The trees are about to move but the wind doesn’t stop! Yin and yang alternate, good and bad. God sends you a good thing, but it will bring you a little trouble!
Two new warships were docked at Kunigami Naval Port. It was originally a joyful day for the Chinese people, but it caused agitation among the young men of the navy, especially the stormtroopers!
Fortunately, Xiao Letian and Xiang Ying handled it properly and no more troubles were caused!
But just as the restlessness of the navy ended, good news came again. Wulan Geli temporarily disembarked at the harbor and refused to leave. He once again asked to meet Xiao Letian. This time he was determined!
"What did you say? Ulan Geli wants to sign a secret contract with us? Sign a memorandum?" Xiao Letian was stunned. "Does he really want to exercise the full power of the special envoy?"
It’s really unbelievable. Although there are rules in this era that envoys have full powers, diplomats often use this power to fight against the odds and take advantage!
To put it simply, this kind of power is used when grabbing credit. For example, during the Second Opium War, Moscow had no idea about the many conditions that Tsarist Russian diplomats extorted from the Manchu and Qing Dynasties!
It was only after the treaty was reached that the message was sent to the Tsar. The Tsar received a surprise gift package from the East while sitting at home!
Diplomats are willing to show their envoy rights when they want to take credit, but they will shirk their responsibilities when they suffer a little loss!
Who is willing to sign a treaty that is humiliating and humiliating the country? No one wants to be the one who takes the blame and gets scolded! Therefore, in the negotiations with the Chinese, Ulan Geli was prepared to ask Moscow for instructions and let the Tsar make the final decision!
But this trip to Naha shocked Ulan Geli, especially the emergence of the two new warships Yanshan and Luanhe, which suddenly shattered all his delusions of procrastination!
The strength of the Chinese people suddenly became so concrete and clearly visible. At this moment, he no longer dared to imagine that there was a chance of a comeback in the Ili Valley, and what he was most afraid of was that the Chinese would add more weight on this basis!
Are the Führer's conditions really final? At present, Ulan Geli is relying on his hard work to avoid compensation for military expenses. If the Chinese win another battle in the Ili Valley, will this preferential condition still be available?
When the head of state repented, you didn't even have time to reason with him. Who made you not agree at that time?
With all his illusions shattered, Ulan Geli temporarily disembarked from the boat. In the bay, he went down to the pilot boat through the rope ladder, and then returned to the dock!
He finally made a decision. He wanted to sign a secret contract with Yuan Xian, a memorandum with legal effect! First write down all Xiao Letian's conditions in black and white on paper, so as not to regret it in the future!
This time Xiao Letian did not play tricks on him, and quickly ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ulan Geli to sign a secret agreement. Neither party announced it to the public. This secret agreement was the final result of the negotiations!
Ulan Geli held the secret contract in his hand, his face was ashen but there was a sense of relief in his eyes that he had completely let go. "It's finally come to an end. It doesn't matter whether I am shot or exiled when I return to Moscow. I have finally let go of my burden." …”
"Mr. Minister, it's not as dangerous as you thought, right? Your prompt decision protected the Tsar's army in the Ili Valley and avoided more losses. Isn't this a credit?"
Xiao Letian smiled and said, "Human civilization is too long. Conflicts between ethnic groups and changes in border lines are commonplace! There is no need to worry too much!"
"That nation has never prospered? Has it never declined? Take Tsarist Russia as an example. How glorious was it when Peter the Great defeated Sweden and seized the seaport?"
"When Napoleon defeated Moscow, you were the savior of Europe!"
"Ups and downs are what life is and what the destiny of a country is..."
Ulan Geli smiled sadly and took the whiskey sent by the head of state. "I'm old, and I can't think about things that far away!" He waved the secret agreement and said with a smile, "Anyway, I have already written it clearly in the secret agreement. I, Tsarist Russia, only want to transfer the land to us." Cede to the Chinese, not to the Manchus!"
"It was the Chinese who defeated me, not the Qing Dynasty!"
"Head of the State, you can write whatever you want in the later public treaties, but the most original secret agreement, Tsarist Russia, will always be kept in the archives in Moscow!"
Xiao Letian frowned, "This...isn't good! Are you betting that we will have a break with the Manchus in the future? You are trying to provoke conflict between the Chinese and the Manchus!"
"Ah ha ha ha... I don't care about the contradictions or not. Even if you have a civil war, it will be more enjoyable for me to watch from the sidelines!"
"But the secret agreement must be written like this, because my proud Russian nation will never admit defeat at the hands of the Manchus!"
"We have to give an account to future generations. When the children poke my spine a hundred years from now, we will still have this secret agreement in our archives..."
"At least future generations will understand that I, Ulan Geli, did fail, but it was at the hands of the Chinese, not at the hands of the Manchu Qing Dynasty with its pigtails!"
"We look down on them!" Ulan Geli banged, put the dried crystal cup on the table, then turned around and left with the secret agreement.
A group of senior Chinese officials in the negotiation hall looked at each other in confusion, but you have to admire how stubborn this old man is and what a personality he has!
With this secret agreement, the negotiations basically came to an end. Everyone knew that the Tsar had no solution to the situation in the East!
At this moment, there is no other choice but to listen to Ulan Geli. From then on, he will wait patiently. The secret agreement will be delivered to Moscow. The Tsar will give a final formal treaty, and that will be the end of it!
The secret agreement actually has legal effect. The Far Eastern country Xiang Shaolong can send envoys across Heilongjiang and enter the Tsarist Russian settlements in the Outer Xing'an Mountains, and use this secret agreement to ask them to withdraw their troops!
No one will disobey orders, because the Tsarist Russians in the Far East are unable to attack them and have already run out of ammunition and food!
Over in the Western Region, as long as Zuo Zongtang receives the secret agreement and tries his best to send it across the Tianshan Mountains, the Tsarist Russian Army in the Ili Valley will no longer be able to defeat it!
Telegrams are flying across Asia like snowflakes, top-secret documents are being delivered, and people are preparing for the New Year. They have no idea that the sky in East Asia has changed!
From this moment on, the power of the Tsarist Russians in East Asia will no longer be able to rise. Without Vladivostok, an important outlet to the sea, East Asia's commercial interests are decreasing day by day, and its strategic status is also constantly declining!
In the next hundred years, Tsarist Russia can only choose to cooperate with the Chinese here!
The Chinese people concealed the news that the secret agreement had been reached. Even Serial Chun did not know that the secret agreement had been signed. Xiao Letian just sent a telegram to his apprentice, saying that Wulan Geli came to Naha to negotiate, but he would not give in. In the end, he He walked away dejectedly.
In the end, the telegram also promised Zaichun that Ulan Geli has a high chance of accepting our conditions!
This telegram from the master immediately made Zai Chun ecstatic. This aggressive neighbor to the north is too scary. If he can solve the threat to the north once and for all, he will be able to concentrate more resources on his reforms!
