"I'll see you right away."
President Meng said to Wang Zhankui.Wang Zhankui said yes and turned to go down."
Your Majesty, what's the matter?"
asked Princess Katrina Kaff with concern."
Ito Hirobumi's foreign secretary Shigeru Moriyama came to ask for a meeting."
President Meng smiled slightly.Princess Katrina Kafu sighed and said strangely: "What are they doing at this time, it should be Ito Hirobumi coming in person, a foreign secretary wants to see His Majesty, hum." ”"Hehe, peace talks again, what else can you do You have to understand others, let Ito Hirobumi come in person, the movement is too big, and, if my guess is not wrong, this is Ito Hirobumi's own meaning, I haven't discussed it with the country, I should just come to explore the wind first, Ito Hirobumi's position in the Japanese government is limited, and he has not yet reached the influence that can influence the political situation."
President Meng smiled.Princess Katrina Kaaf nodded and said, "Well, Your Majesty's guess should be right, should I avoid it" "No, I could have let you see it, I want to hear what this guy has to say."
It's been a long time since I've seen a Japanese. ”Hua Huang smiled."
Yes, Your Majesty."
Princess Katrina Kafu stood behind President Moe.Shigeru Moriyama entered Emperor Hua's office with an interpreter, and the two of them saluted Emperor Hua respectfully, "Your Majesty." ”President Moe snorted."
Your Royal Highness, Honorable Princess."
The two of them saluted Princess Katrina Kaf.Although Princess Katrina Kafu did not receive the title, not only in China, but also internationally, Princess Katrina Kafu is known as the personal assistant of the Chinese Emperor, and even handles most of the important military and political affairs on behalf of the Chinese Emperor, not to mention the Japanese who are very concerned about the situation in China.Princess Katrina Kaaf smiled, "Hello.Please sit down, if you have anything to say quickly, Your Majesty is about to take a lunch break, saying that he has not seen a Japanese friend for a long time, so he agreed to meet him in person. ”"Thank you, Your Majesty."
After listening to the translator's words, Shigeru Moriyama hurriedly bowed deeply to Emperor Hua again.In fact, Shigeru Moriyama can speak Chinese directly, but it's not very standard, so I brought a translator, if it's Ito Hirofumi, you don't need to translate, Ito Hirobumi can basically talk directly to President Meng in Chinese."
I came this time to ask His Majesty for peace talks, and our Japanese government can apologize to Huaguo for the previous incident of sending troops to Korea, and China's Lord Li Hongzhang proposed to cede the entire Kyushu Island and pay 500 million Chinese yuan in compensation, and our demand is too harsh, and we have no way to agree, so I would like to ask Your Majesty to lower the conditions, for the sake of the friendship between China and Japan."
Shigeru Moriyama almost choked.Emperor Hua smiled slightly, secretly, Nima, you Japanese still know that China and Japan have friendship, you are just wild things born from the defeat of a group of remnants of the Qin State who escaped during our Qin Dynasty, but when have you ever loved your ancestors Emperor Hua looked at Princess Katrina Kaf, Princess Katrina Kafu understood what His Majesty meant, and asked: "What are your conditions?"
"As long as Hua can completely withdraw from Japan, any conditions can be discussed." ”Shigeru Moriyama hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty is the emperor who can control the future of Asia, please take responsibility for the development of your Asian neighbors." ”President Meng smiled, you are wearing a big hat, and when you develop, you will invade labor and capital again" It is impossible for China to give up its vested interests in Japan, and the war is the reason why you first provoked it and put it all over the world, and then return what you didn't get. ”Princess Katrina Kafu replied coldly."
Your Majesty, although your Hua Kingdom now has strong armed forces, but in the case of cutting off sea transportation, it is impossible to annex Kyushu Island with a few thousand troops alone, I believe Your Majesty should also understand this, and we are fighting on our own territory, as long as there is still an army of Hua on Kyushu Island, we will continue to fight the war to recover the lost territory, and we will not stop fighting."
Shigeru Moriyama replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, "The huge consumption caused by the war is not something that the 600,000 Chinese people who have emigrated to Japan can afford. ”"You Japanese quite understand, but do you think that with the support of Britain and France, you can be arrogant, can you guarantee that Britain and France will support you for a long time, have you ever thought about the consequences of fighting with me and China," Emperor Hua asked indifferently."
Of course, if the two sides have to fight a war to the end, it will not benefit anyone, and no one can say who will win the final victory in the war, so we would like to ask Your Majesty to take a step back."
Shigeru Moriyama replied in broken Chinese."
You're really good for diplomacy, although it's not as good as Hirobumi Ito's, but the gist of it is to the effect, since you're not sincere, I think that's it."
Hua Huang stood up with a smile.Shigeru Moriyama quickly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, all diplomatic rhetoric is tactful, but we are indeed sincere, hoping to end the dispute with China and maintain the long-term friendship between the two countries." ”"I understand what you mean, but let's wait for Hirobumi Ito to talk to me himself."
Hua Huang said with a smile, "If your conditions do not change, there is no need to talk about it anymore, I will give you a range, land cution, compensation, the same can not be less, the specific scope of land cution, and the amount of compensation, you can talk."
How about I'm much happier than you" Shigeru Moriyama didn't know why, looking at Emperor Hua, who was two heads shorter than himself, he would feel breathless, the majesty of Emperor Hua came from Emperor Hua's power, not the appearance of the 9-year-old boy in front of him.Shigeru Moriyama knew that it would be useless to say more, so he had to bow down and say, "Excuse me, Your Majesty, let's take our leave first." ”"Okay, I won't send it."
President Meng nodded, and sat down in his seat again.Wang Zhankui made a gesture of please at the door of President Meng's office.Shigeru Moriyama once again bowed deeply to the Emperor and withdrew from the Emperor's office."
I said a piece of nonsense, I don't know what the Japanese think."
Princess Katrina Kafu smiled: "I think they are just here to test His Majesty's current attitude, and there is no sincerity in peace talks at all. ”"You're right, so, don't be too them, leave them a space for imagination."
Hua Huang sighed and said: "The difficulty is that we are still in a backward situation, otherwise, I would not have met the Japanese in person." ”Princess Katrina Kafu nodded and said: "Yes, war is really too expensive, fighting a war, even if it is a very small and very small, thousand-person level local war, it is very expensive, and the cost of a soldier in a war can be worth more than a hundred families' income for a year." ”President Moe pulled Princess Katrina Kafu to sit down beside him, "Yes, 100,000 yuan per shell."
When our artillery was training, it generally only fired one shot a month.An ordinary individual in Huaguo works in a state-owned enterprise, with a salary of 30 to 40 yuan a month.One missile is equal to the salary of 3000 people.Or the income of a person who has worked for a lifetime.You've worked all your life with the sound of someone's most rudimentary missile.In the past, there were knights in Europe, but the number of knights was actually very small when they were fighting.Because of a manor, a fief, and a principality, a knight was raised.So knights tend to be big landowners, not because they are brave, but because they can't spend a lot of money to train outsiders to become knights. ”"Well, the war is fought by national strength, everyone understands this truth, but the British don't seem to understand that it is because they have taken advantage of the Qing court in the past, and they have formed an established impression of our Chinese country, if we had not defeated the Indian British army in Guangdong, they would have been even more arrogant.Your Majesty, you said, Ming Yingzong was able to send 500,000 troops to conquer Mongolia in person, and the population of the Qing Dynasty increased greatly, but why could the Opium War only mobilize tens of thousands of people to participate in the war Even if the British army was strong in weapons at that time, but the British army was only more than 10,000, didn't the Qing court say that it had the largest army in the world The Qing Dynasty should be able to defeat Britain if it mobilizes a million troops to counterattack the British, uses the tactics of a sea of people, and then fights at home. ”Emperor Hua smiled: "It shows that you still haven't carefully studied the history of the Qing court, the Qing Dynasty army at that time was the largest standing army in the world, but this is an army whose functions include the police, the internal affairs force, and the national defense force."
As a centralized state, China's most important thing is to rule the people, and the police and internal affairs forces of this army have heavy responsibilities.At that time, the Qing Dynasty army, in wartime, could only mobilize small troops from various towns, ranging from 200 to 1,000, even in wartime, only a little more than 10,000 people gathered in Humen.This is because the Oshimizu Division, which has the function of a police force, is divided into different checkpoints, flood gates, and is divided into different counties and villages, and is scattered in very small units for defense, so the number of people that can be mobilized in wartime is really limited.At the same time, because of the lack of salary and silver, the soldiers at that time were paid about 12 taels a year, but according to the food standards at that time, 1 person was enough to eat 12 taels a year, and 3 people were far from enough.Otherwise, we wouldn't have taken down the city of Beijing in two months. ”"Yes, when I think of the war in which we overthrew the Qing court, I often can't help but be excited, our strength at that time was so small, what the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did not do for more than ten years, we did it in two months."
Princess Katrina Kafu laughed.President Meng sometimes thinks back on this past, and he feels like a dream, like a child's play, but he remembers it vividly, "This is what really happened, and it fully explains the true meaning of war." ”t1706231537: