Soon, after the "Fusheng" finished docking and lowered the trestle, Li Hongzhang saw a group of sailors with rifles on the "Fusheng" walking down quickly, setting up a cordon at the wharf, and then a group of Japanese walked down. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Deng Shichang then also got off the boat, he saw Li Hongzhang and his party from a distance, and immediately walked over quickly, he came to Li Hongzhang, shook his cloak, and then bowed to worship.

"Mark Deng Shichang, see Master Making!"

Li Hongzhang looked at Deng Shichang, who was very military in his every move, and loved it very much, so he immediately stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help him.

"Deng Guan's trip has been hard." Li Hongzhang said comfortingly.

"The mark for this trip, which was supposed to arrive in Tianjin five days ago, but in the middle of the road, the wind and waves were encountered, the machine was damaged, and the sea repaired before moving forward, it was a delay, and I asked the adults to treat the sin under the symptoms." Deng Shichang said.

Hearing that Pu Cheng's Deng Shichang did not shy away from saying that he had made a mistake in sailing at sea, Li Hongzhang appreciated it even more in his heart, and he had already known from Lin Yizhe's letter that this "failure" was deliberately arranged by Lin Yizhe, so as to buy time for the Prime Minister Yamen to deal with the Japanese negotiations, and he did not blame himself at all: "There are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, ships on the sea, and machine failures, there are many originals, and Deng Guandao does not have to blame himself." ”

At this time, Li Hongzhang faintly had the idea of transferring Deng Shichang to Beiyang.

Li Hongzhang looked at the Japanese who were surrounded by Chinese sailors like prisoners on the dock in the distance, and he recognized Yanagihara Maemitsu at a glance, and when he saw Yanagihara Maemitsu's slightly haggard appearance, he couldn't help but secretly laugh in his heart.

However, he still has a trace of admiration for this young Japanese in his heart.

For Li Hongzhang, it is not the first time that he has dealt with Yanagihara Maemitsu.

In the 11th year of Tongzhi (1870), Yanagihara Maemitsu came to Tianjin to negotiate with Li Hongzhang on the issue of the exchange of contracts between China and Japan. That time, Yanagihara Qianguang's astuteness and ability left a deep impression on Li Hongzhang.

At that time, Li Hongzhang unconsciously compared Lin Yizhe, a newcomer to foreign affairs, with Yanagihara Qianguang, at that time, he thought that Lin Yizhe was inferior to Yanagihara Qianguang, but now, he has completely overturned his own views.

Being able to play with people like Yanagihara Maemitsu in the palm of his hand is definitely not something ordinary people can do!

After Li Hongzhang comforted Deng Shichang again, he walked towards Yanagihara Qianguang and the others.

Seeing Li Hongzhang, who was the governor of Zhili, personally greeting him, Yanagihara Maemitsu felt a little comforted in his heart, and he hurriedly stepped forward to salute Li Hongzhang, but was stopped by two Chinese sailors with rifles.

Li Hongzhang saw the two Chinese sailors standing in front of him and Yanagihara Qianguang, and once again sighed in his heart that Deng Shichang was strict in governing the army, he turned his head to look at Deng Shichang, Deng Shichang stepped forward and ordered the two Chinese sailors to retreat, and the two sailors collected their guns and retreated, and saluted Li Hongzhang.

Seeing that the Chinese sailors were disciplined and loyal to their duties, Yanagihara Maemitsu also sighed.

"Who should I be, it turns out to be Mr. Yanagihara." Li Hongzhang smiled and looked at Yanagihara Qianguang, "First Fan Hongzhang got a report, saying that there were people from your country who brought guns into Taiwan and were intercepted by the patrol boat, but I don't want to be Mr. Yanagihara." I wonder what Mr. Yanagihara is doing in Taiwan this time? ”

"Originally, I just wanted to go to Taiwan for sightseeing, but I had been approved by the Prime Minister of your country, but just to prevent being prepared, carrying firearms, and declaring to your country, causing misunderstanding." Yanagihara had already thought of a rhetoric in his heart when he came, and he talked eloquently at this time, without any stagnation.

"I see." Hearing that Yanagihara Qianguang quietly revealed the matter of going to Taiwan to investigate this time, Li Hongzhang couldn't help but admire Yanagihara Qianguang's eloquence and quick wit, "It's good if it's a misunderstanding." ”

"I heard Deng Guandao say that due to the failure of the machine, Mr. Yanagihara and you have been adrift at sea for many days, and Hongzhang is very sorry." Li Hongzhang said, "When the General Administration heard that Mr. Yanagihara and his entourage were in Taiwan, they were worried about the safety of Mr. Yanagihara, and the special shipping master and sailor sent gunboats to escort them to Tianjin. ”

Hearing Li Hongzhang's words were extremely polite, and mentioning that time when Japan helped Chinese abducted Chinese workers, Yanagihara Maemitsu felt a little relieved.

As early as the early 16th century, the Portuguese invaded the coast of China and captured the population by pirate raids, followed by the Netherlands, Spain, England, the United States, France and other countries. Originally, the Qing government strictly forbade foreigners to plunder and sell people along the coast of China, but it could not stop the abduction and deception of the invaders before and after the war. After the signing of the Sino-British Treaty of Nanjing, the five ports were opened and the door was opened, which provided greater convenience for the illegal abduction of colonists. In the first half of the nineteenth century, world capitalism was in a stage of rapid development, and there was an urgent need for a large number of cheap labor to develop the colonies, especially in 1848 and 1851, gold mines were discovered in California and Australia in the United States, which were in urgent need of mining and there was a serious shortage of labor. In the middle of the 19th century, Britain and the United States abolished slavery, and the problem of labor shortage became more prominent. After the Opium War, due to the invasion of Western colonizers, the vast number of bankrupt and unemployed people in China became the target of foreign traffickers. In 1860, the Western colonizers obtained the "legal" right to recruit workers through the Treaty of Beijing, and the door for Chinese labor to go abroad was further opened. By the mid-seventies of the nineteenth century, there were 400,000 to 500,000 "indentured laborers" who had been abducted and transported abroad. The news of the cruel abuse and persecution of overseas Chinese workers has aroused widespread concern and sympathy in all countries of the world, and it is believed that their plight cannot be ignored.

Peru is one of the main countries abducting Chinese. In 1854, Ramon? After President Castile issued the Emancipation Decree, Peru experienced a sharp decline in the labor force. In order to find another way to fill the labor gap after the emancipation of black slaves, the Peruvian Congress passed two "Chinese Laws" and stipulated some incentives to encourage the plundering of cheap Chinese labor. As a result, Peru began the criminal act of abducting Chinese laborers. The cruelty and cruelty suffered by Chinese workers in Peru was also the worst. Inhumane treatment and persecution resulted in a large number of deaths for Chinese workers. Peru's inhumane oppression of Chinese laborers is outrageous. In order to expose the brutal persecution and murder of their employers and supervisors, to gain the sympathy of the local people and arouse the attention of the Qing government, the Peruvian Chinese laborers wrote a complaint in 1869 and 1871 and sent them back to China. Li Hongzhang was deeply shocked by the complaints and cries for help of the Peruvian Chinese workers, and repeatedly wrote to the imperial court to suggest that the Chinese workers be protected.

In late May 1872, a coolie ship "Mayesi" carrying 237 Chinese laborers sailed from Macao, but was wrecked in a storm on the way, and sailed into Yokohama, Japan, on July 10 to anchor for repairs. At that time, there was a Chinese worker who was humiliated and jumped into the water to escape, and he was the British ship "Ain? The sailors of the Duke were picked up and handed over to the Japanese authorities, and then returned to the ship Mayesi, where they were immediately whipped by the captain Herrera, and several other Chinese workers who tried to escape were severely beaten, some of them with their braids cut off. After the incident, the Japanese authorities sent people on board to investigate, and found that Herrera's "treatment of coolies constituted a crime" and that this "crime was committed within the limits of Japanese sovereignty". Therefore, the "Mayesi" was detained, and the Kanagawa Prefectural Court ruled that Herrera must leave the country immediately, and all the Chinese workers on board were disembarked and temporarily taken over by Japan. When Li Hongzhang heard of this, he was very indignant and immediately went to the imperial court and suggested that someone be sent to negotiate with Japan to let these Chinese workers return to China. Later, with the help of the Japanese government, these Chinese workers returned to their hometowns safely. Li Hongzhang held that the Japanese side handled the matter in a very timely and appropriate manner. Therefore, when the Japanese envoys Sotomi Sojima and Maemitsu Yanagihara came to China to negotiate the treaty, Li Hongzhang, in order to express his gratitude to the Japanese side for the rescue of the abducted Chinese workers, took care of the Japanese mission and expressed his gratitude to Tanetomi Soejima and Maemitsu Yanagihara on many occasions in public.

Li Hongzhang's words just now show that he still remembers the feelings of the Japanese back then.

Yanagihara Qianguang smiled and said, "Master Li doesn't have to be polite, Deng Guandao has taken care of us very much along the way, and we are all very grateful." ”

Seeing Yanagihara Qianguang and Li Hongzhang talking and laughing there from a distance, Shiki Kayama's eyes gradually became fierce, and suddenly two dog barks made his body tremble, he hurriedly turned his head, looking at the huge Chinese pastoral dog that was holding the hands of the Chinese sailors and staring at him, his eyes suddenly became full of horror.

He will never forget how the giant dog behaved when he was "bathed" that day.

After Li Hongzhang and Yanagihara Maemitsu exchanged pleasantries, he let the Japanese get into the carriage and sent them to the pavilion to rest by the superintendent guards, while Yanagihara Maemitsu was invited by Li Hongzhang to the Governor's Office of Zhili.

Thinking that he would have to stay in Tianjin for a few days before he could go to Beijing for negotiations, Yanagihara was anxious, but he couldn't think about it. After all, Li Hongzhang's kind hospitality, he has no way and cannot refuse.

Four days later (equivalent to being dragged by Li Hongzhang for four days), it was easy for Li Hongzhang to finish the friendship of the landlord, and Yanagihara Qianguang and his party were escorted by the superintendent guards, took a carriage, and went all the way to Beijing.

When he arrived at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, Yanagihara Maemitsu immediately met with Sotomi Tokushima, explained his experience during this period in detail, and told him that he had to prevent the Japanese Kagoshima samurai from naturalizing in China. He understood that this matter would have an extremely negative impact on Japan, so after discussing it with Yanagihara Maemitsu, he took Yanagihara Maemitsu and Mizuno to the Prime Minister's Yamen to negotiate.

As soon as he arrived at the Prime Minister's Yamen, Yanagihara Maemitsu noticed that among today's Prime Minister's Yamen, Prince Gong, the highest-ranking minister, was impressively present, while the two Japanese who had dealt with each other before, Minister Mao (Mao Changxi) and Minister Dong (Dong Xun), who were relatively easy to fool, were gone.