Three days later, Ito submitted the plan and goals for the negotiations that he had led to the Japanese Cabinet, and only one day later, the Cabinet approved the plan and agreed that Ito would negotiate according to the plan and adjust the plan according to the actual situation encountered during the negotiations.

At this time, Miyamoto Naoto came to visit Ito Hirobumi again, and proposed that he hoped to go to Shanghai with Ito Hirobumi to participate in this negotiation and do his part for Japan.

Ito Hirobumi was also quite moved when he heard it, because this negotiation was not a good errand, others avoided it, and those who were pointed out were reluctant, and they had to push it back again and again, but Miyamoto Naoto took the initiative to ask Ying and follow him to Shanghai to negotiate, such a responsible spirit is really commendable. And now Ito Hirobumi is quite convinced of Miyamoto's insight and judgment, so if Miyamoto Naoto is following, there can be someone to negotiate. With the authority of Hirobumi Ito, there is certainly no difficulty in transferring a person to the negotiation team.

In fact, Miyamoto's real purpose is to observe the traversers of East China at close range and make a new assessment of East China.

In the past, Miyamoto Naotaka as a Japanese intelligence officer, infiltrated Qingdao, Shanghai and other places, and planned the explosion in Shanghai, but he did not have contact with the traverser, because he was the leader of East China, although it is now a modern society, but the quality of the leader, for a country still has a considerable impact.

In addition, Miyamoto's known history had undergone major changes at this time, and in the old time and space, despite the heavy price paid by Japan, it won the Russo-Japanese War and gained major geostrategic benefits, laying a solid foundation for Japan to become a player in the game of international powers.

But in this time and space, the scale of the Russo-Japanese War expanded to the Far East War, but the victorious side became East China, Japan not only did not obtain the geostrategic interests of the old time and space, but also basically lost the opportunity to compete with East China, Miyamoto Naoto is also a person from the future, better than the people of this era know the advantages and disadvantages of Japan and China, so what is the next development direction of Japan, it is also necessary to reconsider, and all this is to understand the quality of the leaders of East China, Ability to make clear judgments.

This time, the negotiator sent by East China ** is Qin Zheng, the No. 2 person, which is a great opportunity to understand the leaders of East China**, so Miyamoto Naotaka asked Ito Hirobumi to participate in this negotiation.

Soon Miyamoto's identity was done, and the public position was that of Hirobumi Ito's personal assistant, and he entered the Japanese negotiating delegation. Two days later, Ito Hirobumi led a delegation of 64 people from Tokyo to Shanghai aboard the Japanese merchant ship Hirakawa Maru.

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When East China ** received that Japan had confirmed the replacement of the negotiator, Qin Zheng also rushed back to Qingdao from Shenyang, and learned that Japan had determined that Ito Hirobumi would be the negotiator, Qin Zheng was also very satisfied, and in the past few days, Qin Zheng also made a serious division of the negotiations, and determined the preliminary negotiation plan, as well as the benefits that East China ** wanted to obtain.

As a matter of fact, at this time in Qingdao, the discussion within the traverser on the negotiations with Japan was far greater than the negotiations with Britain, France, and the Netherlands; first, the traversers had special feelings towards Japan, which also made the traversers still interested; second, the negotiations with Japan dragged on for a long time, and there was enough time for them to ferment.

Of course, the traversers also had various arguments about Japan's negotiations, such as asking the emperor to abdicate; stationing troops in East China in Japan; prohibiting Japan from having troops or limiting the size of its armed forces; not allowing Japan to manufacture offensive weapons; and demanding that Japan spit out the Korean Peninsula, the Ryukyu Islands, and Taiwan, in short, to put Japan to death.

In addition, the Korean Restoration Organization in Qingdao, led by Kim Chang-so, is also actively calling for East China to join the Japanese forces in this negotiation and withdraw from the Korean Peninsula and let South Korea become independent and independent, which has also been supported by many travelers. First, from geostrategic considerations, the Korean Peninsula is a springboard for entering China by sea and is an important strategic buffer zone for China, so it must be a pro-East China regime; second, some of the travelers are of the Hahan clan in the old time and space, and they love the house and the U, so they also have a good impression of Kim Chang-so's group.

Of course, after Kim Chang-so came to Qingdao, with the support of East China, he had recruited more than 2,000 Koreans and formed a regimental army.

Of course, Xia Bohai knows that these conditions for putting Japan to death are unrealistic, because East China does not have the ability to completely control Japan, and Japan has not completely lost the power to fight back, so it is impossible for Japan to accept these conditions, and can only fight to the end with East China.

It's just that East China ** determined that Qin Zheng was the negotiator, and Qin Zheng was not in Qingdao, so it was impossible to start a discussion. Now that Qin Zheng has returned to Qingdao, Xia Bohai also immediately ordered an executive meeting to be convened to discuss the tactics and conditions for negotiations with Japan.

Qin Zheng first spoke at the meeting: "This time the negotiations with Japan are mainly on four issues, the first is the amount of compensation, of course, the more the better, but we must also consider Japan's ability to bear it; the second is land, and now Japan's three colonies, the Korean Peninsula, the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan is a strategically important place in China's periphery, and since it is Taiwan, it was originally China's inherent territory, and whether or not it will be recovered in this negotiation; the third is the issue of prisoners of war, including whether or not the labor force we captured from Japan in the later period will be returned to Japan after the negotiations; and the fourth is other issues, such as the South Korean issue and our diplomatic and trade relations with Japan. ”

Xia Bohai said: "Very good, let's discuss one by one, first of all, to determine, how much money are we going to knock Japan this time?"

Everyone laughed all at once, and Jia Zhenzhao said: "France lost 60 million pounds, Britain is 28 million pounds plus 1/4 of Kalimantan Island, Japan must not lose less than Britain and France, I think at least 80 million pounds, if you can talk about 100 million is the best." ”

Wang Jun said: "80 million pounds is not a few, almost 7 or 800 million yen, and now Japan's annual financial income is only about 200 million yen, but I am afraid that Japan will not be able to afford it now." ”

You Mingqian said: "Japan can't afford to pay or not, what's the matter with us, let's figure it out ourselves, if we can't afford it, we won't pay it, then there is such a reason." ”

Wang Jun said: "I can't say that, if Japan really can't afford to pay it, no matter how hard we force him, it's useless, our goal is to get reparations in the final analysis, so it's still realistic, isn't it better to set an amount that Japan can afford!"

Qin Zheng said: "I think that what can afford is not the same concept as being able to afford it, and 'what can be afforded' should include borrowing money, and Japan's reparations must not be less than that of Britain and France, otherwise what is the point of us winning this war, so I think the amount of reparations is set in the range of 80 million to 100 million pounds." ”

Xia Bohai said: "I agree with this, we are the victorious side, there is no need to be too accommodating to the loser, just about it, this is not to make Japan lose 1 billion or 800 million pounds! As for how to borrow money, let Japan figure it out by itself, we just need to collect the money." If you can't afford to lose, then continue to fight, and this must not be compromised. ”

Qin Zheng said: "Then it's decided, the second point, what about the land issue?"

Xiao Jianjun said: "Of course, you have to ask for everything, the Korean Peninsula, the Ryukyu Islands, and Taiwan are all strategic places, and Japan must be spit out." Korea can be restored, but it must be under our control, and the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan must be taken into our possession, so that we can push the southeast border defense line into the first island chain, increasing the depth of our defense. ”

Qin Zheng said: "I judge that the probability of Japan accepting the indemnity of 80 million to 100 million pounds is not small, but the possibility of accepting and spitting out these three colonies is very low, because after spitting out these three colonies, Japan only guards the four islands on the mainland, and basically has no development prospects." ”

Xiao Jianjun said: "Then continue to fight until Japan spits out all these three colonies." ”

Qin Zheng said: "That is different from our negotiation goals, this negotiation, our primary goal is to obtain funds for future development, and it is not in our current interests to continue the war." ”

At this time, Xia Bohai said: " My opinion is that it is best to collect only money and not land in this negotiation, and after the end of the war, our primary goal is to develop and achieve comprehensive industrialization within the scope of our control as soon as possible, so capital is what we need most, and although the strategic value of these three places is very great, Japan's strength will not be able to give full play to the strategic advantages of these three places for at least 20 years, and as long as our own strength is improved and developed, we can take these three pieces of land back from Japan at any time, and there is no need to rush at this time。 ”

Xu Jichao said: "Forget about the Korean Peninsula and the Ryukyu Islands, after all, they were only vassals of China before, but even Taiwan has given up, is it a bit too much, because Taiwan is China's inherent territory, and our East China ** has always appeared in the image of safeguarding China's interests, and negotiations with Britain and the Netherlands, we still have to go to Borneo such a large piece of land! And this time we will not even take back our own territory, I am afraid it will damage our reputation, I think this time we will also take back Taiwan." ”