Section 134 Countermeasures

China must have brought Kawamura Junyi into his hand for a war, and the whole country was in an uproar. ☆:☆%%☆Net☆The first one applauded and the others were suspicious. But no matter how the individual held, there were two things that were consistent. First, the Military Affairs Office was full of mediocre and incompetent fools; second, there were people who were a member of the court.

If the Military Affairs Office was not incompetent, after facing the news that the emperor was stabbed by Yi Qi, he could not come up with a solution to the accident. In the end, the emperor could only cross the Military Affairs Office and directly issued an order to the cabinet, and sent a warship to the east. If there were no villains in the court, the emperor had always had a clear temperament, how could he make such a decision that everyone thought was too small? If this was to say it in his heart, he would still have to be ordered according to the order.

But just as the Qing Dynasty was preparing to send warships to Japan, a news spread to Zhili, Fujian provinces and Vladivostok military port. "Kuzuyoshi Kawamura surrendered himself and sued the military, waiting for the next order. I respect this."

This news made Li Hongzhang extremely angry with the wealth that came from the scene. Who knew that Junyi Kawamura was so slutty? He actually made a name for himself like this? What's going on?

Since Yi Qiong was stabbed and the Chinese delegation left for a visit, the Japanese were a little panicked. As soon as such a big event happened, the Chinese would not let it go. It doesn't need to say that Emperor Xianfeng of China has always had an inexplicable sense of disgust towards Japan. If he didn't take this opportunity to criticize him, it would be a ghost.

The emperor convened cabinet meetings in succession to discuss countermeasures. Sanjo Mimi said the first, "The most important thing at the moment is to temporarily detain all the people in the organization of the God-Sheng Party, including Taikuota Soo, Saito Kosaburo, Saotou Minaki and others. In my opinion, the Chinese will definitely ask these people to be deported to China and punish them according to the Qing Dynasty laws."

"The only way to assassinate a prince is Lingchi, the Minister of the Taizheng. Don't you think it would be too cruel to have so many people be punished for such a tragic punishment for the crimes committed by a few people?"

Sanjo Mimi's hands entered the wide sleeves of the kimono, and her body was upright. "If Iwakura had a better solution and could transform the Chinese people's anger into invisible situations, I would like to listen."

Iwakura Tsubaki saw that he could not speak, and murmured and couldn't speak.

"Manjokun, this is not the time for each other to be ambitious. Please continue to talk." Emperor Meiji said as if he was smoothing out.

Joshimi agreed and said again, "What we need to do next is to see what conditions the Chinese will propose. I think it is nothing more than some economic compensation, which is also the right thing to do in the question. Please ask the Earl to plan from the side."

Shigeon Okuma nodded slowly, "Yes, I understand."

"In addition, we must ask Britain, France and other countries to mediate this matter. As long as the Chinese are willing to stop with this party, it will be a great thing for us." Sanjo Shimei supported the ground with her hands and turned her body to the Emperor. "Your Majesty, I think you also want to ask Your Majesty to write a letter to the Emperor of China. In addition to expressing her apology, she also asks her for forgiveness."

"I don't agree," Foreign Minister Okupo Rito shouted loudly, "I absolutely cannot agree to the act of His Majesty asking for forgiveness from the Chinese Emperor. Do you know what you are talking about? You are traitorous in allowing His Majesty the Emperor's dignity and face to be trampled on by the Chinese."

Sanjo Shimi's expression was extremely painful, "Of course I know." He said, "Do you know, Okubo, do you know? Emperor Xianfeng had a deep sense of disgust towards Japan. This sense of disgust is expecting, waiting for an excuse. As long as the Chinese are given such excuses, it will be a disaster for Japan. You and I are both politicians, not soldiers. But we all know that Japan's military strength is not on the same basis as China. Once the Chinese emperor takes this matter as an opportunity to send troops to attack, then an iron-clad ship can send all Japan's standing fleet to the bottom of the sea. If at that time, even our country will be occupied by the Chinese, do you still have to worry about the dignity of His Majesty the Emperor?"

Sanji Miya burst into tears, "Your Majesty" shouted in pain, "For the sake of the Japanese people and for the future of Japan, please write this letter of forgiveness in person - Japan now is absolutely, and there must be no conflict with China in any force."

"I understand." Meiji nodded. His expression was cold, but his heart was like a turbulent waver. "Please rest assured. Today I will write a letter to ask the Chinese emperor for forgiveness. In order to get his forgiveness, I am willing to pay any price."

"Your Majesty is wise. As long as you have the heart of a lonely minister and a sinister son, I will definitely become an existence that surpasses all Asian countries and stands side by side with Western powers. By that time, the Chinese will get ten times or hundreds of times what they have obtained from us."

Mitsumi and others believed that countries had mediated, letters written by Emperor Meiji, sincerity to pay economic compensation, and deportation from members of the Party of God, could satisfy the Chinese side's greed. However, unexpectedly, the development of the situation was unexpected, in addition to these, the Chinese had to deport the Navy, Osuke Kawamura Junyi, and to accept the punishment of the Qing Dynasty's law. Otherwise, the Qing Dynasty would have to send warships and forcibly abducted people.

This is a situation that many people have not expected. Sanjo Mimi, Iwakura Hitoshi, Katsukaiju and others know about Junyi Kawamura. If he knew about this, he would definitely kill himself to serve the country. Sacrifice him alone is nothing, but when this matter spreads outside, Japan's international status will definitely plummet, and its prestige in the hearts of the people will also be wiped out. Therefore, the news was only circulated among a very small number of people in the cabinet, blocking the news tightly, and never flowing to the outside world.

Emperor Meiji did not expect that the Chinese were so arrogant. He was only a young man in his early twenties and was a little scared. "Secretary of Taizheng, if we don't hand over Kawamura, will the Chinese really send troops to retaliate?" He looked around sadly and asked anxiously, "If this is the case, my navy may have the power to fight against the Chinese navy?"

"Please rest assured His Majesty the Emperor. Even if the Navy is defeated, Japan still has more than 350,000 army soldiers. Please rest assured His Majesty the Emperor. If the Chinese dare to come to provoke regardless of international public law, the army soldiers will definitely fight the last drop of blood to defend their motherland." The speaker was Prince Akigawa Miyakawa. He is the president of the Japanese Army and Navy Military Affairs Section.

On January 17, the Army and Navy Military Affairs Course was set up with a three-position (president, agreed, and participated) divided course system. The president was Prince Akigawa Miyagi. Therefore, he could be regarded as the actual number one Japanese military affairs. But he did not understand naval warfare, and he focused more on the side of the Army Department.

The Meiji Navy's purpose of establishing an army was to defend Japan from the threat of Western powers. The government did not pay attention to the army at the beginning; its combat power was mainly naval and the army was the subordinate; so the name of the army at that time was not the later "army and navy" but the "navy". The reason was that Japan was an island country, and the enemy to invade Japan could only come from the sea. First of all, there must be a strong navy to resist the enemy's attack from the sea. The army was only used to prepare for domestic civil strife at that time. Therefore, Prince Miyagi Hitomiya was a little embarrassed.

This time, seeing that the Navy is victorious and the sea boat cannot be dismissed, it can be seen that he has no means to attack against China. While the Prince was disappointed, he was also secretly happy that this was really worse than that of the heavens. The army that was "just" intended to deal with domestic rebellion, but it happened to have an opportunity to defend the country? Therefore, he said shamelessly, "As long as His Majesty the Emperor issues an edict to declare war, the army composed of warriors of various vassals will give the Qing Dynasty a head-on blow."

In the early years of the Meiji Restoration, Japan had no army troops in the modern sense. Most of its components were samurai and landless peasants, but a larger part was vassals and samurai belonging to each vassal. The education received was also five or eight. Although most of them were trained by Western teaching, the teachings invited by each vassal were invited from Western countries, including the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, and recently, Germans were invited. Although they were equipped with new fast guns, the training was very unsystematic. The reform government implemented a conscription system that exceeded the identity and was officially established after winning the Southwest War in the tenth year of Meiji (details later).

Prince Arisugawa Miyagi's words seemed to be unworthy to the Lu Junqing Prefecture Aritomo, but he must not be demoted at this time, so he acted in a righteous manner and remained silent on the side.

The prince's words can be hidden from the young emperor, but he can't hide from the Three Misomes. Okupo Ritsu and Katsukaijue, he didn't say it out loud, and listened quietly to him bragging. He was thinking about countermeasures in his mind.

Meiji made a gesture and stopped the prince's words. He turned to ask Sanjo Shimi, "Mr. Sanjo, you have seen many people. I think I could have the strength to fight the Qing Dynasty? If not, how should I deal with this matter?"

"Your Excellency the Prince's words cannot be wrong. If I talk about the navy, I am not an enemy of the Chinese, but the gunboats cannot go ashore after all. With our existing army combat power, it may not be impossible to fight the Qing Dynasty."

"I don't agree with the words of the Minister Taizheng. Now the "Standal Army Organization Law" has never been effectively implemented in various vassals, and the issuance of government orders has never achieved the effect. The country has insufficient troops and weak combat power. Although there are the fourth infantry teams of Kagoshima, the fourth artillery team, the third infantry team of Yamaguchi, the second infantry team of Kochi, the second infantry team of artillery team, and the second cavalry team of the total number is 5,649 infantry, 539 artillery and 81 cavalry, totaling 6,275, dedicated to the country, but my subordinates think that if such a force is used to fight against the Chinese team, it is no different to hit the stone with an egg." @ya
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