(Regarding the question of whether the protagonist of the book friend will be the emperor, the answer is half right and half no, but it is certainly not the president, the prime minister's old-fashioned, but an unprecedented way of governance, including my personal new thinking, haha, here is a pass, in the endurance of a hundred chapters, the plot after the Xinhai coup will become more and more exciting.) ）

The news of Ito's killing has suddenly heated up the situation in the Northeast, and no one knows whether this powder keg known as the East Asian Balkans will ignite because of this, but what is interesting is that the nerves of China, Japan and Russia are stretched to the extreme, and the blind man is like an elephant, guessing each other's next move.

War would not happen, and even the necessary conditions did not exist, because Japan and Russia were already going to hold peace talks in order to avoid a head-on conflict, and as for the Qing court, needless to say, they did not want to fight, and they were trembling for fear that this matter would involve themselves. However, for the parties concerned, no one dares to act rashly until they know what the other party's bottom line is, so probing the other party's attitude has become a crucial diplomatic issue, and such a burden naturally falls on the head of the Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi-Xuan.

The day after the news came, Zaifeng appointed Yi-Liang as the minister of the Imperial Mission, responsible for secretly negotiating the whole matter, and the urgency of the situation was self-evident.

Yi was in charge of the Prime Minister's Yamen before, and later was in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and he has dealt with foreigners for nearly 20 years, and his diplomatic experience is by no means ordinary, but this time, he has a solid nose, because Ye Kai has already set up a bureau in advance, just waiting for him to jump in.

The night before, Ye Kai secretly met with the Japanese Minister Ijiin Hikoyoshi, speaking of which, the latter took the initiative to invite him, but this was also in Ye Kai's heart.

Coincidentally, the purpose of Ijiin Hikoyoshi's trip is strikingly similar to Yi-Li, in response to the attack on Ito Hirobumi, to explore the attitude of the Chinese side, after all, the incident happened on the land of the Qing Dynasty, and the people involved in the case also involved many Chinese, such work is necessary.

The venue of the meeting was set at a Japanese restaurant in Dongjiaomin Lane, and Hikoyoshi Ijiin also specially arranged for a few Japanese geisha to play the piano next door, plus high-quality sashimi and shochu, the atmosphere of the conversation was quite relaxed, but the more relaxed the environment, the easier it was to speak, and both of them knew this very well.

At the beginning of the conversation, Ye Kai first expressed his gratitude for the previous loan, to be honest, this thank you did come from Ye Kai's heart, the 100,000 yen of Zhengjin Bank, after the operation of capital, and the operation of the Jingshi Waterworks, has become now 600,000 taels of silver dollars, as one of the shareholders Ye Kai, he has indeed made a lot of money.

In this regard, Yijiyuan Yanji just smiled, and a few words of congratulations also seemed hypocritical, the purpose of his coming today was not for these, it was imperative to pull out some of the movements of the upper echelons of the Qing Dynasty from Ye Kai's mouth, so after that, he had to have a lot of irrelevant polite words, Ye Kai said it was not interesting, and Yijiyuan Yanji also listened absent-mindedly.

"Liangbi-kun, I don't know what your country's attitude is towards the assassination of Ito?"

The conversation was delayed and he couldn't get to the point, and Hikoyoshi of Ijiin was obviously unwilling to wait, so he chose to take the initiative in desperation.

Ye Kai had already anticipated this question, and his previous digression was to wear down the other party's patience and deliberately lead him into his own rhythm.

"Yan Jijun, such a plan of the imperial court, only the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a few important ministers know about it, and Liangbi is an imperial military general who can't listen to it."

Ye Kai smiled slightly, poured a glass of wine unhurriedly, and did it first as a respect.

"Liangbi Jun is not a heavy minister, who else is an important minister?"

Ijiin Hikoyoshi then drank a cup and said with a smile, but the corner of his eye was slightly impatient, "I heard that Liangbijun can't help but hold military power, and he also pays homage to the Minister of State, I heard that the regent of your country can treat Liangbijun as a minister of humerus, and he is very pampered." ”

"Haha, Hikiyoshi-kun's ears and eyes are really well-informed." After listening to the words of Hikoyoshi of Ijiin, Ye Kai did not continue to hide it, but smiled instead.

"Don't hide it from Yan Jijun, but Liangbi heard a little content, this time the assassination of the noble envoy, the DPRK and China are divided into two factions, one faction advocates increasing troops in the northeast and is solemnly treated, while the other faction advocates maintaining the status quo and focusing on consultation."

Ye Kai's words successfully aroused the interest of the other party, and he hurriedly asked, "I don't know which faction has the upper hand?" ”

If it is the latter, it is not Japan that is a big benefit, and if it is the former, the situation is not optimistic, but Ye Kai's answer is obviously not on this point.

"Even the regent has a hard time choosing."

Ye Kai looked helpless, such an answer is that no one will be satisfied, and it is difficult to even believe it, and Yijiyuan Yanji's expression is very consistent with this.

The timing was almost right, Ye Kai stood up and bowed to leave.

"Liangbi is already drunk, and it is not appropriate to drink again, Yanjijun, let's talk another day."

As he spoke, he was about to take off his geta and change into formal clothes and go out, when the shouts of Hikoyoshi of Ijiin came from behind him.

"Liangbi Jun, do you really want to make enemies with our country?"

He wanted to keep it, but he didn't know what to say for a while, and somehow, such a hard sentence suddenly popped into his mouth.

"Make enemies? What enemies? Hikoyoshi-kun thinks too much, the northeast is short of troops, what will the regent take to go to war? ”

Ye Kai said with a drunken face, then stopped dressing, turned around, walked to the side of Hikoji of Yijiyuan, and said with a look that understood each other: "Drunk words, these are all drunk words, don't be gullible about it." ”

After saying this informative remark, Ye Kai strode away.

Ijiin Hikoyoshi suddenly understood, this is a vague hint, and it is also the bottom line of the Chinese government, with no soldiers and no money, what is China's competitiveness in the Northeast?

The news revealed by Liangbi is very timely, if the bottom line of the other party is clear before the negotiation, it will undoubtedly be greatly beneficial to his side, it seems that only 100,000 yen is not complaining, Ijiin Hikoyoshi calmly drank the shochu in the cup.

The rest of the work was much easier, and the contact between Yixuan and the Japanese went more smoothly than expected, and the meeting quickly reached an agreement, China's attitude was to maintain the status quo, and Japan also hoped that the big things would be small, and the small things would be small. Consolidating inherent interests, non-aggression against each other, and peace with each other have become the main tone of this meeting, and the two sides have even reached a verbal agreement on this, which is a great contribution to the "country and the people".

However, such a rash negotiation result was destined to pay a heavy price, and this time he was severely pitted by Ye Kai.

On the second day of the peace talks, an edict came out, and the Qing court transferred the fourth town of the Beiyang Army to Changchun to garrison under the pretext of the tense situation in the northeast.

As soon as the news came out, public opinion was in an uproar, and at the same moment when the Chinese people applauded, Yixuan was stunned.

The front foot only gave the instruction to negotiate peace, and the back foot changed the hexagram, which clearly showed that it was the premeditated plan of the imperial court.

But no matter what, Yi 0 lost face, and as the last strength of the Beiyang Army in Gyeonggi was gone, Yi became a loner.

Fighting back and forth, fighting and fighting to the point that there is nothing left, the Yixuan Group is only one step away from its destruction.

The end of 1909 is destined to be an eventful year, this matter is not over, and the minister he can rely on in the last time has an accident again.