The Japanese foreign minister asked Le Gendre to negotiate with the leading Qing courtier Li Hongzhang. The Qing court, having no stomach for tackling a situation across the sea in Taiwan, paid an indemnity of 400,000 taels of silver to the Japanese for their withdrawal.
日本外務大臣請李仙得與李鴻章協調，無心顧及海外台灣的清廷，竟然賠了 40 萬銀兩給日本。