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"Almost every day, Russians say that the Chinese occupy our Siberia, which is the size of China itself. It is also said that this is the largest cession of land in the modern history of the world. But whenever people talk about it, I always say - look at the treaty, we have never ceded even an inch of Russian land, and it is true that in that war our army, the valiant royal army, reached the Urals, at least almost there, but we did not occupy Russian land!

What the? You don't believe it?

Of course, you will not believe it, because such an act of generosity and mercy is almost extremely rare in the history of mankind - we defeated Russia and did not ask for more. We did not claim an inch of Russian land, and Siberia was voluntarily sold to China by the Russian Empire in order to save its empire and to suppress the war in Russia.

It is true that today's Siberia is a Chinese oil raft, where tens of trillions of wealth are stored, but, gentlemen, I need to remind you that, at least at that time, it was a barren land, where there were not many mines or farmland, but only a cold barren land.

And how much did we pay for this land?

100 million yuan!

Note that that $100 million was not paid to Mexico over a period of years, as the Americans do, even though the Mexicans don't want it! The Russians, on the other hand, desperately need this huge amount of money, they need to arm their army, and they need to provide uniforms, food, and other logistical supplies for their army that lacks short clothes.

What the?

All they get is some leftovers?

Sir, even surplus supplies are supplies!

Therefore, to another protest of the Russians, our response should be that Siberia is ours, was, is and will still be "

In 2002, Li Ziyuan, a member of the lower house of the Imperial Diet in Nanjing

Buy land!

To some extent, state-to-state land purchases are really nothing more than the rhetoric of the victors. For the relatively weak China, the appearance of eating should not be so ugly, not to mention that it is the largest land cession in the history of mankind, if it is too ugly, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of other countries, although vigilance is inevitable, but China still needs to avoid giving the outside world the impression of China's expansion, although expansion is also inevitable.

The purchase of land has become the best option. While this dispelles the impression of China's expansion among the European public, it can also dispel Russia's hostility towards China to a certain extent.

Just like at this time, when Liang Dunyan offered to buy the land ceded by Russia for 100 million yuan, Witte did not know how to answer for several minutes.

They're crazy!

This was Werther's first feeling.

As the victors, they actually have to pay to "buy" the land that they have agreed to cede to them, is this to prove anything? Prove that they are not for expansion? However, territorial expansion is a fact.

But this feeling lasted only a few minutes, and after a few minutes, Witte understood what the other side was planning to do, and to be precise, guessed the ultimate goal of China - they were doing so in order to further establish the legitimized occupation of Siberia, even if it was a cession, but who knows? Perhaps this concession will be used as a pretext in the future.

If Russia sells "on its own initiative", then it will be two completely different outcomes, and as in Alaska, Russia will never be able to turn back - because it was sold on its own initiative.

But how could Russia have agreed to sell Siberia to China without this war?

No, it should be a cession!

If he could, Witte would have refused, the temptation of 100 million yuan, but now, he didn't even have the heart to bargain, which seemed to him to be a windfall, and it was very likely to solve another difficult problem - how to maintain that huge army in a cash-strapped Russia.

Now, this condition proposed by the Chinese will undoubtedly solve all the problems, so even knowing that this money means intestinal poison for Russia, Witte still chooses to eat it.

"So, how is your country going to pay for it?"

Witte's answer made Liang Dunyan breathe a sigh of relief, 100 million yuan, this is the biggest "concession" that China can make, and if it is more, I don't know how much opposition it will arouse.

"Taking into account the current situation in Russia, as well as the urgent needs of the Russian Empire, we will sell no less than 350,000 weapons and a certain number of warships to Russia, which is the ...... of the list"

The so-called list can actually be understood as a list of weapons captured by the Chinese army and navy of the Russian army and navy -- hundreds of thousands of light and heavy weapons and more than 10 warships captured from the Second Pacific Fleet, which is worth more than 8 million yuan for just one combat ship.

As far as the Chinese army and navy are concerned, these weapons captured from Russia are simply chicken ribs, and even the combat ships captured from Russia cannot meet the needs of the navy -- a new type of warship with a unified main gun is about to enter service, and after its service, all the old warships will be eliminated, and instead of putting those captured old warships into active service, a better choice for the navy is to "sell" those warships, and "selling" them to their original owners is undoubtedly the best choice. Like the rifle machine guns captured by the Army, as well as all kinds of artillery, those weapons are a burden for the Army, but for the Russian Army, they are the basis for its rearmament.

After taking the list, in an instant, Witt felt his heart dripping blood!

What kind of "purchase" is this, it is simply that the Chinese exchange their seized Russian materials for Russian land, in other words, the Chinese have not paid anything at all, and even, if not wrong, Russia needs to pay more money - because there is no mention of ammunition in these weapons.

Despite the feeling of wanting to vomit blood, Witt was still quite personable and nodded.

"Perhaps, in a way, I should thank you guys for helping us solve some problems!"

Yes, the Chinese helped him solve the problem, solved the logistics of the Siberian regiment and the armament of prisoners of war.

"Does that mean you agree to release all the prisoners of war?"

This is what Werther is most concerned about, can those prisoners of war held by the Chinese be released?

"Of course, when the peace treaty is signed, those prisoners of war will be able to go home! However, considering the cost of food and other expenses borne by our country during their captivity, we would like your country to bear this cost......"

No problem, just food!

After the problem of food expenses was solved, new problems arose, such as transportation expenses, clothing expenses, and so on, and so on, so that Witte had to admit that Liang Dunyan was perhaps like all Chinese officials, and they were more businessmen than diplomats—many of the officials in the Northeast were businessmen.

Despite this contempt for the other party in his heart, Werther had to admit that the Chinese did not take advantage of the victory to squeeze Russia, but gave Russia as much help as possible, and they did even more than their friends should do. So much so that in the end, when Liang Dunyan offered to provide a loan to ensure the logistics supply of the Siberian Army, Witte looked at Liang Dunyan and asked in a very surprised tone.

"Your Excellency, I would like to know, what is China's position now? Is it an enemy of Russia? Or a friend of Russia? If you are friends, but we are still at war, and if you are enemies, what you are doing now is undoubtedly abrogating! ”

It is indeed disheartening, in this negotiation, China, as the victor, gave up too much, they even gave up the opportunity to squeeze Russia, you know, at first we even thought that we had no choice at all, but now, he found that he completely misunderstood the Chinese.

"Your Excellency, China and Russia, as neighbors, we need mutual trust, not hostility to each other, now that this war is over, we should naturally look forward and not be immersed in the trauma of the war, indeed, to some extent, China is the victor, but His Majesty the Emperor hopes that your country can understand that even as a victor, China will never squeeze its neighbors to the fullest, of course, it depends on who is dealing with it!"

Liang Dunyan's so-called dealings, of course, refer to the other side of Russia. In fact, Liang Dunyan is extremely disgusted by the conditions proposed by that side, what kind of people can sell their land in exchange for the support of the enemy country, so as to maintain the survival of the regime?

In Chinese history, who else but Shi Jingtang?

It can even be said that they are more hateful than Shi Jingtang, because they have ceded most of the country's territory to the country's enemies, and dealing with such unscrupulous people is not a reassuring thing in itself.

Liang Dunyan was more willing to deal with the count in front of him and the Russian Empire he represented than with them.

"Your Excellency!"

looked at Liang Dunyan seriously, and after a while, Witt spoke.

"To tell you the truth, I never know what history will say about today's negotiations, and I don't even know if the outside world will think that I have been a bit derelict in my duties during the negotiations, but, Your Excellency, Special Envoy, I would like to ask you to convey to your Imperial Majesty that there is no doubt that His Majesty has earned my personal respect, and I think His Majesty the Tsar will think the same!"

Whether it came from the bottom of his heart or not, Witte knew very well what the Chinese had given up, or why they had given up, and that they had given up the fruits of victory that should have belonged to the victors in order to be able to normalize relations with Russia, a generosity that Russia could never do.

"Please tell His Majesty the Emperor that I will do my utmost to promote the improvement of relations between the two countries in the future! I believe that in the future there will be a wider space for cooperation between Russia and China! ”

His sensitivity to international politics made Witte realize that the future Russia would most likely go down another path, and that on that path, Russia needed an ally, at least a China that would not be hostile to Russia.

Of course, all this is the future, and at the moment there are more important things to be resolved for Russia.

"We made it!"

After receiving the secret telegram from Berlin, in the garden of the Royal Palace, although he was extremely excited, Tang Haoran's tone seemed very calm, as if he was telling a very ordinary thing.

"If all goes well, after this negotiation, we win the future! A future that belongs to China! ”

Yes, the door to the future has been opened to China, perhaps for the sake of this future, China has temporarily given up many interests, but all this is temporary, because China can get more generous returns, the country and people, can not only see the immediate interests, just like Germany and Japan in another time and space, they have lost everything because they only see the immediate interests, for Tang Hao, who is now the emperor, he must make long-term plans, and must consider the affairs of more than ten years, or even decades later.

And more importantly, how he can win more benefits for China in this historical environment that has been completely changed because of his appearance.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that this time, it seems that we have made too many concessions, will this make outsiders think that we are too weak?"

Zhang Zhidong said worriedly, as the prime minister, he almost never opposed His Majesty's decision, but now, he is a little worried that this kind of concession will make the outside world think that China is too weak, and thus think that China is "easy to bully".

"Weak?"

Shaking his head, Tang Haoran said with a smile.

"For a real power, there has never been a so-called weakness, even if it seems to be weak, it is just a temporary compromise made for the sake of interests, and for weak countries, they don't even have the capital to be weak, they only have the fate of mermaids!"

Just like the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they don't even have the capital to be weak, and it is exactly what Tang Haoran wants to change in every possible way.

"Perhaps, many people can't understand why we made these concessions now, but when the door of the future is open, they will know what our concessions are for today, Xiangtao, although we have a little muscle now, but ......"

After a slight pause, Tang Haoran said in a rather helpless tone.

"How can that be? This still does not change the reality that we are lagging behind the West in all respects, and if we ignore this and feel that we have a little muscle and become arrogant, then one day our whole country and nation will inevitably pay the price for that arrogance...... )