Oriental Maguan, Chunfan Building.

3 p.m.

The Qing and Japanese sides began the third negotiation.

Because Li Hongzhang was recuperating in the temple, the Qing side representatives were Li Jingfang, Wu Tingfang, Luo Fenglu, and Ma Jianzhong.

The Japanese representatives included Mutsu Munemitsu, Ito Daiye, Inoue Katsunosuke, Nakata Keiyoshi, Mutsu Hiroyoshi, and Narahara-Tamara.

During the negotiations, Mutsu Munemitsu proposed a method of discussing each article one by one, that is, if the first article could not reach a consensus, the next article could not be negotiated.

The Oriental delusionally wanted to use this method to gain the absolute initiative in the negotiations and force the Qing Dynasty to satisfy its desires one by one.

For Dongyang's shameless proposal, Li Jingfang and the four of them were stunned and angry.

Li Jingfang forcibly suppressed his anger and argued with Mutsu Zongguang and said: "The conclusion of a peace treaty is a big matter. Unless you read all the terms, you can't get a full picture of them, so it is difficult to discuss them separately. As Euclid said, everything is made up of parts, and it is impossible to determine its parts unless you think about the whole. The articles of the peace paragraph are implicated in each other, and if we do not read all the articles today, how can we express our opinions one by one? ”

Mutsu Aoku Zongguang was refuted by Li Jingfang, this matter is that Dongyang took shamelessness as a personality, bullied Li Jingfang immaturely, and wanted to blackmail Li Jingfang.

After Li Hongzhang was shot, the Oriental finally won the praise of the Western powers by taking the initiative to armistice and finally won the praise of the Western powers.

Mutsu Munemitsu had no choice but to agree to show the full draft of the contract, but then insisted that the Chinese side should reply within three or four days after the full draft of the contract was presented.

Either the whole of the covenant will be accepted, or a certain clause may be changed. ’

In desperation, Li Jingfang had no choice but to give in and agree.

Mutsu Munemitsu, who was overjoyed, immediately ordered Inoue Katsunosuke and Nakata Katoyoshi to send the draft of the peace agreement to Li Hongzhang.

Soon, the draft of the contract drafted by Toyo was delivered to Li Hongzhang's bedside at the Receiving Temple.

The main contents of the draft of the peace treaty proposed by Toyo are:

1. China recognizes that the State of Korea is truly completely independent and self-reliant;

2. China will forever cede the southern part of Shengjing Province, the whole island of Taiwan and the Penghu Islands to the Oriental State;

3. China shall compensate the Oriental military treasury with 30,000 taels of silver;

4. In addition to the commercial ports that have been opened in China, seven more ports have been opened in Shuntianfu, Shashi, Xiangtan, Chongqing, Wuzhou, Suzhou, and Hangzhou, and the subjects of the Oriental Kingdom have reduced taxes and exempted all goods from the grain of gold imported into China, and may manufacture all goods in China.

After Li Hongzhang received the draft of the peace treaty proposed by the Japanese side, he endured the pain in his eyes and looked at it carefully, and could not help but be 'stunned'. ’

Although he had expected Toyo to be 'extravagant' before, he had not expected it to be so harsh.

This manuscript is similar to the conditions that came out of Britain before the fall of Shanhaiguan, but it is more demanding.

Before, it was just the Liaodong Peninsula, but now the entire south of Fengtian, Liaoning, Dongyang actually wants to eat it.

There was also a new 'Oriental subjects who were exempt from taxes on all goods brought into China, exempted from the centigold, and were allowed to manufacture all goods in China. It's even more excessive!

Li Hongzhang, who was shocked to see it, hurriedly invited Crestec to discuss, and after Keshida saw it, he also felt that Toyo was just joking.

It was randomly suggested that Li Hongzhang send a telegram to Yanjing and ask the envoys of Britain, Russia, and France to discuss countermeasures together.

On the evening of the 18th, Li Hongzhang telegraphed the terms of the Japanese agreement to Tongzhou in the form of secret telegrams on two occasions and forwarded them to Premier Yamen.

In the telegram, Li Hongzhang told Kostec of his opinion: "The military expenses demanded by the Oriental Ocean are too extravagant, and no matter if China cannot comply with it, even if it reluctantly agrees for a while, it will inevitably lead to difficulties in public and private relations, and all the matters to be done to deal with the aftermath will inevitably be unable to be organized." And Fengtian is the hinterland of Manchuria, and China must not let it. If the East Ocean does not drastically reduce the military expenses to be claimed, and all the places to the south of Fengtian are deleted, the peace situation will not be achieved, and the two countries will have to fight hard to the end. The above plot, and pray to inform the ministers of the three countries in secret. As for the detailed program of the New Treaty of Commerce proposed by the Orient, I must inform the countries for a while, for fear that it will be profitable, and they will cooperate with me.

That night, Cixi urgently summoned the cardinal to discuss, and before the discussion, Cixi set the tone, "We need to solve the predicament of Yanjing as soon as possible." ’

In the court, Weng Tonggong strongly said that Taiwan could not be abandoned, and had a confrontation with Prince Shiduo and Prince Qing because of the treaty.

Cixi was upset when she heard this, so she ordered Prince Li Shiduo, Prince Qing Yixuan, and several military planes to go to Prince Gong overnight to ask for advice.

Subsequently, Cixi, who basically had a certain number in her heart, ordered to retreat from the court.

That night, Shi Duo, Yi Xuan, Weng Tongyi, Sun Yuwen, Xu Yongyi, Li Hongzao, Gangyi, Rong Lu, and a group of Qing royal bigwigs asked in front of the sickbed and didn't know if it was a real illness or a fake illness.

During this period, Sun Yuwen fought for peace, and said: "The word 'war' can no longer be mentioned. ”

Weng Tongyi and Gangyi claimed that the conditions of the East were too harsh and they categorically could not agree to sign the contract.

Shi Duo, Yi Xuan, the two princes were 'furious' when they heard it, and said scoldingly: "The Japanese are outside the city, if you don't sign a contract, you will fight with your mouth?" ”

Immediately, the two factions of chickens, chickens, ducks and ducks quarreled for a while.

And Yixun is 'very sick', just lying in bed 'babbling' and not expressing his opinion.

In the end, they were forced by Shiduo and Yixuan to be anxious, so they took Sun Yuwen's hand and said, "Yes." ”

Then he was just right 'sick' and fainted, and finally couldn't make a decision.

It's just that poor Li Hongzhang is looking at 'looking through the autumn water' in Maguanba.

In fact, whether it is Li Hongzhang, Cixi, Guangxu, Yixun, Weng Tongyi, Sun Yuwen, these people are all clear in their hearts.

This 'and' is agreed, the only difference is to see if you can make the Oriental pig-killing knife be more merciful to the Qing Dynasty and cut off a few pieces of meat.

On March 19 of the Western calendar, the draft of the Oriental Conference spread wildly in Tianjin, Wuhan, Yantai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and other places in Tianjin, Wuhan, Yantai, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong.

Hearing this, everyone was excited, and angrily scolded the Oriental 'delusional snake swallowing the elephant', and the imperial court should send troops to fight the Oriental to the death.

And the Taiwan government was so frightened that it was speechless for a while!

Western countries were also shocked by the 'lion's mouth' of the East, but it was the London Oriental bonds, which were a high price climb for a while.

On this day, the Jinmen Brigade passed through Tangshan and hurriedly drove by without any intersection with Liu Kun, who was stationed in Luanzhou.

The 1st Battalion of the 7th Regiment of the Liaodong Brigade easily annihilated a small detachment of the Japanese army in Gaizhou.

The Liaodong Brigade and the Yalu River Cavalry Regiment completed the handover of the city at Yingkou, and then more than 9,000 troops of the Liaodong Brigade set off for the camp.

Rush to Gaizhou.

The 1st Battalion of the 7th Regiment and the cavalry battalion of the brigade, more than 600 troops, as the advance team, left Gaizhou and took the lead in marching along Fuzhou Avenue in the direction of Pulandian.

The 1st Battalion of the Cavalry Regiment, except for a platoon of cavalry stationed at Yingkou, the rest of the troops marched to Liaoyang to join the main force of the cavalry regiment, and actually solved the last Japanese army in Liaodong.

The Sino-Korean Changbai Mountain Anti-Japanese Regiment that set out from Jiulian City had already marched to the mouth of Zhuanghe Garden, the landing point of the Japanese 2nd Army, and the people of Zhuanghe Town cheered when they saw the Qing army coming.

At 8 o'clock in the morning of this day, the first meeting of all officers of the Lushun Military Region of the Anti-Japanese Army was officially opened.

The general soldier of the right wing of the Beiyang Naval Division, Liu Buyun of the Dingyuan Ship, Li Dingxin, a guerrilla leader of the right wing of the middle battalion, Ye Zugui of the Jingyuan Ship, Qiu Baoren of the Laiyuan Ship, Li He, and Lin Guoxiang, the original of the Jiyuan Ship, strode into the venue.

All eyes are on you.