On November 14, 9th year of the Republic of China, the "Nanjing Negotiations" began.

The two sides of the Sino-Japanese negotiations are facing each other, and neither is willing to back down, but this is only on the surface, and the Japanese are far more anxious than the Chinese.

The general strike in Qingdao is still going on, and every day that passes will increase the losses of the Japanese, and the Japanese government is now under extremely great pressure.

They can't wait to solve it as soon as possible!

But the Chinese are not in a hurry, they have time and can afford it.

On the very day that the "Nanjing talks" began, the Japanese side received very bad news: Various vicious "cases" frequently occurred in Taiwan.

In view of this, the Japanese side demanded that the negotiating plenipotentiary, the Japanese minister to China, Ohata Ichichichi, must resolve the Qingdao issue as soon as possible.

Under such pressure, Kohata Chieftain's eagerness can be imagined.

In the negotiations that started again on the 15th, Kohata Chiefichi was ready. Yesterday we just briefly talked about the conditions and requirements of both sides, but today, as soon as the talks began, we immediately went straight to the point.

However, within the agreed time for the talks, China's chief negotiator, Premier Wang Qinglu, and China's chief negotiator, Gu Weijun, the second negotiator, were delayed.

Chieftain in Kohata waited anxiously, and the minutes ticked by

It was about 20 minutes later than the previously agreed time, and Wang Qinglu and Gu Weijun were late.

As soon as Chief Kohata wanted to protest, Wang Qinglu had already said with an apologetic face: "Mr. Minister, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just received a call from the president, delayed, delayed." ”

The other party had already apologized first, and Kohata Chieftain snorted in his nose: "Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. Chief"

Before the words came out, Gu Weijun had already said, "Come on, bring my tea." ”

Kohata Chieftain didn't know what the other party wanted to do. Gu Weijun held a small bag of tea in his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Minister, this is the big red robe that my friend brought me." It's very expensive. I've heard that Mr. Minister likes the tea ceremony, so I'm going to try it anyway today. To express our apologies. ”

"No need" At this time, where did Kohata Chieftain have the heart to taste tea?

"Definitely. Definitely. Gu Weijun couldn't say anything, let people bring a tea set, and said while making tea: "Mr. Minister, negotiation is negotiation, tea tasting is tea tasting, don't affect our private feelings because of intergovernmental affairs"

Kohata Chieftain had no choice.

The most important thing about the tea ceremony is the word "slow", and slow work produces meticulous work.

After drinking a cup of tea for nearly an hour, Kohata Chieftain let out a long breath: "Okay, I've also tasted the tea, we can start negotiating, right?" ”

"That's it." Wang Qinglu smiled slightly: "Now our side proposes a new amendment plan for the first major item and the first point of the conditions put forward yesterday."

Wang Qinglu slowly and logically said the new correction plan. Slowly, he explained the reason why this correction was being made, and this first point alone dragged the time by another half hour.

Yes, China's negotiating policy is in just one word:

Drag!

The Chinese can afford to drag it, but the Japanese can't afford it!

The Chinese side will often explain a certain point "carefully and patiently" for more than an hour, and often as soon as Wang Qinglu finishes speaking, Gu Weijun will smoothly add countless supplementary comments

In half a day, Wang Qinglu and Gu Weijun were 20 minutes late, drank tea for an hour, and "worked slowly and meticulously" in the morning, and the negotiations had just reached the first major item and the third point of the Chinese side's negotiation conditions.

After looking at the time, it was half past eleven, Wang Qinglu stood up: "It's time to eat lunch." Mr. Minister, negotiation is negotiation, eating is eating, China is a country of hospitality and etiquette, we have prepared a meal, please join us, Mr. Minister. ”

"No, I'll just eat it myself!"

At this time, where does Kohata Chieftain still have the heart to eat?

Who would have thought that Wang Qinglu and Gu Weijun would not agree at all, so that they could talk about it, so they agreed to eat together in front of Chief Xiaohata.

At the banquet, Wang Qinglu and Gu Weijun talked about the past and the present, from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming Dynasties, from Confucius and Laozi to Sino-Japanese relations, and they ate for more than two hours in one meal.

Chief Kohata was anxious, and Wang Qinglu and Gu Weijun were not in a hurry.

Kohata Chieftain reminded them several times to pay attention to the time, but Wang Qinglu and Gu Weijun always said "not busy, not busy, some time" to deal with the perfunctory Japanese minister. …,

It's easy to wait until the meal is finished, Wang Qinglu said that he has poor bones, and he must rest for half an hour after eating.

After speaking, regardless of whether Kohata Chieftain agreed or not, he closed his eyes on the chaise longue that he had prepared earlier

Chief Kohata was anxious and angry, and Gu Weijun kept persuading him with kind words on the side. After waiting for another half an hour, Wang Qinglu finally "rested" and the negotiations restarted

The process was exactly the same as in the morning, which means that on the 15th, nothing substantive was negotiated

Kohata Chiefki knows what the Chinese want to do, and he also knows that their purpose is to "drag" with one word!

But there was nothing he could do!

You can't blame the Chinese for using such means at all.

As Ohata Chieftain expected: on the 16th and 17th, the Chinese side was still like this.

For three whole days, there was no progress at all in the negotiations!

And when the negotiations on the 17th ended, Kohata Chiefichi got bad news, the "Ichimoku Maru" freighter loaded with important supplies urgently needed by Japan was silenced by the explosion, and Japan suffered heavy losses.

Moreover, there is a high possibility of another large-scale riot in Taiwan. At the same time, what is even more terrifying is that Chinese warships and soldiers are gathering in Fujian, and they may intervene in Taiwan at any time.

The United States, Britain and France also jointly called the Japanese side, they do not want to see the situation in the entire Far East unstable because of the confrontation between China and Japan, as the Chinese say, now they have only one common enemy:

The Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia!

The unresolved question of Qingdao was detrimental to China's interference in the Russian Revolution. The cold winter in Russia is coming, and at this time, it is necessary to devote all energy to Russia.

In fact, the great powers had another purpose: the Japanese occupied all the interests of Qingdao, which made it impossible for the European and American powers to intervene at all, which had already caused them great dissatisfaction.

Qingdao must be opened up, not controlled by Japan!

The general strike in Qingdao was still going on, the losses of the Japanese were increasing, and the European and American powers were exerting pressure and persecuting the Japanese government, and at this time, Taiwan began to be in chaos again.

Japan doesn't have the energy to take care of so many things anymore, and they have only one top priority:

Taiwan!

"The 'Nanjing Talks' must be concluded as soon as possible, and appropriate concessions can be made! However, there must be no weakness in front of the Shina people."

This is a new order from Kohata Chieftain!

This made him very embarrassed, and he had to make concessions, but he couldn't show weakness? And the Chinese are simply dragging there, they can drag it even for months

In fact, Chief Kohata didn't know that Wang Qinglu and Gu Weijun were also under a lot of pressure.

Despite the government's support, Qingdao's current situation is dire. The lives of the Chinese in Qingdao are in trouble because of the general strike, the general strike, and the big ****.

Although those Chinese in Qingdao have no complaints.

If the Qingdao problem is not resolved for a day, the government and the president will not be at ease; If the Qingdao issue is not resolved for a day, the government and the president will not be able to give a satisfactory explanation to the people!

But the more you are at this time, the more calm you become.

They had to wait, they had to behave indifferently in front of the Japanese, and they had to be patient with the Japanese.

No matter how much pressure you have.

If there is any misstep and the other party finds out that you are in the same hurry as they are, then the initiative in the negotiation will soon change hands.

So for the sake of Qingdao, for the sake of the country, they must be so

November 18, 9th year of the Republic of China, the fourth day of the "Nanjing Negotiations".

"Mr. Minister"

As soon as he heard the words "Mr. Minister", Kohata Chiefichi felt a headache. He hurriedly said: "Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. Commander-in-General, I think we should not be the same as the other day, do not delay any longer, this does not make any sense, I think today we can directly start a formal negotiation." ”

Wang Qinglu and Gu Weijun laughed.

"Okay, we also hope to have a formal negotiation," Wang Qinglu said with a smile, "but before the negotiation, we would like to inform Mr. Minister of good news." In Kedunsnoyarsk, our heroic squadron had launched a general offensive and routed a large number of Soviet and Russian troops, and the decisive battle of Kedunsnoyarsk was soon to end with our victory. ”

Kohata Chiefichi barely smiled a little.

Well, the Chinese are proud, the Americans, the British, the French can also be proud, they get what they want, and Japan becomes more isolated

Previously, Japan even hoped that the Russians in Kedunsnoyarsk would be able to resist the Chinese attack, and reduce the position of the Chinese government in the hearts of the European and American powers, so that Japan's passive situation could be reversed.

But now it seems that it is no longer possible

The victory of Kedunsnoyarsk will give the Chinese more confidence and more capital for negotiation, and will also make the European and American powers more inclined to China diplomatically.

Kohata Chiefichi already sensed that something was wrong, and the negotiations were likely to end in a resounding victory for the Chinese side.

There is simply no way to reverse the situation yourself.

All I can do now is to do everything I can to get as many benefits as possible for Japan.