1. The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 was a candidate for imperialism-the fate of China and Japan decided the war, and Japan, the victorious country, took the last bus of the imperialist camp and became the only country in Asia to promote imperialism; China, the defeated country, became a semi-colony and became a piece of fat meat for the powers to fight for power and profit. 1898 in may, the Japanese army received compensation of 220 million yuan, the three-year military expenditure of Ahava garrison1520,000 yuan and Liaodong peninsula's 320 million yuan, totaling 231520 million yuan (more than 38.08 million pounds). 1894- 1895 During the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, China's population was insufficient1200 million, and it was unable to pay for the war and borrow domestic debts, so it had to borrow more than 6.63 million pounds from Britain and Germany. After the defeat, the huge compensation was even more inadequate, so we had to rely more on foreign debt [7].

Second, after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Japan took huge reparations as its post-war operation. During the post-war operation, the compensation included in the total income accounting was more than 200 million yuan, accounting for about 65,438+00% of the total income. Half of the compensation will be handled by special accountants, half will be used for military expansion and part will be used for "reproduction and development". In the financial plan of 1895 10, the scheduled amount of overseas payment for warships and weapons in seven years is173.49 million yuan. 1April, 898, Noue Kaoru Zangxiang continued to pay 226.68 million yuan for foreign countries in its budget. Japan's procurement cost of warship weapons is increasing year by year, and most of them are paid in London by foreign exchange settlement. The Japanese government negotiated compensation with the Qing court and accepted it in pounds in London. After half a year of negotiations, the Qing court agreed. Based on this gold, Japan established the gold standard with pound sterling compensation, and then joined the financial system of European and American powers, which is equivalent to the construction at the expense of China people.

Third, the reparations in the Sino-Japanese War not only made Japan realize industrialization, expanded its armament and established the gold standard system, but also gained huge benefits in the market and tariffs. Since then, China's market has been opened and most-favored-nation treatment has been given to Japan. China's goods tax is limited to 5%, while Japanese tax is more than 20%. Moreover, the acquisition of Taiwan Province Province benefited Japan from rice sugar, because rice sugar is lacking in Japanese industrialization, and the import of semi-sugar accounts for more than 10% of the total foreign exchange, which can stabilize prices and expand indirect taxes on the tax base: consumption tax and monopoly tax. Therefore, the Sino-Japanese War actually helped Japan to modernize, promoted the development of Japan's light industry [8], and caused Japan's first industrial revolution [9].

Fourthly, China has since fallen into semi-colonial status and faced the fate of being carved up within five years. Including: Russia leased Lushun and Dalian, Germany occupied Jiaozhou Bay, France occupied Guangzhou Bay, and Britain occupied Ahava and Kowloon Peninsula. On the other hand, Japan entered a decade of preparation for Russia because of triple intervention. 1902, anglo-japanese alliance was founded, broke the "Manchuria Exchange" [10], 1904 declared war on Russia, and finally won Manchuria because of the success of the Russo-Japanese War.

Fifth, as the saying goes, "A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise." Although Japan gained the above benefits after the war, it also had a negative impact on it. The most direct adverse effect of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 on Japan was to close the road of Japanese constitutional development to people's livelihood. 1889, Japan promulgated the Constitution of the Great Japanese Empire, and 1980 held the first House of Representatives election. During the four-year war against China in 1894, the political parties representing the interests of the citizens advocated "saving funds and recuperating the people's strength" in the parliament, and the government's actions were constrained by budget deliberation. However, after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the parliament, which has always been the mouthpiece of the people and criticized the government, suddenly quieted down. Political parties that have always been conceited with the slogans of "responsible cabinet", "financial reform" and "overthrowing vassal valves" have suddenly become the clamor of "overthrowing China people" and "capturing the Great Wall of Wan Li". 1In the autumn of 895, the Liberal Party changed its attitude, cooperated with Ito Bowen, and agreed that the government would expand its army and increase taxes, because occupying China and becoming the master of East Asia had become the highest goal of all Japanese.