The Far East, which was still backward and barbaric in the eyes of Europeans, attracted the attention of all the countries of the world because it became the place where the fleets of twelve naval nations gathered. With the exception of China and Japan, in the Far East, warships of all other countries are still on the way, except for Britain, France, and Spain, which have already stationed their navies in the Far East. In the face of the upcoming world's largest steel showdown, all countries expressed their attitude to the Qing government through their envoys to China, hoping that the Qing country would not go to war with Japan at this time.

Although Britain was the leader of the shipbuilding industry in various countries during this period, each country had different knowledge and understanding of warships, and each country had its own construction standards and needs. Who is right and who is wrong, this is undoubtedly the best test for warships. The war between China and Japan, the two countries with the world's most selected warships, became the best way to test the design and use of warships today. As a result, the originally dense riveting sound of shipyards in various countries suddenly stopped, and they needed to find out more advanced naval combat techniques and warship structures from this duel.

In order to learn more from the naval warfare experience of China and Japan, the warships of various countries heading to the Far East were loaded with naval observers from various countries.

Navy Coach Alfred? Feng? Tirpitz personally led the team to the Far East on a German cruiser, and in his observation group was the future commander of the German High Seas Fleet, Reinhardt? Scheer and the future German Admiral Franz? Hipper.

The British considered their Far East Fleet commander to be Philmant and a good admiral in his own right, so they did not send any other officers. But Britain still sent a fast light cruiser, because William, the best warship designer of the British Empire? Sir White needed to travel to the Far East to see the battle himself, which he thought would inspire him to find the best design for Britain's future warships.

As a result, the Qing Dynasty had to face pressure from all over the world, which made the entire Japanese cabinet extremely happy. This result was not expected by Commander Gonbei Yamamoto, who was staying in Singapore. The British side is also glad that there is no need to be present in person. But the Qing side did not say anything, only Wu Deren, the commander-in-chief of the Qing Navy, was like Erlenzi. Regardless of the fact that he expressed his complaints on various public and private occasions: what is the Japanese fleet waiting for, his fleet can no longer wait.

Although the countries of the world understand. While the Japanese fleet was still concentrated, it was the highest priority. Therefore, they did not want to go to war, but they did not force the Qing State to do so, after all, if they encountered this kind of thing, they would also choose various tactics to break through. So, they're more just expressing regret. As a result, all countries turned their hopes to the British, after all, the British and Japan are allies, and if you don't help with this, who will believe you in the future. As a result, Britain, which had just breathed a sigh of relief, began to struggle again.

Including the British, they believed. As long as they say a word, they can make the Qing state die. However, on the premise of not giving up vested interests, the British could not change the result of asking the Qing to retreat, so that the life of the British merchants in the Qing Kingdom would be even more difficult. When did the British merchants, who had been smooth sailing in the Qing Kingdom, become treading on thin ice? If you think about it carefully, it seems that it began with the British reselling the Shikishima and Hatsuse two ships ordered by the Qing Kingdom to Japan.

Prior to this, the Qing Dynasty opened up the right to build railways, opened up mineral and forestry resources, opened treaty ports, reduced administrative approval procedures, abolished exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, etc., and the Qing State's active and efficient means of opening up also won the support of the British Empire, building warships, training workers from all walks of life, training naval officers, selling and helping them to build shipyards, and so on. Britain only said one sentence: Britain did not want the Qing to lease Xiamen to Germany, and the Qing abandoned Germany's high lease fees. Britain and China were honeymoons at that time.

As a result of the Qing-Japanese War, Japan was defeated, and the first thing that came to mind was the British Empire, which received sky-high war reparations. All kinds of cooperation and negotiations were very pleasant, but everything changed when the British resold the two battleships ordered by the Qing Kingdom to Japan. Ignoring British opposition, the Qing State leased Dapeng Bay to Germany, and the Qing State handed over the Shanghai-Hunan Railway to the Germans for construction in spite of the Quantong that had already been submitted and signed. If it is easy to deal with the reasons of the Qing government alone, the British Empire is not easy to mess with. And the Qing government really didn't heed the British warning, so it did these two things. But from that day on. HSBC, which had a good reputation, was withdrawn in large quantities, Chinese workers began to refuse to work in British factories, and Chinese silk merchants preferred to rot raw silk in warehouses rather than sell it to British merchants. Even because the Chinese were unwilling to do business with the British, the supply of the British Far East Fleet was once strained. This kind of spontaneous anti-British behavior of the people is what worries the whole of Britain, and once Britain openly supports Japan again this time, the Far East Fleet will probably not be able to buy a single grain in Hong Kong.

The way is not nothing, but the Qing State proposed to buy 4ol/3o5 mm naval gun manufacturing technology or buy the battleship Majesty, according to the Qing people's saying, it is called: The Great Qing State is not short of money. Hell, these are the core military secrets of the British Empire, and they are also the confidence to suppress the navies of other countries around the world, and these are impossible to sell. The British understood that it was difficult for the Qing Dynasty. Because the Qing State was ready for war. So the British turned their heads and became angry with Japan, and with such a powerful fleet, they still needed to trouble the British government. Because, according to the words of the admiral of the British Empire, if this fleet was handed over to the British. He can fight back to Japan. But in fact, the fleet was full of poorly trained Japanese.

Britain really can't be blamed, because full support for the Qing State is not in line with Britain's continental balance policy, and it is also called glorious isolation. The original purpose was to maintain the balance of power among the great European powers in peacetime, without ally with any major power or bloc of powers, and the greatest advantage was to maintain freedom of movement. After all, Britain at this time was in a monopoly position as the world's factory, with a powerful navy capable of dominating the seas. Being in the geographical position of the island nation, the leading level of military science, and the international situation in Europe at that time were enough to independently guarantee their own security. Under such a premise, the policy of balance of power should be pursued to maintain the balance of power among the great powers of Europe, to make full use of the contradictions between the great powers to play the role of mediator, and to defend British interests in the most advantageous way, so that Britain could become the straw that tilted the balance at the least cost. Four or two thousand pounds, played to the extreme by the British.

As Britain expanded, so did the policy of glorious isolation. So in East Asia. In order to limit Russia's expansion in the Far East, the only two powerful countries in Britain became the targets of British glorious isolation in the Far East (the last sovereign independent state was Siam, because it became a buffer zone between Britain and France in the Far East). There is no room for development). As a result, after Japan's defeat in World War II, the glorious isolation policy could only choose to support Japan. Otherwise, it would not be in line with British policy for the Qing dynasty to dominate the country. However, because of the glorious isolation policy, they chose to support Japan, so it became extremely difficult for British businessmen in China. Eugene, who once had the confidence to turn China's Jiangnan into the second jewel in the crown of the British Empire, is now dead to this heart.

In fact, Ogne was also very annoyed, the market of 40,000 people in the Qing Dynasty was extremely huge, and how many people were there in Japan? Losing a market of 400 million people for the sake of a market of 10 million people is simply unreasonable. Japan used the tax revenue for the next ten years as collateral to build ships, and in the face of accusations from the parliament, it was purely thankless to deliver two battleships in the form of loans that the Qing State had already paid for.

"Lord Tang, although I personally choose to support the Qing Kingdom. But I must still be a government employee, and I need to firmly follow the government's orders. I hope to receive your Government's understanding. In the face of the visiting foreign minister of the Qing Dynasty, Eugene expressed deep regret.

"My Government, out of respect for the United Kingdom, may accept your mediation, but it must be carried out after one month. At the same time, when the Japanese fleet passes through our waters, it needs to sail on the designated route under the supervision of our fleet. This is not negotiable, and if the Japanese fleet dares to enter the South China Sea north of the Shoal of our Zengmu within a month, or does not follow the route designated by the Chinese Government, our country will regard Japan's behavior as a declaration of war against China. Tang Shaoyi openly said no to the British minister for the first time, and her inner pride was extremely strong. At the same time, the designated route map of the Great Qing Kingdom was handed over.

The map shows the Japanese fleet from the Spratly Islands to the Dongsha Islands. Via the Taiwan Strait, the Yellow Sea, and finally the Osumi Islands back to Japan. Ogner put down the route map and said, "I will tell Japan immediately." ”

After Ougner finished speaking, he invited Tang Shaoyi to sit down, and after the business was over, he talked about some personal matters: "I don't know why your country needs a month?" Do you have to wait for the warships on Huludao to be completed? Of course, this is just a personal question, and if it is inconvenient for Lord Tang, he can not say it. ”

Tang Shaoyi smiled: "Ming people don't say secret words. It is true that the warships in Huludao will take no less than a month to finish. However, as the minister of the first naval power, he should understand that after the construction of the warship, it still needs to go through sea trials and training. So waiting for a month has nothing to do with warships, as for why I don't know. ”

"It doesn't matter." Ogne spread his hands indifferently: "I just received the delicious caviar from China, if Lord Tang has nothing else to do today, it is better to stay and taste it together." ”

Why did the Qing state let the Japanese fleet stop in Singapore for a month? No one could guess why. Yamamoto Gonbei stared at the route on the chart, and his eyes were fixed on the mosquito coil circle, and he couldn't see the intention of Qing Guo. As long as you follow the route designated by the Qing State, it is certain that you will not be attacked, otherwise the treacherous Qing State will not be able to gain a foothold in the world, but why wait a month?

Compared to the dead Admirals such as Heihachiro Togo, Gonbei Yamamoto is best at organization and strategic layout, and is not good at leading the fleet to charge. But after the first year of the Japanese lost all of its naval elite. He could only take on this heavy responsibility. Although he is not good at fighting, his excellent strategic ability reminds him of a key word - time.

Why does it take a month for the Qing Kingdom. That's because of the time it takes for the Huludao shipyard. Judging by the construction time, even Britain can only build destroyers in 11 months. Therefore, he can be sure that the ships built by the Qing State in Huludao are indeed ramming destroyers for suicide attacks as rumored, and the time for sea trials and adjustments is exactly the time when the fleet will complete maintenance after returning home. Yamamoto's forces finally understood the intentions of the Qing State, the Qing Navy was inferior to the Combined Fleet in firepower, and the Qing State hoped that ramming the destroyer would give the Qing State an advantage in naval battles. The enemy must not be allowed to do what they want to do, and the best way is to bypass Indonesia and return home to the country off the coast of the Philippines, so that the country can be caught off guard in terms of time. Although the Qing State did not guarantee that there would be no war in the open sea, the sea was vast and vast...... The more Yamamoto thought about it, the more dry his mouth became, but when he turned his head to see the tired sailors who were crowded on deck, he let out a long sigh.

The Japanese Navy suffered heavy losses in personnel, plus two more battleships were acquired. Therefore, the sailors trained in the past two years could not meet the needs of such a large fleet, and in the end he and the base camp had to make a decision to receive the battleships by the sailors sent from home. The remaining sailors on cruisers and torpedo ships were now recruited from among the native shipwrights and expatriates living in various European countries. These have just been trained for two months before they learned to fly complex warships. The sailors, who were described by British instructors as only capable of low-intensity naval warfare, had barely managed to get their warships here, and they had long been exhausted by days of naval exercises and training. If the demoralized fleet is touched by the Qing fleet at sea, I am afraid that it will be defeated by the experienced Qing fleet immediately!

Can't take any chances! Gonbei Yamamoto immediately reported to the country that he would rather stay in the new return slope for a month.

Since Japan agreed to the Qing State's request, the Qing Imperial Court, which was still nervous, became calm in an instant. The Qing State was neither Britain nor Japan, and the Qing State was a maritime power and a land power, even if the Qing Navy was defeated. Can the Japanese Army be an opponent of the Qing Army? As long as the Qing State cites to the death and does not negotiate peace, as long as the Qing State abandons the coastline and retreats inland, it will only be Japan that will be dragged to death in the end. Since the Qing Dynasty can be invincible, what is the panic of the Qing Dynasty that still has the power of a battle.

At the end of June, when the last shipbuilding fee was allocated to the Huludao Shipyard, there was a surplus in the imperial court's funds, so all departments were eyeing this money, and the navy and army were particularly blushing. However, at today's court meeting, Education Minister Yung Hong presented a petition requesting that the expenses be converted into education funds. The first phase of the first phase of the Education for All plan to be piloted in Zhili was presented, and the first place to roll it out was of course in Beijing. This is a major national event, and it has finally been on the agenda after several years of planning. Standing next to Rong Hong was Yang Zao'er, the Qing Empress who was named as the squire of the Ministry of Education and the next Minister of Education.

The ritual system was a major event in the feudal dynasty. How can the queen on her body not have ceremonial clothes, and now Yang Zaoer stands on top of the court in the queen's court clothes that have been customized. Jacket and bottom, crossed collar right side, laced concealed buttons, wide sleeves. This is the most significant feature of Hanfu, the original Ming costume was the queen's court dress, but after wearing it, Guangxu found that the whole thing was similar to the Annan people (in the Qing Dynasty, not only the Annan people have always maintained the dress of the Ming Dynasty, including the majority of the minority ethnic groups of the Yungui generation did not recognize the Qing Dynasty from their hearts. So much so that in the early years of the Republic of China, the local administrator sent by the central government to the Yunnan-Guizhou area was also called the town guard by the locals according to the Ming system), Guangxu was dissatisfied with the queen dressed as an Annan person, so he asked the Ministry of Rites to be restructured into the Song Dynasty costume. As a result, it is not much different from the North Koreans. Guangxu was angry and asked to make Tang costumes again, but it turned out that the queen was about to become Japanese. Guangxu was very devastated. The Qing Dynasty almost completely wiped out the Han culture that had existed for thousands of years (it will really be on the verge of annihilation in another 100 years), but the surrounding areas that have been affected by the Qing Dynasty still retain the traditional Han cultural heritage. Guangxu was furious. The Ministry of Rites was ordered to imitate the costumes and etiquette of the former Han Dynasty Empress and re-establish the ritual system of the Empress of the Guangxu Dynasty. So just a week later, Yang Zaoer had this court dress. After a full month of etiquette training, the queen standing in the court is really graceful and luxurious, but the trouble of practicing etiquette makes Guangxu feel cold.

In fact, Hanfu originated in the Zhou Dynasty, designed by the Duke of Zhou, and was originally called the Zhou system, when the Central Plains people were also called the Zhou people, and there were no obvious changes until the Han Dynasty. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu in the north, the name of the Great Han State, which was feared by the surrounding peoples, became the name of the Central Plains people. Since the Han Dynasty, it has continued to change, starting from Li Tang, with the gradual integration of the northern ethnic minorities with the Han people in the Central Plains, and the fact that Hanfu is not suitable for the battlefield, Hanfu has gradually taken on the characteristics of ethnic minority costumes. After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs and cut off the hair and changed clothes, Hanfu was already unrecognizable, except for retaining the basic style of handing over the right hand. I heard that the Ministry of Rites consulted the classical books all night, and repeatedly revised them many times, and finally made a completely imitation of the Han Dynasty costumes in front of the queen's court dress.

Guangxu has always believed that Hanfu is the most feminine clothing, and it is too hot to wear in the summer, and it is troublesome to wear, because the whole body is not buttoned and fixed with a belt. And Guangxu didn't have the habit of letting people wait to get up, and Yang Zao'er couldn't wear Hanfu alone, so Guangxu, who had no way to take the clothes, collapsed, and recruited a maid for the first time without going downstairs. However, Yang Zao'er in Hanfu is so moving in Guangxu's eyes, especially when Yang Zao'er, who is beautiful and wears a bright yellow Hanfu and a phoenix crown on her head, she has been raised in the palace for several months to be more plump and watery, and because she is a little shy in court clothes for the first time, her face is red and tender. This made Guangxu, who was sitting on the dragon chair, look confused.

"Your Majesty. Emperor? ”

The light shout from the audience brought the distracted Guangxu back to his senses: "Oh, oh." Good, good. It's beautiful, it's ...... No, no, yes. ”

After the Ministry of Education's decision is approved, it is natural for the officials of the Ministry of Education to start the work of carrying out a pilot project of education for all in Beijing. This requires an understanding of the survey, population density, age level, and education status in Beijing, and so on, so that the location of the school can be optimally arranged. These all need to be investigated on the spot, and as the queen of the nominal Ministry of Education, she naturally needs to participate in it. You can participate in it, you don't need to take the maids and guards to be busy until late at night, you are busier than the emperor, who will comfort the emperor's lonely heart. So Guangxu used the excuse that he needed to do a detailed census in order to roll out national education across the country in the future, and once again ordered the household officials to join in the preparation for the future national census, which replaced the queen from the pile of copywriting.

Looking at Yang Zao'er, who had been so busy for a week that she couldn't even eat well, Guangxu poured a glass of warm water for Yang Zao'er. Seeing Yang Zao'er stop retching after drinking warm water, Guangxu said very painfully: "If you don't want to eat, you can eat as much as you want, the body is the capital of the revolution." Give the work to the officials below to do it, and you can just check it. ”

Guangxu was originally going to call the imperial doctor over, Yang Zaoer thought that it was just that the rest was not good, and Guangxu also thought that it was a three-point poison, and in the previous life, he could resist it, and he would be able to resist it after a few days. But I don't know how this matter was known by the two old ladies, when Guangxu was still in the court, the two old ladies took the imperial doctor to see the queen's illness and then angrily entered the court meeting that was being discussed.

"The queen retched for a few days, why didn't the emperor pass on the imperial doctor? As a queen, you have to work hard, what is your intention as a courtier? In case of injury to the dragon heir in the queen's womb, the mourning family will behead the whole house. ”

Is the queen pregnant? When all the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty looked at the Empress Dowager Cihui and waited for the accurate results, Guangxu, who had not yet reacted, asked rhetorically: "What is the disease of the dragon heir in the abdomen?" Haven't heard of it? ”

"How did you become a husband, you don't know anything about the queen's pregnancy?" The furious Cihui smashed the dragon head crutch in his hand along Guangxu's scalp on the dragon case, which made Guangxu react: "I want to be a father!!" Guangxu 'howled' and rushed towards Yingtai.

The ministers congratulated the Queen Mother of the two palaces one after another, and their expressions were extremely happy. The emperor in front of him is wise and brave, but he likes to fight on the front line too much. Imperial inheritance is the top priority of any dynasty, and now the queen's pregnancy means that the dynasty has a future and inheritance. The million-strong army had an object to protect, and the loyalty of the ministers had a goal to susten, and the Guangxu Dynasty put aside its last concerns for the first time. The court meeting can be over, and now there is nothing bigger than the queen's pregnancy in the whole country. (To be continued)