"Jin Shu Bian Hu Biography": "Today, martial law is imposed inside and outside, and the Quartet is prepared. In the past, I was afraid that people's understanding of martial law would be limited to this, but for the people of Seoul and the diplomatic missions of various countries, they experienced the "power" of "martial law" for the first time.

From noon, the gates of the inner and outer parts of Seoul were closed, and hundreds of Qing troops wearing new-style military uniforms led thousands of Korean troops to impose martial law at the gates and street entrances inside and outside the city. There was no politeness at all, and a few pools of blood on the street were a reminder that this was not a joke.

Outside the embassies of various countries, nearly 300 Qing soldiers with loaded guns and ammunition were either on guard or patrolling back and forth, while in the Seoul embassy, the only Japanese legation with guards, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers stared nervously at these Qing troops, all of them worried that they would come at any time, and with only 20 Japanese soldiers in the embassy, they were not their opponents at all.

"What did they do?"

Once again, he asked the secretary of the Legation, Zheng Yongbang, to try to get the latest information.

The Qing army and the Korean camp blockaded the whole city, everyone was forbidden to go out, and anyone in the embassy who went out, the latter was at his own risk, and he had to sign an affidavit before he could go out, and the reason for this could not be simpler - the people were in chaos!

Rioters? Where are the rioters?

"Now the consuls of all countries are waiting for news!"

In fact, except for the Russian consulate, there are only three or two people in the Korean consulate in the other three countries, and it is just an ornament, and all decisions need to be made by the legation in Beijing.

"What news are you waiting for? Do you want to wait for the Qing slaves to annex the whole of Korea? ”

He did not regard Zheng Yongbang as a Chinese at all, let alone a Qing slave, after all, the Zheng family was a Ming dynasty relic. In his view, the current actions of the Qing army in Seoul are a prelude to the annexation of Korea.

Faced with the shouting of the shirt, Zheng Yongbang smiled helplessly.

"Your Excellency, the question now is, what does Tang Haoran want to do!"

Qing annexation of Korea?

With Zheng Yongbang's understanding of the Qing state, they would never have been so bold, otherwise they would not have made concessions on the Korean issue during the negotiations with Japan five years ago.

In Zheng Yongbang's view, this must be Tang Haoran's own bold and reckless behavior.

"What does he want to do?"

Frowning, Shirt Village looked at Zheng Yongbang for a while before saying.

"Since he didn't get the permission of the Qing State, but if it is a fait accompli, I am afraid that the Qing State will only acquiesce, and we ......"

His brows tightened suddenly, and his expression became more difficult, although there were Japanese warships in Incheon, there were also Qing warships, and they sent four warships, including Dingyuan and Zhenyuan......

Don't...... Could it be that Tang Haoran's move was supported by important ministers in the Qing court, such as Li Hongzhang?

At the moment when this thought came to mind, Semura seemed to realize a problem, perhaps, from the very beginning, since Tang Haoran became the prime minister in the DPRK, he sang a double reed with Li Hongzhang, and he was deliberately trying to completely solve the North Korean problem, and after Tang Haoran acted in North Korea, Li Hongzhang would open his eyes in the DPRK again, so ......

Just when the mind of the village was wandering, an assistant counselor hurriedly came to the office and bowed his head and reported.

"Your Excellency, the internal and external yamen of the DPRK invites diplomats from various countries to meet in the yamen!"

The internal and external yamen of the DPRK, this is the yamen of foreign affairs, trade and customs and other affairs set up after the founding of the DPRK to imitate the Qing prime minister's national affairs yamen, the yamen is close to the Nanbetsu Palace, this is to facilitate the work with the ministers stationed in the DPRK, on the afternoon of the sixth day of the sixth month of June, under the blazing sun, several carriages were guarded by the Qing army, parked outside the yamen inside and outside.

When he got off the carriage, he glanced left and right, and the guards in the inner and outer yamen were still the soldiers of the Korean camp, and there were many Qing soldiers standing on the street.

"I don't know how that Minister Tang will explain!"

When Misun was thinking like this in his heart, when he saw that the shirt village who had just gotten out of the car was about to go over to communicate with him, Tang Shaoyi, who came from the yamen, hurriedly greeted him.

"Minister Misun, welcome, welcome!"

Among the various countries, Japan instigated Korea to become self-reliant in preparation for the annexation of Korea, and the United States also encouraged Korea to become independent, especially Misun in front of him, and it was it that instigated North Korea to send envoys abroad to station in the "Park Dingyang Incident." Therefore, the two must not be allowed to communicate with each other, at least not for the time being, and the so-called martial law is not so much to prevent North Koreans from being instigated by others, but to isolate the ministers and consuls of various countries stationed in North Korea.

"Consul Tang, I don't know ...... of your country"

Without waiting for Misun to finish asking, Tang Shaoyi walked to the ministers and consuls of various countries with a smile on his face and said.

"The new superintendent will explain to you in a while!"

Tang Shaoyi was by his side, neither the American minister Misun nor the Japanese acting minister Tsumura could contact each other, and the British and Russian ministers swaggered in, and Britain and Russia had already reached an agreement on the Korean issue -- they would never allow each other to expand their influence in Korea.

As the new internal and external yamen supervisor, Han Guiyu once again turned his attention to Tang Haoran, looking at him calmly drinking tea, but he sighed in his heart, as a member of Concubine Min's ministers, if it were not for Yuan Shikai as a guarantor, but at this time, he was also arrested and imprisoned like other Min Yongjun, Min Yingzhi, Min Jiongzhi, Min Zhixian, Jin Shiji, Zhen Lingjun and others, instead of being promoted to the internal and external yamen supervisor, and now ...... I can only try to cooperate with it.

Just as he was thinking about it, the ministers and consuls of Britain, Russia, the United States, Japan, and Germany and France entered the inner hall together, and Han Gyu-duan hurriedly greeted him, and under the translation of Tang Shaoyi, informed the diplomats of the six countries of the changes that had happened in Seoul.

“…… Therefore, the deposed king will be put in China, in order to be educated, today's Seoul rebellion, Ye Yutian soldiers will help to pacify, countries do not need to mind, today's Korean regent Yuan Jun will sign a new treaty with the Qing Prime Minister in North Korea in the near future, since then, how can North Korea be self-exclusive in the matter of China's vassal diplomacy? Only handed over to the Qing Prime Minister in Korea, after the establishment of the Unified Supervision Office, by the Foreign Affairs Office of the Unified Supervision Office, today familiar with the ministers and consuls of various countries, countries set up legations and consulates in Korea, put the DPRK in the realm of disloyalty, hope that the ministers and consuls of various countries will evacuate Seoul within a month! ”

What the!

Before Han Guiyan's words fell, the ministers and consuls of the six countries all looked at him in surprise, but they turned their eyes to Tang Haoran.

"Your Excellency, what does this mean?"

Without waiting for others to ask, Shirt Village Jun was the first to ask Tang Haoran uncontrollably.

"Regardless of the fact that today's visit violates the treaty signed with China and your country in Tianjin five years ago, and Japan and Korea have also signed a treaty of commerce, why the Minister expelled the consuls of various countries today!"

At that time, Ito Gong relied on bluff to sign the treaty with great difficulty, how could the benefits obtained in Korea be lost because of his words, in the eyes of Semura Jun, this is by no means from the so-called regent Yuanjun, but completely from the hands of Tang Haoran.

"Mr. Minister!"

Faced with the questioning of the shirt, Tang Haoran said lukewarmly.

"First of all, I need to ask one thing clearly, does your country recognize Korea as a vassal of China?"

Seeing that the other party had abandoned today's "abolition of the monarch" in such a high-spirited way, and instead went straight to another issue that had a close relationship with his interests, how could Tang Haoran let him go, and the reason why he asked the legations of various countries to evacuate the DPRK as soon as he came up was ostensibly to handle the needs of the DPRK's diplomacy, but the real purpose was in Japan.

"This ......"

Realizing that he had fallen into a trap, he was suddenly dumbfounded, how to answer this question, if he admits that North Korea is a vassal of China, then if he makes accusations, one of the sentences about what the system of suzerainty has to do with other countries can be replied.

Britain and France have long recognized China's suzerainty over Korea in order to prevent Russia's expansion in Korea, and Russia has also recognized this fact, and the strategy adopted by Britain and Russia in order to prevent the other side from accusing Korea is to maintain China's suzerainty over Korea and then achieve a balance in Korea. As for the United States, although it has no intention of acknowledging it, the United States is a light country in the international community.

"Korea is a barrier to China, but according to the treaty signed with your country five years ago, "in the future, if there is a serious incident in Korea, both China and Japan can send troops." Since there was a civil unrest in Seoul, and Concubine Min and many of her ministers were killed, Japan will also send troops to Korea to protect overseas Chinese! Moreover, in the Treaty of Jemulpo, Japan also stipulated that Japan reserved the privilege of sending troops whenever necessary."

Realizing that Tang Haoran was trapping, he immediately took Li Hongzhang's mistake when he signed the Treaty of Tianjin five years ago and demanded that troops be sent to Korea. His request made Misun's brow jump, and he immediately said knowing that this might be the last chance to salvage the situation in North Korea.

"I personally agree with the construction of the Minister of the Shirt Village, and if necessary, the United States can also send troops to North Korea to protect the expatriate!"

With the support of the United States, the courage of the Tsumura was strong, and he puffed up his chest and said,

"Your Excellency, Japan can dispatch troops to Korea at any time to assist your country in restoring order in Korea!"

In the face of the cooperation of the United States and Japan, the corners of Tang Haoran's lips raised, and he glanced at Han Guiyu on the side, and Han Guijiao, who got the hint, immediately cooperated.

"Korea is a vassal of China in all matters of foreign affairs, and it will never dare to be self-explanatory, and the treaties that Korea has negotiated with other countries in the past will be renegotiated by the members of the special office after the establishment of the Unified Supervision Office......

A simple sentence, but it sounded like thunder in the ears of the two of them, and when Misun protested loudly, the shirt village shook his eyes at Tang Haoran and asked loudly.

"Your Excellency's arbitrary decision in Seoul today, aren't you afraid of damaging the good-neighborly friendship of the Japanese people? Do you doubt Japan's determination to send troops to defend Japan's interests? ”

"If so......"

His eyes opened suddenly, Tang Haoran met the gaze of Shirt Village, and said without flinching.

"This minister, the general, the guard, and the Beiyang Fleet are waiting in Korea!"

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