The former US Secretary of Defense Ito, shaking his head, said to himself: Politics is a boring game. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Then, Ito frowned and said, "How long does it take for the United States to prepare?" ”

"At least three months." Taft's Ito Youheng, he doesn't understand how this once world-renowned figure of the Japanese Navy can have a helplessness that has been dusted.

General Ito Yohei smiled bitterly and said, "Our emperor has asked us for a longer time. However, from my point of view, Nanwang will not give us this opportunity. ”

Taft laughed, and he seemed very confident and said, "General Ito, you may be too pessimistic. Our U.S. Minister in the Qing Dynasty, Counselor Philip Ferrer, sent a message that they had reached an agreement with Yuan Shikai that Yuan Shikai would lead his Beiyang New Army to launch an attack on the Hainan army at an appropriate time, and that this would greatly ease the pressure on our negotiations in Pyongyang. ”

Ito Yuheng smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Yuan Shikai would be so stupid? Didn't he know that doing so would make him opposed and despised by many people in the country? ”

"Most people will give up something because there is a greater interest in one area. Yuan Shikai is now in a worse and worse situation in the imperial court. Now, Cixi's health is gradually failing, and according to rumors, she recently summoned Prince Zaifeng again, and it is very likely that Cixi will appoint Zaifeng as regent. Zaifeng would become the central figure of power in the Qing court.

Zaifeng and other Manchu officials have always been on good terms with Yuan Shikai, so if Yuan Shikai wants to survive, he must immediately realize his power to the world, otherwise, there will really be a disaster of death.

In this case, Yuan Shikai certainly will not be afraid of the people's reaction. At this time, he must get real power as soon as possible in order to keep himself. This is an extremely critical historical moment, and Yuan Shikai has no chance to choose.

Yuan Shikai knew very well that firmly grasping the Beiyang New Army and grasping the initiative in the domestic military was the only chance for him to survive. ”

Ito thought about Taft's words, nodded, and muttered, "I hope so." ”

In fact, Yuan Shikai's current situation is indeed extremely dangerous. On the surface, in fact, in the Qing court, it has long been crowded.

In the early years, when Yuan Shikai founded the Beiyang New Army, Tie Liang, who was then the secretary of the household department, began to rectify Yuan Shikai.

Cixi was worried that Yuan Shikai's tail would not be lost, so with her acquiescence, Tie Liang conducted a financial audit of the Beiyang New Army, setting up many obstacles, making Beiyang's food and salary stretched.

At that time, Tie Liang cultivated his own forces in many ways in the Beiyang New Army, and he relied on Liangbi, a descendant of Dolgon, who had returned from studying in Japan, to contact non-commissioned officers and students, and to fight with Yuan Shikai. In this regard, Yuan Shikai was very dissatisfied. At that time, Yuan Shikai formed a bond with Tie Liang and others.

Last year, that is, in the 32nd year of Guangxu, the Qing court began to reform the official system and established the Ministry of War. The War Department is in charge of the Military Training Department and the Taifu Temple. Tie Liang served as Minister of the War Department.

Cixi was afraid that Yuan Shikai's tail would not be lost, so she assigned all the 1356 towns in the six towns of Beiyang to the command of Tie Liang, resulting in a balance of power between Tie Liang and Yuan Shikai.

Yuan Shikai has always been dissatisfied with Tie Liang, and jointly met with Cixi to state Tie Liang's various bad deeds.

However, Cixi thought that Yuan Shikai made such a statement in order to eradicate Tie Liang's influence in the Beiyang army.

Therefore, Cixi had already drafted a decree not to allow Tie Liang and other "oppositionists" to participate in the imperial council again, but Yuan Shikai's eagerness to get rid of Tie Liang's twists and turns made her change her mind immediately.

Yuan Shikai became a careerist in the Qing court. The ministers saw that Cixi did not pay attention to Yuan Shikai's audience. Attack them in groups.

After the feud is not sealed, Yuxing is sealed and cold, too

Eventually, the Qing court issued an edict to establish the Ministry of the Army, and all military affairs were under its jurisdiction, and Tie Liang was appointed as the secretary of the ministry. Yuan Shikai is gone.

Yuan Shikai has long been dissatisfied with this, just waiting for an opportunity, he wants to be the master of China, he is never willing to sink and rise, driven by this extreme emotion, Yuan Shikai finally chose to cooperate with Britain and the United States.

Britain, the United States and other Western countries have long predicted that the Qing court has run out of gas, but who holds the power of China, they have weighed it for a long time between Yuan Shikai and the king of Hainan.

They knew that the king of Hainan was most likely to get the world and already had an absolute prestige foundation in the country, but it was impossible for the king's ideas and personality to give Westerners any benefits in this land. And it will be their most serious obstacle.

However, Yuan Shikai is different, he has a heavy army in the Qing court, has an extremely strong foundation in the upper class, and is also very friendly to Western countries such as Britain and the United States, which is relatively easy to control. Therefore, they chose Yuan Shikai.

They hoped to help Yuan Shikai and destroy their greatest enemy, the King of Hainan, in the Far East.

Today, Japan's crisis coincides with this historical moment, and Hainan has invested a lot of resources and troops in order to attack Japan. Therefore, their military power at home will be extremely weak as a result.

If, at this moment, Yuan Shikai can start an offensive against the Hainan army, to a large extent, it will force the king of Hainan to slightly restrain his strong posture at the Pyongyang meeting.

After a nearly half-day recess, the three sides continued to hold a new round of talks on the Taiwan issue.

The issue of Taiwan's sovereignty has been resolved. The three parties reached a consensus that Japan must return Taiwan.

However, the timing of the transfer and the procedure for the transfer require further consultations.

The Hainan negotiating delegation insisted that Japan must hand over Taiwan immediately. And the Japanese side proposed that since Japan has been operating in Taiwan for ten years, they need time to prepare for the withdrawal, and they ask for at least one year.

Chen Fangzheng categorically could not accept it. In the end, after fierce arguments between the two sides, the US personnel conducted neutralization and mediation, and finally decided that it would be handed over to Hainan in February of the following year.

Prior to this, Chen Zhong received news from the Ministry of Military Intelligence, claiming that Yuan Shikai had begun to mobilize troops and horses to assemble in the south.

Chen Zhong also thought of this, in order to obtain their interests in the Far East, Britain and the United States and other countries would definitely support Yuan Shikai to make waves at home at this critical time.

Taking into account various factors, Chen Zhong decided to make corresponding concessions on the issue of Japan's handover to Taiwan, although he had already learned that the US Far East Fleet and the South Pacific Fleet were quietly approaching the Taiwan Strait.

He decided to make some concessions on the timing of the handover, agreeing that the Hainan army would take over Taiwan in two months.