Li Hongzhang said: "Marson Marshal, I have been serving as an official for more than two years and am not very familiar with the affairs in the court. Therefore, it is unknown whether this group of overseas Chinese are related to the court. However, in my personal opinion, it is not very likely that the court will be related to this group of overseas Chinese."

After hearing this, Wadesi said thoughtfully: "Can you Mr. Zhongtang be sure?"

Li Hongzhang laughed and said, "I just said, this is just my personal opinion, and it is for reference only by the Marshal. And the Marshal also knows that I, the Qing Dynasty, have tens of millions of Chinese compatriots overseas, and all Chinese people have the hearts of their hearts. Therefore, it is not surprising that some people want to return to China."

Wadesi snorted, of course he could hear Li Hongzhang's implicit voice, which was actually completely pushing the relationship between the Qing court and overseas Chinese, waiting to see the German army and overseas Chinese fight. However, Wadesi didn't care. Although Wadesi had known the battle situation in Tianjin now, he was not too worried, because in Wadesi's view, Tianjin was lost and the fleet was completely wiped out, but the Eight-Nation Alliance was too useless. It was not that this group of overseas Chinese was strong, and the German fleet had enough confidence to defeat this group of overseas Chinese, and he came to Li Hongzhang mainly for the Southeast mutual protection.

It turned out that Germany sent such a powerful fleet to China. The ostensibly reason was that German Minister to China Decklin was killed by a Qing soldier in Beijing. Therefore, he wanted to show China Germany's strength and teach the Chinese a lesson, but in fact he hoped to take advantage of this war to occupy a few more colonies in China and expand Germany's interests in China.

But at this moment, the Qing court's Southeast Governor and the great powers led by Britain, France and the United States reached a [Southeast Mutual Protection Agreement]. This agreement included almost all areas along the southeast coast of China, making Germany unable to start grabbing land. Therefore, Wadesi hoped to find evidence that the Qing court's Southeast Governor and this group of overseas Chinese were connected, so that the Qing court's Southeast Governor and the Qing court's Southeast Governor and the pretext that the Qing court's Southeast Governor and Governor violated the [Southeast Mutual Protection Agreement] to seize territory in China.

Although Li Hongzhang completely pushed the relationship between the Qing court and overseas Chinese, the answer was within Wadesi's expectations. Therefore, Wadesi said: "Master Zhongtang, I also want to know, what is your attitude towards this group of overseas Chinese?"

Li Hongzhang laughed and said, "I don't know anything about the situation of this group of overseas Chinese, and I don't even know whether it is true or false. How can I talk about my attitude towards them? I have a subordinate in Tianjin. A few days ago, he sent me a telegram and he had some contact with this group of overseas Chinese, so I asked him to go to Shanghai to learn about the situation of these overseas Chinese. Unfortunately, he had to wait until the war stabilized before coming to Shanghai."

Wadexi said: "So after this group of overseas Chinese intervened, I want to know if Your Excellency Zhongtang still plans to respect the [Southeast Mutual Protection Agreement]?"

After hearing this, Li Hongzhang also raised his eyes and said, "Marty Marshal Wadesi, I would like to ask, is Germany still planning to respect the [Southeast Mutual Protection Agreement]?"

Wadesi said: "Of course, our Germany has always attached great importance to respecting the agreement. If the Lord Zhongtang and your country's Southeast Governor and the governor of the country will ensure that we do not destroy the [Southeast Mutual Protection Agreement] first, we, Germany, will naturally respect the [Southeast Mutual Protection Agreement]."

Li Hongzhang also bowed his head and said, "Then I can also tell the Marshal that officials who have participated in the [Southeast Mutual Protection Agreement] in all matters will never break the agreement."

Wadeshi said: "Then I can understand that the officials who participated in the [Southeast Mutual Protection Agreement] in everything will never support this group of overseas Chinese, otherwise it would have destroyed the [Southeast Mutual Protection Agreement]?"

Li Hongzhang pointed his head hard and said, "Yes, I can promise the marshal that I will never."

Wadesi smiled at the corner of his mouth and said, "Very good. With the guarantee of Lord Zhongtang, I feel relieved. We will set sail to head north tomorrow to compete with this group of overseas Chinese."

Li Hongzhang's heart moved and said, "Are you sure about this battle? You must know that the Eight-Nation fleet has been wiped out."

Wadesi glanced at Li Hongzhang and said proudly: "Your Zhongtang can rest assured that our team of De** is the strongest army in the world. We are fully confident to complete the task assigned to us by His Majesty the Emperor. You may as well wait for the news of our victory in Shanghai."

After hearing this, Li Hongzhang's face remained calm and said, "Okay, I'll listen to the good news from your army in Shanghai."

Speaking of this, I had finished what to say, so Li Hongzhang got up and said goodbye to Wadesi. Wadesi also got up and sent Li Hongzhang to the side of the ship. After watching Li Hongzhang get off the gangway, he turned back into the cabin.

After leaving the German fleet's garrison, Li Hongzhang immediately ordered his followers and said, "Tell Sheng Xuanhuai, let him immediately generate electricity for everyone participating in Southeast Mutual Protection, and strictly order anyone to contact overseas Chinese. If you have any contact, you must cut it off immediately, otherwise you will never be forgiven. For this reason, Zhang Zhidong and Liu Kunyi." After a pause, Li Hongzhang said, "Forget it, I will generate electricity for Zhang Zhidong and Liu Kunyi, and everyone else will be handed over to Sheng Xuanhuai."

Wadesi returned to the cabin, and Deputy Commander Falkenhein immediately said, "Marson, how about it?"

Wadexi said: "Let's go as usual tomorrow. After we conquer Tianjin, are you still afraid that you will not be able to find evidence that the officials of the Qing Kingdom have contact with this group of overseas Chinese? Even if they don't, they can still be created. In short, we have not traveled thousands of miles to China and we must not go back empty-handed. Notify Qingdao and let them prepare for the reception."

At this time, Wadesi didn't know that after the German fleet arrived in China, other countries were not idle and began to operate urgently.

In the old time and space, when the German fleet arrived in China, the Eight-Nation Alliance had already captured Beijing and the substantive battle had ended. Therefore, although the German fleet was strong and after reaching China, the German army's strength was strengthened to the top of the coalition, but since the overall situation in China was settled at that time, the German team could do was to rob and loot some property, and then to get one more in the compensation. However, the most important goal was to expand Germany's interests in China, but Germany did not have such courage at this time.

However, in this time and space, the situation in northern China has undergone tremendous changes due to the arrival of the fleet, and the situation has become extremely complicated. At this time, the German fleet intervened in this battlefield, causing the situation in China to change further. On the one hand, the Eight-Nation Alliance really needs reinforcements from the German fleet to fight against this group of overseas Chinese who suddenly appeared. On the other hand, countries are very alert to the arrival of the German fleet and cannot allow Germany to become the main force in China's battlefield and gain huge benefits in China after the war.

The Eight-Nation Alliance was originally the product of struggle and compromise between countries. Since the moment the Eight-Nation Alliance was formed, internal conflicts have never stopped. However, all countries are trying their best to expand their interests in China and weaken the power of other countries in China, or cannot gain more benefits in China than in China. However, all parties check and balance each other, and for the sake of common interests, a delicate balance has been reached between countries, allowing the Eight-Nation Alliance to maintain consistency in their major actions.

However, the emergence of overseas Chinese and the arrival of German fleets broke this balance, so other countries took action to try to re-establish a new balance.

Britain, France and the United States were the first great power countries to come to China, so they are also the imperialist countries that have gained the most benefits in China. Of course, they hope to continue to maintain China's status quo and further expand China's opening up to the outside world, that is, China will not have the xenophobic movements like the Boxer Rebellion again, but they do not want China to be completely in chaos and even be divided and broken down, which will damage their interests in China.

When organizing the Eight-Nation Alliance, the main goal of the Three Kingdoms was Russia. Britain mainly curbed Russia's expansion in northern China and harmed its own interests; France wanted to push Russia's mind from Asia to Europe to help France fight against Germany; while the United States wanted to maintain the policy of opening up the door of all countries in China and sharing interests with equal interests, and could not tolerate Russia's expansion. The goals of the Three Kingdoms were basically the same.

Now the three countries have their own problems, but the three countries are currently trapped in the quagmire of the Boer War, while France is trying to defend Germany with all their strength in Europe. Although the United States is the world's number one industrial country, it is large but not strong at this time. Its own military power is very limited, and "Monroeism" is prevalent in China and he is not interested in expansion. Therefore, it is difficult for these three countries to invest more power in China at present.

However, the reason why old imperialist countries can do things is not entirely due to military strength. Sometimes, taking advantage of the situation is also an important means. Of course, if you want to take advantage of the situation, you need to have enough strength.

The power that Britain, France and the United States took advantage of Japan. As early as when the Eight-Nation Alliance was formed, Britain used Japan to suppress Russia, and Japan also wanted to offset Russia's pressure on itself in the Northeast region. Therefore, the two sides hit it off, and the Japanese army dispatched the most troops, which effectively suppressed Russia.
Chapter completed!