Chapter 1034 Promoting Peace with War
The news soon spread to the city of Beijing, not only the city of Beijing got the news, but also the Malay Peninsula and the British mainland got the news, although the Asian fleet defeated the Chinese Imperial Navy and trapped it in the Bay of Tonkin, but the army of the Chinese People's Army also defeated the British army, and trapped two divisions of the army under the city of Kyoto!
Look who is ruthless, if you punch me, I will kick you hard!
Andrea and Fitley have lost their temper at all, and it is reasonable for the Asian Fleet to win, but when did the British Army become so useless? The two divisions, the strength is equal to the opponent, in just over a day, they completely lost the initiative and were surrounded by others, and the navy can still run to the territory of Japan, but the two divisions of the British army, tens of thousands of people, will all become prisoners of the Chinese People's Army!
"Rubbish! What a junk Nunez is! ”
Andrea threw out a sentence hatefully!
However, it was too late to say anything, and Her Majesty had already issued an urgent telegram, once again ordering the Asian Fleet and the Army to cease war again, and not to provoke any more wars, and pinned all hope on the next second round of peace talks. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The war did not achieve any expected results, but lost the initiative, and in the negotiations, the British who lacked sufficient confidence naturally became more difficult.
As soon as the second peace talks began, Foreign Minister Xue Fucheng launched an offensive against Andrea!
"Mr. Andrea, our Majesty is very dissatisfied with the military provocation of your country, which has succeeded in provoking us! If your country does not give us a reasonable explanation and a sincere apology, then there is no need for our peace talks to continue! ”
Xue Fucheng said coldly.
"Not bad!"
Chen Hai's face on the side was cold, although Gao Qi had the upper hand, but the Chinese Imperial Navy was hit, even if Ding Ruchang saw the opportunity quickly, quickly left the battlefield and retreated towards the depths of Tokyo Bay, but he had already suffered losses, Chen Hai was very unhappy, very unhappy, this unhappy anger was naturally sprinkled on Andrea!
"Mr. Andrea, I have already told you, as long as your British army goes to war, I will order the two corps and six divisions in the south to approach Burma, and now is the time for me to fulfill my promise!"
Andrea's face turned pale, if he really attacked Burma, the losses that the British Empire would have to bear would be too great!
"Mr. Commander-in-Chief, I apologize for this military escalation, but at that time, your navy was about to transport prisoners and slaves to your country, which is now intolerable to the mainstream society and values of the world, and our navy was forced to start a war against your army......
Andrea wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and said hurriedly.
As for Kido Takayo, now everything is already in discouragement, I originally thought that the British army would make a move and directly start a war against the Chinese Empire, then the Chinese People's Army is definitely not an opponent, but I didn't expect that it would take two or three days to be instigated by others, and now Japan has no barriers, and the British Empire will definitely sell itself in order to protect its own interests!
"Mr. Andrea, as your friend, I have to express regret on this matter, your country's behavior is inevitably too radical, except for intensifying the contradictions, there is no benefit, now the European continent is tense, I think our energy should be on the European continent, this Japanese projectile land, not our focus!"
The French minister, Jabucci, was dissatisfied.
Andrea's expression was stunned, now the French are not on their side, and the Americans are even more not, it is obvious that this is to sacrifice Japan to curry favor with the Chinese Empire......
"Okay, let's continue our peace talks, General Chen Hai, and please reply to Your Majesty the Emperor, the sincerity of our British Empire's negotiations is definitely there......"
"Really?"
Xue Fucheng smiled slightly and replied, "Since this is the case, then I will continue to put forward my own plan......
As he spoke, Xue Fucheng threw out a few texts and said: "This is a revised peace talk plan after discussion by our cabinet, you can discuss it!" ”
Several people hurriedly picked up the text and watched it carefully.
"First, Japan leased Shikoku Island to the Chinese Empire free of charge for a period of ninety-nine years, after which the Chinese Empire had the right of first refusal to renew the treaty; Second, the Japanese state shall compensate the Chinese Imperial Government and the overseas Chinese for all losses and war expenses totaling 100 million taels of silver, and the corresponding loans shall be provided by the banks of China, Britain, the United States, and France, and shall be repaid in 40 years at an annual interest rate of 5% on the basis of Japanese customs duties and commercial taxes; Third, Japan needs to ensure the personal and property safety of the Chinese Empire's expatriates in Japan; Fourth, the goods of the Chinese Empire received one-sided most-favored-nation treatment in Japan, and all goods entering China only had to pay the same lowest tariffs as those of Britain and the United States; Fifth, the Chinese People's Army withdrew to the Chinese Empire in batches, and the Chinese People's Army had the right to obtain concessions and garrisons in Edo to protect the safety of the foreign nationals; Sixth, the Chinese Empire was willing to release all Japanese prisoners, and if Japan was willing, it could deduct the indemnity with young and strong laborers, and a young and strong laborer who worked for the Chinese Empire for free for fifteen years could reduce the indemnity by thirty taels of silver; Seventh, to ensure the legitimacy of the shogunate regime in Japan, Japan will implement the partition of Hokkaido, Honshu, and Kyushu, and the troika regime will have no more than 30,000 troops, and each country will provide Japan with a guarantee of security and stability at home and abroad......"
The rest is okay to say, I didn't expect that even if the Huaxia Empire made concessions now, the compensation would still be as high as 100 million taels of silver! That's at least five years of Japan's revenue!
"Mr. Chief, 100 million taels of silver is definitely not something that we Japan can afford, we ......"
Kido Takayoshi wept bitterly and bowed repeatedly, "Please also ask Mr. Chief, to consider the Japanese subjects and make a reduction ......."
The corners of the mouths of the ministers of the other three countries twitched one by one, a loan of 100 million taels of silver, who is not red-eyed? The interest alone is 500,000 taels a year, and in 40 years, it is 20 million taels of silver, and according to the international law, this is still compound interest, and in 40 years, the principal and interest may reach 200 million taels of silver!
It's just that they also know that such a figure is definitely not something that the Japanese can afford, and the sum of principal and interest will reach 200 million taels, and in 40 years, it will be 5 million taels a year, which is equivalent to more than a quarter of Japan's annual fiscal revenue! It is completely dry and fishing, and the Japanese economy will definitely collapse, and then the bamboo basket will be empty! (To be continued.) )