"Isn't the emperor of the Qing Kingdom distressed by this?" Emperor Meiji asked curiously, "You know, it's the wealth of the country that is wasted." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"The luxury of the Empress Dowager, the emperor of the Qing State is not only acquiescing, but also strongly supporting, although this is difficult for us in Japan to understand, but if you join the situation of the Qing State, then there is no problem at all," Komura Shoutaro - talked eloquently, "The emperor of the Qing State is not the biological son of the Empress Dowager who has always listened to the government and controlled the entire Qing Dynasty, but is a side branch to the succession to the unification, in the case of the Queen Mother is very tough, and the Manchu Dynasty is a henchman, The emperor of the Qing State must let the Queen Mother's needs in all aspects be fully satisfied, so that the Queen Mother's retirement life can be squandered to her heart's content, including money, entertainment and food, in this way, you can avoid the Queen Mother because of dissatisfaction and continue to put pressure on the emperor, and even affect the power of the Qing Emperor, not to mention that the Qing people pay the most attention to one of the principles is the Three Platforms and Five Constants, yes, the Three Platforms and Five Constants, filial piety to the mother is completely correct at any time and on any occasion, The queen mother does anything, and the emperor as a son cannot be opposed. ”

"Qing Guo heard that a huge garden was going to be built, in order to welcome all countries, is this really the reason for this matter?" Emperor Meiji said.

"Welcoming the palaces is just a reason, the biggest reason is because the queen mother hopes to continue to build some more beautiful royal gardens on the basis of the original garden, so the emperor also thinks that this is a project that can make the mother feel at ease, so he asks the government departments to do a good job in this matter, which is also a very extravagant behavior of the Qing State, just to entertain the king of the vassal country to hold a party, they specially built the garden, they will only waste money, and will not put the money on the blade."

"In this way, the Qing State actually cut the cost of the military to build gardens!" Mutsu Munemitsu shouted in a low voice, "This kind of behavior will not appear here in our country of Japan at all!" His Majesty the Emperor will only allocate more of the money in the inner treasury to support the construction of the nation! Taiko," he said to the pensive Ito Hirobumi, "we can spread such a huge political scandal in the Qing State as the misappropriation of the Qing General's funds for the construction of gardens!" ”

Emperor Meiji looked at Ito Hirobumi, Ito Hirobumi pondered for a while, and shook his head, "There is no need for this at the moment, our country of Japan is not ready, but if the Qing country is vigilant because of such rumors, then the gains outweigh the losses, of course, such rumors and rumors can destroy a country's self-confidence and dignity, and now is not the time, foreign minister, you can prepare for this matter first." ”

"Yes."

Emperor Meiji was a little disappointed, but nodded politely to Komura Shoutaro, "Please continue." ”

"The first piece of land that the Qing State got in Africa was the Congo River Basin, of course, this place has no great value at all, but the Qing State has paid a great price for this, just for the sake of face, and has offended many Western powers," However, the Qing State's actions in Africa are not limited to this Linzhou, they have other moves, and the next situation is actually clear to everyone, but the small village still said it simply.

"After the Qing used the banner of Zheng He, invaded the Somali region, which is a very important port and base, and now although the Qing State did not sail to this place with warships, but Somalia has indeed begun to build a port here, the port in the Somali region can provide a place for Chinese cargo ships to rest and transit in and out of the Suez Canal, and can provide a port for merchant ships from various countries, which is an important area second only to the Suez Canal, and the Qing State thinks that it can be proud of occupying such a good place, This is completely naïve, and among the countries, Britain is already very afraid of such an arrogant behavior of the Qing State. ”

"In addition, just this year, the Qing State announced that they have formed an actual occupation of the largest island in Africa, Madagascar," Ambassador Komura said the last sentence, slightly bitter, "Qing Guo's power in Africa has been successfully arranged. ”

It was very quiet in the Ming Song, and no sound could be heard, the Qing Kingdom occupied colonies in the west, northeast corner, and southeast corner of Africa, a subject country, a direct territory called "Linzhou", and now it also occupied the largest island in Africa, this island does not seem to show anything particularly worthy of contention, but after all, it is a huge land, more than Kyushu and Shikoku combined.

"Although the Qing Kingdom occupies a lot of land in Africa, it is not an important place," Mutsu Munemitsu saw that everyone's mood seemed to be a little low, and hurriedly said, "It is impossible for them to occupy too many strategic places in Africa, in this case, any Western power will not tolerate it." ”

"Did you mean Britain and France?" Emperor Meiji said.

"Yes, the Qing and Germany have good relations, of course, the two countries will not conflict at this stage, but for the two countries that are most thirsty for African land, Britain and France, it is impossible for the Qing State to continue to encroach on land in Africa."

Emperor Meiji nodded, Britain formulated the "two C" plan, from Cape Town to Cairo, both of which are cities starting with C, one in the southernmost tip of Africa, and the other in the northernmost part of Africa, obviously to establish a colonial empire across the African continent, France also showed no weakness, and designated the "Two S Plan" from Senegal to Somalia - the Qing people don't seem to care whether they occupy all the Somali regions, trying to establish a colonial empire across the east and west of Africa, These two countries are the hegemons and true masters of the African continent. "It is impossible for the Kiyo to occupy too much land in Africa, which would involve too much of their energy, but," Ito said, "if the Kiyoku is putting too much energy into Africa, and Africa is not able to give the Kiyoku enough in return, it will be advantageous for Japan." ”

"Yes," Komura nodded, "I agree with that, too." ”

"The Qing State's excessive attention in Africa will certainly relax its jurisdiction and governance in Korea and the East China Sea, which will be helpful to the Japanese Empire's policy of conquering Korea." From a military point of view, Ito Yuhiro, a representative of the military department, said, "No matter how powerful the Qing State is, it is impossible to pass through two lands as large as East Asia and Africa at the same time, so there must be a key point. ”