Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 404 Tokyo Negotiation
Ito Yuheng's expression was solemn and did not seem to be lying at all.However, the Far East Department of the China Security Bureau had already grasped the truth of the incident in the early morning of the second day after the incident. Ye Zugui knew that the other party was lying, but the current situation was inconvenient to expose it immediately, so he just sneered twice.

Ito Hirobumi smiled and said: "General Ye, you have heard the incident. It is not what your domestic people have rumored. It turns out that the cause of the incident is the Chinese fishing boat. We also really want to know why the Chinese fishing boat will I insisted on doing operations in the sea area. I have also heard that many of the fishermen in the area are military intelligence personnel of your country. I don’t know if it has any direct relationship with this incident. Of course, in view of the friendship between China and Japan for generations , although this incident was provoked by Chinese fishermen, we do not intend to pursue any further responsibilities. Moreover, we express our deep condolence and condolences to the martyred and injured Chinese in this incident, and have decided to give death and injury At the same time, we have been properly resettling the Chinese crew members stranded in Nagasaki without any difficulties. However, for these unreasonable Chinese crew members, we still need to further verify their identities. There are indeed military intelligence personnel, and our country will reconsider this incident, which will take a certain amount of time. If General Ye takes these people away now, I will not only be unable to explain to the emperor, but also unable to explain to the people. "

What Ito Hirobumi said seems to be well-founded. After what he said, the incident was completely turned upside down. Instead, people became the reasonable side, and they showed generosity.Ye Zugui secretly scolded the old fox, and said calmly on the surface: "Is that so? But according to the news I got, it was exactly the opposite of what Mr. Ito said. Our news is that four warships broke into China's control without authorization." The bird harbor waters, and Chinese fishing boats are strictly forbidden to go fishing. The day before yesterday, four fishing boats from the Longchang Ship Company of Keelung Province went to the bird harbor to fish. They encountered a warship about [-] nautical miles away from the bird harbor. The Japanese ships not only prevented the Chinese fishing boats from advancing, Moreover, they shelled fishing boats that had no firepower equipment at all, and then the officers and soldiers boarded the boat forcibly, insulted the Chinese crew members, and forced them to leave. He was shot and killed, and the rest of the crew were forcibly detained in Nagasaki Port."

Ito Hirobumi's eyebrows twitched twice, and his heart trembled. Only the Ministry of the Navy knew about this incident. How could the Chinese have such a detailed grasp?Has someone leaked out?Or are there Chinese spies in the Admiralty?This is impossible, absolutely impossible!I was a little panicked in my heart, but my face was still as calm as usual. For Ito Hirobumi, who has experienced big storms and struggled in the international diplomatic arena for decades, he has already cultivated to the state of not being able to express emotions.

He said lightly: "I don't know where your country got this news from?"

"The source of the news is not important anymore. The important thing is that this news is the most accurate. I don't know where your country got the news from."

"Nonsense! This news is obviously fabricated by you, China. What basis do you have to say that this news is true." Ito Youheng couldn't bear it anymore, more precisely, he was furious, and he didn't wait for the Prime Minister to speak. He yelled loudly, but Hirobumi Ito didn't stop it immediately, but carefully observed the other party's reaction.

Ye Zugui stared fiercely at Ito Yuheng and said, "What evidence do you have that it was fabricated?"

"I" Yuheng Ito was at a loss for words for a while, and didn't know how to answer.

The old Ito Hirobumi laughed loudly, broke the deadlock, and said: "General Ye, the current situation is a bit troublesome. Our country has a piece of news, and your country has a piece of news, but both of us are obviously concerned about this matter." There are big differences of opinion, how about this, we all give each other a certain amount of time to collect evidence, if one day someone can come up with strong evidence, let’s sit down and discuss specific solutions, what do you think?”

"No need, Chinese people have always been honest and humble as the foundation of their lives. We can't do things like fabricating facts, and without conclusive evidence, I wouldn't be so motivating people to visit."

"Oh? So you already have solid evidence, so please show it now." Ito Hirobumi said gloatingly, because he believed that Ye Zugui was just scaremongering, and now the Chinese crew and fishing boats are in Nagasaki Port They were detained by the military, and the officers and sailors who caused the accident have been properly placed by the Ministry of the Navy. How can there be any evidence?
Ye Zugui chuckled, and unhurriedly took out a stack of photos from his bosom, snapped and was still in front of Ito Hirobumi, Ito Hirobumi put on his glasses to look carefully, and the color immediately changed!How is this possible?

Ito Yuheng and others felt strange and gathered around to watch, and they were stunned when they saw it.

It turns out that these photos captured the entire process of the Bird Harbor incident, including the scene of the Chinese crew being detained, the scene of shooting and killing the Chinese captain, and the scene of these people being detained in Nagasaki Port. The warships are all truthfully recorded in the photos.It's as if the person taking the picture experienced the whole event himself.How can this situation not be shocking!
Although Hirobumi Ito and his senior military officials knew that China had built a spy network all over the world in just a few years, they still didn't know how tight the network was set up by Guan Xuqing himself.The design drawings of the top secret tanks and aircraft carriers of the British were stolen by spies, not to mention the Far East.In particular, Guan Xuqing's attention and vigilance to this enemy's feud has never been lowered. It can be said that so far, there are spies from the Imperial Security Bureau in every administrative division of several major cities, and even in the army and navy. The Ministry has already mixed with Chinese military intelligence agents, and the high-level officials have not even noticed it at all. It can be said that China's intelligence construction has been deeply rooted in the blood of the army.So it is not difficult to understand the origin of these photos.When the warship just entered the waters of Bird Harbor, the intelligence network of the sensitive Imperial Security Bureau had already launched a secret operation. Several intelligence liaison bases in the Yellow Sea, Nagasaki, and Tokyo were dispatched at the same time, and photographed it within 24 hours. The whole process of the whole incident, of course, is beyond the dream of Ito Hirobumi and others.

Photos don’t lie, and Hirobumi Ito was speechless for a while in the face of these evidences. It was the first time he was so embarrassed in a diplomatic contest with other countries.Ye Zugui said coldly: "Mr. Ito, do these count as evidence?"

"Where did these photos come from?" Ito Yuheng was already annoyed.

Ye Zugui didn't like Yidong Youheng very much. He gave him a blank look: "What? General Yidong, it seems that he still wants to detain me and interrogate me, but it won't work."

Ito Hirobumi gave Ito Yuheng a hard look, and Ito realized his gaffe, snorted and stopped talking.

Ito Hirobumi could no longer maintain a refined demeanor, and said with a smirk: "General Ye, even if these are true, we will not be able to return those crew members to you."

"Oh? Why?" Ye Zugui's eyes widened. As a soldier, his patience is limited.

"To tell you the truth, you came to ask for someone under the orders of the emperor of your country, but I also follow the orders of the emperor of our country. The emperor has explained that you must confirm the true identity of the Chinese crew before releasing them. Otherwise Everything is impossible to talk about. So, General Ye, I can only tell you with regret that the Great Empire has already felt your sincerity in coming to negotiate this time, but the emperor’s order cannot be changed, and I can’t help it.” Really unable to find a good excuse, Hirobumi Ito simply carried Emperor Meiji out.In fact, the reasons for Emperor Meiji and his insistence on not letting people go are not complicated. They want to maintain their last bit of face in front of a powerful China. To put it bluntly, it is called the national image, so that the world can see that the great empire is not what people imagined. so weak.A deeper meaning is that people suspect that there are Chinese military intelligence personnel hidden among these crew members. They will use some time and means to knock the mouths of these people. This time the diplomatic game was completely overturned, accusing China of openly sending plainclothes military intelligence to spy on people's military intelligence, so the Navy took decisive measures to detain all these people, so that China's image as a great power will be seriously damaged.

"Okay, anyway, the time is not up yet, I can wait here until there is a result." Ye Zugui leaned back on the chair, took out a jade snuff bottle with inner painting, and began to enjoy it carefully.

"Okay, since General Ye is willing to wait here, I will take care of you. I still have things to deal with, so I won't accompany you any longer. I will leave first." Ito Hirobumi bowed and left with his senior officials Ye Zugui was kept in this room.

After he came out, Ito Youheng said to the prime minister: "This man surnamed Ye is a scoundrel, I think it's better to drive him away."

Ito Hirobumi said impatiently: "Don't forget that Ye Zugui didn't come alone. Can you drive him away and drive away the warships he brought? Don't forget that this is Tokyo Bay, where His Majesty the Emperor lives. If the flames of war are ignited here, what consequences will it have, have you ever thought about it!"

Ito Yuheng hated it, and there was nothing he could do for a while.

(End of this chapter)