Yanagihara Maemitsu was silent on the surface, but in his heart he was suspicious and secretly born, and the vice-island minister did not care about this, in his opinion, Prince Gong, who did not understand the "public law of all nations", was better to deal with than those two ministers. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

He did not talk about the detention of Yanagihara Maemitsu and others in the waters off Taiwan's Fanjie, but directly expressed his gratitude to Prince Gong and other ministers for the Chinese side's all-out efforts to rescue the "fishermen in distress" in Taiwan.

Seeing that the Japanese actually used "thanks" as the opening remark of this negotiation, Prince Gong and Wen Xiang glanced at each other, and each saw a look of doubt in the other's eyes.

And, of course, vigilance.

Of course, Vice Island Tanetomi noticed the change in the expressions on the faces of these two important Qing court ministers, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart, and he immediately turned his head to look at Yanagihara Maemitsu and signaled that he could talk about the naturalization of the Japanese nationals into the Qing Kingdom.

"Of the four Japanese nationals in distress in Taiwan waters this time, three have been returned to China by your country, and one is still stranded in your country, and I request that your country return this person to China as soon as possible." Yanagihara Maemitsu said to Prince Gong.

After listening to the interpreter's explanation, Prince Gong still looked like he couldn't move, he coughed lightly, and said: "I already know about this matter, the person Mr. Yanagihara said has now been naturalized in my Great Qing Dynasty, and he is my people of the Great Qing Dynasty. ”

"This person has now become a citizen of the Qing Dynasty, and our country has gone through the naturalization procedures for him, and he should be left to his own convenience. If you go back to Japan to visit relatives, the government of your country needs to be protected according to the contract, and her family should also be regarded as overseas Chinese, and no discrimination or abuse will be allowed. Wen Xiang added.

Hearing the answers of Prince Gong and Fumisho, Japanese diplomats such as Sonomi Viceshima and Mizuno were all surprised.

What surprised them was not only the speed with which the Chinese side received the news, but also the speed with which the procedures were handled.

Of course, Yanagihara Maemitsu understood what was going on, and couldn't help but scold fiercely in his heart.

What a machine breakdown! It's clearly a deliberate delay in time!

If it weren't for the fact that they had been dragged to Beijing for so long, where would it be their turn to naturalize that damn samurai!

Yanagihara thought about it for a while, and then took out the countermeasures he had thought of in advance.

"I would like to remind you, Your Royal Highness, that the person you just said about naturalizing your country is actually a criminal." Yanagihara Maemitsu still had a quiet look on his face, "He committed the crimes of murder and robbery in Japan, and fled to Taiwan in order to escape the pursuit of our government. I now request that your country revoke his status as a national of your country and that he be extradited to my Government to stand trial. ”

"That's right." Hearing Yanagihara Maemitsu say this, the deputy island minister also hit the snake with the stick, and then said, "According to the 'Public Law of Nations' and the treaty signed between Japan and your country, Japan has the right to request the extradition of criminals who have fled to your country. ”

The reason why Sonojima Tanetomi came up with the magic weapon of the "Public Law of the Nations" was that after dealing with the Prime Minister and the Yamen ministers for such a long time, he found that these "people belonging to the last century" either knew nothing or very little about the "Public Law of the Nations", a universal norm of international law, and could not compare with Japan at all. As in the last negotiation, Prince Gong said that he did not understand the main purpose of the "public law of all nations", and that the "public law of all nations" did not include China, so he could not use the "public law of all nations" to set the truth about China!

"Your envoy said that this person is a criminal, but does he have the evidence of the case file?" Prince Gong asked unhurriedly.

Yanagihara Maemitsu chuckled in his heart, he stared at Prince Gong, but Prince Gong didn't look at Yanagihara Maemitsu squarely, but flicked the teacup in his hand with his fingers.

Just now he said that this person is a criminal, it is a complete bluff, not to mention that the samurai named Inoue Hinosuke did not commit a crime, but he really committed a crime, as a samurai of the Satsuma Domain, the Ministry of Justice has nothing to do with Kagoshima Prefecture, which is controlled by Saigo Takamori, and the water cannot be splashed, let alone any case file evidence.

"If he is a criminal, he shall be extradited to your country in accordance with the 'Public Law of All Nations' and the peace treaty exchanged for the 10th year of Tongzhi." Contrary to the expectations of Soejima Tanetomi and Yanagihara Maemitsu, Prince Gong even talked to them about the "Public Law of All Nations" and treaties, "If you need extradition, according to the practice of the 'Public Law of All Nations', please present the person's criminal record and relevant files, as well as the sea fishing document (wanted warrant) from the judicial department of your country, and our country can only handle it after confirming that it is correct." If you bring the file and documents, please show them, and we will handle them for you. ”

Hearing what Prince Gong said, before the translation was finished, beads of sweat oozed from Yanagihara Qianguang's head.

"The relevant dossier is currently stored in the Ministry of Justice of our country, and it is not yet possible to provide it to your country." Seeing Yanagihara Maemitsu showing embarrassment, Vice Island Tanechen quickly took over the conversation, "But this person is indeed a criminal, I want to ask the government of your country to detain this person, cancel his nationality of your country, and wait until the relevant files arrive, and then formally go through the extradition procedures." ”

"The fact that there is no reason to detain without seeing the case file and the sea fishing documents, I have never had such a case in the Qing Dynasty, and there is no such thing in the 'Public Law of the World', absolutely not!" Prince Gong shook his head and said, "Since your envoy can't come up with the documentary evidence that this person is a criminal, he can't do it in empty words. ”

Hearing that Prince Gong had once again invoked the "Public Law of the Nations" to reject his request, the eyes of the vice-island minister were full of disbelief.

Seeing that the Japanese were speechless, Prince Gong sneered and said, "I'm afraid that this person is not a criminal as your envoy said, right?" ”

Yanagihara Maemitsu tasted the lie on the spot for the first time, and his face was feverish, although he still maintained his composure, there was a panic in his eyes.

"According to the information obtained by this king, this person was originally a samurai, but because your country changed the law and reformed, he had no foothold, and he fled to our country in order to seek a livelihood for his family." Prince Gong continued, "It's not as your envoy said, but it's a criminal. ”

As soon as Prince Gong's words came out, for the vice-island Tanetomi and Yanagihara Maemitsu, it was no less than a thunderclap on the ground.

"As far as this king knows, since the reform of the law, your country has changed its hair and changed its clothes, abandoned the ancestral system, refused to pay the samurai, forbade them to carry swords, did not allow them to join the army, cut off their livelihoods, ruined their reputations, and forced their wives and children to work on cheap jobs to make a living. He was humiliated and helpless, so he left your country and went to the foreign ocean to survive. Prince Gong didn't speak loudly, but the words were like a heavy hammer, striking the hearts of the Japanese, "Such desperate people, come to my Qing Dynasty, what is the crime?" Your country treats it as a criminal? ”

Listening to Prince Gong's righteous and stern words, Vice Island Tanetomi and Yanagihara Maemitsu couldn't find the words to answer for a while.

Vice Island Tanechen looked at Prince Gong, and it was difficult to hide the shock on his face.

This prince of the Qing Kingdom knows too much about the situation in Japan, right?

At this time, Yanagihara Maemitsu was not as surprised as Vice Island Tanetomi, he already understood what was going on from what Prince Gong said just now.

Prince Gong's words are obviously the tone and tone of Lin Yizhe's speech!

Yanagihara Qianguang greeted Lin Yizhe's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart, because he knew that Lin Yizhe should have given a lesson to Prince Gong and the first prime minister Yamen before he arrived in Beijing, and the other party had already prepared the trap before he entered Beijing, and was waiting for him to jump! And I was prepared in advance, and I still jumped in solidly!

Vice-island Tanetomi listened to Prince Gong's words that Prince Gong was clearly complaining about the Japanese samurai, but in fact he was scolding the Japanese people for changing the law and reforming the country, although he knew that the other party was deliberately humiliating himself, but he couldn't find the right words to refute it, and his face turned red for a while.

"Since the warriors of your country admire the **** Wanghua and have the heart to belong to it, my Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty will not be able to turn him away, otherwise he will lose his trust in the world." Prince Gong did not miss this opportunity to pursue the victory, and continued, "According to the 'public law of all nations', if an outsider wants to take the initiative to naturalize a country and adopt it as a nationality, his mother country has no right to interfere. There is nothing wrong with naturalizing them in our country. In the future, if there are similar returnees, China will also take them in, and Japan will have to criticize China for this. ”

"Your country accepts our nationals for naturalization, and there is no precedent in the first place, I am afraid that your country's etiquette and law are not in line, please think twice!" In a hurry, the vice-island minister no longer talked to Prince Gong about the "public law of all countries", but talked about the traditional Chinese etiquette!

"Your remarks are inaccurate, and it has long been a precedent for outsiders to naturalize our country." Wen Xiang, who was sitting next to Prince Gong, said with a smile, "England, France, and the United States all have people who have naturalized our country and joined my Qing nationality. ”

"I want to hear about it." Vice Island said unconvinced.

"This thing is still a little long, it was the second year of Tongzhi, the British Margery naturalized my Qing Dynasty, into my Qing nationality, and now serves in the Jinling Manufacturing Bureau, this person has a lot of achievements, in order to show his loyalty to my Qing Dynasty, he specially takes the table word Qing Chen, in order to show that he will always be my minister of the Qing Dynasty." Wen Xiang said, "This is a long time ago. The one who is close is the general office of the Fujian Shipbuilding Gun Institute of the Qing Dynasty, who was originally a Frenchman, and later admired the **** sanctification, naturalized my Daqing, and came to my Daqing to serve for many years. Gatlin, the superintendent of the Harbour Master's Gun Office, was originally an American, who came to our country to make a living because of his poor livelihood. These are ready-made examples, and if you don't believe them, you can ask them to understand. ”

Listening to Wen Xiang's answer, Sotomi Sotomi Sonotomi and Yanagihara Maemitsu glanced at each other, and each saw deep frustration and resentment in the other's eyes.

For both of them, this negotiation with China can be regarded as a complete failure!