Since Emperor Yuan Shikai, Yang Du of the Parliament, and Wang Shizhen of the General Staff all agreed to sign an agreement with the Xia Empire, Xu Shichang had no objection, at least, the abolition of the "Xinchou Treaty" indemnity, the recovery of tariffs, concessions, etc. were completed during his term of office, and they were also regarded as their own merits, and they will definitely leave a strong mark in history. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhang Wei received a report from Wu Wenbin, although he felt that the price of 230 million taels of silver was a little low, but it was better than nothing, at least there was no need for the Chinese Empire to continue to fund the enemy.

Hua Guoqiang was very satisfied, and said to Zhang Wei: "Your Majesty, with the arrears of 230 million taels, the Chinese Empire owes us a total of 630 million taels of silver, but the annual interest is not a small amount, and the Chinese Empire will have to succumb to the pressure of the empire within a few decades." ”

Zhang Wei said with a smile: "Economic colonization is the highest form of colonization, and it is also a country of Chinese, we can't overdo it, but we must cultivate the Chinese Empire into the cow of the empire, and we must keep milking it, as long as the peace and stability of the Chinese Empire are maintained, and the economic development cannot keep up with the pace of the empire, then there will always be a large number of people who choose to immigrate to the empire." ”

Hua Guoqiang said: "Your Majesty is still wise, and has always opposed fighting against the Qing Dynasty and opposing the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty by force, otherwise it is just that the military expenditure is not hundreds of millions of dollars that will not be able to defeat the Qing Dynasty, and the subsequent stability maintenance costs are not low, and now the Chinese Empire is in a peaceful transition and overthrows the Qing Dynasty, which is not only a dumping area for our commodities, but also just interest is a relatively stable income, which is not counting the money earned by commodities." ”

"You only see the benefits, you don't see the pay, how many troops are we just stationed around the Chinese Empire? It's just that the military expenditure is a small amount, and the interest is not enough to pay the army's salary. Zhang Wei explained.

Hua Guoqiang retorted: "Your Majesty, then you didn't count the reparations from Japan and the United States, so it's not money?" In my opinion, the fastest money is still the war, and there has been no war for more than half a year, no one has protested at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and I can't see the sad faces of foreign devils, and I am a little unaccustomed to it. ”

The two sides agreed at the top of the hierarchy, so soon, the two sides signed a formal agreement on the 29th day of the first lunar month, that is, on February 19 of the solar calendar.

Premier Xu Shichang signed on behalf of the Chinese Empire, and Ambassador Wu Wenbin signed on behalf of Xia Empire.

The content of the agreement has been slightly adjusted, that is, Qingdao, a German lease, Macau, a Portuguese lease, and Hong Kong, a British lease, are all leased land, not concessions, and are not within the scope of the reclaimed concession.

At the same time, in order to balance, the Xia Empire supported the Chinese Empire to nationalize the railways of the whole country, including the railways built by the Great Powers in the Chinese Empire.

Xu Shichang also sighed that the Xia Empire did things righteously, and if the railway could be taken back, it would be a real benefit.

On February 20, Foreign Minister Cao Rulin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Empire, announced that from now on, the Chinese Empire would no longer pay the reparations required by the Xinchou Treaty, because the reparations demanded by the world powers had brought a heavy burden to the people of the Chinese Empire, and the Chinese Empire had now stood up and no longer endured the exploitation of the foreign powers; At the same time, Cao Rulin announced that the Chinese Empire would recover the customs and all the taxes it had pledged, as well as the concessions of the major cities; For better management, the national railways were nationalized; It also demanded that within 10 days, the relevant countries must evacuate all their nationals, otherwise the Chinese Empire will not be responsible for their personal and property safety.

Within one hour of the announcement of the telegram by the Chinese Empire, the Xia Empire, the Kingdom of Japan, the Kingdom of Qi, the Kingdom of Lu, the United States, the Kingdom of Nepal, the Kingdom of Bhutan, the Kingdom of Sikkim, the Kingdom of Dahlak and other countries successively issued telegrams in support of the decision of the Chinese Empire.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Xia Empire stated in a telegram that the Chinese Empire was an independent country, and that the unequal treaties imposed by various countries on the Qing Dynasty in the past should not be borne by the Chinese Empire, and that any country and people had the right to resist exploitation, oppression, and unequal treaties, and that the Xia Empire supported the Chinese people of the Chinese Empire in exercising this right; The Xia Empire and the Chinese Empire are brothers of the same root, and to be enemies of the Chinese people of the Chinese Empire is to be enemies of the Chinese people of the Xia Empire.

Although Germany has also been revoked a lot of rights and huge amounts of compensation, but compared with the loss of the Russian Empire, Germany can still accept it, not to mention, the Xia Empire also intends to retain Germany's Jiaoao leased land, retaining considerable interests and face for them, which the Germans can still accept, and the Germans also hope to provoke a conflict between the Chinese Empire and the Xia Empire and Western countries, preferably a war, so that the Germans can profit from it. In the event of a war against Britain, France, Russia, and other countries, Germany would be able to gain the greatest benefits, first of all, by containing the forces of Britain, France, and Russia in Asia, and relieving them of the increasing pressure on Europe.

Subsequently, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the German government issued a telegram supporting the decision of the Chinese Empire, saying that the previous unequal treaties were all signed by the Qing Dynasty, and the Chinese Empire could no longer bear the consequences of those unequals; He also stated that all countries and nations have the right to strive for independence and self-determination.

In their minds, the Russian Empire lost not only a huge amount of reparations, but also all rights and interests in Heilongjiang Province, as well as the huge interests of the Dongqing Railway; The Russian Empire will definitely not give up, if a war breaks out between the Chinese Empire and the Russian Empire, then Germany will make a lot of money, at least it will be able to contain millions of Russian troops, and it will cost the Russian Empire a huge amount of military spending, as long as it lasts for 2 years, it will definitely be able to drag the Russian Empire down, their front is too long.

In the eyes of the Germans, the Xia Empire was an out-and-out warmonger, and not long after the fight against the United States, and provoked such a big mess in Asia, he was really a good friend of the German people, anxious about what the German people were anxious about, thinking about what the German people thought, and having a good partner with such a tacit understanding, he must be greatly supported.

At the same time, the German naval delegation was still on its way to the Xia Empire, and they also hoped that for the sake of Germany's support for the Xia Empire, it would be cheaper to sell the German battleships.

As for the Americans and the Japanese, anyway, they have no concessions in the Chinese Empire, and the indemnity of the "Xinchou Treaty" has long been canceled, of course, they can't watch other countries continue to make profits, it is best to have a war with the Xia Empire because of this matter, so that they can also enjoy the hospitality of the Xia Empire's artillery fire, and they can also gain the favor of the Xia Empire by publishing a telegram, which is simply a business.

Qi and Lu were originally one with the Xia Empire, and the announcement of the telegram was in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Xia Empire.

As for Nepal and other kingdoms, they have long been vassal states of the Xia Empire, and they are no longer afraid of the threat of Britain and others, so the Xia Empire asked them to issue a telegram and make up the numbers, and they can only obey the arrangements of the Xia Empire.

There are 13 countries participating in the distribution of reparations under the Treaty of Xincho (Sweden and Norway are regarded as one country), and now Germany, Japan, and the United States have declared their support for the Chinese Empire, with the share of the three countries accounting for 35%, and the remaining countries with a share of more than 5% are the Russian Empire (29%), France (16%), the United Kingdom (12%), and Italy (6%).

Among them, the losses of the Russian Empire are huge, and the eyes of all countries in the world are invariably looking at the Russian Empire, if the Russian Empire chooses to fight, then Britain and France and other countries will definitely follow closely behind the ass to pick up the cheap, if the Russian Empire chooses to be indifferent, other countries can only choose to accept the demands of the Chinese Empire.

At this time, with the support of the Xia Empire, it is best to launch a land war with the Xia Empire and the Chinese Empire, and Russia and the Chinese Empire have a border of thousands of kilometers, as long as they maintain a defensive position in Vladivostok, they can contain a large number of troops of the Xia Empire and the Chinese Empire, and they can launch attacks on the Chinese Empire anywhere else, and the Chinese Empire must not be able to take care of the end.

For the British, it was acceptable to fight or not to fight, the amount of reparations that Britain accounted for was not much, and this time the Xia Empire and the Chinese Empire saved enough face for the British to allow them to continue to occupy Hong Kong, besides, the British have now shrunk most of their military forces back to the mainland, and even the Mediterranean Sea is within the scope of their abandonment, and they are no longer capable of waging war against the Chinese Empire.

More importantly, they are afraid of the navy and army of the Xia Empire, afraid that the Xia Empire will expand the scale of the war at will, as long as there is a war, the control of the war will be transferred to the hands of the Xia Empire, and they have more targets to choose from, Asia, Oceania, and even the British colonies in the Americas are all within the scope of the Xia Empire's attack, which is what the British are afraid of.

The French, who had long been frightened by the Xia Empire, were already thankful that the Xia Empire did not look for trouble with him, and they still dared to find trouble with the Xia Empire and the Chinese Empire, and followed the Germans' telegram and also issued a statement in support of the opinions of the Chinese Empire.

As for Belgium, it was a huge loss not only to lose the reparations, but also to lose a large number of railways built in the Chinese Empire, but Belgium was so small and militarily insufficient that no one cared about his opinion, no matter how much he objected.

Portugal was very relieved that it had lost its negligible reparations and was able to keep Macau, and after France, it also telegraphed to support the views of the Chinese Empire.

Looking at the constant clear-code telegrams, Yuan Shikai, Xu Shichang, Wang Shizhen and others were very happy on the surface.

Song Jiaoren sighed: "It's too easy for the Xia Empire to make money cheaply, just a paper agreement, a piece of electricity, you can earn us hundreds of millions of taels of silver." ”

Duan Qirui said with a straight face: "Yes, if there is no power from the Xia Empire, we would not have had the opportunity to sit here and drink tea, it is estimated that the army of the Russian Empire has already hit the capital at this time." Until now, the Russian Empire has not expressed its position, it can be seen that they are struggling, if there is no Xia Empire behind us to support us, the Russian Empire would not have to be so entangled at all. ”

Wang Shizhen said: "Zhiquan is right, without the support of the Xia Empire, we wouldn't have the opportunity to sit here and drink tea now." To dare to be the enemy of the world's great powers, we need not only strong courage, but also strong confidence. (To be continued.) )