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Fire!

Masahiro Abe would not have given the fleet such a chance at all, he did not give the Americans a chance, nor did he give the British, let alone the Lu people and the Fuguo people, and now, naturally, he will not give the Chinese fleet a chance. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, the whole night, Masahiro Abe and his staff members did not sleep, they spent the whole night discussing the credentials submitted by the Chinese, and the Chinese's demands were beyond everyone's expectations, and even made them feel that they were too deceitful. So much so that when the negotiations began the next day, Masahiro Abe still had dissatisfaction on his face.

Unlike the cautiousness of dealing with Westerners who don't know each other, perhaps because they are too familiar, at the beginning of the negotiations, Masahiro Abe directly expressed his dissatisfaction.

"Although Ezo was once a barren land, as early as a few decades ago, it was the land of Japan's "permanent knowledge", and there was no reason to return it to China, and it was necessary to break the negotiations. ”

Abe Masahiro's words with a deep dissatisfaction fell, and Wei Yuan, who had been smiling, shook his head and said.

"Abe was surprised by what he said, this Ezo land has been thought to be the land of China since ancient times, and there is no such thing as a barren land! This Ezo land, during the Han Dynasty of China, was under the jurisdiction of the counties of Liaodong; During the Tang Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate; During the Ming Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of Nuer Gandu Si - Nangharwei! ”

"Mr. Liangtu, don't think that I can't wait for the book of China!"

Although Abe did not directly say that Wei Yuan was "a man of letters", his words actually meant just that.

"Do you think the old man is telling the truth?"

In addition to asking rhetorically, Wei Yuan took out a book with a smile, turned to one of the pages, first read the content, and then said in the vernacular.

The Ezo people mentioned in this Jin book paid tribute during the Jin Dynasty and received canonization from China. Isn't this Jin book engraved by Japan a clear proof that Ezo is really China's land, and that it accepted the canonization of China thousands of years ago, and that there is no such thing as barren land? ”

Wei Yuan put the Jin book in front of the table, the smile on his face narrowed, and he said sharply.

"Japan took advantage of the decline of our Ming Dynasty and the Manchus had no intention of defending China's homeland, and resolutely invaded Ezo and stole my homeland for 1,200 years.

After this sharp rebuke, without waiting for Abe to refute, Wei Yuan sighed again.

"Nowadays, the invasion of Western countries, the door of Japan is open, although the signing of the "peace treaty" but can not stop the ambition of the Westerners, do you think that our Han Governor in the country when the Manchu Qing Dynasty is not peaceful, the fleet to Japan, what to do is only to recapture the homeland of the old soldiers? China is so big and rich all over the world, how can it care about the land outside Ezo? ”

As soon as Wei Yuan's words fell, Abe and the others suddenly became a little confused, what was going on? Didn't he just want to cut off Ezo? Why don't you care now?

Not to mention the Japanese, even Jiang Litao was surprised in his heart, Wei Yuan was a special envoy named by Han Du himself, and the reason why he was chosen as a special envoy was because Japan admired his book "Atlas of the Sea Kingdom", but he didn't expect that Wei Yuan would say this now.

Could it be that he gave up Ezo again? If this is the case, wouldn't it be said that the fleet ran in vain.

Just when Jiang Litao was nervous, he only heard Wei Yuan continue.

"Do you know that the British and the Fur are now at war with Lucia, and the Anglo-Philistine fleets have now gone north to at least the Whale Sea to engage the Lou fleet!"

Although the Governorate had published a list of Western countries, Wei Yuan was still accustomed to using some geographical terms in the Atlas of the Sea Kingdom, which were also familiar to Japan. For example, calling the United States the United States and Russia Lucia are both from the "Atlas of the Sea Kingdom".

Britain and Fukoku were at war with Lucia, and the shogunate was no stranger to it, because for the past two or three months, those Western fleets had been replenishing in the Pavilion, which was also the Pavilion in Ezo. They naturally knew that the Westerners had put their hands into the whale sea, and they naturally knew that the Anglo-Philistine fleet was on an expedition to the Lu National Fleet.

As soon as Wei Yuan said this, Abe immediately called his head to the people around him, and immediately exchanged his head and exchanged opinions quietly, and then Abe looked at Wei Yuan and asked.

"And why did Mr. Liangtu come from?"

Abe didn't mention the fleet, but only asked Wei Yuan, knowing the difference in strength between the two sides, how could he take the initiative to mention the fleet, although the fleet is a role that cannot be ignored.

"To save Japan from the catastrophe of national destruction!"

As soon as Wei Yuan's words came out, there was a sudden uproar in the room, and everyone looked at him in surprise, as if they didn't understand what he was talking about.

"Mr. Liangtu, why do you say this!"

Abe stared at Wei Yuan and asked, his voice was very serious, as if he couldn't believe it.

"Now that the three Western countries are at war, Britain and Philippines want to seize the eastern land of the country, but it is difficult to guarantee that there is no other treacherous scheme. The Western countries were in contention with each other, and they had nothing to do with China, and then the Han Governor had obtained information from Hong Kong, and his British and French fleets had lost to the Lu country, and the reason for its defeat to the Lu country was due to the labor expedition, so some people in Hong Kong called for the capture of the wing as the rear of the fleet, and then cut off the contact between the Lu country and the Lu army in Kamchatka! ”

What the?

Abe looked at Wei Yuan in surprise, he was stunned by what Wei Yuan said, he didn't expect that now Britain and France actually have ambitions for Japan.

Could it be that the terms of the opening of ports and other provisions stipulated in the peace treaty did not satisfy them?

In fact, Abe didn't doubt Wei Yuan's authenticity at all from the beginning. Because in his opinion, those blond-haired and blue-eyed Yangyi are not credible at all, they are all ill-intentioned, they can all cede Hong Kong from the Qing Dynasty, not to mention Japan, as long as there is a need, they will naturally cede Japan's territory.

Didn't the Americans come up with this? Treaties requiring Japan to open ports, provide coal and water supply stations, and protect sailors are a hard cut of flesh from Japan. Although Ezo is not something that cannot be compromised to Japan, and even if outsiders do not mention it, the shogunate will not be able to remember it, but after all, it is the land of Japan's "permanent knowledge".

"It is precisely because of this that the Han Governor ordered us to lead the ships to come, saying that they wanted to take back Ezo, but in fact, it was to protect Japan, protect the shogun, and then protect our East Asian countries from being swallowed up by Western ghost animals!"

"Do you really think that there is no one in Japan, so you have to be protected by China?"

As soon as Wei Yuan's words fell, someone next to Abe immediately retorted loudly.

The one who spoke was Hotta Masamu, he was a Lanquiz, the so-called Lan, in Japan at that time, refers to people who like Western things, Lan is the Netherlands, Western knowledge is called Lanxue in Japan, and the hobby of the West is called Lanji, which is manifested as ordinary Japanese drinking sake, he drinks wine; The average Japanese person knows whether to eat or farm when he looks at the sun, but he likes to set a chiming clock at home to count the time, etc.

Unlike others, who were fooled into fearing an invasion by Britain and Philippines, in his view, the so-called invasion of Britain and Philippines was simply a pretext, a pretext for China to try to force Japan to cede Ezo.

"The rebel fleet can annihilate all the black ships of the United States in Lingdingyang! Since Japan can be protected from sea attacks, according to the authority granted by the Han Governor, if Japan agrees to return the Ezo land to China, China can protect you from the shame of yesterday's founding of the country in the future, such as Japan will hand over the right of diplomacy with the West to China, and can abolish the treaty signed with the United States and cancel the port of opening the country during the negotiations with the United States! ”

Wei Yuan's suggestion only made Abe and the others' eyes suddenly light up, and they immediately began to ponder the pros and cons in their hearts.

Last year, when the black ship of the United States came, the general Tokugawa Iekei was sick in bed, and after receiving the letter of the United States, he was in a hurry to put the torch into his heart, and he died ten days later, and the shogunate had no leader, and Masahiro Abe had to ask for advice from the various feudal domains, which was unprecedented in the era of the shogun's arbitrariness, and the unfathomable mystery and solemnity and majesty of the shogunate for two hundred years were challenged.

Under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate, both daimyo and public officials were basically people who did not participate in central politics, but now, Masahiro Abe is the first to break it. This undoubtedly tells the world that the shogunate, which has always been dictatorial, is no longer able to do it, and it has reached the point where the mountains and rivers are exhausted.

Masahiro Abe, who had no choice at the beginning, was forced to turn to local daimyo and public houses for help, but now he has realized the danger, and he has no chance to remedy it, and after the founding of the country, the officials within the shogunate are also dissatisfied with him.

Most of the officials in the shogunate were secluded factions, and they believed that seclusion was a long-term basic national policy of Japan, and even if it could not be said to be unchanged for a thousand or two thousand years, it must not be changed in their own hands, otherwise how could they explain it to future generations? At that time, Japan closed off the country, precisely because Tokugawa Ieyasu closed the country in view of the threat of Catholicism, and now it is opening the country again, isn't it going to lead trouble into Japan again?

When the meaning of the daimyo was sought, there were about 300 daimyo in Japan, but everyone's opinions were divided into three kinds quite evenly, and in addition to the closure and opening of the country that appeared in the shogunate before, there was a new opinion: the sakumi. The so-called rebellion is to repel those Westerners.

In fact, the two of them had the upper hand, but Abe, who knew the difference in strength between the two sides, finally signed a treaty, which also led to his unstable position, but now Wei Yuan's suggestion made his eyes shine, this power to deal with Westerners is handed over to China, let the Chinese deal with Westerners, so what does it have to do with the shogunate?

If China can really abolish the few founding treaties signed by Japan, which aroused the dissatisfaction of all in Japan, it will also be a good thing for Japan, and then Japan will be able to close itself off again and live its own peaceful life. But the most important question is, will China sign a treaty with the West behind Japan's back and betray Japan?

Thinking about it in his heart, Abe first said to Hotta Masamu in a deep voice.

"Don't be rude."

Then he apologized to Wei Yuan, and then asked tentatively.

"How is China going to stop foreign invasions?" (To be continued.) )