The British Empire had a long history of coveting Burma, and in 1878 there was a succession crisis in Burma, and King Tin Pao succeeded in ascending the throne after eliminating the British-supported agents. Britain was so dissatisfied with this that it directly severed diplomatic relations with Burma and withdrew British officials from Burma.

Britain was already planning to start a new war and take all of Burma in its entirety. But the ongoing wars in Africa and Afghanistan forced Britain to abandon immediate war on Burma. But Britain has been preparing in various ways, and the hardliner Earl Dalhousie has been appointed supreme governor.

Unexpectedly, China took the lead, and Dalhousie understood that no matter what treaty China signed with Burma, no matter what kind of benefits China obtained, once Britain occupied Burma, it would be tantamount to damaging China's vested interests.

On this shijie, the British Empire will not be afraid of anyone, and today the British have occupied Burma and will not heed any Chinese demands. But now that China has made the first move, the British are the shrewdest businessmen, and in unnecessary cases, can settle it peacefully or not. What's more, China and Britain have common interests and some consensus on resisting Russia's Shili, which is called the overall situation.

British Prime Minister William Gladstone, leader of the Liberal Party, instructed Pasha Li, the minister to China, to understand the content of the agreement between China and Burma and told the Chinese not to harm the interests of the British Empire. At the same time, Dalhousie was asked to come forward to contact the Chinese and supervise China's negotiations with Myanmar.

On June 22, Pashali formally sent a diplomatic note to China, asking China to explain its military operations in Burma.

At the same time, the British Commissioner to Tanah Sarin, Colonel Archibald Bogle, also arrived in Mandalay. Since Britain had severed diplomatic relations with Burma, he was a representative of the British merchant Boma Trading Company in Mumbai.

On June 23, China formally replied to Pashali the contents of the China-Burma Madeya Treaty, explaining that it was a legitimate act of China to exercise its suzerainty.

On June 24, in Beijing, British Minister Pasha Li was in a heated dispute with Foreign Minister Zeng Jize.

"Your Excellency, as an emissary from a friendly country, I cannot but say frankly to you that the documents signed by your country with the Mandalay side have greatly damaged the interests of the British Empire. ＂

"I am very confused by Mr. Pashali's remarks, which is a dispute between China and Burma and does not involve any British interests. ＂

"On the contrary, as we all know, the British Empire has a special relationship with Burma, and the two sides have signed some legally binding documents, which we hope will be respected by China. ＂

"We respect all international treaties, and we have carefully reviewed the Treaty of Yang Dabo, signed by Britain and Burma in 1826, and we can be sure that China's actions do not contradict this treaty in any way. Moreover, China and Myanmar have a long-standing suzerainty relationship, and Myanmar's tribute to our country has a history of several hundred years, and I hope that this will be respected by your country. ＂

Zeng's words have two implications: first, China has a subordinate relationship with Burma, so China's actions in Burma do not require British concern. Secondly, he deliberately emphasized the "Treaty of Yang Dabo" after the First Anglo-Burmese War, because after the Second Anglo-Burmese War, no treaty was signed, so Zeng Jize also hinted that the British seized Lower Burma in the Second War and did not get legal recognition, so although Lower Burma has been ruled by Britain for more than 30 years, China believes that it still belongs to Burma legally.

Pashali could not hear it, but it was difficult to refute this truth, so he simply avoided talking about it, but focused on denying China's suzerainty over Burma: "Britain cannot accept this explanation, and the suzerainty relationship mentioned by His Excellency Minister is based on Burma's tribute. However, in the eyes of the British, this tribute was essentially a form of reciprocal gift-giving, and could not be used as a legal basis. ＂

The two sides have always been at loggerheads on this point.

At this time, Jinwu Fort looked calm and serene, without the slightest trace of war, Wu Dashi and Ding Ruchang stood on the city, looking at the sunset in the distance, and there were some Burmese people going back and forth under the afterglow.

Burmese women are all smart and can do it. Each person carried a pair of large bamboo baskets and walked forward with a twist. They wore thin tube skirts that dragged them to the ground, and tight-fitting undershirts on their tops, like small vests. Between the undershirt and the skirt, there is a white and tender waist like shallots.

Women's blouses make sense. The absence of sleeves is to show off the jade bracelet on the wrist, and the neckline is open low to reveal the jeweled necklace. You must know that Myanmar is a place rich in jade, gold and silver! The tube skirt is novel in style, thin as cicada wings, and the color is gorgeous, like flowers all over the mountains. The gems of Myanmar's landscapes dress women up like fairies.

Ding Ruchang was quite puzzled: "Lord Wu, this is the case, why do we still have a garrison here?" ”

Wu Dayi smiled: "General Ding, this is called negotiation skills, we are waiting for the garrison here, always maintaining pressure, Beijing will have more bargaining chips in the negotiations, war, is an extension of politics, this is the emperor's famous words." ”

Ding Ruchang nodded: "Sure enough, it's a wise one." ”

After seven or eight days of torture, the Chinese finally made a compromise and revised the two most important British clauses of the treaty, revoking the dispatch of military instructors to Mandalay and de-emphasizing suzerainty in exchange for British acquiescence to the treaty as a whole. On July 1, China and Britain reached a secret memorandum of understanding in Beijing, in which they pledged to respect each other's interests in Myanmar on the basis of the Treaties of Yang Dabo and the Treaty of Madrang in Myanmar.

But it leaves unresolved conundrums, such as China's insistence on suzerainty despite its lack of emphasis, and Britain's claim that the occupation of Lower Burma is legitimate and valid, setting the stage for future disputes.

In any case, China has partially achieved its goal, at least in time to prevent the British annexation of Burma, and will have to take China's position into account in any future action taken by the British.

At this time, what attracted his attention was also the situation in Japan, where the civil war had changed dramatically in just over a month.

Japan's anti-government rebel forces, through division and combination, gradually formed three main forces from north to south.

Uda Seiichi's "Fukushima Free Army" and Kono Hirota's "Riot Army", two confluences, called themselves "Free Army", the number reached 50,000, occupied Fukushima, Sendai, Yamagata, Iwashou, and other places, and moved to the northeast of Japan, its ideas were the most radical, directly declaring that it wanted to "overthrow the emperor's rule and establish a democratic republic";

The Richisha of Kochi, Shikoku, under the leadership of Kenyoshi Kataoka and others, crossed west to Kyushu Island and went to Saga to combine with the Worried National Party of Eto Shinpei and Shima Yoshiyoshi to form the "Restoration Army" and fight in the northern part of Kyushu Island. The "Restoration Army" numbered less than 20,000 people, but it was relatively combative, and their political ideas were to restore the social order before the Meiji Restoration, and they were supported by many nobles.

In the central part of Honshu, Saitama Prefecture, Kamishu, Shinshu and other places, workers, farmers, small merchants, and unemployed vagrants, as well as the "Trapped People's Party", "Liberal Party" and many other organizations, combined into a large coalition called the "Heavenly Way Army", under the command of Takagishi Yoshikishi, Oi Kentaro, Tashiro Eisuke and others, the total number reached more than 200,000!

The political views of the "Heavenly Dao Army" were relatively moderate, and they did not advocate the overthrow of the emperor, but believed that the emperor was deceived by traitorous ministers, so they proposed to "clear the side of the monarch".

These three rebel armies, the "Free Army" in the north, the "Tiandao Army" in the center, and the "Restoration Army" in the south, with a total number of nearly 300,000 people, became the core of the Japanese anti-government rebel army. In fact, the total number of rebels, large and small, is in the millions.

Although the rebels had different philosophies from each other, they had the same goal of "reforming the world", and they fought in the north and south, echoing each other, leaving the government forces stumbling and scrambling.

The Emperor's regime has reached its most dangerous moment.