V. Beijing Treaty (III)
"Oh?" Xingzhen clapped her hands, and the cinnamon fell from between the gilded silver and ruby armor, Xingzhen raised her eyebrows thoughtfully, "I didn't expect to indirectly affect the evidence of the United Kingdom, it's really a butterfly effect, I can't think of it," the queen muttered to herself, saying something new that Ander Hair and others couldn't understand, but An Takhai had obviously adapted to the queen's unexpected and shocking words from time to time, pretending not to hear, "If the cabinet collapses because of the unfavorable war, there are two possibilities, one is that the party that tends to conservative policies comes to power, Then the peace talks will go quite smoothly, but if a tougher party comes to power, it will be bad," Xingzhen thought for a while, at this time it was nothing more than to break each one, "Deling," the queen instructed, "tell the sixth master, if the British do not have the sincerity of the peace talks, put him aside, talk to the Americans first, you must know that the Americans are waiting for the fisherman to profit, it doesn't matter, give him a little benefit, divide it first, break each one, we can't let the four countries unite against us, pull one successfully, let's fight another one!" ”
In late October, the envoys of Britain, France, the United States, and Russia gathered in Beijing to negotiate peace talks with China, and the Russian minister insisted that the four countries would advance and retreat together and sign a joint agreement, Prince Gong scoffed, and ordered Guiliang to visit the residence of the American minister Hua Ruohan overnight, finalize the 23 articles of the letter of intent for peace talks between the two countries, and announce and sign it the next day. Why do you need to enter the door to participate in peace talks? Please come back. The Russian minister, who had come to blackmail China, went away with a red face and shame, vowing to "pay the Chinese blood." At this time, Britain and France didn't care about the matter of advancing and retreating together, and when they entered the lobby, the content of the letter of intent between China and the United States couldn't help but look at each other.
The benefits given by the Chinese are too great, first of all, it solves the problem of the envoy stationed in Beijing, in addition to the fact that Britain and France are not satisfied with their own interests, the lack of equal treatment here in China is also a factor that seriously affects their self-esteem, so the issue of the minister stationed in Beijing in the old "Tianjin Treaty" has not been properly resolved, and it is also the reason for the resurgence of the war in Xianfeng for ten years, in this letter of intent, the prince of China not only promised to set up an embassy district in Beijing for foreign envoys to be stationed, Consultations will also be held with the U.S. government to prepare for raising the diplomatic status of the two countries to the level of ambassadors.
The full name of the ambassador is "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary", and he is the highest level of diplomatic envoy. Sent by a head of state to a head of another country, they enjoy higher courtesies than diplomatic envoys of the other two ranks (chargé d'affaires) and have the right to request an audience with the head of the host country and to negotiate with senior officials of the host country. Its main responsibilities are: to be responsible for the implementation of the functions of the diplomatic mission and to conduct the affairs of the diplomatic mission in accordance with the instructions of the Government of the country. An ambassador to a country may concurrently serve as an envoy to another country or to two or more countries, provided that the concurrent position is subject to the consent of the receiving country, formal presentation of credentials to the head of state of the receiving country, and regular or irregular visits to the receiving country to perform the duties of ambassador.
The full name of the Minister is "Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary" or "Minister Plenipotentiary", and the Minister is the second rank of diplomatic envoys, sent by the Head of State, and receives the same courtesy as the Ambassador, but the substantive status and duties and the diplomatic privileges and immunities enjoyed are the same as those of the Ambassador. Their appointment is subject to the prior consent of the receiving State.
The diplomatic level of the two countries symbolizes the degree of friendship and exchange between the two countries, of course, the British and French ministers can pinch their noses and deny this, our proud Caucasian people have always been a direct form of things, but as the Americans who only fought the autumn breeze in the Second Opium War, China's generosity is obvious, and the first benefit to the Americans is the increase in treaty ports.
In addition to the five places in Guangzhou, Fujian, Xiamen, Ningbo, and Shanghai, which were forced to open during the First Opium War, this time the Chinese were exceptionally enlightened, not to mention the five treaty ports south of the Yangtze River that were originally opened, Yantai in the north and even Yungang and Dengzhou were set up as treaty ports, and American merchants were allowed to do business in these places, and the largest city in this port was Tianjin, the heart of the empire, the land of Gyeonggi, and that was even more shocking to Britain and France, and what shocked Britain and France even more was that the Chinese government promised that Lianyungang would be "the exclusive treaty port of the United States, The United States is granted a 50 per cent reduction in tariffs on exports from other countries for a period of 10 years. ”
This is not only a considerable figure, but also shows the differential treatment of the Chinese, giving the United States the most-favored-nation policy The two ministers do not know if they have heard of this word, but they keenly grasp that the Chinese government's policy should have a certain deviation, different from the previous tough and closed nature, "Your Majesty, I protest against this policy!" The newly appointed round-faced minister finally stopped smiling, and said loudly to Prince Gong, who was wearing a four-regiment dragon supplement uniform and smiling on a chair, "This is contrary to the principle of equality in international diplomatic practice, and I and the French minister are both extremely indignant!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for the recommendation ticket, your support is my biggest motivation. )
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