Chapter 83 Section

After 5 a.m., the guards on duty in the palace occasionally set their eyes on the garden. They knew that every day, His Majesty would get up at about 5 o'clock and run along the path of the garden for more than an hour. This is your majesty's habit, rain or shine. Even if it snows heavily, your majesty will not change his habits.

As usual, Chen Moran, dressed in sportswear, jogged in the garden. He likes to enjoy the gifts of nature, and the little polluted air in this era fascinates him, and the morning air has a trace of... Well, sweetness, in this slightly sweet morning air. Running is a kind of enjoyment in itself.

"Wow..."

While running, Chen Moran threw all the chores out of his mind. The whole person was completely in a state of peace and tranquility. The art of power, the art of the imperial court, the emperor and so on no longer existed. He was himself, an ordinary person.

And this is the reason why Chen Moran enjoys this morning luck, which can at least make him feel a trace of peace of mind.

But in the end, all this is still going to end. An hour and a half later, after taking a shower, changing clothes, and enjoying a simple and not rich breakfast, he played with his daughter for more than ten minutes, and then teased his half-year-old son. Chen Moran, who was dressed in a uniform, walked to the government building and entered his office, he changed again. Become another person.

A well-known... The ruler of the Chinese Empire, the emperor of the Chinese Empire, perhaps, this is his profession. Although the outside world thinks that this is his destiny, for Chen Moran himself, he regards the emperor as a profession, which means power and responsibility.

As soon as I sat down behind the spacious oak desk, I saw a white file on the desktop with the "Pinglong Huanyu" badge on the surface of the document. This is a routine intelligence briefing of the Imperial Intelligence Agency. Open the cover of the document. Chen Moran is used to looking at the watermark on the inner page and the watermark number on the inner page first. The watermark number is only He and Zhang Jing mastered it, which was to prevent everything from happening.

"...The imperial meeting will be held today. After analysis, it is said that today will make concessions on the negotiation with China!"

Another cigarette was lit, and Chen Moran picked up the sitting report again and read it carefully.

"It's a book!"

After that, he stood up and walked to the wall and stood in front of the map. Through the endless light blue smoke, he stared at the three thousand miles of rivers and mountains on the Korean Peninsula for a long time... Three thousand miles of rivers and mountains, if... If possible, how much I hope, these three thousand miles of rivers and mountains are a province of China, a reading North Korea or South Korea? Chen Moran sneered.

"Those Korean sticks don't admire having a country at all!"

With such a cold hum, Chen Moran took another cigarette. He clearly knew that until now, most of his thoughts had been influenced by the thoughts of later generations. Perhaps after seeing the ugly and disgusting side of too many South Koreans and North Koreans, he no longer had any good impression on such a country. .

Just like in the past year, North Korean immigrants were blocked on the border in the northeast and banned from entering China. If other factors were not taken into account, even the 78,000 North Korean immigrants wanted to get rid of them. Subconsciously, Chen Moran had never wanted to see such an ungrateful country again. Appear in this time and space.

Whether it is the Korean Empire or the Republic of Korea, in short, as long as there is a chance in the future, this country will never exist as a reading country. Even if it is the best result, he will regard China as a province of China, and a little more is to set up a governor's territory. The bad result is a vassal who controls their internal affairs, diplomacy and military.

Constantly smoking, Chen Muran's eyes patrolling the east and west coastline of North Korea on the map... Now there are serious differences between the navy and the army on the issue of North Korea. To a certain extent, the army hopes to occupy all of North Korea, at least half of North Korea, so as to completely cut off the threat of mainland China. North Korea It is a springboard for Japan, and after this war, the relationship between China and Japan will not get any improvement in the next ten years, so they should be removed.

For the navy, they are unswervingly supporting the "Korean-Taiwan exchange" for South Korea for Taiwan. For the navy, the most important base of the navy is also the only base separated from Taiwan. Of course, they hope that China will regain control of Taiwan. And they have a good reason, one is to ensure the safety of the sea passage, and the other is to avoid excessive stimulation.

For the cabinet, they are also inclined to Taiwan, because although Taiwan is not the largest piece of cedent land in China, it is well known to the world. As for the cedental land such as the Xing'an Mountains, the vast majority of citizens do not know that Taiwan is directly related to China's national honor!

It makes sense, but I'm afraid China can only choose one choice now.

North Korea and kel, Taiwan is hard to recover! For China, in any case, North Korea is only a foreign country, but Taiwan is a home country. The longer the colonization, the Taiwanese's recognition of China will be lower and lower. This is the last thing they want to see. Nowadays, more than 95% of people in Taiwan agree that they are Chinese. If it takes more than ten or twenty years, ...So, will I agree to return it to Taiwan?

For a long time, Chen Moran has felt that he knows Japanese books better than others, at least relatively. A hundred years later, Chinese people have been studying Japanese books and Japanese people. Although those official sayings are always friendly for generations, everyone knows that it is just farting.

There is a desire for the mainland in the bones of Japan. In this case, it is impossible for China and Japan to be friendly. It is said that I am a typical mentality of a small country and a widow. This mentality determines that they will never do any loss-making business. This time, exchanging North Korea and Japan for Taiwan, in my eyes, it is almost equal to Take out a handful of gold coins from his left pocket and exchange them for silver dollars in his right pocket, which is simply digging out a piece of meat from their hearts.

Will it have been a concession?

... Finally, Chen Moran stared at the Japanese book... After digging up this piece of meat, there is only one possibility for China's future. Either China will perish or kill China. For China and Japan, the sea between the two countries will definitely be stained with blood one day. As for friendship and peace, it must not be If it can exist, if there is any connection between the two countries, I'm afraid it will be a contact between you and death.

"Ring..." The phone rang briefly for a while, interrupting Chen Moran's thoughts. Generally speaking, the phone in Chen Moran's office rarely rings, because most of the various affairs of the country are submitted by the report, which is sent to him by the secretary and issued or approved by himself after reading. Only in special cases will some important people call their office directly and then ask for their opinions. .

It's okay. Who will call your majesty to ask about anything? If this disrespectful way is not urgent, no one will choose to do so.

Chen Moran, who guessed that something must have happened, grabbed the phone receiver and heard Liang Dunyan's Mandarin with a strong Cantonese tone.

"Your Majesty? I am Liang..."

As long as you hear this voice, Chen Moran will know who is calling.

"Songsheng, where do you still need to report yourself? What's the matter?"

If there is nothing urgent, Liang Dunyan, an old bureaucratic official, will definitely carefully report to himself in person instead of choosing to make a phone call.

For these officials who have served as "pseudo-job", they have always had two fears in their hearts. One is that someone will mention the "pseudo-job" in the past, and the other is that they are afraid of losing your majesty's trust. They understand that for old officials like them, the only thing they can rely on at this time is the trust from your majesty.

"Your Majesty!"

Liang Dunyan's voice on the other side of the phone seemed a little cramped. If it hadn't been urgent, he would never have chosen to report the matter by phone.

"A few minutes ago, Count Hirofumi Ito, the Emperor's special envoy, sent an attendant to convey to the minister that he was willing to resume negotiations immediately!"

"Oh!"

It seems that he is really ready to make a major concession.

"I have got this news and am considering this matter..."

Chen Moran paused for a moment without concealing that he had learned the news. Of course, this sentence actually had some other meanings. At least in this country, his majesty is omniscient, and then said.

"I think it is very likely to make a major concession, don't you think?"

"Your Majesty, I feel that the name of the concession may be very large, but I personally feel that in addition to the exchange we proposed, it is likely to put forward other conditions, so..."

"Oh..."

Chen Muran pondered for a moment, and then understood Liang Dunyan's intention to make this call.

"Didn't we draw up the bottom line in the past?"

The other end of the phone was silent for a while.

"I have also thought about it again and again, and I think it's better to report it to your majesty. I think it is very likely that Japan will ask us to redeem Taiwan, so as to save Japan's face..."

"The face of the book!"

Chen Moran snorted coldly, and his voice became cold.

"What about China's face? If we pay the money, is there any difference compared with the redemption money paid by the full Qing Dynasty? Money! I can't get one point out!"

"Your Majesty, this should be the bottom line!"

Liang Dunyan seems to be a little anxious. He has repeatedly thought about all kinds of possibilities. There is almost no possibility of recovering Taiwan for free. The original investment in Taiwan is tens of millions of yuan, and it is not a defeated country. How can it be recovered for free? Even if the political axe agrees, is it possible for the merchant to agree?

"But what about our bottom line?"

Chen Moran interrupted Liang Dunyan's words categorically, "If you spend money to redeem Taiwan, do you want to spend money to redeem the land we occupied in North Korea? Oh, does it mean that we withdraw from North Korea for free, and then we have to redeem Taiwan for compensation!"

For any diplomat, if he can, he will never betray the interests of his country, but many times, diplomats have some helplessness of diplomats, forced by reality, forced by... In short, too much helplessness, it is these helplessness that makes them make all kinds of decisions against their will.

...What about our investment in Taiwan? What about the businessman's land, forest and mineral investment in Taiwan?

In the face of Liang Atsuhiko's almost arbitrary refusal, Hirofumi Ito suppressed his anger and roared in a low voice.

"That's..."

Liang Dunyan was silent for a while.

"After returning to Taiwan, everything on Taiwan's land belongs to the Chinese Empire! When I think about these problems, I have my own solution, so I won't bother Dean Ito!"

Although he prefers to solve all the troubles that may be caused in the future now, Your Majesty has made it very clear that it is impossible for China to pay a silver dollar to redeem Taiwan.

"What's more, President Ito, please note that Taiwan is the land of China. After your country ceded Taiwan, it is impossible for our political axe to provide compensation for Taiwan's so-called construction!"

"You..."

The rude and unreasonable attitude only made Ito Hirofumi feel a knot. Now Liang Atsuhiko is even more arrogant in his eyes than when he negotiated with the Lu people two years ago, but there is a little more courtesy in his arrogance.

"Tuck, tuck, tuck..."

Liang Dunyan opened the table, and the Army Department submitted a piece of information to him before the negotiations restarted in the morning.

"According to your country's words of redemption of political axe assets and occupation of ownership, should your country pay for the redemption of equal assets?"

When Liang Dunyan said this, Ito Hirofumi felt that the other party seemed to be ready to give in, and he hurriedly said something.

"I don't know, what is your country's investment in northern North Korea, and what is worth redeeming?"

For a while, Hirofumi Ito really didn't know what was worth buying north of Pyongyang.

"For example, the railway..."

"The railway was built by Japan!"

"But now it's occupied by China!"

"That's a simple narrow-gauge railway!"

"Taiwan's is not a wide-gauge railway!"

The two of them are tit-for-tat. Hirofumi Ito wants to strive for as much compensation as possible for the Japanese. This kind of compensation is more "face" and at least he needs to give an explanation to the Japanese people.

At the moment when Ito felt angry, Liang Atsuhiko added another sentence.

"After entering the court, we built up to 18 iron engineering bridges for the roads and bridges blown up by your army. According to the cost, only this one is as high as..."

When he was about to say that number, Liang Dunyan, who felt that he had made a mistake, looked at it carefully again.

"6,253,7,213.46 yuan... If you want to redeem it, then it must be included in the cost of the railway!"

"This is impossible!"

Hirofumi Ito categorically refused and said in a sarcastic tone.

"Thirty-five simple bridges cost 2.6 million yuan, is it possible?"

"This is the cost of the Guard's report to the staff! And it was also approved by the Ministry of Finance!"

"That only shows one problem. Your country embezzled most of it in the North Korean army, and then deceived the Ministry of Staff and the Ministry of Finance. Anyone with a little common sense knows that the cost of a simple bridge can never cost so much!"

Hirofumi Ito even deliberately looked up at Liang Atsushi. Deep down, he hoped that he had guessed right that the money was embezzled by the Chinese army. If so, it means that China is rapidly corrupting, and a corrupt China is not to be afraid.

"Joke, is there a corrupt person in my guard? And President Ito, don't tarnish your name!"

Liang Dunyan just smiled, but he couldn't help muttering in his heart that the cost of this bridge is too high. According to the plan of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge published in the newspaper, the total investment is only 80 million yuan. I will report this matter to Your Majesty later.

While remembering the cost of these bridges in his heart, Hirofumi Ito was silent for a long time before he said.

"I think... the railway in northern North Korea, if your country is willing, can be moved back to China as a trophy!"

At this time, Ito began to play scoundrels. What kind of scoundrel is this? In Ito's opinion, this is a forced choice.

"So..."

Liang Atsuhiko, who was originally ready to follow his words, suddenly realized that this was a trap prepared by Ito for himself. If he said that he asked them to move to Taiwan, I'm afraid he was trapped by Ito. Maybe he was waiting for himself to say so.

"Even so, we still insist on China's ownership of any so-called Japanese colonial governor's public assets on the land of Taiwan! Therefore, your country must not bring the railway and any other materials as trophy as we do in South Korea!"

"What a cunning guy!"

Seeing that Liang Dunyan did not enter his own trap, Ito Hirofumi sighed in the bottom of his heart, and then looked up at Liang Dunyan. It was already hard to talk. Let's say everything directly! Reach an agreement as soon as possible, and the situation in North Korea cannot be talked about slowly.

"Minister Liang, the Japanese capital needs compensation. If there is no compensation, the anger of the people may burn the whole Japanese capital! At that time, even if the treaty is signed, it is likely that the treaty will not be recognized by the people! It may even lead to the rekindling of war between our two countries!"

"Ten years ago, after the signing of the Xiaguan Treaty, the Chinese were equally angry, but as long as the political axe persists, it will be fine. The dean is alarmist!"

Liang Dunyan shook his head and denied it.

"At least a little bit of face should be taken into account! At least let me, an old man, have something to do with the people and to the emperor!"

First, he nodded, and then Liang Dunyan shook his head again.

"I personally really hope to save face for the dean, but if I sign the treaty that I am afraid of paying a dollar to redeem Taiwan, I may be assassinated tomorrow. The guards on the front line, especially the guards in the northeast, are likely to tear up the treaty in the most direct way, and also Please ask Dean Ito to understand me!"

At this time, the meaning of Liang Dunyan's words could not be clearer. He threatened Ito with the safety of the Japanese army in the northeast.

"Is there really no room for negotiation?"

"There is only room for signature!"

(to be continued)