Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

"Cha." Just as Liu Buchan was about to step back, Dai Hongci, the director of the Telegraph Bureau, came in in a panic, and presented a telegram to the emperor.

Guan Xuqing opened the telegram and saw that it was Ye Zugui who sent it from Tokyo: My minister Ye Zugui beckoned to the emperor Jin'an, the minister deserved death for violating the holy order, but a man born between heaven and earth should serve the country and strive for governance, so it is not so difficult for the minister The aspirations of the navy officers and men are hard to boost the might of our country. If we go this time, if we don’t fight, we will be defeated.

"This Ye Zugui is really outrageous, he just doesn't take me seriously." Guan Xuqing looked very angry, but his eyes were always fixed on Liu Buchan's face.

Liu Buchan blushed, and hastily knelt down: "Your Majesty, please issue an order to punish the crime of laxity in the leadership of ministers and subordinates."

"Forget it, the matter has already happened. Besides, Ye Zugui led the ship out of the port was also ordered by me at the beginning." Guan Xuqing looked up at the ceiling beam of the main hall, and said leisurely: "I only hope that Ye Zugui can come back safely. If one of our generals is lost because of a small Japan, it will not be worth it."

Ye Zugui's leaving the military port this time was indeed the emperor's intention, but later Ye Zugui went straight to Tokyo Bay, which was beyond Guan Xuqing's expectations. It turned out that Guan Xuqing didn't want to have such a large scale, it was just to put some pressure on the Japanese government That's all, forcing them to agree to China's diplomatic conditions as soon as possible, but I didn't expect Ye Zugui to be so audacious. Using this excuse and adding my own recent judgment on the situation, there are two days of supernatural actions, first of all playing tricks The Japanese garrison fleet, and then the naval reorganization formation went straight to Tokyo Bay, which shocked the Japanese coastal defense and Tokyo Gyeonggi defense.The long-lost vanity of the Chinese navy has swelled to the extreme.

In addition, for the sake of prudence, Guan Xuqing had another plan to act cheaply on Deng Shichang's side. If Japan provoked troubles at sea, the boats would be attacked;

Tokyo, inside the Japanese Cabinet Building.Ito Hirobumi first spoke and asked: "I don't know whether your Excellency came this time under the order of His Majesty the Emperor of your country, or..."

Ye Zugui smiled and said: "The emperor's will is the will of God, Ito-kun should not ask."

Ye Zugui's personal adjutant saw the embarrassment on the faces of Ito Hirobumi and others, so he took over the conversation and said: "Master Ye is the envoy of Xuanwei, and our army is fully responsible for Mr. Weng's safety, but if something happens, our army will bear the responsibility of Xuanwei Mission. Fortunately, the sea and land are safe now, and our army has successfully completed the mission."

Ye Zugui turned his head in astonishment, and said to the adjutant: "It's Xuanwei, not Xuanwei. Don't talk nonsense in front of Mr. Ito."

The two of them sang together like a double-reed opera, confusing the Japanese present.

Ye Zugui smiled at Hirofumi Ito, and said, "The emperor has given me another order, ordering me to pick up the Chinese fishermen today. Please don't embarrass me in your country."

Ye Zugui turned back to the adjutant and said, "What did the emperor explain when he arrived?"

The adjutant smiled and said: "My lord, the emperor confessed that this time you are ordered to come to Japan, you must solemnly declare our position to Japan. First, release the detained Chinese citizens unconditionally. Second, severely punish the perpetrators. Third, compensate Losses to the families of the dead and injured in China. The above three items require the Japanese government to respond within 48 hours, otherwise the Chinese government will take all necessary and powerful measures to recover the losses, and even resort to force to restore the dignity of the country and defend the sovereignty of the empire.” The adjutant turned his head to look. Looking at the big clock in the corner, he said, "There are still three hours to give an answer." The adjutant approached Ye Zugui's ear again, but his voice was loud: "My lord, there is one more thing that needs to be answered." I would like to report to you that I have just received a telegram from the Ministry of the Navy that in order to protect your safety, the main force of the Beiyang Fleet has been dispatched and is currently staying on the high seas at the border between China and Japan."

Ye Zugui and the adjutant were so amazing that they shocked all the Japanese officials. Even the old-fashioned Ito Hirobumi couldn't help frowning. Although he felt that the other party was acting, God knows if what they said was true. What should I do?Under such circumstances, as long as Ye Zugui dared to move a single hair, the entire Japanese Empire would be in danger of overthrowing.

Ye Zugui said to the adjutant: "When I came, I promised the emperor that we must bring our people back when we come to Tokyo this time, otherwise I won't go for a day if we can't talk about it."

"Oh. Isn't the fleet going to stay in Tokyo for a long time?" The adjutant frowned and said, "What about Weihai's defense?"

Ye Zugui smiled slightly and said: "Too much to worry about. Mr. Ito is the most reasonable and current affairs person. I believe he can take people away today. I will stay in Tokyo tonight and return to Weihai tomorrow. Looking at East Asia, hey, Weihai is safe."

Weihai is indeed safe. After yesterday's false alarm, how could the Japanese guard fleet in Nagasaki Port dare to leave the port?If one or two ships are sunk by the Chinese alone, they can only eat yellow lotus.And Weihai's coastal defense is no joke.

The adjutant still couldn't believe it, looked at the confident Ye Zugui, and said worriedly: "What if he refuses to let him go?"

Ye Zugui shook his head and said: "How courageous is Ye Zugui to disobey the imperial decree? Since the emperor ordered Ye to complete this matter, wouldn't Ye owe the emperor's grace if he couldn't do it?" Turning to look at the dragon flag in the harbor The fluttering fleet snorted coldly, with a look of pride that looked down on all directions in the past.

Ito Hirobumi was in doubt, a cool sea breeze blew outside the window, which made him shiver involuntarily, and the murderous aura exuded by Ye Zugui made him feel chills.

Ye Zugui said to the adjutant again: "You go to generate electricity for the Admiralty first, and give me three hours. During this time, never take any unreasonable actions. If I haven't reached an agreement after this time, hehe... Let’s proceed according to the plan made in advance. At the beginning, I made a promise to the emperor, and if the negotiation fails, I don’t have to go back to Weihai.”

A plan made in advance?what's the plan?The Japanese dignitaries present became more and more frightened the more they heard it. This is not for negotiation, it is clearly for demonstration!

At this time, Ye Zugui turned around and said to Hirobumi Ito seriously: "Mr. Ito, let's start now."

Hirobumi Ito nodded: "Is General Ye here just for those Chinese fishermen?"

"Yes, your government must have received the note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our country. Time is running out. I wonder what Mr. Ito and your government are thinking about? Can you give me an answer now so that I can Tell the emperor."

Ito Hirobumi said with a chuckle: "It's easy to say, of course it's easy to say. It's just that the information we both get may be inconsistent."

"Oh? So, the news your country has received is..."

Ito Hirobumi did not answer, but just glanced at Ito Yuheng. Ito Yuheng coughed dryly and said in a loud voice: "According to the exact information obtained by the Ministry of the Navy of our country, four warships of our navy were at the border between China and Japan as usual the afternoon before yesterday. At about 5:30 p.m., a group of Chinese fishing boats broke through the Sino-Japanese border near the waters of Bird Harbor and forcibly went to the waters controlled by Japan to carry out fishing operations. The principle of friendship was the first to issue a warning to the Chinese fishing boats, asking them to withdraw from the Japanese waters immediately, but the Chinese fishing boats ignored them. We issued three warning orders to them in succession, but the other party always ignored them, and even approached us, using The weapons attacked our army, so our warship opened fire on the Chinese fishing boat as a last resort. The artillery fire caused the death of a Chinese captain and injured more than 30 crew members, while the Japanese side killed three sailors and a captain-level officer. Injured. However, the Chinese crew never evacuated the Japanese waters. Instead, they continued to fire at the Japanese warship. In order to avoid greater casualties, we had no choice but to stick to the Chinese fishing boat and forcibly board the boat. In this way, the Chinese crew Take control and bring the Chinese crew and fishing boat back to Nagasaki port. This is the truth of the whole incident."

Resurgence: World War II Chapter 392 The Tokyo Negotiations

Ito Yuheng's expression was solemn and did not seem to be lying at all.However, the Far East Department of the China Security Bureau had already grasped the truth of the incident in the early morning of the second day after the incident. Ye Zugui knew that the other party was lying, but the current situation was inconvenient to expose it immediately, so he just sneered twice.

Ito Hirobumi smiled and said: "General Ye, you have heard the incident. It is not what your domestic people have rumored. It turns out that the cause of the incident is the Chinese fishing boat. We also really want to know why the Chinese fishing boat will I have also heard that many of the fishermen in Taiwan are military personnel of your country. I don’t know if it is directly related to this incident. Of course, in view of the generations of China and Japan Although this incident was provoked by Chinese fishermen, we do not intend to pursue any further responsibilities. Moreover, we express our deep regret and lament to the martyred and injured Chinese in this incident. The government has decided to A pension will be given to the dead and injured. At the same time, we have been properly resettling the Chinese crew members stranded in Nagasaki without any difficulty. However, for these unreasonable Chinese crew members, we need to further verify their identities. If there are indeed military intelligence personnel among them, then our government will reconsider this incident, which will take a certain amount of time. If General Ye takes these people away now, not only will I not be able to explain to the Emperor, but I will also be unable to explain to Japan The people make an explanation."

What Ito Hirobumi said seems to be well-founded. After what he said, the incident was completely turned upside down, and the Japanese became the reasonable party instead, and they showed magnanimity.Ye Zugui secretly scolded the old fox, and said calmly on the surface: "Is that so? But according to the news I got, it was exactly the opposite of what Mr. Ito said. Our news is that four Japanese warships broke into China without authorization." It controls the sea area of ​​Bird Harbor, and strictly prohibits Chinese fishing boats from going fishing. The day before yesterday, four fishing boats from the Longchang Ship Line in Keelung, Taiwan Province went to Fish Harbor to fish. They encountered Japanese warships about [-] nautical miles away from Bird Harbor. The Japanese ships not only stopped China The fishing boat advanced, and shelled the fishing boat that had no firepower equipment at all. Then the Japanese officers and soldiers boarded the boat forcibly, insulted the Chinese crew members, and forced them to leave. Three Japanese sailors were shot and killed, and the rest of the crew were forcibly detained in Nagasaki Port."

Ito Hirobumi twitched his brows twice, and felt a chill in his heart. Only the Japanese Navy Department knew what happened. How could the Chinese know such details?Has someone leaked out?Or are there Chinese spies in the Admiralty?This is impossible, absolutely impossible!I was a little panicked in my heart, but my face was still as calm as usual. For Ito Hirobumi, who has experienced big storms and struggled in the international diplomatic arena for decades, he has already cultivated to the state of not being able to express emotions.

He said lightly: "I don't know where your government got the news from?"

"The source of the news is not important anymore. The important thing is that this news is the most accurate. I don't know where your country got the news from."

"Nonsense! This news is obviously fabricated by your Chinese government. What basis do you have to say that this news is true." Ito Youheng couldn't bear it anymore, more precisely, he was furious, and he didn't wait for the Prime Minister He shouted after speaking, but Hirobumi Ito did not stop immediately, but carefully observed the other party's reaction.

Ye Zugui stared fiercely at Ito Yuheng and said, "What evidence do you have that it was fabricated?"

"I..." Ito Yuheng was at a loss for words for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

The old Ito Hirobumi laughed loudly, broke the deadlock, and said: "General Ye, the current situation is a bit troublesome. Our government has a piece of news, and your country's government also has a piece of news, but both of us are obviously concerned about this matter." There are big differences of opinion on the matter, how about this, we all give each other a certain amount of time to collect evidence, if one day who can come up with strong evidence, let's sit down and discuss specific solutions, what do you think? ?”

"No need, Chinese people have always been honest and humble as the foundation of their lives. We can't do things like fabricating facts, and without conclusive evidence, I wouldn't be so motivating people to visit."

"Oh? So you already have solid evidence, so please show it now." Ito Hirobumi said gloatingly, because he believed that Ye Zugui was just scaremongering, and now the Chinese crew and fishing boats are in Nagasaki Port They were detained by the Japanese military, and the officers and sailors who caused the accident have been properly placed by the Ministry of the Navy. Where is there any evidence?

Ye Zugui chuckled, and unhurriedly took out a stack of photos from his bosom, snapped and was still in front of Ito Hirobumi, Ito Hirobumi put on his glasses to look carefully, and the color immediately changed!This... this... how is this possible?

Ito Yuheng and others felt strange and gathered around to watch, and they were stunned when they saw it.

It turns out that these photos captured the entire process of the Bird Harbor incident, including the scene where the Japanese detained the Chinese crew, shot and killed the Chinese captain, and the scene where these people were detained in Nagasaki Port, as well as the officers involved and The four Japanese warships are all truthfully recorded in the photos.It's as if the person taking the picture experienced the whole event himself.How can this situation not be shocking!

Although Hirobumi Ito and his senior military officials knew that China had built a spy network all over the world in just a few years, they still didn't know how tight the network was set up by Guan Xuqing himself.The design drawings of the top secret tanks and aircraft carriers of the British were stolen by spies, not to mention the Far East.In particular, Guan Xuqing's attention and vigilance to Japan, this enemy's feud, has never been lowered. It can be said that so far, there are spies from the Imperial Security Bureau in every administrative division of several major cities in Japan, and even in the Chinese military intelligence agents have been mixed into the Japanese Army and Navy Ministry, and the Japanese high-level officials have not even noticed it at all. It can be said that China's intelligence construction has been deeply rooted in Japan's blood.So it is not difficult to understand the origin of these photos.When the Japanese warship just entered the waters of Bird Harbor, the intelligence network of the sensitive Imperial Security Bureau had already launched a secret operation. Several intelligence liaison bases located in the Yellow Sea, Taiwan, Nagasaki, and Tokyo were dispatched at the same time. The entire incident was photographed, which of course was beyond the wildest dreams of Ito Hirobumi and others.

Photos don’t lie, and Hirobumi Ito was speechless for a while in the face of these evidences. It was the first time he was so embarrassed in a diplomatic contest with other countries.Ye Zugui said coldly: "Mr. Ito, do these count as evidence?"

"Where did these photos come from?" Ito Yuheng was already annoyed.

Ye Zugui didn't like Yidong Youheng very much. He gave him a blank look: "What? General Yidong, it seems that he still wants to detain me and interrogate me, but it won't work."

Ito Hirobumi gave Ito Yuheng a hard look, and Ito realized his gaffe, snorted and stopped talking.

Ito Hirobumi could no longer maintain a refined demeanor, and said with a smirk: "General Ye, even if these are true, we will not be able to return those crew members to you."

"Oh? Why?" Ye Zugui's eyes widened. As a soldier, his patience is limited.

"To tell you the truth, you came to ask for someone under the orders of the emperor of your country, but I also follow the orders of the emperor of our country. The emperor has explained that you must confirm the true identity of the Chinese crew before releasing them. Otherwise There is nothing to talk about. So, General Ye, I can only tell you with regret that the Empire of Japan has already felt your sincerity in coming to negotiate this time, but the emperor's order cannot be changed, and I can't help it. "Really unable to find a good excuse, Ito Hirobumi simply carried Emperor Meiji out.In fact, the reason why Emperor Meiji and the Japanese government insisted on not letting people go is not complicated. They want to maintain their last bit of face in front of a powerful China. As weak as people think.The deeper meaning is that the Japanese suspect that there are Chinese military intelligence personnel hidden among these crew members. They will use some time and means to knock the mouths of these people. As long as they can prove that their guess is correct, they will be able to In this diplomatic game, China was completely overturned, accusing China of openly sending military plainclothes to spy on Japanese military intelligence, so the Japanese navy took decisive measures to detain all these people, and China's image as a great power would be seriously damaged.

"Okay, anyway, the time is not up yet, I can wait here until there is a result." Ye Zugui leaned back on the chair, took out a jade snuff bottle with inner painting, and began to enjoy it carefully.

"Okay, since General Ye is willing to wait here, I will take care of you. I still have things to deal with, so I won't accompany you any longer. I will leave first." Ito Hirobumi bowed and left with his senior officials Ye Zugui was kept in this room.

After he came out, Ito Youheng said to the prime minister: "This man surnamed Ye is a scoundrel, I think it's better to drive him away."

Ito Hirobumi said impatiently: "Don't forget that Ye Zugui didn't come alone. Can you drive him away and drive away the warships he brought? Don't forget that this is Tokyo Bay, where His Majesty the Emperor lives. If the flames of war are ignited here, what consequences will it have, have you ever thought about it!"

Ito Yuheng hated it, and there was nothing he could do for a while.