Wa State, Maguan.

Maguan is located in the southwest end of the island of Honshu of the Wa Kingdom, is a port of considerable scale, the Maguan Strait is named after the Maguan Pass, the Maguan Strait is the place where the soldiers of the Wa State must fight since ancient times, the Qing Navy after the capture of the Maguan Strait, stationed heavy troops in the Maguan to control the Maguan Strait, and it is precisely because of this that the Maguan was spared, and was not burned by the New Sixth Army.

Although the port city of Maguan has been preserved, it is rare to see a single Japanese national, and with the arrival of successor troops, it seems to have become a large military camp.

Xiao Mingliang took a group of officers to visit Maguan inside and out, but he never found Chunfan Tower, which made him very depressed.

There is indeed no Chunfan Tower in the following report, Xiao Mingliang glanced at Guo Zhongmu and said, "Will Chunfan Tower be some kind of monument?" ”

"There is no such monument." Guo Zhongmu affirmed: "I have asked people to investigate in detail and understand, there is no such a monument as Chunchun Fan Tower. ”

"This is strange, the big shopkeeper has never been to the Wa Kingdom, how did he know about Chunfan Tower?" Xiao Mingliang said to himself: "You can't return to the big shopkeeper, there is no such place?" ”

"It's not that hard." Guo Zhongmu smiled and said: "Select a suitable place for negotiation and hurry up to make a plaque of Chunfan Tower." ”

"That's all there is to it." Xiao Mingliang nodded and said, "Send electricity to Fukuoka, and they will hurry up to make a plaque of Chunfan Building, remember, if you want to write in Chinese, it will be exposed." ”

Three days later, the Japanese negotiation group led by the shogunate elder Sakai Tadanori and Inaba Masashi arrived at Shimonoseki, and the fleet docked at the port, and saw the warships anchored in the harbor, the Qing officers and soldiers on the shore who were neatly groomed, upright, and well-equipped with firearms, and the people of the Japanese negotiation group all trembled, lowered their eyebrows and lowered their hands, and were extremely respectful.

Along the way, they heard too much about the tragic situation of the Changzhou Domain, where the Qing army passed, it was even worse than the locust crossing, all the cities, towns and villages were burned, the casualties of the army and civilians were also extremely heavy, the population of the entire Changzhou Domain was not one in ten, such a tragic war was unheard of for the Japanese state, and now they entered the Qing army camp, and they could not help but tremble.

Yi Zhishu arrived in Maguan two days later, and lived directly in Chunfan Lou - a large-scale hotel with a mountain and sea, Xiao Mingliang chose here not only because of the beautiful scenery and wide vision, but also because the terrain here is higher and conducive to comprehensive protection.

For Chunfan Building, Yi Zhicontent only heard its name but did not visit, but saw the pattern of a hotel and couldn't help but be a little suspicious, he remembered very clearly, this Chunfan Building is not a hotel but a tavern, looking for a chance to no one, he asked Xiao Mingming, "The plaque of this Chunfan Building seems to be newly made?" ”

Hearing this, Xiao Mingliang didn't dare to hide it anymore, and hurriedly said: "Don't hide it from the principal, the students have searched all over the city and outside, and there is no trace of Chunfan Tower, so I have no choice but to make my own ......." ”

Could it be that Chunfan Building is not there at all now? Yi Zhishu didn't care much, and waved his hand, "Yes, I also know that there will be temporary workarounds." ”

Seeing that he didn't mean to pursue it, Xiao Mingliang secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Headmaster, the students have come into contact with the two leaders of the Wa Kingdom, and the destruction of the Changzhou Domain has shocked them a ......lot. ”

Yang Xiuqing's New Sixth Army wantonly burned, killed, and plundered in the Changzhou Domain, and Yi Zhizhi had heard all about it, and when he heard this, he lit a cigarette, slowly walked to the window, pushed open the window, looked at the narrow Maguan Strait, and asked for a while: "Do you know why the commander-in-chief of the expedition doesn't use Yan Yangtian?" ”

Xiao Mingming's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said, "The student is stupid. ”

"In the battle of the conquest, the killing is too heavy, he is not suitable, he cherishes his feathers too much." Yi Zhi's voice was a little low, but he felt a depression in Xiao Mingming's ears, this is not a good word, cherish the feathers and cherish the reputation, that is the fault of the civilian officials, and what the Yuanqi New Army has always implemented is that 'soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty' and 'all actions obey commands.' ’

He was excited, hurriedly stood upright, and said loudly: "The student is the gun in the principal's hand, pointing and fighting, absolutely obeying the order, unambiguous." ”

Yi Zhizu turned to look at him, and said: "Recruiting Yang Xiuqing's troops and making his troops the vanguard of the conquest of the Japanese is to connive at the burning and killing of the Japanese army. ”

Hearing that he even said the words of the change of commander, Xiao Mingming's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said aloud: "Ci is not in charge of the army, and the students will definitely not live up to the high expectations of the principal." ”

Nodding slightly, Yi Zhi's content turned his head, "Can the assassination of Shao Hengyu, who went to the canonization of the Japanese Emperor, be investigated?" ”

"Back to the principal." Xiao Mingliang hurriedly said: "The five warships that escorted Qincha to Kyoto have returned, and they are now anchored in Maguan ....... ”

It seems that this matter is complicated enough, and Yi Zhizhi said without thinking: "Call them, and by the way, invite Yiyun and Yizeng over." ”

Soon, Yi Xun and Yi Zeng entered the room, Yi Zhixin was not polite, and said straightforwardly: "I want to know the details of the assassination of Qincha, the two of you must have heard it, accompany me to listen to it again." ”

Hearing this, Yi Xun said with a smile: "I knew that the king of Zhennan was coming, so I didn't rush to report ...... to the court." ”

Yi Zhixiang glanced at him and said, "The imperial court doesn't seem to care about this matter. ”

"It's not that I'm not careless." Yi Xun hurriedly said: "The matter is very important, if you don't understand the reason, the court will not be able to decide." ”

Xiao Mingliang had long expected that Yi Zhifen would inevitably inquire about this matter as soon as possible, so he had already asked Acton and Zhang Fugui to wait outside, and before Yi Xun's words fell, he listened to the two of them report loudly outside, and after coming in, he saw the situation in the house, Acton couldn't help but be a little nervous, but Zhang Fugui was a little excited because he saw Yi Zhifen.

After the two of them saluted, Xiao Mingliang made a brief introduction, Yi Zhizhi nodded at the two, and said kindly: "No need to be restrained, tell me the situation in detail." ”

Seeing Yi Zhi's contented attitude, Akdun relaxed a little, and when 1510 recounted the situation that night in detail, Zhang Fugui made some additions.

After listening to this, he pondered for a while, and then Yi Zhizhi said: "Duodu Jingang night attack, the Japanese people not only want to assassinate Qincha, but also want to burn the escort fleet and wipe out the escort officers and soldiers?" ”

Acton nodded and said, "Lord Mingjian, that's true. ”

"Someone leaked the itinerary, so that the Japanese people could make an ambush in Duodujin Port." Yi Zhishu said and looked at Xiao Mingming, "Is there an investigation into this matter?" ”

"Back to the principal." Xiao Mingliang hurriedly said: "The Beiyang Navy Division is responsible for escorting Qincha, and the students did not ask about his itinerary. ”

Yi Zeng said: "That's true, the itinerary of the escort fleet was formulated by the last general and the Shenghaizhou of the Wa Kingdom, and it was not leaked. ”

"Lord Wang." Zhang Fugui hurriedly said: "We don't know the specific itinerary in advance, and the Japanese people will have to prepare so carefully at least two days in advance." ”

Yi Zhizhi said: "Sheng Haizhou is dead? ”

"Yes." Akdun hurriedly said: "Sheng Haizhou died in the room where Qin Cha lived...... ”

"And ——。" Zhang Fugui added: "The assassins of the Wa Kingdom are extraordinary, and we have suffered sixty-three casualties," and in the end, he was unable to recover the head of Lord Qincha, and finally had to set fire to the mountain. ”

"Go down first." Yi Zhishu said slowly, and when the two of them retired, he glanced at a few people and said: "It seems that it is only the Japanese people who leak the itinerary, and as soon as Sheng Haizhou dies, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find out in a short period of time." After a pause, he continued: "This matter will inevitably be reported by domestic newspapers of all sizes, and it is necessary to carry out correct public opinion guidance. ”

Yi Xun naturally understood the meaning of these words, and said: "King Zhennan, rest assured, this king will report to the court truthfully." ”

"That's very good." Yi Zhizhi said first, although he had sent a telegram to beat the Empress Dowager Ci'an, but Yi Zhixiang was still a little uneasy, and specially asked and told him in person, that is, to avoid any accidents, Yixin and Su Shun wanted to seize military power, he was naturally willing to help, after all, this was more conducive to promoting the smooth implementation of constitutional government in the imperial court.

Yi Zeng glanced at Yi Xun and hesitated before saying, "There is one thing, the last general doesn't know whether to say it or not." ”

"You're kind of my old subordinate." Yi Zhizhi said with a smile: "If there is anything that should be said or not, just say it directly." ”

Yi Zeng stayed in the Nanyang Navy for a long time, at that time Yi Zhizhi served as the commander of the Nanyang Navy, and he was indeed an old subordinate, hearing this, he smiled and said: "Then the subordinate is presumptuous." After a pause, he continued: "When the New Sixth Army was crusading against Satsuma and Changzhou, it wantonly slaughtered civilians, the scale was outrageous, and once it was transmitted back to China, it would inevitably seriously affect the reputation of the Japanese army, and it might also hinder the .......reputation of the prince. ”

"Hang up the map of Asia." After giving an order, Yi Zhizhi said slowly: "The reason is that the two feudal clans of Satsuma and Changzhou have formed a surprise team composed of civilians, and according to the report of the New Sixth Army, it was the strange soldier team that was slaughtered. ”

Seeing that he was so protective, Yi Xun couldn't help but secretly slander himself, can there be no difference between the odd soldiers and civilians? He is the general of the imperial court, and he doesn't want to bear the notoriety of a 'human slaughter', but he doesn't want to stiffen the relationship with Yi Zhicontent, which makes Yizeng speak.

After a slight groan, he sneered and said, "King Zhennan doesn't care about his name at all? Back then, Bai Qi was just a pit and killed 400,000 soldiers, and then he ended up with a ...... of notoriety of 'human slaughter'. ”

Yi Zhizu glanced at him, and said sarcastically: "You love the Xinjueluo family is really not as good as the generation, when Yangzhou was ten days, where did the ruthlessness of Jiading Santu go?" ”

Hearing this, Yi Xun's face was swollen and red, but he couldn't refute it, but fortunately, the map had been hung up, Yi Zhi was content to pay attention to him, got up and walked to the map and pointed: "Now is the ocean age, and Western countries are scrambling to develop their navies.

Let's see, from Alaska in North America to the Kamchatka Peninsula in Asia, and then to the Wa Kingdom, the Ryukyus, Taiwan, Luzon, Java, Siam, and Burma, except for the Wa Kingdom, all other places have been included in the territory of the Qing Dynasty.

If it is said that the Western countries want to be unfavorable to our Qing Dynasty in the future, the Japanese state is undoubtedly the best springboard. Now that the Japanese state has clearly realized the danger of closing the country to the outside world, and intends to overthrow the shogunate and follow the example of the West, develop industry, and open up to the outside world.

In order to prevent this from happening, we must now keep the Japanese state firmly in our hands. If the Wa Kingdom falls into the hands of Western countries, or if the Wa State itself rises rapidly, it will pose a huge threat to Beijing and Tianjin, and its harm will be far greater than that of Southeast Asia and Nanyang provinces. ”

Yi Zeng groaned for a while before saying, "What is the difference between the Japanese Kingdom and North Korea?" ”

"Good question!" Yi Zhizu glanced at him approvingly and said, "What is the difference between the Japanese Kingdom and North Korea?" Let me tell you, more than half of the people in the Japanese kingdom are literate, and even nearly 20 percent of the women are literate. ”

Hearing this, Yi Xun and Yi Zeng couldn't help but look at each other, Xiao Mingliang was like a slap in the face, and instantly reacted to why Yi Zhizhi wanted to destroy his country and his clan, such a high literacy rate is difficult to assimilate and integrate, if you want to occupy the Wa country for a long time, you must destroy its clan!

"The interests of the state and the nation are above all else!" Yi Zhizhi said in a deep voice: "What is the infamy of a 'human slaughter'? You don't expect the Japanese people to erect monuments and trees for you, do you? ”

On the morning of the next day, the negotiations with the Wa State officially began, however, Yi Zhizu did not participate, but let Yi Xun, the titular general of the Ping Wa, lead the team to negotiate with the other party, of course, Yi Xun is just a puppet, and it is Zhao Liewen who really leads the negotiations.

After the two sides greeted each other and sat down at the negotiation table, Zhao Liewen did not reply to nonsense, and directly handed out a copy of the draft negotiation that had been prepared for a long time.

The conditions put forward in the draft were very harsh, and it could even be said that they were extremely harsh, exceeding everyone's expectations, and the conditions put forward in the draft were very simple, just three points, ceding Shikoku Island and the four feudal domains of Choshu, Satsuma, Hizen, and Fukuoka, and compensating 300 million taels of silver for the war military expenses, and the diplomacy of the Japanese state must be under the control of the Qing Dynasty.

Sakai Tadanori took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said with difficulty: "This condition is not that our country is unwilling to accept it, but that it cannot accept it, if it cedes thirty percent of the territory, the indemnity of 300 million taels of silver, even if it is poured out, it will not be paid, as for diplomacy, it is acceptable." ”

After listening to the translation, Zhao Liewen said unhurriedly: "I think you should be very clear about the nature of the incident of my country's assassination in your country under the heavy escort of the Japanese canonization, and what the consequences will be if the negotiations fail, you should be very clear." ”