This time, Naotao Miyamoto returned to China to renew his position, so Hirofumi Ito also made a special trip to invite Naotao Miyamoto to his home. The two had a long talk overnight. Although most of the contents of the conversation were communicated in the letter, in detail, the depth, breadth and detail of the content were much more detailed than the communication of the letters. As a result, the two talked overnight, Hirofumi Ito still felt that it was still unsatisfied.

However, when talking, the two also had some small differences. For example, their views on Russia, Naotao Miyamoto listed all kinds of contradictions and ills in Russia, believing that Russia is just a false statement and is not scary at all. As long as Japan is united and goes all out, it can easily defeat Russia without cooperation with overseas Chinese. Naotao Miyamoto also advised Hirofumi Ito that the revolutionary party in Russia is very powerful and opposes the Tsarist government and has frequent activities. Therefore, Japan might as well send people to fund the Russian Revolutionary Party to cause trouble in Russia to restrain Russia's energy; another point is that Naotao Miyamoto believes that overseas Chinese are Japan's major concerns and urges Japan to get rid of it as soon as possible.

In fact, these views were mentioned in both letters, but the letter was only mentioned with other issues, which was not prominent. When they talked in person, Hirofumi Ito discovered that Naotao Miyamoto's views on these two issues seemed a bit biased, such as he believed that Russia was not afraid, and that it could easily defeat Russia with the power of Japan alone. There was no need to alliance with the East China government. Moreover, he attached much importance to the East China government than Russia. He even suggested that Japan should at least severely damage the East China government before going to war with Russia to prevent future troubles.

It should be said that Hirofumi Ito has a great sense of identity with Naotao Miyamoto's view. For example, domestic conflicts and ills in Russia, Hirofumi Ito naturally knows a lot. Japan has actually done it to fund the Russian revolutionaries, but if it is said that relying solely on the power of Japan, it can easily defeat Russia. Hirofumi Ito dares not be so optimistic. In the Chinese saying, "A lean camel is bigger than a horse. What's more, Russia. After all, Russia has more than 20 million square kilometers of land, a population of 150 million, and rich resources. In addition, the nation's nature is brave and warlike, how can it underestimate the enemy? There are three kilograms of nails in the rotten ship? What's more, Russia, which was once known as the "European military police" and "European road roller".

As for the attitude of overseas Chinese, Hirofumi Ito also knew that Japan would have a war with them sooner or later because Japan's territory was small and resources were scarce. If it wanted to develop, it would have to turn to the island to land and obtain vast land and resources from China that could be developed from Japan. "If you want to conquer the world, you must first conquer China; if you want to conquer China, you must first conquer Manchuria and Mongolia; if you want to conquer Manchuria and Mongolia, you must first conquer Korea" This three-step development strategy is basically a big consensus in Japan.

If China was still ruled by the Qing court, the Japanese could of course slowly, but overseas Chinese emerged. Over the past two years, they have shown that their abilities in all aspects are far stronger than the Qing court. The fortune has long attracted the attention of Hirofumi Ito. If overseas Chinese were allowed to grow bigger and unify China, China would inevitably be able to make China prosperous. By then, East Asia would not have a place for Japan. Therefore, curbing the development of overseas Chinese and even eliminating overseas Chinese were all within Hirofumi Ito's plan.

But there are priorities in matters. Japan's biggest threat at present is Russia, not overseas Chinese. Therefore, Japan's top priority is to defeat Russia first, at least stabilize the situation on the Korean Peninsula. In the fight against Russia, although it mainly depends on Japan itself, if it can use other forces, it is perfectly fine even if it is temporarily joined with overseas Chinese. After all, Russia is still too powerful and terrible. Moreover, if it can bring overseas Chinese into this war, it is not a bad thing in Hirofumi Ito's opinion, that is, it can restrain and consume the power of overseas Chinese. At the same time, it can also take the opportunity to evaluate and analyze how much strength overseas Chinese are.

Of course, Hirofumi Ito can also understand the view of Naotaku Miyamoto. This does not mean that Naotaku Miyamoto is an exaggeration and cannot be used. It is because of different positions. Naotaku Miyamoto is based on the position of a suggester, so it is more one-sided to consider issues. When talking about Japan-Russia relations, it is limited to Japan-Russia; and when discussing overseas Chinese, it is limited to overseas Chinese; when considering the position of the ruling person, no matter anything is understood in isolation, but must be considered in a comprehensive manner. If one day, Naotaku Miyamoto becomes the ruling person, he will naturally consider it comprehensively and change his own ideas.

However, Ito Hirofumi still attaches great importance to Naotao Miyamoto's knowledge and talent. Although Ito Hirofumi is not yet retired, he also has plans to train Naotao Miyamoto for the future of Japan and wants to talk to him a few more times, but he did not expect Naotao Miyamoto was about to leave Japan and go back to Shanghai.

Naotao Miyamoto said: "Sir, I just received news from Shandong that the bandit forces in Shandong have been almost wiped out by overseas Chinese. Our plan to use bandits to restrain overseas Chinese has failed, so I have to rush back to deal with the subsequent matters."

Hirofumi Ito couldn't help but be surprised and said, "Is this so fast?" This plan was mentioned in the last negotiation. Hirofumi Ito said that this was a good way to use the Chinese to restrain the Chinese. Although Hirofumi Ito also understood that bandits are unreliable, and in the end, overseas Chinese will still quell the turmoil, but it was enough for overseas Chinese to work for a while, but he did not expect that it would not be even half a year.

Miyamoto Naotao sighed and said, "Actually, I was not surprised, because the methods of overseas Chinese are far from comparable to those of the Qing Dynasty. Their control over the country and society is probably not as good as that of that country."

Seeing that the topic was shifting to overseas Chinese again, Hirobuki Ito had no choice but to say, "Don't worry, after the end of the Russian War, I will immediately make arrangements, and the next target will be overseas Chinese."

Naotaku Miyamoto knew that this decision was irreversible, so he had to say, "Okay, I hope it will be too late by that time."

Hirofumi Ito hesitated for a moment, and finally it was the resolution he had just negotiated with Yuto Yama Prefecture and Kaedaro to negotiate with overseas Chinese, and briefly told Naota Miyamoto.

After listening, Miyamoto Naotao was silent for a long time before saying, "Okay, since the adults have decided, I won't say anything anymore. I only hope that the sir can remember it."

Hirofumi Ito said: "What are you talking about?"

Naotaku Miyamoto said: "Even if the negotiations and alliances are successful, overseas Chinese will never sit idly by and watch us fight with Russia in Northeast China and ignore anything. If I guess correctly, overseas Chinese will definitely take advantage of the opportunity to attack and reap the benefits of the fisherman when we and Russia are both defeated. Therefore, please be careful and always beware of the overseas Chinese."

In fact, Hirofumi Ito has considered this a long time ago, but Japan has the Japan-British alliance as a guarantee. Hirofumi Ito is of course unreliable. Britain does not want Japan to become a big player in East Asia, and also hopes that overseas Chinese can restrain Japan, but they will never hope that Japan will be defeated. Therefore, as long as overseas Chinese really dare to send troops to fight against Japan, the United Kingdom will never sit idly by. Although Britain may not necessarily participate in the war, it will definitely put pressure on overseas Chinese from other aspects.

Moreover, although Hirofumi Ito was a civilian, he entered the artillery art training institute founded by the Edo Shogunate when he was a teenager and studied military affairs. However, in the early stage of the Meiji Restoration, he also participated in the army and participated in the war of the anti-shogawa. Therefore, he is not unfamiliar with military affairs. Although this sentence is simple, it is not so easy to truly apply it to the military. There are two important points to complete the tactic of "crock and clam fight, fisherman gains profit". First, the opportunity to intervene in the war. If you intervene too early, the enemy still has the power to fight and can still withdraw from the battlefield. If you intervene too late, the situation or the overall situation will be difficult to achieve the effect of profit in a short time.

Second, modern warfare is a matter that involves the whole body, not just walking, fighting, the mobilization of the army, the preparation of food, material service, civil servants, and mule and horse recruitment are all long and the matter of great movement and static are impossible to conceal. Japan's intelligence network in Shandong has been established. Although it dares not act blatantly, the preparation for war cannot be concealed. Moreover, the East China government must intervene in the war and land across the sea, which involves the dispatch of the navy. Therefore, as long as people are sent to keep an eye on the movements of the warships at the entrance of the alley every day, you can know the movements of the People's Army. Although this cannot stop the actions of the East China government, it can give Japan enough warnings and time to deal with it.

After saying that, Naotao Miyamoto stood up and said goodbye to Hiromoto Ito, but Hiromoto Ito did not try to keep it. He just thought that after the war against Russia was over, he would find a way to transfer Naotao Miyamoto back to China and focus on training.

The next day, the Japanese government sent a power to the Minister of Qing Dynasty Yasuya Uchida, appointing him as the official negotiating envoy with the East China Government, and appointed the Consul in Qingdao, Keishiro Matsui, as the deputy envoy, to formally negotiate with the East China Government. In terms of the East China Government, the foreign affairs committee member Li Sanjie was responsible.

The Japanese side first recognized the first article proposed by the time traveler, promising to ensure "respect for China's territory and sovereignty", but raised objections to Article 2 and 3, believing that this would delay Japan's opportunity to fight. It is recommended that both sides take action on their own and only need to notify the other party in advance; Article 4 also proposed to be amended to: intelligence cooperation, and it also requires that one declare war on Russia or be attacked by Russia. The other party must declare war on Russia immediately and participate in the war within 3 months. Before joining the war, it should try its best to provide the other party with the necessary materials and supplies.

Japan's opinion was naturally rejected by the East China government, believing that since both sides can take action on their own, there is no need to forcefully determine the time to declare war on Russia and send troops to participate in the war, and provide the other party with the required materials and supplies. In principle, the East China government does not object to this, but this provision cannot be free, and can only be said to be provided at a preferential price.
Chapter completed!