After listening to Naotao Miyamoto's suggestion, Hirofumi Ito once again firmly decided that this plan must be carried out. In fact, Hirofumi Ito is also in a difficult situation now. After all, Hirofumi Ito has bet on his first lifetime of reputation during his visit to East China **. If he succumbed to the pressure of the Three Kingdoms and retreated, not only will he be useless to make all his efforts before, but he will not be able to take off his hat as "Japan's Li Hongzhang" in the future, so he can only grit his teeth and bear it.

However, there is also good news for Hirofumi Ito, that is, Japan's public opinion has subsided a lot, and protests in various places have gradually stopped. There are still a few remaining operations, and not many people have participated. Because Hirofumi Ito still adopted Naotao Miyamoto's suggestion to suppress Japan's radical associations. It forcibly closed more than 20 radical associations and arrested more than 1,000 people. At the same time, the Japanese police have also strengthened their law enforcement efforts and severely punished radical personnel who used the name of protest. Without the participation of these radical personnel, ordinary civilians were of course not interested in continuing to protest. After all, they still had to work and support their families, so they finally stabilized the situation in Japan.

Of course, there is another important reason, that is, this time, Hirofumi Ito received strong support from the Japanese army and navy. On the one hand, the military supported ** to take tough measures against protesters, and on the other hand, it also tried its best to restrain radical associations with military backgrounds, so that they did not participate in this protest operation. With the full support of the military, Hirofumi Ito was able to calm public opinion in a short period of time. In return for support to the military, although Japan had forcibly closed more than 20 radical associations, it did not fundamentally ban the existence of radical associations in Japan.

As the domestic situation stabilizes, Hiromori Ito will be able to free up his hands to play with the UK. First, the Japanese Parliament officially approved the consensus reached by Iromori Ito during his visit to the East China **. Although this consensus is also very controversial in the Japanese Parliament, Hiromori Ito still has a great influence on the Japanese Parliament at this time, because it is the Japanese Parliament. In addition, the cabinet and the military also support Hiromori Ito. Therefore, with Hiromori Ito's strong promotion, it is not too difficult to reach a consensus with the East China **.

According to the consensus reached by Hirobuki Ito’s visit to East China, Japan discussed the content of the consensus for one month and determined whether to pass the implementation. Now is the 17th day, which is much earlier than the expected time. This is also the pressure from the three countries of Britain, France and Russia on Japan. It can be said that if it were not for the pressure from Britain, France and Russia on Japan, Japan would not have passed the consensus so quickly.

Of course, Japan also passed a consensus, which means that the two sides could officially sign a treaty. Although on the second day, Britain, France and Russia protested to Japan and re-examined the sanctions that the three countries would take to delay the sanctions against Japan. In fact, Japan's reaction was much stronger than the three countries expected. According to the three countries' expectations, Japan should first negotiate with the three countries, explain and try its best to obtain the understanding of the three countries. Only until the end of the deadline will the consensus be passed. In this way, the three countries can still have at least 10 days of operation space, but they did not expect that Japan did not pay attention to the three countries at all, so they directly passed the consensus. This not only showed Japan's determination, but also forced Britain, France and Russia to the edge of the cliff, and could only implement the sanctions that had been determined previously.

But Japan was still unmoved and sent an invitation to visit East China **. During this visit, the two sides will formally sign an agreement to normalize the relationship between the two countries. At the same time, Japan also requires that during this visit, the two sides will formally negotiate and determine the economic and trade agreement, because Japan is now eager to resolve the sanctions imposed by Britain, France and Russia on Japan, and signing a bilateral economic and trade agreement is an important step.

Of course, Hirofumi Ito’s countermeasures against Britain, France and Russia are not limited to this. After sending an invitation to visit East China **, Hirofumi Ito immediately made an appointment with the United States. Germany’s ambassador to Japan expressed to the two countries that Japan hoped to strengthen relations with each other. At the same time, it also sent a visit application to the United States, hoping that Japanese Foreign Minister Sutaro Omura would visit the United States in the first half of next year to negotiate to strengthen cooperation relations between the two sides, and to send an invitation to Germany, hoping that Germany could send important personnel to Japan next year.

Both the United States and Germany responded positively to the kindness sent by Japan. The United States not only expressed its willingness to invite Sutaro Komura to visit the United States at the beginning of next year, but also considered that Secretary of State Elihurut could also visit Japan if the United States and East China ** negotiated the visit; while Germany stated that it could consider Prince Heinrich to visit Japan and meet with Emperor Meiji to strengthen exchanges between the royal families of the two countries.

In fact, the United States and Germany know the conflict between Japan and Britain, France and Russia. Therefore, after Japan expressed goodwill to the two countries, it was also the two countries' thoughts. It can take this opportunity to pull over Japan, divide the [Four-Country Alliance], and at the same time expand its influence in Asia.

Although the [Four-Country Alliance] is mainly aimed at East China, it is also an important threat to other countries. After all, once Britain, France, Japan and Russia form a solid alliance system, it will form obvious group advantages whether in Europe or Asia. The focus of the US expansion is now in Asia. Therefore, the existence of the [Four-Country Alliance] is also a great threat to the US in Asia. East China is a local snake in Asia, and it is also an object that the United States cannot pull over. Only Japan can fight for it.

Of course, the United States also knows that the contradiction between Japan and Britain, France and Russia is not irresolvable. In the end, Britain is likely to make concessions and return the tariff rights to Japan in exchange for Japan to return to the [Four-Country Alliance]. However, this does not prevent the United States and Japan from establishing a closer and better relationship. As long as this relationship is present, it will be useful sooner or later.

At the same time, the United States actively welcomes Japan's visit in preparation for the global fleet to visit Japan. Fleets around the world are the most important foreign affairs activities of the United States in the next two years. This is a test of the strength of the US navy and an important activity to show the US's national strength and military strength to the outside world. During this global voyage, many countries will be visited along the way, including in Asia, Japan, East China, and the Qing court, which are the targets that the US fleet hopes to visit this time. Now the United States has negotiated with East China to visit the fleet, and Japan's show of goodwill is a great opportunity, so the United States responds very positively to Japan.

Germany's plans are different from the United States. Germany does not have much power in Asia, and at present, Asia is basically divided by several major powers. Germany is not able to develop in mainland China like the East China **, so there is basically no room for development in Asia. However, the existence of the [Four-Country Alliance] is even more threatening to Germany, even more than the East China **. The only thing that can pose a direct threat to the East China ** is Japan. Although Russia still has a large amount of territory in the Far East, it actually poses little threat to the East China ** due to ports and strategic locations. Britain and France are far away in Europe. Although there are a large number of colonial areas in Asia, it is impossible to pose a direct threat to the East China **. This is also the main reason why the [Four-Country Alliance] must not be missing Japan.

However, in Europe, Germany will directly face the threat from Britain, France and Russia, and fall into an extreme unfavorable situation of attacking from the east and west. Therefore, Germany is more eager to break up the [Four-Country Alliance]. Therefore, Japan's show of goodwill is a great opportunity for Germany. If Japan can separate Japan and make Japan withdraw from the [Four-Country Alliance], it is of course beneficial to Germany. Although in the [Four-Country Alliance], Japan is the only country that does not pose a direct threat to Germany, if Japan withdraws from the [Four-Country Alliance], it will of course be a heavy blow to the [Four-Country Alliance]. In this way, Britain, France and Russia will inevitably invest more resources in Asia to maintain their power in Asia. Then the power in the direction of Europe will inevitably be weakened, which is naturally a favorable situation for Germany.

So Germany responded very positively to Japan's kindness and expressed the intention to let Prince Heinrich visit Japan, because Japan and Germany are both monarchical countries, and royal members are more flexible and convenient when visiting.

After receiving the positive response from the United States and Germany, Hiromori Ito also breathed a sigh of relief. In this way, Japan will not be too passive in the international community, and it can also give an explanation to the cabinet and Congress. Because if the United States and Germany's response is indifferent, it will bear more significant pressure for Hiromori Ito. Of course, the most important thing now is the attitude of East China, which will directly determine the fate of Japan and Hiromori Ito.

Fortunately, East China ** did not let Hirofumi Ito wait for too long, so he responded to Japan, expressing his appreciation for the consensus passed by the Japanese parliament. At the same time, East China ** will also form a delegation to visit Japan as soon as possible to complete the signing of the contract. At the same time, East China ** also promised Japan that it could negotiate the economic and trade agreement between the two sides with Japan during this visit. However, it would take a certain amount of time to form an economic and trade negotiation group.
Chapter completed!