"Could your country consider changing the venue of the peace talks? I think Qingdao is a good choice, so that the delegates of your country will not have to suffer from the fatigue of traveling. Holding peace talks in China is also appropriate to reflect your country's dominant position. Yesterday, the British ambassador to China, Somoset, was also an old acquaintance, but in the face of this Chinese businessman who had asked him to attend the opening ceremony, and now he was the first person in China, he had to lower his posture.

"Mr. Ambassador Samosette, are you here on behalf of the Imperial Government?" Wu Chenxuan has not yet spoken, Foreign Minister Lu Zhengxiang has already spoken, "If it is the intention of your government, we will have to regret that it is difficult to accept." ”

Looking at the foreign minister with a tough attitude and Sean Wu who seemed to be thinking about something on his mind, Samoset had to admit that he really didn't have much confidence, if it weren't for the fear that the old immortal of Xiyuan Temple Gongwang would die in his mansion, and the 5,000 pound Swiss bank deposit certificate as the foundation, he would not have rushed to the head office.

"Lao Sa, we all understand your troubles. However, the little devils have been too unsparing in their work before, and this retribution is unpleasant, and it is also a reasonable thing, for the sake of your old sa's face, we can unilaterally suspend strategic bombing and ground warfare, as long as the Japanese side can show their sincerity in seeking peace on these trivial issues. ”

"Mr. Sean, your magnanimity is admirable, and I will convey it to the Japanese delegates and persuade them to recognize it. Sorry to bother you. Samoset said with a smile.

"It doesn't matter, a yard is a yard, and you are also entrusted. We are old friends, you come to see me, I still welcome it, and you don't have to be formal when you come and go in the future. Wu Chenxuan said casually, and the two nimble cheetahs had quietly walked around from behind Samoset and squatted on the edge of Wu Chenxuan's sofa, squinting and enjoying Wu Chenxuan's touch, yawning and two tiger teeth flashing blood, probably just finished lunch.

Samoset felt a layer of sweat on his back. The coercion of this boss is too strong, if I am okay, it is better to come less, and I want to live a few more years, come to this Oriental Napoleon to visit the door, and lose my life.

Although it did not sue for peace three times as the Qing government had done before, and two of them were rejected, the Chinese government insisted on starting peace talks at the Chunfan Tower in Xiaguan, and the Japanese government had no choice but to accept it after receiving the will of the Imperial Council, and Britain, France, and the United States all said that if Japan continued to dwell on such details, the responsibility for the breakdown of the peace talks would lie with the Japanese side, and it would be difficult for the three countries to interfere in the future.

At this time, the Japanese government was already very afraid of the continuation of the war, and was determined to do whatever it took to obtain an armistice. Upon learning of China's demands, Emperor Taisho immediately summoned the Prime Minister, Count Masayi Terauchi, and appointed Duke Kobo of Saionji Temple (promoted to the first rank) as plenipotentiary to Shimonoseki City to welcome the Chinese delegation to negotiate peace.

At the Imperial Council, Duke Saionji discussed peace with his ministers, Yusaku Uehara resolutely opposed the reparation for the cession of land, and Kato Yusaburo advocated that if he could avoid the cession of land, even if he could pay a huge amount of compensation for the war expenses, he could bear the humiliation. Minister Sun Yubun, Prime Minister Katsuda, and Foreign Minister Ichiro Motono believed that the current situation was urgent, and that if China avoided the conditions for ceding China's land, peace negotiations would not be able to continue, but Japan could not lose any more land except for Sanhan and Taiwan, which were already occupied by China. The new Minister of Internal Affairs was Goto Shinpei, who had served as the governor of Taiwan and president of the Manchurian Railway, and he also understood that Japan's current strength could no longer manage the mainland, and he also agreed to limit himself to the cession of Taiwan to the three Koreas, securing the mainland and the South Sakhalin region. Xiyuan Temple Gongwang claimed: "If the land is cut, it will stop at the line of fire, and if it can't be discussed, it will be returned!" ”。

Subsequently, despite his old age and infirmity, the public of Xiyuan Temple visited the ministers of various countries and begged for interference, but to no avail. Seeing that the cede of land and seeking peace was a foregone conclusion, Saionji made it easier for the emperor to report to the emperor on July 2 on the matter of land cession, and demanded "face-to-face instruction", and it was necessary to obtain a clear authorization for the cession of land from the mouth of Taisho. Emperor Taisho avoided it, and in the end, the emperor's attendant, General Mumu, had no choice but to say that the emperor could approve the grant of "the right to land through business". Therefore, in the last two hours before the departure of the Chinese delegation, Saionji, in the name of Minister Plenipotentiary and Peace Minister, led more than 40 attachés with seven advisers to Shimonoseki and telephoned the Japanese ambassador to China to agree to China's choice of the venue for the negotiations and greet him in person. On July 4, the Chinese delegation arrived in Shimonoseki, Japan, where they remained staying at the temple (the ancient residence of the Korean messenger). After a day's rest, on July 6, the two sides met at Chunfan Lou (a famous Japanese restaurant in Shimonoseki, famous for cooking puffer fish), officially opening the second Sino-Japanese peace talks in Shimonoseki.

From July 6 to 14, China and Japan held the first three rounds of negotiations. From April 11 to June 28, when the bombing was suspended, due to the surge in logistical machinery failures, the air force almost took a break for three or four days throughout late May to June, and there was no feat of large aircraft group sorties, after a statistical comparison between China and Japan, the standard air force was on duty for a total of 45 days, dispatched 21,500 sorties of B4 and B3 bombers, and dropped 14,700 tons of bombs, of which incendiary aerial bombs accounted for about 45 percent. The remaining high-explosive bombs account for about 40 percent, and new types of bombs such as submunitions and mine-dispersed bombs account for more than 10 percent. Of course, 1.2% of the bombs are aerosol bombs, although for the Japanese military and civilians, this kind of bombs are not realistic, but these tiny particles are scattered in the mountains and rivers of Japan, but they are difficult to be degraded by the environment. Years later, biologists and medical researchers expressed incomprehension of the degradation of species in the Japanese archipelago, but Tongguò concluded that the indiscriminate use of pesticides to increase food production and the emission of harmful substances from some precision processing industries were to blame. There are even conspiracy theorists who suspect that there has been a small leak in the nuclear reactor built with China's assistance, but of course, after several rounds of public and rigorous testing with the participation of many parties, such groundless suspicions have been denied by scientific evidence, and the matter is buried deep in the mystery of history. However, in the later period of the Sino-Japanese War, the strategic bombing that lasted for 45 days was named the "Goddess of Dawn" and still wrote a strong stroke in the world's military history, becoming the first example of the air power of Tongguò to determine the direction of the war, and also became the beginning of the active development of air power in various countries. Of course, China's F4 and F3 fighters have also been introduced by many countries as escort forces and air defense fighters, and they can sell so many second-hand arms in peacetime, in Yang Shihai's words, "the Japanese military and civilian have made the best advertising propaganda for their own huge casualties, and have made a great contribution to the upgrading of the standard air force, and if the Japanese side agrees, he hopes to drop a 500-kilogram medal in Tokyo as encouragement." Basically, after half a year, it will be difficult to find B3 and B4 in the Chinese air fleet. Britain and the United States have introduced China's bomber production lines and technical drawings, this time China did not sell engine technology again, so the bombers of the two countries are still subject to China's aero engines, and the reverse design of domestic products is also unsatisfactory, mainly due to material reasons, if the B4 bomber mass-produced by Britain and the United States is equipped with China's "Tiangang" engine, it can be used for thousands of hours without failure, and domestic products can be used for more than 300 engine hours before overhauling. Otherwise, there may be a surge or simply stop in the air, and even more powerful direct deflagration. Until World War II, British and American aircraft engines could not make breakthroughs in materials.

Getting back to business, at the negotiation site in Chuncheon Building. When asked about the terms, Gu Weijun, the representative of the Chinese side, revealed in the second round of negotiations the cession of Tanegashima, Ogasawara Islands, and Okinawa Islands. Wherever you are in your territory, if I want to take it, who can refuse it? In short, in the first three rounds of negotiations, the personable Gu Dashao did his best to humiliate the Japanese representatives such as Xiyuan Temple, and the public hope of Xiyuan Temple already had the consciousness of seeking perfection, but he was afraid that Japan would suffer another catastrophe from heaven in the middle of the peace talks. The Chinese side tried to make the Japanese side automatically withdraw the armistice proposal with harsh conditions, and achieved the goal of peace talks without stopping the war, but Gu Dashao obviously underestimated the ability of these sons to pretend to be three grandsons. In addition to not agreeing to all the conditions, the Japanese delegation was as humble as a little girl, which made Lu Zhengxiang, Gu Shaochuan and others, who were also particular about their faces, also feel a little shy.

After 14 July, with only three days left before the 15-day ceasefire, the Chinese side continued to blackmail as victors. In the fourth round of negotiations held on 14 July of the 15th year of the Republic, the Chinese side put forward a formal version of the peace clause and demanded that the Japanese side reply within three days, otherwise the ceasefire would end and the war would resume. The terms of the peace agreement mainly include:

"1. The Treaty of Peace between Nissin and Japan signed before the Nissin shall be abolished with immediate effect;

2. To return the Government of Taiwan and the 93 islands under its jurisdiction, and to confirm the restoration of the two vassal states of Sanhan and the Ryukyus, of which the Ryukyu Islands will be under the trusteeship of China, and a referendum will be held to determine the ownership of the Ryukyus after the end of the 20-year trusteeship period;

3. Japan shall return to China 376 million yuan of China's national wealth and interest as seized by the "Japan-Qing Peace Treaty", and pay 270 million Chinese dollars in compensation for military conflicts, for a total of 6% 46 million Chinese dollars, which can be paid in installments of 20 years, calculated according to the internationally accepted interest;

4. Japan has opened all its markets to China and granted China one-sided most-favored-nation status;

5. China enjoys the right of free passage to all waters of Japan (excluding the 15-nautical-mile territorial sea);

6. Japan's military expenditure shall not exceed 5 percent of the gross national product of the previous year before all debts are repaid, of which the navy shall not be expanded, and no new warships shall be built until the existing warships have been completely scrapped, and the new warships shall not exceed the tonnage and main gun caliber of the scrapped ships;

7. Chinese citizens enjoy the rights and interests of visa-free and consular adjudication in Japan, and the Japanese government is required to guarantee the safety of Chinese citizens during their stay in Japan, and if an incident occurs that harms the personal and lawful rights and interests of Chinese citizens, China will have the right to take appropriate measures to resolve the matter, including the use of force;

8. Japan ceded Tanegasegas, Izu Islands, Ogasawara Islands and their affiliated islands and reefs to China;

Nine 、......"

In the fifth round of negotiations that followed, China proposed a final amendment in which no cession of the Izu Islands would be made, and the scope of the Ogasawara Islands would be appropriately reduced, and the area of the Ogasawara Islands would be appropriately reduced, and four larger uninhabited islands would be established. The reparations were reduced to 535 million Chinese dollars, and procedural restrictions were imposed on China's use of force to solve the problem of citizens' security, which was a small concession made by China in order to save face for the great powers of Britain, the United States and France, but it was still very harsh for Japan. When submitting the amendment, Foreign Minister Lu Zhengxiang said: "Your Excellency the Duke has seen my amendment this time, but there are only two sentences: yes and no. The Duke of Xiyuan Temple was silent for a long time and asked, "Isn't it allowed to be discussed?" Lieutenant General Du Zicheng, a military representative who was the deputy envoy for the talks, replied: "We can only discuss it, but we cannot reduce any of the terms and conditions." On the afternoon of July 24, the prime minister of the temple told the Saionji Gongwang by telephone: "I originally hoped to gain a point, but if there is no negotiable reform, Japan's vitality has been damaged, and there is no longer a trend of delay and change, so I ask the public to abide by the previous decree and make an agreement with it."

In order to ease the atmosphere, the Japanese delegation invited Lu Zhengxiang, Du Zicheng, Gu Weijun and others to watch the geisha perform on a castle tower near the Shimonoseki Wharf. ”