Chapter 737: Britain, France, and the United States withdraw from the war
On March 14, 1909, five days after the victory of the Imperial Chinese Navy in the Japanese port of Yokohama, representatives of Britain, France, and the United States came to Beijing to negotiate an armistice in the war.
The representatives of these three countries came directly to Beijing from Macao, and Macao is still ruled by Portugal, so it can be said that the land owned by the Chinese nation in history, only this Macao has not been recovered by Lin Daxin.
In 1553, the Portuguese obtained the right of residence in Macao from the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and gradually expanded Macau into a colony, and in 1887, the Portuguese government and the Manchu government signed a 40-year "Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peace and Commerce", and Macao became a Portuguese colony.
After a series of wars, when the Chinese Empire was founded, Lin Daxin had recovered the land ceded by the Manchu government, as well as many concessions, but Macao, a place that was lost by the Ming Dynasty, was an exception, the most important thing is that the forces under Lin Daxin have not had a conflict with Portugal, and Lin Daxin has no excuse to recover the land of Macao through war.
However, the Portuguese saw the strong military strength of the Chinese Empire, and were deeply worried about the greed of the Chinese Emperor Lin Daxin, so after the establishment of the Chinese Empire, the Portuguese took the initiative to negotiate with the Chinese Empire about the return of Macao to the Chinese Empire.
For Portugal to be so familiar with current affairs, Lin Daxin also gave Portugal a lot of face, and decided to rely on negotiations to recover the territory of Macao, so he did not use the army, according to the little military strength of Portugal in Macao. The Imperial Army of the Chinese Empire only needed to send 1 battalion of field troops or guards to have the certainty of recovering Macao.
After negotiations between the Chinese Empire and Portugal, the validity period of the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peace and Commerce was shortened to 23 years. On January 1, 1911, Portugal will end its centuries-old colonial rule in Macao and return Macau to the Chinese Empire, which means that there is still more than one year before Macao returns to the embrace of the Chinese nation.
The representatives of the United Kingdom, France and the United States are all consuls of the three countries in Macao, although the rank is relatively low. However, now because of the radio station, communication was very convenient, and the representatives of Britain, France, and the United States only had to agree to the terms of the armistice of the Chinese Empire. The final terms of the armistice with the Chinese Empire were finally decided by the high-level leaders of Britain, France and the United States, and the consuls of these three countries in Macao. The most important task is to complete the role of the microphone.
This was also the eagerness of Britain, France, and the United States to start armistice negotiations with the Chinese Empire. In the periphery of the territory of the Chinese Empire, I searched for a large circle and found that the consuls of the three countries sent to Macao were the fastest to reach the Beijing City of the Chinese Empire.
After the representatives of Britain, France, and the United States arrived in Beijing, they were arranged to be in the Beijing City State Guesthouse, which received foreign guests, and then the two sides had not officially begun negotiations, and the Chinese Empire gave the representatives of Britain, France, and the United States the conditions for its armistice.
Regarding the initiative of Britain, France and the United States to seek peace, Lin Daxin is still happy to hear about it. If Britain, France, and the United States withdraw from the 9-nation alliance, the remaining 6 countries. But it's a lot easier.
There were five main conditions for the armistice that the Chinese Empire gave to Britain, the first of which required Britain to formally and publicly apologize to the Chinese Empire for initiating the war.
Second, Britain needed to cede to the Chinese Empire Australia, New Zealand, Nepal, Bhutan, and Burma, which were currently occupied by the Chinese Empire.
Third, Britain needs to cede all the many British-owned islands in Oceania to the Chinese Empire.
Fourth, Britain needed to cede the Kashmir region of India to the Chinese Empire.
Article 5 Britain was required to pay 1 billion pounds sterling in war reparations to the Chinese Empire.
The British saw the armistice conditions given by the Chinese Empire, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the Chinese Empire is still sincere about the armistice, the first 2, the British government has been prepared for this, the British colonies and Commonwealth countries currently occupied by the Chinese Empire, the British government is ready to give up all in order to keep India.
However, the latter three British are ready to have a good talk with the Chinese Empire, Britain has many islands in Oceania, and now these islands are still controlled by the British army, although the total strength of the British in these islands is less than 3,000 people, but Britain is not willing to give up so many islands in Oceania easily.
In fact, if Britain, France, and the United States do not come to seek peace, Lin Daxin has asked the Ministry of Defense to make a combat plan to capture all the islands in Oceania, including all the islands belonging to Britain and France.
Kashmir is an important granary of India, with an area of more than 220,000 square kilometers, rich in natural resources, and very developed animal husbandry.
Another billion pounds is absolutely impossible for Britain to take, and the British believe that the Chinese Empire is only asking for a sky-high price, and through negotiations, Britain should be able to repay the money.
There are also five main conditions for the armistice that the Chinese Empire gave to the United States, the first of which is that the United States needs to formally and publicly apologize to the Chinese Empire for starting this war.
Second, the United States needs to cede to the Chinese Empire Alaska, which is currently being occupied by the Chinese Empire.
Third, the United States needs to cede the Hawaiian Islands to the Chinese Empire.
Article 4 The United States needs to return all the property of the Chinese Emperor Lin Daxin in the United States confiscated after the start of the war, and compensate Lin Daxin for the economic losses caused during this period by $1 billion.
Article 5 The United States is required to pay $4 billion in war reparations to the Chinese Empire.
The Americans are reluctant to agree to the several points put forward by the Chinese Empire, except for the first one, but the key to negotiation is to negotiate, and the Americans hope that with the help of negotiations, they can reach an armistice agreement with the Chinese Empire at the lowest cost, so that the United States can get out of this terrible war.
There were three armistice conditions set by the Chinese Empire for France, and the first one also required France to formally and publicly apologize to the Chinese Empire for starting the war.
The second is that France needs to cede to the Chinese Empire many of the islands in Oceania that belong to France.
The third was that France was required to pay war reparations to the Chinese Empire. It would take about 500 million to convert into pounds.
This time the Chinese Empire wanted all of France's colonies in Oceania, and the French, holding their noses, might agree to give the Chinese Empire all these islands in Oceania, but as much as 500 million pounds in war reparations. The French really couldn't come up with it, and could only hope that in the negotiations, the amount of war reparations could be reduced as much as possible.
In the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City, the prime minister of the cabinet asked Lin Daxin: "Your Majesty, although the armistice conditions we have formulated are not too much for Britain, France, and the United States. However, Britain, France, and the United States will not accept it in its entirety, especially the amount of war reparations, which Britain, France, and the United States will never be able to take. Even if they are asked to pay in installments, the three countries of them will not agree, after all, the amount is really too large. ”
The corners of Lin Daxin's mouth rose slightly, and he said with a smile: "I don't want Britain, France, and the United States to agree to these armistice conditions. You just have to remember my bottom line. Britain's Australia, New Zealand, Nepal, Bhutan, and Burma, as well as the United States' Alaska, all of the territories we have occupied, we must all take them back, and we must also get back those enterprises, oil fields, and minerals in the United States, and the British and French islands in Oceania can take as much as possible, as for the war reparations. Just ask for some appropriately. ”
Wang Yan nodded and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." The minister understood what should be done to the negotiators of our Chinese empire. ”
Lin Daxin said: "The industrial strength of Britain, France and the United States is still very strong, if these three countries continue to accompany Germany and Russia and other six countries, and our Chinese Empire has been stumbling to the death, our Chinese Empire is to achieve the final victory, and the price paid will be very large, so now since Britain, France and the United States want to get out of this war, we don't need to embarrass them too much, Germany, Russia, these European countries, we need to concentrate on another hard lesson." ”
Wang Yan nodded and said: "If we defeat the combined forces of Germany, Russia, Italy, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Turkish Empire on the front line of the Ural Mountains again, I believe that these five European countries will also come to us to sue for peace, and then there will be only one Japan left, and it will be up to our Chinese Empire!" ”
Immediately, the representatives of Britain, France, and the United States and the representatives sent by the Chinese Empire, after fierce debates in the next three days, finally settled on an armistice agreement that was basically agreed upon by both sides.
At the British Prime Minister's official residence at 10 Downing Street in London, England, British Prime Minister Henry Campbell Banavin presented the final armistice agreement fought for by British representatives to British War Secretary Henry Wiley, Admiral Fisher, and Foreign Minister Marquis Lansdowne.
Prime Minister Henry Campbell Banervan's cabinet will surely fall after the signing of this armistice, and now the energy of these three British ministers is not on the armistice agreement, they have been using their connections recently, and they are constantly doing work, hoping that they can continue to hold their current positions in the next cabinet.
At this time, it's better to talk less, and let the soon-to-be-resigned prime minister carry the black pot!
Prime Minister Henry Campbell Banervin also knows that the three former henchmen in front of him are now trying to contact the new boss, and his position as prime minister will definitely not be able to be kept after signing this armistice agreement, but the three in front of him, with their influence, should be able to keep their current status.
Prime Minister Henry Campbell Banavin looked at the armistice agreement transmitted by the British representative from the city of Beijing, and the first three terms of the original armistice conditions of the Chinese Empire had not changed, and the British Australia, New Zealand, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, and all the British islands in Oceania were ceded to the Chinese Empire.
The fourth clause of the armistice conditions was argued by the British, and finally the Chinese Empire gave up the delusion of letting Britain cede the Kashmir region of India, and the war reparations were greatly reduced after negotiations, and the final negotiation was set at 100 million pounds, and it will be paid in five years, after the armistice agreement was signed, the British made a down payment of 20 million pounds, and the remaining 20 million per year was paid to the Chinese Empire, and the British did not need to pay additional interest.
"What do you think of this armistice?" Prime Minister Henry Campbell Banavin asked three important British ministers.
British War Secretary Henry Wiley, Admiral Fisher, and Foreign Minister Marquis Lansdowne looked at each other, but still chose to remain silent with expressionless faces.
Prime Minister Henry Campbell Banervan smiled bitterly and said: "Well, now this armistice is the best we can get, and the last thing I, as the prime minister of the British Empire, do for the British Empire is to agree to sign this humiliating armistice!" After the signing of the armistice, I will take the initiative to resign from the Diet and dissolve the cabinet, several of whom have followed me for many years, hoping that you can continue to hold important positions in the next cabinet. ”
The armistice agreement finally reached between the United States and the Chinese Empire stipulated that in addition to the fact that the United States needed to formally and publicly apologize to the Chinese Empire for starting the war, Alaska of the United States was ceded to the Chinese Empire, and Lin Daxin's property in the United States was returned to Lin Daxin by the U.S. government, and Lin Daxin was compensated for the economic loss of 150 million US dollars, which was paid in 3 years, and the United States finally paid 500 million US dollars in war reparations to the Chinese Empire, which was paid in 5 years.
The high-level members of the U.S. government are still able to accept such armistice conditions, Alaska has been occupied by the Chinese Empire, according to the greedy character of the Chinese Emperor Lin Daxin, the United States does not want to come back, although it adds up to 650 million US dollars to the Chinese Empire and Lin Daxin, but with the deep economic strength of the United States, plus the installment payment, it is still bearable.
In the armistice agreement between France and the Chinese Empire, France needed to formally apologize to the Chinese Empire for starting the war, cede all the many islands belonging to France in Oceania to the Chinese Empire, and pay the Chinese Empire a war indemnity of 50 million pounds, to be paid in five years.
Although France lost many islands in Oceania, these islands had little economic value for France, and the French could afford to pay 50 million pounds in war reparations to the Chinese Empire.
On March 18, 1909, the Chinese Empire formally signed an armistice agreement with Britain, France, and the United States, and Britain, France, and the United States immediately announced their withdrawal from the war. (To be continued.) )
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