Xu Jichao's opinion has also won the approval of many people, after all, most people feel that after such a major victory this time, it is necessary to at least take back Taiwan.

Xia Bohai was a little disappointed in his heart, although after 5 or 6 years of experience, most of the people's administrative ability is good, but the strategic vision is still lacking, Taiwan and Borneo are fundamentally different, because Taiwan is China's inherent territory, China can take back at any time, and even start a war for this is a legitimate thing. Moreover, after this Far East War, East China will gain the strategic initiative against Japan, but Japan will never be willing to fall behind East China, whether it is to completely subdue Japan in the future, or to bring Japan into the order dominated by China, China and Japan will definitely have conflicts in the future, so China has a great chance to recover Taiwan.

Borneo has never been regarded as China's official territory, and it can only be related to China, only between the 70s of the 18th century and the 80s of the 19th century, the Republic of Lanfang was established by the Chinese in Borneo, but the Republic of Lanfang and the legal Qing court of China at that time did not have any subordinate relationship, so it is too far-fetched to declare China's sovereignty over Borneo on this ground.

And Borneo as a British and Dutch colony, but not valued, so East China can take the opportunity of this victory to take Borneo as its own, it can be said that after this village, there will be no such shop, even if East China ** and Britain, the Netherlands conflict again, the two countries can also instigate the colony of Borneo to establish an independent state, so that East China ** has no chance to get involved. It's a pity that no one else can see the difference.

At this time, Qin Zheng said: "Everyone, I can understand your feelings, but have you ever thought about it, if we insist on making Taiwan a condition for this negotiation, Japan will definitely take the opportunity to sit on the ground and ask for a reduction in the reparations, how much do you think Taiwan can offset the reparations?" Of course, the motherland's territory cannot be measured by the value of money, but things must be prioritized, and we will have to take back Taiwan sooner or later, but the primary goal now is development and industrialization, and what we need now is funds for developing industrialization, and when our economy develops and our strength becomes stronger, we can take back Taiwan at any time. ”

After listening to Qin Zheng's words, Xia Bohai first relieved himself, Qin Zheng's strategic vision really did not disappoint him. The others also talked for a while, and Ye Yanfu said: "Isn't there Russia behind Japan? Even if we get less reparations from Japan and take back Taiwan, can't we get more reparations from Russia?"

Qin Zheng said: "First of all, we have not started negotiations with Russia, although in negotiations with Russia, we will definitely have our plan, and we will try our best to realize the plan, but whether the negotiations with Russia can be carried out as we planned, is now unknown, so when negotiating with Japan, do not consider with Russia; secondly, the development of industry, to achieve industrialization requires a huge amount of money, even if the compensation obtained from Japan and Russia is only enough for 3 or 5 years at most, the more compensation that can be obtained, of course, the more the better." ”

At this time, Xia Bohai said again: "Lao Qin's words are very good, I also want to take back Taiwan immediately, but the idea is to rely on strength to achieve, and our current strength is not enough." As for saying that if we don't recover Taiwan now, it will affect our reputation, I don't think we need to worry, because Taiwan was not lost by us, it was ceded by the Qing court, and this is not our responsibility, and in this Far East War, we recovered the three northeastern provinces, Vladivostok and Shuangchengzi, and these are not the land we lost, even if we fail to recover Taiwan, it is reasonable. ”

Qin Zheng continued: "And we can put this responsibility on the Qing court, because during the war, didn't the Qing court attack our river and lake base areas? It is just right for the Qing court to carry this pot, and of course the propaganda department must do a good job in this propaganda work to guide public opinion." ”

Wang Jun said: "No problem. ”

Xia Bohai said: "Then do you have any opinions on the issue of land?" ”

This time, everyone also agreed, after all, Xia Bohai and Qin Zheng had already said it so clearly, and everyone naturally understood the truth.

Xia Bohai said: "Okay, then this one is decided, and the next one is the issue of captives." ”

You Mingqian said: "Of course, we can't return the captives to Japan, I finally found so many laborers, and they are all labor forces of the right year, so it can be returned to Japan so easily, and after the end of the war, we have to fully develop the three northeastern provinces, in addition to capital, labor is also an important condition, with this batch of prisoners, we can greatly improve the speed of developing the northeast." At the same time, we can delay Japan's recovery time, which is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone. ”

Now the Japanese soldiers and civilian service personnel captured on the battlefield in East China, as well as after the People's Army landed in Japan, the total number of Japanese captured has exceeded one million, and they are still being transported back from Japan in a steady stream, the age structure of these people is very good, most of them are between 20-30 years old, more than 40 years old, or less than 15 years old Only a very few, are the labor force of the right year, among which there are many technicians, Skilled workers, after all, it has been nearly 40 years since the Meiji Restoration in Japan, so a considerable number of technicians and skilled workers have been trained, of course, many have been captured by the People's Army, and these people are now urgently needed in East China.

Wang Yunpeng said: "I also know that this group of prisoners is very important, but after the war is over, isn't it customary to exchange prisoners of war with each other?"

Xiao Jianjun said with a smile: "We don't have so many soldiers who were captured by Japan, it is estimated that there are 1 or 2,000 people at most." ”

Wang Yunpeng said: "But Japan can redeem these prisoners in the way of redemption." ”

Jia Zhenzhao said: "We have millions of Japanese prisoners in our hands, how many can Japan redeem? Besides, won't we raise the price? So Japan can't ransom many people back." ”

Xia Bohai also smiled: "Then let's do it." What about Article 4? What do you have to say? ”

Ye Yanfu hurriedly said: "Yes, we want Japan to open its market, let our goods enter the Japanese market, and then make another economic profit." ”

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "Okay, this one is okay." ”

Wang Jun said: "As far as the Japanese market is concerned, whether there is anything and what can be done, it would be good if we could occupy the domestic market." ”

Xia Bohai said: "It cannot be said that to penetrate the Japanese market, economic interests are secondary; Guan Jian is to attack Japan's economy and at the same time control Japan economically, after all, in the final analysis, we want to subdue Japan and bring Japan into the system dominated by us." In addition, we can also take advantage of economic and trade opportunities to penetrate into Japan. ”

Qin Zheng said: "Okay, that's it." ”

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Qin Zheng only stayed in Qingdao for two days, and after determining the plan for the negotiations, he also formed a negotiation team, and then immediately set off for Shanghai to prepare to participate in the negotiations. Because the Japanese negotiating team has already departed, the list of members has also been passed to East China**.

After arriving in Shanghai, Li Songchen, the person in charge of the Shanghai New Area, greeted Qin Zheng and his party at the wharf, in fact, now East China ** has controlled the entire Shanghai area, but the administrative level of Shanghai has not been adjusted, so it is still in the name of the Shanghai New Area to manage the Shanghai area.

After the two met, Li Songchen sent Qin Zheng all the way to the residence, the insiders of East China ** have a special residence in Shanghai, Qin Zheng was arranged in a three-story villa, of course, in addition to Qin Zheng, his entourage also moved in together.

Li Songchen then reported to Qin Zheng on the preparations for the Shanghai side, and the venue of this negotiation was not located in the China Merchants Building, but in the original Shanghai New Area, including the residence of the Japanese delegation, which was also located in the Shanghai New Area. In addition, a company of troops was specially mobilized to protect the security of the Japanese negotiating team throughout the negotiations.

This is due to the fact that 10 years ago, Li Hongzhang was assassinated by the Japanese radical Toyotaro Koyama during the negotiations in Shimonoseki, which once put Japan in a very passive situation at that time, and had to make certain concessions to the Qing court, reducing the amount of compensation from 300 million silver to 200 million, and an early truce. In case Japan also comes to learn from the same and this play is staged in Shanghai, it can also cause a lot of trouble to East China. This is not impossible, because everyone knows that Japan will pay a heavy price in this negotiation, so maybe Japan will take the risk and direct and act in a play on its own.

In addition, although the character of the Chinese is very mild, but in recent years, East China ** has also focused on promoting nationalism, although this does ignite the passion of Chinese, because they are young students, but to a certain extent, it also promotes extreme emotions, so it cannot be ruled out that a small number of people are extremely emotional and do something out of the ordinary.

Of course, East China cannot allow such a situation to happen in Shanghai, but after all, East China has just controlled Shanghai for less than half a year, and Britain, France, the United States and other countries have been operating in Shanghai for many years, and their influence has penetrated into all levels of society.

China Merchants Building is located in the original concession area, the environment is more complicated, and East China's control ability here is still somewhat insufficient, so the place of negotiation was changed to the original Shanghai New Area, East China has been operating in Shanghai New Area for 4 or 5 years, which can ensure complete control, and also shorten the distance between the Japanese delegation from the residence to the negotiation position, reduce the probability of accidents, and Li Songchen also formulated a plan to set up a special negotiation channel, which can basically ensure that nothing goes wrong.

After Qin Zheng heard this, he was also very satisfied, Li Songchen's work was really reassuring.