As the landlord, he was the chief of the party who convened this negotiation. Naturally, he spoke in public. After saying some scenes, he questioned bluntly, "…………China and Japan have come to be friendly. On May 27 this year, a military officer from the Japanese Foreign Affairs Bureau, Saigo, came to the Daqing Treasure Island, Taiwan, why did you?"

"This time, it is really regrettable." Hirofumi Ito explained in an orderly manner, "Before Saigo Chengdao sent out his army, our country had an emergency telegram from Tokyo to Osaka, asking him not to leave; but Saigo Chengdao sent troops without regard to the national order at all. This behavior made His Majesty, the Emperor of our country, also felt furious. Afterwards, he immediately dismissed all public offices of Saigo Chengdao.

And his armed entry into your country's Taiwan this time is also regarded by our government as a behavior that is entirely based on its own and the individual ambitions of the troops he led."

Before the talks officially began, Yi and his colleagues had many plans and decided to use Xixiang Congdao to invade Taiwan as a breakthrough point. However, they did not expect that the other party would be so shameless and pushed all the blame to Xixiang Congdao and the troops he led? He fell clean by himself?

This made him stunned. The Japanese actually did not hesitate to harm their friends and neighbors, but also wanted to separate their relationship. He only heard someone around him, "As your country is speaking like this, this time, it was completely because of Saigo's own efforts? The envoy thought that your country, from the Emperor to the subordinates, would have no responsibility at all?"

This is difficult to answer. If there is, the retaliatory war initiated by China is a legal move; if there is no, it will inevitably anger China and will be greatly disadvantageous to the subsequent negotiations. However, Hirobuki Ito was not vague and chose a very clever approach, "Even if there is responsibility, I think that the dispute between each other can be resolved through non-military methods without developing into the current situation."

The signs of showing weakness in these words are very obvious, and they have the slightest reproach of the Chinese military and military force, but no one thinks Ito Hirobuki is wrong, and even Yi feels sad. Therefore, he didn't speak for a while.

"Your Majesty, I do not agree with you when you speak like this. The so-called raising troops for a thousand days will use troops for a while. My Qing Dynasty's territory was attacked for no reason. Can't we still fight back? After the Xixiang Congdao burns, kills and loots on Taiwan Island, we must sit down politely and discuss solutions with your country to resolve the dispute?"

Shiyan is nearly fifty years old but still has not changed her majestic appearance. She talked freely in the meeting hall, "I said that Mr. Ito just now is a fact. Saigo Congdao sent troops to Taiwan was the personal behavior of him and the soldiers he led. Do you think that after the two countries agreed, your country's emperor's edict could make Saigo Congdao willing to obey if he arrived in Taiwan? Or was it regarded as a piece of paper by him as a decree that did not allow him to send troops?"

"This is just a hypothetical question, and I can't answer it."

After listening to Yi's translation, Yi immediately explained, "Since you can't answer hypothetical questions, let's talk about some substantive questions." He turned around and someone immediately submitted a thick file. He took it and put it in front of him. He turned it over and opened it. "According to the report of Liu Ming, the governor of Fujian, who served as the minister of the thief suppression, Xixiang led the thief army to land from Fenggang, killing a total of one person in the Qing Dynasty, three guerrillas, and 150 soldiers from the Green Camp; one person in the garmalan guards, 230 people in the Gamalan battalion; another 34 people in Fengshan were killed; a total of 419 people."

He turned to the next page of the file and continued to recite, "There are 45 other residential houses, 12 port forts, and 26 floating tower marks, all of which were damaged by the Japanese invasion. All of these were the consequences of the leadership of Xixiang invasion of Taiwan. Now the thief chief has been killed, so the account has to be calculated with your government."

Hirobu Ito thought about it for a moment, turned his head and gathered his head with Shigeon Okuma and Koji Iwakura beside him, whispered a few words in a low voice, and sat upright again, "Although I and my colleagues always believe that everything Saigo Congdao does in Taiwan, China is his personal action, but for the sake of Taiwan's humanitarianism, our country is willing to bear the consequences of this matter."

Before Yi could speak, Okuma Shigeon immediately spoke. After hearing his words, Yi was so angry that his face turned pale. He bit his back teeth and translated his words word by word, "···· Although Saigo Cong Daojun's behavior caused losses to Fengshan, Taiwan, your country, in comparison, the harm caused by our Japanese people by the soldiers invaded by your country is probably even greater. Only in Yamagata Prefecture, more than 600 innocent people were slaughtered to death. As for the displacement of the people due to the outbreak of the war, there are countless people. Is it that in the eyes of your people, the lives of Chinese people are life, and the lives of our Japanese people are not life?"

Yiqiang suppressed his anger and listened to his translation. His eyes were staring at Okuma Shigeshinobu Okuma, "All these people were hurt by the war, your country was the initiator! When it comes to taking responsibility, it should be the greatest responsibility for your Emperor."

"This is wrong." Ito Hirobuki Gu Ke replied, "It's like a person who buys a knife and kills people. Do you have to blame the person who sells the knife?

"What does this mean? Do you think the relationship between your country's emperor and Saigo Congdao is a business?" Yi was angry for a moment and didn't even need to say honorifics.

"I just want to explain that the unhappy Saigo Congdao incident in our country has nothing to do with His Majesty the Emperor."

Yi and Hirobu Ito had been entangled with Hirobuki for a long time. The two of them refused to give in. They both said it so hard that they could not convince each other. The Chinese participants Zhongshiduo did not mention it. Yi and Takayama frowned secretly. When will this end? It seems that this meeting must be held next year.

Henderson and Alexander each exchanged admirable looks. The Chinese emperors had never been in contact with them. However, if we talk about the most talented and most politicians among the Qing officials, the one who had the most talented and most politicians in his own country, it was His Highness in front of us! The issue of the Japanese envoy responsible for the war was always debated, which fits the original meaning of Western political concepts that even for the sake of the country's interests, we must use open and open means to carry out the matter!

From Si Shi to Wu Shi, Yi Wu did not realize that "I have no sincerity to resolve the dispute peacefully! It is really disappointing," he said, "I think there is no need for our negotiations to continue!"

Hirobu Ito did not take his threat seriously at all. On the contrary, the debate this morning made him very happy: it was because the Chinese were willing to argue with their own side in such a tit-for-tat way that the other party was willing to resolve the incident through peace talks. Otherwise, what's the point of holding such a negotiation?

He smiled, "Your Highness is wrong." When he spoke again, he changed into Chinese and said loudly, "There is a saying in China that if the name is not correct, the words will be unpleasant. As an outsider, I know that your Highness has never heard of it? It is just for the sake of justification. How can we make a breaking statement because of anger for a moment?"

Yi stared at him, calmed his breathing, and suddenly smiled, "It's already afternoon, let's come here for the discussion. The hall has a refreshment for all the ministers. Please enjoy it before we start again."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Although it was a hostile side, Yi's graceful demeanor won everyone's praise. Hiroman Ito, Henderson, Alexander and others stood up one after another and watched the Chinese side line and leave, before they rested under the leadership of the Chinese staff arranged by the Chinese side.

Yi didn't even bother to have lunch, so he led Shiduo, Yi, Yung Wing, Zhiyan, and Lishan to the palace with the records of the talks. As soon as he entered the Yangxin Gate, he saw Liufu in front of him, "Oh my Liu Master, you are here!"

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

"Honor, the servant, welcomed him at the door for a long time. Now, the Honoror just passed the order, and the Sixth Honor immediately entered the hall when he came and had lunch with Honoror."

"The emperor hasn't had food yet?"

"No!" Liufu replied, "Her Shou said, "When Liu and his friends came to eat.Her Shou also said, "Her Shou worked hard for national affairs and would not care about food!"Her Shou, everyone, please come in quickly.

Yi was moved in his heart, holding the record in his arms, and followed Liu Fu into the hall, "Is it Lao Liu here?"

"Yes." Yi entered the warm pavilion and knelt down to salute, "I'm going to bow to the emperor!"

"Get up, get up." The emperor smiled and came down from the Yukong and ordered, "Liufu, pass on the meal! Lao Liu, I'm so hungry that I'm waiting for you. I think you didn't have any food, right? Let's use it with me for a while, oh, you're together."

"Emperor, I am not doing it well, and it has caused the emperor to be so angry that he is so scared!"

"Don't say these words, you, my king and minister should be patient for the country, right? Get up, don't always kneel down and talk. It's a cold day!"

Yi met again and again before he stood up, took the fold from Shiduo's hand, and handed it over, "Your Majesty, this is..."

"I know, I know, it's a record of the talks? I'll check it out later, there's no hurry now."

While speaking, a square table was set up in the warm room, two tables were taken over, and a small table was set up for Yi and a few others. Several people met and salute and sat in front of the small table - called "Gift Banquet," and in fact, they could not eat at the same table with the emperor. There is a rule that the junior brother has passed on to do in the imperial kitchen: make two dishes, one for use, and one for reward. The emperor felt that any dish was useful, so he pointed with his hand and said, "Give it to someone." Then the eunuch immediately brought the same portion and placed it in front of him. Every time he rewarded, the official would leave his seat, meet and meet in front of the imperial seat, and receive the reward.

The emperor had a quick meal, and probably had something to do. After a few sips, he put down the silver chopsticks. He paid attention to his every move. He quickly got up, but stopped him, "You continue to use it, don't delay your meal for me. This is the will."


Chapter completed!