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Emperor Guangxu was taken aback when he heard the word "government-in-exile" and asked, "Government-in-exile? What does this mean?"

Matsumoto Ichiro said: "It means that the leader of a government goes to another country and establishes the original government in that country."

Emperor Guangxu was still in a daze, and Matsumoto Ichiro said: "Let me give you an example, for example, you, now you are persecuted by Lin Yuan and have nowhere to go, so we discussed with the British Empire and took you to the UK." , you can re-establish a government in England."

When Emperor Guangxu heard this, he shook his head again and again, and said, "Establish a government in England? How far is Britain thousands of miles away from us? Isn't it too far away?"

Ichiro Matsumoto said: "If you don't want to go to the UK, you can go to our Japan. If you still think it is far away, you can also go to North Korea."

Emperor Guangxu asked: "Then can my ministers and concubines go together?"

Matsumoto Ichiro said, "Of course."

Emperor Guangxu asked, "Then where do we go?"

Ichiro Matsumoto said: "You don't have to worry about the route. We have already considered it. You will take the train to Fuzhou first, and you will travel in secret, so no one will know about you. When you arrive in Fuzhou, we will arrange for you to board the British Empire." The most recently built giant liner, the RMS Titanic!"

"This Titanic is a ship that was launched recently in the British Empire. Its displacement is as high as [-] tons. It is almost the most luxurious ship in human history. When you get on that ship, we will send you to England or Japan. How about it? like? Do you agree?"

Emperor Guangxu frowned, and said: "The tombs of our ancestors are all in China, how can I leave them and go abroad."

Matsumoto Ichiro said: "Your Majesty, you must think clearly. Xu Yingkui sent a telegram to attack Nanjing, and Lin Yuan's troops in other places will also attack immediately. As far as I know, the Chen Fei Amphibious Combat Brigade stationed in Jiangyin has been stationed in Jiangyin yesterday. After loading the equipment on board, Lin Yuan's Eighth Division has surrounded the defenders in the Suzhou area. The Seventh Division has gone south along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and has arrived at Guazhou Ferry. Their intentions are very clear. , if you don't act decisively again, you will really become Lin Yuan's prisoner."

Emperor Guangxu said: "But this matter is too big, you have to let me think about it."

Ichiro Matsumoto said: "We can only give you one day!"

Emperor Guangxu said: "Okay, I will give you an answer at this time tomorrow."

Matsumoto Ichiro said: "Okay, we are in the post house, and you can inform me anytime you think it through." So he took the British away, and Emperor Guangxu asked Li Jingfang: "Are these two guys reliable?"

Li Jingfang replied: "It is absolutely reliable, especially the British, who was personally sent by the British ambassador Noren, absolutely unmistakable."

Emperor Guangxu sighed and said, "Li Aiqing, what do you think should be done about this matter?"

Li Jingfang replied: "At this point, there is no other way to think about it, but to agree to them, go to Japan, and establish a government in exile."

Emperor Guangxu said: "But the concubine, the royal family, and all the ministers, how can they be notified in one day?"

Li Jingfang said: "Then don't notify, the Holy One just takes his confidant ministers away."

Emperor Guangxu said: "Well, I promise them to go to a foreign country to establish a government in exile. Li Aiqing, you go back first."

Li Jingfang nodded and left. Emperor Guangxu called a eunuch and said, "Go and call Concubine Zhen to my place." The eunuch agreed to come down and leave. It turned out that Emperor Guangxu only liked Concubine Zhen. , so I just want to take Concubine Zhen to escape.

Li Jingfang came out from Emperor Guangxu, found Ichiro Matsumoto, took out the check that Shutoku Yamadaira gave him, and said with a smile: "Mr. Matsumoto, you have a subordinate named Shutoku Yamadaira, do you know it?"

Matsumoto Ichiro said with a smile: "He is my capable man, how can I not know!"

Li Jingfang smiled and said: "This is the check he gave me. He said that I would cash the money as long as Emperor Guangxu stopped asking for peace, but the account is still frozen. I want to know what's going on?"

Ichiro Matsumoto took the check, looked at it and said with a smile: "Maybe our people are too careless and forgot, I have already written down this account, and I will send someone to unfreeze the account myself."

Li Jingfang smiled and said: "Then thank you Mr. Matsumoto." After Li Jingfang said it, he returned home and secretly told his wife and children to clean up and prepare to evacuate. At the same time, he sent his men to cash the check. His wife and children were almost ready , his subordinates also came back, and said to Li Jingfang: "My lord, that account is still not unfrozen!"

Li Jingfang frowned, and thought: "The Japanese are always doing things very quickly, why are they slow this time? Could it be that there is fraud in it? Is that guy named Shanping Xiude lying to me?" So Li Jingfang said to his subordinates : "Hurry up and go to the bank to find a relationship and see if there is anything tricky in this account."

The subordinates went away and didn't come back until evening. During this time, Li Jingfang's wife and children had packed up all the gold and silver, and at eight o'clock in the evening, the subordinates came back and said, "Master Li, it's not good! This account There is indeed a problem inside!"

Li Jingfang immediately asked, "What's the problem?"

The subordinate replied: "This account was unfrozen once three days ago, and all the money in it was transferred away. After the transfer, this account was frozen again!"

When Li Jingfang heard this, he thought immediately: "What a little devil, I was tricked by you. How dare you lie to me with a check that cannot be cashed!" The more Li Jingfang thought about it, the more angry he thought: "I can't Just like this, I was tricked by the little devil, and I, Li Jingfang, have been bullied by the little devil for dozens of years. I can't be bullied by the little devil like this, but what can I do?"

"By the way, the little devil is now thinking of taking Emperor Guangxu to their country. I will try to find a way to prevent their plan from succeeding! If I tell Emperor Guangxu the truth, I will definitely die. , then what else can I do? By the way, I told Lin Yuan that the Japanese and the British wanted to secretly pick up Emperor Guangxu! Lin Yuan can destroy the plot of the little devil and treat me as a hero. Then I won’t have to worry about my future glory and wealth.”

Li Jingfang made up his mind and wanted to send a telegram to inform Lin Yuan, but at this moment, a eunuch came and said to Li Jingfang: "Lord Li, Your Majesty wants you to go to the train station."

Li Jingfang said: "I know, I'll go right away."

The eunuch said: "Your Majesty has told you, please arrive at the train station before twelve o'clock in the evening." After the eunuch finished speaking, the eunuch left, Li Jingfang looked at the time and thought: "There are more than three hours, enough time for me to send a telegram. "

Then Li Jingfang came to the Prime Minister's Office of International Affairs, where there is a telegram sending and receiving device, which was set up by the Qing government to strengthen ties with foreigners. Li Jingfang came inside, called a telegraph boy, and said, "You can send telegrams." ?"

The boy said: "Of course, if I can't send a telegram, I can't stay here."

Li Jingfang was about to ask this young man to send the telegram, but his heart moved and he thought: "I can't let this young man hear my secret." So Li Jingfang said: "Can you translate the telegram?"