ACT217: Heavenly Punishment of National Thieves
If it were changed to 2 years ago, if Hirota Hongyi heard that Datang was willing to cede the three eastern provinces that made them covetous, he would definitely be able to directly draw it, but once the time is changed to the present, this compensation can be said to be full of malice! Although Japan was not discovered earlier than the Tang Dynasty, it now knows that the earth has entered the countdown to destruction.
As the core area of heavy industry in the north, the three eastern provinces were the first areas where Datang began to carry out a major transfer, and it was mandatory. As long as the heavy industry facilities can be moved, almost all of them have been transferred to Jupiter, including the rare materials and oil stored there, and more than 70% of the population has also passed.
It can be said that the current three eastern provinces, except for the 27 new active volcanoes, are an empty shell that has been cleaned up!
What is even more lacking in virtue is that Ambassador Tang Guo also said that all the compensation money given to Japan will be exchanged for scarce metal ores in Japan, and then transported by train to the borders of the three eastern provinces that already belong to Japan. As for whether Japan is going to build a new smelter on the spot after that, or to ship it back to China for processing, it is not for Datang to worry about.
Such a fucked delivery method suddenly made Hirota feel that the more than 100 million indemnities that could be received in the end might not even be 4.5 million, and the two countries would not be able to continue to be "friends" in various senses in the future!
"Your country is sincerely playing tricks on us, right?"
"How so? Our country has already suffered a heavy blow to the morale of the army and the population in that defeat, and now it is only interested in peace...... This is what His Majesty Lingzong asked me to relay to you, and you can explain it to the people of Japan in this way. ”
"You're ......"
"Prime Minister Hirota, aren't you satisfied enough with the current outcome? We've made big concessions! You see, if Japan wins this war, and if it wins the former world's largest power, the national self-confidence will certainly be greatly enhanced. ”
"But you have also succeeded in shifting the international attention to us in Japan, and isn't that exactly what His Majesty the Emperor wants? Without the cooperation of our Japan, this play choreographed by your emperor would not have been able to be performed at all! ”
"Prime Minister Hirota. I think you should be very clear, this drama is not that we need your cooperation, but that you can't not cooperate. The disparity in strength between you and me has doomed you to have no right to refuse from the very beginning. ”
“…… All right! I accept this contract on behalf of Japan, but I also hope that His Majesty Lingzong will understand that although Japan is not as strong as your country, if you do your best, you may not be able to really live a few tricks with your country! ”
In the face of Hirota's harsh words, the ambassador just smiled and shrugged his shoulders noncommittally. After the two finished their separate meeting, they got up together and prepared to go out to meet reporters.
At this time, Hirota saw Ambassador Tang suddenly take out a bottle of eye drops from his jacket pocket. He dropped some into each of his eyes, and then rubbed his fat face vigorously. When the hand was taken away, the other party's face could no longer see the confidence and domineering just now, but instead there was a look of loss mixed with unwillingness and humiliation.
"Mr. Ambassador, you are also very hard!"
"Life is like a play, it all depends on acting! Let's go, don't let the reporters from all over the world wait in a hurry. ”
“……”
In this way, Hirota and the actor-level Ambassador Tang Guo walked out, and reporters from various countries who had been waiting outside for a long time suddenly took a wild shot, and the expressions on the faces of the two were clearly captured on the photo. Ambassador Tang's dejected appearance quickly spread through various media outlets vying for first-hand reporting, accompanied by eye-catching headlines such as "The Defeat of the Tang Dynasty".
In the face of reporters' inquiries about the peace talks. Ambassador Tang, who seemed to be depressed, was silent about all kinds of issues, so the reporters shifted the focus of the fire and left all the problems behind Hirota Hiroki. Just as Hirota answered these questions one by one. A Japanese young man wearing an "aunt's headband" suddenly appeared at the scene, and as soon as the other party appeared, he pointed at Ambassador Tang Guo and shouted.
"Arrogant Tang people, don't kneel down to apologize to the Japanese Empire!"
After the other party roared, the scene suddenly became silent. The ambassador looked at the young man with interest, while Hirota's gaze quickly swept around the venue, and soon saw several army generals with sneers on their faces in the corner. I immediately understood that this was a provocative drama arranged by those stupid ×, wanting to disrupt the peace talks and let the war continue.
In order to stop those guys' stupidity, Hirota didn't have time to think about it, and "banged" the podium, and after startling the ambassador, pointed at the young man and shouted.
"Presumptuous! Throw that guy out of the box! ”
Hearing Hirota's order, the security guards at the scene suddenly came to their senses, and a group of people rushed up to forcibly drag the bear child away from the venue. Hirota wiped the cold sweat on his head, glared hatefully at the senior army officer in the corner, and thought about how to deal with these arrogant guys in the future.
Leaving the venue of the peace talks, Ambassador Tang Guo, escorted by a group of bodyguards, broke free from the entanglement of reporters and got into his special car, but as soon as he got into the car, he found that there was an extra person in the passenger seat. The ambassador glanced in the rearview mirror in front of him and smiled lightly at the sight of the other's eyes.
"It's still so elusive, working with you, sooner or later I'm going to have a heart attack."
"How's the talk with Hirota?"
"Everything is in the plan, how are you preparing over there?"
"It's ready."
"It shouldn't involve us, right?"
"No, I'm just providing a little convenience to some soldiers who have this idea, the Japanese clean up the portal themselves, what can we do?"
“…… Old Dai! This talent is really good and frightening! ”
As soon as the convoy of Tang Guo returned to the embassy, the embassy's guards pulled up the line of defense, and they were on high alert, while Hirota Hongyi on the other side did not have a trace of the joy of the victor at all. Not only the Ministry of War but also the cabinet he formed had many people who opposed his "rash move", and Hirota, who had no way to explain to too many people, was suffering from it.
In this way, with a depressed mood, Hirota was in the Prime Minister's Office to deal with the government affairs that had been delayed by the peace talks for the past few days until late at night, and all kinds of things related to the war or unrelated made his mind highly concentrated, and he didn't notice anything unusual outside, until his secretary knocked on the door and came in, Hirota looked up at his expression, and suddenly understood everything.
"They're coming?"
The secretary didn't speak, just nodded, and Hirota sighed, saying in his heart that he still overestimated the endurance of those people. It turned out that the day of the end of the peace talks came, so he didn't have time to prepare at all. At this moment, a group of young students with weapons flashed in outside the door, led by the same person who tried to make a big disturbance in the venue during the day. Hirota looked at the immature but fanatical faces of these young people, and a sadness arose in his heart.
"Hirota, the thief, suffer death! Long live His Majesty the Emperor! (To be continued......)
PS: Hiroki Hirota in history was a smiling tiger-like figure who once promised that "there will be no war during my tenure as foreign minister", but in fact it was a lie told to ease the situation at that time. This kind of guy who has brains and knows how to nibble step by step, if he doesn't die quickly, it is not conducive to the subsequent development of the plot (laughs).