Chapter 571: The British are treacherous
Xu Huaijin frowned: "When will the instructor wait for Cixi to return to the west?" After all, good people don't live long, and the old lady who lives for thousands of years is still strong? ”
Zhang Yi smiled: "It doesn't matter, I can't stay for a few years, if we develop rapidly, as long as we continue to have enough strength, it won't take a few years for you to directly launch an attack and sweep the whole of China, but the premise is that you must have more than 20 divisions of elite soldiers, and then use 12 divisions to launch a unified national war, leaving eight divisions to sit in the northeast, after all, Tsarist Russia and Japan will not sit idly by, and even England and France will not sit idly by, and their strong strength will be really difficult to ride a tiger and make a pot of raw rice, so we must wait!" ”
When the two of them were discussing, confidential staff officer Zhang Zhenhai rushed in: "President, President Yingli plays an emergency call!" ”
Zhang Yi's heart was shocked, and when England sent an urgent call, I don't know what happened. [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com]
Zhang Yi: "Read." ”
Zhang Zhenhai read: "To Your Excellency President Zhang Jianzhi, the British purchase of ships has risen sharply, the Japanese have stirred up the situation in England, and the British have no faith in canceling the transaction of the next eight warships of the order, and suddenly Liu Heng is also making the final mediation, hoping to reverse the situation!" Minister Liu Heng bowed! ”
Zhang Yi and Xu Huaijin stood up from their seats, and unexpectedly, the expected change finally appeared!
During this period of time, the Japanese and Russians frequently launched diplomatic offensives in England, hoping to dissuade the British from cooperating with the Republic of China and suspending the warship trade, and even Tsar Nicholas II personally visited Britain to block the British warship deal.
I thought that the decision came so quickly!
Zhang Yi shouted in a deep voice: "Zhenhai immediately asked Premier Tang and Foreign Minister Liang, and then urgently made an appointment with British Minister Ogner to ask the British if they really don't want to associate with the Republic of China!" ”
It didn't take long for Tang Shaoyi and Liang Cheng to hurry to the presidential palace.
Zhang Yi's face was gloomy, and Xu Huaijin on the side also had a gloomy face, and anyone who heard such news couldn't help but be annoyed.
Tang Shaoyi: "What's the matter with Jianzhi?" ”
Zhang Yi replied slowly: "Shaochuan is righteous and the British treacherously terminated the purchase transaction with them for warships!" ”
The faces of the two people changed and they said, "What? How so? The British are so shameless! ”
Zhang Yi's eyes flashed with anger, and he said in a deep voice: "Zhenhai has been ordered to urgently meet with Minister Ogner, and this matter must be given a reasonable explanation, otherwise we will wait to bear our anger!" ”
A few people were talking, the British minister Ogener rushed to Ogna, an out-and-out China pass, even before Zhu Erdian, the British minister plenipotentiary to the Qing Dynasty, the founding of the Republic of China, British Prime Minister Salisbury, in order to facilitate communication with the Chinese tiger, sent diplomatic cadres to China again.
However, this time, Ogna's face was solemn, and he also knew that Salisbury could not do it, and a cooperation agreement had been reached, which was torn up by Salisbury, which was not only an insult to the Republic of China, but also caused some harm to the British province, and the most direct was millions of taels or even tens of millions of taels of silver, and it may even cause the economic and trade development of the Republic of China and the British Empire to regress.
But when Ogener was able to do so, he could preserve the relationship between the two countries as much as possible, and at the same time safeguard the interests of the British Empire in the Far East.
Zhang Yi saw Ogena walk in and snorted coldly: "Mr. Ogna, please take a seat." ”
Ogner looked embarrassed: "Dear Mr. President, I am very sorry that this incident happened......"
On the side, Liang Cheng snorted angrily: "Mr. Ogener expresses very strong indignation and dissatisfaction with the president and prime minister of your country's treacherous behavior, and Prime Minister Salisbury is too principled!" ”
Ogna smiled reluctantly and quickly defended: "Foreign Minister Liang, please and the president, Mr. Prime Minister, also be considerate of the difficulties of the British Empire, it is true that the Prime Minister Mr. Salisbury has done something wrong with this matter, but you must know that if the subsequent eight warships complete the transaction, it will cause an imbalance of political and military power in the Asia-Pacific region, which the international community does not want to see, and the prime ministers have also been pressured by Tsarist Russia, Japan, France and other countries, and I hope that Mr. President and Mr. Prime Minister can fully understand!" ”
Tang Shaoyi was angry: "How can you understand that if the deal is still reached, your country is under international pressure, and it is still reasonable not to cooperate with the Republic of China, and now that the transaction and cooperation are reached, your country is under international pressure first, and it is difficult to ignore the country's credibility because of some false pressure?" ”
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Ogna was also embarrassed, although the British Empire was accustomed to being strong, but in the face of such an obvious mistake, it was difficult to phrase, and he was dumbfounded for a while.
Zhang Yi slowly: "Mr. Minister, if your country wants to terminate the transaction, it should at least send a note to you through diplomatic channels, and now the country has decided to inform you last night, Minister Liu Heng has revealed no information to the president and the prime minister of our government, is it difficult for us to make friends with the British Empire?" We have insulted our country, and if Mr. Salisbury does not give a clear answer, we must reconsider the relationship between our two countries! Ogener hurriedly said: "Mr. President, this is a pure misunderstanding, everything is bad for the Japanese, and when they have completely made a decision on this matter, the Japanese directly spread the news without authorization, which caught us off guard, Mr. Prime Minister, of course, we know that this is against international practice, and as your old friend, I would like to apologize to you on behalf of the country and the government." Zhang Yi sneered: "Mr. Ogna, I'm afraid that just you alone will not be able to calm the anger of a country!" Could you please convey the final reply to Mr. Salisbury and others? ”