Gojong's concubine, Park Yong-hyo, along with Kim Ok-gyun and Hong Young-sik, is known as the Big Three of the Enlightenment Party. At the secret meeting, he repeatedly explained to everyone that he had met with Gaozong many times and persuaded the king to abolish the suzerain-vassal relationship with China, move closer to Japan, revise the three major prohibitions, and reform and enlightenment. Therefore, as long as Concubine Min is killed and Gaozong is pro-government, politics can be refreshed and civilized.

Subsequently, Jin Yujun, the leader of the Enlightenment Party, got up angrily and angrily scolded Concubine Min for being "Daji", colluding with the big party, and causing chaos to the government, "so that Ming Jun and his will cannot be declared, and he is the chief of the crime." ＂

Hong Young-sik also murderously claimed that the big party only knew that "flattery and stubbornness can be killed." ＂

Previously, the Japanese side had already held a coup d'état and consulted with the Kaihua Party many times, and the secret meeting was just a mobilization of Zuihou. At the instigation of Jin Yujun, everyone present, including the Japanese, signed a life and death contract - the "Loyalty and Righteousness Contract".

It was agreed that Hong Young-sik, the general office of the postal office, would come forward and ambush the Japanese samurai ronin on the evening of September 11 under the pretext of the completion of the Seoul Post Office, invite the members of the major party to the post office for a banquet, and kill them all during the banquet.

On behalf of the Japanese Government, Shinzo Isobayashi promised to give full assistance to the Kaihua Party, and immediately after the matter was completed, he would borrow 3 million yen, and if the Chinese army came to intervene, Japan would also resolutely send troops.

Miura Oro announced that his samurai ronin team would "die without resignation" to help Korean independence. He also said that Kakugoro Inoue, the former editor of the , and his teacher Yukichi Fukuzawa and others had purchased a large number of Japanese swords, explosives, rifles, and other weapons for the Kaihua Party, which would "add a tiger's wing" to the Kaihua warriors.

After determining the "Fox Hunting" operation, it was also decided that the code words of the operation were "Qingtian" and "proper".

After the meeting, all parties made separate preparations, and the Japanese embassy also reported the details to the country. Japan decided to immediately implement the base camp ordinance, and formulated propaganda jihua, publishing militarist articles in major newspapers, proclaiming that if "a war with China was to be waged, it would be a righteous war, civilization against barbarism, advanced against backward, superior against inferior, etc." ＂

All institutions in Japan's urban and rural areas should also be prepared to instigate the common people to "donate money and dedicate themselves to the army, and be sincere and patriotic!" ＂

Even prostitutes were organized into "standing squads", ready to join the army in due course for "comfort".

At the same time, the garrison fleet was ordered to be ready to immediately find a formation of Chinese ships patrolling the waters of the Ryukyus and launch a surprise attack in the event of a Korean incident. At the same time, the standing fleet was on standby, and if the main Chinese fleet was found to be coming to support, it would immediately attack and engage the enemy in a decisive battle. If they do not come to support, they will work with the garrison fleet to outflank and encircle the opposing patrol formation.

The reserve fleet was assembled in Fukuoka and was ready to escort a brigade led by Rear Admiral Tonosuke Takashima to Korea as the army's advance force.

At the same time, all divisions and regiments of the army, including reserve units, began to mobilize. At the same time, an urgent expansion of the division and regimental establishment was also carried out.

On the basis of the original one, each division and regiment added an artillery wing (equivalent to a regiment), and in addition to a number of auxiliary organs and baggage troops, including a large number of civilian men. The total number of personnel of a field division reached 18,492 (12,095 guards), 5,633 horses (4,211 guards), of which 9,600 were combat infantry (5,760 guards), 303 cavalry, and each division had 24 field artillery and 12 mountain artillery (the Guards division had no mountain artillery). The total field strength of the 7th Division was 123047, with 38,009 horses, 63,360 combat soldiers, 2,121 cavalry, 168 field artillery, and 72 mountain artillery. In addition, there are about 100,000 reserve troops, and the total strength has reached more than 220,000 people.

At the same time, the Japanese government also instructed its envoy to Britain, Aoki Shuzo, to try to contact an international consortium to seek financial loans.

"Black clouds are pressing down on the city, and the mountain rain is coming! "In the South Lake in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, in a pleasure boat, a man in black stood on the edge of the boat, muttering to himself.

Under the dim sky, the lake was dark and unrelenting. This person's right hand is behind his back, his left hand is always in his arms, looking up at the distant sky, his face is gloomy, and he can't tell whether he is happy or worried. Although his attitude is calm and his expression is resolute, one eye has no brilliance, it is none other than Tan Sitong, who is determined to overthrow the tyranny at the cost of his life and is blind in one eye.

After a few moments, he took out a black cloth from behind his back with his right hand, wrapped his head and face, leaving only a slit in his eyes, and turned and went into the cabin. There were already seven or eight people sitting inside, all of them sitting upright, silent, as if they didn't know each other at all, and a few chairs were empty.

The strange thing is that these people are all wearing wide black robes, and their whole bodies are tightly covered. Even, everyone is the same as Tan Sitong, with a black cloth on their heads, their hair and face are tightly wrapped, leaving only a slit in the eye, and they can't tell whether they are men or women, old or young.

Tan Sitong looked at each other and said in a deep voice: "Today is the first meeting of our organization, as you can see, all the participants have to be masked to participate, this is for safety, you don't know who the other party is except for the code name, so even if one person is caught, you can't confess to others." Even I only know three of you. ＂

At this time, one of them spoke, and his voice changed significantly: "If you are arrested, aren't those three people finished?" ＂

Tan Sitong nodded: "You're right, it's a problem, but it's not a problem. Because after the meeting, I will immediately leave for a foreign country, all the ticket procedures have been completed, and today will be my appearance in Zuihou in this country. You don't have to worry about what risks I will have on the road, look at this", said, Tan Sitong stretched out his left hand that had been shrunk in his arms, and saw the little finger of his left hand, hooked with a thin rope, "This is a bomb imported from Germany, it will explode as soon as it is pulled, if someone approaches me, all I can get is to die together." And I also have a self-destruct measure, just to be safe, and I don't have to tell you. With that, he retracted his left hand back into his arms.

Seeing this, the man was silent.

Tan Sitong sighed: "Today's meeting was supposed to be held in Shanghai, but someone came over halfway, although I claimed to have taken the wrong path, but for the sake of safety, I decided to move it here." As you know, there were eight people in the meeting, but there were 12 chairs, which means that there are currently 12 caucuses of the Organization, and four others are not able to make it. The twelve cores are codenamed with the zodiac, each of you has a zodiac token, which is also your codename, and my code name is -Zi Mouse-", as he spoke, Tan Sitong took out a bamboo plaque, on which a mouse was vividly engraved.

After a pause, he continued: "According to the previous discussion, we named this organization - Blackstone Society -, we have twelve cores, have different political positions, engage in different professions, but the goal is the same, that is, to kill Guangxu and overthrow tyranny! For this, we are willing to sacrifice our lives when necessary! This dynasty has gone completely crazy, this emperor has gone completely crazy, only by killing him and overthrowing it, can the people of Li be saved! ＂

"Our twelve cores will be the starting point of the twelve lines, each core will develop separately offline, do not interfere with each other, do not inquire about each other, and the development of new members must be cautious, cautious! ＂

"The Blackstone Society will hold an annual assembly, and I will send representatives from abroad to attend. Remember that all actions must be commanded, everyone works together and fights together, if someone acts alone, leaks secrets, and arouses the suspicion of the tyrant, things will be in trouble. ＂

"The current Sino-Japanese dispute is about to come, and war is inevitable. When the tyrant is in full swing, it is inevitable that our opportunity will come, and we really have to thank the Japanese. ＂

Subsequently, everyone had a detailed discussion on the constitution of the "Blackstone Society", the method of contact, the secret language, and the emergency measures.

After a long time, the black-robed people left the cruise ship one after another, and went their separate ways, one of them was Tan Sitong, he looked back at the cruise ship, and silently said to himself: "Tyrant, see how long you can still show your teeth and claws?" ＂

The sky was overcast and suffocating, and in an instant, a lightning bolt struck, illuminating Tan Sitong and the cruise ship, as well as the sign on the head of the cruise ship, with four big characters on it:

Heaven and earth.

On March 10, 1883, the Korean Post Office sent warm invitations to all Chinese ministers in Korea, including Army Major General Wu Zhaoyou, inviting them to a banquet at the post office tomorrow evening.

At the same time, many ministers of the DPRK and China have also received invitations, especially those members of major political parties, and almost none of them have been left behind.

In order to show goodwill, the Japanese legation said that it would send Counselor Shimamura to the banquet.

On the early morning of March 11, a large number of Japanese ronins and samurai gathered at the "Mountain Purple Water Pavilion" in the western district of Seoul. In the past few months, Miura Wulou has collected mainland ronin from all over Korea, a total of more than 100 people, the core of which is Touyama Mitsuru, Uchida Ryohei, Osaki Masaki and other 12 people, and also prepared a large number of weapons and ammunition, each with a long gun, a short gun, as well as two katanas, one long and one short, and some even carried explosives.

Miura Wulou named the team "Heavenly Blessing Heroes" and encouraged them to adhere to the "first four characters" of the bushido spirit for the cause of the imperial kingdom and for the sake of the emperor Bixia, and ignore the "last four characters" for the time being.

The spirit of bushido has eight characters "name, loyalty, bravery, righteousness, courtesy, sincerity, restraint, benevolence", not the last four characters, that is, these people do not have etiquette, do not be honest, do not restraint, let alone be benevolent, and are ready to kill.

At the same time, the Kaihwa Party also secretly distributed weapons to the DPRK to "train the army", organized "deeds of loyalty" among those low-ranking officers, and even drew up a list of new cabinets after a successful coup.

Everything is ready to play.