(1st Update)

"I'm afraid I can't hold it anymore. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Looking at the telegram in his hand, at the moment, Ye Xingxing had a plan, originally according to his plan, such shirk and ruffle would be carried out three or two times, and then a formal discussion was carried out, but he didn't expect Yi-Liao to mention "money" so quickly, and once it talked about money, it also showed that the situation on Yi-Liao's side was extremely unoptimistic.

"5 million taels, you're really a little kid."

Ye Kai shook his head and asked people to call back to the cabinet, in addition to copying the original copy of the last reply, he also painted the scoop according to the gourd, and added an intriguing sentence at the end: Shanghai is very anxious, please ask the cabinet to be merciful and allocate more as appropriate.

It goes without saying that this is asking for money.

Ye Kai didn't wait too long, after the telegram was sent, in the evening, he received the third order from the cabinet, which mainly contained three points: first, the official was reinstated, and the official was added to the knighthood, and second, the imperial court was sympathetic to Shanghai, and the branch pulled out 12 million taels of silver for disaster relief. Third, and most crucially, the governor of Liangjiang was invited to garrison Ningbo.

After waiting for such a long time, I finally saw the words "withdrawal of troops", although it was vague, Ye Kai was clear, the stage of guessing riddles with each other had finally come to an end, and it was only at this moment that the formal link of negotiating conditions arrived.

After so much planning, the key is here.

In fact, at this time, Yi-Liao was already an ant on a hot pot, half-cooked, only four feet were left to jump straight to the sky, Liang Dunyan had already talked about it, and he was about to withdraw his troops, and the French did not have such a good temper as the British, and they were already impatient, and Ma Shili had urged several times before, and even threatened the Shanghai troops to continue to march. The most important thing is the pressure from the Senior Administration, Zai Zhen has already gotten the exact news, at the regular meeting tomorrow afternoon, Liang Qichao is very likely to move the impeachment of the cabinet, for a while, all the spearheads are pointed at Yi-Xuan, he is already sweating profusely, so he omitted many unnecessary riddles and talked directly with Ye Kai.

In this case, Ye Kai is invisibly in an advantageous position, he is not in a hurry, what he is anxious about is Yi-Xuan.

"Tell Yi Liang that I also have three requirements, first, the relief silver of 16 million taels cannot be changed, and it will not work if it is less than one cent, second, the foreign side must hand over all the people involved in the case, and one less person will not work, and third, I can withdraw my troops, but the British and French troops must give priority to the evacuation of Shanghai, which is related to the dignity of a country and cannot be retreated."

"Dashuai, do you want someone to polish it."

"No, you don't need to change a word, just send it over."

Ye Kai instructed, since the skin above has been torn, he is not afraid to say something ugly.

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"Amma, Liangbi is too deceitful!"

After receiving the telegram, Zai Zhen was the first to hold back, pointing to the content on it, and scolding, "Where is this sincerity?!" ”

Yi read it only once, and then put the message down.

"Since it's a negotiation, we always have to ask for a price at the beginning, and I will do the same, besides, we are begging him to be a good minister now, so naturally we can't pity face."

"You can't just talk about it one by one at once, call him back, there is no surplus in the cabinet treasury, 12 million taels is already the limit, and the excess is really impossible to take, and tell him again that the British have promised the two sides to jointly try the case and form a joint tribunal, and when the time comes, he can go to the scene to observe, and he will definitely be fair and just." Yi-劻 said.

"Amma, isn't this a clause of the secret covenant? Do you want to tell Liangbi? Zai Zhen was a little puzzled.

"This payment is not painful, it doesn't hurt to tell him, since Liangbi is determined to pretend to be a loyal minister and a good general, let's give him some face." Yi-劻道.

Jaejin hesitated for a moment, then said sullenly, "I guess he won't just give up." ”

"If he quits like this, he won't be a good minister," Yi-Xuan said categorically, listening to his words, he seemed to know what Ye Kai was thinking, "After fighting for so long, his temper and habits are still clear to his father, since the first year of Xuantong, he has frequently surprised people, first by the side, and then at the expense of going, the world thinks that he is high-spirited, hum, deceiving the world, such a role, I really have to guard against it." ”

Yi-Xuan chattered for a long time, and in his words, there was a vague remorse.

"Tell Liangbi to ask him to be stationed in Ningbo, and send it to him."

Yi-劻 waved his hand, signaling to hurry up.

Half an hour later, Ye Kai replied, in addition to rejecting Yi-Xuan's requests one by one, he also added a negative sentence at the end, to follow the pace of the Senior Administration Yuan, and impeach the cabinet.

In this regard, Zai Zhen was furious again.

"Hold your breath!"

"Amma, take a look, what does he mean by this?!" Zai Zhenqi sat down, and after a while, he got up angrily, "This is clearly humiliating!" It's humiliation! ”

"Haha" Yi-Xuan laughed.

"The reason why Liangbi is angry is because we didn't add silver to him, which proves that he values silver the most, and everything else is secondary, besides, he has no objection to the joint trial, it seems that there is a way to withdraw the troops." Yi-Xuan continued.

"But Liangbi actually said that, Amma! This is simply..."Zai Jin said, pointing to the word "impeachment" on it.

Yixuan raised his hand to stop it.

"The more anxious he is, the more we have to endure it, remember, as long as he retreats, he can endure anything, only if he endures it now, we will have a chance to come out in the future, haven't you heard of a sentence, 'the sea rises and falls, ten years back', only by sinking first, can one day float up."

After so many years of officialdom, Yi-Liang is well versed in the word "forbearance".

"Call back, the 16 million cabinet has approved, as for where to withdraw troops, whatever he wants, within three days, the concession must be cleared."

"Will Liangbi agree?" Jae Jin was skeptical.

"Always give it a try"

A fifth telegram was sent, and before nightfall, the call back arrived.

This time, Ye Kai's attitude was even more resolute than the previous times: it is okay to withdraw troops, but foreigners must withdraw their troops first.

When the news came, Yi-Liao pinched his chin tightly.

"What the hell is Liangbi going to do!"

In the blink of an eye, Yi-Liang imagined countless possibilities in his mind, but each one was denied by him.

"Could it be that he is waiting for the next day's meeting of the Advisory Council?"

Thinking of this, Yi-Xuan suddenly stopped.

"No, we must not let this happen!"

Yi took a breath, seemed to be brewing something big, and finally slammed his palm, and confessed to Zai Zhen: "Call Liangbi back and tell him that I will agree to all his conditions, but after the foreigners withdraw their troops, he must immediately withdraw from the rental world, otherwise there will be no sixteen million taels." ”

Immediately afterwards, he said coherently: "Quickly call Liang Dunyan, I have something important to negotiate with him, and I am in a hurry." (To be continued.) )