c_t; Zhang Yihu and several other commanders were sent away, and a few days later, Xu Shuzheng also completed the preparation of the army, and took a steamer to prepare to rush to Taiwan to coordinate with Taiwan's second division.

The Republic of China has rarely fallen into a period of calm, and for two whole months, all fields of the Republic of China have been developing in an orderly manner.

At this time, Europe was constantly shaking, and the contradictions between European countries in order to compete for colonies in the world were deepening, and the contradictions between Britain, which had the largest number of colonies, and Germany, which wanted to seize more colonies with its surging strength, were also becoming more and more intensified.

Britain today is under tremendous military pressure.

From this time, Germany's gross national product has completed the surpassing of Britain, in terms of military strength, Germany is the world's well-deserved first army power, even France is not good, but because Germany has limited access to the sea, the development is relatively late, the naval strength is still relatively poor, and Britain is not at the same level at all, and wants to compete with Britain for overseas colonies, without a strong navy to support, it will not work in any way.

With the strong support of Emperor Wilhelm II, the German Ministry began to formulate an ambitious plan to strengthen the army, in an attempt to overtake in a corner, and strive to use ten to fifteen years to complete a comprehensive overtake of Britain in terms of naval construction.

Therefore, Britain is now in a state of extreme anxiety, the army is not comparable to others, and if the navy is also lagging behind, then the British Empire is really in danger.

What's more, Germany also has many allies, although the overall strength is not as good as the British side, but the biggest variable, comes from China's rapid rise, according to the assessment of think tanks in Europe and the United States, now China's army strength has surpassed most countries, only behind Germany, France, Britain, the United States, the United States and Russia, ranking sixth in the world, and may complete the United States, Russia at any time, coupled with China's future development potential and Germany's close relationship, Britain and politics have reason to be more worried, the future Sino-German alliance, A real threat to them!

Now Salisbury is completely in distress, his term of office is coming to an end, and he has had a very difficult time over the years, especially in the Boer War and the war against China, where huge losses have made him face strong pressure from both houses!

Although the Boer War has gradually come to an end, from now on, it is difficult for the local rebel army to pose a strong threat to the British army, but the three consecutive years of war have caused the British to suffer heavy losses.

As for relations with China, not to mention, since Zhang Jianzhi was born, Britain has not received half a benefit in relations with China, when the Qing court was the master of the country, the British could still completely control the situation in China, with the efforts of Hurd and others, the Manchu government was like a puppet court of the British, kneading and flattening at will, but with the growth of Zhang Jianzhi, the situation developed a fundamental change, and the arrogant attitude of the British towards the Chinese tiger finally pushed the Chinese tiger completely to the German side, and the relationship turned out to be colder, A large amount of profit was taken away by the Germans and Americans, leaving only a little scrap for the British!

Until last year's war against China, Britain and France jointly sent troops in an attempt to subdue China, but China was completely reduced to the backyard of Britain and France.

Now Britain has completely lost the right to speak on Chinese affairs, even the Qing court in the south is no longer at the mercy of the British, that Yuan Shikai is from Li Hongzhang's disciples, and the power and means are all the best choices, and he has a very clear understanding of the future of the Qing court, and it is too difficult to control him!

At such an embarrassing moment, someone sent to the door!

Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito!

In order to complete Naomi Tsuki's strategy in Southeast Asia and win the strong support of the United Kingdom, Ito Hirobumi personally visited the United Kingdom in order to obtain a satisfactory outcome through negotiations. ( Advertisement)

In the past two days, Foreign Secretary Lansdowne has been negotiating with Ito Hirobumi, first of all, let's talk about Ito Hirobumi's tone, and now Salisbury has understood the purpose of Ito Hirobumi's visit to the United Kingdom.

Hirobumi Ito, who showed his cards, was soon received by Salisbury.

Buckingham Palace.

Salisbury looked at Ito Hirobumi and said: "Prime Minister Ito, I already know the purpose of your visit this time, but this matter is very difficult to do, although the relationship between my country and the Netherlands has been very unharmonious recently, but if once European countries encounter external disputes, they have always been unanimous with the outside world, and you want to provoke a war in the Java Islands, I am afraid, it will be difficult to do so!" ”

Ito Hirobumi said with a smile: "Your Excellency, our Imperial Japan has always been friendly with your country, and the Anglo-Japanese alliance has lasted for many years, and people think that our cooperation is still very pleasant, Your Excellency, now the rise of the Republic of China in Asia is too rapid, and it has seriously affected your country's leadership position in Asia, presumably you don't want to completely revive a great country with infinite potential in the far east, once China completes its own unification, under the leadership of a wise leader, it is inevitable to move towards rejuvenation, It's hard for anyone to stop. At that time, it will be difficult to think about further curbing China's development! ”

Salisbury smiled and said: "It is true that we do not want to see a renaissive China, especially a China that is still close to Germany and Germany, and we do not want its complete rise, but how to contain China, so that the internal affairs of our British Empire seem to have nothing to do with your country, right?" ”

Ito Hirobumi laughed, he could see that although Salisbury seemed to have no intention, but there was still a trace of anxiety between the words, today's British Empire is also a headache for restricting the development of the Republic of China, and if you want to start a war again and completely defeat the Chinese Tiger, then how easy it is to say, not to mention the labor expedition, even if the parliament passes the bill to launch a war against China, the British are sure to defeat the Chinese Tiger, but they have hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, and last year's war has already explained the situation, That's not a nation that can be brought to its knees by sending a fleet at all, the Manchu Qing **, doesn't mean that the government of the Republic of China is still so incompetent!

Ito Hirobumi said with a smile: "Mr. Salisbury, that's not what I said, our friendship between Britain and Japan has a long history, your country's affairs are our great Japanese Empire's affairs, restricting the development of the Republic of China is very important to your country, looking around Asia, can your Excellency find a more suitable choice than our Great Japanese Empire?" ”

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