After listening to the opinions of Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong, Su Wenzhen, chief of the general staff, said: "Your Majesty, I originally agreed that it was the best plan for Goryeo to maintain the status of a vassal state, but after a long time of thinking and deducing many times with the staff team, I finally came to the conclusion that it was the best plan to turn the county into the best plan.

Nowadays, the young and middle-aged men of the Goryeo Peninsula have almost been lost, and the corpses of the dead in the war are not disposed of in time, and because they are not supported by an effective medical system, the plague will inevitably be rampant, and because of the lack of young and middle-aged labor, they will starve everywhere, and it is foreseeable that the 100,000 Japanese army will continue to massacre there, and the population of 20 million in the Goryeo Peninsula will soon be reduced to less than half.

In this case, it will be the best time for our army to march into the Goryeo Peninsula and completely turn it into a county! ”

Zhang Zhidong next to him saw that Hu Zhen didn't express his position for a long time, so he was a little anxious: "Your Majesty, if you don't take the Goryeo Peninsula in time, there will be unexpected big trouble in the future!" ”

A group of old men and ministers all proposed to Hu Zhen: "Your Majesty, this is a good opportunity for the ages, our country should take advantage of the great defeat of the Japanese army and the Hubei army, take down the Goryeo Peninsula without any military power, make it a province of our country, and completely assimilate it into the permanent territory of our Great China!" ”

"Well, I have listened to your opinions, and if the Goryeo people are willing to be nationals of the Chinese Empire, I will immediately send a large army into the Goryeo Peninsula to save the local Li people from fire and water. But the time is not yet ripe, we have to wait! ”

In fact, Hu Zhen also planned to continue to retain the status of a vassal state of the Goryeo Peninsula at first, but later found that the power of the Goryeo Peninsula was getting weaker and weaker, and if it was allowed to become independent of the world, I am afraid that it would not be able to protect itself, and it would have to rely on the protection of the Huaxia army.

Under the appearance of silence, Hu Zhen secretly ordered the Ministry of Intelligence and the Strategic Fooling Bureau to inform Yuan Shikai, the minister of affairs of the Goryeo Japanese state, to take decisive action.

At this time, Yuan Shikai had made some progress on the Goryeo Peninsula, but Yuan Shikai believed that the power of Goryeo still needed to continue to weaken, and the Huaxia Army should not move for the time being, let the Japanese army continue to wreak havoc for a period of time, and the Goryeo people would kill and wound more people, and finally let the Goryeo people kneel and cry and beg the Huaxia Army to march and voluntarily incorporate into the territory of the Chinese Empire It is the best policy, which can solve the affairs of the Goryeo Peninsula once and for all, and no one in the Goryeo Peninsula will never think that the Chinese Empire has annexed them with a big meal and a small meal.

So, Hu Zhen listened to Yuan Shikai's suggestion, which could ensure the best interests of the Chinese Empire, but Hu Zhen had some thoughts in his heart: Hmph, this old Yuan is really ruthless! No wonder you want to be your own emperor in another time and space!

But in the best interests of the country, this is indeed the best solution.

A group of old men and ministers who came to the meeting were all human spirits, and as soon as they heard Hu Zhen's words, they knew the mystery, and understood that Hu Zhen might have started to arrange personnel to act secretly, and everyone would not break it down, but stood up and praised: "The emperor is wise!" ”

Since sitting on the throne of the emperor, Hu Zhen has become accustomed to this, he waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's not say anything about me, we still have a question, how to deal with the Wa Kingdom?"

Zhang Zhidong was the first to stand up and said: "When this Japanese country was strong in our Great China, it took Huaxia as a teacher with a humble attitude to absorb the profound cultural essence of China, and when China was weak, it was a thief and a thief, and did everything possible to plunder from China, which has caused countless disasters to my Great China for thousands of years, and such wolf ambitions must be severely punished." ”

Zhang Zhidong was quite right about the essence of the Wa Kingdom, but he still adhered to the contempt of the big countries for the small Wa States, and did not expect that the Wa Kingdom would almost cause the great scourge of the extinction of the Chinese nation in another time and space.

"Your Majesty, as Zhang Xiangtao said, this Japanese country is indeed a wolf with wolf ambitions, and I, a big country in China, should dismember the Japanese country so that it will forever lose the ability to challenge our country."

Li Hongzhang has been in a high position in the Qing court for a long time, at the beginning of the Japanese state is a contemptuous mentality, after the First Sino-Japanese War, carried out a deep reflection, has a unique view in his heart, now the new dynasty has the ability, he advocates a thorough solution to the problem, put forward a proposal more operational than Zhang Zhidong.

Hu Zhen nodded: "Well, Li Aiqing is right, so how to dismember the Japanese state?" ”

Li Hongzhang left his seat, walked to the world map, pointed to the map of the Japanese and said: "The Ryukyu Islands must be separated from the control of the Japanese and included in China's pocket, and the Ryukyu Islands will be integrated with Taiwan and become the first defensive position facing the Pacific Ocean......

Li Hongzhang's suggestion coincided with another time and space when China wanted to break the blockade of the first island chain for decades, which made Hu Zhen a little excited: "Okay, Li Aiqing's suggestion has made this first island chain in the hands of our country from now on, and others don't even want to use it to deal with our country!" ”

Li Hongzhang didn't know why Hu Zhen suddenly became excited, his words stopped, and he continued after Hu Zhen waved his hand: "Hokkaido and the surrounding islands, the bitter cold environment leads to a small population, just connected with Sakhalin Island controlled by our Huaxia Army, and looks down on the Japanese islands from a high vantage point, once there is any movement in the Japanese State, our Chinese army can march to the Japanese State from Ryukyu and Hokkaido at the same time, carry out a north-south flank attack on the Japanese State, and clamp the Japanese State to the death......

Zhang Zhidong disagreed: "It's not proper, it's not proper, Shaoquan still means to let the Japanese state live and allow the Japanese to keep the three islands of Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku, what is the difference between this and raising tigers?" ”

Li Hongzhang asked rhetorically: "What is Xiangtao's opinion?" ”

"I think that Japan should eradicate the so-called emperor system of the Wa Kingdom, and divide its remnants of the three islands into three countries, so that they will forever lose the possibility of becoming one country, so as to put an end to the scourge of China forever!" Zhang Zhidong's suggestion can be described as old and ruthless.

After listening to this, Su Wenzhen also interjected and said: "After a long period of discussion, the strategic staff officers of the General Staff Department have formulated a plan similar to Minister Zhang, suggesting that they try to make the Japanese lose the unified emperor system and force it to learn and finally use the system of the United States, so that the Japanese country will be mired in internal strife for a long time, and no matter which faction within it wants to gain power, it must be courteous to our Huaxia, win our support, continue to be chaotic for thirty or fifty years, and forever lose the ability to confront our Huaxia!" ”

Hu Zhen was very interested in the strategic plan put forward by Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong, and the General Staff Headquarters, but now was not the time to express his stance and determine the specific plan, so he said:

"This country is surrounded by the vast sea, as long as my Chinese army is strong enough, they can't run, now as long as the navy traps the country and doesn't let its pieces go to sea, it will inevitably become chaotic after a long time, how to deal with the affairs of the country can be put aside for the time being, and when the time is ripe, then take a suitable specific action plan!" (To be continued.) )