Hirofumi Ito, Yama Prefecture Azuto was also a vassal of the Changshu vassal, but Yama Prefecture Azuto has always been a military path. As early as the period of the Makuma, Yama Prefecture Azuto commanded the surprise troops to fight and participated in the Wuchen War, which was related to the success or failure of the Makuma Reform Movement.↗, After the success of the Makuma, Yama Prefecture Azuto has long been committed to the construction and transformation of the modern Japanese army, and emphasized courage, loyalty and obedience to the old virtues of the emperor, opposing democracy and liberal tendencies, and is known as the "father of the modern Japanese army."

Shanxian Youpeng has a very high prestige among the army. As long as he says something, the red deer in the army dare not disobey. Therefore, if you want to control the red deer in the army, you must get the support of Shanxian Youpeng.

So Hirobuki Ito personally met with Yuto Yama Prefecture, and explained his interests and repeatedly explained the reasons why he could not go to a full-scale war with Russia now. At the same time, he also assured Yuto Yama Prefecture that the military budget next year would increase the share of the army, and that after the crisis on the Korean Peninsula ended, he would resign from the position of prime minister and support Yuto Yama Prefecture's disciple Katsutaro as prime minister, etc., hoping that Yuto Yama Prefecture could support his North Korean policy and restrict the behavior of the army.

In fact, Yuto Yama Prefecture also knows very well that Japan and Russia are going to war now, but the reason why he advocates fighting against Russia is actually that he intends to put pressure on Hirofumi Ito, on the one hand, he is fighting for military expenses for the army, and on the other hand, he is also aiming at the position of the prime minister. Anyway, Hirofumi Ito is sitting in this position now, and he only needs to whine the mouth, and the louder the shouting, the better, and all the pressure is naturally borne by Hirofumi Ito.

Now that Ito Hirofumi surrenders, Ayama Prefecture is naturally happy to take the ladder down the wall. Therefore, the two giants in Japanese politics finally reached an agreement. Ito Hirofumi was relieved to resolve the army's red deer so that he could devote himself to the diplomatic battlefield. So Ito Hirofumi successively recruited ambassadors from Britain, France, the United States, Germany and other countries, asking them to mediate from it to ease the situation on the Korean Peninsula, and at the same time threaten various countries. Once a war broke out on the Korean Peninsula, Japan would unilaterally negotiate with overseas Chinese and withdraw troops from the Chinese battlefield, causing the Eight-Nation Alliance to collapse.

Although Britain, France, the United States, Germany and other countries have their own ulterior motives, they also know that after the Korean Peninsula crisis, it is impossible to change the situation in China by force and can only negotiate with overseas Chinese. However, at this time, all countries still do not want the Eight-Nation Alliance to completely resolve the matter, because if the Eight-Nation Alliance takes a whole, even if it is just a famous discussion, then when facing overseas Chinese at the negotiating table, they can have more bargaining chips and gain more benefits for themselves.

So all countries also immediately launched actions. Governments frequently invited Russian ambassadors to express their attitudes. At the same time, they also sent letters to the Russian government, demanding that Russia stop operating on the Korean Peninsula and withdraw troops from the Korean Peninsula to restore the balanced situation on the Korean Peninsula. Various telegrams and telegrams flew from all over the world to the Russian capital St. Petersburg, and then from St. Petersburg to all over the world.

The Russian Tsar Nicholas II, who received various telegrams, was also in trouble at this time, and Russia is now quite in a state of difficulty. In Russia, there is also strong controversy over the handling of the Korean Peninsula crisis.

The hardliners shouted that Russia must not retreat from the occupied land, but the rationalists believed that Russia's rash change of balance on the Korean Peninsula and causing the Korean Peninsula crisis was a wrong decision, because now Russia's primary goal is China's northeastern region, not the Korean Peninsula. If Russia completely controls Northeastern China, wouldn't a small Korean Peninsula be able to capture it?

At this time, Nicholas II also felt that the decision was indeed a bit rash. At that time, he found that there was an opportunity to take advantage of the Korean Peninsula. Moreover, Nicholas II always despised Japan, believing that as long as the Russian army took clean and neat actions, the yellow-skinned monkey could only suffer a loss, and endured this tone. Therefore, he was greedy for a moment, regardless of the fact that Northeast China was not stable, and did not consider what other countries would take. So Nicholas II made a hasty decision without careful discussion with the ministers, which changed the situation on the Korean Peninsula.

But what Nicholas II did not expect was that the yellow-skinned monkey did not tolerate this tone. On the contrary, he was extremely tough and did not give in. He would rather fight one battle than give in. And if he really wanted to start a war with Japan, Nicholas II was a little undecided. Although Russia is known as a fighting nation, it is not a reckless man who can only do recklessness. When it really wanted to start a war, he would seriously compare the strength of the two sides, with a high or low winning rate, and would never fight a battle without confidence.

In terms of overall national strength and military strength, Russia is naturally far stronger than Japan, but Russia's focus is not in the Far East, but in the European part. However, Japan can do its best in the Far East. Therefore, it is unpredictable whether Russia's military force in the Far East can defeat the yellow-skinned monkey if it is only possible to fight. What if the troops are drawn from Europe to reinforce the Far East, one will take time and the other will form a gap in the European part?

If it were just Japan's toughness, Nicholas II would not care much about it, but the attitude of other countries, such as Russia's ally, France opposes Russia's advancement in the Korean Peninsula, and only Germany supports Russia's actions, which is a big problem.

Nicholas II also knew that the public was unpleasant, but he was a little unwilling to retreat from North Korea and restore the balance of the Korean Peninsula. Not to mention that Russia does have the tradition of "retreat from occupied land", and the Navy and Army have been demolished for more than ten days, but they can't get anything, let alone bowing their heads to the yellow-skinned monkey, which is too harmful to the face of the fighting nation.

So Nicholas II discussed with the ministers for two days and finally made a decision to ease the situation on the Korean Peninsula. The troops of both sides could distance themselves and set up buffer areas. Then Japan and Russia negotiated to resolve the Korean Peninsula crisis.

Russia's attitude also made all countries, Japan, relieved. Although Russia has only made a small step back and the Korean Peninsula crisis has not been lifted and there are more difficult negotiations later, it is better than continuing to confront each other.

So the Minister of North Korea, Sutaro and Weiber, of Japan and Russia, started negotiations and reached an agreement. The Russian army withdrew from the South Korean Palace. Both sides only left 500 soldiers in Seoul. The remaining troops withdrew from Seoul and divided the boundaries. The Russian army stationed in Pingcheng retreated to the Yalu River, while the Japanese army stationed in Pyongyang retreated to Seoul. The Japanese side sent Sidor Erro and Russia to serve as negotiator to negotiate the division of power between Japan and Russia on the Korean Peninsula.

At this point, the Korean Peninsula crisis that lasted for more than ten days finally eased completely, and all countries were greatly relieved. So the British Consul General in Shanghai Huo Bilan once again recruited consulates from various countries to hold a meeting to discuss how to resolve the situation in China.

At the beginning of the meeting, Huo Bilan did not pretend to be a bluff, but made a direct statement and negotiated with overseas Chinese to resolve the situation in China. This proposal was immediately approved by most countries. France and the United States originally advocated negotiations, while Germany, which had a tough attitude, did not object. Russia and Japan were not interested in fighting at this time, and other countries even followed the crowd, so the proposal was quickly passed.

Huo Bilan immediately proposed that in this negotiation, all countries should still negotiate with overseas Chinese in the name of the Eight-Nation Alliance, advance and retreat together. All negotiation conditions must be unanimously agreed by all countries. No country shall contact and talk with overseas Chinese in private or even reach an agreement. The basis of the talks is based on the current actual occupation.

No objection to this. Everyone knows that the overall strength is greater than that of a certain country. In fact, it is the current situation in China. All countries do not have an advantage. Thinking of fighting for more interests at the negotiating table, it is naturally a strong combination. As for the fact that they are not allowed to contact and talks with overseas Chinese in private, no one takes it seriously. In fact, the United States, France and Germany all have communication channels with time travelers, as long as they are not discovered by other countries. At the same time, all countries also recommended that Huo Bilan be the leader, French Consul General Bai Zaotai and US Consul Guna be the deputy, who are fully responsible for negotiations with overseas Chinese.

Taking actual occupation as the basis of negotiation is also a routine for negotiation. You can’t take back what you’ve lost on the battlefield from the negotiating table. Judging from the current situation, this group of overseas Chinese is obviously not the Qing court, so Britain and Germany can only admit that they have lost money.

The meeting went very smoothly, so after the meeting, Huo Bilan immediately went to visit Li Hongzhang and asked Li Hongzhang to convey the negotiation intentions of various countries to overseas Chinese. Although the United States, France and Germany all have communication channels with time travelers, in order to indicate that their country will not contact with overseas Chinese, they can only ask Li Hongzhang as the contact person for both sides.

Li Hongzhang also took the opportunity to make a request, hoping to allow the Qing court to participate, turn the negotiations into a tripartite talks, and solve China's problems at the same time. After all, the owner of this land was still the Qing court.

After listening to Li Hongzhang's request, Huo Bilan realized that the countries had actually ignored the official position. So he hurriedly asked for advice from the country and recruited consulars from various countries to negotiate. The final decision was that as long as overseas Chinese did not refuse, the countries agreed to form a tripartite talks in principle.

In fact, all countries know that Li Hongzhang made this request simply to use the strength of overseas Chinese to gain more benefits for the Qing court, and all countries also want to slaughter the Qing court to make up for their own losses. Therefore, to solve the China problem, the Qing court is indeed an unavoidable hurdle. In addition, the current situation is that overseas Chinese are in a strong position and countries are at a disadvantage, but the Qing court is undoubtedly the most weak side. If the Qing court is also brought into the talks, overseas Chinese need to help the Qing court, so that the strength of some overseas Chinese can be divided, which is actually beneficial to all countries.
Chapter completed!