Chen Hao's worries were not unreasonable. Historically, after the invasion of the Eight-Power Allied Forces, the Qing government transferred Li Hongzhang from the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi to the Governor of Zhili and the Minister of Beiyang. Cixi appointed Li Hongzhang as "Plenipotentiary Minister". After arriving in the capital, he went to visit Yingde
The minister, on his way back, caught a cold and fell ill. Despite his illness, he negotiated with foreigners for a long time and signed the famous unequal treaty "Xinchou Treaty" in modern times. When he and Prince Qing signed the treaty, public opinion claimed that he was a "traitor."
Qin Hui, Li Hongzhang who harmed the country."
Li Hongzhang, the tinker of the Qing Dynasty, was still wiping the Qing Dynasty's butt before he died, but he ended up being infamous. This shows that participating in the diplomatic game in the game is not a wise choice. After participating in the negotiation and signing of a traitorous treaty, public opinion will definitely be
There was a lot of denunciation, mainly against the imperial court, and those involved in the negotiations were also shot.
Players participating in diplomatic missions are criticized by public opinion, but they also have opportunities to show their abilities. People with a clear mind can understand the difficulties of diplomats. After successfully completing the diplomatic mission, the player will be affirmed by some NPCs and will also be criticized by some NPCs. Overall
The reputation value has not changed much.
Even so, Chen Hao was unwilling to participate in such a task. The future he designed for himself was to become a warlord, and participating in the signing of the "Xinchou Treaty" would be a stain on his life. After establishing a base and becoming a force, he participated in the signing of the
The matter will definitely be caught by others and will affect his future development.
Players who want to become the leader of a party can only gain a positive reputation in the game, so they decide not to participate in the task of signing a traitorous treaty. Even if they can get promoted and make a fortune after participating in such diplomatic tasks, they will never participate. They can only take the auxiliary route of diplomacy.
It is worthwhile for players to participate in this kind of mission.
Chen Hao remembers that Li Hongzhang has a first-level diplomatic stunt in the game, "Strive to Deal." The stunt's function is to reduce one's own losses by 30 during negotiations, and increase one's gains by 10 during negotiations that are beneficial to one's side. This stunt is the top diplomacy skill.
It is a skill coveted by diplomatic players. If players who take the diplomatic route can learn it, it will be very useful.
Li Hongzhang participated in the signing of the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" and the "Treaty of Xinchou". After the Sino-Japanese War, Li Hongzhang was appointed by the Empress Dowager Cixi as Minister Plenipotentiary and rushed to Japan to negotiate peace. Although the Qing court had granted Li Hongzhang full power to cede territory and pay compensation before leaving, he still expected "
"Every point gained is a gain," he argued repeatedly with Japanese representatives.
It is said that at the last moment before signing, he once said in tears to the mission's American adviser Costa: "If the negotiations fail, we can only move the capital to Shaanxi and fight Japan for a long time. Japan will not be able to conquer China, and China can resist endlessly."
Period. Japan will eventually be defeated and seek peace."
Later generations highly praised Li Hongzhang, believing that he "saved 100 million silver for the Qing government with his bones and tears, and made a great contribution to the survival of the Qing government." When signing the "Xinchou Treaty", Li Hongzhang began to cough up blood.
Knowing that his time was running out, he wanted to end the negotiations as soon as possible. However, after the "Peace Outline" was signed, the coalition showed no signs of withdrawing.
The attitude of various countries was that the amount of compensation must be fixed. At this time, Li Hongzhang no longer had the strength to fight with the foreigners. He vomited blood to the point of being "endangered". In the last moments of his life, Li Hongzhang lay on his hospital bed.
The superior ordered the lower-level officials to reduce the losses to the lowest point, from the one billion taels of silver proposed at the beginning to 450 million taels, which was to be paid back in thirty-nine years, with an annual interest of 4%.
"A weak country has no diplomacy." Although Li Hongzhang was scolded for harming the country, he tried his best to minimize the losses during the two signings. The system's diplomatic stunts for Li Hongzhang are also well-founded. Without Li Hongzhang, the decadent Manchu Qing Dynasty would have been
The imperial court may not be able to support it until 1911, but he is a veritable tinkerer of the Qing Dynasty.
The top NPCs in the game have at least three special skills, usually one *-level and two B-level. Li Hongzhang is a top figure in modern history. His special skills are two *-level and one B-level. In addition to the diplomatic stunt "Trying to Deal"
, he also has a *level stunt "Westernization Mastery", but these two stunts are auxiliary stunts and are not suitable for Chen Hao to learn.
The Empress Dowager Cixi tried her best to protect Chen Hao, but she appointed Chen Hao as deputy negotiator. Although it was considered a trust in him, it made him quite entangled. For the sake of his future reputation, Chen Hao would not participate in signing the traitorous treaty anyway. If
Being able to allow Bai Huhu Yaoxie to participate in this largest diplomatic mission in recent years would be of immeasurable benefit to Bai Huhu Yaoxie, but it happened that the imperial court appointed him instead of Bai Hu Yaoxie.
Chen Hao thought about how to refuse the mission all the way. The Empress Dowager Cixi ordered him to cooperate with Li Hongzhang in negotiating. If he refused to accept the mission, he would be resisting the decree. Players have the choice whether to accept the mission, but Chen Hao, as a person within the system, is not the official of the court.
Officials of the fifth rank of the Eight Classics will be ruined in their career if they refuse the assignment.
Even if he is not going to participate in the negotiation and signing, the position of deputy negotiator is still very useful. At least he can prevent his subordinates from hiding in secret passages. As the deputy negotiator, no one in the capital controlled by the coalition dares to attack him.
, not even daring to search his residence.
The property worth one million taels of silver in the secret passage is protected, and the NPCs no longer have to worry about being killed. This is a great thing. Of course, the most perfect situation is to let Bai Huhu become the deputy negotiator and participate in the entire negotiation.
The process of negotiation between the great powers also allowed him to learn his diplomatic skills before Li Hongzhang died.
Chen Hao soon came to Xianliang Temple. Xianliang Temple was the residence where important officials of the imperial court came to the capital to meet. Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, Zhang Zhidong and other popular local governors in the late Qing Dynasty came to Kyoto to stay here. Li Hongzhang entered the capital for the first time.
He stayed in Xianliang Temple when he was in Beijing, and Li Hongzhang stayed in Xianliang Temple when he visited Beijing several times.
After the Empress Dowager Cixi decided to negotiate peace, Li Hongzhang, who was serving as governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was transferred from Lingnan back to the capital to negotiate peace. In the capital at that time, the Eight-Power Allied Forces announced that except for "two small courtyards under the jurisdiction of the Qing government", all other areas of the capital were under the jurisdiction of the Qing government.
Each army unit occupied the area in separate areas. What the coalition forces called "two small courtyards", one was Prince Qing's Mansion where he negotiated peace with the coalition forces, and the other was Xianliang Temple where Li Hongzhang lived after returning to Beijing.
After Chen Hao accepted the order and served as deputy negotiator, he could live in Xianliang Temple with his entourage without having to worry about further searches by the coalition forces. After the guard in front of the door came in to report, Li Hongzhang let Chen Hao in. At this time, Li Hongzhang happened to visit Britain and Germany.
The minister came back and caught a cold on the way and was lying on the hospital bed.
Chen Hao entered Li Hongzhang's bedroom. The imperial doctor had just treated him. Li Hongzhang was lying on the hospital bed with a pale face. Chen Hao strode to Li Hongzhang's bed and saluted, "Chen Ba, the co-president of Zhili Hall in Xiaguan Yingkou, has seen me first in the middle hall."
grown ups."
Li Hongzhang weakly waved his hand to signal Chen Hao to stand up, and said with a slight smile: "Master Chen is indeed young. In the future, our old bones will no longer be of use, and we will have to rely on you young people to maintain the Qing Dynasty."
Chen Hao said quickly: "Master Zhongtang is mature and prudent. This time we have to rely on Zhongtang to deal with the great powers."
Li Hongzhang shook his head and said: "I am old and no longer useful. When the Queen Mother appointed me as Minister Plenipotentiary this time, she also appointed you as Deputy Negotiator. Because I don't know where you are, the Queen Mother let me see the oral tradition of your time.
, appoint you as deputy negotiator to assist me in negotiations."
"Player Chen Baxian, NPC Governor Li Hongzhang and Minister of Beiyang, passed down the oral instructions of the Empress Dowager Cixi and issued you the task 'Xin Chou Treaty'. Mission completion conditions: Assist Li Hongzhang in negotiating with the great powers to finally sign the 'Xin Chou Treaty'. Mission reward: Unknown,
Do you choose to accept it?"
Chen Hao really didn't want to accept this task. He hesitated for a moment and said: "Master Zhongtang, I like to lead troops in battles and have never been good at speaking. As a deputy negotiator, I am afraid that I will miss important court affairs. I hope Master Zhongtang will speak for me on my behalf, so I can avoid it."
This is my official errand."
Li Hongzhang stood up and glanced at Chen Hao and said: "You are young and promising, so you are afraid that your reputation will be ruined by participating in the negotiations, and you will be stigmatized like me, right? As ministers of the imperial court, we should shoulder the burden of the imperial court, how can we do this?
Are you so selfish? This is the Queen Mother's oral order. If you disobey it, you are disobeying it. You can tell the Queen Mother yourself!"
Chen Hao smiled bitterly and said: "Master Zhongtang has misunderstood. I like to be direct when speaking. I have never been good at negotiating with others. I am afraid of missing important court affairs so I dare not accept orders. I have a stranger named Bai Huhu Monster.
This person is very eloquent and very sociable. How about I recommend him to replace me as deputy negotiator?"
Li Hongzhang said calmly: "The Queen Mother asked you to serve as the deputy negotiator because she values you. How can I allow you to shirk? This time, I will take the lead in negotiating with the great powers. It doesn't matter if you are not good at words. I advise you to accept the order first.
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Chen Hao had no choice but to accept the task and became the deputy negotiator appointed by the imperial court. What Li Hongzhang said makes sense. Regardless of whether he is suitable for participating in diplomacy, he has always been a loyal minister in Cixi's mind. If he resists the decree this time,
All his previous efforts were in vain.
Chen Hao officially became the deputy negotiator, and he would negotiate with the foreigners together with Li Hongzhang. Seeing that Li Hongzhang looked bad, he said with concern: "I heard that Mr. Li caught a cold on the way back. I wonder if he is feeling better?"
Li Hongzhang smiled and shook his head and said: "You are indeed not good at sociability. You should have visited me when I came in because I was seriously ill, but you only asked me now. Haha! It's normal for me to feel cold occasionally as I get older, but this illness is not a bad thing.
.The foreigners want to deliberately delay and ask for high prices, but my old bones are not good. They are afraid that if I die, no one will clean up the mess. They will lose their composure, and the negotiation treaty can be signed earlier."
Chen Hao actually deliberately showed his unsociable side before entering Xianliang Temple. He wanted to leave an unsociable impression on Li Hongzhang and tried not to negotiate with the great powers. When he heard Li Hongzhang ridiculing himself for being unsociable, he smiled awkwardly and said:
"Master Zhongtang has a keen eye, but I am really not good at words." (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
