Troubled and unable to sleep, Ito sits on this mountain-juggling balcony, high above the gray-hued city and its suburbs hidden among the greenery. Up and down, around them, everywhere green trees climbing, the forest is dripping green, and the tender branches and leaves are all temperate plants. Then he could catch a glimpse of the deep-water mooring beneath his feet, only shrunken and slanted, and in the middle of the green mountains, narrow as a terrible and miserable chasm, and at the bottom, very low, on the seemingly black, still water, he could see the tiny, flattened warships, ships, and galleons that were everywhere with flags to-day. In the thick green, which was the main color, the glorious flags that were the symbols of the country were clearly visible, and they were all hung up and waved in the wind.

In this sea of colorful flags, the most scattered is a red round flag on a white background, which represents the eastern empire where the sun rises on which they are located.

The next day, a haggard Hirobumi Ito arrived at the palace early to attend the Imperial Council convened by Emperor Meiji.

Almost like Ito Hirobumi, Emperor Meiji also had a very bad complexion, and apparently stayed up all night.

With regard to the coup d'état in Korea in which Japan supported the Korean Enlightenment Party, Li Shuchang, the minister of the Qianguo State to Japan, made serious representations to the Japanese Government at the very beginning, demanding that the Japanese side abide by the treaty previously concluded with the Qianguo, immediately withdraw its troops from Korea, and stop supporting the Korean Enlightenment Party. In response to the question from the Qianguo, Japanese Foreign Minister Inoue Shin first claimed that "South Korea has had nothing to do with Japan, and there is no such thing as the Korean and Japanese people supporting the coup d'état." Later, he went to great lengths to say that "the Korean people have always hated Japan, Seoul is already in turmoil, there are many Japanese and overseas Chinese who have been killed, and the cadres cannot protect them, so the imperial army should go to protect the overseas Chinese." A fierce naval battle broke out in Incheon Bay, and only the two ships "Tsukushi" and "Aikawa" were seriously injured and fled back to the mainland. When the news came, the Japanese government and the opposition were all in a panic, and Li Shuchang, the minister of the Qianguo State to Japan, was resentful of Japan's undeclared war and was about to lower his flag and return to China.

Leaving behind the envoy of the Qianguo is tantamount to denying that the two countries are in fact in a state of war, and Japan can avoid an all-out war with the Qianguo and retain a channel for peace talks.

But it can't be so easy.

At present, the entire detailed course of the Korean incident has been reported by the Qianguo side and confirmed by the Korean Government, and the more than 4,000 Japanese officers and soldiers trapped in Korea have become the most direct evidence of this military coup directed by the Japanese aimed at overthrowing the Korean government and supporting the Enlightenment Party to come to power. On the one hand, it announced that it would sever all trade with Japan, seized all Japanese ships in Qianguo, and ordered Minister Li Shuchang to hold the Japanese Government accountable; on the other hand, it dispatched a powerful fleet of eight armored cruisers to sail straight for Tokyo Bay, "thinking that the envoys would back it," and assumed the posture of shelling Tokyo once the talks broke down.

As an important ally of Japan, the Russian side took the lead in expressing its willingness to mediate, and then Britain, France, and the United States, out of consideration for their own interests in Japan and the country, also joined the ranks of mediation.

Although the four-nation mediation gave the Japanese government a chance to breathe, the Japanese government understood that if it did not pay a certain price, the four-nation mediation would also fail, and if a war broke out between the Qianguo and Japan, Japan, which had already suffered heavy naval losses, would hardly have a chance to fight back.

Therefore, this imperial meeting is to discuss how to end this crisis at the lowest cost.

It can be said that the crisis brought about by this military adventure has put a stop on the "theory of conquest of Korea," which has always been quite popular in Japan, but the price to be paid for this needs to be borne by the entire Japanese nation, from the emperor to the small people.

The dignitaries and dignitaries who attended the meeting had already arrived, and when the emperor arrived, the ceremonial officer announced the opening of the meeting.

"The current situation, you Aiqing must have been very clear, if there is any suggestion that can save the empire from danger, please ask the secretary to speak clearly." Emperor Meiji, apparently anxious to know the solution to the problem, directly stated the topic of the meeting.

"The blame for this North Korean incident lies entirely with me, and I am willing to take the blame and resign! If Qianguo wants to hold those responsible accountable, they can put all the responsibility on me, and I am willing to bear it with all my strength and apologize to him! You Peng stood up abruptly and said loudly.

Seeing that Yama County Youpeng suddenly stood up and said impassionedly that he would take responsibility, and that he would also take the blame and resign and apologize, Ito Hirobumi couldn't help but be taken aback.

Ito Hirofumi unconsciously turned his gaze to Saionji Gongwang, who was the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, and Culture, but saw a mocking sneer on the corner of Saionji Gongwang's mouth.

Ito Hirofumi suddenly figured out why Yama Prefecture Youpeng behaved like this, and couldn't help but secretly admire his clever move of "retreating as advancing".

"Shanxian Qing, the responsibility for this battle should be borne by you, but not all of it is your responsibility, and I cannot escape the blame, if I fight hard and can digest this crisis, I am also as willing as you, but I am afraid that the people of Qianguo do not care about me and your life, but covet the benefits from Japan." Emperor Meiji obviously understood the meaning of Yama Prefecture Aritomo's words, and said coldly, "The responsibility for the war, you might as well put it aside for a while, and first talk about how to keep the people of Qianguo from persecuting Japan too much." You must know that the Qianguo warship is in Tokyo Bay. ”

After listening to the emperor's words, the cold sweat on the forehead of Youpeng in Shan County trickled down, and he didn't stand or sit, and he had been preparing to scold the cunning Qianguo people (Lin Yiqing) all night, and then criticize himself for being incompetent, and he was ashamed that his words to the soldiers Yunyun were completely useless, and they were all rotten in his stomach.

"Secretary Inoue, as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, you are responsible for the important task of negotiating with other countries and diplomatic strategies, what are you best at, is there any way?" Emperor Meiji saw that except for Yama Prefecture Youtomo, who said that he wanted to take the blame and resign and apologize, all the other ministers were silent, and he was anxious, so he simply named him.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since he has already explained to Minister Li Shuchang of the Qianguo State that the current Korean incident was also a violent departure of the ministers, the government bears the responsibility of lax control, and can appropriately compensate the military expenses of the Qianguo and the losses suffered by the DPRK, and the land and rights need not be included in the peace talks." Inoue Xin carefully worded the words and said the aftermath that she had thought of for a few nights.

After listening to Inoue Xin's vague suggestion, Emperor Meiji's face became more and more gloomy.

Emperor Meiji knew exactly what role Inoue played in this Korean incident.

Taking advantage of the change in the situation, the Kaihua Party was determined to launch a coup d'état, and Japanese Foreign Minister Shin Inoue saw that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and he was very enthusiastic about the activities of the Kaihua Party. Since the summer of 9084, the Japanese Legation in Korea has repeatedly conveyed to Kim Ok-kyun and others to support their activities, especially after the Japanese Minister Takezoe Shinichiro returned to Korea at the end of October, he tried his best to prevent Kim Ok-kyun and other Kaihua Party members from starting an uprising. Therefore, the Kaihua Party and Japan hit it off and plotted a coup d'état. In addition, Kakugoro Inoue, the editor-in-chief of the Seoul Honpao, and his teacher, Yukichi Fukuzawa, also purchased guns, explosives, and other weapons for the Enlightenment Party, and smuggled them into North Korea in large quantities. On 12 November, Shoichiro Takezoe drafted two proposals, A and B, on the issue of the coup d'état in Korea, and submitted them to the Japanese Government, with Case A being Japan's instigation of the Kaihua Party to rebel and the Kaihua Party bringing in Japanese troops to repel the cadres, while Case B was a policy of non-interference, and Shinichiro Takezoe also vigorously advocated Case A in his "Postscript." The subsequent coup d'état was entirely based on the case of Shinichiro Takezoe. According to the Emperor's knowledge, Shinichiro Takezoe received various instructions from the Japanese Foreign Secretary Inoue Shin from the very beginning to contact the Korean Kaihua Party and support it in carrying out the coup d'état.

Of course, it would have been very difficult for Inoue Shin and Shinichiro Takezoe to carry out such a large-scale subversive action, and they obviously had the support of important government officials, including Aritomo Yama Prefecture of the Army and Junyoshi Kawamura of the Navy.

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