The crown prince has arrived!

Cabinet ministers saluted.

The crown prince returned the salute, walked to the main seat in the center and sat cross-legged on the ground, reached out and straightened the hem of his robe, covering his feet in white socks.

The cabinet ministers also returned to their places and sat down, tidying up their appearances. The guards walked up and took the teacups and teapots away. The crown prince spoke:

"I invite you to come here today to discuss the issue of negotiations with Russia. Now the Russians have agreed to restart negotiations. ”

"What conditions do the Russians have?"

The ministers asked that because of the two Russo-Japanese wars and the daily conflicts, Russia had become their number one enemy, and they knew the Russians well.

"As long as we recognize the independence of Russia and give them Eastern Siberia, they will no longer interfere in our plans in the Northeast!"

This was actually a condition that the crown prince had put forward directly and cheerfully, but now he told his ministers that it was a Russian condition. As expected, the ministers objected:

"Recognition of Russia? Britain, France, Germany and the United States will not be happy! ”

Although the majority of Russians are also of the white race, they have always been opposed by the European and American powers, and this resistance has become more pronounced since the formation of the new Soviet and Russian coalition government.

Although Japan belongs to the yellow race, it is a rare country that is recognized by the European and American powers, perhaps because they worship the strong and show special sincerity every time they bow and salute. As an island country on the periphery of Asia, Japan has long even regarded itself as an Asian and has been actively preparing to "break away from Asia and join Europe."

"We already have a business foundation in Eastern Siberia, and the cost of investment is already very large, and now we are sending it to Russia, I am afraid that the families of those soldiers who died for the Japanese Empire will not agree."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince nodded, he knew that it would be like this, and asked the Prime Minister directly:

"What do you think of Lord Gongwang of Saionji Temple?"

Gongwang of Xiyuan Temple has actually communicated with Prince Huang for a long time, so he must support him now:

"Of course, Russia's demands are excessive, but it is more important to consider that Manchuria's interests are greater. Siberia is barren, the population is sparsely resourced, the Russians have a backstage, and the cost of employment is high. Manchuria is different, in many disaster areas in China, a large number of people can be recruited with just a blanket and a bowl of hot soup, and domestication is very convenient. ”

When it comes to the big and weak China, the eyes of the cabinet ministers have become bright one by one, some of them can't wait to hunt China's fat deer, and some of them have even omitted the hunting process, in their eyes, China is simply a lamb to the slaughter, and they only need to consider whether to eat it steamed or boiled.

So their conversation quickly shifted to Manchuria.

"If Russia does not participate, it will be easier to defeat the king of the northeast in Manchuria, and he can immediately stop selling weapons to him, and then find an excuse to send troops."

"Sending troops? We need some time to prepare supplies and rations! ”

"Hahaha, don't tell jokes, the soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire don't need rations, we are a vegetarian nation, the Northeast is full of woods, what rations do you bring?"

The cabinet minister who spoke was an aristocrat, and the Japanese aristocracy thought that it was okay to feed the soldiers leaves. I don't treat soldiers as human beings at all. However, he does not see himself as a human being, and can use a scimitar to cut open his own belly, just like dissecting a fish.

Another minister went on to say:

"Actually, we don't need to send troops, it's a very troublesome job to manage those people, we just need an absolutely obedient agent, the king of the northeast is a very good candidate, in order to continue to get weapons from Japan, he has hinted many times that he can promise the twenty-one."

Article 21 was an unequal treaty that completely controlled China's politics, military, economy, and culture and turned China into a colony. Ten years ago, President Yuan signed this agreement with Japan in order to become emperor.

It's a pity that this Emperor Yuan is too incompetent, and he only served as an emperor for more than 80 days before stepping down. The remaining warlords in various localities also very much hoped to be able to join forces with Japan and inherit the rights of the 21 Articles. But because in the past, they all used this as an excuse to oppose Emperor Yuan. Now to change his words, slapping himself in the face is a trivial matter, and being annexed by other warlords under this pretext will not outweigh the losses.

Cabinet ministers nodded in agreement:

"You can continue to negotiate with the King of the Northeast."

At this time, another minister spoke out against it:

"The King of the Northeast is a bandit, rude and untrustworthy, if you want to support a puppet, we now have a particularly suitable candidate!"

"Who is it?"

"It's the emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the abdicated Qing Emperor!"

"He?"

"He can't do it, he has no prestige at all, I just got a secret report in the past few days, the Qing Emperor has moved to Tianjin, there was originally a rich merchant who provided him with a place to live for free, and now the rich merchant is dead, and the son of the rich merchant is already forcing him to pay the rent."

"Then forget it, the Qing Emperor is actually not a nation with most Chinese, and they have deep contradictions!"

"The Manchu imperial family ruled over 400 million alien races for more than 200 years with a population of more than 4 million, which is really an example for our great Japanese empire."

"The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty has no power at all, and he can be used by us, and he is a good reason in itself. The reason for sending troops to Manchuria, according to the original reason, the entire Manchurian region originally belonged to the Qing Emperor. ”

The cabinet ministers talked a lot, all of which were old-fashioned topics and nothing new, so Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang summed it up:

"Supporting these two people, each has its own advantages and disadvantages, let's negotiate separately first."

He turned and saluted the crown prince again:

"What instructions does His Highness the Crown Prince have?"

The crown prince was secretly proud in his heart, since he began to discuss Manchuria again, then they agreed to the Russian conditions.

"What the ministers said is very reasonable, let's formulate a step now, and then start to implement it, the Japanese Empire urgently needs the oil produced in Daqing!"

The cabinet ministers were inexplicably silent for a while, and finally one of them spoke up:

"Daqing belongs to Mr. Shandong!"

Mr. Shandong was one of the most hated people by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and he heard that because of this person, medical technology has developed rapidly, so there are always some people who come out and preach that His Majesty has been cured and that there is hope that he will be cured. If a mental illness is cured, does he have to re-govern?

The crown prince smiled on his face:

"Mr. Shandong is a trivial matter, his territory was bought from the King of the Northeast, and the real owner of Daqing should be the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty."

Suddenly, one of the ministers saluted again:

"It will waste a lot of time to talk about the belonging of Daqing, but I have a shortcut!"

The crown prince asked cheerfully:

"What do you think about Lord Yamamoto?"

The minister named Yamamoto smiled fiercely and wickedly:

"You can send a samurai to kill Mr. Shandong!"

Assassination, as expected, is a small cost and big benefit business.

……

Let's read the next chapter tomorrow. (To be continued.) )