In fact, when Li Hongzhang learned that there were a lot of unreliable subordinates around him, he felt mixed feelings in his heart, so it was hard to say what it felt like. ⊙

Nothing else, Old Man Li is powerful and powerful all his life, and he is confident that he will never misjudgment or be deceived. However, under his nose, there will be so many people with different ambitions and consciously or unconsciously causing him countless troubles.

For example, his trusted counselor Wu Tingfang openly communicated with the Japanese. From the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 to now, I don’t know how many times I have heard and heard and knew about it. You said that you are old and a so-called elite in law, why don’t you even have the most basic sense of confidentiality? You also regard the Japanese as a good friend who is heart-wrenching, and what if you have your head clamped by the door!

During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Huai Army mobilized and deployed the various clauses and motions discussed by the court actually reached the Japanese in the shortest time, and they were then calmly arranged to deal with them. This was because Yang Hao's variable came out, completely disrupting the situation. Otherwise, what would happen? Li Hongzhang's neck would be chilled when he thought about it!

Knowing yourself and your enemy will never be defeated. This is a truth that almost every scholar knows. When a war broke out between the Qing Dynasty and Japan, it is not a fool who can tell the difference between me, right? Wu Tingfang was still stupid and trusting the Japanese in such a situation. He really doesn't know how to evaluate it.

Another De Cuilin, who was highly valued by Li Hongzhang, entrusted many diplomatic and Western affairs matters in the past and afterwards, the guy secretly made many plans and colluded with Hed, and was working on him as a supporter for Prime Minister Li and the foreigners. What's going on!

Seeing his good son-in-law Zhang Peilun, the hard-core Qingliu elbow, he turned his elbow outward. He knew that so many people in the court had conspired to conspire against him, he not only did not help, but he also deliberately gave advice to outsiders and helped others! Even if he was sent out for years, he did not reflect clearly. Until Yang Hao rose and refreshed his horizons with a series of ideological impacts, Li Hongzhang himself understood the general trend of the world, and this pedantic scholar could not make a turn!

So and wait. A lot of old Li Hongzhang in the Huai Group had more or less problems, but there was no one who paid attention to the style of keeping secrets. What decision did Boss Li make, and it was well known to everyone in the blink of an eye. What is this called professional quality!

If the king is not secret, he will lose his ministers; if the ministers are not secret, he will be in danger; if the matter is not secret, he will be in danger.

I guess every scholar knows this sentence, but very few people truly understand and take action.

When Li Hongzhang looked back, it was thanks to his failure to think about betraying the Qing Dynasty and carrying out any conspiracy. Otherwise, he would have gone through this sieve-like internal environment and would have died eight hundred times long ago.

Yang Hao taught him several times, but the old man was quite worried. Although he refused to bend down and admit defeat to a bad boy, he still had to pay attention to it.

So during the days when he resigned from office and practiced, he quietly changed his working style, promoted some young people to come up, and provided confidentiality education in advance. However, these familiar old subordinates began to consciously prevent them.

After coming to Japan for negotiations, Yang Hao first did the confidentiality work and got on the boat before telling him. In this way, even if those subordinates who like to make friends want to let the news out, they have no choice.

The second is the conditions and content of the negotiations. Only Yang Hao told the old man, and there were only some rough terms. What he could do in the end was up with him. With such a great degree of freedom, there was no external force at all. As long as the negotiation was achieved that was beneficial to China, Mr. Li would be famous in history, and the stains left in the first half of his life could be cleaned up.

Li Hongzhang sighed in his heart that the boy surnamed Yang is so good at being a human being! For this favor, those capable juniors in his family and the power of confidants promoted by him, no one of them could do his best to repay them!

After briefly talking about various situations, Li Jingshu's eyes were straightened and he couldn't make a sound for a while.

He was a serious scholar. Although he had a beautiful mind, his thoughts were limited to the times. Later, he interacted with Yang Hao and began to absorb various ideas from the 21st century. He suddenly became bright and broadened his horizons. However, he was not as familiar with people's hearts, conspiracy, and political games. After all, he was not as familiar with elder brother Li Jingfang.

So he never became an official. In addition to teaching at Beiyang University, he tried his best to stay by his old father's side and take care of himself, studying and studying.

Such a smart and innocent person suddenly heard that the upright and grand leader Yang could skillfully use so many methods, and he suddenly felt shocked.

Li Hongzhang sighed leisurely: "So, it is not a lucky thing to be able to become a hero of Yang Dingshi. Until now, you and I have to thank him for his affection, and at the same time dig holes for many people... Tsk tsk, I don't know how to evaluate him."

Compared with the opponents in the Qing court, Li Hongzhang suddenly felt that the vision of those people was always too narrow, and his eyes were only staring at the court's three-point land, but it was far inferior to Yang Hao's big mind and courage that looked at the world as a whole.

Li Jingshu felt depressed, and it was an indescribable feeling. He frowned and thought for a moment, and asked, "So, how does my father plan to handle this peace talk? Should he be as aggressive as Mr. Yang?"

Li Hongzhang waved his hand: "That's not necessary. Yang Dingshi made a gesture to calm the Japanese, attract the attention of the great powers, and relieve the pressure on me. After negotiations, you can be at ease. Even if there are occasional excessive conditions, the Japanese will feel that they have been lenient."

Li Jingshu felt even more stubborn, rubbed his forehead with some annoyance, and sighed: "For such a complicated situation, only experienced people like his father can cooperate with him properly. Looking back, those foreigners who are eager to understand the inside story from the crowd are very pitiful."

Li Hongzhang smiled coldly with a sarcastic look: "That's what they deserve. Well, since the Yang family has built such a large stage for us and sang his good show without singing his heart's content. Wouldn't it be that everyone would look down on us father and son?"

The night is noisy, and some are happy and some are sad.

The next day, the Japanese discussed a barely able to get through the arguments all night, and came to see Li Hongzhang anxiously, intending to test the words first.

Mu Ao Zongguang gritted his teeth and bent over and bent his back, and greeted Old Man Li with a stern look, and then expressed the attitude of the Japanese government.

"We are very sorry for the trouble that has caused to China before. All of our governments are uneasy about this, so we sent our ministers to express our sincere apology on their behalf."

There is not even a self-signed signature of the Prime Minister.

Li Hongzhang had tried his best to estimate the shamelessness of the Japanese. But seeing such a document that could be called a letter of nationality with his own eyes was just using such an understatement to explain the dispute between the two countries, and he was immediately furious!

He used to be considered to have dealt with the Japanese as old as he had signed unpleasant treaties many times, but none of them were as good as this time, which made him realize particularly clearly how shameless the Japanese were! He also suddenly understood why Yang Hao hated and even hated the Japanese so much. It was because this nation exuded such despicable and cunning from his bones. He was not ashamed but proud!

In front of the representatives of foreigners from all countries, Li Hongzhang threw the document to the ground, slapped the table and shouted loudly: "Bastard! You Japanese have repeatedly provoked wars. They invaded our Chinese vassals, and even bravely launched troops to attack our territory and harmed our people. They just thought it was causing trouble?! Do you think the war between the two countries is a quarrel between neighbors and children play house?!"

The foreigners present at first thought Li Hongzhang was domineering, but when they heard this, they immediately knew that there was a big problem beyond their expectations!

The British quickly picked up the document and saw it clearly written in Chinese, English, Japanese and Chinese. Even if they were willing to help Japan, they would almost vomit blood! Your uncle, is there such an apology? This is a sincere provocation!

Don’t the Japanese know that they did too much? In fact, they are very clear! Not only do they understand clearly in their hearts, but they also don’t think that doing so is wrong.

From beginning to end, their senior executives were discussing how to fool things, and they never thought about how much guilt they should bear and how much price they would pay!

The purpose of the representative of Mu Ao Zongguang's arrival is not to truly admit his mistakes and accept defeat, but to deliberately investigate Li Hongzhang's attitude and China's determination. Of course, if this specious document is understood, then in the following formal negotiations, they can gain a better attitude and be arrogant!

Li Hongzhang suffered a loss when he was old and learned from his mistakes, how could he be fooled by the Japanese?

He looked down at the Japanese who were bowing and sticking out his butt, bit his back teeth and sneered: "It seems that you Japan is not ashamed of launching a war of aggression, but proud! You don't care about me being held accountable on behalf of the Chinese people. Otherwise, in this formal occasion witnessed by representatives of the various countries, they would fool you with something that even the Prime Minister and the Japanese Emperor! Hehe, it turns out to be arrogant!"

The foreigners were not happy. No matter which country's envoys present, they all cursed the Japanese in their hearts. They have reached this point. You bastards are willing to accept the loss, and they will be over with the conditions of the Chinese. They have to mess with these stupid things, and they will be of no use, and they will intensify the conflict for no reason. This is to roast them on the fire!

Even if you are willing to help, no one can speak up now. What Mr. Li said is reasonable, because you little Japanese are too unauthorized in their work!

Lu Ao Zongguang lowered his head, but his eyes were stroking from the corners of his eyes to both sides. He paid attention to the expressions of foreigners from all over the country. He found that they were all dark and unhappy. He immediately realized that this time he was a little fun. It seemed that the way they discussed would not work, and they might lose the understanding of the great powers!

He coughed and cleared his throat. He was about to make a few words of excuses, but Li Hongzhang flicked his sleeves expressionlessly: "When will you figure it out and talk again?"

The entourage immediately rushed up and crossed the front of Mu Ao Zongguang. The cold and hot fire-stinging eyes were filled with hatred, and he shouted hard: "Please come back!"

The first time I saw the shamelessness of the Japanese, this group of young elites was so angry! Especially the young people representing the revolutionary military government, I personally experienced the behavior of this vulgar nation. The anger in my heart was about to burn.

But the foreigners didn't want to see the two sides breaking down the talk. After all, they still need Japan to cause trouble for China... OK. This word is really unpleasant. In short, if Japan cannot become China's tameless dog, they should try to mediate in the middle.

Several ministers chased after Li Hongzhang and said good things to explain. After all, they finally persuaded the old man to agree not to leave for the time being, and waited for the Japanese to figure it out next time before negotiating.

Li Hongzhang agreed, but the news immediately spread to the fleet and the country, causing a stir!

Even if Old Man Li stepped down, he now represents the face of the Chinese people! Not only does Japan not know how to admit his mistakes, but instead provokes them with similar humiliation methods, clearly not repentance, but he still has to become more serious! How can such a bastard be let go of? It must be severely punished!

Chinese people are very proud of their face, and even suffer from the fact that they have to suffer. Even if they suffer real losses, as long as they give enough face and can survive, they can often turn big things into small things. Don’t seem ridiculous, but the real situation is like this. After all, it’s a dignified country, so this is still necessary.

Since ancient times, this way of thinking has caused China to suffer a lot of losses. Anyway, as long as it is not a defeated dynasty, the national strength is stronger, and the sense of superiority from the cultural level will unconsciously appear. This problem has penetrated into the bone marrow and is cured.

Nowadays, because of the rise of Yang Hao's revolutionary army, China has defeated the great powers many times in a row, sweeping away all the shame and grievances since the Opium War. It has felt good that it has been suppressed by Western foreigners. Not only can it be restored, but there are even signs of going up.

Countless people are spreading this. China is about to recreate the great era of the prosperous Han and Tang dynasties. It can be strong and not be insulted, but also tolerant and broad-minded. It is to have a broad mind, courage, strength and strength...

While Yang Hao was elected to the God Platform, the people were full of confidence, and the impetuous spirit that could not bear the humiliation also spread.

It is conceivable that under such an emotion, who can tolerate the provocation of the Japanese?

Countless people in China immediately wrote letters, fiercely demanding that a severe punishment war be launched against Japan immediately! Aren’t naval warships stopping near Japan? Bombing a fuck! Blasting the shells to smash his palace capital so that they can see clearly that today’s China is not something that everyone can provoke!

The sound of noise filled the room, and the Japanese diplomats who remained in China were so scared that they urinated and hurriedly sent a telegram to the country for instructions.

At the same time, the Japanese on the coast were also frightened to see that Chinese warships anchored in Tokyo Bay were emitting thick smoke, and the cannon tubes showed their true faces, looking nervous - this was the rhythm of using force!

Although there are many artillery defenses around Tokyo Bay, they are not sure at all to deal with the two majestic giant ships! The range of Chinese naval guns is far enough and powerful enough to easily bombard the Tokyo Palace from the sea! The entire imperial capital is under the threat of other people's cannons, who dares to act rashly!

The Japanese emperor was frightened and angry, and the internal fire became hot. A lot of blisters appeared on his lips. He hurriedly summoned a group of ministers to the imperial front to discuss countermeasures. The Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Shigenobu Okuma, who was appointed in the face of danger, gathered with the palace adviser Inoue Kin and other elderly Meiji, to discuss it seriously. The content was not to correct his attitude, but to first put the blame on China's "not generous enough".

Subsequently, the cabinet and the Japanese emperor decided to ask the British, American and other ministers to mediate at the cost, and at least advise the Chinese not to act harshly. Next, the responsibility for the Sino-Japanese war was still attributed to conflict rather than formal wars. Japan would never admit defeat, and would not assume the responsibility of provoking war. It always held the issue of "helping North Korea become independent" and avoided their responsibilities.

On this basis, it is absolutely impossible to have the word "apologize" in the Chinese letter. If the trouble is not severe enough, then it will be changed to "serious trouble". In short, don't expect the Japanese to admit their mistakes.

The Japanese have thousands of years of experience to learn from this kind of cleverness in words and cleverness. After deliberately creating a new article, they first communicated with the great powers and explained the reasons for their doing so.

When Britain, the United States and other countries heard this, it seemed that the same thing was true. If Japan obediently admits defeat, it would be impossible to guarantee that the Chinese lion would speak out and make some uncontrollable terms.

So the second formal document that was carefully revised was taken out, but unexpectedly, he went to pay homage to Li Hongzhang again, but was told: "Please change the negotiation location to Chunfan Building in Yamaguchi Prefecture."

Without waiting for the Japanese and foreigners to ask more, Li Hongzhang led the team to board the ship again, and then drove to Shiguan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, which is located above the head of Kitakyushu, a small town that has just been established for less than ten years.

Why do you have to go to such a small place where rabbits don’t poop to conduct such an important negotiation between the two countries? All the servants were full of questions. Li Jingshu asked in detail, and Li Hongzhang also glared: "How can I know what the little bastard named Yang is doing? He arranged this way, and I can’t help it!"

Lord Li naturally didn't know what kind of evil things Yang Hao did. Of course, he wouldn't tell Li Hongzhang that this was washing away the shame that Li Zhongtang had suffered in a different time and space.
Chapter completed!