Lin Yuan looked back and found that the person who spoke was Chen Fei, Chen Fei said angrily: "You little couple don't sleep in the middle of the night, run out to have fun, just play, and pull us all together!" The most infuriating thing is: You also reprimanded me, didn't I just yawn? ”

People are like this, if they hear, speak, or even think of "yawning", they will definitely yawn, so when Chen Fei talked about "yawning", he couldn't help but open his mouth and yawn, adding a bit of funny meaning to his angry face.

Lin Yuan and Shen Wanqing couldn't help it, they both yawned, Chen Fei couldn't help but laugh when he saw the two yawning together, and he couldn't get angry when he laughed, Lin Yuan smiled: "Okay, let's go back to sleep, just think about it, what is the more powerful trick that Gilles told me when he left." ”

The next day, Lin Yuan still tried to meet the ministers of various countries, but unfortunately they still avoided it, which made him even more worried: In the afternoon of this day, the ministers of several countries even had a meeting together, Lin Yuan wanted to know the content of the meeting, but the meeting was held in an extremely hidden situation, and Lin Yuan had no way to eavesdrop on the content of the meeting.

Finally, when the second round of talks began, Lin Yuan knew very well in his heart that after Gilles's operation, today's negotiations would become very difficult, and what was even more unfavorable was that he didn't know what kind of wishful thinking Gilles had!

Lin Yuan walked into the conference hall with the members of the delegation, today's scene was bigger than the day before yesterday, there seemed to be more reporters, Lin Yuan sat on the chair, his back was gently leaning on the backrest, his hands were on the table, fiddling with a pen, he decided to adopt a preemptive strategy on this occasion today, first see what tricks the opponent made, and then look for an opportunity to counterattack.

Gilles looked at Lin Yuan, smiled confidently, and said: "Let's continue to talk about the topic last time, you proposed to use the Treaty of Nebuchu as the basis for negotiations, so as to abolish the Treaty of Aihun and the Treaty of Beijing, and we firmly oppose this proposal. ”

Lin Yuan spread his hands and said with a smile: "That's difficult, we won't compromise." ”

Gilles also smiled and said: "Mr. Lin Yuan, this is not a matter of compromise or non-compromise at all, but your request is completely unreasonable, so we raised an objection, you can ask your friends from all over the world, is your request in line with international practice?" ”

At this time, a middle-aged man behind Gilles raised his hand and said: "That's right, Mr. Lin Yuan, your proposal is not reasonable at all, the "Aihui Treaty" and the "Beijing Treaty" are both products of consultation between the two governments, and they have sacred legal effect, and they cannot be abolished if you say abolish. ”

Lin Yuan asked, "May I ask who you are?" ”

The middle-aged man replied, "My name is Fellowes?" Riggs was the Italian Minister to the United Kingdom. ”

Without waiting for Lin Yuan to speak, another person stood up and said: "I am the Minister of Austria-Hungary to the United Kingdom, and the conclusion of the treaty is temporal, if the terms in the two treaties conflict with each other, then the clauses in the later treaties can replace the previous clauses, so Mr. Lin Yuan, your proposal is unreasonable." ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "It turns out that this is what Gilles and the Great Powers discussed!" Just thinking about it, Xu Jingcheng whispered in Lin Yuan's ear: "Lord Lin, we are already embattled now, you have to hurry up and find a way!" ”

Lin Yuan whispered, "Lord Xu, don't worry, look at me." So Lin Yuan smiled and said to the Austro-Hungarian minister: "I am only a shallow learner, I don't know where you got your 'treaty conclusion temporality' thing?" ”

The Austro-Hungarian minister said: "At a very early age we signed a public law of nations, in which we laid down these things. ”

"The Public Law of Nations" is the earliest international law, Lin Yuan has also heard of it, Lin Yuan smiled: "It's a pity, we China is not a signatory to the "Public Law of Nations", so this law has no legal effect on our country. ”

Then the German minister stood up and said, "As far as I know, there is a minister in your country named Lin Zexu, who used to invoke this law when he was dealing with the opium ban in Canton, so your country has in fact acquiesced in this law. ”

When Lin Zexu banned smoking, he once asked his subordinates to translate the "Public Law of the Nations", and used it as a basis to exert pressure on foreign merchants who refused to hand over opium, but Lin Yuan smiled and said: "That is just the personal behavior of the minister, and it does not mean that our Chinese government acquiesces in this law." ”

Suddenly, a person stood up in his seat and said angrily in stiff Chinese: "It's just nonsense, Lin Zexu's anti-smoking action is a government action, since the entire anti-smoking affair is a government action, how can you say that Lin Zexu's actions in the process of banning smoking are personal actions?" ”

When Lin Yuan saw this person's black-haired black eyes, he knew that he must be the Japanese minister, Lin Yuan immediately sank his face and said: "If it was not Lin Zexu who sent Lu out, but someone else, he might not have quoted the "Public Law of All Nations", how could his citation not be a personal act!" ”

The Japanese minister wanted to say more, but Lin Yuan waved his hand disdainfully and said, "Our two countries are still at war now, and I don't want to talk to you anymore." ”

Lin Yuan is right, since Lin Yuan led his troops to drive Japan out of Northeast China, the two countries have not signed a legal document to explain that the state of war between the two sides has been lifted, so from a legal point of view, the two sides are still in a state of war.

At this time, another person stood up and smiled at Lin Yuan and the Japanese minister: "I am the American minister, our center today is the negotiation between the Russian Empire and the Qing Empire on the war, and we will talk about other things later, I also want to say a few words about this matter, regardless of whether the Qing Empire recognizes the "Public Law of Nations", you should always abide by international conventions, the temporality of the treaty exists objectively, and your country should abide by it!" ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "These countries have already expressed their attitudes and sided with the Russians, it seems that the Russians have given them a lot of benefits, and now there is only the French minister left, I promised to give the French minister benefits, he may speak for us." ”

Lin Yuan looked at the French minister, only to see the French minister stand up and say: "Why don't we vote, I took a look, there are ministers from twelve countries here, each minister represents his country, and then we will vote to see if the Qing Empire can use the "Treaty of Nebuchu" to replace the "Aihun Treaty" and the "Beijing Treaty." ”

Lin Yuan sneered in his heart: "What a Frenchman who eats inside and out, you are doing this to help the Russians!" At this moment, Prime Minister Cecil, who had not spoken, raised his hand and said: "Mr. Lin Yuan, then let's start voting, if the majority is against it, we will not allow your proposal, what do you think?" ”

If the Qing court officials were changed, they would have been at a loss for a long time when they saw the great powers united, Xu Jingcheng was already sweating on his forehead at this time, and he whispered to Lin Yuan: "You hurry up and think of a way, the foreign devils have joined forces, if they vote, they will definitely veto our proposal, and we will lose at that time!" ”