Red Alert 1895

Chapter 109 – See A Visitor Out

“Minister Donale, the request of our Empire of Japan is that the Chinese government fulfill the treaty we signed in Shimonoseki, and then truly hand over Taiwan to our Empire of Japan. Taiwan must accept Taiwan in order to oppose our imperial army of the Empire of Japan And the soldiers who killed and wounded us made compensation, and handed over the relevant responsible persons to our Empire of Japan. The resistance forces in Taiwan must hand over their weapons, and then the army of our Empire of Japan will accept the surrender. Even, compensation The loss of our Great Japanese Empire. My request is just that, nothing else.” Ito Hirobumi said.

“Fuck, those who don’t know think you are the victorious nation!” Wang Guorui thought.

Wang Guorui really didn’t expect that this Ito Hirobumi would be so shameless, and directly said that he wanted Taiwan to compensate them and hand over the responsible person to Japan. Isn’t this killing Wang Guorui? And this condition is impossible to achieve. First of all, they do not have such a strong strength. If they had this ability, then everyone would not be sitting at the negotiating table together today. So it is precisely because everyone can’t do it that everyone sits at the negotiating table again. Japan hopes that the Manchus will remain the same, and the Manchus themselves spit out the benefits that cannot be obtained on the battlefield. This is also the consistent weakness of the Qing Dynasty, which caused things that were not lost on the battlefield to be lost on the negotiating table. This is the real speechlessness.

“Li Zhongtang, do you have any suggestions?” Dou Nale asked.

And Li Hongzhang immediately said: “I think, since the people of Taiwan are so unwilling to join Japan, it is better to return to our Qing Dynasty. This not only conforms to public opinion, but also can properly solve related problems. As for this matter, both sides have Wrong, that’s over!”

“I object. Taiwan was ceded to us by China itself, and the treaty was signed in Shimonoseki justifiably. Moreover, Li Zhongtang and I signed the treaty at that time. Could it be that Li Zhongtang has only passed a year, and you forget Is it completely clean? If the signed treaty is not implemented, then what is the use of this treaty? So. You must do what I ask, so that we can reach our agreement.” Itou Hirobumi said angrily.

But Li Hongzhang was not a vegetarian either, so he immediately said, “What did you say, Prime Minister Ito, when you were in Chunfan Tower? You were so hungry. You were so hungry. It’s a pity, Ito-kun, you ate too fast and choked.”

Ito Hirobumi’s face became like a pig’s liver, which reminded Ito Hirobumi of the situation at that time. At that time, Hirobumi Ito urged China to implement the Treaty of Shimonoseki as soon as possible, but Li Hongzhang once asked, can there be some grace period? And Hirobumi Ito replied “I’m very hungry. I’m so hungry!”. But now the Japanese army has suffered a huge loss in Taiwan, losing three divisions. Now that Li Hongzhang saw that his old enemy was so wronged, he actually felt a little bit of joy in his heart. Even if he knew that things in Taiwan would not be so easy to do, after all, Ito Hirobumi was the person who made him lose the most face in his life, so Li Hongzhang felt very happy to see Ito Hirobumi like this.

“Hmph, the treaty you signed must be fulfilled. Taiwan is already our Empire of Japan. It must be ours! This is an international law, and no one can violate it. If you dare to violate it, you are flouting the international law.” .” Ito Hirobumi roared.

But at this time Wang Guorui spoke up and said, “Don’t you ask our opinion?”

“Your opinion?” Everyone was a little surprised.

Everyone really didn’t care much about Wang Guorui, because Japan believed that Wang Guorui was the spokesperson of the Qing Dynasty. However, Li Hongzhang ignored Wang Guorui intentionally or unintentionally, because Wang Guorui’s status in the orthodox officialdom of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not high, and he was still a county magistrate. As for the identity of the Taiwan anti-Japanese leader, it was only a temporary identity that was not recognized by the Qing Dynasty. So Li Hongzhang ignored it. As for Dou Nale, he didn’t take Wang Guorui seriously, because now Dou Nale also thinks that Taiwan is a “fish”, so he is not qualified to speak out.

According to Dona Le’s understanding. As a fish, it should be honestly waiting for the chefs and diners to be slaughtered, and I am not qualified to express my own opinions. And Taiwan is now in the position of “fish and meat”, and Dou Nale naturally ignores Wang Guorui’s identity as a representative of Taiwan. Those who are qualified to express their opinions are the British Minister Donal Le, Li Hongzhang, and finally Hirobumi Ito. But none of them thought of it. The “fish” in Taiwan also took the initiative to express their opinions.

“We Taiwanese, we ask ourselves to decide our own destiny. We think which country we are willing to follow, and the battalion is up to us to decide, not for you to make decisions without authorization. This is related to the more than two million of us in Taiwan. The safety of life and property of the population, you guys decided here without authorization, are you ignoring our more than 2 million people in Taiwan? You are extremely disrespectful to our more than 2 million people in Taiwan, so I protest to you !” Wang Guorui said.

And Dou Nale looked at Li Hongzhang feeling a little surprised. Because in Dou Nale’s eyes, Wang Guorui was also a spokesperson of the Manchu Qing court represented by Li Hongzhang, and Taiwan’s resistance against Japan was nothing but a continuation of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, and the result of Manchu Qing secretly supporting Taiwan’s resistance against Japan. And Don Nale would never believe that Taiwan alone could defeat the Japanese army, which is simply an insult to his IQ. And Taiwan’s advanced weapons come from various countries, and there are models from all countries.

Therefore, Dou Nale believed that the Manchu Qing was trying to help Taiwan to fight against Japan. It was just that they were not convinced and lost the Sino-Japanese War, so they secretly supported Taiwan’s various advanced and powerful weapons. And so many weapons, except for the state machinery of a country to operate, otherwise where can we get so many weapons? Therefore, Dou Nale didn’t take Wang Guorui seriously, because in his eyes, Wang Guorui was just someone pushed by the Qing Dynasty. And Li Hongzhang, the prime minister of China, is here, so Wang Guorui, the seventh-rank county magistrate, should not have the part to speak.

And Li Hongzhang also showed bitterness, the current situation has exceeded his expectations. Because Wang Guorui has independently controlled Taiwan, and Wang Guorui’s weapons do not know where they come from, but the only thing that is certain is that Wang Guorui will not just give up control of Taiwan. Wang Guorui has in fact become a warlord, a separatist force that developed while taking advantage of Taiwan’s power vacuum. And Li Hongzhang didn’t believe in Wang Guorui’s loyalty, because once he became a warlord of a separatist regime, how could he be forced to be loyal unless he was oppressed with stronger strength?

The reason why he is loyal is because the price of betrayal is not enough, or the pressure from the superior is too great. And since Wang Guorui was able to defeat Japan’s all-powerful attack, the Manchu Qing had no way to do anything to Wang Guorui. If Man Qing could do something to Wang Guorui, then naturally there would be nothing to say. But now the strength of the Manchu Qing is very weak, and it is impossible to clean up Wang Guorui, who has already been divided in fact, which naturally means that Li Hongzhang has no way to influence Wang Guorui. Others thought that Li Hongzhang could control Wang Guorui, but Li Hongzhang knew very well in his heart that he could not control Wang Guorui at all.

Li Hongzhang came to Taiwan this time because he wanted to fish in the troubled waters between Wang Guorui and the Japanese. If he could bring in the British envoy, Don Nale, to muddy the waters, it would be possible. As long as the situation changes at that time, then Li Hongzhang will have a chance to fish in troubled waters!

But now Wang Guorui is so disrespectful to him, directly refusing to listen to his opinions in front of outsiders, directly showing everyone that Taiwan is not under the control of the central government of the Qing Dynasty, and now he is embarrassed. If outsiders see that he has no control over Taiwan, then neither Donale nor Hirobumi Ito will ignore him at the negotiating table.

Although most of the treaties signed by Li Hongzhang were traitorous treaties, he also knew that these foreign devils were mainly interested in profit. If they didn’t have enough interests, then they wouldn’t care about you. And if they know that Li Hongzhang cannot control Taiwan~www.mtlnovel.com~, then Li Hongzhang’s right to speak will be greatly reduced. Moreover, Ito Hirobumi also hoped to be able to control and coerce Li Hongzhang to compromise with Japan, and then ordered Wang Guorui to cede Taiwan. But the situation doesn’t seem to be like this now. At that time, Wang Guorui not only kicked back the **** who came to deliver the imperial decree, but also severely insulted him.

And now Wang Guorui doesn’t even give Li Hongzhang face, so why is this? In the Qing Dynasty, the one who could make up his mind to support Wang Guorui was the Empress Dowager Cixi or Li Hongzhang. As for Emperor Guangxu, he didn’t have this ability at all. And Wang Guorui insulted the emperor’s decree in name, but in fact it was Cixi, and now he doesn’t give Li Hongzhang face, which shows that Wang Guorui is not someone they support. This time it is really because of the inner reasons. There are really many hias.

“I just want to tell you now that we people in Taiwan have the ability to decide our own destiny. If you ignore the opinions of our people in Taiwan, then don’t blame us people in Taiwan for being rude!” Wang Guorui said.

“This is the residence of Taiwan’s anti-Japanese leader, so I am the owner here. See off!” Wang Guorui said.

But neither Doonale Itou Hirobumi nor Li Hongzhang expected that Wang Guorui would turn his back if he said so, and would not save them any face. (To be continued.) xh118