December 30, 20th year of Guangxu.

In the Western-style conference room of the General Administration of Customs in Tianjin, representatives of the two sides sat down. The leader of the priest is neat, the three-eyed peacock feather is wrenched by the pearl, and the big hat of the Dongzhu is readily available. Although he was also sitting in the middle of the seat on the side of Qing Fang with a smile, his bearing was like that, but his right hand couldn't stop trembling, but he confided in his current mood.

There were very few attachés around him, and this was originally a place for secret agreements to be signed, and the fewer people the better. At the end of the year, many of the attachés of Shiduo slipped back to Yanjing City for the New Year, and if they didn't join in the excitement, they got what they wanted. To be honest, many attachés still don't know what they are talking about with Xiao Yuben.

Next to Shi Duo, it was Tan Sitong who was sitting, he sat straight on the chair, but he raised his face and didn't look at the representative of Fang opposite. He also wore the court clothes of the second grade Jingtang, and he looked like a big man. But the only thing that was different was that he nailed a strip of white cloth to his head! In this conference room, it is as eye-catching as it can be, and not only the eyes of the representatives of the parties only fell on the white strips of cloth, but even the ministers of various countries who were the witnesses of the mediation could not stop looking at it.

Shi Duo didn't see Tan Sitong's dress, and he was still very polite to Tan Sitong today. When he sat down, in his capacity, he also let his deputy Tan Sitong first.

Tan Sitong gritted his teeth and endured the secret matter, not only did he not poke it out, but he also came to accompany him to carry this black cauldron together, and Shi Duo was still very grateful in his heart. It is usually said that the emperor is a clear stream, he is a fortunate minister, and he is a guy who can only make trouble. This Tan Fusheng, but there is a minister's body, and he knows how to take care of the overall situation! They can't do anything about the situation in front of them, should they go back to Yanjing City to report on their work, give Lafayette a message, and simply let Tan Sitong preside over the overall situation against Xu Yifan?

The representative of the party was headed by Hirobumi Ito, who did not look sick at all today and wore a Western-style dress. They arrived a little earlier than the Sedor, and when the Sedors came in, Ito Hirobumi also bowed with the attaché to greet them, and the courtesy was so thorough that he even looked a little low. At this time, sitting in the seat, he just looked at Shi Duo with a smile, and his bearing was very calm.

Taking advantage of the situation and not letting these friends of this book be unable to step down, this is not the style of a great wise man like Hirobumi Ito.

This is the last time I will appear on such a turbulent stage............ Ito Hirofumi was also slightly emotional, I don't know why, although he still maintained an impeccable demeanor at this time, all that was left in his heart was a faint tiredness.

He has occupied this stage for too long, although he still seems to be sitting in the center of the stage, indulging in the storms and thunderstorms of East Asia, but I don't know why. Even though they were sitting in front of him and about to sign the secret covenant, he still felt that the center of the stage might not belong to him anymore!

Is it because of Xu Yifan? What could he do about the situation in front of him? The Western powers are inclined to him, and this is still secondary. Xu Yifan, a hero, the first task now is because of the court that dealt with them! Sitting on the newly acquired territory of Liangjiang, combing the interior, laying a solid foundation, and watching the center of the imperial court make mistakes one after another............ For example, the signing of this peace treaty was a big mistake of the Qing court, and his best choice was to stand by and watch?

Xu Yifan, Xu Yifan, behind me, is a unified book, and you want to usurp the power of the Qing Kingdom, the focus is on the inside. Chinese, infighting is your tradition, and the Qing State Center wants to deal with you, and you have to use every opportunity to attack the Qing State Center............ Isn't it? That's all the reason why I, Hirobumi Ito, was able to turn the tables at the negotiating table after being defeated by you on the battlefield!

He told himself these words in his heart over and over again, and he had already thought about it countless times. Sitting at the negotiating table, he used this to cover his tiredness and distraction.

The British Minister to China, Uncle Hober, sat on the sidewalk, smiled and broke the awkward silence of the representatives on both sides: "Today is the day when the land of East Asia returns to peace!" Terrible misunderstandings, hatred born of misunderstandings, and tragic wars are a thing of the past. With the greatest goodwill, the civilized world looks forward to the eternal peace between the two countries! I look forward to the two countries working together to maintain stability in Northeast Asia in the future, so that the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea will not be ignited by war again! Once the peace treaty is signed, it will be solemnly recognized and guaranteed by the civilized world, and as an old man who has lived in Northeast Asia for 30 years, the arrival of this day is the most joyful moment for the contemptible people! Lord Shidor, Your Excellency Ito, can you sign a contract to exchange letters now? ”

A few words woke up the people in the seat, and Shiduo laughed and arched his hand towards Ito Hirobumi. And Ito Hirobumi also stood up and bowed slightly. The attaché behind them took out the text of the secret treaty between the two countries, looked at each other, and exchanged them without saying a word.

The Qing State ceded Korea to Yuben.

The Qing State paid 8 million Guan Ping and Liang Ping Dynasty fees to Yu Fang.

Within a month after the signing of the secret treaty, the troops of both sides must be mobilized.

Qing and Yuben assured each other that they would no longer infringe on the territory and rights and interests of both sides.

He ensured that a standing army of 60,000 personnel would be maintained on the Russian-DPRK border to ensure that the status quo in Northeast Asia would not be changed by external forces.

Qing waived its consular jurisdiction.

The British and French governments will guarantee a syndicated loan between the two sides in Europe.

……………… The First Sino-Japanese War went around and around, with all kinds of ups and downs, but in the end, it seemed to be still on the original trajectory! Ben would have received the Korean colony, their navy would be complete, and their finances would be relieved by further loans. Once they are full again, they may have to make a comeback one day! In the next ten years, the syndicate of Britain, France and the United States can provide loans of up to tens of millions of square taels to the Qing Dynasty———— and they were beaten hard, and finally someone helped you defend a little dignity and save some luck, but this beaten guy invited the enemy into the door again, and after the guy who pretended to be a well-wisher to mediate pulled the bias, he lent you money, and he had to earn a considerable amount of interest!

Before the First Sino-Japanese War, although many local powerful factions borrowed foreign money. However, the center of the Manchu Qing Dynasty borrowed less foreign money. The capital of the great powers was originally prepared for export, and now foreign money is coming in in a big way, and it is all for the guarantee of customs duties, salt taxes, railways, and mines. This is equivalent to the door being completely opened, and the glorious Qing Dynasty, which has never lost on the battlefield, has lost all its pants and forks at the negotiation table!

Under the gaze of the envoys of the great powers, Shi Duo smiled bitterly, and naturally someone presented the four treasures of the study, and he lifted his pen and stared in the air. A drop of ink fell, annihilating on the dense text of the bronzed Dowling paper, and dripping through this ink. Shi Duo finally put down the pen, and signed the words of Shi Duo, the minister of the Guangxu Emperor of the Qing Empire, and the seal of Guangxu had already been sent. Originally, after the secret exchange of letters, it was going to be sent to Yanjing to give Guangxu a treasure. But I am afraid that something will happen when I come and go, and I am afraid that the wind will be revealed, and Shi Duo has brought the emperor's treasure with him for the first time when he came to Tianjin!

By the time he used the treasure again, Shi Duo's movements had become much smoother. After pressing it upright, he seemed to become limp and leaned back in his chair with his eyes closed. It's hard to say anything else, but the infamy of the third child in the world in this life is settled!

And Ito Hirofumi, but he didn't raise his head, and signed his name on the three secret texts and used his private seal.

In the silence of death, Tan Sitong, who had never looked at the situation in the field, slapped it on the table with a heavy palm!

This loud snap startled everyone. Ito Hirofumi raised his head, after the secret agreement was signed, he also seemed to have exhausted all his energy, his face turned pale all of a sudden, and he looked at Tan Sitong fixedly: "This is Lord Tan?" I have heard the name for a long time, but it is only now that I have to meet the dignity............ I don't know why Lord Tan has white marks on his clothes? ”

Tan Sitong stood up straight and looked at Ito Hirofumi without giving in: "I am mourning for the countless patriotic soldiers who died in this war!" And when they see this, they will weep bitterly in heaven! Your Excellency Ito, what I said today will be rewarded by my Qing Dynasty in the future! ”

Shi Duo opened his eyes tiredly, wanting to pull Tan Sitong: "Resurrection, don't be angry, don't lose the dignity of the Qincha!" ”

The peace treaty has been decided, but Ito Hirobumi's politeness has not diminished slightly: "Lord Tan, the situation is stronger than people............ Do you know that this agreement is not the foundation of eternal peace in East Asia? ”

Tan Sitong ignored Shiduo's tugging, and pointed at Ito Hirofumi: "Shame today, I, Tan Sitong, am toothless and unforgettable!" It's a place like this, and it's just overwhelming me! Heaven is good, China has a reason to do it, you just wait and see! Lord Shi, I can't stay for a moment, and I have tried my best to maintain the responsibility of this deputy envoy............ If you don't seek change, I'm afraid that such a scene will continue to be staged! Let me quit, tonight, there will only be one drunk! ”

He waved his hand violently, full of frustration, but he didn't know where to vent! Since going north, he has been maintaining harmony, wanting to show the temperament of a minister who does great things, and the madness of the book on the bus has long been cleaned. Now at this moment, I can't hold on any longer. I want to sing and cry, but I don't know where to cry! Could it really be that Kang Nanhai is right, and the only way to deal with the post-party is to take decisive measures? Xu Yifan and him no matter how different their concepts are, but he acts in this life, he is worthy of his heart!

He let out a long roar and stumbled out, and no one dared to persuade him, and all of the Qing attachés were as pale as paper. The ink-stained signature on the peace treaty, the imprint of the emperor's treasure as red as blood, made people dare not look at it directly!

The representatives of the ministers of the great powers also looked at each other, and Tan Sitong's behavior of violating diplomatic etiquette also made them feel extremely uncomfortable............ Fortunately, what they have to deal with, the center of the Qing Empire is in power, and it is not such a madman!

Ito Hirobumi turned a blind eye to all this in front of him, and he didn't need to be an attaché, he stood up respectfully, held the secret text in both hands, made a bowing gesture, and presented it to Shidor. Today, since he stepped into the venue, he has not coughed a single word, and every move is calm and powerful, as if this Ito Hirofumi present is not the first person in Yumoto who has almost burned out the fire of life!

Shi Duo just smiled bitterly, what else could he do at this time but a bitter smile? He also stood up, took the text of the secret agreement with his trembling hands, and handed over his signature. Each side will take one copy and hand it over to the representatives of the three countries, Britain, the United States and France, who are supervising the conciliation. He Boyu played the round with self-improvement, trying to redeem this was already a gloomy and bleak scene. But the cold dinner he prepared, Shi Duo was really in no mood to understand. Just said goodbye, Ito Hirobumi always maintained a low-key respect, sent Sedori to the door, and then bowed deeply to see him off.

Watching Shidor's back leave, Ito Hirofumi's body trembled, and a violent cough suddenly erupted from his chest, and with the cough, a mouthful of purple-black blood foam spurted out!

His attaché was shocked and hurriedly restrained him: "Your Excellency! Excellency! Your Excellency, Prime Minister! ”

Ito waved his hand weakly, ignoring the envoys of the great powers who were being alarmed: "Go home...... Go home...... I'm worthy of this empire............ That's right............ The rest is no longer manpower, but destiny............ Xu Yifan, what will he do? ”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Xu Yifan didn't do anything at this time, after the things were arranged, he had always let go. Winter said that the days were short, and the tasks he assigned went down, and everyone was so busy that people turned their backs on their horses, and not many people came to the governor's office to discuss things with him.

The news of the change of hands in Lushun has already spread, Iketanga is under house arrest, and almost all of the Jilin Lianjun is still in the area of Lushun Jinzhou. The things within your own manpower have been done, and the next thing is to see how the situation breaks out.

In the signing room, when he was alone, he didn't sit at all, his legs were high on the desk, humming and singing Lin Junjie's Cao Ying.

“………… It is three kingdoms, and I can't tell whether it is right or wrong............ When will the peace treaty be signed? ………… Children are long-term and are swayed by troubled times............ Those girls, these days are mysterious, Du Juan and Luo Shi Lao Wang Xiaoxuan are drilling in the room, when did they have such a good relationship? ………… After thousands of years of disturbance, who will cook the wine............ It doesn't matter if they sign it or not, anyway, Lao Tzu is not wrong to protect North Korea. Iketanga's Jilin training army is gone, and the old boy of Song Qing probably doesn't dare to fight back, the two armies they can count on in the north are all finished, even if Lao Tzu occupies the land of southern Liaoning and connects with North Korea, those guys can still come to bite me? However, Lao Tzu's strength at hand has also expanded to the limit, and now he really has to wait for them to do stupid things...... Anyway, Lao Tzu has a lot of confidence in them, in short, they can't do smart things!

………… Walking down the Nagasaka slope alone, the moonlight is too gentle............ I'm tired and want to take a vacation............ But then again, if Lao Tzu wants to ask for leave, who should he ask for? ”

He sang a few words and muttered a few words in it, and occasionally shook a few flowers, showing off his original Maiba nature in KTV. Goshha, who was standing outside, heard Xu Dashuai humming inside, and he was also very calm. After returning from North Korea, Dashuai has not played treasure for a long time, and he will suffocate people if he holds it back.

The sky gradually darkened, and Xu Yifan was about to pat his ass and leave in the signing room, and go back to the house for dinner. Ma Hongjun, who wants to be his personal fat cook to death, has really good skills. The big pot of rice opened in the front house of the superintendent tastes very average, and there is no need to act in front of his own Goshha, so why bother to grieve his stomach.

Just as he was standing up, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, and then the door of the signing room was pushed open, and Zhang Peilun rushed in with a copy of the newspaper on his face: "Dashuai, they signed today!" ”

One sentence made Xu Yifan's lazy and indecent look clean.

"Signed?"

"Just today, during the day, the DPRK gave the capital, 8 million yuan to the capital, and borrowed tens of millions of foreign money............ Everything that can be sold is sold at home! ”

Xu Yifan smiled: "Providence is so............ Youqiao, if it weren't for them, I, Xu Yifan, wouldn't be able to go today! ”

The entire content of this secret agreement is on the copy of the newspaper in Zhang Peilun's hand. The bureaucratic system of the Qing Dynasty, in the last days, has been everywhere. The word "strict rectification" has nothing to do with the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty. Zhang Peilun, Sheng Xuanhuai and others, the relationship between them in the northland Jingshi is deep-rooted, and they can always make friends and talk. Coupled with the fact that the God of Money opened the way, it was even more unfavorable. Yuan Shikai went to contact the Yijun Song Qingbu, and Zhang Peilun took over the collection of intelligence in the north. After a few turns, I actually found Shi Duo's henchman Old Master Pen and Ink! The text of this secret agreement has been revised several times, and this old master is presiding. Although the customs and defenses are tight, there is always a way to go, and the people left by the Beiyang group in Tianjin can talk to the old master by inviting the old master to eat a few flowers and wine at night.

Please come to accompany the old master's bureau, first first-class name, found that the old man lacked interest, and then changed the life of the troupe. The young man with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes sat beside him, and this old master was full of affection. Help the old man set up a few double tables in this little student's house, and then spend a thousand taels of silver to replace the cover of the rabbit nest, and after supporting the scene, everyone can talk about themselves.

The plate of 100,000 taels of Siheng silver tickets was opened, whether it was Sheng Xuanhuai or Zhang Peilun, the price was not returned. In exchange for this is the most timely and reliable news! A copy of all the texts of the secret agreement may have been boarded in Tianjin by now, and it was sent to Jiangning by the fastest steamer!

"They're really good, wow............" Zhang Peilun shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"In order to deal with me Xu Yifan, what else do they dare not sell? Is there a reason for such a center to continue to exist? Under this dark and dreary sky, there is finally another Lao Tzu! Let the world know that the number of qi has completely changed! Here's how to put a shroud on this dynasty! ………… Now you can confirm that this world is Lao Tzu and mine! ”

Xu Yifan stood with his hands in his hands and muttered to himself. His tone is not very high, but it makes Zhang Peilun feel free and easy and has the urge to bow down.

Luck is a very strange thing. When everything in the world is tied to one person, this person will naturally become different in the eyes of others.

"Handsome............ Heaven and man return to ............" After a long time, Zhang Peilun squeezed out such a sentence.

Xu Yifan smiled faintly: "With a stroke of the pen, tell the world about the matter, you have to ask Brother Youqiao." The telegrams to the governor have also been arranged. ”

After all, Zhang Peilun has also seen a big scene, besides, isn't Xu Yifan still in the world? His mind that was a little agitated just now also calmed down, and said with a smile: "I don't sleep tonight, these articles have been done for Dashuai." Just one thing, wine helps Wensi, and the handsome gives some good wine? ”

Xu Yifan laughed, clapped his hands and let Goshha come in: "The good wine in Tongjiang Ningcheng is all for Mr. Youqiao!" Tomorrow, let's take a look at how this Qing Dynasty trembles under Mr. Youqiao's pen! ”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in the West Warm Pavilion of the Forbidden City's Heart Cultivation Palace, a light is quiet and bright.

Since the construction of the Summer Palace, the center of the Qing Dynasty has long been no longer in this deserted and bleak Forbidden City. The Yulan Hall in the Summer Palace is the place where Guangxu lived for a long time. The six ministries and nine Qing military aircraft Yamen, the prime minister's yamen, and even the introduction, etc., are mostly in the Summer Palace.

But tonight, Guangxu rushed back to the Forbidden City from the Summer Palace, and he didn't want many people to follow, only three or two eunuchs, and he held a lonely lamp and came to the Palace of Nourishing Hearts, and no one could figure out the thoughts in the heart of this thin emperor.

In a very ordinary small house in the Xinuan Pavilion of the Heart Cultivation Palace, the ground was cleaned, and under the lights, dozens of senior grasses were seen placed on the ground.

The eunuchs who followed Guangxu glanced at each other, and the grass in this room was the regular grass sown by Emperor Qianlongchun back then. What is it like to sprinkle it, as long as the Qing Dynasty is in the first day, after cleaning the house every day, the grass must be placed as it is. The Qing Dynasty is here, and this grass will be like this for thousands of years!

Guangxu stared blankly at the old grass, and the lights cast his thin and slender figure on the window.

It will be like this for thousands of years, but in the Qing Dynasty, is there still a thousand years? The ancestors and the ancestors are above, and Korea, the last vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, has been cut out today. Ai Xin Jueluo. If you are not filial............ But otherwise, how can you deal with that Xu Yifan? I hope that the ancestors and the ancestors will bless the Qing Dynasty and work hard to reorganize the rivers and mountains from now on - Xu Yifan is already about to usurp the throne, and the system that the children of the Eight Banners rely on for a living has collapsed in Liangjiang, and the big guys should also wake up and use all their energy and ability to fight with Xu Yifan!

I hope that Yi Ke Tang A and Song Qing can be ashamed.

I hope that this army can be feared.

I hope the white devil powers can be ashamed!

I hope his imperial courtiers can be ashamed!

The ancestors and ancestors have spirits in the sky, bless me and love Xinjueluo. Loaded!

In the night, I don't know if the sound of the bang alarmed the night crows in the corner of the house, and I heard the night birds chirping hoarsely in the empty palace forbidden.

In this bleak sound, Guangxu's tears rained down.

(To be continued)