1890 King of Southeast Asia

On November 7, the first meeting of the peace talks was held in the capital. Nanhua, as the main mediator and organizer, presided over the peace talks.

In order to join the talks, the United States contributed money, manpower and territory. (It bought a restaurant overnight and used it as the venue for the talks after simple modifications.)

"This friendly peace talks adheres to the principles of fairness, openness and justice, and strives to resolve this conflict. It is hoped that both parties to the talks can take a responsible attitude and jointly maintain world peace and stability..."

First, there was a long ceremony, and then they sat down at the negotiation table.

The negotiation table was a long table. On the left were representatives of the Qing Empire, with an interpreter and two envoys, and on the right were representatives of Japan and Russia. They chose to negotiate in groups to strive for greater benefits, with the same personnel configuration as the Qing Empire.

Then there was the north side, because there was no room, and an arc-shaped seat was added at the back.

There were many countries such as Britain, France, Germany, Austria, the United States, Italy and Spain... Generally, ambassadors with interpreters sat on the arc-shaped seats.

"The two sides will announce their own armistice conditions, and all conditions should comply with the principle of justice."

"Starting with the Russian Empire, Viscount Mikhail, you have fifteen minutes to state the position of the Russian Empire and state the conditions of the Russian Empire."

Mikhail stood up, but did not look at Tieliang, but protested to Lin Pingzhi who was sitting next to him.

"I protest the organizer's confusing behavior. Both the Russian Empire and the Japanese Empire have submitted ultimatums to the Qing Empire. The Qing Empire chose war as a response. Therefore, this is not a conflict, but a war."

Lin Pingzhi raised his eyebrows and nodded slightly.

"Let's consider the scale of the war. Both sides have invested more than 500,000 troops. For the scale of the Russian Empire's millions of troops, the Qing Empire's more than one million troops, and the Japanese Empire's hundreds of thousands of troops, it can only be regarded as a small conflict."

"This is a war! War is war!" Mikhail said toughly.

There is a big difference between war and conflict. Conflict only involves a certain conflict of interests, and the two sides play games on the conflict points, while war has winners and losers, a zero-sum game.

"Okay, war." Lin Pingzhi nodded indifferently, and glanced at the British, French, German, Italian and Austrian ambassadors from the corner of his eyes.

"The Emperor of the Qing Empire initiated this peace talk and promised to satisfy our interests. There is no doubt that we are the winners. The Russian Empire's requirements are..." Mikhail said blah blah.

It's nothing more than ceding land and paying compensation, but perhaps because they have taken advantage of the Qing Empire too much, their appetite is bigger, and they demanded the cession of Longjiang and Jilin, and allowed Mongolia to be autonomous.

As for the compensation, the opening price is 500 million rubles - this is also the amount that Nicholas II used to finance the war, but not much of this money was spent.

500 million rubles is about 55.5 million pounds, which is about 390 million silver.

Without a doubt, Tieliang directly refused.

"Impossible, we cannot afford to cede land, compensation can be negotiated, according to the old system..." Tieliang was about to continue, but Lin Pingzhi interrupted directly.

"Mr. Qing Empire representative, it's not your turn to speak yet, Japanese representatives, it's your turn." Lin Pingzhi waved his hand, and Tieliang hesitated and stopped when he saw this.

"Japan's attitude is consistent with that of the Russian Empire. Adhering to a peaceful attitude, Japan can not demand land in the Northeast, but Taiwan should be ceded to compensate Japan, and Japanese people should be allowed to immigrate to the Northeast..."

"Pay Japan 250 million taels of compensation for war losses, allow Japan to mine minerals and open factories in the Qing Empire, and all ports opened in the Qing Empire should allow Japanese people to go there for business and enjoy special status..."

It's basically the same. In the Taiwan option, Japan's goal is to seek local strategic advantages. Here, it can cut off the connection between the South China Ryukyu region and the Luzon region at any time.

"Next,..."

"We will never agree to such a humiliating condition!" Deputy Envoy Tang Shaochuan stood up and shouted loudly.

Lin Pingzhi shrugged, smiled at Jordan, and Jordan smiled back.

Tang Shaochuan presided over the Sino-British negotiations three years ago. The focus was the treaty signed by the British and the local government of the Snowy Plateau. Tang Shaochuan abolished this unreasonable treaty with a tough attitude and crushed Britain's attempt to split the Snowy Plateau.

Looking at Tang Shaochuan who was denouncing Japan and Russia, Lin Pingzhi suddenly wanted to eat melon seeds.

"Fortunately, Tieliang, this idiot, was not responsible alone, otherwise the money would be really hot to hold." Lin Pingzhi muttered in his heart.

Yes, Lin Pingzhi accepted the 6 million, but the requirement was that Tieliang should listen to Lin Pingzhi's command and not talk nonsense casually. Nanhua also wanted to contract several ports.

After Tieliang learned that it was not a large port, he agreed without thinking.

"Since the conditions of both sides are very different and it is impossible to reach an agreement in a short time, I propose that we temporarily adjourn and both sides go back to think about it. For the sake of peace, it is inevitable to make certain concessions." Seeing that Tang Shaochuan had been scolding for a full fifteen minutes and had no intention of stopping, Lin Pingzhi had to say.

"I suspect that Nanhua is stalling for time. The Qing Empire must give a positive answer within three days! Otherwise, the army of His Majesty the Tsar will continue military operations." Mikhail said angrily.

He was scolded for a full fifteen minutes, and he didn't quite understand it, but judging from the translator's hesitant way of translating, it was definitely not a good thing.

"Mikhail, please make it clear, do you and the Russian Empire you represent want to withdraw from the peace talks?" Lin Pingzhi frowned, sat upright on the chair, and looked at Mikhail.

"You! Nanhua favors the Qing Empire. I think it is not suitable to be the host of the peace talks." Mikhail tilted his head.

"Okay, this position can be given to others. Who wants to do it? Britain? Or France?" Lin Pingzhi turned around, smiling.

The British and French ambassadors simply laughed and shook their heads. Seeing this, others did not act rashly.

"The United States has no interest in this war. It is on good terms with both warring parties. The United States is a peace-loving country. I think the United States can do it..." The American ambassador stood up and straightened his clothes.

"Come on, everyone knows that you are providing war materials to Japan and Russia. You love peace. I am laughing to death..." The German ambassador joked.

The Germans also want to take the limelight, but it seems that no one supports it. Since Germany can't do it, others can't think about it either.

Lin Pingzhi's face froze for a moment, and he stared at the American.

In this scenario, whoever stood up to replace Nanhua would be stepping on Nanhua's face to preside over this matter. No sensible diplomat would do this - except for the energetic United States and Germany, which can't handle diplomatic relations at all.

"Nanhua will guarantee that it will not favor any party. If both parties are willing to continue talking, then the second meeting will be held after a 7-day recess. This period of time is left for everyone to consider their own conditions.

If you are unwilling to talk, I will announce the dissolution of the mediation team. In order to safeguard Nanhua's fundamental interests, Nanhua will also take some substantive actions." Lin Pingzhi said.

As soon as this sentence came out, many people's minds changed, especially the Germans, whose eyes lit up completely...