After the Meiji Emperor of Japan announced the surrender edict, the Qing government and Russia began to discuss peace talks. Britain, France and the United States sent envoys to attend the trial. The Qing government's cabinet headed by Yuan Shikai appointed Beiyang Minister Tang Jian as the minister of peace talks, Russian Nicholas II appointed Finance Minister Sergei Yulievich Witt (hereinafter referred to as Witt) as the minister of peace talks, and Japan's Meiji Emperor of Japan appointed former Japanese Prime Minister Hirofumi Ito as the minister of peace talks.

Tang Jian, the venue of the peace talks, specially chose the Chunfan Building of Maguan, Japan, which signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki, and the Beiyang Navy was fully responsible for the reception.

A month later, representatives from various countries gathered in Weihaiwei, and the role of the main peace talks at this time had a clever change. Six years ago, the Chinese side was the defeated side in Chunfan Tower and the Japanese side was the victory. This time, six years later, the Chinese side was the victory side, and the Japanese side was the defeated side.

Tang Jian appointed Li Hongzhang and his son Li Jingfang, who was then the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, as the representatives of the peace talks. The reason why Tang Jian first chose Maguan, Japan as the venue for the peace talks and appointed Li Hongzhang and his son as the representatives of the peace talks was to use this peace talks to clean up the shame of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. In Tang Jian's words, "Where you lose, you will find the situation wherever you lose!"

On the morning of June 13, 1901, Tang Jian, Li Hongzhang and Li Jingfang were escorted to Chunfan Building under the escort of the guards.

As soon as Tang Jian and Li Hongzhang got into the carriage, Li Jingfang immediately knelt down for Tang Jian, and said with tears in his eyes: "Thank you, Lord Tang, for letting your father follow you to sign this treaty!"

Tang Jian helped Li Jingfang up, and after the three of them sat down, Tang Jian said, "Mr. Li doesn't have to be too polite. I know that Master Zhongtang has carried too much on his own. In fact, Master Zhongtang cannot be blamed for the defeat of Master Zhongtang. People have too many misunderstandings about Master Zhongtang. I just want to help Master Zhongtang fulfill his wish."

Although Li Hongzhang was terminally ill at this time, when he heard that Tang Jian defeated Japan, he insisted on going to Shiguan, Japan, claiming that he must sign a victory treaty for China before Xianyou.

When Tang Jian and Li Jingfang were talking in the carriage, Li Hongzhang was too ill and could not hear clearly what the two said. Li Hongzhang opened his turbid eyes and raised his hand tremblingly, signaling Li Jingfang to repeat the words of the two.

Li Jingfang leaned into Li Hongzhang's ear and clearly retelled the conversation between the two in Li Hongzhang's ear word by word.

After hearing this, Li Hongzhang burst into tears and said something vaguely. Li Jingfang listened carefully.

Tang Jian looked at Li Hongzhang, who was in his seventies, and was already in a turbid and turbid candle, but he was still holding his seriously ill body and insisting on going there. He sighed and sighed.

Li Hongzhang had mixed praises and criticisms throughout his life. On the one hand, he said he was a famous minister of Zhongxing, developed the national capital industry, and founded the modern Chinese navy, while on the other hand, he said he was a traitor. Basically, most of the unequal treaties of the Qing government were handled by Li Hongzhang. For Li Hongzhang, a papermaker in the late Qing Dynasty, he put too much effort into it, but most of them were not understood by the world.

No matter what, Tang Jian still respects Li Hongzhang from the bottom of his heart. Even though he was a traitor who "all people in the country can kill", who knows whether Li Hongzhang was willing to sign these uneasy treaties? When Tang Jian knew that he had developed the Westernization Affairs, founded the navy, supported the reform, and made indelible contributions to modern China, these were enough to make Tang Jian respect this old man.

After hearing Li Hongzhang's intermittent advice, Li Jingfang turned to Tang Jian and said, "My Lord Tang, my father said that he understands me. My father also said that since he signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki in the Sino-Japanese War in the year of 1894, he vowed not to go to the land of the Sun in his lifetime. Even if he traveled around the world a few years ago, he had never broken this vow when he visited various countries and turned to Japan. Today, my father was willing to drag his broken body to Japan to sign a new treaty with Lord Tang. On the one hand, my father wanted to seek justice for the Beiyang Shui brothers who died in battle at that time, and on the other hand, he wanted the Chinese people to know that Li Hongzhang is not a traitor."

Hearing this, Tang Jian felt mixed feelings. Li Zhongtang, the once glorious powerful minister, was sometimes awake and sometimes confused under the bumps of the carriage, with a pale face and thin skin, and a dull eyes. He was no different from an ordinary terminally ill old man.

Tang Jian walked over gently, held Li Hongzhang's already withered hand, and said, "Don't worry, Li Zhongtang, we are going to be the victorious party this time, no one will show us Chinese any more. Moreover, the humiliation that Lord Li many years ago will be returned to the Japanese today."

Li Hongzhang's lips trembled slightly, as if he was smiling, and then he fell asleep peacefully.

Li Jingfang apologized: "Mr. Tang, please don't mind. My father will fall asleep tiredly if he says ten more words every day. Don't worry, he will wake up in half an hour."

Tang Jian returned to his seat with confidence, and Li Jingfang filially covered Li Hongzhang with a thick blanket. Tang Jian asked the driver outside to catch the train slowly and minimize the feeling of bumps.

An hour later, Tang Jian and the other two had already arrived at Chunfan Tower. Unexpectedly, Li Hongzhang, who woke up, was able to barely walk with the help of his son Li Jingfang.

Tang Jian got off the carriage, and Wang Jianchuan immediately came up. Tang Jian asked, "How are you preparing?"

Wang Jianchuan gave a military salute and replied: "Return to the Lord, all 500 lone wolf people are around Chunfan Building, and secret whistles have been arranged on each important road."

"Yeah, it's not bad." Tang Jian praised and patted Wang Jianchuan on the shoulder. Then Tang Jian, Li Hongzhang and Li Jingfang walked into the peace conference room on the second floor surrounded by guards.

In the talks and conference room, the ministers of the British, American and French countries had already been in the audience seats on both sides, while the Ministers of Witt and Ito Hirofumi were waiting for a long time.

Russian plenipotentiary peace talks Minister Vite was dissatisfied with Tang Jian's lateness. Seeing Tang Jian and others sitting on his side, he arrogantly turned his face to the other side. For Vite, who had been in the palace for a long time, it was entirely lucky to win the Qing Dynasty. He had seen the Beiyang Navy at that time seven years ago. He did not believe that the Beiyang Navy, which had been completely wiped out, could surpass and defeat Japan in just a few years. Therefore, in his understanding, Tang Jian's Beiyang Fleet won the war entirely by luck.

The biggest effort put in this war was the Russian fleet. If it weren't for the Russian fleet that consumed the elite strength of the Japanese united fleet, the combat effectiveness of the Beiyang fleet would have never been able to win this war so easily.

So, in Werte's first impression, Tang Jian gave him the feeling of being an explosive household.
Chapter completed!