The explosive flames of Edo Castle Honmaru instantly destroyed all the illusions of Tokugawa Iekei.

He's living in Honmaru!

The nearest shell was only a dozen meters away from his residence! The blast smashed the planks and papier-mâché walls to pieces, and the Tokugawa shogunate, who was helped up by his attendants, watched the flames of the explosion outside, and shivered there for a full minute, and then made his decision......

Request negotiations.

The Akemito coalition happily accepted his request.

In this way, the negotiations between the three kingdoms of Mingmei and Japan began on the battleship Zhiyuan, and at this time, the distant Paris, France, had just arrived here and specially came to visit the Ming envoy to France, so as to pave the way for his next voyage to the East to meet the Ming Emperor.

"This is a provocation, this is a provocation against the Russian Empire!"

He roared in French.

This is not just a provocation, but also a humiliation!

Moreover, he was sent to the door to be humiliated, with friendly sincerity, with confidence in the future Ming-Russian friendship, he came here thousands of miles away, and he was ready to go to the East tens of thousands of miles away.

As a result, I was slapped when I met.

At this moment, he is a little angry!

This was originally the first Russian minister to the Qing State in history, and also one of the masterminds of the two crows, at the moment he felt like a clown, he could even see the obvious mockery in the eyes of the Ming diplomats and French diplomats opposite, he was like attending a banquet with gifts and smiles, and then not only was he turned away but also slapped and bloody, he stared at Chen Xin, the minister of the Ming Dynasty in France, opposite with a fiery gaze, and the latter looked at him with an indifferent smile......

"Your Excellency, you will pay for it!"

Putiyatin said almost through gritted teeth.

"I don't think you have this ability, if you are willing to drive the fleet to Daming, we are more than happy to add their names to the list of prisoners!"

Chen Xin said in French with disdain.

"Humph!"

Putiyatin snorted coldly, then looked at him deeply, turned and left with his attaché.

"Your Excellency, it is true that their navy is not capable of throwing forces into the East, but you still need to be careful with their army, if the Russians stop expanding into the Tien Shan Mountains in Central Asia and instead support the Tatars, they will still cause some trouble for your country! In addition, they had a large number of people in the Far East, especially in the Baikal area, and their armies were well equipped to support the Tatars in Manchuria and Mongolia. ”

Looking at his back, the French diplomat said to Chen Xin.

France and Russia were not allies at this time.

On the contrary, in order to compete for the Ottoman piece of fat, Europe is gradually forming an Anglo-French alliance to jointly block Russia's passage to the Black Sea in the Ottomans, so it is beneficial for the Ming to go to war with Russia, and if they can attract the attention of the tsar to the East, then their pressure on the Ottoman to face Russia will be reduced. Similarly, if we can rely on Russia's intervention, Xianfeng can successfully resist the Ming Dynasty and make China's war into a state of tug-of-war, then it can also delay Yang Feng's expansion into Southeast Asia. Judging from the current situation, this Emperor Ming is also very greedy, and has begun to attack foreign countries before he solves the domestic problem, if he solves the domestic enemy, it will definitely expand outward to exert ** force, although it is the British who bear the brunt of that case, but it also means that France will never want to get involved in Asia again.

So they would be happy to see Ming Russia really start the war, and even more happy to see the Russians teach Yang Feng a lesson.

"We can defeat any enemy!"

Chen Xin said indifferently.

"That's just as well!"

The French diplomat said with a smile.

The news soon spread in Europe, and the governments, including England, were immediately excited, and the year 1848 in Europe had not yet begun, and the monarchs of Europe did not yet need the salvation of the European gendarmes, on the contrary, they did not like this behemoth pressed on their heads, and if someone could attract this giant bear to the East, it would be a great joy for all. Especially this time, the other protagonist is the evil dragon of the East, since the two crushing defeats of the British Navy, all European countries have understood that they must face a strong man in the East, and this strong man is still unrestrained, the Tatars obviously do not have this ability, but now with the appearance of the giant bear all this has changed.

Then in Europe, except for France, the Netherlands, and Portugal, which had diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty, they were a little restrained, and other countries were all behind to cheer for Nikolai, and even the Ottoman Sultan, who hated him so much that his teeth itched, cheered for Russia, hoping that the Russian tsar could use his whip to whip the demon in the East.

The same is true of the British.

Of course, everyone just pays lip service, but in practice it is not the case.

British negotiators signed in Nanjing.

The new Ming-British Treaty of Nanjing was quickly determined, the British government compensated 100 million dragon dollars, the Ming released all British prisoners of war, returned all British warships, and the British transferred the Straits Settlements and the Andaman Islands to the Ming Dynasty, transferred the protection of the Tanintharyi Sultanate, and returned the Zhoushan lease land previously obtained from the Tatars. However, 100 million dragon dollars were paid in installments, the first payment of 21 million, and the remaining ten-year installments, calculated interest, and there were also not in the treaty, that is, Yang Feng's claims in the East India Company were confirmed, which were responsible for the East India Company, in short, Britain accepted all the conditions put forward by the Ming Dynasty, ending the war and restoring peace.

Even Britain and the Ming established diplomatic relations.

In short, tell Yang Feng that you can rest assured and boldly deal with the Russians.

We're ready to see the excitement.

At the same time as the signing of the Treaty of Nanjing, the Treaty of Edo was signed, and the Tokugawa Shogunate agreed to all other conditions except for the cession of Kagoshima, and the reason for not ceding Kagoshima was that Kagoshima did not belong to the Tokugawa Shogunate in the first place, but the Tokugawa Shogunate would not provide any help to the Shimazu family, so the Ming army could continue to maintain the occupation there, and the Tokugawa family would not care.

In short, the war also ended quickly.

On the domestic battlefield, the Ming army also resumed large-scale offensives, marching from Tianjin, Xuzhou, Shouchun, Gwangju and the Han River one brigade after another, which can be called a devastating sweep of the Qing army's salient with Henan as the center. They met with very little resistance, starting with Yuan Jiasan's surrender in Guide, and on the long 2,000-mile front, it can be said that 90 percent of the Qing army surrendered in despair. The reason why there are still those ten percent, mainly because there are some people who have no good results even if they surrender, Henan, everyone understands what people are there, and these people are also very sad, the Qing army in the west killed them, and the Ming army in the east also killed them, and they all died in the middle, not only Henan, but also Zhili.

But everything was a mantis arm in the face of the attack of the entire 300,000 Ming army.

In just three months, the east of the Qinling Line in Taihang Mountain was still fighting for the Qing Dynasty, and there were only four points left: Baoding, Zhengding, Luoyang and Xiangyang, and they were still four lonely points.

Fortunately, the monk king has returned.

He came back with a cage containing Yu Sufu.

And with him was an envoy sent by the Russian Tsar, who brought to the princes and ministers of Xianfeng and Chang'an, the news that made them dream, that Russia and the Ming were at war. In fact, on the same day that the Russian envoy arrived in Chang'an, the Ming envoy to France handed over the declaration of war of the Ming Empire to the French diplomat, who handed over the declaration of war to the Russian minister in France in front of him, and the Ming Empire and the Russian Empire officially entered a state of war.

This news was really like a dream for Xianfeng and his princes and ministers.

Of course, they knew how strong Russia was.

It is said that the Great Qing Kingdom and Russia have been entangled for two hundred years, and this Rakshasa country from thousands of miles away has always pressed on their heads like a cloud, starting from their Longxing land, all the way to the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, the Rakshasa people are like ghosts constantly wandering in the distance, and then keep swallowing up one after another names they know, until not long ago, they echoed with Yusufu to attack Ili in the north and south.

However, this ghost suddenly became a savior.

This kind of change, which can be called a divine turning point, made Xianfeng and those princes and ministers completely confused.

In particular, the Russian envoy told them that His Majesty the Tsar was willing to provide His Majesty the Qing Emperor with all the help he needed, that he could send instructors to help them train the army, that he could provide them with arms, and that he could even send some Russian troops to assist them in the war. And these do not need any return, there is no need for the Qing Dynasty to cede an inch of land as a reward, of course, the purchase of arms still has to pay, the Russian army to the Qing Dynasty to help the war materials are also provided by the Qing Dynasty, in addition, in order to reflect the friendship between the two sides, the two countries send ministers to each other, sign an alliance treaty, and not only in the northwest, but also in the Lingbei and Baikal areas, the Russian army can also go south to help the Qing army in the northeast.

The Russian army will not grab territory.

His Majesty the Tsar can guarantee that he respects the borders between the two sides as stipulated in the Treaty of Nebuchu, and even if he defeats the Ming Dynasty and helps Xianfeng return to the imperial palace in Beijing, the Russian army will withdraw beyond the boundaries stipulated in the Treaty of Nebuchu.

If necessary, the Russian naval fleet will also come to the war.

In short, round-the-clock friendship, complete selfless and meticulous help, but there is also a special, purely personal little request of His Majesty the Tsar......

Xianfeng was baptized.

His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty should bask in the radiance of God, become an Orthodox Christian, kneel before the cross like Nicholas I, and then His Majesty the Russian Tsar would be willing to be his godfather and protect his godson as the protector of all Orthodox Christians.

As for the princes and ministers, it's just whatever.

Of course, this is only a private request.

This does not affect the alliance between the two countries.