Xianliang Temple, Beijing.

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion guarding the gate of the temple wore a white shirt on their armor, and even the rifles in their hands were wrapped in a layer of white cloth.

Lin Yizhe's mourning hall is located in the main hall of Xianliang Temple, the hall is covered with white curtains, the cigarette smoke is swirling, it is very solemn and solemn, and the tablet of Lin Yizhe is enshrined high in the middle. Since it is the Ministry of Rites to send personnel to handle funerals, all the etiquette procedures have ready-made preparations to apply, these procedures are simple to say, but in the meantime, all kinds of cumbersome and miscellaneous rituals are varied, so that people are dazzled to listen.

Yanagihara Maemitsu didn't know anything about this kind of funeral etiquette of the Great Qian Dynasty, but he didn't have to worry about being rude, because outsiders came to worship, and there was a special person responsible for guiding him.

Yanagihara Maemitsu has now succeeded Vice Island Tanechen as minister to Qianguo, and the officials in charge all know that this "Japanese uncle" is very close to Lin Yizhe, and that he once kept a vigil for Lin Yizhe for seven days, and the eulogy he wrote was sincere and earnest, and it made people cry when they heard it, which was unique among foreign ministers. Therefore, when they saw Yanagihara Qianguang coming, they all respected him very much. In addition, now that the two countries have signed a new peace treaty and have returned to reconciliation, Yanagihara Maemitsu's move has regained the favor and respect of the officials of the Qianguo State.

Of course, for Yanagihara Maemitsu, this is not exactly a show, but he is really sad about the death of Hayashi Yizhe.

Yanagihara Maemitsu and Lin Yizhe can be said to be rivals, the two have been fighting openly and secretly since they met, although the two are their own masters, and they don't give in to each other, but outside the fight, the two can be said to be real friends.

Yanagihara Maemitsu stepped forward under the leadership of the chief official, gave incense to Lin Yizhe's coffin, bowed, and then met Lin Yizhe's wife Chen Wan.

Today's Chen Wan looked particularly haggard, she looked at Yanagihara Qianguang, who was only 24 years old, and a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes.

Yanagihara Maeko, who was standing in front of her, touched her heartstrings again, making her involuntarily think of the stories that happened between Lin Yizhe and Yanagihara Maeko, and she couldn't help but shed tears.

Seeing Chen Wan crying, Yanagihara Qianguang was also sad in his heart, and he didn't know what to say for a while, Chen Wan wiped her tears, and led Yanagihara Qianguang to Lin Yizhe's coffin, Yanagihara Qianguang bowed deeply to Lin Yizhe's coffin, sat down in front of a futon, closed his eyes, and entered a state of silence.

Seeing Yanagihara Qianguang's movements, some Qianguo officials who came to worship Lin Yizhe showed surprise in their eyes, but Chen Wan and the officials in charge were not surprised, because it was not the first time that Yanagihara Qianguang had done this these days.

In the eyes of many Qianguo officials, Lin Yizhe and Yanagihara Maemitsu are both about the same age, and they are also young newcomers who are deeply favored by the court, but unlike Lin Yizhe's favor of the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, Yanagihara Maemitsu is a nobleman from Kyoto Prefecture and the twenty-third generation of the governor of the Fujiwara clan Yanagihara.

Although he was younger, he had more experience than Hayashi Yoshizhe, who served as the pioneer governor of Tokaido during the Battle of Boshin in the first year of the Meiji era, and once asked for the capture of Edo. In July of the third year of the Meiji era, he was sent by the Meiji Emperor to Qianguo to discuss the establishment of diplomatic relations (the two countries had no diplomatic relations before). In April of the fourth year of the Meiji era, as the deputy envoy of the plenipotentiary minister Date Munejo, he was sent to negotiate with Beiyang Minister Li Shaoquan in Tianjin, and concluded the 13 articles of the "Treaty of Reconciliation between Japan and Japan," the treaty of commerce, and the rules on customs tariffs between Japan and Japan. The treaty did not have a most-favored-nation clause, stipulating that both sides had consular jurisdiction and forbade merchants and people from entering and leaving with swords. In 9072, he sent Yanagihara Maemitsu to China three times to negotiate with Li Shaoquan, trying to overturn the original case and ask for the most favored nation treatment, but Li Shaoquan refused to revise it on the grounds that the Japanese side was untrustworthy. The Government of Japan was finally forced to ratify the Treaty.

It was precisely that negotiation that brought Yanagihara Maemitsu, a young Japanese official, into the field of vision of Qianguo officials and left a deep impression on Li Shaoquan and other Qianguo officials.

Yanagihara Maemitsu ignored the surprised gazes of the officials of the Qianguo, but sat there silently, telling Lin Yizhe with his heart.

"Lin Jun, I'm coming to see you again."

"Lin Jun, if you know that I can't get rid of your death, will you hate me?"

"Lin Jun, I'm sorry for you, please don't hate me, I did this for the sake of Japan, and I had to do it......"

"Lin Jun, why were you born in Qianguo instead of Japan? If you were born in Japan, it would be nice for us to be like-minded friends! Why should we be enemies? ”

"Lin Jun, I have something to tell you."

"Lin Jun, that impeachment of Huang Shulan on the imperial history is Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao's twists and turns, who instigated it? You might not think that that person is Mr. Koto (Okubo Ritsu). ”

"Lin Jun, do you know? From the beginning of that negotiation, Mr. Koto had the idea of getting rid of you, and he thought that you would definitely become a terrible enemy of Japan in the future, so he wanted to get rid of you by all means. ”

"When he first made this suggestion, only Ito-kun and I knew about it, and I was against it at the time, and Ito-kun also thought that if it was spread, it would have a bad impact, but he made up his mind, and we had to obey because he was the leader of Japan."

"At first, Mr. Koto wanted to send someone to assassinate you, but he was worried that it would be too risky, and that if the news leaked, it would affect Japan's international image, and you yourself were strictly guarded, so he did not take action, but adopted another method: to buy off the officials who controlled public opinion in the Qianguo, that is, those imperial historians, and used them to attack you. Mr. Jiadong said that only the Qianguo people know the weaknesses of the Qianguo people best. So, we did, and we did. ”

"Lin Jun, although we are each our own master, and from the perspective of the country, we are enemies, but I think you understand my heart, and we are true friends. We've all done things to hurt each other, but I know that you never hated me, and I never hated you. You are both an enemy and a friend of Japan, and I will always remember your contribution to the friendship between Qianguo and Japan. ”

"Lin Jun, every time we talk, I can get useful inspiration from you, but now that you are gone, I can no longer talk to you, you are in another world, can you hear my heart?"

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