As for what to do, there is no need to continue to discuss anything in such a large court at this time, such content should not be talked about in public, Zeng Jize nodded, "But what did the German foreign minister say that there are unexpected guests, who will be those people?" ”

"Probably some other country," said Anlan, who spread out the brochure in his hand and looked at it carefully, the meeting invited the sixteen most powerful countries in the world, in addition to China, the host German Empire, as well as the British Empire, the French Third Republic, the Russian Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the United States of America, the Kingdom of Italy, the Spanish Empire, the Portuguese Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Dutch Colonial Empire, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Sweden, the Kingdom of Denmark, and the Kingdom of Norway. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info"Maybe there are a few small European countries, after all, they do it in Germany, and they have to find some countries to cheer them on, right? ”

History has changed, there is no need to wait for a while, Zeng Jize has already enjoyed the benefits after the change of history, China has become one of the sixteen powers, participating in this meeting, and according to the rank, it is ranked after Austria-Hungary, in Europe, of course, to make Germany's neighbors more ahead, Zeng Jize shook his head, "We offended not a few people," he pointed to the list, "Luzon offended Spain, Lanfang offended the Netherlands, and Ottoman, well, not a bad relationship, But when he made trouble with France, he didn't have a good face, France, naturally needless to say, this is really an ambush on all sides. ”

"If there are enemies, there will naturally be friends," An Lan said with a smile, "You know it yourself, don't you know that we also have many friends?" ”

The ministers of various countries attending the meeting have entered the venue, and there is no diplomatic etiquette at this time, so unless there is a good relationship with the country, the rest of the countries will not shake hands and say hello, China is not a friendly country in the West, so except for the ministers of Austria-Hungary and the Portuguese Empire, the rest are talking in groups by themselves, Austria-Hungary naturally does not need to say, the foreign minister personally invited Zeng Jize to visit Vienna casually, and the attitude of the Portuguese Empire is very strange, Except for Macao, the two countries can be said to have no connection, or because Macao, according to the character of the Chinese who fight for every inch of land, it is bound to cause a big conflict, why does it seem very harmonious at this time?

The first is, of course, that the Portuguese are happy to see the Spaniards eat in Luzon, and China does not care about Spain's reaction, not through diplomatic means, but to beat rabbits with grass, and after destroying a small country, it unexpectedly attacked Luzon and expelled all the troops and officials in Luzon, this kind of thing is very clear that China will not care about a Spain that has declined and is no longer a regional power in the world, nor does it disdain to negotiate with you diplomatically, and directly expels it by force, This was a stark reaction to the attitude of the French on the question of Vietnam, and the Spaniards were laughed at among the European countries, so to speak, and their prestige was greatly reduced, and the Spanish king was furious, and the two countries broke off diplomatic relations for three years, but the Portuguese were happy to see it.

The second is the wisdom of the Empress Dowager Cixi, after the victory of Vietnam, the hawks in the DPRK strongly demanded to solve the problem of Hong Kong and Macao by the way, and even if Britain cannot be offended at present, but the Portuguese occupying Macao are just a small country, and the national strength is inferior to Spain, and there is no need to dispatch the North and South Ocean Naval Division, but I am afraid that the Guangdong Naval Division will send a few sampans to recover it, this argument is very popular, but the Empress Dowager Cixi ignored the matter, not only because Hong Kong and Macao need to recover together, if the light recovers Macao, Hong Kong is still in the hands of the British, and it is inevitable that others will think that you are bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, and you will not be able to stand up in the face of the British. The other situation is that diplomatic affairs must be flexible, the old year has been signed with the Portuguese on the ownership of Macao, sovereignty is in me, the lease is in Portugal, pay rent and recognize the rule of China, just a small island, and not a vassal, there is no risk of sovereignty change, why bother to kill everything, the Portuguese from the Ming Dynasty to the present are still peaceful, leaving them, is also to show that China is not blindly reckless.

Moreover, the existence of Macao is equivalent to giving the Portuguese a special port for trade, although the strength of the Portuguese navy has weakened, but still retains one of the few merchant ships in the world, foreign trade China needs to carry out its own shipping, the experience and cooperation of these countries, is still very needed. The two tooth empires, although they don't have a big effect, but it's not good to offend them all, fight one and pull the other, this is the trick that the Empress Dowager Cixi is used to doing in diplomacy.

So Portugal came to say hello, it is not surprising, Portugal came to the deputy prime minister in charge of foreign affairs, he is very enthusiastic, this era of the Qing Dynasty belongs to a relatively wealthy country, naturally to be enthusiastic, he to Zeng Jize invited, on behalf of the Portuguese Emperor, invited the Chinese Queen Mother to visit Lisbon when necessary. Zeng Jize said that he would present this request to the Queen Mother.

When the three countries were greetings, another group of people suddenly came to the door, they were wearing red ribbons, velvet uniforms were very solemn and majestic, and the seams of the trousers had three colors of red, white and blue.

Surrounded by a group of high-ranking civil officials, a middle-aged man in his fifties with gray hair entered the venue accompanied by the German Foreign Minister, and An Lan whispered to Zeng Jize, "The French Prime Minister has arrived in person. ”

Zeng Jize slowly stood up, this is the head of a country, must have the necessary respect, this time the meeting seems to be of a very high standard, the prime minister of France has come in person, originally the foreign minister came, but Bapiste changed his mind and rushed over from Paris, I heard that the king of Belgium is also going to come in person to discuss the issue of the Congo River Basin, before the Portuguese foreign minister left, he made a few vague words, hoping that China can support Portugal's sovereignty over the Congo River and not let the Belgians occupy the Congo River.

Zeng Jize was noncommittal, French Prime Minister Baptiste walked in front of Zeng Jize with a group of people, the team suddenly stopped, Baptiste glanced at Zeng Jize and An Lan and his party arrogantly, "Excuse me, are you the representative sent by the Qing State?" (To be continued.) )