As early as after Lanfang annihilated the Japanese fleet to the north and south, Japan expressed its desire to negotiate peace with Foreign Minister Lu Zhengxiang through Glynton Augustine, US ambassador to Lanfang. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The reason why Japan had the confidence to declare war on Lan Fang was because of their "88th Fleet," and the Japanese "88th Fleet" was undoubtedly invincible in the seas of East Asia, and even Britain, the United States, and France, which were the great powers of the time, had to recognize the status of the Japanese Navy on the land of East Asia.

Needless to say, the nascent Lanfang Navy did not have the qualifications to be compared with the Japanese Navy at all.

It's a pity that Lan Fang found another way, since he couldn't fight on the sea, he wouldn't fight with you from the sea, but opened up the battlefield into the air, and finally sent all the huge Japanese fleet to the bottom of the sea.

Everyone did not expect that the "naval battle" between Lanfang and Japan would be the result, and it would end before it had even begun.

Without warships, the Japanese would have no biggest reliance, coupled with the successive defeats and retreats of Sakhalin, the three divisions could not withstand Lan Fang's two ordinary divisions, which made the Japanese completely see the gap between them and Lan Fang in terms of the army, and the cruel reality finally made the Japanese emperor and cabinet begin to face up to the reality and prepare for peace through the Americans.

Since it is a request for peace, then it is necessary to have a posture, and the Japanese have a very low posture, expressing their willingness to start peace talks on the basis of the current Lanfang and the areas under Japan's actual control.

This is wishful thinking, Lan Fang currently only occupies the entire Sakhalin Island, and other areas have not yet had time to occupy them, and even the Kuril Islands have not yet been pocketed, and Japan should not even think about negotiating on the basis of the existing occupied areas.

In fact, Qin Zhiyuan's requirements are not high, and when Lanfang lands on Yingzhou and the Ryukyu Islands, and then drives the Japanese forces away from the Republic of China Pass, it will be regarded as completing the scheduled combat mission.

In Qin Zhiyuan's original planning, Qin Zhiyuan didn't even bother to care about Goryeo's affairs.

Looking at the faces of the Koreans in the 21st century, Qin Zhiyuan didn't want to deal with them, so let them fend for themselves.

So far in the war, Lan Fang's army has progressed much more smoothly than planned, and Qin Zhiyuan has also begun to revise the operational objectives, including Goryeo and Hokkaido.

In Qin Zhiyuan's plan, Japan would be controlled within the four islands on the mainland, and Hokkaido would be under the supervision of Lan Fang, only in this way could the Japanese be weakened to the greatest extent.

So when the U.S. ambassador to Lanfang, Greenton Augustine, approached Lu Zhengxiang, Lu Zhengxiang offered the Japanese Lanfang's armistice conditions: Japan ceded the Japanese territories on Yingzhou and Sakhalin Island, and gave Lanfang the Penghu Islands, the Ryukyu Islands, and the Kuril Islands, and compensated Lanfang with 200 million yuan in military spending......

To be honest, this condition felt a bit too much for Glynton Augustine, let alone the Japanese who had not yet completely despaired.

And so the war continued.

Just two days ago, when the three Japanese divisions on Sakhalin Island had been annihilated by the Lanfang Northern Xinjiang Military Region, when Xie Rundong led the Northern Expeditionary Fleet to begin an attack on Yingzhou, and when Liu Zizheng led the Vladivostok coalition army into the Republic of China Pass, the Japanese again sent a request for peace talks through Glinton Augustine.

Lan Fang is indeed peace-loving, and if the Japanese want a truce, Lan Fang will definitely agree.

Of course, because this war has caused huge losses to Lan Fang and seriously affected Lan Fang's ongoing domestic construction, Lan Fang must prescribe the conditions for an armistice, and only if Lan Fang's requirements are met, the armistice can be realized.

This time, Lu Zhengxiang's conditions were added to Goryeo on the basis of the first one, and the amount of compensation was increased to 500 million yuan.

Well, this time, Glynton Augustine just felt too much.

Is it excessive?

Not necessarily.

If Japan agrees to Lanfang's conditions, then it is equivalent to that all the gains made by the Japanese since the Meiji Restoration will be in vain, and all the spoils of war obtained by the Japanese through the previous wars will be forced to be handed over.

Looking carefully at those conditions, Yingzhou and the Penghu Islands were acquired by Japan through the Sino-Japanese War, the territories of the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin were acquired through the Russo-Japanese War, and the Goryeo and Ryukyu Islands were annexed by Japan on its own initiative.

At the same time, regarding the compensation of 500 million yuan, this figure seems to be very large, but if you consider that the Japanese extorted 200 million taels of silver from the Qing Empire at that time after the Sino-Qing War, which is equivalent to three and a half years of their own income, this figure is not large.

Besides, with the world war that has just passed as a reference, with the 226 billion marks of the Germans in front of them, it seems that 500 million yuan is not too much.

Of course, this is only Qin Zhiyuan's opinion, not that of Glynton Augustine and the Japanese.

But at the same time, Glynton Augustine also knew that if the war continued, then with Lan Fang's military progress, Lan Fang would continue to improve his conditions, and if the Japanese did not agree now, Lan Fang would probably add Hokkaido next time he put forward conditions.

People's desires are endless, before Lan Fang and the Japanese went to war, Qin Zhiyuan only wanted a peaceful development environment, when the war started, Qin Zhiyuan wanted to defeat the Japanese, but when the "Battle of Ningbei Port" and "Battle of Cam Ranh Bay", Qin Zhiyuan began to want more.

What Qin Zhiyuan wants now is to beat the Japanese to death with a stick.

Before Lanfang and Japan went to war, Qin Zhiyuan really wanted a "peaceful" development environment, but when Lanfang's national strength developed to a certain extent, Qin Zhiyuan would also declare war on the Japanese, no matter what the reason was.

When Lu Zhengxiang first put forward the conditions, the Japanese refused very firmly.

This time, the Japanese did not dare to resolutely refuse, but said that this condition could be negotiated.

So let's start talking.

With each passing day, the pace of Lanfang's army will speed up a step, and Japanese Prime Minister Hara Kei did not dare to delay, and immediately took an American warship with War Minister Tanaka Yoshiichi to Lanfang, preparing to start negotiating a truce with Lanfang.

Of course, the war will continue until the conditions are not agreed.

Just when Yuan Jing was on his way to Lanfang, Xie Rundong was on his way to Tokyo Bay, Zhang Tianshou had already landed at Keelung Port, Liu Zi was on his way to Kuanchengzi, and Cliff was preparing to land in Hokkaido.

The current situation is really beyond everyone's expectations, and even Qin Zhiyuan, who was fighting before the war, did not expect the war to go so smoothly.

So Qin Zhiyuan has been in a very good mood these days, and even when he chatted with Lu Zhengxiang, he was smiling: "Don't be polite to the Japanese, think about how Ito Hirofumi persecuted Li Zhongtang back then, how you persecuted Yuan Jing, it doesn't matter if the time drags on for a long time, it's not us who are in a hurry now but the Japanese, and you have to take the shelf when you should take it." ”

Saying such things with a smile on his face sounds a little infiltrating.

"Actually, Yuan Jing is a very good person, he is the first prime minister of Japan who was born in a civilian, and some time ago on behalf of the Japanese government, he announced that he had withdrawn part of the terms of the "Fourth Treaty of the People", and returned Qingdao to the Republic of China, let me be this wicked person, I really can't ......bear it" Lu Zhengxiang also smiled.

When the Japanese put forward the "21st Article", Lu Zhengxiang was the negotiator of the Beiyang government, and in the process of turning the "21st Article" into the "Fourth Treaty of the People", Lu Zhengxiang also made outstanding contributions.

Of course, many hooligans dressed as patriots probably don't see it that way.

“…… But I am now Lan Fang's foreign minister, standing in the position of the Chinese, it is natural to avenge the Chinese people, Hara Keito is really good, the mistake is not to become the prime minister of Japan at this time, and it is considered that Hara Kei is unlucky. Lu Zhengxiang's butt can still sit upright.

"That's right, of course the Japanese have 'good people', but the 'good people' in Japan can't always be in power, so what's the use of these 'good people'...... Our requirements are not high, how many things the Japanese took from the Republic of China through the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" and "Xinchou Treaty", now plus interest to pay it back, of course, it would be good if it could be a little more, but it must always be less. Qin Zhiyuan set the tone for the upcoming negotiations.

"Hehehe...... Your Majesty, please rest assured that if in the current situation, our Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not able to strive for the best interests of Lan Fang, then I, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, should also do it. Look at the present, and think about the time when I was in the Republic of China before, alas, it is really difficult to explain......" The sourness in Lu Zhengxiang's heart was overflowing.

For a diplomat, it is very important to have a strong motherland, and only when the country is strong can diplomats harden their waists and strive for greater interests for the country.

Without a strong motherland, even if the diplomats are all rescuers invited by Sun Monkey, it is impossible to talk about a relatively satisfactory result.

"You can't always be a foreign minister, and you have to move places when the time is right, otherwise when will the young people of your Ministry of Foreign Affairs grow up?" Qin Zhiyuan pays attention to the cultivation of talent echelon.

Lan Fang's current situation, there is still a lack of capable officials, this problem in governance is actually not big, after all, Lan Fang is a country ruled by law, as long as things are done in strict accordance with the law, even if there will be no huge leap, but there will not be too much chaos.

"This ...... Your Majesty rest assured, in a few years, the minister will naturally pay tribute. Lu Zhengxiang's expression was stunned.

"Hahahaha...... Zixin, you want to diverge, it's not for you to move the place, you don't want to think about it, if I want you to be a teacher, why should I let you be in charge of the negotiations with the Japanese this time......" Qin Zhiyuan laughed.

"Talk...... Negotiation ......" Lu Zhengxiang's expression was stunned, and then he fell into ecstasy.

The Japanese came this time but the prime minister, according to the principle of reciprocity, it should be Lanfang Prime Minister Huang Bohan to talk, but now Qin Zhiyuan asked Lu Zhengxiang, the foreign minister, to talk, which is enough to explain a lot of problems.

(To be continued.) )