Kane Taro still had a confused expression, not knowing the difference between Northeast China and the territory of the Qing Dynasty or the territory of overseas Chinese, but Yuto Yama Prefecture completely understood. Overseas Chinese have legal rationality towards Northeast China from the Qing Dynasty, so they can completely bypass overseas Chinese and directly attack the Qing Dynasty. After all, dealing with the Qing Dynasty is of course much easier than dealing with overseas Chinese.

Although the Qing court was unlikely to agree to ceding the land in the Northeast to Japan, it was entirely possible to obtain the land in the name of lease, so that the legitimacy of overseas Chinese in Northeast China would be gone. Thinking of this, Yama Prefecture Aitomo was not allowed to admit that in these aspects, Hirofumi Ito is indeed better than himself.

So Yama Prefecture Aritoto said: "Then when negotiating with the Qing Dynasty, it still needs Ito-kun to come forward."

Hirobuki Ito said: "As long as it is for the benefit of Japan, I am of course responsible for the debt, but I don't think we can only focus on the first item proposed by overseas Chinese. The last three items are the issues we should pay attention to."

Kanetaro was stunned and said, "Is there any problem with the latter three?"

Hirobuki Ito said: "The second article will limit our Japanese freedom of military movement. Although overseas Chinese are also enemies of Russia, they do not face the threat of the Russian army directly. On the contrary, we Japan face the Russian army's military front. However, according to the second article of overseas Chinese, we must obtain the consent of overseas Chinese when we conduct any military operations. Is such a condition beneficial to us?"

Yama Prefecture Aritoto was a soldier. When he heard Hirofumi Ito's words, he immediately understood what he meant. When the two countries fought, the opportunity for the fight would be lost. Because Japan was the best at sneak attacks, and it must be kept absolutely confidential before the action. If everything was to be approved by overseas Chinese, it would inevitably lead to delaying the opportunity for the fight. If overseas Chinese intentionally do bad things, Japan would suffer significant losses.

Hirobuki Ito also said: "The third and second articles are similar, which will limit the timing of negotiations and peace with Russia. The fourth article will cause Japan to suffer even more. Our layout in Northeast China has exceeded 10, and we have arranged a large number of intelligence personnel who have penetrated into the public. If we accept this article, it means that overseas Chinese can grasp all the intelligence in Northeast China through our intelligence personnel."

Kanetaro smiled bitterly and said, "If we deny the last three items, even if we agree to the first item, it will be difficult to reach an alliance with overseas Chinese."

Yamao Akitomi, Shanxian, singed for a while, then said again: "Can you agree first like Article 1, and then it depends on the situation."

Hirofumi Ito shook his head and said, "The situation of the last three articles is different from the first article. The land issue can be pushed to the end of the war, and it can even be resolved after the war is over. But the last three articles all happened before the war and must be signed, which means that we must respect before the war begins. Otherwise, the alliance will break down before the war begins, which is not for us." After a pause, Hirofumi Ito said, "I do not oppose alliance with overseas Chinese to fight against Russia, but we cannot pin our hopes of fighting against Russia on any alliance, the same as the alliance with overseas Chinese, and the same is the British-Japanese alliance. We must use the spirit of cutting off our arm and establish the determination to fight against Russia without the help of any external force. Otherwise, we will not be able to defeat Russia. Even if we defeat Russia, we will not be able to gain any benefits."

When Yama Prefecture Aritomo and Katsutaro heard it, they couldn't help but feel shocked, because these words came out of Hiromotomo Ito. Nowadays, Japanese politics is divided into two factions. One is the military vassal sect led by Aritomo Yama Prefecture, who advocated that everything in the country should serve the military and implement military and national politics; the other is the constitutional sect led by Hiromo Ito, who advocated civil servants to govern the country and establish party politics similar to European countries. Although in the old time and space, Japan eventually moved towards the military vassal sect advocated by Aritomo Yama Prefecture, at this time, the power of these two factions was still generally comparable. Therefore, those who advocated the determination to launch a war were generally military vassal sects, and constitutional sects were usually known for their rationality.

At this time, Hirobuki Ito said: "Yama Prefecture, Gui Jun, I think you all have overestimated the strength of Russia. Although Russia is not as corrupt and incompetent as the Qing Dynasty, it cannot be much stronger. Moreover, the situation in Russia is very unstable. The middle and lower-class people and intellectuals are extremely dissatisfied with the Tsar's autocratic system, and the call for constitutionalism are also increasing. Social contradictions are very serious, the morale of the army is low, the army is full of corruption and management is chaotic. Therefore, as long as we make up our determination to win, just like the Japanese-Ching War, we can definitely defeat Russia by relying solely on the strength of Japan."

Yama Prefecture Akito was silent for a while before nodding, saying, "I understand, thank you Ito for your guidance."

Hirobuki Ito also said: "This war against Russia is the Guanjian War for our lives and deaths. Its importance is still above the Japanese-Qing War, so the country must be united."

Yama Prefecture Akito nodded and said, "I understand that we still need Ito's wisdom at that time."

Having said this, everything that should be said has been said, so Hirofumi Ito also stood up and said goodbye to go home. After Hirofumi Ito left, Kanetaro: "What should I do if I negotiate with overseas Chinese?"

Yama Prefecture Aritoto said: "Just follow Ito's opinion. The first article can be agreed, but the last three articles must not be compromised. You can discuss the results of what you can get."

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Ito Hirofumi just returned to his home. His wife Meiko personally opened the door for him and told him that there were guests waiting for him in the living room. Ito Hirofumi didn't have time to change his clothes, so he took off his coat and came to the living room to meet the guests.

Although Hirofumi Ito's thoughts were deeply influenced by European countries, the home was still in the traditional Japanese Wakamaki style. Therefore, the two of them knelt down and Mei Zi brought tea to him before leaving.

Hirofumi Ito said: "Miyomoto, what's the matter with me?" It turned out that Hirofumi Ito's guest was Naotao Miyamoto. Although the two had a huge difference in identity, Hirofumi Ito did not have a formal official position, but he was one of the elders of the Meiji Restoration. His disciples were all over the Japanese politics, while Naota Miyamoto was just an ordinary intelligence officer with only a major military rank. But at this time, the two were talking face to face with an equal attitude.

After listening to Hirobu Ito, Naotao Miyamoto said: "I have booked a ticket for tomorrow to return to Shanghai. Today I am here to say goodbye to Mr.

Hirobuki Ito couldn't help but be surprised and said, "Will you leave tomorrow? Is it a little too fast? I want to have a good talk with you and listen to your views on the general trend of the world and the development of Japan!"

It turned out that in May 1901, Naotao Miyamoto, who was still a lieutenant, wrote a letter to Hirofumi Ito, who was then the Prime Minister of Japan, explaining his views on the world situation at that time, Japan's political situation, and Japan-Russia relations, and reminded Hirofumi Ito that Britain would form an alliance with Japan and asked Japan to be prepared, so that it could take the initiative to contact the United Kingdom in order to gain greater benefits for Japan in the negotiations.

At that time, Hirofumi Ito strongly advocated the "DPRK exchange theory" and hoped to compromise with Russia. Moreover, Britain had implemented a glorious isolation policy of more than a hundred years and did not form an alliance with any country. Therefore, it naturally scoffed at the letter and left it aside before reading it. But at the end of 1901, Hirofumi Ito visited Russia, hoping to reach a basic agreement with Russia on the basis of "DPRK exchange", but was rejected by Russia. As expected, Britain had voluntarily extended an olive branch to Japan and reached an alliance between the UK and Japan. Hirofumi Ito then remembered the letter from the sealed information, and hurriedly found the letter from the sealed information and read it carefully.

After reading this, Hirobuki Ito was not only shocked, because it had been nearly 9 months since the letter had been released. Many of its views on the world situation, Japan's political situation, and Japan-Russia relations in the letter were fulfilled. It was a prediction and division of the British-Japanese alliance, which was quite accurate. If I had paid attention to this letter, I might have been able to handle the relationship with Russia better, which means that the person who wrote the letter was not only very familiar with the world and Japan, but also had a very good understanding and vision. So Hirobuki Ito immediately found Naotao Miyamoto's contact information and wrote a long letter to Naotao Miyamoto, expressing his apology on the one hand, and asking the other side for several questions.

Soon, Naotao Miyamoto wrote a reply to Hirobuki Ito, and gave detailed answers to the questions raised by Hirobuki Ito. Many of the views were not thought of at all, which inspired Hirobuki Ito. So later, the two of them exchanged more than ten letters in a row and exchanged many opinions on many issues of the current situation. With the exchange of letters, Hirobuki Ito also appreciated Naotao Miyamoto's knowledge more and more. In the letter, Naotao Miyamoto told Hirobuki Ito very frankly that the biggest problem in Japan now is that the soldiers have interfered in politics. If this phenomenon continues for a long time, it will be extremely harmful to Japan. Only by establishing a similar constitutional system in European countries, using civil servants to be in charge of national government affairs, and selecting national leaders through elections can the long-term development of the country be ensured.
Chapter completed!