Xinshun 1730

Chapter 459
While the DPRK and China are pondering how to balance and reward meritorious deeds in the future, the draft treaty between China and Japan is also ready.

Unlike the boundary agreement between China and Russia, this time neither Latin nor bilingual is required, as long as Chinese is used as an official document.

After the document drafted by Liu Yu was handed over, Lin Xinchong and Matsudaira Huizhen checked it separately to avoid any ambiguous content in it.

It was written in Chinese characters, and the two of them could fully understand it. This was also the written language of the upper class in Japan, and there was no dispute about the difference between the same text and different meanings.

After a rough look, it is generally in accordance with the previously scheduled and negotiated content, and there is nothing out of the ordinary.

Its treaty reads:

[Japan has been suspended overseas for a long time, and the tribute has been cut off for hundreds of years. The Celestial Dynasty governs the country with benevolence, morality and kingship, and has never pursued accountability.However, Japan invaded Ryukyu and deceived the angels, so the emperor moved the six divisions to levy them, thinking that he would be punished. 】

The war has been decided, and punishment will be imposed slightly.

Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor of China specially briefed Ba Dashun as an imperial envoy, the plenipotentiary minister of the negotiations with Japan, and granted Liu Yu the Eagle Sabo; the king of Japan ordered one, and the left minister of Guan Baizuo Ichijo Kanaka; Lin Xinchong, the head of the university and hereditary sacrificial official of the Confucian Temple; the senior middleman, the subordinates of the Japanese samurai general Zhengyi, Ukyo doctor, and Matsudaira Teruzhen, the lord of the Ueno Takasaki domain.

They reviewed the treaties with each other and confirmed that they were all correct.The terms and conditions agreed upon in the meeting are listed below.

first set:
Japan abolishes all contents of the "Fifty Articles".

The samurai of Japan were withdrawn from Komi Island and Horsetooth Island in the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Return Kikai Island, Tokuno Island, Amami Oshima, Oki Nagabe Island, and Yoron Island to the Ryukyu Kingdom.

The Chinese imperial court sent surveyors to follow and demarcate the border.

Japan shall not interfere in the affairs of the Ryukyu Kingdom in the future.

And the shrines set up by Japan in Ryukyu should be demolished.

The second paragraph:
Japan returned the eight treasures of Ryukyu looted in the 37th year of Wanli in the previous Ming Dynasty, with a total price of 300 million taels of Kuping silver.

So far for 31 years, based on three percent interest, the total principal and interest totaled 540 cents and eight percent.

Whether or not the interest will be exempted shall depend on the result of a joint discussion between the Emperor of China and the Ryukyu Kingdom.

When the Chinese emperor repaid the Taixing 13-year fire on behalf of the vassal Ryukyu to rebuild Shuri Castle, he asked the Japanese Satsuma clan to borrow 3 pieces of wood, equivalent to [-] taels of silver.

The third paragraph:
Japan returned the tributes given back to Ryukyu by the Celestial Dynasty since the 37th year of Wanli in the previous Ming Dynasty, with a total price of 200 million taels.

This price does not include interest.

The fourth paragraph:
The lord of the Satsuma domain in Japan needs to go to Shuri Castle, Ryukyu, and kneel down in front of the Ryukyu National Ancestral Temple to repent.

Among them, the cost of the pommel horse is borne by Zhonghua, and the ships on board are also assigned by the Celestial Dynasty.

The Chinese government should send officials to accompany and witness.

The fifth paragraph:
In order to show punishment, and also to prevent Japan from invading and bullying, it is to practice the Master's righteousness of repaying grievances directly and repaying virtue with virtue.

Specially cut Tsushima Island and Oki Island to the Ryukyu Kingdom.

In order to report the 37-year grievances of Xijie Island, Tokuno Island, Amami Oshima, Oki Yongliangbu Island, and Yoron Island in the 130th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty.

A total of 260 years for a period.

Paragraph [-]:
The Ezo Islanders paid tribute to China and offered walrus ivory, walrus skin and other things as tribute, and the request is enclosed.

The emperor of China allowed it.

Japan transferred the seal of the Matsumae Domain to another place, with the strait as the boundary.Within one year of the signing of the treaty, China and Japan demarcated the boundary of Ezo.

Article [-]:
The Chinese sent out troops to punish them and spent military expenses, all of which were paid by Japan, with a total of 500 million taels of Kuping silver.

Section [-]:
Excluding interest for the time being, Japan will compensate the Chinese and Ryukyu treasuries with a total of 1000 million taels of silver.Subtracting the repayment of 3 taels of wood provided by the Satsuma clan to the Ryukyu Kingdom, the total is 97 million taels of Kuping silver.

Among them, 400 million taels should be paid within three months from the date of the signing of the treaty and the approval of the exchange: when it arrives in Nagasaki, after offshore delivery, all transportation risks have nothing to do with Japan.

The remaining 5907 million taels will be paid off in four installments. Counting from the payment of the first payment, 150 million taels will be repaid in the first year, and so on, and the repayment will be completed in the fifth year.

If the payment is overdue, the outstanding amount will be increased by [-]% per month.

Japan has its own national conditions system, which is franchised by China, and the repayment is shared by each vassal according to the stone report.

If the vassals do not pay back, China has the right to send troops to ask for it, and the military expenses for sending troops will be compensated by the non-repaying vassals.

Section [-]:
In view of Japan's request, in order to allow Japanese citizens to use Chinese goods, the Chinese emperor authorized Japan to open commercial ports and gates to carry out trade and exchange what is needed.

In order to make it easier for merchants to store goods, Japan rented land in China at the price of high land-sector stones.Chinese businessmen are allowed to build houses here, come in and out, and sell goods.

The land for lease shall be selected from a total of five locations in Nagasaki, Yonago, Tosa, Kobe, and Sendai.Except for occupying the Japanese national city, the rest can be chosen at will. The length and width are ten miles, and the rent is paid every year.

The lease period is 200 years. During this period, if Zhonghua does not want to continue the lease, he must pay the rent for the remaining years; within the 200-year period, Japan cannot ask for return.

Clause [-]:
The goods carried by Chinese merchants must abide by the agreement between China and Japan. Prohibited and prohibited books related to Catholicism.

For specific prohibited items, see Attachment [-].

No.11 models:
The goods carried by Chinese merchants need to be paid to Japan at a tax of one hundred and six.After paying the stamp, Japan shall not levy any form of tax, lijin, etc. on the goods.Do not stop along the way.

Japan can allow goods to be tax-free.

No.12 models:

Both the Shimonoseki Strait and the Kidan Strait in Japan are accessible to Chinese ships.

Japan is not allowed to set up forts, and the original forts of the Chofu and Ogura domains should be dismantled on the day of the signing and exchange.

In view of the maritime police who dismantled the fort, if a third-party vessel breaks in, the Chinese navy will be obliged to drive it away.

No.13 models:

Chinese ships are not allowed to enter Edo Bay without authorization.

If trespassing, Japan has the right to sink.

No.14 models:

China and Japan should restrain the common people, fishermen and merchants, and if they land in a place where the port is not open, they can be driven away and captured.

Anyone who is harassed by pirates can be sunk.

China respects Japan's national lock-up system. Any Japanese national who leaves Japan for China without authorization will be sent back.

Japan should restrain its own citizens and prevent pirates from invading the Chinese coast.

No.15 models:

There is an old saying: The three emperors have different customs, and the five emperors have different religions.

China respects Japan's public military system and will not interfere with it.

No.16 models:

Chinese merchants are not allowed to trade with the feudal vassals without permission.

No.17 models:

Merchants in China can purchase the identity of a samurai saber, so that disputes over identity can arise during trade.

No.18 models:

In case of storms, Chinese ships can stay in Japanese ports except Edo for shelter, but they are not allowed to sell goods outside the five commercial ports.

No.19 models:

In order to preserve Ming's earnestness in carrying out the provisions stipulated in the treaty, Japan allowed the Chinese army to temporarily occupy Hagi Castle of the Changzhou Domain.The pass under the Changfu domain should be a neutral zone, and both sides can garrison [-] troops in order to exchange contracts.

Moreover, when the first compensation was paid, Zhonghua promised to withdraw from Hagi City.

No.20 models:

After the treaty ratifies the swap, China will release all captured Japanese prisoners—except those who admire China and take refuge in them.

No.20 one:
China will compensate the houses of the people in Kyoto affected by the war, and each household will pay 8 taels of treasury silver, totaling [-] taels of treasury silver.

The payment shall be made within one month after the renewal of the contract.

No.20 two models:
Japan should treat the common people kindly, and agree to the conditions that the prince of China promised to the common people in Tottori;

No.20 four models:
The compensation shall be based on Kuyin. If the compensation is for gold, the price of gold shall be based on the average price of gold and silver in Osaka in the previous three years.See Schedule [-].

No.20 five models:
Japan shall not trade with the vassals of the Chinese Empire without the permission of China.

No.20 six models:
Japan shall not call itself China.

For example, "Huayi Tongshanglu" written by Xi Chuanru, and "Ryukyu National Affairs" written by Arai Shiraishi, etc., should be banned if Japan calls itself China.

No.20 seven models:
From the date of initialing the ratification of this treaty, the soldiers shall cease fighting; from the date of exchange, the two sides shall cease fighting.

No.20 eight models:
After this treaty was approved by His Majesty the Emperor of China, the King of Japan, and the Shogun of Japan, it was fixed on April [-]th in the [-]st year of Taixing in Dashun, that is, April [-]th in the fifth year of Yuanbun in Japan, that is, in the year of Gengshen. On April [-], the appointment was exchanged at Jieyinji Temple in Shimonoseki Town, the Governor's House of Japan.

This treaty is made in duplicate and verified to be correct.

The plenipotentiary ministers of the two countries signed and stamped it to honor it.

His Majesty the Emperor of China specially briefed Ba Dashun as an imperial envoy, Minister of Plenipotentiary for the negotiations with Japan, and imperial conferment on Liu Yu, Eagle Sobo.

Zhao Baiquan, a doctor of the Chinese Li government.

The King of Japan appointed the Minister of Extraordinary Plenipotentiary, Cong Yi, and Kanbai Zuo Minister Ichijo Kaneka.

Lin Xinchong, the head of the National Temple of Japan and the hereditary sacrificial official of the Confucian Temple.

The Japanese shogunate appointed plenipotentiary old middle school, from the four subordinates, Ukyo doctor, and Matsudaira Huizhen, the lord of the Ueno Takasaki domain.

Schedule I:

China Maritime Merchant Prohibited Cargo List:

Books - subject to the "Catalogue of Banned Books in Japan".

Note: Books that were newly lifted from the ban in the fourth year of Japan's national era were excluded from the "Catalogue of Prohibited Books".

In total there are:
"A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital" by Liu Tong.

Li Zhizao and Matteo Ricci's "Tong Wen Zhi Suan"

Tang Ruowang and Nan Huairen's "Lingtai Yixiang Zhi"

Erasmus's "One Hundred Adverbs on Friendship"

"The Elements of Geometry" by Xu Guangqi and Matteo Ricci

Li Zhizao's "Comparison of Justice"

"Restraining the Seven Deadly Sins and Confucianism and Mohism" by Xiong Sanba and Pang Diwo

Hu Jingchen's "Tan Xue Zhai Collection"

Clavius's "The Illustrated Theory of the Hun Tian Gai Tian Tong Xian"

In addition to the bibliographies released by this franchise, all books involving practical learning and Western learning must be submitted to the Privy Council of China for review, and the Privy Council will return it to the Japanese Shogunate for review.

The books of Yu Li and Yu Qi must not be carried without permission unless the ban is lifted.

Schedule II:
Kuping's silver and gold prices are based on the exchange of gold for six silvers, one of the coin merchants in Osaka, Japan, in the previous three years.

In addition to gold and silver, other objects, utensils, copper materials, etc., can be exchanged for warehouse silver by Chinese maritime merchants and converted.

Schedule Three:
Ezo has paid tribute to China, and the Japanese shogunate should hurry to conquer the name of the Great General of Yi.

Schedule Four:
Donation price for corporal saber status: [-] Shim.

Schedule V:
To the request of the people of Choshu Domain, Tosa Domain, and Tottori Domain, China should:
……Wait.

(End of this chapter)