In the following day, the U.S. Concession was full of people, and representatives of Chinese and foreign envoys came and went, scrambling to meet Yang Hao. Because there were so many people, the time for each meeting was very brief, which forced the guests to cut back a bunch of clichés prepared in advance.

Sheng Xuanhuai came to negotiate on behalf of the party faction of the Qing court, and the promises he gave were extremely rich. The Empress Dowager Cixi even promised to give Yang Hao the title of overseer of Shandong, instead of the governor to control the military and political affairs of a province, and the imperial court did not even collect taxes. On the condition, he must return Nie Shicheng's Wu Yi Army and the captured Xinjian Army. In addition, it is not possible to erect a pole to pull the flag and rebel. As for how he tosses in Shandong, whether it is to implement the new-style government he preaches or to turn it into a so-called "special zone", it is up to him!

All in all, as long as the current situation can be dealt with and enough time can be delayed, the Qing court would rather fight to harm a province.

To tell the truth, this is already a huge preferential condition that others dare not imagine. However, Yang Hao "didn't know how to lift" and confessed to Sheng Xuanhuai: "We are determined to overthrow the corrupt rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and create a new civilized China, and the capture of Tianjin and Shandong is just the beginning." Yang has never received a salary from the Qing court to a copper plate, and he has never regarded himself as a member of the Qing Dynasty, so this matter is not negotiable. ”

In turn, Yang Hao also persuaded Sheng Xuanhuai to seize the opportunity to change his course and not continue to work for the Manchus. Wouldn't it be better to be an industrialist in a down-to-earth manner and work together to build a Chinese industrial system?

Of course, Sheng Xuanhuai couldn't agree, and retreated depressedly, not knowing how to reply to the court later.

What followed was the threat and intimidation of Wang Wenshao's old masters. There were also rebels with various aims. Including Sun Cannon's envoys, they all came. They received a large amount of weapons and equipment from Yang Hao -- they were about to rise up against the Qing Dynasty in Guangdong.

Envoys from various countries followed closely. Coercion and temptation are used in any trick. The Russian Counselor Ba Fulu offered to support the Yang rebellion and even occupy the whole of China, on the condition that Western Xinjiang, Mongolia and Northeast China be ceded.

Yang Hao was extremely disgusted by Mao Zi's greed, and pouted back unceremoniously: "I, Yang Hao, have a breath of air, and I will never allow Russia to occupy an inch more of China's territory!" Sooner or later, the places you have seized and extorted will have to be returned! ”

Such a straightforward and decisive decision made Ba Fulu feel very shameless, and he viciously threatened: "You will definitely pay a heavy price for what you said today!" ”

It's the other way around. The Russians launched a brutal extortion against the Manchus.

The Germans put forward the idea of friendship and cooperation, believing that China and Germany could become allies with complementary advantages and jointly fight against the Anglo-Japanese alliance. Their conditions were just as excessive, demanding the lease of Jiaozhou Bay and the control of half of the Shandong Peninsula.

Yang Hao also refused without hesitation.

The French, the Americans, and the Italians all got involved, but they were relatively mostly in the motions.

The funniest thing is that the Japanese actually jumped out, as if they didn't remember that Yang Hao had just beaten them up, making their entire country almost bankrupt and collapse.

The Japanese minister put on a posture of great admiration, first praised Yang Hao's exploits, and then offered to support him in obtaining the leadership of China. China and Japan formed a friendly alliance and supported each other to fight together against the Western powers. I almost drew the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere".

in their way of thinking. Since Yang Hao has defeated them, the past contradictions should be written off. Now that they have lowered their stature and sincerely proposed to cooperate, Yang Hao should accept them leniently and generously, and try to make a fortune together.

The reason why Yang Hao was willing to meet Little Japan was to witness the faces of this group of shameless things. After pinching his nose and listening to their statement, he unceremoniously gave the order to evict the guests: "Go back and wash your necks as soon as possible and wait to be slaughtered!" ”

When the suspicious Japanese envoys were thrown out by the guards with their arms and rolled out of the American concession, they did not understand why they had been treated so roughly.

The gentlemen of the British Empire were the last to appear.

The consul in Tianjin, Bao Shide, proudly held his head high, drove to Yang Hao's office in an almost master's posture, and arrogantly instructed Yang Hao, asking him to "accept the friendship of the British Empire with a sense of current affairs, stop the destruction of the current order in the Far East, accept mediation and restrain military action, and wait for the final decision." In this way, it may be possible to obtain a relatively lenient result.

Yang Hao was happy. The British really think that no one in the world can afford to mess with them, and even treat China as India's kind of deflated stuff to rub and pinch at will?

He held back his anger and kept reminding himself: "I'm a Sven, I'm reasonable, we can't be angry with a bunch of barbarians whose hair hasn't faded clean, and we have something to say." ”

Without instructing the guards to throw out a few British devils, Yang Haoyi sternly warned Bao Shide: "Our struggle against the corrupt rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is China's internal affair, and no other country can interfere." If Britain were to force their way in and support the Manchu government to continue its opposition to the people, it would mean being an enemy of the revolutionary forces. At that time, Britain will have to suffer a series of unpleasant consequences of the conflict. ”

Bao Shide didn't expect him to be so tough, his face changed greatly, and he asked fiercely: "Do you want to be an enemy of the British Empire?" Do you know the consequences of that? ”

Yang Hao replied fearlessly: "I really want to see how many warships the British Empire can withstand and how many casualties of tens of thousands of soldiers it can withstand!" ”

Bao Shide angrily brushed his sleeves away.

Squirting back the people who came to make trouble, Yang Hao greeted Nie Shicheng refreshed, and invited him into the office for tea.

Nie Shicheng was not shocked on the surface, and said calmly: "Nie is deeply favored by the imperial court, and he has a great Qing Dynasty for one day, and he will never be the second master." Mr. Yang can save the words of persuasion. ”

Yang Hao didn't expect this veteran to betray his temperament, but respected his bravery and unyielding in previous battles for the country, and said with a smile after serving tea with his own hands: "Of course Yang Hao will not ruin the old general's reputation." First, I want to ask the general to leave the barracks for a while to relax, and second, I want to ask the general to help persuade Dong Xiangfu not to get involved in the Manchu Qing Dynasty's battle against us. As long as he can ensure the stability and territorial integrity of Western Xinjiang, he will be a hero of the nation! ”

Nie Shicheng admired Yang Hao's openness in his heart, but after all, he couldn't directly agree to do so. But in private, there is no problem in writing a letter to Dong Xiangfu, it depends on how to phrase it.

After that, Yang Hao said meaningfully to Nie Shicheng: "Please wait and see how we can turn your soldiers into revolutionary fighters for national independence and national rejuvenation." ”

It did not restrict Nie Shicheng's freedom to come and go, but also opened up military books and materials in the army to him, so that he could fully understand the various details of the new army and advanced strategic and tactical knowledge.

Nie Shicheng also didn't have the face to go out to meet people, so he simply hid in the small building that Yang Hao prepared for him, except for occasionally going to the training ground of Peiyang University for a walk, and most of the time he soaked in the stacks of books to absorb nutrients.

In a matter of days, the speed of change is dizzying.

Under the great threat of Yang Hao, the Qing court finally gritted its teeth and accepted a series of conditions put forward by the foreign powers in order to forcibly interfere with Yang Hao's military operations.

On the British side, it agreed to the concession of Weihai Weijun Port and the 10-mile area around the county seat, and agreed to the expansion of the British Concession in Tianjin and the 99-year lease of the Xiangjiang New Territories; Obtained the exclusive right to develop the Yangtze River basin, and obtained the right to build a number of railways along the Yangtze River.

Russia obtained the privilege of building a cross-border railway to communicate Vladivostok, and obtained the privilege of giving priority to the construction of the Eastern Qing and South Manchurian railways, as well as the priority of mineral development in Northeast China. Secondly, it has the privilege of leasing Port Arthur and Dalian Bay.

Germany offered to lease Jiaozhou Bay and develop Shandong minerals.

The main acquisition target areas of these three are now under Yang Hao's control. If they want to get it, they must defeat Yang Hao, and it is naturally impossible to count on Guò to negotiate to obtain it. This was also a plan that the Manchu court came up with to kill two birds with one stone. Anyway, they can't take it back themselves, so it's better to use it as bait for the great powers to send troops to help kill the rebels.

In addition, the French also proposed exclusive development rights in Yunnan, Guangdong, and Guangxi, and built a railway to Vietnam, as well as leased Guangzhou Bay.

The Americans were too busy to keep their jobs busy, so they put forward an "open door" policy on their terms, demanding that all countries have "equal opportunities" for their interests in China, so as to keep the Chinese market free and open to American goods.

Other matters such as the opening of factories, extraterritoriality, and so on are also on the list, but there are too many things involved to be agreed on in a day or two.

The entire negotiation was carried out under the condition that they thought was top secret, but they were all monitored and filmed by Yang Hao with cross-time and space technology, and they were recorded without pulling it at all, waiting for them to be thrown out after signing the white paper and black letters.

The brilliant results of the envoys of various countries have been greatly praised for their domestic achievements. Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II, the British government, and the French government were so excited that they sent a large number of naval ships to the Far East with almost no internal quarrels.

In the words of the British, "we will strive to end the war before the winter of 1895 comes, and let our warships survive the winter in the Chinese military ports."

In view of Yang Hao's stubbornness and arrogant attitude, and the fact that various countries did not hide their powerful threat, after confirming the dispatch of the navy, they repeatedly exaggerated the majesty and domineering of their navy in the newspapers.

Yang Hao didn't feel nervous about this at all, and even looked forward to their arrival! He really wanted to see what kind of expression he had on his face when the navies of the great powers were thousands of miles away, facing a bunch of advanced warships that were decades ahead of his time.

His greatest reliance was the heavy cruiser built in four shifts in this world! (To be continued......)