Chapter 706: Diplomacy is
Although Wang Youling is known for his incorruptibility, don't forget, he has been crawling in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty for decades, and he has been in the high position of the prefect of Hangzhou step by step by a donation class criticized by Qingliu people. He's also a veteran politician, how can Catherine, a little reporter, stop his sharp words?
Sure enough, Wang Youling's counterattack, Catherine immediately showed embarrassment, although Britain claims to be a democratic country, but the workers do not have political power, which is not as good as France, at least Napoleon III was voted to be the emperor of France.
Catherine hurriedly said: "Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister, for solving my doubts, I sincerely hope that China can become a beacon of democracy in the east of the world, and I still have a question to ask Your Majesty the Emperor, it is rumored that your country has slaughtered tens of thousands of Spaniards in Marani and the Philippines, and plundered thousands of Spanish women, is it true?" ”
Suddenly, Fernand's eyes shot out of monstrous hatred, if he had a gun on him, he probably couldn't control himself from shooting at Wang Feng.
The surroundings also fell silent instantly, and Bao Ling and the others secretly sneered.
Wang Feng said disapprerovingly: "Miss Catherine, first of all, I want to correct you a common sense mistake, Manila has been renamed Minggang City, and the Philippines is also in the past, and now it is called the Democratic Republic of Luzon and the Democratic Republic of Medan, and the next questions will be answered by our Foreign Minister Li Hongzhang for you." ”
Li Hongzhang took two steps forward and said in rather broken English: "Before I answer your question, I would like to confirm whether there is any ambiguity in our definition of massacre, which my country thinks. Massacre refers to an indiscriminate act of killing of armed men and civilians who have given up resistance, Miss Catherine. What do you think? ”
Catherine didn't dare to be careless, and turned around and whispered to a few people around her. He even secretly glanced at Bao Ling, who groaned slightly, nodded, and then said vigilantly: "I agree with your country's point of view." ”
"Good!" Li Hongzhang nodded and said: "Although our government regrets the large number of Spaniards in Luzon and Medan, we absolutely did not massacre any Spaniards, because Spaniards would rather die in battle than surrender, and according to the definition of massacre, the death of Spaniards is war death."
We appreciate the heroic and indomitable spirit of the Spaniards. At the same time, on behalf of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I urge the Spanish government to solemnly apologize to the Chinese people all over the world for the two massacres that occurred in Minggang City three hundred years ago. ”
Boom, the pot exploded around, and the foreigners croaked and were filled with righteous indignation, what does it mean to bite back? They saw it today. Not only did he wipe out the massacre of the Spaniards, but he also bit back that the Spaniards had slaughtered the Chinese in Marani!
This Chinese foreign minister is really shameless, he really has his lord and his minister, in the impression of foreigners. Wang Feng has always been very shameless!
"You talk nonsense!" Catherine screamed even more.
Li Hongzhang smiled coldly: "Miss Catherine, please show evidence, and on behalf of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I urge you to pay attention to your attitude." If you say anything worse, I have the right to ask you to leave. ”
"This," Catherine froze. Indeed, although everyone knows that the Spaniards were massacred by the NLD forces. But what about the evidence?
Another reporter immediately jumped out and said: "Mr. Minister, I am Paul, a reporter from the French newspaper Figaro, as far as I know, France, Britain and the United States have a total of more than 10 representatives in Manila, and their whereabouts are unknown so far, and we think that they have fallen into the hands of your country. ”
Li Hongzhang's face suddenly sank and said, "What do you mean by this?" Is it an insinuation that the Chinese government is withholding British, French, and American representatives in Minggang? I can tell you responsibly that our warriors have never met your so-called representatives of the Three Kingdoms at all. ”
Everyone's hearts sank, no matter how Li Hongzhang put his face, he couldn't shake off these shrewd politicians, and he couldn't hand over people, so he could only be killed by the Democratic Alliance Army, but it still went back to the previous question, what about the evidence? Where's the evidence?
Still, Paul asked, "Where will they be?" They have been stationed in Manila, and it was your country that launched an attack on Manila at that time, do you think that you can prevaricate without seeing it? ”
Li Hongzhang said disagreed: "At that time, the whole city of Minggang fell into street fighting, the Spaniards relied on the buildings to fight back, and the natives took advantage of the fire to loot, the scene was extremely chaotic, who would pay attention to them?" I'll tell you the truth, the representative offices of Britain, France and the United States in Minggang, our fighters have not been found, how can we find people?
However, it is our responsibility that we will not shirk, and after the initial stabilization of the situation in Luzon and Medan, we will send a delegation to ask Luzon and Medan for their assistance in investigating the whereabouts of the missing representatives, and of course, if the three countries of Britain, France and the United States need it, we can set up a six-party joint investigation team to investigate the matter.
Finally, I would like to remind you once again that Manila has been renamed as Minggang City, so please do not use the name Manila again. ”
Survey? People have been dead for so long, how can they investigate? What's more, the establishment of an investigation team by the six parties, on the part of Britain, France and the United States, on the side of China, Medan and Luzon, has clear barriers.
Everyone dares to guarantee that if the Six-Party Joint Investigation Team is established, it will not be able to investigate the truth in a hundred years, and it will even be difficult to reach the conclusion that he died in the war or disappeared in favor of the Chinese side, because the Six-Party Investigation Mission will degenerate into a political tool for bargaining, and after a long process, the Six Parties will slowly grind and make a mess of mud, and perhaps, before the set goal is reached, even if it reaches a conclusion in favor of the Chinese side, the Chinese side will not easily agree.
This is politics, and mud is one of the essential qualities of a politician.
Everyone also feels powerless, the key is that today's China is different in the past, it was foreigners who used to make trouble unreasonably, and now Chinese has also begun to play tricks, one piece of evidence, and can't come up with a show, what can you do about it?
Taking a step back, what if there is evidence? Is it possible to wage another war against the NLD?
At this time, after a moment of pause, Catherine asked, "I have heard that thousands of Spanish women have been captured in your country, and I ask to see them." ”
The Spanish women have been divided, Li Hongzhang is divided into two, one is thirteen years old, one is nineteen years old, although the thirteen-year-old is a virgin, but hot and enthusiastic, nineteen-year-old is even more amazing, playing the flute horizontally and blowing the flute vertically, ventriloquism is like a god, and he also plays a three-way for him, Li Hongzhang loves this pair of babies!
Now that foreigners have proposed to meet, how can they meet? He was 10,000 unwilling to return it, and he believed that no one would be willing.
Li Hongzhang showed a very surprised expression, and said in astonishment: "It's pure nothing, our soldiers rescued dozens of Spanish women in the war out of humanitarian spirit, where did they get thousands?" At the moment, all of these women are seriously injured, are being treated, and are emotionally unstable, so it is not suitable to see them for the time being, but when the time comes, we will provide a list of them and arrange for them to meet with their families. ”
In addition to denying it, Li Hongzhang also revealed two meanings, the first is that the scope of the meeting is limited to family members, and you are not qualified to meet if you are not a family member.
The second question is, is the family still alive? You know, these Spanish women are all robbed, their male relatives must have been killed, and many Spaniards in the Philippines have lived for hundreds of generations, except for some high-level people, the blood relationship with the Spanish mainland has been very indifferent, how to find their families?
Or, to put it back, even if a relative from hundreds of years ago is found, it is a question of whether the Chinese government admits to admit it, and it will inevitably enter into a long negotiation and bargaining.
Catherine also realized this, and said coldly: "If you don't give a meeting, it shows that the Chinese government is weak-minded!" ”
Li Hongzhang patiently explained: "I, Li, have never said that we can't meet, and I believe that Your Majesty also means this, but the meeting must be negotiated by the Spanish government and the Chinese side, and for humanitarian reasons, we do not accept any third-party visit requests." ”
Catherine pointed at Fernand: "Mr. Fernand is a vice admiral of the Spanish Navy and can represent the Spanish government. ”
Li Hongzhang looked over and played with taste: "Mr. Fernand, can you really represent the Spanish government?" ”
"Not bad!" Fernand nodded vigorously.
"That's good!" Li Hongzhang smiled happily: "There are many matters that need to be negotiated with Spain, such as the Guam issue, the issue of Puerto Rico and Cuba, the issue of your country's apology for the massacre of the Chinese 300 years ago, and the issue of your country's establishment of diplomatic relations with the Luzon Democratic Republic and the Democratic Republic of Mindan. ”
Although Fernand was a vice admiral, he was very different from the diplomatic envoys such as Bowling, Bourblon, and Mailian, and even with Genui, and he was not authorized to conclude treaties with foreign governments, including the promise of Japanese aid.
After Li Hongzhang made a lot of demands, his face became embarrassed, and the government was not so well represented.
If you want to meet a Spanish woman, you can, but you have to tie it up with the Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and many other issues.
Not to mention that Fernand did not have a mandate, even if he did, he would not be able to set himself on fire, and now Spain is in turmoil, the level of science and technology is backward, and the economy is stagnant, what can be used to negotiate with China, which is just like the sky? Even if it is negotiated, it will inevitably be a treaty that will lose power and humiliate the country, and it will be pointed out by thousands of people when it returns to China!
But Haikou had already boasted, and Li Hongzhang was looking at him with a smile, and at this moment, a Japanese jumped out to relieve him. (To be continued......)
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