After the negotiation, the Qing government passed the negotiated agreement within one day, and then entrusted the British government to send the agreement and the fleet withdrawal order issued by the Admiralty to the Qing fleet near Ryukyu.
This is because the deadline given by Ding Ruchang to the Japanese was three days, and now the time is coming soon. If the documents are not sent to Ding Ruchang, once a conflict occurs, the results of the previous negotiations will become useless paper.
The British also fully agreed to the transportation and negotiation of the treaty this time. They immediately commissioned a warship in Tianjin Port and set off immediately.
The warship rushed day and night, and finally arrived at the sea off Ryukyu at the last possible moment, delivering a copy of the treaty to Ding Ruchang.
After Ding Ruchang thanked the British captain and sent him back to the British warship, he returned to the Dingyuan ship, took a copy of the treaty and said to Liu Buchan: "How is it? What I meant at the beginning was that we can defeat others without fighting.
Soldiers, as soon as we arrive with our warships, we don’t even need to fire cannons, and the other side will surrender."
Liu Buchan now admires Ding Ruchang a little. Although he is not satisfied with him in naval battles, he is really good at accidents in terms of strategy.
Ding Ruchang also saw the admiration in Liu Buchan's eyes, smiled with satisfaction, and then said to the herald on the side: "Send this copy to the ironclad Jiangxi and let Liu Hai take a look."
After receiving Ding Ruchang's order, the herald immediately took a boat to the ironclad Jiangxi and delivered a copy of the treaty negotiated by the imperial court into Liu Hai's hands.
Liu Hai looked at the treaty and felt a surge of anger burning in his chest. Why are these gentlemen in the court so short-sighted?
It can be said that Japan is now doing its best to develop the navy and army, especially the navy, which can even get 40% of the national fiscal revenue to build warships.
If Japan continues to develop like this, then the great war in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1999 may be inevitable.
Liu Yu, the commander of the ironclad Jiangxi who was standing next to Liu Hai, saw their master was angry and hurriedly went up to persuade them: "Master, now that the imperial court and Beiyang have become one, we can support ourselves independently, even if we can defeat Japan.
Since we are unable to achieve further results, and we still have to face threats from the great powers, we might as well give up here and wait until the construction of our giant ships is completed before we fight Japan to the death."
After hearing this, Liu Hai could only suppress the anger in his heart. It is true that although his Nanyang Navy seems to be in danger now, compared with the great powers, it is not on the table at all. If the great powers intervene now, those few of his ships will not be able to compete in modern times.
The transformation of the giant ship has not been completed yet, and all the previous efforts may really be wasted.
So Liu Hai suppressed his anger and immediately ordered someone to deliver a message to Ding Ruchang, telling him that he agreed to the court's treaty.
After receiving Liu Hai's reply, Ding Ruchang was quite satisfied. This lengtouqing was also able to know how to advance and retreat, and did not act arbitrarily.
Ding Ruchang was relieved when he saw Liu Hai agreeing to the court's treaty, but he was still a little unwilling to let him go like this. He thought that taking the large fleet around the sea outside Naha Port in Japan would be considered as letting the Japanese
We know that their great navy in the Qing Dynasty is rare in the world.
So Ding Ruchang issued an order, ordering the fleet to patrol the inner sea of Naha Port in battle line.
At this time, Togo Heihachiro in Naha Port had received news from Tokyo that the negotiations with the Qing Dynasty had ended, but the condition was that Japan would cede territory and pay compensation.
Togo Heihachiro now only felt that everything inside was destroyed. He did not expect that because of the navy's incompetence in combat, the country would suffer such a shame and humiliation.
As for the officers under the Japanese Navy, after receiving the news of the domestic compromise, they all felt like mourning.
While the Japanese navy was suffering here, a messenger suddenly came to report that the Qing fleet had been dispatched and was heading towards Naha Port.
After hearing this, Togo Heihachiro gritted his teeth for a while. The negotiations were over, and the Qing fleet still came to Naha Port, just to show off its power.
However, in order to take the overall situation into consideration, Togo Heihachiro gritted his teeth and issued an order. All naval officers and soldiers immediately left the warship and went ashore to wait.
This is because Togo Heihachiro knew about this negotiation, which made the sailors of the navy feel humiliated. Now the Qing fleet has come to show off its power again. If any of the young men are really angry and suddenly open fire, they may make the former
The country's hard-won negotiation results were wiped out.
Although the Japanese sailors were very angry, they still strictly obeyed the orders of their superiors. They each tidied up their navy uniforms and then lined up neatly on the shore.
When they arrived here, the Japanese sailors and officers did not leave. Instead, they lined up neatly on the shore and watched the Qing fleet approaching from afar. Then they circled in front of Naha Port and drove them away in a show of force.
Several fishing boats then left.
Togo Heihachiro stood there and watched the Qing fleet leave. He suddenly turned around and said to the sailors and officers behind him: "Please remember today's shame, work hard from now on, and compete with the Qing fleet in the future."
After listening to Togo Heihachiro's words, the other sailors and officers began to cheer up. The despair in their eyes was gone, and instead there was an uplifting momentum.
At this time, Ding Ruchang did not know that his usual show of force in Naha Port had actually rekindled the momentum of the Japanese Navy. He was now hosting a banquet for Liu Hai, the admiral of the Nanyang Navy, on the Dingyuan ship.
In this meeting, the atmosphere between the two parties was quite harmonious, even though the South and the North were sitting on opposite sides.
After this banquet, the joint action between the two sides was considered to be over. Liu Hai returned to the ironclad Jiangxi, took the Nanyang Navy and Ding Ruchang and the others to go their separate ways and headed back to Keelung Port on the treasure island.
After Liu Hai and other Nanyang Navy returned to Keelung Port, in order to give Keelung Port a certain naval defense strength, they left five old cruisers in Keelung Port as a squadron, while he took the other main forces back to Shanghai.
Wusongkou Pier.
After Liu Hai came back, he went home first. Now his house has been moved to the newly built garden.
As a result, as soon as he returned here, he received news that his father-in-law Zeng Guoquan had passed away.
After Liu Hai got the news, he was extremely sad. This cheap father-in-law was really good to him. Liu Hai's status today is all because of the support of this father-in-law.
Now that Zeng Guoquan is gone, it is a huge political loss for Liu Hai.
Liu Hai rode a navy warship all the way to Nanjing that night. When he entered Zeng Guoquan's private residence in Nanjing during the day the next day, the place was already covered with white sails.
As soon as Liu Hai came back, Zeng Guangquan immediately welcomed him in at the door, and then took Liu Hai to Zeng Guoquan's mourning hall to burn a stick of incense.
Then Liu Hai knelt in front of Zeng Guoquan's spirit and guarded Zeng Guoquan's spirit as a filial son.
Zeng Guoquan's funeral was held with great grandeur, and the imperial court gave him the posthumous title of "Zhongxiang", thus marking the final conclusion of Zeng Guoquan's life.
And Li Hongzhang also sent an elegiac couplet to Zeng Guoquan, "Changed his name to Jian Hu, Zuo Lianggong, sixteen words of heavenly words of praise, his kindness was even more shocking to Tang Di Bing; he died sadly and Peng and Yang were one year old, and the second and third generations were lost, especially the talents.
Pain Zhu Linxian."
The next thing has nothing to do with Liu Hai. Naturally, Zeng Guoquan's three grandsons helped him return to his hometown to bury Zeng Guoquan.
After Zeng Guoquan's coffin left, Liu Hai went to the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion to meet his uncle Liu Kunyi.
Liu Kunyi was very satisfied with Liu Hai's trip to Japan to show off his power. In his opinion, what Liu Hai did had greatly enhanced the country's prestige.
After praising Liu Hai a few words, Liu Kunyi then asked: "The 2 million taels of silver promised to you by the imperial court has arrived in the Liangjiang Treasury. How will you use this money?"
After hearing this, Liu Hai pondered for a long time. Now, the Nanyang Navy has almost enough warships. If more warships are added, it may continue to stimulate Japan, and he may not dare to continue to challenge the Qing Dynasty.
In Liu Hai's mind, Japan's challenge to the Qing Dynasty was an important weight for him to hold power. When the Beiyang Navy was completely wiped out, the Qing Dynasty would have to look to his Nanyang Navy and Hunan Army.
Moreover, in modern times, six giant warships are undergoing intensive maintenance and will be delivered next year. With these six warships, he will not be afraid even if the British Empire sends a local fleet.
Now that the navy is almost full, the money should be used to develop the army. The silver can be converted into gold and used to purchase military equipment and develop the Hunan Army's land forces.
"Uncle Qi, my nephew is thinking that the Nanyang Navy is already large enough. If we add more warships, it will undoubtedly become a big problem. It is better to save the money to buy some foreign guns and cannons for emergencies."
Who is Liu Kun? He immediately understood what Liu Hai meant. He wanted to vigorously develop the army. No matter how powerful the navy is, you may not be able to control the overall situation of the court. But once you have an army of hundreds of thousands, then in the entire
There must also be a place for bangs in the imperial court.
Although Liu Kunyi didn't want to cause disobedience to his Liu family, at this point, he could no longer check Liu Hai and could only build a bridge between Liu Hai and the court. He hoped that Liu Hai could hide his ambitions as long as possible. If he died
Now that I have done my utmost to serve the imperial court, I can no longer control the rest of the affairs.
So Liu Kunyi said in a lazy tone: "You can arrange this matter yourself, but I hope you will think about the ancestors of the Liu family before doing anything, and don't let the ancestors be ashamed in the underground."
Liu Hai stood aside and said respectfully: "My uncle taught me that my nephew must be careful in the future and never do anything that goes against the Liu family."
In fact, Liu Hai didn't care at all about Liu Kunyi's words. What does the ancestor of your Liu Kun family have to do with me? Speaking of which, you have benefited from me. When one day I conquer the world, your ancestors can too.