Swinging a tightrope between the big countries, this is the survival of small countries!

You can scold them for being a grass on the wall and swaying towards Qin Duchu, but they have their own helplessness, being caught in the middle by the big powers, and many times they can't do what they want.

The current Lin Chengting obviously wants to take advantage of the conflicts and contradictions between Britain and the empire, so as to end this war that the Ning Dynasty no longer wants to continue in the way he prescribed.

Lin Zhe knew that Lin Chengting hoped to use the power of the empire to get rid of the British threat, but Lin Zhe could not refuse.

Because the empire can't stand the British meddling in Burma, even if Lin Chengting doesn't speak, some of them are what the empire needs to do.

In late October, the empire acted as a mediator in the war between the British and the Ning dynasty.

On October 28th, representatives of the Empire, Britain and the Ning Dynasty held their first peace talks at the Bund Hotel in Shanghai!

Naturally, the negotiation process could not have been smooth, and the British delegates remained intransigent and insisted on stationing troops in Upper Burma, which also aroused strong opposition from the Ning dynasty and the empire.

At the same time, the British side also did not know where to get the news, saying that there was a secret agreement between the empire and the Ning Dynasty, saying that it was to build a railway from Yunnan to Burma, which the British were clearly opposed, claiming that the empire and the Ning Dynasty must cancel the plan to build a railway between Yunnan and Burma, otherwise it would greatly threaten the British interests in the Lower Burma region.

In addition, in response to the Chinese Empire's insistence that Burma was a vassal state of China since ancient times, the Ning Dynasty was naturally also a vassal state of the Empire. The empire had undisputed suzerainty over the Burmese region.

At this point, the Ning Dynasty wanted to become a vassal state of the empire a few years ago. If it becomes a vassal state of the empire, then Lin Chengting will not have to worry that the empire will annex the Ning Dynasty. Similarly, it is possible for the Empire to send reinforcements to help it resist the British.

However, the Ning Dynasty now thinks differently, for Lin Chengting, the most difficult years have passed, and the current peace negotiations do not matter how they are discussed, but the war between the Ning Dynasty and the British has come to an end, how can Lin Chengting be willing to live under others in this case?

If it weren't for the fear of causing dissatisfaction and backlash from the Chinese Empire, he would have wanted to be the emperor directly, and he wouldn't have to hold the title of King Ning now.

The Ning Dynasty was unwilling, and the British were even more vehemently opposed.

Therefore, it is impossible to achieve results in the tripartite talks in a short period of time!

But even the opinions and differences between the three parties are greater. However, it is not possible to continue the stalemate, and the negotiations will eventually come to an end.

After half a month of wrangling between the three parties, on November 14, the Chinese Empire, the Ning Dynasty, and the United Kingdom finally reached a preliminary agreement.

The main terms of this tripartite agreement are as follows!

Since the signing of the treaty, the British Empire and the Kingdom of Daning have officially ended all military confrontation and other acts of war, and the two sides have returned to a state of peace.

The Chinese Empire and the British Empire officially recognized the right of the Daning Kingdom established by Lin Chengting to rule over the Upper Burma region, and at the same time stated that the Daning Kingdom was an independent and autonomous state, and both the British Empire and the Chinese Empire needed to give up their suzerainty claims.

At the same time, the Daning Kingdom was open to trade with the British Empire and the Chinese Empire. Merchants from the two countries were allowed to enter the Daning Dynasty to do business, reside, etc., and establish relevant consulates and other institutions in the capital of the Daning Kingdom.

In view of the fact that the Daning Kingdom does not have a perfect judicial system, the people of the two countries have consular jurisdiction in the Daning Kingdom.

At the same time, it is required that no matter which country wants to invest in the construction of railways in the Daning Kingdom. The permission of China and Britain must be obtained at the same time for the mining of mines, and China and Britain also need the permission of the other side to build railways in the Daning Kingdom. However, in order to develop its own economic needs, the Daning Kingdom was not restricted from building railways and mining on its own.

At the same time, the British Empire and the Chinese Empire had a limited number of troops stationed in the Daning Kingdom. In order to protect the businessmen of the two countries, in principle, no more than 1,200 armed men should be dispatched by each country.

At the same time, in order to alleviate the potential contradictions between China and the UK. The Reich pledged to gradually reduce its presence in Yunnan, and the British promised to gradually reduce the number of troops deployed in Lower Burma, the exact amount and timing of which will be negotiated separately between China and Britain.

The Daning Kingdom and the British Empire will exchange prisoners of war free of charge according to the ratio of one to one, and in view of the fact that the number of prisoners captured by the British army far exceeds the number of British troops captured by the Ning army, the excess part will be redeemed by the Daning Kingdom at a one-time expense of 50,000 pounds.

The positive terms of this tripartite agreement are more than 100 items, in addition to the many provisions of the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between the Kingdom of Daning and the British, the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between the Kingdom of Daning and the Chinese Empire, and then the Agreement of Understanding between China and Britain on Burma Affairs.

It all adds up to a thick stack!

These treaties had both advantages and disadvantages for the three kingdoms, and for the Daning Kingdom, the greatest gain was the end of the war and the status of an independent state, which was officially recognized by the British and the Chinese Empire. But they also paid a lot of things, first of all, the right to garrison troops that Lin Chengting refused even though he was shouting to carry on the war, Lin Chengting finally had to sigh and give in, Britain and the Chinese Empire both obtained the right to garrison troops in the Daning Kingdom, although there were only 1,200 people, but this was enough.

Then there were the treaties of trade and railways, although it was said that this was a treaty signed between Britain and the Chinese Empire in order to guard against each other, but there was no doubt that it greatly damaged the interests of the Daning Dynasty.

The only fortunate thing is that after the efforts of the Daning Kingdom, the customs tariff rate has finally been won to a relatively good range, and the tariff on all goods shall not exceed 8 percent, as for the Daning Dynasty, if they want to reduce the customs tariff, it is their own business, anyway, it should not exceed 10 percent.

This is more than the day's book. Three or four percentage points in countries such as Thailand is much better!

For the Chinese Empire, the most important thing was to preserve the Daning Dynasty and successfully keep the British out of Upper Burma, although the British would still garrison troops in Upper Burma. But the empire also has the right to garrison troops, and there is nothing in balance between the two.

For the UK. ended the war with dignity, and then received a fifty thousand pounds sterling reparations for the ransom of the prisoners of war. It also cut off the ambition of the Chinese Empire to directly intervene in Burma by building railways, and even get involved in Burma.

This treaty has both advantages and disadvantages for the three countries, and cannot be simply described as good or bad.

Either way, however, the war in Burma, which had lasted for years, was finally over.

After the preliminary agreement between the three parties was finalized and signed, it was officially announced to the outside world soon, and the announced treaties mainly consisted of four treaties: the 'Anglo-Ningbo Treaty of Friendship and Commerce', the 'Sino-British Treaty of Friendship and Commerce', the 'Sino-British Memorandum of Understanding on Burmese Affairs', and the 'Sino-British and Ningbo-Friendship Agreement'.

Since the four treaties were signed at the same time, and at the Bund Hotel in Shanghai. Therefore, it is also called the 'Sino-Yingning Shanghai Treaty', 'Sino-Yingning-Ningbo Bund Treaty' and so on.

Looking at the text of these treaties, Lin Zhe didn't know whether to say happy or depressed, this time the settlement on the Myanmar side was strictly speaking unable to meet Lin Zhe's psychological expectations.

At least the British's right to garrison made Lin Zhe quite unhappy.

But he also understood that this was already the best condition that the empire could get, after all, in fact, it was not that the British did not have the strength to win the Burma War, but that what they felt could be obtained through negotiation, and it was not cost-effective to use a large-scale war to obtain it

Again. Lin Chengting is not a soft persimmon to be manipulated by others, forcing him, it is really possible for him to completely surrender to the British, and then turn his gun and face the empire.

The Empire was actually just as embarrassed as the British. Although they are not satisfied with this agreement, they do not intend to directly launch a large-scale war to get more, because it will not be worth it.

Strictly speaking. It is Lin Chengting who gets the most benefits!

Although Lin Chengting gave up many benefits, he got two most important things: China and Britain formally recognized his right to rule the Upper Burma region. The second is the end of the war.

As long as the war is over, then Lin Chengting will be able to free up his hands to restore people's livelihood and develop the economy. In this way, his Daning Dynasty has a future to speak of, otherwise, as long as the war continues to drag on, his Daning Dynasty will end sooner or later.

Lim Seng Ting, who avoided the crisis of annihilation and rightfully gained the right to rule Upper Burma, undoubtedly gained the greatest benefit.

That's it, since this treaty has been signed, then there is no need to continue to worry about it, it's a big deal to just tear up this treaty in the future, and then there will be a war, it's not a big deal.

Compared with the affairs of Myanmar, Lin Zhe is more concerned about the situation on the Japanese side!

Although Myanmar is on the edge of the empire, Myanmar is destined to be unable to affect the empire's big moves, even if there is a Lin Chengting in charge of Myanmar, but it is impossible to pose any threat to the empire.

On the contrary, it is Japan's side, in fact, the potential threat to the empire is even greater!

Lin Zhe has always maintained a very high vigilance against Japan, and any Chinese who knows the history of later generations will be extremely vigilant against Japan's wolf ambitions.

Therefore, it is understandable that Lin Zhe has been interfering in the internal development of Japan in recent years.

Under Lin Zhe's intervention, the Japanese were now in a civil war, and the Chosu and Satsuma domains, as well as some small and medium-sized daimyos, had already engaged in large-scale wars with the shogunate.

On the way, the Sino-British alliance landed on the Satsuma Domain and forced the Satsuma Domain to sign a covenant under the castle, which greatly weakened the military strength of the Takedown Alliance.

However, this did not affect the war between the shogunate and the Nagasu domain, and the shogunate's new army was frequently defeated by the attack of the new army of the Nagasu domain.

At this time, the French didn't know what kind of madness they were sending, but they were eye-to-eyeing with the Changzhou Domain and the Satsuma Domain, and regardless of the tacit cooperation between the great powers, they actually sold a large amount of arms to the Changzhou Domain and the Satsuma Domain, and there were also a large number of breech-loading rifles in these arms.

Historically, in 1864, the shogunate army was able to defeat the army of the Cheung Chau Domain, but now history is completely different, China and Britain intervened, and the French because of the conflict between Vietnam and the Empire, and the conflict between Thailand and the British, which led them to actively dismantle the Chinese and British affairs in Japan's affairs.

This batch of breech-loading rifles was sold, and the direct impact was that the shogunate army was defeated by the army of the Chosu domain!

If China and Britain did not work hard, it is estimated that the shogunate regime would have collapsed several years earlier than in history, which has to be said to surprise Lin Zhe very much.

Lin Zhe is a historical variable, his appearance led to the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the rise of the Chinese Empire, the establishment of the Daning Kingdom, France was mired in the war with Vietnam, and the main weapon in the American Civil War changed from the Mini rifle to the breech rifle, and allowed the breech rifle to enter service around the world several years earlier.

The day was also due to the change of Lin Zhe's appearance, and this change was not a good thing, but a bad thing.

The new shogunate army, which still used mini rifles, was defeated by the new army of the Nagasu domain, which used rear-loading rifles, which made the shogunate regime precarious. (To be continued.) )