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The Portsmouth Treaty provides that:

(1) The lease rights of Lushun and Dalian on the Liaodong Peninsula and the railway rights south of Changchun were returned to the Qing government, and temporarily supervised by the army in Hainan.

(2) In the northern part of Korea, the area north of Kaesong and Panmunjom was garrisoned by the Hainan army, and the Hainan garrison was 70,000 in the early stage. From then on, it was temporarily supervised by the Japanese army.

(3) Russia ceded Sakhalin Island south of the 50th parallel to Japan and recognized Japan's fishing rights along the coast of the coastal states and Kamchatka.

Through the Portsmouth Quadripartite Talks, Chen Zhong helped the Qing government recover the Liaodong Peninsula, and at the same time, established the position of the Hainan army in Liaodong, and occupied this important strategic point, fundamentally containing the military power of Japan and Russia in this region.

On the day of the signing of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty, the disappointed Japanese people gathered at Hibiya Park in Tokyo to convene a national assembly to oppose the Portsmouth Peace Treaty.

As a result of the Portsmouth talks, Japan has only gained a very small part of its strategic benefits, but these benefits are only theoretical, and in practice, they are almost empty words.

In the early stage of the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese people were counting on receiving large amounts of compensation from the Qing government after the First Sino-Japanese War. But the end result was so bleak.

Because in the Russo-Japanese War, Japan spent almost the whole country's money, and so many people were killed and wounded, which was far greater than the investment in the First Sino-Japanese War. As a result of this meeting, Japan did not receive a penny after the war, and they were already extremely angry.

The indignant Japanese people clamored for the emperor to abrogate the treaty. Clashes with the police ensued, and they violently attacked the Prime Minister's residence near Hibiya Park.

This incident riots lasted 3 days and were eventually suppressed by government forces. However, the riots quickly spread from Tokyo to all parts of Japan, and the whole of Japan was shaken by the Hibiya incident.

At this time, a revolutionary movement against the rule of Tsarist Russia, represented by Nicholas II, was also brewing in Russia. The Portsmouth Peace Treaty had little impact on Russia.

However, in the Qing Dynasty, there was a wave of patriotism*. When people from all walks of life in China learned that in the peace treaty signed by the British, the Qing government had recovered the strategic land of the Liaodong Peninsula, the people and people from all walks of life in China were boiling.

It is a peace treaty that the Chinese have not signed for a long, long time, and it is so high-eyebrowed. For a time, major domestic newspapers published front-page headlines, hyping up the victory of the Chinese in Portsmouth.

The delegation of the Great Qing Kingdom led by Yixuan and Qu Hongji returned to China ahead of schedule, and they never dreamed that they had just returned to China and received the highest courtesy like a hero, and the people crowded at the intersection chanting the name of Prince Qing.

Yi Xuan got into the car in a panic and quickly fled the surging crowd. He firmly believes that this is not a good thing, but a harbinger of a great crisis.

In the Renshou Palace, Yixuan and Qu Hongji described the entire negotiation process to Cixi, and Cixi was suddenly very excited, she completely forgot her identity, and danced happily.

Yi Xuan muttered to himself in his heart: Lafayette is really old and confused, a Portsmouth peace treaty, you are excited to be a bird! What does it have to do with you? To say that there is a relationship, it is also another potential danger around us. Because the Hainan garrison is on the Liaodong Peninsula, it will pose a great threat to Beijing.

Moreover, the performance of the Hainan army during this period completely pleased the people in the country, and the reputation of the king of Hainan was greatly improved, and his influence was increasing. With them stationed on the Liaodong Peninsula, how safe was the Qing court!

Cixi smiled excitedly there, she seemed to have found the long-lost dignity on this paper peace treaty, and the depression in her heart was gradually released.

Yixuan waited for this old demon to be crazy enough, and then said: "Lafayette, although this paper peace treaty has improved our country's reputation in the world, but, Lafayette, have you ever thought about it, this king of Hainan has always had ambitions, and he occupies Liaodong, which is an extremely dangerous thing for our Qing court." ”

When Cixi heard Yixuan's words, she chuckled in her heart, and her face, which was still full of spring breeze just now, suddenly became gloomy.

Cixi looked at the ministers in front of her and said, "Qu Aiqing, you are also one of the representatives of this peace treaty, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Qu Hongji said: "Tell Lafayette, according to Weichen, Prince Qing is making a bit of a fuss. With the current strength of the King of Hainan, if he wants to have a plot against the country, Weichen seems that it is unlikely in a short period of time.

Because Chen Zhong's foothold in Liaodong is not stable, and his old nest is far away in Hainan, if he wants to start attacking the interior in Liaodong, I am afraid that their logistics will not be able to keep up in the near future.

Besides, the Japanese troops stationed in southern Korea will not give up after they recover their strength, so Chen Zhong's troops will be greatly constrained, and I don't think Chen Zhong will be so stupid.

Moreover, Liaodong was always safer in the hands of Chen Zhong than in the hands of Japan and Russia. ”

Cixi pondered for a while and said, "Well, you both speak very well. In short, this time, Park ...... What a peace treaty was signed, it was very successful, and the members of your negotiating delegation should be commended.

In addition, Yuan Shikai, your new army in Tianjin must closely monitor Chen Zhong's defenders on the Liaodong Peninsula, and if there is a slight change, control them immediately!

Also, the matter of this king of Hainan, if you want to find a solution, see if you can appease and appease them, give them some rewards, recruit An, and then slowly disintegrate Hainan's military power? ”

Yi Liang said: "Lafayette is wise, this king of Hainan, sooner or later it will be a hidden danger, we will slowly infiltrate them, and then, disperse their military forces, and finally absorb them." ”

In the Qing court, Yi Liang and Yuan Shikai were brewing a huge conspiracy in the face of the increasingly powerful Hainan army in front of them.

Chen Zhong did not return to China immediately after the talks, but stopped at this famous shipbuilding base to do some investigations. He decided to order several huge battleships in these world-class shipyards to replenish the Hainan fleet.

Due to the expansion of the area under their control, Chen Zhong's most urgent desire was to urgently build another naval fleet.

Chen Zhong knows that the "Warrior", which was completed and commissioned as early as 1860, was the first ironclad ship of the British Navy, and is currently in this Portsmouth, which is a model work of the powerful British fleet at that time. This place is a blessed place for the rise of the British Navy.

In the past two years, the construction of the British Navy, under the leadership of Field Marshal Fisher, is being built dreadnoughts, which definitely represent the highest level of the world military industry in this era.

In order to build these giant ships, they used astronomical amounts of industrial raw materials and money, and hired tens of thousands of workers to participate in the construction.

The "Dreadnought" battleship, which is being built across the era, will surely create a miracle of the industrial age.

In this naval battle in the Sea of Japan, Chen Zhong strongly felt that only a giant battleship with multiple ships would have enough say at sea.

At present, expanding the size of Hainan's fleet is the biggest and most urgent issue facing Chen Zhong.

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