Edo Traveler

v8 Chapter 79: The Shogun’s Sovereignty

Are you finally willing to sit down and talk?

   That feeling is good!

   Tademon entrusted the troops to Wakisaka Yasutaka, Egawa Hidetoshi, and Amano Hachiro. As long as everything is arranged in accordance with the arrangement, it will be impossible for the US military to break through the Sumida River defense line for a while. It's not a big deal to go back to Edo temporarily and meet Pashaly.

   As usual, McDonald, who is acceptable to both parties, will act as the translator, and Sheng Haizhou will act as the deputy second, ensuring that when the treaty is signed, there will be no dissatisfaction between the two parties due to language problems.

   Don't look at the shogunate here. There was still a little bit of nerves before, but now if Shinagawa and Sumidagawa were not holding on, I am afraid they would have already handed over. In addition to the Tokugawa family celebration funeral, it is best to be able to negotiate. Even Matsudaira Qixuan, who is actively fighting, thinks that the shogunate is inferior to human skills this time, but when he has trained tens of thousands of soldiers and has dozens of warships, hum...

   I finished your **** treaty as wipe paper!

   No one at the top of the shogunate has said that he will fight to the end, so the peace talks can naturally proceed smoothly. Pashali brought twenty British soldiers to the city of Edo.

  Because he was unwilling to enter the city, the address of the negotiation was chosen at the home of Chuemon. After all, the shogunate was in financial difficulties, and many places did not have the money to maintain and repair it year after year. However, Chuemon’s house was built by Tokugawa Ieki in order to provide a more spacious accommodation for the good sage son Shimaru. It allocated 20,000 yuan for expansion, which is considered to be a good one.

Laozhong and Zhongyouweimen and other important ministers faced Pashaly and his personal assistants, and at the same time, the Eastern editor of The Times, Bowlby. Very miserable, I was broken all hands and feet, and then eaten to death by maggots.), finally began the negotiation.

   If you talk about diplomatic negotiations, everyone doesn't have much experience. The previous negotiations with Staphyri and James were mainly in charge of Tadagoemon. Of course, Tadakura Mizuno saw it through and gave it to Huyou. But hasn’t Mizuno already passed away, so the shogunate is still led by Chuemon.

Pashali first conveyed the conditions of the United States. He appropriately increased the conditions, including the freedom of navigation in the Seto Inland Sea and Kanmon Strait, the opening of a port near Osaka, and a compensation of 300,000 pounds. Come up, it is convenient to bargain with the shogunate.

   As for the conditions in the UK, so far it has completely surfaced. The opening of ports in Ryukyu, Nagasaki, Edo, etc. is the same as the United States for free navigation and consulates; the customs are clearly set, and tax officials are sent to supervise the tax customs, it is still the same; when the embassy is directly stationed in Edo, the shogunate specifically sets out the embassy District, and dig trenches, send troops to protect; and one-sided most-favored-nation treatment and consular jurisdiction.

   Everyone understands that after levying taxes on foreign merchants, we need to discuss with the foreigners how much to levy. Everyone also understands. These two items can basically be agreed, but everyone doesn't object much. Even though the opening of the port of Edo is still between the two options, Matsudaira Keunaga, Matsudaira Chisun and others fiercely opposed it.

   When it comes to dispatching envoys and demarcating the embassy area, that is totally unacceptable. This will greatly shake the feudal rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. In the capital of a feudal country, if there is a person who can sit on an equal footing with the feudal monarch and meet on an equal footing, it will greatly affect the prestige of Tokugawa Kasada. It is in Tokugawa. The root of the shogunate.

   One-sided most-favored-nation treatment and consular jurisdiction are second to none. Everyone thinks that they can be negotiated. It is not impossible for foreigners to take care of themselves if something goes wrong.

"Mr. Pashaly, you should have seen that, for opening a port in Edo directly and sending an envoy, we can't agree to this clause at all. I am very sorry." Tadaemon did not refuse, but wanted to visit the British. The bottom line.

   "Sheng should know that it is very normal and common for countries to send envoys in other countries' capitals. It is not an exception." Pasha asked Sheng Haizhou to explain.

   Does this still need Sheng Haizhou to explain? Of course Chuemon knew that it was normal to send envoys to each other, but on the side of the shogunate, it was really difficult and impossible to accept.

   "Don't do it!" Naobi Ii, who was sitting on one side, shook his head first, and everyone on the left and right listened to Kaizhou's explanation, and was completely unacceptable.

   "Then, in Yokohama, where our army is now stationed, a certain distance from Edo, but also across Shinagawa, can the envoy be stationed to Yokohama?" Pashali seemed to be very difficult to give in.

   "This is acceptable." Matsudaira Qixuan thinks this is OK.

  Everyone here can see that there are a fort and two big rivers in Edo, forming a small tortoise shell. As long as the British do not enter the tortoise shell, the Tokugawa shogunate can still enclose themselves.

   "Then Edo will not open the port anymore, only in Yokohama." Chuemon suddenly touched Pasha's thoughts.

   "Yes, yeah, if you think Yokohama is okay, then open a port in Yokohama." Naobi Ii promised to open a port near Kanagawa in history, as long as it doesn't open in Edo, you can do it anywhere.

   "Hmm..." Pashali looked embarrassed.

   "Hahahahahaha, does Mr. Pashaly think it is inconvenient to open a port in Yokohama?" Tadaoemon excited Pashaly.

   "After all, the two places are twenty miles apart..."

   "In that case, UU reading www.uukanshu.com, then you might as well listen to your opinions?"

   "Wear your ears and listen."

   Pashaly didn't know what medicine was sold in the gourd of Chuemon, but she nodded and made a gesture like you asked to talk about it, wanting to hear from Chuemon's advice.

"Your country may as well provide a sum of 120,000 to 180,000 pounds, while our country provides land and labor to build a railway between Yokohama and Edo, and lay the telegraph line. Your country and our country own the entire Half of the shares of the line will be jointly managed. Or a bank in your country will provide a loan to my country, which will be secured by the subsequent tariffs to build this road."

   "Hmm?" Pashali suspected that she had heard it wrong for a while.

   Based on his knowledge in the East, whether it is Burma, Annan or the Qing court, they are very resistant to these. The Burmese and Annan people are convinced that where the railway is laid, the clutches of imperialism will reach. The more railways built, the deeper the imperialist aggression against the country, the stronger the control over localities, and the greater the impact on the economy.

   How did I switch to Japan? Someone from the shogunate actually offered to build a railway in Britain. Pashali even wanted to look up and see if the sun was rising from the west today.

   "Furthermore, I hope that your country will directly send an officer trainer to come to our country to assist our country in training the new army!" Chuyouemon's words surprised Pashaly.

   What baby did I meet today? Why is this person more anxious than I am, betraying his country's sovereignty a lot, and even the training of the army has to be handed over to Taiying.

   Is this person okay?