The Japanese army went before other armies to retrieve the spoils of war and suppressed Zongli Yamen and the Ministry of Revenue (Ministry of Finance government office) and seized about 2,914,800 taels of bateigin (the Japanese term for Chinese boat-shaped silver or gold ingots called sycee in English) and 320,000 koku (a unit of volume of rice, 1 koku equals 180.39 liters) of brown rice.
日本軍は他国軍に先駆けて戦利品確保に動き出し、まず総理衙門と戸部_(官庁)（財務担当官庁）を押さえて約291万4800両の馬蹄銀や32万石の玄米を鹵獲した。