A glass of wine, a piece of paper, and a look at each other. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The brocade clothes are drooping and old, the face is withered, the deep-set eye sockets and the dull eyes are all showing that the old man's vitality is about to come to an end.

"Master Li, what do you think?"

In front of him sat a middle-aged man in his thirties, although he was not very beautiful, but he was also magnificent, his eyes could be oppressed with a sweep of the watch, and his two beards were trimmed neatly, and he looked quite elegant.

"Lord Yuan, as a feudal official, how can you be worthy of the cultivation of the imperial court?"

"Master Li, you have to listen to the next official, this Qing Dynasty is already terminally ill and has no cure, you can't escape this absurdity when you come to this trip, do you want to be infamous or famous, you can't see it with your knowledge?"

"Yuan Shikai, you are so bold!"

The old Li Hongzhang slapped the table heavily, and scolded the big brother in front of him in a hoarse voice, but he was not the Li Hongzhang of twenty years ago, and he really didn't have a bit of momentum when he spoke at the moment.

"Master Li, I know you're angry, but I hope you'll think about it. Since the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, the Qing Dynasty has been completely exhausted and slaughtered. ”

"Bastard! Yuan Weiting, as an official of the imperial court, the saint has cultivated you more, but now you say such a big rebellious word, you deserve death! And you can be sure that these rabble can change their lives against the sky by just that side of the story? ”

Although he was full of righteous indignation, Li Hongzhang was clear about the situation in the Qing Dynasty, and knew that no matter what he did now, he was just barely reluctantly renewing the life of the Qing Dynasty, and unless a complete reform was carried out and the powers did not launch an offensive against the Qing Dynasty during this time, no matter what he did, he would be unable to recover.

But he also didn't believe that such a group of rabbles that suddenly appeared could have the ability to change their lives against the sky, so he was full of suspicion and anger at Yuan Shikai's words.

To be reasonable, at his age, any fame and fortune is already shit, and what he cares about is the name behind him, after all, his body knows it, if he doesn't have something on his mind now, hanging with one breath, just his body, which has already run out of oil, is afraid that he will die when he signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki a few years ago.

And now on this trip, I'm afraid it will be necessary to sign a few pieces of paper that lose power and humiliate the country, what is this? This is a lifetime of infamy! Who wants to bear this infamy?

But now if you take over Yuan Shikai's rags, it will not be a loss of power and humiliation of the country, it will be a rebellion, no matter whether it succeeds or not, it will be left for thousands of years. Because no matter whether it succeeds or fails, it is a foregone conclusion that the people will not be able to make a living, and if the Qing Dynasty is allowed to perish naturally, his Li Hongzhang's sin can be smaller, but he can directly gather a crowd to make a rebellion and cause the people to live in poverty, then the crime will not be able to make up for it. will be nailed to the pillar of shame with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, thinking that this Yuan Shikai is not a stupid person, why is he so confused today?

Of course, in fact, he didn't know that Yuan Shikai also had a headache. Think he's willing to do it? It's not because he was signed with a gun to his head a lot of messy things, including the document disbanding the new army and the letter to the Son of Heaven and the letter to the people, once these things are sent, he Yuan Shikai is a traitor.

"Master Li, take a gamble." Yuan Shikai sighed: "Mr. Xiaoda has also set off and will arrive soon." ”

"Hyoda is here too? He also thinks that these rabble can make it? ”

Who is Zhang Zhidong? Li Hongzhang couldn't be clearer, how shrewd he is, he actually follows this gang of chaotic ministers and thieves to fool around?

But after hearing that Zhang Zhidong was involved, Li Hongzhang was a little shaken, he didn't know what means this gang of chaotic parties used to settle the two important ministers of the Qing Dynasty in such a short period of time, these are all first-class officials. It's okay to say that those flat-headed people are messing around, how many people who may have reached the level of feudal officials are not the best of the best? How could they do this kind of?

"Alas...... Master Li, you can rest first, and then look at the attitude of foreigners tomorrow. ”

Yuan Shikai hurriedly said goodbye, but Li Hongzhang didn't feel sleepy for a long time, he turned it over and over, wrote and tore it a few times under his hand, and after it was written, he tore it to pieces, and then wrote another copy. Until dawn, the old man, whose body was on the verge of collapse, still couldn't sleep.

And today is the day of negotiations with foreigners, and Li Hongzhang knows with his toes what the result will be, diplomacy...... Where there is any diplomacy, the weak body is just lingering, and the so-called negotiation is just to see the bottom limit of the lion's big mouth, and it doesn't matter whether there is spirit or not.

Just like the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, even as a victorious country, it can only grovel, not to mention that it is still a defeated country, and even the capital has been taken away.

The Qing government delegation entered the negotiation hall amid a sigh of sorrow, and opposite them sat representatives and envoys of foreign armies of different colors, and the atmosphere was surprisingly solemn.

In fact, as soon as Li Hongzhang entered the door, he felt that the atmosphere was wrong, these foreign adults seemed to have lost their previous arrogance, and they sat there one by one in a trance.

But as a defeated country, he has no qualifications to speak first before people speak, and the only way is to sit there and wait.

Time ticked forward, and no one spoke for a full hour, and although there were many whispers, it was true that no one spoke first.

This made Li Hongzhang very surprised, he turned his head sideways and asked the entourage, but the entourage also said that he didn't know anything.

At this moment, the sound of leather shoes knocking on the ground sounded outside. Everyone in the room followed the sound and looked out, and then they saw a young man in a strange costume walk in from outside, the clothes that looked like patches looked strange, but there was an indescribable sassiness, and the peaked cap on his head was particularly conspicuous.

"Oh, I'm sorry to disturb you, I'm afraid everyone here doesn't know me, right? Let me introduce myself first, you can call me Nephilim, the clothes on my body are called 07-style winter training uniforms, today I chose desert camouflage, it looks quite spiritual. ”

As he spoke, two men dressed like him walked in, holding two black weapons in their hands, which looked like guns and were much shorter than the usual muskets.

"This is a 95 assault rifle, domestic, good in all respects, quite handsome. Whoever says it's with a high reticle is stupid x. Nephilim moved a stool and sat down next to the British representative, and then kicked the British representative to the side.

"The biggest advantage of automatic weapons is continuous firepower, and in this era, a machine gun can probably knock over 100,000 troops. Laughing ......"

If the monkey master is here, he will definitely laugh at Nephilien, because he is really a little ugly pretending, and it is not as natural and natural as the monkey master's pretending.

In the face of the people of this era, no matter how much he introduced weapons, it was useless, except to show them in person, for example, the people of the Eight-Nation Alliance had seen it, but Li Hongzhang did not have the slightest concept.

Therefore, when Li Hongzhang saw the domineering foreign adults on weekdays, he bowed his head one by one and kept silent, even the overlord British father who was kicked over just stood up silently and patted his ass and moved it again, if it was put in the past, he would definitely have brushed his sleeves away, and then those warships anchored at Tanggukou would have to bombard Tianjin.

But today, like a dog, he shrank to the side, his head shut, and he was silent.

After Nephilim sat down, the entourage of the British mission next to him immediately poured a cup of hot black tea, and his attitude was simply to serve his father.

This series of events directly impacted Li Hongzhang's worldview for so many years, and he couldn't even believe his eyes, and he couldn't imagine what the young man in front of him who hadn't grown all the hair had the ability to make the entire Eight-Nation Alliance mission unable to let out a fart.

"Master Li, look up for a long time." Nefi Heavenly Dynasty Li Hongzhang clenched his fists: "I can also be regarded as the last national hero of the Qing Dynasty, and your achievements are really incomparable." ”

Although these words sounded a bit piercing to Li Hongzhang, Nai Feitian felt that he deserved the title, after all, the country was forced to do this, and he was still struggling to support it, and it was an unimaginable burden on anyone. You must know this point, the nominal ruler of the country and the actual ruler have already run away, and those who have played with steel ambition understand that this is no different from destroying the whole country, and the next step is to deploy the gendarmerie to suppress the guerrillas.

But in this state, relying on the maneuvering of Li Hongzhang and his gang, the second India has become a semi-colonial country that still has a certain degree of autonomy, which can already be described as great.

"Okay, no more nonsense." Nephilim took out nine contracts from his bosom and pushed them forward: "Everyone, take a look, take the official language of your country, and sign it for me after reading it." ”

Li Hongzhang trembled as he took the contract, trembling when he saw the first sentence -- he did not recognize the legal status of the Qing government, refused to conclude any contract with the Qing government, did not hold any kind of meeting with the Qing government, and at the same time declared the Qing government to be a government in exile.

And then looking down, it can be called the most terrible contract in history, because the second clause is that only the new government will be recognized as the new legitimate government of China. The third is that the new government will be compensated according to the degree of participation in the war, and the specific amount will be determined after the assessment. Article 4 - Return all concessions and evacuate beyond the national borders (including sea borders) as quickly as possible.

These are only the four on the first page, and there are six more pages to follow, and most of these six pages are some additional details, but each one is enough to make the heart pound.

It was said that these aggressor countries would have to compensate not only the intergovernmental but also the victims, as well as the misappropriation and damage to their finances, the exact amount of which would be announced after the calculation of the price, including the Old Summer Palace, the Beiyang Fleet and Vladivostok.

Where is this agreement an agreement, it is simply an outright unequal treaty, and if this one is signed, I am afraid that these countries will never have a better day, right?

Li Hongzhang felt both funny and full of sadness...... It's funny that someone would put forward such a clause, and the sad thing is that national events have become child's play.

At this time, the Japanese representatives immediately stood up and protested, they themselves relied on the Qing government's reparations to live a little, but this agreement was enough to break the mountains and rivers of the entire Japanese country, and it would be a ghost if they could agree to it.

"You protest? Where did you come from to protest? Nephilim frowned: "Do you want to bomb Tokyo forty years in advance?" ”

In a word, just a sentence...... The Japanese delegates were silenced and there was no sound at all.

Li Hongzhang next to him was full of confusion.

"Master Li, you may not know what's going on, let them discuss it here, I'll take you to take a look."

Faced with Nefitian's invitation, Li Hongzhang seemed a little hesitant, but after thinking carefully for a while, he resolutely stood up and walked to Neferten's side. However, the accompanying officials around him were nervous one by one, and Lord Li and Master Li came and went one after another.

"I'm dying, let's go and see what happens."

Li Hongzhang turned around and waved his hand, and then walked outside with the support of Nai Feitian, the street had already been cleared, there was no one, only a strange-looking big guy stopped on it, and his appearance looked a little scary.

"Master Li, please move."

Li Hongzhang looked up at the helicopter in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and then stepped up in a few steps, closing his eyes and looking like a life and death posture.

When Nephilian saw him, he just smiled and helped him bring the noise canceller: "Master Li, sit down and take a nap." ”

Although he remained as immobile as a mountain as much as possible, when the helicopter started to take off, Li Hongzhang's body still trembled violently, he opened his eyes slightly, just glanced at the ground that was getting farther and farther away, and exclaimed: "What kind of demon art is this!" ”

Nephilia glanced at him sideways, "Yes, hex." ”

The plane flew for about half an hour, and finally slowly landed at the location of the Dagukou Fort. This has always been a place that Li Hongzhang is reluctant to come, but this time it gave him a full shock.

"That'...... What's that? ”

He pointed to a behemoth ship in the distance and asked in a trembling voice. None of the foreign warships that had been suspended on the sea were gone, only dense high-speed boats shuttling back and forth, and some were huge ships like the ones he was referring to.

"Aircraft carriers." Nephilian said with a smile behind his back: "Fifteen aircraft carrier battle groups have surpassed the combat effectiveness of the US imperialists more than a hundred years later. ”

"That voyage...... Mother...... What is it? ”

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Alright, everyone! I am back.

There are really a lot of things in the past few days, but it's really more on the fifth day, I'm not in a very good state now, I have a bad cold and my mouth is full of bubbles, I feel like I'm going to die, this feeling is really super unpleasant.

Anyway, everyone is in a hurry, it's okay, it's okay, touch your head.

Remember to vote and reward, don't forget, it's up to you whether you can celebrate the New Year. (To be continued.) )