Ito's remarks to the shogun and the four daimyos basically determined the diplomatic relations between Japan and the Ryukyus in the next fifty years, in fact, the relationship with Xiao Loten.

Ito Hirofumi expounded from both heart and action, both of which denied Xiao Letian's intention to directly annex Japanese territory, and the evidence was detailed and the arguments were clear, which convinced everyone present.

What Ito said, partly by his own understanding, and on the other hand, by Xiao Letian's disclosure, but in general, he still understands the most, especially the set of theories about the colony, Ito Hirofumi and Xiao Lotian really coincide.

There are always coincidences in history, and in real history, Ito Hirobumi won two wars for Japan in a row, one was the First Sino-Japanese War and the other was the Russo-Japanese War in Northeast China. At that time, Ito's reputation in Japan was unparalleled, and even the emperor did not dare to question his governance, and the hardliners of the military were so crushed by this minister that no one dared to act rashly.

Knowing that Yasu's three shots in Harbin finally ended Ito's rule over Japan, Ito Hirobumi was 68 years old at the time, which was already a dying old age for ordinary people, but for a politician, it was the most golden period.

In other words, Ahn Chong-geun, a Korean, reduced Ito's rule by at least ten years, but ironically, this great hero of the Korean nation indirectly promoted Japan's direct annexation of Korea.

Throughout Ito's life, the core of his East Asia policy was North Korea. After the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan took full control of Korea and established the Unified Governor's Office, with Ito Hirobumi becoming the first Governor.

After every lecture tour in North Korea, he never forgot to say to the DPRK and Japanese officials present, "I propose that you please shout 'Long live the Korean Emperor' three times with me!"

In 1907, he became the teacher of the Joseon crown prince, hoping that the crown prince would later become a puppet of Japan.

For the sake of Japan's interests, Ito Hirobumi resolutely opposed the merger of Japan and North Korea, and advocated the preservation of the Korean royal family and government, which was actually similar to the ideas advocated by the European powers and Xiao Letian, which were all attempts to replace direct occupation with colonization, and at the same time ensure that most of the resources of the colonies belonged to Japan, and at the same time avoid local resistance to the greatest extent.

That's how the British played in India, the French did the same in Vietnam, and more than ninety percent of the colonizers at that time played like this.

Hirobumi Ito is very calm, he knows very well that occupation and digestion are completely different things, it is not difficult to defeat the enemy militarily and annex the land, what is difficult is digestion. The emperor who retains the original nation is like adding a buffer between the occupants and the occupied.

The power of habit is so strong that you could say that the Lee royal family in North Korea is incompetent, and the officials and the people are corrupt and miserable. But no one should forget the power of habit. Eight generations of people's ancestors have lived under the rule of the Li royal family, and it is better to live than to put it aside first, at least the habit has been formed.

This is how Ito Hirobumi's attack on Japan was planned, first protect the Korean royal family, so that the resistance of the entire Korean Peninsula is not too strong, at least the Li royal family will help Japan to suppress the rebellion. Then it will take time to hone it, and a large number of schools will be built to promote the Japanese language and culture.

It will definitely be difficult at first, but the longer this colonization process goes on, the smoother it will be, and the people who keep the traditional thinking will eventually grow old, and the children who grow up in Japanese schools will eventually become the backbone of society.

One generation may not be obvious, but what if three or four generations have passed? What about a hundred years from now? I am afraid that by then all the people will have become accustomed to speaking Japanese, accepting Japanese culture, and getting used to Japanese rule.

In fact, looking at the attitude of the Indian people towards the British, it is not difficult for us to appreciate the cleverness of this strategy, the British colonized India for more than 200 years, but until now the ordinary people do not have the slightest hatred for the British, although this has a certain relationship with India's religious thoughts, but in the final analysis, colonization is indeed very clever.

Hirobumi Ito, who hoped to keep the national honor of North Korea, ended up falling under the guns of the Korean independence activists. On October 26, 1909, three gunshots rang out at the Harbin railway station, ending Ito's life and sounding the death knell for the Lee royal family of North Korea.

In 1910, Japan forcibly annexed the Korean Peninsula and the Joseon Dynasty came to an end. Soon after, in order to consolidate its colonial rule and completely eliminate the ruling roots of the former Joseon Dynasty, Japan moved the descendants of the imperial family to Japan. As a result, Prince Ying's Palace was built near the Royal Palace in Tokyo, Japan, where the last emperor of Joseon, Yi Gu, lived until Japan's defeat in World War II.

However, due to the birth of Xiao Lotian in this parallel universe, the wheel of history has shifted, and the Japanese high-level people who originally intended to colonize Korea are now afraid of Japan being colonized.

In the end, Ito Hirobumi came up with a more realistic plan, that is, to obey the existing order and guard the territory that has not been lost. To put it simply, it is to legitimize the interests that have been lost, and block the interests that have not been lost.

Xiao Letian's economic control over Japan is already very deep, especially the grain trade has been divided by dozens of large and small grain merchants under Lotte Foreign Company, especially the four seas merchants.

Since the economic position has all fallen and become a de facto one-third of an acre of Xiao Letian's land, it is better to show the carriage and horses to him directly and publicize it to the world in the form of black and white.

Nagasaki, Hirado, Shimonoseki, Nagoya ...... opened A total of 12 ports, including Sendai, Kanazawa, and Edo Castle, allowed Ryukyu merchants to trade freely, and recognized the trade documents of the Ryukyu Prime Minister's Office.

This is also a relative Xiao Lotian switch, in addition to Britain, France, the United States, the Netherlands and other countries and Japan have trade agreements, can trade freely, and now there is another Ryukyus.

Not only that, Japan also recognizes all the trade handibooks issued by Xiao Letian, which means that even businessmen from countries that have not signed an agreement with Japan can come to Japan to do business as long as they can get Xiao Letian's trade handwritings. It doesn't matter if you're a country in the Middle East or a small country in Africa or South America.

Opening up the economy is only the first step, the next step is to open the ports, and on the premise that Xiao Lotian promised to withdraw from Osaka Castle, all ports in Japan will be opened to the Ryukyu Navy, and the Ryukyu Navy can freely enter the ports for replenishment or shelter without application.

This also caused a great controversy in the military tent, and everyone was very angry, how could the pride of the samurai allow foreign troops to enter and leave freely?

But Ito Hirobumi then shattered all their pride: "We can be unconvinced, we can be angry, but don't forget, can all of our Japanese navies combined beat the Ryukyu warships in Osaka Bay?"

Thinking of the brutal shelling of the bloody battle before, the powerful firepower output ability of the Ryukyu Navy made these medieval-minded samurai completely speechless.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's lose our face, we have to admit that Xiao Letian's navy can enter and leave our Japanese ports at will, even if we don't sign it, can we still stop him? It's better to give him a favor and calm their anger......

After the opening of the right to free trade and the right of passage of military ports, the shogun and the four daimyo refused to give in again, and this was Japan's bottom line.

According to the concept of colony as defined by the West, that is, a country completely loses political, economic, military, and diplomatic control, and all hands over to the suzerain, which is a complete colony.

This time, Japan only opened up about 70 percent of its economic privileges and about 40 percent of its military privileges to Xiao Letian, in fact, it is not even semi-colonial, and politics and diplomacy are not allowed to be touched by Xiao Letian. Japan's top brass still has some backbone.

Ito Hirofumi didn't dare to guarantee that Xiao Lotian would be able to agree to such conditions, he said in a deep voice, "Ladies and gentlemen, Xiao Lotian is not a fool, what we have made concessions is actually what others already have, in the final analysis, we have not given up the actual benefits, which will make the other party feel that we are not sincere......"

"In addition, we can't just try to calm Xiao Letian's anger, who will calm the anger of the Manchu Qing?"

"I propose to give His Majesty the Tongzhi Emperor a huge amount of compensation as compensation for the assassination of His Majesty the Emperor......"

There was a buzz of discussion in the military tent, and the four daimyo also forgot about the hatred between them and the general, they came to the general's side and whispered, and after a while, Nabeshima Naodai turned his head and asked Ito Hirobumi, "Can you guarantee that Xiao Lotian will not lease Osaka Castle?"

Ito nodded, "As long as we show sincerity, I'm willing to negotiate with the prime minister in person!" Nabeshima glanced at him before turning back and whispering.

After a while, Shimazu Tadayoshi also spoke, "It's not impossible to provide compensation, but we must add a new condition, economic opening must be mutual, and the Ryukyus cannot prevent us Japanese merchants from going to free trade ......"

Ito nodded heavily, "Haily, your proposal is also what I think, and I will fight to the death for Japan's interests!" Shimazu Tadayoshi also went back and continued to discuss.

Afterwards, Yamamoto said to Ito, "Based on your analysis, how much compensation should we pay? You must know that Japan is now poor and has no money!"

Ito Hirobumi bowed deeply and replied, "My lord, this compensation is mainly for His Majesty Emperor Tongzhi, in order to appease the anger of the Manchus, and I don't know how much is appropriate......

"But I have a piece of information that I hope you can consider, and now Emperor Tongzhi has gathered a group of Eight Banners from Beijing City in Ryukyu and is undergoing a new type of militarized training...... In other words, Emperor Tongzhi has begun to prepare to form his own pro-army, and I think he must be in urgent need of military spending......"

"The Manchus controlled China was so big that there were so many factions that even the emperor sometimes had to bow to the powerful courtiers, and if we could help the emperor settle the first few military expenses, I think the effect would be much better than giving money directly to the Manchu government......

Yamauchi Eido's eyes lit up, and he looked at Ito for a minute before turning back and continuing to talk with the general.

Time passed minute by minute, but the long dark night on weekdays became extremely short today, when the east showed the white of the fish's belly, the fan in the general's hand slammed the tatami mat, and the hearts of those present suddenly became nervous.

"Well, it's time to make a decision, we need a short concession in exchange for more time for us to develop, we can't delay it any longer, God knows how many variables there will be if it drags on any longer!"

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