Chapter 186: Assassinating the Japanese

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 had transcribed in his hand and said with great shame: "Japan's demand for military expenses is too extravagant. They actually want 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 cutting off 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 stop, 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 repaid the foreign debts we borrowed before, 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 Personnel reported to Chu Chengbo, the servant: "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 will 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 revised terms from Japan and handed them to Li Hongzhang.

The terms were slightly modified: Japan originally asked China to pay 200 million taels in compensation, but this time it was changed to 150 million taels; in terms of land cession, the demand for Taiwan remained unchanged, but the land in Liaodong was slightly changed. Originally, the Japanese asked for 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."

Ito Hirobumi 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, does that mean you just 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 any land to be ceded. If your country does this, it will 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?"

Li Hongzhang simply couldn't continue after hearing Ito's words.

After a long silence, Li Hongzhang said: "Please reduce the indemnity by another 50 million taels. Taiwan cannot be given up."

"It seems that our two countries will only go to war. Our country has made preparations for the expedition in Hiroshima, and there are 60 transport ships ready to set sail at any time. Last night, 20 transport ships weighed anchor and headed for a place not far from Tianjin. It was not convenient to take action during the armistice. Once the opportunity comes, we will never hesitate. For today's matter, I only hope that the prime minister will give a clear answer: yes or no." Ito Hirobumi stared at Li Hongzhang with his eyes tightly, and asked aggressively.

My dear, there is more to this chapter^.^,

Li Hongzhang had to ask for a delay after hearing his intimidation, and he would give him a reply in five days. Ito was only willing to give Li Hongzhang three days.

After returning to his residence, Li Hongzhang hurriedly sent the new terms to the Zongli Yamen and asked for the Zongli Yamen's opinion.

Not long after, the Zongli Yamen replied: Every bit of benefit gained is a bit of benefit. If there is no room for negotiation, we will follow the previous order and sign a contract with them.

It seems that the country is still ready to give in. Li Hongzhang originally wanted to seek peace, but he was relieved when he saw this.

All the telegrams from China had to go through the hands of the Japanese. When the Japanese saw this telegram, they were secretly happy. Every bit of benefit gained is a bit of benefit, and if not, forget it.

Build Pingcheng.

Song Qing, Wei Jichen and others were all furious when they learned about the terms of the Japanese negotiation.

Especially Wei Jichen, he was angry and depressed. The Chinese army still had the strength to fight again, and he had won so many battles. The Japanese dared to ask for such a high price. Although the compensation was reduced, it was far from enough.

Especially after Taiwan was ceded, I don’t know when it can be recovered.

Damn, can you ruin the peace talks? I can do it, Wei Jichen's blood boiled. He has always believed that as long as he persists in resisting the Japanese, he will win one day. Why should he cede territory and pay huge compensation?

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

Wei Jichen's repression for many days broke out at once. He was originally passionate and impulsive in his character. Otherwise, he would not kill people in anger because of his sister in modern times.

Wei Jichen, who had made a decision, retreated to his room again, asked Wang Huaiqing to watch the door, and explained again that he was sick and did not want to see anyone.

That night, he sneaked out of the window alone.

Riding a prepared horse, Wei Jichen went straight to Fuzhou City.

Yes, Wei Jichen was going to assassinate the Japanese garrison commander Xi Kuanjiro in Fuzhou City and provoke a war between the two countries again.

Wei Jichen had learned a lot of Japanese from Matsuda Noto. After dressing up a little, he put on a Japanese military uniform and looked almost the same as the Japanese, just a little taller.

Wei Jichen put all the 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 got off his horse not far from Fuzhou City, and then avoided several waves of Japanese sentinels with his extraordinary skills.

When he arrived at the bottom of the city wall, Wei Jichen estimated that it was around three o'clock in the morning. He no longer neglected it. There was not much time left, and he had to act immediately if he wanted to assassinate.

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

What kind of situation did Wei Jichen not encounter in the training base? What kind of military skills did he not learn? Of course, some skills were not very proficient, but climbing the city wall was more than enough.

Wei Jichen first probed for a while, and when he found that there was no movement on the city wall, he threw out the iron hook with force, 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 up the city wall.

Then he quickly fell into the city. The map of Fuzhou City was firmly remembered in Wei Jichen's mind. According to Wei Jichen's estimation, Xi Kuan Erlang was almost certain to set up a temporary command post in the original Fuzhou government 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?"

Seeing that his whereabouts were discovered, Wei Jichen swaggered out of the darkness. He was full of anger and cursed in Japanese: "Baga, are you blind? Can't you see it's me?"

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

So don't say that the soldiers don't know some officers, even Japanese officers may not know each other.

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

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

Damn, I need an ID.

Wei Jichen was slightly stunned, but immediately pretended to be furious, rushed to the front of the soldier, and without saying a word, slapped him hard in the face.

The Japanese who asked the question was so dazed that he turned around several times.

"Baga, a small private dared to ask me to show my ID, why don't you get out of here." Wei Jichen looked furious.

"Hey, hey!" Several Japanese soldiers hurriedly apologized, afraid that Wei Jichen would lose his temper again, and turned around and left.

From a distance, the Japanese's words of blame were heard.

"Xiaocheng, you are really ignorant. It's so late, the officer must have gone out to have fun. How can he put his face to show his ID when you ask him to show his ID?"

"That's right. I heard that there are many beautiful girls in the city hiding in their houses. Why don't we go and try?"

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 chase them and let them have fun downstairs.