"Faced with that situation, let alone Li Zhiyuan, even this president would not be willing to let your country plunder our land, nor would he be willing to accept your country's tyranny and unreasonableness? As for benefiting from it, this president would have to thank Li Zhiyuan, if not With his decision, shouldn’t our Chinese land be lost to Japan? Yesterday’s Guandong, today’s Jiao’ao, hum…”

Yuan Shikai sneered and picked up the tea cup, but he did not drink the tea even though he held the lid.

"Tomorrow, I am afraid that your country will try to meddle with the whole of China. This time, Li Zhiyuan has resolutely stopped your country from meddling. Wouldn't this president thank you for being so loyal to the country? As for reputation! Japan has many ministers. Think about it, China is a democratic country, and the position of president is held by those who have the ability to win the people. On the day of the general election, Li Zhiyuan will be elected president based on this merit. Isn’t it China’s good fortune!”

Yuan Shikai's words only put a look of disbelief on Hichi Yi's face, while Lu Zhengxiang looked at the President in equal surprise, never expecting that the President would say these words.

"As for today!"

With his eyes slightly narrowed, he looked directly at Rizhiyi, and the sneer on Yuan Shikai's face gradually grew stronger.

"The conflict between China and Japan is the responsibility of Japan, not China. Japan invaded our territory. How could it be an act of a friendly country? How could the minister talk so much about the future of the two countries? Two months ago, when your minister made threatening remarks, how could he do anything? What are the future intentions of the two countries?”

At this point, when Hizhiyi didn't know how to respond, Yuan Shikai said suddenly.

"But for the sake of the future of the two countries, this President has no intention of forcing it too much. The so-called peace talks should all be proposed by the victorious country. Today, the President of Japan proposes the following five items, please pass them to Prime Minister Okuma of your country!"

After taking a sip of tea and clearing his throat, Yuan Shikai added.

"First, your country will unconditionally withdraw its troops from Shandong and Jiangsu!

Second, compensation for all civilian losses caused by your team's invasion! Civilian losses shall be raised by the people in the war zone, and shall be determined through consultation between the two countries.

Third, your country should apologize to our country for invading our territory!

Fourth, your country promises to return the Kanto leased land to our country immediately and unconditionally after it expires!

Fifth, your country promises that for the sake of peace in the East, it will never invade China! As for matters in the East, whenever China's interests are involved, it should be negotiated with China, otherwise it will be invalid!"

After putting forward five opinions in succession, Yuan Shikai picked up the teacup again, this time only slightly. When the aide on the side saw the president picking up the teacup, he immediately shouted loudly.

"see a visitor out!"

"The President..."

When Hikiki was about to argue, the attendant said again.

"see a visitor out!"

When Hichiyi stood up and left helplessly, Yuan Shikai said another sentence.

"Minister Japan, I hope your country will make a decision as soon as possible. Your country invaded our Lanshan army, but it is eagerly waiting for peace! If your country intends to negotiate based on these five articles, it can directly negotiate with General Secretary Lu!"

Putting down the teacup, when Lu Zhengxiang was about to get up and leave with Ri Zhiyi, Yuan Shikai spoke up.

"Zici, you stay here, the president has something to explain!"

After Rizhiyi left, Yuan Shikai looked at Lu Zhengxiang sitting there and smiled as kindly as possible towards him.

"Zi Ci, are you afraid that I will fall into the Japanese's conspiracy?"

"The President..."

"I know that in the eyes of outsiders, I, Yuan Shikai, is greedy for power. But no matter how greedy I am for power, don't I know that China is a democratic country? He, Li Zhiyuan, is more than thirty years younger than me. He will one day become the president. It's possible, so how can I feel taboo about it?"

At this time, Yuan Shikai put on a show of sincerity.

"But today, you also saw that Hichiichi and the Japanese have no good intentions."

"What the President said is true!"

Lu Zhengxiang nodded quickly and responded.

"The Japanese are far more vicious than the Western countries!"

But Yuan Shikai said without comment.

"As for these five conditions, this president may have exceeded them a little, but given the current situation, this is all that can be done. If it is as expected, the Japanese will agree to items 1, 2, 3, and 5. As for the fourth item, I'm afraid it will be a bit of a stretch, but it doesn't matter. The strength of the exchanges between countries has always been the first. Counting the days, there are still nine years before the return of Guandong State. Some things cannot be rushed!"

Regarding diplomacy and the great powers, Yuan Shikai knew everything about it. Guandong Prefecture was different from Jiao'ao. It was a "trophy" that the Japanese had won with great effort. As early as ten years ago, the Japanese political and military circles recognized that, If China wanted to take it back, it would have to shed ten times more blood. The Japanese regarded Kantung as a prison. How could Yuan Shikai not know that?

"What the President said is true, but over at Huaihai..."

Although it was clear that the president proposed these five points out of the desire to end the conflict as soon as possible, Lu Zhengxiang mentioned the Huaihai side. After all, this war was led by Huaihai.

"The Huaihai side, that side is the most worrying!"

Yuan Shikai shook his head and sighed.

"After this war, how can the Japanese be willing to accept it, and how can the domestic rebels be willing to accept it? If this President's prediction is true, in a few days, various newspapers will report that this President has a private meeting with the Japanese, and his intentions are Selling out China’s interests,”

"The President..."

"Well, I have suffered a lot for others in my life, and I am not afraid of this stigma. But what I am worried about is Li Zhiyuan. He is young. If he is deceived by others, he will think that this president is really like what Hichiji said, and he has many concerns about him. , so they have opinions about me, and in the end, it will definitely not be China’s luck!”

Faced with the President's concerns, Lu Zhengxiang became surprisingly silent. He knew that the President's concerns were justified.

Taking out a cigar from the cigar box, Yuan Shikai said in a casual manner while striking a match:

"Zi Ci, after you leave, you can directly inform the outside world about what happened today, um! It's better for us to tell you than it is framed by the Japanese! Hey..."

After saying that, he sighed again, but his brows were full of worry, as if he was really worried about creating a conflict with Huai Hai. However, Lu Zhengxiang did not notice that there was a fleeting look in Yuan Shikai's half-closed eyes. sneer.

"President, China can get a great president, it is really..."

Sighing at the president's broad-mindedness, Lu Zhengxiang quickly stood up and bowed.
Chapter completed!