28. Before returning to Beijing (1)

Zhu Grev was so tired that he dragged his heavy body out of the carriage, Dongjiaomin Lane is a large courtyard next to the German Embassy, that is, the Russian Embassy, on the other side is the Citibank of the United States, originally Dongjiaomin Lane allocated foreign embassies and banks and other institutions, Chinese have rarely set foot in it, but Zhugrev got off the carriage, looked at it at random, and saw many Chinese with braids standing at the gate, saw Zhugrev get off the carriage, and shouted loudly at Zhugrev, Zhugrev looked at those angry faces, There was no need to guess, and I knew what was going on, but the police officers in charge of law and order separated the two piles of people, although their expressions showed that they were very unhappy to do such a thing. Zhu Lev sighed, unable to get angry, turned his head, and said to the attendant, "If they don't stop me, I will be beaten by them a few times, maybe we will have a chance to turn around." ”

"Sir, are the Chinese refusing to budge this time?"

"Yes, I have regressed to the point that the land south of the city of Ulan-Ude belongs to the Chinese, but they still have a great appetite and insist on the entire territory of Lake Belga, which is impossible, Lake Belga can only give a little to the Chinese, if it is all given to him, it will be bad."

"What does it mean to be domestic?" The attendant asked, "Why are you still reluctant to give a clear attitude?" You know, the Chinese still continue to make small moves in the north. ”

"They can't accept this fact," Zhu Grev sneered slightly, "they are afraid of losing, afraid that countries will feel that losing to the Chinese is a shameful thing, so they are like an ostrich plunging into the desert, pretending that the east is too peaceful, they can fight with Turkey for the Black Sea with all their might, but this is useless, the arrogance of the Chinese will become more and more arrogant." The Prime Minister's Yamen has already hinted to me that the ownership of the three khanates of Central Asia must be settled together, and that their appetites will not be confined to Lake Baikal. So I'm still waiting for the opinion of the country, and I'm ready to follow the orders of His Majesty the Tsar and decide what to do. ”

"We can't afford to put it off," Zhugrev wrote a handwritten recital. "We must end the hostilities here, Russia cannot withstand the pressure of war on both sides at the same time, and the country must know this, even if it has nothing to do with the Chinese now, it is a big deal to settle the account slowly later." Zhugrev was already preparing to retreat, "There has been no representative in the country to deal with this matter, but I have full authority to deal with it, and I can probably guess what will happen to me in the future." Definitely to be used as a scapegoat," Zhu Grev smiled bitterly, "but I have no choice but to go on step by step, by the way, have you ever met the minister of the Prime Minister's Yamen?" ”

"I saw it, and I gave a silver ticket of three thousand taels, and he accepted the silver." The attendant said, "But I still haven't found out the bottom line of the Chinese." These damn Chinese bureaucrats. ”

"The bottom line of the Chinese will never be as high as it is now, but it will definitely be higher than the requirements I said, if it really can't work," Zhu Grev irritably crossed out a paragraph of Russian, "Ulan-Ude City has to be ceded to the Chinese." But it is absolutely impossible to use the places now occupied by the Chinese as borders. This will never be tolerated! ”

"The way I mentioned to you earlier to make these lands undetermined areas, similar to the Treaty of Nebuchu, do the Chinese not accept it?"

"They accepted, but the undetermined area was set up in the pastures of Altai," Zhugrev snorted coldly, "and they won the battle. I will not accept such a way. The geographical location of the Chinese is too good, on land only Russia can put pressure on him, the British have pressure on them at sea, but the British do not want to help us, have they forgotten that we helped Aguba together before? ”

"I heard that the Chinese are ready to share the Pamirs equally with the British," said the chamberlain, "and the British will certainly not help us if they have benefitsβ€”at least not the two will help each other." ”

"And damn Germany and Austria," Jugrev said, "and the Chinese just went to Europe to make us so uncomfortable, damn it." Japan helped, but gave the Chinese an excuse to continue to ask for high prices, these pig-like things," he had forgotten that he agreed to the help of the Japanese, and he regretted it, "Now it is the turn of the Beiyang naval division to approach our eastern seas, we can only protest, the Baltic Navy now has to guard against war with Norway, can not move, there is no deep-water port in the Far East to station." ”

"We can't afford it," Zhugrev shook his head, "we can't afford it, we need to solve it immediately!" ”……

"We can't afford to delay it," Shen Guifen said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, let's also hurry up and negotiate peace." ”

"The army is spending money every day, which is secondary--it's just that the autumn wind is coming, and the north is not suitable for the army to be stationed for too long, and now the Russian-built castles in the area from Erkou to Ulan-Ude have been cleared, and the goal set before has been achieved, and the minister thinks that now he can retreat a little, and give Russia a step down."

The emperor just looked at the excerpt on the Naadam Conference on King Bo, and when he heard Shen Guifen say this, he nodded, "What you said makes sense, but this fat meat in your mouth has to be spit out, and there is no such thing." ”

"If Russia blindly delays, the place where we fought has not been confirmed by the treaty, it is not ours after all, if it is a small country, it will be occupied, but this Russia is a country of ten thousand times......," Shen Guifen paused when he spoke, "It's better to pay attention." ”

"Could it be that China is afraid of Russia?" The emperor raised his eyebrows and said abruptly.

"Now that the purpose of training the army has been achieved, the kings are accompanied, and they have gone out to vomit and go around, it is to accept it when it is good, too late, take advantage of our big victory, negotiate with an advantage, if Russia has any bad behavior in the future, we can naturally mobilize a large army, and then carry out punishment, Hengzhi now has an official way, not afraid of any bad intentions of Russia, we can respond very quickly."

Shen Guifen spoke very gently and unreasonable, but the emperor could listen to it and nodded, "Then pass the decree to Jingzhong, you can give in a little, you are also right, and then you will return to Luan, and the holy birthday of the queen mother and queen mother is also coming, taking advantage of the good result now, let the old man have a happy time, and it is also the filial piety of a son." ”

"The emperor is benevolent and filial." Shen Guifen retreated, and Chen Shengwen stepped forward, "The meal has been arranged, do you want to go to the master to eat?" ”

The Empress had already arrived at Kulen, and the Emperor shook his head, "No need, just eat here, where did they go?" ”

"King Chengjun is a guest in the tent of the King of Chechen Khan, Lord Gui is still in Ulan-Ude, only Lord Wang is still there."

"Then let him dine with me." (To be continued.) )