XVII. Pointing to the East and Fighting the West (1)

"I'm protesting!" Ambassador Wade stood in the lobby of the Prime Minister's Yamen, his face was pale, and he was still forced to act like a gentleman, but his inner anger was clearly expressed through his trembling shoulders, "I protest against the negotiations between your country and Russia on the question of the ownership of Kashmir!" ”

"Mr. Ambassador," said Yixuan with a smile, "this doesn't seem to have anything to do with your country, does it?" ”

"Kashmir is terra nullius, and the right to belong should be decided by the relevant countries through consultation," Wade said angrily, "Afghanistan is also the territory of our British Empire, in a sense, Kashmir is surrounded by our British territory, and the question of ownership here should be decided by us!" ”

"Your country is talking nonsense with its eyes open, how can Kashmir be a terra nullius?" Yixuan patiently explained, "Dalak and Sikh are **** vassals, in the past, Aguba was in turmoil, and the two countries rebelled, and then China took advantage of Kokand to restore the country by the way to send troops to take down the kings of the two countries, abolish the vassals, these two countries are now Kashmir, how can it have a relationship with your country, naturally there is no need for your country to worry about the ownership of here, this is completely my Qing Dynasty's territory, we want to decide who this place will be given to whom." In addition, please return the rest of the small areas that have been occupied by your country one after another, and please return them to China when we negotiate with Russia! ”

Wade did not show weakness, and began to quarrel with Yixuan about which country of Sikh was, Yixuan was annoyed, but he had to deal with it patiently, but in his heart he secretly slandered why it was not our turn to negotiate with Russia, and it was my turn to quarrel with people like shrews.

There seemed to be a lot of people walking outside the lobby, Wade's personal attache came in and whispered a few words in Wade's ear, Wade glared at Yixuan, turned around and walked out. Yixuan thought that Wade was going to say goodbye, so he hurriedly got up and prepared to see him off, Yixuan walked outside, and saw Wade standing in the atrium and shouting to the group outside, "The British Empire will never allow China and Russia to negotiate privately on the Kashmir issue!" ”

The old man who was turning his head to talk to the Russian ambassador Weibei turned his head and looked at Wade who was shouting in surprise. Guo Songtao was standing on the side, and the new Ambassador to China Wei Bei also looked at Wade in surprise, "Ambassador Wade, why are you here?" It was Zuo Zongtang who was supplemented by the crane, he looked at Wade who was furious indifferently, and he didn't speak, it was Guo Songtao who opened his mouth to ask.

"I have come to protest against your country's impudent behavior!" Wade said in a loud voice, "The question of Kashmir's ownership is definitely not something that you two countries can teach each other privately!" ”

Kashmir is the gateway south to India. Russia occupied Central Asia, originally eyeing Afghanistan and India, but in the old years Kokand was restored, Russia's power here was weakened by the Chinese, so it had to put away the tentacles of dyeing Guide, but as long as they were given a passage and a chance to dye Guide, the Russians would never give up this pie that fell from the sky.

The region of Kashmir is a plateau and a mountainous region. Condescending to the South Asian subcontinent, one can think of how the Chinese are divided. There will be absolutely no division of Kashmir between the north and the south, using itself as a buffer zone between Britain and Russia! They will only divide Kashmir east and west, close to China to themselves, close to Afghanistan and India to the Russians, as long as such an agreement is signed, it shows that the Chinese have reached a compromise with the Russians on the issue of Central Asia. Russia's military action to a certain extent has been approved by the Chinese, so it will definitely not be good news for Afghanistan, which is increasingly insurgent.

Damn Chinese, Wade glared at Guo Songtao and left Shi Dakai and others in the Ganges River Valley. Again want to lead the Russians into the Indus!

It feels good to be glared at by foreigners, especially when they are glared at by the arrogant British before, but they have no other means to deal with themselves, Guo Songtao's heart is happy, but he still needs to pretend to be very serious on his face, "We will consider your country's intentions, we have to negotiate first, please Mr. Ambassador, you are at your own convenience." Zhongtang, Ambassador Webey, please. ”

The group left Wade and walked to the conference room, Wade was half dead in anger, turned his head and glared angrily, but he also knew that it was absolutely useless to protest, so he turned around and left, and went to Changchun Garden to find the British minister here to tell this infuriating matter......

"We are not satisfied with the sincerity of your country," Wei Bei said to Guo Songtao, spreading out the text, "and your country still has military operations in the Baikal area. ”

Guo Songtao looked at Zuo Zongtang, Zuo Zongtang just drank tea slowly with a bowl and was not ready to speak, Guo Songtao replied: "We have reported this problem to the Military Aircraft Department, in order to show our sincerity, we will stop all military operations in Beihai from today." "As for any other geological survey or grazing with muskets, of course it will continue.

"The Russians in the Baikal area cannot give up." Webbe continued.

"The Beihai region has been completely occupied by our Mongol tribes, what qualifications does your country have to say that the Beihai region is Russian territory?" A prime minister, Yamen Zhangjing, said with a slight sneer, "Your country still needs to recognize the form." ”

Wei Bei was silent in the face of Zhang Jing's provocation, just looked at Guo Songtao indifferently, Guo Songtao nodded, "Yes, Mr. Ambassador, we have formed a de facto possession relationship in the North Sea, this is an undeniable fact, of course, we are also willing to provide practical contributions for the friendship between the two countries, so we are ready to negotiate with Russia on the ownership of Kashmir, we know that your country has always wanted to go to South Asia after ruling Central Asia, so we are willing to provide this convenience in exchange for your country's support for North Sea affairs." We will discuss Kashmir after the ownership of the North Sea has been determined. ”

"I'm sorry, Lord Guo, I have to interrupt you," Webbe said, "the problem of Lake Baikal is that we Russia are making concessions, and if we give up the territory first, and do not let the people see our benefits, this makes the tsar unable to explain to the nobles in the country, so, of course, these two things must be discussed together, otherwise there is no need to continue to talk." "Of course, if Baikal was given to the Chinese first, and then you Chinese did not admit it and did not bring Kashmir to Russia, then we were not blind in vain? (To be continued.) )