Edo Traveler - Vol 13 Chapter 25

Bashari and Bailey Court were not very surprised that the shogunate proposed a large loan of 6 million for the railway industry. Relying on selling your sovereignty, and then in exchange for loans, right? The British and French powers have a way to make you repay the principal with interest.

In short, the powers lend money, as long as you mortgage the sovereign, then the loan approval is generally quite fast.

The half of the shares held by the UK in Japan’s Tokaido Railway has already brought them very rich returns. After another two years of operation, the cost is all full, and the net profit will be made in the future.

The Sanyo Railway Line, owned by France, has also started operations and has made more than expected profits. This naturally makes Britain and France full of interest in investing in Japanese industries.

That’s six million pounds…

A little bit more, the solvency of the Tokugawa shogunate is OK. After all, both Binhai Customs and Shenyang Customs are in the hands of foreigners, and they have enough money to repay their previous loans every year.

With reference to the current development of Japan’s economy and the increase in the amount of imports and exports, Bashari and Bailey Court believe that the money can be borrowed.

Let’s talk about interest and fees.

Sukeroku was instructed by Chuemon to reduce these expenses as much as possible. The shogunate is not really short of the six million, it is purely to take the six million as a hostage, so naturally it cannot pay too high interest.

When the words reach Yokohama, it becomes that you all want us to cede the land. Do you have to pay high interest for borrowing two money? Just kidding, this treaty will humiliate the country. If I don’t sign it, it will be stigmatized for thousands of years.

In two days’ time, someone in Edo may be shouting “Strike for national power abroad, punish thieves at home!”. It is not impossible for me to be stabbed to death when I go out.

Would you like to ask for 5% per annum?

On the surface, the annual interest rate of 5% is really not too high, but you might as well think about the mortgage in the future. The annual interest is 5%, and it is repaid in 30 years. In fact, it means borrowing 1 million to pay back 2 million, which is very realistic.

Bailey Court also knew that the interest rate was not low, so he said that the minimum rate could be 3.5%, but Liu Liu still refused to agree. The two sides quarreled about this matter for more than a week, and finally everyone was tired.

The shogunate made it through to the end, not repaying the principal and interest for the first three years, and only repaying the principal and no interest for the next five years. The remaining 20 years to repay the principal and interest, the annual interest is at most 3%, if it is 2% and 5%, it is better.

When to make money and when to cede land!

Good guy, Bashari and Bailey Court didn’t expect the shogunate to be so smart. But they are not vegetarians, and they said that the annual interest rate is 2%, you can open the teaching ban, and allow the port to preach.

When the news was sent back to Edo, Chuyouemon heard that Britain and France were really staunch promoters of imperialism and colonialism. It is so beautiful to think that while cutting the land, I have to come to preach.

The country has been sold, and there is still one mission left?

Three million without interest, three million with two percent interest, can you sign? Can’t sign and pull down!

After pulling back and forth for more than a month, Britain and France signed a large loan contract for the railway industry with the shogunate, and at the same time attached several pages of special articles. Strong sacrifice read sacrifice this time 9bZw.*Com Zhang Si

The main content is the part that Chuemon had been psychologically prepared for before, but the content of the two lines of the Ou Railway and the Hokuriku Railway being wholly owned by the Tokugawa shogunate has been added. As for the Kyushu Railway and Shikoku Railway, they must be jointly constructed.

The contract is signed, and the special article on the extension of the world is attached to it. Yokohama and Kobe, both expanded by two square miles, were given priority access to the coast near settlements.

Churches in France and the United Kingdom are allowed to send missionaries to Japan to create churches, but personnel activities must be registered with the Tokugawa shogunate to ensure that they do not leave the settlement area.

In short, the news of the signing of the contract instantly detonated public opinion across the country!

The shogunate not only ceded the land, but also allowed the missionaries of Chizhidan to enter Japan. Even among the shogunate’s own vassal, many people expressed concern about this. The lord of Iyo Uwajima, Date Mongjo, even wrote directly to the shogunate, saying that the shogunate lacked the capital for development and that it was unprecedented to borrow money from foreign countries.

How can you let go of the religious ban and cede land at the same time while borrowing money? The ancestors and fathers cut thorns and exposed the frost and dew to lay down the country, and the descendants were unworthy, and they ceded it for money?

The lord of the Tosa domain, Yamanakado, also submitted a letter to the shogunate, and the shogunate could apologize if the British envoy was attacked, or even pay more for medical expenses. How can the residence area be expanded?

If the shogunate felt that it did not have enough strength to fight against Eimi ghosts and animals, he would be willing to serve as the vanguard of the shogunate. Even if the last battle is one soldier and one soldier, he will never retreat.

The lord of Ise-san, Matsudaira Tingjing even more bluntly said that the shogunate has repeatedly acted like this, and the state affairs will definitely be corrupted because of this. Ask the shogunate to spread the word, recruit talents, and set up public discussions. He also pardoned all political prisoners since the previous generation, restored the reputation of the deceased, and allowed the people of the world to speak freely.

Storm is coming!

Chuemon, who lives in Edo, naturally knew that signing this treaty would not work, UU read www. uukanshu.com Ke Songping and Qi Xuan said it well, to fight against foreigners, you must first settle down. Only by first stabilizing the foreign powers that are already quite strong in the Far East, can the shogunate fully deal with domestic opposition forces, reform the national government, and implement a comprehensive modernization strategy.

Anyway, it is now ceded to France. When the Franco-Prussian War in the future and the Second French Empire is over, the Kobe settlement can be fully recovered. When the Yokohama residential area is strong, the British will certainly accept negotiations to revise the treaty in order to win over the shogunate.

It just takes time…

In the future, we will discuss it later, and Chuemon has to deal with the current situation with all his strength. The rumors in Kyoto have become more and more day by day, and many ministers and common people have been shaken. When the order came to Chuemon to be a Shinto priest, I didn’t know what would happen.

Therefore, in addition to comprehensively strengthening the defense level of the Xinxuan Group Station, and deploying cannons and rockets to enter the station. Chuemon also ordered that the winter rest of the 2nd Osaka Division be suspended, and all personnel should be in camp, just in case.

Of course, this is an internal order of the training team, and it will not be publicized. It can be announced to the soldiers secretly.

In addition, the third Sendai division was ordered to be divided into two, and 4,000 people continued to guard Sendai to ensure the safety of Ou. Another 4,000 people went to the Nikko Tosho Shrine in Shimono in the name of field training.

Back then, this place was built according to a fortress. If something happened, the forces of Chuemon and the shogunate could have a retreat or support.

The first Edo division, mobilized 2,000 people to station in Sunfu Castle, as a barrier between Tokaido and Kanto. control the big lord

Under the intensive military mobilization, the New Year of 1863 came quietly.

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