After hearing this, Guangxu was stunned, his face full of disappointment. Cixi looked at him and sneered in his heart. In fact, Cixi knew very well about Guangxu's thoughts. The reason why she did not stop Guangxu was because Cixi had fully understood the intention of the East China government at this time. They had no intention of reconciling with the Qing court at all, but planned to completely overthrow the Qing court and establish a new dynasty. However, Guangxu was 40 years old and was still so ignorant.

Now Guangxu is speechless, and the ministers are also speechless. It takes more than two minutes for the cold talk. Cixi said: "Why don't you speak anymore? It is of course easy to not agree to the conditions of false rebellion. It's just that when the war begins, how can the court resist?"

At this time, Zhang Zhidong said: "Empress Dowager, the emperor, please forgive me for your frankness. If the war ends together, with the strength of our Qing Dynasty, we will never be a pseudo-rebellion opponent, and the powers of the great powers cannot rely on. Therefore, please ask the empress dowager, the emperor, carefully consider it and think twice before acting."

Cixi, Guangxu had not spoken yet, and Tongji said angrily: "Mr. Zhang, according to your words, should the court surrender to the pseudo-reversal?"

Zhang Zhidong didn't argue with him, but just lowered his head and stopped talking.

Then Tong wanted to say something else, Cixi said, "Okay, now we are talking about serious matters, not quarrels." In fact, Cixi knew in her heart that Zhang Zhidong was giving herself a reminder to not make mistakes in the Gengzi Kingdom. However, Cixi also had a clear mind, and she could escape if she could not beat her. Anyway, the preparations for the escape were done, and the conditions of the East China government would never agree.

At this time, Lu Chuanlin said: "Empress Dowager, the emperor, there is still 6 days left before the pseudo-rebellion period, so there is no need to rush to make a decision. According to my opinion, we should go to find the British and French countries and ask them to deal with each other. Perhaps there is room for recovery."

Cixi also nodded and said, "Just do it, Lu Chuanlin and Zaifeng, let the two of you handle this incident."

Lu Chuanlin, Zaifeng hurriedly bowed and said, "Yes!"

Yinchang said again: "Empress Dowager, the emperor, the worst thing must be done. Beijing's defense needs to be strengthened, and the military camp of the east railway station in Chengdong is better to take advantage of the negotiation opportunity to send troops to siege first, which will destroy the sharpness of the pseudo-revolutionary spirit."

When Lu Chuanlin heard this, he was shocked and said, "This matter must not be done. The negotiations have not yet ended yet. How can we easily use arbitrary weapons? If it is a false rebellion, and the responsibility for undermining the negotiations is also put on the Qing Dynasty."

Yinchang said: "The pseudo-rebellion has no sincerity to negotiate with us, so why should we be serious? Besides, the pseudo-rebellion's army is powerful and difficult to be hostile. If we take the lead and destroy the military camp at the East Railway Station of the pseudo-rebellion first, we can still have the power of fighting. Otherwise, when the pseudo-rebellion rises and invades, the military camp will definitely become a big disaster."

After hearing this, Cixi was silent for a while before saying, "Don't be busy for now."

Although Cixi was ready to run away, the Qing court had been strengthening Beijing's defense. After all, the longer it could be guarded, the farther it could run, and naturally the safer it would be. However, if Cixi wanted to send troops to attack the garrison of the East China Government in Beijing, Cixi really didn't have the courage to deal with Yinchang first.

There was nothing to say when we discussed this step. After all, no one could come up with a good idea. Cixi now only thought about how to escape, and no one else had hope. Therefore, she announced that she would retire from the court. After the ministers kowtowed, she withdrew from the Palace of Caring for Hearts.

On this day, newspapers in major regions of China reported on the negotiations, and all five negotiation conditions were reported in full. Most newspapers also reported the reasons for the East China Government to propose these five negotiation conditions. The general content was similar to what Li Sanjie said in the negotiations, but in more detail. For example, when talking about the incompetence of the Qing court, it listed in detail the unequal treaties signed by the Qing court to the outside world since the Opium War, the area of ​​cedes, and the amount of silver compensated, etc.; and when mentioning the achievements of the East China Government, a large number of examples and data were also listed, which also made the five negotiation conditions proposed by the East China Government appear more convincing.

After the negotiations were reported, the first response was to various countries. After all, the sensitivity of each country to the media was much higher than that of the Qing court. The attitudes of various countries towards the five negotiation conditions proposed by the East China Government were also different. Germany, the United States, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Italy and other countries were basically neutral, and they all expressed their hope that the East China Government and the Qing court could achieve a peaceful resolution of the relationship between the two sides, but the conditions for peace were negotiated by both sides on their own, and neither country made any comments.

Britain and France criticized the negotiation conditions of the East China Government for being too harsh and unreasonable. However, they also expressed their hope that the East China Government and the Qing court could resolve the relationship between the two sides peacefully, and also asked the East China Government to amend the negotiation conditions.

However, Japan and Russia severely accused the East China government of being too domineering and having no sincerity to resolve the situation peacefully. They also expressed that they would fully support the Qing court and firmly oppose the negotiation conditions of the East China government. At the same time, they also called on the international community to work together to prevent the hegemony of the East China government, uphold justice for the Qing court, and uphold international justice.

The United States and Germany now have good relations with the East China Government, so they cannot oppose the East China Government, but they are not willing to offend the Qing court too much. Moreover, the East China Government did not ask for their diplomatic assistance this time, so the two countries adopted a neutral attitude and neither side offend. The Austro-Hungarian Empire was the leader of Germany, so they naturally followed Germany; while Italy is still arguing with Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, so they naturally cannot go against the two countries. Moreover, Italy has not much interests in China and its influence is limited, so it has no interest to stand up for that side.

Although Britain and France have achieved reconciliation and normalization of relations with the East China Government, the grudges between the two countries and the East China Government are not so easy to eliminate. Moreover, the East China Government rose in the Far East and had a good relationship with Germany, so it was not a direct alliance. This is of course very unfavorable to Britain and France. Although the current right Britain and France dare not directly confront the East China Government in the Far East, if they find an opportunity, they will stumbling over the East China Government or disgusting the East China Government, of course, the two countries are willing to do it.

However, Britain and France were unwilling to completely get along with the East China Government at this time and directly confronted each other. Therefore, although they were biased towards the Qing court, they left room for the Qing court and did not firmly stand up for the Qing court. Of course, other countries would do this kind of thing that was ahead and directly confronted the East China Government. Of course, there was no need for the two countries to force themselves.

Japan has now completely broken up with the East China Government. Therefore, based on the principle that the enemy's enemy is his friend, it naturally stood firmly on the opposite side of the East China Government. Only Russia clearly stood on the side of the Qing court and confronted the East China Government head-on, which was somewhat unexpected. At this time, Russia had no need to directly conflict with the East China Government.

Of course, Russia has its own reasons for doing this. It turns out that the Bosnian crisis that occurred in Europe is coming to an end. Germany, the war threats of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the firm opposition of the Ottoman Empire have made it difficult for Russia to insist on its demand for the right to access the Black Sea, because Russia is far from recovering from the defeat of the Far East War and is unable to launch a new war. What's more, facing Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, even the Ottoman Empire should not be underestimated.

Although Russia has formed an alliance with Britain and France, once it starts a war, Britain and France are obliged to join the war as required by the alliance, but Britain and France are too far away from Russia after all. Although the three countries have formed a strategic attack on Germany, Russia can only rely on itself to fight alone. At the beginning of the war, it is difficult for Britain and France to give Russia substantial support and help. Russia must rely on its own strength to resist the attack of Germany and Austro-Hungarian Empire until Britain and France take the initiative on the other side, but Russia now obviously does not have such ability. So Russia can only choose to compromise and intend to give up the right to navigation in the Black Sea, but just wait for a step, such as holding an international conference and clarifying the division of spheres of influence among countries after the Bosnian crisis at the meeting, and Russia can end the Bosnian crisis decently.

But in this way, Russia has been in vain for several months but has gained nothing. Not only has the right to open the Black Sea to sail, but it has also completely withdrawn from Mongolia in the Far East. It can be said that it has suffered a lot of losses. Russia will naturally not be willing to do so. Now Europe has become a foregone conclusion, but in the Far East, there is still a little room for recovery, because Russia has been operating in the Mongolian region for decades and its power is spread throughout the Mongolian region. It is impossible to withdraw all of it. Although most of the personnel have withdrawn and stationed, a considerable number of personnel have not withdrawn. So Russia began to cheat and find various reasons. It is unwilling to withdraw the remaining personnel from Mongolia. It hopes to retain some of its forces in Mongolia, which may be useful in the future.

However, the East China Government is not easy to fool. On the one hand, when facing Russia, it issued a warning, requiring Russia to withdraw from Mongolia on time as required by the agreement, and not to find any reason to postpone or refuse, otherwise the East China Government will take measures; on the other hand, it dispatched troops and forced the withdrawal of Mongolia, but the Russian personnel who still refused to leave immediately and must not postpone it, and their attitude was quite tough.
Chapter completed!