In late October, Japanese Prime Minister Kei Hara and Minister of War Giichi Tanaka arrived in Coconut City, preparing to start negotiations with Lanfang on the armistice.
Since the Japanese Prime Minister was visiting in person, Huang Bohan went to the pier to greet him in person, based on the principle of reciprocity, and then all negotiation matters were left to Lu Zhengxiang.
You are so rude. This is a slight to the Empire of Japan. This is an insult to the Empire of Japan. If you maintain this attitude, then this peace negotiation will not yield any results. Our two million soldiers of the Empire of Japan will At the end of the battle, Tanaka Yoshiichi was furious.
Knowing that their own troops were retreating steadily on the front line, the Japanese were very pressing for an armistice. On the night they arrived at Coconut City, Hara Kei and Tanaka Giichi refused to rest and immediately began negotiations.
Not surprisingly, when it was discovered that Huang Bohan did not attend the negotiations, Army Minister Tanaka Yiichi was very angry.
Your Majesty has urgently summoned the Prime Minister due to something unexpected, so the Prime Minister cannot attend. If you insist that the Prime Minister must attend, then just wait until the Prime Minister comes back. Lu Zhengxiang's voice is not loud and his speech is slow.
Lu Zhengxiang is a pure diplomat. When he needs to put on airs, Lu Zhengxiang can still hold his own.
While talking, Lu Zhengxiang was slowly wiping his glasses with a glasses cloth, and even breathed on the glasses. He was wiping them seriously, as if the glasses were not Lu Zhengxiang's, but Qin Zhiyuan's.
Only Lu Zhengxiang himself knows how happy Lu Zhengxiang felt when he said those words slowly.
Thinking back to 1895, 24 years ago, perhaps Ito Hirobumi had this attitude towards Li Hongzhang, but Lu Zhengxiang was not sure about this.
What Lu Zhengxiang can be sure of is that just four years ago, when Japan proposed the Twenty-One Articles to the Republic of China, Lu Zhengxiang was responsible for the negotiations on behalf of the Republic of China. The Japanese Minister at the time, Hio Oki, treated Lu Zhengxiang with this attitude.
The Republic of China was poor and weak at that time. Even though Lu Zhengxiang suffered great humiliation, he still had to compromise and do his best to deal with the Japanese.
People often say that it takes thirty years to the east of Hedong and thirty years to the west of Hexi, but only four years have passed. Everything at the beginning is still vivid in my mind. Now I have the opportunity to return all the contempt and indifference to the Japanese intact. Lu Zhengxiang's heart The pleasure can be imagined.
Lu Jun, who will talk is not the main issue, the key is sincerity. The fact that we can come to Coconut City all the way from Tokyo represents our sincerity in wanting to end this war. I hope that for the sake of Lanfang and the two peoples of Japan Think about it, you can also correct your attitude. Yuan Jing is neither a plague nor a rage.
This can also be regarded as a consistent combination in negotiations. One person is a good person, the other is a bad person, and the two of them make peace with each other, which can better achieve the goal.
Our attitude has always been upright, and we have never taken the initiative to stir up trouble. If you hadn't unreasonably detained our ships and personnel over and over again, we would not have tolerated it. We said before the war started, don't say it is unforeseen. , it is precisely because of your provocation that the war broke out, so it is you who should correct your attitude. Understand, it is not we who want to talk about peace now, but you who demand peace. If this gentleman continues to maintain this attitude, I suggest Let's adjourn the meeting temporarily and wait until after the New Year to discuss the matter. Qin Zhisheng helped.
Of course, Lan Fang also has a bad face and a good face. Lu Zhengxiang is the good one, and Qin Zhisheng is the bad one.
There were actually only these four people present. It was not surprising at all that even Hara Kei and Tanaka Giichi used Chinese, and their pronunciation was quite standard, at least there was no slurred speech.
Qin Zhisheng's words ruthlessly tore off the fig leaf on the faces of Yuan Jing and Tanaka Yiichi. After listening to Qin Zhisheng's words, the expressions on the faces of Yuan Jing and Tanaka Yiichi were very wonderful. Yuan Jing remained silent with a sad expression. , Tanaka Yiichi's face turned red and white, but he could still hold it back and did not get up and leave to suspend the negotiation.
Yes, the Minister is right. We have lost this war, so now we ask to stop fighting and stop letting innocent lives be harmed. Please stop all this. Hara Kei stood up and wanted to do something A standard ninety-degree bow, with his head hitting the table directly.
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We don’t want innocent lives to be harmed, but since it is a national war, there is no such thing as innocence. When there is peace, the people enjoy the fruits of victory, but when it comes to war, the people have to bear the costs of the war. , This is fair. Lu Zhengxiang was noncommittal.
There are indeed no innocents.
For example, the Japanese expatriates living in the Republic of China came to the Republic of China from Japan before the war, cultivated land that did not originally belong to them, enjoyed super-national treatment that was superior to others, and could unscrupulously plunder the wealth that originally belonged to the Chinese. Such people, How can one be called innocent?
If you want an armistice, you must follow our terms. Our armistice conditions are that Japan must give up Korea, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Caroline Islands, and Ogasawara Islands. At the same time, Japan needs to bear responsibility for this war and should compensate Lanfang. The military expenditure is 1.2 billion Lanfang Yuan, which must be used in gold to pay Qin Zhisheng's conditions for starting the armistice.
Among the conditions proposed by Qin Zhisheng, they did not involve the Japanese-occupied areas of the Penghu Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Thousand Islands, and Sakhalin Island. The above-mentioned areas have been occupied by Lanfang. Even if you think about it with your toes, you can tell that Lanfang will definitely not Might spit it out again.
Compared with the conditions offered by Qin Zhisheng last time, this time there were more conditions, more territory was involved, and more military expenses needed to be compensated.
It is conceivable that if time continues to drag on, Lanfang's conditions will further improve. Every day that delays, Lanfang will make more demands.
You are blackmailing us and we will never agree to it. Unless all our citizens are destroyed, you will never succeed. Tanaka Yiichi is really angry this time.
No one would agree to such conditions. If the Japanese agree, it will mean that the Japanese have spit out all the dividends they have received since the Meiji Restoration. It will mean that all the efforts of all Japanese people over the past hundred years have been wasted. If Hara Kei If Wada and Tanaka Giichi dare to agree to such conditions, then Hara Kei and Tanaka no longer need to return to Japan after signing the contract. It would be better to have a caesarean section directly off the coast of Coconut City to apologize.
The Yingzhou and Penghu Islands can be discussed, but Korea, the Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Caroline Islands, and the Ogasawara Islands have nothing to do with Lanfang and the Chinese. Why should our negotiations involve the above-mentioned areas? Hara Keiya expressed his opinion. dissatisfied.
Yingzhou and the Penghu Islands were territories that Japan seized directly from the original Qing Empire. Before Lin came, Yuan Jing was mentally prepared to lose these areas. Koryo and the Ryukyu Islands were formerly vassals of the Qing Empire. Through Japan's efforts
, have now merged with Japan, which can be regarded as Japan's annexation of these two countries reasonably and legally. However, if Lanfang insists on talking about these two places, it is not impossible to talk.
As for the Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Caroline Islands, and the Ogasawara Islands, they have nothing to do with the Qing Empire or Lanfang. Lanfang used these places to talk about things, but Hara Kei thinks it makes no sense either legally or logically.
Yingzhou and the Penghu Islands had nothing to do with Japan before, but after the Sino-Japanese War, why did you force the Qing Empire to cede Yingzhou and the Penghu Islands? Korea and the Ryukyu Islands also had nothing to do with Japan, but why did you want to
We are brazenly launching a war and annexing the two royal families even if they have no heirs. What we are doing now is just a repeat of what you did before. You don’t have to agree, then we will continue to fight. Our
The fleet and our tanks will get back everything we, Lan Fang, want. It's rare for Lu Zhengxiang to be tough.
Twenty-four years ago, when Li Hongzhang was negotiating with Ito Hirobumi, Ito Hirobumi insisted on the Liaodong Peninsula, Yingzhou and the Penghu Islands. When Li Hongzhang expressed his opposition, Ito Hirobumi said similar things. Now it is finally the turn of the Chinese to say
, for a moment, Lu Zhengxiang felt that the corners of his eyes were already moist.
If the Yamato people united and fought to the end in 6000, even if Lanfang captured those places, he would have to bear a huge price. We admit that we are not as good as you militarily, and Japan may be in ruins by then, and will lose the compensation.
ability, then Lan Fang will not get any compensation. Is this what you want? Yuan Jing is still relatively calm.
No, never, we will never agree to such a condition. If we agree to such a condition, we will be sinners of the Yamato nation. I would rather die than agree to such a condition. Relatively speaking, Tanaka Giichi's reaction was
Much more intense.
When you seized our merchant ships, when you detained our personnel, when you provoked our Lanfang, you should have foreseen this day. In fact, regardless of whether you agree to these conditions or not, you are already sinners of the Yamato nation.
There is no doubt about this, and it is not just the two of you, but all the important ministers of the country who have supported this matter, and all the people who have contributed to this process, are sinners of the Yamato nation. Qin Zhisheng can't wait for Tanaka Yiichi to commit suicide by caesarean section now.
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When it comes to Tanaka Giichi, many Chinese may not have much impression of this person, but when it comes to Tanaka Memorial, many people will immediately think of him.
That's right, the Tanaka in the Tanaka Memorial is Tanaka Giichi.
It was this man who proposed the Tanaka Memorial that was intended to destroy the entire Republic of China.
