At that time, there was no universal world currency and no fixed standard, and the exchange rate of each country was different. Besides, there are misunderstandings in your thinking. Whoever says that economic priority will definitely solve the problem of food and clothing will surely win the battle. All his failures are due to political reasons and decadent feudal rule. The state serves the ruling class and the peasants are ruled. Then the Soviet Union was still the second in the economic world, so there was no shortage of food, which was related to many factors such as system and productivity. Is to improve armaments and become the number one in Asia? Isn't it still a defeat? The advantage of fighting with Japan is obvious. The Qing government ordered not to leave the station and let people fight there. In the final analysis, it is still a system problem. Even if the armament is improved, there will still be the Boxer Rebellion Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. You still don't know the background of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the rise of the Boxer Rebellion. You are considering your paper after you understand it.