On the afternoon of November 28, Zhang Wei received a telegram from Chen Dezhi that the Japanese army in Korea had been annihilated, and the commander of the Korean army, General Hasegawa Yoshimichi, had been killed by artillery shells, and all members of the Korean royal family and Korean ministers had been killed by the Japanese army. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhang Wei immediately summoned Zheng Daoyou, Lu Weimin, Li Zhaoshui, Hua Guoqiang and others to discuss the next action plan.

Zhang Wei first said: "Our goal in this war has been fully achieved, which is to recover Taiwan, destroy the Japanese Combined Fleet, blockade Japan, and occupy Korea, and we have exceeded the plan, that is, to occupy Kyushu Island and Hokkaido. We have won on the battlefield, and the next step is how to get the benefits we want in the negotiation arena, and everyone can speak and see what good things can be done. ”

It was Zheng Daoyou who spoke first: "Britain, France, the United States, Russia and other countries will definitely not watch us monopolize all the benefits, they will definitely try to stop us, and if we want to obtain greater benefits at the negotiating table, we must divide them according to the contradictions of various countries, and we cannot let them unite together." ”

Lu Weimin said: "The idea is very good, how is it differentiated now? At present, Germany is the only country that can stand on the same line with us, and the other four countries will certainly not let us have the advantage so easily. ”

Zhang Wei took over and said: "It would be good to have a Germany standing with us, and as for the other countries, we must carefully study them, study their weaknesses and needs, and then take different measures to divide them." For example, the United States, let us go to war with Japan, and did not hesitate to aid us with 200 million US dollars free of charge, just hoping that we and Japan can fight and lose both, it is obvious that they miscalculated and did not achieve the expected goal, they will not just forget it, so what do they want to do next? Why did we go to war with Japan in the first place? This requires us to analyze carefully, and if we analyze it clearly, we will have a strategy to deal with the Americans, and we will do the same for other countries, find out the needs of each country, and prescribe the right medicine, I don't believe that we can't find a way to divide them. ”

Li Minmin said: "Your Majesty's thoughts are very enlightening to me, let us first analyze why Germany can be of the same mind with us, nothing more than let us contain the energy of Britain and France in the Far East, reduce their pressure in Europe, the stronger we are, the more energy we have to contain Britain and France; In the same way, if we go to war with the Russian Empire and contain the Russian army in the Far East, that is what Germany wants to see, and the tougher we are, the more Germany likes it, so Germany fully supports us to benefit from the Japanese and strengthen our strength. Our occupation of Korea and Hokkaido and other places has formed an encirclement of the Russian Far East, and it has the greatest impact on Russia, so our entry point should be Russia, if we have a war with the Russian Empire, what will it have on each country? This is the focus of our analysis. ”

Lu Weimin said: "The United States has not achieved the goal of letting us fight with Japan to lose both, and must hope that we will continue to fight with the Russian Empire, but he does not want us to get more compensation, otherwise our strength will be stronger, Russia is not our opponent, and we still can't achieve the goal of losing both, so they support us to get North Korea and Hokkaido, and oppose us getting more compensation; Britain and France are allies of Russia, so they oppose us getting any benefits from Japan. ”

Zheng Daoyou said: "That will be easy for the United States, as long as we promise that after we get compensation, we will take out a certain share to buy American products, and the more compensation we get, the more American products we will buy, and I believe they will support us." ”

Hua Guoqiang said: "The starting point of your analysis is not right, if the Russian Empire has a war with us, their logistics line is too long, our logistics are all by sea, which is very convenient, and we are now stationed around Korea with more than 600,000 troops, if there is a war, the Qing Kingdom will also stand with us, combined with the above conditions, I am sure that the Russian Empire is only threatening us, and will not have a war with us." ”

Li Zhaoshui spoke: "It's not a matter of him fighting if he wants to, and he won't fight if he doesn't want to, this initiative should be put in our hands, so I suggest that we continue to increase troops in the northern theater and force Russia to agree to our conditions, otherwise we will see you on the battlefield." In addition, you have all reached a dead end, now our military strength is stronger than one of any of the great powers, and any or even two countries combined are not our opponents, and you have not seen our influence clearly? So, we can do what we want, and we don't care about what other countries think. ”

Zhang Wei thought about it for a while, and felt that Li Zhaoshui's words were very reasonable, the current Lanfang Kingdom was indeed not afraid of war with any country, it was just a matter of how much money was earned in the war, in addition, after seeing the strong military strength of the Lanfang Kingdom, no country was willing to have a full-scale war with the Lanfang Kingdom because of some small frictions.

As soon as Zhang Wei explained his thoughts to everyone, everyone understood, and felt that they had indeed entered a dead end, and after understanding, everything suddenly became clear.

Everyone agreed to continue to increase troops in the northern theater of operations, put pressure on the Russian Empire, and if they wanted to fight, they would accompany them to the end, and if they didn't want to fight, they would accept the negotiation conditions proposed by the Lanfang Kingdom.

Zhang Wei also briefed the audience on the situation of the Northern Theater Command, that is, the Korean Peninsula is divided into two parts along the 38th parallel, with the Lelang Special Administrative Region in the north and the eight provinces in the south being designated as areas directly under the command of the Northern Theater Command.

However, Lu Weimin meant to put the troops in Taiwan, set up 6 staff headquarters or governors in 6 regions in the north, and each staff department directly governed at least 3 regular divisions, 3 militia divisions, 1 cavalry division, and a different number of mercenaries and garrisons, and it was necessary to add 1 regiment of 54 105mm howitzers and 1 regiment of 54 155mm howitzers to each staff department.

Zhang Wei agreed to Lu Weimin's suggestion, increased troops to Taiwan, and placed the 2nd and 35th Divisions under the jurisdiction of the Taiwan Provincial General Staff.

Zheng Daoyou suggested: "Your Majesty, since Xinzhou Province and Ezo Province have been established, it is necessary to appoint a provincial governor to implement the separation of military and government like Taiwan Province; In the Lelang Special Administrative Region, a special administrator should be appointed as the deputy governor to assist the governor in handling government affairs; In the Northern Theater, an elite-level administrator is assigned as a deputy governor to assist the metropolitan governor in handling the administrative affairs of several regions, and a special administrative staff is assigned to handle the administrative affairs of the eight provinces directly under the central government, which is called the district governor of the direct jurisdiction. ”

"Okay, just do as you say, and add a few administrative officials."

Chung Do-woo continued: "Your Majesty, it is necessary to solemnly bury the members of the Joseon royal family, and it is best to invite the officials of the Qing Dynasty to attend the burial ceremony together; In addition, are the officers and soldiers who died our lives transported back for burial? Or is it buried in the Keelung Martyrs Cemetery, or is it a martyr's cemetery on the Lelang Peninsula? “

Zhang Wei thought about it for a while and said: "The burial of the members of the Korean royal family should still be carried out in the traditional way, send a telegram to Wu Wenbin, and ask him to invite the Qing Dynasty to send someone to participate; As for the sacrificed soldiers, all of them are buried in the Keelung Martyrs Cemetery in Taiwan, and don't build cemeteries everywhere. “

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhang Wei continued: "Do you have any questions? If there is no problem, tomorrow morning, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will hold a press conference to announce the establishment of the Northern Theater Command, the Lelang Special Administrative Region, Ezo Province, and Xinzhou Province, as well as the news of continuing to increase troops in the Northern Theater. In the future, we must take a tough stance in the face of all external pressures and never compromise in the face of problems. As for the rest, it is to prepare for the founding ceremony and the military parade with all their might; The day after tomorrow I will move to the new palace, which will be converted into the Prime Minister's Office. “

(To be continued.) )