"Whether it is for China, or for Asia or even the world, on July 7, 1906, after a month and a half of secret negotiations, China and Japan, the two East Asian countries, finally ended the protracted war, the war ended with China's victory, although China, as the victor, forced Japan to cede a large amount of land, and at the same time demanded 1.5 billion yen in war expenses, but as the victor, China, unexpectedly signed the "Treaty of Security between the Chinese Empire and the Japanese Empire" with Japan The signing of this treaty not only abrogated the "Anglo-Japanese Alliance Treaty", but also enabled Japan, a country that wants to "break away from Asia and join Europe", to integrate into the Asian civilization circle again......

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"From now on, all military operations against China will be stopped, waiting for the arrival of the Chinese government's receiving officials, and the whole army will be ready to withdraw from the DPRK, and after the arrival of the Chinese government's receiving officials, all DPRK affairs will be handed over to the receiving officials......"

Seoul, the capital of the "Korean Empire" and the location of Japan's "Korean Unified Administration" and the headquarters of the "Korean Army", was shocked when such a telegram came.

But the shock was too much, and many breathed a sigh of relief, in their opinion, that North Korea could not be saved at all, and that hundreds of thousands of troops were tormenting everyone because of North Korea, sitting back and watching the invasion of their homeland, and now, the war is finally over.

And the Koreans were also in shock, and they looked in amazement at the news that Japan had been defeated, and Korea, as if there was not much mention of Korea in the treaty.

"Perhaps...... Korea will be truly *** right"

"It seems, China is not bad either"

"yes......"

Compared with the Japanese who show mixed emotions, Koreans are relieved in addition to complexity, after all, they are more accustomed to China than Japan.

"Japan renounces the Japan-Korea Protection Pact and all other domestic and foreign treaties with Korea"

Listening to this, Lee Hee, the emperor of the "Korean Empire", finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the Japanese sword that had been hanging above his head from last year until now would finally disappear.

"Blessed by the fathers and fathers"

Although he was the emperor, when he heard this clause in the treaty, Li Xi couldn't help but cry out.

Two years ago, on February 10, Japan declared war on Russia, and the Russo-Japanese War broke out, forcing South Korea to sign six protocols to assist Japan in its war effort. After the end of the war, Japanese Minister Hayashi Kwonsuke forced South Korea to sign the Japan-Korea New Agreement, stipulating that South Korea should hire Japanese financial and diplomatic advisers and consult with Japan before concluding treaties with foreign countries. The following year, Japan sent tens of thousands of troops into Seoul, besieged the royal palace, and forced South Korean Foreign Minister Park Qi-chun to sign the "Japan-Korea Protection Pact," which contained five articles: First, "Korea's relations and affairs with foreign countries in the future" would be "under the supervision and command of the (Japanese) Ministry of Foreign Affairs," and that Korean nationals and interests in foreign countries would be "protected by Japan's diplomatic and consular affairs." Second, "Japan shall be responsible for the implementation of existing treaties signed between Korea and foreign countries, and shall not conclude any international treaties or agreements without the consent of the Japanese Government." Thirdly, the Japanese Government shall appoint a Commander-in-Chief, who shall be in charge of foreign affairs, to be stationed in Seoul, and the Japanese Government shall also appoint Governors to various localities to exercise all the functions formerly belonging to the Japanese Consul in Korea under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, and to be in charge of the full implementation of this Treaty." Fourth, "Existing treaties and agreements between Japan and Korea shall remain in force and effect to the extent that they do not contravene the provisions of this treaty." Fifth, "the Japanese government pledges to maintain the tranquility and dignity of the Korean royal family." According to this treaty, South Korea abolished its diplomatic organs and did not establish the post of foreign minister, and as a result, Korea lost its foreign and domestic sovereignty, became a protectorate of Japan, and became a de facto colony of Japan.

Since that day, the Korean Empire, which had only been established for eight years, was basically destroyed, and now, after China defeated Japan, it has abolished this treaty.

"Your Majesty, the Japanese and Japanese troops have withdrawn from Nanshan Wachengtai"

At this time, a palace eunuch shouted in disregard of the palace etiquette, Nanshan Wachengtai is where the Japanese army is monitoring the palace.

"What"

Li Xi was first surprised, and then rejoiced.

"Quick, quick, notify the ministers, go to the big newspaper altar to worship the three sects to thank the grace of China's reconstruction",

Shouting, Li Xi almost did not have the obstruction of his close attendants, so he got up and walked out of the palace, because in a few days it will be the enthronement sacrifice of Emperor Shenzong, so the big newspaper altar has already prepared sacrifices, so Li Xi will be like this.

"Your Majesty, please think again"

Li Jun, the prosecutor of the Ping Li Yuan, hurriedly spoke out to dissuade him.

"Something to think about? On the occasion of this event, how can there be no reason not to worship the three sects?"

Li Xi asked in surprise.

"Your Majesty, last year, the Chinese army entered Korea, and then in order to negotiate with the Japanese, they resolutely withdrew from Korea and trapped Your Majesty's ......"

Without waiting for Li Jun to finish speaking, Li Xi waved his hand directly and said.

"Today is different from the past, last year, China's strength was not as good as Japan, and today, Japan was defeated by China first, and signed a treaty with South Korea, China's grace, things are recreated, worship three cases, repay the grace of reconstruction, it is really ......"

"Your Majesty, but, you must know that China sent Yuan Shikai to Seoul"

Li Jun hurriedly reminded that it had already been announced in the Chinese newspapers yesterday that the receiving minister to South Korea was Minister of the Interior Yuan Shikai.

"Yuan Shikai ......"

"Your Majesty, Yuan Shikai is the Minister of the Interior of China, and the Ministry of the Interior is in charge of the domain, its meaning is needless to say, last year, the minister was ordered by the emperor to Nanjing to see Yuan Shikai, Yuan Shikai had an ambiguous attitude, saying: "Korea is not a Chinese domain, China does not need to bear its responsibility" ......

As long as he remembered the cold reception he received when he went to Nanjing to meet Yuan Shikai last year, Li Jun only felt a burst of anger, but he was helpless, after all, North Korea has become "***" into the Korean Empire, not a vassal of China, they naturally cannot stand out for South Korea, and the "South Korea-Taiwan exchange" proposed by the last Chinese is completely based on China's interests.

"What Lord Yuan said is reasonable, we can't repay grievances, and today, China does not hesitate to fight a bloody war with Japan, and defeats Korea, and the heart of China's reinvention can not be solved by our small countries and widows,"

When Li Jun was about to refute, Li Xi continued.

"During the Wanli period, the thieves entered Korea, eight erosions, Emperor Shenzong diligent the world's soldiers, spent the world's wealth, seven years and then decided, to this more than 300 years, the happiness of the people are the gift of the emperor. Twelve years ago, the northern country was defeated by the hands of the thieves, and the thieves wanted to swallow my North Korea, forcing me to North Korea, how could it be what we wanted, today's China, for the Chinese Zhengshuo, although there is no Ming Emperor's vein, but there is the blood of the dynasty, that is, China Zhengshuo has been supported, and rebuilt with me, I should cancel ***, return to the bosom of the mother state"

The big newspaper altar located in the Chuntang Terrace of the Hou Garden, is the sacrifice set up by the Li Dynasty royal family for the three emperors of the Ming Dynasty, after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Li Dynasty royal family has been carrying out various memorial activities, Renzu does not forget the gift of burning incense in the palace. In 1704, Jiashen, the 60th anniversary of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Li Dynasty Suzong from the Yichun Gate forbidden the altar, the ether prison to worship Emperor Chongzhen. He also ordered the Hancheng government to set up a "big newspaper altar" in Chuntangtai in the back garden to worship Emperor Shenzong. "Dabao" comes from the suburbs of the "Book of Rites", which is the righteousness of the suburbs, and has the meaning of repaying virtue. In 1749, in the fourteenth year of Qianlong, he enjoyed the great newspaper altar with Taizu, Shenzong and Yizong of the Ming Dynasty, and paid homage on the day of the enthronement and death of the three emperors. This ritual is carried out every year and has not changed to this day.

At 10 o'clock in the morning on July 8, the South Korean royal prince headed by Li Xi, dozens of officials, consuls of various countries, and newspaper reporters stood in front of the big newspaper, and Li Xi, who knelt on the big newspaper, held the Ming Huang Ritual and read it aloud.

"In the past five hundred and sixty-two years, three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, two hundred and sixty-two years ago, China sank and fell into barbarism, but the heart of China has not changed, and it is still along the Chongzhen era. Since the opening of Emperor Shenzong's reconstruction, he has also heard of the bookbearers,...... In modern times, Korea was forced by the Japanese, forced to do ***, not forced to the momentum of other countries, the ministers of my vassal state, dare to be the king, in the last year, China is recovering, the emperor succeeded to the throne, my vassal ministers, although the Japanese were imprisoned here, but to the heart of China does not change, the country recreated by Emperor Shenzong and the people living by Emperor Shenzong, now Ding, and then the Chinese Emperor recreated, the emperor recreated the country of Korea, and then the people of Korea, the ministers of my vassal state dare to be called Jun again, the ministers of my vassal state, dare to be the country, now Ding, the imperial dynasty sent an envoy to Korea, and my North Korea should be canceled*** , remember the Holy Ancestors in the sky, my North Korea is willing to be the domain of China for thousands of generations, I hope that the Holy Ancestors will bless, China will not abandon my guilty domain, and the guilty minister Li Xi kowtows to ......"

The sacrificial text read out in Chinese was read out one by one, especially when the last paragraph was canceled *** and then the vassal of China, everyone was at a loss for a while, especially those foreigners, they almost couldn't believe their ears when they heard the translation, when Japan was in charge of Korea, Korea rejuvenated the country and protested, and the ministers committed suicide and martyred, and now, the receiving minister sent by China is still at sea, and the Korean emperor took the initiative to cancel ***. ,

"Remembering the Holy Ancestors in the sky, my North Korea is willing to be the domain of China for thousands of generations, I hope that the Holy Ancestors will bless, China will not abandon my guilty domain, and the criminal minister Li Xi will kowtow to ......"

In the commander's room of the battleship "Jingyuan", looking at the telegram in his hand, bean-sized sweat drops instantly poured out from Yuan Shikai's bright forehead, and he was silent for a long time before he sighed.

"Li Xi who lost your mother, this kid ......"

With a curse, Yuan Shikai threw down the telegram in his hand and paced back and forth.

"Kill, kill......"

sighed twice in succession, Yuan Shikai's face was full of sighs, but more helpless.

"Minister, isn't this just right, this Li Xi canceled ***, North Korea is a vassal of our country again, in this case, ......"

Without waiting for Tang Zhaoyi to finish speaking, Yuan Shikai shook his head and said.

"You don't understand, you don't understand, Li Xi, this kid, has been swimming among the Manchus, Japan, and Russia all these years, and he knows what is best for North Korea and what is best for North Korea"

With his eyes half-closed, Yuan Shikai continued.

"When the news of the signing of the Japan-ROK Preservation Pact last year broke, it immediately aroused strong opposition from all levels of North Korea. On the day of the signing, the house of Lee Wan-yong, who was regarded as a traitor by the North Koreans, was set on fire. The DPRK unanimously demanded the "abolition of the protection treaty" and the "expulsion of the Japanese and the five thieves." And the "Imperial City Daily" immediately announced the truth of the signing to the world. He called the date of the announcement of the pact "a day of national mourning" in North Korea. The editorial, entitled "It's the Day, Weep Loudly," was written by Zhang Zhiyuan, the people's hatred for the protection of the agreement. The article wrote, "The students closed the school and cried bitterly, the merchants cried out of the city, the Confucian students surrendered to the city and called for the closure, the old ministers resisted for days, and the Japanese either robbed them with soldiers or detained and humiliated them." So the chief military attache Min Yonghuan drew his sword and killed himself, and the former minister of parliament Zhao Bingshi drank medicine and martyred himself, it can be said that the turmoil of the day is rare in the world, but Li Xi did not say a word, because he knew that the abolition of the treaty would only make his throne unsecure, so the agitation was agitated, and the opposition was opposed......"

"Then, minister, today Li Xi canceled *** and re-established himself as a vassal of China, will it also arouse ......?"

"The North Koreans' thinking heart is by no means what we can expect, today it is a vassal of China, and there will naturally be people who oppose it, but it is only a few people, most people will be happy to see it, and even cheer, but this is the smartest place in Li Xi Li Xi ah Li Xi ......"

After leaving North Korea for 12 years, this time to North Korea, Yuan Shikai, who was originally pointing to the governor of North Korea and returning to China to be promoted to the post of prime minister of the empire, clearly realized that he was afraid that his dream of being the governor of North Korea was about to be shattered.

No way

Absolutely not

If there is no position of the governor of the DPRK and the merit of the DPRK being incorporated into the Chinese provinces, then the position of the prime minister can be ......

"Your Majesty, how will Your Majesty feel when he sees this?"

"Tsk,"

Putting down the report in his hand, Chen Moran lost his mind for a few minutes, and finally let out two praises in succession.

"Zheqin, this Li Xi ......"

"If he hadn't been smart, I'm afraid he would have been killed by the Japanese."

Guan Mingtang also praised it.

"Your Majesty, Li Xi first used the old things of the Ming Dynasty and then recreated the affairs of the feudal states. This is a handful, and then use today's things, China recreates a vassal state, this is a second handful, these two handfuls are not the top of the hand, the bottom is not, the upper is not, the upper is to sit back and see Korea as a vassal state of China, and can not be included in the Chinese province, if it is lower, and resolutely force the acceptance of Korea as a province of China, when the time comes, the Korean people will not only not remember the grace of our China to rebuild Korea, but will do something to provoke, this matter of accepting a line of provinces, the difficulty is by no means comparable to before"

Guan Mingtang sighed, admiring the shrewdness of this "small state criminal minister" in his heart, and his sacrificial text can be said to have forced China to a place where it is difficult to ride a tiger.

"But isn't it, originally we wanted to take advantage of the North Koreans' thinking heart, directly accept North Korea as a province, and then crown the Li family as the prince of China, it can be said that everything is a smooth trend, even if there is opposition, but it will never provoke a large-scale resistance, and now, Li Xi directly sent a high hat to me first, whether I am happy or not, at least the Koreans see my high righteousness, and compare me with Emperor Shenzong......"

With a wry smile, Chen Moran discovered for the first time that the king of this small country really had a way to protect himself.

"If I forcibly annex Korea, I will be the king of righteousness, that is, I will be wrong, then the people of Korea will no longer need to feel the grace of rebuilding and reliving, and they will naturally be able to resist categorically, and the name of the king of justice will suddenly ......be realized."

Speaking of this, Chen Moran smiled coldly, and his laughter became more and more cold.

"If I don't annex Korea because of this, it will be difficult to fulfill my heart's wish"

At this point, Chen Moran, who was forced into a dilemma, laughed out loud again, but the laughter was full of cold anger.

"It's ridiculous to say that I calculated the British, the Americans, the Japanese, the Russians, a while ago, and the Germans, and the world powers were almost calculated by me, but in the end, he let the Koreans calculate."

A foul word only made Guan Mingtang's heart tremble, he knew that this time His Majesty was probably really angry, if it weren't for that, with His Majesty's temper, he would never spit out such foul words.

But now, what's the use of being angry, Li Xi's high hat was given, His Majesty has to wear it if he doesn't wear it, and he has to wear it, sometimes it's always like this, it's not up to anyone.

"Hmph"

With a cold snort, Chen Moran's gaze turned cold.

"Today, I have worn this hat that Li Xi gave me, and I have to wear it in a dignified manner, let that Yuan Shikai put out a dignified and dignified score for me in North Korea, he is not just a big member, I like to appoint him as the governor of North Korea, the governor of all military and political affairs in North Korea, isn't North Korea willing to be a vassal of China for thousands of years?"

His Majesty's words only shocked Guan Mingtang, and he quickly got up and said.

"Your Majesty, you can ......"

"But what? In the former Qing Dynasty, Yuan Shikai was able to be the governor of all military and political affairs in Korea, why can't the Korean governor of my Chinese Empire be the governor of North Korea? ”

Sneering, Chen Moran was silent for a moment.

"North Korea, I want to swallow it, and the matter of accepting North Korea as a province of China will never be changed, well, that is, for my Chinese vassal, the Korean Chinese language will be Chinese"

"Your Majesty, this is no problem, the literate people of North Korea all speak Chinese"

Guan Mingtang has no objection to this, since he took office as finance minister, he has come into contact with many North Koreans, most of those North Koreans can speak Chinese, and he has also come into contact with some soldiers who joined the DPRK last year, and it is normal for literate North Koreans to write Chinese characters and speak Chinese.

"I used to want to cut through the mess quickly, but now I ......"

Humming coldly, Chen Moran's gaze became more and more cold.

"Take your time, you want to destroy a country's ......".