When the two of them said goodbye, King Qing summoned Zhao Guanhou and asked, "How much did they give you?" ”

Zhao Guanhou took out the deposit slip from the page of his boots and handed it up, "Father-in-law, they gave 100,000 yuan to the son-in-law." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"This helper is really stingy! It seems that what you said makes sense, Fusang is a newly rising power, the country is poor and the people are widowed, the eye sockets are shallow, and they are reluctant to spend money. The benefit of promising one tael of silver on us must be to take three taels of silver from us at once. There is nothing to do with them, and it is not as good as the old powers such as Prussia and Albion. Broad-handed, generous, more than 100,000 or 200,000, you can pay at your fingertips, and you won't be so petty. ”

"Father-in-law, there are sayings among the people, three generations of officials, only then do they know how to dress and eat, those old powerhouses, just like the official eunuch family, naturally act generously. Fusang is just an outbreak, a few years ago, they also let their women go outside as watches to earn foreign exchange for their country, how could they be willing to give us real money. Therefore, when talking to them about things, it is not possible to have money in one hand and goods in one hand, so that you can rest assured, otherwise you are afraid that everything will be done in arrears. This time, let's take a long-term view, he is in a hurry, we are not in a hurry, first drag his temperament, let him send the stamp. Anyway, we have to finish the negotiation before we can do anything else. This time, the two countries have a bad relationship, and our life will be better, and if we grind with foreigners, we will not believe in talking about the conditions. ”

Zhao Guanhou waited until after the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, and then took the initiative to consult with other countries to negotiate the terms of the treaty. The way he did this was to negotiate the treaty separately, breaking up the entire treaty, including the part that entered into force for each country and the part that was negotiated with each country individually.

The proposed plan is a preferential compensation treaty method, and whoever signs and ratifies the peace treaty first can appropriately compensate a part of the opening fee in addition to the indemnity. And give other preferences in exchange for an early withdrawal of the country.

The content of the negotiation is mainly the amount of compensation and the method of payment. The numerical problem is still to use the southeast mutual insurance as an excuse to strive for reduction, but to compensate for the road and mining rights and the expansion of the concession. Secondly, in terms of the arms embargo, the punishment is too much, and the Dagukou fort is flattened, so China has no danger to defend, and foreign soldiers can drive straight into the capital, which is inevitably unfair to China. It is also unreasonable to prohibit Chinese people from living within the concession.

The points he refuted were similar to Zhang Tong's, but the timing he chose was far better than Zhang Tong's. St. Petersburg and Tokyo, where the air has become increasingly tense, both countries have turned on their propaganda machines to lash out at each other. Although it has not yet risen to the level of force, in this case, it is a matter of time before the start of the fight.

Now it was very important for Fuso to transfer the two divisions back to their home countries as soon as possible to prepare for the war against Tiele, but it was also important for Tiele to reach an agreement on the treaty issue. And the problem now is that in terms of reparations, more and more countries have begun to overturn the original proposal and tear up the dirt.

After the separate negotiations, Zhao Guanhou promised different benefits to various countries, so that the ministers of various countries could not be as united as in the past. Moreover, it is because of the different camps that they support that the legation is no longer united as it used to be. What's more, Zhao Guanhou became famous in the concession, Rodley began to write his biography, and some ministers began to buy his face and seriously consider his conditions.

Originally, it was only a small country in secret contact with the Jin country, but as the situation developed, a large country finally got involved and began to make concessions and compromises.

Albiang's minister, Sadaoyi, first expressed his willingness to reconsider the amount of the claim from a humanitarian point of view, and his original claim of more than 50 million taels of silver was agreed to be reduced to 30 million taels after discussion, of which 20 million taels of silver were converted into 20 million taels of silver and 10 million taels were paid in cash in the form of railway rights of way, shipping routes, and the expansion of concessions. The cash part is secured by customs revenues and is loaned from banks at an interest rate of four percent, payable over 20 years. But as a result, Albion acquired more power on the Grand Kininland waterway, and this part, without a treaty, was written separately,

This was followed by small countries such as Franco, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The silver they received was not too much, and the Netherlands only took advantage of the bet from China and Belarus because of their meeting, and they did not suffer much loss themselves, nor did they send many troops.

Its national strength is not as developed as before, and it is impossible to use force against Daikin. Zhao Guanhou treated countries differently, and only recognized 200,000 of the 780,000 silver he demanded from the Netherlands, and did not pay the rest. But in private, he gave the Dutch minister two precious antiques, so that the other party agreed to the conditions and agreed.

Although these small countries are not very strong, they have taken the lead in repentance, which has a great impact on the deterrent effect of the legation. In addition, Zhao Guanhou's heroic performance in saving people in the previous fire left a good impression on all countries, and some countries that did not suffer much in the Flying Tiger Regiment were willing to sign with Jin Guo earlier. After all, compared with the treaty, the gold country will give some preferential policies in the future, which will be more beneficial to itself.

On the other hand, Cixi telegraphed that he had agreed to Prussia's request. In the future, the military will appoint Lihe and Jardine as agents for the procurement of equipment, and will not directly trade with other ordnance dealers. In the hiring of instructors, all Prussian instructors were hired, and as soon as these two conditions were agreed, it was tantamount to handing over the national defense and military of the Jin State to Prussia.

For Prussia, such a treaty was far more important to its own interests than military reparations, and more importantly, the content of the treaty was seriously suspicious of eating alone. Once it is protracted and known to other countries, it will inevitably lead to diplomatic disputes, and countries will continue to protest, and I am afraid that the consensus will be overturned.

Before the Lantern Festival, the Prussian minister Müller preemptively signed the contract, and the 90 million taels of silver that Prussia originally demanded, taking into account the practical difficulties of the Jin State and the disasters suffered by the people of Beizhili, subtracted 40 million and only asked for 50 million taels of silver. Of these, 25 million taels were paid for the construction of a railway in Shandong, the right of way belonged to Prussia, and the right of way was claimed for 50 years of mining of mineral resources within 30 kilometers of the railway, and then it was agreed to sign and withdraw the troops.

Next up is Fuso. Yasuya Uchida could no longer wait, and the military department and the cabinet had a secret telegram coming, urging him to complete the peace treaty as soon as possible, otherwise it would be protracted, and once the Jin country defected to Tiele's side, the northeast bureau would be very disadvantageous to Fuso.

Once the Northeast is owned by Tiele, it will inevitably affect Goryeo, and the Goryeo land that was finally in his hands may fall into the hands of Tiele again. It is especially important to ensure that the Kingdom of Jin is tied to its chariot and that it is firmly on its side, and that every effort is made to find a suitable agent for the interests of Fuso within its borders.

There was such an order in Tokyo, and Uchida knew that the situation was urgent, and the diplomatic race against time had begun, and most of the money he demanded was taken away by Zhao Guanhou, and only 14 million yuan in compensation was admitted. Uchida, however, could only sign in exchange for the losses in the peace treaty in exchange for the support of the Jin State on the battlefield outside the Kansai outside the peace treaty.

The treaty was finally signed.

Compared to the previously negotiated treaties, the main changes are as follows:

The first item is an indemnity, and the imperial court pays 200 trillion pieces of silver to each country, which will be repaid in 39 years, with an annual interest rate of 4%, and will be returned in 30 years. It is guaranteed by customs duties, regular customs duties and salt taxes.

The second was the ban on weapons, which was changed to allow the purchase of arms only from Prussia, and Prussia assumed responsibility for supervision and management for a period of two years, after which it was observed again.

Thirdly, the Chinese are allowed to live in the embassy, but the Dajin court is required to guarantee that the Chinese living in the embassy area are innocent, have never committed adultery, and have no anti-foreign tendencies.

In addition to these three articles, the rest have not changed much, but the changes in these three articles alone are already rare progress.

In Xianliang Temple, Zhang Jingyuan reported the news he received to his father one after another.

"Tiele is said to have been cut the hardest, 130 trillion silver compensation, Zhao Guanhou only admitted 30 trillion, not waiting for that Gers to get angry, he was ruthless first. took out the strength of being a gangster in Jinmen and slapped the table directly. said that if you want it, it's all this money, if you don't want it, you don't have one, and if you are not convinced, you will come to fight a battle to see if they can win. This kid is a bit of a mess. ”

Zhao Guanhou rescued Zhang Shaoquan from the fire, Zhang Jingyuan's opinion of him changed greatly, and there was a little more praise in his tone. Zhang Tong's spirit also changed a little better, sitting there nodding and smiling. "How much has the compensation been reduced now?"

"In total, the compensation has been reduced to 200 trillion, which is more than half of the original."

"And then?"

Zhang Jingyuan was stunned, "It's gone." ”

"That's all, just make you happy like this?" Zhang Tong shook his head, "Two hundred trillion is slightly less than Ma Guan, but it still has to be compensated." The old debts of the imperial court were not settled, and new debts were added. If you don't have money, you have to borrow, and if you borrow, you have to repay interest, even with interest, which is the same as hundreds of trillions of compensation. Although he reduced it by half, after all, it was not us who made a few hundred trillions, but lost a few hundred trillions, what is there to be happy about? As for the purchase of weapons, I am not at all glad that the people live in the concessions, which is the right of our country, but now it is regarded as a great diplomatic victory. ”

When he said this, under the emotion, there was another violent cough, and Zhang Jingyuan was also depressed by what his father said, and he lost his excitement.

After Zhang Tong was for a long time, he sighed, "I am a young Kejia, a middle-aged horse, and I came to foreign affairs late." After decades of hard work, I only look forward to the great gold of Zhongxing and the immortal achievements. But I don't want to end up like this late. The court hates me, the people scold me, and how many people in the world understand me? The country is like this, the country is like this, is it a Zhang Shaoquan who has the ability to turn the tide? Prime Minister Hefei is thin in the world. Haha, the old man is a family with four walls, can this world be fine? Jokes, jokes. ”

Zhang Jingyuan saw that his father suddenly appeared crazy, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Dad, I will ask Lang Zhong to show you, are you uncomfortable again." ”

"Nonsense, I'm very comfortable, I've never been so comfortable since I was sick. Since I started foreign affairs, I don't know how many people say that I have betrayed the country, but this time, the hat of traitor finally cannot be buckled on my head, and I am happy in my heart. Go out and fetch Jade and Guanhou, and I'll ask them to have a few drinks with me." No one is to disturb me until they come. ”

An hour later, Zhao Guanhou Yang Cuiyu was led by Zhang Jingyuan to push the door in, but saw Zhang Tong leaning back in the chair, smiling, his eyes closed. Zhao Guanhou looked at it carefully for a while, and suddenly stepped forward to feel the pulse, but felt that his body was already cold, and a generation of famous ministers, the originator of Beiyang, died with a smile when the peace agreement was about to be completed. (To be continued.) )