Panjin is the last barrier of Shanhaiguan, Panjin Shou General was originally under the management of the Shanhaiguan Military Preparation Provincial Administration, and now because the Shanhaiguan Military Preparation Provincial Government Office Daotai You Chengxi is under control, Panjin Guarding General has to ask General Sheng Jing for help, and General Sheng Jing is even more urgent to Beijing day after day.Luo Guozhong wanted to recover Yingkou, but he didn't dare to divide too many troops, for fear that he would lose Benxi again, and he was in a dilemma, constantly dragging his feet."
This battle is really a wretch, obviously it has been fought, it is obviously an advantage, and it is not clear what the court wants to do, the most hateful thing is this Ruilian, Lao Tzu can't wait to kill him alive."
Luo Guozhong said fiercely.Luo Guoxiao persuaded: "Brother, it's useless to say this now, I think, it's better to divide the troops and not take it back to Yingkou, I'm worried that the court will condemn you." ”Luo Guozhong frowned, "Don't worry, don't you see that artillery is fired here every day, let's go on the front foot, this gang of bandits will soon recapture Benxi, Benxi can't afford to lose it" Xuan Jianzhang took the second regiment and the cavalry battalion to gain a firm foothold at Yingkou, Luo Guozhong received the Qing court's order to temporarily stop the war and stick to the defense, and the war was temporarily suspended.This made President Meng very happy, and this is exactly the effect President Meng hopes to achieve."
Isn't it even if we win now," Princess Katrina Kafu said happily to President Moe, "It's really good." ”President Meng glanced at the happy Princess Katrina Kaf, and smiled slightly: "Don't be so happy, maybe we can't relax, the Qing army has the strength to attack again." ”President Meng himself can't figure out what the Qing court is doing, although there is a Beijing station in Beijing, and news is constantly being sent, but the Bureau of Statistics has not entered the palace, and has entered the side of Prince Gong Yixun and Li Hongzhang.Although President Meng knows what virtue the Qing court is, but he really can't figure it out, he obviously has an absolute advantage, and he actually stopped fighting like this, it's all thanks to President Meng wearing a foreigner's hat, in the eyes of the Qing court, the Kingdom of Eastern Hawaii is a colony, a Western country, and they want to solve it with money.Chen Qin, the chief of the Tianjin Customs, served as the minister of negotiations and sent a request for negotiations to the Kingdom of Eastern Hawaii.President Meng instructed Prince Richard Harris to accept Chen Qin's request for peace talks as foreign minister, and the meeting place was at Caohekou.President Meng hid behind and listened to the conversation between the two, and he didn't show up, but President Meng had already set the conditions and tone for the negotiation.Prince Richard Harris can already communicate with Chen Qin in Chinese."
Dear Prince Richard Harris, our court of the Great Qing Kingdom feels that this incident is just a small misunderstanding, and we hope that the two sides can resolve the dispute on the basis of negotiations."
Chen Qin was already a very experienced diplomat, otherwise Li Hongzhang would not have asked Chen Qin to represent him.Prince Richard Harris smiled slightly, "Lord Chen, I am very happy that your country can have such an attitude, we don't want to fight, it is really you who started the war first, we are very indignant about your previous undeclared war" This is a typical back-to-back rake, foreigners are doing this, obviously it was the Danzhou army that forcibly occupied Caohekou and Benxi without declaring a war, and then before Luo Guozhong brought a large group of people to come, he also constantly issued warnings to Danzhou, asking the Danzhou army to withdraw from Caohekou and Benxi, and the Qing court was completely in charge.Chen Qinbao smiled: "It may be a misunderstanding, the past things, don't mention it, since the prince is willing to withdraw from Benxi and Caohekou, as well as Yingkou, I think this matter will be easy to handle, everyone will communicate more in the future, and there will be no more misunderstandings like this." ”Prince Richard Harris said with a smile: "Who said that we should withdraw from Yingkou, Benxi, if you really have sincere peace talks, you must rent Yingkou, Benxi, including Tonghua in the north of the Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom, for a period of no less than twenty years." ”Because the original lease of Danzhou is 20 years, so it is not valued by the consulates of various countries, this time, President Meng repeats the old tricks, President Meng just wants to be able to get it, and cares about the date President Meng feels that if 20 years later, there is no strength to continue to occupy the leased land, even if it is rented for 10,000 years, it is wronged.Chen Qin was shocked, he didn't expect the appetite of the East Hawaii Kingdom to be so big, this is to increase the leased land of the East Hawaii Kingdom by half, and he stretched out his hand to Jilin, and the more troublesome thing is Yingkou, the location of Yingkou in the northeast is very good, it is the closest port to Inner Mongolia, the Qing court realized that the geographical location of this place is important, so as a military town, and set up the Shanhaiguan Military Reserve Bureau."
Your Royal Highness the Prince, this is absolutely not possible, you must withdraw from Yingkou, Benxi and Caohekou, and we can make appropriate compensation for your losses.We, the court of the Great Qing Kingdom, are willing to compensate the Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom with 100,000 taels of silver. ”Chen Qin also threw out the Qing court's negotiation conditions.In the eyes of the Qing court, it was the East Hawaii Kingdom that made the first move, and Benxi and Caohekou did not have any economic foundation, so it was not worth grabbing, giving 100,000 taels of official silver meaning, this matter should be able to be erased, who knew that the East Hawaii Kingdom would propose to lease Yingkou, Benxi and Tonghua because the Caohekou was below Benxi, and it had been naturally taken as a possession by the East Hawaii Kingdom."
If not, then you can go."
Prince Richard Harris did not threaten Chen Qin, President Meng just asked Prince Richard Harris to send off President Meng is very clear about the virtue of the Qing court, the Qing court is used to being threatened, and the courage can be regarded as scared out, the general threat does not work at all, and now there is no strength to threaten by force anyway, but it is better to drive people away like this.Chen Qin stood up awkwardly, and wanted to say that Prince Richard Harris had already left with his hands behind his back, and the entourage in the reception room also went out, leaving only Chen Qin and a group of Qing court councilors and officials stunned on the spot.Chen Qin returned to Benxi, and hurriedly reported the situation to the court, the road to negotiation was sealed like this, was it not sealed, President Meng's 20-year lease plan was simply invincible in this era, President Meng was able to catch the idea of the Qing court, twenty years, in the eyes of the Qing court, it passed in a blink of an eye, and he wouldn't mind at all, and after 20 years, he could still pick up a bunch of good buildings, or even factories or something, and the Qing court still felt that it was cost-effective, and the most important thing was that more than 1,000 people died in the Eastern Hawaiian Kingdom, and they didn't ask for war reparations.
This is the first time in the Qing court, Xuanzong has been exposed, but this has become Xuan Zonglu's credit.t1706231537: