Chapter 192: Sino-Japanese Beijing Treaty (2)

On the fourth day of the eighth month, the Acting Minister Plenipotentiary of the Japanese State and Secretary of the Interior, Okubo Ritsu, arrived at the Yamen of the Qing Prime Minister.

Okubo Ritsu did not greet each other, and said directly: Last year, Lord Mao Changxi, the minister of your state, personally mentioned that all the Peony Society in Taiwan are places where the government decree of your state cannot be instructed, and the life of the place is all savages outside the country. The transformation of the Borderlands into a wild man, with a thirst for killing, is very justiomatic for our country to send troops to conscript.

Wen Xiangdao, Minister of Military Aircraft of the Qing Dynasty: The entire territory of Taiwan has belonged to our country since ancient times, and the Peony Society and other places are all foreign lands of China, which cannot be called ownerless and barbaric. If Erbang is to be designated as terra nullius, it is necessary to surrender the ownerless certificate, and there must also be a seal of our country's voluntary withdrawal from the land and not under its jurisdiction. If Erbang does not have such credentials, it is a fabrication.

Okuboli Passage: There are rules in the public law of all countries, although a country has the name of ruling the territory, but there is no reality, other countries take it, and it is not a violation of public law. Taiwan Peony Society and other places outside your state, China has actually occupied, and built roads, museums, and schools in their places; Occupying the land outside your state, our country is not violating public law.

Wen Xiang threw out a volume and said angrily: This is the register of Taiwan's government and household departments, which contains clear evidence of Taiwan's salary, and there is nothing in my country!

Okubo Ritsu remained silent and said: "Lord Wen is angry, if he says that my Nagasaki ownership is undecided, I can make a thousand copies overnight." If your country takes this as a mistake and instigates an attack, then our country will not hesitate to fight with you.

Wen Xiang was furious and said: Speak with you, talk in vain!

The two of them have been arguing for dozens of days, but to no avail.

Liu Yuanqianguang, the minister of the Japanese State in the Qing Dynasty, said: If you are so entangled, when will you make an agreement? The Saigo army is isolated and helpless, and I also ask the Secretary of the Interior to deal with it quickly.

Okuboli Passage: The Qing people have not yet fought in the western frontier, and they will not easily start a war in the southeast. I used up his patience with whether or not Taitung was born, and then signed a treaty with compensation for military expenses and military withdrawal.

On 20 August, Okubo Ritsu replied to the Qing Prime Minister's Yamen, saying that the entry of our troops into Taitung was not a reckless force, but a righteous act to protect the people. Since April, a total of 2 million taels of silver have been consumed, and your country has been settled, and our troops will retreat.

Wen Xiang said angrily: The soldiers of the country entered the land of our country without permission, pretended to be righteous, and begged for silver, which is really shameless!

Okubo Ritsu was also angry and said: My country's sending troops to fight against the barbarian life is indeed a righteous act, and there is no shame in saying it. If your country has no intention of making peace, I will immediately ask my emperor to find another party.

Wen Xiangdao; And whatever you want!

Okubo Ritong went out of the Prime Minister's Yamen, and quickly sought out the British Minister to the Qing Dynasty, Wittoma, Okubo Passage: The case of Taiwan's Shengfan killing our Ryukyu refugees, the Qing and Japan negotiations failed, and I implore the Minister to make peace in the middle.

Wei Tuma said: Taiwan's birth is also harmful to the people of our country, and your country's sending troops is indeed a righteous act, and I will mediate in my settlement.

Okuboli Passage: China sent troops to Taiwan, built roads, and built barracks, which cost a lot of money. If the Qing State can compensate our country with 2 million taels of silver, we can withdraw our troops.

Wei Tuma Dao: 2 million taels of silver! This is a huge amount and very difficult to negotiate.

Okubo Channel: It can be reduced, there is Mr. Minister Labor.

On the same day, Wei Tuoma went to the Yamen of the Qing Prime Minister to lobby for compensation.

Prince Gong said: Other countries attack my land, and my country will pay for it, which is very unreasonable!

Wei Tuma Dao: This is not the military expenses of the Japanese people, this is the pension of the murdered refugees. If your country does not make compensation, you will start a war in the Taiwan Strait in the southeast of your country.

After Wei Tuma, Li Hongzao, Minister of Military Aircraft, said: Li Hongzhang, the governor of Zhili, is very familiar with foreign affairs, why not send a letter to ask.

Yi Xun said to Shen Guifen: What does Lord Shen mean?

Shen Guifen, Minister of Military Aircraft, said: 2 million taels of silver, the Japanese lion opened his mouth! There were 54 people killed in the Ryukyus, and each person was compensated 2,000 taels, and 100,000 taels of silver was enough.

Yi Xun said: A mere 100,000 silver, if you can promote the withdrawal of the army, it should be the best game. There are many things involved in this matter, and it depends on Li Hongzhang's intentions.

Li Hongzhang received the letter and immediately replied: "Reading the section on the Japanese military expenses of Wei Tu Ma and Syria, it is always close to Jiayin. To be sure, the case of the Ryukyu refugees has been going on for more than three years, and Fujian Province has not seriously investigated and handled it. As a last resort, or for the sake of human life, he decided how to compensate the victims of the Ryukyus, and remembered the soldiers of that country, who had traveled a long way and hardships, and begged for a reward, regardless of the number or the amount of soldiers, so that they could return home enthusiastically. And out of his own will, he is not allowed to bargain, or a little decent, and is not comparable to the alliance under the city. This argument is not allowed by the Qing Dynasty, and looking around the current situation, coastal defense is not in a hurry. Although the United States, Britain, France, and Russia did not explicitly help the Japanese people, they did not hope that the Japanese people would make a profit, and they did not really want to help me.

Shen Baozhen also played: Although the preparation of the Japanese increased, the Japanese feelings gradually became timid, and he did not know the difficulties and retreated, and the rumors spread everywhere, hoping that I would be intimidated by it and accommodate and seek profit. If I enter into the urn, I will take one step at a time, but I will gather my strength thickly, and there will be no gap to take advantage of, and I will go away from my ears. Therefore, the blame for the past of the soldiers has been enough to exceed the grace of the Ming court, and if it is wantonly requested, it is willing to adhere to the fixed opinion and refuse it.

Li Hongzhang decided to pay for the bereavement, Shen Baozhen was ambiguous, and Prince Gong couldn't make a decision, so he asked Emperor Tongzhi to make a decision.

Emperor Tongzhi said; The war in Xinjiang has not ended, and the southeast has resumed fighting, which is not conducive to our country. Those who are in distress shall be compensated; On the day of the Japanese people's withdrawal, when the compensation is paid.

On October 31, 1874, Prince Guogong of the Great Qing Dynasty and Japanese Secretary of the Interior Okubo Toshitsu signed the Sino-Japanese Beijing Treaty in Beijing.

The text said: I hereby use the name that Taiwan Shengfan had caused harm to Japan's subjects and others in vain, and that Japan originally intended to ask questions, so it sent troops to the other side to criticize the Shengfan and others. Today, we will discuss with the Qing State the measures for withdrawing troops and dealing with the aftermath, and list three articles at the end.

1. What Japan did this time was originally an act to protect the people, and China does not think it is not.

2. For all the homes of the refugees who were killed in the previous time, the Qing State set a pension of two silver taels; In Japan, all the items such as building houses in the road were to be raised in advance to make up for the silver taels, and there was another basis for negotiation.

3. All the official correspondence between the two countries shall be withdrawn and cancelled by each other for retribution. As for the birthplace of this place, it is advisable for the Qing State to try to restrain it properly, so as to ensure that the passengers will not be harmed again.

The two countries exchanged vouchers and agreed as follows: Japan will first approve a pension of 100,000 taels of silver for the homes of former murdered refugees. In addition, Japan withdrew its troops, and China was willing to keep all the monasteries and houses on the plateau, and allowed to give 400,000 taels of silver, which was also agreed. It is allowed to withdraw all the troops of Japan on December 20, the 7th year of the Meiji era, and the full amount of the Chinese payment on November 12, the 13th year of the reign of Tongzhi, China, shall not be extended. When the Japanese soldiers did not fully retreat, the Chinese silver taels were not paid in full, and on this basis, each of them kept a piece of paper for the record.