"Your Excellency, you have only two choices regarding this draft treaty, yes or no." Yang Feng said arrogantly like Ito Hirofumi in the original history to Li Hongzhang.

Yesterday's bloody battle brought the Japanese to their senses, and with the defensive capabilities of the coalition forces, it is estimated that the remaining 60,000 Japanese troops will be filled, and they will not be able to fill the trench. And at this time the wolves were gathering more and more, and this morning three more warships from Italy, Austria and Spain joined the coalition forces, and now each additional country meant that they had to pay more money when it came time to pay reparations. In addition, there is the performance of the British, they are now about to occupy a third of Kyushu, it is not enough to see that this is not the end of the battle without protecting all Kyushu, if they occupy Kyushu, then the Germans will definitely want somewhere else when they make another offer, it is estimated that the four countries are not interested, but it is very possible to cut a piece from Honshu.

Therefore, the longer this war drags on, the more unfavorable the situation will be for Japan, especially after the thaw in Vladivostok in a few days, the Russian army will definitely come over, and then recruit this hungry wolf, then I am afraid that Japan will not be as simple as compensating for anything.

But Nima, how can I allow this? Mutsu Munemitsu held the draft treaty with trembling hands, and let out a roar of grief and indignation in his heart.

The first is to compensate Ms. Sun Ze's family for mental damages, the military expenses for this righteous operation, and the pensions for the casualties... and so on add up to fifty million pounds, or the equivalent of gold and silver.

Of course, this money did not mean that they had to pay it off all at once, but that they could pay it in installments and use it as collateral for customs duties, which meant that after signing this treaty, the Germans would take over Japanese customs until all indemnities were deducted from the customs duties.

Second, the restoration of consular jurisdiction, given the degree of uncivilized nature of Japan, would be very irresponsible to place citizens of the civilized world under their judicial system, although after the Otsu incident, European countries were actually quite satisfied with the Japanese judicial system. However, after this war, it is very likely that Japan's unfriendly attitude towards international friends will increase, so this is absolutely necessary.

Third, Germany leased Kyushu Island for a period of 99 years, don't mention the issue of rent, let's teach you how to be a person, quickly lead you into a civilized society, and ask us for money for this little thing? If you have to, symbolically a mark, Russia leased Hokkaido, and ceded Kagoshima to Germany. Ceded Sapporo to Russia.

Fourth, as compensation for the Japanese government's imprisonment of the king of the Ryukyus for more than ten years and the great psychological trauma caused to the Ryukyu people, Tanegashima and all the islands south of it, including Yaku, Iwo Jima, and Amami Oshima, were ceded to the Ryukyus.

Fifth, all fortified batteries along the coast of Japan should be demolished, Japan would be prohibited from possessing a navy for 10 years, and the remaining warships that originally belonged to the Combined Fleet would have to be dismantled or sold.

As for others, such as the apology of Dao Yeong, the withdrawal of troops from North Korea, and so on, are necessary. I don't need to list them all.

After signing this treaty, it can be said that Japan has completely fallen into the abyss of semi-colony, and none of the first five articles can be agreed to, and any of them will be fatal, not only Japan's life. What's more important is that you have to take your own life, which Mutsu Munemitsu knows very well, and it can be said that whoever signs such a treaty will be hacked to death by the angry samurai immediately after leaving the country.

"Mr. Yang. We cannot agree to these provisions under any circumstances, and although some of the public officials of our Government have committed crimes against the Korean people, they have been severely punished by the law. As for the Battle of Shimabara, it has a long history, and it has nothing to do with the current government of Japan, and the current Japan is also free in terms of faith. Mutsu Munemitsu patiently explained.

"First of all, as for the mastermind of the Seoul tragedy, since Keisuke Otori is your country's minister to Korea, then all his actions represent the Japanese government, and his crimes are also crimes on behalf of the Japanese government, so the Japanese government must also be punished.

Second, although many years have passed since the Shimabara Religious Mie Massacre and the murder of the saint Shiro Inaba, both Japan at that time and Japan today were countries under the rule of His Majesty the Emperor, so there is no question of regime change, which means that the current Japanese government is still a continuation of the Japanese government at that time. For example, if Japan is a monarchy now, if you become a republic and abolish the emperor, then this is a change of regime, and if there is a change in your imperial family, it is also a change of regime, just like the change of dynasties in our country, but since the emperor of your country is a family of eternity, then there will be no change of regime in any case, so the current emperor must take responsibility for the crimes committed by his ancestors. Yang Feng said politely like a diplomat.

"But at that time, it was the shogunate era, and it was the shogun who presided over the country, not His Majesty the Emperor." Mutsu said in a low voice.

"That's your internal affair, aren't your generals appointed by the emperor? He is no different from your current Prime Minister, and it would be too funny for Your Excellency to think that another Prime Minister is a change of regime. Yang Feng said lightly.

Mutsu Munemitsu found that there was no result in the discussion on this issue, and it was clear that as long as there was a saying that the emperor was a family of eternity, he would not be able to make a fuss about the change of power, and now he could only bargain over the terms.

"Your Excellency, I have made it very clear on the terms and conditions that you only have the right to allow or not to allow it, and you do not have any right to bargain." Yang Feng contemptuously stopped his efforts.

"Mr. Yang, I hope you can understand that Japan has a population of 40 million, and we are not afraid of war, and if you treat us in such a rude way, the anger of the Japanese people will bury any aggressor." Mutsu said with a gloomy face.

"Then we'll have to wait and see." Yang Feng said with a smile that what he is most looking forward to now is that the Japanese will continue to fight, William is already organizing the Second Army of the Expeditionary Force, and the weather has begun to warm, and the Russian army in Vladivostok will definitely land in Hokkaido. In addition, the French are also hesitating, they want to start but can't save face, after all, joining a coalition led by the Germans is a very shameful thing in their eyes, but if they do it alone, they are afraid of offending people. They are not the only Britain, the format twenty years ago caused a great loss of vitality to this country, and even the Sino-French war has not recovered, let the Chinese fight back, but let them be a laughing stock in the international community for many years.

The first negotiations between the two sides ended unhappily, and the result of mutual refusal was that they had no choice but to continue fighting, but the Japanese were obviously not in a hurry to attack, and it would be foolish to continue to send them to death as they did yesterday until they found a good solution.

They are not in a hurry to join the coalition forces, they have the harvest of robbery in Tokyo, they are here for three or five years is enough, Yang Feng even welcomed this very much, you must know that the supplies of the coalition forces are transported from Taiwan to here, grain, fruits, meat and even arms and ammunition, these are all to be paid. This money was deducted from the harvest of the robbery, and now Taiwan's businessmen are like crazy to grab this big business, and there is also Zhang Zhidong, where the Hanyang Arsenal is shouting that the output is not enough, and it is becoming more and more unhappy to transport arms to the north, but on the other hand, it is open to send it to Taiwan.

Moreover, because the quality requirements of German logistics officers are extremely strict, and the quality of the products of the Hanyang Arsenal and the Iron and Steel Plant is also improving rapidly, and even now they can fully meet the standards of the German Army, so war is the best stimulation for industry, of course, your battlefield has to be abroad.

With sufficient and perfect logistical supplies, the Allied forces in Tokyo lived very quickly, and with a full 5,000 comfort women, the spirit was also greatly satisfied, and many Huai soldiers were quite happy.

They are comfortable here, but the Qing army on the battlefield in Liaodong is miserable, as the weather gets warmer, the cold problem that originally restricted the Japanese army has been completely solved, and the two and a half divisions under the leadership of Youpeng in Shanxian County have become more and more courageous, and the forward has already hit Haicheng, and with the Qing army discarding more and more weapons on the battlefield, the firepower of the Japanese army has actually risen instead of falling, and now even domestic supplies are not very needed.

On the one hand, the Chinese soldiers beat the Japanese to the ground on the Japanese mainland, and even occupied their country, and they are still playing there with Japanese women beating Japanese men. But on the contrary, the Japanese army has beaten the imperial army to the ground on Chinese soil, and it is difficult not to feel a little strange that it is about to reach Shengjing.

At this time, most of the Chinese newspapers were in the concession, and it was called real unscrupulousness when they spoke, except for openly advocating rebellion, they dared to say anything, and the result of the discussion was divided into two very extreme factions, one faction naturally touted Yang Feng, and the light troops went north to smash Huanglong, which was almost comparable to Yue Wumu.

The other faction of Qing worms, who read the books of the sages and read stupidly, accused him of treachery and plunder, without the style of the Heavenly Empire, and was useless to Qinshou, and ignored the crisis of the imperial court, moved to Japan, sat on the mountain and watched, harbored evil intentions, and the heart of the rebellious ministers and thieves was clearly revealed.

Of course, no matter which faction it is, it is impossible to avoid the fact that the army of the imperial court is really bad, especially those armies dominated by banner people, which are so rotten that they are unbearable, and the biggest role on the battlefield is to send weapons to the Japanese army, from artillery to machine guns and grenades, so to speak, they will send whatever the Japanese lack. (To be continued......)