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    After listening to Redl's explanation, Wytoma understood that although the British Far East Fleet had superior strength compared with the Chinese Navy, the advantage was not obvious. Facing the eight main cruisers and one ironclad ship of the Chinese Shipping Navy, it was difficult to guarantee victory.  .  He thought for a while and said, "Gather the fleet together! Your Majesty General! I need your fleet to help me achieve my goal!" "Okay." Rydell said, "However, I think we still need support from the United Kingdom.  "I will send a telegram to the Admiralty to request the dispatch of fleet support." Just now, he had already thought of a better way.  "I have a suggestion, you might want to consider it." Witoma said to Redel.  "What's the suggestion?" Ryder asked curiously.  "I suggest you send a telegram to the Commander-in-Chief of the East India Fleet, hoping that he will send some warships to China to participate in a military exercise." Witoma said with a smile.  "Okay." Ryder immediately understood what Wetoma meant and nodded with a smile.  On June 12, 1875, Vice Admiral Gillette, commander of the British East India Fleet, received the telegram and ordered the dispatch of the ironclad Wyvern (displacement 2,794 tons), cruiser "Comos" (displacement 2,418 tons), and gunboats  The "Swift" (displacement of 1,010 tons) and the "Lily" (displacement of 830 tons) went to China to participate in the maritime military exercises of the "Chinese Fleet".  During the assembly of the British fleet, Wytoma deliberately came before Yantai and Shanghai, and repeatedly discussed the details of the threat of force with Reddell.  Due to the support of the East India Fleet, Ryder suggested that the flagship of the Far East Fleet, the ironclad "Vigilance", should not be dispatched for the time being, because if this battleship is dispatched, it may arouse the vigilance of other powers such as France.  Witoma agreed.  After the main ships of the Far East Fleet assembled in Shanghai, Witoma and Redel took the warship back to Tianjin, and then went to Beijing. Before leaving, he said to Li Hongzhang: "After I entered Beijing, there were envoys from other countries.  "I will act as a mediator. I cannot be sure; you can only act according to my ideas." This shows his determination to go his own way.  Facing the arrogant Wade, Li Hongzhang did not retort, but submitted his opinions on handling the Yunnan case (actually Lin Yizhe's strategy) to the Prime Minister's Yamen.  At this time, the Qing government still wanted to clean up the Yunnan case itself to ease the pressure from Britain. According to Li Hongzhang's suggestion, on June 7, it sent Xue Huan, the former prime minister's Yamen minister, to Yunnan to help others investigate the Yunnan case.  After Wade returned to Beijing.  The negotiations focused on three demands: preferential treatment of the envoys, expansion of trade privileges at each port, and Yunnan border trade. However, he first still questioned the responsibility of Yunnan Governor Cen Yuying, and the fact that the word "British" was not mentioned in the edict on the dispatch of envoys.  Be picky about things.  Regarding the section on preferential treatment for ministers, Witoma required: 1. Ministers stationed in Beijing should meet with the emperor at any time; 2. Princes from close clans should communicate with foreign envoys; 3. Foreign envoys should be allowed to travel in forbidden areas; 4. Ministers of various ministries should communicate with foreign envoys.  Regarding the section on trade issues at various ports, Wade also requested: 1. Tax bills should be valid for both Chinese and foreign merchants; 2. Rectification of taxation, with a ban on taxation in the concession; 3. Adding ports along the coast, rivers, and lakes;  4. Opium taxation.  Each port should draw up uniform regulations and collect them from the customs.  Regarding Yunnan's border trade, Wade asked the Qing government to order the Yunnan authorities to negotiate regulations with officials sent by Indian or British envoys.  In addition, Weitoma added another extraneous matter, asking the Qing government to issue an edict strictly ordering all provinces to properly protect foreigners traveling with licenses.  Facing Wytoma¡¯s blackmail, Wen Xiang, who already knew what was going on, launched an angry counterattack. He first expressed his extreme indignation at Wytoma¡¯s ¡°lion¡¯s mouth¡±-like asking price to China for the murder of Magali.  Wenxiang said: "Ma Jiali is just an interpreter in the embassy. He is responsible for Ma's death. Yet your minister is so coercive to China, first asking for the price of silver, and then increasing the number of ports and imposing tax rates. It should be noted that Ma is taking advantage of his travels.  In fact, it is against the public law to carry out detection, but your minister used the name to blackmail, and my deputy envoy was killed in England. Is it possible that China also blackmailed Britain?" Faced with Wen Xiang's counter-examination, Witoma said to himself.  Be tough and tough.  He first roguely claimed that "the truth about the murder of your deputy envoy has not yet been found out, and it has nothing to do with Ma Jiali's death" and insisted on the previous blackmail. However, Wen Xiang followed the method proposed by Li Hongzhang and issued an order to the British side for the murder of Liu Xihong.  The conditions for "Anti-extortion": 1. According to the precedent of Lin Yizhe's assassination, the United Kingdom will compensate China 500,000 taels of silver; 2. China will increase tariffs on imports; 3. The United Kingdom will stop supporting the Aguba regime in Xinjiang; 4. The United Kingdom will withdraw from Myanmar and will not send any more personnel.  Detect the route from India and Myanmar into Yunnan.  Wenxiang's counter-request surprised Wenxiang. In anger, he firmly refused, and Wenxiang also rejected all the requests made by Wenxiang.  Witoma left the meeting angrily, and the first round of negotiations between the two parties broke down.  In order to put pressure on the Qing government, Wade left Beijing angrily and went to Tianjin, threatening to lay down his flag.He thought that the Qing government might be afraid and send someone to detain him and reopen negotiations. However, the Prime Minister's Office sent him an official letter saying, "The General Administration will no longer have any involvement in the case of Ma Jiali."  If you want to negotiate, you can just talk to Li Hongzhang, the Governor of Zhili. The case of Liu Xihong's murder was "specialized" by the Chinese Minister in London, Guo Songtao, who was responsible for direct negotiations with the British Foreign Office.  Seeing that the Qing government did not buy it, Wade was furious. He believed that only military means could be used to subdue China, so he went to Tianjin and waited for the fleet to assemble so that he could use "military exercises" to demonstrate Britain's powerful force and force them to  China surrendered.  After Wade arrived in Tianjin, he did not go to see Li Hongzhang immediately. Instead, he arranged for Gwinner to go to Yunnan and sent the embassy secretary Eweci back to China to give a detailed report.  Then he went to meet with Li Hongzhang to discuss the negotiations. At this time, the content of the negotiations between China and Britain had been clearly divided into three aspects, namely the Yunnan case itself, the murder of the minister, and commercial taxes.  Regarding the Yunnan case itself, Li Hongzhang said that he must wait for the conclusion of the investigation by his brothers Li Hanzhang and Xue Huan to be reported to Beijing before deciding how to deal with it. Regarding the murder of the minister, the General Administration has instructed Guo Songtao to negotiate with the British Foreign Office, and it is inconvenient for him to intervene; commercial tax  On the issue of Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang said that Hart had submitted a report, which involved various trade, judicial, and administrative relations between China and foreign countries. He required the court to consider all aspects before deciding on the profit and loss trade-offs. Moreover, this was a "state issue" and should be decided by the court.  , it is inconvenient for him to make the decision.  Therefore, no matter which aspect of the above three types of negotiation projects, it is tantamount to rejecting Weituma.  Seeing Li Hongzhang's reply, Witoma repeatedly threatened that he had requested his own government to provide military reinforcements to the Chinese region.  Facing the threat of Weituma, Li Hongzhang was angry but remained unmoved.  Through the intelligence provided by France, he had learned that the Indian fleet had agreed to Wytoma's request and sent Lambert to lead four warships from India to China. He immediately ordered the ships of the Beiyang Navy to prepare for battle and  A telegram was sent to Lin Yizhe to remind him of the new developments.  Tianjin, Dagukou.  On the iron-clad ship "Long Xiang", several captains of the Beiyang Navy each held up their binoculars and looked at the British warships opposite with the Union Jack flying, their expressions were extremely solemn.  "What do the British want to do?" Deng Shichang put down the telescope in his hand and said in a deep voice.  "The British Navy Admiral's note said it was a routine exercise." Qiu Baoren, the commander of the cruiser "Henghai", put down the monocular telescope in his hand, shrugged his nose, and snorted, "Look at this posture, but  It¡¯s not that simple!¡± #%&*(*&^%###%^&*( After arriving in Tianjin, Weituma did not go to see Li Hongzhang immediately. Instead, he arranged for Gwinner to go to Yunnan and sent the embassy secretary.  Wei Ci returned to China and made a detailed report. Then he went to meet with Li Hongzhang to discuss the negotiations. At this time, the content of the negotiations between China and Britain had been clearly divided into three aspects, namely the Yunnan case itself, the murder of the minister, and the commercial tax case.  On his own side, Li Hongzhang said that he must wait for the conclusion of the investigation by his brothers Li Hanzhang and Xue Huan to be reported to Beijing before deciding how to deal with it. Regarding the murder of the minister, the General Administration has instructed Guo Songtao to negotiate with the British Foreign Office, and it is inconvenient for him to intervene; the commercial tax issue  , Li Hongzhang said that Hart had submitted a report, which involved various trade, judicial, and administrative relations between China and foreign countries, and required the court to consider all aspects before deciding on profit and loss, and this was a "state issue" that had to be decided by the court. He  It is not convenient to make the decision. Therefore, no matter which aspect of the above three types of negotiation projects, it is equivalent to rejecting Wei Tuoma. Seeing Li Hongzhang's reply, Wei Tuoma repeatedly threatened that he had requested military reinforcements from his country.  Although Li Hongzhang was angry at Wade's threat, he remained unmoved. Through the intelligence provided by France, he had learned that the Indian fleet had agreed to Wade's request and sent Lambert to lead four warships.  When India came to China, it immediately ordered the ships of the Beiyang Navy to prepare for battle and sent a telegram to Lin Yizhe to remind him of the new developments in Tianjin and Dagukou.  The captains each held their telescopes and looked at the British ships opposite with the Union flag flying. "What do the British want to do?" Deng Shichang put down the telescope in his hand and said in a deep voice.  "The British Navy Admiral's note said it was a routine exercise." Qiu Baoren, the commander of the cruiser "Henghai", put down the monocular telescope in his hand, shrugged his nose, and snorted, "Look at this posture, but  It¡¯s not that simple!¡±
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