July 7, 280

The cake is not big, and it is pitiful, and it is placed in the big cake of world colonization, and it is not even as good as the small countries in South America and Africa that have more abundant resources, but because of the appearance of Li Mo and the rise of the Pacific Fleet, it has attracted countless attention. (Vertex Hand Hit)

This is not so much a negotiation on the Japanese issue, but a collision of new forces challenging the traditional old forces, Tang Shaoyi's Pacific Fleet behind is certainly powerful, through four naval battles to play a great reputation, but the two emerging nobles of Germany and the United States hope to take this opportunity to the world stage is also very strong.

Li Mo was thinking about how to rely on this opportunity to gain recognition from the international community, while Britain was thinking about how to maintain its hegemony in the Far East, so the so-called Japanese question, which was deliberately thrown out, has become a hodgepodge of different ideas.

Even Russia, which had lost influence in the Far East, France, Italy, and other countries joined the talks as chaperones, so much so that it entered a stalemate from the beginning.

Because the beginning of the meeting caused disputes among Britain, Germany and the United States.

Quite simply, Tang Shaoyi proposed that in order to better reflect the international status of the Xinhua Government Council and the responsibility of the victor, the three countries must first recognize the birth of a new regime.

As soon as this question was raised, it was strongly opposed by Britain and the United States, and Germany suddenly became ambiguous; when the rise of the Xinhua Government Council was already unstoppable, Britain and the United States, after consultation, said that they could consider supporting Li Mo to take over the throne of Hawaii, but they were unwilling to recognize his new state based on the three northeastern provinces.

It may seem like an unrelated issue, but it actually has a lot of meaning.

Once Li Mo became the king of Hawaii, then the Xinhua government would always be an island government, and the three northeastern provinces and Luzon could only be colonies rather than territories, because the territorial scope of each country's control over the Hawaiian Kingdom was very clear.

This suggestion was obviously unacceptable, and Tang Shaoyi resolutely withdrew from the talks, and the answer was also very simple, saying that he would not accept Japan's surrender for the time being, and that he could not open the sea area except Kyushu Island, and did not rule out the possibility of ending the negotiations and having the Xinhua Government Council start negotiations with Japan alone.

After learning that Tang Shaoyi had temporarily withdrawn from the negotiations, Chen Ping ordered the navy and air force to bombard the Japanese coastal cities without restrictions, and at the same time ordered the 2nd Marine Regiment stationed in Hokkaido to prepare for the landing on Shikoku Island.

Three days later, four heavy cruisers and four light cruisers of the Pacific Fleet again concentrated on shelling Tokyo, and at the same time, Xue Muhua also concentrated twelve airships, starting from the Izu Islands, to bombard residential areas near the Japanese royal palace in Tokyo.

When the news came, Hirobumi Ito couldn't sit still at first.

Obviously, Li Mo is telling Japan that he now has the ability to directly destroy the Japanese royal palace, and in the absence of any countermeasures, if the airship is allowed to run around in Japan, not to mention that the palace symbolized by Japan is not guaranteed, I am afraid that before the mediation is over, the country will collapse first, so he immediately gave up the idea of relying on Britain and the United States again for backup, and took the initiative to hold unilateral negotiations with Tang Shaoyi.

The news of the separate talks between Japan and Li Mo reached the ears of Britain, the United States and Germany, and it was obvious that they were very dissatisfied, and Germany took the lead in acknowledging and expressing support for Li Mo's establishment of the country, and the reason why Germany would change its attitude was because they knew very well that if the Pacific Army no longer provided logistical and other support and chose to make peace with Japan, then the long supply line would not be able to ensure that Germany would gain a firm foothold in Japan.

Although the four cruisers purchased by Spain eventually chose to return to the Atlantic first via the Suez Canal because of supply and other problems, the pressure on the United States was no small as that.

The landing of the army on the island of Cuba was not stable, and once the three Spanish fleets met, I was afraid that the entire east coast would be blown up, so they did not have the energy and ability to compete with Li Mo for Japan, and only hoped to maintain the interests of the United States here and ensure that the American loan could be recovered, so he also chose to agree to Li Mo's request and signed the recognition document.

Of course, compared with the huge colonies, Japan is not important to Britain, but if you see Japan being carved up and left out of it, it will undoubtedly be a challenge to the world leader of the British Empire.

If Britain had not intervened in Japan, it would have been perceived as weak, and it would have encouraged those who sought to challenge British supremacy, and France and Germany would have immediately pounced on Africa

After consulting with China again, Kimberley signed his name on the document that he agreed to recognize after the founding of the country, when he could no longer prevent Li Mo from establishing the country. When the document was sent to Li Mo, he immediately ordered the Government Council to start preparations for the founding of the country in an all-round way.

After settling the prerequisites, it seemed that all of a sudden it was much smoother, and Li Mo really gave up the right to govern the main island of Japan, and only proposed the jurisdiction of Shikoku Island, and ceded the largest main island to Britain and the United States, and asked the Pacific Fleet to protect the Uraga waterway from being sabotage.

This request was not opposed, because the United States could not afford to send warships at the moment, and Germany needed to digest the island of Kyushu first, and Britain did not want to force Limer to completely fall to Germany.

Soon after the negotiations seemed going well, another controversy arose.

That is the right to export Japanese raw silk

Raw silk exports are Japan's only guaranteed source of finance, with an annual export value of no less than one million pounds, and this cake is clearly being targeted by everyone

The United States immediately proposed that the United States control the export of raw silk on the grounds that Japan still owes a large amount of debt to the United States, but how could Germany give up such a large piece of the cake, and immediately said that Germany must also get 30 percent of it, and Britain also hopes to get a piece of the pie, but Li Mo did not intervene in the raw silk industry, because what he attaches importance to is not the vested interests in front of him, but completely remove this stepping stone blocked at the door, so that he can devote himself wholeheartedly to the final competition after more than ten years

Ito Hirobumi sat next to him and spent his days like a year, and the amount of money at the negotiating table could only show that this mediation negotiation, in which the United States and Britain intervened, was completely turning Japan into someone else's toy, and that Japan would not even be able to guarantee its sovereignty for a long time to come.

However, at the moment, Japan does not even have room for bargaining, the country is already full of hunger, many cities have been destroyed by shelling, a large number of homeless people have crowded the streets, Tokyo is even more rubble, dead bodies are everywhere, soldiers have begun to be dissatisfied, signs of violence have emerged everywhere, and domestic contradictions are about to erupt.

Therefore, the emperor also knew that the war could not continue no matter what, because Japan had actually returned to the shogunate period, and he would rather be temporarily divided by foreign countries, and he must stabilize the country as soon as possible.

In his anxious waiting, after some bargaining, the Japanese raw silk was finally divided between Britain, Germany and the United States, so that the negotiations also entered the last and most difficult stage.

reparations

As soon as Tang Shaoyi opened his mouth, he proposed a price that was unacceptable to everyone, 100 million pounds, about 700 million new coins to be issued by the Xinhua Government Council

Not to mention Japan, even the other three countries feel that Li Mo's appetite is too big, once Japan is saddled with such a large amount of foreign debt, plus interest, I am afraid that it will not be able to turn over within a hundred years.

In the end, Tang Shaoyi proposed the method of land cession and labor compensation, that is, Japan unconditionally ceded the Northern Islands and Izu Islands, and at the same time recognized the fact that Hokkaido was Ainu, and provided 100,000 laborers to the Xinhua Government Council every year for ten years.

As soon as this request was made, it was immediately strongly opposed by Ito Hirobumi, whose importance to Japan was self-evident, and the Izu Islands were the gateway to Japan, so he firmly stated that he would not recognize the cession of Hokkaido

In the face of opposition, Tang Shaoyi was unhurried, not only showing the records that Hokkaido belonged to the Ainu people who became the Mao people at that time since the Tang Dynasty, but also showing the credentials presented by the Japanese emperor and Ezo at the same time during the Ming Dynasty, detailing the fact that Hokkaido did not belong to Japan.

This kind of document was actually just a diplomatic measure, and the fleet's actions were obviously more pragmatic, using transport ships to drive hundreds of thousands of Japanese living in Hokkaido back to the main island, and at the same time immediately signing a defense agreement with the Ainu as quickly as possible, stating that the Pacific Army would act as a protector to ensure that Hokkaido and the Ainu would not be violated.

It wasn't until Tang Shaoyi showed this defense agreement that everyone realized that Li Mo was never willing to spit out Hokkaido, and finally after some bargaining, Japan agreed to hand over the jurisdiction of Shikoku Island to Li Mo for 30 years, and at the same time ceded the northern islands, but kept the Izu Islands, and promised 30 million pounds sterling for a 40-year war reparation, and at the same time promised that in the next 20 years, no less than 100,000 labor will be provided to the Xinhua Government Council every year to compensate for the loss.

Germany also received two million pounds sterling for 30 years of reparations, and also received 30 years of jurisdiction over the island of Kyushu, in addition to the United States and Great Britain sharing jurisdiction over the Japanese island, although they did not receive reparations, but the huge population and raw silk industry still allowed the two families to enjoy huge benefits.

At the same time, according to Li Mo's request, within one month after the surrender of the Japanese army, all Japanese troops, including the Japanese troops stationed in Korea, must unconditionally surrender all their weapons to the Pacific Army, and only 10,000 troops can be retained in Japan, and at the same time, more than a dozen high-ranking Japanese officers, including Kita-Shirakawa Nohisa, will be extradited to Lushun for trial.

After all, a stable currency structure is also suitable for the interests of each country, so after the Xinhua Government Council won 40 percent, the other three countries also accounted for 20 percent, announcing that they would help the new Japanese government maintain the stability of the Japanese currency.

With the loss of monetary and financial rights, combined with the perception that war reparations and outstanding U.S. loans, Japan has effectively been divided and divided, and the only thing the Japanese government can do in the coming decades is to raise silkworms and pay off foreign debts.

After ten years of reform, this island country, which was bent on rising in the Far East, catching up with the world, and becoming a great power, finally completely withdrew from this gluttonous feast and paid an unimaginable price

July 7th.

Off the coast of Tokyo, the majestic battleships Duke and Prince are anchored side by side, and the hull damaged when they forced their way through the Uraga waterway has been completely renewed, and the hideous gun muzzles glitter in the sun.

On the deck, flags were waving and crowds were crowded.

The sailors, dressed in neat white naval uniforms, stood solemnly throughout the deck, attracting the attention of numerous reporters and delegates who had been allowed to board the Pacific Fleet's battleships for the first time.

In the end, all eyes slowly focused on the large table on the foredeck of the Duke, as the representative of the surrender, Long Guozhang, as the representative of the surrender, quietly looked at a steamboat approaching in the distance with a cigar in his mouth, and behind him, Lin Taizeng and Liu Buyun clenched their fists and breathed rapidly.

The final signing of the surrender on the battleship was completely because Li Mo inadvertently remembered the situation of the USS Missouri in the future, and the Duke was chosen not only because it was the most powerful battleship in the current fleet, but also because he wanted to rely on this opportunity to tell the world through the former Beiyang hand that the Chinese were no longer second-class citizens in the world

At ten o'clock, when the representative of the Japanese emperor, Prince Komatsu and several members of the imperial family boarded the Duke, they were all shocked by these two powerful warships, especially the neat and solemn formation of the officers and men of the Pacific Fleet, which made them feel irresistibly powerful.

Everyone held their breath.

At 10:30 a.m., Prince Komatsu handed over the instrument of surrender on behalf of the Emperor of Japan, and the two battleships honked their whistles and salutes rumbled

When these photos were taken by reporters through Europe, the whole world was burned by this scene, the cold naval guns, the huge body and the submission of Japan, formed a frozen oil painting, and people were all immersed in the glory brought by the cannons of the giant ships

German Emperor Wilhelm II even announced that he would consider continuing to purchase more battleships, once again sparking an arms boom in Europe.

On 10 July, the Japanese base camp was abolished, and more than a dozen officers who were unwilling to stand trial, including Kita-Shirakawa Nohisa, committed suicide; when no suitable candidate could be found, Britain and the United States agreed to Li Mo's proposal that Saigo Shomichi should be responsible for forming a new Japanese government and ensuring the interests of all countries.

As a pragmatic and experienced Pacific Fleet means, Saigo Nomichi knew better than everyone that distant countries such as Britain and the United States were not reliable, not that he recognized Li Mo's rule, but because Japan was too close to China, and Li Mo was very likely to become the ruler of the Far East in the future, so it was more beneficial for Japan to choose to cooperate with the Xinhua Government Council.

When Li Mo got the original surrender three days later, he really let out a sigh of relief, this island country that had plagued him for a long time and was regarded as a stumbling block was finally pulled open, and at least for the next thirty years, Japan will not be able to recover

It's time to look away from Japan, which has delayed him too much time -

PS: Haha, there is a foreign appearance, monogamy is a marriage law, sorry, I am confused

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