Chapter 142 Visit (2)
Obaogong was also angry at this time and said, "What is this? Our army has been doing its best for Japan. This time it was indeed caused by our army personnel, but the purpose of doing this is to cause damage to the East China National University and to attack the East China National University, and to breathe a sigh of relief for Japan. It is still better to be your navy, what did you do for Japan? Every year, I have received so much military expenditure from the country. Now the East China National University fleet is coming to the door, but I hide in the port and dare not fight. I think your navy is the turtle that shrank."
Saito Mi sneered and said, "According to Obojun's statement, the army is venting its anger for Japan, but it is also a fact that it has attracted revenge from East China **. So please ask the army to resolve this crisis in Japan. Why do we ask our navy?"
Faced with Saito Shi's questioning, Obogoto was speechless, pointed at Saito Shi and said sternly: "Your Navy is a coward who has no courage."
Saito Mi naturally did not want to be outdone and said, "The Army is a bunch of stupid fools."
Seeing Lu Navy performing a slander at the cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Hirofumi Ito could not stop talking and immediately said: "Enough, you are all soldiers and officials of the country. What is this? What Japan needs now is unity. Everyone must work together to overcome this crisis, rather than criticizing each other and shirking responsibility."
Obogo and Saito Mi stopped talking.
Seeing that the two of them were suppressed, Hirobuki Ito's face looked a little better. He turned to Shiki Kawayama and said, "Kun Kawayama, is it true that the navy cannot take action this time?"
Shiki Karayama said: "Your Excellency, you are also clear that the navy of the Imperial Kingdom can be considered a complete reconstruction now. Moreover, the construction period of the navy is very long and requires a lot of funds. Therefore, the navy is indeed not ready for the ability to fight. However, if the cabinet must require the navy to fight, our navy will never retreat, even if it is broken, it will be spared."
When Hirofumi Ito heard this, he sighed in his heart. He was about to speak again, when the door of the conference room opened, a clerk walked in from outside, walked to Hirofumi Ito and said, "Your Excellency, the UK is tight on the power." He said that, and handed a folder to Hirofumi Ito.
Ito Hirofumi had ordered it first, and the British news must be sent to him as soon as possible, so he could understand the negotiations between the two sides at a very good time. Therefore, although the cabinet meeting is now held, the staff immediately sent it to Ito Hirofumi as soon as the British telegram arrived.
Although the atmosphere of the cabinet meeting is tense now, Hirofumi Ito is still thinking about the British negotiations. Therefore, after receiving the telegram, Hirofumi Ito didn't care that the cabinet meeting had not ended yet, so he started reading the telegram. However, others also knew the reason, so they all silently waited for Hirofumi Ito to finish reading the telegram.
It turned out that the negotiations had ended at this time. Although Sutaro Komura tried his best, the UK did not let go. He took the huge debts owed by Japan, and had to mortgage them with customs income. Only when Japan paid off all the debts of the UK could it be negotiated to return the customs. Of course, the UK also made some concessions to Japan and agreed to increase the customs tariffs to 7.5%, and some goods could be increased to 10%, because the UK now needs to borrow Japan to restrain the East China ***. Therefore, although it strongly rejected the request of Japan **, it is also necessary to appease Japan and give Japan some sweetness to compensate. Although the policy of carrots and sticks was not pioneered by the UK, the British did not play any worse than the United States.
Komura Sutaro was powerless and had to send the negotiation results back to the domestic market to determine whether to sign this agreement. If signed, although a little tariff can be raised, it means that Japan cannot negotiate with the UK to return customs affairs before repaying the huge loan from the UK. However, it will take at least 10 years to repay the UK loan, and it is not impossible to do anything 20 years. If Japan chooses not to sign this agreement, although it still maintains the power to negotiate at any time, the tariff will always be maintained at 5% before the negotiation is completed.
Hirofumi Ito distributed the telegram to others, and he fell into deep thought. After reading the content of the telegram, the others were also talking a lot. Some agreed to the results of the negotiation, some opposed it, and exchanged opinions and opinions with each other. For a moment, the conference room was full of "buzzing" voices. Instead, they forgot about the topic of discussion just now.
After thinking for a while, Hirobuki Ito would have been difficult to make a choice for a while, because relevant data still needed to calculate the pros and cons of the results of this British negotiation. Hirobuki Ito was not in the mood to continue on the previous topic, so he announced the end of the meeting, so everyone would go back and think about it seriously, and continue to discuss the meeting tomorrow. At the same time, he also instructed Masayoshi Tokara to calculate the relevant data, and tomorrow as a reference for discussion.
Everyone stood up and left the conference room. Hirofumi Ito also returned to his office. Due to his depressed mood, he smoked several cigarettes in a row. Although he had been weighing the pros and cons of the results of this British negotiation, Hirofumi Ito thought about it but still couldn't make a decision. He also remembered that the fleet of East China's ** was still showing off its power outside Japan, and there was no good solution now.
At this time, the figure flashed at the door of the office and left immediately, but Hirofumi Ito had already seen clearly and said, "Is it Miyamoto-kun! Please come in."
Miyamoto Naotao came in from outside the door and said, "Sir."
Hirobuki Ito nodded and said, "Sit down, I have something to do to hear your opinion."
After the Far East War, Naota Miyamoto followed Hirofumi Ito's advice and retired from the army. He joined the Political Friends Association founded by Hirofumi Ito, and served as the chief secretary of the Prime Minister's Office. Although the position is not high, its position is very important. In fact, Hirofumi Ito's secretary. On the one hand, Hirofumi Ito intends to train Naota Miyamoto; on the other hand, Hirofumi Ito still has many things to ask Naota Miyamoto's opinions. Now Hirofumi Ito is at a loss for the deterioration of the relationship between Japan and East China ** and the unfavorable results of the negotiations with the UK. He happened to see Naota Miyamoto pass through the door of his office. He felt moved and thought that it would be better to ask Naota Miyamoto. Maybe he had any good solutions, so he called Naota Miyamoto.
After hearing Hirobu Ito talk about these two things, Naotao Miyamoto thought about it and said, "Are you worried about these two things?"
Hirobu Ito nodded and said, "Yes, the fleet of East China** has been forced to our doorstep. Now Japan is unable to resist the threat of East China**'s force. On the UK side, it also refuses to return the customs. Both things are now at a loss."
Naotaku Miyamoto said: "Sir, please forgive me for your fault. This time, the fleet of East China ** has been forced to our doorstep. We really blame ourselves. When is it now! What Japan needs is to keep a low profile, rest and rest, and to pick and treat East China ** at this time. It is really unwise to do it. Don't say that this time is not successful, even if it succeeds, it will not suffer any losses to East China ***. Instead, it will cause a great disaster to Japan. The fleet of East China ** is not doing any military exercises at the doorstep of Japan, but directly shelling Japan."
Hirobu Ito smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that they have not succeeded this time, and it is a blessing."
Naotaku Miyamoto said: "There is another point. This operation has neither the authorization of the cabinet nor the orders of the Army Department. It is entirely because the army's intelligence personnel acted without authorization and their behavior was extremely bad. This wind must not be encouraged, otherwise it will cause a catastrophe to Japan. Therefore, the perpetrators must be severely punished to serve as a warning to others."
Miyamoto Naotao knew very well how much harm the Japanese soldiers had left in the old time and space, from Huanggutun, September 18th, Hugo Bridge and other incidents, eventually brought great harm to Japan. It can be said that Japan was finally completely defeated. Until Miyamoto Naotao traveled through time, he was still carrying the heavy burden of a defeated country. It can be said that the Japanese soldiers left alone was one of the main reasons. However, he did not expect that in this era, the Japanese soldiers left alone was more than 20 years ahead of schedule, so this unhealthy trend must be stopped.
Of course, Hirofumi Ito was also very dissatisfied with the unauthorized actions of the army's intelligence personnel this time, but if the wind that Miyamoto said would be fueled, it would bring a catastrophe to Japan, and he was a little dissatisfied. Of course, this was said by Naotaku Miyamoto, and Hirofumi Ito was not easy to refute it, but now he had no intention of severely punishing the perpetrators. After all, the incident had happened. Even if all the perpetrators were killed, the fleet of East China ** would not leave easily, and the return of customs was even more unsolvable. Therefore, the most urgent task now is how to solve the problem.
Naotaku Miyamoto also saw Hirofumi Ito's thoughts, and sighed secretly. He knew that he would not solve the problem. He couldn't listen to what it said now, so he had to say it later, so he said, "I have a way to solve these two problems at the same time."
After hearing this, Hirobuki Ito couldn't help but feel excited and said, "What's the solution? Tell me quickly."
Miyamoto Naotao said: "It's just that this method will have some impact on the reputation of the gentleman."
Hirobu Ito was slightly stunned and thoughtfully said: "As long as these two problems can be solved, even if it has some impact on my reputation, I will do whatever it takes."
Naotao Miyamoto nodded and said, "Sir, you can consider visiting East China **. He apologized for this matter and signed a friendly treaty with East China **. Although the content can be a little bit weak, he can even sign some economic and trade cooperation agreements."
Hirofumi Ito was also a very wise person. After hearing what Miyamoto said, he immediately understood that Naotao Miyamoto's method was actually to use East China ** to put pressure on Britain. Because Japan is an important chess piece that Britain restrained East China **, and once Japan and East China ** signed a friendly treaty, the most anxious thing must be Britain. In this way, Japan also has enough bargaining chips to negotiate with the UK and get the dominance of the customs.
Chapter completed!