On this side, the Japanese fled for their lives, while the Taiping army received good news.

Just when Huang Xu convened the generals to discuss and began to prepare for the attack on the Japanese mainland, an unexpected good news suddenly came.

North Korea has changed.

Of course, this is not a change for the worse, but for the better.

After consulting with his troika, Li Guo, Huo Dongyang, Li Yuanpei and others, the king of Joseon, made a heavy decision, and they proposed to Emperor Huang Xu to annex the Korean state into the territory of the Chinese Empire, directly changing the subordinate relationship between them into a direct relationship.

When Huang Xu received Li Yuantong's petition, he was quite surprised at first, but when he confirmed that Li Yuantong did not seem to be smiling, he turned from surprise to joy, and he was pleasantly surprised.

Li Yuantong's request, whether it is for Huang Xu or the Chinese Empire, it can definitely be regarded as a great good thing, and it is also a good thing sent to the door, in this case, if Huang Xu does not laugh at it, and the empire does not accept it, isn't it stupid?

Huang Xu and his empire would not be so stupid.

Therefore, Huang Xu readily agreed to Li Yuantong's request and rewarded him heavily.

At this point, the Chinese Empire had one less vassal state and one more Korean Autonomous Region, which had two provinces, the Southern and Northern Provinces.

It turns out that the Korean Ethnic Autonomous Region is divided into two provinces, the south and the north, which was proposed to Huang Xu by the Military Aircraft Department of the Chinese Empire after careful consideration. Not only is it easy to manage, but it is also in line with the actual situation of North Korea.

And this newly established Korean National Autonomous Region is the original Korean state, in fact, it has only changed its name before and after, and it is still the same land and the same group of people.

The empire's management of Korea is fully embodied in the word autonomy, and the empire does not send people to manage it, but uses its own people in the Korean autonomous region to manage its own people.

The former king, Li Yuantong, was made the prince of the Chinese Empire and was given the post of governor of the Korean Autonomous Region. He still administers his former territory on behalf of the Empire. Moreover, all major military affairs are determined by themselves.

In this way, on the ground facing south and north, Li Yuantong is still the only boss. No one can challenge his position. The only person who could control it was Huang Xu, the emperor of the empire.

And his treatment is compared to before. Not only has it not changed, but it has also been added with the honorific title of Prince of the Empire, although it is only a false title. But it's definitely not built casually.

So, overall, he still earned.

In the face of such a perfect ending, I don't know if Li Yuantong would hide in the quilt at night and snicker, maybe he would have thought that if he had known that he had such a good treatment, he would have surrendered earlier, and he would have enjoyed the blessings earlier, so as not to be frightened.

In short, the annexation of Korea to the Chinese Empire was definitely a good thing for the former Korean monarchs and ministers.

However, on the side of the Chinese Empire, in order to make a foolish plan and to prevent some people in Korea from having different intentions, Huang Xu also left behind and made some necessary arrangements, he placed the first and second infantry regiments of the Taiping Army on the side of the Yalu River, so that once there was a change in Korea, these two regiments would be enough to deal with it.

After the Korean State was incorporated into the Chinese Empire and officially renamed the Korean Autonomous Region, the whole country of the Chinese Empire rejoiced.

The officials and people of the Korean Empire, the Korean Autonomous Region of the Chinese Empire, and the provinces of South and North Korea also celebrated hand in hand.

Everyone celebrated the defeat of the Japanese and the recovery of the southern and northern provinces.

Everyone was celebrating the incorporation of the two provinces of the south and north into the empire, and from then on, the people of the former Korean state became the subjects of the Chinese Empire.

It's so exciting.

Due to the Korean incident, the Taiping Army's plan to attack the Japanese mainland was delayed, and Japan also ushered in a rare respite.

After the Japanese Emperor Meiji learned that the Japanese army had defeated Korea and that the Taiping Army was preparing to march into Japan, he immediately issued an emergency mobilization order to the whole country, ordering the whole country to step up war preparations, recruit soldiers, train strictly, and accumulate grain, grass and equipment, so as to make full preparations for the upcoming big war and tighten the fence.

Meiji tensed his nerves day and night to guard against a sudden attack by the Taipings, but then he received news that the Taipings had temporarily canceled their plans to attack the Japanese mainland, and his heart calmed down a little.

However, he did not slacken and continued to rearm and fight.

However, most of the elite of the Japanese army had already died in Korea, and most of the experienced generals had also died, which directly led to a rare shortage of generals in Japan.

It is in this situation that some squad leaders, squadron leaders, etc., who have a little combat experience, are directly promoted to generals, while those soldiers with combat experience are successively increased to squad leaders, squadron leaders, and many people have been exceptionally reused.

There's no way around it, you can't let Emperor Meiji lead the troops himself.

However, although it is difficult to find a general, it can still be found, but it is difficult to do it, and it is really difficult to find a talent who can control the overall situation in the current Japanese army.

How much Emperor Meiji longed for his Hirobumi Ito, his three heroes and three tigers, so that he could save a lot of worry.

However, Meiji also knew that he was just daydreaming, and these people would never come back.

Just thinking about this, Emperor Meiji felt distraught and restless.

It's no wonder that in the face of the worry of losing the country, the pressure on him is really huge.

And just when Emperor Meiji was disturbed by these bad things, good news came unexpectedly.

Hirobumi Ito and Takayoyo Togi actually came back alive.

After the test of death, they actually returned to Japan alive.

Miracles, and someone has created a miracle.

This miracle was great news for Emperor Meiji, and indeed for the subjects of all Japan, who now needed a solid arm like Hirobumi Ito and Takayoshi Togi.

Receiving this news, Emperor Meiji decided to meet the two as soon as possible, and he couldn't wait a little longer.

Emperor Meiji received the two at the Emperor's Palace.

When Hirobumi Ito and Takayo Togi trembled and pleaded guilty to Meiji on their knees, the feelings of the three people present were complicated.

For Hirobumi Ito and Takayoshi Togi, the aftermath of the catastrophe was intertwined with the defeat of North Korea, and it was not pleasant.

As for Meiji, he didn't know whether he should punish the two of them or forgive them, but one thing was absolutely certain, he would reuse them.

As a result, the atmosphere of the scene was shrouded in embarrassment with a slightly dull meaning.

None of the three spoke first.

The silence lasted for a long time.

However, it is undeniable that this Meiji can be regarded as a rare virtuous emperor in Japanese history.

At this time, Meiji looked to be in his thirties, well-maintained, and his face was thin, but he was shrewd.

"Are you two guilty?" Meiji looked at the two lying on the ground, his tone turned stern, and he shouted.

Meiji is not a loss, he knows when to say what to say, what to do, guilty to be punished, meritorious to be rewarded, if there is no distinction between rewards and punishments, how to govern the country, so it is necessary to first flatten these two people.

"Wait for a capital crime, a capital crime, Your Majesty." Hirobumi Ito sobbed.

After saying that, he and Togi Takayo kept snorting.

The two of them knew that they were guilty, so they didn't think about escaping.

"It's good that you know, 800,000 troops, 800,000 ah, just let you be buried, to be honest, you really don't have the face to come back, you....you are indeed guilty and deserve death." Meiji was a good scold to the two.

If you want to use it, you will first crush it and make it fearful, and then you will give it a favor, and you will swear to die to repay it, and this emperor's means is also.

Meiji understands this well.

And after listening to Meiji's words, how dare the two of them have any more arguments, they just want to bang their heads on the ground, maybe only by doing so, their hearts will feel better.

"Alright, you guys stand up and talk back." After scolding the two, Meiji felt that his anger had almost disappeared, and he raised his hand to let the two get up first.

"Thank you, but the ministers know that they are guilty of a serious crime, so they don't dare to get up, so it's better to kneel down and listen to the instructions." Ito Hirobumi still insisted on kneeling on the ground to reply.

As soon as Meiji heard this, he became angry, and he paid it back, and he actually played tricks on himself, which really didn't teach him a lesson, so he straightened his face and said loudly: "Are you farting when you say it?" ”

The two people kneeling on the ground saw that Meiji was angry, their faces turned even paler, and their heads snorted even louder, and they said while snorting: "The ministers dare not go against the holy will, and the ministers obey the order." “

With that, the two of them got up from the ground and then bowed down.

"You deserve to die for the great sin of yourselves, but it is too cheap for you to die now, so you will put your two heads on your heads first, and when you have passed this tribulation, you will decide whether or not to take your heads." Meiji said viciously.

Although his words sounded fierce, as long as you think carefully about the meaning of his words, you can understand that he really excused the two of them and intended to let them go.

When Hirobumi Ito and Takayoshi Togi heard this, they were shocked, and they looked at Meiji with wide eyes, thinking that they had misheard, and Meiji didn't kill them.

"Okay, don't look at me with that kind of ** look, I can't stand it." Meiji suddenly joked.

Emperor Meiji, who had always been strict, actually played such a joke with them, and Ito Hirobumi and Togi Takayoshi were so shocked that they almost fell off their eyes.

"I'm done, I'm tired now, I'm going to rest, you have eaten, and when you're resting, go to the barracks, where there are a lot of things waiting for you." Meiji's tone had turned calm.

This, this, the two looked at each other, but they still didn't recover from this change, they stared at Meiji's distant back, and stood on the spot a little bewildered.

Did you just let yourself go, the two thought. (To be continued......)