"Your Excellency should have heard what Saionji-kun, Inoue-kun and Kayama-kun said, right?" After entering the secret room, Ito Hirobumi said coldly.

"It's going to be a never-ending race, and it won't end until one of them can't hold it anymore, so don't have any illusions, just prepare hard." Although he was very dissatisfied with the military's arms race at any cost, Saionji Gongwang clearly knew that in East Asia, only one country between the Qing and Japan could rise, and if Japan wanted to rise, it must defeat the Qing State. Integrate Korea and Taiwan into the empire's territory and receive enough reparations to support the empire's modernization. There is no other way.

"Xiyuan Sijun seems to have no confidence in the future." Looking at the Seonji Gongwang with a gloomy face, Ito Hirobumi said with a smile, and then poured a glass of sake for the Saionji Kobo.

"In terms of financial resources, as long as the Qing State builds a navy, it can guarantee undefeated, while the empire must build a navy and an army at the same time to achieve the ultimate goal, the empire must win, and even after a draw, the empire cannot afford to repay the huge foreign debt. This result is essentially no different from defeat. Xiyuan Temple Gongwang said.

"That's what I said. But can a dying Qing state defeat a thoroughly modernized empire? Hirobumi Ito asked with a smile.

"What do you mean by that?" Xiyuan Temple Gongwang asked curiously.

"Today, the Qing Kingdom is very similar to Japan before the Meiji Restoration, with many feudal towns and fragile centers. However, there is one point that the Qing Dynasty is not as good as the Empire. That is, there is no feudal town in the Qing Dynasty that dares to improve itself like Changzhou and Satsuma. Whether it is Nanyang or Beiyang, either you have more than enough heart and insufficient strength, or you don't want to make progress at all, and you just whitewash it. Ito Hiroving paused and continued: "In the past 30 years, the Qing Dynasty has cultivated a real pillar of talent. Under the heavy fetters of internal and external affairs, it is really amazing to be able to build the Second Beiyang Marine and Land Division to such a scale. And this time, without the approval of the central government, it is really a big deal to invite Italians to negotiate arms purchases, and then force the central government to allocate funds. Ito Hirobumi is not sure about the specific situation, but I can only speculate.

"Which empire has how many chances can defeat the Beiyang Naval Division in this never-ending race?" Saionji Gongwang asked.

"Ten percent!" Hirofumi Ito said confidently.

"How so?" Saionji Gongwang asked.

"One vassal enemy one country. What is the result, I think Saionji-kun is very clear, right? How long did it take to resist with the heroism of Saigo Takamori Jun plus 30,000 heroes? And this was only the Imperial Army in 1877. Now, the Imperial Army is in full swing. As long as the Combined Fleet can defeat the Beiyang Naval Division, the war will surely end in the victory of the Empire. Hirobumi Ito said with certainty.

"How is this money raised?" Seeing that Ito Hirobumi was so confident, Saionji felt relieved, so he began to discuss how to raise funds.

"It is obviously impossible to simply reissue public debt. There is only ...... way to do it. "Speaking of this problem, Ito Hirobumi can't help it, a penny is suffocating a good man, this is a budget of 1.2 million pounds. Even if you issue public bonds, you can't go beyond a certain range.

"In order to equip the 6 Master Corps for the attack on the Qing Kingdom, the government took away the last grain of rice from the people's homes. And for the sake of the navy's warships, the female workers in the silk reeling factory had to work 14 hours a day. There really can't be any more money to raise more money for the Navy and Army. Xiyuan Temple Gongwang also said with some embarrassment.

"Since there is no longer any extra money in military spending, then the budget can only be embezzled." Speaking of this, two cold lights shot out of Ito's eyes.

"It's a violation of the Constitution." Hearing this, as soon as the hand of Xiyuan Temple Gongwang was given, the cups fell to the ground.

"Violation, violation, without this funding, the Navy can't beat the Beiyang Fleet. It's just a big deal. "Hirobumi Ito is a rare scoundrel. (This is not made up by the author, historically, when it comes to budgetary issues, Saigo has really planned to do this, and once the appropriation bill is not passed, there will be a prelude to it.) It's a big deal, although it's very disgraceful, but it's really effective, but fortunately, in the end, the entire navy allocated guò, and Saigo didn't have to play with his life. ）

"That's all there is to it." Xiyuan Temple Gongwang took out a handkerchief, gently wiped the cold sweat and said. Anyway, whether it's a bad idea or a clever plan, there's a way anyway. After the mountain that weighed on the hearts of the two was removed, they could finally talk about some lighter topics. …,

"Aoki-kun's telegram mentions a Chinese designer who is very good, I wonder if Ito-kun has heard of it." Xiyuan Temple Gongwang said softly.

"I've heard that I have a very good relationship with the famous Italian designer Vittorio Cuniberti. He also participated in the design of the **-class dome cruiser and was a great designer. Hirobumi Ito said.

"This person is said to be going to serve in Beiyang." Xiyuan Temple Gongwang said.

"It's a pity, what a good designer, if he can serve in the empire, it will be very good for both the empire and himself." Hirobumi Ito said.

"Isn't Ito-kun afraid that he will cause any variables in Beiyang?" Xiyuan Temple Gongwang asked curiously.

"People can only function if they are in the right places. This man can make a big difference in any shipyard in Europe. But in the Qing country, it did not work. Li Hongzhang likes to buy warships, and the industrial base of the Qing State is too poor, so there is no room for him to play at all. Even if he influences some people, what can be the result of fighting a country with a small number of people? I'm afraid it's a waste of effort. Hirobumi Ito said with a smile.

"And what are we going to do with this person?" Saionji Gongwang asked.

"We don't have time for this little man. Sue Sù Aoki-kun immediately contacted Armstrong Shipyard and pushed the price down as much as possible. At the same time, arrange production. If you can, see if you can issue more government bonds. Hirobumi Ito said in a deep voice.

Everyone, support a lot, there is a change tonight. The author finally recommended a new book, so please help~~