With Xie Zhangtai's smile, the five-minute national fortune that was talked about by later historians, which also made later generations sigh and sighed, was released from the cage. After Colonel Hoffmann visited, Yang Rui immediately ordered Chen Qubing, who was in Russia to not sign any agreement. Half an hour later, under the urging of the French Minister Kant, he avoided seeing him, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Xie Zhangtai sent another order to negotiator Chen Qubing to immediately sign a secret agreement between Russia.

The two orders should be executed later if the order is based on time, and if the order is based on the official rank, it must be executed by Yang Rui first, or not by time or by official rank. Since two contradictory orders were received, the negotiator Chen Qubing should have a telephone number to inquire about the country. However, the order issued by Yang Rui was unexpectedly delayed. It was only five minutes after Chen Qubing and Russian Foreign Minister Sazonov signed the promise that China would never form an alliance with Germany and that China and Russia would not violate the secret agreement between each other, Yang Rui's order was delivered to Chen Qubing.

The name was signed and the seal was stamped. Chen Qubing, who was regretful, cried loudly and then dismissed Song Moumou, a temporary worker hired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and sent him to the public security organs for dereliction of duty. Finally, he sent another power to explain the whole story to the country. In response to this result, according to historical records, Premier Yang overturned the table on the spot and even drew a knife to chop Xie Zhangtai. Fortunately, he was stopped by his second wife Han Xianfeng, otherwise the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Xie would have died on the spot.

The treaty was signed, and the big mistake was made. The order for Peterborough Chen Qubing to be released from the country could only delay him for a few days before negotiating with Russia. Although the Russians wanted to sign the entire agreement immediately, Xie Zhangtai delayed with various excuses. However, Shazonov, who had already obtained China's guarantee, was already extremely satisfied. He believed that the Chinese team was defeated by the Russian and Japanese troops in the Far East, but in his opinion, was mainly defeated by the Russian troops. When the war in Europe started, the yellow-skinned monkey barely defeated Japan, and was unable to attack Russia again. Moreover, the war in Europe would soon end. Perhaps when Europe fought the Far East, the war had not yet ended. After all, Japan's navy had a comprehensive advantage, and China was at most unbeaten and could not win completely.

His second belief is that since China signed this non-infringement treaty, it will be condemned by all civilized countries if it is violated. He believes that China does not have the courage to offend the three allies, Russia, France and Britain.

With this belief, Shazonov tried his best to ensure that the Far East was not a problem after showing the secret agreement at the Tsar's imperial meeting. However, Shazonov's guarantee was completely unnecessary in the Tsar's opinion. These yellow-skinned monkeys who were defeated by his 200,000 Far East army had nothing to worry about. What's more, their capital was still half surrounded by Japan.

The Far East is not worried. The kind and indecisive Tsar was mainly worried that war would destroy the lives of soldiers on both sides. When Sazonov once again urged the Tsar to order a general mobilization, he suddenly looked up at the portrait of his father Alexander III on the wall and said excitedly: "Think about the responsibility you want me to bear, which is equivalent to letting thousands of people die."

When the Tsar said this, Sazonov lowered his head and was silent, while Tadytsev, the liaison officer standing next to him, said: "Yes, your Majesty! It's hard to make a decision."

Taditsev was originally trying to please him. But it sounded like an indescribable irony to the Tsar. In the past few days, ministers and people in the palace and outside the palace have been discussing the tragic situation of the Slavs in the Balkans. Although everyone did not speak rudely to him, everything in their eyes has already stimulated the Tsar's fragile nerves.

As soon as Taditsev finished speaking, the Tsar fought back: "I will make a decision!" The anger in the Tsar's words shocked the two people present, and they quickly bowed and retreated in a nervous state.

The Tsar did make a decision quickly. A few hours later, when the queen sent the telegram from the demon monk Rasputin, the Tsar, who was angry by the content of the telegram, angrily tore the telegram apart and made a decision. At 6 pm on July 30, Russia mobilized again.

Russia once again issued a general mobilization order, and it was already late at night when the news reached Berlin. In the Perstan Palace where the imperial meeting was held, Emperor William II, wearing the uniform of a land marshal, was extremely angry. He had only based on his friends and alliances before, hoping that Vienna could punish Serbia. However, after he was patrolling the Baltic Sea, he found that the situation had become uncontrollable. The local war that he originally thought had tended to become a war in the entire European world, especially the general mobilization of Russia, was like sending a knife into Germany's throat.

Putting down the telegram from Russia, thinking that there was still a straw in the east, the emperor asked again: "Have the Chinese rejected us?"

"Yes..." Prime Minister Bateman was interrupted by the little Moltke next to him. He said: "Your Majesty, the Chinese had negotiated with Russia in Petersburg half a month ago. However, after talking to Colonel Hoffman, Your Excellency Yang Jingcheng had immediately ordered the negotiators in Petersburg to stop the negotiations. But he was worried that the negotiators had signed some agreements with the Russians in advance. If such a situation occurs, Your Excellency Yang Jingcheng said that as long as the Russian troops on Chinese land have not yet withdrawn, China and Russia will still be in a state of war. In addition, he also said that his promise last year was still valid: After the Japanese army was wiped out, the Chinese team will start war against Russia after a period of rest."

"When will they launch an attack on Russia now?" The German Emperor was relieved when he heard that the Chinese were standing on Germany's side, but he looked at Bateman angrily: He did not agree with instigating Russia to send troops to Manchuria at that time, but the prime minister insisted, so he agreed with the situation. When Heinrich arrived in China and reported that China hoped to fight against Russia side by side with Germany, Bateman tried his best to convince him that he could not be fooled by the Chinese.

When the German Emperor was angry, Xiao Moltke smiled bitterly. He said so because he hoped that the emperor would decide to start a war. After the Chinese were betrayed by the emperor last time, they might not cooperate closely with the empire again. The emperor always thought about what he said and did not understand the actual situation at all. Now that hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops are at the city of Beijing, the Chinese cannot attack, but he cannot tell the truth, so he had to say: "Your Majesty, although China's main enemy is the Japanese at present, Russia is only 60 kilometers away from Fengtian. If the Russian army occupy Fengtian, the defenders on the southern line will collapse. The Japanese will march straight in, and they have no way out. I can conclude that they can launch an attack after the rainy season ends." Xiao Moltke said.

"After the rainy season is over, when will the rainy season end?" The emperor's face suddenly felt a hint of joy.

"According to the Russo-Japanese War, it should end in late August. The last Liaoyang Battle began on August 24." Xiao Maoqi said. "Your Majesty, if China can mobilize troops in advance, then Russia will be restrained before this. This is very beneficial for us to complete the plan and defeat France first. I will establish a general mobilization of war immediately, otherwise it will be too late. Every second of the time passes, we will go further away from failure."

The Chief of Staff said this, and the Minister of War Erich von Fakinhan also said: "Your Majesty, we are all ready. It is best for us to start a war at this time. If there are a few years, then France and Russia's forces, especially the Russian army, will have more and more mobilization than it is now, and we must seize this rare opportunity.

And the war on China has been going on for now. Their army has not suffered any losses, but has retained its strength, and the one hundred and fifty submarines ordered have not been used. I think they want to counterattack after the rainy season, and using those submarines will completely cut off the Japanese logistics. Even encircling and annihilation of the Japanese fleet in the Bohai Bay, they will eventually win the entire war. In addition, I also want to point out that only we know that the Chinese have so many submarines. If the Chinese do not attack Russia immediately, then the Japanese will learn about this news and their encirclement and annihilation plan will likely fail."

"Yes! Yes!" The emperor, who was originally thinking about the army, suddenly remembered the huge submarine fleet of the Chinese. He immediately became excited, "Yes, the Chinese must assist us in attacking Russia, otherwise their plan to encircle and annihilate the Japanese will not be implemented." Then he looked at Prime Minister Bateman and said, "We should stop Russia's mobilization, otherwise the situation will become increasingly unfavorable to us; and France, we must find excuses for war in them. If the Russians do not stop the mobilization, then we will defeat France first and then defeat Russia according to the original plan."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Bateman seemed to be a little numb. He was completely confused by reality. At first, the emperor asked him to urge Austria to punish Serbia faster, and then asked him to do his best to stop the war. But now, under the temptation of the generals, the emperor decided to prepare for the war again. Faced with such a changeable emperor and a changeable situation, he was already numb.

At 0:00 on July 31, after announcing the critical state of war, Germany issued a double ultimatum known to Russia and France, which was known to Russia, requiring it to stop military mobilization immediately, otherwise Germany would also mobilize war in twelve hours; the ultimatum to France was extremely rude and unacceptable. Not only did it require France to declare neutrality within 18 hours, it also required it to hand over two military fortresses, Verdun and Turr as collateral, but it promised that Germany would return it after the end of the war with Russia.

In addition to the formal ultimatum, the emperor also frequently communicated with the Tsar within twelve hours, but Tsar Nicholas II did not know that Russia's mobilization did not mean that war was about to begin. The rigid German mobilization in everything was to start a war, and Germany's victory was based on Russia's non-mobilization, so the two of them could no longer prevent the war from coming.

It was finally 12 noon on August 1, and the Russian government and the French government did not respond to Germany's ultimatum. At 5 pm, Germany convened all generals to hold a signing ceremony for a war mobilization order. At the same time, the ambassador to Russia will submit an edict to declare war to Russia an hour later. But at this moment, the British telegram suddenly arrived: If Germany does not attack France, then Britain will remain neutral and urge France to remain neutral.

The Emperor, who watched the British finally promised neutrality, happily said to Moltke: "Now we can concentrate all our troops on the Eastern Front."

The emperor was happy, while the little Moltke was distressed. He shouted: "Your Majesty, this is completely impossible. It will take more than a year to change the entire plan. If you force this, your Majesty's army will become a large group of mobs with guns. Not only that, if the French tore up, their sixty-two divisions can be inserted into our backs at any time."

"Your uncle will definitely give me a different answer." The emperor suddenly became angry because of hope.

Little Moltke bowed helplessly and humiliatedly, while the war minister Fajin Han said, "Your Majesty, Britain only guarantees that we will not attack France. Then they will be neutral and urge France to remain neutral. But what if it happens the other way around? If the French attack us, then will Britain remain neutral?"

"What!" the emperor shouted a little unreasonable. "Will the British urge France to remain neutral?"

"Your Majesty, the condition for Britain to be neutral is that we do not attack France, but if the situation is reversed, France will attack us? The British did not promise that they would also remain neutral under this situation. In addition, if we do not attack France, they just urge France to remain neutral, but not guaranteed that this has no effect!" Farkinham analyzed the tricks of British Foreign Secretary Gray, and finally affirmed: "Your Majesty. Russians, French, and British are all trying to interfere with us in war mobilization. They are simply delaying the Russian war mobilization!"

The British telegram emperor waved one hand and cursed in anger: "Scammers! The Saxons are all a group of liars! They are all a group of liars!!" The generals and ministers next to him waited for him to finish cursing, and then he sat on the chair weakly and said: "Mobilize immediately! Declare war on Russia immediately!"

On August 1, 1914, on June 1, 10th of the third year of Shenwu, Germany officially declared war on Russia; at 8:00 a.m. the next day, Russia declared war on Germany, and World War I officially began...

Compared with the earth-shaking situation in Europe, the situation in the Far East seems to be a stagnant pool. Both the Chinese and Japanese armies and the Chinese and Russian armies are difficult to move due to the rainy season. The war is so dull, but the consuls, journalists, and opposition parties in the parliament are generally maggots because of the European situation: the Allies want the Chinese government to issue a neutral statement immediately, and the three countries of China, Japan and Russia will immediately hold peace talks to completely eliminate the possibility of China turning to Germany; while Germany and Austria urge the Chinese government to launch an offensive against Russia in this month, if not, then they will leak the secrets of the submarines; as for the Kuomintang officials in the parliament, they want to take this opportunity to end the current war.

Several gangs of people looked for Yang Rui. However, the staff of the Prime Minister's Office reported that the Prime Minister was not on vacation anymore. As for where he went, they didn't know. Just when these people were going crazy, Xie Zhangtai came out to persuade the two groups of people in front to go back. The Allies patted their chests and promised that they would never form an alliance with Germany and Austria. However, now the Russian ** team is still in Chinese territory, so it is very inappropriate to issue a neutral statement. On the side of the Allies, he also patted his chest and promised that an attack on the Russian army would be launched within a few days, so that the envoys of the two countries would return happily. Finally, there were Song Jiaoren and others. Although Xie Zhangtai did not agree with their ceasefire proposal at all, he was a member of parliament after all. He could only say that the Prime Minister was not here and could not contact the radio. Everything had to be discussed when the Prime Minister came back. After sending the three waves, he turned around and sent a telegram to Yang Rui, reporting the news from the capital one by one.

The Prime Minister's Office is really not a lie. Yang Rui was indeed taking annual leave, from the tenth day of the first lunar month to the twelfth day of the year. Although the impact of vacation during the war was not good, it was within the government system. Besides, when Yang Rui left on the 9th day of the year, he had already arranged all the big and big things, which made people unable to find any problem.

In fact, only those who are unreasonable will point to Yang Rui's improper vacation at this time. In the view of British Minister Zhu Erdian, Yang Rui's departure from Beijing on the day Germany declared war on Russia was extremely clever. You should know that the sudden changes in Europe brought a rare turning point to the war in the Far East. If you make good use of it, China is likely to withdraw from Japan and Russia without fighting again.

In the embassy meeting room, looking at the French Minister Kant and the Russian Minister Kubenschi who had just come from Tianjin, Jurden said: "Gentlemen, Yang Jingcheng chose a very clever time to take a vacation. I don't want many days, Germany will declare war on France and Britain. Considering the relationship between China and Germany, it is extremely critical to make it in an absolutely neutral attitude. Especially when she and Russia are still in a state of war, and the German Far East Fleet is still in Qingdao fortress, these are likely to affect the ongoing war."

"The Chinese have signed a secret agreement and the peace talks are continuing. They can't even deal with Japan now, and Russia has nothing to worry about." Russian Minister Kubenschi returned to Beijing completely as a winner. The telegram from Petersburg was sent, and the Chinese in charge of the negotiations had been scared to tears by Sazonov.

"Jazz, when can the Japanese conquer Beijing?" asked the French minister. During the battle a few days ago, the Fuxing Army took a big step back. Now the front line between the two sides is in Jixian, which is only one hundred kilometers away from Beijing. "If the Japanese take Beijing, then all the worries will no longer exist."

"Maybe soon, maybe it will never be captured." Jurden said ambiguous words. In this situation, he hesitated whether the Japanese should take Beijing. If they do not win, China will win, then when Europe is in war, she will definitely pose a threat to the Allies and Britain's interests in the Far East; but if that is the case, although the Allies are guaranteed, the interests of Britain after Japan grows stronger will definitely be difficult to guarantee.

Taking advantage of the Japanese no longer, Jurden said: "When the civilized world is unable to take into account the East, the best result of the Far East is to put China and Japan in a state of war, so that the original order of the Far East will not be chaotic due to the result of the war. I think on the issue, the interests of all countries should be consistent."

Jurden spoke elegantly, but the other two understood the meaning of the words. When the French nodded in agreement, the Russian said: "According to the previous terms of peace talks, Russia will receive Outer Mongolia as compensation. I hope we have reached an understanding at this point."

"Yes, I agree!" said the French ambassador. When the French president went to Russia last month, the issue of Outer Mongolia was already agreed, and France supported Russia's annexation of Outer Mongolia.

The French answered quickly, but Juerdian said: "Does His Majesty the Emperor of your country still think he can get Outer Mongolia?"

"Of course! The Chinese are not opponents of His Majesty's army. Besides, they have been forced to the city by the Japanese and urgently need to draw troops from the Far East to support. They will definitely agree to cede Outer Mongolia." Kubenschi said proudly. This time the Russian army finally regained their dignity in Manchuria.

"My suggestion is that Russia withdraws from Fengtian Province as soon as possible to avoid giving them an excuse to tear up the treaty." Jurden advised again. "The relationship between China and Germany cannot be bound by a treaty,"

"If China tore up a secret agreement, the Far East Legion will continue to attack south until it captures Shanhaiguan and even Beijing." Kubenschi said. "These yellow-skinned monkeys are ultimately a threat. For us, the best way is to let them both lose money first and then destroy them. This is the most thorough way."

"Mr. Kubenschi, Yang Jingcheng will not surrender so easily. Russia's best choice now is to withdraw from Fengtian Province immediately and then drive these troops to Europe." Seeing that the Russians were so arrogant, Jurden's tone suddenly became stern.

However, this is completely useless for the Russians who have regained their self-esteem in the war. After hearing this, Kubenschi smiled and said, "Sir, this is related to Russia's interests. Without the order of His Majesty the Tsar, the Far East Legion will not retreat until the contract is signed; if the Chinese return has been delayed, then we will attack Beijing with the Japanese."

Russia's arrogance completely failed Jurdin's party. It was impossible for him to spit out the polar bear that had already been in his mouth, especially when they kept winning. After the two Russian and French ministers left, Jurdin immediately drafted a telegram to London, hoping that London could mediate the Sino-Russia and Sino-Japanese war. For Russia, the best result was to withdraw troops immediately so that the situation in the Far East would not change dramatically; for Japan, he also believed that the war should be ended. Since the victory of either China and Japan is not good for Britain, it is the best choice for Britain to make the two countries cease to fight and to avoid the end of the war in Europe.
Chapter completed!