Prince Gong? The said Nikolai is actually the Russian envoy to Beijing in the Qing Dynasty. Pavlovich. Ignatiev.

At this time, the Qing Dynasty did not have formal diplomatic relations with the major powers of various countries, so there was no minister to say it. Pavlovich. Ignatiev is only a special envoy in Beijing, not a permanent minister.

Of course, this Mr. Nicholas is not an international friend with good intentions, and the reason why he was able to agree to help the Qing court mediate with the Jingwu army and find a way to make a ceasefire and negotiate peace between the two sides was entirely out of his own considerations, or most importantly, because he had taken too many benefits from the Qing Dynasty.

Because the Anglo-French combined fleet was wiped out by Li Yongji using frogman troops, the Anglo-French alliance did not benefit from the Qing Dynasty as it did in history, and the "Treaty of Beijing" was impossible to talk about, and even the previously negotiated treaty was annulled by Emperor Xianfeng.

In addition, because Emperor Xianfeng abused Burbulon and others to death, the Qing court also formed a mortal enmity with Britain and France, at least on the surface, it was impossible to reconcile.

After offending Britain, France and the United States one after another, the Qing Dynasty was left with only one friend of the Russians, or the object of help, originally they didn't want to get together with the Russians, but who let the Jingwu army be aggressive, the Taiping army was still making trouble, and the twist was not restless, so in order to be just in case, Emperor Xianfeng spent a lot of money to ask the Russians for help, and began to train a new army, that is, the new Shenji battalion.

At that time, the Russians agreed to help the Qing Dynasty, in addition to asking for a large amount of silver, that the Qing Dynasty, or the Xianfeng Emperor, recognize the content of the "Aihui Treaty".

You must know that this treaty was actually only signed by Heilongjiang General Yishan with the Russians privately, and Emperor Xianfeng did not officially agree to it, which means that from a legal point of view, this treaty is not an official treaty.

And once Emperor Xianfeng recognized it, it would represent the recognition of the Qing Dynasty. Then it is equivalent to China's recognition, then this treaty will have complete legal rationality, and many things will be much more convenient in the future.

Originally, Emperor Xianfeng was not happy, but at that time, it happened to encounter the matter of the Jingwu army intercepting Caoyin, and after the persuasion of Yi Guifei, Emperor Xianfeng gritted his teeth and asked the Russian envoy Nikolai to sign the "Sino-Russian Beijing Treaty", which was regarded as officially recognizing the terms of the "Aihui Treaty", and officially assigned nearly 600,000 lands north of Heilongjiang to Russia.

It was only after the emperor opened his mouth to recognize the "Aihui Treaty" that Russia began to support the Qing army in large quantities with a large number of weapons, and also sent a large number of Russian instructors. Let the Shenji Camp be truly established.

But to be honest, most of the weapons that the Russians gave to the Qing army, except for some of them, were purchased by the British and the French, and eventually the Qing dynasty had to pay for them.

That is to say, the Russians not only lightly let the Qing Dynasty officially recognize the "Sino-Russian Aihui Treaty", recognized its contents, cut off 600,000 square kilometers of land, and made a fortune in the process of reselling arms. What a smug.

Of course, the "Aihui Treaty" was a secret treaty and was not publicized to the outside world, so Britain, France and other countries did not know about it. If they knew, they probably wouldn't have continued to sell arms to the Russians.

In any case, the Russians, who had received a lot of benefits from the Qing Dynasty, had a fairly good impression of the Qing Dynasty and were naturally unhappy with the fall of the Qing Dynasty.

And in the eyes of Russia. The rise of the elite army is frightening, and the relationship with them is not good, and the best way is to get China not to be reunified. It would be better to divide into two or even more parts, so that not only would the Chinese threat be greatly reduced, but the Manchus would inevitably become more dependent on the Russians, and they would have more to gain.

So this time, even if Prince Gong is Yi? If you don't look for him Nikolai, Nikolai will also find Yi?, but Yi? was even more anxious, and as a result, the initiative was again in the hands of Nikolai.

With the greed of the Russians, it is a bastard not to take advantage of it, so this time since it is Yi? I found him first, although I also wanted to try my best to keep the Qing Dynasty and try my best to promote peace between the Qing Dynasty and the Southern Jingwu Army, but when it was really talked, Nikolai still opened his mouth and asked for a lot of additional conditions.

In short, Nikolai's condition was that they could help Russia mediate, help the Qing army form a larger new army, and even lend troops to the Qing Dynasty if necessary, to help hold Beijing and Tianjin.

As for the conditions for doing so, it is a strengthened version of the Sino-Russian Beijing Treaty. No, it should be said that it is the official "Sino-Russian Beijing Treaty" in this time and space!

So, what is the substance of this Sino-Russian Beijing Treaty? It can be summed up in four:

First of all, the first article is that the more than 400,000 square kilometers of Chinese territory east of the Ussuri River, which was "jointly managed" by China and Russia as stipulated in the Aihui Treaty, will also be forcibly ceded to Russia this time, plus the 600,000 that were previously recognized by the Aihui Treaty, this alone will cut off 1 million square kilometers of China's territory!

Second, the land west of the Khorgos River in the west, including the nine cities of Ili, the Tekes River basin in the south of Ili, and the land east of the Zhaisang Lake in the Tarbagatai (present-day Tacheng, Xinjiang) region were all assigned to Russia, which is equivalent to transferring more than 70,000 square kilometers of western Xinjiang to Russia.

Third, Russian merchants doing business in Xinjiang, Mongolia and Northeast China were all exempt from tax, and three more trade routes were opened:

In addition to the original from Kyakhta to Kulun, through Zhangjiakou and Tongzhou to Tianjin, add Nebuchu to Kulun; From Cobrondo to naturalization, it was transferred to Tianjin via Zhangjiakou.

From Xinjiang to Hankou via Jiayuguan, Xi'an or Hanzhong.

The import duty on Russian goods imported by land into Tientsin and Hankow was reduced by one-third compared with those imported by sea.

In addition, it is also necessary to open up the Huajiang River, and Russian businessmen will set up consuls in seven places, including Jiayuguan, Urumqi, Hami, Turpan, Gucheng, Kobdo, and Uriya Sutai.

Fourth, Russia helped the Qing to train 50,000 new troops, and the Qing paid a total of 1 million taels of silver for training and ammunition, and if the Russian army wanted to send troops to help garrison Beijing and Tianjin, it would have to pay a total of 2 million taels of silver in advance for borrowing troops and defending the city, of which the military salary of the Russian army during the period of stationing was calculated separately.

These four conditions are Nikolai and Yi? Negotiate the conditions only if all are allowed. He agreed to mediate between the Qing Dynasty and the Jingwu Army, and this strengthened version of the treaty was called the "Sino-Russian Treaty of Beijing".

Abundant? Of course, he knew that these were all terms of loss of power and humiliation of the country, but at this time, he couldn't care about it, because once he didn't sign the contract, even the Qing Dynasty couldn't keep it, and after signing the contract, he could get comprehensive help from the Russians.

Besides, he is not the emperor, even if he signs a contract with him. I can't do it really, with Emperor Xianfeng's urine, I will admit it in the future or not, and then I will be nothing more than being dismissed by the emperor and investigated, but these treaties may not be really serious, at least those lands may not be recognized to you.

So there's no hesitation, Yi? signed a contract with Nikolai, which can be regarded as a real traitor, but he doesn't care about these at this time. Therefore, at this time, the most important thing for him is how to keep Beijing City and how to keep the Qing Dynasty.

So, in a way. Abundant? can be regarded as doing his best for the Qing Dynasty, and he doesn't even care about his life, let alone the infamy behind him. It's just that he is still a little naïve after all, and he knows very little about the situation abroad. I don't know that there are some things that can't be signed randomly, not that you can just play it yourself. To cheat, you don't just have to take the risk of losing your morality. What's more important is that you have to have the strength to cheat first.

In any case, Nikolai wants to get what he wants, and then he will take it beautifully? The elected plenipotentiary and the special envoy Guo Songtao went south.

After the Russian envoy Nikolai finished speaking, let's talk about Guo Songtao.

Guo Songtao used to be a staff member of Zeng Guofan in the early days, and he was exposed to a lot of Western studies, and his thinking tended to be strong in foreign affairs.

Later, in 1858, he was ordered to be transferred back to the capital, into the upper study, when the Dagukou defense war, he was also familiar with Western learning, he was ordered to assist the monk Lingqin to set up defense, and he also won a lot of military achievements.

Originally, Guo Songtao's career was good, but when Emperor Xianfeng ordered the Jingwu Army to be rebellious, Guo Songtao was the first to jump out to oppose it, he thought that the Jingwu Army was now in the climate, and it should be appeased.

It's a pity that Emperor Xianfeng was high-spirited at that time, and he felt that he was very powerful, so he didn't listen to him at all, although he didn't care much about him, but he didn't wait to see him anymore.

Now, Emperor Xianfeng is running away, and he also likes Westerners. So he took this treasure out, and after a long talk all night, he gave him a plenipotentiary and special envoy, and asked him to preside over the comprehensive negotiations with the Jingwu Army.

In Yi? It seems that the Russians are just the tiger of the fox and the fake tiger, and he does not think that the Jingwu army will really give up the good situation and stop thinking about the march in Beijing, so if the Qing Dynasty wants to survive, there must be a big war between the Jingwu army, and this war is in the Beijing-Tianjin area.

In other words, Yi? The requirements are not high, as long as the Beijing-Tianjin area is kept, not only can they keep the Guanwai, but they can also get an important hub, and they can sit and watch the Han people fight among themselves in the future, and they will still have a chance.

Of course, it doesn't matter if it doesn't work, he can lead his troops to withdraw from Shanhaiguan, and with the help of the Russians, how can he keep the northeast, and then it will depend on the situation in the future.

In other words, at this time, Yi had both the mind of wholeheartedly thinking about the Qing Dynasty and the idea of self-reliance, and he had already begun to abandon Emperor Xianfeng, bent on taking advantage of this opportunity to turn Beijing into his starting point.

Originally, he must not have these ideas, but this is all forced out, Zaiyi? It seems that Emperor Xianfeng is not competent at all, and the current situation is all caused by Xianfeng, so his sin is the greatest, and the ancestral foundation cannot be destroyed in the hands of an incompetent emperor, so at this time, he must stand up and take the lead!

Anyway, with Prince Gong Yi? The ardent expectation of the plenipotentiary and the special envoy Guo Songtao and the Russian envoy to the Qing State Nikolai . Pavlovich. Ignatiev went south together and officially started the negotiation journey with the elite army. (To be continued......)