As for why the emperor wanted to buy this island far away in his private name, including Li Hongzhang, Tang Shaoyi, and Wang Shizhen, they couldn't understand the emperor's intentions. Only Cheng Cheng guessed one thing, the emperor planted Li Enfu's foreshadowing in Hawaii, and it was impossible just to ambush a fleet. In the end, he didn't understand the intention, but the appearance of the radio made him understand that the emperor wanted to establish a transit point between Norichi and Hawaii in the Ogasawara Islands. Li Enfu, who is far away in Hawaii, really guessed. Because he received the latest order: target Guam and Saipan. Guam, Saipan, and Ogasawara Islands, if the emperor wants to attack Luzon, then the emperor wants to encircle the entire western Pacific Ocean, plus Hawaii, a convex support point, and an ambush point in Alaska...... He remembered the words of the emperor before leaving the capital: shelling New York. Li Enfu couldn't help but tremble.

The Qing country was poor, modern industry was just starting, the country was constantly suffering from internal and external troubles, and the emperor had already set his sights on the entire Pacific Ocean. While Li Enfu was worried about Guangxu, he also strengthened his determination to be loyal to the emperor. Only when the motherland is strong can overseas Chinese obtain true fairness.

Guangxu took advantage of the United States' arrangement of the second island chain in later generations and began to lay the groundwork for the future. As for the purchase in the emperor's private name, it is also for reasons of secrecy, as long as this island becomes a royal private island, it can blatantly block this sea area in the name of defending the royal private territory, and refuse all ships that come to it. Then you can do whatever you want in it, like research on nuclear bombs.

During the negotiations, the Qing state retreated step by step, especially the initiative to abandon Korea, which was close at hand, to the satisfaction of Britain, who did not want to weaken the country too much. In order to keep the last Korea, and because of the unexplained regrouping of the Pacific Fleet, which had just completed the maintenance of the Qing State, under the diplomatic pressure of Britain, and under the supervision of Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy and other countries, the next day under the supervision of Britain, France, Russia, Italy and other countries, Yu Ben received 50,000 taels of silver from the Qing State and signed the ** agreement. At the same time, various countries also recognized the Ogasawara Islands as the private islands of the Qing Emperor and had sovereignty.

And for the war reparations of one billion taels, even Britain shook its head. Today's Yue Ben is even if he smashes the pot and sells iron, and it is impossible to get this money even if he gives all the people who are even the crotch cloth. He only promised to pay 10 million taels of silver, and he had to pay it off in three years. In this regard, Li Hongzhang put down his words: "If you don't give it, then let the fleet take it." ”

After Britain, the United States, and other countries urgently held small-scale consultations with the Qing negotiation mission, Li Hongzhang insisted on not reducing the 500 million taels after two concessions. The peace talks between the Qing Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty were in danger of being suspended. For this reason, the British minister to China, Eugene, visited the Guangxu Emperor and explained the stakes. Guangxu's "big belly" agreed to reduce it by another part. At the negotiation table, Li Hongzhang once again proposed a war indemnity of 300 million taels of silver. Regarding the refusal of the book, Li Hongzhang said: "It is only allowed or not." ”

Forced and helpless, he could only agree to it, but he quarreled again because of the payment method. Li Hongzhang suggested: "Even if the compensation has been reduced to 300 million taels, it is not something that can be paid by instinct. It is better to have the loan of the Daqing Bank be repaid in 20 years, with the tax and customs as guarantees, and the Qing State will send personnel to supervise the repayment. ”

Everyone present was shocked by the repayment agreement proposed by the Qing Kingdom, but no one noticed that the entire Qing negotiation team blushed when the agreement was spoken. According to this method, it is the right hand to give the money and the left hand to get it back, followed by the right hand to take out the gun and start to ask for interest.

For this way of lending money to others to pay compensation, Britain and the United States have accused Guangxu of being a Far Eastern madman behind his back. Even the ministers of the court were ashamed to mention this matter, but Guangxu still listened to the government and criticized the government as usual.

If we really do what the Qing people suggested, we will put the economy under the control of the Qing state, and how will we challenge the Qing state in the future? Therefore, after receiving a loan from the United States, he decisively chose to pay it off at once.

Damn Yankees. At this time, Guangxu didn't agree. The plan to use the war reparations to meddle in the economy in order to cut off the possibility of a future revolt has failed: "I do not agree, and the reason why I agreed to reduce the amount of reparations is precisely to use this method to make up some of the interest. Just as I said, I chose to pay off 300 million taels of surnames at one time, so it is better to pay 200 million taels more. ”

Under the Jinyuan offensive, the British minister Ogne and the American minister Tian Bei were defeated, and under the bribe of 100,000 taels of silver tickets each, they agreed to Guangxu's proposal to use the existing shipbuilding industry equipment to make up for the loss of interest. These things add up to about 10 million taels of silver, which is very little compared to the interest. Under the pressure of Britain and the United States and other countries, the latest shipbuilding equipment ordered by Ben for the frantic expansion of the shipbuilding industry before the war had to be dismantled, loaded onto the cargo ship of the Pacific Freight Company, and watched as it was pulled away by the Qing people.

Britain was still a little worried about the Qing Dynasty's loyalty to the shipbuilding industry. So much shipbuilding equipment was taken back, of course, for shipbuilding. But if Qing Guo said that he would only build commercial ships, even Li Hongzhang would not believe it. Of course, the Qing Dynasty's construction of warships will cause some trouble to Britain, the first hegemon in East Asia (yes, because Britain firmly believes that no matter how much Qing builds warships, it will not be able to win the British Empire).

But the United States is happy. Don't you still want to defeat the Qing Kingdom? How can the capital, which has lost its military manufacturing capacity, challenge the Qing Dynasty? Come, come to America, the doors of America are open for you. All the military equipment, warships and cargo ships have been put on the shelves, and we can sell whatever you want. If Ben wants to challenge the Qing State, he must rearm himself, which is another big amount of income for domestic arms dealers, and the already saturated domestic market will no longer have a crisis because of the existence of the Qing State and the Qing State. Thirty years ago, the U.S. ** ship opened the door to the Pacific Ocean, and since then the United States has entered the Pacific Ocean through the U.S. Now, the United States has once again taken advantage of the defeat of the Japanese capital and used loans to open the door of the Japanese capital again. This made Roosevelt very happy, and although the coup in Hawaii failed, the world still could not stop the United States from entering the Pacific.

At the end of the talks, he once again raised the North Korean issue. The Qing side still maintained an attitude of acquiescing to the current situation and would not take the initiative to cross the Han River. This made him breathe a sigh of relief.

After a whole month of negotiations. The "Treaty of Shimonoseki" was finally released. There are 11 paragraphs in total, with the words "Separate Treaty", "Ogasawara Islands** Agreement" and "Negotiated Special Article". There are six main articles in the treaty:

1. The book acknowledges that the Ryukyus have "complete and flawless reading autonomy"; recognition of the Qing state's indisputable suzerainty over the Ryukyus;

2. Ben gave the Ogasawara Islands** to the Qing Emperor and recognized the Qing Emperor's ownership of the island;

3. It is said that this "compensation" for the losses of the Qing War is 300 million taels of silver;

4. The coastal cities of Hokkaido, such as Sapporo and Hanguan, were opened as treaty ports, and the Qing government could send consular officers to be stationed at the above ports, and Qing merchant ships could sail into the above ports to take passengers and load goods;

5 For the prisoners of war captured by the Qing State, they will be returned after five years of service in the Qing State. During this period, he was allowed to send personnel to visit the prisoners three times a year, and at the same time, the Qing State guaranteed the humane treatment of the prisoners of war, and provided sufficient food and necessary medical treatment to ensure the health of the prisoners.

6 After the exchange of this treaty was approved, it was said that Ben would return all the Qing prisoners of war, immediately release the spies who served the Qing in custody, and pardon all the exterminators who served the Qing in the war and avoid prosecution.

On April 1, it was called the Imperial Palace.

He looked at the prime ministers and ministers who were all distracted in front of him, holding the thick agreement in his hand, and sighed helplessly, sighed again, and sighed again. April 1 was supposed to be April Fool's Day in Western countries, but on this day, like an April Fool's Day joke, the "Qing and Maguan Treaty" that made him cry was placed on his desk. However, this is not a joke, but a real cry. Emperor Meiji, who sighed again, finally mustered up the courage to sign the treaty. Emperor Meiji, who didn't say a word from beginning to end, walked into the harem alone after signing it.

After receiving the treaty signed by Emperor Meiji, Li Hongzhang sent a telegram to the long-awaited Beiyang Fleet in Shimonoseki. Chunfan Tower, which had been cleared for two miles, ushered in the last burst of artillery fire in the Qing War. This is also an order that must be carried out at the request of Guangxu: bombardment of Chunfan Tower.

On April 4, the negotiation team headed by Li Hongzhang returned to Yanjing and the Taihe Palace. After some courtesy.

Li Hongzhang knelt on the ground, held the treaty in his hands high, and said loudly: "Weichen Li Hongzhang has made peace talks with Yuben by the emperor's holy decree. After more than a month of negotiations, Weichen was fortunate to live up to his fate and signed the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" with Yueben. Now that the emperor has signed the treaty, the treaty will be completed as long as the emperor stamps the jade seal. ”

Kou Liancai stepped forward to take the treaty, and then presented it on the dragon case. Guangxu slowly stood up and carefully looked at every word in the treaty. The words on the treaty are as beautiful as a blooming flower, and you can't get tired of reading them. Guangxu looked at it over and over again, until Kou Liancai whispered a reminder next to him, and Guangxu picked up the jade seal on the dragon case and buckled it heavily on the treaty. Then he gently picked up the treaty, as if holding a peerless treasure, and slowly walked down the jade steps.

The guns on the battlefield roared, and the bayonets flashed with cold light. In Tianzhuangtai, in Da Nianfang Village, the figures of beating Qing soldiers flashed in front of their eyes, and the blood of the Qing army that fell one after another finally laid the cornerstone of the Treaty of Shimonoseki. Think about the more than 8,000 soldiers who boarded the train from the Yanjing Railway Station, and now there are only more than 3,000 wounded soldiers left. But blood was not shed in vain, and life was not lost in vain. It was they who wrote this heavy treaty with their lives. Now that we have finally waited for the fruits of victory, after more than three years of painstaking efforts, the bloody battles on the battlefield have finally borne fruit.

Outside the hall, Guangxu suddenly knelt down on his knees, raised his hands to the sky and shouted: "Heaven, have you seen it?" The once humiliating Treaty of Shimonoseki is gone, and in exchange for a promise of victory. Look, look. The Qing Dynasty won, and our China won. Heavens—do you see—" Guangxu roared heartbreakingly, isn't it just for such a day that he has worked hard for more than three years? The long laugh that looked up to the sky slowly turned into a deep cry, for a long, long time-

Maybe the emperor was tired of crying, or maybe the emperor figured it out. I saw the emperor stand up and turn around, with tears on his face, but his face was calm. The emperor slowly walked into the hall, and the civil and military forces of the whole dynasty in the hall felt the breath of the king emanating from the emperor. Majestic and dignified.

"Ming said, I want to parade. Come on, all of you. ”

On the way to Sasebo, Army General Yama Prefecture Aritomo stood in front of the ruins of Chunfan Tower and sighed deeply, leaving a quatrain of "Eternal sadness over the horse pass".

With the Qing Emperor's "Treaty of Shimonoseki" stamped with a jade seal floating across the ocean to the Emperor Yumoto, the Qing War, which lasted for a year, ended with the sudden arrival of the Qing Pacific ships and the final victory. (To be continued.) )