Super Dictator

Capital, Forbidden City.

Guangxu summoned central ministers in the Qianqing Palace to discuss the draft of the Japanese contract.

Prince Li Shiduo, Prince Gong Guiziliu, Minister of Military Aircraft Sun Yuwen, Xu Yongyi, Li Hongzao and Weng Tonghe were all on the list.

Weng Tonghe raised the terms of the contract he copied in his hand and said with great shame: "Japan's demand for military expenses is too extravagant. It actually wants 200 million taels of silver. Shengjing is the hinterland of China. China must not give up, and Taiwan must not give up. Otherwise, Jiang , Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong are all lost, and the provinces of Nanyang are in danger day and night. "

Weng Tonghe refuted the terms of the Japanese contract one by one, but none of them was acceptable to him.

However, Weng Tonghe couldn't accept it, which didn't mean that others couldn't accept it. Prince Li Shiduo and Prince Qing Yikuang sang in harmony and said: "Taiwan is an island in the sea, and it does not have rich products. Instead of taking away a certain land inland, it is better to give it to Taiwan."

Li Hongzao coughed heavily, glared at the two of them, and turned to Guangxu and said: "The emperor protects the land of his ancestors, and he must not let others use his size, let alone the size of Taiwan. The two princes thought that they could settle the matter if they just let it go. But they didn't know that it was actually the case. Cause trouble. Once a precedent is set, all countries will inevitably take advantage of it and follow suit."

The two princes wanted to talk more, Guangxu waved his hand to signal them to shut up, and looked at Prince Gong who was sitting on the side.

Prince Gong is ill, but now the government cannot allow him to recuperate at home.

Prince Gong has long since aged, and has no idea. On one side is the land of his ancestors, and on the other side is Japan's aggressiveness. He can't even say that he is ugly. Is this still the same Jaizi Liu from before?

Sun Yuwen, the Minister of Military and Aircraft, said with a helpless look: "In my opinion, we must have 'peace' and the word 'war' cannot be mentioned. Now the Japanese can directly send troops to Tianjin, directly enter our Zhili, and continue to fight, this Beijing city If they don’t belong to us, what else can we say about Taiwan and Liaodong?”

Prince Gong nodded slightly.

Guangxu was silent. He was very confused in his heart. Several courtiers were saying that the public was right and the mother-in-law was right. He didn't know who to listen to.

At this time, a eunuch came in with a lot of memorials. It turned out that the terms of the Japanese contract had been exposed, and all the ministers submitted memorials one after another.

Guangxu found it difficult to decide, so he picked up the memorials from the ministers.

Among them, a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs wrote to Hong Liangpin in the matter: "In recent years, we have been unable to make ends meet, and we have not yet repaid the foreign debts we borrowed, let alone increase the foreign debts. Please call Li Hongzhang back to Beijing quickly, and do not engage in peace negotiations."

Wen Tingshi, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, said: "In the European customs, it is a special punishment to conquer the Suo land, and it is a great shame to cede the land and beg for peace. As soon as Turkey started this example, people took advantage of it, and the division became uncontrollable. . Despite repeated setbacks in the wars in Persia and Afghanistan, they did not cede territory and begged for peace, and they are still serving the country. How can we make the same mistakes?"

The Ministry of Officials reported to Chu Chengbo, the attendant: "The situation in the southeast is at sea and not on land. Although Taiwan is an island, it is actually shielded by several provinces in the hinterland. If we ignore it and do not protect it, we will fear the destruction of all living beings in the world. The hearts of the people are united. Go, who will guard the country? Please send a message to Li Hongzhang to return to China soon."

These are all asking Li Hongzhang to return to China and fight again. Of course, some people think that Li Hongzhang should continue the peace talks and try to change the terms of the peace talks.

Guangxu's heart became more and more chaotic. He suddenly became violent and pushed the memorial to the ground. He cried uncontrollably: "It's not a war, it's not a peace, what can I do?"

Li Hongzao, Weng Tonghe and others all knelt on the ground and said sadly: "I am incompetent and my Majesty has been humiliated."

For a time, in the Qianqing Palace, the monarchs and ministers held their heads and cried.

Soon, the Military Aircraft Department sent a telegram to Li Hongzhang: "The Japanese are greedy for Taiwan's mineral resources, and they may be allowed to benefit from the minerals, but the land and the people still belong to me."

Li Hongzhang waited for a long time for this telegram. He was anxious and quickly replied: "The Japanese have coveted Taiwan for a long time, and it seems that they are not allowed to use mining power to solve the problem."

On the same day, China and Japan held another peace talk at Chunfan Tower.

This time, Ito Hirobumi took out the Japanese revised terms and handed them to Li Hongzhang.

The terms were slightly modified: Japan originally demanded 200 million taels of compensation from China, but this time it was changed to 150 million taels; in terms of land cession, the demand for Taiwan remained unchanged, while the land in Liaodong was slightly changed. Originally, the Japanese demanded Haicheng, Liaoyang, Gai Where equality is still in the hands of the Chinese army, the only requirement at this time is to cut it according to the current actual ceasefire line.

Li Hongzhang looked bitter and lamented: "The amount of compensation is too high, please reduce it."

Hirobumi Ito waved his hands impatiently and said: "It will be difficult to reduce the difficulty."

"Why force someone to be so powerful that they can't take on the responsibility?" Li Hongzhang asked a rare tough question.

Ito Hirobumi took a sip of tea slowly and asked in a moderate tone: "If you can't take the responsibility, is it because you don't agree?"

Li Hongzhang immediately softened and whispered: "No, I came to negotiate peace sincerely, but things really can't be done. Our country is now relying on foreign debt to survive. There is still money to pay compensation. I hope your country will understand. "

Li Hongzhang's pitiful appearance will only arouse Japan's arrogance. Ito Hirobumi said disdainfully: "That is your country's own business. Besides, China has hundreds of millions of people with vast financial resources. If the country is in urgent need, everyone should contribute a little. That’s it.”

Seeing that Ito Hirobumi was determined not to give in, Li Hongzhang had no choice but to bring up the issue of ceding land.

"Britain and France once occupied China's cities, but they did not ask for an inch of land to be ceded. If your country does this, it will probably make other countries in Thailand and the West laugh. Your country has not yet occupied Taiwan, so why force it to cede it?"

Ito Hirobumi smiled and asked: "This is a matter of treaty negotiation. Regardless of whether the troops have arrived or not, is this not how your Heilongjiang and Jilin areas were ceded to Russia?"

Ito's words made Li Hongzhang unable to continue.

After a long silence, Li Hongzhang said: "Please reduce the compensation by another 50 million taels. Taiwan cannot let it go."

"It seems that our two countries can only meet each other at war. Our country has made preparations for the expedition in Hiroshima, and 60 transport ships are ready to unmoor and sail at any time. Last night, 20 transport ships unmoored and sailed to Tianjin not far away. It's not convenient to take action during the armistice. When the time comes, I will never hesitate. I just hope Zhongtang will give a clear answer: yes or no." Ito Hirobumi stared at Li Hongzhang and asked aggressively.

My dear, there will be more after this chapter^.^,

After Li Hongzhang heard his threat, he had to ask for a delay and give him a reply in five days. Ito was only willing to give Li Hongzhang three days.

Li Hongzhang, who returned to his residence, quickly sent the new terms to the Prime Minister's Yamen and asked the Prime Minister's Yamen for his opinion.

Not long after, the Prime Minister's Office called back: Every profit is worth one point. If there is no room for negotiation, we will abide by the previous decree and make an agreement with him.

It seemed that the country was still ready to relent. Li Hongzhang originally wanted to sue for peace. Seeing this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

All telegrams from China have to go through the hands of the Japanese. When the Japanese read this telegram, they were secretly happy. Every point they can get is a point, and if they can't compete, forget it.

Gaiping City.

Song Qing, Wei Jichen and others were furious when they learned about Japan's collegial terms.

Wei Jichen, in particular, was angry and depressed at the same time. The Chinese army still had the strength to fight again. He had won so many battles, but the Japanese still dared to make such a big deal. Although the compensation was reduced, it was not enough.

Especially once Taiwan is cut off, I don’t know when it will be taken back.

Fuck, are you the only one who can ruin the peace talks? I can do it too. Wei Jichen's blood surges. He has always believed that as long as he persists in resisting the Japanese, he will eventually win. Why cede territory and pay huge sums of money at the same time.

Since your Qing government does not have the guts to continue fighting, then let me force you to continue fighting the Japanese.

Wei Jichen's repression for many days broke out. His character was originally filled with passion and impulsiveness. Otherwise, in modern times, he would not have killed someone in anger because of his sister.

Having made the decision, Wei Jichen retreated to his room again and asked Wang Huaiqing to keep an eye on the door, explaining once again that he was ill and did not want to see anyone.

That night, he sneaked out of the window alone.

Riding on a prepared horse, Wei Jichen headed straight for Fuzhou City.

Yes, Wei Jichen was going to assassinate the Japanese guard Xi Kuanerlang in Fuzhou City and once again provoke a war between the two countries.

Wei Jichen had learned a lot of Japanese from Matsuda people. After dressing up a little, he put on a Japanese military uniform. He looked the same as a Japanese, only a little taller.

Wei Jichen placed weapons and the like in the space.

During the ceasefire, the Japanese patrols were not as strict as during the war, but they were not very lax either. Wei Jichen dismounted not far from Fuzhou City, and relied on his extraordinary skills to evade several waves of Japanese sentries. Team.

When he arrived at the bottom of the city wall, Wei Jichen estimated that the time was around three o'clock in the morning. He stopped slacking off. Time was running out and he had to act immediately if he wanted to assassinate.

Take out two iron hooks from the space. These things were captured from Japanese ninjas. I didn't expect that they can be used now.

What situation did Wei Jichen not encounter in the training base? What kind of military skills have you not learned? Of course, some skills are not very proficient, but it is more than enough to climb a city wall.

Wei Jichen first listened for a while, and after finding that there was no movement on the city wall, he threw the iron hook hard, hooked it to the edge of the city wall, and then climbed up along the rope.

In less than a minute, Wei Jichen had already climbed onto the city wall.

Then he quickly turned over and fell into the city. The map of Fuzhou City had been firmly remembered in Wei Jichen's mind. According to Wei Jichen's estimation, Xi Kuanerlang was determined to set up the temporary command post in the original Fuzhou official office. .

On the street leading to the government office, a Japanese patrol happened to pass by. One of the Japanese suddenly raised his gun and shouted: "Who is it?"

When Wei Jichen saw that his whereabouts were discovered, he walked out of the darkness in a big way. His face was full of anger and he cursed in Japanese: "Baga, have you blinded your dog eyes? Didn't you see that it was me?"

In addition to the troops of the First Division stationed in Fuzhou City, there is also a mixed detachment of the Japanese Colonel Hishijima Yoshiki who had just been transported from Japan and was originally preparing to attack Penghu.

So don't say that the soldiers didn't know some officers. Even the Japanese officers didn't necessarily know each other.

"Your Majesty the Second Lieutenant!" Several Japanese saw the military uniform on Wei Jichen and quickly stopped and saluted solemnly.

Wei Jichen nodded with satisfaction, and the Japanese who spoke first said again: "Your Excellency, Second Lieutenant, please show me your ID."

Damn, I need ID.

Wei Jichen was stunned for a moment, but then he immediately pretended to be furious and rushed in front of the soldier. Without saying a word, he slapped him hard on the face.

The Japanese who asked the question was only slapped and turned around in circles several times.

"Baga, a little private soldier dares to ask me to show my ID, so get out of here." Wei Jichen looked furious.

"Hi Yi, Hi Yi!" Several Japanese soldiers hurriedly apologized, fearing that Wei Jichen would lose his temper again, so they quickly turned around and left.

In the distance, the Japanese's reproachful words came.

"Xiao Cheng, you are really ignorant. It's so late. That officer must have gone somewhere to have fun. If you asked him to show his ID, where would he put his face?"

"That's right, I heard that there are many flower girls in the city hiding in their houses and not going out. How about we give it a try too."

Then there was a burst of obscene laughter, which made Wei Jichen furious. If he didn't have something important to do, Wei Jichen almost wanted to catch up and let them go down there to have fun.