After crossing the English Channel and arriving in England, the Emperor stayed at a pavilion provided by the British government in London.

As in France, no one paid any attention to the Emperor, and the diplomatic relations between China and Britain were the same as those of France, and Britain recognized China in Asia, but when the Emperor went to Europe, they found that they did not regard China as a country.

In other words, he did not regard China as a second-strong country, and the emperor estimated that in the eyes of the British government, let alone a second-strong country, it was not even as good as the Ottoman Turkish Empire, a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country controlled by the British.

"Your Majesty, it's even more boring here than in France." Zeng Siping put his head into Huahuang's office, but his body was outside the door.

President Meng smiled slightly, "You're not going to ask me a bunch of questions, are you?" You should ask Princess Katrina Kaaf, she actually knows more than I know, and explains it in more detail. ”

Zeng Siping covered his mouth and smiled, and the whole person appeared in front of Emperor Hua, and said as he walked: "Your Majesty is so smart, I just want to ask questions, if Your Majesty is busy and doesn't want to pay attention to me, I will go out." ”

President Meng looked at Zeng Siping's beautiful little face, and suddenly felt a sense of guilt, she was only 13 years old, and suddenly remembered that the modern 'three-year start' law was shocked.

Of course, the law of this era in China also has this article, as long as a girl is not over 16 years old, it is a crime for both men and women to be together, and the same is true for boys, but he has already broken the vows.

Although Hua Huang has long been unconstrained by the law, in his bones, he still feels that it is a crime to be with a young girl.

"Well, what question do you want to ask this time?" Hua Huang smiled slightly, "I'll give you five minutes." ”

Zeng Siping pouted, "Your Majesty, I just saw that you were alone, and it didn't look like you were thinking about things, I just came in, why did you only give me five minutes?" You have a lot of time, don't you want to see me? ”

President Meng blushed, "I don't want to see you, I do have a lot of things, my eyes are tired just now, I can't let me answer your questions in addition to doing things, right?" Besides, answering questions requires thinking, doesn't it take a lot of brainwork? ”

"I'll just ask a very simple question, and Princess Katrina Kaaf has told me the answer, but I still want to hear it from His Majesty himself." Zeng Siping said with a cute smile.

President Meng was defeated by Zeng Siping's beautiful little face, and said with a smile: "Say it." I don't know everything either. ”

"Why did the modern wars in the last years of the Qing Dynasty require reparations as soon as the war was lost, instead of taking the money to arm the army to fight a protracted war? In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the country was poor, but the price of cannons, guns, etc. was even lower. I have seen so many reparation treaties in the Qing Dynasty, since the first Opium War reparations, every indemnity is 10,000,000 taels, so much money to buy warships, cannons, guns, guns, what is it like to be armed? Not to mention hundreds of millions of taels of silver, armed warships and artillery are definitely a world-class military power, why not arm, why lose money, don't you can't pay it? Zeng Siping sat next to Emperor Hua.

President Meng smelled the fragrance of the girl on Zeng Siping's body, which is pure natural, there is no smell of perfume at all, and it smells very good.

"Your Majesty?" Zeng Siping was equal for almost half a minute, and when he saw that Emperor Hua was distracted again, he called softly.

President Meng sighed, came back to his senses, for fear that Zeng Siping would find out that his mind had drifted to her, his face was red again, and he looked at Zeng Siping's face, but he didn't seem to find it, so he was relieved a little, it seems that Zeng Siping is a little precocious in politics and international affairs, and in terms of the relationship between men and women, he is still just a 13-year-old girl, which makes Huahuang feel a lot more relieved.

"Quite simply, because the Qing Dynasty was a minority regime, and most of the army at the end of the Qing Dynasty was in the hands of Han generals, and the Manchu army was no longer combative. If they receive too much money, they are likely to get out of the control of the imperial court. Therefore, the imperial court used both the Han army and defended it, and would never let the Han army grow in power. In fact, the Qing Dynasty has been training a modern army, the New Army. The Qing Dynasty spent hundreds of millions of taels of silver to arm a modern army, otherwise where did Li Hongzhang's Huai army and Zuo Zongtang's Chu army come from. Hua Huang replied, "Moreover, can 100 million taels of silver create a world-class strong army?" Far from being able to do it, because the strong army is not bought, now is the era of rapid replacement of weapons, the British army was still using flintlock pistols during the First Opium War, which was not much worse than the European battlefield in the late Ming Dynasty, of course, the production process has improved a lot. ”

Zeng Siping sighed and did not interrupt Emperor Hua's words.

President Meng continued: "In this day and age, a battleship may be outdated halfway through the construction of the slipway before it is launched. In the First Opium War, the Great Powers still used wooden sail warships, and they were still using black powder to hit iron balls, but now what are the British warships like? It's already the era of battleships, there is no industrialization, there is no entire industrial chain, it is useless to buy. And is 100 million taels a lot for the great powers? In the Franco-Prussian War in the 1870s, France, as the defeated party, ceded the two provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, and paid an indemnity of 5 billion francs, which was much more than the Qing court paid to the foreigners, but as a result, France paid it off in the second year. ”

Zeng Siping's eyes rolled, he seemed to understand a little, and sighed again.

Emperor Hua smiled: "Hasn't the Qing government made any efforts? It is also impossible to abandon the construction of an army for the sake of its own rule. The Qing Dynasty emperor and Cixi were also people who wanted to save face, and they didn't want others to ride on their heads and. Otherwise, how did the Westernization Movement come about? In 1840, Britain's fiscal revenue was already 6 times that of the Qing government, and the Qing government could not afford to drag on the long-term war, and the British fleet bombarded Nanjing, showing that it had the ability to cut off the Grand Canal, and the Qing government could only admit defeat and lose millions of taels of silver, otherwise the Cao luck would be cut off, and the Beijing Yamen would all starve to death. The weakness of the Qing Dynasty was not only a problem of the government, but a feudal agrarian country that could no longer keep up with the changes in the world. In terms of Confucian thinking and the ruling skills of the feudal empire, the Qing Dynasty was the most powerful since the Han Dynasty. But feudalism is no longer working, and the agrarian countries are no longer adapted to the world pattern of this era. This situation can only be changed through a thorough revolution in the system, economy, and culture. ”

"Well, I know that the Qing court is very corrupt, and the death of the country is inevitable, I learned it all when I was in elementary school in Huaguo." Zeng Siping answered.

"Well, Huaguo has come to this point, and it is not a simple change of ruler. Politically, the establishment of the Huacui Party, the establishment of the entire state system, the whole country, and the whole society are changing. Economically, from the Westernization Movement in the Qing Dynasty to the current national industrial construction and industrialization process in China. Culturally, from the Qing Dynasty began to send foreign students, various schools were built in China, the biggest contributor was the literacy movement and compulsory education, in the mid-18th century, Prussia promoted the universal education system, and the national primary school graduation rate reached 97%, Japan benefited from the promotion of kana (similar to pinyin), and the literacy rate had reached 90% in the Tokugawa shogunate era, and what about Confucian society? From antiquity to the Qing Dynasty (before the Opium War), the literacy rate was only about 1% (according to the standard of 500 commonly used words in literacy classes). Don't look at the rapid industrialization process of Japan's Meiji Restoration, which has a productive foundation. And Huaguo's current reform of rural clans and feudal remnants is even more earth-shaking. ”

There is a generational thing, the Qing Dynasty should die, it should be crushed by the wheel of history, but the Qing Dynasty is not a fool, they have all done their own efforts, but his purpose is to prolong the rule, but which regime does not prolong the rule?

After Hua Huang finished speaking, he also sighed with emotion, although it has been unified for more than two years, he will always have an unreal feeling, because the speed and method of overthrowing the Qing court are too dreamy.

"Your Majesty, I know that the Qing government is weak, but I didn't expect that even if you have money, you can't build an army, so why can our Chinese army overthrow the Qing court at once?" Zeng Siping still couldn't figure it out.