Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Sino-British Treaty of Nanjing
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Just when the British parliament was being held, Zhu Erdian also received a telegram from Mei Hanli, and after reading the telegram, he immediately rushed to the Huaxia government to ask why the Huaxia government was besieging Hong Kong. But when he went to the Huaxia government, the government people directly invited him to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, because it was a matter for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"May I ask if your country is encircling Hong Kong of the British Empire with warships, is this a provocation to our country? And now your country is targeting our citizens in China, is this what your Chinese government has arranged? As soon as Zhu Erdian arrived, Wu Yanfang asked sternly.
"Hong Kong has always been our Chinese territory, no one can divide it, and our Chinese government does not agree with the unequal treaty signed between the Qing government and Britain, so the "Treaty of Nanjing" does not take effect."
"No way, there were notarizations from other countries when the contract was signed, so Hong Kong belongs to my British Empire, and I don't think other countries will recognize your abrogation of these treaties."
"In any case, we will now decide that the Treaty of Nanking will not come into force, because our Chinese government is not involved in it, so you should die, by the way, we are just surrounding, we will not march into Hong Kong, we are waiting for the British flag to be lowered in Hong Kong."
Wu Yanfang and Zhu Erdian argued for about half an hour before sending Zhu Erdian away, he didn't want to keep saying meaningless things, so let's make a move in the next negotiation.
Zhu Erdian, who returned to the embassy, soon received a telegram from China, and he was stunned when he looked at the content of the telegram, and he did not expect that the parliament would make such a big concession to Huaxia, and it seemed that the pressure on the country was not small. That night, he sent someone to inform the four countries that the mediation would resume negotiations in the next few days, and he also went to discuss with the Huaxia government when the negotiations would be reopened, and finally the two sides decided to hold negotiations the day after tomorrow.
Soon the Huaxia Daily published the time of the resumption of negotiations, and the whole country once again focused its attention on the Xiaguan River estuary in Nanjing, and even the movement to arrive at Britain in various places began to slowly stop.
Zhu Erdian has been sorting out his thoughts for two days in a row, what has been sent by China is only the bottom line, and he has to work hard to fight for the interests of Britain, so that he will not be abandoned by the government, and maybe he will be reused in another way, and after the negotiation, he is like applying to be transferred back to China, because now he can no longer find any interests of his own in China.
Finally, on the day of restarting negotiations, Britain and China both came to the 'Chang'an' early, and several other countries also came, but this time there were also Japan and Russia, these two countries begged Britain with a dead face, Britain agreed, but Huaxia still did not agree, and finally Germany and the United States and other four countries came forward and they promised to only observe and not participate in it, and Huaxia allowed it.
After everyone sat down, the two sides exchanged their respective requirements or conditions, and the ambassadors of various countries also got a copy, and after reading it, they gave time to speak.
"Our British Empire will not admit defeat, we have not declared war on each other at all, so we will not apologize to Huaxia, as for the Indian Bengal and the area north of the Ganges that Huaxia demanded, it is impossible, at most the Burma area you actually occupied will be handed over to Huaxia, and Hong Kong needs to be exchanged for things by Huaxia." Zhu Erdian was very angry when he looked at this Wen Jiàn, who had not changed at all from before, and he held back his anger and said.
Wu Yanfang saw that Britain began to make concessions and knew that Britain should have a lower bottom line, but he didn't break it, he looked at the British text and said: "Britain can not admit defeat, but it must apologize to our country for sending troops into Tibet and supporting the separatists in Tibet, those areas occupied by us cannot be returned to your country, Hong Kong is originally our territory, we are not doing commercial trade with your country, and those prisoners of war your country must pay a ransom, Those ships were impossible to return. ”
"How can you ask the British Empire, my British Empire has not failed, does China want to fight with our country to the end, the domestic telegram has arrived, if it is not appropriate, even if you give up Europe, you will destroy your navy. It is impossible to apologize, it is impossible for Bengal and the Ganges region to be given to you, our soldiers and warships must be returned, and we will hand over the customs duties and concessions to us conditionally. ”
"Hmph, if you want to fight, you will fight, my 40,000,000 people in China will fight the enemy to the end, the concession and tariffs, and Hong Kong must be recovered, this is our bottom line, and we will not let the Indian army withdraw, it has become the territory of my China, the soldiers of your country can not pay the ransom, but we have to work for free for two years for our China before we can release it, your warships have basically been sunk, and the rest are also heavily damaged warships, so they will not be returned to your country, this is our spoils of war." Wu Yanfang retorted mercilessly.
"How can our warriors of the British Empire work for you, your country should unconditionally release our soldiers, and those warships, even if they are sunk, we will organize merchant ships to salvage, and once again, Hong Kong is ours, and the Qing government has long sold it to our country, do you want to recognize all the agreements signed by the Qing government?" As soon as Zhu Erdian finished speaking, the six countries present immediately looked at the representatives of Huaxia, if Huaxia did not recognize the treaty signed by the Qing government, then their previous interests would be completely denied, and this was not only a matter of Britain, and the six countries basically signed unequal treaties with the Qing government.
In particular, Japan, Russia, and France signed the most unequal treaties with the Manchu Qing Dynasty among the six countries, and Russia invaded and occupied more than 1.5 million territories in China, Japan seized Taiwan and forcibly occupied Lushun, and annexed China's vassal states Korea and the Ryukyus Kingdom, and France invaded and occupied China's vassal state Annam.
The Japanese ambassador tried to stand up and ask questions, but was stopped by his assistant, and then the ambassador reacted that they had come to observe, and the Russian ambassador did not react, but just quietly watched the Huaxia representative.
As soon as Wu Yanfang and Tang Zhaoyi heard it, they knew that Zhu Erdian was a clever way to divert pressure, but they were not afraid, Tang Zhaoyi stood up and said righteously: "Please see clearly, it is written that the agreement signed between Britain and the Qing government is not recognized, and the Zhu envoy should not generalize, as for whether all the treaties will be abolished, it is the government's business, and you will understand in the future, now we are discussing the issue of your country." ”
The ambassadors of the six countries relaxed a lot after hearing this, but they knew that Huaxia might already have signs of abolishing all the treaties, so they were somewhat suspicious now, and it was likely that they would be the next one after the British gap was opened, and they didn't want the British concession to be recovered now.
The Chinese and British sides continued to bargain, and slowly the conditions on both sides began to be lowered, and soon it was noon, and the British representatives asked for a moratorium on lunch and rest, and the six countries and Huaxia agreed, so the negotiations were suspended at noon.
At noon, the Huaxia representative reported the situation of the negotiations to Qin Yu, and after Qin Yu read it, he replied to them and asked them to work hard to strive for more interests, as for the concession and Hong Kong issues to allow Britain to return conditionally, Qin Yu knew that Britain must have taken a fancy to its tanks and Queen Elizabeth-class warships, so he also told Wu Yanfang and Tang Zhaoyi how to use warships and tanks to exchange for the concession and Hong Kong. In fact, Britain must have a conditional exchange and another person to help the country, otherwise the British government will really step down.
And Zhu Erdian, they are now discussing the issue of prisoners of war, and if they pay to redeem the soldiers, they don't know if Huaxia will open their mouths, so they think that those soldiers can stay in Huaxia, but they have to change their reputation to cover up the people in the country.
Soon the time for negotiations came, and with the previous negotiating basis, it is now to get straight to the point at the beginning.
"After discussion, our country has agreed that your country will have the conditions to return the concessions, customs duties, and Hong Kong, but the conditions must not be excessive, and the areas occupied by our country must be ceded to us and become our territory."
"Our conditions will not be excessive, but the areas occupied by your country need to be purchased from our country, and we agree that soldiers will work in your country, but they will serve in your country's army, and return to their home country after two years, during which their freedom, including freedom of communication and movement, will be guaranteed, and since your country does not yet have a mature customs, the transfer of customs duties will take place in five years." Zhu Erdian was very happy when he heard that Huaxia had begun to lower the conditions.
"We will arrange for the captured soldiers of your country to serve in the army, they can have a certain amount of freedom, communication and movement must be under our supervision, as for the customs, we already have mature personnel, and our customs officers are ready to receive customs, so there is no need to delay, we are willing to pay 10,000 pounds to buy those areas, and you can talk about the conditions for returning to the concession and Hong Kong."
After hearing this, Zhu Erdian thought for a while and said: "Our soldiers can accept your monitoring, and we will try our best to hand over to you if you are at customs, as for the price of 100,000 pounds in Bangladesh and other regions, the exchange condition is that you will have your tanks and the drawings of that new type of warship, and you will not sell these drawings to other countries for three years." There is also a campaign now aimed at our citizens in China to resume the work of the factory and ensure the safety of our citizens. ”
As soon as Zhu Erdian's words were finished, the faces of the ambassadors of the six countries changed except for Han Mi, they were able to come to be notaries and mediators this time, one was to see the British jokes, and the other was to find a way to get the drawings of tanks and new warships from the Huaxia government, and now the British are not blocking their back road, they just wanted to persuade the Huaxia government to refuse Wu Yanfang and said loudly: "100,000 pounds is impossible, at most 30,000 pounds, the drawings can be given to you, but these drawings are not so easy to take, I also want you to compensate us with some machines, after all, these drawings have been researched by countless outstanding talents in our Huaxia with great effort, and we agreed to not sell the drawings for three years. ”
After listening to Wu Yanfang's words, the other countries had nothing to say, and now they hated Britain to death, and they actually blocked their way.
Finally, after some further negotiations, the Sino-British Treaty of Nanjing was signed under the notarization of various countries, which stipulated:
First, neither China nor the UK should apologize to each other, the British side recognizes Tibet, Bhutan, and Nepal as Chinese territories, recognizes the leadership of the Chinese government over China, and the Chinese side recognizes the British side's dominance over India, and the two sides resume diplomatic methods.
Second, the Chinese side will buy the British land in Bengal, north of the Ganges River and northern Burma for 30,000 pounds, and these areas will become the territory of the Chinese side from the date of signing;
Thirdly, the captured British soldiers will serve in the Chinese army in the form of foreign religion for two years, and return to China after two years, and the captured warships will become part of the Chinese side on the date of signing;
Fourth, the Chinese side exchanged the drawings of tanks and new warships for the British concessions, tariffs and Hong Kong in China, and the Chinese side was not allowed to sell these drawings for three years;
Fifth, the Chinese side should appease the people, stop the campaign against the British citizens, and the Chinese side should ensure the safety of the British citizens, and must not expel the British businessmen on unreasonable grounds;
Sixth, the British side will abolish its consular jurisdiction and other privileges in China, withdraw the British patrol in the Yangtze River, and prohibit British businessmen from selling opium and other contraband drugs in China.
After the two sides signed the treaty, the negotiations came to an end, and the first war between China and Britain ended, known as the "first war of the rise of China".