c_t; Liang Qichao replied: "Your Majesty, I recently heard that former Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito has come to China after resigning as prime minister, and all the policies and guidelines of Japan's Meiji Restoration were formulated and promoted by him. Now that he has no half job, he has come to China and is in close contact with some important officials in the court, intending to work for the reform of the Qing Dynasty and support the reform of our court. The minister thought that we could contact him to see what the situation was, and if we could, we could invite him to serve us as the general adviser of the Great Qing Restoration. ”

Guangxu was shocked, and said: "Okay, okay, this matter, Mr. Nanhai, will be handed over to the person to deal with, and after the contact, I will come forward to meet and decide the follow-up matters." ”

Guangxu finally felt that he saw the bright prospects, and now he has repeatedly been frustrated in the implementation of the new policy, and it is easy to get in, and he heard that the initiator of the Japanese Restoration and reform came to the Qing Dynasty, which is tantamount to a long drought and a rainy day, and his expression is excited.

Ito Hirofumi did come to the Qing Dynasty, during this time he repeatedly visited some high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Qing Dynasty, and he made a bold move, and he gave heavy gifts whenever he met, and in a short period of time, he was very hot with a group of important ministers in the court, after all, no one has a grudge against money.

Ito Hirobumi was indeed shouldering a heavy mission here, and his departure from the wilderness, the takeover of Aritomo Yamaguchi, and his exile in China were all planned by the Japanese long ago, intending to use Ito Hirobumi's international influence to break into the Qing Dynasty, take the opportunity to participate in the internal affairs of the Qing court, remotely control the Qing court's reform policy in favor of Japan, and once it fails, it will also provoke all kinds of disputes within the Qing court rulers, so as to facilitate the next step of aggression against Kanwai.

Now that Zhang Yi is not in the country, the situation in the Qing court is turbulent, this time is a godsend opportunity for Japan, only when Zhang Yi is far away and difficult to quench his thirst, a surprise attack, wiped out the military strength of the three eastern provinces, can lay the foundation for a full-scale invasion of the Qing Dynasty. Without military strength, no matter how powerful Zhang Yi is, there is no place for him.

Ito Hirobumi has arrived in the Great Qing Dynasty and has taken over all Japanese intelligence agencies in China, comprehensively reorganized and redeployed, and with Ito Hirobumi's ability, this matter is simply handy. Japan's intelligence agency in China, after some adjustments. More discreet, more efficient.

For scholars like Tan Si, they knew about these political darknesses, and they thought that Ito Hirobumi came to China to help China carry out reform and reform, and good-neighborliness and friendship came.

In the Nanhai Hall, Kang Youwei, Tan Sitong, Liang Qichao and others finally waited for the long-awaited Ito Hirofumi, and several people met and sat down.

Kang Youwei said: "Mr. Hirobumi Ito. I have admired your name for a long time, and I only met today, which is really a blessing for three lives. ”

Ito Hirobumi smiled and said: "Mr. Nanhai is polite, I have long admired Your Excellency's name, Your Excellency is a famous erudite and Confucian in the Qing Dynasty, and his knowledge and articles are all talented, and the old man admires him very much." ”

Everyone was polite. Kang Youwei said: "Mr. Ito Hirobumi, I have long heard that the Meiji Restoration in your country was planned by Mr. Ito, and in the past 20 years, Japan has undergone earth-shaking changes and changes with each passing day, and now it can be called a world power. Fang Jin, the Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, tried his best to govern the country, trying to revive the country, but now there is a lot of resistance in the DPRK and China, and the forces of the old faction are too strong, and the new policy is difficult to promote. ”

Ito Hirobumi smiled, "Mr. Kang." In fact, when any country reforms, it will encounter great resistance or pressure, and the same is true of the reform of our Great Japanese Empire, His Majesty the Meiji Emperor has ended the obstacles of local feudal forces through war, so that the reform can be carried out smoothly, in fact, for China, the same is true, just I know, your general Zhang Jianzhi's implementation of the new policy in Mukden is not based on blood and fire, no less than hundreds of people died under his butcher's knife, so the Qing Dynasty wants to reform the law, It is also necessary to suppress the old forces by force and remove obstacles to the reform. ”

Kang Youwei was taken aback and said: "Mr. Ito Hirobumi, is there no other way, China pays attention to peace and values, God has the virtue of a good life, killing is the next way to solve the problem, if you can complete the new deal without bloodshed, it is the best." ”

Ito Hirobumi replied: "If you want to complete the reform without bloodshed, it will take a lot of time and energy, and this time is much longer than the time it takes to forcibly push it by force, but it will not be able to be completed in a moment and a half, not to mention contemptible, even if it is the prime minister of your country, Lord Li Hongzhang, and the iron-blooded prime minister of Germany, Lord Bismarck, the two heroes of the time can hardly do it." ”

Kang Youwei frowned, this matter seems to be not as simple as he imagined.

Ito Hirobumi observed his words and looks, saw Kang Youwei's concerns, and said pointedly: "Mr. Kang, in fact, now that the emperor is in power, your country is a country that has completed the centralization of power, and there are heavy troops in hand, even if you want to clear the resistance, it is a simple matter, I don't want our Great Japanese Empire, when all kinds of local forces in our country were divided into one side, they all had their own military forces, and His Majesty the Meiji Emperor worked hard to complete the unification of the country through nearly 100 wars, and the road was full of ups and downs...... ”

Kang Youwei sighed helplessly and said: "Don't hide it from Your Excellency, in fact, a large part of the military and political power of the Qing Dynasty is now in the hands of the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, now for the reform of the law, has been ambiguous, and even obstructed the reform of the law, the emperor has not been in power for a long time, and there is very little power in his hands." ”

Ito Hirofumi smiled and said: "Mr. Nanhai, this is the problem of your Qing Dynasty, imagine that the emperor is the respect of a country, a word of nine crowns, is the head of state, the highest authority, and now you are letting a woman hold power, but the emperor is set aside, it is really incomprehensible, such a thing in the Japanese Empire, it is simply unimaginable, the power in the hands of any person must be given by the emperor, and it can be withdrawn at any time, so as to ensure the single-mindedness of the matter, not to mention that your emperor has no military power in his hands, In this case, it is strange that the New Deal can be implemented, and if the top problems are not solved, the following reform changes will end up being nothing more than a formality, without the slightest achievement at all. ”

Kang Youwei's face was straight, he bowed deeply to Ito Hirobumi, and said: "Mr. Ito Hirobumi, for the reform and reform, you are the predecessor of all of us, and now we have encountered such a big problem in the reform and reform, please Mr. can help, I think our emperor will also spare his reputation and status, do what you need, and meet your requirements!" ”

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