Yixin ran away with the royal family, Yan Chunyu naturally entered Beijing City unceremoniously, and the entire Beijing City fell into the hands of the Lu army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, Guo Ye's negotiations with the four countries also came to the curtain.

In order to end this negotiation as soon as possible, Guo Ye personally went out, assisted by Li Hongzhang and Guo Songtao, and launched a comprehensive negotiation with the opponent.

Naturally, there is no need to say that there is no need to talk about it.

Some small problems are naturally solved, after all, both sides are not willing to dwell too much.

Marton, the minister of the British Empire, represented four countries, put forward his own proposal:

First, the four countries recognized the existence of Guo Ye's regime as the legitimate successor of China's territory and sovereignty, and China needed to fulfill the terms of the two treaties signed between the four countries and the Manchu government;

Second, the four countries demanded that the Lu army return all prisoners and weapons and equipment, including those in the Philippines and the Malay Peninsula;

Third, China will return the Malay Peninsula to the British Empire and the Philippine Islands to Spain, and restore the original political order in the South Seas.

Fourth, Guo Ye's new regime needs to make assurances to the four countries that it will not retaliate against its neighbors!

Fifth, all the armies of the four countries withdrew from China, including Fuzhou and Canton under temporary occupation, and the four countries were willing to engage with China on an equal footing;

However, Marton's plan was ruthlessly beaten back by Li Hongzhang, although now Li Hongzhang is far from having as many diplomatic means as he did later, but, in general, almost all the problems he wants, Guo Ye has already communicated with Li Hongzhang, and the bottom line that should be given has also been given to Li Hongzhang, above this bottom line, give me a sky-high price!

With Guo Ye as the backing, Li Hongzhang is naturally full of confidence, and besides, you have really beaten Lao Tzu's Huai army, and the entire Huai army of 30,000 has only less than 10,000 people left, and has lost two-thirds! If you don't avenge this revenge, you swear not to be a man!

Li Hongzhang stuffed Marton's plan directly into the spittoon on the side, his face expressionless!

Malton's lungs were about to explode, although Li Hongzhang did not answer, but his attitude was already very clear, no, there was no possibility!

"Mr. Li Hongzhang, then you say, what do you want?"

Marton said angrily.

Li Hongzhang unhurriedly took out a few excerpts, on which were the plans prepared in Chinese and English, which were drafted under the instruction of Guo Ye.

First, the four countries need to recognize the legitimacy of the new regime, send envoys to each other, open trade to each other, and treat each other as equals.

Second, the Lu army released all the prisoners, and at the same time, according to the number of personnel in each country, the four countries should pay compensation: the British Empire paid 150,000 pounds, the French Empire paid 120,000 pounds, the Kingdom of Spain paid 100,000 pounds, and Japan paid 200,000 pounds; All the weapons and equipment captured by the Lu army are trophies and will never be returned;

Third, the unequal treaties signed between the four countries and the Manchu Qing government were absolutely not recognized, and all the unequal treaties signed by China over the past three hundred years were not recognized;

Fourth, the Lu army was willing to return the Malay Peninsula, but at the same time, the British Empire must hand over all Hong Kong Island and other territories to China, and at the same time revoke all Chinese concessions;

Fifth, with regard to Spain, the Chinese and Spain have never violated the river water and provoked unprovoked, and they must be taught a lesson, and the Philippine Islands will never be returned to Spain;

Sixth, Japan's security is not part of our commitments, and we will not make any guarantees.

Seventh, the four countries must pay war reparations to China to make up for China's huge losses, demanding compensation of 10 million pounds!

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As soon as Li Hongzhang's plan was thrown, the mission of the four countries exploded!

The first to jump out was the Spanish minister Garcia, who was so angry that he roared: "Why? The Philippines was originally the inherent territory of our Kingdom of Spain, and you bandits have robbed us of our land and do not want to return it? Dream! By doing so, you are declaring war! Our Kingdom of Spain will not give in! ”

Li Hongzhang sneered: "The Philippines belongs to your Spain? Fart! If you call the Philippines, he will agree? He was originally China's inherent territory, a vassal state of China, which was forcibly robbed by you, and now it can only be called the return of things to their original owners! Do you want? Lao Tzu just doesn't give! When you fight, you speak! Lao Tzu is afraid of you? ”

Li Hongzhang has always been a bandit, a stubborn spirit, the most good at playing scoundrels, anyway, now the Philippines is in his own hands, see what you can do!

However, the British Minister Marton was quiet, after all, the other party promised to return the British Empire, which is the core issue of the British Empire, and everything else is secondary.

Marton didn't speak, but Gro didn't want to.

Ge Luo said coldly: "Lord Li Hongzhang, General Guo Ye, you are tantamount to banditry like this!" On behalf of the French Empire, I demand that you must return the Philippines to Spain, this is the consensus of all the countries of the world! ”

Li Hongzhang didn't speak, but Guo Ye took the words, "Lord Shaoquan, add another article to the plan, if you want to go back to General Bazin and his French soldiers, then take Indochina to pay it back, Indochina was originally a Chinese vassal country, when did it become the territory of France?" ”

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Gro was so angry that he almost vomited blood! Indochina is different from the Malay Peninsula and even the Philippines, it is indeed China's original territory or vassal state, and they all border China, if Guo Ye really moves such a thought, then Indochina will really hang, and the Lu army can directly enter Indochina through Liangguang and Yunnan-Guizhou, but France has to mobilize a large army from tens of thousands of miles away! It is absolutely difficult to please, and now that the German Confederation is in trouble, France cannot afford to devote a large number of soldiers to fight.

Since you can't afford to provoke it, then obediently shut up.

However, Gro shut up, but the Japanese minister Miyamoto Ichiro quit, and Miyamoto Ichiro's face turned red and shouted, "It's not fair." Absolutely unfair! Guo Jun! Why should we pay two hundred thousand pounds for only two or three thousand prisoners in the Great Japanese Empire? And Britain, France, and Spain captured more than a million people, but only more than 100,000 pounds in compensation? It's not fair, it's discrimination! We, the Great Japanese Empire, absolutely do not agree! ”

Malton frowned and said, "Yes, General Guo, are you mistaken?" How can such a small number of people in Japan be worth so many pounds? Worth more than our people in the British Empire? Moreover, it is natural to make a promise to Japan not to retaliate, after all, they are also victims, so why are you not willing to guarantee it? ”

Guo Ye replied lightly: "No, in a word, that is, I am willing!" Lao Tzu is happy! ”

(To be continued.) )