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After Britain announced the destruction of the Far Eastern Fleet, the whole of Britain was shaken, and the world's first naval power was defeated by the weak China.

"Get out of power for the Liberals! Severely punish Huaxia! ”

"The government is incompetent, and it is a great shame that our British Empire has been defeated by the cowardly China!"

"Send troops to the Far East and colonize the yellow monkeys!"

"Return our children!"

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The demonstrations in major cities have paralyzed their traffic, and the police in various places have quickly dispatched a large number of people who have taken advantage of the opportunity to engage in sabotage, and the police have been arrested while maintaining order and preventing sabotage, and in some places the police force is not enough, so they have to send out the local army to help.

The British government was surrounded by the people, and they hoped that the government would give a satisfactory explanation, but the government people never came out to explain, so they sat quietly at the door of the government in protest.

Herbert Henry Asquith stood at the window upstairs and looked angrily at the people below, knowing that it was his rival party, the Conservatives, and that the only ones who could compete with the Liberals were the Conservatives, and that the Conservatives had always wanted their men to come to power, and that some other parties had come in to make trouble.

Herbert Henry Asquith was the leader of the Liberal Party, who would have resigned in 1916 without Qin Yu's arrival, and was a prominent prime minister. The current situation is likely to make him step down, then the Liberal Party will inevitably lose, and the Conservative Party will face a greater crisis after coming to power, so he is very sad, and finally he thought of a way to let the Liberals go to the newspaper to justify the defeat, so that the people can clearly understand the current situation in Europe, and said that they will do their best to rescue the captured British army.

It was almost time for the end of the day, and the crowd at the entrance of the government was growing, and Herbert Henry Asquith had to go out to explain. When he walked to the door under the protection of a group of guards, he was immediately surrounded by the people, and he said loudly: "Dear people, we will definitely try our best to save the warriors of the empire, the empire will not abandon them, but now the situation in Europe does not allow us to send troops to the Far East, we will definitely negotiate with the Chinese government and try to maintain the interests of the empire, thank you!" After finishing speaking, without waiting for the people's questions, he quickly got into his special car and left.

The people at the scene dispersed after seeing the Prime Minister's assurances, and the remaining people who had been incited by the Conservative Party continued to surround the door of the government.

Herbert Henry Asquith did not return home, he informed the Minister of Army and Navy and other officials to attack and ask to see George V, and now the royal family was also responsible for this situation, so he wanted to grasp this lifeline.

At Buckingham Palace, George V sat at the front of the table, Herbert Henry Asquith sat opposite him, and a number of ministers sat on either side.

"Your Majesty, the current situation is very unfavorable to the Empire, I hope that Your Majesty can come forward to appease the feelings of the people, the rise of China has affected the entire Far East, in order not to let Huaxia join the German camp and write advanced weapons and warships, we must make a choice, and the current situation on the mainland leads us to not send a native fleet to the Far East, so I hope Your Majesty understands." Herbert Henry Asquith said cautiously.

George V was very dissatisfied and said: "How can the imperial fleet be so vulnerable, it will lose to the weak China, it seems that we must have you to sort out the army outside, and then make a defeat The face of the British Empire will be lost to you, and I also know the current situation, in short, India must not lose, and the interests in China are estimated to be abandoned, but we must make China pay the price, and Hong Kong must also be kept as much as possible." ”

Admiral Churchill hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, there is no big problem with the fleet abroad, but the empire has transferred a large number of warships back to China since 1905 after consulting with Japan, and has not paid attention to the navy of the Far East, which led to the failure of the Far East fleet, and this time there are more advanced warships than the empire in China, so I propose to increase the military spending on the Far East Navy, otherwise even India will not be able to keep it in the future." ”

The Minister of War, the Minister of War, Viscont Hall, bowed his head and said: "The army arms of the Empire in the Far East have not been replaced for a long time, and those servant armies have no weapons, and the Chinese army actually has airships and that kind of tanks, so I propose to strengthen the armed forces of the Indian army, we need that kind of tanks." "The name of the tank was announced by Huaxia after the tank was exposed, so they also knew it.

George V closed his eyes and thought for a while, "The empire has indeed neglected the military of the colonies in recent years, especially in the Far East, so we will pay more attention to this next, now the situation on the opposite continent is becoming more and more delicate, we must ensure the stability of those colonies, this time I can come forward to help you stabilize the people's feelings, but the next thing is up to you." ”

Herbert Henry Asquith hurriedly assured: "Your Majesty, don't worry, we will solve it next, thank you for your help, we will definitely not disappoint Your Majesty." ”

After they chatted a little more, they left the palace, and after leaving the palace, Herbert Henry Asquith immediately telegraphed to Zhu Erdian, asking him to be fully responsible for the negotiations with the Huaxia government, demanding that Zhu Erdian must obtain Huaxia's advanced weapons and warship drawings or physical objects, as well as a series of other requirements and bottom lines.

The next day, George V publicly declared that this defeat was an accident, and that China would only win if it was lucky, but the empire would not compromise, and the government would solve this problem, believing in the government's ability. After that, a bunch of experts reported that the current situation was not suitable for sending troops to the Far East, and also emphasized the importance of India, to see the situation clearly, and although Huaxia has a navy, it is definitely not an opponent of the empire's native fleet, so Huaxia will not have much demand.

The Conservative Party stopped when they saw George V come forward, and if they continued to do it, they would not give face to the king, so they were helpless, and the people below naturally returned to normal life, and now all that remained was the families of the captured soldiers marching and demonstrating.

Zhu Erdian in Huaxia received the telegram in China was helpless for a while, like how beautiful he was at the beginning, no one in Huaxia dared not give him face, since he moved to Nanjing, he has not been valued by the people of the Huaxia government, and now let him negotiate, the negotiation is good, and if the negotiation is not good, he will become a sinner of the empire, he finally understands the hard work of those diplomats before the Qing Dynasty.

Immediately after sending a telegram to Jurdian, Britain contacted France and the United States, hoping that they could act as intermediaries and notaries. Huaxia had already prepared, and they invited Germany and Italy to be notaries. As for Russia and Japan, they also wanted to come in to participate in the notarization, but they were vetoed by Huaxia, so Japan and Russia were very angry and helpless.

Since the order came, he had to carry it out, no, after he sorted out the negotiation documents overnight, he took a group of embassy officials to negotiate with the Chinese government, and the diplomats of France and the United States also followed.

After Zhu Erdian and the others came to the Huaxia government, they wanted to meet Qin Yu and negotiate directly with Qin Yu, but they were told that this negotiation would be handled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Huaxia, so they went to negotiate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Huaxia government decided to negotiate on the 'Chang'an', as for why it was Qin Yu's decision to negotiate on the 'Chang'an', one was to deter the countries and cause their arms race, and the other was to retaliate, because the original Sino-British "Treaty of Nanjing" was signed on the British "Kang Huali", so Qin Yu wanted to return to Britain in humiliation.

When Zhu Erdian and the others came to the 'Chang'an', they were all stunned, how could there be such an advanced warship in China, this is clearly a dismount, how similar to the scene when the "Nanjing Treaty" was signed. The United States, France, and Italy were all very shocked to see the 'Chang'an,' and they secretly decided in their hearts to send the news back to China as soon as the negotiations were over.

In the flagship room of the 'Chang'an', a table composed of seven or eight tables connected together, the Chinese and British negotiators sat face to face, and on the other two sides sat the four countries of the United States, Germany, Italy, and France.

The British side is dominated by Zhu Erdian, and the Chinese side is dominated by Wu Yanfang and Tang Zhaoyi, first Zhu Erdian took out a copy of the document and then handed it to Wu Yanfang to read, and also gave a copy to the mediators of both sides.

After reading it, Wu Yanfang and Tang Zhaoyi posted the following jiàn and said: "Is this the sincerity of the United Kingdom? How do we think it was Britain that emerged victorious? ”

The mediator also finished reading it, and they all frowned, and between them it was written:

1: Huaxia apologized to Britain for this war, admitting that this war was provoked by Huaxia;

II. Unconditional release of captured British soldiers and warships;

3. Keeping Britain's interests in China unchanged, and Britain's recognition of Tibet as part of China's territory;

Four: Britain acquired the drawings of China's advanced warships and tanks at a low price;

Five: The Chinese army withdrew from India and Indochina.

These five conditions are extremely domineering, and they are completely negotiating with the attitude of a winner, which makes Wu Yanfang and them very angry, and even the countries that mediated feel that Britain is really insincere.

Wu Yanfang angrily took out a copy of the document and threw it to Zhu Erdian and then said angrily: "Please see clearly, now it is our victory in China, and we are not the Qing government, so put away your arrogance and show your sincerity, this is our condition in China." ”

Zhu Erdian looked at the Wen Jiàn who threw it over, hesitated for a moment, and silently picked it up and looked at it, and when he opened it, he saw that it was written:

One: Britain admitted defeat and apologized to China;

Second, Britain must recognize Tibet, Bhutan, and Nepal as Chinese territories;

Three: China recovered the tariffs, recovered the British concession in China, abrogated the various treaties signed between the Manchus and Britain, and the British returned the indemnities paid by the Manchus;

Fourth, cede to China the regions of India and Indochina now occupied by China;

Five: Britain must use money to redeem its own soldiers, confiscate the warships of the British Far East Fleet, and the British Navy must withdraw from the Chinese waters, and must not enter the Chinese waters without the consent of the Chinese.

After reading it, Zhu Erdian immediately stood up and shouted: "This is impossible, absolutely you can't do this, you have not shown sincerity." ”

Several other countries were also taken aback when they saw it, obediently, cutting the land, and taking back Britain's various rights and interests in China, doesn't this make Britain lose face and lose face to the Pacific Ocean, eh, it seems that this is the Pacific Ocean.

Wu Yanfang stood up and said: "This is my country's condition, and it is also the lowest bottom line, our army's 300,000 troops have gathered on the Indian border. ”

Zhu Erdian said angrily: "How can you be like this, how can you mobilize troops to India during the negotiations, this is your insincerity." ”

Tang Shaoyi said at this time: "Your British is sincere, since the negotiation is not appropriate, extend the negotiation time, and wait for your country to show enough sincerity." So saying, he led the people out and left.

Seeing Tang Shaoyi and them leaving, Zhu Erdian did not stop them, and he said to the several countries that mediated: "Since both sides think that the other party is not sincere, we will talk next time." As he spoke, he also left in a hurry with people, and he wanted to go back quickly and send these conditions back to China.

The ambassadors of several countries who mediated had no choice but to disperse when they saw this, but a closer look could still see the slight smile in the corner of their eyes.