At this time in North Korea, the flower house has entered Incheon Prefecture.

On the night of the 12th, Ren Rongho, the Incheon Prefecture envoy, held a banquet and received Yizhizhi, the flower room and others.

During the banquet, a Japanese military officer ran to the flower room and whispered: "Your Excellency, two Koreans ran to our army's garrison, claiming to be officials under Queen Min, and want to ask to see you."

During his tenure as Minister in North Korea, the sacred man had many contacts with Queen Min, knowing that this person was a pro-Japanese faction. In fact, it was precisely because of Queen Min's pro-Japanese policy that this mutiny in North Korea was caused. Now this person sent someone to come to contact, which is definitely beneficial to him.

Thinking of this, the flower room stood up and said goodbye to Ren Ronghao and returned to the Japanese garrison. Immediately, soldiers brought two Koreans in.

As soon as the two entered the room, they bowed to the ground: "The military commander Zhao Ningxia, and the military commander Jin Hongji met the envoy."

Looking at the two North Korean officials crawling at their feet, the flower room raised its lips slightly. He did not let the two get up, but asked directly: "You two are visiting late at night, do you have anything to tell me?"

The two of them hurriedly said, "Yes, yes. You are the Lord, we are all against Dayuanjun. I hope your army can help us welcome the princess back. This time we come, we will bring you a message."

Immediately, the two of them told the flower house the meaning of the Chinese emperor who was found to send troops to North Korea.

The Hanya, who received the news, immediately discussed with Takashima Honosuke and Renri Kyomo and reported the news to Inoue Kin.

On August 14, after learning that the Qing Dynasty was about to send troops, Inoue Kin was shocked and immediately ordered the flower house to "not hesitate for a second, enter the capital immediately to negotiate quickly and avoid China's interference." At the same time, the flower house was warned, "whether the success of your mission is to enter the capital faster or slower than the Qing people entering the capital."

After receiving the order, Huafang Yizhi did not dare to delay and immediately led his soldiers to set off from Incheon. On August 15, Huafang Yizhi worked with Army Major General Takashima Honosuke, and Rear Admiral Inri Kyung-bang led 1,500 Japanese troops to Seoul, preparing to forcibly enter the city to negotiate with the North Korean government.

Although Oeen-jun was very reluctant to enter the Japanese, he was forced to agree to the Japanese army entering the city on the 18th because of the Japanese troops coming to the city. On August 19, all 1,500 Japanese troops entered Seoul and stationed in the Tonkawa Gate Square in Changdeokgun.

Just as the Japanese army entered Seoul, Wu Changqing, the governor of the Guangdong Navy who was ordered to aid Korea, led a total of 3,000 people from the Sixth Battalion of the Qing Army, and arrived in North Korea on the China Merchants Freighter. Ding Ruchang, who was commanding the navy, arrived at the same time. At this time, the Qing army still adhered to the principle of "decisive attacks" and did not want to have an immediate conflict with the Japanese army. Then, he landed in Masanpu, Nanyang Prefecture, northern Incheon.

Qing army camp.

In the central army tent, Wu Changqing sat in the middle. The first one on the left was Ding Ruchang, followed by Lin Taizeng, Deng Shichang and other naval troops; the first one on the right was Taoist priest ****zhong, and then the generals in the Qing army.

During this trip to North Korea, Wu Changqing, as the head coach, naturally had to exchange opinions with his colleagues on the situation in North Korea.

"This time, I was ordered by the emperor and led my army to support Korea, mainly to quell the rebellion. As for the Japanese, I was personally received by the emperor before coming and gave me the opportunity to give me a face-to-face."

As he said that, he bowed to the top. The people sitting below immediately straightened their backs and prepared to listen to the emperor's oral order.

After glanced at everyone, Wu Changqing said: "The emperor means that I am a peace-loving person. It is naturally the best if there is no armed conflict. But if the Japanese insist on jumping around, don't be polite. It is also necessary to teach them a lesson."

Everyone knew that the emperor ascended the throne when he was young and was not old this year. At this time, he heard the emperor call the Japanese "Divine Man" and he was smiling in his heart. However, it is quite appropriate to call the emperor like this. Those "foreign Man" are tall and big, but the Eastern Man is short. They call the Japanese, and they have always called them "Japanese Man" or "Japanese Pirates".

After Wu Changqing passed on the court's supreme instructions, he turned his head and bowed to ****zhong: "Master Ma,"

Ma Jianzhong quickly replied the gift.

"When Lord Laoma found out about the news for our army, Wu thanked me again. I wonder what the situation in the Joseon Palace is now?"

**** Tadaka said: "You are polite to the military, and the subordinates are just doing their best." He said: "Now the Japanese warships have blocked the Han River Estuary, and the Japanese soldiers have already arrived in Seoul. Recently, the government has been controlled by Daewonjun. This person has very ambitious and hopes to completely control the regime through this mutiny, so he is most afraid of Japanese interference. In the past few days, in the city, he hopes to incite officials and the people to fight against Japan with the slogan of "destroying and expelling the barbarians". But now although the people in the city are fierce in fighting spirit, the officials and soldiers are afraid of going to war with Japan. Without the support of the officials and soldiers, the following officials may not be able to withstand the pressure of the Japanese. If the Japanese and North Korea sign an agreement first, then our country will be passive."

**** Zhong Zhong didn't know that now the Flower House not only led his army into Seoul, but also met Daewon-jun and North Korean King Lee Hee, and immediately began negotiations with the North Korean leader Hong Chunmu, Li Cao's ruling, and others.

Wu Changqing didn't care how much pressure Dayuanjun was under, and whether North Korea signed an agreement or not. In his opinion, as long as the Japanese did not use force, it would have nothing to do with him. He immediately smiled and said, "If North Korea can successfully sign an agreement with the Japanese without having to fight, that would be the best."

After hearing what Wu Changqing said, **** Zhong, who was sitting beside him, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The military lord is wrong. If this matter is so simple, why should the court send us here? Just sit down and watch the Japanese sign a contract with North Korea? Why should we work with the army?"

Although Wu Changqing was the head coach of this operation, he was a military officer. He was far from as clear as civil servants like **** Zhong who often dealt with foreigners. After hearing what **** Zhong said, it seemed that the court had other meanings to make such arrangements. He asked quickly: "What are the opinions of Lord Ma?"

"Jiangjun has conveyed His Majesty's oral order just now, but I wonder how the military gate understands His Majesty's oral order?"

After hearing what he asked, not only Wu Changqing, but also others present stretched their necks, wanting to hear what **** Zhong was going to say. However, among the people, there were two people who seemed to have different expressions from others, thinking.

Wu Changqing was stunned for a moment. When Ma Jianzhong saw his expression, he knew that he did not really understand the intention of the court or the Emperor's emperor to arrange him over. He sighed in his heart, but he could not express it on the surface: "It's said that it's the lower officials, but it's not. The military gate still listened to the lower officials telling the whole story of the Korean mutiny in detail."

It turned out that since the 19th year of Tongzhi, the Min group of Queen Min, with the Min clan as the core, ruled North Korea. Queen Min's foreign relatives group came to power through a coup. After taking office, in order to claim that it was different from the original Daewonjun government, it changed the country-locking policy implemented by the Daewonjun era, and claimed to be "entitled and self-improvement". The Min clan group followed the "Western Affairs Movement" being implemented by the Qing Dynasty in China and decided to carry out a certain degree of reform. They set up Tongli Machinery Offices in accordance with the model of the Qing Dynasty's Zongli Yamen, and sent missions to China and Japan to visit and study.

In the second year of Guangxu, North Korea signed the "Ganghua Treaty" with Japan, and North Korea's borders were opened since then. This year, a trade agreement was concluded with the United States and Britain respectively. In the seventh year of Guangxu, North Korea established a new army - the Bianji Army, which was run by Queen Min's nephew Min Yongyi, and was postponed to hire Japanese as instructors.

Speaking of this, ****zhong glanced at everyone and saw that everyone did not show any understanding, so he had to continue: "From Queen Min's reliance on the Japanese to train the new army, she showed her obvious pro-Japanese tendency. It led to Japan's infiltration and invasion of Korea from all aspects. This is what the court really taboo."

Only then did everyone realize that the court had already worried that the Japanese would strip North Korea from China's sphere of influence like they did to Ryukyu.

After looking at the expressions of everyone again, **** Zhongzhong was a little satisfied, and then continued: "But you don't have to worry too much. North Korea is not so easy to be separated by others due to the influence of our country for thousands of years. I heard that the Koreans hated the Japanese very much, 'talking to the border of the Japanese, gritting their teeth and trying to kill them, especially the common people'. In the fourth year of Guangxu, when the Japanese ambassador to North Korea entered Seoul, he was attacked by people all the way, and was in a mess."

When everyone heard this, they laughed and said, "The flower house is of the same kind. Isn't this the Japanese who led troops into Seoul now? It turns out that this Japanese devil was so embarrassed back then."

Ma Daozhong also smiled and said, "Yes, from this we can see the difference between the Koreans treating Japanese and the ones who treat me."

Then he said: "In March this year, Japanese Okura team staff member Okura Asijiro, Mitsubishi company staff member Obu Yoshisei and Higashienanji monk Renmoto Kenmesei ignored the provisions of the Hong Kong-openhagen Treaty and traveled to Anbianfu outside the North Korean trading port Motoyama Port. As a result, he was attacked by 200 Korean people. Obu and Obu were seriously injured, and Renmoto died on the spot."

Wu Changqing patted the handrail at this time: "It turns out that the Japanese were already dead a few months ago. Why did he say that it was killed by a mutiny?"

Ding Ruchang also asked on the side: "Yes, then what's going on with this mutiny?"

"Don't worry, please listen to me slowly. In fact, when Min's establishment of the other technician army last year, considering the insufficient food and salary, the Five Battalions of the Beijing Army (Training Supervisor, Longhu Camp, Imperial Guard Hall, Imperial Guard Hall, General Rong Hall) was reduced to Wuwei Camp and Zhuang Imperial Guard Hall, and more than half of the old-style soldiers were forced to disarm. This caused dissatisfaction among the old-style soldiers, and the soldiers of the Wuwei Camp and Zhuang Imperial Guard did not receive good treatment. Because Min Min's younger brother Min Qianhao deducted military pay and fed his private bags, coupled with years of drought and Japan's predatory trade, the soldiers of Wuwei Camp and Zhuang Imperial Guard have not received military pay for 13 consecutive months. Wuwei Camp and Zhuang Imperial Guard are full of resentment, so the "Dutongshu incident" occurred and immediately triggered the "Renwu Mutiny."

After listening to Ma Daozhong's talk for a while, everyone clarified the whole story of the Korean mutiny.

"That is to say, the court is worried that the Japanese will use this incident to support a more pro-Japanese ruler to come to power, so that North Korea will be completely out of the control of our Qing Dynasty."

At this time, a young official sitting behind the head of **** Zhongxia interrupted.

**** Zhong looked at him and then looked at Wu Changqing. Wu Changqing said: "This is Zhang Jian, the military officer of the Central Staff of our army."

The young man quickly stood up and greeted ****zhong. ****zhong smiled and replied, "What Mr. Zhang said was exactly what the imperial court wanted. Therefore, I suggest that the army of the army be moved to the city of Seoul to put pressure on the Japanese army, and at the same time expressed support for Daewon-jun to fight against the Japanese. If Daewon-jun does not sign a contract with the Japanese, then the initiative will come back to our hands."

"Yes." Wu Changqing nodded and said, "What Lord Ma said is reasonable. Ding Junmen, the navy will ask you. Our army will rest for a day today and move to Seoul tomorrow."

Ding Ruchang and others stood up and saluted, "I will definitely not let my entrust!" Then he said goodbye and left the camp and returned to the boat.

On the second day, because many soldiers still had no physical strength to recover after seasickness, the Qing army had no choice but to set off their camps and march towards Seoul on the 21st.

Not long after I was on the road, I visited Ma Lai to report: "A North Korean envoy asked for a visit!"

When Wu Changqing heard this, he quickly summoned **** Zhong and others to return to meet with the North Korean envoys.

"The envoy of the next country, Li Hui, has met with all the lords of ****. Please lead the army to quickly provide assistance. It's too late, I'm afraid the Japanese will attack the city!"

When North Korea saw Wu Changqing and others, they immediately rushed to the ground and cried and said.

It turned out that as soon as the flower house entered Seoul, it proposed to North Korea seven clauses, including "the murderers must be punished immediately, compensation for the Japanese victims and various losses, cede North Korea's Geoje Island or Uryung Island, and the opening of commercial ports and military power", and threatened the North Korean government to reply within three days.

Oeongjun, who has always been xenophobia, was angry at the rudeness and viciousness of the Japanese. On the surface, he said that he was no longer stubborn about the country, and secretly instructed Hong Chunmu and others to repeatedly delay the pretext of handling the state funeral for Queen Min, and was preparing to mobilize national forces to repel the Japanese army.

Huafang Yizhi was very dissatisfied with North Korea's delaying tactics. He made an irreversible mistake in impulse - leading the Japanese army to withdraw from Seoul to show the breakdown of the negotiations.

He issued an ultimatum to the North Korean government, intending to start a war against North Korea at noon on the 23rd, according to the original plan of resorting to force if the negotiations break down.

After listening to Li Huizheng's narration, Ma Daozhong was overjoyed and immediately asked Wu Changqing for an order: "Military Gate, this is a good opportunity for our army to seize Seoul without any effort. Time is too late, so please allow me to take people to the royal capital first."

Wu Changqing also knew the reason why soldiers were so fast. After thinking for a moment, he called a man and said, "This man is named Yuan Shikai. He is now the assistant to my camp and is also a powerful general. He led two soldiers to the army and followed Lord Ma, and I led the army and then arrived."

After saying that, he ordered Yuan Shikai to say, "If the Japanese army attacks the city, like a city wall, you can retreat to the palace. Be sure to protect Lord Ma and the King of Korea and wait for my reinforcements."
Chapter completed!