Edo Traveler

v8 Chapter 81: Three-country contract concluded

After three or four days of negotiations, the content of the contract was basically determined, in triplicate. The Shogunate, the United Kingdom, and the United States each held one. The content was basically not much different from the previous negotiations.

   The Shogunate officially opened the three ports of Nagasaki, Yokohama, and Ezo Hakodate to the United Kingdom and the United States. British and American citizens can enter and exit these three ports freely. The United Kingdom and the United States have set up consulates in Nagasaki and Ezo, dispatched ministers in Yokohama, and set up an embassy area, allowing a small number of embassy guards to be stationed.

   British and American diplomats, if they are on official business, can travel in Japan after obtaining permission from the Shogunate. If they are not public servants, they can only move within seven days of the three ports, and they are not allowed to invade the mainland.

   The spread of Christianity in the settlement area is prohibited, Christian books are prohibited, and the establishment of Christian churches is prohibited.

   As for the free entry and exit of the Ryukyu Kingdom, because the Ryukyu Kingdom is an independent country, the shogunate cannot make a promise. The United Kingdom and the United States can go to Ryukyu on their own and ask the King Zhongshan to establish the country.

   Seto Inland Sea and Kanmon Strait, unarmed British and American merchant ships are allowed to pass freely, and they shall not be blocked along the way. However, warships must report to Nagasaki or Yokohama in advance before they can enter or leave. And warships are only allowed to berth outside the port of the Yokohama Embassy District, and they are not allowed to berth at other ports unless permitted.

   Respect the principle of free trade, that is, the non-governmental trade of the two countries is not subject to any restrictions, and the shogunate officials shall not arbitrarily interfere in the transactions of the two countries; the shogunate shall implement agreed tariff rates on imported and exported goods, and the shogunate has no right to independently determine tariffs. Every three years, tax officials from the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan negotiate the tax rate for the next tax period.

   A dedicated Yokohama Taxation Department was set up. Each of the three countries sent one person to take charge of the taxation. All taxation and related official duties must be negotiated by the three. Including the collected tariffs, they are also stored in the tax department first, and after all three people agree, they can be released to the shogunate’s financial agency.

   Foreign currency circulates freely in Japan, domestic and foreign currencies are exchanged in the same amount, and the provisions on the tax-free import and export of coins and local gold and silver have been deleted by Chuemon to prevent the large-scale outflow of gold in Japan. When this article was deleted, Pashali and Perry were a little unhappy, but they did not force it.

What really upset the two people is that the terms of consular jurisdiction and one-sided most-favored-nation treatment have been deleted, and consular jurisdiction has been revised to be that once citizens of the two countries become defendants in civil and criminal proceedings in Japan, they will neither follow Japanese law nor the United States and the United Kingdom. The laws of the two countries, but the French "Napoleonic Code" for trial.

   The trial was specifically in charge of a five-person committee. The United Kingdom and the United States each sent one person, the Shogunate sent two people, and the last person was a person with Japanese nationality recognized by the United Kingdom and the United States. It's barely fair, but it's actually hard to guarantee.

   One-sided most-favored-nation treatment does not directly exist. Chuemon only approved the addition of a special note at the end of the treaty. If the shogunate and foreign countries amended a more favorable treaty, the two countries have the right to request the amendment.

   And this is not free. In the event of a dispute between Japan and European countries, the United Kingdom and the United States can respond to the request of the Shogunate and act as the client to mediate.

   "Japan-UK Friendship Trade Agreement" and "Japan-Mitsubishi Friendship Trade Agreement" signed!

  Because they had experience in the Qing court, Pasha and Perry refused to be signed by Chungemon. They demanded that they be signed by the prime minister of the shogunate, and General Tokugawa would use the seal, otherwise they would never approve it.

   The British who had dealt with the Qing court for many years knew very well that the feudal countries of East Asia paid attention to what "cheap things". If the minister does not get the monarch's order to grant full power and act cheaply, it will be no different from an ordinary official. In history, when the Pasha ceremony was in Tianjin, the Qing court asked the Qing court to send the top ministers, and the Emperor Xianfeng would grant them the right to do things cheaply, otherwise they would not recognize them.

   I asked Matsuhira Keunaga, he knew very well that once the treaty was signed, his name would be difficult to guarantee. The sinner of the founding of the shogunate was his Matsudaira Keinaga.

   It’s really not the loyalty guard, it’s the British who were killed by the Qing court, pit after pit, and they will never be pitted again here in Japan.

   If the shogunate refuses, then I'm sorry, the negotiation broke down, and we would go back and raise our troops and fight again. When the United Kingdom and the United States were intimidated, the shogunate also hinted at him, sign it quickly, if you don't sign, you are the culprit in restarting the war.

   Under internal and external pressure, Matsudaira Keunaga officially signed the treaty!

   Perry handed President Millard Fillmore's credential to Keiyaga Matsudaira, and asked him to forward it to Tokugawa Kasada. After Songping Keiyong signed, he couldn't hold things with his hands shaking, and his whole body was numb. Perry looked at him like a bird, contemptuous in his heart, and didn't say much, and left after taking the treaty. He also had to send the treaty back to the United States for approval by Congress.

  Futtsu, which was occupied by the US military, was also directly abandoned. After receiving the supply from the shogunate, he ran the steam engine, raised the sails, and drove straight to America.

   It was Pasha, and the next day he signed a special agreement for Japanese-British cooperation with the Shogunate. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com includes the establishment of a British embassy area and residence area (including the U.S. Embassy) in Yokohama of more than 3.4 square kilometers; establishment of the British-Japanese Yokohama Railway and Telegraph Office; choosing a reliable British bank to establish a branch agency in Japan ; Dispatch a British army officer coaching corps of about 300 people to train and expand the mission team; originally, the quota of 30 official students every two years has been increased to 60.

   Holding the "Japan-UK Friendship Trade Agreement" in his left hand and the "Japanese-British Cooperation Agreement" in his right hand, Pasha can already imagine how hugely welcome he will be when he returns to London. It is a great accomplishment for the British Empire to obtain a vast settlement in Japan.

   The British army did not fire a single shot, and achieved such a fruitful diplomatic result. Isn’t it the credit of his Pasha? Not surprisingly, a Jazz can't run. If the activity is good, even a hereditary slave baron will have no problem.

   Although it is not considered a complete nobleman from the baron, and there is no seat in the upper house, the size can be regarded as touching the door of the noble circle. As long as we continue to work hard in Japan to gain more benefits for the British, one day the word "from" will disappear.

  Think about going out in the future, Baron Pashaly, beautiful!

   The Americans and the British are gone, and everyone's eyes are turned back to Japan. No need to guide or anything, Songping Keiyong, who signed the treaty, instantly became a public enemy of the whole people. And those foreign princes who were summoned by him to discuss in Edo Castle when he was in a crisis, also denounced him for being a traitor to his country.

   The founding style of the country was accompanied by criticism of Matsuhira Keunaga, which spread all over the country all at once.