After listening to President Meng's answer, the Chinese applauded and applauded, Li Hongzhang and Jie Gege were very touched in their hearts, they didn't expect Xuan Yuemeng to be so tough, this is not to give face to the powers at all.After a big battle with the British in Guangdong, in fact, from that time on, President Meng knew that if he was not beaten, the British and the French would not dare to do anything to him.At the same time as President Meng spoke, the Chinese army once again declared war on the British and French forces, of course, this time, President Meng did not want to capture the British fleet in vain.The British fleet retreated, and all the infantry came aboard and opened fire on the port of Tianjin.Exactly who fired the gun first, the British said it was the Chinese army, and the Chinese army said it was the British, which became a confused account.Anyway, there was nothing to lose on both sides, but the result was that the British merchants were so frightened that they sold their properties cheaply, and Klinsmann & Co. made a windfall.In the original history, the Margaret incident was like this.In order to build a railway from Yangon, Myanmar to Simao, Yunnan, in 1874, in the thirteenth year of Tongzhi, the British Colonel officer Bai Lang led an armed pathfinder team of nearly 200 people from Burma to detect the route of Yunnan, China; Margaret, a staff member of the British Embassy in China, was also ordered by Minister Wittoma to meet him from Beijing to Burma via Yunnan to meet with Paul Lang at the end of the year.Margaret and Bai Lang led an armed pathfinder team into Yunnan without prior notice to the magistrates, and threatened to attack Tengyue City, but the Jingpo people in Manyun Cottage tried to prevent the British invaders from passing.Margaret shot at the local people, and the masses were filled with righteous indignation, killed Margaret and several accompanying Chinese, and drove the pathfinder back to Burma, which is the "Margaret Incident", also known as the "Yunnan Incident" or "Dian Case".At that time, Wei Tuma exerted diplomatic pressure on the Qing government over the Margaret incident, and declared that he would send troops into Yunnan.At that time, Xinjiang was in an eventful period, and the Qing court had ordered Zuo Zongtang to go west to recover Xinjiang.Fearing that Britain would unite with Russia to conspire to occupy Xinjiang, he ordered Li Hongzhang and Ding Richang to properly handle the matter together.In July of the following year, Li Hongzhang and Wei Tuma signed the Sino-British Yantai Treaty in Yantai, Shandong.China will bring the so-called "murderers" to justice, pay reparations and apologize to the UK; allowing the British to open up Indo-Tibetan communications; Yichang, Wuhu, Wenzhou and Beihai were opened as treaty ports.In the past two days, President Meng has been asking his General Staff to analyze the situation after entering the customs and now that the war has reached this stage.These analyses were based on intelligence and were mainly aimed at the attitudes of the Qing court and various parties.With President Meng's current intelligence network, he already has the strength to do this."
The Qing court had no choice but to continue fighting, flee to the northwest, and mobilize troops from all over the country."
Princess Katrina Kafu presents the analysis document of the General Staff to President Moe.President Meng nodded, "Yes, the Qing court has only these two possibilities, what I want to know is, which one is more likely, have they proposed different countermeasures" "Yes, the General Staff believes that the Qing court is more likely to be compliant, if the Qing court really wants to fight to the end, the president had better announce the reunification of China."
The new government governs the whole country. ”Princess Katrina Kaaf replied."
As for foreigners, there is no need to worry, except for Tsarist Russia, no one has the conditions to intervene in Beijing's affairs, and Tsarist Russia has no changes for the time being."
President Moe frowned and fell into deep thought.Now President Meng has taken over this matter and solved the crisis of the Qing court at once, but President Meng does not feel that he is helping the Qing court, he has not only helped Huaxia, helped China, but also helped him improve his personal prestige, and the concession in Tianjin is still there.Afterwards, President Meng communicated with the British Minister Wittoma and the French Minister Luo Shuya, and agreed to maintain the British Concession and the French Concession, but with the occupation of Tianjin City by President Meng, President Meng negotiated with the Qing court on the one hand, and expanded the city map of Tianjin on a large scale, even more than the modern era he had crossed, and the urban scope of Tianjin, in President Meng's planning, expanded more than 20 times.A deliberate disturbance by the British was solved by President Meng, and in fact got all of Tianjin, because China and Britain and France have an agreement organized by the member states of the Nanyang Contract, and there is no restriction on residence, so the Chinese can go to the concession at will, and the foreigners can also come to the Chinese residential area at will, which is equivalent to no concession, the American Concession has always been under the jurisdiction of President Meng, and it is a buyout, and the Americans have long ignored the American Concession in Tianjin, which is equivalent to the entire Tianjin and belongs to President Meng.In the evening, President Meng organized a ball, which was placed in the Yamen, the former governor of Zhili of the Tianjin Garrison Command, and Li Hongzhang refused to participate.President Meng personally came to invite Li Hongzhang.Li Hongzhang exclaimed angrily: "You have also lifted Tianjin's military power, and now the entire Zhili, the Huai army that can fight is less than 5,000, even if you add the Zuo Zongtang Department that is rushing over, it can no longer pose a threat to the Chinese army, now, you are satisfied If according to your conditions, the door to North China will be opened."
The Qing Dynasty existed in name only, and Tianjin must be owned by Huaguo, which can be discussed.The entire northeast and the land outside the Guanxi must belong to Huaguo, which can also talk about the Jiangnan region, and the land occupied by the Chinese army must also belong to Huaguo, these can be discussed, but you let the imperial court pay Huaguo 200 million taels of silver, and pay at least 10 million taels of silver every year to make up for the loss of Huaguo, and third, the Qing court must establish Huaguo as the suzerain, which is never allowed, in this case, the Qing Dynasty has become a slave country of your Huaguo, do you think it is feasible Don't say that the current Daqing State can't take out 10 million taels of silver a year, just take it out, It's impossible, but save a little money over the years, and I'll bring it to you" President Meng smiled: "Teacher, don't worry, don't get angry, this is better than the fall of the Qing Dynasty, it's stronger, since you said that the first article can be discussed, you just don't care about the land, then, I'm also a little generous, the next day the indemnity and the third article, recognize Huaguo as the suzerain, I can also relax a little, I am giving the teacher room to turn around, the more harsh I say here, the more the teacher returns to the court, the more you have a great credit."
Li Hongzhang snorted: "Are you willing to give up the second and third articles, I can't talk about you, let's wait for Zeng Jize to come." ”Zeng Jize has already received a telegram from Li Hongzhang, Zeng Jize was sent to Shanghai last time to negotiate with President Meng, and then he has been in Nanjing, and now he has got the news of Li Hongzhang, and he is rushing to Tianjin, since Zeng Guofan's death, the Zeng family's momentum is not as good as before, although Zeng Guoquan is still there, but there is no way to compare with Zeng Guofan when he was alive."
I'm sincere, I haven't even gone home, I specially picked up my mother to play today, and let friends from all walks of life in Tianjin and Zhili feel the harmonious atmosphere, don't always think about conflicts, I'm annoyed."
President Meng smiled: "Teacher, let's go, credit, I hope to give it to you, let's go more relaxed, the country's affairs will be solved." ”Li Hongzhang is angry and funny, and he doesn't know what's wrong with the world, he would actually talk about the division of the country here with a person who is not even five years old.In the end, Li Hongzhang couldn't resist Xuan Yuemeng, so he had to attend Xuan Yuemeng's ball.It's the same with Jiegege.,After hearing that President Meng was willing to give in to the second and third articles.,I had to go to the ball with President Moe.。
President Meng is still very angry with Li Hongzhang, although he occupies the yamen of the governor of Zhili, but Li Hongzhang's mansion did not move, and sent someone to send a lot of Western gadgets, which made Li Hongzhang cry and laugh, for fear that the court would misunderstand what agreement he and Xuan Yuemeng had made in private.President Meng smiled: "Don't worry, the teacher is secretly sent by people, and there is no fanfare, a lot of things, I just want the teacher to open his eyes." ”President Meng moved things to Li Hongzhang, Xuan Yuemeng's mother was not idle, and the Yamen of the Governor of Zhili was almost emptied, Li Hongzhang's collection of calligraphy, paintings and antiques, Xuan's mother heard that she was going to move to Li Hongzhang's mansion in Dashu Hutong, and hurriedly moved to Meng Garden.Divide these two days is a bit much, today and tomorrow two more, the day after tomorrow to resume the daily three more t1706231537: