What s going on with the raw wheat incident? Why did Japan pay compensation of six million taels of

Many people may not know that Japan and Britain have had conflicts. This incident, historically known as the Shengmai Incident, also known as the Richardin Incident, occurred on September 14, 1862 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, when the samurai of Shimazu Hisamitsu, the father of Shimazu Shigehisa, the lord of the Satsuma Domain, attacked four British. This incident made the British very angry, and strongly demanded that the shogunate and the Satsuma clan punish the murderers, give the British an explanation, and pay compensation to the British.

At that time, the shogunate paid an indemnity of 100,000 pounds, which was equivalent to 60,000**. <>

What was the specific process of the raw wheat incident? On September 14, 1862, four Britons rode horses in the village of Shengmai. On the way, they met Shimazu Hisamitsu, the guardian of the lord of the Satsuma domain, and his large party of several hundred.

The guard of honor filled the entire road. According to Japanese regulations, when Heimei encounters the honor guard of the daimyo, he must kneel and retreat. But there was no such rule in Britain, and the four Englishmen refused to kneel down and back down no matter what, and Shimazu Hisamitsu felt that they were very rude, and this was a dispute caused by cultural differences.

Suddenly, one of the Englishmen's horses was frightened and rushed to the guard of honor. So the samurai of the guard of honor drew their swords and stabbed them. Britain demanded that Japan severely punish the perpetrators and pay 60,000 yuan in compensation.

The lord of the Satsuma domain refused the British request, and the British sent a fleet to bombard Kagoshima, and the historical Sato-British War broke out. <>

However, the outcome of this event was surprising and unexpected. The Satsuma clan established friendly relations with the British. Originally, the Satsuma clan felt that Japan had learned the most advanced Western technology, and its military strength and equipment could be regarded as a strong country.

Unexpectedly, in this war, although Japan had the upper hand, it was still defeated by the British army. The British guns, both in terms of rate of fire and lethality, were not at all comparable to Japanese-made guns. As a result, the Satsuma clan began to admire the advanced technology of the British and proposed to establish friendly relations with the British.

At that time, Shimazu Hisamitsu, the lord of the Satsuma Domain, and his attendants killed four Britishmen in Ikumai Village (now Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama City), and the British asked the Satsuma Domain to severely punish the mastermind of the killing, but the interpreter translated it as a severe punishment for the principal, and of course the principal did not accept it and went to war. As a result, it is conceivable that the West at that time was still relatively powerful, so the Japanese could only pay compensation, which was the "Shengmai Incident".

The Shengmai incident was because several Britons encountered a Japanese honor guard, and because of cultural differences, a dispute arose, and the Japanese killed these British. After that, Britain launched the Sath-British War, and in the end Britain won, and Japan lost and of course had to lose money.

The "Shengmai Incident" was mainly triggered by an incident in which a samurai attacked a foreigner in the village of Shengmai, which also caused panic among the Western community in Japan, and some businessmen even demanded that their own countries punish Japan's actions. It was also because of this that the Saxon-British War began to appear on the stage of history.

After this war, the Satsuma clan began to admire the advanced technology of the West, and also established friendly relations with the British. It wasn't until a few years later that the Satsuma clan finally made reparations for the original wheat incident.