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Hirobumi Ito said with a smile, "I'm mainly here to catch up with you." After he finished speaking, he turned back to the French ambassador and said with a smile, "Mr. Ambassador, is there any room for me to catch up with my old friends?"

The French ambassador smiled and said, "It's been prepared a long time ago. Please go to the study upstairs. I have prepared French snacks and coffee for you. You can chat while eating."

Hirobumi Ito thanked him with a smile, and an attendant walked over to take Hirobumi Ito upstairs, Lin Yuan and Shen Wanqing followed behind, walking on the stairs Lin Yuan whispered to Shen Wanqing: "When you get to the top, don't look for the bug. ,Did you hear me?"

Shen Wanqing also lowered her voice and said, "I don't believe that the French ambassador would not eavesdrop on our conversation. If he didn't find a bug, wouldn't he have heard everything?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Save face for the French ambassador, let's let him listen."

Shen Wanqing chuckled, and said, "Okay, I'll just eat when I get up there and don't do anything." The three of them came upstairs to sit down, and Shen Wanqing really started eating with a smile, and looked at Lin Lin while eating. Yuan, clearly telling Lin Yuan: I just want to be a vase quietly.

Ito Hirobumi also knew that Shen Wanqing didn't need to come here at all. She followed to prevent herself from harming Lin Yuan, so she ignored Shen Wanqing and smiled at Lin Yuan: "Mr. Lin Yuan, do you still remember the scene of the negotiation back then?" ?”

The negotiation Ito Hirobumi mentioned was the negotiation in Shimonoseki, Japan. In the era of Lin Yuan, this negotiation signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki, which humiliated the country, but in this era, because of Lin Yuan’s participation, the Japanese did not Get a bargain.Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Mr. Ito, there's no need to play the emotional card, let's talk directly if we have something to say."

Ito Hirobumi looked at Lin Yuan, his face slowly sank. Shen Wanqing was worried that he would be bad for Lin Yuan, so she put down the snack in her hand and stared at Ito Hirobumi closely. Lin Yuan put his hand gently on Shen Wan Under Qing's thigh, she squeezed slightly, and told Shen Wanqing: "It's okay, Ito Hirobumi dare not do anything to me."

At this time, Ito Hirobumi said: "His Majesty the Emperor has already said: As long as Mr. Lin Yuan agrees to withdraw troops, we can agree to any of your conditions."

Lin Yuan said coldly: "I have made the conditions very clear to Matsumoto Yunqing, and I can't change any of them."

Ito Hirobumi smiled bitterly and said, "Your conditions are really too harsh, can you make some changes?"

Lin Yuan shook his head and said: "No, not even one of them, Mr. Ito, let alone you, even if His Majesty the Emperor comes to negotiate with me in person, I will not modify my conditions. I am really sorry Mr. Ito, for letting you go for nothing. .It is getting late now, if there is nothing particularly important, I will take my leave.”

Ito Hirobumi stared at Lin Yuan in a daze, shook his head suddenly with a smile, and said helplessly: "Actually, before I set off, Matsumoto Yunqing told me repeatedly: Your attitude towards Lin Yuan is very tough. Bismarck of Prussia is but two housewives compared to you."

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "Metternich and Bismarck are two great statesmen. I dare not compare with them. I dare to be tough because China has strong capital. Our GDP is the highest in the world. Far ahead, it is four times that of the No.2 US, our industrial product index is five times that of the No.2 UK, and we are the world's largest grain producer and oil producer..."

Hirobumi Ito interrupted Lin Yuan with a smile, and said, "Mr. Lin Yuan, I know all these data, so you don't need to say any more. Can you tell me: How did you turn China into what it is now?"

Lin Yuan shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "This is enough to be written into a book, how can I explain it clearly in a few words."

Ito Hirobumi sat on the chair slumped, his face pale, Lin Yuan stood up and said with a smile: "Mr. Ito, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave first."

Ito Hirobumi nodded silently, and Lin Yuan and Shen Wanqing walked out of the study, went downstairs, and bid farewell to the French ambassador. The French ambassador only talked to Ito Hirobumi for a few minutes when he saw Lin Yuan upstairs. What, hurried upstairs, Ito Hirobumi saw the French ambassador coming in, smiled at him and said: "You still have a vision in France, and followed behind China."

The French ambassador shook his head and smiled: "Actually, we don't want to see China so powerful. Lin Yuan has repeatedly reiterated: to eliminate colonies in the world, our French Republic has a large number of colonies in Africa and many colonies in Southeast Asia. One day, These colonies will all be taken away by Lin Yuan."

Ito Hirobumi smiled reluctantly, did not speak, and said after a while: "Can I borrow your telegraph?"

The French envoy said with a smile: "Of course, you can call your entourage in, translate the plaintext into ciphertext, and send it by your entourage or by my people."

Ito Hirobumi said with a smile: "Don't dare to bother your subordinates, I will let my people send it." After Ito Hirobumi asked his subordinates to send the telegram, he left Beijing, changed to a French ship at Tianjin Port, and headed for the United States.

Ito Hirobumi's telegram was quickly received by the Emperor's command post in Kyoto. The translator took the telegram to see Emperor Meiji. Emperor Meiji first asked: "Will the telegram be deciphered by Lin Yuan's troops?"

The director of translation said: "Absolutely not! The communication code between Prime Minister Ito and us is newly formulated. It is absolutely impossible for Lin Yuan's troops to decipher the code based on just one message."

Emperor Meiji nodded and said, "Read the information."

The director of translation said: "The information is only eight words, 'Negotiation failed, the empire is reborn'."

Emperor Meiji waved his hand to let the director of translation go out, and said casually: "Invite the two generals Yamagata Aritomo and Ito Yutou."

The translator nodded and went out. Not long after, Yutomo and Ito Yuheng walked into the emperor's room. Emperor Meiji handed Ito Hirobumi's telegram to the two, and Ito Yuheng first said: "Your Majesty, we Are you really going to implement the empire's rebirth plan?"

Emperor Meiji smiled bitterly: "There is no other way. Prime Minister Ito's negotiation was just a last-ditch effort. Now the last-ditch effort has failed. We have no choice."

Shanxian Youpeng said at this time: "In our original idea, the 'rebirth of the empire' was the last move. Now it seems that the time is almost ripe. The four divisions of Lin Yuan's northern front army have boarded the ship today. Their purpose The location is likely to be Wakasa Bay and Ise Bay, and the destination of the attack must be Kyoto; the 23rd and 24th Divisions of the Central Front Army have also begun to attack Wakayama Prefecture, and Kyoto is very likely to be strategically encircled."