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readx; Under the mediation of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Portsmouth peace talks were brokered, which began on 9 August in the British port of Portsmouth. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Qing court sent a delegation of the Great Qing Dynasty represented by Yi Liang and Qu Hongji.

Chen Zhong, accompanied by Chen Fangzheng, also arrived at Portsmouth Harbour the day before the opening of the meeting.

However, on the eve of the meeting, Japan and Russia struggled several times over who to negotiate with, and it was not until the day before the meeting that they decided on the person to participate in the meeting.

They all knew very well that this peace conference was definitely not a treaty of the victors for Russia and Japan, but a treaty that the absolutely defeated were forced to sign by reluctance!

They all share a common heart, how happy they would be if the gods of fate did not let them sign a contract.

Because this is a meeting that can almost be said to be only infamy. As a negotiator, everything you have signed, although it is not your own ** behavior, but, now and even in the distant future, most of them will put the responsibility for all this humiliation on you.

There is not a single person in this world, not even the emperor, who is in no way willing to admit his faults and sins before the Fatherland and God.

However, both Japan and Russia knew very well that this treaty would provide them with dignity from the disaster.

On the Japanese side, they originally planned to send Ito Hirobumi as a representative, but he resigned on the grounds that he was "unable to do sailing due to illness."

In the end, the Japanese delegation changed the number of people to negotiate with Foreign Minister Komura Shotaro and Minister to the United States Takahira.

The Russian delegates initially chose Ambassador Nelidov to France and later Ambassador Muravyov to Italy, but neither of these two men, who claimed to be sick first and the other who was sick later, were unwilling to take the risk of negotiating peace. In the end, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Witte, agreed that he would clean up the mess himself.

At the beginning of the meeting, there was a small episode, because the arrangers of the meeting did not receive the notice, they still placed the negotiation seat of the Hainan Royal Mansion in the observation seat.

When Chen Zhong learned of this, he decided to withdraw from the meeting and prepare to leave the UK that night.

When Roosevelt learned the news, he immediately took the car and chased him to the hotel where Chen Zhong was staying.

Roosevelt said apologetically: "Your Excellency the King of Hainan, your speed is really too fast, I almost missed the meeting with you, if so, I will regret it for the rest of my life." ”

Chen Zhong smiled and said, "Mr. President, this king thinks that in such a boring meeting, we are just bystanders, and there is no point in staying here!" You guys go back and paint it slowly. ”

Roosevelt laughed, leaned into Chen Zhong's ear and said, "How can you not be there?" You are the protagonist of this peace talks. I'm sure this meeting will be even more exciting and exciting because of you! ”

Roosevelt made a special trip to take Chen Zhong to the meeting. To the left of Chen Zhong is Yixuan.

In the first stage of the peace talks, Japan and Russia engaged in a heated debate over the cession of Sakhalin and the issue of Russian reparations.

The shrewd Roosevelt also found an excuse for direct intervention on these two issues. The peace he proposed was for Russia to cede South Sakhalin, and Japan did not demand reparations.

Roosevelt spoke from the American point of view. These two conditions can not only help the United States eliminate the "Russian scourge" once and for all in the Pacific, but also prevent Japan from becoming overly powerful because of Russia's reparations and turning around to threaten the United States.

Therefore, in Roosevelt's view, a landslide victory for either side would pose a threat to American interests in the Pacific. Including the Hainan military forces stationed on the Liaodong Peninsula.

Roosevelt saw clearly the problems faced by Japan and Russia in this war, and both Japan and Russia were particularly eager to withdraw from this war. Because, if this war continues, there is no point in fighting it any longer. In particular, at present, the intervention of the Hainan army has changed the nature of this war.

In addition, the third question touched on the issue of Hainan garrisoning the Liaodong Peninsula and sending troops to Korea. Hainan had already achieved its goal of occupying the northern part of the Korean Peninsula and the Liaodong Peninsula, driving the Japanese army out of the mainland and forcing it into southern Korea.

Since Japan had reached the first step of this war, Gentaro Kodama and Gonbei, Minister of Staff of the Japanese Manchurian Army, and Gonbei Yamamoto, Minister of the Navy, both firmly advocated the immediate conclusion of a peace treaty.

Because now, the Japanese army in Korea has become a plate of loose sand that can collapse at any time. The Hainan Army stationed in Korea could destroy the Japanese army on the Korean Peninsula at any time.

On that day, under the supervision and mediation of Roosevelt and others, the Tsar and the Japanese Emperor basically reached a consensus on the first two issues.

However, the peace talks between China and Israel took a turn on the issue of the Liaodong Peninsula.

The terms drafted by Japan, the United States, and Russia read: "With the consent of the Chinese Government, the Russian Government will transfer to Japan all the rights and interests and public property attached to the Luda lease that Russia has seized from China."

The Russian government transferred to Japan the branch line of the China Eastern Railway from Changchun to Lushun and all its rights and property, including coal mines. Japan and Russia may station 15 road guards per kilometer along the railway line that they occupy. ”

Moreover, what is even more ridiculous is that the Qing court's Yixuan actually signed this clause. Because, in the eyes of the ruling group of the Qing court, this Liaodong Peninsula was only leased to Japan, and sooner or later it would still be returned to itself.

However, if the Hainan army is stationed here for a long time, they believe that they will not be able to control it at all. Therefore, when Japan, Russia, and the United States proposed this clause, the Qing court's delegation, represented by Yixuan, believed that the Liaodong Peninsula would rather be leased to the Japanese than occupied by the troops of Hainan. Therefore, they resolutely and resolutely agreed to this clause of Japan, the United States, and Russia.

And the side represented by Qu Hongji of the Qing court believed that the Hainan army was the army of China after all, not to mention, it had not completely broken with the Qing court now, and in their hands, it was equivalent to being in the hands of the Qing Dynasty, which was better than giving it to the Japanese.

In the end, they argued and sent the issue back to China, and Cixi finally agreed to Yixuan's decision and decided to give the Liaodong Peninsula to Japan.

After Chen Zhong saw this clause, he sneered and said, "This king thinks that this negotiation has no meaning for us!" Taking the Liaodong Peninsula and driving out the Japanese army, the king's Hainan army has lost tens of thousands of lives, consumed tens of thousands of shells, and spent huge sums of money, and now it has come to this result. What a big joke!

However, this king should have expected this ending, I thought that the representative of your Qing court could be like a gentleman, in front of these robbers, to sign a bloody treaty, but it didn't come to pass, and now what Lao Tzu sees is still such a humiliating and unplanted traitorous clause!

This king won't play with you! Lao Tzu wants to see which robber dares to come to the Liaodong Peninsula under the cannons of this king! "Gentlemen gather in the warlord world

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