Although the British said that they did not want to land and said that they would return to Yokohama to rest after the bombardment, the Chinese Empire insisted on landing on Kagoshima, and said that if they did not land, the Japanese themselves would not give in.

And cited last year's shelling of Shimonoseki as an example.

Although some military achievements were achieved after the bombardment of Shimonoseki by the multinational combined fleet, it did not bring the Cheung Chau clan to its knees, but made the Cheung Chau clan more defensive and hostile to foreigners.

Due to the insistence of the Empire, and the fact that when it came time for a landing operation, the Empire's troops could take the lead in the striker, so the British reluctantly agreed.

On the third day, under the cover of the fleet, the Sino-British forces officially landed on Kagoshima, and the first to land was a temporary mixed regiment composed of the Royal Marines and the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire, with a total of about 1,300 men.

After landing, they immediately attacked the fort and engaged the troops of the Japanese Honsatsuma clan who were stationed at the fort and tried to repair it.

The Satsuma clan army that came to participate in the war was not weak in Japan, and they were equipped with smoothbore guns and a small number of mini rifles, and they were worthy of being the armies of the four powerful Japanese domains.

However, in the face of the Sino-British coalition army, they were defeated like a mountain, and they had no power to fight back.

Of course, the difference in weapons between the two sides was caused by the fact that the soldiers of the Chinese army and the British army all wore breech-loading rifles, while the soldiers of the Satsuma domain only had a small number of mini rifles, most of which were flintlock muskets, and there were many gaps in artillery.

However, in addition to the gap in weapons, it is also related to the quality of the army.

Since the time of Yu Shengjun, the Chinese army has been fighting frequently. Experienced in combat, and detailed infantry tactics have been changed from line tactics to skirmishers. The infantry of the Chinese army can even be cleaned up by the British and French forces, let alone the uncivilized Japanese army.

The Chinese army is strong. The British army is naturally not weak, although a few years ago in Shanghai planted a heel, but the British quickly reacted, and now their front-line troops have basically been fully reequipped with Enfield 1859 rear-loading rifles, and the British army is also a perennial global operation, very experienced in combat, and more or less used skirmisher tactics.

Therefore, the war between the Sino-British coalition and the Satsuma clan was like two adult strong men bullying a little doll who had just learned to walk, although it was humiliating to say it. But the process is absolutely refreshing and relaxing.

As the Russians in the Russo-Japanese War later said, this war was an armed march.

Over the course of three days, the Satsuma clan organized an army of more than 5,000 men to try to stop the attack of the Sino-British forces, but they were all defeated and suffered heavy losses.

When the Sino-British army marched to the Kagoshima Castle Gate, the Sino-British army suffered no more than 30 casualties, 15 of whom died, one of whom fell to his death while crossing the bridge.

As for the Satsuma Domain. Although there were few casualties in the early shelling, only one or two hundred, they suffered heavy casualties in the subsequent attempts to stop the attack of the Sino-British coalition forces. At least more than a thousand people were killed, and even more were wounded.

When the Sino-British coalition advanced to Kagoshima Castle, the Satsuma clan finally chose to give in. and sent for peace.

If this is not negotiated, the Sino-British coalition will be able to directly enter Kagoshima Castle. Then the entire Kagoshima Castle was razed to the ground.

It's just that this time the peace negotiation will come at a much greater price than before!

Let's not talk about the rest. The 300,000 pounds of indemnity alone was enough to make the entire Satsuma clan wail.

When the representative of the Satsuma clan said angrily, didn't he say that he only needed 150,000 pounds sterling in compensation, why did it become 300,000 now?

Li Bocang, the imperial minister in charge of negotiations, took the initiative to explain very sincerely: "Before the war, you were not defeated, and now you are defeated!" ”

After some bargaining, the final amount was agreed to be 200,000 pounds, but it was certainly impossible for the Satsuma clan itself to pay so much money to repay the loan, and the reparations they had allocated to the British were all paid by the shogunate.

However, now that the shogunate and the Satsuma clan were originally opposed, it was naturally impossible to pay compensation for the Satsuma domain, so in desperation, they had to adopt another form of compensation.

That is, they borrowed from the British Liru Bank and the Royal Bank of the Chinese Empire respectively, and used customs duties and fiscal revenues as collateral, so that they could have money to pay compensation.

However, if you borrow money from a bank, the interest rate must not be low, even if it is a ten-year loan, but the annual repayment of principal and interest is an unbearable figure for the Satsuma clan.

If there is such an indemnity on the Satsuma Domain, it will at least slow down the industrialization of the Satsuma Domain into the city for more than five or even ten years.

Of course, in order to prevent the Satsuma clan from jumping over the wall in a hurry, and the net was broken, it was unwilling to surrender, so at the forced request of the Satsuma domain, the lord of the Satsuma domain was no longer required to take responsibility, and other high-level officials of the Satsuma clan who were inclined to go to war before the war and were willing to negotiate peace were held responsible.

After all, although the amount of indemnity is large, for the nobles and high-level of the Satsuma Domain, it is just a matter of collecting more taxes and squeezing the people, but it is different to let the lord of the Satsuma Domain take responsibility.

In addition to holding accountable those who had previously insisted on armed resistance, the Satsuma Domain was also required to open the port of Kagoshima and allow Chinese and British ships (including warships) without interference.

In order to prevent the Satsuma clan from harming Chinese and British merchants in the future, it is required to set aside a piece of land outside Kagoshima Castle for Chinese and British people to use for business and residence, and to station soldiers in the above concessions to protect the personal and property safety of the people of the two countries.

These treaties are called the Treaty of Kagoshima and the Treaty of Kagoshima.

After the signing of this treaty, Li Bocang, the minister to Japan, immediately sent the treaty back to China for approval.

However, Lin Zhe was still in Tianjin at this time, and he had already learned about the war with the Satsuma Domain through telegrams, but because the distance was too far, and to be honest, the scale of the war was not large, so he also gave power to Li Bocang to deal with.

And Li Bocang did not live up to Lin Zhe's trust in him, from the beginning of the negotiations with the Satsuma Domain, to the joint British to send troops, and then to the subsequent peace negotiations, all of which fully demonstrated the greed and strength that a diplomat of a colonial empire should have.

Although there were only 200,000 pounds in compensation, well, it had to be divided equally with the British, and in the end it was only a mere 100,000 pounds, which was not even enough to cost a larger ironclad ship.

However, it was from Kagoshima that a concession was obtained, which was quite symbolic for the empire.

This means that China has already obtained three concessions in Japan, namely the Edo Concession, the Wakkanai Concession, and the Kagoshima Concession.

This represents the remarkable achievements of the Chinese Empire's colonial cause.

Lin Zhe, who was in Tianjin, was very happy to ratify the Sino-Sasa Kagoshima Treaty, and at the same time, in recognition of the merits of Li Bocang, the imperial minister to Japan, he was specially rewarded with the title of baron.

After ratifying this treaty, Lin Zhe also picked up the other documents sent today, and there is no doubt that domestic affairs are more important than Japan's affairs.

Although in Lin Zhe's heart, suppressing the industrialization process of the Japanese capital is the established goal, but to be honest, the current Japanese capital is still too weak to affect most of the power of the empire, not even a small part, and how to say it, the weakness of the Japanese capital does not mean that China can be strong.

If you want to be promoted to one of the great powers, you don't have to bully the Japanese to become stronger.

Only by completing industrialization and optimizing and reforming the existing rural economic model can we greatly enhance our national strength, and only then will we have enough capital to compete with Britain and France for the interests of the Asian region, and with Russia for the territory of the Trans-Khingan Mountains and Central Asia.

If you don't have enough national strength, then even if you win a small victory in Japan, you can't change anything.

The documents sent today were all forwarded by various cabinet ministries, and they were all about government affairs that seemed to be trivial, such as Hubei's request for the establishment of a higher normal school in Wuchang and the request for financial support from the central government.

In addition, several counties in Shanxi have been hit by drought, and the victims are hungry, and the local provincial, provincial and other levels of government in Shanxi have already carried out disaster relief and relief matters, and due to their own lack of financial resources, they have requested the central government to allocate funds for support as appropriate.

Then there is the report of the Ministry of Communications, that the Zhuping railway, which is under construction, has been interfered with by local clan mobs, obstructing the construction crews and clashing with the construction workers, which has caused dozens of deaths and injuries.

In this regard, Lin Zhe gave instructions one by one, Wuchang should set up a higher normal school, which is a good thing, but the central government's education funds are limited, and it is impossible to say that it will be supported, so the instructions are transferred to the Ministry of Education for processing, which means that if the Ministry of Education still has money, then the Ministry of Education will give a little bit appropriately, and the rest will be gone.

Shanxi's disaster relief is a must, so the Ministry of Civil Affairs was immediately instructed to deal with it, and the Ministry of Finance was additionally instructed to allocate funds as appropriate.

The construction of the Zhuping railway clashed with the local people? There are not two words to say: repression!

Therefore, his instructions were: Jiangxi and Hunan garrison headquarters to deal with it.

As for the reason for the conflict between the construction party and the people, he doesn't care or care, it's nothing more than the railway shaking the leylines and affecting feng shui, and then it also involves the relocation of graves and the expropriation of farmland.

And it is not the government that builds the railway, but the China Railway Company, which is a commercial organization, and this company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the royal family's industry, and its behavior is still relatively regular, and some bad rules may be there, but there is absolutely no courage to do something that will cause public anger or even riots.

Therefore, most of them have reasonable compensation, and as for why the conflict is still caused, it is nothing more than that the local people have not enough compensation, or simply do not compensate, or do not allow the railway to pass.

If it is really a problem on the part of the railway company, there will be another way to deal with it, but in the face of the people's armed resistance, and it is a rebellion against the construction of the railway, then Lin Zhe will not allow it no matter what the reason is.

He absolutely did not allow a wave of opposition to the construction of railways in the country, so when these things were encountered, his means were decisive and swift, that is, resolute suppression.

The railway is the most important driving force for China's completion of industrialization, and Lin Zhe wants to build the railway no matter what! (To be continued.) )