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readx; Japanese Foreign Minister Komura Shoutaro, sent by Emperor Meiji to visit Britain, the United States, and France, decided to hold peace talks in Portsmouth, England, at the initiative of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, to resolve the issue of the distribution of benefits after the Russo-Japanese War. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info read novels to Lewen

During this period, the Russian side completely lost hope of winning the war, and the ruling circles headed by Nicholas II were being exhausted by the revolution at home.

On the Japanese side, it is even more messy. In a Russo-Japanese War that exhausted manpower and material resources, the Japanese were about to win, but a Hainan army came out of nowhere in the middle. In less than three months, the swelling Japan was completely defeated back to its original shape by the Hainan military force led by Chen Zhong.

At present, it is absolutely impossible for Japan to increase its troops to the DPRK, and if it continues to fight such a situation, Japan will face not only contradictions abroad, but also sharp dissatisfaction among the people at home. The ruling circles of the Japanese emperor were seriously threatened.

Therefore, both Japan and Russia are willing to sit down and resolve the issue at the negotiating table, and Britain and the United States and other countries are all the more looking forward to making some money in this peace talks.

However, there is a thorny problem in front of them, that is, the military power of Hainan occupies the Liaodong Peninsula, which they covet.

In a short period of time, it is simply impossible to solve the problem by force in this region. The attitude of the Germans towards the Hainan army was extremely ambiguous.

The Russians preferred the presence of Hainan military power in this area of the Liaodong Peninsula more than the Japanese.

Therefore, Britain and the United States, which are good at playing political tricks, have focused their attention on the delicate relationship between the Hainan royal palace and the Qing court.

They agreed that Britain would invite the Qing court to participate in the peace talks, and that the United States would invite Chen Zhong to participate in the peace talks as an observer.

The British government sent the British envoy Rogers to Beijing, and Rogers, accompanied by Yixuan, met with Cixi at the Renshou Hall and handed over a letter of invitation from King Edward VII of England.

Rogers said: "Lafayette, this time, I have been commissioned by King Edward VII of the British Empire to invite the Qing Kingdom to participate in the reconciliation negotiations on the Russo-Japanese war. ”

Cixi squinted her eyes and said coldly: "Luo what, what Si." Li Lianying approached Cixi's side and said, "Lafayette, that's called Rogers." ”

Cixi continued: "Oh, that Ambassador Luo and Rogers, the war between Japan and Russia is over, what are you going to talk about? Whoever wins has the final say. ”

"Galeries Lafayette, we are facilitating this peace talk because we really don't want to see the war continue," Rogers said. What's more, neither Japan nor Russia won in this war. ”

Cixi squinted, looked at the British king's envoy with disdain, and said, "Why are they all defeated?" Aren't they all pretty powerful? Didn't the Japanese win? ”

Rogers said: "Lafayette, it is like this, the Japanese defeated the Russians, and your Hainan army of the Great Qing Kingdom defeated the Japanese. The Japanese are furious about this! However, our envoy to the Great Qing Dynasty asked Prince Qing about this matter, and he said that he did not know about this matter, and that the Great Qing Kingdom had not sent troops to the Northeast and the Sea of Japan. Lafayette, you say, is this Hainan army from the Qing Dynasty, or not from the Qing Dynasty? ”

Cixi frowned, raised her eyes and glanced at Yixuan, and then asked Qu Hongji, the Minister of Military Aircraft: "Qu Aiqing, which part of the Hainan army do you say it belongs to?" ”

Qu Hongji pondered for a moment and said: "According to Weichen, this Hainan army belongs to the Qing Dynasty and does not belong to the Qing Dynasty, and from the perspective of annihilating the Japanese combined fleet at sea, they are not very similar to the Qing Dynasty. However, the expulsion of the Japanese from the Liaodong Peninsula is like the army of the Qing Dynasty. In short, they will be, and they will not. ”

Rogers was dazed by what Qu Hongji said, shook his head helplessly and said, "Master Qu, you are making tongue twisters, I really don't understand." ”

Cixi squinted at the stunned Qu Hongji and said, "Master Qu, you will go with Yixuan to participate in this Pu ...... Potz talks about what a latrine. ”

At this moment, Dr. Kennedy, the special envoy of US President Roosevelt, also came to Mukden in Liaodong and sent Roosevelt's invitation letter.

Chen Zhong knew that the history of the Russo-Japanese War had begun to change under his own direction.

Kennedy said: "Your Excellency King of Hainan, on behalf of our Mr. President, I invite you to attend the Portsmouth peace talks as an observer, and you are an indispensable and distinguished guest of this peace talks. ”

The king of Hainan looked at the timid Dr. Kennedy and said, "Doctor, are you afraid of this king?" Why are you shaking? ”

Kennedy said: "Your Excellency the King of Hainan, I heard the Japanese say that you often do not play according to the routine, and you are very brutal, and you will kill people at any time. ”

Chen Zhong looked at the young Kennedy, laughed and said, "Mr. Doctor, do you see the statue of this king?" The king does not play according to the routine, however, the will play according to the principle. If you say that this king is cruel, it depends on who you treat. Dealing with those robbers who want to preempt others, this king is a brutal demon king, but he will be very kind to those who come to communicate with this king with friendship. Just like now, Mr. Doctor, you are absolutely safe. ”

"That's great, Your Excellency the King of Hainan, please deign to go then." Kennedy was much more relaxed.

"This king can go, but this king must participate as an official representative of the peace talks, otherwise, this king will never go!"

Kennedy's words made Kennedy very embarrassed, so he said: "Your Excellency the King of Hainan, I have to ask Mr. President for your request before I can answer you." ”

"Well, you can discuss it slowly, you can tell him that this king's army will wage a large-scale war against Korea next month and completely drive the Japanese out of the Korean Peninsula." Chen Zhong said with a smile, and then got up and left the living room.

President Theodore Roosevelt was so troubled by Kennedy's telegram that he communicated with British Prime Minister Balfour for a long time before he finally had to make concessions.

This result surprised all the members of the countries who were planning to host the conference, and they asked Roosevelt: "Mr. President, are we going to make such a big concession for the sake of a little king of Hainan?" ”

But they got the unanimous statement of Roosevelt and Balfour: "This king of Hainan never plays his cards according to the routine, if he does not come to attend, is this meeting still valuable?" Moreover, this king of Hainan may really increase his troops in North Korea in a very short time, and by that time, everything will be out of control! ”

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