Chapter 203 Triumph of Victory and Sino-Japanese Treaty of Lushun

After the end of the Battle of Longchuan, the three elite divisions of Japan have been completely annihiated, and the third Nagoya Division, which remained in Seoul, Wenshan and Pyongyang, seemed extremely isolated.

Since then, the cabinet of Aritomo Yamagata Prefecture has been forced to step down. Hirofumi Ito temporarily formed a cabinet, began to take a defensive position, and sent the foreign minister Lu Ao Zongguang to Europe to persuade the European powers to intervene in the Qingzheng axe.

After Britain, France and other countries agreed to coordinate and intervene, on February 7, 1891, Lu Ao Zongguang arrived in the capital and held talks with Prince Chun. The condition put forward was to return to the pre-war situation. The Qing Dynasty was still the suzerain of North Korea, and it still had the right to station troops in North Korea.

Prince Chun did not agree, but just asked Lu Zongguangao to continue to wait for the news.

Prince Chun only knows one thing, that is, the position of Emperor Guangxu is very stable. As long as this matter is settled, everything behind is easy to say. Continue to fight, or accept it when you see good... These are not problems.

The war continued. After the strategic capture of Jeju by the North Sea Combined Fleet, the Japanese army contracted rapidly. The army fully withdrew from North Korea through Wenshan Port and Busan Port. The last navy also left Hiroshima and entered Yokohama.

The Huai Army began to occupy the northern part of North Korea and garrisoned in the northeast to prevent Russian intervention. The Huguang Camp and the Xiang Army went south to occupy Seoul. The Jiangxi Army and the Ye Bohong Department of the Army and the Water Division, with the assistance of the Taiwan Fleet and the Second Division of the Beihai Joint Fleet, began to occupy the Ryukyu Islands.

In order to retain the last seeds of the Japanese army, the navy and the long-term future, the Japanese army actually chose to give up temporarily. It was not until Ye Boqi's attack on the Tukara Islands, which was considered to have exceeded the boundary of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army began to launch a strong counterattack.

Ye Boyu's troops quickly landed on Tanegashima and fought a bloody battle with the Japanese garrison.

This is a real bloody battle. The famous 5th Hiroshima Division is stationed here. The two sides are equipped with a large number of Maxim machine guns and 75mm howitzers. The Japanese army has built a large number of fortifications, using the Haqikais 37mm rotary machine gun and 105mm mouth. Howitzer.

The Battle of Tanegashima was almost a bloody battle like a meat grinder. The war began on March 11, 1891. In just three days, the number of casualties on both sides of the Qing Dynasty reached more than 17,000.

In order to prevent the reinforcements of the Jiangxi army to Ye Boyu's troops, the few remaining navies were also forced to be dispatched. Near Tantan Island, the two sides conducted a small-scale naval battle, and warships on both sides were severely damaged.

On March 17, 1891, the second formation of the North Sea Joint Fleet arrived at Tantan Island, and the scale of the naval battle expanded. It was said that the navy lost a number of modified gun ships and a cruiser was sunk.

On March 19, the Jiangxi army successfully reinforced and landed from the west side of Seed Island.

On March 27, the two infantry regiments deployed by the 5th Division of the Japanese Army on Seed Island were lost.

On April 3, 1891, in the year of Xin Mao, on February 25 in the 17th year of Guangxu, he declared that he was "conditionally defeated". In the case that the Qing army was willing to withdraw from Seed Island, he was willing to carry out "sincere negotiation".

On April 7, 1891, the Qing government appointed Hu Chuyuan, the Prime Minister and the former Minister of Defense, to supervise the peace talks. On April 15, Lu Ao Zongguang, the foreign minister, arrived in Lu Ao Zongguang. After half a month of negotiations, the two sides signed a Treaty of Lushun at the end of April.

According to the provisions of the treaty, Japan must completely withdraw from North Korea within three months and no longer enjoy any privileges. Japan recognizes that the new Korean king is an illegal king and permanently gives up his right to station in North Korea. All the assets of the merchants in North Korea will be confiscated, except Busan. Outside the concession area, it is said that this merchant is not allowed to trade in other parts of North Korea.

Second, Qing Zheng Axe and Japanese Zheng Axe reached a new division on the Ryukyu Islands. The ownership of the Ryukyu Islands and the surrounding waters belongs to China, and the easternmost side is Yakushima. Yakushima was renamed Puyue Island, and it is said that the border between the two countries is bounded by the Puyue Sea Line.

Third, Qingzheng Axe obtained three concessions in Nagasaki, Osaka and Yokohama, with a lease period of 50 years.

Fourth, China has the right to enjoy the same most-favoured-nation treatment as Britain and France in Japan.

Fifth, the total amount of compensation to the Qing government axe for the loss of military expenses is 60 million taels of silver, which is repaid within a time limit of ten years, and the Japanese customs duty and other minerals are used as collateral. After the debt is paid off, at the end of ten years, the seed island will be handed over to Japan.

The agreement was officially signed and passed on May 1, 1891. The next time, the foreign minister Lu Ao Zongguang, who signed the agreement, committed suicide by taking poison on his way back to China. After returning to China, he was posthumously awarded the title of baron, and Prime Minister Ito Hirofumi presided over the funeral ceremony.

At present, in this huge disaster, I have become more united and silently bear all this. Although their economy has completely collapsed, their people are still poor, and their chaebols still have not found a market and raw material supply.

Hu Chuyuan doesn't know when they will recover again. He hopes that they can never.

Hu Chuyuan didn't care about the life or death of the so-called Japanese diplomatic wizard. After signing the Lushun agreement, he took the Spring Rain to return to the capital and Qingzheng Axe and Guangxu Emperor to return all this.

...Shanghai, Yangyuan.

Wu Shuzhen's home.

On this day, Wu Shuzhen got up very early and asked Mu's mother and several teachers to take the children to the villa to play.

Shanghai in May is warm, with a trace of heat, as if it has smelled the smell of summer.

She doesn't like the Jiangnan Garden like the West Garden, because she always feels that it is too pretentious, and there are too many ponds, which are not suitable for children to play and grow up, and it is also a little dangerous.

She wants to provide the children with a real nature.

Therefore, she spent a lot of money to expand the garden and establish the European manor-style Fuguo Villa. Even in the absence of Hu Chuyuan, she carefully managed the villa like taking care of her other child, expanding the area of Fuguo Villa to 127 mu, half of the area. They are all mountains, horse farms and forests.

This is an artificial mountain forest, but like real nature, it allows weeds and wildflowers to grow freely.

She doesn't like the kind of carefully designed and bizarre rockery. She wants a mountain, so she brought a large amount of mud and stone and piled up a mountain more than 50 meters high in Phu Quo Villa, randomly scattered large pieces of rough stones without any carving.

She likes this kind of environment, which is suitable for children to grow up and have fun.

Every day, her children play in this field. Like when she was a child, there are some of the best famous horses in the manor, all from Andalusia, Spain. They are gray-white, chestnut, black, silver, pure bloodline, gentle **, elegant and beautiful.

There are also some very short Yunnan horses, which are suitable for children to ride very early.

She is not worried about the children getting hurt.

She carefully selected more than 100 "family members", including young teachers, experienced mothers, martial artists, athletes, jockeys, musicians, scholars, retired generals, agronomists, farmers, poets, lawyers, and their families and children.

She expanded Yihua Hall into a miniature town for these people to live in, and her children can go there at will, have classes, study and play.

Of course, she does have too many children.

She and Hu Chuyuan already have a huge family, a husband, two wives, three daughters and four sons. In addition to the eldest stepchild of her cousin Hu Weiyuan and a son and a daughter adopted by her younger brother Hu Pinyuan, Wu Shuzhen has a daughter and a son, and Pan Limei also has a younger son. In addition, Wu Shuzhen also adopted An Indian girl.

Starting from the eldest son Hu Weizhong, there are Wei Hui, Wei Sai, Wei Ni, Wei Ya, Wei Tang and Wei Ting, just like a Wei Wei family.

This kind of life is always good.

Wu Shuzhen is quite satisfied. She takes care of her family. She also needs to help Hu Chuyuan with business matters, including her own Jetta business.

On the turquoise grass and in the green forest, eight-year-old Hu Weizhong and five-year-old Hu Weihui are trying to board the short Yunnan horse with the help of the jockeys and try to ride it by themselves. The skin color of Wei Sai, Vinnie and Wei Ya is different from others. They like to play with three people together.

Walking in the arms of nature, I can't see a trace of curssiveness. Wu Shuzhen looks particularly happy and casual.

She knows that she should be happy and her husband will be back soon.

She thought that this time, he would stay at home for a long time, and he also fulfilled a long-cherished wish, right?

Since the first assassination of their family, she has been particularly disgusted with these people. Sometimes, she even hates any people and things related to Japan. This kind of emotion makes Pan Limei a little afraid and careful.

When it was gradually more than nine o'clock, the sun had come out. The children ran to the gazebo to rest, and the older ones had to go to class.

Wu Shuzhen then left the villa and returned to the back hall of Hu Mansion. She worked in her own study and would not go to Hu Chuyuan's big study.

As soon as she sat down, the person in the general letter room sent a telegram secret letter from Hu Chuyuan.

It turns out that the peace treaty has come into effect, and Hu Chuyuan has also arrived in Beijing safely, and is expected to come back soon.

Seeing the word "coming back soon", Wu Shuzhen was about to cry with joy. On the surface, she was very strong and longed for her husband to come back soon every day.

She was very happy and hurriedly got up to find Pan Limei, asking Pan Limei to tell her family to get ready quickly.

After arriving in the capital, Hu Chuyuan, as the greatest hero of the whole Sino-Japanese Gengyin War, received an unprecedented warm welcome. More than 100,000 people lined up all the way from Chaoyang Gate to the outside of the Meridian Gate.

Out of respect for Hu Chuyuan's usual habits, Emperor Guangxu specially approved it and asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to build a jinned four-wheeled carriage to imitate a Western carriage. All the horses were also Andalusian silver and white handsome horses drawn from Shanghai Yongyuan Horse Farm, and they used seven horses, only one or two less than the etiquette of the emperors and princes.

In order to prevent his sneak attack and assassination, in addition, Emperor Guangxu also decided to lead hundreds of officials out of Donghuamen to greet him in person. Therefore, nine admirals were personally responsible for the patrol along the way, and Hu Chuyuan's personal soldier Fuwei camp will also follow Yili and go all the way to Donghua Gate.

The whole ceremony was proposed by Emperor Guangxu. Prince Yiyu and Sun Jiali, the minister of the Ministry of Ceremonies, were personally in charge of the whole court. In addition to Hu Chuyuan, Liu Mingchuan and Liu Jintang, who arrived half a month later, will also have a similar welcome ceremony, but the specifications are slightly lower.

Ceremony.

Etiquette.

This country relies on this special ritual to prove some kind of magical bond and majesty, proving that they are different from ordinary people.

Hu Chuyuan arrived yesterday, but he had to camp outside the city for a night. He was only allowed to enter the city this morning to enjoy this special welcome etiquette.

Sitting in the carriage, Hu Chuyuan silently listened to the cheers and noises on both sides, and the sound of firecrackers from time to time.

This kind of ceremony is actually quite dangerous, especially for him. Even if someone is caught in the team and firing cold shots, everyone may not be able to be prepared. Especially with the development of rifles, the best sniper rifle can be assassinated 500 meters away.

However, no one can stop the happiness of the people of Beijing. They use such actions to express their admiration for Hu Chuyuan and their joy of defeating this country.

In case of emergency, Chen Shanyuan did not follow the team. He took the soldiers of the Fuwei Camp and the members of the Fuqing Society to check along the road in advance, and all the heights that could be ambushed should be checked.

If he really wanted to assassinate Hu Chuyuan at this moment and only rely on the waste of Admiral Jiumen to protect him, it would be equivalent to being unprepared.

The worst thing is that there must be a complete set of rules for the imperial ceremony. For example, Hu Chuyuan must take the carriage given by the emperor. Such a car is only allowed. Everything in the car must stand the scrutiny and permission of the Ministry of Ceremonies.

Hu Chuyuan sat in the car and couldn't help but be a little worried. He silently sighed to himself: If he died in this kind of ceremony... then he would really be famous for thousands of years in his life. It's really a legendary surname.

He can only hope that luck is on his side, saying that he does not dare to act rashly for the time being.

Life is a good thing. Who doesn't want to live a few more years and do more interesting things and what they like?

The car slowly moved forward. Just as required, it arrived outside the Meridian Gate and entered the Taihe Gate directly according to the privileges and specifications of the Forbidden City. In front of the Taihe Hall in front of it, Emperor Guangxu had occupied the imperial carriage for two hours, and the ministers in front of him were the same.

Hu Chuyuan then got out of the carriage, picked up the imperial edict of the plenipotentiary governor in his hand, and handed it back to Emperor Guangxu.

His expression was extremely solemn, respectful, joyful and excited, but everything was like a performance. In his heart, he just wanted to end this kind of thing quickly and wanted to go home quickly.

In order to win the war, he hasn't been home for more than half a year. His two youngest sons have been born, but he hasn't seen them with his own eyes. He just has a picture of them, one every month, and he grows up happily every month.

Really, his real son.

Even if Hu Chuyuan, who has been used to being a father for a long time, he is still particularly excited. He just wants to end all this in front of him quickly and go home to be a reliable father. Then, he can teach the children to walk and talk.

Many years later, he can also make up his experiences in the war into good stories and tell them to his children little by little.

Sometimes, he feels that he has been assimilated by this era.

The feeling of having a biological son is different. The waist pole is very straight. Even if he dies today, he is not afraid.

(to be continued)