On the contrary, Ito Hirobumi, who has always been known for his steady administration, put forward a plan for the Mutiny in Korea and Xian, and although he failed to succeed in the swift response of the Qing State, he showed the strength and determination of Great Japan to resist the Qing State in the face of Britain and France

He also clearly knew that Britain and France's support for Japan was not completely unconditional, even now, Britain and France did not believe that Japan had the strength to defeat the Qing State, in their view, the awakened Qing State was the lion in Napoleon's mouth, and the polar bear to the north of it Britain and France hoped that Great Japan would form a confrontation with Russia and the Qing State in East Asia, so that they would not have the energy to expand in Central Asia and Southeast Asia, instead of having a real battle with Russia and the Qing State

However, Japan had to defeat the Qing in the war in order to obtain the land, grain, coal, and iron ore that the empire needed, and only by defeating the Qing could it gain the respect of Britain and France, so as to receive more aid from them

The water of the Indian Ocean is a turquoise color, the sky is blue, and it is purer than the color of the sea and the earth, and there is a fleet painted black on the sea, and the core of this fleet is the "Zhenyuan" ironclad ship with the five-clawed golden dragon flag, which symbolizes the emperor's identity

Behind the "Zhenyuan" is his sister ship of the same type "Dingyuan", and the members of the fleet also have the two heavy armored cruisers "Riding the Wind" and "Breaking the Waves", they are distributed on both sides of the "Dingyuan" ship and go hand in hand Compared with the four major ironclad ships of Dingyang, Zhen, Ji, and Wei, the main force of the Beiyang Naval Division, these two warships, this trip to Europe, it is these four warships that are drawn from the Beiyang Fleet, and the other ships are in the protection of Fang Huai through the Strait of Malacca, after sailing to Burma, they turned back to their respective military ports, after all, ocean voyages, the cost is huge, Moreover, China does not have colonial supply points along the way, and the larger the size of the fleet, the greater the burden of logistical supply, and now the domestic financial difficulties can be saved, and it is not a short distance to sail from the eastern coast to Burma, and the middle has to pass through the South China Sea, where the sea conditions are complicated, and the British are heavily guarded, Malacca, and the Bay of Bengal, where hurricanes are formed for a long time, which is enough training for the young North and South Ocean sailors

However, ocean voyages are rare in the end, and it is also a visit to foreign countries with the emperor, this kind of opportunity to raise eyebrows makes the North and South Ocean Fleet's various ships and pipe belts fight for the head, as the so-called, Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second, if anyone is selected, does not mean that he is superior in skill among the crowd, if he can still leave a good impression on the emperor, it is not a smooth step to promote in the future, so in order to compete for this visit quota, a simulated military confrontation at sea was held, although the South Ocean Fleet captured two 10,000-ton ironclad ships from the BritishHowever, due to unfamiliar performance and poor cooperation, he was finally defeated in front of the two fast cruisers of "Riding the Wind" and "Breaking the Waves", so the four warships that visited Germany with Guan Xuqing this time were all from the Beiyang Fleet, namely "Zhenyuan" commanded by Deng Shichang, "Zhenyuan" commanded by Lin Tai, "Riding the Wind" commanded by Lin Fan, and "Breaking Waves" commanded by Xu Shoushan

After leaving the capital for nearly half a year, Guan Xuqing's fleet finally bypassed the Strait of Malacca and arrived in Burma, and at this time, Prime Minister Yamen finally announced through the "Daqing Daily" that Guan Xuqing had left Beijing to take a southern tour by boat, and claimed that Guan Xuqing would go to Germany for a state visit at the invitation of the German Emperor Wilhelm II after inspecting the provinces

His first stop will be Wilhelmshaven, Germany, where he will visit the German North Sea Fleet and the German Wilhelmshaven Naval Shipyard to discuss the issue of naval cooperation between China and Germany, and meet there to express condolences to the army officers studying in Germany. On the issue of friendly and cooperative relations between China and the three countries, and on what kind of attitude should be adopted in handling relations between the three world powers, a consensus was reached: After the conclusion of the state visit to Germany, apart from the economic delegation composed of representatives of Jin merchants, Hui merchants, Zhejiang merchants, Cantonese merchants, and Hunan businessmen, under the leadership of Li Zhen, the head of the household department, to continue the talks on Sino-German economic cooperation -- it was nothing more than some matters concerning the absorption of German capital for domestic construction, and Guan Xuqing would visit "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan" After the construction of the Volkeng shipyard, from there, back to Beijing

When people from all walks of life in China got the news, they first collectively lost their voices, as if they were stunned by the emperor's visit to this since the three emperors and five emperors, something that had never happened in their minds, the emperor should sit in the Forbidden City, and steadily revise the chapter to meet with officials of all sizes, and pay attention to "strategizing to win a decisive victory thousands of miles away", such a thing as going to other countries to commit a dangerous thing, it should be the officials under his command to do it, for this reason, some people think of the story of King Chuping being detained as a texture, some rotten people read the newspaper, and all shook their heads and sighed: " In their view, since ancient times, only the kings of small countries went to other countries for tribute and asylum, Guan Xuqing's move was really a loss of face in the Qing Dynasty, but after nearly ten years of civilized education and the introduction of the world's customs and customs in the Qing Daily, the domestic atmosphere has opened up a lot, and there are endless things around, such as trains, ships, telegraphs, electric lights, etc., which have been popularized among the people, and many people know that the Qing Dynasty is facing "great changes unseen in a thousand years", The ability to accept fresh affairs is much stronger, and after the surprise, the country is a voice of excitement, from the extreme arrogance before the two opium wars to the extreme inferiority after the two opium wars, the people of the Qing Dynasty have experienced a process of psychological transformation with a great gap, and the two wars of China and Britain and China and France have made the domestic people regain confidence a little, but many people are still afraid of foreign powers. The emperor of the Qing Dynasty was invited by the German emperor, which undoubtedly means that the emperor of Germany regards our emperor of the Qing Dynasty as an equal status with them, especially since Germany is still the leading power in Europe and has defeated the invincible French

As for the comments in foreign newspapers, including small countries like the Netherlands and Portugal, although they tried their best to use the most polite tone, the contempt for China behind them, believing that this was the young emperor of the ancient empire of the Far East, who wanted to participate in the international power maneuver, and many British and French newspapers even predicted early: "...... The young Chinese emperor will return empty-handed with nothing, because this is not the Far East under his rule, there are its own laws, and no European will listen to his ......"

But the Germans did not see it that way, and the British squadron in the Pacific deployed the "George V" and the "Hood", and when these types of battleships appeared majestically on the Pacific Ocean, Brent Brown. Hysim found that none of the warships under his command could overwhelm the Saxony-class ironclads they had once made the Germans proud, and the fleet of former dreadnoughts had now become useless waste and a burden, and the first German-designed dreadnoughts had just been pushed to the slipway, and it was going to be completed, at least two years later. Hysim feared that even the Japanese fleet would be able to wipe out his seemingly formidable expeditionary fleet, and that once the British blockaded Malacca or the shores of the Gulf of Siam, it would be unlikely that the expeditionary fleet would continue to supply the tens of thousands of German expeditionary forces in Thailand

Fortunately, there is also an ally in Asia, China, a traditional power that is struggling to rise, and they have even defeated the French and British armies, and they can give strong support to the expeditionary force, Brent wrote to his "influential" friends at home............ Thank God that at the most difficult time for the expeditionary force, the Chinese Emperor finally agreed to His Majesty's invitation, and we should show the greatest sincerity to welcome the visit of this Oriental, even if we do not look down on them in our hearts, but let them know that we value them and that the relationship between the two sides is friendly and reliable............ Hearing that they want to join our alliance with Austria and Italy, I don't understand why I didn't immediately agree to them, it would be better to persuade them to send troops to Thailand to help us My fleet has only two Saxony classes, while the Chinese have four Saxon Improved classes, and also have two powerful armored cruisers and their army is more trustworthy than their navy, I have visited their ordinary camps in Burma, whose combat effectiveness is not under our B infantry division, and the equipment and firepower are very complete, It is said that they are also proficient in jungle tactics to know that our heroic soldiers are now stuck in the mud pits of the rainforest, fighting mosquitoes, poisonous snakes, and high temperature and humidity every day, and always guarding against cold guns that come out of nowhere by the Thais, and soldiers continue to bleed to death, while the Thais seem to have disappeared into the jungle, so that we need little help from the Chinese, not only food, medicine and coal, I believe that only these are the same yellow skin, Black-eyed Chinese can catch the Siamese in the jungle If not, I am pessimistic about the outcome of this war, the expeditionary force, although it is a giant, cannot withstand the constant bloodshed, we will either persuade Chinese to join this war, or give us two Brandenburg-class ships and two fully equipped and fully supplied A field divisions, or send competent men to remove me......"

On the "Saxony" that saw off Guan Xuqing, the muzzle of the six-inch second-class main gun flashed with white smoke, and the German sailors of several warships began to fire a salute with a rumbling bang, and the German sailors of several warships were already standing on the side of the ship, performing a neat military salute, and the officers were all wearing summer military uniforms with gold buckles and round necks and black and white at the top of the Kaiser, and then the signal flag was displayed on the "Saxony" again, "I pay tribute to His Majesty the Great Qing Emperor" and "I wish you smooth sailing in your future"

Deng Shichang looked at the banner, almost couldn't help but be excited, and explained loudly to Guan Xuqing, and the representatives of the wealthy businessmen behind him and the officials who accompanied Guan Xuqing on the visit couldn't help but blush

The warship gradually sailed away, looking back, you can see the land and jungle of Thailand, as well as the dazzling white beach, the waves crashing on the beach layer by layer, the greater the difficulties encountered by the Germans here, the more solid the Sino-German relationship will be, the two wars between China and France and Britain Germany got a large number of orders from the Qing Dynasty, and now the Qing Dynasty should also pull two hairs from Germany Germany's tents, medicine, ammunition, dry food, etc. in Thailand are all transported from the Qing Dynasty, if they are transported from Germany itself, Then the shipping cost is much more expensive than buying directly from Daqing