Before Okubo Ritsu had time to speak, the Queen Mother got up and walked out with the emperor, ignoring what Okubo Ritsu said urgently, the two people went downstairs, the train was ready, and it could leave at any time, and the two people were surrounded by ministers and palace people on the train, and the carriage of the special train was all bright yellow decorations, very luxurious, the Queen Mother sat down, and the emperor smiled, "The look on the face of the Japanese is really funny, and the emperor simply blocked his mouth neatly, What he said was a slap in the mouth. ”

"Huang Eniang, you want the Beiyang Navy Division to visit Japan, in addition to deterrence, do you have any other meaning?"

"Do you think there are other meanings? Emperor. The Queen Mother sat on the soft cushions, took the bird's nest sent by Tang Wufu, and took a sip with a silver spoon, "Then you say, what do I mean?" ”

The emperor smiled, "My son doesn't know, so I asked the emperor to come." ”

"Then I'll tell you a fable to the emperor," the Queen Mother smiled and told a story, and she didn't know if it was a future or a past, "There are two countries, both of which are overlords......

After the Queen Mother finished the fable, she winked at the emperor, "How about this story?" ”

The Emperor said excitedly, "I understand! If this is the case, it can be peaceful for more than ten years, but the emperor attaches so much importance to the Japanese, isn't it too much? ”

"Is it a big fuss?" The Queen Mother took the emperor's words, the emperor sneered, she shook her head, "No, for the Japanese, you must always take things seriously, the emperor also reads through history, you can see, there is any country, still in a difficult situation, it has already prepared the heart of the snake to swallow the elephant, what is ready to conquer Korea, what is the theory of invasion of China?" Counting it up, only Zhuge Liang's Longzhong pair was ridiculed and generous by the world at that time, but it became a fact in later generations. ”

"If the Japanese want to rise, they must suppress China, otherwise they will never be able to become a country with the right to speak in the world, as is the case with Toyotomi Hideyoshi of the Ming Dynasty," and the next deal with the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, which are all consistent policies of the Japanese, which have never wavered for hundreds of years, and the geographical location of the Japanese determines his rise, and he must step on the corpse of China. "That's why there are so many temptations, outside of the Ryukyus, there will inevitably be other troubles in the future, if we are unreasonable to punish first, Britain and France and other countries will inevitably intervene."

"The British didn't sell us a first-class ironclad!" The emperor was also very annoyed, "The prime minister's yamen has negotiated for many days, and the emperor's mother also went to England in person, and the British are like this, you know, we don't don't give money." ”

"That's not all, I wanted to ask the British to buy shipyard equipment, but I was also refused, if we can buy the best for money, that's fine, hum, but Britain and France pinched the best warships, refused to sell them, but sold them to the Japanese, this thought, do you need to say? Naturally, I am afraid that our family will dominate and hinder their domination of the world. ”

The train started, heading towards the west, the train at this time was still very slow, the scenery outside was unobstructed, the Queen Mother leaned on the cushion, and said to the emperor with a smile, "But you don't have to worry very much, I didn't go to Europe to play, the Netherlands bought some shipbuilding equipment, and Germany also signed a contract, ready to build a first-class ironclad ship for us!" Let's send all the workers over to build them together, learn all the techniques for building warships, and then slowly explore them ourselves, and in the future, we will definitely not have to look up to foreigners anymore. ”

"Koudu is from the sea, the sailor is indeed very important to build, the meaning of the emperor is very right, it is better to build it yourself than to buy," the emperor said, he looked at the queen mother, "the emperor has worked hard." ”

"It's not hard," the Queen Mother smiled, "It's just that you can't go far away, otherwise you can go and see it, and then compare it with the country, and choose the good ones to follow, which is very good, but I can also tell you what I have seen, in addition to buying muskets and other manufacturing machines, I have invited German officers to come to the Twelve Towns as instructors, the Germans have won three wars, invincible in Europe, this army, must be extremely useful, I have seen their drill strategy, I think it is quite good, so I invited to teach the Twelve Towns, Although the twelve towns have been established for many years, there are still a lot of bad habits, and the Chinese army must be established with all countries in the world! ”

"The pacification of Xinjiang and the Baiyanhu Rebellion in the past year was so time-consuming, maybe it was also because after the popularization of muskets and artillery, the Chinese army was not adaptable, and the army of the imperial court still had to be external, so what was the point of always quelling the rebellion."

"Huang Eniang," the emperor who was listening silently shouted, and the queen mother stopped, "What's wrong?" ”

The emperor straightened his body, with an expression of admiration on his face, and said sincerely to the Empress Dowager Cixi, "The son will hand over the water master and the twelve towns to the emperor from today onwards." (To be continued.) )