Li Hongzhang, of course, will not be safe and sound -- it is clear that no one will think that anyone who has been shot is safe and sound. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Overall, though, His Excellency the Minister of Hokuyo is still safe, and the bullet that hit him failed to complete the mission that Toyotaro Koyama had given him.

It just made him bleed a little and fainted briefly for a while. As long as no doctor tries to risk surgery to remove the bullet, Li Hongzhang's life will not be in danger.

The news made both Wang Zhen and Hartman breathe a sigh of relief. "Well," said the German-American lightly, "we don't have anything to worry about." ”

He really didn't have to worry about anything. Although it was a little frightened, the company's important customers are still alive, so of course there is nothing to worry about. As for the Japanese assassin who was killed...... First of all, he was a dangerous element, and secondly, he was the first to shoot and wound an American.

Although the Secret Service officers shot him directly in the head, there was some suspicion of over-defense, but the Japanese police did not have the qualifications and courage to protest.

In fact, the situation was the exact opposite of what is usually the case. When Hartmann roared loudly in front of them, the Japanese police officers present were almost stunned. The assassination of the Chinese Minister Plenipotentiary was troublesome enough, and now there was an American wounded by the assassins...... The problem is really serious.

The United States is not China, it is a great power state - even if it is the weakest of the great powers, but the United States is always a great power country - and it is not at war with Japan. This only means one thing: regardless of the whole incident and the legality of the Americans' actions, the police can only choose to apologize.

Hartmann happily recalls the ridiculous reactions of the Japanese police officers in the face of his outcry, looking nervous, even panicked, bowing to him in a ninety-degree posture and apologizing to him in Japanese every time he yelled......

It's really funny.

"Yes, I'll admit it's ridiculous, Easter." Wang Zhen said. "We don't have any trouble, Master Li is fine, I think we should leave."

They are located outside the gate of the temple of the induction. At Hartman's insistence, they stayed here and waited for news about Li Hongzhang. Now, now that the news is clear, Wang Zhen feels that he should immediately return to the hotel and then take a boat back to San Diego, but Hartman is reluctant to leave.

"Wait, King," he said, "I would like to see Your Excellency the Minister of Beiyang. ”

"Do you think that's possible?" Wang Zhen believes that this is simply impossible. "The assassination of a minister like Lord Li is not a trivial matter, and now there are at least dozens of attachés, Western ministers, and representatives of the Japanese government waiting for Lord Li to receive him, how can Lord Li have time to receive us?"

And he's still in a coma. But he didn't say it.

"Is it too late for you to say this to me now?" Hartman asked rhetorically, shrugging his shoulders, "I've had business cards sent in." ”

Wang Zhen was stunned for a moment. "When?"

"Fifteen minutes ago."

"How did I not know...... Forget it, it doesn't make much sense anyway. In short, I'm pretty sure that Master Lee doesn't have time to meet you. ”

"Hey, don't be so sure, King." Hartman smiled, raised his hand and pointed to the gate of the leading temple behind Wang Zhen, "Look." ”

"See what?" Wang Zhen turned around. Then he saw Li Hongzhang's son, Li Jingfang, the former minister of Japan, and a white man walking towards them.

Hartman quietly pulled Wang Zhen for a moment, and then they greeted him with a smile.

"Minister Li, I didn't expect us to meet here again." Hartmann greeted first - he knew Li Jingfang; When talking to Li Hongzhang about the rifle and warship business, he and Wang Zhen met him several times. As for the white man who was with Li Jingfang, Hartman also knew him. "Hello, Mr. Watson."

"You know me?" Former U.S. Secretary of State Foster•John•Watson[note 2] was stunned for a moment, but it occurred to him that as a former secretary of state, it was not surprising that someone knew him.

"Of course I know you, Mr. Secretary." Hartman's answer confirmed his inference.

"Former Secretary of State." Watson briefly corrected Hartman's statement, and then handed over the right to Li Jingfang. After all, now he is in charge.

"Mr. Hartman, I'm sorry that my father can't see you right now." Seeing Hartman and Wang Zhen again seemed to annoy Li Jingfang. Certainly did not surprise them. The two warships that Li Hongzhang entrusted them to purchase not only failed to arrive in time, but were also incorporated into the Nanyang Fleet, and he was very unhappy about this, and naturally Li Jingfang did not have a good face towards them.

And, if it weren't for the fact that they could really buy arms that no one else could buy, he wouldn't have personally come out and explain the reason to them. "My father had just been murdered in a horrific assassination, and the doctor said he needed a quiet rest."

"I know about that assassination, Minister Lee." Hartman said, "In fact, the Assassin has already been killed by my men. ”

"Oh?" Li Jingfang was surprised for a moment. He had heard that the Assassin had been killed by a foreigner, but he had not expected that the man to be Hartman's henchman - but he had not noticed Wang Zhen's face at all.

Men? Wang Zhen was about to faint. If those Secret Service guys had heard Hartman say that, they would have turned him into a punching bag for boxing.

But more exaggerated things are yet to come. "Minister Li, I am worried about the safety of His Excellency Minister Beiyang." Hartman continued, "I think the guards you've prepared are too weak. Therefore, I sincerely advise you to hire some professionals to serve as the guards of His Excellency the Minister of Beiyang. ”

"What do you want to say, Mr. Hartman?" Li Jingfang looked at him vigilantly.

"What I want to say is that you can hire my subordinates to serve as personal guards for His Excellency the Minister of Beiyang. I don't want to exaggerate, but they are indeed the best security experts in the United States......" Watson had a feeling of laughing when he heard Hartman boast like this, but then he couldn't laugh anymore.

He heard Hartman say "Umbrella Company guards".

Watson only heard this, and he didn't hear anything after that. Umbrella Guards...... Umbrella, Inc. He knew the name of the "security service company", and in fact he knew much more...... A plan that is being implemented. Coincidentally, before he left the United States, he was entrusted with the implementation of this plan.

Those were characters he couldn't and wasn't willing to refuse.

"Yes, Mr. Lee." He turned his head and said to Li Jingfang slowly, "Your father does need some professional guards. ”

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"What exactly are the police doing in Shimonoseki? How could a ronin with a pistol approach the palanquin of the plenipotentiary minister of the Qing State and stab him? "Hirobumi Ito is angry with the officials of the Shimonoseki police system. He was about to be mad by these incompetent guys, Li Hongzhang was assassinated in Japan, and this kind of thing spread to the world, and the Japanese government's face was completely over.

"As a result of this incident, the image of our country in the eyes of the Western powers will be seriously damaged, and even the reputation of His Majesty the Emperor will be affected. Ladies and gentlemen, which of you can bear such a responsibility? Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu also had a straight face. He was also choked with anger - as the head of the foreign service, he would face directly the reproaches of the great powers, and that was not destined to be a pleasant job.

So now he wants to reprimand others, and even moved out of the emperor. Although he and important ministers such as Hirobumi Ito and Aritomo Yamaguchi rarely took the emperor seriously, the petty officials below were completely different, and they were already trembling with fear.

But the performance of these officials is already very good. If it were the police officers on duty, if they had heard that their negligence would have damaged the emperor's reputation, perhaps they would have chosen to die for their crimes.

Poor little people.

With a casual sigh, Mutsu Munemitsu began to think about the current situation. Li Hongzhang's assassination was a very bad incident and would have a lot of bad effects on Japan -- the condemnation of the great powers was only a secondary issue, and he was even more worried that Li Hongzhang would use this as an excuse to break off the negotiations and return to China; More dangerously, because he was a highly respected man and at the same time old and frail, his assassination was a very reasonable reason for intervention for those powerful countries that tried to intervene in the Sino-Japanese war.

Even if no country is prepared to intervene, it will be difficult for the Japanese government to continue its current hardline stance if the Chinese government uses the assassination of Li Hongzhang to win the sympathy of the European powers.

Everything was messed up by that fool!

"Damn fellow." Mutsu Munemitsu scolded in a low voice.

"What's even more troublesome is that he is dead, which makes it more difficult for our country to deal with this issue." Ito Hirobumi waved his fist angrily, "The police in Shimonoseki are really disappointing, not only failed to stop the ronin from assassinating, but also failed to catch him, but also let him be killed by the rice countrymen." ”

"Your Excellency," the director of the Shimonoseki Police Station trembled, "this happened so suddenly—"

"I don't want to hear any explanation. You must find out the identity of the ronin and the motive for the assassination as soon as possible, so that our country will have a chance to salvage some of the situation. Ito waved his hand, "Now you can leave." ”

The officials cautiously left, while Ito looked at Mutsu Munemitsu. "Mutsu-kun, I'm going to visit Minister Li Quanquan now, are you going too?"

"Yes, Ito-kun." The most important task now is to stabilize Li Hongzhang's mood and prevent him from taking the opportunity to return to China. However, the moment he stood up, Mutsu Munemitsu suddenly had a new idea. "Maybe we can take advantage of this assassination."

"What do you mean?"

"Minister Li has seen the spirit of our people, and I think that as long as we carefully and patiently persuade him, he will no longer be stubborn."

Sometimes, persuasion is not much different from threats.

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Note: Li Jingfang is not Li Hongzhang's biological son, but adoptive.

Note 2: Foster John Watson, Chinese known as Crestec, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1892 to 1893, and his grandson is former U.S. Secretary of State Dulles (to be continued, if you want to know what happened next, please log in to WWW.CMFU.COM, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )