One of the biggest reasons why Li Hongzhang, a heavy minister of the late Qing Dynasty, bore the infamy was that he signed the "Maguan Treaty" with Japan on behalf of the Qing government, although the responsibility was not on him, but as a signatory representative, he still left a century of infamy.
I don't know if you have noticed, when Japan surrendered, who was negotiating on behalf of Japan and the United States?
After Japan announced its surrender in 1945, it faced two main problems, one was to solve the surrender of millions of troops remaining overseas, and the other was to sign a treaty with the Allies as soon as possible and complete the surrender ceremony.
The first issue was quickly coordinated after the imperial prime minister, King Minoru Higashihisa, came to power, while the second problem was slow to resolve. Why? Quite simply, all the high-ranking officials felt that this job was too humiliating, and they refused to go to death!
Under normal circumstances, such a scene should be the chief of the army general staff Umezu Yoshijiro, but this old man has a hard temper and wants me to go? No way! He even threatened that if he were to be forced, he would kill himself on the spot!
The other two Japanese military leaders, Kenji Doihara and Sugiyama Moto, are roughly the same: don't go! In fact, it is no wonder that for a soldier, what is the most shameful thing? Isn't it just a surrender agreement?
Although no one wants to go, but the Americans are still there waiting for negotiations, someone must come forward, right? In this way, everyone pushed back and forth, and the deputy chief of the General Staff Headquarters, Torashiro Kawabe, was pushed out, and he led the Japanese delegation to the Philippines to negotiate the surrender of MacArthur, who was waiting there.
So the question is: why is it Torashiro Kawabe?
First, he is Umezu Mijiro's deputy, after all, the principle of "officials crushing people to death" is common all over the world; second, this Riverside Torashiro is a master of patting his ass, and it is most appropriate for him to negotiate with the Americans.
On August 19, 1945, a dozen of Hisaburō Kawabe landed at the Manila airport in the Philippines to negotiate with MacArthur's aide-de-camp, Sutherland. It's not so much about negotiation as about listening to Americans talk about conditions, and who makes you beat people?
Since this was a simple meeting before the formal signing of the surrender agreement, the Americans only proposed three conditions: the construction of a military airfield for the landing of the U.S. military on the Japanese mainland, the accommodation arrangements for the U.S. military, and the provision of maids for U.S. generals. There is no doubt that these three demands are extremely humiliating, especially the third one, which is a naked challenge to the bottom line of the Japanese.
However, Kawabe Torashiro is worthy of the elite of the horse's ass, not only gladly agreed, but also specifically reminded that the third requirement can be met, but do not put it on the table, such a big man like General MacArthur, how can there be such a stain?
In this way, after some praise by Kawabe Torashiro, not only did he successfully sign the agreement, but he was also quite popular with the Americans.
Therefore, Kawabe Torashiro hit the iron while it was hot, conveying to the US military the meaning of the Japanese military department - that the Japanese emperor must be respected, because he is the spiritual pillar of Japanese society. Obviously, this is also in line with the idea that the United States intends to colonize Japanese society, and the existence of the emperor just solves this problem, so the two sides hit it off. Torashiro Kawabe's trip to Manila can be said to have been very smooth and "full of loads".
It is hard to imagine that a person can be so relaxed in the face of such humiliation, you know, think that Li Hongzhang even vomited blood and wept after signing the "Maguan Treaty", and I have to say that this Riverside Tiger Shilang is indeed a "human spirit".
It is also worth mentioning that because of his good performance in this negotiation and was quite appreciated by MacArthur, he was deliberately promoted to the first person in charge of rebuilding the Intelligence Network in the Far East after the American occupation of the Japanese mainland.
However, although Kawabe Torashiro was once in a good mood, both Japanese nationals and military and political colleagues looked down on this slave guy. Yeah, who can afford such a person?
How old did this ass sperm end up living? It was not short, and I lived until 1960, a full 70 years old, before I closed my eyes under everyone's contempt.