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On February 12, 1895, the German, French and Russian envoys to China sent a joint note to the Qing Dynasty Prime Minister Yamen, requesting the opening of coastal port concessions in China.

Qing Zheng Axe knew that Germany, France and Russia would ask Qing Zheng Axe for merit sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to be so fast, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he asked for the concession land, and it was also a coastal port. But this is only in name, in fact, the countries in the concession have the power of the municipal axe, belongs to the state of China, this once the coastal concession is opened, it is equivalent to the construction of a naval base in China.

With such a lion's mouth, the Qing Zheng axe naturally disagreed, and the prime minister, Yamen, considered that this was a huge threat to the country's coastal defense security, so he sternly refused.

Germany, France and Russia had long expected that unless there was a war, the Qing government would not agree to such conditions. The Three Kingdoms Political Axe has long met in secret, and a series of possible strategies have been studied. So after grinding with the Qing Zheng Axe for a few days, the envoys of the three countries saw that the Qing Zheng Axe still did not let go, and knew that there was no hope, so they launched the second plan.

On 17 February, the ministers of Germany, France, and Russia again sent a note to Premier Yamen, demanding the establishment of concession areas in Tianjin and Hankou.

This time's request was not too harsh, because Germany, France and Russia relied on the merit of intervening to return Liao, and the Qing political axe did not want to offend the three groups, so Cixi made a limited approval request, and Emperor Guangxu took Prime Minister Yamen Yi full authority to deal with the matter.

The emperor and the queen mother let go, and Yi will be easy to do.

On the 18th, Yi and the ministers of Germany, France, and Russia held talks at the Prime Minister's Yamen, and after a week of bargaining, Germany, France, and Russia got their "green cards" in Tianjin and the Hankou concession areas as they wished.

On the 26th, the Qing Dynasty signed the "Tianjin Concession Lease" and the "Hankou Concession Lease" with Germany, France and Russia respectively, allowing Russia and Germany to open up 180 acres of concessions near France and Britain by the Haihe River in Tianjin, with Russia accounting for two-thirds and Germany accounting for one-third. In Hankou, 210 acres of concession areas along the Yangtze River were opened, 110 acres were occupied by Russia, and 50 acres were each occupied by France and Germany. Since France already had a concession area in Tianjin, France did not get the benefit of the Tianjin concession.

The Three Kingdoms once again attacked in a group and reaped the benefits of the Qing political axe, and the other powers were suddenly greedy. In particular, the United Kingdom and the three countries have obvious hostile intentions towards Britain.

The three ports of the Yangtze River, Hankou, Jiujiang, and Zhenjiang, all have British concessions, and Britain regards the Yangtze River as its core interests.

From the day when the Qing government began negotiations with Germany, France, and Russia, the British minister sent a note to Prime Minister Yamen, opposing the opening of a concession area in Hankou to Germany, France, and Russia. However, Sino-British relations were very cold at this time, and the Qing Empire had already learned from Wang Chenhao that Britain had secretly purchased 50 million pounds of national debt, so it can be said that it was the ambitions of the British and the financial resources of Britain that caused the war to break out ahead of schedule, otherwise the First Sino-Japanese War might have to be delayed for ten years before it could be fought with its own financial resources.

Yi took a lot of analysis results of the international situation from Li Hongzhang, all of which Wang Chenhao told Li Hongzhang, so Yi knew that Germany, France and Russia were the enemies of Britain in the Far East, and at present, Germany, France and Russia were powerful, so Yi weighed the pros and cons and directly rejected the request of the British.

After the British's request was rejected, Germany, France, and Russia immediately publicly expressed their support for the Qing political axe, which made the British political axe very faceless.

Other powers also wanted a piece of the pie, and Italy, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, and other countries also demanded that concessions be opened up in China and that their interests be equalized.

More than 30 years ago, these countries took advantage of the Second Opium War to force the Qing Empire to sign unequal treaties. But thirty years later, the Westernization Movement caused the Qing Empire to return to the glory and complete the Tongzhi Zhongxing, and the confidence was sufficient, and naturally he did not dare to say no to the world powers, but he already had an understanding of the second-rate powers, and the Prime Minister Yamen was not afraid to block them again if the British blocked them, so they sternly refused.

The Prime Minister Yamen lost his temper for the first time, and he was majestic, and the people of insight in the country immediately gave high praise, and Cixi and Guangxu also praised Yi's proper handling, which really made Yimei feel a handful.

These days, every time Yi goes home, he is smiling all over his face, and he hasn't teased a bird for several years.

"Look, you're happy, is it worth being so happy?" Ning Xiang appeared on the opposite side of the bird's cage, and also picked up a small wooden stick to tease the bird

Yi smiled: "Of course I'm happy!" Until today, there are only a few powers that can bully our Great Qing Kingdom, and other countries such as Italy, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, and the Netherlands are just foxes and fake tigers. If I had known about it thirty years ago, it wouldn't have scared these little fart countries! ”

Ning Xiang said lightly: "It seems that you have come out of Li Hongzhang's clichés!" ”

Yi was stunned for a moment, then smiled, and said: "Marfa allocated three million taels of silver to Li Hongzhang this year to repair the railway, by the way, ask him about this trick to deal with foreign devils, don't say it, this Lao Li gave two tricks, and he really settled the foreign devils!" ”

Ning Xiang stopped suddenly, quietly looked at the chirping birds in the cage, and suddenly smiled: "I'm afraid this is all Wang Chenhao's idea!" Li Hongzhang laughed at you fifty steps and eighty steps, he is not capable of giving you advice! ”

Yi Haha smiled and said, "I can't hide it from you!" How can Marfa also be a prince, how can he go to ask Wang Chenhao, a descendant? Doesn't that lose all the old face? ”

Ning Xiang couldn't help but laugh, glanced at Bai Yi angrily, and said: "Marfa, do you know that this time is equivalent to you doing Wang Chenhao a big favor, and you are a loss!" ”

Yi looked at Ning Xiang in amazement, some didn't understand, and asked, "Girl, how do you say this?" ”

Ning Xiang smiled lightly and said: "The emperor ordered all provinces to train the army, but the financial power is in the hands of Weng Tongxiao, and it is impossible for Weng Tongrong to honestly give the silver to Li Hongzhang." Therefore, Li Hongzhang, in order to prevent accidents, had to intercept taxes everywhere on the territory of Zhili to replenish the military expenses of the new army of Zhili. ”

Yi interjected: "I heard that Wang Chenhao only trains one division of the new army, only 10,000 people, and 500,000 taels of silver is enough, can Li Hongzhang still get this little military expense?" Sooner or later, the household department will have to reimburse him! Can't be blind! ”

Ning Xiang didn't think so, and said lightly: "I heard that Wang Chenhao's excerpt is going to be based on the German Army to train a new army, this German Army heard that there are 800,000 standing troops alone, and the annual army military expenditure is as high as 70,000 marks, and it is estimated that the annual maintenance cost of every 10,000 German troops is as much as three or four million taels of silver in Daqing Kuping." Excluding the factor of the high standard of living of the Germans, how can it cost more than one million taels of silver to maintain such a 10,000-German army in our Qing Dynasty. But now it is not to maintain, but to train this 10,000 new army out of thin air, and how can it cost more than two million taels of silver at this initial stage. ”

After Ning Xiang's analysis, Yi suddenly realized that although Li Hongzhang could intercept two or three million taels of silver, it would inevitably affect the construction and development of other aspects of Beiyang. Now he gave Li Hongzhang three million taels of silver for the railway, and it is obvious that Li Hongzhang can embezzle it first, after all, building the railway is a slow effort, and mutual appropriation can solve the urgent need.

Thinking of this, Yi suddenly smiled bitterly, and secretly asked that this time it really made Li Hongzhang cheaper.

"This time Marfa did Li Hongzhang a great favor, but he offended Weng Tongyi and the emperor, the emperor didn't want Wang Chenhao to train the soldiers, you helped him solve the biggest problem! I don't think Marfa has been happy lately, don't let the emperor look unpleasant! ”

Ning Xiang was afraid that Yi had escaped the killing moves of the Empress Dowager Cixi, but she offended Emperor Guangxu again, so she had to pour cold water on Yi to cool down.