During negotiations, I am most afraid of uncontrolled accidents. For example, today, when the diplomats of the great powers led by Sa Daoyi are facing, Yang Hao suddenly personally participated in and presided over a series of resolutions on a series of issues concerning Japan.

Yang Hao has always been a mentor and leader, with a far-sighted remote command operation. The great powers have dealt with the ** army many times, and there are not many opportunities to meet him, a real person, for an interview. And most of the time, it is also Yang Hao's constant refresh means, always controlling the overall situation and swinging, which makes the powers who are used to playing tricks very unaccustomed.

Today, he suddenly became a high-ranking leader and participated in such negotiations filled with extortion and copper, which could not help but give rise to all kinds of suspicions in people's hearts.

Perhaps the major events that determine a country's future foreign policy will be personally decided by the supreme leader, who has ever seen such a good figure as him actually sit with a group of diplomats and talk about money? It's a bargain!

Things are abnormal, that is, demons, Sa Daoyi keenly felt a strong aura of conspiracy, so at the beginning, he did not hesitate to put away his edge, chose to watch calmly, and judged what kind of intention Yang Hao was in from the clues.

The Japanese minister, who was the party concerned, gritted his teeth and stiffened. With the heroic belief that if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent, Mutsu Munemitsu handed over the duties of foreign minister to Xiyuan Temple Gongwang, and served as the head of the negotiator this time, and in the face of Yang Hao's condescending pressure, he felt humiliated and allowed the other party to criticize mercilessly.

The representatives of the most powerful countries in the world today are all gathered together, and everyone is loaded with conditions worth hundreds of millions, Yang Hao looked down, but it was like a moving treasure trove, flashing with intoxicating golden light.

"All the funds needed for China's ** cause will fall on you! Since it's sent to the door, how can it be interesting not to bite it down? ”

He did not hide his greed and arrogance at all, opened his mouth to expose everyone's attempts to detour and tact, and then poured out the tricks he had learned from foreign devils over the years on their heads without pulling a bit.

“…… Earlier, you said that there was not enough basis for contradictions between China and Japan to negotiate territorial cession and political interference. According to my understanding, it should be the common rule of your major powers, that is, there must be some territorial disputes or something before negotiations. ”

Yang Hao unequivocally and wantonly misinterpreted the tactful words of various countries, but he also pointed out the cold and domineering faces hidden under their high-sounding masks of civilization.

In the last round of Sino-Japanese negotiations, the various clauses put forward by Li Hongzhang were perfunctory by his wicked borrowing of the core of the "Treaty of Shimonoseki," but in fact they were the common yardstick adopted by the powerful countries to bully the weak countries in this era. Cession, indemnity, extraterritoriality, garrisoning, political intervention. The ruthless exploitation and oppression of defeated countries at all levels, imposing humiliation on the heads of other peoples.

The great powers forcibly intervened for their own benefit, under the pretext that there was no territorial dispute between China and Japan, but only a military conflict, and even if it had happened so far on Chinese territory, it would not have caused irreparable consequences. On the contrary, it was Japan, which paid more than 100,000 people and almost the entire Meiji Restoration for decades. In the words of the representatives of various countries, let this matter be settled, and you have not suffered much loss.

Pulling the bias to this, Yang Hao couldn't comment anymore, so he came simply.

"Now, my warship is parked in the Japanese Inland Sea, and my army has occupied Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki! As long as I like, I can take over the whole of Kyushu Island with more troops and spread the flames of war to any coastal city in Japan! So, please tell me, according to the laws prevailing in various countries, at what cost will Japan pay for me to withdraw my troops? ”

Yang Hao's words were aggressive, his eyes were as sharp as a knife and he glanced at a group of foreigners, big and small, and Chiguoguo's domineering will was unabashedly displayed.

Sa Daoyi felt as if he understood. It seems that with such a fierce and ferocious attitude, there are few people in the whole of China who can do it. The traditional Chinese were accustomed to being gentle and frugal, and those who had lived for hundreds of years under the rule of the Qing Dynasty could not face the foreign powers who openly shouted "I am a hooligan, what can you do".

They all boast of being civilized, but they can't let go of their hands and feet everywhere in foreign affairs, and in the face of a group of robbers dressed in the cloak of civilization, they can only suffer from humiliation again and again, and fall for evil.

For representative figures, see those unequal treaties signed by Li Hongzhang. If you win, you will suffer a loss at the negotiating table, and if you lose, you will pay an even greater price. In the imperial court, a group of Manchu Tartars who sold their fields blindly commanded, and a large group of Qingliu officials who had nothing to do with themselves dragged their feet, and they did not care about the dignity and territorial integrity of the country.

The inertia formed over thousands of years has accustomed the bureaucrats in this land to a style of cruelty inside and outside. They indifferently sat idly by and watched the invasion of the country, burning, killing, plundering, and mutilating hundreds of people, but they did not have a trace of humiliation or anger, and only used it as an excuse to belittle the military generals and desecrate the country's wealth.

Morality, benevolence, gentlemanly style? Since the Northern Song Dynasty party struggle, there have been fewer and fewer Chinese literati. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, when the Donglin Party rose, it was simply completely shameless. While shamelessly calling himself a gentleman and scolding others as villains, he frantically destroyed those soldiers who made sacrifices and buried the good Han family alive.

In the 250 years since the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, this style has penetrated deep into the bone marrow and spread all over the so-called "Confucian children", just to be an official and do everything they can, one by one they are more and more clumsy and stupid, which makes people angry and helpless!

Since the Qianlong period peeked into this land, the stupidity, ignorance and arrogance of the emperor to the minister, and saw the numbness, sluggishness and indifference of the people, so they dared to press step by step with confidence and boldness, constantly cutting flesh and sucking blood from this fat and rich country, and eating with a mouth full of oil.

Until, Yang Hao suddenly rose, and the situation completely changed.

"How could such a person come out? He is completely different from other Chinese, and he is not afraid of the tough methods of the Western powers, but the technology of playing scoundrels is so pure. Could it be that he is really a wise man who has seen through Western civilization completely? Incredible. ”

Sadaoyi did not have the idea of standing up for the Japanese immediately, and the most important thing for the British Empire was to ensure the stability of the situation in the Far East, not to rush out to bear the anger of the Chinese for them. He would rather sit back and watch Japan be bombed to pieces than the loss of the colonies in the Far East.

Yang Hao's fierce speech even crossed the heads of all the Japanese and was pushed straight in front of the ministers of various countries.

The shame of being ignored permeated Michinoku Zongguang's chest, his old face was full of blood and energy, showing the color of a steamed crab, his short body trembled violently, his hands were clenched into fists in the slightly wide sleeves of his suit, he stubbornly looked up at Yang Hao, gritted his teeth and shouted: "With the dignity of China, bullying the weak regardless of morality is not the spirit of righteousness and reason prevailing in your country. Not only is your country not ashamed, but it has imposed humiliation on the Yamato nation, is it worthy of the 3,000-year-old Chinese moral civilization? ”

Yang Hao showed a sneering smile and said coldly: "China's moral benevolence has always been to give to the nation and the country and the nation that yearn for civilization. Those savages who have learned for 2,000 years and only know the way of beasts deserve nothing but the education we give! In addition, I have to remind you that the Chinese have always been humble, so we only say that we are a 5,000-year-old civilization. Make no mistake, thank you. ”

He didn't even bother to mention the word "Japan", but he classified it as an uncivilized barbarian.

Mitsu Aozong's phosgene exploded his lungs, and he couldn't help but take a step forward to defend himself, Yang Hao waved his hand violently and shouted: "Okay!" I don't have time to go around the bush with you, and we won't agree to the terms, in a word! ”

For the first time, Sa Daoyi experienced the helplessness and humiliation of countless small and weak countries that had been invaded and bullied by Britain and other powers for hundreds of years. Who gives you fair terms? It is clear that those who follow me prosper and those who disobey me perish! If you don't agree, then continue to eat cannonballs!

Japan can't stand it. There is no territorial depth at all, all the cities are concentrated in the coastal zone, and there is no strong naval defense, so they can only be blindly picked up, but there is no way to fight back.

He sighed in his heart, stepped forward and said aloud: "Dear Mr. Commander-in-Chief, we have no intention of an unpeaceful situation in the Far East, and the two sides can draw up a mutually acceptable solution to the previous conflicts. However, Japan is a free and self-determined country after all, and it is not beneficial for China to occupy its territory, and China and Japan have been friendly for thousands of years, and such historical achievements should be cherished. ”

Yang Hao raised his hand and pressed down: "I don't agree with what you say." Where is the friendship between China and Japan? Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, China has been constantly enlightening the barbaric and ignorant Japanese, evolving them step by step from the savages who drank blood to the later civilized people. But how did they repay China? In the Sui Dynasty, they openly claimed to be the country of the rising sun, and wanted to be on an equal footing with China; In the millennium since the Song Dynasty, I have only seen that the history books are full of Japanese invaders invading our maritime borders, but I have not seen the Japanese repay the country of cultural suzerain. For nearly 2,000 years, a nation that has not learned to be grateful, what is there to cherish and be friendly? ”

Mutsu Somitsu wanted to refute, he wanted to say that China was no longer Chinese orthodoxy, and it had become a barbarian since it far surpassed the Song Dynasty, but Japan inherited the essence of Chinese culture, so the current China is not a .......

But if it is reasonable, what do you need to do with your fists? In this era when the range of warships determines the size of the territory, who has the heart to listen to you calling this and that!

Sa Daoyi smiled bitterly. The leader surnamed Yang is too direct, he doesn't save face at all, and the rest of the tricks can't be used.

With a turn of gray eyes, the British man said: "We agree with Japan's apologies for the previous series of war acts, and make compensation for the losses suffered by your country, and hold those responsible accountable." But the Chinese navy and land forces must withdraw from Japanese territory, and the British Empire, as an ally, cannot sit idly by and watch Japan suffer unjust extortion. ”

"I want to give money, okay!" Yang Hao's snow-white teeth flashed coldly, revealing a strange smile that made people uneasy, "In addition to the compensation requested last time, our Lord Li must pay for mental damages, and at the same time, Japan must pay all the military expenses and the expenses of the landing army this time. Let's stop talking nonsense, 100 million Guan Ping and two silver, I can call the shots. ”

One hundred million taels! How dare you!

The foreign devils almost blew up their lungs en masse! Don't you want to be so shameless, we started with a base of tens of millions at most, and we have not taken much money from China over the years. Well, it adds up to 400 million taels of silver, and is this a debt that all Japanese people have to sell into slavery for generations?

With Japan's economic level, even if there is no war, they will not be able to pay high interest on their annual financial revenue, and they will have to repay 400 million taels of reparations, and it will take 50 or 100 years to complete it?

It's just that I don't want to talk about it!

Sa Daoyi's face was gloomy, and he wanted to shit. There is no such sky-high asking price, you should at least be about the same, and give a price that everyone can accept to step down!

The sinking of the collective made Yang Hao sneer particularly harshly: "Hehe, it seems that you think this price is a bit much?" If you don't have the corresponding strength, don't have so many disproportionate ambitions! Now that the thing has been done, the consequences must be borne by it. You want to control the situation in Asia, but I want to put an end to this thousand-year-old trouble! China is the only civilization on the earth that has been inherited endlessly, she will be glorious forever, and no one can control our destiny, no! ”

The British and Americans looked at each other, seeing each other's deepest worries.

The British Empire, which aspires to global hegemony, cannot afford to leave the situation in the Far East uncontrollable. If the United States wants to expand its influence in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, it also does not need other challengers to gain a foothold. They are all brothers from the same ancestry, working together with each other to create white Western rule, how can China be allowed to look at the East?

To settle disputes, one must rely on strength, and one must use war!

"We need to think about it."

Sa Daoyi chose to delay for the time being, he could not continue to negotiate under Yang Hao's tough attitude, and the result was not what he was happy to see.

Yang Hao tapped his fingers on the table and said arrogantly: "You have three days, and I don't have much effort to argue." ”

The foreigners retreated.

Back at the consulate, Sa Daoyi bluntly said: "It will take two years for the British Empire to prepare for war, and we all know the strength of the Chinese navy, and if it relies on its own defense, there is no chance of victory for the time being." ”

The Americans agreed: "Their huge territory and population alone are enough to support the development of industry and commerce for many years, and external blockades are useless." But Japan must not fall into their hands, otherwise there will be no one in the Pacific to control it. ”

Sa Daoyi turned his cold gaze to the Japanese and asked, "How many troops can your country collect to resist China's attack?" ”

Mutsu Munemitsu felt a chill in his heart, and in the eyes of the great powers, Japan was a victim of cannon fodder. But such a strategy has been formulated for a long time, and it cannot be changed because of temporary tensions.

Sighing deeply, the Japanese gritted their teeth: "We can drag China all the time." As long as the support of all countries continues, we are not afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice! ”

Sa Daoyi nodded with satisfaction: "The endless military attrition is not something that China can afford now." Their navy is too small to form an effective rotation. ”

"Then let's hold them back first, there is a crack that keeps leaking, I see if they still have the strength to continue to clean up the situation in the country."

"We will have a choice to support the opposition. The ** party in the south and the Qing government that ran to the west are temporary allies that can be exploited. ”

"The will of the tsar cannot be refused, the great Tsarist Russia resolutely maintains territorial integrity, and we can create trouble from Mongolia and the western frontier."

"Material support from the United States can ensure that if the production and supply of weapons and ammunition are needed, this requires Britain and Germany to open up some technology."

"We can completely solve that problem on our own, and the United States can give Japan some loans."

…… In front of the Japanese, the foreign devils openly discussed the strategy of attacking.

That's right, this time, the so-called negotiations are still delaying tactics. They finally found out that Yang Hao's attitude was not bluff blackmail, and the terms proposed by Li Hongzhang could not be changed, and there was no better way to solve it than war.

That would create a bleeding wound between China and Japan, and exhaust all the strength that the two countries had accumulated over the years. In the end, it was the great powers who would win. They only need to pay some industrial productivity and agricultural products that they can't consume at home.

Japanese, hurry up and give birth to children, train them to become soldiers, and send them to the battlefield.

Three days have passed in a flash. Yang Hao did not hope that the conscience of the foreign devils would find out that there would be a decisive battle between the East and the West, and they would not let China stop before that.

Under the shadow of the two sides fighting each other, various kinds of opinions emerge one after another.

The fleet that had completed the exploration of the Hawaiian route returned to the sea, and when it passed through Japan, it made a solid bombardment, and then returned with honors.

In North Goryeo, where no nation can intervene, more armies are being gathered. It was quietly transported from the sea to Xiaguan and strengthened the strength of the troops in the occupied areas.

** The army began to train in rotation, and was drawn out as a division unit and sent to Kitakyushu to replace the marines. The endless supplies from this world were smashed by Yang Haotong guò "Yan Huang Ding" Dou Zhuan Xing Shift directly into a warehouse!

The Japanese of this era were brainwashed Cheng dù, even stricter than China, and under the bloody edict of Emperor Muren, tens of thousands of young and middle-aged people were drawn out of labor production. Their coastal industries were destroyed anyway, and the Americans dumped countless products, the most munitions and food, so that the Japanese could not starve to death without farming, but the whole nation became a war machine, which was equivalent to stepping into death step by step.

From the winter of 1896 to the spring of 1897, it was bloodied by the suicide attacks of countless Japanese. R1152