"What? Qing abolished the Royal Army? Japanese Prime Minister Aritomo Yamaprefecture stood up in surprise.

Just after the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, the Qing State, which had won the victory through the secret purchase of warships, began a new round of military expansion. The meaning of this is just like what the American reporter said: It has no meaning other than fighting for Japan.

Yamaguchi also knows very well that Japan is an island country, with small land and poor resources, and if it wants to expand, it must stand on a continent. North Korea is just a stepping stone, and only by standing on Chinese mainland can Japan really take off. It's a pity that the first year of the first day was defeated by the Qing Dynasty, and even the stepping stone of North Korea only stepped on half of it, and it was still the sharpest half. In North Korea in the Japanese-unified area south of the Han River, Korean guerrillas were constantly in flux. Poisons, assassinations, explosions...... There has never been a break, and the cost of Japan's benefits from North Korea is growing. The reason why he did not give up half of Korea was so that he could attack Qing again in the future.

However, the Qing Kingdom is really rich in resources. The Qing Emperor took out all kinds of resources and began to exchange funds and technologies from all over the world, and the money routes were extended, chimneys were erected, and steel ingots were being formed...... Under the leadership of that emperor, the Qing Kingdom was developing at an unimaginable speed. There was no shortage of manpower in the Qing state, and the Western powers injected money and technology into the Qing country for their own interests. As a result, Youpeng in Shanxian watched the Qing State begin to buy warships to form an army.

Six battleships, six large cruisers, and a large number of supporting auxiliary ships were attached to the future Qing navy on the head of Japan like a sharp blade. Yama Prefecture Youpeng keenly discovered that if all the warships of the Qing Kingdom returned to China, Japan would never have a chance again.

Ito Hirobumi, who was far away in Korea, specially returned to China and told him that the current Japan should cling to the Qing Kingdom and lurk. Let the Qing country relax its vigilance, so that Japan can develop its economy at home with peace of mind. As long as Japan carefully manipulates and instigates the outbreak of these contradictions, especially the revolutionary party of the Qing Dynasty, then the Qing Kingdom will once again fall into domestic turmoil, and then it will be the time for Japan to take off again.

Perhaps what Ito Hirofumi is saying is the safest approach. But it can only be a next step. Emperor Guangxu, who held the power of the Qing State, began to build the naval and land armies of the Qing State with great determination, and the power of the Qing Empress Dowager was squeezed to the greatest extent. If Guangxu cleansed the imperial court and completely dismissed those empress dowager party officials, then he could really control the Qing country. And this is not impossible for the Qing emperor, who had 100,000 elite troops. And the determination shown by the Qing Emperor in the First Sino-Japanese War and the means against the Western powers, this Qing Emperor was definitely a nightmare for Japan.

The future of the Great Japanese Empire could not be built on the weakness of the enemy, and the future of the empire could only be built in the hands of the military. So, Japan can't wait. Japan has a single nation, a united nation, and industrial construction 20 years earlier than the Qing Dynasty. The perfect industrial system in China and the single-minded strength of the whole country are far beyond the Qing Dynasty. Yama Youtomo persuaded the members of the Diet, so Japan took out the next ten years of taxes, all the precious metals, and all the antique calligraphy and paintings, and ordered the Japanese 66th Fleet, which far exceeded the strength of the Qing navy, from the Western powers. Although Japan was still burdened with sky-high debts after the First Sino-Japanese War, everyone understood it. As long as Japan defeats the Qing State, it can gain more from the Qing State than it pays.

But in order to deal with the Qing state with unified power, the empire still has to pay a heavy price. Therefore, Yama Yama Yutomo prayed to Amaterasu that the Empress Dowager of the Qing Kingdom would launch a coup d'état to imprison or kill the Qing Emperor, the empire's greatest enemy. Amaterasu finally heard the prayers of his pious people. On Chinese New Year's Eve, Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty succeeded in a coup d'état and placed the Guangxu Emperor under house arrest. That night, a friend in Shan County was drunk.

How could he not be surprised that the Qing Imperial Army, which had been loyal to the Qing Emperor, had begun to disband today. He had always thought that the 100,000 troops would all turn to Beijing to rescue his emperor, and Yama Youtomo thought that if there was a civil war in the Qing Kingdom, it would be the best chance for Japan to occupy all of Korea. To this end, he squeezed out as much money as possible from the loan, armed more army and sent them to Korea. But it really didn't make him wait for this result. But wouldn't that be a better outcome?

"The Qing Royal Army has been reduced by nearly sixty percent? The two divisions stationed in North Korea each retain a regiment? Is this news true? "Youpeng in Shanxian couldn't believe the news. Is this the protection of Amaterasu?

"Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister, we have verified this information many times. Congratulations on your long-cherished wish. The intelligence officer bowed deeply.

"No, we should thank Amaterasu for hearing the call of the people of the Empire." A friend from Shan County replied: "Please continue to follow up on the dynamics of the Qing Kingdom, and I will go to the base camp immediately." ”

At the Tokyo base camp meeting in Japan, the officials attending the meeting questioned the authenticity of the Qing Dynasty's major disarmament. And various hypotheses were proposed. In particular, the possibility of the Qing Dynasty's open and secret increase in the Qing Dynasty's proposed by General Dashan Yan must be that the Qing Emperor's Royal Army was created by the Qing Emperor, and the Qing State Empress Dowager could easily disintegrate as soon as she came to power, which is really hard to believe.

"Don't forget, the Empress Dowager of the Qing Kingdom has been in charge of the court for nearly forty years. For forty years, the entire Qing Kingdom has been prostrate at the feet of the Empress Dowager of the Qing Kingdom, and I believe you can understand how much energy it contains. So. With the strength of the Empress Dowager of the Qing Kingdom, it is not impossible. Shan Shan Youpeng stood up and bowed deeply: "Everyone, the time has come for the empire to take off again. I hope to see plans to attack the Qing Kingdom as soon as possible. ”

As a result, the generals in the entire base camp gathered in front of the map, carefully calculating every step word by word. And Youpeng, who was born as a general, also has a lot of right to speak. Finally, the discussion ended.

"Although the army is sure to break through the Yalu River again, the navy is deadly. The Qing navy could even do without firing a single cannon, as long as the entire Tsushima Strait was blocked, the empire would not be able to provide sufficient supplies to the imperial ** team in Korea. In that case, the emperor ** team will once again fall into the scene of the defeat of Liaohe the year before last. Shan County Youpeng slammed his fist on the table with great regret: "It seems that we need an ally." "Youpeng of Shanxian County is heavily dotted on the map in the north of the Qing Kingdom.

Nicholas II in St. Petersburg was overjoyed when he learned that the Qing state in the Far East had eliminated all 100,000 elite middle 60,000 people: "Immediately send additional troops to the Far East, and teach these self-righteous yellow pigs a good lesson." ”

The wings of the Russian eagle have spread far over the whole of Asia, and there can be no doubt that in the future we will swear to annex these regions completely. From then on, Asia will become synonymous with Asian Russia. This is the propaganda slogan of the Orientals, represented by Badmayev and others, who strive to promote the traditional intimacy between Russians and Asians, both in blood, ideology and culture. So that their "Yellow Russia plan" has an ideological basis. In order to carry out this evil plan, the Tsarist Russian government forced the Qing government to sign a series of unequal treaties and plundered more than 1.5 million square kilometers of China's territory. But the Far East must be too far from Russia proper. So in 1891, the tsar began to build a large railway through the whole of Siberia. The railway, considered the "spine" of Russia, runs from Moscow in the west to eight time zones and 16 Eurasian rivers. It is planned to cross the Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces in northeastern China, with a length of more than 8,000 kilometers, and lead east to Vladivostok. Nicholas II paid more attention to the East than previous tsars, and he served as chairman of the Trans-Siberian Railway Committee since the time of the crown prince, a position he has maintained since his succession.

Although Russia plundered a large amount of Chinese land through unequal treaties, it did not get an outlet to the sea. As a result, Russia forcibly occupied Vladivostok, which the Qing government insisted on refusing to cede (the treaty stipulated that the two countries would jointly administer and still belong to the Qing territory. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China did not recognize the cession, and only agreed to lease it for 50 years until the end of 1991. Even at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, this issue was never mentioned. It wasn't until July 6, 2001 that a man surnamed Jiang officially ceded him. There was no domestic report at the time. From today's point of view, even the emperor of the Qing Dynasty is still very far-sighted compared to the person surnamed Jiang. From then on, the Russian Far East Fleet was officially stationed. But. Vladivostok has a freeze period of more than three months every winter, which makes the Russian Far Eastern Fleet have to go south every winter to escape the cold.

Since the Qing Dynasty's victory over Japan in the first year of the Qing Dynasty, the Russian Far East Fleet could not go to Lushun for the winter every year, but was transferred to Weihaiwei. Weihaiwei is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the mouth of the sea is shielded by several islands, and the best seaport geographical conditions have also become a cage for the Russian Far East Fleet. The batteries of the North and South Gangs were on full alert whenever the Russian Far East Fleet was temporarily stationed for the winter. The muzzle of each cannon was pointed towards the bay. This was also the only place where the Qing allowed the Russian Far East Fleet to spend the winter, and the harsh temporary conditions stipulated that the temporary Russian Far East Fleet was not allowed to go out without permission. The commander of the Russian Far East Fleet had to worry about losing his heart and sleeping well on the batteries on the shore every winter. Therefore, the acquisition of an ice-free port in the Far East became the most urgent task of Nicholas II.

Expansion to the Far East and the occupation of the ice-free port of Arthur became a unanimous goal for Russia. After the outbreak of the Qing-Japanese War, Russia saw through the weak nature of the Qing state. However, the Qing emperor, who appeared like a comet, defeated Japan in the face of adversity, and then five divisions expanded by the troops of the Battle of Liaohe were stationed in the three eastern provinces. Successive diplomatic defeats forced Russia to turn to military seizures. Therefore, troops have been constantly mobilized to the Far East to stock up on supplies. It is expected that when the Far Eastern Railway is put into operation, it will be the day when the Yellow Russia plan will be successful.

Unexpectedly, the Qing State was abandoning its martial arts, and the only 10 divisions that could be looked at by Russia were half gone at once, and now there are only 20,000 capable soldiers in the three northeastern provinces of the Qing Dynasty. And at the moment there are 50,000 Russian troops in the Far East, and this is an opportunity.

The laughter of Nicholas II spread from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok in the Far East, and the officers and men of the Russian Far East, both the army and navy, began to count the land in front of them.

"Your Majesty. The Japanese minister asked for a meeting. "Nicholas II's Chancellor of the Exchequer Sergei? Yulievich? Witt came in to report.

"The Japanese minister asks for a meeting, why is it not Foreign Minister Ranstor but you, the Minister of Finance, who are here to report?" Nicholas II asked, somewhat confused.

"Because I have come to tell Your Majesty the news that the empire is about to go bankrupt, and by the way, I will tell you the news that the Japanese minister has asked to see."

Nicholas II immediately jumped up: "What happened? ”

"Nothing happened, everything was fine. If Your Majesty no longer insists on sending 200,000 troops to the Far East. "At this time, Russia was actually not having a good time, and the state finances were almost dependent on French loans to maintain it. It is now an important period of state property reform. Nicholas II disrupted his plans because of changes in the Qing state in the Far East.

"Sergey, has the great Tsarist Russia reached the point where there is no money for the mobilization of 200,000 troops?"

In the face of Nicholas II's roar, Sergei still said with a blank face: "If Your Majesty wants to transfer troops to the Western Front, there is no problem. But that was the Far East, and the railways in the Far East were built only as far as Iltskuk, and further on horsepower could only be relied on. If Your Majesty insists on the transfer of troops to the Far East, allow me to resign. ”

Nicholas II, though stubborn, understood what Sergei meant to Russia. Without Sergei, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the money he borrowed from the French allies he supported, perhaps life in Russia would have been even more difficult.

"Then figure it out, it's a great opportunity. Shouldn't we catch it? "Expansion into the Far East was prepared from the reign of Nicholas II's father, and it was something he insisted on.

"Yes, Your Majesty, of course the opportunity should be seized. But I think that the 50,000 troops in the Far East are enough now, after all, it must be the most elite Cossack cavalry. And there are those who prefer to seize this opportunity. ”

"You mean the Japanese macaques?" Nicholas II, who was still the crown prince, had visited Japan, and the "Otsu Incident" that occurred when he was about to leave Japan almost cost him his life. From then on, his ill feelings towards the Japanese were always on his face, and Nicholas II showed a sarcastic attitude at the mention of the Japanese, which was trivial and offensive to him. He believed that the Russian giant could put Japan to death with just a slight movement of his little finger.

"Your Majesty, although Japan was defeated, it did not give up its attempt at the Qing Kingdom. This disarmament of the Qing Kingdom is only an opportunity for our country, but it may be the best and only opportunity for Japan, so they are more urgent than us. Your Majesty, why don't you let Japan take the lead for us? And the Far East is just too far for us, and we need some time to prepare. ”

"Go tell Lance to fight for the best possible conditions for the Empire."

"Definitely, because Japan doesn't have a navy."