The Sino-Russian Beijing Treaty has a total of fifteen articles, which clearly ceded nearly 400,000 square kilometers of Far Eastern territory. This is a typical treaty that humiliates the country and loses its rights. There is no dispute about this.
However, during the signing of the treaty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty's negotiating team headed by Prince Gong Yi? did not fight back. Under the premise that the overall situation failed completely, Yi? They also tried their best to win such a peace for their people. Little benefits.
Yi? is not an incompetent person. Xiao Letian agrees with this very much. In fact, in the late Qing Dynasty, Yi?'s diplomatic ability was definitely better than that of Li Hongzhang. Later, if not for his falling out with Cixi and his poor health, Yi? The diplomatic work of the late Qing Dynasty was not so shitty.
At least one thing is certain, as long as Yi? is alive, even if he is still gasping for breath in bed, Cixi will not be able to do something as stupid as declaring war with all nations.
In fact, in the political situation of the late Qing Dynasty, there were only a few people who could control Cixi. Not counting the foreign devils, one was Zeng Guofan, the other was Prince Gong Yi?, and no one else could.
Now Yi? and Xiao Letian are definitely two hostile factions, but Xiao Letian is a very rational person. Even if the opponent is his enemy, he still admires the enemy's talent.
There is one thing to say, and there is another thing to say. Prince Gong Yi? If he has the ability, he has the ability. When the British and French forces occupied the capital of Beijing and the Rakshasa army pressed on the border, he fought a few small counterattacks within the treaty he had to sign. He has tried his best.
The Sino-Russian Beijing Treaty clearly states that the land and property in the Far East that have been developed by the Chinese should maintain their status quo. For example, the farmland of the Chinese belonged to Zhang San before the Rakshasa ghost came. Then the tsar will rule in the future. Here, you have to acknowledge this property right, it is clearly written in black and white.
Many of the lands, mountains, rivers, and mineral deposits were discovered and exploited by the Chinese. The Chinese dug gold, collected ginseng, planted, and hunted in these places, and Tsarist Russia really had no control over them.
Only the wealth discovered by Tsarist Russia later is your own. For example, if your Czarist Russian prospecting team discovers an iron mine, then the ownership of this mine will naturally be your own. However, you cannot get involved with what the Chinese discovered before. of.
In addition, you cannot collect taxes when Chinese people in the Far East trade with Chinese people outside the customs. This is also very reasonable. Originally, the land was filled with relatives within relatives, friends within friends. In the past, there was one country across a river, and goods could be exchanged. Now, with a treaty, it has become two countries?
Your grandma! My uncle's house is on the other side of the river. I barter with my cousins. Do I still have to pay taxes to you, a Rakshasa ghost? This doesn't make sense.
Then there is the judicial power. The Chinese people in the Far East have become accustomed to accepting the laws of the Qing Dynasty. You, Tsarist Russia, took away our land, but I, the Qing Dynasty, cannot completely ignore my people. Therefore, when both nations break the law, they must use their own laws. Come to impose sanctions. This is the little benefit that Yi? They finally fought for for these people who left their hometowns in the Far East.
It sounds really tragic, Yi? This is because in the irreversible situation of landslides and earth-shattering, it has left some hearts for the survivors, and it is also thanks to those Rakshasa ghosts who were anxious to sign the agreement, otherwise they would not have agreed. these conditions.
From this point of view, it also proves from the side that the Sino-Russian Beijing Treaty was nothing more than Tsarist Russia taking advantage of the situation. In fact, the Rakshasa army north of Heilongjiang at that time simply did not have the ability to occupy such a large piece of land by force.
They just took advantage of the turmoil in the south, and the British and French forces captured the city of Beijing. Then Xianfeng died, and the Xinyou coup was launched in the court to kill himself. This series of unlucky and depressing things all fell on the Qing Dynasty.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tsarist Russia took action, using threats and deceptions to exploit the situation, and finally succeeded in conquering the Far East.
The Sino-Russian Beijing Treaty was the greatest diplomatic victory during the reign of Alexander II. It was also a shot in the arm for Tsarist Russia's decadent national destiny after the Crimean War. It was also after this treaty that the Manchu Qing Dynasty exposed its weakness.
When Alexander II saw that the Manchus were so cowardly, he shifted the national strategy from Europe to Asia. On the one hand, he managed the Far East, and on the other hand, he supported Agub in Central Asia to invade Xinjiang.
The human heart left by Prince Gong Yi? in the treaty has no bullshit effect in real history. In real history, these Rakshasa ghosts in the Far East slaughtered the Chinese indigenous people wantonly and completely ignored these provisions in the treaty. Terms, because they knew that the weak Manchu Qing Dynasty was simply unable to punish them.
But now, the little bit of popular support left by Prince Gong has allowed Xiao Letian to find the golden key to solving diplomatic problems. He watched Cai Bixia speechless as she refuted Andreev. He lowered his head and looked at his pocket watch. Knowing that it was getting late, he raised his hand to stop her.
"Okay, my communications officer, you can go down and take a rest. I'll tell him the rest!"
Cai Bixia nodded and threw the handwritten copy of the treaty directly into Andreev's arms. "Look at it for yourself. There is Russian on it. I hope you are not illiterate!"
Cai Bixia, who vented his anger through his nose and eyes, walked out of the crowd proudly and stood beside Xiang Ying like a swan. Xiang Ying looked at her future wife, swallowed involuntarily, and took advantage of her unpreparedness to give Cai Bixia's plump ass a hard squeeze.
"You can do it! You're so awesome. When did you learn diplomacy?" Xiang Ying whispered.
With a hmm, Cai Bixia blushed and said, "I'm going to kill you, there are so many people here." After saying that, he raised his leather boots and kicked Xiang Ying's feet directly.
No one knew that the young couple were flirting behind the crowd, and now everyone's attention was focused on Xiao Letian.
"Andreev, now do you know where you went wrong? You are also from a noble family. Although it has declined, I believe that the noble spirit in your blood will not be lost. You still feel that you have always done the right thing. ?"
"You should know that in the Declaration of Human Rights promulgated during the French Revolution in 1789, everyone is born equal. The only difference is social differences in public use. People are essentially equal."
"This concept has now been deeply rooted in the hearts of Europe, and even the kings will not question it! But what are you doing in the Far East? Massacre, plunder, and treat these local indigenous people like wild beasts!"
"Do you still think you are righteous now? Do you still want to deny your sins? With your attitude like this, how can I save your lives!"
Until this moment, Andreev and the citizen representatives had completely collapsed all the defenses in their hearts. This was no longer a failure on the battlefield, but a collapse of their inner values.
Andreev's knees weakened and he knelt down in front of Xiao Letian. His eyes were red and swollen and he said, "I repent of our sins! I no longer expect to live. I just hope that the Prime Minister can let those citizens go. They The crime does not deserve death!”
