Chapter 354: Preparing for Negotiations

It's a good hair, it's fully open, it depends on when and what conditions,

Anyway, sooner or later, China will have to be a big family of the world, the earth will become a village sooner or later, after opening up, who will lead is a big question, China joined the World Trade Organization took 15 years, then, this comprehensive opening of the negotiations, is it going to last for many years, at least, negotiations for three or five years is not a problem, in the past few years, Lao Tzu all the problems have been solved,

Openness is fundamental, but this thing is thrown out, itself is a bait,

When the elated British and French consuls in Shanghai went out, the generals and officials of the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom immediately actively engaged in confusion and discussions.

"King Rui, you have to make concessions to Western Maozi."

"Yes, we can't open the country, once the country is opened, the Western devils will all come in with a bang, and our China will be wiped out."

"Lord Wang, you are lying to these devils."

In order to appease the generals as soon as possible, Luo Yang said two points, first, it is a bait, and he wants to use negotiations to drag down the British and French coalition forces, once these two countries are dragged, it will be difficult for the Western powers to interfere with China, and second, part of it is practical, for example, to learn Western science and technology, Western artillery or something is really powerful, "rest assured, even in the future, my Chinese country will open up to the outside world, and I will never do those things that are happy with relatives and enemies, and I will never waste my martial arts, for example, this king thinks that opening up is equal trade, and the customs tax is good, Like the average of the great powers, it must be increased by at least twenty or thirty percentage points. ”

Everyone was immediately relieved, and exclaimed: "Okay, the prince is a devil." ”

In order to make this deception action more realistic, Luo Yang also ordered the establishment of a preparatory committee for foreign negotiations, removed some personnel, and also invited a few captured Qing Dynasty officials in Shanghai who were proficient in foreign languages, and also asked Li Xiucheng to find people with negotiation ability from Nanjing, and finally, formed a huge delegation of 30 people, and he also communicated with Li Xiucheng and others to confirm the scale of negotiations between Britain and France.

Luo Yang also sent personnel to inform the British and French consuls, asking them to send a telegram to the country, informing their government, communicating on the topic of comprehensive negotiations between the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom and the country, and preparing for a formal meeting, and also said that for the old documents signed by the Qing government, such as the "Treaty of Tianjin", "Treaty of Beijing" and "Treaty of Nanjing" and other ancillary documents, there will be extended rights negotiations, which means that the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom will be opened to the outside world, so starting from the old treaties,

This circular made the British and French consuls in Shanghai ecstatic, they fought for many years with the Manchu government, and fought several battles to win it, but the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom regime came up and said that it wanted to recognize and expand, so they immediately informed the ministers of the two countries in Beijing, and then reported to their own government.

The British and French governments were overjoyed,

In the face of such a big market as China, the news that it is about to be fully opened, attaches great importance to it, immediately organizes personnel, and prepares for negotiations, it is said that these things have caused a sensation in both countries, Louis of France, Emperor Bonaparte (Napoleon III) danced excitedly, feeling that this is a major victory since he became emperor, this guy has been the emperor for twelve years, the biggest feature is that he likes military exploits, and carries out large-scale overseas expansion, Queen Victoria of England, is also very happy, even held a palace banquet for this purpose,

There is no doubt that the governments of Britain and France have completely changed their hostile attitude towards the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

It's like the Taliban, announcing a policy that is even more westernized than Karzai, so what else is the United States fighting?

The two governments sent telegrams through the newly laid submarine cable, telling the consuls in Shanghai and the envoys in Beijing to quickly seize the opportunity to negotiate with the Chinese Celestial Regime, and if necessary, to support their expansion by force.

At the time when Britain and France were so excited that they were beating chicken blood, Luo Yang had already arranged the situation in Shanghai, and it happened that at this time, the king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, who had prompted the promulgation of the "New Chapter of Senior Administration" document in history, fled and returned, and the prince who would have been arrested and killed in history was now, invited by Luo Yang to the working group of foreign negotiations, as a leader, on the one hand, it showed that among the former Taiping Heavenly Kingdom generals and officials, he was stable and united with everyone, on the other hand, Hong Renji was still a talent. I have lived in Hong Kong for many years, am proficient in English, and am familiar with the British system and culture.

The young king Hong Tianguifu was not captured and killed by the Qing army, and was protected by thousands of Taiping troops and returned to Nanjing, for his status, Li Xiucheng implored Luo Yang to protect him, so Luo Yang announced that he recognized his prince, but there was no actual right, only nominal respect, that's it, Hong Tianguifu was already quite happy, and he was able to survive in the net of the Qing army, super lucky,

For example, the Nanjing Military Region of the two lakes and two rivers was split, one was the Nanjing Military Region, with Li Xiucheng as the commander, responsible for commanding all the collected troops, and the other was the Wuhan Military Region, with Zeng Shihe as the commander, commanding his own troops, Lan Chengchun's troops, and other new troops from Nanjing, totaling 50,000 or 60,000 people, going west to the two lakes to encircle and suppress the remnants of the Hunan army, and by the way, sweeping all the local spheres of influence of the Qing army in the two lakes of Anhui, and mobilizing Wang Haiyang. Chen Xing's two divisions, reinforced Shanghai, set up Shanghai as a coastal military region, with Feng Zhuhuo as the garrison commander, to protect the Shanghai area at any time, and the camera developed to the Zhejiang area.

At this time, more than 10,000 Chen Decai's troops who were guerrilla in Hubei rushed to Nanjing, because they had joined part of the Twist Army infantry and strengthened to 30,000 people, and rushed to Nanjing.

At this complicated moment, Luo Yang and others were concerned about the safety and production of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau all the time, and specially set up a division-level protection unit there, dispatched two infantry brigades and an artillery brigade, and built strong fortifications.

In order to ensure the safety of national defense production, after the city of Anqing in Anhui was conquered, Luo Yang immediately ordered to restore and protect the Anqing Ordnance Institute and establish a large organization.

At this time, news came that military scientific research institutions in Xi'an, Henan, Shaanxi and other places had successfully developed new types of ammunition integrated rifles.

Before the formal negotiations began, Luo Yang's first question was to buy machines from the British and French governments, such as steam engines and machine tools, and in 1864, Western European countries did not have automobiles, diesel locomotives and other things.

"I hope that the two governments can show goodwill and contribute to the great process of the comprehensive opening up of our Chinese Heavenly Kingdom and the promotion of world trade peace."