"Your Excellency Saionji, my country believes that the responsibility for this war lies entirely with the Japanese side. The Japanese side's wanton build-up of the main naval force posed a great threat to the Chinese Empire. Your Marines shot and killed a large number of innocent Chinese workers in Daye, which is even more of a provocation to the Chinese Empire. Therefore, Japan must bear all the responsibility for this war. Yang Du said directly.

Xiyuan Temple Gongwang and Lin Dong's faces suddenly became a little solemn. They all know that the previous little tricks don't seem to be useful at all.

"Your Excellency Yang Du, there is no right or wrong in war, and some are conflicts of national interests. It would be unfair to put all the blame for the war on Japan's head. Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Dong expressed his opposition.

"If Japan is not wrong, then why are you running to sue for peace? The war can go on. Tang Shaoyi said ill-intentionedly. Anyway, the Chinese Empire wanted the war to continue, and only the Japanese wanted to end the war as soon as possible.

Lin Dong was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say. The reason why Japan came to seek peace with a blank eye is because it knows that it can't defeat China! If the war continues, Japan will definitely pay an even greater price. The Japanese are not stupid, they know that they can't fight.

"Your Excellency Yang Du, what does your country need to do to end the war? What kind of conditions are there, please tell us directly. Of course, Japan's capabilities are limited, and if these conditions are beyond our capabilities, then we can only apologize. Xiyuan Temple Gongwang said. His meaning is very obvious, that is, let China open conditions. However, he then added that if China were to open its mouth, Japan would not agree.

Xiyuan Temple Gongwang was really right, and the Chinese Empire really planned to ask the lion to open his mouth. Originally. After the First Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese were able to open their mouths and blackmail China fiercely. Now, there is no reason for China to show mercy.

"It is not impossible to end the war, as long as Japan agrees to the following conditions. The war can be over. Yang Du said.

The conditions to be put forward to Japan in the negotiations had already been drawn up and handed over to Wu Haoxuan for review, and only after Wu Haoxuan agreed to them would they put forward them in this negotiation. When formulating these conditions, Yang Du and Tang Shaoyi both adhered to one condition proposed by Wu Haoxuan, that is, to plunder the benefits from Japan as much as possible and weaken Japan's strength as much as possible.

Xiyuan Temple Gongwang nodded, waiting for Yang Du to say those conditions. Right now. The Japanese look as if they were prisoners waiting to be judged.

Yang Du smiled, and then motioned for Tang Shaoyi to state the conditions of the empire.

"First, Japan must admit its mistake in starting the war and apologize to the Empire. and compensate the innocent Chinese workers who were killed in the Daye Iron Mine incident. Tang Shaoyi said.

"Second, Japan wants to return the treasure island to China. Give up their rule over the Ryukyus and Korea and restore them to independence as a state. ”

"Third. Japan wants to give up all its special rights and interests in China. ”

"Fourth, Japan wants the Chinese Empire to pay war reparations totaling 300 million pounds."

"Fourth. For the sake of peace in the Far East, Japan had to hand over to China the Satsuma class battleships and the Kawachi-class battleships under construction. Moreover, Japan will no longer have large surface warships in the future. ”

"Fifth, Japan must guarantee that it will not start a war against China in the future."

Tang Shaoyi read out all this condition in one breath. There is no doubt that every one of the others, with the exception of the first one, which is less demanding, is very harsh. None of these conditions can be agreed to willingly by the Japanese.

Xiyuan Temple Gongwang and Lin Dong. I was already dumbfounded. Although, before coming to China to participate in the peace talks, they had expected that China's conditions would be very harsh. However, after hearing the conditions put forward by the Chinese side, they still realized that they were too stupid and naïve. The conditions put forward by the Chinese were much harsher than they expected. This clearly means that they should be slaughtered as a defeated country!

Sir Jurdian as a supporter of the negotiations. also looked at Yang Du and Tang Shaoyi in surprise, he didn't expect that the conditions proposed by the Chinese side would be so harsh. Obviously, there is no way that this peace negotiation will come to fruition. The Japanese, it is unlikely that they will agree to such conditions.

It was Hahausen, the German minister to China, with a smile on his lips. The conditions put forward by the Chinese Empire, although harsh, did not come as a surprise to him. On the contrary, he also wished that the harsher the conditions put forward by the Chinese side, the better. In this way, the war will go on forever. It would be better to drag the British into the war as well.

"Your Excellency Yang Du, are you sure this is not a joke? Such conditions are too harsh, right? Sir Jurdian said with a smile.

"Your Excellency, we are not joking. That's our condition. If Japan wanted to end the war, they would have to agree to these conditions. Otherwise, the war will continue. Yang Du was very determined.

Xiyuan Temple Gongwang wanted to stand up and leave directly. However, he knew that in that case, it would mean that the negotiations were completely over. Once the war continues, it will not benefit Japan at all. Therefore, he could only suppress the anger in his heart and continue to stay.

After finally suppressing the anger in his heart, the Xiyuan Temple Gongwang said: "Your Excellency Yang Du, such a condition is clearly to slaughter Japan as a defeated country. Although the Japanese Navy was defeated, we were not completely defeated. Tens of millions of Japanese still have the courage to continue the war. ”

"Really? If that is the case, then I don't think there is any need for this negotiation to continue. Let's wait until the outcome of this war is decided. I believe that by then, there should be fewer differences. Yang Du said with a smile.

Xiyuan Temple Gongwang's face was very ugly, and he knew what Yang Du meant. Yang Du said that after Japan was completely defeated, Japan would have no bargaining capital. When the time comes, I am afraid that no matter what conditions China proposes, Japan will have no choice but to accept them.

"Both, it's normal to have differences in negotiations, and we can completely eliminate these differences through negotiations." Sir Jurdian hurriedly played the round. If he doesn't, there is a real chance that the negotiations will break down.

Yang Du nodded, which was regarded as giving Zhu Erdian a face.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, can't you compromise your country's conditions a little more? These conditions seem to be a little too harsh. Sir Jurden said. As allies of the Japanese, the British naturally had to find ways to reduce losses for Japan.

"Harsh? I don't think so. Let's not forget what a price China paid to end the war after the First Sino-Japanese War. I think it is understandable that Japan is paying such a price. Yang Du refused to back down at all, and also brought out the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" to talk about things, using this as an example.

The faces of Gongwang and Lin Dong of Xiyuan Temple are a little unnatural, this may be called the forgiveness of the sins of the heavens, and the sins of oneself cannot be lived! When the Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed, the Japanese did not think that after just over a decade, the Chinese would have a chance to turn the tables. If they had expected this day, perhaps they would not have put forward such harsh conditions in the first place.

Of course, there is no regret medicine in the world, and you can't think of buying it if you want to. In addition, with the gambler nature of the Japanese, even if they knew that there would be such consequences, I am afraid they would not let go of the opportunity to blackmail China. They must be thinking of extorting as much wealth as possible from China in order to strengthen Japan's power. In that case, even if Japan were to face a decisive battle with China in the future, Japan would have a better chance of winning.

"Your Excellency Yang Du, even the Treaty of Shimonoseki is not as harsh as the conditions you proposed." Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Dong said.

"No, the Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed more than 10 years ago. Now that more than 10 years have passed, it is natural that the Treaty of Shimonoseki cannot be copied as it is. If nothing else, the value of the currency in the past is completely different from the present. In the Treaty of Shimonoseki, China paid Japan 230 million taels of silver, equivalent to 60 million pounds sterling. The value of 60 million pounds more than a decade ago is at least tripled now. Add in the interest, and we propose a war reparations of 300 million pounds, which is actually not much at all. Imperial Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi said.

When the Japanese heard such an algorithm, they were really completely speechless.

Sir Jurdian couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. You must know that Britain's annual fiscal revenue is only more than 100 million pounds, and 300 million pounds is already equivalent to twice the British fiscal revenue. As for Japan, last year's fiscal revenue was only 1.3 billion yen. Converted into pounds, that's just £65 million. The Japanese will not eat or drink for three years before they can exchange these war reparations! Besides, the Japanese are now on the verge of financial collapse, and they already owe huge foreign debts. The war reparations of 300 million pounds were enough to crush them.

Minister Hahausen's eyes flashed with excitement and envy. If the Chinese Empire had received 300 million pounds in war reparations, it would have been a great fortune. Germany can make huge profits by supplying China with a variety of advanced industrial products. China has always coveted many of Germany's advanced equipment. As long as the profit is sufficient, it is not impossible for Germany to sell these devices. (To be continued.) )

PS: The second update is here! Because my wife was delivered by caesarean section, she probably needed to be hospitalized for about a week. During this time, Xiaoyu had to stay in the hospital most of the time. Therefore, during this period of time, Xiaoyu can only be changed twice a day, I hope book friends understand.