Rebirth of the Northern Giants

Li Hongzhang slowly took a document from the officials around him, which not only recorded the history of the Ainu people living in Hokkaido, but also showed the country that the Ainu people dedicated to China in the Ming Dynasty, and explained in detail that Ainu people did not belong to Japan. fact.

This is just a superficial effort. Hokkaido and Kyushu are now occupied by squadrons. Of course, China will not spit out the fat in its mouth. In this regard, countries such as the United States and Germany are not surprised.

What they are focusing on is the issue of financial rights such as Japan's customs rights and treaty ports. These are all issues related to money. It is said that people die for money, and birds die for food. What's more, the Japanese owe the United States, France and other countries Huge debt, if these money-making problems are not resolved, they don't know when the Japanese government will be able to pay off this debt.

After a lot of tongue-in-cheek, lip-smacking, slapping the table and scolding mothers, Japan's customs rights were finally divided between China, the United States and Germany. China got [-]% of the benefits of customs imports and exports, and the rest was divided among other countries.

Ito Hirobumi is sitting on pins and needles next to him, and he can't intervene at all. He probably knows that he is just humiliating himself. Japan's sovereignty will definitely be controlled by other countries for a period of time, just like before the Meiji Restoration. Now that the Meiji Restoration It can free Japan from the control of other countries. Ito Hirobumi believes that as long as Japan is given more than ten years, it will surely rise again.

The green hills are left without worrying about no firewood. Now the situation in Japan is extremely bad, and there is no room for bargaining. Not only a quarter of the country has fallen, but the Chinese fleet can bombard the coastal cities at any time. Dozens of people driven from Hokkaido The Wan Japanese intensified the pressure even more.

Starvation is everywhere, dead bodies are everywhere, people are looting for a piece of dry food everywhere, the riots launched by the Curve Nation Salvation Organization, the soldiers are seriously dissatisfied, and domestic conflicts erupted at the same time, bringing the Japanese government to the brink of collapse.

What's even more chilling is that some descendants of the vassal states, with the support of the governments behind them, made their debuts, making Japan almost fall into the era of the shogunate ruled by the vassal states.

Therefore, he had to endure this humiliation, and he didn't even dare to show it, begging for perfection, just hoping to stabilize the domestic situation as soon as possible.

He looked coldly at the representatives of various countries with different expressions and agitated expressions. Compared with those in the brothel, he felt that the representatives of various countries were dirtier.

After the customs rights and financial and trade rights were divided among the countries, the negotiation entered the next stage.

"Japan will hand over [-] million taels of Kuping silver to China as compensation for military expenses." Li Hongzhang slowly extended a finger.

Ten million taels, that's [-] million silver. Not only Ito Hirobumi's expression changed, but representatives from other countries gasped.

The lion opened his mouth, the appetite of the Chinese people is simply too big. Once the Japanese bear such a large amount of foreign debt, I am afraid that they will become salty fish and it will be difficult to turn over.

In fact, Li Hongzhang was also taken aback when he heard Ye Zhikui say this. This is simply to put the Japanese people to death.

If Li Hongzhang and the representatives of various countries knew that China had paid 2 million taels of silver in compensation in the original historical Treaty of Shimonoseki, I don’t know how they would feel. It is precisely because of this huge sum of money that the Japanese government rose in one fell swoop.

"Ten million taels of silver, I'm afraid we can't afford it," Ito Hirobumi said with a gloomy face.

"It doesn't matter, the first payment of 2000 million taels will be paid off within one year after the swap is approved by the treaty. The balance will be divided into several equal payments and paid annually." Li Hongzhang obviously had a plan in place and said calmly.

"Master Li, please be more accommodating and reduce the amount. I have little resources in my own country, so I can't afford to pay back anyway." Ito Hirobumi held back his anger and begged.

"If your country can't repay on time, you can provide us with labor, and the mortgage will be converted." Li Hongzhang immediately thought of another way.

Both Hokkaido and Kyushu need labor to develop, and the Japanese are absolutely top-notch in ninja skills, and they are very good slaves.

Ito Hirobumi hesitated and couldn't speak. He just sat on the sidelines in a decadent manner.

Li Hongzhang turned over the documents on the table, and then said: "Japan cannot have an army. After the signing of the treaty, the Japanese army must lay down its weapons and hand them over to our army, including the Japanese army that invaded Ryukyu."

Ito Hirobumi was shocked and anxious. If he did this, Japan would never have a bright future. He couldn't help but hurriedly said: "Master Li, the situation in our country is serious now, and an army must be suppressed. Otherwise, our country will definitely be in chaos and serious Affect the interests of countries in Japan."

After speaking, Ito Hirobumi looked at the representatives of other countries solemnly.

The United States, Germany and other countries put money first. If Japan continues to be in such a mess and continues to do business, it is obviously not in their interests.

Just as he was about to leave, Li Hongzhang said again: "Your Excellency Ito, please listen to my words. Although Japan cannot have an army, it can have a self-defense force to suppress riots and other civil strife. In addition, it can also have a police force." force."

Ito just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, as long as he can have soldiers, he will be fine when the time comes.

Unexpectedly, Li Hongzhang breathed a sigh of relief, and said seriously: "The Self-Defense Forces and the police can only use rifles, and offensive weapons such as cannons cannot be owned. In addition, the coast guard can only use patrol ships, not warships."

Ito Hirobumi's heart sank into the cold water involuntarily, and the biting chill made his muscles tremble.

3 Chapter [-] Treaty of Beijing

Volume 3 The Wind and Cloud of the Capital [-] Chapter [-] Rapid Development

For Li Hongzhang's proposal to limit the development of the Japanese military, all countries agree with it. China's rise is a fait accompli, and countries no longer expect Japan to suppress China in Asia. In this case, it is better to gain more benefits in Japan

Controlling the number of troops adapted to the desire of the imperialist countries to export capital to Japan, and saved them a lot of trouble. As a result, it was no surprise that the big powers expressed their satisfaction.On January 1, after a month of constant wrangling, strife, and bargaining, representatives of China and Japan, under the witness of ministers from various countries, prepared to sign the treaty of Japan's surrender at the Eight Kingdoms Hotel.

At [-] o'clock in the afternoon, the entire Dongjiaomin Alley was crowded with people, banners were flying, and the excited crowd was stopped by the guards in black on both sides of the street.

When the representatives of the Chinese side, Li Hongzhuo and Wu Tingfang, appeared at the crossroads, they caused a commotion among the crowd.

"Long live the Republic of China!"

"Long live the Great President!".

Excited people kept waving and shouting to express their excitement.

For the great president who has led this ancient country to continuous victories, they are full of praise, and they are not stingy with compliments.

Li Hongzhang smiled wryly at Wu Tingfang, and said, "The prestige of the President is truly invincible. Now that I'm here, the people are shouting for the President."

If Li Hongzhang knew that without Ye Zhikui, he would be reduced to a street rat, and everyone would shout and beat him, I don't know how he would feel, and whether he could say this sourly.

Wu Tingfang looked at the cheering crowd and said with a smile: "The President is indeed worthy of the love of the people. If it weren't for him to take the lead in the battle, China would not open up its territory, sit on an equal footing with the great powers, and dominate the Far East."

Well-informed, he can see that Japan has always been a stumbling block for China in Asia. Since the Meiji Restoration, this small country has grown in strength and ambition. If it continues to develop, it will eventually become a scourge.

Fortunately, now that Japan has been resolved, China can look at the world. The days of allowing others to bully and bully will never return, and the revival of China is just around the corner.

When Li Hongzhang heard his old friends and subordinates say the same thing, he couldn't help but bow his head and fell silent.

More than 100 Chinese and foreign journalists who had obtained admission permits in the Baguo Hotel surrounded them. They had already waited for a long time, and most of them were excitedly playing with the things in their hands.

The representatives from various countries at the second seats at the signing table were already seated and talking with each other. As soon as Li Hongzhang appeared, they stood up and greeted each other.

"Everyone, the time to witness history is coming." Li Hongzhang sat down with a smile and said not without humor.

“Congratulations to your country for this victory!”

"Mr. Li, please give me a face after signing the contract!"

The representatives of all countries laughed with hypocritical smiles.

Li Hongzhang smiled faintly, stopped talking, but took the treaty from Li Jing's right hand and placed it on the table to carefully check the addendum.

At exactly nine o'clock, the Japanese representative, Ito Hirobumiyama Prefecture Yutomo, walked in with his head bowed and dejected.

A friend in Shanxian County inadvertently saw the Chinese soldiers standing neatly and maintaining order, and was even more depressed. Once upon a time, the Japanese Army still chased the Chinese to fight, but now Feng Shui turns the quality of Chinese soldiers, weapons and equipment, have developed to Japan The army is beyond reach.

It's all that damned Ye Zhikui. Without him, the empire might have occupied China long ago, and the empire would have dominated the world long ago. Youpeng Shanxian suddenly had this idea in his heart. What a wonderful thing it would be to get rid of this scourge.

Shanxian Youpeng walked to the table imagining, and only after seeing the contract before him did he realize the reality, it was still a dream after all.

Not to mention the disheartened Shanxian Youpeng returned to China, retired from both the military and political circles, and became an author. He turned this dream into words and wrote a magnificent fantasy war novel: Conquering the World. North Korea killed Ye Zhikui as a starting point, Japan won the Sino-Japanese War of [-]-[-], and then Japan conquered Asia, Africa, and the whole world, becoming the originator of pornographic novels and leading the flow of novels that killed Ye Zhikui.In all obscene novels, after Ye Zhikui showed his face as the opening character, he was either assassinated by a Japanese ninja while studying in Germany, or accidentally fell into the water and died on the way to North Korea. In short, Ye Zhikui cannot become a big B , an author wrote a couplet showing why Ye Zhikui could not be allowed to grow up: if this thief does not die, Japan will perish, if this thief dies late, Japan will decline.

"Your Excellency Ito, if you have no objection, please sign in person." Li Hongzhang said with a smile.

Ito Hirobumi picked up the treaty. Although he had read it a long time ago, now that he saw it again, he couldn't hide the shame in his heart.