The Fuso, who was seriously wounded, fled back to Tokyo Bay alone, and the news of the Battle of Nagasaki spread in Tokyo at once. Looking at the tragic condition of the Fuso and the mutilated corpses carried down from the ship, the Japanese high-level officials all fell into a deep panic. The Fuso was very miserable, but he finally came back, and the Yoshino, Naniwa, and Kongo ships that never returned, were much worse than the Fuso.

The Meiji government held a review meeting and strongly condemned the combined fleet's heroic act of going to Nagasaki. Although the original intention of the navy was to protect Japan's rights and interests and exert pressure on the Manchurians, the result was too tragic. The purpose of demonstrating to the Manchurians and forcing them to make concessions in the negotiations was not achieved at all, but instead angered the Manchurians, and the combined fleet lost all its possessions in one day. Emperor Meiji almost sold his wife in exchange for the fleet, and lost more than half of it at once, and the consequences were too serious. The meeting had only been going on for an hour, and after returning from a hard fight, Arai Yougong was forced to apologize in the hospital.

The person directly responsible has been dealt with, but the later things are more difficult to handle. The Manchurians have always been unreasonable, and no matter who wins or loses, no matter who fires first, they must blame the Meiji government. In the Nagasaki riots, the Manchurians had already opened their mouths, and the navy had clashed again, and they did not necessarily have to make any harsh demands!

The nominal minister of Taisei Sanjo Minoru was at a loss, and the actual head of the family, Iwakura Gushi, couldn't come up with a charter. The military from Saigo Takamori down, all sunk silently, Meiji naturally did not dare to go to war, but he was very uncomfortable in his heart. There were a few hot-blooded young men clamoring for a decisive battle with the Manchurians, but the plan to rely on British support and purchase new warships as soon as possible was not reliable at all. Under the clear persuasion of Ito Hirobumi and a few others, Emperor Meiji could only compromise and bow to the Manchurians again, ordering concessions in negotiations and doing everything possible to avoid war.

After the meeting, Ito Hirobumi embarked on the journey again, and he had to be responsible for the Manchurian negotiations. Having signed several treaties that humiliated the country, Hirobumi Ito was enough. Now the Japanese people have a very bad opinion of him, and titles such as traitors have been pressed on his head. Now that Ito Hirobumi is out, someone is already spitting on him behind his back, and all kinds of disdainful glances can be seen almost everywhere, and even his colleagues who know his hardships are quite critical of him.

However, when Ito Hirobumi came to the Manchuria Legation again, he found something very unusual. The attachés of the legation were packing their luggage and preparing to evacuate, and many Chinese businessmen also packed up their bags and gathered in the embassy, looking ready to evacuate with the legation. Zhang Keming, the Manchurian minister who had always been aggressive, actually avoided it and didn't know where he had gone. Ito Hirobumi's heart began to go up and down, this state of the Manchurian Legation is very much like preparing for a general evacuation, this is a posture of preparing for a declaration of war!

"Is Manchuria preparing to declare war, or is it deliberately creating a false impression to blackmail us?" Ito Hirobumi is in trouble, the scheming Manchurians, he can't understand what tricks he is playing this time.

Ito Hirofumi went back and discussed with Iwakura Gushi and others, and after making two preparations, he began the journey of searching for people, Zhang Keming could not evaporate from the world. After looking for a day, I didn't find any trace of Zhang Keming, but at night there was terrible news. The Chinese merchants in Tokyo, Sendai, Osaka, Hiroshima and other places have all evacuated Japan, and the consulate and Chinese merchants in Nagasaki have not moved, but they have all retreated to the lend-lease and have begun to set up a defensive line. There was also an urgent report from the direction of Tsushima that the Manchurian East China Sea Fleet stationed in Busan had launched a very terrible large-scale build-up of ships, and a large number of Manchurian and Korean army forces had also gathered in Busan.

"Are the Manchurians ready for war?" The top officials of the Meiji government had another sleepless night, and everyone gathered in front of the palace to hold a buzzing meeting, and although nothing came of it, they did their part.

Saigo Takamori pulled Yama Prefecture Aritomo and others, who had just changed their names, and began to study the battle plan, even if they knew that they were invincible, they did not want to give up one ten-thousandth of hope. Minoru Sanjo, Iwakura Gushi, Ito Hirobumi and others also urgently discussed with Meiji a negotiation strategy to deal with it. As long as the territorial integrity of the three islands on the Japanese mainland was maintained, the position of Emperor Meiji would not be affected, and whatever the Manchurians wanted, they would all agree. Japan has no hope of winning the war again, and it is better to lose certain rights and interests in exchange for the possibility of Japan's continued development than to burn all the jade. The war in Manchuria was nothing more than an attempt to take advantage of Japan's greater advantage, and to satisfy them all, that is.

"Ito-kun, I, Northern Manchuria, announce the severance of diplomatic relations with your country and officially declare war on your country!" Early the next morning, Ito Hirofumi, who had a pair of panda eyes, met the refreshed Zhang Keming, and at the same time heard the news he didn't want to hear.

"This ...... This ......" Holding the war book handed over by Zhang Keming, Ito Hirofumi's hands trembled uncontrollably.

"Ito-kun, goodbye!" Zhang Keming didn't care too much about Ito Hirofumi's emotions, but had some schadenfreude, turned around and prepared to leave.

"Minister Zhang, is there no room for negotiation? If your country has any requirements, we can talk about it! Ito Hirofumi took a few steps and grabbed Zhang Keming.

"Meiji abdicates, can you talk about such conditions?" Zhang Keming couldn't leave for a while, so he could only turn around and deal with it, he didn't receive an order to negotiate at all, and the top brass in North Manchuria didn't think that the Japanese would talk to them.

"What? …… The Nagasaki riot was a fool's ignorance, and the naval conflict was a miscommand of Arai Yuko, so why is His Majesty the Emperor innocent? Why do you want His Majesty the Emperor to abdicate? Ito Hirofumi couldn't understand Zhang's request at all.

"Ito-kun, this war is actually to help you Japan! The general is the son-in-law of the Japanese imperial family and the brother-in-law of Emperor Xiaomei, and you Japanese are also your own people. Zhang Keming smiled very gently, but there was a little shamelessness.

"What does this mean?" Ito Hirofumi trembled even more, and his face turned pale.

"The current Meiji Emperor is not a descendant of the imperial family at all, he is a descendant of the Southern Dynasty raised by the Nagasu Domain. Iwakura Gushi and other traitorous ministers, together with the villains of the Changzhou Domain, assassinated Emperor Komei, and replaced the crown prince with the plan of exchanging the tanuki for the crown prince, and replaced the crown prince Muhito with the blessing of Omuro Yin. This kind of usurpation of kings is really rare in ancient and modern times. My North Manchurian is separated from Japan, and the general, as the son-in-law of the Japanese royal family, will definitely not sit idly by and ignore such a retrospective act, so he will raise troops to fight against the rebellion and seek justice for the Japanese royal family! Zhang Keming felt as if he had discovered a big secret, because as he said the reason for sending troops in Manchuria, Ito Hirobumi's face became very strange, Zhang Keming felt as if he had found the truth, and Ito Hirobumi was definitely weak-hearted.

"It's ridiculous, it's not true, it's not true......" Ito Hirobumi was stunned for a long time, and it wasn't until Zhang Keming turned around again to leave that he began to defend himself very weakly.

"Isn't it strange that around the time of the Meiji throne, his temperament changed dramatically, and he became left-handed? As the heir of the Northern Dynasty, isn't it even more strange that he actually respects the Southern Dynasty as orthodoxy? And we've found the Cheung Chau Clan's Wonder Troop, a photo of the Takamei period, in which the face of Omuro Innosuke is very clear, and it is clearly your Meiji Emperor! As soon as Zhang Keming finished speaking, he stopped staying, and immediately withdrew his hand and left quickly.

Long after Zhang Keming left, Ito Hirofumi slowly woke up. After sobering up, Ito Hirobumi didn't have time to think about anything, and rushed directly to the palace, this time the matter was really big. After retiring many important ministers, Ito took out the edict of Manchuria's declaration of war and reported Zhang Keming's remarks to Emperor Meiji, Iwakura Gushi, and others. Now everyone was silent, and Iwakura Gushi and others regretted their intestines, they were too indulgent Emperor Meiji, and after ascending the throne, they no longer corrected his words and deeds, which led to today's disaster. Meiji's face is very ugly, and he is constantly gritting his teeth, Goxinga is forcing him to a dead end this time!

"This time, I'm afraid there is no room for negotiation, and the Manchurians will definitely not give up if they don't destroy our imperial state." Minoru Sanjo lamented from the bottom of his heart that Japan was by no means an opponent of Northern Manchuria, and it seemed that the death of the country was imminent.

"I am the destiny of heaven, I am the descendant of the sun god, and I am the god who walks in the world!" Meiji suddenly became furious and let out a hysterical roar.

"The only way to do this is to block the news of North Manchuria's declaration of war on the Imperial State, and immediately issue an edict to expel all Chinese merchants and Manchurian ministers and consuls in the Imperial State. In order to correct the names of the policemen and civilians who died in the Nagasaki Incident, and to posthumously crown the soldiers who died in the naval battle as military gods, the imperial state took the initiative to declare war on Manchuria on the grounds that the Manchurians were too deceitful. "Ito Hirobumi knows that there must be no chaos at this moment, although Manchuria is strong, it is not so easy to destroy the sun. The Nagasaki incident has already aroused the anger of the Japanese people, and if Japan takes the initiative to declare war, it will certainly win the hearts and minds of the people. If the whole of Japan were united, the Manchurians would have to fight for at least a few years if they wanted to destroy Japan. If the war is protracted, the Manchurians may not be able to survive, and they may be able to talk about it again at that time.

"Good! Just do as you say! At the same time, I will issue a general mobilization order, and all subjects of our imperial state, regardless of farmers, industry and commerce, must participate in the war and resist the invasion of the Manchurians to the death! "Emperor Meiji praised Ito Hirobumi a lot, he had long been unhappy with Iwakura Gushi and others, and now Sanjo Minoru and Iwakura Gushi are dejected, so naturally how to see Ito Hirobumi is pleasing to the eye.

On the same day, the Meiji government issued a general mobilization order, and the people of the whole country and all walks of life became nervous. The shipyards in Tokyo were desperately repairing the Fuso, and Ito Hirobumi also began to frantically interview the ministers of Western countries to seek help from foreign aid. But no one expected that the attack of North Manchu would arrive the next day. The Manchurian warships and land forces had not yet arrived, and it was still the airship that the Japanese feared the most, but this time the airship did not leave behind the terrifying*, but dropped a large number of leaflets all over Japan.

The contents of the leaflet are very detailed, including the reasons for the declaration of war in Northern Manchuria, various evidences that the Meiji was problematic, and even a photo comparison between Meiji and Omuro Innosuke. The Japanese people, who had just been united, fell into a panic again in an instant, and the general mobilization order issued less than two days ago seemed to have become a joke.