After the time travelers attacked Beijing, Shanghai's reaction was very strong. Some cheered, some were furious, some were worried, but some were gloating, some were gloating, and all kinds of different things were different.

However, due to the interruption of the telegram line in Beijing, Shanghai was unable to understand the progress of the war, so the office of the Time Travel Group in Shanghai also became the target of public criticism. People from all walks of life came to inquire about Beijing. However, Li Sanjie, who was in charge of Shanghai's diplomatic work, was tight-lipped and said to any inquiries: I don't know the relevant situation, so I have nothing to tell.

However, just two days later, Li Sanjie took the initiative to hold a press conference, officially confirming that the People's Army had recovered Beijing, and also made a declaration, saying that the Chinese nation has been a peace-loving nation since ancient times. Overseas Chinese have adhered to the peace-loving tradition of the Chinese nation and did not want to use war to resolve the situation in China. However, countries rejected the fair and notarized peace proposals proposed by overseas Chinese, but insisted on refusing to give up the interests of China that had been occupied, which led to the breakdown of the Shanghai negotiations. All countries should bear full responsibility. Overseas Chinese used force to recover the North when they were forced to do so.

Beijing. This also fully demonstrates that all imperialism is paper tigers. Since the war of aggression they have fought is an unjust war, it is destined to fail. Overseas Chinese wars are to safeguard the interests of the Chinese nation, a war against oppression and anti-aggression. This is a war of justice. The People's Army defeated the Eight-Nation Alliance to defeat evil and justice to defeat power. If imperialism has not realized the inevitability of its failure, it will immediately change its course and think about re-engaging a new war and robbing interests that do not belong to them, then what awaits them will be greater failure. The Chinese nation is not afraid of power and violence, and will definitely crush the ambitions of imperialism.

If we look at it from the perspective of the old time and space, this declaration is a complete eight-legged article, but in this era, it is a brand new style of writing. The sentences are extremely simple and almost everyone can understand them, but the content is not simple. The tragic card, moral card, great righteous card, and tough card are all occupied. Because it occupies the high point of morality, this also conforms to the Chinese concept. Moreover, this declaration is based on the People's Army's capture of Beijing, so it also seems to be very depressed, not just about benevolence, righteousness and morality.

This declaration was immediately reprinted by major Chinese newspapers in Shanghai and spread rapidly in Shanghai. It greatly aroused the emotions of the Chinese in Shanghai. It was the New Year, so many people even celebrated it, and they did not forget to put more whips during New Year greetings.

However, the consuls of Shanghai all countries are very clear about this trick of time travelers. This is actually promoting nationalist sentiment. This practice is really common in Europe. Before the war begins, all countries will publicize and arouse the national sentiment of their own citizens to inspire the army to fight hard. But why are overseas Chinese still playing this trick after capturing Beijing? Is it difficult to attack Shanghai?

Since all the telegrams from Beijing were interrupted at this time, the consulates of various countries in Shanghai knew nothing about the current situation in Beijing. In order to test the attitudes of overseas Chinese, consulates of various countries sent representatives to the Shanghai office of the Travel Group to visit Li Sanjie, inquire about the situation in Beijing, and asked the Travel Group to ensure the personal safety of the embassies and other expatriates in Beijing. At the same time, they also asked the Travel Group to resume Beijing's communications immediately.

Li Sanjie also answered the requests made by the representatives of consuls from various countries, saying that the embassies and other expatriates in Beijing are strictly protected by the People's Army, and personal safety is absolutely guaranteed. As for the restoration of Beijing's communications, he has sent someone to step up the repair of the telegram lines and will resume Beijing's telegram communications as soon as possible, etc. For other matters, Li Sanjie said that he has not received any news from Beijing yet, and the requests put forward by various countries will be conveyed to the Tianjin Executive Committee.

After beating the representatives of consuls from various countries, Li Sanjie immediately rushed to Dingxiang Villa to visit Li Hongzhang, which was also the task assigned by the Tianjin Executive Committee.

After meeting Li Hongzhang, Li Sanjie immediately agreed in the name of the Tianjin Executive Committee, saying that the Russian army was about to move south again, and the People's Army would do its best to resist the Russian invasion and safeguard the national interests of the Chinese nation. However, he hoped that Li Hongzhang could provide two help to the Time Travel Group. First, let Li Hongzhang introduce Zhang Zhidong for the Time Travel Group. The Time Travel Group wanted to buy some guns and weapons from Zhang Zhidong to fight the Russian invasion; second, he hoped that Li Hongzhang would come forward to persuade the defenders of Shanhaiguan to open the city of the pass, and let the People's Army enter the pass to arrange defensive positions and face the Russian army.

After hearing these two requests made by Li Sanjie, Li Hongzhang couldn't help but feel calm. After establishing contact with overseas Chinese, overseas Chinese officially sought help from him. Although he asked himself to help establish an office in Shanghai, trade transactions were just a trivial matter. Of course, Li Hongzhang could completely reject the requests made to overseas Chinese. However, although he would not make enemies with overseas Chinese, the relatively good relationships he had established with overseas Chinese will definitely drop significantly, and what was going on.

But Li Hongzhang was very clear. Now all countries are basically unlikely to send troops to China on a large scale. Therefore, after conquering Beijing, overseas Chinese have an absolute advantage in the negotiations with various countries and the Qing court in the future. Various countries may have some trump cards to bargain with overseas Chinese, but the Qing court did not have any bargaining chips and could only accept any conditions proposed by overseas Chinese. No matter what the final result occurs, it will be a weight in the future political landscape of China. Even if the court dares not underestimate the attitude of overseas Chinese. C. If the relationship with overseas Chinese is not handled well at this time, it will undoubtedly be an unwise move, unless Li Hongzhang really plans to retire.

Judging from the two requirements put forward by Li Sanjie on behalf of overseas Chinese, it is not difficult to recommend Zhang Zhidong to overseas Chinese. Although Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong have never dealt with each other, they are still acceptable on the big side. Therefore, as long as Li Hongzhang wrote a letter to Zhang Zhidong, Zhang Zhidong will definitely meet overseas Chinese. Moreover, overseas Chinese are in the limelight now, Li Hongzhang estimated that Zhang Zhidong is probably trying his best to connect with overseas Chinese.

However, Li Hongzhang cannot guarantee that Zhang Zhidong will sell weapons to overseas Chinese. Therefore, after the two sides meet, the overseas Chinese will have nothing to do with Li Hongzhang.

To convince the guards of Shanhaiguan to open the Guancheng, let the People's Army enter the Guancheng to arrange defensive positions and fight against the Russian army. This really made Li Hongzhang a little embarrassed. This is not to say that Li Hongzhang's words are useless. Although the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 caused Li Hongzhang's reputation to plummet, he was still a serious person in the Qing Dynasty. With the word "Li Zhongtang", he could be used as a few taels of silver in the pawnshop. Therefore, Li Hongzhang also had full confidence. As long as he wrote a letter himself, the guards of Shanhaiguan would really open the Guancheng, let the People's Army enter the Guancheng to arrange defensive positions and fight against the Russian army. On the one hand, this is the prestige established by Li Zhongtang for more than 30 years, and on the other hand, the guards of Shanhaiguan may need a strong force to help him guard the Guancheng. After all, the Russian army's large-scale southward is not a joke.

But now overseas Chinese are not subjects of the Qing court. Moreover, during the negotiations in Shanghai, overseas Chinese criticized the court for their bad words with severe words. Many of them were expressed in newspapers, which were written in black and white, and they could not even be denied. I am afraid that the court would know it now. Although the court has not said anything now, it will be Beijing in the future. If the situation is stabilized again, it will inevitably not be possible to re-record this old account. Overseas Chinese may not be afraid, but they may not be able to escape from it.

In fact, from Li Hongzhang's heart, he still wants to help overseas Chinese. After all, if the Russian army really goes south and breaks the pass, goes straight in, defeats overseas Chinese and captures Beijing, it will be unimaginable later.

Originally, Li Hongzhang had a good impression of Russia. After the defeat in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Russia, together with France and Germany, pressed Japan to force Japan to abandon the Liaodong Peninsula. This was the famous Three Kingdoms' interference in the Liao Dynasty. Therefore, Li Hongzhang also had the idea of ​​joining Russia to resist Japan. So on April 3, 1896, Li Hongzhang went on an envoy to Russia to attend the coronation ceremony of Nicholas II. He was highly treated by Russia. Under the authorization of the Qing court, he signed the "Treaty of Mutual Aid for the Sino-Russia Anti-Enemy" with Russia on behalf of the Qing court, that is, the "Secret Treaty of Sino-Russia Defends the Enemy" with Russia.

Although the Secret Agreement stipulates on the one hand that if Japan invades Russia's Far East or China and North Korea's land, China and Russia should provide all the seas and the sixth armies to each other; without the consultation between the two countries, one of the contracting parties shall not negotiate peace with the enemy alone, which seems to have guaranteed China's security, but also stipulates that Russia will allow railways to be built in Heilongjiang and Jilin to reach Vladivostok, which provides various conveniences for Tsarist Russia's invasion forces to further deepen and control the Northeast of China, greatly strengthening Tsarist Russia's position in the Far East in the Far East. The reason why Russia can compete with Japan for the Far East and the Korean Peninsula is due to the signing of this treaty.

Overall, this treaty is definitely more harmful than good to China. However, Li Hongzhang accepted these conditions in full for the sake of confronting Japan. So after the signing of the Sino-Russian Secret Agreement, Li Hongzhang once claimed that this treaty could guarantee the safety of the Qing Dynasty for 20 years. Because the Qing court's interest in the sale was too great, there were rumors that Li Hongzhang had received bribes of 30,000 rubles in Russia. Later, when Russia forced his leasing Port Lushun, Li Hongzhang strongly advocated renting Port Lushun to Russia for the sake of making good things and maintaining the Sino-Russian Secret Agreement.

This time when Li Hongzhang was ordered to go north and negotiate peace with various countries, Li Hongzhang still had fantasies about Russia, believing that Russia was an object that the Qing court could rely on. However, with the intervention of time travelers, Li Hongzhang did not hold talks with various countries like the old time and space. Moreover, as Russia's invasion of the three northeastern provinces gradually deepened, Li Hongzhang also became wary of Russia, hoping that someone could slash the Russians' arrogance, and now only overseas Chinese could accomplish this task.
Chapter completed!