As for the emperor's question, Terauchi Masashi really didn't know how to answer. After all, in the form of war, the Japanese side is at an absolute disadvantage. The successive victories of the Shina army on land left the empire with a large navy and no use. In this case, let's not talk about usurping benefits from China. It may be extremely difficult to protect the immediate benefits. They have seen the strength of the Northeast, and they will never give up such a good plan.

"Your Majesty! I ask the Empire to launch a larger offensive on the battlefield to increase the bargaining chips! Youpeng suddenly stepped forward and said. This old man has been hit hard by a series of failures during this time, and his face is much worse than before. But a pair of eyes did not have the slightest cloudiness, still like a vicious wolf who chooses people to devour, full of greed. It was under the dominance of this eye that the Japanese Army was transformed into the Imperial Japanese Army. The Japanese Empire became a fertile ground for militarism.

"Yaga! A larger offensive? Marshal of Shanxian County, are you willing to lose all the elites of the empire on the battlefield? The emperor stood up and said loudly.

"Weichen didn't dare. However, at present, it is only possible for the empire to gain benefits if it continues to fight. If the offensive is abandoned, the empire will definitely suffer heavy losses. Shan County Youpeng said loudly.

"Terauchi-kun, is that really the case?" The Emperor asked, turning his head.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, on the battlefield, the imperial army of the empire is indeed in a weak position, and now the tenth division of the empire is still surrounded by the Chinese army, which has become an important bargaining chip in the hands of the Chinese people, if we want to exchange for the tenth division, we must accept the exploitation of the Chinese people, and the best result is also to lose the interests of the empire in the northeast, even including the ......" Terauchi Masatsuki was full of embarrassment, and seemed to not want to say it.

"What's included?"

"Including Port Arthur!" Masaki Terauchi said.

"Yaga! Lushun was taken from the Russians by the Empire, why give it to the Chinese! Lushun is the best wave of China, how can the empire give up easily! "The emperor is like a cat with its tail on it. Port Arthur was the biggest trophy of the Russo-Japanese War, and if it was robbed by the Northeast, the face of the Japanese Empire would be seriously weakened.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, Port Arthur is, after all, the land of the Shina people, and it is understandable that they want to get it back. I am only worried that I am afraid that one Lushun will not be able to satisfy the appetite of the people of China. Because Port Arthur has been attacked by a heavy artillery attack by the Chinese army, most of it has been destroyed, and its value has shrunk a lot. Terauchi Masaki said in a low voice.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the people of China will be the biggest obstacle to the empire's domination of the world, especially the Northeast government established by Feng Yong, which is a government that advocates war and iron blood, if we can't nip it in the bud, the empire will even be wiped out in the future." Masaki Terauchi said.

"Marshal Shanxi, don't play your Zhina threat theory to me, even if the Zhina people are elite, it is difficult to influence the empire itself without a strong navy. With the current strength of the Imperial Navy, the people of China will never be able to catch up. There's no need to worry about it. Terauchi-kun, since the Imperial Army is not the opponent of the Shina Army, it means that the strength of the Imperial Army needs to be improved, and the Empire should end this battle as soon as possible, and then continue to carry out the reform and reform to make the Empire's strength to a higher level. Emperor Taisho said, with a flush of excitement on his face. The person he admired most in his life was his father, Emperor Meiji. I hope that I can build a bigger empire like my father. The Taisho Restoration opened a prosperous era that the Japanese Empire had never had. Originally, he thought there was no chance. The empire opened up by my father was already perfect. But now Emperor Taisho has found out that this is not the case, although the empire is very strong. But it was defeated by a new force that had just been established for two years, which shows that the strength of the empire needs to be improved. As soon as this thought appeared in the mind of Emperor Taisho, it could no longer be suppressed. Therefore, Emperor Taisho agreed to negotiate with China as soon as possible, so as to gain time for the reform of the empire.

"His Majesty the Emperor!" Of course, a war maniac like Youpeng in Shan County did not want the war to end like this.

"Don't say it, I'm a little tired. Go back first! The emperor waved his hand, then got up and went back to the harem.

Southern Theater.

"Old Qian, how is it, is the 10th Division honest?" Zhen Zhen asked with a smile.

"Honest! This time they broke through and fell into our ambush, losing a third of their troops, almost running out of ammunition, and no longer able to launch a breakthrough operation. We'll finally be able to live a few days in peace. Qian Zhuangfei said with a smile.

"Excellent! There is no problem on the side of the 10th Division, so we should start to clean up the pro-Japanese elements and pro-Japanese forces in Jinzhou. Let Jinzhou completely return to our Northeast rule. Zhen Zhen said excitedly. The 10th Division was hit hard again, and Zhen Zhen could finally clean up the current situation in Jinzhou with confidence.

At present, there are no Japanese garrisons in Jinzhou for a long time, and the Lushun garrison will not come out of the city of Arthur, even if the Northeast Army is bombarding Port Arthur in front of them, the Lushun garrison has not made the slightest move. This also strengthened the idea of Zhen Zhenxian to clean up the Jinzhou area forcibly occupied by the Japanese army and completely compress the Japanese army in an isolated city in Lushun.

"Commander, what are you going to do with those pro-Japanese elements?" Qian Zhuangfei asked.

"What else can be done, the most heinous sins will be beheaded immediately, and those who are less guilty will be punished as coolies, and it will be regarded as atonement." Zhen Zhen said decisively. These traitors and lackeys do not deserve sympathy, after the Japanese occupied the Jinzhou area, they helped the Japanese to do bad things, and the most common thing they did was nothing more than to harm the common people. Such a person will not have the slightest softness even if he kills Zhen a hundred times and a thousand times. As for those who are more affectionate, they will be punished as coolies, and they can also contribute to the construction of Northeast China. After all, many infrastructure projects in the Northeast now use the cheapest prisoners of war for construction. The Northeast concentrated all its funds on the war effort, and many basic projects had to be stopped, and many workers were repatriated. Some war-related projects are still being built, but the workers have become prisoners, and these prisoners are not paid anyway, they just need to take care of the food. This saves a lot of money for the Northeast.

"Commander, why did you say that the Japanese reinforcements didn't come out of Port Arthur, this is not the character of the Japanese army!" Qian Zhuangfei said with a smile.

"This batch of replenishment troops of the Japanese army should be some new recruits, and their combat effectiveness is limited, and after such a long period of fighting, the Japanese army has already understood the combat effectiveness of our Northeast Army. These recruits were sent out to seek death. Zhen Zhen said indifferently. I was thinking about whether to take advantage of this opportunity to launch several powerful wars again to provide a heavier weight for the peace talks.

Beijing.

After the coordination of a third party headed by Sun Wen. China and Japan finally sat down at the negotiating table again. The arrogant Japanese diplomat of the last time is no longer there. The Japanese officials have weakened a lot, and it seems that the last negotiations dealt a blow to them.

"Mr. Honno, this is the condition that our Chinese side has put forward for this armistice, please take a look at it." Shi Yuewang said with a smile. The Chinese side did not ink too much in this negotiation, after all, a quick truce is also in the interests of the Northeast.

The Chinese diplomat handed the Japanese diplomat a large number of copies of the materials.

"The Japanese side invaded Chinese territory without any reason, causing heavy losses to the Chinese side. Now that the Japanese side is seeking peace, the Chinese side has put forward the following conditions:

First, Japan returned Port Arthur, a Chinese territory occupied after the Russo-Japanese War. and pay the Chinese side Lushun port lease tax 20 million taels of silver.

Second, Japan will return Qingdao, China, which was forcibly occupied by Germany, to China. Since Qingdao was seized from Germany, the Chinese side did not charge any lease fees.

Third, the Japanese side returned the territory of China that was occupied during the Manchu Qing Dynasty, including Taiwan and the Penghu Islands.

Fourth, the Japanese side compensated China for war losses of 100 million taels of silver.

Fifth, the Japanese side will return the cultural relics stolen from China.

Sixth, the Japanese side withdrew its troops in Korea, a Chinese vassal country, and the Ryukyus. Restore the rule of the royal families of the two countries. ”

When Ichiro Motono saw this treaty written in the Chinese languages of China and Japan, his whole person almost jumped up. Under such harsh conditions, this is a lion's big mouth in the Northeast! If he agreed to such a condition, his foreign minister would not want to do it.

"Minister Shi, you are blackmailing, the Japanese Empire will never agree to such conditions!" Ichiro Honno said loudly.

"Mr. Honno, I advise you to think about it, you know, we just got the news that Wafangdian has completely run out of food. In the cold northeast, if there is no support for a few more days, then the tens of thousands of troops in your country will completely become starving to death. Shi Yuewang was unmoved, still smiling.

Threats, naked threats.

"Mr. Shi, your conditions are too harsh, and it is impossible for our Great Japanese Empire to agree to it. Does Mr. Shi really want to see China and Japan engage in an endless decisive battle? Ichiro Honno said loudly.

Honno showed up and laughed. Of course, we look forward to peace, but if we can't take back the country's sovereignty, our Northeast Army will be poked in the backbone by the Chinese people. So, don't threaten us with war. Fat Shi stood up and said.

"Mr. Foreign Minister, the Chinese have no sincerity in negotiations, we will leave here immediately, with the strength of the empire, the final victory in the war must be ours." A Japanese diplomat walked up to Ichiro Honno and whispered.

Ichiro Honno shook his head. Then he turned his head to look at Shi Yuewang.

"Mr. Shi, I think we can sit down and talk slowly, after all, the interests of the two big countries in the Far East are involved, and we should be cautious."

"It's best that we have time to talk slowly with Mr. Honno." Shi Fatzi sat down calmly again. He was sure that the Japanese side would not watch the 10th Division be wiped out again. That blow to the Japanese army was too great.

(To be continued)