"Commander, Xiao Youming, the envoy of the Chinese Empire to Japan, has arrived!"

While Gao Qi was pondering how to deal with the current situation, Qin Yan, a military staff officer, walked in and said in a low voice. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Gao Qi's spirit was shocked, Xiao Youming? He is not very familiar with this person, the ministers of these countries are all temporarily selected by Guo Ye from the original Yamen of Prime Minister's Affairs and the Yamen of the Shandong Political Envoy Division, for Xiao Youming, he only knows that he is a staff member under the Political Envoy Department, and has a good relationship with Guo Songtao, as for the rest, he is not clear.

At this time, Xiao Youming came to see him, presumably for the situation faced by China, Japan and Britain, but fortunately, he is now lacking staff officers, and there are a group of big bosses under him, and there are not many people who can exert their strength on diplomatic issues.

"Qin Yan, please invite Minister Xiao in."

After a short time, Xiao Youming entered the room, bowed down and said, "Xiao Youming see General Gao!" ”

Gao Qi waved his hand and replied: "Okay, it's all your own people, you don't have to be polite, your old boss Mr. Bochen, that's my good friend, the family doesn't have to talk to each other, what are you going to do when you come to see me this time?" ”

"General Gao,"

Xiao Youming said in a deep voice: "After you set out on the expedition, I received a secret decree from Your Majesty, giving instructions on the future situation in Japan, and now you have captured the city of Kyoto, the British army has arrived, and the situation you face is very consistent with the prediction made by Your Majesty, and it is up to me to convey Your Majesty's will!" ”

Oh?

Gao Qi was surprised and delighted, he didn't expect that the eldest brother had already seen through the matter, and even expected that he would be able to capture Kyoto and finally confront the British army.

"Quick, Secret Order! Give it to me! ”

Gao Qi shouted urgently: "Qin Yan, immediately call Division Commander Duan Zhiqiang and Chief of Staff Fu Chuan over!" ”

Qin Yan hurriedly turned his head and ran out.

Xiao Youming took out the secret decree from his arms and handed it to Gao Qi.

Sure enough, it is covered with Guo Ye's seal, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it!

Gao Qi hurriedly read the secret decree twice, his eyes were cloudy, and after talking for a long time, the eldest brother actually wanted to make concessions by himself! Concession! Grandma's, why? Now that Japan's national capital has been defeated, what else is there to do? It's a big deal to drive the British away, the strength of one of their own divisions, with one enemy and two, may be a little miserable, but in Edo there is still a division of his own, Gao He must have sent reinforcements a long time ago, at most it will take seven or eight days, you can rush to the vicinity of Kyoto, when the time comes, join forces to deal with the British army, no problem, what are you afraid of?

Gao Qi's heart was full of reluctance!

"Minister Xiao, are you sure this is His Majesty's secret decree?"

Gao Qi didn't want to believe that this was true, and whispered to Xiao Youming.

Xiao Youming was startled, and hurriedly replied: "General Gao, it won't be wrong, you see, for the sake of prudence, I didn't send a telegram, but sent someone to send a handwritten letter by sea, I don't know Your Majesty's handwriting, you have been with Your Majesty for a long time, you will definitely not admit your mistake, right?" ”

Gee......

Gao Qi snorted his teeth fiercely, what the hell, when did the eldest brother become so easy to talk?

Guo Ye said very clearly in his secret decree, first, try to avoid fighting with the British; secondly, it was strictly forbidden to enter into an all-out war with the British, and thirdly, to negotiate with the British and Japanese with guaranteed interests to extract the maximum benefits; And the requirements given are also surprisingly low, the two most basic requirements, first, to get back at least 60,000 Japanese laborers for yourself; second, to occupy one of Japan's four major islands; If you can, squeeze as much money as possible, and if you really don't have any oil and water, forget it.

The most important thing is to get the young and strong Japanese labor back, and to do it in advance, and before the negotiations with the British begin!

The intention is obvious, that is, it is not allowed to go to war with the British head-on, small fights, it's okay, but it is not okay to expand the war, Gao Qi is just a tiger general, but not a strategist, naturally he can't see Guo Ye so far, now the Chinese Empire can use the British, there are many more, once a full-scale war starts, it is very likely to interrupt the domestic construction, at the same time, with the British in a comprehensive war, it will also be in a passive position in the world, after all, the British influence in the world is far above the Chinese Empire, Moreover, he needs the naval technology of the British, the capital of the British, and the all-round evil, these things cannot flow into the Chinese Empire.

"! What the! Lao Tzu can only fight and negotiate, where does Lao Tzu understand? ”

Gao Qi muttered dissatisfiedly.

At this time, Duan Zhiqiang and Fu Chuan walked in and shouted, "Commander, I heard that His Majesty's will has arrived?" ”

Gao Qi snorted angrily: "It's here, it's better not to be there!" What's the deal, they even asked us not to start a full-scale war with the British, and the hell, these British guys have already bullied us right under our noses, so if we don't clean them up, can we do it? Big brother, which tendon is in the wrong place? ”

Duan Zhiqiang's face turned dark, and he replied: "Commander, now that the eldest brother has ninety-five self-esteem, you can't always be as unscrupulous as before, this is easy to be true!" ”

Gao Qi pursed his lips and replied, "What do you know?" Big brother is big brother at all times! What's wrong with complaining about him? He can't say anything about him when he becomes emperor? Why haven't I seen so much change in my eldest brother, and it's not like he kicks someone's ass when he's angry all his life? Let's not talk about this for a while, now the eldest brother will let us stop the war with the British, and then start negotiations, you two talk about it, how to talk about this negotiation? ”

As he spoke, Gao Qi handed the secret decree to Duan Zhiqiang's hand.

Duan Zhiqiang and Fu Chuan were also dumbfounded after reading it, negotiating? Are you kidding? Fighting a war can they have a top two, negotiating? Forget it, they can't top one by one, this fight is heart-to-heart, and it's a mouthful!

"Commander, isn't this, isn't there Minister Xiao here? Let's just let him be in charge, let's just stand and cheer......"

Xiao Youming, who was on the side, shook his hand and said urgently: "General Duan, don't be joking, Your Majesty didn't say in your will that Xia Guan should be responsible, such a big matter, where did Xia Guan do it with a small minister?" ”

Several people stared at each other, and they were all a little embarrassed......

"Commander, it's a big deal that we kick the ball back to Your Majesty, we can't talk about it, then let Your Majesty talk to the British minister in Beijing, anyway, now in Kyoto City, we occupy it, Edo is also occupied by us, we occupy the initiative, and they Japanese and British can only listen to us!"

Qin Yan said suddenly.

(To be continued.) )