Japan, Kyoto, Imperial Palace.

Muruen convened a meeting of the imperial court to discuss the matter of Russia's instigation of the Korean king to escape into the Russian embassy and disbanding his relatives-Japanese cabinet.

With this incident, Japan's power on the Korean Peninsula was excluded by Russia, and the previous intervention of the Three Kingdoms was suppressed by Russia. Therefore, Japan is now really gritting its teeth at the Russians and hating them to the core.

In addition to the compensation, the benefits Japan gained during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 were almost all seized by the Russians. If the Japanese had not experienced the war, they would have been fighting with the Russians immediately.

Mutsuhito sat in the main seat, Japanese Prime Minister Hirofumi Ito, Japanese Foreign Minister Mori Omoto, Army Minister Oyama Iwa, Army veteran Aito Yama Prefecture, Navy Minister Saigo Tomodo, and Tokyo Defense Governor Katsuro were all listed.

After Katsura returned to China in exchange for exchanges as a prisoner of war, Katsura should have been punished, but Katsura first staged a scene of suicide at home due to shame as soon as she returned to China. However, of course, it was an attempted suicide and was rescued.

Later, when Japanese internal affairs officers saw the scars left by Katsura Katsura's torture and the hideous scars of suicide, even Mutsura was moved and believed that Katsura Katsura was a loyal and fearless person.

Japan has just defeated China, and its national self-confidence is increasing. Even if they want to break their heads, they will not think that Katsura will become the Chinese supporter. At most, they will only hold him accountable for his defeat at first. However, Katsura, who is regarded as a proud disciple and successor by Yama Prefecture, has many relationships.

After this series of events, although Katsura was not reinstated, he gradually began to gain Mutsuhito's trust again. He finally got the position of Tokyo Defense Governor, which was absent from Kiss Karayama as the governor of Taiwan this year.

Muruen sat on it with a cold face and did not speak, but Foreign Minister Mu Ao Zongguang spoke first.

"Your Majesty, all the lords, after North Korea's Gaozong fled to the Russian embassy, ​​he had ordered the killing of Kim Hongji and others. The other Koreans close to the empire also fled in all directions." Mu Ao Zongguang said tiredly. Recently, he couldn't sleep at night for the sake of North Korea.

Kim Hongji was supported by the Japanese. The Korean King's move was tantamount to directly expelling Japanese forces in North Korea. However, under pressure from Russia, Japan had withdrawn troops from North Korea.

Dashanyan said angrily: "Your Majesty, we can't give in step by step. It won't take long for the Russians to uproot the empire's power in North Korea. The empire's efforts over the years will be wiped out, Your Majesty."

Mutsuhito didn't say anything, but from his constantly flashing eyes, Hirobuki Ito still saw that something was wrong.

"Your Majesty, our country's national strength is not enough to fight against Russia, and we still need to lie on firewood and taste gall. After the ten-year military expansion plan is completed, we can fight to the death with the Russians. Therefore, only by coordinating with Russia's sphere of influence in North Korea can the empire's losses in North Korea be minimized." Hirofumi Ito said carefully.

Oyamaya said with an unwilling expression: "Kun Ito, you are too conservative. We are not prepared for war, and the Russians are not prepared for war. Do we have to wait until the Russian Siberian Railway is opened to traffic before going to war with the Russians? Ito, think about the Japanese-Singapore War. Before the war, Ito also felt that the empire was not prepared, but what was the result? We easily obtained North Korea, Taiwan, and Liaodong."

"But." Oyama Iwai said with anger: "How many lands are exchanged for the blood of the imperial warriors, but the Russians have taken away without any effort. Isn't this the greatest humiliation to our country? Can those imperial warriors who died in the war be in peace?"

Before the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Hirofumi Ito did not support the war with China. At that time, Kawakami Kawakami Ruo and Muro Osukuni bullied Hirofumi Ito was a military amateur. At the cabinet meeting, it was suggested that a brigade of soldiers would be sent to North Korea to investigate the situation.

On weekdays, there were about 2,000 people in a brigade, but Hirofumi Ito easily agreed without thinking. However, Kawakami Kawakami and Muro Osunakami came to a reinforced engineer and artillery brigade, with more than 7,000 people. Therefore, as soon as he arrived in North Korea, he started fighting with Nie Shicheng's 3,000 soldiers.

Although Ito found out afterwards, the army had already won the battle and Ito Fire can no longer send it out.

Yama County Aitobu echoed: "Dashan Iwaki is right. Now it's not that we are trying to trouble the Russians, but that the Russians are pressing forward step by step. The Russians mobilized the entire Binhai Prefecture due to the crash of the Far East Fleet. The purpose is self-evident. It must be to deal with our country. But they did not find any evidence and had no excuses."

"Maybe, the Russian fleet was sunk by itself and then blamed us." Yuto Yama Prefecture said with a malicious sneer.

When Muruen heard that both the Army ministers said this, he asked Foreign Minister Mu Ao Zongguang.

"What do European and American countries think about this?" Mu Ren looked at Mu Ao Zongguang and asked slowly.

"Your Majesty, the British also support our country to check and balance the Russians." Muo Zongguang said with a smile, thinking for a while, and continued: "The Americans have no objection. The French are loyal to the French-Russian alliance. The Germans should hope that we will fight with the Russians, so that they can restrain the Russian troops deployed in Europe."

"In this way, only the UK supports us. If we can obtain the support of the United States, we will have more chances of winning." Mu Renyi said with some reference.

Mu Ao Zongguang quickly replied: "Your Majesty, I will convince the Americans to stand on our side."

"What is the attitude of the Chinese?" Muren asked again.

China is a typical weak country at this time, and it can only survive in the gap between Japan and Russia. The reason why Mu Ren asked this is because he was afraid that after Japan and Russia went to war, China would stand on the other side of Russia, so that the Russians would be much more convenient for logistics transportation.

"China and the Russians were in a stalemate due to the railway incident and were about to start a war, but not long ago, Li Hongzhang set out to Moscow to congratulate the Russian Emperor on the coronation ceremony." Mu Ao Zongguang said with some concern.

Dashanyan smiled slightly without hesitation and said, "If Japan and Russia start war, the Chinese will not dare to cause trouble. The most likely is to watch the fire from the other side of the river."

Navy Minister Saigo Congdao was also a faction that agreed to the war. He stood up and said, "Your Majesty, from the end of the war to the present, the imperial fleet was able to set off again. The Empire not only built several new warships, but also the warships captured from the Qing Dynasty have been repaired. It would be easy to deal with the Russian Far East Fleet, which had three cruisers missing."

Saigo Congdao was not arrogant. At this time, the strength of the Russian Far East Fleet was weak. The Russians were urgently building warships and preparing to replenish the Far East Fleet, but it was impossible without one or two years.

Muruhito closed his eyes gently, opened it a few seconds later, and said, "Whenever we start a war with the Russians, we must now prepare for all plans. The Army and the Navy will first formulate the combat plan. Once we have to fight with the Russians, we must have a way to control the situation."

"Hi." Several ministers quickly lowered their heads and said in unison.

Muruhito looked at Muro Ozumi, and then said, "Let the Minister to North Korea, Komura, continue to negotiate with the Russians, and we will make a decision after seeing the results of the negotiation."

In Seoul, just as the sky was dark, several North Koreans walked into a teahouse.

They were all leaders of several Yi soldiers. After Queen Min was killed, the Koreans' anger towards Japan had reached its peak. Under such circumstances, all parts of North Korea shouted the slogan of "Avenge the Mother of the Nation" and formed the Yi soldiers who served the king, vowing to overthrow the rule of the biological and Japanese cabinet.

Not long after, North Korea King Lee Hee fled to the Russian Embassy, ​​and then ordered the arrest of members of the Japanese cabinet on suspicion of murdering Queen Min. This time, the Yi Soldiers movement was half successful.

The cabinet formed by himself required most of the Yi soldiers to disband and return to their original positions, and only invited a few larger Yi soldiers leaders to discuss the matter.

This incident of course caused dissatisfaction among most of the leaders of the righteous soldiers. Under the instigation of those who are interested, they gathered in this teahouse to discuss the matter today.

"Everyone, the real murderer who killed the mother of the country is still at large. We cannot give up and let those real murderers continue to do evil." A leader of a righteous soldier said gritting his teeth.

Everyone knew who the real murderer he was talking about was the Japanese. Not long after Queen Min's death, the entire process of the Japanese army and the ronin's actions and the murderous performance were exposed.

But the Japanese have some methods. They quoted the power of consular referees and took the Japanese ronin back to Japan for trial. In the end, of course, there was insufficient evidence and they were acquitted, leaving behind a few kittens and puppies as scapegoats.

"The murderers have fled back to Japan now. What can we do?" Another leader of the Yi soldier said helplessly.

"The murderer is the Japanese, the Japanese are the murderer. Are there few Japanese who are domineering in our country now? Only with the Japanese can we avenge the mother of the country." At first, the leader of the righteous soldier said with anger.

"Will killing the Japanese lead the Japanese army invade our North Korea again?" One of the leaders of the Yi soldiers was quite knowledgeable and asked.

"We have Russians behind us, what are you afraid of!" The leader of the Yi soldier who spoke first shouted indifferently, and then continued: "The Japanese do all kinds of evil in our North Korea. When will they eliminate them in one fell swoop when they are weak?"

When the volunteer soldiers from all over the country raised their troops to resist the pro-Japanese cabinet, they received more or less funding from the Russians. Therefore, they said that they had Russians behind them.

The words of this righteous leader resonated with other leaders. At first, they all started to indignate and raised their troops. Naturally, they pointed the finger at the Japanese. Now they are not willing to be dismissed before they can achieve great achievements.

"What do you think you should do?" Several leaders of the righteous soldiers came up and asked.

The leader of the righteous soldier who spoke first wrote down three words coldly, and everyone gasped.

"Are you just saying it beautifully? When the Korean nation really needs you, you will retreat?"

When everyone heard this, they immediately replied: "Do it, even if you die like this, it's worth it."

"Yes, as long as we fight back the Japanese, we will be national heroes, people who have been famous throughout the ages and have been remembered forever."

"Okay, I'll prepare for the ** when I go back. Those are obtained from the Russians, so don't worry."

Everyone nodded and left with an excited expression.

Three days later, in the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, Japanese Minister to North Korea, Sutaro Omura sighed and picked up the treaty on the table and looked at it again and again. This was the Russian draft of the Japanese and Russian issues on the North Korean issue obtained from the Russians.

The Russians asked Japan to recognize its political advantages in North Korea and to agree to its country's expansion of military power in North Korea.

These two items alone are difficult to accept by the Japanese. However, it is obvious that the Russians do not think so. Now that the Russians have taken control of King Lee Hee, they can change the North Korean government orders at will and suppress the Japanese forces. Therefore, if they do not accept them, Japan's interests in North Korea will suffer more losses.

Komura Sutaro had been an ambassador to China before. Because he was short, cunning and treacherous, he was good at stealing information. Not long after he arrived in China, the ministers of other countries gave him a nickname "Rat Minister".

However, he now met a Russian who was hard and hard to speak. He really couldn't use any means, and only sighed.

"I'd better ask the country for advice. If the cabinet agrees, sign this agreement." Komura Sutaro finally made a decision in his heart. He had just arrived in North Korea and came to resolve the issue of the Korean king's escape into the Russian embassy.
Chapter completed!