Did Emperor Meiji of Japan really only eat one meal a day before the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895?

It's true. 1874, the Japanese sent troops to Taiwan Province, which made Emperor Meiji further see the importance of the navy. With the construction of the navy, everything is waiting to be completed, and there is no money everywhere. With the increase of naval funds, special national debt for naval construction was issued, and tobacco tax and drug tax were put into the bottomless pit of the navy. At the peak, they have reached one eighth of their income, and they are still short of money. From the early Meiji period, the Emperor began to amass wealth crazily, monopolized the development rights of emerging industries in Japan, controlled large companies such as Mitsui, Mitsubishi and Sumitomo, as well as Japan's foreign trade, heavy industry and banks, and illegally expropriated land through various donations and investments, thus increasing the accumulation of his royal family. At the same time, he took the lead in saving money for building the navy many times, opened his wallet and dumped money without stint. 1893 —— The year before the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1893, Emperor Meiji decided to spend 300,000 yuan of Tang Yin from the national treasury every year for naval construction in the next six years. And this has exceeded one-tenth of the royal expenditure. This move once again led members of the Japanese government to donate a quarter of their salary to build ships. Before the Sino-Japanese War in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Emperor Meiji even used starvation as the "leading role" for his civil servants-when the Japanese soldiers who were hungry and cold at the front learned that the Emperor only ate one meal a day, everyone burst into tears, and the crying was full of noise. "As long as the imperial navy is not strong, I will not eat for a day." With this determination and will, Japan's military strength has rapidly increased. By 1894, Japan's joint fleet had completely surpassed Beiyang navy in terms of gross tonnage, ship speed and artillery firing rate.