Seeing Chiyoko turn to herself with a puzzled face, Ito Hirobumi only smiled and waved his hand, and continued, "It's okay, he's just jealous of me." You go back first, but don't sleep too hard, it's better not to live up to the beautiful scenery tonight. ”

Chiyoko smiled, turned around and left. Ito picked up the flask and filled a glass for himself and Saionji Gongwang.

"Ito-kun, what the hell do you think?" Xiyuan Temple Gongwang asked with some eagerness.

Ito Hirofumi picked up his glass, stared at the pale yellow liquid in the glass, which was clearer in the moonlight, and said lightly, "I don't have any ideas. ”

"Huh?" Saionji Gongwang was stunned, and he looked at Ito Hirofumi with a little confusion, but he didn't answer the latter's words.

"I'm not saying that your idea of putting people's livelihood first is wrong. In the same way, I don't think there's anything wrong with the strategy of external expansion that they are advocating...... In fact. There is only one criterion for judging these things, and that is the result! In order to achieve the desired results, in addition to using the means flexibly, it is also necessary to know how to grasp the timing. Ito's eyes flickered, and his tone gradually turned sonorous.

"In the early years of the Meiji era, when I accompanied Iwakura-kun on a tour of Europe and the United States, the iron-blooded prime minister Bismarck warned me that the countries of the world today are actually superior to each other, and the commander of the Prussian army, General Moltke, put it more bluntly," Ito Hirobumi continued with a solemn expression: "He told me that the so-called public law of all nations depends entirely on the strength ......of the country, and only those who abide by the public law are a matter of effect. As for the great powers, they all use their national strength to realize their power. I have never dared to forget these words for a day, especially when the mountain rain is approaching. ”

"Saionji-kun, do you think that with the national strength of Japan today, it can become a first-class or even second-class power with the strength of its own country alone?" Hirobumi Ito turned to Saionji Gongwang and asked.

"Can't!" The prince of Xiyuan Temple replied very simply, "If the empire wants to rise quickly, it can only rely on foreign aid. ”

"Saionji-kun is right. But if you want to rely on foreign aid, you have to be able to see it. Ito Hirobumi nodded approvingly and continued: "Taoan, you have been on a mission to Europe, you should know the British rhetoric, right?" -- The so-called great powers in the Far East are only Britain, Russia, and Qian, and as for our Japanese empire, although it has also tried its best to carry out reform, in the eyes of the European and American powers, compared with the Qian, Japan is just a small country! And the best way to get them to abandon such misunderstandings is to directly defeat the Qianguo on the battlefield! ”

"Defeat Qianguo on the battlefield?!" Gongwang of Xiyuan Temple was taken aback, "But without foreign aid, how can you defeat the Qianguo with the existing military strength of the empire?" Doesn't the defeat of the Battle of Taiwan illustrate the problem? ”

"Xiyuan Temple-kun, do you know that there is another important reason why a group of people from Xixiang Congdao are so active in passing through Taiwan?" Hirobumi Ito smiled and asked.

Saionji Gongwang shook his head, and Ito Hirobumi took a sip of wine and gave the answer.

"It's because their actions have the support of the Chinese people."

"Rice people?" Xiyuan Temple Gongwang was shocked again.

"That's right! Not only were all the arms for that operation procured in the United States, but there were also American soldiers in the team as guides. "And if he succeeds, Li Xiande, a native of the United States, will become the governor of Taiwan." ”

"No wonder you, Ito-kun, were so enthusiastic at that time......," Saionji Gongwang suddenly realized.

"Although the Mi government had no intention of becoming the empire's foreign aid at that time, if the adventures of the Saigo Congdao people could achieve certain results and force the Qianguo to accept the fait accompli, then the Mi country might look at the empire differently." "Actually, not only the United States, but also the European countries must have a new understanding of the empire, and in that case, the empire will have the opportunity to rejuvenate itself with foreign aid!" Just ......"

"It turns out that you, Ito-kun, actually thought like this at that time......" Saionji Gongwang fully understood at this point, "I said, how could you, Ito-kun, get involved with them at that time......"

"Xiyuan Temple-kun, do you know where I got this idea from?" Hirobumi Ito smiled and asked.

"How did Ito-kun get this idea?" Saionji Gongwang asked.

"I learned it from that Qianguo man named Lin Yizhe!" Ito Hirobumi replied, "This person is trying his best to promote friendship between France and Qianguo, and the purpose is to use the strength of France to make France a foreign aid to Qianguo!" And judging from the current situation, he has achieved a lot of results! Without the help of France, it would not have been possible to build a fleet of steam warships of such scale in a short period of time on its own! And now, it is such a fleet that has become the biggest obstacle to the empire's outward expansion! ”

"That's why Ito-kun has always cared so much about this person's every move...... "Saionji Gongwang understood why Ito Hirobumi asked Yanagihara Maemitsu to go to Fuzhou in person to see if Lin Yizhe really kept the system.

"What I was most worried about at that time was this person's ......," a wry smile appeared on Ito's face, "but fortunately, this person is now dead......

"You know what? Tao An, in fact, I was really conflicted at that time, because I was worried that this person was really conservative, as long as he stayed in Fujian, with his scheming and skill, he might still cause a huge obstacle to Xixiang Congdao's actions. Unfortunately, what I feared came true......"

"Then Ito-kun didn't think of anything at that time?" Saionji Gongwang asked.

"I even thought about whether or not to assassinate him...... Ito said, his gaze suddenly sharpened, like the moment when Shicai slashed with a knife.

"In that case, the impact is too great, right? Moreover, if such a high-ranking official is killed, the Qianguo government will not give up, and once it is traced to the empire, it will cause international disputes, and it will bring great trouble to the empire! Xiyuan Temple Gongwang shook his head and said, "Absolutely not! ”

"Yes! That's why I gave up on the idea. Hirobumi Ito sighed, "It's better not to use such a risk lightly...... Fortunately, those conservative officials in Qianguo have helped us a lot and have done what we have always wanted to do but have not been able to do......

Listening to Ito Hirofumi's words, Saionji Gongwang was silent for a while.

For conspiracies such as assassination, Xiyuan Temple Gongwang has always been very disgusted in his heart, but he also understands that sometimes, this kind of extraordinary means that are forced to be used still need to be used.

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