"Kobayashi-kun, the military department ordered you to return to China immediately, and there is another task, and all actions against overseas Chinese will be temporarily stopped. 八?一?Chinese (一)?? (8) 8 1 (8) Z (8) .COM"

"What? Nakamura-kun, is it so difficult that we will give up Shanghai? In order to deal with overseas Chinese, we have already lost 16 people, and these people cannot be sacrificed in vain. ”

"Kobayashi-kun, your plan to attack the Shanghai office of overseas Chinese has already passed through your scope of responsibility, and fortunately it has not been implemented, otherwise it will cause serious diplomatic consequences for Japan and put Japan in a very passive position in international affairs, so you should feel fortunate now. ”

"Please give me another chance, this time I will definitely do it very secretively, and I will definitely not affect the Japanese government. ”

"No need, your dispatch has come down, you go back to Japan to report the situation to the military headquarters first, I have prepared the relevant information, and you will have a new mission, which is to go to Northeast China to collect intelligence, if necessary, you may also go to Russia. ”

"What, let me leave China? Nakamura-kun, you should understand that overseas Chinese talents are the biggest threat to us in Japan, and we must cut them down or give them a heavy blow before they can show themselves, otherwise when they gain a firm foothold in China, it will inevitably be unfavorable to Japan. ”

"Kobayashi-kun, I can understand your feelings, but you think about this matter too simply, just to destroy the Shanghai office of overseas Chinese, and will not provoke all the wars between overseas Chinese and European and American countries, and the negotiations between overseas Chinese and European and American countries are imperative, because for now, this is a matter that is beneficial to both of them, and it is not easy to destroy, even if you catch a few of them, it will not help. And you also underestimate the strength of the overseas Chinese, this time the overseas Chinese found a stronghold, it is very telling, and now we have been exposed, after this time, nearly half of the manpower in Shanghai has also been lost, and it is impossible to attack the Shanghai office of the overseas Chinese again, you have to accept this fact. ”

"Those fools in Europe and the United States are so hard that they can't see that the overseas Chinese are their biggest threat? ”

In fact, there is no one in Europe and the United States who cannot see the threat of overseas Chinese, but there are always a few people who can see the future, and most people only see the immediate interests, and the overseas Chinese obviously see this, so they will make commercial concessions to European and American countries, give them some small profits, and win some time for themselves. ”

"Are we just watching overseas Chinese gain a firm foothold, then spread out, and eventually squeeze Japan's living space?"

"Of course, we can't sit idly by, but although the current overseas Chinese have not yet grown into a behemoth, they have already begun to take on a large scale, and it is not something that a few of us can confront them, so if we want to deal with overseas Chinese, there are only two ways to go, one is to try our best to mobilize European and American countries, so that they can see the threat of overseas Chinese, so as to deal with overseas Chinese with us, and the second is to strengthen ourselves, if we want to deal with overseas Chinese, we must control Japan, so that we can mobilize all the forces of Japan to deal with overseas Chinese, can you expect those idiots in the military department to deal with overseas Chinese？”

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"Nakamura-kun, your opinion is right, if we can't control Japan, we really can't do anything. ”

"It's great that you can think like this, this time to go to Manchuria, China, is the first step for us to control Japan, because Japan's next focus must be in Manchuria, China, and Miyamoto-kun is also planning to exhibit in North Korea and Manchuria, he will fully support your work, of course, you will also try your best to help him in the Northeast, this is a good thing for us. ”

"Didn't Miyamoto-kun open a factory in Japan? Why did he go to Manchuria? Even if it was an exhibition abroad, wouldn't the environment in Ryukyu and Taiwan be better? We in Japan have absolute control over there. ”

"The domestic economy, society, and various resources have been controlled by a few large consortiums, and there is no room for the development of low-level personnel, and most of the resources of Ryukyu and Taiwan are basically occupied by consortiums and gates, only in Korea, Manchuria, and other places where Japan has not yet fully controlled, domestic consortiums will not invest here, but will get the support of the government, so only in these places can we have room for expansion. ”

"Well, these damn maggots only care about their own interests, and they don't think about Japan at all. If the consortium is not managed well, it will be difficult for Japan to exhibit again. ”

"Packing up the consortium will also wait until we have mastered Japan, and according to my estimate, after stabilizing the situation in Shandong, overseas Chinese will also set their sights on the Northeast, so we will meet with overseas Chinese in Northeast China, and we will still have a fight with overseas Chinese at that time. ”

"Understood, Nakamura-kun, I'll go back to Japan at once, and then I'll go to Manchuria at once. ”

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After the delegation arrived in Shanghai, the personnel responsible for holding exhibitions and concerts also began to make preparations, while Qin Zheng and Li Sanjie led negotiators to hold talks with various countries. Although all the countries have agreed to negotiate with the traveler individually, this is limited to the compensation of the prisoners and some private transactions, and some of the general principles are still negotiated by the traveler and the other countries, and the other treaties are also signed in the name of the traveler and the other countries, of course, Russia has not yet participated.

Of course, before the talks officially began, British Consul Huo Bilan once again assured Qin Zheng on behalf of various countries that the safety of the members of the delegation would be ensured, and Japanese Consul Oda Kiriya's Qin Zheng conveyed the goodwill of the Japanese government, saying that Japan hoped to establish good relations with overseas Chinese and jointly deal with threats. As for the matter of the Japanese intelligence base, there is no mention of it.

Since the talks officially began, the two sides had already explored each other's conditions and bottom line on a number of occasions before, and both sides had the intention of reaching an agreement, so the talks went very smoothly this time, and the two sides only had some discussions on the choice of words and sentences of individual articles.

Three days later, the two sides formally reached a five-point agreement:

1. A complete cessation of war, an end to the state of war, the restoration of peace in China, and the cessation of hostile acts;

2. All countries affirm their renunciation of all powers in the Tianjin Concession, Weihaiwei and Jiaozhou Bay areas, and recognize the administrative, military, judicial, taxation and customs powers of the overseas Chinese over the Tianjin Concession Area, Weihaiwei and Jiaozhou Bay areas, and that the overseas Chinese undertake to ensure the diplomatic authority of the consuls of all countries in these areas, the personal and property safety of the overseas Chinese, and the legal residence and economic rights;

3. All treaties signed between the countries and the Qing court shall be null and void in the areas under the rule of the overseas Chinese, and the countries will renegotiate and sign relevant treaties with the overseas Chinese to determine the principles of diplomatic relations between them;

4. Overseas Chinese undertake to fully open up to the outside world in their own areas of domination and in accordance with the principles of peaceful coexistence, equality and mutual benefit, and that all countries have the right to legally do business, reside, set up factories, build roads, railways, construction projects, and educate in their own areas under the rule of overseas Chinese, and that overseas Chinese undertake to improve the corresponding laws and regulations as soon as possible to ensure the legitimate interests of all countries;

5. The issue of war reparations and the repatriation of prisoners will be decided by overseas Chinese and other countries through separate consultations, and shall be annexed to this treaty;

These five-point clauses basically establish that the countries actually treat the crossing group as a single force, and the Tianjin concession area, Weihaiwei, and Jiaozhou Bay areas are also regarded as the territory of the crossing group, and there is nothing to do with the Chunting at all. However, in the subsequent negotiations between Li Hongzhang and other countries, he did not mention this at all, and completely pretended not to know.

After another four days of negotiations, Li Hongzhang also reached the terms of the agreement with the representatives of various countries:

1. The Qing State and other countries confirmed that both sides were responsible for each other in this war in China, so after the war was stopped and peace was restored, each other would no longer be held accountable, hostilities would cease, and diplomatic relations would be restored to the pre-19oo years;

2. The Qing State will respect international norms, guarantee the diplomatic relations between all countries and the Qing State, and ensure the safety of diplomatic personnel stationed in the Qing State and the corresponding diplomatic powers;

3. The Qing State undertakes not to cause incidents that incite hostility against other countries, and strictly requires all local governments to protect the personal safety of its residents and missionaries, and each country also undertakes to urge its residents and missionaries to respect the laws, regulations, customs and habits of the Qing Dynasty.

4. Qing promised to further open the domestic market, improve trade conditions, and dredge rivers;

5. For the damage caused to the legations and churches of various countries, the seven countries of Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Austria and the United States shall be compensated at the rate of 250,000 taels of silver per country, a total of 1,750,000 taels of silver, and there will be no other compensation;

6. The murder of the German minister Klinder, the Qing state promised to send the prince's minister as a special envoy to Germany, apologize to the Kaiser and Klinde's family on behalf of the Chun country, and pay 150,000 taels of silver to Klinde's family;

7. The murder of the secretary of the Japanese embassy, Sugiyama Bin, Qing promised to send Minister Shangshu as a special envoy to Japan, apologize to the Japanese emperor and Sugiyama Bin's family on behalf of the Chun Kingdom, and pay 1o thousand taels of silver for Sugiyama Bin's family;

8. The silver paid for the compensation in the above three articles will be delivered before December 31, 19o1, and the countries promise to pay the compensation and withdraw their troops from the Qing State after the completion of the settlement.

Compared with the [Xinchou Treaty] of the old time and space, this treaty is of course much stronger, first of all, the silver compensation will be greatly reduced, all of which add up to only 2oo thousand taels, and the [Xinchou Treaty] of the old time and space The compensation is 450 million, and the total of 930 million with interest is not enough, and the reduction of compensation does not need to be collateralized by customs duties and salt taxes, as a repayment of reparations, avoiding the loss of China's financial power. Moreover, the lack of compensation is not the most important thing, but more importantly, the countries did not obtain the right to station troops in Chinese mainland as the [Xinqiao Treaty] in the old time and space, which guarantees China's sovereignty integrity and national defense security to a certain extent.