Ao Baogong was also angry at this time, and said: "What is this, our army has always been doing its best for Japan, this time it was indeed caused by the personnel of our army, but their purpose in doing this is also to cause damage to East China, to combat the arrogance of East China, and to breathe a sigh of relief for Japan. Every year, I take so much military spending from the country in vain, and now the fleet of the first in East China is forced to the doorstep, but it is hiding in the port and does not dare to fight, I think your navy is a turtle with a shrunken head. ”

Minoru Saito sneered and said: "According to Oku-ho-kun's statement, the army is angry for Japan, but it is also a fact that it has attracted the retaliation of East China, so let's ask the army to solve this crisis in Japan, why do you ask our navy?"

In the face of Minoru Saito's questioning, Okubo Gong was also speechless, pointed at Minoru Saito, and said sharply: "You navy are cowards without courage. ”

Minoru Saito was naturally not to be outdone, and said, "The army is a bunch of brainless fools. ”

Seeing that the army and navy were scolding the street at the cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi couldn't help but speak, and immediately said: "Enough, you are all soldiers and officials of the country, what is this like, what Japan needs now is unity, and everyone must work together to tide over this crisis, instead of blaming each other and shirking each other's responsibilities." ”

Okuho Gong and Minoru Saito stopped talking.

Seeing that the two of them were suppressed, Ito Hirobumi's face looked a little better, and he turned to Shiki Kayama and said, "Kayama-kun, can't the navy really take action this time!"

Kayama Shikiri: "Your Excellency, you are also clear that the navy of the imperial kingdom can be regarded as completely rebuilt, and the construction period of the navy is very long, and a lot of funds are needed, so the navy is indeed not equipped with the ability to fight, but if the cabinet must ask the navy to fight, our navy will never back down, even if it is all broken, it will not hesitate." ”

When Ito Hirobumi heard this, he sighed in his heart, and was about to speak again, when he saw the door of the conference room open, and a clerk walked in from the outside, walked up to Ito Hirobumi, and said, "Your Excellency Prime Minister, the United Kingdom is tight." As he spoke, he handed a folder to Hirobumi Ito.

Previously, Ito Hirobumi had ordered that the news from the British side should be sent to him as soon as possible, so that he could understand the situation of the negotiations between the two sides in a good time, so although the cabinet meeting was now in place, the British side immediately sent the telegram to Ito Hirobumi as soon as it arrived.

And despite the tense atmosphere of the current cabinet meeting, Ito Hirobumi still had the matter of British negotiations in mind, so after receiving the telegram, Ito Hirobumi did not care that the cabinet meeting was not over, so he read the telegram first. However, the others also knew the reason, so they all waited silently for Ito Hirofumi to finish reading the telegram.

It turned out that the negotiations had ended at this time, although Komura Shoutaro had exhausted all means, but the British side just did not let go, and with the huge debt owed by Japan to the United Kingdom, it must be collateralized by customs revenue, and only until Japan paid off the British debts before the customs could be negotiated to return the customs affairs, of course, Britain also made some concessions to Japan, agreeing to increase the customs tariff to 7.5%, and some goods can be increased to 10%, because Britain now needs to borrow Japan to contain East China**, so although it strongly rejected Japan** Although the policy of carrots and sticks was not pioneered by Britain, the British played no worse than the United States.

Komura Shotaro was powerless but to send the results of the negotiations back to China, and the country would determine whether to sign this agreement, and if it did, although it could raise tariffs a little, it would mean that Japan could no longer negotiate with Britain about the return of customs until it had repaid Britain's huge loans, but it would take at least 10 years or more to repay Britain's loans, and it would not be impossible for it to even 20 years; and if Japan chose not to sign this agreement, although it still maintained the right to negotiate at any time, tariffs would always remain at the level of 5 percent until the negotiations were completed。

Ito Hirobumi distributed the telegram to the others, and he himself fell into deep thought. After reading the contents of the telegram, the others also discussed a lot, some agreed with the outcome of the negotiations, some opposed it, and exchanged views with each other, and for a while the conference room was full of "buzzing" voices. On the contrary, I forgot about the topic of discussion.

After thinking about it for a while, Ito Hirobumi also had to make a trade-off for a while, because it was still necessary to calculate the relevant data to determine the pros and cons of the results of the British negotiations, and Ito Hirobumi was not in the mood to carry on the previous topic, so he announced the adjournment of the meeting, so that everyone went back to think about it seriously, and continued to meet and discuss tomorrow, and at the same time instructed the Tibetan Prime Minister Matsukata Masayoshi to calculate the relevant data, which would be used as a reference basis for the meeting and discussion tomorrow.

Everyone got up and left the conference room, Ito Hirobumi also returned to his office, because he was depressed, so he smoked several cigarettes in a row, although his mind has been weighing the pros and cons of the British negotiation results, but Ito Hirobumi thought about it, but it has been difficult to decide, and remembered that the fleet of East China ** is still showing off its might off the coast of Japan, and now there is no good way to solve it.

At this time, I saw a figure at the door of the office flickering, and I left immediately, but Ito Hirobumi had already seen it clearly, and said, "Is it Miyamoto-kun? ”

Naoto Miyamoto came in from outside the door and said, "Sir." ”

Ito Hirobumi nodded and said, "Sit down, I have something I want to hear your opinion on." ”

After the Far Eastern War, Miyamoto Naoto followed Ito Hirobumi's advice, retired from the army, joined the political friends association founded by Ito Hirobumi, and served as the chief secretary of the Prime Minister's Office, although the rank of this position is not high, but the position is very important, in fact, it is Ito Hirobumi's secretary, on the one hand, Ito Hirobumi is interested in cultivating Miyamoto Naoto, on the other hand, Ito Hirobumi has a lot of things to ask Miyamoto Naoto's opinion. Now Ito Hirobumi is at a loss for the deterioration of relations between Japan and East China, and the outcome of the negotiations with Britain is unfavorable, and he happened to see Miyamoto Naotaka passing through the door of his office, and his heart moved, thinking that it would be better to ask Miyamoto Naoto, maybe he had any good way, so he stopped Miyamoto Naoto.

After listening to Hirobumi Ito's explanation of these two things, Miyamoto Naoto thought about it for a while before saying, "Is Mr. just worried about these two things?"

Ito Hirobumi nodded and said: "Yes, the fleet of East China ** has forced to our doorstep, and now Japan is completely powerless to resist the threat of force from East China, and on the British side, it also refuses to return customs, and both things are now at a loss." ”

Miyamoto Naoto said: "Sir, please forgive me bluntly, this time the fleet of East China ** is forced to our doorstep, we really have to blame ourselves, when is it now! What Japan needs is Taoguang to recuperate, recuperate, and at this time to pick on East China**, it is really unwise to act, don't say that this time it is not successful, even if it is successful, there is no loss to East China, but it will bring great disasters to Japan, East China** The fleet is not engaged in any military exercises at Japan's doorstep, but directly shells Japan. ”

Ito Hirobumi smiled bitterly and said, "Now it seems that they didn't succeed this time, so it's a blessing." ”

Miyamoto Naoto said: "Another point is that this operation has neither the authorization of the cabinet nor the order of the War Department, it is completely the army's intelligence officers acting without authorization, and the behavior is extremely bad, and this wind must not be promoted, otherwise it will bring disaster to Japan, so the perpetrators of this incident must be severely punished to set an example." ”

Miyamoto Naoto is very clear that in the old time and space, the Japanese soldiers went alone again and again, from Huanggutun, 918, Hugou Bridge and other incidents, and finally brought great damage to Japan, it can be said that Japan was completely defeated in the end, until Miyamoto Naoto crossed, but also carried the heavy burden of the defeated country, it can be said that the Japanese soldiers walked alone, is one of the main reasons. But I didn't expect that in this era, the Japanese soldiers' solo departure was actually more than 20 years earlier, so it was necessary to stop this unhealthy trend.

Of course, Ito Hirobumi is also very dissatisfied with the unauthorized actions of the army's intelligence officers, but Miyamoto Naoto said that if this wind is fueled, it will bring ruin to Japan, so he is a little dismissive, of course, this is said by Miyamoto Naoto, Ito Hirobumi is not easy to refute, but now he has no intention of severely punishing the perpetrators, after all, the matter has happened, even if the perpetrators are killed, the fleet of East China ** will not leave easily, and the return of the customs is even more unsolvable, so the top priority now is how to solve the problem.

Miyamoto Naoto also saw Ito Hirobumi's thoughts, and sighed secretly in his mind, knowing that if he didn't solve the problem, Ito Hirobumi couldn't listen to what he said now, so he had to talk about it later, so he said: "I have a way to solve these two problems at the same time." ”

When Ito Hirobumi heard this, he couldn't help but perk up and said, "What's the solution, say it quickly." ”

Miyamoto said: "It's just that this method will have some impact on Mr.'s reputation." ”

Ito Hirofumi was slightly stunned, and said thoughtfully: "As long as these two problems can be solved, even if it has some impact on my reputation, I will not hesitate to do so." ”

Miyamoto Naoto nodded and said: "Mr. can consider visiting East China**, apologize for this incident, and sign a friendship treaty with East China**, although the content can be a little false, and even some economic and trade cooperation agreements can be signed." ”

Ito Hirobumi is also a very wise person, and when he heard Miyamoto Naoto say this, he immediately understood that Miyamoto Naoto's method was actually to use East China ** to put pressure on the British. Because Japan is an important chess piece for Britain to contain East China, and once Japan and East China sign a friendship treaty, then the most anxious must be Britain, so that Japan also has enough bargaining chips to negotiate with Britain to return to the leading power of customs.

Note: There was a mistake in the previous chapter, Oyama Iwaji died in the battle of the Northeast Battlefield, so the Minister of War should be Oku Baogong. In addition, the previous chapter was screened.,If you haven't read it, go to the readership to find it.。