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Russian Foreign Minister Izvorsky's face suddenly became very ugly. Although many cities in the Siberian Plain are still under Russia's control, this is because the main goal of the Chinese Army is not to capture these cities, but to capture them.
The purpose is to eliminate the effective strength of the Russian army as much as possible, so many times they deliberately let go of these Russian cities. Once the Chinese side adjusts its combat plan, the fall of the entire Siberian Plain will be imminent, and the Russian side will simply be unable to resist it.
"Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, although China now has all the advantages, if China wants to seize even the Siberian Plain, Russia will not agree to it under any circumstances! Even if the war goes to the end, Russia will not hesitate!
"Russian Foreign Minister Izvolsky said through gritted teeth.
Wu Tingfang did not continue to be aggressive. If the war continued, Russia would certainly not perish, but the benefits China would gain would be greatly reduced. The huge war compensation China needed alone would not be available. In addition, if the Tsar was overthrown, Russia would
If the Social Democratic Labor Party is in power, as Emperor Wang Yuze said, this will definitely be a huge threat to China.
"So, how much are you willing to pay?" Wu Tingfang asked. Now that China has set a price, now it is Russia's turn to counter-offer.
Hearing Wu Tingfang's somewhat relieved tone, Russian Foreign Minister Izvolsky breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, if China is willing to end the war, Russia is willing to cede the territory east of Lake Baikal to China. The territory west of Lake Baikal and Central Asia will still belong to Russia!" Izvorsky said.
"No, this is absolutely impossible! These territories were captured by China at the cost of countless soldiers' lives, and there is absolutely no possibility of giving them away!" Wu Tingfang flatly refused, saying that the price the Russians paid back was too low.
This almost reduced the territory China gained this time by half. It was far less than the bottom line that Emperor Wang Yuze saw. Therefore, Wu Tingfang would never agree.
After that, the two sides started a fierce debate. Russian Foreign Minister Izvolsky wanted to get back Russia's lost territories from China as much as possible, while Wu Tingfang wanted to get Russia to cede these territories as much as possible.
Give it to China, thereby forming a legal factual basis and creating conditions for China to occupy these territories for a long time!
"Your Excellency, Foreign Minister, Siberia is bounded by the Irtysh River and the Ob River in Omsk, and Central Asia is bounded by the Ural River. This is our country's final bottom line. Our country has agreed to the vast land in Central Asia.
The five ethnic groups in Central Asia. In addition to conquering the lost land in our country, the remaining lands have been given to the five ethnic groups in Central Asia to establish their own countries!" Wu Tingfang said very firmly, this was the biggest concession he could make.
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Russian Foreign Minister Izvolsky thought about it and found that he could not get China to make any more concessions, so he had to accept this condition. Anyway, Tsar Nicholas II wanted to preserve the Siberian Plain and prepare for future counterattacks.
China made preparations and determined the border between the two sides as Omsk, which was considered to have fulfilled the request of Tsar Nicholas II.
"Okay, Your Excellency, Foreign Minister, let Omsk be the boundary!" Russian Foreign Minister Izvorsky said.
"Haha, that's good! Then, the next step is war reparations. In this war, China spent countless war funds and suffered a large number of casualties. Russia must pay China 500 million pounds in war reparations.
Come and compensate China for its losses!" Wu Tingfang continued.
"Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the war indemnity of 500 million pounds is too much. Russia cannot pay such a large amount of war indemnity. Besides, Russia also suffered heavy losses in this war. Now, Russia is suffering from domestic and foreign troubles, and it is simply unable to pay it.
huge war reparations
!" The Russian Foreign Minister shook his head like a rattle. What a joke, if he accepted such conditions, Tsar Nicholas II would definitely kill him. War compensation of 500 million pounds, such a large amount
, enough to directly collapse Russia.
"Your Excellency, Foreign Secretary, the war compensation of 500 million pounds is not much. I think that for the sake of peace, Russia should pay these war compensations!" Wu Tingfang pressed.
"Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, this amount is too large. Russia really cannot afford to pay it. Russia now needs a lot of funds to quell the rebellion. Therefore, I hope that your country can show your favor!" Russian Foreign Minister Izvorsky shook his head and said.
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"How much war reparations can your country pay?" Wu Tingfang asked.
"Fifty million pounds, like France!" Russian Foreign Minister Izvolsky thought for a moment and then said.
"Hmph! Your Excellency, Foreign Minister, can Russia compare with France? France caused very little damage to our country in this war. Therefore, it is completely reasonable for France to pay 50 million pounds in war compensation." Wu Tingfang said coldly.
Said coldly.
Of course, Russian Foreign Minister Izvolsky knew that Wu Tingfang was talking nonsense. The reason why France was able to get away with only paying 50 million pounds in war compensation was entirely because China was eager to open a gap among the great powers. At the same time, France was far away from China
It was too far away and China could not threaten France. That’s why it was agreed that France would only pay 50 million pounds in war compensation.
"Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, fifty million pounds is already the largest amount our country can pay!" Russian Foreign Minister Izvorsky was still very stubborn.
"Let's see, Your Excellency, Foreign Secretary, Russia will pay China's war reparations of 300 million pounds, which is the same amount as the United States paid!" Wu Tingfang thought for a moment and then said.
"The United States only ceded one state of Alaska to China, but Russia lost most of its territory!" Russian Foreign Minister Izvolsky retorted. The wilderness in Alaska obviously cannot be compared with the vast territory Russia lost.
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The two engaged in another fierce bargaining, and finally Wu Tingfang said: "Your Excellency, Foreign Secretary, Russia will pay China's war compensation of 200 million pounds within two months, all in gold. This is China's last
Bottom line, otherwise, China will have no choice but to send troops to Europe and get it themselves!"
Russian Foreign Minister Izvolsky hesitated. Two hundred million pounds, agreed, is not a small amount! It is much more than Russia's annual fiscal revenue. Now that the Russian treasury is empty, it is impossible to spend so much money.
The Chinese wanted Russia to pay in gold, and they were obviously eyeing the wealth of the Tsarist family. He wanted to continue to fight for it, but Wu Tingfang flatly refused and issued a threat of military strike.
"Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, I must ask His Majesty the Tsar for instructions!" Russian Foreign Minister Izvorsky said.
"Of course, no problem!" Wu Tingfang said.
"However, I would like to remind you that these war reparations do not include the ransom of the Russian soldiers captured by our country. If your country wants to redeem these captured Russian soldiers, it will have to pay an additional ransom.
!" Wu Tingfang said.
"Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, isn't your country's request too harsh?" Izvorski said angrily.
"No way, this is the request of His Majesty the Emperor of our country. One Russian soldier, one hundred pounds. This is already a very cheap price!" Wu Tingfang said with a smile.
"One hundred pounds, one million is one hundred million pounds!" Izvolsky was already furious with Wu Tingfang, a profiteer.
"Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, I will report it to His Majesty the Tsar. However, I don't know whether His Majesty the Tsar will agree!" Izvorsky said.
"Haha, I believe His Majesty the Tsar will make a wise choice!" Wu Tingfang said confidently.
At six o'clock in the morning, Moscow time, Tsar Nicholas II received the final negotiation results sent back by Izvolsky. After reading the contents of the negotiations, Nicholas II was furious and vented his anger.
After getting rid of his anger, he summoned Russia's important ministers to discuss countermeasures.
At half past six in the morning, the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary, the War Minister, and the Director of the General Administration for Orthodox Affairs all gathered in the palace.
"This is the result of the negotiation between Izvolsky and the Chinese. What do you think we should do?" Tsar Nicholas II asked coldly.
"Your Majesty, although the Chinese conditions are harsh, Russia has no choice now. If it drags on, it will only become more and more disadvantageous for us!" Prime Minister Sergei Vitte suggested.
"The Chinese not only want so much territory, but also want us to pay 200 million pounds in war compensation, and at the same time they do not release those prisoners. Such conditions are simply a shame and a great humiliation!" Tsar Nicholas II said angrily.
"Your Majesty, the situation in Russia is critical now. The rebels in the south have become stronger and stronger. If it continues, Russia will be finished!" Prime Minister Sergei Vitte reminded.
Tsar Nicholas II hesitated. Although China's conditions were harsh, it would not allow Russia to perish. And if it continued to be delayed and the rebellion in the south was allowed to grow and develop, and eventually Russia would be destroyed, that would be everything.
All gone. Moreover, Russia is not unable to bear the conditions proposed by the Chinese. However, Tsar Nicholas II is unwilling to do so.
"Okay, agree to the Chinese conditions and let Izvolsky sign a treaty with the Chinese! I swear, one day, I will double today's shame and make the Chinese pay it back!" Tsar Nicholas
The Second roared.
On the morning of August 31, Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Tingfang and Russian Foreign Minister Izvolsky signed the "China-Russia Beijing Treaty" in Beijing on behalf of the two countries respectively!