Chapter 51 Is France Still Going?

After leaving Germany, the delegation went to the Netherlands, which was once a coachman's country, and also received a high-standard reception, at this stop, Li Hongzhang will not be so tired, but Tang Shaoyi can not be idle, Guangxu ordered him to observe the Dutch political system, the people of this country are very happy, but the people of this country do not feel it!

The Prime Minister of the Netherlands came to greet him at the docks, first called the Prime Minister, in fact, this became abolished as early as 1840, and now this position is more accurately said to be the co-president of the department! First of all, I was very pleased with the arrival of the Prince and Li Hongzhang, and then sang the national anthems of China and the Netherlands at the pier. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The Chinese envoy in the Netherlands brought nearly 2,000 people, so when the national anthem of the Chinese Empire was sung, the sound and momentum really didn't seem to be abroad at all, and then the Netherlands also sang, and they were proud of the national anthem "Ode Wilhelm".

The Netherlands is the earliest country to practice a modern constitutional monarchy, and it is also a very successful country, so Guangxu asked Tang Shaoyi to study here, and at the same time, he can also let the delegation take a good rest, because the next stop in France is very unpeaceful, their Paris Commune is at war with the current government, and now it is likely to run into a boring face!

So after Tang Shaoyi got off the boat, he gave Prince Gong and Li Hongzhang a lot of cultural and natural scenery to visit, so the two old men began their journey to the Netherlands after meeting the Queen of the Netherlands.

Tang Shaoyi got into the Dutch government and had to figure out how the Dutch government worked.

Cai Shaoji and Liang Ruye went into the Jewish community and began to collect a large amount of information about the Jews.

In addition to the things he did in Britain and Germany, Tang Junrong threw money at the Dutch oil refining industry, and the smaller refineries were directly acquired, and the larger ones were discussed for cooperation and shares.

When cheques for hundreds of thousands of pounds and hundreds of thousands of marks were written, many people were tempted, and when the delegation left, China had already controlled more than half of the oil refineries in the Netherlands, and Shell oil in the future would be China's industry, or a large part of it!

At this time, the number of Li Ruohong's public appearances has also increased, Britain and Germany are too conservative, so his public appearances are rare, but he has done a lot of overall work behind the scenes, this time Emperor Guangxu's private property is Li Ruohong is in charge, that is, the country's affairs, and the industry are managed by Tang Shaoyi, but Guangxu's private account, of course, this is called the inner money with a nice name!

This internal money has made tens of millions of profits for Guangxu, of course, a lot of profits after the delivery of the goods, this time Guangxu's private business is mainly tobacco, as well as the products of Huaxia Jiahuo Culture Company and Import and Export Company, of course, in many of the businesses that Tang Shaoyi talked about, there will be shares of the emperor, but they all represent the country, and they must be clearly distinguished when used.

Li Ruohong wore European women's clothes and came to the newly established branch of Huaxia Import and Export Company in the Netherlands, where many staff knew this beauty and knew his identity, and now she let everyone call her "Mrs. Ruyi", and I don't know when the seventh side of the Qing prince became "Mrs. Ruyi", and her graceful figure soon appeared on Tang Rongjun's desk.

At this time, Tang Rongjun was very busy, but he didn't expect that a quiet Netherlands had such a developed economic scale, Tang Rongjun was busy talking about acquisitions, sweeping goods in the Dutch securities market, meeting business owners to talk about cooperation, talking about joint development, finding agents, setting tasks for agents, etc., so he has not returned to the mansion for many days.

After Li Ruohong came in, the other staff members all withdrew, and Tang Rongjun and all the others withdrew, and then said, "Grandma! How did you get here, Prince Gong is likely to come here! ”

Look at your discoloration!

Timid, where are you so powerful in bed!

I'm telling you, the two of us are, when you return to China, you must give me an explanation, otherwise the old lady and you will not be finished!

Tang Rongjun said; "Auntie, don't worry, even if I Tang Rongjun don't want my head, I will give you an explanation, don't you see that I'm doing my best to do things for the emperor, as long as the emperor is happy, our affairs will be easy to handle!"

Li Ruohong nodded and said, the emperor is married, I hope it can understand our hardships!

Tang Rongjun also doesn't know what the future will be!

Through consultations, Liang Dunyan and representatives of Britain, Germany and other countries decided that half of the land created by the Dutch government in Amsterdam was still in the sea, because one-third of the Netherlands was only one meter above sea level. So this can only be done by the Second International itself.

Later, this project was handed over to China, and China imported garbage from other European countries for reclamation, filling in a large area, of course, the right to use this territory is in China's hands, and many Chinese merchant ships will come to this port for transit, so the Netherlands did not suffer!

In the blink of an eye, the delegation had been in the Netherlands for more than 20 days, and it was about to exceed the time in Britain and Germany, and the French representatives had already come three times to ask when the delegation would leave for France, but each time Tang Shaoyi repeatedly postponed the departure time on the grounds that the Second International Court and commercial and trade matters were still negotiating.

Later, because France could not stand China's delay, it sent the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Finance and Economics to the Netherlands, hoping that the Chinese delegation would be able to come over, and the French Government had made full preparations for the arrival of the Chinese delegation in Versailles.

In the end, Prince Gong came over to ask Li Hongzhang and Tang Shaoyi when we were going to France, and Li Hongzhang also looked at Tang Shaoyi at this time, although Li Hongzhang and Prince Gong were the highest representatives of the visiting delegation, Tang Shaoyi was the representative of the emperor.

And after the visit of Britain and Germany, Prince Gong and Li Hongzhang admired Guangxu even more, so now they are very dependent on Tang Shaoyi's decision.

Tang Shaoyi said; "The emperor has sent a message, unless France borrows money from us, we will not go to France!"

Li Hongzhang and Prince Gong are going crazy!

France wants us to borrow money, unlike if we borrow money, we won't go to France!

At this time, Tang Shaoyi said that the emperor's order was like this, asking us to negotiate business with the Netherlands and have good relations. Until France offers to borrow money from our Chinese Empire, then we can leave for France!

At this time, the French government was also crazy!

Now Paris is about to become independent, the whole Paris has been armed, the French army surrounded Paris on the periphery, but Paris is the capital of France, and Paris is also the economic and cultural center of France, losing Paris is equivalent to losing France, so the struggle with the Paris Commune is very fierce!

France, which had just entered the Franco-Prussian War, was fighting a civil war again, which made the French economy even worse, and now the French government needs a large amount of money to solve the financial problems, and France is counting on the Chinese delegation to come to France as soon as possible, and the delegation's procurement activities will bring economic benefits to the French government and can alleviate France's urgent needs. Therefore, the French team's visit to China is quite exciting!

But these guys just don't leave as if they want to take root in the Netherlands, they even sent people to Luxembourg and Belgium next to them, but they just don't come to France, which is too contemptuous of France, but you can't tie them up if they don't come. So it can only be repeated invitations, in the issuance of invitations!

Until one day, the president of France could not sit still, and convened a cabinet meeting to discuss what should be done next, of course, the Chinese matter is only one of them, and now these people are mainly discussing the battle with the Paris Commune, and the precarious financial problems.

Silence is the hallmark of this meeting!

All the cabinet members are united in their opinion on the issue of the Paris Commune, and they must not be soft on the Paris Commune, they must be defeated and our Paris back! But I really can't come up with the money financially! Such a problem is indeed in a state of insolvability, what should be done!

That's when the Minister of Finance said; "If it doesn't work, let's issue treasury bonds!"

But who else will buy our treasuries!

America, Britain, who is the richest now!

Obviously Chinese!

Then will they buy our treasuries!

Do you have to think about the good?

At this time, the Minister of the Interior said, "Why don't we negotiate with China?"

It just so happens that our foreign minister and finance minister are in the Netherlands, let them talk about it with the Chinese one after another!

Soon the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Finance in the Netherlands received a message asking for a loan from China and declaring that all the conditions were negotiable as long as France could accept them!

Tang Shaoyi saw that the time had finally come, and at this time he proposed the terms that you had already set;

First, China's war reparations against France were written off.

Second, France's economic and political treaty in China needs to be renegotiated and renegotiated between the two countries.

Third, China should have the initiative on the Vietnam issue.

Fourth, China hopes to establish a free trade area in France dominated by China and France.

Fifth, in the future, China and France should maintain exchanges and trust.

If you want to borrow money from China, solve these problems first!

When the French government saw these conditions, it was very helpless, especially when the third article was repentant, and it was not at all beneficial to get this colony, and there was a lot of friction with Britain! It's really not cost-effective!

Now China wants it, and it can, can we talk about this?

In short, as long as China can lend money to France, none of this is a thing!

Moreover, this issue is in the Far East, where the interests of other countries are not involved, and this matter is the matter of China and France, so the two countries began to negotiate without scruples. It has already started in the Netherlands, of course.

The negotiation process is very arduous, first of all, everyone is trying, and now China is not Li Hongzhang to be the chief representative, we have professional negotiators, so it is in line with the principle of "desperately taking advantage, rather die than suffer", France's use of intimidation, threats, bribery and other traditional tricks have failed.

And we also have one of the biggest helpers, that is, time, the longer the Chinese delegation, the later it is to return to China, but for France, it is a disaster! Money, supplies, these are what France urgently needs!

So after almost a month of stalemate, France couldn't bear it.

Because of the strike of the French army besieging the Paris Commune, it is ridiculous to say, because of many years of war, so the French at this time have developed a serious war-weariness, so the French government can only recruit some hooligan ruffians to serve as soldiers, these people just can't fight, but the matter of "being a soldier to eat food" is still known, and now the government has no money, so the supplies are very tight, but these soldiers don't care about this! So there was a riot, which was originally a precarious situation, and once it was even worse!

France had no choice but to grasp China's life-saving straw.

First of all, the French Foreign Minister signed a treaty of friendship and commerce between the two countries with the top representative of the Chinese delegation in the Netherlands, and after the signing of this treaty, all previous treaties signed between China and France were annulled. The two countries will develop their relations on the basis of the principle of friendship and peace.

Then there are the details, China buys 10 million francs of French government bonds, to be paid in three years, and France mortgages the assets of industry, minerals, agriculture, and customs taxes.

First, France will withdraw its troops in Vietnam to the vicinity of Hanoi, where the city is under the joint administration of China and France.

Second, the establishment of a Sino-French free trade area in Lyon, France, and the agreement between the two countries on tariffs within the region shall not be higher than the minimum domestic level.

Third, we should carry out military cooperation and exchanges, jointly develop military industrial enterprises, and share technology.

Fourth, after the pacification of the Paris Commune, the fighters of the Paris Commune could not be shot, and the greatest punishment was exile to China, which would ensure that these men would no longer threaten the national interests of France in the future.

For other unfinished matters, both China and France reserve the right to negotiate again!

In this way, China recovered half of Vietnam, and on the agreed date, the Chinese army first sent its navy to land in Hanoi, occupied half of Hanoi City, and then led troops from the north, all the way to take over the various French fortress garrisons, and recovered half of this Chinese territory without blood.

Immediately, Guangxu ordered the establishment of a province in this area and restored the ancient name "Champong", and Champa Province was born, and immediately sent governors and officials to govern it.

Later, the area occupied by the French also became a province of China, but that was much later.