After Ito Hirobumi finished talking about this matter, the emperor also made a decision, and the matter was over, and the emperor nodded to Komura Shoutaro, "Please continue to talk about it." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Yes," was interrupted by this incident, Komura Shoutaro suddenly didn't know where to talk about the Qing country, it was a little sad to say, no matter what the Japanese country was, it had to face the Qing country, this giant who was close to him, just now Ito Hirofumi was not talking about the Qing country, but Japan bought warships, and the first thing to deal with was the Beiyang Naval Division of the Qing State.

This is a sad old enemy that Japan cannot ignore and cannot avoid, but at the same time, it is easy for the whole country to make it clear that the goal of the country can be determined, and that is that faith and courage will not be lost at any time.

Komura Shoutaro thought for a while and continued to tell the story of the Qing Kingdom, "The Qing Kingdom has completely begun the reform of the currency, just three years ago, after the Qing Emperor took office, in order to solve their financial difficulties, and to make more money for the royal family to squander, they began to issue new currency, that is, paper money, this kind of paper money is indeed very exquisite and artistic, but the biggest difference between the Qing Kingdom and Japan is that their businessmen are by no means businessmen who love the country and the Qing Dynasty, All the businessmen were opposed to this plan to issue paper money, because the goal of the Qing State was not to better develop the financial industry, their goal was to nationalize all the precious metals such as silver currency and silver ingots, and to loot all the wealth of the people in the form of laws and regulations, and their businessmen had neither patriotic ambition nor the consciousness of abiding by the law, and Hu Xueyan, the largest businessman in the Qing State, who presided over this matter, betrayed his own class. Using professional and unavoidable means to squeeze his former peers, the financial industry of the Qing Kingdom is now very healthy, healthy to the point of dying, all the banking industry is under the official jurisdiction of the Qing Daqing Bank, and no one, including foreign banks opened in the Qing State, is not outside the scope of supervision of the Qing Bank. ”

"What does this mean for us in Japan?" Ito Hirobumi thought for a while and shook his head, "Japan does not have private capital to join the new construction of the banking industry, which is feasible for Qing Guo, but our financial industry is not strong enough, and there are only a few banks, too much currency, our yen, which will cause more inflation, which is not advisable." ”

"Yes, our businessmen's consciousness is far beyond those merchants of the Qing State, our Japanese businessmen, the most respected and most willing to donate their property to the country, the merchants of the Qing State, neither willing to donate property, nor willing to abide by the law, so they launched a series of rebellions, but, soon, it didn't take long for the Qing government to blow down, among which there were many bloody incidents, and the crime was only blamed on one person's head, that is, Hu Xueyan. Hu Xueyan of the Qing Kingdom became the richest man in the whole country, and he was the most successful and powerful person among the merchants. ”

"So his bank has become the largest bank in the Qing Kingdom?" Emperor Meiji said, "It's called the China Minsheng Bank?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Hu Xueyan is the smartest businessman, he dedicated the controlling stake of Minsheng Bank to the government, and the government with the help of his own banking network, quickly extended the country's hand into all aspects of economic life through the way of Minsheng Bank, and Hu Xueyan also earned a wealth that could not be used up in several lifetimes, we can conclude one thing through this matter, that is, the Qing State has begun to move towards the formal legalization of the collusion between officials and businessmen, which is a change worthy of our vigilance. In the future, it was possible to influence the national policy of the Qing State by influencing merchants. ”

"Please continue."

"Regardless of the Qing Dynasty, the most favorite thing to do is not to develop the armed forces and build the army, this is only the action of some people, including the entire civil official system, not only those traditional and conservative scholars, the representative figures of these scholars are the three masters of the Qing Emperor, they are very dissatisfied with the established policy of increasing military spending, and think that the army is useless, benevolence and righteousness are the most critical means to maintain peace, these people's views, so far, have not affected the emperor, The emperor was still very concerned about the army, although he did not understand military affairs. But it is not only these people in society who think that the army is useless, but even many enlightened officials who presided over the Westernization Movement, and many of these people also think that there is no need for such an army, which wastes a lot of money, to exist forever. ”

"This is a completely wrong point of view," Saigo said, shaking his head from the road, "probably because the Qing Kingdom has been strong for too long, and they have forgotten what it was like to be passively beaten and ceded land in the past. ”

"You're right, Your Excellency the Navy," Komura Shoutaro nodded and said, "All the bureaucrats of the Qing Kingdom have begun to enter the political arena in recent decades, including the prime ministers of the Qing Military Aircraft Department, they are only forty or fifty years old, and the earliest defeat of the Qing Kingdom was in the Second Opium War more than thirty years ago, when the entire coast was attacked by the British and French combined fleets, and the young people of today don't remember it at all, they only know that their country is very powerful, And in the context of such a powerful country, many people have forgotten the shame of the past and the stories of those who were beaten because of the backwardness of military spending. He turned his head to Emperor Meiji and said, "Your Majesty, the Qing Kingdom is so forgetful and so disgusted with the army, which is a good thing for us in Japan. ”

"Yes, I think about the Black Ship Incident," Emperor Meiji said in a deep voice, "how unforgettable, the whole country has not forgotten the lessons of that year, and the Qing Dynasty, all these years of suppression of Japan, has also brought the whole country together, from this point of view, I should be grateful to the Qing State, it is precisely because such a strong country is on the side, so I have never dared to forget the sorrow of the weak country!" ”

He motioned to Komura Shoutaro to continue, "The whole country of the Qing State has shown a very prosperous and powerful appearance, this situation has made all the people fall into intoxication, the Westernization Movement has been held for 30 years, the Qing State has developed rapidly for 20 years, the economy is prosperous, and all industries are prosperous, but their army does not seem to have made much progress, and in recent years, scandals have often occurred in the army. ”

Komura Shoutaro Imperial Prelude Yes, it is definitely not too much to talk about the wild words in the market, or more to talk about the political, economic and military aspects of the Qing State, "The combat effectiveness of the army, there has been no large-scale battle for almost ten years, and the sporadic small rebellions in the country cannot show the real combat effectiveness of the Qing army, but I have a table here, which can be very clear as a reference, what is going on with the combat effectiveness of the Qing army." ”

He took out a table from a document bag in front of him and handed it to Ito Hirobumi, Ito Hirobumi got up and handed it to the emperor with both hands, the emperor opened it and looked at it, there was a table drawn on it, Komura Shoutaro explained, "This is the calendar year, that is, the last five years, the time of the Qing rebellion, which can clearly show that in the case of the scale and range of the rebellion, the so-called 12 towns of the new army of the Qing country, the time of counterinsurgency and the soldiers killed, have been on the rise, what does this trend mean?" ”

"It shows that the combat effectiveness of the new army of the Qing State is gradually declining." The military representative, Ito Youheng's eyes, quickly answered, "Otherwise, it would not have been possible to have such a downward trend during the counterinsurgency." ”

"Yes, both the Mei Agency and our Ministry of Foreign Affairs think so," Mutsu Munemitsu nodded and said, "The combat effectiveness of the new army of the Qing Kingdom is gradually declining, although they are still very strong, but it is clear that they are gradually declining their combat level and ability. ”

"So," the Emperor put down the table, "will our Imperial Japanese Army be able to defeat the new army of the Qing State?" ”

Saigo Congdao calmly didn't speak, such a sharp question, Rao is Saigo Congdao is from the army, but he is now in the status of the Minister of the Navy, it is really not appropriate to answer anything for the army, if the dialogue here spreads, many people will think that they are acting on behalf of the army.

And this question is really difficult to answer, the two countries have not been at war, and it is impossible to know the outcome at present, how to be too arrogant, or too humble to destroy their prestige, are not suitable for the answer result.

Everyone looked at Ito Hirobumi, Ito Hirobumi smiled slightly, and his resolute expression was much more vivid, "The current armament facilities of the Qing Kingdom are far more than our Japan, but the war is not more advanced than the weapon, but to see, the minister thinks, it is more to look at the fighting spirit of the soldiers and the fighting spirit of the army, if you only rely on military equipment and weapons, it is far from possible to determine the direction of the war." ”

Ito Hirobumi's meaning is that the weapons of the Qing Kingdom are excellent, but Japan's morale is high, Ito Hirobumi is very thorough in his research on China, "After the Three Kingdoms, when the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the former Qin Emperor Fu Jian poured the power of the country to attack the Eastern Jin Dynasty, menacing, at that time the former Qin had unified the north, and it seemed that the weak Eastern Jin Dynasty could not resist the powerful armament of the former Qin army, but such an invincible former Qin army was defeated by tens of thousands of troops in the water, and left a rumored story, so, whether the armament is strong, It doesn't matter at all. As long as the Qing Dynasty keeps singing and dancing like this, and ignores and despises the army, then in the near future, they will definitely be like the army of the former Qin, and they will be crushed for thousands of miles. ”

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