(2nd Update)

There is a strong wind and rain in Beijing, and the senior government is in full swing, and the Dongjiaomin Alley, which is separated by a wall, is naturally impossible to turn a deaf ear. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since the arrival of the Anglo-French troops in Shanghai, skirmishes have often broken out here, frightening foreigners day and night, highly vigilant, and can't help but silently think in their hearts, fortunately, after the fist chaos, there are heavy guards here, and those Chinese did not break in.

Of course, no one wants another Gengzi war, this is true for the Chinese, and even more so for the foreigners, especially at this Guan Jian moment.

Distant Europe has been divided into two camps, the Central Powers and the Entente, the Allied Powers led by Germany are aggressive, there are Hadsburg's orthodox Austro-Hungarian Empire, the populous Ottoman Turkey, Italy, Bulgaria, etc., and on the other hand, the advantage of the Entente has become smaller and smaller, since Napoleon, France has been unable to escape the shadow of defeat in this century, in the war of German unification, even the loss is not even the bottom pants, even the emperor was captured by the Germans, although Russia has a vast territory and many troops, But the armament is far inferior to that of the European continent, and there is also the pressure to bear the pressure of fighting Germany on the Eastern Front alone, as for the small countries of Serbia and Yugoslavia, it will not be of much use. By the end of 1911, the United States had not expressed its position, and Japan was also sitting on the wall, and the situation was not optimistic for the Entente.

If, at this time, China joins the Allies, the format will be dramatically reversed.

Although the Far East is not the main battlefield, but as long as China's troops press the border, Hong Kong, a small place, can not resist at all, if the front is a little off, it will directly threaten the entire Southeast Asia, and even British India, you know, Britain and France are strong, not by the strength of the homeland, but by its huge colonies, just imagine that the "jewel in the crown" India and Southeast Asia fell into the hands of the allies, which is tantamount to cutting off their life supply lines, and they may not be able to survive this war of attrition in the end, At this time, they simply did not have any extra troops to rush to South Asia.

Although China is weak, its territory, resources, population, and the number of troops are incomparably huge, and if a war of attrition is really fought, China's innate advantages will play a huge role, and nearly one million old-style troops will be put aside first, and even foreign observation groups will be greatly admired by the combat effectiveness of the Beiyang New Army alone.

Therefore, at this juncture, the Chinese dragons must not be angry, even if they cannot join the Entente, then at least they cannot join the Allies.

Zhu Erdian knows this.

As the British ambassador plenipotentiary to China, he actually had enormous power, was the British cabinet's top adviser in the Far East, just the year before last, when the Sino-German-American alliance was in full swing, he frequently visited the Qing court dignitaries, spying on intelligence, and now, the whole China situation is critical, and he rushed to find the French minister Mashley.

"Oh, Jevi, it's been 120 hours now, the Chinese in the concession haven't withdrawn yet, and the situation may not be what we expected." Zhu Erdian said with some hesitation.

"Well, I have already received a report from Lieutenant Colonel Maita on the front line, the Chinese army has an absolute superiority in numbers, and they will not be able to conquer the concession in a short time." Mashley replied.

"Hit? We must not fight, and at this time, we don't need a war. ”

Zhu Erdian said slowly: "Since the implementation of the constitutional system, China's political arena has been in a highly unstable state, especially this emergency meeting, perhaps you can also see that the parliament has a distrustful attitude towards the cabinet, which will accelerate their downfall, and once the Yi-Xuan cabinet falls, it will be a great retrogression and trouble for us, for Britain and France, and for the entire Far East." ”

"So what you mean?" Ma Shili understood that Zhu Erdian had a major decision to discuss with him on this trip.

Zhu Erdian replied: "I think we can stop, and now is the right time to stop, the Yi-Xuan cabinet needs us very much, this is not a good time, we can use this as an opportunity to join our camp." ”

"What you're talking about... Coalition? ”

Mashri was a little surprised, especially the word camp, fundamentally speaking, the French are still a little resistant to China as their allies, especially since they have suffered in Vietnam before.

"Jevy, we have to change our thinking, you look at the current situation, the whole of China is boiling, provoking an empire that accounts for a quarter of the world's population, it is extremely bad for me, whether it is trade or war."

Mashri hesitated.

Although China is a big man, he suddenly cannot accept the fact that the country can no longer bully.

"Is it really necessary to have it join us, I mean... Do we need a Turkish-style ally in the Far East? Perhaps, Japan is more worthy of doing so. Mashri replied.

"But it's China that borders Vietnam." Zhu Erdian deliberately reread the word "Vietnam".

Between countries, there are only interests, and Mashiri is very clear.

Zhu Erdian went on to convince: "China is no longer the old-fashioned empire it was ten years ago, it bought our weapons, learned our system, built an army similar to ours, and soon became the same as us, and at that time, we can't expect to not put a bolt on the dragon in the first place." ”

In the end, Zhu Erdian patted Ma Shili on the shoulder and said, "As for face, let's give way to more practical interests." ”

Ma Shili pondered deeply, although the cabinet asked him to show China a little color, but did not authorize him to fight an international war.

After thinking for a moment, he smiled at Zhu Erdian, and finally, he showed a smile like "You won".

"But we still need to win at the negotiating table, and the Chinese must make concessions to their previous behavior, even if it's the size of a piece of paper."

"Oh, of course."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

(I haven't had time to read a lot of comments recently, book friends have time to add a group of penguins, group number: 565362400, the name is Steel Yellow Dragon, looking forward to... (To be continued.) )