"Shaochuan, has the Japanese envoy left?”In the reception hall of the presidential palace, Yuan Shikai was drinking tea.
"You don't look too good. What did the Japanese say?”Yuan Shikai asked.
"Sir, the Japanese are threatening us. If we send our army into the northeast to attack Zhang Yuting and Feng Linge, we will be their enemies. They would use all means, including war, to protect their interests. Sir, the northeast is our territory! However, the Japanese were so arrogant. They were really bullying people.”Tang Shaochuan's face was filled with anger.
"Sigh! Shaochuan, how can I not be angry? However, national affairs were difficult! The revolutionary party in the south was still making a ruckus. Even within Beiyang, there are also many contradictions! Under such circumstances, how are we going to fight the Japanese? I can only pretend to be a grandson for the time being." Yuan Shikai sighed.
As the Grand President, he did not want to be so aggrieved either! However, there was no other way!
"Milord, if you keep pretending to be injured, you will become a real grandson.”
Yuan Shikai's expression immediately became very ugly.
"I don't want to pretend to be a grandson, so we're working hard to develop our country. I hope that one day, we won't pretend to be grandsons anymore. At least, our descendants won't have to pretend to be grandsons anymore.”Yuan Shikai said.
"That day will come." Tang Shaochuan nodded.”
East Jiaomin Alley, Japan's legation.
When Yamasa Totsuji saw the ashen face of Ijuin Hikyoshi, he knew that the meeting this time probably did not achieve its purpose.
"Minister, how is the situation?”Shan Zuo asked.
"Yuan Shikai claimed to be ill and didn't see me. Only Tang Shaochuan came out to stop him.”
"Humph! Yuan Shikai was pretending to be sick. It seemed that they were determined to send troops into the northeast to interfere with Zhang Yuting and Feng Linge. Minister, we have to stop them. We can't let their scheme succeed!”Mountain Seat Yuan was anxious.
"Of course I know, but what can I do? I can't declare war on the Beiyang government without the consent of the country, right?”Hiko Ijuin was getting impatient.
"I'm sorry, Minister. I was too excited.”Yamasa Masahiro realized his mistake and quickly apologized.
"Shan Zuo-kun, I can understand how you feel. I'll report it to the country. Send a telegram to Zhang Yuting and Feng Linge immediately and tell them to get ready.”Hiko Ijuin said.
"Hi, Minister." Yamasa immediately went to send the telegram.
Ijuin Hikyoshi rubbed his aching head. He had to admit that if the Beiyang government ignored the warning of Japan and sent troops into the northeast, they really couldn't stop it.
Japan was in the northeast. Other than the infantry division under the jurisdiction of the Guandong Governor's Office stationed in the Guandong Continent, there were only six railway garrison teams.
The Army Department under the Guandong Governor's Office was the predecessor of the Guandong Army. However, the Guandong Army had not been officially established yet. Furthermore, the division stationed in the Guan Dong Continent was also an incomplete division with only ten thousand soldiers.
Even if the six railway garrison brigades were added up, they only had 16,000 people.
Such a force was not weak. However, it was obviously unrealistic to defeat the Northern Army with such a small number of troops.
Unless the Korean army stationed in Korea joined in. If that was the case, there might still be a chance of winning.
The Korea Army had two divisions, and even though they were not full, they still had more than 20,000 people.
If the Goryeo Army were to include the Guan Dongzhou Regiment and the six railway garrisons, they would have a total of thirty-six thousand men. Even if they did not mobilize, they still had the strength to fight against the troops sent by the Northern Warlords to the northeast. Furthermore, with the elite level of the Japanese army, defeating the Northern Army should not be a big problem.
But the question was, would the Japanese government agree to go to war with the Northern Army at this time?
Of course, the military strength of Japan was much stronger than the Northern Army.
However, starting a war was not that easy. It required money.
Japan was currently in a period of financial difficulties. In order to defeat Russia, they borrowed a large amount of foreign debt from Britain, France, and the United States. Although they had defeated Russia and seized the northeast and south. However, the Russians obviously wouldn't compensate them with a large sum of war reparations like the Chinese did after the 1894 - 1895 War.
If they wanted to start a war with the Northern Army, it was obvious that the Japanese government would never agree.
If he considered the international situation, Ijuin Hikyoshi was even more desperate. He was certain that the Japanese government would never agree to start a war with the Northern Army at this time. Even if they had a great chance of winning, they had to take the international situation into consideration.
Just as Ijuin Hikyoshi thought, the Japanese government fell into an endless debate after receiving the report.
The Japanese army wanted to take this opportunity to declare war on the Northern Army to completely occupy the northeast and even make a fortune. However, the Japanese navy and the civil officials all expressed their opposition.
This caused the Japanese government to miss the opportunity and watch the northeast fall into Yuan Baocen's hands.
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