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Ito Hirofumi was full of suspicion, not knowing what Zhang Yihu's laughter was intended when he left.

When Ito Hirobumi returned to his guild hall and his entourage delivered the telegram from China to him, Ito Hirobumi was completely dumbfounded: In the early hours of this morning, the army of the Korean Huaxia Republic attacked Pyongcheng in the starry night, and Kodama Gentaro was defeated and retreated, and was intercepted and killed by the enemy cavalry division, seriously damaged, and finally retreated to Pyongyang under the response of Nabumi Tachimi; Now Xu Huaijin's army is surrounding Changlin, and the situation is grim!

Ito Hirofumi finally understood the intention of Zhang Yihu's laughter, what's the matter, if you don't give in, Lao Tzu will send troops directly, and the 100,000 army will directly occupy North Korea, see what you can do about me!

At this time, Ito Hirobumi is really in a hurry, and if he goes on like this, he will still negotiate a fart! When the Chinese Tiger army completely defeats the Japanese army and occupies Korea, then there is still room for us to negotiate, they can afford it, but our Japanese Empire can't afford to spend it, even if all the elite of Japan's army is transferred to Korea, the Japanese army may not be able to defeat Xu Huaijin, not to mention that the domestic finances can no longer support the war in Korea, and the treasury has no money.

Hirofumi Ito sighed and sat down on the chair in a dejected manner, powerless to return to the sky! If you want to keep North Korea, it seems that you can't do it without paying a price, but the appetite of Chinese Tiger and Li Hongzhang is too great, 100 million taels of silver, plus return to Taiwan! In any case, such conditions cannot be met.

Ito Hirobumi looked worried, and had no choice but to go to the British Minister's hall late at night to ask to see Zhu Erdian.

"What! The army of the Chinese Tigers has again launched a full-scale offensive in Korea? ”

Zhu Erdian was shocked, this Chinese tiger is too crazy! Even if he has not given up the occupation of Korea by force until now, looking at the current situation, I am afraid that in less than a month, that Xu Huaijin will be able to lead a large army to completely defeat the Korean Japanese army, so as to truly occupy Korea! [3161591 King of Special Forces Crossing the First Sino-Japanese War, King of Special Forces Crossing the First Sino-Japanese War]316 starts to cross the King of the Special Forces of the First Sino-Japanese War, 519

"Mr. Zhu Erdian, the importance of Korea to our Great Japanese Empire is self-evident, the coal and iron resources in the north of Korea are necessary for the rejuvenation of the empire, and we absolutely must guarantee the control of the Korean Peninsula! Please also ask Mr. Zhu Erdian to do his best to help us! Please. ”

Ito Hirobumi bowed deeply to Zhu Erdian and said.

Zhu Erdian frowned and said: "Mr. Ito Hirobumi, compared to you, you also know that today's Chinese tiger and that Zhang Yihu are tougher than the other, it is unrealistic to keep the Korean Peninsula without paying the price, your army is not the opponent of Xu Huaijin's army at all, if you want Xu Huaijin of North Korea to stop attacking, you must be ready to pay the price!" ”

Ito Hirobumi gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I am willing to agree to the conditions of the war reparations, but this amount must be limited to 50 million taels, and any more will be difficult for our empire to bear......"

Zhu Erdian shook his head and said helplessly: "Mr. Ito Hirobumi, you are wrong, haven't you seen it yet, for Zhang Yi, what he wants is not compensation, but Taiwan in the south, and the compensation can be discussed, but Taiwan, if you don't let it out, I'm afraid that Zhang Yi will never agree to you to give up North Korea." ”

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Ito Hirobumi frowned in embarrassment, if it is only a war reparation, the empire can bear it with gritted teeth, and it is a big deal to restore the national strength in the future, we turn our faces and deny it, and rely on this reparation, what can Zhang Yi do? But Taiwan, once the Imperial Army withdraws its troops from Taiwan, it will be too difficult to take Taiwan from scratch, and the empire will have to spend an unknown amount of trouble.

Ito Hirofumi said abruptly: "Mr. Zhu Erdian, at this time, I still need to return to His Majesty the Emperor, it is really difficult for me to make the decision alone. ”

Zhu Erdian sighed and said: "Mr. Ito Hirobumi, the current situation is very clear, the Chinese tiger is determined to take back Taiwan, and Taiwan has always belonged to China's territory de jure theory, and it is understandable for him to take it back, even if we unite France, Italy, and Spain to exert pressure, it will be useless, what we can do is to help you keep North Korea, and at the same time reduce the amount of compensation as much as possible." ”

Ito Hirobumi gritted his teeth and said: "Well, in that case, our war reparations will not exceed five million taels of silver, and I will report to His Majesty the Emperor, hoping that His Majesty the Emperor and Prime Minister Yama Prefecture can agree with me, and tomorrow, we can suspend it in the morning, and in the afternoon, after I get the final resolution of the Imperial Government, we will negotiate." ”

In the middle of the night, the Japanese base camp that got Ito Hirobumi's reply has been turned upside down, and Foreign Minister Mitsui Yuli is the main car to protect the commander, first to keep North Korea, after all, the residents of North Korea are easier to control, and now Taiwan is under the auspices of Liu Yongfu and Ling Chuanqing, the uprisings of the Taiwan people have risen one after another, and the two divisions in Taiwan have been busy, and they just took this opportunity to withdraw and use all their energy and strength to protect North Korea and ensure that North Korea's resources are continuously transported to Japan. After all, the Chinese tiger is too far away from Taiwan to reach the whip, and it is easy to take Taiwan, but North Korea is different, and the Chinese tiger may cross the Yalu River at any time and invade North Korea.

Mitsui Yuyuki's suggestion was strongly supported by Ito Yuhei, but it was strongly opposed by the War Department headed by Oyama Iwa, the War Department is a fanatical warmonger, let them admit defeat, it is really unwilling, Taiwan has been captured by the empire at a great cost, how can it be possible to give up?

The two sides disputed, and in the end, even the mountain county had a friend who was difficult to decide, and had to submit the question to the Meiji Emperor, who frowned, this problem was really difficult, and finally the Meiji Emperor finalized it, first, withdraw troops from Taiwan; 2. Strive for the lowest amount of compensation for the losses of the Republic of China; Third, the opening of all treaty ports in Japan must not be agreed. The base camp immediately sent the final bill to Ito Hirobumi's hands, but where could these things be hidden from Zhang Yi's ears and eyes, although in order to convene a negotiation meeting, many countries asked Mukden to open an independent telegraph office to receive and send all telegrams to foreign countries, but, after all, it was in the territory of China, and the powerful tribulus terrestris had long been able to control Mukden to the point of pervasiveness, and it was easy to get the content of the telegram. Zhang Yihu and Li Hongzhang looked at the information in front of them, and a smile appeared on the corner of their mouths, okay, as long as we can get Taiwan back, we have achieved the minimum goal, as for the war reparations, then according to their minimum limit, we will extort them a sum of money!

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