"This army has indeed inflicted great losses on the Empire, but there is no need for the armies to focus too much on it;"

Ito Hirofumi said passionately: "The flaws are not hidden, a few grains of mouse feces can't spoil a meter of good grain, this battle of national fortune between the Qing and Japan, the empire finally defeated the Qing country and achieved a great victory!" ”

"Last night, Li Hongzhang's carriage went to the outskirts of Yanjing to rest for the night, and the general of Shanxian County went to pay his respects, but Li Hongzhang refused to meet."

Mutsu Zongguang said: "Only persecution of Li Hongzhang, who represents Beiyang, and Yi, who represents the face of the Qing royal family? Crossing to the east to beg for peace and smashing the face of the Qing Dynasty can make them honestly agree to the armistice conditions of the empire. ”

Listening to Mutsu Munemitsu, the Oriental ministers in the main hall all nodded again and again.

It wasn't Dongyang who deliberately 'picked thorns' at the negotiating table before, and Daqing still doesn't seem to have recognized the situation until now, and still maintains his ridiculous and contemptible arrogance.

In this negotiation, Toyo appointed the number one person in the empire except for Emperor Meiji, Ito Hirobumi as the minister with plenipotentiary negotiations, and the Qing Dynasty, as a defeated beggar and a country, actually sent Zhang Yinhuan and Shao Youlian, two unknown people, to preside over the peace talks?

The Qing Dynasty is such a low specification, and Toyo will certainly not agree to start peace talks.

"Yi? I'm already old, and I'm satisfied as long as Li Hongzhang can come. ”

Ito Hirobumi's 'old' does not refer to age, do you know Li Hongzhang Biyi? He is still nine years older.

Rather, it refers to the current political power map of the Qing Dynasty. It's no longer the 'devil six' of the year, it's just a useless waste.

"The pace needs to be quickened,—— this war has dragged on for too long; As for this new-style Qing army, through the telegram of the general of Shanxian County, it seems that the royal family of the Qing Dynasty is far more worried than us, and their queen mother did not say that 'if you go outside, you must first settle inside'. ”

As an emperor, Emperor Meiji obviously felt the heart of the Manchu imperial family more, and brought the issue of the anti-Japanese army in one sentence, and issued an order:

"Order the Combined Fleet to return to Upinport as soon as Weihaiwei completes its supply; Call Lieutenant General Kuroki and punish the Qing Dynasty's lack of sincerity in peace talks, and urge their emperor to show true sincerity as soon as possible! ”

Yanjing, the Forbidden City's Heart Palace.

Nearly late.

"The Minister Plenipotentiary of the Imperial of Japan, who is in possession of a formal and complete letter of full power from His Majesty the Emperor of the Oriental Kingdom, cannot agree to negotiate with the Minister Plenipotentiary of China, who is in possession only of the Imperial Decree of the Prime Minister, which is to be complied with at any time by the Prime Minister's Yamen. As a result, the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Japanese Empire had no choice but to declare that the negotiations had come to an end. ”

In the hall, Emperor Guangxu sat with a face full of suppressed humiliation, Cixi sat behind the bead curtain, unable to see the color inside, only Prince Gong? The voice of the chant:

"If China sincerely seeks peace, grants full powers to its envoys, and selects those who have great hopes——, and the officials are sufficient to ensure that the treaty is concluded, our empire should not refuse to open negotiations again."

Dangyi? When he read 'Bearing the Burden of Hope', he coughed violently to show that his health was really bad now.

As soon as he entered Yanjing this morning, Li Hongzhang was summoned by Cixi to the Forbidden City for an audience.

In order to embody the old minister, Cixi also deliberately moved a stool for Li Hongzhang, but before Li Hongzhang's ass was hot, he suddenly heard Yi? When he recited, "It is a great task to select those who are worthy of high esteem and who are sufficient to ensure the conclusion of treaties", I immediately felt that all the nails were sitting under my buttocks, and my old face began to turn red uncontrollably.

Although he didn't look around, he could already feel almost all eyes looking at him, either overt or dark.

"The court is forcing the old man to leave a stench for 10,000 years, following in the footsteps of Zengshi!"

At this moment, Li Hongzhang was full of sadness, shame and anger.

"Ahem, ahem—"

Abundant? After reading the notice to the ministers, he coughed violently again before saying: "Emperor Qiyu, Empress Dowager Qiyu, Dongyang does not allow the envoys to stay in Hiroshima on the grounds that Hiroshima is a place for troops to be stationed, and requires that they must leave Hiroshima the morning after tomorrow; Now that the Japanese are besieging the capital, it is necessary to elect ——, and powerful ministers as soon as possible to take on this great task. ”

There was silence in the hall, and the ministers mourned silently for Li Hongzhang's super black cauldron.

- This time, it's not the imperial court that asks Lao Li to go to the top post, but almost all the Orientals come to you by name.

Who made you like to make friends with Westerners and Orientals when you have nothing to do, and sent your eldest son to the East as an envoy, retribution is coming, right?

Should!

At this time, through the beaded curtain, Cixi was also looking at Li Hongzhang, whose face was extremely ugly.

If she had a choice, she would not be willing to send important ministers of the Qing Dynasty to be humiliated in the past, you must know that it was him Li Hongzhang who was insulted, and he was also beaten in the face of the Qing Dynasty.

However, Cixi had already read this telegram beforehand, and there was also a telegram on which the Oriental Prime Minister had issued an ultimatum to Wu Tingfang.

The Orientals had already begun to expel the Qing mission in Hiroshima, and the meaning was already very clear, Li Hongzhang would not go, and he would resolutely not start peace talks and not stop fighting.

What is the consequence of the non-stop, such an obvious question, just thinking about a thought like a fleeting light, which made Cixi tremble.

Although there was a great victory at the mouth of the Tang River today, after hearing the news, the entire Jingshi was not overjoyed, but terrified!

In particular, Cixi immediately issued an order to severely reprimand Wang Wenshao, saying that why the army of the Ninghe battalion did not go to the city defense of Jinmen, but went to the mouth of the Tang River to attack the Japanese army without authorization?

In Cixi's words, when the Uyi bombarded Tanggu, the Qing army could counterattack, and the attack on Jinmen could also counterattack, but the Uyi only landed at the mouth of the empty river, so why did the Ninghe soldiers take the initiative to provoke?

Now that the Beijing division is besieged, your Ninghe soldiers have defeated the Japanese soldiers, and can you lift the siege of the Beijing division? On the contrary, it will put the capital in danger.

It's just ill-intentioned!

"Anti-Japanese army, He Changying!"

The current Cixi is full of deep vigilance about this name.

If the Ninghe Battalion, the anti-Japanese army, brought Yanjing only the fear of the anger of the Japanese army, then perhaps the 5,000 anti-Japanese army lurking in the suburbs of Beijing now brought Cixi only an uncontrollable tremble.

If this anti-Japanese army was also like the army of the Ninghe battalion, and took the initiative to attack the Japanese soldiers in Yanjiao, Cixi would hardly dare to think about what unforeseen things would happen next.

This kind of violent force beyond her control made Cixi full of uneasiness, so she wanted to end the war as soon as possible, and then deal with the problem of the anti-Japanese army with all her might.

"Li Hongzhang."

Cixi looked at the old foxes in the hall pretending to be confused, and at this time, she had no mood and patience to play Tai Chi slowly, and directly came to Li Hongzhang to get straight to the point.

The atmosphere inside the main hall suddenly relaxed.

Now that the wronged boss of the top post and the black pot has been found, there should be nothing to do with everyone below.

The following is to negotiate peace, and it is just to accompany the silver to cut the land.

Anyway, after signing the contract in the future, the whole country scolded Lao Li, an unlucky bastard, and he couldn't splash dirty water on himself.

The silver is the silver of the imperial court, the land is the land of the Qing Dynasty, and the silver and fields of your own family are not less than a cent, do you have the leisure to worry about this?