In the past half a month, it may have been the most comfortable half month for Tang Haoran, especially after the matter of Tekai Enke was decided this year, scholars from all over the country gathered in the capital to prepare for the year-end examination, and Tan Sitong also moved into the Hunan Hall because of his father's order, ostensibly to comply with his father's order to prepare for the exam, but privately he was there to contact his colleagues, and Tang Haoran's words did sprout in his heart that day.

Not only Tan Sitong was busy, but even Hu Qi, together with Hu Qi, also said that he would contact his colleagues on the road, and one day he would have to overthrow the rule of the Manchu Emperor.

Compared with them, Tang Haoran, as the initiator, lived a very comfortable life in Japan, in addition to teaching all day long, he led Yun'er to play around inside and outside the capital, although there was a lot of wind and sand in the capital in this spring, and the smell was really bad, but Tang Haoran was also happy to do so, in his opinion, since it was in love, it was natural to spend the next month, and it was natural to go shopping and press the road.

And what makes Tang Haoran even more satisfied, I am afraid is Yun'er's pair of heavenly feet, according to her, the maid ring in the house does not wrap her feet, so as not to compete with the grandmother in the house, according to the rules, the woman is a concubine, and she can't accept it, so that when she said this, Yun'er's tears fell, so that Tang Haoran persuaded her to believe that what he liked was her heavenly foot.

In the past half month, I walked around places such as Liulifang and Tianqiao during the day, watched the juggling, watched the liveliness, listened to the cross talk, and tasted the "pure natural food" that seemed a little tasteless because there was no chicken essence, monosodium glutamate and other modern chemical flavorings.

This gentle township is a hero's mound, it is really true, for a while Tang Haoran even had a feeling that his ambition was gone, but fortunately, the big pigtails on the street and the news that came from time to time finally kept him from sinking into the gentle township.

Some people have a comfortable life, but some people, in the past half a month, things have been going on, for Li Hongzhang, in this half month, the life is not boring, but it makes him have a headache.

Half a month ago, there was a murder on Chongwenmen Street, not far from Dongjiaomin Lane, at first the inner city infantry yamen was not surprised, but after the body found the passport issued by the prime minister's yamen, the infantry yamen only then knew that the deceased was a counselor of the Japanese legation, and now the matter was troublesome.

Although Japan is a small country, the fact that the counselor died on the border of China in such an inexplicable manner really shocked the diplomatic circles of the capital, and for security reasons, at the invitation of the Japanese minister, even the ministers of Britain, France, the United States, and Germany also protested to the Prime Minister Yamen.

As in the past, King Qing, who had never had any way to deal with foreigners, directly handed this over to Li Hongzhang, so that he had full authority to negotiate with the Japanese, and the negotiation went on for half a month, and the case was still a headless unsolved case, and the appetite of the Japanese was getting bigger and bigger, from punishing the commander of the infantry yamen, to compensating for losses, and now, it was from the murder of Tanabe Jiro to North Korea.

"This Japanese is really a wolf ambition, intending to annex Korea for a long time!"

However, as soon as he had finished his negotiations with the Japanese minister Jinli, and as soon as he returned to the palace, Li Hongzhang could not help but denounce him; during the previous negotiations, Jinli was drunk and once again proposed to abolish the "Four Ways of Borrowing" proposed by Yuan Shikai, the prime minister stationed in the DPRK, and demanded that the Qing Dynasty lift all kinds of restrictions on loans to the DPRK.

"Lord Zhongtang, this matter must not be compromised, if you give in here, the Japanese will inevitably raise other matters!"

Wu Tingfang, who had just rushed over from Shanghai, hurriedly said on the side.

"I can't let the North Korean affair happen, how can I not know!"

Frowning, Li Hongzhang couldn't help but sigh, since the loss of the Vietnamese vassals, for the Qing Dynasty, North Korea is the last face of the Qing Dynasty as the "Heavenly Empire", this face can not be lost, not to mention, in the Qing Dynasty, Kanto is the land of the Dragon of the Qing Dynasty, close to the Beijing Division, North Korea and the Kanto region are separated by a water, and the Beijing Division is close at hand, if not, how can the imperial court regard North Korea as a barrier against the enemy outside the country. This is why there have been many interferences in the internal and foreign affairs of the DPRK over the past many years, and they have made every effort to expand their political and economic influence in the DPRK, with a view to controlling the DPRK and preventing the infiltration and invasion of the DPRK by the countries of the East and the West.

"If the conditions of the establishment are agreed, the DPRK will inevitably borrow money from various countries, and the countries of the East and West will be able to use foreign debts as a pledge to seek to control the DPRK, which will be very disadvantageous to our country!"

If he could make concessions on the Korean issue, Li Hongzhang would have agreed to it, but the problem was that the imperial court would never allow him to make concessions on the Korean issue.

"My lord, the only way to do this is to resolutely refuse the request of the Japanese Tanabe to negotiate with the DPRK, and the Tanabe case is the Tanabe case, and the DPRK can be handled by the Minister in the DPRK!"

Ma Jianzhong, who participated in the whole negotiations, once again proposed that in his opinion, the Japanese were simply Xiang Zhuang Wujian, and his intention was not in the Tanabe case, but in Korea.

"It's also embarrassing for the minister in Korea!"

Thinking of the helplessness shown by Yuan Shikai in the telegram in the past few months, Li Hongzhang frowned, as if he was unwilling to kick this matter to his subordinates.

Seeing that Zhongtang still seemed to be undecided, Ma Jianzhong continued.

"If the Japanese still intend to negotiate with North Korea on the Tanabe case, we can flatly refuse on the one hand, and send the sailors to Inchon on the other, so that we can show the determination of the imperial court, and second, we can also help the minister stationed in Korea!" This made the DPRK dare not centrifuge, and it also made the Japanese weigh their strength and then make concessions. ”

"What Uncle Mei said is very true, Lord Zhongtang, this Japan is not a Western power, it is a Western power, and the dynasty has also negotiated with Juwen Island, thinking that with the strength of the Japanese, if we show toughness, it will inevitably retreat, and besides, if we make concessions, we will definitely be taken advantage of by others!"

Wu Tingfang's words really made Li Hongzhang nod his head thoughtfully, if he made concessions on the "Tanabe case", he would definitely lead Weng Changshu and others to attack, and then ......

"At this time, let's make a decision after going to the court!"

After careful consideration, although he was inclined to show toughness, Li Hongzhang was only a Xinjiang minister after all, and the matter could only be implemented after the approval of the imperial court.

Li Hongzhang and others are upset here, and in the capital, Tang Haoran, who is the real "owner", is as comfortable as before, although it is comfortable, he does not forget to care about major matters, even if he doesn't care, some people will come to tell him about the latest news.

"The court has decided?"

Picking up the teacup, Tang Haoran asked casually,

Who would have thought that the person Hu Qi killed turned out to be a counselor in the Japanese legation, and it was also his old acquaintance Jiro Tanabe, why did he kill himself? Are you reluctant to pay royalties later? If it's a private reason, that's fine, but the question is, if it's not a personal relationship, what is the reason?

Could it be that Japan is eyeing itself?

The Japanese have always been good at assassination, and when Yuan Shikai was the governor of Korea, he was secretly attacked by the Japanese, and then later, Zhang Zuolin and others all confirmed this, but now what is worth them to do?

And now what is even more unexpected is that the Great Qing Dynasty, which has always shown itself to be "weak," has actually made a rare sè, not only rejecting Japan's request to negotiate with North Korea on the pretext of Tanaka's matter, but even saying that it will send a fleet to visit Korea.

As long as the Manchus were a little tougher, not to mention the Tanabe case, even in Korea, they would have to make concessions in a slippery manner; in fact, the current "Beiyang Navy" can be said to be the largest in the Far East in terms of its strength, and if the Manchus were able to take risks and be good at making decisions like the Japanese, how could this Korean matter drag on to this day? If the Korean issue had been resolved, how could there have been a defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War four years later?

According to historical statements, as early as three years ago, Japan decided on the "Expedition to the Qing National Policy" and planned to spend five years preparing for a war against China that was a "gamble on national fortunes."

"It has been agreed, the two ships of Dingyuan and Zhenyuan are equipped with Jiyuan, and they will go to North Korea to comfort ...... in the near future."

When it came to the toughness of the imperial court, Han Che's whole person seemed to be fluttering, and he was all triumphant.

"The Japanese were still very tough before, but now that the sailors are so dispatched, I'm afraid they can only accept our conditions and lose a sum of money!"

Lost a sum of money?

I sneered in my heart, I am afraid that this is "diplomacy with late Qing characteristics", the so-called foreign affairs do not start, relying on "compensation for losses", but I never thought that it is precisely because of this that the appetite of the great powers is fed day by day.

"Hey, that's the case, although the Tanabe is over, I'm afraid that new diseases will regenerate!"

Shaking his head helplessly and sighing, Tang Haoran looked at Han Che and said.

"It's okay here, but it's ...... on North Korea's side It is up to the minister stationed in Korea to negotiate, this time, it is to put Yuan Weiting on the fire frame, although the fleet is such a faction now, the Japanese will inevitably make concessions in the short term, but as soon as the rumors pass, Yuan Weiting will ......"

Shaking his head slightly, Tang Haoran sympathized with Yuan Shikai coming, and now the court is in no trouble, but the troubles all fall on Yuan Shikai and North Korea.

"Sir, why is that?"

Han Che asked with some puzzlement.

"This time the Japanese themselves are a chess game, although they use the excuse of the safety of diplomats, to obtain the support of various countries, but the countries have no intention of supporting their expansion in Korea, not to mention that on the Korean issue, in addition to the United States and Japan have the same position, Britain and Russia because of their conflict of interests both support China to maintain suzerainty, so, the imperial court said tough, Britain and Russia will definitely get off the slope, but now the court's sentence "all matters in Korea are negotiated by the minister in Korea", but Yuan and Li have no room to kick the ball in the past, in the future, Yuan Shikai's life is sad...... Come on! ”

Tang Haoran, who knew the future direction of the North Korean issue, had no intention of bothering about the North Korean issue anymore, so he shook his head and said.

"Let's not bother with this god, calculate the day, Jie Qi will come almost two days after tomorrow, and you will get to know Handa by then!"

(Regarding Sheng Xuanhuai's silver for Tang Haoran's official position, this brain hole is mainly determined by Sheng's personality and his status in Li Mu in history, as we all know, the protagonist is good at foreign affairs, and if he enters Li Mu, it will inevitably replace Sheng's status, which determines that the conflict of interest between him and the protagonist is almost irreadjustable, and Sheng's biggest feature is that he is willing to spend money on things, and now on the surface he spent 100,000 taels, but how much does the telegraph bureau and China Merchants Bureau earn a year? Furthermore, the money is not a personal expense, but will still be counted in the official expenses, so ...... Well, the brain hole is open! Oh, please recommend! ）