Learning a lesson from this, Japan aimed to revise the treaties and improve national security by strengthening its economic power with land-tax reform and encouragement of industries (national enrichment), and military power with the conscription system and reformation of the military system (strengthening of the military) to catch up with other great powers.
これを教訓とした日本は、地租改正や殖産興業で経済力をつけ（＝富国）、徴兵制や軍制改革により軍備を増強（＝強兵）して、列強に追いつくことにより条約改正と国家の保全を目指した。