li Hongzhang wanted to leave Beijing, it was impossible. -

Zhang Yi handed the telegram in his hand to Tang Shaoyi, who rushed back from Harbin, and after reading it, Tang Shaoyi showed displeasure on his face and replied: "Jianzhi, Lord Zhongtang is confused, we invited him to participate in such negotiations to help him wash away his previous shame, and now he is good, and he has put forward such and such conditions!" This, this is unreasonable! ”

Zhang Yi smiled and said: "Brother Shaochuan, what you said makes sense, but we also have to consider other factors, after all, there are too few people on our side who know how to 'make foreign relations', compared with the old fritters of those countries, they are too immature, we must have Li Hongzhang in charge, in order to be able to maximize the benefits of the claim, similarly, we will enter the Central Plains in the future, and now cancel the unreasonable Baoding Treaty, which will have enough benefits for us in the future." ”

Yang Du on the side said: "My lord, are we really inferior to Li Hongzhang at the negotiation table?" To be honest, I'm still not convinced! ”

Zhang Yi smiled indifferently and said: "Huizi, don't be unconvinced, let me tell you, even if I tie you and Shaochuan together, I am 'handing' Cai Kangcheng who I brought back from the United States to you, and the weight of the three of you at the negotiation table will definitely not catch up with a Li Hongzhang, at least you don't have the momentum of winning on him and the opponent's awe of him!" Even if I go out in person, I am not as turbulent as Li Hongzhang, you still have to learn more from his side in this negotiation, in the future, Huizi, this world, but there must be people like you to take the lead! ”

Yang Du's face was full of unwillingness, but seeing that Zhang Yi was so determined, he had no choice but to give up.

Zhang Yi said: "Shaochuan, since you are back, then the political affairs of Fengtian are still in charge of you, and you don't have to be responsible for this aspect of affairs, the preparation for the establishment of a political party should be accelerated, you have to prepare well, and the daily affairs of the political party in the future will be 'handed over' to you, you must keep an eye on this matter for me." ”

Yang Du nodded excitedly and agreed.

Zhang Yi continued: "Shaochuan, you call Li Hongzhang back on my behalf and tell him that I will do my best to fight for him to overturn the Baoding Treaty, but it is impossible to negotiate in the name of the Great Qing Dynasty, we can consider negotiating in the name of the Qing Dynasty and the Chinese Democratic Republic, so that he can come to Fengtian as soon as possible, and I will wait for his news." ”

Soon, Li Hongzhang in Beijing received a call back from Zhang Yi, looking at the telegram in his hand, Li Hongzhang was determined, knowing that the matter was done, with this telegram, what was there to be afraid of, even if Cixi didn't want to let herself go to Fengtian, it wouldn't work.

Li Hongzhang held a telegram in his hand and came to Cining Palace to see Cixi.

Li Hongzhang explained the reason for the incident to Cixi in detail, and Cixi pondered for a long time and asked: "Shaoquan, Zhang Jianzhi is really willing to ask for the overthrow of the Baoding Treaty in the negotiations?" ”

Li Hongzhang replied: "Lafayette, this is also the condition for the minister to promise him to participate in the negotiations, only if he agrees, Chen Fang will go to Mukden, now although his subordinates are full of talents, but there are no outstanding talents on the foreign 'exchange' to help him deal with this matter, he has to make every effort to prepare for the war against Japan, and we joined forces with Zhang Jianzhi some time ago to defeat the Russian Cossack cavalry, which is also a bargaining chip for us, so we should have eighty percent certainty of success in this trip!" ”

Cixi sighed and said: "That's it, if the Baoding Treaty can be overturned, then Shaoquan will have a hard trip, after all, the terms of the Baoding Treaty are too harsh, even if some of the contents can be changed, it will be worth it." ”

Li Hongzhang replied: "Yes, Lafayette, otherwise, the indemnity alone will be enough for us in the next twenty years, and the Qing Dynasty will not have any financial resources to carry out reforms, and we will only be dragged weaker and weaker, and let the powers bully." ”

Cixi said: "Okay, I will appoint you as the plenipotentiary envoy of the Qing Dynasty to join forces with Zhang Yi to deal with this matter." ”

At the same time that Li Hongzhang and Cixi must have this matter.

A telegram from Zhang Yi was also sent to the German Minister to China, Dordigom, inviting him to join the American envoy in attending the multi-party negotiations in Mukden, asking for the help of the two ministers to deal with the pressure of Tsarist Russia, Britain and France.

Dordigum saw Zhang Yi's telegram and smiled slightly, he also knew that this Zhang Yi would definitely send a telegram to himself, after all, Tsarist Russia had united Britain with France and Italy to exert pressure on Mukden, even the United States was very moved now, but he knew that he had to stand with Zhang Yi, because Zhang Yi represented Germany's interests in China, and the reason why Germany has been able to get huge benefits from China in recent years is entirely because of Zhang Jianzhi's existence, no matter what, His Majesty will not let Zhang Yi fall, and Zhang Yi's strength means that Germany will have a greater strategic space in Europe in the future.

Dordigum muttered: "Yes, it's time to go to the American Legation, at this time, if the American Minister hesitates, I am afraid that the future rights and interests of Mukden and even the entire three eastern provinces will be in the hands of Germany!" ”

In any case, whether the United States continues to get closer to Zhang Yi or Tsarist Russia is no harm to Germany, and the only thing Dordigum has to do now is to help Zhang Yi withstand the pressure of the great powers and get the maximum benefit from Tsarist Russia!

While the entire city of Beijing is busy with Sino-Russian negotiations, Zhang Yi has no time to take care of these things, anyway, now Vladivostok is in control, and he occupies a great initiative, the big deal is that Lao Tzu will blow up Vladivostok and sink it, and it will not be cheap Tsarist Russia.

Now the biggest key in Fengtian is not negotiations, but Japan, Japan has transferred five divisions to Jilin, and at the same time in Taiwan, Ling Chuanqing is now facing more and more pressure, Japan has deployed three divisions in Taiwan, more than 40,000 people, such a force is not at all Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army and Ling Chuanqing brought more than 2,000 people can deal with it, now most of Taiwan has fallen under the control of the Japanese army, Ling Chuanqing can only lead the Black Flag Army into the underground, launched a guerrilla war. Zhang Yi knows that his critical moment has come, the decisive battle, the decisive battle, at this moment! Now Jilin has assembled five divisions of the Japanese army, and at the same time, it has also mobilized the first division, the second division, the fifth division, the seventh division, the eighth division, the ninth division and the Zhenbian army with an army of nearly more than 100,000 people.