"We should not pin our hopes on the Koreans from the beginning! Deciding the future of East Asia is no, the future of the entire Asia, and we can only rely on our Yamato patriots!"

The person who spoke was a ferocious Japanese ronin with a big beard with a chaotic face and a tanned body. I wonder if he was originally from Kyushu, Japan or because he was running around all year round.

The person who listened to him was Keisuke Oto, the Japanese ambassador to North Korea. At this time, Oto was not wearing a formal Western dress, but a clean white kimono with his family article on it. He knelt in the Kawai room, holding his knees and listening quietly.

"What we need now is an opportunity to break the situation of East Asia after Jiashen. As long as the North Korean war comes together, the whole of Japan will be full of passion and seize the lifeline of our Yamato nation on the mainland! Japan's future is this year!"

Dabien nodded stiffly: "Jun Liangping, I know that Xuanyang Society is a patriot. Mr. Tooshan's guidance is also far-sighted. However, without the cooperation of North Korea, it will be difficult for us to launch a Kashen-Kaihua Party coup, so you..."

Keisuke Ototo's words were interrupted by arrogance. "Japan does not need the cooperation of the Kaihua Party! They can only make a transitional facade at that time! Mr. Toyama has made some arrangements and we can provoke trouble at any time. Today, I just come to inform you and ask you to prepare!"

The Toyama-kun mentioned by Keisuke Oto is the Japanese right-wing leader Toyama-man. This person participated in the struggle between the "Han-striving faction" who advocated foreign invasion and the "inner-striving faction" who advocated first developing domestic politics and economy. Later, Toyama-man, Hiraoka Kotaro, and Hakoda Ryusuke organized the Jiaoshi Club in Fukuoka according to the spirit of the three kingdoms of China, Liu, Guan and Zhang Taoyuan, and Takamoto Saigo, who supported the "Han-striving faction".

Then more than ten people including Tooyama Man were arrested and imprisoned for attempting to assassinate the leader of the "Neiji faction" and then Secretary of Internal Affairs. But at that time, he already had a large group of followers. In order not to cause riots, the government only detained him for a period of time and released him.

In 1881, he and Rokusuke Hakoda and Kotaro Hiraoka jointly established the first right-wing political group in modern Japan, the "Kenyoshi Club" - this club was later known in China. The "Black Dragon Society" means the surging waves of the Japanese sea and the spectacular of the magnificent spirit, and advocated the so-called "diligence in the emperor to serve the country, respect heaven and love people". To the outside world, this right-wing group actively advocated the so-called "Greater Asianism" and required Japan to implement a colonial policy against weak Asian countries. The specific steps were to first implement the so-called "Japan-South Korea cooperation" and annex North Korea. Then avoid Russia from monopolizing Northeast China, and then plundering the area north of Heilongjiang.

It is precisely because of this proposition that the "Henyoshe" became the vanguard of Japan's plot to launch a war. The Ronin, who is now in front of Keiji Ototo, is Uchida Ryohei, a backbone of the "Henyoshe", and is also the actual leader of the "Tianyouxia" regiment, which is now in North Korea.

The "Tianyouxia" regiment was composed of the main body of the Fukuoka vassal vassal ronin. Since the Japanese Reformation, it has been aspiring to conquer South Korea. In the past few years, the "Tianyouxia" regiment has been collecting intelligence in China and North Korea and secretly preparing. These ronin are all desperate people and have close ties with the upper class of Japan. At the same time, they are cruel and ruthless and act completely unscrupulous. Therefore, even government ministers like Keisuke Oshima are very afraid of them.

Although it was interrupted unreasonably, Uchida Ryohei's message was so shocked that Keisuke Ototo completely ignored the other party's attitude. "Do you want to start a crime on your own? But you only have a few hundred people, not even a rifle, how should you deal with the Qing army?"

Uchida Ryohei sneered: "Please rest assured that Otoko, I don't plan to do anything in Seoul. Our goal is to be in southern North Korea!"

"What?" Keisuke Oto subconsciously asked back.

Although these ronin's actions are also a reflection of the government's will, they never act according to the rules and finally wipe their butts to make everything seem at least open and honest. But they do it, so Big Bird hopes to know the plans of these people in advance and make arrangements.

However, Uchida Ryohei didn't seem to have any intention of explaining in detail. He laughed a few times, supported the ground hard, and stood up. The underground woman was serving the entrance hall and immediately opened the door, knelt there and bowed, and put out Uchida's shoes.

Uchida turned around and smiled while wearing his shoes: "Mr. Otoki, our premonition patriots are ready. At that time, I hope you don't miss the opportunity to happen in Seoul! We will give Japan an excuse!"

With a clamor, the door of the entrance hall was pulled up again, leaving only the big bird in a daze.

Chongzheng Hall.

Zaitian looked at Yuan Shikai crawling under the steps, and felt a lot of feelings.

In another time and space, this man was one of the heroes who ended the Qing Dynasty rule, the culprit of the world, and was also a scheming and capable political master. Unfortunately, the current history was written by himself, so he could only become a chess piece, although it might become a more useful chess piece.

Zaitian was thinking about it on top, and Yuan Shikai, who was crawling below, even more thought about it.

The emperor recruited himself into the palace, but did not speak for a long time. With such pressure, even a man like Yuan Shikai could not avoid inner fear. After all, this was still an era of imperialism, and he was just a small fifth-rank comrade.

Just when Yuan Shikai was in a panic, the emperor finally spoke.

"What's the political situation in North Korea?"

After all, Yuan Shikai was extraordinary. His originally anxious state of mind calmed down the moment the emperor asked and then began to analyze what the emperor was asking and how he should answer.

"If you go back to the emperor, the political situation in North Korea will be generally stable."

"in general?"

The emperor was obviously very dissatisfied with such an ambiguous answer.

"Yes. North Korea has no obvious problems at present, but the Kaihua Party members still seem to be stubborn. However, North Korea's Daewon-jun and others are strictly guarding the situation, so it is difficult to cause any storm. However, in recent years, some officials have some shortcomings in handling civil affairs, so some villagers are inevitably deeply resentful. Among them, there is a Dongxue Party in North Korea, which was originally designated as a cult by the North Koreans. In recent years, they have attempted to take advantage of the resentment of the lower-class villagers. Although they were ordered to disband again last year, they have a deep influence among the villagers and are difficult to eradicate, so the ministers are a little worried."

The Dongxue Party was originally religious, and its founder Cui Jiyu was an unsuccessful scholar. The Korean people, which have been affected by the Han civilization for two thousand years, will naturally take up their most familiar civilized weapons to resist in this critical moment of crazy invasion of Western civilization.

Since Cui Jiyu, the first leader of Dongxuedao, he has begun to advocate Eastern Studies. Feeling from the official oppression and the expansion of Christianity, he founded the "East Learning" belief, which is known as the essence of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, to compete with Western Catholicism.

The Dongxue Party members initially only had a subconscious resistance from culture. Later, they naturally evolved into preliminary nationalism and put forward political requirements - such as punishing corrupt officials. Therefore, the North Korean government regarded it as a cult and banned it, and arrested Cui Jiyu in 1864, convicted and beheaded.

After this sect was forced to move into underground activities, because the poor people in the lower class of North Korea lived in a difficult situation, the Dongxue Party took the opportunity to publicize to them that it was caused by foreign oppression by foreigners, and therefore it soon spread among the people and gradually attracted some people with political ambitions over the past twenty years. Last year, the Dongxue Party members demanded the ban to be lifted, but they were rejected, and their organization was also disbanded. However, this was only on the surface. In fact, in the countryside, the Dongxue Party still retained a complete organization and had a great influence.

Although Zaitian is not very familiar with history, he still knows a little bit about such a big thing about the Dongxue Party Uprising. Of course, there is still more than a year before the Dongxue Party Uprising, so he should still be in the bud. However, Yuan Shikai could sense this danger. It can be seen that he was not leisurely in North Korea as the emperor behind the scenes, and his political sense is indeed extraordinary.

"Do you think the Dongxue Party may cause trouble to the court?"

Although the emperor's question was dull, Yuan Shikai still keenly heard the taste of approval from it. So he knew that his reply was very successful.

"Yes. I think if it is allowed to develop, it will probably be like the Changmao Rebellion. Although North Korea is only a small vassal state, if it is really a riot, it will be difficult to deal with it."

Yuan Shikai, who was crawling on the ground, naturally would not see whether the emperor's expression was indifferent or agreed. However, since the previous answer attracted the emperor's attention, what he said now would definitely be recognized. Although, in order to achieve his own goals, Yuan Shikai consciously exaggerated the problem of the Dongxue Party.

However, what he didn't expect was that it was this exaggeration that made him fall into Guangxu's thoughts by chance.

"Get up and talk back."

This is obvious appreciation.

Yuan Shikai quickly kowtowed three times respectfully and said, "Thank you, Lord!" Then he stood up, but he still half bent over and lowered his head and dared not raise it.

Seeing Yuan Shikai as restrained as a quail, Zai Tian felt a little funny. Of course, he would never bring out his emotions, who had already been tempered.

"What are you going to do?"

Yuan Shikai quickly sorted out his ideas and then said: "On the one hand, I should keep an eye on the leaders of the Dongxue Party, and catch what should be caught when necessary and kill what should be killed; on the other hand, I should also beat the North Korean officials to appropriately improve some people's livelihood."

Yuan Shikai's heroic nature is undoubtedly revealed in this sentence, and he is indeed decisive in killing.

But Zaitian has other ideas.

"No! What you have to do is to guard Seoul and watch the Japanese there. And ensure that any abnormal movements in North Korea can be reported to the court as soon as possible. As for the Dongxue Party, you must keep an eye on it, but you should not arrest or kill it."

Zaitian still understands the principle that guarding the people is more important than defending Sichuan. Moreover, the fundamental idea of ​​the Eastern Learning Party is to oppose Western culture, which is actually beneficial to the Qing Dynasty, so Zaitian did not intend to suppress it. As for the corrupt officials in North Korea, the deeper the resentment of the people, the easier it will be for China to implant notices in North Korea in the future. Just like Vietnam, if the Vietnamese government had not assigned all the security and security tasks in Tonkin to Liu Yongfu, the court would not have easily turned Tonkin into a province in China.

Naturally, Yuan Shikai could not guess the emperor’s thoughts, but he knew that he had to do it according to the emperor’s requirements.

Zaitian continued to ask, "Can the Sixth Bing Qing Army stayed in North Korea still work?"

Of course Yuan Shikai heard about the emperor's training of the new army and reorganizing the old camp of the Huai Army. When he heard the emperor's question, it was obvious that he distrusts the Qing army.

"Return to the emperor. North Korea's military is dispersed and cannot be used. Although the Qing army is far inferior to the new army in terms of training and equipment, it can still play a certain role in North Korea."

"Can you defend against the Japanese?"

Yuan Shikai thought for a while and said, "Yes. If you can update some more weapons, you can be sure of them."

Zaitian didn't remember how the Qing army in Seoul performed during the Sino-Japanese War, but it should not be very good. However, when Yuan Shikai said so decisively, his original intention to abolish the Qing army was inevitably a little shaken.

"Do you know what the imperial court has trained the new army?"

"yes."

"After you have finished your errands to the Zongli Yamen, go to Tianjin, draw a regiment from the Second Division of the Guards, and take it to Seoul in the name of replacing defense. Then, the defense of Seoul will be handed over to them. As for the Sixth Battalion of the Qing Army..."

Zaitian paused for a moment and then said, "If you can use it, you can find an excuse to stay, but let the guards arrange the instructors to train them."

Yuan Shikai immediately said: "I obey the order."

In the Jiashen year, because the court had to concentrate its efforts to deal with the French, it had to make some concessions to Japan on the issue of North Korea, including the issue of garrison. So now, we can only use the excuse of replacing defense to arrange the new army to enter North Korea. Although Zaitian knew that this would cause a lot of trouble in the future, if we did not do so at that time, the trouble would be even greater.

As for what excuse Yuan Shikai would use to keep Qingjun in Seoul, that was his business. Zaitian would not have been too busy with such trivial matters.

The Guards are now deployed in Zhili, with a total of five divisions, including the Fourth and Fifth Divisions, with most new recruits, while the original Huai Army in the Second Division and the Third Division accounted for the majority. Zai Tian transferred troops from the Second Division to Yuan Shikai, in order to hand over defense with the Qing army to better speak out after arriving in Korea.

"Oh, remember to take the land route. First take the train to Shanhaiguan, then pass through Shenyang and Dandong to enter the court."

When it comes, Zaitian doesn't forget to give me a message.

This arrangement is to allow the Guards to familiarize themselves with the terrain in advance and prepare for future wars. Zaitian calculated the time and he had about seventeen months left, which should be enough.
Chapter completed!