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    The ambitious Hirohito and Nagata Tetsuyama who arrived at the scene of the tragedy were both stunned by this stick. Although they both agreed to use necessary force to deter the rioters, they never wanted to see this scene.

    Daisaku Kawamoto, who triggered the conflict, was arrested. The government and the military immediately blocked the news because most of the victims were from the Osaka and Aichi areas, and many soldiers from these places served on the Korean front.  But locking the strait cannot lock the country. Since many of the family members of the victims are serving in the military, especially the Osaka and Aichi areas are important places for the navy to recruit sailors. When the news spread, riots in the two places  The shadow of sailors appeared in the team.

    Although it was just a personal act, the appearance of navy uniforms in the rioters made the Japanese government, which was still shaken after the May 10 incident, very nervous. The bitter consequences of the military coup are still affecting Japan's political situation, so Tokyo ordered overnight to ban all soldiers from taking vacations and ban soldiers.  Leave the barracks.  At the same time, the National Defense Forces also seized the opportunity of the Japanese uprising and launched a fierce attack along the Taedong River and Wonsan area, preparing to cut off land communications between the north and south of the Korean Peninsula and set the tone for the next step in negotiations.

    In this restless and tense atmosphere, an American cruiser quickly sailed up the Yangtze River, and the river wind blew the clothes of U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing.  Compared with the supporting role at the Paris Peace Conference, in the months after Wilson's stroke, he had completely taken control of the country's foreign affairs and cabinet direction, and had several estrangements with Wilson on his death bed over whether the United States should join the League of Nations.  Compared with the humble Wilson, he is the quintessential American cowboy politician.  Actively promoting foreign interventionism, the biggest achievement during his term was persuading Denmark to sell part of the Virgin Islands to the US government on the grounds of preventing German occupation.

    After the Yellow Sea conflict broke out, he once again saw a good opportunity for the United States to intervene in the Far East. He not only persuaded the cabinet to use the sale of battleships as an excuse to curb Japan's maritime expansion and attack Japan's naval power, but also actively promoted Sino-US cooperation in the fields of trade and diplomacy.  Trying to break the old system dominated by Britain, France and Japan and establish a new world system dominated by the United States.  But when Japan was likely to lose all its colonies, he realized that Japan was very likely to turn south.  So I hurriedly came here hoping that the two countries would cease fire and reach a peace treaty.

    This kind of political skill of treating the head when it hurts and the foot when it hurts shows the huge gap between him and Wilson.  The worst thing is that soon after departure, we learned that there was a riot in Japan.  He was immediately at a loss.  Especially the bloody conflict two days ago made countries around the world, including the United States, see the hidden dangers of Japan's abnormal development in the past two decades. Under such circumstances, can Yang Qiu and the National Defense Forces still reach peace negotiations with Japan?

    The warship quickly docked at the Nanjing Pier and met U.S. Ambassadors Reinsch and Hangel who came to greet them.  The former is the spokesperson for the direction of U.S. Far East policy, and the latter is not only the darling of Wall Street, but also has a very good personal relationship with Yang Qiu.  "Dear Ambassador, can you tell me the current situation?" As soon as he got off the boat, he couldn't wait to ask about the current situation.

    "The situation is very bad." Rui Enshi said after opening the car door for him: "The Japanese government arrested some officers and soldiers, but it still failed to calm the people's anger. No one knows how long it will last. But the most optimistic prediction is that  It will definitely not be calmed down before March.¡±

    "It won't end before March?" Lansing waved his hand and looked at Hangel sitting in front: "It is indeed bad news. What about our Lord Yang Qiu?"

    Hangel doesn¡¯t like Lansing. Continuing to adopt interventionism today when isolationism is prevalent in the country can only shoot himself in the foot.  But as a former American diplomat, he still cares very much about the interests of the United States in the Far East. After seeing his eyes, he immediately said: "I met Yang Qiu yesterday. His thoughts on peace talks have not changed. It can be seen that he very much hopes to reach a agreement."  A longer-term peace agreement. Of course, he proposed the demarcation of a buffer zone in North Korea, and also asked the Japanese government to promise not to continue persecuting domestic democrats and to be willing to provide necessary food support to Japan."

    "Is it to provide food support to the National Socialist Party of Japan?" Lansing said sarcastically, but obviously this sentence did not resonate with the two people next to him.  For Far East diplomats like Rui Enshi, it is a matter of gratitude that Yang Qiu can agree to a ceasefire and achieve peace.

    Since it was the weekend, the motorcade did not go to the Presidential Palace first, but drove directly to Yang Qiu¡¯s residence in Nanjing.

    The thick charcoal fire in the fireplace dispelled the severe cold. In the small living room, Yang Qiu and Lan Xing held hands together: "Welcome to your visit and thank you for your support of our country at the Paris Conference."

    "Thank you, Vice President, for your compliment. This is a responsibility that the United States of America should bear." After a few polite words, Lansing quickly turned to the topic: "Your Excellency, Vice President, the U.S. government is very worried about the current situation in the Far East. The war has already begun.  It has been over for a long time. It is time for the people to cultivate their health and recuperate. Our businessmen also hope to see a peaceful future.? instead of being filled with war and turmoil.

    We know that your country was the victim of the Yellow Sea Incident, so our country strongly agrees with the self-defense and counterattack measures you took.  But now that the Japanese government has been punished, the U.S. government believes that this is enough and harm should not be imposed on the people!  I think you also don¡¯t want to see a terrible humanitarian disaster in the Far East. This is not the choice of a free and fair government, let alone the choice of a good politician.  "

    Yang Qiu secretly laughed in his heart. The United States is in a mess now. The domestic riots are not much worse than Japan, but it still has the leisure to take care of the Far East.  In order to get himself to agree to the peace talks, Lansing even resorted to flattering tactics. It can be seen that the domestic situation in Japan has made Britain and the United States anxious, fearing that they would fall and let the Republic of China dominate. From then on, a bigger enemy was raised in the Far East.  .  For the United States, a weak Japan and a Republic of China restricted to land may be the best policy. Unfortunately, this time they are destined to shoot themselves in the foot.

    Anyway, it has been decided to suspend the war, and Yang Qiu also put forward the idea of ????an armistice very simply: "Our government is also very worried about the humanitarian crisis in Japan, so we are very willing to reach a permanent peace agreement with the Japanese government. I also hope that the Secretary of State, Your Excellency  can facilitate this negotiation. However, it needs to be pointed out that our country is very worried about the extremist forces in Japan. A country where imperial power is supreme is not in line with the world trend. This neighbor of ours has taken too many detours, which has caused great harm to our country and other countries.  It has caused great harm to many countries, so I think necessary political demands should be respected and supported."

    Lan Xing was relieved to hear with her own ears that Yang Qiu was willing to negotiate peace.  As for the idea of ??the supremacy of Japanese imperial power, the United States did not want to see it, so he hurried to Shanghai to contact Japan without saying much.  Coincidentally, due to the resignation of the Tanaka Cabinet, Nobuaki Makino was afraid of suffering the same fate as Kato Takaaki, so he returned to Japan early and decided not to participate in this negotiation that was bound to fail. Therefore, the Japanese government hired Ishii, a diplomat with a strong American background.  Kikujiro is solely responsible for this negotiation.

    Faced with the surging wave of riots in the country, before Kikujiro Ishii opened his mouth, the plenipotentiary representative of the Republic of China, Foreign Minister Lu Zhengxiang, put forward three prerequisites.  First, Japanese troops and Japanese nationals should completely withdraw from Taiwan and Sakhalin.  Second, there will be a complete ceasefire in North Korea. The Japanese navy will all retreat to Ryukyu and the south of the Tsushima Strait. The army will retreat to the area south of the Hufeiling Mountains. As a corresponding, the main force of the National Defense Force will also stop in Pyongyang to create a good atmosphere for negotiations.  Third, stop the persecution of minority political parties in the country and stop the persecution of any unarmed personnel.

    In the parallel world, Kikujiro Ishii, who signed the "Ishii-Lansing Agreement" with Lansing and started the partition of China, lost his former coolness, and his status as an American politician did not help much.  No one of the three prerequisites could be implemented by the Japanese government, and the Army Ministry repeatedly called and refused to withdraw from the front-line positions along the Taedong River.  In this regard, Kikujiro Ishii could only try his best to argue: "Your Excellency, Foreign Minister, our Japanese government agrees to a ceasefire, but the armies of both sides must retreat to the front line before the war."

    "Before the war? Are you kidding me?" Lu Zhengxiang retorted: "Do you mean that our army will withdraw from Taiwan and North Korea, and we will watch Japan continue to occupy these areas before negotiating? If so, then I think there is no need to continue.  Keep going!¡±

    On the first day of negotiations, there was almost a deadlock.

    Faced with this situation, Yang Qiu decisively ordered the Taiwanese and Korean front troops to launch an attack on the Japanese army.

    Along the Daedong River, thousands of cannons roared, and dozens of bombers penetrated behind enemy lines and even dropped leaflets over Seoul. In just a few days, millions of leaflets were dropped from the sky above Japanese positions and cities, including Wonsan.  Domestic riots, numerous casualties Is this true?  Even the most stubborn Japanese soldiers were involved in rumors, especially those in areas where their hometowns were suppressed by the army, and they tried their best to contact the country.  The leaflets made Japanese officers gnash their teeth. Faced with the rumors, they could only strictly order the troops not to leave their garrison positions, and soldiers were not allowed to send telegrams or write letters to the country.  But the more stringent it became, the more the soldiers felt something was wrong. Careful people began to discover that fewer and fewer supplies were shipped every day, and the support troops disappeared.

    An atmosphere of restlessness and uneasiness began to pervade North Korea.

    The officers thought they had stabilized the army, but they could not stabilize the North Koreans who also received the leaflets.  On the last day of January, due to concerns that the Japanese army would transport the remaining grain back to the country, the first rice grabbing movement took place in Seoul. The ports of Incheon and Busan were even more crowded with Koreans who prevented the fleet from returning to the country. Finally, even Northeast and  Rumors spread across Shandong that grain prices will rise, leading to a surge in rice prices.

    The domestic rumors made Yang Qiu dumbfounded. He pinched his eyebrows and turned the calendar to the next page

     

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