Emperor Meiji's words immediately shocked Oyama Iwa, Yamamoto Gonbei and others.

Da Shanyan said loudly: "Your Majesty, no! ”

Gonbei Yamamoto also said: "Your Majesty, how can I, the great Japanese Empire, bow my head like a poor, backward, ignorant and ignorant China? Also, since we have occupied Taiwan and the Penghu Islands, which are the territory of our Great Japanese Empire, how can we return them to China? Your Majesty the Emperor, please think twice! ”

Oyama Iwa echoed: "Please think twice about Your Majesty the Emperor!" ”

Except for Prime Minister Katsura Taro, who did not speak, the rest of the people, including the Minister of Finance, the Minister of the Interior, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, all echoed loudly along with Oyama Iwa and Yamamoto Gonbei.

Emperor Meiji looked at this group of uneasy ministers and was also angry: "Then you tell me, what should Japan do?" Where do we go from here? What should be done with the 500,000 soldiers on the Korean Peninsula? Also, if the Chinese fleet invaded the coast of the Seto Inland Sea and bombarded various ports, industrial areas, and coastal cities in Japan, how would Japan resist? ”

As soon as Emperor Meiji was angry, everyone was suddenly silent, don't look at Emperor Meiji as just an old man who is not good-looking, but Japan can have today, it can almost be said that he created it single-handedly, even if he is the most effective emperor in Japan's history, it is well deserved.

Such a person, how can it be regarded as a generation of heroes and heroes, and the people present have at best only flourished in the past one or two decades or even in recent years, who dares to disobey Emperor Meiji? They don't have the guts yet!

After a long time, Japanese Prime Minister Katsura Taro said: "Your Majesty, I agree with your proposal. Today, Japan is not thinking about how much it has to gain, but how much it is about to lose. ”

Emperor Meiji glanced at him, and finally the prime minister who was promoted by himself was quite worry-free, understood his own thoughts, and could see the actual situation, Emperor Meiji nodded and said: "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you, you can prepare, and Foreign Minister Komura Shoutaro and War Minister Terauchi Masashi will personally go to China to negotiate an armistice agreement." It is up to you to deal with the matter. Let's protect Japan's interests as much as possible. ”

Katsura Taro replied, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

After Emperor Meiji nodded, he closed his eyes in pain, and no one could read what was in his heart. I guess it's extremely bleak.

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November 1. Japan announced to the world. We are willing to stop war with China and form a peaceful and friendly country, and ask China to maintain world peace. In agreeing to this, Japan will send a negotiating envoy composed of the prime minister, the minister of war, and the minister of foreign affairs to China to discuss the matter in good faith.

Japan's blatant announcement this time is tantamount to telling the whole world that it wants to beg for peace with China, which is an extremely humiliating thing to say, but there is nothing that can be helped.

Emperor Meiji's idea was: Japan has already announced to the world that it will not fight with you and demands peaceful coexistence, and if you and China do not forgive, then you don't want world peace, that is, you can't get along with the whole world, and this can't be justified in any way, right?

Wang Jundao, of course, knew that Japan had fought this wishful thinking, and his heart was like a mirror, and he originally planned to stop the war, after all, he had been at war with Japan and Russia for a long time, although they had won the war, but China's logistics were almost unable to support it, if it weren't for the cholera a few years ago that earned so much money for the military hall and the cabinet, I am afraid that in the past two years, if China wants to rely on that small amount of financial revenue to support such a huge war without going into debt, it is simply impossible.

China's foundation is simply too weak!

Now that Japan is asking for an armistice, although Russia has not asked for an armistice, it has almost acquiesced in the armistice, and Wang Jundao certainly can't ask for it.

Therefore, after Japan announced its request for an armistice to the world, three days later, Wang Jundao also announced to the world that he would accept Japan's request for an armistice, but Japan must withdraw all its troops from Korea to the south of Seoul and north of Seoul within three days, and not a single Japanese soldier is allowed to be stationed, otherwise China will attack immediately!

As for saying that Japan wants to send a cabinet premier, a minister of war, and a foreign minister to form a negotiating envoy to China for negotiations, Wang Jundao also agreed, but there is also a time requirement, that is, the Japanese envoy must arrive in Beijing for negotiations within five days, otherwise China will immediately launch the Pusan landing battle, and sail the naval fleet to Japan's coastal waters to bomb Japan's coastal military ports, seaports, and cities!

Wang Jundao's move is that Japan has no time to prepare!

In three days, it is theoretically possible to withdraw hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops entrenched north of Seoul to the south of Seoul, but in fact, in these three days, hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops have almost to lose all their sleep, and it is possible to withdraw all of them to the south of Seoul!

It is theoretically possible for a negotiating envoy group composed of the Japanese prime minister, foreign minister, and army minister to arrive in Beijing within five days, but at least four and a half days of this will have to be done by boat and on the road, and there will not be much time to prepare!

China and Japan decided to cease the war, but they didn't take the DPRK to heart at all, let alone put it forward, which shows that the weak country not only has no diplomacy, but also has no right to speak!

Of course, Japan could not refuse Wang Jundao's request, after all, Wang Jundao now holds the power of life and death in Japan, and Japan cannot afford to be disobedient.

Five days later, Japanese Prime Minister Katsura Taro, Foreign Minister Komura Shotaro, Minister of War and Korean Battlefield Commander Terauchi Masatake, and other negotiating envoys arrived in Beijing, while Lin Zhengnan, commander-in-chief of the Korean Battlefield of the Chinese Dragon and Tiger Army, and Nie Yuanzheng, deputy commander-in-chief, also arrived in Beijing.

Wang Jundao did not leave aside a group of Japanese negotiators, after all, people came to beg for peace, how could Wang Jundao show the demeanor of a victor, so he asked Tang Shaoyi, vice minister of the cabinet and foreign minister, to place him in the former Japanese embassy in China in Dongjiaomin Lane.

Since the Battle of the Yalu River, the Chinese Dragon and Tiger Army entered the territory of Korea, Wang Jundao lifted the blockade of the embassies of various countries in Dongjiaomin Lane, and released all the ministers of various countries who had been under house arrest for four years, and placed them in the embassies of various countries, but still sent guards to closely monitor on the grounds of security, and no one was allowed to leave Beijing, but they could resume contact with their own country, Wang Jundao's move was to let these ministers report to their respective countries at any time on the progress of the Korean War.

After four years of house arrest and forced self-labor reform, the ministers of various countries have long since faded from the arrogance they had in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and one by one they have become submissive, even if they are in contact with their own countries, they dare not say a word unfavorable to China; as for the Sino-Japanese War of Korea, they are all praising how China defeated Japan without the power to fight back, and how it defeated the Japanese fleet in the naval battle of the Korean Strait.

These ministers were afraid that they would say the wrong thing and do the wrong thing, and they would be placed under house arrest again, and they would engage in inhuman labor reform without wages, which also made Wang Jundao very satisfied, so he did not continue to trouble these ministers.

On 11 November, China and Japan held their first peace talks, and the Chinese representatives participating in the talks were Prime Minister Choi Kyung-lue, Vice Minister and Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi, Chinese commander-in-chief Lin Zhengnan, deputy commander-in-chief Nie Yuanzheng, naval commander-in-chief Ye Zuqi, and deputy commander-in-chief Sa Zhenbing, while the Japanese representatives were Japanese Prime Minister Katsura Taro, Foreign Minister Komura Shotaro, War Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Army in Korea, Masayi Terauchi, Chief of the General Staff, and Nogi Noshinori, Chief of the General Staff. The ministers of Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Italy, Austria and other countries, who had just been released by Wang Jundao for less than a month, acted as bystanders and witnesses.

As soon as the negotiations began, Japanese Prime Minister Katsura Taro loudly rebuked: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, Your Excellency Vice Prime Minister, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, starting from the Battle of Xingcheng, your country has massacred a large number of captured Chinese soldiers for no reason, and our government has lodged a serious protest and demanded that your government apologize and compensate for such acts!" ”

After Cui Jing smiled slightly, he said expressionlessly: "Then tell me, how much compensation is needed from our country?" ”

Katsura Taro said loudly: "From the beginning of the Battle of Heungjo to the present, a total of 400,000 soldiers of our country have died at the guns of your country, and according to the compensation of 1,000 pounds for one soldier, your country should compensate our country 560 million pounds. ”

Cui Jingluo sneered in his heart, but said calmly: "Since your country is talking about compensation, then I also want to talk about how many people have been slaughtered by your country since the beginning of the First Sino-Japanese War, Taiwan Island and its affiliated islands, Penghu Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Liaodong, Shandong, Tianjin, Beijing, etc.?" I can't tell you the specifics, but as far as the number of statistics in our country is concerned, there are at least 2 million, and in the past 10 years, the Chinese soldiers who have died under the guns of your country are as many as 500,000, and according to your country's statistics, there are 1,000 pounds per person, that is, 2.5 billion pounds, and in addition to the 560 million pounds that offset the dead soldiers of your country, your country should also compensate our country for another 1.94 billion pounds. ”

As soon as Cui Jingluo's words fell, not only Katsura Taro was dumbfounded, but Komura Shoutaro, Terauchi Masaki, Nogi Noshinori, etc. were dumbfounded one after another, what is this? Do you dig a hole for yourself?

The ministers of Britain, France, the United States, and Germany, who were sitting on the side, also had their eyes wandering, worried that if China wanted to investigate the Chinese people and Chinese soldiers who died in the Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China, they were afraid that their countries would also have to pay a large amount of money to China.

In the middle of the ring, Katsura Taro shook his head again and again and said: "No, no, Your Excellency Prime Minister, you are wrong, those who used to be were the people and soldiers of the Great Qing Kingdom, not the people and soldiers of your country. ”

As soon as the words fell, Cui Jingluo sneered: "Joke, born in my Chinese land, grew up in my Chinese land, and accepted the influence of my Chinese culture, if it is not my Chinese people and soldiers, is it your Japan's failure?" 1.94 billion pounds, not including the resources that Japan has seized on our land over the years, the wealth it has plundered, and the taxes that have been forcibly levied, if you add these, the amount will be even greater, but I will not be held accountable for those who lost to you in the former Qing Dynasty, but the indemnity of 1.94 billion pounds cannot be less, otherwise your country will bear the wrath of the 450 million people of our Great China, and the 100,000 navy of our China will sail warships to the coast of Japan. Two million Chinese Dragon and Tiger troops will land in Japan in batches, and five million Chinese reserve warriors will immediately form an army as a follow-up force and set foot on Japanese soil! (To be continued......)