"Li Wenzhong's Collected Works": Dealing with Vice Island Merchants on Diplomacy:

"The Japanese envoy Vice-Island Sho arrived in Tianjin to exchange the treaty, and after consulting the ice case, the envoy was eager to go to Beijing, because it was scheduled to exchange the rules and regulations discussed in the previous year on the fourth day of the first month of April. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Go to Xia Liuyuan and wait to come to Tianjin, discuss the change of the five articles, and when the Hongzhang approves the transfer of the Tianjin Customs Road, etc., it will be approved when the contract is renewed, and the mutual note will be attached to the agreement. This time, the sub-island is said to have been replaced, and there is no need for such a trivial matter. In the future, when the Minister of Iwakura returns from the West, he wants to make the foreigners of various countries in Japan abide by the laws and regulations of Japan. The day after the exchange of the contract, he came back to our office and talked for a long time. There are several elements of negotiation for its relationship. ”

“…… The Jiangxi Customs newsprint has the theory that Japan wants to make a claim for the Ryukyus and kill Taiwan, and Vice Island talked about it. To investigate this matter, the governor of Fujian Province has already been approved and ordered to supervise the town and the road to seriously investigate and deal with it, how can outsiders make excuses? His adviser, the American Li Xiande, served as the consul in Xiamen, and he came to meet with Vice Island several times, but he was silent and reported on the matter. In the case of the countries giving food to the Wushi Pavilion after the exchange of treaties, the people of the vice island were unfamiliar and wanted to take care of it, but they did not open their mouths, Hongzhang Yun escorted him, and asked Sun Daoshi to take care of it secretly, in order to answer his previous preferential treatment of the Jiangsu committee members for the friendship of the abduction case, and he was deeply moved. ”

On Japan's negotiations with Taiwan, North Korea, and Peru with Lin Kunyu:

"On the 12th, the eastern envoy to the vice island arrived in Tianjin, that is, together with Yanagihara Maemitsu and Zheng Yongning, came to the office on the 13th. When it comes to the deep respect and friendship of the people, and the three matters that I asked your office before, the vice island did not mention it, and Hongzhang did not say it explicitly. ”

"The case of Taiwan's sabotage against Ryukyu refugees had nothing to do with Japan, which means that its Satsuma people have a relationship with the Ryukyus, and they have a grievance on behalf of the Ryukyus, and the Ryukyus are our subject countries, so they can appeal on their own. Yesterday, Wu Shizhong, a Fujian guerrilla who was in charge of leading Yantai warships, told him that he had been leading ships in Fujian for many years, and that he had gone to Taiwan with US consul Li Xiande to investigate and handle the case of killing and seizing the US ships. Japan is even more inadequate, and there is nothing to do. It seems to be reasonable; However, Japan coveted North Korea, there have been years, North Korea for our eastern soil shield, before the Ming Dynasty Wanli years, Ping Xiuyoshi moved three Koreas, there is the ambition of crossing Liaodong and Tuyanjing, so the Ming had to raise troops to help. The Japanese Army is stronger than the Navy Army, and it is the closest to Korea. The Wakou River and Zhejiang are still the troubles of the coastal limbs; The invasion of Goryeo by the Japanese was a fundamental concern for Liaojing. The former regulations, with the words that the territory of the state to which it belongs cannot be invaded, are really intended to precipitate this meaning. Jun has made an offer with a statement, and the plan must be understood. Hongzhangfu and general discussion of current affairs, said that your country Ping Hideyoshi wants to be an outstanding figure through the ages, and replied. Question: Are there any people who are good at using soldiers? Say nothing. However, Hideyoshi conquered Korea for seven years, the teacher was paid, the Sacheon won a great victory, and the whole of Korea was swallowed, and Hideyoshi was suitable for the class, and the class teacher was killed, and there was a providence during the period. It is based on the history of Japan, and the virtuous monarchs of all dynasties have earnestly taken Korea as a warning. Hongzhang told that Korea is the descendant of the sages, the state of etiquette and righteousness, and the prosperity of heaven cannot be abolished. Vice Island said in horror: Respect for fate. However, in recent years, he has repeatedly sent envoys to ask questions, but he has not answered, so what can he do? Hongzhang told Hideyoshi's army to ravage the country, which lasted too long and was broken for thousands of miles, and the Korean residents did not feel deep shame and hatred; Although the heirs often cultivate tribute, forgive and convince them. It is not known if your country does not pay tribute, but uses the excuse of reconciliation or is willing to make peace with it. If you use force to subdue, there is no reason to reconcile with each other. Vice Island replied: Jun Yan is sincere, and he only wants to do so. ”

"Yesterday, I received a letter from Lan Bin, the director of Chen, from the United States, saying that Japan sent its children to various countries to learn how to make guns and learn to drive ships. That's a lot of worry! ……”

Beijing, Prime Minister Yamen.

Today is the Prime Minister's Yamen, Zuo Shilang, who is the acting secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Mao Changxi, and the head of the Ministry of Households, Dong Sui, who happened to be on duty, and it happened that the Japanese Deputy Envoy Yanagihara Maemitsu was visiting.

Today's Mao Changxi looked a little upset, he looked at Yanagihara Qianguang, who was only 22 years old, and a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes.

Standing in front of him, Yanagihara Qianguang, who was standing heroically and upright, somehow, reminded Mao Changxi of Lin Yizhe.

In Mao Changxi's eyes, Lin Yizhe and Yanagihara Qianguang are both about the same age, and they are also young newcomers who are also favored by the court......

Unlike Lin Yoshizhe's favor of the two palaces, Yanagihara Maemitsu was born in Kyoto Prefecture and was the twenty-third generation of the governor of the Fujiwara clan after Yanagihara's separation.

Although he was younger, he had more experience than Hayashi Yoshizhe, who served as the pioneer governor of Tokaido during the Battle of Boshin in the first year of the Meiji era, and once asked for the capture of Edo. In July of the third year of the Meiji era, he was sent by the Meiji Emperor to China to negotiate the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Qing court (the two countries had no diplomatic relations before). In April of the fourth year of the Meiji era, as the deputy envoy of the plenipotentiary minister Date Munejo, he was sent to China to negotiate with Beiyang Minister Li Hongzhang in Tianjin, and concluded the 13 articles of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of Reconciliation, the treaty of commerce, and the customs tariff rules between Japan and the Qing Dynasty. The treaty did not have a most-favored-nation clause, stipulating that both sides had consular jurisdiction and forbade merchants and people from entering and leaving with swords. In 1872, he sent Yanagihara Maemitsu to China three times to negotiate with Li Hongzhang, trying to overturn the original case and ask for the most favored nation treatment, but Li Hongzhang refused to revise it because the Japanese side was dishonest. As a result, this year the Japanese government had to ratify the treaty.

Thinking of Qingliu fellow Daoists Zhang Yuzao and He Zihuan, who were punished for participating in the impeachment of Lin Yizhe and Li Hongzhang, Mao Changxi's anger rose again.

For the Tongzhi Emperor and the two palaces' "determined and severe punishment", Mao Changxi's countermeasure was to "push gravity protection" from the officials, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Hanlin Academy, and deliberately delayed the punishment of the two for many days, but these days, the two palaces asked three times in a row, and the results given by Mao Changxi were all "downgraded by one level", and the two palaces were furious, and summoned the Zuodu Yu Shi Yingyuan and Hu Jiayu, who were in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, into the palace, and reprimanded them fiercely. Hu Jiayu, the imperial history of the Han Dynasty, was helpless, and proposed to dismiss Zhang Yuzao for investigation, but as soon as it was reported, the two palaces immediately approved it.

After Mao Changxi learned the news, he was like five thunderbolts, and then he was furious, because Zhang Yuzao, the imperial history of Zhili Dao, fell, and He Zihuan, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, of course, couldn't keep it, he thought that the Metropolitan Procuratorate was losing the pawn and protecting the car, but the matter had come to this, and he didn't have any recruitment, as a result, He Zihuan was demoted 8 levels in a row, exempted from Hanlin, and relegated to a county in Heilongjiang that he couldn't even name to be a county Cheng.

In his opinion, the six ministries and six departments are the rumors and rumors of the officials, the thirteen imperial histories of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Hanlin editors, so as to correct the mistakes of the ministers, even if they are wrong, they should not be held accountable, and the queen mother of the two palaces insisted on reprimanding the two, obviously instigated by Lin Yizhe!

In his opinion, Lin Yizhe, who "stooped to the ghost" and "disturbed the theory of the Holy Religion", was the target of heavy punishment!

And Yanagihara Maemitsu's visit at this time made him unconsciously turn his anger on this young Japanese.

As Japan's youngest senior diplomat, Yanagihara Maemitsu did not deal with Qing officials once or twice. At this time, Yanagihara Maemitsu had already keenly noticed the "lawsuit" on Mao Changxi's face, and he felt strange in his heart, but he was still modest on the surface.

Yanagihara Qianguang and Mao Changxi greeted each other, and after the two sides sat down, they began to talk.

After a few words about the friendship between the two countries, Yanagihara Maemitsu carefully brought up the murder of the Ryukyu drifters in 1871.

"Excuse me, the land of Taiwan in your country is within the reach of Wang Hua, not the whole island, right?"

Hearing Liu Yuan Qianguang's question, Mao Changxi and Dong Sui glanced at each other and immediately became vigilant.

Of course, they knew that Yanagihara Maemitsu must have been talking about the lawsuit in 1871 when he asked this.

"What your envoy wants to talk about is the murder of the Ryukin, right? This matter has been concluded, I don't know what your intention is to bring up the old matter again? Mao Changxi asked unceremoniously.

"Your country has only half the size of the island, and the eastern part of the country has not exercised any political power, and the people of your country have remained independent. In the winter of the year before last, more than 60 of our people drifted to this place and were plundered and killed by it, and your government only rescued 12 people. Yanagihara asked. Although his voice was still soft, there was a hint of sharpness in his words.

"This matter has long been understood, and the people of your country are the people of our country, so how can you say that the people of your country have been harmed?" Dong Sui laughed.

"Yes, we have known about the killing of the people of Liumin, but the people who killed your country have never heard of it. The two islands of Ryukyu and Taiwan belong to our territory, and they belong to the natives who kill each other, and the right to adjudicate is completely mine. Our country has its own measures to support the people of Liu, so what does it have to do with your country, and bother to ask? Mao Changxi said, the look of dissatisfaction between his eyebrows was very obvious.

"Ryukyu was originally a vassal of our country, and the people of Ryukyu were Japanese nationals, and our government should investigate the murderers if their own citizens were killed for no reason." Yanagihara Maemitsu said without humility or arrogance, "Besides, since your country has already compensated the people of the Ryukyus, why don't you punish the people of Taiwan?" ”

Mao Changxi replied: "The murderers are all shengfan, so if they are left out, they will not be cured." Just like Japan's 'Ezo' and the United States' 'Red Phoenix', they are all dissatisfied with the king, and this is also the case in all countries. ”

"Since the people are trying to survive in the platform, the platform is under the jurisdiction of your country, and they should be the people of your country, and they should also be investigated and punished if they kill people." Yanagihara Qianguang said again, "Why do you treat Fanmin differently?" ”