After the Battle of Yongcheon, all three elite divisions had been completely annihilated, and the third Furuya Division remaining in Seoul, Munsan, and Pyongyang appeared to be extremely isolated.

After that, the Yama Aritomo cabinet was forced to step down, and Ito Hirobumi temporarily formed a cabinet and began to take a defensive position, and sent Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu to Europe to persuade the European powers to intervene in the Qing government.

After Britain and France agreed to coordinate and intervene, on February 7, 1891, Mutsu Munemitsu arrived in Gyeongshi and held talks with Prince Alcohol, saying that the condition proposed by Ben was to return to the pre-war situation, that the Qing Dynasty would remain the suzerainty of Korea, and that Ben would still have the right to station troops in Korea.

Prince Alcohol didn't agree, but just asked Lu Zongguangao to continue to wait for news.

Prince Alcohol only knows one thing, that is, the position of Emperor Guangxu is already very stable, as long as this matter is decided, everything in the back is easy to say, continue to fight, or accept it when it is good...... None of this is a problem.

The war continued, and after the strategic capture of Jeju by the North Sea Combined Fleet, the army was rapidly reduced, and the army was completely evacuated from Korea through the ports of Moonsan and Busan, and the last navy also left Hiroshima and entered Yokohama.

The Huai army began to occupy the northern part of Korea and garrisoned the northeast to prevent the intervention of Tsarist Russia, the Huguang battalion and the Hunan army moved south to occupy Seoul, and the Jiangxi army and the naval division and the land battalion Ye Bojun began to move north to occupy the Ryukyu Islands with the assistance of the Taiwan fleet and the second formation of the Beihai Combined Fleet.

In order to retain the last seeds of the naval and land armies, and for the sake of a long-term future, the army actually chose to give up for the time being, and it was not until Ye Bojun's troops attacked the Tugara Islands, which was considered to be beyond the limits of the army, that the army began to carry out a strong counterattack.

Ye Bojun's troops quickly landed on Tanegashima and fought a bloody battle with the garrison.

This was a real bloody battle, the famous 5th Hiroshima Division was stationed here, and the two sides were equal in strength, Ye Bojun's department was equipped with a large number of Makqin machine guns and 75mm howitzers, and the army built a large number of fortifications, using 37mm revolver machine guns and 105mm howitzers.

The Battle of Tanegashima was almost a bloody battle like a meat grinder, and the battle began on March 11, 1891, and in just three days, the casualties of both sides reached more than 17,000.

In order to prevent the Jiangxi army from reinforcing Ye Bojun's troops, the few remaining navies were also forced to dispatch, and near Tanegashima, the two sides engaged in a small naval battle, and the warships of each side suffered heavy losses.

On March 17, 1891, the second formation of the North Sea Combined Fleet arrived at Tanegashima to garrison, and the scale of the naval battle expanded, and the navy lost several modified gunboats and one cruiser was sunk.

On March 19, the Gan army was successfully reinforced and landed on the west side of Tanegashima.

On 27 March, the two infantry wings deployed by the 5th Division of the Japanese Army at Tanegashima were lost.

On April 3, 1891, the year of Xinmao, and on February 25 of the 17th year of Guangxu, it was said that Ben was "conditionally defeated", and when the Qing army was willing to withdraw from Tanegashima, he was willing to carry out "sincere negotiations".

On April 7, 1891, the Qing Dynasty appointed Hu Chuyuan, the former Minister of National Defense and the Minister of Foreign Affairs with full powers, to supervise the peace talks, and on April 15, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mutsu Munemitsu, arrived in Lushun, and after half a month of negotiations, the two sides signed a "Lushun Treaty" at the end of April.

According to the provisions of the treaty, the new Korean king was recognized as an illegitimate king and permanently renounced his right to garrison troops in Korea, all assets of the merchants in Korea were confiscated, and the merchants were not allowed to engage in trade in other parts of Korea except in the Busan concession.

Second, the Qing Sho Axe and the Sho Axe reached a new division of the Ryukyu Islands, and the ownership of the Ryukyu Islands and the surrounding waters belonged to China, with the easternmost side to Yakushima Island. Yakushima Island was renamed Uragake Island, and China said that the sea line between the two countries was bounded by the "Urakake Sea Line".

Third, the Qing Dynasty acquired three concessions in Nagasaki, Osaka, and Yokohama, with a lease period of 50 years.

Fourth, China has the right to enjoy the same most-favored-nation status as Britain and France.

Fifth, the total amount of compensation to the Qing government for the loss of military expenses was 60 million taels of silver, which was to be repaid within a period of 10 years, and the tariffs and other minerals were used as collateral. After the debt is paid off, and at the end of the ten-year period, Tanegashima will be transferred to Tsumoto.

The agreement was formally signed on May 1, 1891, and the following day, Mutsu Munemitsu, the Minister of Foreign Affairs who signed the agreement, committed suicide by poisoning himself on the way back to Japan, and was posthumously awarded a baron upon his return, and Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito presided over the state funeral ceremony.

In the midst of this great catastrophe, they have become more united and have endured all this in silence, although their economy has completely collapsed, their people are still destitute, and their chaebols have still not found a market and a place to supply raw materials.

Hu Chuyuan didn't know when they would be able to recover again, and he hoped that they would never be able to.

Hu Chuyuan didn't care about the life or death of the so-called diplomatic wizard, and after signing the Lushun agreement, he took the Spring Rain to return to Beijing and the Qing Zheng axe, and the Guangxu Emperor returned to all this.

…… Shanghai, Yong Garden.

Wu Shuzhen's home.

On this day, Wu Shuzhen got up very early and asked her mother and several teachers to take the children to play in the villa.

Shanghai in May is warm, with a hint of heat, as if you have already smelled the smell of summer.

She doesn't like Jiangnan gardens like the West Garden, because she always thinks it's too pretentious, and there are too many ponds, which are not suitable for children to play and grow, and it is also a bit dangerous.

She wants to provide children with a real nature.

Therefore, she spent a lot of money to expand the garden again and again, and established a European-style manor-style Phu Quoc Villa, even in Hu Chuyuan's absence, she also took care of her other child, carefully managed the villa, and expanded the area of Phu Quoc Villa to 127 acres, half of which is mountains, horse farms and forests.

It is a man-made mountain forest, but like real nature, wild grasses and wild flowers are allowed to grow freely.

She didn't like the kind of rockery that was so elaborate that it was bizarre, she wanted a mountain, so she brought a lot of mud and stones, and piled up a dirt mountain more than 50 meters high in Phu Quoc Mountain Villa, scattered with large rough stones at random, without any carving.

She loves the environment where children grow and have fun.

Every day, her children play in this field, as she did when she was a child, and the estate is home to some of the best horses, all from the Andalusian region of Spain, gray-white, maroon, black, silver, pure-blooded, mild-hearted, sensitive, elegant and beautiful.

There are also some very short Dian horses, which are suitable for children to ride very early.

She wasn't worried about her children getting hurt.

She carefully selected more than 100 "family members", including young instructors, experienced mothers, martial artists, athletes, jockeys, musicians, scholars, retired generals, agronomists, farmers, poets, lawyers, and their families and children.

She expanded the Yihua Pavilion into a miniature town where these people lived, and her children could go there at will, attend classes, study, and play.

Of course, she does have too many children.

She and Hu Chuyuan already have a huge family, a husband, two wives, three daughters and four sons, in addition to the eldest stepson of cousin Hu Weiyuan and the son and daughter of younger brother Hu Pinyuan, Wu Shuzhen has a daughter and a son, Pan Limei also has a young son, in addition, Wu Shuzhen also adopted an Indian girl.

Starting from the eldest son Hu Weizhong, all the way are Wei Hui, Wei Sai, Wei Nie, Wei Ya, Wei Tang, and Wei Ting, like a Wei Wei family.

It's always good to live like this.

Wu Shuzhen was quite satisfied, taking care of the family, and she also had to help Hu Chuyuan with business matters, including her own Jetta foreign company.

In the turquoise grass and green forest, eight-year-old Hu Weizhong and five-year-old Hu Weihui are trying to get on the dwarf Dian horse with the help of jockeys, trying to ride on their own pleasures.

Walking in the embrace of nature, there is no trace of pretentiousness, and Wu Shuzhen looks particularly happy and casual.

She knew she should be happy that her husband would be back soon.

She thought, this time, he will live at home for a long time, and he has fulfilled a long-cherished wish, right?

Since she carried out the first assassination of their family, she has been particularly disgusted with these people, and sometimes, she even hates any person or thing related to Yueben, which makes Pan Limei a little jealous and cautious.

It was about nine o'clock, the sun was out, the children were running to the gazebo to rest, and the older ones had to go to class.

Wu Shuzhen left the villa and returned to the back hall of the Hu Mansion, where she worked in her study and would not go to Hu Chuyuan's big study.

As soon as she sat down, the person in the general letter room sent a secret telegram from Hu Chuyuan.

It turned out that the peace treaty had come into effect, and Hu Chuyuan had arrived in Beijing safely to take up his post, and was expected to return soon.

Seeing the words "about to return quickly", Wu Shuzhen was about to cry with joy, she was very strong on the surface, and she longed for her husband to come back soon.

She was very happy, and hurriedly got up to find Pan Limei, and asked Pan Limei to tell her family to hurry up and get ready.

After arriving in Beijing, Hu Chuyuan, as the greatest hero of the entire Zhongyue Gengyin War, received an unprecedented warm welcome, and more than 100,000 people lined up from Chaoyang Gate all the way to the noon gate, and welcomed them in the middle of the road.

Out of respect for Hu Chuyuan's habit, Emperor Guangxu specially approved the Ministry of Internal Affairs to build a gilded four-wheeled carriage by imitating Western carriages, and all the horses were also Andalusian silver and white horses introduced from Shanghai Yongyuan Racecourse, and seven horses were used exceptionally, only one or two less than the etiquette of the princes of the Son of Heaven.

In order to prevent himself from sneaking attack and assassination, and Emperor Guangxu Zaiyan also decided to lead the hundred officials out of Donghua Gate to greet him, therefore, along the way, there were nine commanders personally responsible for leading the troops to inspect, and Hu Chuyuan's personal soldiers and Fuwei battalions would also follow and rely on it, all the way to Donghua Gate.

The whole ceremony was proposed by Emperor Guangxu Zaiyan, Prince Yiyun and Sun Jianai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, were personally responsible, and the whole court was particularly important, in addition to Hu Chuyuan, Liu Mingchuan and Liu Jintang, who arrived half a month later, will also have a similar welcome ceremony, but the specifications are slightly lower.

Rite.

Manners.

It is this special ritual that the nation relies on to prove some kind of magical bond and majesty, to prove that they are different from the mortal grass people.

Hu Chuyuan arrived yesterday, but he had to camp outside the city for the night, and only entered the city at midnight this morning to enjoy this special welcome etiquette.

Sitting in the carriage, Hu Chuyuan silently and silently listened to the cheers, noises, and firecrackers on both sides.

This kind of ritual is actually quite dangerous, especially for him, even if someone is caught in the team and fires a cold gun, everyone may not be able to guard against it, especially with the development of rifles, using the best sniper rifle at present, it is completely possible to assassinate from a distance of 500 meters.

However, no one could stop the joy of the people of Beijing, who used such actions to express their admiration for Hu Chuyuan and their joy at the country's victory over Xiao Yuben.

In order to prevent accidents, Chen Shanyuan did not follow the team, and took the personal soldiers of the Fuwei Battalion and the members of the Fuqing Society to check along the road in advance, and all the high places that could be ambushed should be checked.

If he really wanted to assassinate Hu Chuyuan at this moment, and only rely on the waste of the Nine Gate Admirals to protect him, it would really be tantamount to being defenseless.

The worst part is that there must be a complete set of rules for court ceremonies, for example, Hu Chuyuan must take the carriage given by the Son of Heaven, such a carriage is only allowed, and everything in the carriage must withstand the scrutiny and permission of the Ministry of Rites.

Hu Chuyuan sat in the car, and couldn't help but feel a little worried, and silently sighed to himself: If you die in this kind of ceremony...... Then he really wants to be famous for thousands of years in his life, and he will be famous for centuries, it is really a legendary surname.

He could only hope that luck was on his side, and he didn't dare to act rashly for the time being.

Life is a good thing, who doesn't want to live a few more years and do more interesting things, things they like?

The car slowly marched forward, just according to the requirements, arrived outside the noon gate at the hour, and entered the Taihe Gate directly according to the privileges and specifications of horseback riding in the Forbidden City.

Only then did Hu Chuyuan get out of the carriage, picked up the holy decree of the minister with full power in his hand, and returned it to Emperor Guangxu.

His expression was extremely solemn, solemn, joyful, and excited, but everything was like a performance, and he just wanted to end this kind of thing quickly and go home quickly.

In order to win this war, he has not been home for more than half a year, and his two younger sons have been born, but he has not seen them with his own eyes, but there are pictures of them, one every month, and they are growing up happily every month.

Really, his real son.

Even Hu Chuyuan, who has been accustomed to being a father for a long time, is still very excited in his heart, he just wants to end all this in front of him quickly, go home and be a reliable father, and then, he can teach the children to walk and talk.

Many years later, he could still make up a good story about his experiences in the war and tell it to his children little by little.

Sometimes, he felt that he had been assimilated by the times.

The feeling of having a biological son is different, the waist pole is very straight, even if he dies today, he is not afraid.

(To be continued)