I was really afraid of something, I just mentioned that I was going to inquire about Ding Ruchang in Pyongyang about the winter in Japan, but I didn't expect that the telegram would be delivered to Lushun at this time.

"What did you say? Seeing Zhong Lin finish reading, Liu Jun stood up from his chair and asked.

"Head, Ding Ruchang's telegram said that the Japanese troops in Seoul have been preparing to pack recently."

Ready to pack? Liu Jun fell into doubts, if the Japanese were going to prepare for an attack, then they would not pack up at all. After all, Seoul is only so far from the forward position, but now, the Japanese army is preparing to pack, what does this mean, this is obviously even telling themselves that the Japanese are already planning to abandon Korea, and not to deal with the drag of Korea.

No one spoke, and a single pin dropped on the floor could be heard in the silence of the entire hall.

"Perhaps, Japan is doing the right thing." After a long pause, Liu Juncai interrupted the silence.

That's right? Zhong Lin and Zheng Yiqian didn't understand. Seeing where the two of them were full of doubts, Liu Jun did not blame, but thought about it and said: "You can understand Japan's current situation if you think about it." More than 100,000 troops were trapped in the Far East, and the Japanese mainland also needed to be defended, and at the same time that the 50,000 troops in Korea could not compete with us at all, Japan could not draw troops to support, of course, Ito Hirobumi would not watch his 50,000 troops be wiped out by us, so there was only one way to recover this loss, that is, to abandon Korea, withdraw all the Korean troops to the Japanese mainland, and strengthen the Japanese local forces. ”

The truth is so reasonable, Zhong Lin is convinced of this, but there is one thing that makes Zhong Lin and others feel very puzzled, that is, Japan has been stationed in Korea for nearly ten years, and it is worth giving up like this.

In other words, if you say that you are having problems in this area, then you will choose to give up like Japan, after all, it is all out of town, not your own territory.

"Head, what you mean is that we can take Seoul without a hitch. Or even the whole of North Korea. Zhong Lin heard a few words from Liu Jun's words, that is, soldiers are bloodless. Following the pace of the Japanese retreat, they gradually occupied Korea.

"Well, there's an idea, but there's a problem with that?" Liu Jun said this, and closed his mouth with scruples.

It's rare, and there are things that Liu Jun scruples, Zhong Lin and Zheng Yiqian looked at each other in surprise, in their minds, Liu Jun has never been like this.

"Let's go, go to the old man's place." After Liu Jun finished speaking, he stood up, took the military hat from the side, put it on his head, and walked away.

"Sir. Liu Jun is here. On the balcony, Li Hongzhang was closing his eyes and enjoying the rest of the wind and sun. As soon as he heard the housekeeper's voice, Li Hongzhang opened his eyes and looked down, indeed, he saw that Liu Jun, Zheng Yiqian and Zhong Lin were in the courtyard.

Strange thing, today is work time. It's not time to get off work, how can you have time to come and see me, is there anything going on, thinking of this, Li Hongzhang stood up, looked at the housekeeper and said, "Let them go to the study." ”

"What's wrong with you today, why do you seem to be in a bad mood?" When Liu Jun and the others entered the study, Li Hongzhang, who was on the chair, saw that Liu Jun's face was not very good.

Liu Jun looked at Li Hongzhang and didn't say anything, but handed the telegram from Ding Ruchang to Li Hongzhang: "Take a look." ”

The Japanese wanted to run, and Li Hongzhang immediately saw the meaning of this telegram. “

"What are you going to do?" Putting down the telegram in his hand, Li Hongzhang asked quietly.

What to do, Liu Jun is also thinking about this question, whether to let the Japanese retreat safely, or to bite the Japanese to the death and drag the 50,000 Japanese troops in Korea, so as to reduce the pressure of attacking the Japanese mainland in the future.

Moreover, these are not big problems, the point is, what to do with North Korea.

"Old man, I'm here today to ask for a question."

I can't talk about it, over the years, Liu Jun has done better than himself, Li Hongzhang understands this very well, smiled slightly, Li Hongzhang raised his head: "Say, what's your problem?" ”

Seeing Li Hongzhang say this, Liu Jun nodded and said something that almost made Li Hongzhang petrified on the spot.

Is it time for North Korea to become a province in Liaodong?

This is scary, and it makes it clear that Liu Jun just wants to take North Korea for himself. Since then, Korea has been erased as a country and has become a province in Liaodong.

With a bang, Li Hongzhang, who was holding the tea, actually dropped the teacup in his hand to the ground. He immediately remembered that when he was in the Tianjin Governor's Palace, Liu Jun had said that he wanted to make North Korea a province, but at that time, Li Hongzhang only thought that Liu Jun was young and ignorant, and did not take this matter to heart, but now, Liu Jun mentioned this matter again, and he suddenly understood that Liu Jun had never joked, but really wanted to turn North Korea into a province in eastern Liaodong.

Expand your territory. Any dynasty that achieves this, no matter how he dies in the future, will leave the most glorious stroke.

"You mean to annex North Korea?" After a long time, Li Hongzhang asked in surprise after recovering from his shock.

There was no answer, but Liu Jun nodded fiercely and had already told Li Hongzhang the answer.

Over the years, speaking from the heart, although Liu Jun didn't want anyone to mention it, but all the time, he didn't think about how to annex North Korea, for this reason, he asked Zhong Lin's intelligence bureau to go to Seoul three years ago, assassinated the king there, and put the blame on Japan, and in Pyongyang, these years, under his own instruction, Ding Ruchang in North Korea is also clearing out the people who hate Liaodong one by one. Replaced by officials who obey the orders of Liaodong, generally speaking, it is not a problem to annex the north of Seoul by himself now, but south of Seoul, I am afraid it is not so simple.

Liu Jun knows that over the years, although Li Hongzhang has been under his own propaganda, the shouts of traitors outside have decreased, but Li Hongzhang still can't let go of these things in his heart, if he can be allowed to complete this matter and merge North Korea into Liaodong, then in this life, no matter how big a traitor, will be washed away by this huge halo.

Therefore, today, instead of asking for Li Hongzhang's thoughts, he is better to come, hoping that Li Hongzhang will come out of the mountain and deal with this matter in person, and at that time, Li Hongzhang will be able to clear the dark clouds and see the rainbow.

After bowing his head and pondering for a few moments, Liu Jun glanced at Li Hongzhang, who was full of questions, and said lightly: "I hope you can go out of the mountain, personally sit in Pyongyang, and take North Korea into our hands?" ”