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"Your Excellency, Hong Kong's threat to the empire must be well aware of you. Although, we believe, Britain is not hostile to us. However, in order to ensure the safety of the Empire's capital, the Empire hoped that Britain would reduce the number of troops deployed in Hong Kong. It is best to keep the strength of the army deployed in Hong Kong below 3,000 men. The Navy is capable of deploying up to five sail warships. Lin Zihao, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Empire, said.

"Your Excellency the Foreign Secretary, we cannot accept this request from your country. Hong Kong is our territory, how many troops to deploy in Hong Kong, this is the freedom of our Britain, this has nothing to do with your country, such a request of the nobles is interfering in the internal affairs of our country! Sir Bonham said dissatisfied.

Sir Bonham's reaction did not surprise Lin Zihao, but the Chinese Empire was also very tough on this request: "Your Excellency, if your country insists on deploying a large number of troops in Hong Kong, then we have nothing to do. In order to avoid the threat to Guangzhou, we have no choice but to take preemptive measures. Even if it leads to war! ”

"Your Excellency, have you considered the consequences of the outbreak of war?" Sir Bonham asked. He had solemnly warned the Chinese side before, once the war broke out, the British Navy would cut off China's sea trade routes, and China would not know what impact this would have on China. Don't. Would the Chinese rather suffer huge losses than tear their faces with the British?

"Your Excellency, Minister, for the security of the country. We had to do it. We don't want war, but we don't want our national security to be threatened! "Lin Zihao is very tough.

Sir Bonham frowned, one of the obvious reasons why Britain wanted to ensure that Hong Kong was in its hands was to use Hong Kong as a weight to balance China, a bridgehead from which he could launch an attack on China one day. But. The Chinese side is not stupid, how can it not see the threat of Hong Kong. That's why the Chinese side has put forward a demand to limit the deployment of British military forces in Hong Kong. If the UK does not agree. Well, this is undoubtedly an indication of the ambitions of the British.

"Your Excellency, if it is England, if a country has a large number of troops deployed in close proximity to London. Will the British government agree? Lin Zihao continued.

"Of course not. This is a threat and a provocation to the British Empire! Sir Bonham said without thinking.

"In that case, Your Excellency should be able to understand our feelings." Lin Zihao said.

"Well, Your Excellency the Foreign Secretary, I will report China's request to the Cabinet." Sir Bonham said.

This request of the Chinese side made the British cabinet very angry, they deployed troops in their own territory, when it was the turn of the Chinese to point fingers, Britain is used to running rampant in the world. No country has ever dared to do this to them. British War Secretary Thomas. Sir Grosvenor and Lord of the Admiralty, William. Sir Parker expressed clear opposition to China's interference in Britain's internal affairs. They demanded that the cabinet ignore the protests of the Chinese. He also proposed that Britain should strengthen its military presence in Hong Kong.

It's just that Thomas. Sir Grosvenor and William. Sir Parker's mention of yì was not replaced by the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, John Parker. Sir Russell adopted. Now that the relationship between the Chinese Empire and Britain has become more and more tense, if Britain strengthens its military deployment in Hong Kong at this time, will it not further intensify the contradictions? If the Chinese side really believes that Britain poses a huge threat to China and directly sends troops to occupy Hong Kong, it will lead to a full-scale outbreak of war. Although Britain could send its navy to cut off China's maritime trade routes to Europe, it would not be a fatal blow to China. And Britain can't stand Hong Kong. In addition, the Indian colonies, which are close to China, will also be threatened by China. It can be said that once the war breaks out, it will be very unfavorable for both China and Britain. Therefore, John. If Prime Minister Russell wants to stay in power, he will have to find a way to prevent war between China and Britain.

British Foreign Secretary Henry. Viscount Temple also believes that China should not be excessively stimulated at this time. No matter how many troops are deployed in Hong Kong, it will be useless. Hong Kong and China are so close that China can easily send troops to attack Hong Kong, while Britain is too far away from Hong Kong, even from India, thousands of kilometers. By the time reinforcements arrived, Hong Kong would have fallen. What's more, the British Navy is estimated to have not yet defeated the strength of the Chinese Navy, so there is no need to deploy a large army in Hong Kong.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles. Sir Wood also believed that there should be no war with China at this time, and that peaceful trade with China would also be beneficial to the development of Britain. Although the UK has acquired the huge market of India, the demand for the market is extremely huge due to the rapid development of industry. In addition, some Chinese specialties are also inseparable from the UK. For example, tea and so on. Although the British are already cultivating tea in India, it will take a long time for it to become large-scale and replace China.

Eventually, British Prime Minister John Brown. Sir Russell, after synthesizing the views of the Cabinet Ministers, ordered Sir Bonham, the British Minister to China, to negotiate with the Chinese side, whereby Britain could reduce the number of troops deployed in Hong Kong, but China would guarantee that it would not attack Hong Kong. Moreover, the interests of the United Kingdom should be guaranteed as much as possible in the negotiations.

Over the next three days, the Imperial Foreign Minister of the Chinese Empire, Lin Zihao, and the British Minister to China, Sir Bonham, negotiated fiercely, and after some bargaining, an agreement was finally reached. China has pledged not to attack Hong Kong on its own initiative. And in order to show sincerity, Britain must not deploy more than 5,000 troops in Hong Kong, of which the upper limit of the army is 4,000, and the upper line of the navy is 1,000 men and five warships.

China and Britain came to an agreement, which allowed the conflict between the two sides to be eased. Of course, this is only to postpone the contradictions. Both China and Britain know that there will inevitably be a war between the two countries.

China and Britain did not immediately get into a fight over Hong Kong, much to the surprise of the rest of the world. You know, China has just recovered Macau by force, and everyone thinks that China will directly recover Hong Kong by force, just like Portugal did. Negotiations between China and Britain have been kept under strict secrecy, and diplomacy is not clear what agreement has been reached between China and Britain. However, if you can avoid fighting, it will be the best. Now the world's industry is developing rapidly, and a peaceful environment is more conducive to economic development. If war breaks out, it will undoubtedly have a serious impact on economic development.

Of course, not all countries are happy that the conflict between China and Britain has been resolved peacefully. The Kingdom of Portugal, which has declared war on China, is one of them. Originally, they were also counting on dragging Britain into the water, so that they might be able to keep certain interests. However, they did not expect that China and Britain would reconcile, but their hopes would be disappointed. If Portugal alone could not compete with China, it would be impossible for them to retake Macau from each other. It's just that when Britain has died down, the Kingdom of Portugal has no other way but to stop clamoring. Of course, the state of war between the Chinese Empire and the Kingdom of Portugal has not been lifted, which may be the Portuguese to find another step for themselves!

In addition to the Kingdom of Portugal, there is another country that is also frustrated by this: Thailand, located on the Indochina Peninsula. In addition to part of the current Indochina Peninsula, there are only two countries left, namely Thailand and Myanmar. When China was strong, both countries were vassal states of China. However, when the Manchu dynasty went into decline, the two countries no longer respected China as the master. This is especially true in Thailand. Originally, they thought that China was destined to decline, but they did not expect that the Chinese Empire was born and made China the hegemon of the Far East again.

When the Chinese Emperor Long Yufei ascended the throne, King Rama III of Thailand sent a special envoy to Guangzhou to contact the Chinese Empire, hoping to re-become a vassal state of the Chinese Empire. However, their request was denied. The Chinese Empire did not seem to have any intention of making Thailand a vassal state. This made King Rama III very worried.

Although Thailand became a vassal state of the Chinese Empire, it would be subject to the emperor of the Chinese Empire, and at some point, it would have to obey the orders of China. However, this at least saved their country. Now, although Thailand is an independent country, its national security is not guaranteed. In the past, when the British occupied the Straits Settlements, they often invaded Thailand. Now, the whole of Nanyang belongs to the Chinese Empire, with the ambitions of the Chinese Empire, how can it let Thailand go?

Especially after the Chinese Empire destroyed Japan and Korea one after another, it made King Rama III of Thailand very frightened. Although Thailand is one of the great powers on the Indochina Peninsula, it is simply vulnerable to the Chinese Empire. Thailand would soon become a province of the Chinese Empire if it wished. Fortunately, at this time, the Chinese Empire recovered Macau by force, and it is said that it was about to regain Hong Kong by force. King Rama III thought Thailand's respite had arrived. As a result, I did not expect that the Chinese Empire and Britain actually reconciled. (To be continued......)