These ministers present here, praising Ito Hirobumi as Japan's Zhuge Kongming, is by no means a kind of indiscriminate sycophancy, such a comprehensive overview of the overall situation, whipping into the inside, others can't say, only Ito Hirobumi so tactfully explained the gap between Japan and the Qing Dynasty, but Japan is not a soft persimmon that can be manipulated by others. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Emperor Meiji nodded, "Taiko, you're right, so let's wait for the next reversal." ”

Komura Shoutaro continued, "The entire Qing Kingdom was immersed in all kinds of luxuries such as food, opera, and fancy costumes, and the sound of glamour was too weak to weaken its fighting spirit, such as the Empress Dowager of the Qing Kingdom, who listened to the government, is a very typical example. ”

"Mr. Fukuzawa Yukichi said that the most important thing for the Qing Kingdom to warn Japan of is this Empress Dowager Cixi, Ambassador Komura, what do you think," Emperor Meiji said, "Is Empress Dowager Cixi really Japan's most terrible enemy?" ”

"In the past, maybe yes, if from a diplomatic point of view, the Empress Dowager Cixi was indeed very unfriendly to Japan." Komura Shoutaro looked at Mutsu Munemitsu, he is the official of Komura, and he is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and he should let Mutsu Munemitsu explain his diplomatic affairs.

"Empress Dowager Cixi is indeed very unfriendly to Japan, the previous Dingyuan painted in Nagasaki Port, shelled Nagasaki, rescued the Peony Society incident in Ryukyu, and made no concessions in Korea," Mutsu said in a deep voice, he was even very annoyed, "There is sufficient evidence that the people who intercepted and killed the Korean princess and Shizi on the way to Beijing were sent by the Chinese." In this way, they swept away the Enlightenment Party who favored our Japan, strengthened the garrison, and re-dispatched Yuan Shikai to Seoul. ”

Speaking of Yuan Shikai, everyone can't help frowning, although this person is not the person with the highest official position, but in North Korea is like the emperor, King Gaozong and Concubine Min are simply Yuan Shikai's son and daughter-in-law, extremely filial piety and obedience, Yuan Shikai's trade and trade yamen documents are more effective than King Gaozong's decree, Japan's progress in Korea has been slow in recent years, the reason for this is that the biggest obstacle is still on this Yuan Shikai's body.

Mutsu Munemitsu seems to be talking about some things that the Japanese Empire from the emperor to the subjects are unwilling to recall, "The previous order to sink the Milky Way Maru steamer, there is no doubt that it was ordered by the Empress Dowager herself, and in order to teach us a lesson, she was not allowed to be involved in the pricing war of the silk business, and after that, in the Nagasaki Port incident, it also gave us a huge humiliation, and the ambassador of Komura knew it in Beijing, the Empress Dowager Cixi, this woman, bluntly accused Japan of increasing its naval power in order to deal with the Qing State, Later, at the New Year's reception, he made it clear to the British Foreign Office and the ambassador to China that he did not want Britain to sell the Yoshino to Japan, saying that this would affect Qing interests in Asia, but this proposal later lost its effect due to the efforts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ”

Emperor Meiji nodded to Mutsu Munemitsu to express his appreciation for the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Komura Shoutaro continued, "The Empress Dowager Cixi is indeed very unfriendly to Japan, two years ago during the Dragon Boat Festival, she invited the wives of ambassadors from various countries to attend the banquet in the Old Summer Palace, but did not invite the minister's wife, the rest of the ambassador's wife curiously asked why the Japanese ambassador's wife was not invited, the queen mother said in a very playful tone that she didn't want to see the face of the minister's wife, the original words were 'can't see her face', she meant to satirize our Japanese women's very white makeup. ”

"How can it be!" The representative of the military department, Ito Youheng, widened his eyes angrily, "This is our Japanese custom, and a civilized head of state should not laugh at the customs that reasonably exist in any country!" ”

Ito Hirobumi touched his short beard and listened silently, "There are also all kinds of contempt for Japan, which are all manifestations of the Queen Mother, she was very dissatisfied with Japan's participation in the Berlin Conference to participate in the discussion of African affairs, and was furious at the signing of the Anglo-Japanese alliance treaty, believing that this was the biggest challenge to the Qing State. ”

"According to intelligence, the Empress Dowager Cixi did not give up the construction of the naval division at all, but she was unwilling to continue to buy warships, but wanted to make them herself."

"The Queen Mother attaches the most importance to science and technology, which is also very terrible, in many places in the Qing Dynasty, has been used quite perfect power system, there are many similar basic physical chemistry research, these research benefits are not large, but by the way to train a lot of scientific and technological talents."

Everyone's hearts were heavy, and Komura Shoutaro continued, "But no matter how capable and wise this queen mother is, she can't resist the ravages of time, and she has retired." ”

Retirement means that the Empress Dowager Cixi has handed over all the major affairs of the court and no longer cares about the government, "Since the end of the training time, the Empress Dowager has been nearly sixty years old, such an age, whether in the Qing Dynasty or Japan, is to the age of waiting for death, the Empress Dowager who was originally very wise and decisive when she was in power, after retirement, under the dedication of the emperor, began to become degenerate." ”

"Depraved?" Emperor Meiji asked, "Is that what Ambassador Komura said earlier, immersed in all kinds of luxuries, such as food, opera, and costumes?" ”

"Yes, after any politician retires, he will live a luxurious life, no one in the Qing Dynasty is an exception, if the minister's retirement funds can not be satisfied, then the Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing State has no such concerns at all," Komura Shoutaro said with a smile, "This Empress Dowager's favorite is to eat the best food, watch the best opera, wear the most luxurious clothes, visit the most beautiful gardens, the three gardens of the Old Summer Palace are the garden of ten thousand gardens, such a beautiful scenery, the Empress Dowager is not satisfied, After retirement, I often go to the summer resort in Chengde to spend the autumn days, a dispatch is thousands of people, as well as go to Qingyi Garden and many other gardens to live a comfortable life, every day is such a luxurious and presumptuous move, no one will advise, no one dares to persuade, the emperor of the Qing Kingdom wishes that the Empress Dowager would not come out to interfere in political affairs, will not interfere with the Empress Dowager at all, the Empress Dowager Cixi once used hundreds of the best pearls to thread, made a pearl shirt, worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, It's almost as expensive as a small-scale warship! ”

"There is a proverb in the Qing Kingdom that says that it is easy to go from frugality to luxury," said Komura Shotaro, bowing to the Emperor, "and the Empress Dowager, who was the most wary of Japan, was completely immersed in the world of extravagance. ”