Chapter 275: Entering Nagasaki

"If this treaty is signed, Saga and Nagasaki will become the laughing stock of all the feudal domains in Japan!"

After reading a copy of the treaty, Nagasaki Magistrate Ozawa Yasuzawa was furious and threw the treaty into the air.

"Japan must not become the next Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty has a vast territory and a large population. Even if it signs a few treaties, it can still survive. Our territory is not as vast as the Qing Dynasty, and our people are not as many as the Qing Dynasty. If we sign the Origami Treaty, Nagasaki, Saga and even the whole of Japan will never be able to turn over again!"

Ozawa Yasuzawa firmly opposed the signing of this humiliating and unequal treaty. He knew what signing this treaty meant to Nagasaki and even the whole of Japan.

"Do we have a choice? A full thousand brave and fearless warriors died on the Waime Fort, but what did they get in return? Not only did they lose the Waime Fort, but they didn't hurt the enemy at all! Pointless sacrifice and resistance will only bring greater losses to Nagasaki and Saga!"

Naomasa Nabeshima roared heartbreakingly.

His expression was painful and ferocious. If there was even a 1% chance of resistance, he would not be willing to bow his head.

It is not up to you to accept this treaty or not! When the American army occupies Nagasaki, the treaty I will sign with you will not be this one!

Liang Yao's words on the Roland echoed in Nabeshima Naomasa's ears. The weak have no right to bargain.

Nabeshima Naomasa was sober and decided to stop the loss in time.

The samurai of the Saga family were not afraid of death, but they could not die meaninglessly. He turned his head and glanced at the time on the Western wall clock, and bowed deeply to Osawa Yasuzawa: "Osawa-kun, for Nagasaki and the future of Japan, please don't act on impulse!"

Nagasaki finally succumbed to the American ships and guns. The Japanese have always been a very realistic and fickle nation.

The Japanese have incredible madness, but they are not stupid.

"Sir!"

Naomasa Nabeshima, who boarded the Roland again, looked much more haggard, and his eyes became somewhat empty. It was only five hours since Naomasa Nabeshima last boarded the Roland.

Naomasa Nabeshima bowed deeply to Liang Yao with great sincerity.

"I can sign the six articles in the Treaty of Nagasaki within my authority. The first article, the compensation of one million taels of silver, and the second article, the takeover of the Nagasaki Outer Eye Fort by the United States, are within my authority.

It's just that Articles 3 to 6 involve Nagasaki, and Nagasaki is the territory of the shogunate. I am not qualified to make decisions for the shogunate. The Saga Domain is only responsible for assisting in the defense of Nagasaki, and has no right to manage Nagasaki, let alone make decisions on Nagasaki's affairs."

What Naomasa Nabeshima said was true. Given the special status of Nagasaki in Japan, the Saga Domain was indeed unable to make decisions on Nagasaki's affairs.

Only the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo could make a decision on Nagasaki. The construction of the Gaime Fort was not led by the Tokugawa shogunate, but because the Gaime area was within the domain of the Saga domain, Naomasa Nabeshima was able to build the Gaime Fort in the Gaime area.

Naomasa Nabeshima's attitude can be said to be very sincere.

"I am not unreasonable. Since you cannot make a decision on behalf of the Tokugawa shogunate for the remaining four treaties, you should go to Edo with me. In short, none of these six treaties can be missed."

Liang Yao looked down at Naomasa Nabeshima, who was shorter than him.

"I can sign the treaty, and I can also go to Edo with you." Naomasa Nabeshima gritted his teeth and said, "But I have a small request. As long as you agree to my request, I will sign this treaty immediately!"

"I said that you are not qualified to bargain with me." Liang Yao frowned.

"It's not a bargaining, nor is it a matter of treaty. I admire the upper country very much. I hope to send some young people from Saga to study in the upper country, bathe in the wind of the upper country's civilization, and spread the grace and power of the upper country to the people of Saga after returning."

As he said this, Naomasa Kojima, the lord of a domain, actually prostrated himself at Liang Yao's feet and said in an almost pleading tone.

"Please!"

"I'm afraid your Edo general will not agree to your request." Liang Yao said.

Although Liang Yao knew that Naomasa Kojima was a representative of the enlightened domain lords of the founding faction at the end of the shogunate, he was flexible and changeable.

But Naomasa Kojima's attitude changed so quickly that Liang Yao was deeply surprised.

After listening to Liang Sen's translation, Perry on the side widened his eyes and had an incredible expression on his face.

You know, just half a day ago, their troops were still fighting.

"I can make the decision on Saga's affairs, and I don't need the general to agree." Naomasa Kojima's attitude was extremely firm.

"You can send envoys to study abroad. We welcome them in America. But the tuition is not cheap. If you want to send envoys to study abroad, you need 500,000 taels of silver." Liang Yao said with his hands behind his back.

Given Naomasa Kojima's eagerness to study, even if he rejected Naomasa Kojima's request to send students to study in the United States, Naomasa Kojima would bypass him and find Perry, or even other countries.

Liang Yao wanted to implement the policy of using Japan to control Japan in Japan, and he also needed to support local agents.

Hizen Saga Domain was a powerful domain at the end of the shogunate, which was a good choice.

"It is reasonable to send envoys to study and pay for the tuition!"

Faced with the huge tuition proposed by Liang Yao, Naomasa Kojima gritted his teeth and agreed.

After discussing some details, the two sides soon signed the first treaty in Japan's modern history, the Treaty of Nagasaki, on the Roland.

After the signing of the treaty, American warships swaggered into Nagasaki. In the previous two hundred years, the only Western ships that could enter Nagasaki Port were Dutch ships.

Previously, the Japanese upper class divided foreign countries into three categories. The first-class countries were the Qing Dynasty and the Netherlands, which had long maintained diplomatic relations with them. After the Opium War, Britain also entered the ranks of the first-class countries that the Japanese considered.

The second-class countries were countries such as Korea and Ryukyu that they were more familiar with.

As for the third-class countries, they were those countries that they did not know.

Obviously, the United States was also among the third-class countries, but from the moment the Nagasaki Gaime Fort was lost, the Japanese authorities had to rethink the position of the United States in their diplomacy.

The American warships sailed into the port of Nagasaki, which not only shocked the local residents of Nagasaki, but also the Dutch in Languan keenly felt that Japan would undergo a major change.

The Dutch's monopoly on trade with Japan in the future will be impacted by the United States.

As the victor, the port of Nagasaki was naturally requisitioned by Liang Yao to berth American warships and corresponding logistics ships.

Considering the madness of the Japanese samurai, Liang Yao chose a place near Tangguan for the mooring of ships and the rest of the army.

Liang Yao rode a tall horse and landed in Nagasaki under the welcome of Nabeshima Naomasa, which aroused the curiosity of the residents of Nagasaki.

Facing this army that seemed to them to be dressed strangely and full of murderous intent, the residents of Nagasaki were shocked and frightened, and just watched the army enter the city in a daze.

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