0183 Sino-Japanese negotiations

Hirofumi Ito looked at Young Master Moe's gaze and was about to shoot out of anger!

During this time, Ito Hirobumi had nightmares almost every day, and the root of his nightmare turned out to be a one-year-old child!

Planted in the hands of a one-year-old child, no one can accept it.

Young Master Meng winked at Hirobumi Ito and said with a smile: "Mr. Hirobumi Ito, let's meet again." ”

Ito snorted and didn't speak.

Young Master Meng smiled: "Alas, Mr. Ito Hirobumi, aren't you very polite, since you went to the American Concession to make trouble, I find that you are becoming more and more rude?" ”

Ito Hirofumi resisted the urge to pounce and strangle Young Master Meng, and glared, "Yue Mengsan, I!" I admire your business acumen very much, but relying on fraud can only be a superficial means, if you want to really embark on the road of industry and commerce, you still have to rely on the state, the government, or the strength of the whole country, this is not a genius can do it. ”

Young Master Meng smiled slightly, Ito Hirofumi deliberately focused on the two words of 'one' genius, just to tell him that compared to Japan, he Xuan Yuemeng is just an insignificant individual, don't hang too much.

Young Master Meng: "I'm definitely not alone, are you blind or blind?" Can't you see how many elites of the Great Qing Kingdom are here? Not to mention anything else, as far as our Lord Li Zhongtang is concerned, one person can surpass the wisdom of your entire country, what use do you have in your small country except to grab something and do something unseemly? We, the Great Qing Kingdom, only need to take one step, it can be enough for you to take 10,000 steps! ”

Although Young Master Meng is exaggerated, Young Master Meng's remarks are enough to hit!

Of course, the Japanese understand the huge gap between Japan and China in terms of national strength, and China is like a Mount Tai! Just grow taller, and it's enough for the world to look up to!

Ito Hirofumi glared at Young Master Meng, snorted, and stopped arguing with Young Master Meng.

The negotiations have not officially begun, and Li Hongzhang knows that these few words of greetings between Yuemeng and Ito Hirobumi have actually involved negotiations!

Negotiation is more about strength and momentum!

Li Hongzhang is very satisfied with Yue Meng's cannon, there is no more suitable candidate than Yue Meng, because Yue Meng is a winner for the Japanese!

In this world, only winners are qualified.

At this time, the Qing Dynasty, although it was still higher than Japan in terms of strength, but the Japanese had a brutal temperament, and they could be said to be reasonable if they didn't care about it, and they could be said to be seven points if they didn't care!

Therefore, the two sides still stand on the basis of negotiations on an equal footing.

Young Master Meng smiled slightly: "Ito Bobun-san, what you said is right, no matter how talented a person is, he can't compete with the power of a country, haven't you seen it, did the adults of my family come in person today?" My talent, compared to the Lord of Zhongtang, is simply a little leaf to see Mount Tai, not worth mentioning! Moreover, there are still a lot of talents around our Lord Li Zhongtang, do you want me to introduce them to you? ”

Young Master Meng's words turned sharply, and immediately raised Li Hongzhang!

Ito Hirobumi saw that Xuan Yuemeng had been holding on to what he had just said, and he was a little annoyed and angry, diplomacy is more than talking, a real diplomat must maintain demeanor and calm at all times.

Young Master Meng is not a diplomat, he is at most a gun in Li Hongzhang's hand, but Young Master Meng is also happy to make this gun.

Hirobumi Ito couldn't do it, "You've been rambling, I really don't understand, why such an important negotiation would have a small child participate!" Lord Li Zhongtang, you are showing great disrespect to our Great Japanese Empire. ”

Young Master Meng smiled slightly: "You should call it Little Japanese Empire, do you deserve a big character?" If you really don't know history, you should read more books, and I can introduce you to a few bookstores. ”

Ito Hirofumi still can't help but quarrel with Young Master Meng.

Yanagihara Maeko knew that if he continued to fight like this, Ito Hirobumi would not be able to bargain, so he hurriedly lectured Ito Hirobumi in Japanese.

I thought it was a curse, so Nong Jinsun didn't translate it.

Ito Hirofumi made a ninety-degree bow, "Yue Meng-san, please take care of me in the future!" ”

Xuan Yuemeng smiled: "That's right, also, in the future, you still call me Mr. Yuemeng, don't call me Yuemengsang, I have goosebumps when I hear it." You all remember that when you Japanese were our Qin State, Xu Fu went to sea and went to you to find the seeds sown by the natives! You are all my wild species in China, and you must not forget your ancestors! ”

Li Hongzhang was shocked, he thought that what Yue Meng said was very good, why did he suddenly say this again? Isn't this scolding to your face?

Ito's face was red and white, and he translated Master Moe's words to the Japanese mission.

The Japanese all stood up at that time and glared at Young Master Moe.

Young Master Meng laughed: "What? I'm not talking nonsense, I'm giving you popular science knowledge, you don't even know this history, right? Come on, give a copy of the information collected by this son to the Japanese wilderness, let them know what history is, if people are separated from history and ancestors, a country will lose its direction, Mr. Ito Hirobumi, don't you always like to talk about the country? Don't you know this basic truth? ”

Hirofumi Ito suppressed his anger, "Thank you, Mr. Yuemeng, for your advice!" I also know some of the story of Xu Fu's going to sea, but your version is different from our historical version of Japan, they are a group of exiles who fled to our Japan to escape Qin Shi Huang, and they were taken in by us, accounting for only a very small part, and they have long been assimilated into Japan's vast culture. ”

Young Master Meng laughed: "It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous, Mr. Ito Hirobumi, can you find an example of your Japanese coming to China?" It's all about us spreading culture to you, okay? Don't talk about Tang Xuanzang, let's just say Xu Fu, look at your current writing, they are all composed of the side of our Chinese characters, and you even have our wild species, do you need to talk about anything else? We are complicated, you are simple, who learns whom? Isn't it clear? If it weren't for the spread of Chinese culture, maybe you would still be wearing clothes made of leaves, catching rabbits in the mountains to eat. ”

After listening to Young Master Meng's words, it was mainly a serious thing that Young Master Meng said, as if a Mr. Enlightenment was teaching schoolchildren, not only all the officials of the Qing Dynasty, but even Li Hongzhang couldn't help laughing.

Ito Hirofumi was furious, and simply added fuel to the vinegar and translated the words of Young Master Meng to the members of the Japanese mission.

Yanagihara Qianguang glared at Young Master Meng, snorted, ignored Young Master Meng, got up and said loudly: "All the paragraphs of the treaty drafted by our country are all treaties approved by the emperor of our country, and I hope that Lord Li Zhongtang will not change it." If Mr. Li Zhongtang insists on changing the terms, please only consider the subsections and do not use the large amounts. Otherwise, the Minister will not be able to make an account of His Majesty the Emperor when he returns home. ”

After listening to Nong Jinsun's translation, Li Hongzhang slowly stood up and said with a cold face: "The main department can't understand what Minister Yanagihara Maeko is saying. The main ministry believed that since the two countries had agreed to conclude a treaty of commerce, it should start with the common interests of the two countries. Since the Emperor of your country is not allowed to change the treaty, but the Motobu does not understand, why did he send Yanagihara Maemitsu and other ministers to our country? ”

Yanagihara Qianguang showed no hurry or impatience, and said: "Lord Li Zhongtang is gracious." The Emperor of Japan has sent Minister Moto and his entourage to express his good intentions in concluding a treaty of trade with your country. We have great respect for your Emperor, and I would like to ask you to respect your Emperor of Japan. I would like to ask you, Lord Li Zhongtang, is there anything wrong with the trade treaty drawn up by Japan? Japan is completely modeled after the example of your country signing treaties with Britain, France, and other Western countries, and there are no additional requirements!? ”

Li Hongzhang said coldly: "The treaties made by my Qing Dynasty and Western countries are not suitable for your country. Moreover, the situation in the United Kingdom and France is not the same as in your country. If your minister insists on copying the practice of the Qing Dynasty in signing a treaty with the Western Kingdom, the Ministry can only say that our country cannot agree to your request to conclude a treaty with the Qing Dynasty. The headquarters also wanted to tell Minister Yanagihara that the treaty submitted by Minister Yanagihara before the meeting had been refuted. If your country is sincere in its desire to conclude a treaty of commerce with the Qing Dynasty, it must be renegotiated, and it is not possible to copy the example of a treaty with the West. ”

Li Hongzhang is too big and very tough, so that after the young master Meng heard it, he secretly liked it, and secretly wondered if Jiang was still old and spicy, Li Hongzhang engaged in diplomacy, and he was indeed a good hand, but the country was too weak, and he blindly put any responsibility on Li Hongzhang, which was also unfair to Li Hongzhang.

Relatively speaking, compared to other Chinese officials in this era, in the eyes of Young Master Meng, Li Hongzhang is very good.

After listening to Li Hongzhang's words, Yanagihara Maemitsu was speechless for a while, and hurriedly discussed countermeasures with Ito Hirobumi and the ministers of the mission, and the talks reached an impasse again.

After a moment, Yanagihara Maemitsu got up and said, "May I ask Lord Li Zhongtang, the trade treaty revised by Japan is a very friendly country like the Western countries, and your country should treat everyone equally, and you should not do anything that will disappoint our emperor." ”

Li Hongzhang said with a smile: "The words of Minister Yanagihara Maeko made the headquarters even more incomprehensible. Our two countries have not yet formally signed a treaty, so I wonder why the emperor of your country should be disappointed? Could it be that Minister Yanagihara was telling jokes in the same headquarters? ”

When Young Master Meng heard Li Hongzhang say this, he slapped his face with a smile, "Lord Zhongtang is so good, Japanese, are you here to be funny?" You haven't signed a contract yet, so you don't even know if we're going to make a contract with you, do you? Your mother's emperor is going to be disappointed? Are you the place where you pick up things? If you can't find the gold, will you be unlucky when you go back? (To be continued.) )