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Qin Lang didn't care what Dr. Sun thought of him; Like it or hate, no matter what Dr. Sun would think of him, Qin Lang didn't care.

"If he wants to be angry, then let him be angry." He smiled nonchalantly, "I just hope he doesn't make a mistake with himself." ”

"If he knew about the things you did, that plan you made for the consortium......" Rachel commented slowly, "...... I swear he would. ”

Qin Lang laughed louder, looking quite happy - of course, he was not happy that his plan might make Dr. Sun faint with anger, but just because, when Rachel mentioned it, Qin Lang suddenly realized that it was about to become a reality...... Soon, there will be one last month.

Although no news has yet been received, and news from the Far East is always delayed for a few days, in terms of timing, Li Hongzhang, the minister appointed by the Qing government, had arrived in Japan three days before, and it was time for his negotiations with Ito Hirobumi to begin.

It seems so. Today is the afternoon of March 19...... Qin Lang looked at his watch, eighteen o'clock. This is the time and date in the western United States. In Japan, the time should be just after 11 a.m. on March 20. The morning's negotiations are coming to an end.

But this is only the beginning of the whole negotiation. If history remains unchanged, the negotiations between Li Hongzhang and Ito Hirobumi will continue until April 15, and the Treaty of Shimonoseki will be formally signed on April 17. Then, the U.S. government, the consortium and Qin Lang will get what they want.

There is still a month to go.

Qin Lang was very satisfied with this. "Soon, we will be able to enjoy the joy of success."

"Only you, Morgan, Rockefeller, and Mather can enjoy the joy of success." Rachel looked at Yi Shui uneasily, and reproached Qin Lang: "Didn't you notice that someone was depressed?" ”

"No, Rachel, I'm fine." Yi Shui said, "I have accepted the reality. "It's like self-defeating...... No, it should be a broken jar and broken remarks, and anyone can clearly see his current mood from his face - Yi Shui still hasn't learned to hide his true thoughts.

But no one but Rachel cares about his emotions in particular. "Don't worry about your easy water, Rachel." Qin Lang said casually, "This somewhat difficult moment for him will soon pass. You know," he said to Yi Shui, "the situation of the Minister of Beiyang is much more difficult than yours. ”

He paused for a moment, then added, "Although, to a large extent, he brought it on himself. ”

……

Li Hongzhang is regretting it.

Of course, there were many things in his life that were enough to make him regret, which is not surprising, but what he regrets now is why he didn't train the Huai army better, and at the same time choose a few better generals - but in any world, in any era, regret is a meaningless thing.

The performance of the Huai army in the war embarrassed Li Hongzhang. Although he always believed that his army was not the opponent of the Japanese army, he never thought that the Huai army would behave so miserably, not only was it defeated repeatedly, but the tens of thousands of elites led by Ye Zhichao also staged a good show of losing their armor and fleeing in embarrassment in Korea, and even the responsibility for the destruction of the navy also needs to be borne by the incompetent army...... He felt depressed.

What's even more depressing is that he can't blame anyone for this. The reason why the Huai army behaved so badly was almost all related to the officers and soldiers themselves, and the officers in this army were all selected by Li Hongzhang or his cronies, and the mistakes they made were of course only to be held accountable by himself.

So Qin Lang said that his difficult situation was largely self-inflicted.

Now retribution came, and he was appointed Minister of the Imperial Mission to negotiate with Japan. Moreover, the problems that caused Li Hongzhang quite a headache were also placed in front of him: During the morning talks, the Japanese representative put forward a number of conditions for peace talks that seemed to him to be almost unacceptable: recognizing Korea as an independent country, ceding the Liaodong Peninsula, Taiwan and the Penghu Islands to Japan, and compensating Japan for the war expenses of 200 million taels of silver......

Never before in any treaty ever signed by the Qing government had such harsh conditions.

Li Hongzhang knew very well that he could not sign a peace treaty on such terms. Although as the minister in charge of peace negotiations with Japan, he was also well aware that no matter what kind of treaty he signed, he was bound to be violently attacked from all sides, but the conditions of the Japanese were ...... If those conditions are accepted, it will turn into a disaster for him.

He will immediately become a "traitor" who thousands of people want to kill,

But if that's all there seems to be to worry about. However, Li Hongzhang was a little worried that after he signed the peace treaty on Japan's terms, the imperial court would dismiss him from his post under tremendous pressure from all quarters or send him to a certain region to serve as governor - Weng Tongyong would never let go of such an opportunity.

Li Hongzhang is worried about his future.

Therefore, he was extremely reluctant and unreservedly accepted the conditions put forward by the Japanese. However, on the issue of peace talks, Li Hongzhang had no room for bargaining at all. Ito didn't want to negotiate at all, and he didn't care about Li Hongzhang's concerns, he just needed someone to sign the treaty that had been prepared on behalf of the Qing government – and preferably as soon as possible.

"Please make a decision immediately, the soldiers of the Imperial Japan do not have so much patience to wait for us to discuss, and the Imperial Army will attack Beijing at any time." At the beginning of the negotiations, he made clear his attitude towards Li Hongzhang. This is both a threat and a reality. The officers and men of the Imperial Army, who had been injected with large quantities of American-made "energy medicine", were breaking away from the constraints of the government, and they were restless and only wanted to capture Beijing in one fell swoop.

Because they would love to end the war as soon as possible. Being stationed on Chinese soil seems to have made these empire's best soldiers feel ...... Disturbed. This is strange, but many reports show that a significant portion of the Imperial soldiers felt ready to kill them at all times, and that their spirits were always in high tension, easily provoked, and showing increasingly pronounced violent tendencies.

No one can explain this phenomenon. Of course, the Japanese do not understand that the side effects of heavy methamphetamine use are gradually emerging, and that violent tendencies, irritability, paranoia, and delusions of victimization are just some of them; They only thought it was the tension that came with the war.

Although it seems that good Yamato samurai should not show such symptoms, for the sake of the Japanese Empire and the Emperor, they should always be in good spirits, but, one way or another, this kind of thing does happen.

The key now is to try to control the impulses of the army and prevent them from attacking Beijing, otherwise the government will not be able to negotiate with the Qing government and force it to accept Japanese terms.

After all, the war with China had indeed come to an end, and Japan was no longer in a position to continue the war.

To put it simply, the Japanese government has spent almost every copper plate in its pocket, and if it continues to fight, Japan's economy will collapse rapidly. But if the government goes to war to save the domestic economy, which is on the verge of collapse, how relevant is the war?

Further, although it is possible to borrow a lot from Western countries to tide over the crisis, is it so easy to borrow money from the British and British countries? If it had not been so lucky, Japan's gains from the war would have gone into the pockets of these countries, and it would have gained nothing.

Ito is not a fool, on the contrary, he is also very smart, and he is certainly not stupid enough to let his country work for Western countries in vain.

So his attitude was clear and resolute. He refused to negotiate and to make any kind of change to the conditions. Li Hongzhang had only one choice: to sign the treaty on behalf of the Qing government and end the war.

"Please sign the treaty, Lord Nakado." Of course, Ito Hirobumi is a Japanese and a slick and sophisticated politician, so he did not add another sentence, despite his almost outrageous attitude: "Sign." ”

This did not make Li Hongzhang feel better, and the treaty that he could not accept was still in front of him, reminding him all the time of how bad the situation was now. "Mr. Ito, the conditions you put forward for peace talks are too harsh for this official to accept." He said, "The official strongly requested that the conditions be revised. ”

"Lord Zhongtang, I don't think you have figured out the situation yet." Ito Hirobumi was impatient with Li Hongzhang's attitude, "I remind you once again that we have no time to waste, and the army of the Great Japanese Empire will launch an attack on your capital at any time. If you do not want your Empress Dowager and Emperor to be angry with you, please sign the treaty immediately. ”

"Mr. Ito, could it be that your army will attack the capital of our Great Qing Dynasty while the two sides are negotiating? If such a thing really happens, I want to know, where is the sincerity of your country's peace talks? ”

It's an embarrassing question, and Ito certainly won't admit that the Japanese government's grip on Japanese officers and soldiers is waning because of their mental health – a huge international joke.

His face became less pretty. "Lord Nakado, of course, the Great Japanese Empire has the sincerity of peace talks. However, if your country refuses to accept our terms, I will be forced to declare the breakdown of negotiations, so that the Imperial army will continue to attack. ”

"But if it is a negotiation, why does your country refuse to amend the content of the treaty in accordance with our opinion?"

"Because that's not necessary."

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Note: The First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, and the First World War fully demonstrated how dangerous it was to borrow money to go to war, with the difference that the victim of the First Sino-Japanese War was China, the unlucky egg of the Russo-Japanese War was Japan, and the First World War was the major belligerent countries that smashed the pot and sold iron to turn the United States into a world creditor. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the WWW.CMFU.COM, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )