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"Honorable Empress Dowager, you have seen it, their northern king, together with tens of thousands of elite men and horses, was lost in their own hands and died in the internal strife in Tianjing." After talking about the Tianjing Incident that he had received from the British and processed by himself, Putiatin looked at Cixi, whose face had not eased, "Actually, for these rebels, the biggest threat is not only from the battlefield, but from the temporary peace they have obtained. It must be said that it was because of our light enemy in the previous stage that we directly led to the fiasco of Henan, Anhui and Suzhou. And it was just a fluke that at such a time, there was such a huge infighting behind their backs. Their King An wants to return to Tianjing to participate in the power struggle, which slows them down and buys us time. Also, we must not forget those who have suffered greatly, such as the British, and the Americans, who would not want to see a regime like Tenkyo ...... over time."

"I don't care about that!" Cixi finally couldn't take it anymore and screamed. If it wasn't a foreigner sitting across from her, not her "close partner," she would jump up from her seat, immediately roar in a group of eunuchs, and beat to death on the spot what dared to propose peace with the "red bandits."

"The mourning family can negotiate peace with anyone, but you can't leave a little face for these traitors!" Cixi's face turned the color of pig liver, her hands waving viciously over her head, and her teeth clattered.

Looking at the Queen Mother in front of her, who was almost like a street shrew, Putiatin shook her head helplessly. He really couldn't understand, what happened to this Great Qing Kingdom? They can lose to the British, they can lose to the Americans, they can lose to the French, they can cede large pieces of land to their empire, but they can't compromise with their political opponents at home, even if it's an obvious deception, they don't want to do it, they have to fight to the death to be comfortable.

"Respected Queen Mother, don't be angry, I'm just talking about it casually. At all times, my government and I will always be your most reliable friends. Putiyatin stood up and spoke firmly.

In the legation, the news brought back by Putiyatin made both Ignatiev and Muravyov silent.

Through the guò intelligence system, they were really excited for a while when they learned about the coup d'état in Tianjing. After analyzing the Tianjing regime, they also came to the conclusion that the calm at the top of the Tianjing regime was only temporary, and if there was a period of comfort, it was very likely that a second or even third internal strife would break out. According to normal reasoning, when a new force first comes to power, it urgently needs a period of recuperation, and this is one of the conditions for them to think that it is possible to reach the idea of peace at such a time. In addition, they had also heard about the military parade in Tianjing, and from various sources, they roughly knew some things that they absolutely did not want to believe and did not want to believe.

The British described to them vividly the terrible armed forces of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that appeared at the military parade, the heavy artillery, the machine guns that could fire hundreds of rounds in a row, and so on. When he said this, the faces of the Englishmen, who have always been proud, could not help but reveal obvious envy and frustration that were not as ashamed as they were.

In the Near East, the empire originally wanted to get some benefits from the fat of Turkey, but who knew that the British and French were killed halfway, and the empire was defeated, and where was the defeat? Putiyatin and others are very clear that first, the national strength is inferior to others, and second, the equipment of the army is far behind the British and French armies. Could this tragedy be repeated here? This was their main psychology in the hope that the Manchus would be able to reach an armistice with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the south. Now that the army did not have the opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the rebels, they wanted to buy more time to continue to ask His Majesty the Tsar to do everything possible to increase the strength of the troops stationed in China. At the very least, it must be possible to delay until the war in the Near East, in which peace talks are underway, is completely over, and until a large number of regular troops with actual combat experience are transferred to the Chinese battlefield, and then it is not too late to start fighting.

"Regardless of them, we still do what we think." Ignatiev spoke, "First go to the southern government of Tianjing to talk to the southern government of Tianjing, and tell the southern government that we Russians have absolutely no purpose in sending troops to China to gain benefits in China, we are only for the peace of their Chinese, to help them build a new civilization." Let them look at the face of the suffering Chinese people and accept the idea of an armistice between the north and the south, and we Russians are willing to supervise and guarantee peace. ”

"The legitimacy of their Taiping regime can be recognized, that they are an independent national government, bounded by the Yellow River, and that even places where their power has not yet reached can be put into their hands. We can also tell them that as soon as the armistice agreement is reached, we Russians will establish formal diplomatic relations with them and send ministers to each other, and we are willing to be friends of all Chinese. How about it, let them taste the sweetness first. Ignatiev looked at Putiyatin and Muravyov, and finally added.

"But...... But ......" Putiyatin remembered the shrewd Empress in the Forbidden City again.

"There is nothing but, in the face of our great imperial interests, a single qiē will be insignificant." Ignatiev waved his fat hand, "Once the southern government agrees to our proposal, whoever wants to stop the peace negotiations will be our enemy." In this regard, the government of Tenkyo has set an example for us. The empire does not need a strong China on its side, let alone divide it into two, and it will divide them more in the future. Tibet, Xinjiang, and Mongolia are all to be divided. ”

"It seems that in order to achieve this, we need to really move around." While Ignatiev and Putiyatin were talking, Muravyov was always looking at the map in his hand. Now, he threw away the map and thought for a while, "I am going to deploy our 60,000 horses in the areas of Yucheng, Liaocheng, and Fanxian on the north bank of the Yellow River, and hand them over to the west to save their loyalty." According to intelligence, Xuzhou has already appeared under the banner of their First Army, and Jinan will definitely be the focus of their attack. In addition, Weihai and Yantai should be heavily defended. As a precaution, we should immediately stop the transfer of troops from Lushun and Tianjin to the Yellow River defense line, but negotiate with them and transfer the first section of the Lushun and Tianjin garrisons to Shanhaiguan to help them straighten out their defenses. ”

"Your Excellency, my commander, you did not move in the last Su-Anhui battle, of course, you do not want to lose more of our strength. However, the result was that we lost in vain the battlefield advantage that we could have gained, and also lost the lives of thousands of our Russian soldiers. Now, this battle hasn't been fought yet, and I think you seem to have a premonition that you're going to lose again. There was something bitter in Putiatin's voice.

"Really?" Muravyov didn't pay much attention to Putiatin's meanness. Although Putiyatin was his deputy commander, only the three of them understood that this position was just for the Empress Dowager of the Forbidden City, to reassure her. After all, Putiyatin was a confidant of the previous tsar, a China expert, and the general adviser to the Manchu dynasty on behalf of His Majesty Tsar Alexander II, and Muravyov still had to respect him. So, he laughed nonchalantly, "Dear sir, I think you forgot the purpose of our coming to China, right?" We are not looking for anyone, our only purpose is to expand the territory of our Tsar, to gain more living space for us Russians, and, of course, wealth. ”

"Hehe," Putiyatin also smiled, perhaps a little uncomfortable with the upcoming action, he pouted, "I hope our powerful navy won't fight more and more, and finally call those little tadpoles to force them back." ”

"You ......" Muravyov raised his hand and threw the cigar he had just lit to the ground, and Putiyatin's words undoubtedly touched his most painful place. Yes, in several naval battles, large and small, the naval formation that he once relied on and was proud of has not been happy once, and almost all of the current naval officers and men talk about the "little tadpoles" of those rebels.

"Okay, okay, why bother arguing about these pointless things." A smile appeared on Ignatiev's fat face, "Everyone is serving our esteemed Tsar Xià, or it is better to unite sincerely." I admire Sir Muravyov's more far-reaching consideration that we should use the opportunity to expand our sphere of influence, especially in the northeast. We all hope that the shape will continue to develop as we expected, but everything is always variable, and we still have to be prepared for both. ”

"Prepare your hands to ......," Plutyadine muttered, and suddenly an idea struck, "yes, can't we have other considerations for the present impoverished ruler?" ”

"Anything else?" Ignatiev looked at Muravyov and smiled mysteriously at Putiyatin, laughing so hard that Putiyatin's face blushed a little, "Of course, we have been looking for a ruler who may be more suitable for us. ”

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