Sometimes diplomatic negotiations are more brutal than battlefield combat. Even if it is just the upper lip touching the lower lip, any omission in this may require thousands of lives on the battlefield to make up for it.
Xiao Hexin only rested for an hour and a half last night, and the rest of the time was spent in secret talks with the person in charge of the CIA's Northern Branch. In particular, Chun Shisanniang, the ace of the capital's spy war, dug up countless secrets.
What surprised Xiao Hexin the most was that nearly half a month had passed since the information about the Battle of Sandaogou was transmitted to Beijing, and the imperial court still had not come up with a charter for negotiations, that is, Speaking of which, even the Forbidden City doesn't know how to solve this problem, and they don't even know what to talk about during the negotiations.
Facing Ulan Geli's accusations from beginning to end, the most common thing the Prime Minister's Office said was "I don't know, it wasn't us!" His incompetent performance made Xiao Hexin sigh with regret.
Xiao Hexin gradually restored the considerations of the imperial court from many other pieces of information. Not only did these officials who had nothing to do but lack the ability to adapt to the situation, they had not even done any rehearsals for emergencies before.
Acting is not just the preserve of the military. In modern countries, all departments have to perform various emergencies. As we all know in later generations, cities will conduct fire prevention, air defense, and riot control drills from time to time, and mines and large enterprises will also conduct Conduct drills for various emergencies.
Even primary school students have done several emergency drills after earthquakes. These drills are to prevent officials from being helpless when emergencies occur.
These are visible to ordinary people, but there are also drills that cannot be seen. Financial institutions are always prepared for financial risks such as runs, collapses, and hedging, and the military must be prepared for battles under various circumstances at any time.
This is especially true for the foreign affairs department. The international environment is so complex, and conflicts between countries are full of intrigues. If we don't think of various plans in advance, are we going to be temporarily blind?
Now the Manchus have been caught blind. They feel aggrieved now, and they also know that the Russians are using the Sandaogou incident to find trouble. They also understand that there is definitely Xiao Letian's shadow behind this incident.
But what if you know? What should I do? No one has noticed this. This is really a clear analysis of the problem, but a complete blindness in solving the problem.
Xiao Hexin wore a brand-new military uniform today, and his Venus was shining brightly. He gave a military salute to Prince Gong, "Excuse me, Your Majesty, are you the Qing negotiator in this negotiation? Is this a tripartite negotiation or a two-way negotiation between Ryukyu and Russia?"
Lifting the ball to Yi?'s feet first, Guiziliu suddenly looked embarrassed. "Well, the court has arrangements for the court. It's up to you to negotiate with the Russians today, right? Let's listen first, together with Britain, France and the United States..."
With a buzzing sound, all the officials of the Prime Minister's Yamen who were listening outside the lobby began to whisper. Xiao He lamented in confidence, "Don't you know how shameful these incompetent pigs are? Have you forgotten that this is Beijing? This is the Prime Minister's Yamen of the imperial court." ? You are also one of the suspects mentioned by the Russians!"
"Are you so shameless in declaring neutrality? Let me fight the thunder first and then you can eat the ready-made food? You are sending your reputation to us in vain, so I won't be polite..."
Little did Xiao Hexin know that this was not shameless. During the Russo-Japanese War in his previous life, the Japanese and Russian troops outside the Pass were beaten to a pulp by the Japanese and Russian troops, and the old lady was able to declare neutrality! Want face? What is a face?
The negotiations were going on almost like an explosion. With yesterday's conflict at the bottom, the two sides didn't even have basic politeness. Instead, they just rolled up their sleeves and started a scolding war.
Xiao Hexin demanded that the negotiation money Wu Langeli must apologize, deeply reflect on his behavior of insulting the prime minister and shooting yesterday, and write a letter of apology on paper, otherwise he will not hold talks with the barbarians.
Wu Lange smashed the table angrily and angrily accused Xiao Letian and the Ryukyu army of being barbarians. They massacred more than a thousand Sandaogou defenders, and were war criminals and inhumane butchers.
Xiao Hexin would not admit this accusation at all. He used hard-line firepower to say that the Sandaogou Massacre did not exist at all. Everything was an excuse for the Russians to try to get involved in the northeastern land. They just wanted the northeastern part of the country to break away from the rule of the Qing Dynasty like the northwest. Finally it entered the hands of Russia.
Of course Ulan Geli would not admit to such a crime. His temples were beating with anger. If his blood pressure were measured now, he would definitely break the mercury column.
Yi? Where have they ever seen such a tit-for-tat diplomatic negotiation with full firepower? The two sides were frothing and fighting like wild beasts. However, both sides were still playing word games. The custom-made mahogany long table in front of them was almost smashed to pieces by both sides. Zhang Jing was so frightened that he fainted.
The American and British ministers kept reminding everyone to pay attention to quality and cultivation, but it was of no use. The two sides came just to quarrel.
We can't blame the Russians for being angry. The character of this nation is impulsive and irritable, and they like to solve problems with their fists. Some people in later generations have studied why the Russians' light industry failed. It has absolutely to do with their character and geographical environment.
The cold weather makes people stay indoors for half a year to avoid the cold, but these tall Russians have endless energy in their bodies, so they drink alcohol, fight, and look for women.
This kind of environment makes Russian men lack the patience to do fine work. Are you asking him to use his big hands like bear paws to make plastic toy models? How about those small home appliances that are as big as your palm? Let them work on the assembly line for eight or even twelve hours a day?
This is simply unrealistic. If you have the time, you might as well go into the old forest with a gun and hunt a black bear. If you can't, going to the streets to rob is a good idea.
When a diplomat has such characteristics as irritable, impulsive and impatient, you can imagine that the scene at that time was heated. Moreover, Xiao Hexin deliberately provoked the scolding war by studying the other party's character. One side of the two parties was really angry, while the other side was pretending to be angry. The final consequences can be imagined.
"Evidence! You shameless criminals, how dare you not admit that you have done bad things? If you want evidence, I will give you evidence!" Ulan Geli shouted.
The Cossack soldiers behind him were so angry that they looked like pig livers. Today they brought translators, so these soldiers could understand the entire diplomatic conflict.
A wooden box was thrown on the table with a bang. When he opened it, he found half a box of used metal bullet casings and even some copper buttons from military uniforms.
"These were all found on the Sandaogou battlefield. We have checked them. They are all bullets from Prussian Mauser rifles... Now in Asia, you are the only one in Ryukyu who can get these weapons. You are the only country that can purchase them. , now even European countries can’t buy such guns!”
"Isn't this evidence? The evidence is irrefutable..."
