After receiving the mediation inquiry from the United States, the East China government also conducted serious discussions, believing that Britain and France could not bear the pressure and began to seek a peaceful solution and stop the war. However, the two countries could not stand the ground and took the initiative to find the East China government, so they had to ask the United States to come forward, which is of course a good thing for the East China government.

However, the mediation conditions proposed by Britain and France are not to compensate and not to allow land to be unearthed. Before this, the Qing court instigated the Qing court to interrupt trade with the East China government and jointly issued a statement of confrontation with Japan, Russia and the Netherlands. This also shows that the two countries still have some luck and try to blackmail the East China government by pretending to be tough and arbitrary, so as to achieve the goal of paying less and reaching peace.

Some people within the East China government believe that the attitudes of Britain and France can also be considered. After all, the East China government is facing one against five, which is indeed a bit difficult, and the current supply of materials is becoming increasingly tense. In this case, since Britain and France have taken the initiative to propose negotiations, it is better to consider compromise with Britain and France and give up the demand for compensation for them. Although the East China government has not received compensation from Britain and France, it can be regained from the other three countries. Moreover, the other conditions promised by Britain and France are also beneficial to the East China government, which is to recognize that the East China government is an independent and legal government, which is very beneficial to the enhancement of the international status of the East China government. In addition, Britain and France will be excluded in the future. The East China government can concentrate its efforts to deal with Japan, Russia and the Netherlands.

But the compromise attitude has also been opposed by many people, because although Britain and France are supporters behind Japan and Russia, the East China government's participation in the war is not unrelated to Britain and France. Now that the war is lost, I want to get out of it without any worries and don't want to pay compensation or cede land. So is there such a convenient thing? As for the other conditions promised by Britain and France, they are basically the achievements that the East China government has achieved on the battlefield. Britain and France are nothing more than doing favors and admitting that the East China government is an independent and legal government.

It's no big deal. Now the East China government is a sovereign and independent government. Whether it is legal or not requires recognition from Britain and France. Moreover, the international status of the East China government is achieved by itself, not by others. After winning the Far East War, the international status of the East China government will inevitably be improved by a leap forward. Whether Britain and France recognize it will not have much impact at all. Therefore, it must not compromise with Britain and France, and it is necessary to require substantial compensation from Britain and France.

The tough voice soon overwhelmed the voice of compromise, and at this time Xia Bohai also expressed his own view that the East China government compromised with Britain and France, which could be exchanged for Britain and France to withdraw from the struggle, and the East China government could concentrate its efforts and calmly deal with Japan, Russia and the Netherlands. This idea is quite naive. Even if the East China government compromised with Britain and France, after the negotiations, Britain and France will continue to support Japan, Russia and the Netherlands, and will never let the East China government deal with the three countries calmly. Moreover, because Britain and France failed to pay the price in the negotiations, or they would think that the East China government was easy to compromise and could be bullied, and the support for the three countries would be even greater. Therefore, we must not let Britain and France go easily this time. Britain and France must pay a heavy price and know the pain. In this way, when we fight against the East China government in the future, we will carefully consider the possible price.

Xia Bohai's view was also supported by the majority, so he decided to deal with the US mediation proposal. Of course, the East China government could not directly reject the US mediation proposal, so he put forward the conditions for accepting mediation: 1. Britain and France must recognize the misunderstanding of establishing the Far East Expeditionary Force and participating in the Far East War, and pay full responsibility for it; 2. Britain and France must make reasonable compensation to the East China government, and the form of compensation is not limited; 3. Britain and France must dissolve the British-Japanese alliance, the French-Russian alliance, and guarantee that it will not establish an alliance against the East China government. Only on the basis of Britain and France accepting these three conditions, the East China government can accept the US mediation and conduct peaceful negotiations with Britain and France.

After receiving the mediation conditions of the East China government, Roosevelt couldn't help but smile bitterly. Is this obviously a rejection of mediation? It seems that the East China government really wants to choose the path of expansion, and the United States really needs to be prepared to compete with the East China government earlier.

After the United States handed over the reply from the East China government to Britain and France, both countries were disappointed. At the same time, they did not expect that the East China government would be so tough. However, the problem is that domestic pressure makes both governments unable to bear it. They must force the East China government to compromise as soon as possible. Now they can only firmly grasp the only weakness of the East China government's tight supply of materials.

So after consultation, Britain and France decided to take a risk, announcing a trade ban on the East China government, and demanded that other countries also suspend trade with the East China government, and at the same time ordered British and French merchants in China to try their best to create obstacles to the East China government's domestic trade.

In fact, this trick is indeed aimed at the weakness of the East China government. Although the supply of materials in the East China government mainly relies on domestic supply, a considerable part of them is introduced abroad, because they are military-related equipment, spare parts, etc., and once the domestic supply of materials is insufficient, the East China government will also seek to supplement from abroad. Although this ban cannot control major countries such as the United States and Germany, it still has a certain influence on small and medium-sized countries such as Yiobi Grapessi; and Britain and France are both imperialist countries that first entered the Chinese market. After decades of operation, the two countries have played an important role in China's economy and formed a comprador class that is dependent on Britain and France. Once the integration of merchants from the two countries in China can indeed create a considerable obstacle to the domestic trade of the East China government.

But this move also has considerable risks, because forcing other countries to suspend trade with the East China government is a very offensive thing, and Britain and France need to exchange it with some of its interests; and the merchants in China do have very strong energy, but they are mainly concentrated in the economic field and have weak capabilities in the security field. Now Britain and France cannot provide security to these merchants. If the East China government takes extreme actions, it will be a heavy blow to the economic power of Britain and France in China. After all, before this, the East China government has confiscated all assets of Britain and France in the Shanghai Concession and blocked the Yangtze River channel, which has also led to a significant reduction in the economic strength of Britain and France in the Yangtze River Basin. Therefore, once Britain and France's merchants in China create trade obstacles for the East China government, the East China government is likely to take extreme actions.

What the two sides compete next is mutual tolerance. If Britain and France can withstand economic losses until the East China government's material crisis breaks out, then the East China government has a high chance of compromising in negotiations, while Britain and France can only accept the conditions of the East China government.

However, after evaluation, Britain and France believed that in the economic field, the chances of winning themselves are still quite high, because under such an economic blockade, the East China government's material crisis will break out for at most half a year, and Britain and France can withstand the losses in the past six months. Although the market in China cannot be said to be insignificant among the overseas colonies of Britain and France, it is by no means an important part. The most important overseas colony of Britain is India, and France is the Indochina Peninsula.

In addition, once the East China government takes extreme actions, such as confiscating assets of Britain and France in other parts of China, it will inevitably have a significant impact on China's economy. After all, Britain and France now have a considerable impact on China's economy. In the East China government reclaims the Shanghai Concession and blocks the Yangtze River navigation, it not only hits the economic power of Britain and France in the Yangtze River Basin, but also has a considerable impact on China's economy in the Yangtze River Basin. Many merchants and gentry in the Yangtze River Basin have considerable complaints about the East China government. Before the Battle of the Taiwan Strait, a considerable number of people were not optimistic about the East China government and even hopes that the East China government's failure, which has a great relationship with the East China government blocking the Yangtze River navigation, which has damaged the interests of a considerable number of people. Therefore, the East China government takes extreme actions to confiscate assets of Britain and France in other parts of China, which is likely to lose some people's support, which is naturally beneficial to Britain and France.

However, in this way, Britain and France will indeed suffer considerable economic losses, which will even exceed the benefits of compensation to the East China government. However, it can preserve the dignity of the major powers and international prestige of Britain and France, and hinder the development of the East China government, and inspire the determination of Japan, Russia and the Netherlands to confront the East China government to the end, continue to consume the strength of the East China government, so that the East China government cannot get the benefits they want at the negotiating table. After the war is over, Britain and France can continue to integrate other countries and curb the development of the East China government.

Sure enough, after Britain and France announced the trade ban on the East China government, the United States and Germany first expressed opposition and claimed that they would keep their exchanges with the East China government unchanged. Italy, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Belgium, Spain, Portugal and other places also expressed their support, claiming that they would not respect the ban on Britain and France, but Japan, Russia, the Netherlands, some small countries, and colonial governments all expressed their support.

This result was also expected by Britain and France. After all, the announcement of a trade ban was just an arbitrary approach. The next step was to communicate with other countries, negotiate and exchange interests, and strive to gain more support.
Chapter completed!