Chapter 206: The Eight-Nation Coalition Plagues the Treaty of Shimonoseki

Xiaguan is an unbearable name for modern Chinese history. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoIn the Opium War after 1840, the place where the Qing Dynasty signed the Treaty of Nanjing against China and Britain as a result was on the water of Xiaguan outside Nanjing.

Perhaps for the sake of the house, more than 40 years later, little Japan also built a place called Shimonoseki at the westernmost point of Honshu Island, that is, near Kyushu Island, and after the end of the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, Li Hongzhang had to come here and sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki, which humiliated the country.

Although the Treaty of Shimonoseki has always been referred to in domestic textbooks, in fact, in this information age, do you want others to know which treaty Japan is called. In fact, it is impossible.

The Shimonoseki Treaty, which is a solid irony, was when little Japan after the Meiji Restoration, thinking that it could already be on par with the Western powers, and then began to suck the marrow out of the decadent giant panda.

And it is precisely on the basis of that treaty that the terms of compensation of 200 million taels of silver let the world powers see that this seemingly huge Qing Empire can be defeated so easily, you know, the strongest Beiyang Fleet in Asia at that time, compared to the ABC3 countries in South America, have an advantage in strength, in addition to the European and American powers, originally, the Beiyang Naval Division does not need to worry about anyone. However, the Qing Empire's foreign power and middle cadres were not able to hide from the eyes of the Japanese people in the end. The Japanese, who also belong to the East Asian cultural circle, seem to know more about the culture of the Qing Empire, and their relatives also fell into the decay of the Qing Empire, and clearly foresaw the decline of the Qing Empire, so they brazenly launched that war.

As a result of the war, they won the bet and defeated the Beiyang Fleet, which was showing off its might at their doorstep.

At that time, the Qing Empire, the Beiyang Fleet adopted the same strategy and tactics as the decaying Australian Empire, the difference was that the opponent of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was the most warlike of the European and American powers to Italy, while the opponent of the Qing Empire was the small Japanese state after the Meiji Restoration.

The same tactics, well, fraternal countries can win by chaos, but this method may obviously only be used once, and the Qing Empire, the understanding of naval warfare is not deep enough, so that they think that this way can be used as a normal strategy and tactics, so they gave up the battleship and turned to a wedge formation, and in the end, they lost to rapid-fire guns, and on the surface of the East China Sea, they lost their pride as soldiers, and then, Li Hongzhang avoided the battle to protect the ship, and finally completely lost their dignity as soldiers in Weihaiwei.

After more than 100 years, this pile, piece by piece, has been deeply imprinted into the consciousness of every Chinese. Kang Ning, as a traverser, is the same, however, in order to hide his identity as a traverser, it is not convenient for him to make a bad interest in this regard, but Boss Huang behind him doesn't care so much.

Tokugawa Ieyasu finally agreed to Kangning's request, he had no right to refuse, his family, his subordinates, his subordinates' families, these people's lives were in the hands of Kangning's thoughts. And the elite generals he relied on were now outside the city of Kyoto, confronting Kangning's army, and as a result of the confrontation, they were copied back.

It was he, as the shogun, who affected him, and his subordinates, if his subordinates did not make any mistakes, how would his conscience face their questioning, and how would he face his own torture? Therefore, he established his own failure, as long as he can protect himself and his subordinates, there will eventually be a moment of comeback, but this Kangning in front of him does not seem to be ready to give him that opportunity.

Originally, Corning was going to send him directly to Hokkaido? Where, Tokugawa Ieyasu and the others will learn how to deal with the locals and how to deal with all kinds of fish in the waters of Hokkaido, however, not long after his plan was reported, there was news that Boss Huang had come to the Wakoku.

Soon, Boss Huang's thoughts were passed on to him.

Shimonoseki, a place that he would remember for the rest of his life, became the perfect place to formally sign the treaty.

Corning had no reason to refuse, and even thanked Boss Huang a little because he had accomplished something that was inconvenient for him to complete.

However, he didn't expect that Boss Huang's bad taste was far from over here.

Although nominally, this is only a contract between the two of them, however, Toyotomi Hideyori, as the nominal lord of Kangning, will also participate, and in addition, Boss Huang actually sent an invitation to the emperor who lives in Kyoto.

The mountain city country where the emperor was located had become a dependency of Kangning at this time, and Kangning did not confiscate the territories of those nobles, but still allowed them to have the original fiefdoms, but it was converted into private property. When the time is ripe for Bai's future, he will revolutionize the land ownership system here, but of course, it is still too early.

The new emperor, who had just ascended the throne, suddenly felt overwhelmed in the face of such a complicated Teochew drama, so he could only silently accept the arrangement and lead the civil and military ministers from Kyoto to the distant Shimonoseki.

The process proceeded very slowly, so much so that during this time, Kangning had time to exchange political ideas with several other princes, such as Date Masamune, Mori Terumoto, and others, and of course, the most pleasant cooperation between them came from the commercial side.

At the same time, the princes of Kyushu Island also felt that they should also participate in it, and there was a situation that was most beneficial to them.

But things seemed to be going differently than they had hoped.

You must know that four or five hundred years ago, Kyushu Island was still a place of exile, and now, the footprints of the emperor will come to Shimonoseki opposite Kyushu Island, does this mean? Even the emperor, who is supreme in power, will be exiled.

However, when the content of the negotiations between the two sides came out, they were all surprised, and they did not pay attention to Tokugawa Ieyasu's punitive measures, which had nothing to do with them, but about the emperor's arrangement, which made their jaws drop.

Return to the big deal?

When Boss Huang heard about Kangning's idea, he immediately thought of this political demand during the Meiji Restoration, and the Shogunate faction used the Supreme God of the Emperor in order to bring down the Tokugawa Shogun, but the final outcome was that after World War II, they finally became a constitutional monarchy. The political status of the Japanese emperor, after World War II, was even worse than during the shogunate. Their political rights have all but been lost.

And this time, in order to obtain greater benefits, Boss Huang also chose to bring out the emperor, and this contract was originally a negotiation between the Kanning side and Tokugawa Ieyasu, however, it was to be promulgated in name by the emperor's edict.

In order for the emperor to agree to this, Boss Huang put forward the view of reforming the emperor, and clearly pointed out that the existence of the shogun was a desecration of the emperor's imperial power.

At the same time, the emperor should have a prime minister who is loyal to him, who will take care of the government for him, so as to rule the country.

His point of view was quickly supported by the emperor and the nobles of the clan, so these people, who had no sense of existence in politics, suddenly began to be active in the political arena, and behind them, it was Boss Huang and others who supported them.

The weak clan does not have enough strength to resist the princes from all walks of life who have been fighting in the Warring States for many years, so they can only rely on Boss Huang and others. Especially this Ming man named Kangning.

Although at this time, they have looked down on the Republic of China, and more than ten years ago, they also tried to use North Korea as a springboard to launch a war against the Ming Dynasty, but the final failure told them that although the Ming Dynasty was about to die, and the beard was not at home, the emaciated camel was still bigger than the horse, and a hoof kicked down, enough for their small insect country, which hurt for many years.

In the end, the princes from all walks of life adopted a policy of appeasement that paid close attention to this signing event.

Regarding the fall of Tokugawa Ieyasu, they said that they were happy to see the views they upheld. However, the old fox was not completely wiped out after all, if this time was too clear to Kangning, maybe in the future some days, to attract revenge, rather than entrusting his future to others, it is better to seize this chaotic moment, and hurry up to develop his own power, so the entire Japanese archipelago once again fell into the early years of the Warring States period, the situation of various princes ready to move.

It's just that this time, the forces they can use will definitely not be at the level of the village chief as in the early years of the Warring States period.

A little more than a month later, the Shimonoseki Treaty was finally signed, but nominally between the Emperor of Japan and the Ryukyu Kingdom's concubines.

In the future, the Wa Kingdom will adopt the strategy of separating the four powers. Sekibai Toyotomi Hideyori, Justice Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada, Regent Kangning, and the Prime Minister to be elected.

Corning's first edict when he took office was to issue an immigration order, calling on the people of the entire Japanese archipelago to further expand their horizons to the south, and he had enough ships to carry them there to reclaim the land, and many landless peasants in the war years did not hesitate to choose to follow Corning after hearing about this.

At the same time, Corning has issued an order to relocate to the Shandong region, where more people who have suffered from drought and land loss will come to China to strengthen their sense of cultural belonging.

The next day, as regent, Corning issued another decree calling for the opening of schools throughout the country and the promotion of pinyin and Chinese characters.

On the third day, Corning issued another decree requiring all princes to make a pilgrimage to Beijing.

The newly enthroned emperor was stunned to find that although they had nominally returned to Daimasa, the actual power had not been allocated to him.

When he wanted to express his views in some aspects, Director Kangning would point out the shortcomings in his views in a more tactful way, and then concluded: "Your Majesty has just been returned to the Great Government, and he is not very familiar with the handling of government affairs, so he should maintain a humble attitude, mainly to learn how to manage the government, and the specific affairs should still be handed over to the courtiers to do, so he finally understood that the so-called return of the Great Government is not as good as it sounds." ā€

Speaking of the return of this big policy, Kang Ning also has bitterness and can't say, in order to win over the emperor, such a name must be given, at this point, he understands and supports Boss Huang, however, it is he Kangning who deals with specific affairs here after all. He had to be the next Tokugawa Ieyasu, or rather, the next to establish the shogunate, so that he could bring the entire Japanese archipelago, step by step, into their sphere of influence, and become a place where they could really rule.

However, after the issuance of the Three Ordinances, it was quickly opposed by certain forces, such as the Shimazu family on the island of Kyushu.

The Shimazu family finally rebelled, and six years ago, they attacked the Ryukyu Kingdom and captured the king there, and now, Boss Huang has finally found a chance to avenge his father-in-law.

The rebellion of the Shimazu family is also very simple to say, because the relevant treaty that has just been signed seriously infringes on their interests. The Ryukyu Kingdom's desire for an island suddenly made them discover your ambition hidden behind it? Perhaps to the other princes, a few dozen small islands with a small area were nothing, but for their Shimazu family, the view was different, after all, there were many similar islands in their territory, and most of them were in the direction of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

In the latest signed contract, Boss Huang opened his mouth widely, adding a lot of territorial claims on the basis of the original conditions of Corning. Many of them belong to the Shimazu family.

Moreover, the requirement to let them enter the capital to face the saint also made them notice for the first time that this was actually a Hongmen feast, and for those who had a festival with them, it was very likely that they would be eradicated by taking the opportunity.

But if they didn't go, they would definitely find an excuse and be subjected to a large-scale crusade, and since it was the same result whether they went or not, they simply rebelled and bluntly proposed that Kangning, as a Ming Dynastyman, should not hold the power of regent.

Naturally, such a strong accusation was able to attract a large number of supporters in a short period of time, and it was enough that a wave of rebellion that could sweep the entire Japanese archipelago at once was already brewing.

Next, it's up to Corning to do what it does.

Boss Huang has also realized that since the establishment of his power group, the biggest test has come, in the face of those samurai with decades of combat experience, his warriors who often cleave the waves at sea, can they succeed on this island? That's a big question.

Kangning didn't care about this, although he knew that this was a very serious challenge, but he seemed to be ready, and shipwloads of food, personnel and materials were already on the way to the Japanese kingdom. The biggest difference between him and Boss Huang is that he has a huge base that Boss Huang has never won in the world, and that place is called the Jiaodong Peninsula.