"Yes, peace, peace is the most important thing." Looking at a rotten egg that flew to the window, Sir Grey wiped his cold sweat and said that he did not dare to say anything more than that.

Fortunately, the protesting students around them also maintained their sanity to the maximum, at most they threw rotten eggs and rotten tomatoes or something, and no one would throw bricks, and the military police who escorted them quickly stepped forward to push a passage for the convoy with their shields, so Sir Grey and his delegation finally arrived at the Summer Palace without danger.

Next, they also need to enter the palace to meet His Majesty the Chinese Emperor, and then meet with the Chinese Prime Minister, the Speaker of the National Assembly, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Chairman of the Allied Council, and finally hold peace talks with the Allied negotiating delegation in the Summer Palace.

Fortunately, the war has ended, and the armies of both the Central and Entente countries on the battlefield have stopped fighting, and each of them is strictly guarding the defense area and waiting for new orders, and even in some places, the Entente has begun to withdraw its troops on its own initiative, and the next thing is whether one side surrenders to the other or resumes the war and waits for the results of Beijing's negotiations.

Including the North American government at this time, it finally ordered to stop the fighting, after all, Emperor Yang only said that North America would be counted as China's sphere of influence in the future, and did not say that he would destroy them, and his previous insistence was nothing more than being bullied by these imperialist invaders, and there was still a fire in his heart that could not be released.

In fact, at this time, North America and Canada did not have much place in their hands, with a defensive ring in Chicago, a defensive ring in Detroit, and the Niagara River Defense Line, the latter two guarding Toronto and Montreal downstream, the two major industrial centers connected to the Great Lakes system to supply the United States and Canada, and all other cities including Vancouver in western Canada. The plains of the central part and New York on the eastern coast of North America, up to Boston, had fallen into the hands of the Coalition.

At this point, except for the Chilean guerrillas who were still resisting the invaders of Argentina, Bolivia and Peru, the whole world could no longer hear the sound of gunfire, and the long-lost peace made the world cheer, and of course, after cheering, they had to hurry to clean up their ruined homes.

At this time, almost half of the land in the whole of Europe was completely destroyed, and it really needed to be cleaned up, because the war was already in a state of truce on the front of the war, and there was a wave of soldiers fleeing from both the Central and Entente powers, and the officers also turned a blind eye. Even if they also fled, anyway, the war is over, and even if the talks collapse, they don't want to fight anymore.

This is especially true in the Russian army, where it is estimated that on average at least a thousand people flee from their units every day and travel thousands of miles from various fronts to return to their homeland, although a third of them are on the way to St. Petersburg with lofty ideals.

As for the negotiations in Beijing, in fact, there is nothing to talk about, all the Entente can fight for is to pay a little less war reparations, and the Russians also need to study whether to cede the east of the Volga or the Urals. Then there is the land they need to cede to Germany and Austria and the Ottoman Empire, these two are the main issues, as for the other is no longer meaningful, the territory that Britain needs to cede to China is basically in the hands of China. Naturally, it was impossible to give it up, and although France had recaptured the land occupied by Germany, William would certainly not agree if they did not hand it over again.

"When I say east of the Volga, I mean east of the Volga. Can I change what I say? Emperor Yang said to the Russian negotiator, Count Werther, with an unhappy face.

"Your Majesty, if this is the case, your Majesty will be very sad, I want to take your friendship with your Majesty the Queen. I don't want to see her too sad, but here is a letter from the Empress to you, in which she very much hopes that you and your Emperor Xià will be able to renew the friendship of the past, and that Russia and China will continue to be as brothers in the years to come. Werther said cautiously.

Of course, what he meant by this was not to make Emperor Yang think about his friendship with Empress Alexandra in bed, but to remind him that both Russia and China had a potential enemy to face after the war, and if Emperor Yang could open up to Russia, then Russia would be very willing to be a pawn for China in the future, and we would deal with the Germans together.

Emperor Yang took the letter forwarded by Yuan with an expressionless face, and his old Qing letter was much more direct, making it very clear that her cousin was her husband's main enemy after the war, and Germany would definitely not stop its pace of external expansion, and after recovering from the wounds of the war, it would definitely continue to expand eastward, and it would be impossible for a too weak Russia to stop him, and at that time he could only submit to Germany, believing that it was definitely not a good thing for China. But if Russia is not weakened too much, a Russian empire strong enough to counter Germany will become a strong barrier for China in the West, and with Russia in China, there will never be any need to worry that German expansion will threaten Chinese interests.

It should be said that the Russians still know very well on this point, of course, Yang Feng also believes very much that Alexandra has a similar private letter sent to her cousin, and the current Russia is nothing more than trying to choose a backer to resist Germany's continued eastward expansion or China's continued westward expansion, and between the two, it is obvious that it is most advantageous to turn to China.

First, China is the most powerful at present, and the solid Cheng dù of this backing is enough to reassure people, judging from the current strength comparison, Germany does not have the strength to provoke China in the short term, and the security of following China and Russia is guaranteed. Second, China has swallowed too much this time, and it will definitely take a long time to digest in the future, to put it simply, Yang Feng eats much fuller than William, and the next time he feels hungry will definitely be longer than William, so that the safe period at his feet will be longer.

But if Yang Feng really insists on insisting on the east of the Volga River, then Russia will absolutely not be able to accept it, it will be equivalent to almost cutting off half of Russia's existing territory, then Russia will still have a fart left, and if it is really like that, Russia can only take refuge in Germany.

"Alas, I'm also a little sad when you say this, recalling that the friendship with Nikolai and Alexandra seems to be just yesterday, but after all, I am only an emperor of a constitutional empire, and I can't interfere with the government's decisions because of personal feelings, at most I can only help you make peace, but if the Congress and the cabinet insist on the original conditions, then there is nothing I can do." Yang Feng said with a sad expression, and at this time he didn't mention the stubble just now.

"Thank you." Witt said quickly.

"However, there is one thing that is necessary, China's territory must cross the Ural Mountains, and there is no room for negotiation on this point." As soon as he finished thanking him, Yang Feng continued.

"What does 陛xià mean?" Witte asked vigilantly, but he could understand this, if the two sides used the Ural Mountains as the dividing line, Russia would undoubtedly gain greater freedom, but China's territory stretched beyond the Ural Mountains, then Russia would be firmly in the hands of Yang Feng.

"Your country must cede a sufficient area of land to China west of the Ural Mountains, and as for the size of this land, this can be negotiated separately, which is the bottom line and cannot be changed." Yang Feng said that such a bridgehead that stretches into the core of Russia must be had, Perm, Izhevsk, these places must be in hand, it is estimated that the Russians will be a little unbearable in the south, whatever, when the Russian civil war starts, it is estimated that they will have to give it further south.

"Your Majesty, the French representative is still waiting to be summoned!" After sending Witt away, Chief Yuan said.

"French? What does this worthless country see him do! Just send it away! Emperor Yang said disdainfully.

France really has no value to him, and such a country is not worth supporting, support the Russians on land, and support the British at sea, so that one left and one right is enough to lock William, as for helping France on land, it will be too obvious, and Spain, Italy, and Ottoman three minions are in southern Europe, which is enough to ensure China's strategic layout, and there is no need to do more.

In this case, Yuan had no choice but to go out and tell the French negotiator with regret on his face, His Majesty the Emperor occasionally felt cold and was unwell and could not see the guests, so please go back.

Poor French representatives, had to leave the palace in humiliation, their current situation is very bleak, the Germans demand is very firm, the north of the Seine must be ceded to Germany, William will not make the mistake of Bismarck this time, as for Paris, the Seine River is also the dividing line, of course, the main part is still in the hands of Germany, and in the next fifty years after the war, France is only allowed to retain a maximum of 200,000 land forces, not allowed to have a navy.

This is actually equivalent to disarming France, and France will always be prostrate at the feet of Germany in the future, originally thinking that he could ask for Yang Feng's help to lose some benefits, even if it was a little less, but unfortunately Emperor Yang directly ignored them, and the last hope was dashed. The French negotiators who walked out of the imperial city of China were infinitely sad in their hearts, poor France, had actually reached the point where this kind of door-to-door begging was kicked out, thinking about how majestic the Napoleonic era was, and the whole of Europe was trampled underfoot, and it was only less than a hundred years before it was reduced to the situation of a third-rate small country. (To be continued......)