The Chinese actually want French India! This news could not help but begin to spread quietly but surging like a virus in the diplomatic circles of Beijing City, Ambassador Wade when he heard the news, he was having breakfast, couldn't help but stand up, he sincerely gave birth to a sense of tiredness, yes, as an ambassador in China, this process is too difficult, simply need to pay attention at all times, resolutely can not relax their vigilance, even when sleeping, have to open one eye to monitor the Chinese, just a few days later, such news will make himself unable to eat. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

He looked at the half of the fried very tender egg with regret and anger, put down the cloth, and stood up, at this time he only felt that there was no hunger in his stomach, instead of a feeling of fullness caused by upset, he walked out of the restaurant, looked at the military attache in charge of collecting news, and said in a deep voice, "Chinese need French India?" Is this news reliable? ”

"Reliable, it was accidentally said by the French negotiators, and the Chinese made two demands to France, one is to pay 20 million taels of compensation, and the other is to ask France to cede French India."

"Ridiculous!" Wade whispered angrily, "The place here in India is not at all something that the Chinese can contaminate, they are probably carried away by victory!" He lost his temper, probably because he was disturbed to enjoy his breakfast, because he immediately stopped his anger, and it can be seen that the yelling just now was just a catharsis, he calmed down and realized something, and let out a sneer very similar to that of the French consul in Guangzhou, "Ridiculous, these Frenchmen, do you really think we are stupid?" He calmed down and said to the adjutant, "I want to arrange it for the British unit of the Prime Minister's Yamen immediately." ”

He sat down calmly and poured himself a cup of Earl Grey black tea, "I can conclude that this news was released by the French themselves, and they can't resist the pressure of the Chinese." ”

China's pressure, not only the French can be felt, Wade can also feel, the last time the Prime Minister's Yamen asked for a ceasefire in China was revealed, the British Embassy has not been quiet these days, every day there are unknown people to storm the British Embassy, rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves at the door, there are more French soldiers who were captured by China in Vietnam to prepare a year's food for the previous year, and there is no worry about running out of cooking, these days, Wade does not dare to go out at will, If you go out, you have to inform the police station of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, let them arrange police escorts before they can go out, but the police station does not pay much attention to the embassy, unless Wade goes to the Prime Minister's Yamen, if he goes to other places, he will ignore it and shirk the majority, of course, Wade can understand the feelings of the Chinese, but he can't bear this kind of pressure on China, let alone pressure that is not beneficial to Britain, which has led to a certain predicament.

Although he repeatedly emphasized in front of the Chinese that France is a powerful country, and the defeat in Vietnam was just an accident, and it would be irrational to offend the French in all aspects, but France's performance on the battlefield in Vietnam, and in the Paris Parliament or Cabinet, made Wade very clear that although he did not want to admit this disappointing result, he must say that the French tried to defeat China in the Franco-Prussian War and wanted to defeat China in Vietnam to return to the ranks of the world's great powers, this dream has been shattered.

Wade's personal opinion should be to reconsider the diplomatic relations between Britain and France, Wade knows that China has an old saying, that is, "mud can't support the wall", it is really very appropriate to describe the French, he must doubt from a realistic point of view, for a France that is currently doomed to decline, offend China, which is very close to Britain, is this an appropriate approach?

It's just that he must now uphold the country's policies and orders to do things, so he can only make this request with China, this request has a price, Prime Minister Yamen has released rumors, the original French cut opium import subsidies, previously said to be given to the British, but at present, this project has made no progress, and it seems that it will be "considered and studied" forever.

What's more, the French still came up with such a shameless trick, not to mention that they could not defeat China for the time being, and they could not resist China's pressure at the negotiating table, and wanted to use the power of the British Empire to fight against China. "Although I am very reluctant to be used by the French, I have to say that if the Chinese demand is true, we have to protest and countermeasures, the Chinese already have military power in the lower reaches of the Ganges, and in Kashmir, if they occupy these colonies that originally belonged to France on the sea, then they also have ports and supply points in the Indian Ocean!" Of course, we have never acknowledged the possibility that China's navy would surpass the British Empire's naval power, but only by guaranteeing the exclusive right to the Indian Ocean will it be possible for us to continue to occupy this sea area, using Malacca as a gateway to block the desire of countries from the East to enter the Indian Ocean. ”

Wade said very vaguely, but this country with access to the Indian Ocean from the East, at this stage, who else can there be besides the Qing State? Therefore, although Wade is disgusted with France using himself as a shield, he also has to admit that the news revealed by the French is too timely, and it is indeed very important to Britain. What colonies France transfers, do you also need the nod and consent of the British?

At this stage, we can still make a difference, "Now we must immediately know whether the Chinese's demands are the same as those revealed by the French, and then clearly tell the Chinese that any idea of China's naval power to enter the Indian Ocean will never be allowed by our British Empire!" ”

Wade came to Prime Minister Yamen, after meeting British Zhang Jing for the first time, he clearly and directly said this rumor outside, and expressed concern, British stock Zhang Jing said that he did not know about this matter, in fact, he really did not know, but playing Tai Chi, the Chinese are the best, he quietly pushed back, so after three days, Wade came to visit every day, and when his attitude became worse and worse, Prime Minister Yamen finally admitted that there was such a clause in the negotiations with France. (To be continued.) )