Yang Chao's purpose was very simple, since the content of the treaty could not be changed, then let the powers automatically give up the reparations, at least part of the reparations. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

And the first goal has been chosen, that is, Japan, let this money-greedy country give up reparations, it seems to be a fantasy, but in fact it is very operational, why the Chinese in later generations gave up letting Japan pay reparations, to put it bluntly, is not the face of the leader.

And Japan is exactly the time to save face, because it is when their politicians are working hardest to manage the country's image.

In the current invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, Japan's desire was already very strong.

The construction of the national image of the Japanese began in this era, and then carried out for more than a hundred years, and in the 21st century, the Japanese have become the most popular tourists in the world for decades, and the Chinese are the most unpopular tourists.

In later generations, every time the dynasty announced the forgiveness of the loans of such and such a black country, or the assistance to such and such a poor country, in fact, it was also a kind of national image building. It's just ridiculous that every time like this, there are always people who shout that the children in the poor mountainous areas of the country can't afford to go to school, and then it can cause a strong response from a large group of people.

Yang Chao didn't laugh at these people, because he knew that this was a group of people with ulterior motives.

At present, the construction of Japan's national image has just begun, and Westerners have only reluctantly accepted that Japan is a civilized country, and the Japanese are trying their best to show that they will be able to do more.

As long as Japan takes this lead, it will be easier for other countries, and it will be easier for those small countries in Belgium, which is not much, and they are happy to be exempted at once, and when most of the countries are exempted, then it is really difficult for Germany and France and other big countries to ask for reparations.

As for whether Japan will agree or not, Yang Chao is also a little apprehensive, and his expectation is that the Japanese can announce that they will exempt some of them.

It just so happened that the apology mission wanted to apologize to Japan and Germany, because both countries had diplomats who died at the hands of the Boxers, Germany was the famous minister Klinder, and Japan was a consular secretary Sugiyama Bin, so it was necessary to apologize to these two countries, and Japan was the first stop in the near future.

Li Hongzhang chartered a British cruise ship and let the apology mission set out on its way.

I don't know why, the apology envoy still chose Prince Zaifeng, who stayed in Beijing during the war, because he was Guangxu's younger brother, but now that Guangxu is dead, Li Hongzhang logically chose a cronie and sent his son, which may be more appropriate, at least to release some news to foreigners that the Li family will be in power.

Yang Chao also embarked on the road, Yuan Shikai got Yang Chao an envoy status as he wished, but it was not an apology envoy, but to inspect the military commissioners of European and American countries, which was specifically requested by Yang Chao, Yuan Shikai gave him a full set of diplomatic documents and authorization, so that Yang Chao could go to various countries to see.

Moreover, Yang Chao's identity is to represent Shandong, and he is the commissioner of Shandong Province to inspect the foreign affairs, because Yang Chao needs authorization to sign an agreement, and Yuan Shikai can only give Yang Chao legal power in Shandong, so he can only represent Shandong.

Therefore, Yang Chao is not actually a state envoy, but a representative of a local government in Shandong, and Yang Chao's purpose is to introduce some Western industries, at least military industries, and it doesn't matter if it is placed on that land, whether it is placed in Shandong or Shanghai, as long as it is a place in China.

Therefore, the identity of this Shandong foreign affairs commissioner is sufficient.

Li Hongzhang was very efficient, and the apology mission set off in December, and Yang Chao followed.

Yang Chao took the opportunity to spend money on an anonymous article in a Shanghai newspaper, revealing a shocking news, but this newspaper was just a tabloid, but with the importance of the news, it should be able to ferment slowly, then spread, and finally spread to Japan.

It departed from Shanghai in mid-December and docked at Nagasaki Pier five days later.

After docking for coaling, turn to Tokyo and land.

The Japanese also sent someone to greet them, and at the same time arranged a hotel hospitality.

On behalf of the Chinese government, Zaifeng personally met with the Japanese emperor, bowed to the Japanese emperor and apologized, and then the Japanese emperor generously said that this was a regrettable thing, and then there were various dinners, accompanied by magnesium lights, and all kinds of media chases.

Zaifeng is quite in the limelight, he travels this time, his interests are decent, every move, every word and deed, are quite well-behaved, like a humble gentleman, the Eight Banners nobles, especially this kind of prince level, etiquette education is still very strict, and the children of the Eight Banners at the bottom can only play scoundrels, Zaifeng This level, it is still good to play the set of nobles.

waited until the third day, Yang Chao had not seen the news he was looking forward to in Japan, which made him a little anxious, according to the arrangement, Zaifeng and his party would only stay in Japan for five days.

However, Yang Chao did look at several Japanese factories, shipyards, textile factories, etc., and the Japanese reception staff also coped with errands, because they understood that Chinese would not buy anything from Japan.

On the fourth day, Yang Chao finally got what he wanted, and many Japanese newspapers reprinted the news from Shanghai.

Yang Chao was relieved at this time, although the newspaper that Yang Chao spent money to publish was only a tabloid, but it was run by foreigners, so he was not afraid that the Japanese who had no good things would reprint it to Japan, because this incident was too much to provoke the nerves of the Japanese.

The content of the news is very bluffing: China and Russia are discussing cutting off customs to offset compensation!

The content analysis is very methodical, that is, the Chinese government cannot pay the compensation in any case, and the Russians are obviously interested in the land outside the Guan, according to insiders, the Chinese are already considering exchanging the land outside the Guanxi for the Russians to give up the compensation. The article points out that China has a vast land and vast resources, and the population outside the customs is sparse, and the Chinese can completely give up. The Far East of the Russians was bitterly cold, and it was always a national policy for the Tsar to find an ice-free port in the East. The article also pointed out that Russia promised to provide political protection to the Chinese government once an agreement was reached, and that China and Russia would form an alliance to jointly respond to provocations by other countries.

Sure enough, the news exploded in Japan at once.

The Japanese government also preferred to believe that it was, and specifically asked the apology mission about this, but Zaifeng denied the matter in words.

The Japanese sent a note to the Chinese government, to be precise, the provisional government set up by Li Hongzhang in Beijing, but the result was also denied.

However, the Japanese were still not at ease, and closely carried out espionage activities, and even inquired about the news in the apology mission.

Even inquired about Yang Chao's head, Yang Chao knew that this was his opportunity, originally he wanted to wait for the news to come out, and take the initiative to find an opportunity to talk to the Japanese high-level, such as whispering a few words when clinking glasses with Ito Hirobumi at the dinner.

Now that the Japanese have taken the initiative to come to the door, then Yang Chao fortunately admitted directly:

"As far as I know, that's true!"

The Japanese, who secretly listened to Yang Chao's tone, hurriedly toasted again and again, and beckoned two ghost-like geisha to desperately persuade them to drink.

As a result, after Yang Chao drank a few glasses, not only did he not spit out the truth after drinking, but fell asleep directly, which made the Japanese cry anxiously for a long time.

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