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    On January 8, after leaving Cassini alone for several days, Wu Tingfang finally met him.  After receiving the news about Wu Tingfang's appointment with him, Casini rushed from the embassy to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs without saying a word.  In the past few days, Cassini has not seen Wu Tingfang, and the country is constantly urging him, which makes him very anxious.

    "Your Excellency, Ambassador, I'm very sorry. His Majesty the Emperor has told us things to do these days, so I haven't had time to see you!" Wu Tingfang said sincerely.

    "It doesn't matter, what your Majesty has told you is more important!" Cassini could only reply.  He is also an old fox, so he naturally knows that Wu Tingfang deliberately shied away.  There is no other way, now that Russia has something to ask for, it can only let the other party pretend to be a boss.

    "Your Majesty the Ambassador, I have asked His Majesty the Emperor for instructions regarding your country's redemption of those prisoners of war. However, things are a bit difficult to handle! The cabinet has formulated a development plan for Siberia. These prisoners of war will become the basis for our construction in Siberia.  The main workers. If the prisoners of war are redeemed by you, this will have a serious impact on our country's plans. Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor rejected your country's request to redeem the prisoners of war!" Wu Tingfang said with an embarrassed look.

    "Ah? What? How could this happen?" Cassini was shocked.  The Chinese actually do not agree with Russia's redemption of prisoners of war, so how can he explain it to the country?  If the domestic situation worsens further, he will be dead.  The furious Tsar would definitely not let him go.  In addition, the Chinese actually want to develop Siberia on a large scale. Isn't it obvious that they want to continue to occupy Siberia?  This is not good news for Russia.  He knew that Tsar Nicholas II had always wanted to regain these territories occupied by China.

    "Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russia is very sincere in redeeming these prisoners of war. These prisoners of war are all Russian subjects, and Russia really cannot bear to see them living abroad and suffering!" Cassini said quickly.

    "Your Excellency, Ambassador, this is what I told His Majesty the Emperor. In the end, His Majesty the Emperor agreed to let your country redeem the prisoners of war. However, the ransom will increase a bit, but I don't know if your country can accept it!" Wu Tingfang said.

    Cassini understood everything at this moment. The reason why Wu Tingfang had left him alone for several days and made so many excuses was to raise the ransom for prisoners of war and take the opportunity to blackmail Russia.  This made him very angry. These Chinese people were a hundred times more hateful than the most hateful profiteers.

    "Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, do you know how much we have to pay to redeem these prisoners of war?" Cassini asked directly.

    "During the last negotiation, the price we offered was one hundred pounds per prisoner of war. However, your country refused. This time, we have prepared the use of these prisoners of war, and your country wants to redeem them again. This is very important to us.  The construction plan has caused a lot of trouble. Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor of our country has instructed that if your country must redeem these prisoners of war, then each prisoner of war needs to pay a price of two hundred pounds. There are more than one million prisoners of war, even if  One million prisoners of war, a total of 200 million pounds!" Wu Tingfang said without changing his expression.

    After listening to Wu Tingfang¡¯s request, Cassini was completely stunned. He had no idea that China¡¯s appetite would be so big!  Two hundred million pounds!  Chinese people really dare to speak!

    "Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, this is blackmail, this is blackmail against Russia! Russia will not agree to your country's request!" Cassini said angrily.

    "Anyway, it doesn't matter to our country! If Russia does not redeem the prisoners of war, these prisoners of war will continue to work as coolies in Siberia until they die. By the way, I will give you a piece of news for free. I heard that the rebels in southern Russia are preparing to attack  They are marching into central Russia, and they have already assembled millions of troops. I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s true or not!¡± Wu Tingfang said with a smile, and then looked at Cassini with interest.

    Suddenly, Cassini felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. Wu Tingfang's words made him feel a biting chill.  Obviously, China already knows about Russia's current predicament, so the Chinese can unscrupulously impose such harsh conditions.  Anyway, China has an absolute advantage. If it drags on, it will only be more detrimental to Russia.  Cassini looked at the smile on Wu Tingfang's face and wanted to give him a slap in the face.  However, he had no choice.

    "Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, we cannot agree to the price proposed by your country!" Cassini said coldly.

    "Then I'm sorry! We have nothing to do. This is His Majesty the Emperor's request, and I can only comply with it!" Wu Tingfang said.  There is nothing anyone can do about using Wang Yuze as a shield.  After all, everyone knows that Wang Yuze is the ruler of this powerful empire.  Everyone has known about Wang Yuze's greed for a long time.

    Seeing that the negotiations broke down, Cassini had no choice but to leave.  Wu Tingfang sent Cassini away with a smile.  He believed that the Russians would definitely bow their heads.??.  After leaving the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cassini immediately sent the conditions proposed by China back to St. Petersburg for Tsar Nicholas II to make a decision.

    After receiving the telegram from Cassini, Russian Foreign Minister Izvolsky was stunned. He did not expect such a result at all.  China is so shameless, taking advantage of the situation and offering such a price!  Two hundred pounds each, one million prisoners of war, that's 200 million pounds!  Izvorsky didn't need to think about it to know how angry Nicholas II would be after he saw this price.

    Early the next morning, Russian Foreign Minister Izvolsky rushed to the Winter Palace. At the same time, he had someone inform Prime Minister Sergei?  Witte, and Interior Minister Vyacheslav?  Plevi, Minister of War Alexei?  Nikolayevich?  Kuropatkin et al.

    Tsar Nicholas II had just had breakfast and learned from Izvorsky the conditions proposed by China. Suddenly, his face turned cloudy, and his original good mood disappeared completely.

    "How can the Chinese offer such conditions? These greedy guys? Do they think that the great Russia will bow to them?" Nicholas II said angrily, like an angry lion.

    Several important ministers of the Russian government buried their heads low and allowed Tsar Nicholas II to vent his anger.  They all knew that Nicholas II would only calm down after venting his anger.  At that point, it's time to get down to business.

    Sure enough, Tsar Nicholas II calmed down after roaring for half an hour.  Nicholas II calmed down and looked at his ministers with red eyes.  He felt more and more that these ministers were all useless and useless.  But now, he can only rely on these losers.  "When the situation stabilizes, these guys must be replaced!" Nicholas II thought secretly.

    "So, what should we do now?" asked Tsar Nicholas II.

    "Your Majesty, the Chinese have seen the difficulties we are facing now, so they are talking loudly!" Prime Minister Sergei?  Witt said.

    "So, do you mean that we ignore the Chinese and give up redeeming prisoners of war?" Czar Nicholas II asked.

    "Your Majesty, the situation on the frontline is getting worse and worse. The rebels led by the Democratic Labor Party are trying to attack north. Their slogan is to invade Moscow and destroy Russia. The army needs more elite troops to stabilize the current situation.  !¡± Minister of War Alexei?  Nikolayevich?  Kuropatkin said.

    "Can we just let the Chinese extort us?" Tsar Nicholas II roared.  Obviously, he was no longer willing to be taken advantage of and consume the wealth accumulated by the Russian royal family.

    "Your Majesty, we have no choice now. The Chinese have seen this clearly and are blackmailing us. If we cannot destroy these rebels, the losses will be even more serious!" Interior Minister Vyacheslav?  Plevi also said.  If Russia is destroyed by the rebels, the loss will not only be money. They, the Russian nobles, will probably be wiped out by the rebels.

    Czar Nicholas II was silent. Although he felt very sad about being blackmailed by China, he also knew the seriousness of the matter.  If Russia is destroyed by the rebels, then he may have to live in exile in other countries, which he does not want to see anyway.

    "However, the Chinese's asking price is too high! Two hundred pounds for a prisoner of war, and millions of prisoners of war, it costs 200 million pounds!" said Tsar Nicholas II.  This would almost take away most of his remaining wealth.

    "Your Majesty, we may have other ways. What we need now is time, our army needs training, and the arms ordered from other countries also need time to produce. If we can get half a million prisoners of war from China, then  It can stop the rebels from developing to the north. Once our millions of troops are trained, we will be able to wipe out these rebels in one fell swoop!" Army Minister Alexei?  Nikolayevich?  Kuropatkin said.

    "You promise to destroy the rebels?" Tsar Nicholas II asked with some disbelief.  If it were just to redeem 500,000 prisoners of war and pay 100 million pounds, that would be acceptable.

    "This I promise that only 500,000 prisoners of war are needed to stabilize the front. However, the Chinese must be allowed to release those captured generals. For example, Grand Duke Nicholas and others!" Alexey?  Nikolayevich?  Kuropatkin said.

    "Okay! Then redeem 500,000 prisoners of war. Izvorski, let Casini continue to talk to the Chinese. We must redeem 500,000 prisoners of war at the minimum price, and return those captured generals to  Save him!" Tsar Nicholas II finallyMade up my mind!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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