In August of the twelfth year of Guangxu, Song Xiaofei led the Beiyang Navy Division to bombard the Nagasaki Police Station, which was the first time in the history of the country that the mainland was attacked by China's heavy artillery. At this time, the port of Nagasaki was calm, and this small island country no longer had the "kamikaze" protection of the Mongol army of the Yuan Dynasty when they were on an expedition.

When Emperor Meiji's inner court received the news, it exploded. Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi of the main peace faction and Minister of Agriculture and Commerce Saigo of the main war faction quarreled so much that they were about to fight in front of the emperor.

It is said that the hard-liners in the political circles of the time were led by Shigenobu Okuma and Saigo Nomichi. Saigo Congdao introduced earlier, that is, in 1874, he led 3,000 people to attack Taiwan. Shigenobu Okuma was born in 1838 in Saga Castle of the Hizen Domain, a nobleman, his father was the chief of the Saga Domain, and enjoyed a high fortune, he was exposed to the Dutch Constitution and the American Reading Power Declaration as a teenager, and became a young man with a constitutional mind, and his youth was just in time for the turmoil of the Meiji Restoration, he promoted the Saga Domain to join the "Emperor Downfall" movement, and also promoted the Freedom and Civil Rights Movement in 1874, proposing the establishment of an elected council. As a result, in 1881, Ito Hirobumi secretly united with the Satsuma and Nagasu bureaucrats and the Imperial Ministers in the political axe to launch a coup d'état in the 14th year of the Meiji era, and destroyed Shigenobu Okuma, at this time Ito Hirobumi had become Emperor Meiji's number one minister, and he advised Emperor Moji: "At present, there are only four warlike ironclad ships in the Navy, which is less than half of China's, and the reform of internal affairs is slow, and the unequal treaties signed with Britain and the United States in the past still exist, which restricts the development of the economy, and the constitution has just been drafted. We will have to wait another 10 years before we can go to war with China. ”

Saigo retorted: "China is obviously provoking Yumoto, and the Minister of the Army, Inoue Hengichi, said that the military department is ready for battle, and if there is no war against China, he will withdraw from the cabinet." The patriotic samurai in Tokyo and Nagasaki were extremely angry, which was a great shame for the Yamato nation, and if they did not start a war against China, they would have committed suicide by breaking their stomachs outside the palace. ”

Ito Hirobumi hurriedly retorted, "Seeking death is just the courage of a horseman, and it is a true hero to know shame and then rise up!" ”

Emperor Meiji, who had passed the year of his establishment, touched his thick mustache, and his heart was also very entangled, and he finally chose to make peace in humiliation and sent Ito Hirobumi to Nagasaki to make peace with Song Xiaofei.

In the name of the Yamato Axe, Ito Hirobumi sent a telegram to Song Xiaofei, expressing condolences to the five Beiyang sailors who were killed and missing, saying that the Nagasaki Police Station and the ronin's hatred of the Chinese did not represent the position of the Hokuyo Axe, and that the Masaxe Moto was willing to compensate the dead Beiyang sailors. He also sought the British and American ambassadors to mediate and mediate peace talks.

At this time, Song Xiaofei had already sent 1,000 sailors to land, occupied the political axe building in Nagasaki City, and ordered the Nagasaki Police Department to immediately arrest the murderer of the Beiyang sailors. After receiving a telegram from Ito Hirobumi, Song Xiaofei summoned two deputy admirals, Lang Weili and Ma Jifen, and Lin Tai, the general soldier of the left wing, to hold a meeting to discuss.

Luang Weili was still the main battle, he said: "It's too early to make peace with Yumoto, we should sail the warship directly to Tokyo!" ”

Song Xiaofei sighed and said, "Admiral Ben doesn't want to start a war with Yu himself right away, it's just that I sent a telegram to Lord Zhongtang to ask for instructions, and he thinks that peace talks can be held." It is said that the army now has more than 36,000 regular troops, and once we land and fight, we will have no advantage. ”

Lin Tai once said: "That can't be cheap, otherwise I won't be able to explain to my dead brothers." ”

Song Xiaofei said: "Don't worry, this time you will never give up with yourself." Since we want to negotiate peace, we ask them to show sincerity and let Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito come to Nagasaki to talk to us in person, and I am going to ask for an indemnity of 1 million taels of silver, and take the opportunity to take back the Ryukyu Islands and fishing. Island. ”

"If that's the case," said Majifen, "then it's best to give yourself a little color before the negotiations." ”

Song Xiaofei said: "That's what I want, then there will be Admiral Rauma and General Lin Commander, with two warships and 1,500 Beiyang Naval Divisions to recover Ryukyu and fishing. Island, give Hirobumi Ito a greeting gift. I have sent a telegram to Lord Zhongtang and Taiwan Governor Liu Mingchuan, asking the Taiwan side to allocate 2,000 Huai troops to cooperate with you. Liu Mingchuan's eldest brother hit Yu himself in the Ryukyus during the Tongzhi period, and with his help, as well as the 'Zhenyuan' ironclad ship, I believe that you can send me good news before the Sino-Chinese negotiations. ”

In the evening, at the dock of Nagasaki Port to bid farewell to Ma Jifen and Lin Taizeng's sailors, Song Xiaofei's face was covered with sweat, and he walked to Yangfan Building, which was originally a restaurant, where Song Xiaofei was ready to negotiate with Ito Hirobumi.

Located on the high ground east of Nagasaki Port, this building stands on a solid rock and overlooks the vast strait, and you can see the white sails of Nagasaki Port and the sparkling scenery. At this moment, Song Xiaofei's mood is incompatible with the beautiful scenery in front of him, he knows that history has given him little time, on the side of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Guangxu will soon reach the age of pro-government, and his teacher Weng Tongyi will inevitably be reused again, and the project of the Summer Palace will also start to be officially launched, and the funds of the Beiyang Navy Division will be greatly reduced. Before that, he had to sink the clipper, or at least, hit a few holes in it, so that he couldn't let the ship sail out to sea.

Song Xiaofei knew very well in his heart that the best way to deal a heavy blow to the capital was to provoke a full-scale Sino-Japanese war now, but it is a pity that China had just fought a war with France, the treasury was a little empty, Li Hongzhang did not lead the battle, and the army officer academy had only been held for a while, and the Chinese army did not have much advantage in fighting on the mainland, so it could only engage in naval warfare; There is another way, which is to kill Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito.

According to the information collected by Song Xiaofei, Ito Hirobumi's status in Yuben is equivalent to China's Li Hongzhang, but he is more open-minded than Li Hongzhang, from 1882 to 1883 he went to Prussia to study the constitution, and after returning to China, he has organized a cabinet, and now Ito Hirobumi has been organizing legal experts to draft the constitution. What does government mean to a country, once Emperor Moto promulgates the Constitution, everyone becomes a citizen, and the national strength will inevitably be a thousand miles. On the other hand, in the Qing Dynasty, from the very beginning of the Central Plains, there were "Yangzhou Ten Songs" and "Jiading Three Massacres" that had been stenched for thousands of years, massacring Han people. Emperor Qianlong also particularly hated the Han people doctor called "minister", there was a doctor to his father to declare "virtuous minister", as a result of Qianlong put in prison, to the late Qing Dynasty even did not have the word "minister", Han Chen did not even call himself a "slave" qualifications, in the eyes of the Manchu emperor, the Han official is a slave among the slaves, the six yamen, basically two sets of people and horses of the Manchu and Han Dynasty, the Manchu ministers hold the big seal, the Han people manage the manuscript, that is, run errands, the Empress Dowager Cixi's highest evaluation of the Hanchen is "can do things", even if it is Li Hongzhang, If you buy a warship, you also have to ask Prince Alcohol for instructions early and report later. If it weren't for the early realization of the dream of peace in his heart, and the fact that he didn't want China to carry out a bloody revolution like France, Song Xiaofei would have led people to rise up earlier.

Before the peace of the world, Song Xiaofei felt that he should do more for the Chinese people to alleviate their suffering, suffering is really not a panacea for "rejuvenating the country", it can only bring people pain, humiliation, helplessness and anger! The biggest enemy of the Chinese people at this time is Yuben. Most of the other Taixi powers only wanted to trade with China and ask for some privileges, but only Ben and Russia had great territorial ambitions against China. Killing Ito Hirobumi will delay the constitutionalism of Samoto for at least ten years, and maybe Shigenobu Okuma, who is the main war, will return to power and start a war with China, which will just take the opportunity to defeat Sakumoto himself and demand a huge war reparation, which can set Samoto back at least fifty years.

Song Xiaofei's idea of killing Ito Hirobumi was born when he was assassinated by Takezoe Jinichiro and Saymoto Ronin in Tianjin, and he wanted to deal with Yue himself in his own way, but it was inconvenient to start in China's territory at that time. is preparing to assassinate Ito Hirobumi, which is also the reason why Song Xiaofei agreed to negotiate with himself.

At this moment, in the Yangfan Tower, Song Xiaofei was sitting on a recliner with a fishy sea breeze blowing in front of him, he closed his eyes, quietly waiting for the arrival of the warrior who was about to assassinate Ito Hirobumi! He knows that there are some roads, once he takes the first step, he can never retreat, and if he is afraid, he will lose first! Regardless of the wind and rain, only by moving forward bravely can we see the dawn of victory!;