September 11, 1900, Yanjing, Dongjiaomin Lane.

The Russian ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary Geers, in the name of his birthday, held a grand private banquet and invited ministers from various countries to attend, including the British minister Sir Dou Nale and the French minister Stephen Brown. Bi Sheng, U.S. Minister Conger, Minister Komura Shotaro of Japan, Minister Giuseppe of Italy. Salvago. Raj, Austro-Hungarian Minister Sofel, and the Minister of the Eight Nations in the Eight-Nation Alliance are only the German Minister, in fact, the banquet is not the focus, the focus is on the communication of everyone in the banquet, and the comprehensive interaction between the ministers of various countries after the banquet.

Although it is very sad, I have to admit a fact, these seven ministers are enough to determine the historical direction of the Qing Dynasty, and their appearance at a banquet at the same time is undoubtedly eye-catching, so this private banquet has too many people, using various connections to participate, especially journalists from various countries, but the result is disappointing, because the ministers of various countries did not appear at the banquet, and even the host of the banquet, the Russian ambassador Gers, only showed his face at the beginning.

In a small conference hall inside the Tsarist Russian Embassy, it was full of smoke, and the ministers of Britain, France, the United States, Italy, Austria, and Tsarist Russia spat out smoke rings one by one, only the little devil Komura Shoutaro held a handkerchief in his left hand and covered his mouth weakly, and his right hand fanned twice from time to time, waving the smoke rings that Gers swallowed out on the opposite side.

"Ambassador Xiaocun, it's not okay to not smoke, you see everyone is smoking, only you are special, this is not conducive to communication, in other words, it is difficult for you to integrate into this circle, and by extension, the same is true at the imperial level."

Before the exchange began, the Russian ambassador Geers, as the host, opened a gun and a stick to the Japanese minister Komura Shotaro, and made great mockery, and from this opening sentence, it is not difficult to see that the contradictions between Tsarist Russia and the little devils have begun to become public.

The reason why Tsarist Russia hates the little devil is that after the Sino-Japanese First Sino-Japanese War, it began to become more and more obvious, because in the First Sino-Japanese War, the fangs of the little devils really shocked many people, including Tsar Nicholas II.

Tsar Nicholas II was a very ambitious fellow, and the Minister of War of Russia Alexei Nicholas II. Nikolaevich. Kurobatkin wrote in his diary: "Our emperor has a grand plan in his mind: Russia will seize Manchuria, annex Chao Xian to Tsarist Russia, and also want to include Western Tibet, and also seize Persia, not only the Bosphorus, but also the Dardanelles. ”

With such arrogant ambitions, naturally do not want to see the rise of neighbors, so after the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, the "**** theory" was noisy again, on this issue, Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II achieved an amazing agreement, so the two sang and harmonized, and the "**** theory" continued to expand.

For this reason, Kaiser Wilhelm II also specially invited the painter Konak Foss to create an oil painting "All the Nationalities of the World, Protect Your Most Precious Property" -- also known as "**** picture", which was given to Tsar Nicholas II and ordered engraving and printing, which was widely distributed.

The picture of "**** map" symbolizes the angel of the Germanic nation, holding a sword, is warning the protectors of the European powers: "****" has come, on the opposite side of the cliff, the Buddha (referring to the little devil) who symbolizes "****" is riding a huge fire dragon (referring to China) is approaching Europe, and Europe (France, Germany, Italy, etc.) is watching uneasily, dark clouds are thick, cities are burning, and catastrophe is coming.

Kaiser Wilhelm II also painted an inscription: "The peoples of Europe unite to protect your faith and your homeland!" ”

The harmony between the Tsar and the Kaiser really worried many of the great powers, and they were very worried that the huge China was about to rise under the leadership of the little devils who had become Westernized.

Although the "**** theory" is noisy because of the rise of the little devils, it is Huaxia that really suffers the most, and it is Chinese people all over the world.

As the "****" became more and more noisy, the status of the Chinese became lower and lower, and the image of China became more and more ugly, so that in the United States, insulting and killing the Chinese "did not need a reason", and the number of casualties and the loss of wealth of the Chinese were incalculable, and a new round of anti-Chinese incidents were announced all over the world.

Of course, the little devil is not without losses, after all, the Tsar and the German Emperor threw out the "**** theory" The purpose is to suppress the little devil, so after the First Sino-Japanese War, Russia, Germany, and France extended a "helping hand" to the bullied Qing Dynasty, and the three countries did not hesitate to use force to intimidate and coerce the little devils to return the Liaodong Peninsula ceded to them by the Qing Dynasty to China, which is the famous "Three Kingdoms Interference to Return Liao".

Since then, the contradiction between Tsarist Russia and the little devils has basically become public, especially now that the situation of Tsarist Russia in the three eastern provinces has taken a sharp turn for the worse, the Tsarist Russian Minister Geers naturally wants to use every opportunity to suppress the Japanese minister, because suppressing Komura Shoutaro is equivalent to suppressing the Japanese minister.

After all, the seven people here are all ministers extraordinary and plenipotentiary of various countries, what is a minister extraordinary and plenipotentiary, it is not difficult to understand how much power they have from the literal point of view, it should be said that in China during this time period, as long as the opinions of the seven of them are basically agreed, then this matter can basically be decided, so Gers at this time, he must suppress the little devil.

In the face of Gels's harsh words with a gun and a stick, the expression on Komura Shoutaro's face did not fluctuate much, maybe he was used to it, or maybe it was because the city was too deep, and he deliberately disguised himself as this gang in order to win the sympathy of other ministers, in the end, the little devil had indeed not fully integrated into this circle.

"Minister Geers, I think you should save some strength and explain the affairs of the three eastern provinces to everyone." Komura Shoutaro replied without being yin or yang.

"Hmph, I invite you ministers today, naturally I want to give you an explanation, I don't need you to remind you of this, but before explaining this matter, I think let's talk about another topic, Li Hongzhang, the minister of Beiyang of the Qing court, will arrive in Beijing tonight, and will discuss the matter of armistice and peace in the near future." Gers said.

"I don't think there is a need to be in such a hurry about the peace talks, on the contrary, as long as we lay more ground, the more we can get in the next negotiations, ministers, what do you think?" Komura Shoutaro refuted unceremoniously.

"Hmph, Komura Shoutaro, the Qing court has issued an order to exterminate the Boxers and disposed of a group of war criminals, I think the matter of peace talks should be put on the agenda, after all, we are from a Western civilization country, and there must always be a limit to doing things, unlike some nouveau riche, who dare not let go of a piece of fat meat." Gers glanced at Komura Shotaro, then looked at the British minister, and flattered: "Minister Dou Nale, what do you say?" ”

was scolded as a nouveau riche and compared to a dog, even if Komura Shoutaro was in the city, his face was flushed with anger, but just when Komura Shoutaro was about to shoot back, the British minister Dou Nale suddenly coughed, which made Komura Shoutaro have to hold back this evil breath.

"Ahem." Dou Nale cleared his throat, and then said slowly: "Everyone is a person with status, why bother, how can I say that today is also the birthday of Minister Geers, let's save some face, next, let's discuss the matter of peace talks, how about it?" ”

"Okay."

"Let's talk about peace talks first."

…… (To be continued.) )