Beijing. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Empire of China.

Since the outbreak of the Russian Civil War, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China has become the diplomatic center of the entire Eastern Hemisphere. Every day, British and French diplomats wearing high-plated hats, dovetail suits, bow ties, carrying Stick’s British and French diplomats, German diplomats wearing Iron Cross, Prussian unilateral glasses, Turkish diplomats wearing wide robes and Ottoman-style little Red Riding Hoods, American diplomats wearing a full suit and a suitcase are coming and going, bringing the intentions of major powers and bringing back the reply from the Eastern Empire. Every meeting may lead to a series of intentional or unintentional changes in every corner of the world.

The most under pressure at present is the first one to be the British Ambassador to China Jurden.

Although the Sino-Russian peace treaty has been concluded, London was relieved and began to use various means to support the Tsarist Russian regime to "sweep away the rebels", for Juerdian, the trouble has not been reduced much.

〖Chinese people seem to be determined to face the restraint of the Red Russia and the internal left, as well as the covetous eyes of Germany, and cannot take a tough stance against China and make progress step by step on the Asian issue.

Japan, North Korea and Russia's Far East, Siberia is fine, but the Chinese people drank the Mali Sea, especially the open declaration of war on Siam, which severely slapped the British Empire twice loudly in the face.

It’s okay for Central Asia. After all, Bos and the northern part of Afghanistan belong to the Russian sphere of influence, and the British were powerless to reach the river. But although Siam, although they have been living in the gap between China, Britain and France, the British have always used it as a chess piece to restrain China and are right next to the British bed. But now the Chinese rushed in swagger and openly occupied the entire Siam!

Earl Earl Earl Earl Earl Earl Earl Kiningen Méngde repeatedly asked Viscount Kichina, the commander-in-chief of the British Army in India, to dispatch troops to stop the Chinese, but the "suppression" suppressed Sudan, won the Boer War, and was known for his absolute firm will and cruel character. The Army Marshal, who was called the "big leader" by the British army, immediately refused.

In a telegram sent to the London Army Department, Viscount Kitchener clearly stated that "the British army stationed in India cannot compete with the Chinese army...there are huge differences in strength between each other, and we are not ready for war." He clearly stated that "there are many instability factors within India. At present, it is already a victory to maintain the colony without terrible riots."

The London Army Department expressed its recognition.

Take a look at the combat power shown by the Chinese in the Russo-Japanese War, listen to the slogans shouted by the Indian Congress Party... and think about the hundreds of thousands of colonial troops stationed in India, especially the lower-level officers and soldiers, who are all locals. Once the Chinese make things like "Asia is Asian Asia" and "Emancipation of India".........

The Admiralty's opinion is also very direct; it is currently impossible to challenge the Chinese people's maritime rights in the Pacific region unless it can be brought to the United States and France, and it is assumed that Germany and Austria will not take advantage of the situation.

Realizing that he had no real useful trump card in his hand, Juerdian still had to complete a series of diplomatic tasks that he thought were "a fairy tale".

First, the London Foreign Ministry asked him to "force, or prompt the Chinese to approach from China and Germany to return to the diplomatic track with the Sino-British alliance as the tone";

Secondly... he was asked to "urge the Chinese to recognize that the British Empire's existing interests in Asia should not be damaged";

Then, the London Foreign Ministry asked him to further "urge the Chinese to sell more rights, whether it is their homeland or newly occupied territories, as well as the small East Asian countries he controls";

Again, he also needs to "urge the Chinese to sell a port with the Royal Navy in Northeast Asia... to curb the German Navy's Far East Fleet nearby;

This is not counting. London has also transferred many other cabinet departments' opinions from "requiring the Chinese to reduce tariffs on British goods", "Be sure to ask the Chinese to provide some technical information on their new equipment, whether it is the army or the navy", "Should we guarantee that we will not invade the Nanyang area by force"...............

In Juerdian's opinion, these people were "purely talking in the sleep"... He wanted to roar in Whitehall, London... "You should all come here to see what country this is, and then talk!"

When he thought of these diplomatic missions that were more difficult than persuading the Huns to withdraw from Eastern Rome, Jurden wished he could send a telegram to resign from public office immediately.

Deputy Lord Aston was also helpless.

The strength shown by China, Russia's collapse, and Germany's current efforts to win over all have caused Britain, which was deeply trapped in financial difficulties and economic difficulties after the Boer War, faced the dilemma of having no cards to play in the Far East.

After calming down, Juerdian decided to classify and sort these diplomatic requirements and give priority to ensuring the key questions.

There is no doubt that the most critical issue at present is to preserve the Sino-British alliance and strive to alienate China and Germany so that the British Empire can concentrate its efforts to solve or suppress Germany's challenges first.

Of course, if the Chinese are stubborn, will Britain need to make the determination to cut off its arms and sacrifice part of the interests of the Near East and Africa to win over Germany, then pull the United States and France to form a Pan-Germany alliance to jointly deal with the Yellow Peril, which is also a choice worth considering.

Upholding this belief, Juerdian began to calculate the chips at hand;

What he can use to exchange interests and win China's favor is nothing more than acknowledging China's vested interests, returning land leased in Hong Kong and Shanghai, allowing China to issue bonds again in London to raise funds, and relaxing export restrictions on China's precision and testing instruments.

But will the Chinese side stop, give up Germany, and turn to the UK one-sidedly?

He counted the bargaining chips that Chinese people could use to boycott;

Hindustan's independence movement was the life gate of the British Empire. Once problems arise, the global order of the British Empire will collapse;

Support for the St. Petersburg Red Soviet. If the Chinese continue to supply materials to the Soviets through re-export trade, the Russian civil war may continue infinitely... and the left of Britain and France will also put greater pressure on the government;

Support for the so-called exile government in Myanmar. Since Britain sent troops to Myanmar in 1783, the Nanyang General Li Yamen unexpectedly announced the "protective occupation of northern Myanmar and ensure neutrality", China, on the one hand, exercised the "protective occupation" against the northern territory of the former "vassal state Myanmar", Kachin State, Shiji Province, and other countries and other countries to the court and brought together a group of "Myanmar Provisional Governments" and the British in Beijing. On the other hand, they directly "managed" these territories to Yunnan Province.

Inspiration for the immigrants of Chinese in British Malaya. Once the Chinese independence incident occurred in British Malaya, Britain was in a dilemma; a large part of the territory here was cut from Siam, and the proportion of Chinese people was already very high. Now the Chinese army is stationed in northern Myanmar and Siam, and the Second Fleet has also returned to the Zhanjiang base camp. Once the British Malaya changes, in the name of "protecting overseas Chinese", the Chinese army and fleet can "interfere" legitimately.

Sino-Germany Military Alliance.

This is the most chilling possibility that the British people are. Although these two empires have not yet formally formed an alliance, the close integration of diplomacy to military, and then to the economic and cultural fields has shocked Britain. Germany's ambitions and William II's gluttonous appetite have long been well known to everyone in Britain.

The trump card actually does not exist. The mere benefits are not enough. It is not allowed to sell London in Southeast Asia. Besides, those places also involve the Netherlands, Spain and France. Jurden had to bring hollow deterrence beyond the benefits and also strive to bring US ambassador Roquesier over, and then bring the French ambassador Kant, who was a bit dirty recently, forming a "Far East Club" to strive to form a "going forward and retreat together", and frequently waved olive branches to Germany to suggest "discuss the interests of white people in the Far East."

At this time, the situation in the UK and India is no longer optimistic.

〖China's complete victory in the north against Russia finally completely shocked the already passionate Indian Congress Party. Whether it was the Tiraks who entered the wing or the Gandhis who were moderate, there was no other choice at this time.

After Tirak came to China as a "si person" to "tourism" secretly met with many important people from the Chinese Empire in Beijing, Gandhi also walked around China non-stop at the invitation of several Chinese universities.

All Indian citizens were excited when the Sino-Russian Armistice Agreement in the British Indian colony, and they took to the streets to celebrate and slogans shocked the British and Indian authorities, "The yellow skin defeated the white skin!"

“Asian victory!”

"Europeans belong to Europeans, and Asians belong to Asians!"

In the midst of a hustle and bustle, the British and Indian authorities immediately paid extra military pay to the army and mobilized all British and Indian soldiers to swore their loyalty to His Majesty the King of England again. They also specially recruited a large number of Dunergu troops from the Kingdom of Nepal controlled by the pro-British Rana family. The intentions are well known to everyone.

In Nepal, when the Qing Dynasty was in decline, Tongyong became the prime minister and appointed himself as the prime minister. The Rana family, who had been controlling the government affairs of Nepal for generations, had already had a deep conflict with the royal family. Now that the Chinese forces are booming, the king also sent secret envoys to pass through the mountain pass of Himatuya to Lhasa to contact the Chinese Empire, asking "the Celestial Empire to send heavenly soldiers to expel the prime minister and restore the bright world of Nepal." Even the Prime Minister Tonga, his attitude towards the pressure of the powerful northern country began to be ambiguous.

The change in the situation left Jurden with no other choice. He knew that if the fire was allowed to burn, Britain's hundred years of rule in India would be turned into ashes; but if the fire was suppressed, the fire would likely lead to a real world-destroying trial; the millions of Chinese people, and the iron hoof of the German-Austrian alliance in Europe. Think about Turkey, which was obviously on the side of Germany, even the most reserved and arrogant British diplomat would shudder.

Dominoes have collapsed.

〖Japan〗The surrender of Japan is the first picture, the combination of China and Germany is the second picture, and the collapse of Russia is the third picture. The British Empire's three countries that were struggling to build in the Far East, and the forces of hostile to each other were balanced. In the face of China's powerful army and naval force, the powerful Germans jumped out to join the game of avoidance at this time, which made the British people even more afraid of the weapons.

Juerdian's mission has been given more and more tragic colors.

"I think I am like the protagonist of ancient Greek tragedy..." The experienced and deep Scottish diplomat wrote in his diary with great distress, "I don't know if I will eventually become Prometheus (eventually rescued) or if I will eventually become King Oedipus (cannot get rid of the tragedy of fate). Because I have the freedom to struggle... but cannot control my own destiny."

After a series of diplomatic temptations and return, Juerdian finally issued the first diplomatic proposal on July 6 to "issuing a joint diplomatic communiqué between China and Britain and issuing a statement on some common issues between the two sides." He believes that the content should at least include "the sharing of responsibility for Asian affairs, attitudes toward the Russian issue, security and economic issues in the Pan-Western Pacific region, treatment of the people of the two countries in their respective homelands and vassal states, colonies, and leased land in Hong Kong and Shanghai, disputed territorial boundaries between the two countries, and the issue of Myanmar's exile government" and so on.

In Zheng Yu's view, in addition to achieving mutual trust between China and the UK on sensitive issues, the British are also trying to inject a wedge between China and Germany, which makes the suspicious William II have the impression that "the Chinese are both sides and have a good time" to separate Sino-German relations.

However, this proposal is not meaningless, at least it is equivalent to the UK's written recognition of China's vested interests. Moreover, China has also allowed the "Yellow Peril" theory in the UK to alleviate the pressure on the government to ease the government.

Zheng Yu thought he was walking very steadily.

By grasping the rhythm of the change in the situation in Russia, he controlled the deduction of the entire situation. Through inciting and supporting the power of the Indian nationalism and power, he began to grasp some of the most deadly bargaining chips for the British. He was still calm, rationally calculating the upper and lower limits of his power, and also knew where his strength boundaries lie.

He is not anxious.

He is still young and has time. This country needs to carefully digest and absorb the results of this victory, and also needs to carry out powerful reforms to internal problems. As time goes by, his power will become stronger and stronger, while European civilization, which has passed noon, will gradually decline from prosperity. When that fateful war breaks out, European powers will collectively give up the throne of power, and the two emerging countries on both sides of the Pacific will make a comeback and start a new round of hegemony competition.

This path is extremely clear and he never doubted it.

〖China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately held talks with the British mission.

The repeated quarrels of the enemy's swordsmanship, the diplomatic veterans of the British Empire tried their best to become more and more confident. The Chinese diplomats also racked their brains.

This is an unprecedented fierce confrontation in the history of China-UK diplomacy.

It is not unreasonable that diplomats of the two countries call this arduous negotiation a "war"; when it comes to the opposition between the two sides' views, the strong attitude and even the strong words are truly unheard of for the long-term "partner" of the two countries.

The British never intended to make China achieve its goals easily.

〖Chinese people do not intend to lose their immediate benefits under such a favorable situation.

The conflict between the two sides reached its peak on the fourth day of negotiations. The British delegation, who could not tolerate "Oriental Imperialism", collectively left the stage, and Juerdian announced that the "talks were postponed indefinitely."

Knowing the seriousness of the matter, the Foreign Minister Fang Shijian urgently requested to convene a State Council meeting in front of the imperial court. The cabinet and the emperor himself negotiated behind closed doors for more than a day, but finally decided to insist.

The turn will come soon.

During the previous Russian civil war, Austro-Hungary and Germany joined forces to attack the original Russian Bolan after independence. As a result, the Austro-Hungarian army, which had a disintegration of morale, was once defeated by the Bo's army, who fought back. In the end, it was only with the help of the Germans that stabilized their position.

Although Austro-Hungary acquired part of the Bolan territory according to the agreement... this military defeat made the Austro-Hungarian royal family and military headquarters dull.

As an imperial federation with multi-ethnic and multicultural coexistence, the Austro-Hungarian royal family had only one choice in the face of such military failures; to regain their prestige.

They chose Bosnia and Herzegovina, which had long been the "custodial place" of Austro-Hungary.

After the Balkan War in 8788, these two regions were "entrusted" by Austro-Hungary to manage by the Ottoman Empire of Türkiye.

On June 28, 1906, the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph "pleasantly announced" at the "National Day Ceremony" of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire decided to "officially place Bosnia and Herzegovina into the imperial territory."

This sudden statement not only caught Constantinople, who was intoxicated by the "victory" against Russia, but also caught Berlin, who was recently proud of it.

German Prime Minister Pyrov urgently made an appointment with the Austro-Hungarian ambassador to inquire about the situation. The Austro-Hungarian ambassador said that it was "purely the internal affairs of the empire" and "just confirm the fait accompli."

On the Türkiye side, the Turkish Al-Shabaab is in a state of great enthusiasm, but across Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece and other countries, and this is actually a matter of time, so there is nothing to do.

London and Paris realized the seriousness of the problem at the first time.

This move by the Austro-Hungarian Empire was obviously taking advantage of the Russian civil war in the Balkan Slavs' general backstage, and began to stretch its tentacles southward. The gains and losses of the elkans directly affected the global layout of Britain and France; once Germany and Austria gained direct land contact between Turkey and the Berlin - Baghdad Railway, it would be equivalent to the entire line falling into the control of the China-European Group.

Not only was the connection between Britain and France and Russia cut off, the German army could also continuously obtain Turkey's agricultural materials and mineral resources, and even conduct military cooperation with Turkey directly. It could attack the British army stationed in Egypt at any time, cut off the Suez Canal, and even attack India from the Ottoman Empire through Bos.

Faced with such a situation, experienced British diplomats know how to choose

The following negotiations went very smoothly.

The Sino-British Joint Statement was concluded soon;

(｜) China and the UK agree that maintaining peace and order in Asia and the Pacific is in line with the common interests of China and the UK, and are willing to make efforts to do so. The Sino-British Alliance will serve as the common norm of action for both countries;

(2) The British Empire recognizes that the treaties concluded with various countries since 8961 are fully valid, and recognizes all rights and interests determined by China through the treaty;

(3) The Chinese Empire recognizes that the British Empire currently has "undoubted" sovereignty in Hindustan, British Malaya, British North Kalimantan, Australia, New Zealand Islands and other places;

(4) The British Empire is willing to negotiate with the Chinese Empire on the issue of land leased in Hong Kong and land leased in Shanghai and "willing to return the two places under the premise of public opinion";

(55) The Chinese Empire promised to communicate with residents of British territories to be limited to economic and cultural fields and does not involve political and military fields;

(6) The British Empire recognized that the Chinese Empire had a "vote" on the interests of local Chinese in the "Central and South Pacific and Southwest Pacific" region;

(7) The British Empire and the Chinese Empire promise to provide complete protection of the legitimate rights and interests of the other people within the scope of their own sovereignty;

(88) The British Empire recognized Tibet as an integral part of the Chinese Empire... The Chinese Empire had complete sovereignty, and the British Empire gave up its territorial demands for Sikkim;

(9) The Chinese Empire recognizes that the Treaty of Segori signed by Britain and Nepal in 1984, the Treaty of Gandamac signed by Britain and Afghanistan in 1994, and the Treaty of Sinchula signed with Bhutan in 1965;

(po) The Chinese Empire recognizes that the British Empire currently has complete sovereignty in the areas actually occupied by the former Kingdom of Myanmar, and the British Empire recognizes that the Chinese Empire has complete sovereignty in the areas actually controlled by the former Kingdom of Myanmar. The Chinese Empire abolishes its recognition of the "exiled government" of the Kingdom of Myanmar, and the British government announces that it will give up its wanted for the above-mentioned personnel and ensure their personal safety;

China and the UK agree that comprehensive boundary exploration negotiations should be launched immediately. "It is appropriate to respect history and demarcate the principle of demarcation based on the traditional administrative power division line";

(2) China and Britain unanimously call on both sides of the warring state of Russia to "quickly reach peace and end the suffering of the Russian people." The two countries reaffirmed that the Russian Empire government led by His Majesty the Russian Tsar was the only legal government in Russia;

This joint communiqué made the worried elite groups in both countries breathe a sigh of relief.

In China, after a thrilling year of war with Japan and Russia, despite the great victory and the numerous lands were seized, the fear during the war, the tragic casualties, the national financial costs, and the heavy taxes, material allocation, and wartime controls that everyone once suffered made most of the citizens yearn for peace and not want to fight another stronger country soon;

In the UK, the British, who were used to living a wealthy life under the order of "British Peace" did not want to travel thousands of miles to expedition a powerful Eastern country, especially this country that smashed "Russia to pieces" and still had the strength to "defeat the Japanese and Siamese people", let alone this empire "can transform from an ally of Britain into an ally of Germany at any time". For many British people, although they were unwilling to accept it, they also acknowledged that East Asia has since become a dominant Chinese since then. To be continued!
Chapter completed!