Although under Han Quanming's kindness, Qin Zheng and others stayed at Han's house for dinner, they did not stay at Han's house at night, but returned to Boat 318 to rest overnight.≥, and the generous gifts given to everyone by Han Quanming were simply rejected by Qin Zheng. At the same time, Qin Zheng also told Han Quanming that under the rule of the People's Army, it was absolutely prohibited to accept gifts, which was equivalent to bribery. Once it was found out, the person who received the gifts would certainly be severely investigated and punished, and the person who gave them would also be punished. Therefore, he was asked to prohibit him from giving gifts to others in the future.

This was the second time that he had given gifts to time travelers but was rejected. Han Quanming then realized that this group of people was indeed a little different from the Qing court and Germany. The Qing court officials naturally refused everyone to give gifts, but they didn't do anything after receiving them. If they didn't give gifts, they wouldn't let you do things. Although the Germans also accepted gifts, they were very serious after receiving gifts. This group of overseas Chinese did not take any money, but only saw whether they did it.

Before leaving, Qin Zheng also asked Han Quanming to call the village heads of each village in Yindao and the heads of each salt farm tomorrow morning, saying that he wanted to listen to everyone's opinions as a reference for formulating the Yindao system.

It was the morning of the next morning, Han Quanming was called to the dock by Qin Zheng to meet him. It turned out that all arrangements for today were cancelled. Qin Zheng and others were going to rush back to Qingdao immediately to deal with an emergency. Qin Zheng expressed his concern to Han Quanming, and at the same time he also explained that after returning to Qingdao, he would immediately send a working team to Yindao, asking Han Quanming to fully cooperate with the work of the work team.

After Han Quanming agreed, Qin Zheng got on the ship and set sail and left Yin Island.

In fact, the reason why Qin Zheng and his group hurriedly left Yindao was not because there was an emergency in Qingdao, but the Tianjin Executive Committee ordered Qingdao to ask all the main members of the Qingdao headquarters to return to Tianjin as soon as possible and that important matters need to be negotiated immediately.

It turned out that Zhang Peilun had arrived in Tianjin for the second time, and this time Zhang Peilun brought clear statements from various countries. All countries were willing to negotiate with time travelers based on the current situation and in accordance with the principle of fairness, hoping that time travelers could give a reply as soon as possible. This result was exactly what the time travelers hoped. However, now only Xia Bohai and Xu Jichao stayed behind in Tianjin, so the two of them urgently ordered Qingdao, requiring Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun, Wang Yunpeng and others to return to Tianjin immediately to negotiate affairs with various countries.

During this period, the situation in the entire Far East has undergone major changes. Russia originally planned to use the pressure from overseas Chinese to squeeze Japan's power out of the Korean Peninsula, so it suddenly sent a fleet to Incheon Port on the Korean Peninsula, which immediately broke the balance between Russia and Japan on the Korean Peninsula.

However, Russia's move not only aroused the anger of Japan, but also strong dissatisfaction from Britain, France, the United States and other countries. All countries have issued reproach to Russia, demanding that Russia maintain restraint and not change the situation on the Korean Peninsula, and immediately withdraw the fleet from the Korean Peninsula.

Originally, Russia wanted to use the excuse of lightning to stop in Incheon, on the grounds that the fleet was docked in the middle of the journey, to clear Japan's power in the Korean Peninsula in one fell swoop and occupy the Korean Peninsula. The strong pressure from various countries also made Russia feel huge pressure. Therefore, Russia did not dare to act rashly, but was unwilling to withdraw from the Korean Peninsula like this, so it had to temporarily hold its troops and watch the changes in the current situation.

This left Japan a chance to save it. Three days later, Japan sent a total of 22 warships and auxiliary ships, including battleships Shikijima, Fuji, Yashima; armored cruisers Asama, Tobatan, Yagum; protective cruisers Takasaki, Kasai, Chitose, Yoshino, and torpedo boat destroyers Lei, Shu, Yoshino, Congyun, etc., stationed outside Incheon to closely monitor the Russian fleet. At the same time, it also transported two divisions of about 30,000 troops to land at the Port of Busan and rushed to the South Korean capital Seoul day and night.

The Russian fleet stationed in Incheon Port only had eight warships, including only one old battleship, two armored cruisers, and two large protective cruisers. The army carried only more than 3,000 people, both navy and army were far inferior to Japan. Therefore, the Japanese army immediately suppressed the Russian army on the Korean Peninsula. However, the Russian army seized the initiative on the Korean Peninsula, so they sent troops to the Korean royal palace, Qingyun Palace, and controlled the Korean royal family in their own hands, intending to repeat the "Russian Pavilion Relocation" incident three years ago.

After the Japanese army entered Seoul, they immediately surrounded the Qingyun Palace and fully controlled all Seoul areas except the Qingyun Palace. However, Japan did not launch an attack on the Qingyun Palace. On the one hand, Japan still had a deep taboo on Russia at this time and did not dare to provoke a war against Russia easily. On the other hand, Britain repeatedly asked Japan not to take the initiative to start a war against Russia, but to wait for diplomatic mediation among countries. Therefore, Japan and Russia held on the same side with Seoul as the core.

Because of his hesitation, Japan regained the situation, and Russia naturally was not to be outdone. Although Russia had no navy to send in the Far East, Russia had deployed about 150,000 troops in Northeast China at this time. Therefore, Russia immediately mobilized 20,000 Russian troops stationed in Fengtian (Shenyang) to set off immediately, crossed the Yalu River, and marched along the Qingchuan River, all the way to Pingcheng. At the same time, it also mobilized troops from other parts of Northeast China to enter the Korean Peninsula. Tsar Nicholas II even made a crazy statement of "driving the Japanese into the sea."

Japan also urgently dispatched a legion from Seoul to advance north, laying a defense line with Pyongyang as the core to block the Russian army's advance. Therefore, the two sides fought against each other from Pyongyang to Pyongcheng. At the same time, Japan also announced that it would send three divisions of troops to the Korean Peninsula within five days. Japanese Consul General in Shanghai Toru Oda even firmly stated in front of consulars of various countries that Japan would never take a step back on the Korean Peninsula.

In just a few days, the Korean Peninsula was like a huge powder keg, and the situation was very tense, while Japan and Russia were tense and refused to give in to each other, and the war seemed to be about to break out.

However, while the two armies were tough in opposition, they were conducting more intense and intensive communication, consultation and handling on the diplomatic front.

In fact, neither Japan nor Russia was ready to go to war at this time. Japanese Prime Minister Hiromoto Ito has been a big fight these days. On the one hand, he was worried about the changes in the situation on the Korean Peninsula and the results of various countries' handling; on the other hand, he also tried his best to appease the hardliners in the country. Because in the past few days, the proposal of the Secretary of the Army Aritomo Yama Prefecture has been quite dissatisfied with the Russian hardliners' strongly advocated restraint on the Korean Peninsula. Now even the fleet and army have been dispatched, but they are still reluctant to take the initiative to go to war against Russia. As a result, Russia has given a breather and allowed Russia to increase its troops to the Korean Peninsula. As a result, Japan and Russia have become a balanced situation on the Korean Peninsula again, which has been a waste of time. Some young official troops even accused Hiromoto Ito publicly at the meeting of the Army Department, claiming that they would impose a heavenly punishment on Hiromoto Ito.

Of course, Hirofumi Ito tried his best to use diplomatic treatment to let all countries come forward to put pressure on Russia, so that Russia did not dare to act rashly when the warships first arrived on the Korean Peninsula and had an absolute advantage, which gave Japan the opportunity to increase its troops on the Korean Peninsula, and gained a short-term advantage, but was ignored by the Japanese army.

Hirofumi Ito knew of course that the world situation was not as easy as the simple-minded red deer in the army. Russia was not comparable to the decaying and incompetent Qing Dynasty. It was one of the most powerful empires in the world today. It has a vast territory, a large population, and a strong and good warfare. In terms of national strength, even ten Japanese could not compete with Russia. In terms of army, Russia now has a total of 1.5 million permanent troops and 2 million reserve troops, and Japan's permanent troops do not even have 300,000 permanent troops; and in terms of naval, the Russian Navy has a total of 17 battleships and 8 armored cruisers. Japan has made its "Six Six Fleet" plan, which will not be completed until 1903. Therefore, Japan has no capital to go into full war with Russia at all.

Now Japan can have a little advantage on the Korean Peninsula because Russia has only invested a very small part of its strength in the Far East, and Japan has already devoted its entire country to the foresight. Once a full war with Russia was launched, Japan had almost no chance of winning. Ito Hirofumi is a politician with a vision, strategic vision, and a sense of responsibility to the country. At this time, we must not let the simple-minded red deer in the army do whatever they want.

However, although Hirofumi Ito was the prime minister of Japan and was also one of the elders of the Meiji Restoration. He was a vassal of the Nagashu family and worked as an artillery when he was young, he was essentially a civilian, so he basically had no control over the army. He was also very careful with his own orders, which was a piece of waste paper for the army's red deer.

Ito Hiromoto did not forget that five years ago, when he and Li Hongzhang were negotiating in Maguan, an unemployed young man named Toyama Toyama Toyama firmly opposed the peace talks between China and Japan. He believed that it was in line with Japan's interests to fully occupy China. So for his own future, he decided to assassinate Li Hongzhang, undermine the peace talks between the two sides, and carry out the Sino-Japanese war to the end. As a result, Toyama Toyama's assassination of Li Hongzhang caused great passivity to Japan. Fortunately, the Qing court was eager to seek peace at that time and did not seize the matter and made a big fuss, which basically met Japan's demands. However, the Japanese side originally planned to ask the Qing court to compensate 300 million taels of silver, which could only be reduced to 200 million tons, which has always made Ito Hiromoto feel uneasy. Because since Ito Hiromoto became the Prime Minister of Japan again, whenever he encountered financial difficulties, Ito Hiromoto would immediately think about how good it would be if the 100 million taels of silver had not been reduced at that time.

An unemployed young man can choose to make a difference in the decisions of the government under the patriotic debate, but act in a way that he thinks is the right way. So what else can the army's red deer men not do? They are on the front line to fight against the Russian army, and it is really easy to get something done, and cause the two countries to officially start a war.
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