"First, Japan has established some of the land in Osaka, Nagasaki, Nagoya, Yokohama, and Ezo Island as treaty ports. British merchants were allowed to rent land to build houses and open merchant houses. British merchants and travelers were not allowed to leave the treaty ports and enter other unopened areas of Japan without the permission of the shogunate.

Second, Japan allowed Britain to set up legations and consulates in treaty ports, and British ministers, consuls, and other diplomatic officials were not allowed to leave treaty ports and enter other unopened areas of Japan without the approval of the shogunate.

Thirdly, Japan implements quota management for goods from the United Kingdom, and the annual value of goods imported by British merchants (excluding customs duties and other taxes levied by the Japanese side) shall not exceed 1.5 million silver dollars.

Fourth, with the approval of the Japanese shogunate, British military ships could dock at treaty ports and procure supplies. However, British military personnel were not allowed to leave the ship without permission.

Fifth, Japan would formally declare war on Russia by October 30, 1853. And by the end of 1854, no less than 10,000 new army troops were sent to participate in the war against Russia. By the end of 1855, the total number of Japanese troops participating in the war should have reached more than 30,000.

Sixth, Japan will send an additional 2,000 new Army Forces to fight in Hawaii, and until the end of the war against Russia, this army should be stationed in Hawaii and withdraw within one year after the armistice agreement of the war against Russia takes effect. and to guarantee that the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Hawaii will not be violated.

Seventh, Britain agreed to allow Japan to establish a colony in Patagonia.

Eighth, Britain supported Japan's occupation of the Kuril Islands after the end of the war against Russia.

Ninth, the British government or the East India Company was to purchase 15-year Japanese war bonds of not less than 5,000,000 silver dollars on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. It was used to support Japan's war against Russia.

Tenth. Britain will give Japan 2 cruisers and 3 escort ships. to support the development of the Japanese Navy. ”

Beijing, Xiangshan Jingyi Garden Qinzheng Palace. British Ambassador to China, Robert Murphy. Churchill whispered the 10 basic provisions of the Anglo-Japanese Agreement. Then he exhaled and looked at the big tomorrow who was sitting behind the imperial case.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, I think you are really the best friend of the Japanese Empire...... Without your help, the British Empire could have made the Anglo-Japanese Agreement 10 times harsher! ”

Zhu Jishi shook his head: "No, the British Empire can't do it." But without me, you would have made China accept a treaty that was 10 times more stringent than the Anglo-Japanese Agreement! ”

"Your Majesty the Emperor, you have taken the British Empire as a demon." Churchill took care of the draft Agreement. smiled calmly, "Your Majesty, can you please give me a good meal?" I have been busy all day for this agreement, and I only ate a few buns for dinner, and it was your prime minister who was treated. ”

"Okay, no problem, I let the kitchen prepare. After eating, let's rest in Jingyi Garden. I will invite Sheng Haizhou over early tomorrow morning to discuss with him, and if he does not make new demands, the "agreement" will almost be finalized. As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something. By the way, there's something I'd like you to help with...... That's what I invited you to Chengde last time for. As a result, you went to Hong Kong. Robert, I would like to ask you to take a trip to Mongolia and persuade me to surrender to Yixin in the city. If he is willing to surrender, he can be allowed to take refuge in England. ”

"This one...... Let Bachar and Ali go. They are more familiar with Yi Xin, and I don't know this Tatar prince at all. The fat man smiled and kicked the ball to Bachar and Aliguo, Mongolia is such a poor and miserable place, he Qiu Fat Man refused to go!

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In the afternoon of the next day, Katsukaishu arrived late, but he came with Tokugawa Saiaki. When they arrived, Zhu Jishi had just had lunch with Qiu Fatzi, Heming and the French princess Mathilde, and he seemed to be in a good mood.

Tokugawa Qizhao and Katsu Haizhou were invited by Weng Tongyi from the Japanese embassy in Beijing, and they seemed to have said something to them on the way, so after the two of them saluted, Tokugawa Qizhao spoke first: "I heard that the emperor and the British ambassador discussed the matter of the Anglo-Japanese Agreement?" ”

"yes." Zhu Jishi whispered to Pan Zuyin, who was copying documents, "Give Quan Da a draft." This is something that I have to talk about with great difficulty, and if I think it is okay, I will settle it like this. ”

"Well, let's take a look below." Tokugawa Saiaki resulted in Pan Zuyin's transcription of the Ten Articles of the Anglo-Japanese Agreement.

"Is Patagonia just a colonial point? What about the kingdom of the good ones? ”

"Oh," Zhu Jishi frowned at first, and then smiled again, "This is one thing, hurry up and immigrate to grab territory, the British didn't say the number of immigration points, hurry up and build 100, won't there be a kingdom?" ”

"100 immigration points cost a lot of money." Sheng Haizhou interjected in a low voice, "The construction of a resettlement point will not be less than 1 million yuan no matter what, and 100 is 100 million yuan!" ”

Developing a colony far from home and with no short-term gains is a bad deal. How else could Australia and Canada be so desolate? And now the Northeast and Lanfang, which are focused on by the Ming Dynasty, are very easy to obtain profits, and they are not far from the Han provinces. The latter, in particular, is a treasure island rich in gold, diamonds, oil, spices, rubber and palm oil.

"Then let's build a few fewer first, and take our time." Zhu Jishi smiled and said, "That's three pieces of land the size of Japan...... It's still ownerless land, and if Japan doesn't take it, it will be too late to regret it in the future, and now is a rare opportunity. ”

"That's right, such a big territory, don't be a pity." Tokugawa Qizhao saw that Katsu Haizhou wanted to say something, so he hurriedly stopped him and said, "Getting Patagonia is an immortal achievement, it belongs to the Tokugawa shogunate, and no one in Japan will oppose it." ”

Zhu Jishi smiled and nodded, this is political correctness! Although what Japan urgently needs now is not a wasteland like Patagonia that is far away at all, but local industrialization! However, such a large piece of land on the continent is too attractive to the Japanese who have dreamed of a continent for thousands of years. If anyone dares to give up, just wait to be punished by God!

Moreover, the Tokugawa shogunate now needed this land to prove the legitimacy of its rule - opening up the territory was always an immortal achievement!

"There is also this one, is it too much to import no more than 1.5 million yuan of British goods every year? That's 1.5 million! ”

Tokugawa Saiaki, a stingy man, then raised an objection, saying that the annual import of 1.5 million British goods was too little. You must know that Emperor Zhu of the Ming Dynasty now imports more than 100 million silver dollars from Britain (including the colonies) every year - this initial stage of industrialization will inevitably be accompanied by a large number of imports, machinery, tools, molds, raw materials, etc. Moreover, there are hundreds of thousands of foreign devils living in Daming, and a considerable part of the consumer goods used by these people are imported from abroad. And foreign machinery and material talents, and is necessary for industrialization, if you are not willing to spend this money, how can industrialization be carried out?

Zhu Jishi groaned: "So how about reducing it to 1.2 million?" ”

"Okay, 1.2 million is 1.2 million......" Tokugawa nodded at last.

"It takes a lot of ammunition to send 30,000 troops, right? Is it possible to ask Britain to help us with an arsenal? Sheng Haizhou suddenly proposed. At present, the Saga domain has succeeded in building new iron factories and gun factories, but the shogunate does not have such factories......"

"Well, it's impossible to get the British to help build factories. Because most of the factories in the UK are privately owned, and their government doesn't care about these at all, how do you know how to build factories? In this case, it is better to let Lan Fangxing's engineers inspect Ezo Island, and if iron ore and coal mines can be found there, an iron factory and an arsenal can be established. How about investing in Ranfangxing first, and then buying it when the shogunate's finances are more abundant? ”

The two Japanese thought about it and thought it was very good, so they nodded their heads and did not raise any objections to the "British and Japanese Ten Articles". As a result, the "Anglo-Japanese Agreement," which seemed to be very beneficial to Japan, was basically finalized. (To be continued......)