Watching news repeatedly is interesting.

Today, let’s take a look at two pieces of news from the UK.

The first point is that the British government is out of money. In order to save money and expenses, the British government has decided to take action against the British army and scrap a batch of warships and weapons, including five warships totaling 113500 tons and dozens of military helicopters. It is said that the British government can save £ 500 million by scrapping British weapons and equipment.

According to foreign media reports, the cancellation of British warships has resulted in the cancellation of the only two amphibious landing ships in the British Navy, leaving only three auxiliary ships. Two of the three decommissioned warships were oil supply ships, accounting for one-third of all oil supply ships in the British Navy. Additionally, one nuclear submarine and one small minesweeper will also be decommissioned.

The five decommissioned warships, according to foreign media reports, have not been in service for a long time and are relatively new. The important reason for the invalidation is said to be the shortage of soldiers on board, even if they are not retired, they are actually idle.

Due to a lack of money, Britain has long been unable to maintain a strong naval force. The two “Queen Elizabeth” class aircraft carriers, which were just built in the UK to symbolize the remaining naval glory of the country, are said to have been the target of the UK government’s cancellation plan, with one carrier being sealed and possibly sold for funding in the future.

It seems that the landlord’s family really has no surplus food.

Next, let’s take a look at the second news from the UK. Buckingham Palace, the royal palace in the UK, will be renovated at a cost of 369 million pounds over a period of three years.

According to a news report released by the British media Sunday Times on November 23 local time, Buckingham Palace, the residence of the British royal family and a frequent host of state visits by foreign senior leaders, will be renovated at a cost of 369 million pounds. Until 2027, Buckingham Palace will no longer host state visits and its functions will be temporarily carried out by the British royal palace Windsor Castle.

Buckingham Palace was first built in 1703. After Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, Buckingham Palace officially became a royal palace and has been the residence of the British royal family ever since.

Do you suddenly feel a sense of familiarity when you watch these two news articles from the UK together?

In the era when Buckingham Palace became the British palace, a similar incident occurred inside the Forbidden City, the imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty in China.

At that time, during the Qing Dynasty, the Beiyang Fleet urgently needed a large amount of military funds to maintain its basic combat effectiveness. However, Empress Dowager Cixi’s so-called longevity celebration was coming, and she urgently needed a large amount of financial resources to build the Summer Palace for herself.

The construction of the Summer Palace was a huge expense, but the Qing Dynasty could not provide silver to satisfy Empress Dowager Cixi’s greed.

From Emperor Guangxu to the ministers, two factions were formed. One faction advocated prioritizing national affairs and ensuring the military expenses of the navy, while the matter of repairing the garden for Empress Dowager Cixi should be postponed.

Li Hongzhang, the helmsman of the Beiyang Fleet, fantasized that repairing gardens and running a navy were two separate things, and that Empress Dowager Cixi would not use repairing gardens to suppress the navy.

Puppet Emperor Guangxu dared not directly persuade Empress Dowager Cixi to stop repairing the garden, so he presented her with memorials from various ministers requesting the cessation of garden construction.

Empress Dowager Cixi immediately became furious and said, “I just wonder why the Qing Dynasty is so poor that it can’t even afford to spend money on gardening

Yan Jingming, the Minister of Revenue, advised Yan Zhijian, “If the Empress Dowager stops the construction of the Summer Palace, I will be able to relax

Empress Dowager Cixi was even more furious and directly ordered Yan Jingming, the Minister of Revenue, to leave.

The anxious Emperor Guangxu could only imagine that the Qing navy was still ranked first in the Far East and fourth in the world to comfort himself.

Li Hongzhang could only watch helplessly as the military expenses of the Beiyang Fleet were taken away by Empress Dowager Cixi to repair the garden.

So, now the UK is reducing the size of its navy, scrapping and retiring warships that are far from retirement to save on military expenses, while at the same time the UK government is spending huge amounts of money to renovate the palace Buckingham Palace. How similar is this!

Britain, this is from invading the Qing Dynasty, understanding the Qing Dynasty, and becoming the Qing Dynasty!