Chapter 711: Spoiler (II)
"Those who should have come are here, and those who shouldn't have come are here, feast!"
In front of everyone in front of Lixiangyuan, Yang Meng still didn't speak very politely, today's wedding banquet was completely turned into a negotiation field, although I was a little sorry for the two brides, but it was also helpless!
The first table is located in a Western building in Lixiang Garden, there is no doubt that the long table and the negotiation table are the first in the Qing Dynasty, Yang Meng is the first, Ye Mingchen and Wang Yide are sitting on both sides, and the rest are the four governors.
On the side of the ministers of the four countries, headed by Erjin, the ministers and entourages of the other three countries also responded according to the posture posed by Yang Meng.
"Guys, do you want to eat and drink or talk about things first?"
The wedding banquet that should have been full of joy made this group of bastards look like they were doing nothing, Yang Meng's face also lost his smile, and his gloomy face seemed to be able to squeeze out water.
"This is an official note from the four countries, Britain, France and the United States have the same attitude on the matter of amending the treaty, Oros has a claim in the northern territory of the Qing Kingdom, and as for my British Empire, I demand compensation for the losses in the Battle of Humen!"
Pashali took the four documents from the hands of his entourage, and threw them on the clean long table, it seems that the fleet and army brought by Erjin are definitely a bold thing, and before that, Pashali did not dare to be so arrogant.
"An official note from Shikoku? This is the wedding banquet of Lao Tzu, you guys get these things on top of Lao Tzu's wedding banquet, this is not to say something!
That being the case, as the Minister of Nanyang, who has full authority to handle the foreign affairs of the Qing Dynasty, I would like to give you an answer to the four countries. Covenant Amendment. I also have appeals in the Qing Dynasty. Since you have proposed to amend the treaty, my appeal is to annul the treaty!
In view of the arrogant attitude of your four countries, from today onwards, the five major ports will be closed, and after the negotiation of the amendment and abolition of the treaty is negotiated, the five major commercial ports will resume trade!
If the matter of amending and abolishing the contract is not resolved for a day, the merchants of the Qing Dynasty to which the five major commercial ports belong, and all foreign merchants and traders. Punished for the crime of treason!
Ye Zhongtang and Wang Butang, this is an official notice issued by the Yamen of the Minister of Nanyang, right? β
Scaring people, Yang Meng pinched the hole cards, more than the ministers of the four countries, and the closure of the five major commercial ports, although there was no benefit to the Yang family, but the disadvantages to Britain, France and the United States were greater.
Yunyan is already a thing that is in rigid demand, and it will not be shipped for a month. The merchants of these three countries are afraid that there will be civil strife in a few months. It was impossible for the three countries to jointly use troops against the Qing Dynasty, and once it was delayed for too long, the three countries had to make compromises.
The closure of the five major ports is just Yang Meng's hole card, the momentum of the four countries is too arrogant, and Yang Meng has no choice but to show his hole cards early.
"Come on! With the seal! β
Regarding Yang Meng's words, Ye Mingchen naturally complied, in a word, the officials of the Liangguang Official Office had already taken out the governor's seal.
"Yang Butang is right, in the matter of repairing the contract, I also have a request in the Qing Dynasty, and the matter of abolishing the contract can be examined! Before again, the merchants belonging to Fujian and Zhejiang, who traded with foreign merchants, were punished for the crime of rebellion, and the three clans were harmed!
With the seal! β
Above the officialdom, there are too many things in one look, with Ye Mingchen's reminder in front of Lixiangyuan, coupled with Yang Laosan's eyes, Wang Yide, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, also followed Yang Meng's meaning.
"This matter is not over here! Putilyatin, you are the Admiral of Oros and the Minister of Oros to China.
The main ministry also has something to say, since Oros has territorial claims, then the main ministry also talks about the claims of the Qing Dynasty in the northern territories.
Sakhalin Lake, since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, is our territory, the Treaty of Nebuchu signed by Emperor Kangxi, the city of Yaksa involved, is also the inherent territory of our Qing Dynasty, as for the Siberian region of Eros, the rights and responsibilities are not clear, how to distribute our land in Siberia, we also have to talk about it.
As for the business between the Qing Dynasty and the Oros, during this time, I will also ask the imperial court to cut off a single trade route in the north, and before the territorial dispute is resolved, any Qing merchant who does business with the Oros will be regarded as a traitor and a tribal punishment!
Our opinion is that from Tiksi in the north, through Yakutsk and Irkutsk, across Lake Sakhalin, to Kulen in Mongolia, that is, with the Lena River as the boundary, the territory of the two countries will be divided. β
Yang Meng's argument was thrown out, but it shocked the audience, not only the ministers of the four countries were shocked, but even Ye Mingchen and Wang Yide were cold on the soles of their feet, which was really a bit big.
Without waiting for everyone to wake up from the shock, Yang Meng turned his head to the new Minister Plenipotentiary of Millikan to China, Lie Weilian.
"Minister Lev Weilian, the investment agreement that was previously agreed between the headquarters and Minister Mai Lian and the Milican merchant Renlei and others is also over!
As for why, you know in your heart that since you want to disturb the situation at Lao Tzu's wedding banquet, this matter must not be good.
Lao Tzu not only holds the diplomatic power of the Qing Dynasty, but also the Dawan Shipyard is also Lao Tzu's side has the final say, you can do whatever you want, since you don't want to have fun, then let's tear our faces and do things! β
This threat was extremely fatal to Levilian, and before taking office, the big businessman Renres warned him that once the investment of the shipyards of the five countries in Milliken was affected, politicians like Lev Weilian would not be enough to fill the hole.
"As for you, Gro, you want to make a covenant, don't you? You want to be free to preach, right? The door is gone!
Not only that, as the suzerainty of Annam, the Qing Dynasty will send 50,000 troops from Yunnan to help the Ruan dynasty break away from the control of France! β
Annan is also the weakness of France, Yang Meng put on a hooligan posture, and Gro was also speechless for a while.
"Huh...... The only one left is you in England, and you want to fight, right? You have the final say in how to fight, and if you win, congratulations on making a fortune, how can this Qing Dynasty provide you with some wealth.
If you are defeated, when the Qing court has finished cleaning up the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the next goal is to aid Burma, clean up Siam, and support India.
I'm not going to play anymore, are I? Then let's just play like this, the Qing Dynasty has a population of 40,000, and Lao Tzu doesn't believe in killing not only you bastards! β
After opening. Yang Meng didn't stop. Scolding angrily while slapping the table. Although Yang Meng's attitude is not good, every time he points out, the brows of the ministers of the four countries present will be furrowed, and this will be enough to trigger a war.
"Yang Butang, right? With the Lena River as the boundary to divide the Oros, you are not afraid of war between our two countries? β
Puti Yating, with a counterattack with the smell of Northeast ballast, is also extremely powerful. In terms of national situation, Oros is stronger than the Qing Dynasty, and Putiyating really doesn't see Yang Meng's threat.
"War? As far as an old hairy man like you and a rakshasa ghost still dare to mention war with Lao Tzu, tell me, if you can fight, can you old hairy people still rest?
If you don't have that ability, don't talk about it, the Crimean fiasco, you forgot about it so quickly? You dog-day czars, how many of us can come out to compete now?
Ten thousand? Twenty thousand? Thirty thousand? Fifty thousand? Or two million, as in the Crimea?
Dare to fight. Lao Tzu guarantees that your Tsar's position is unstable, and you will play this game with Lao Tzu. You're not even a fart!
Lie Weilian, you kid don't want to be implicated, where did you come from, go to Lao Tzu! β
After slapping the table and scolding Putiatin, Yang Meng's finger pointed at Lie Weilian, the plenipotentiary minister of Millican, he didn't care about the national prestige anymore, and with an attachΓ©, he retreated with a wolf, Renres, in Millijian's status, is not inferior to the governor of a state, but there are a considerable number of parliamentarians around Renlei, as a politician who is temporarily defeated, there is no shame! The most feared thing is to mess up the good things.
After leaving Lie Weilian, Yang Meng also knew that the remaining three people would not leave lightly, Yang Meng had no feelings about France and Russia, and these two countries did not have the ability to start a large-scale war in the near future.
The French Emperor Napoleon III had just ascended the throne, and the French Emperor was afraid that he paid more attention to European hegemony than his interests in the Far East.
As for Na Oros, there are poor ghosts everywhere, there was a big defeat in Crimea, the domestic food is a problem, there are not five to ten years, Oros does not have the ability to use troops on a large scale, tear his face and expose the old bottom, the words at the negotiating table are not true, there is no formal treaty, these words are similar to farts.
"Yang Butang, what you said is just an idea, don't forget, you still have the emperor of your country on your head!"
Yang Butang's words directly disturbed the overall situation of the Four-Nation Alliance, and Lie Weilian's departure heralded the disintegration of the Four-Nation Alliance.
After communicating with Erjin, Pa Xia Li could only take out the Qing Emperor to suppress Yang Butang.
"The emperor is also the emperor of my Qing Dynasty, and things that are beneficial to the Qing Dynasty can't be stopped even by the emperor!
Pashali, aren't you a China expert? As we say, if you give Erjin to Ergin, you will not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarchs, once you Erjin and the Qing Dynasty start a war, the 200,000 troops in the land south of the Yangtze River will regard England as a mortal enemy!
Let's say anything else is useless! We can't accept your conditions, so let's do it! Aren't you ready for war? After a fight, and after some people die, let's talk about it!
I tell you, once the war starts, unless I ask for a truce in the Qing Dynasty, in the future, whether it is a year or a hundred years, as long as it is an Englishman, it will be the mortal enemy of the Qing army and the people! β
Ye Mingchen and Wang Yide glanced at each other, and couldn't help but admire this Yang Laosan, the grasp of this situation is quite unique!
As for the rebellious words that Yang Laosan just said, the two of them went in and out of the left ear and out of the right ear, Quan Dang didn't hear it, look at these foreign devils, Yang Laosan scared the two away with a few words, and the remaining five are also dishes, whether it is Ye Mingchen or Wang Yide, they have all been in contact with foreign devils before, these foreign devils, how can they have such expressions!
The foreign devil came to disrupt Yang Laosan's wedding banquet, this Yang Laosan is also a person who does not suffer, the situation of the foreign devil just advancing and retreating together has been shattered, Ye Wang and the two are not white Ding, and they have the ability to observe words and colors, and they also have a considerable foundation.
After Gro and Putiyatin, Pashali and Ergin also fell into a stupor, this Yang Butang's understanding of the international situation is too unique and profound, although his words and deeds have a bit of madness in them, but every word pokes at the weaknesses of various countries.
For England, negotiations are just a measure to delay time, and if they want to start a war, it will take a long time for the Hong Kong Island side to prepare for war, and in the face of such an opponent who is well versed in the international situation, Elgin, who has been the governor of Canada, immediately discovered that something was wrong.
A diplomat can make an accurate interpretation of the international situation, then his role in the war is also great, and England, which fights across the sea, once there are no allies, they want to fight the Qing Dynasty alone, they also have no confidence.
Originally, this time taking advantage of Yang Butang to take a concubine, Erjin wanted to use the Four-Power Alliance to suppress the legendary and extremely arrogant Yang Butang, to put it bluntly, they came to disrupt the situation, but I never thought that the livelihood of this disturbance had been extremely unsuccessful since it landed at the Guangzhou wharf, and after the withdrawal of the Plenipotentiary Minister Wolf Bèi of Millican, this plan also meant that it was a complete failure. (To be continued......)