Since 1868, through the Meiji Restoration, "leaving Asia and joining Europe", began to embark on the road of capitalism, the national strength has become stronger and stronger, as an island country, the country itself is short of resources, the market is narrow, coupled with the strong feudal remnants in the country and the acuteness of various contradictions in the period of social transition, so the ruling group headed by the emperor is eager to seek a way out from foreign expansion. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, when he looked around, there was only one target left for him to choose from, and that was the Manchu Qing who were defeated by the great powers one after another, and the Manchu Qing who were in decay.

In 1872, he began to invade the Ryukyus, a vassal state of China, and prepared to use the Ryukyus as a springboard to attack Taiwan.

In 1874, there was an incident in which the Ryukyu drifters were killed by the Taiwan Gaoshan tribe, and the Ryukyu was a subject state of the Ryukyu Province as an excuse to attack the island on a large scale, but at that time, the disparity in strength between the Ryukyu and China, coupled with the water and soil adaptation, the Japanese army lost, and under the "mediation" of the United States and Britain and other countries, the Manchu Qing extorted 500,000 taels of silver and then withdrew.

In 1879, the Ryukyu Kingdom was completely annexed and renamed Okinawa Prefecture.

Subsequently, he began to invade another vassal state of China, Korea. In 1876, he opened the Korean state by force, forced the Korean government to sign the Treaty of Ganghwa, and obtained a series of privileges such as consular jurisdiction.

In 1882, when the Renwu Mutiny occurred in Korea, China and Japan sent troops to Korea at the same time, and although the Qing army suppressed Yuben in this incident, he still obtained the right to send troops and garrison troops in Korea in the "Treaty of Jemulpo".

Judging from the past ten years, the ambition of the Manchu court is obvious, except for a few ministers such as Li Hongzhang, the Manchu court does not care about the island country, and thinks that the Manchu Qing is the kingdom of the Heavenly Empire.

In June 1883, when the Yan rebelled and occupied Siqi and defeated the Manchu army of 150,000, the Manchus were unable to continue their offensive against Siqi.

At that time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty mobilized most of the country's troops to encircle the Yan clan, if the Manchu Dynasty sent troops to attack Taiwan and Korea, the Manchus would not be able to mobilize many troops to start a war with the Manchu Dynasty, and it was very likely that the Manchu would capture Taiwan and Korea.

However, at this time, the book was not ready, and the domestic forces were not enough to launch a large-scale war, and it would take some time to expand the army.

For this reason, the General Staff Headquarters formulated the so-called "Qing State Conquest Strategy" several years in advance, which gradually evolved into a "mainland policy" centered on invading China: The first step was to capture Taiwan, the second step was to annex Korea, the third step was to march into Manchuria, the fourth step was to destroy China, and the fifth step was to conquer Asia, dominate the world, and realize the so-called "eight Hong and one universe."

As for the Beiyang Naval Division of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it was not looked at by Yue himself, so many years have passed, the Beiyang Naval Division is stronger than the Navy, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty has not thought about recapturing Ryukyu, and the Beiyang Naval Division is just a paper tiger.

Ben's plan to expand the army had been implemented, but suddenly he received news that the British wanted to help the Manchus train 100,000 new troops.

In the face of this news, the senior management of this book was like a slap in the head, and his eyes were dizzy.

However, the expansion plan has already begun, and if it is stopped like this, there will definitely be big problems.

"The decaying Manchu Qing Dynasty, even if there are 100,000 new troops, will not be able to defeat the army of our great empire."

"Even if the 100,000 new army has a certain combat effectiveness, it will take several years to train it, and with this time, we have already occupied Taiwan and Korea in this empire, making it an established fact, even if the new army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty comes, we are not afraid."

After analyzing the news that the British had helped the Manchus train their new army, he came to a new conclusion: the risk was not small, but the plan could be continued, but this time it was necessary to gamble on the national fortune and the Manchu Qing to start a war.

For the sake of the mainland's dream, the top management of the city decided to bet on the national fortune and the Manchu Qing Dynasty to start a war, so the investment in the plan continued to increase.

In the second half of '84, the army was almost ready, and the number of troops in the army has exceeded 100,000, and some officers even said that the army could defeat one million Manchu officers and soldiers.

Well, I am already arrogant to the extreme, with the current industrial base of less than 3,000 tons of steel per year, the army's weapons and equipment are not even as good as the Manchus, and I can defeat a million officers and soldiers of the Manchus with my mouth open, well, it should refer to the militia armed with broadswords and spears.

Just when he was about to find an opportunity to wage war against the Manchus, the top officials received the news of the invasion of the Manchus by Tsarist Russia.

This is good news, the Manchus have a great internal trouble, and there is also Tsarist Russia, a foreign enemy, which will definitely attract most of the Manchu forces, so that the Manchus have a greater grasp of the occupation of Taiwan and Korea in one fell swoop.

In mid-August, he took the initiative to look for an opportunity to send troops to Korea and start a war with the Manchus.

Because of his eagerness to go to war, with the help of his son, on September 23, the "Kashin Coup" in North Korea took place more than three months ahead of schedule, during which time he secretly increased his troops to North Korea by more than 2,000 people.

On the Korean side, the Enlightenment Party led by Kim Ok-gyun and with the assistance of Saiben assassinated seven old-fashioned ministers, established a new government, and issued a platform with capitalist overtones.

However, less than three days later, Yuan Shikai led the Manchu army stationed in Korea to suppress the coup, and the "three days of the world" of the Kaihua Party ended, and the Kaihua Party members were either executed or killed, and Yuan Shikai thus appeared on the stage of history.

On September 28, under the pretext that the Manchu Qing officers and soldiers had killed the soldiers in the "Jiashen Coup" in Korea, he issued a "letter of renunciation" (war letter) to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

At the same time, the Manchu army in Korea suddenly launched an attack on the Manchu army in Korea, coupled with the 2,000 people who secretly increased the number of troops in Korea, the number of the army in Korea exceeded twice that of the Manchu Qing, but also because of the domestic situation before the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Manchu general Wu Changqing was transferred to lead 1,500 Qing soldiers back to China, which greatly reduced the Manchu troops in Korea.

There are also things that Yue Ben didn't expect, for example, Yuan Shikai led the remaining Qing soldiers to suppress this rebellion, which caught Yu Ben off guard, so he changed his plan and directly started a war against the Manchu Qing.

Yuan Shikai led the troops to fight bravely, with more advanced weapons than the army, several times repelled the Japanese attack, so that the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties, but unfortunately the number of Qing troops was too small, after the Qing army killed and wounded nearly 400 people, Yuan Shikai had to order a retreat.

At the beginning of October, the Japanese army occupied most of the territory of Korea, and at the same time, Japanese soldiers were coming to Korea by ship from the mainland, and while carrying out a full-scale occupation of Korea, they were preparing to resist the "counterattack" of the Manchus.