The old general's body was trembling. It was obvious that he was terrified. He was afraid that Emperor Mingzhi would kill him in a fit of anger.
"Ito-kun, Yamaga-kun, Saishino-kun, what do you think?”After a long silence, Emperor Mingzhi slowly said,"
"Emperor, I have an idea, but I'm afraid you'll be angry.”Ito Bowen took a deep breath and said in a trembling voice.
"Ito-kun, just say it. I forgive you.”Emperor Meiji said.
"Thank you, Heavenly Emperor." Ito Bowen said. "Your Majesty, I want to ask you a question. You should know very well how powerful the coalition fleet and the Imperium's army are, right?”
"Yes, I know very well." Emperor Mingzhi nodded with a sad expression. "The alliance fleet is invincible in Asia, except for the Far East Fleet of the Russian Empire. The same goes for our Imperial Army. Other than the Far East Military Region of the Russian Empire, we are also invincible in Asia.”
"Ito-kun, why are you asking this?”Emperor Mingzhi asked.
"Your Excellency, I only asked this to prove one thing.”Ito Bowen replied. "Just as you said, our coalition fleet and the Imperial Army are very powerful. In all of Asia, other than the Russian Empire, we are invincible.”
" However, such a powerful coalition fleet was destroyed by them effortlessly. Even with such a powerful army, they had killed more than 20,000 soldiers of the Empire, and there was still no hope of victory!”
"And what does this mean?”Ito Bowen asked word by word.
"What…what does this mean?" Emperor Mingzhi's heart trembled as he asked.
"Your Excellency, this shows that whether it's the navy or the army, their strength is far above ours.”Ito Bowen said loudly. "Their strength is enough to beat us up!”
"Hiss!" "Hiss!" "Hiss!"
Hearing this, Emperor Meiji, Yamagata Aritomo, and Nishigo Congdao all gasped.
Although they were unwilling to admit what Ito Bowen said, they knew very well that what he said was right. The enemy's strength was enough to beat them up!
"Ito-kun, how do you think this matter should be resolved?”After a long time, Emperor Mingzhi asked.
"Your Excellency, I suggest we negotiate with them.”Ito Bowen took a deep breath and said.
"Negotiate peace?" Hearing this, Emperor Mingzhi's face turned ugly.
Negotiate peace?
To put it nicely, it was called peace negotiations. To put it bluntly, it was kneeling and begging for mercy. He was all too familiar with this kind of thing. Two years ago, during the war with the Di Empire, the Di Empire had negotiated peace with him in this manner!
"Heavenly Emperor, although it is humiliating to negotiate peace, we have no other choice.”Ito Bowen continued. "In terms of military strength, we are no match for them. From a strategic point of view, we absolutely cannot give up on Sasebo.”
"Your Excellency, in order to protect the Sasebo naval base, paying a certain price for peace is completely worth it!”
"Shan Xian Jun, Xi Xiang Jun, what do you two think?”Emperor Meiji didn't give a direct answer. Instead, he looked at Yamagata Amitomo and Nishigo Congdao.
"Emperor, I think what the prime minister said makes sense.”Xixiang Congdao lowered his head and said. "In a helpless situation, negotiating peace is also a choice.”
"Emperor, I agree with the Prime Minister.”Yamagata Amitomo said.
"Bang!" Suddenly, Emperor Meiji stood up from his seat, grabbed the teacup on the table, and threw it on the floor.
His face was ashen, as if his mother had just died. Ito Bowen and the other two knelt on the ground, not even daring to breathe loudly.
"Ito-kun, I'll leave the peace negotiations to you.”Emperor Mingzhi took a few deep breaths and tried to suppress the anger in his heart. "However, the content of the peace negotiations must be approved by me, understand?”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Ito Bowen said respectfully.
……
"Lord Heavenly God, my brother requests an audience.”Jian Tuyan said in a low voice from the battleship.
"Let him in." Zhuge Qing said indifferently.
"Yes, Lord Heavenly Deity." Jian Tuyan replied.
After a while, Jian Xiaotian walked in from outside. When he saw a slender man standing by the window with his hands behind his back, his face immediately revealed an incredulous expression.
This was the first time he had seen the Heavenly God's true body!
"Greetings, Lord Heavenly Deity." Jian Xiaotian did not dare to be negligent. He immediately knelt on the ground and said respectfully.
"Japan has sent people to sue for peace?" Zhuge Qing said without turning her head.
"As expected of Lord Heavenly God, your vision is indeed like a torch, and your foresight is like a god.”Jian Xiaotian said with admiration. "Just as Lord Heavenly God said, Japan has sent people to sue for peace.”
"What do you think about this matter?”Zhuge Qing asked.
"Everything is up to you, Lord Heavenly God. I only need to obey your orders!”Jian Xiaotian said.
"If I ask you to say it, then say it. Even if you say it wrongly, I won't blame you.”Zhuge Qing said indifferently.
"Lord Heavenly God, in that case, this commoner will be bold enough to voice my thoughts.”Jian Xiaotian hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice. "Lord Heavenly God, I believe that we should accept Japan's offer of peace.”
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