"What are you? The overseas Chinese country has perished?"

"Yes, this is their political commissar Qin Zheng who told us that their country had a volcanic eruption that was destroyed by the island several months ago, and now only these people and the ships are left."

"Oh no, oh no." After hearing Zhang Peilun's words, Li Hongzhang stomped his feet and sighed repeatedly, and Zhou Fu, Sheng Xuanhuai, and Li Jingfang's faces also changed drastically.

It turned out that when Zhang Peilun returned to Shanghai from Tianjin, three days had passed since the time traveler announced the six principles of negotiations. Except for Russia, it responded the next day, saying that Russia would never accept the negotiation principles of overseas Chinese, other countries have not expressed their attitudes.

After Zhang Peilun returned to Shanghai, he immediately told Li Hongzhang about the origin of overseas Chinese. He knew that after hearing this, Li Hongzhang paused his feet and pounded his chest, sighed with grief, and even Zhang Peilun was inexplicably surprised. It turned out that Li Hongzhang thought that there was a country behind this group of overseas Chinese, so they dared to challenge other countries so hard. But after Zhang Peilun did this, he realized that this group of overseas Chinese was actually a paper tiger. On the surface, it was quite scary, but the inside was just empty.

But it is not easy for all countries to fool. Sooner or later, they will definitely find that overseas Chinese are just strong in China and foreign countries. Naturally, they will not be polite to overseas Chinese. When various countries deal with overseas Chinese, they will naturally not let go of the brink of great desperation. Of course, it is not a pity for overseas Chinese to end up with the consequences, but the Qing Dynasty was going to be unlucky. Why didn't Li Hongzhang be anxious to get angry?

But what made Li Hongzhang even more anxious was that although most countries have not yet expressed their views on the negotiation principles of overseas Chinese, the Qing court in exile and other local officials have already had great hope for this. On the night when overseas Chinese announced the negotiation principles, the Qing court, who was temporarily living in Taiyuan, sent a power to Li Hongzhang, saying that it could negotiate with various countries in accordance with the negotiation principles announced by overseas Chinese, and could make some concessions. Overseas Chinese can also be comforted and used by the court to check and balance various countries.

Other governors and governors who participated in Southeast Mutual Protection also sent power to Li Hongzhang. Some believed that the six negotiation principles announced by overseas Chinese were very beneficial to the Qing Dynasty and hoped that Li Hongzhang would do his best to promote negotiations. Some congratulated Li Hongzhang, believing that with the six negotiation principles announced by overseas Chinese, the crisis could be resolved quickly. Some were still awake and asked Li Hongzhang what the chance of success in this negotiation was; some were malicious, and they believed that Li Hongzhang should also win more benefits for the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, Li Hongzhang also received news that he fled to Taiyuan with Cixi and Guangxu. Some had already asked for orders to be responsible for negotiating with various countries, or representing the court to recruit these overseas Chinese.

Zhou Fu, Sheng Xuanhuai, Li Jingfang and others believed in Li Hongzhang's foresight when they saw these telegrams. If Li Hongzhang proposed the principle of negotiating against overseas Chinese at that time, would it be strange if he was not scolded to death by the whole country at this time?

But now I found that this group of overseas Chinese was not reliable at all. Naturally, everyone was anxious. Although Zhang Peilun was a little confused, after hearing Zhou Fu and Sheng Xuanhuai explained the interests there, he also became anxious and said to Li Hongzhang: "Zhongtang, what should we do now?"

After all, Li Hongzhang was also a person who had experienced great ups and downs, and soon calmed down. He knew that it would be useless to be anxious now, so he might as well calm down and think of countermeasures, saying: "It is useless to be anxious when you have done this. What's more, foreigners don't know the details of overseas Chinese now, so it may not be impossible."

Zhang Peilun said: "Would I go to Tianjin again and meet overseas Chinese again and understand the benefits and interests of it."

Li Hongzhang waved his hand to Zhang Peilun and said, "It's useless to go, and we don't have much contact with overseas Chinese at this time. We just look at how they negotiate with various countries, and we should not participate." After a pause, he turned to Li Jingfang and said, "Jingfang, you will immediately generate electricity to the court. Russia has rejected the negotiation principles of overseas Chinese. No other countries have yet to express their opinions, and we should not act too rush."

Li Jingfang said, "Yes, I'll do it now."

After hearing this, everyone thought that Li Hongzhang had handled it very well, because the most urgent task was to stabilize the court. It was already troublesome now. If the court came to cause trouble at this time, it would be a headache.

At this time, Sheng Xuanhuai said: "Zhongtang, should we tell all countries about overseas Chinese?"

Li Hongzhang thought for a while and said, "Don't reveal it for the time being, let's wait and see what it will be." He paused and said, "The Russians have expressed their opinions that they do not accept the negotiation principles of overseas Chinese. I will go to the British and French consulates to check out their tone tomorrow."

Just the next day, after Russia made a statement, the German Consulate in Shanghai also issued a statement claiming that Germany would not accept the negotiation principles of overseas Chinese, and called on countries to increase their troops to the Chinese battlefield and resolutely defeat overseas Chinese. And later on the same day, the Russian government once again stated that Russia would consider sending 100,000 Russian troops to the Chinese battlefield and sending the Russian Far East Fleet stationed in Vladivostok to dispatch to Lushun Port to deal with overseas Chinese.

The two countries have expressed their views that they do not accept the negotiation principles of overseas Chinese, and are also preparing to increase troops to the Chinese battlefield, which has caused another shock. In the Qingting, who temporarily lives in Taiyuan, the governors and governors of the Southeast Provinces were immediately worried again.

However, after Russia and Germany made their statements, they had three consecutive days without other countries following up, and overseas Chinese in Tianjin were no longer in a state of movement. At this time, there were only three days left before the ten-day time limit set by overseas Chinese.

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In an office of the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai, Japanese Consulate in Shanghai, Jeremy Tamsuke handed a telegram to Fukushima Akasa and said, "Fukushima, the military has decided on your punishment and demoted you to colonel."

Fukushima Anmasa did not answer the telegram, but said: "Tian Jun, has my application been approved by the military headquarters?"

Tian Che said: "Well, the military headquarters has approved your proposal. You can return to Tianjin as a military officer in the consulate in Tianjin. Someone has been sent to China for the relevant documents. I guess you can go to Shanghai in the next two days."

Fukushima straightened his head, stood at attention immediately, then reached out to take the telegram, saying, "Very good, I accept this, and I'm glad to have the opportunity to make up for my mistake."

Tian Chee said: "Kun Fukushima, do you think overseas Chinese will agree to our reopening of the consulate in Tianjin?"

Fukushima Anmasato: "I think at least 60% sure that Japan has a consulate in Tianjin, but it has evacuated itself. Since overseas Chinese allow consulates from other countries to exist in Tianjin, they are not refusing us to reopen the consulate in Tianjin. This is also the best way for us to obtain information in Tianjin and understand overseas Chinese."

Tian Chee said: "Yes, we don't have a business in Tianjin. Once the consulate is withdrawn, there will be no news."

Fukushima Amasato: "This is my mistake."

Tian Che shook his head and said, "Fukushima, you can't blame you. Under the circumstances at that time, you were able to make a quick decision and remove the consulate staff very few, which was indeed a good job. But none of us expected that this group of overseas Chinese would be completely different from the Qing Dynasty."

Fukushima Anmasa could only smile bitterly and speechlessly. When the time travelers attacked the Tianjin Concession, Fukushima Anmasa made a quick decision. Before the concession was lost, he took the Japanese Consul in Tianjin, Hikoshi Ijiyuan and the consulate staff to throw away the consulates from various countries and fled from Tianjin. Hikoshi Ijiyuan Yoshimasa took the consulate staff to Beijing, and Anmasasa Fukushima broke up with them in the middle and came to Shanghai.

When he first arrived in Shanghai, Fukushima Anmasa was once regarded as a hero because he saved the full staff of the Japanese Consulate in Tianjin and brought news from Tianjin, and Japan also planned to commend him. But soon after, news from Tianjin that all the consulates in various countries were safe and sound. In addition to closing the Russian consulate because of the rude words of the Russian consulate, the consulates of other countries remained, and their activities were not restricted, and they could also send telegrams to Shanghai to convey messages.

Moreover, the consulates of various countries in Tianjin were very dissatisfied with the Japanese consulate in Tianjin for leaving others behind and escaping from Tianjin, because everyone was ready at that time and jointly defended the concession. Therefore, various countries protested to Japan, which also made the Japanese government very passive and could only apologize to the countries.

Of course, this is not a big deal. In fact, all countries know that this matter cannot be blamed on Japan. They understand that they could not defend the concession at that time, so it is understandable that the Japanese escaped from Tianjin first, so they had to make it difficult to make it easy. Of course, they cannot let it go easily. They should beat the yellow-skinned monkeys appropriately to avoid them being too forgot about it.

But the other consequence is very serious. Although Japan has a concession in Tianjin, it has not developed it, so no Japanese companies have entered Tianjin to operate it. Therefore, after the consulate in Tianjin evacuated, no one in Japan has moved in Tianjin. Consulates from other countries can send news from Tianjin at all times. Only Japan is completely disgraceful to Tianjin and can only inquire about the news from other countries, and also has many eyebrows.

Japan is naturally very dissatisfied with the result, and someone must bear this responsibility, so it naturally comes to Anmasato Fukushima, and then demoted Anmasato Fukushima to his post.
Chapter completed!