Chapter 577: Raising Japan
"Yaga! These people are so deceitful! If we agree to their terms, will Japan still have zài? Even if Japan can escape now, it will not be able to escape the fate of being destroyed by the Shina people in the end! In the hotel arranged by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Japanese king Jiaren and his entourage, after learning of the conditions put forward by the Chinese side, the Japanese Japanese king Jiaren was furious on the spot.
"Your Majesty, the people of China have the heart to destroy Japan, and they have been trying to eliminate the threat of Japan to them all along. Even if Japan is now defeated and has suffered heavy losses, they are still unwilling to let Japan go! Saigo said very angrily.
Saionji did not speak, although the conditions proposed by China were very harsh, but he knew that if Japan did not want to be destroyed, it would have to accept the conditions put forward by China. This world is such a reality, the law of the jungle is also the law of survival of all countries and countries. At present, Japan is no longer qualified to bargain with China, and it is completely just a piece of meat on a board, which is to be slaughtered by China.
"Duke of Xiyuan Temple, what is your opinion?" Seeing that the public of Xiyuan Temple did not speak, King Jiaren took the initiative to ask.
"Your Highness, I just wanted to ask. If we reject the Chinese's conditions, will Japan still save zài? The Chinese even suggested that if we did not agree, then they would impose military control in Japan and directly turn Japan into a Chinese colony. When that happens, what are we going to do? Xiyuan Temple Gongwang asked.
"There are still 40 million people in the empire, and if the people of China deceive people too much, the people of Japan will not give in. We will fight the Shina people to the end, and as long as everyone is united, we will definitely be able to bring them down. Just like now the British are fighting in South Africa and the Boers! Wawang Jiaren said with a twinkle in his eyes.
The Gongwang of Xiyuan Temple shook his head, and then said, "Your Highness, you are thinking too simply. The reason why the Boers were able to hold the British back was because before the war began, the Chinese gave the Boers very much support, and they sold a large number of advanced weapons to the Boers, so that the Boers had equipment that was not inferior to the British. But what about us? In this war, the squadron has shown their strong combat power, and the elite Imperial Army is no match for the squadron, let alone unarmed civilians. Not to mention anything else, as long as the Chinese navy once again blockades Japan and cuts off Japan's contact with the outside world, then it will not be long before a famine breaks out in Japan. When the time comes, China will be able to win easily! ”
"Your Excellency, how can you think so? We, the Japanese, will never give in to the people of China! Saigo said angrily. In his opinion, the view of Xiyuan Temple Gongwang is really too pro-China, and this will seriously harm Japan's interests.
"Saigo-kun, of course I know. However, everyone knows very well that Japan's strength alone is not China's opponent at all. If Japan wants to take revenge, it can only be patient and secretly wait for the opportunity. The war between China and the Western powers before will definitely break out. When the time comes, it will be Japan's chance. Of course, if China wins again, Japan will probably never have a chance. "Saionji Gongwang. Once China defeats the Western powers again, it will become the world's largest power. At that time, if Japan wants to challenge China, it will simply be a grasshopper shaking a tree. Even in order to survive, Japan had to take the initiative to tie up the Chinese chariot.
Although his temper and personality are not very good, he is not a fool. He could naturally hear these truths preached by Gongwang of Xiyuan Temple. It's just that he is still very unwilling. His father was killed by the Chinese, his mother and sister were killed by the Chinese**, and as the emperor of Japan, he could only accept the humiliating title of King Wa, and he had to grovel to please the Chinese. How can this be acceptable to him, who is young and strong-blooded? However, the national interest is always paramount, and he, as the nominal leader of Japan, must think about Japan's interests.
"If it can't be reversed, then agree to the conditions of the Shina people! However, I hope that you will work hard so that Japan will not sink like this, and we will definitely have a chance to rise again! Wawang Jiaren said.
"Yes, Your Highness!" Both Saionji Gongwang and Saigo Congdao replied.
The next day, Saionji Gongwang and Saigo Congdo went to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs again, and after consulting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Tingfang, they accepted the conditions put forward by the Chinese side and signed the Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty.
The "Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty" stipulates that Article 1 states that Japan will admit defeat in the war, renounce the title of emperor, and change it to Wawang, which can only take effect after being canonized by the emperor of China. Second, Japan leased the Yokosuka Naval Base and the Sasebo Naval Base to the Chinese Navy for 10,000 Chinese dollars per year. Article 3 The compensation fee for Japan is 5 billion Chinese dollars, which will be paid in 30 years, starting from three years later. In the first 10 years, 100 million Chinese dollars will be paid annually, and in the last 20 years, 200 million Chinese dollars will be paid in the inner year. During this period, interest will be paid to China at the Bank of China's interest rate. Fourth, Japan disbands its armed forces and is not allowed to have an army or navy, Japan's defense will be taken over by the squadron, and Japan's police will be trained by China. Article 5: War criminals who started the war by Japan will be tried by China's military tribunals. Article 6 China enjoys consular jurisdiction, most-favored-nation status, and the right of free trade in Japan, and Japan shall not impose tariffs on Chinese goods. Article 7: It is strictly forbidden for the Japanese to set up any ** organization or association, and any ** organization or individual shall be directly sentenced to death. Article 8: Japan shall open the treaty ports of Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe, Osaka, and Kitakyushu. Article 9: All primary and secondary schools in Japan must implement Chinese language education. After five years, Chinese will be used as the official language of Japan. Article 10: After the signing of the treaty, China and Japan will end the state of war, and China will help Japan to restore its economy.
The signing of the "Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty" enabled China to completely end the war, which lasted for more than half a year, and China paid huge losses of more than 100,000 casualties in this war, and its military expenditure was as high as 1.5 billion Chinese yuan. Of course, this military expenditure includes the previous construction of the army, navy and air force. It's just that, compared with the pay, China's gains are even more amazing. The territory has more than tripled. It also received 700 million pounds sterling in war reparations from Britain, France, the United States, and Russia, not counting the billions of Chinese dollars and 5 billion Chinese dollars collected from Japan. In this war, China can be said to have made a lot of money and became a big winner.
This war made China one of the world's major powers, and the great powers no longer dared to underestimate China. Moreover, after China has acquired huge territory and resources, as well as huge war reparations, it is likely that in a few years, it will be able to surpass China and become the most powerful country in the world. This will also completely change the pattern of the entire world colonized by the West. China will also join the great powers, and together with the great powers, divide the whole world and become an imperialist country.
The Japanese king Jiaren and his entourage stayed in China for half a month before returning to Japan. Although the signing of the treaty put a heavy burden on Japan in the north, it lost its qualification to challenge China. But for ordinary Japanese, they breathed a sigh of relief. The war was over, China lifted the blockade of Japan, and they didn't have to starve anymore. In addition, China began to recruit road construction workers and mining workers on a large scale in Japan, providing food and shelter, and paying them a salary of 8 Chinese yuan a month. This immediately caused a sensation throughout Japan. Eight Chinese dollars, which is equivalent to 20 yen in the past! It's also food and lodging, which is a high salary! A large number of Japanese who had lost a single qiē in the war rushed to sign up and prepare to go to China to work. The Japanese government also played a leading role, and they took the initiative to propose to China that the workers that China needed would be dispatched by the Japanese government. It is equivalent to Japan getting through it again and exploiting those Japanese. The salary offered by the Chinese side is 8 Chinese yuan per month, but those Japanese people get only 5 Chinese yuan, and the rest of the 3 Chinese yuan are taken by the Japanese government. Over the next few years, the Japanese government provided a total of three million workers to China. These Japanese were responsible for building China's railway and road networks, as well as the infrastructure of the newly incorporated territories. They are also active in the major mines. However, at the end of the five-year contract, less than half of those who returned to Japan alive, and the rest died on the job. Building roads and mining is inherently very dangerous. In addition, China does not treat these Japanese as human beings at all, and it is clear that they eat and live in a package, but they eat worse than pigs, sleep later than dogs, and work in difficult conditions, many Japanese people can't hold on.
However, for every Japanese who died, the Chinese side still paid a pension of 20 yuan. It's just that I don't know how much of this money went to the families of the dead Japanese.
At the same time, China has begun a large-scale transfer of highly polluting industries to Japan. Eighty percent of the country's paper mills, cement factories, printing and dyeing factories, and other highly polluting factories have all been transferred to Japan. Not only does Japan have a cheap population and tax officiation, but it also doesn't have to spend money to protect the environment, which greatly reduces costs, increases profits and competitiveness. And the Japanese government also gets the tax revenue. It's just that the environment is polluted. But the Japanese government simply doesn't care about that.