Cooperation with the UK is the result of mutual promotion between the two sides. The British need to operate in this huge market in advance, while China needs help from politics, economy, military and industrial aspects. This is the result of the combination of the two aspects. Of course, the British also need to be protected against this ally to a limited extent. If one day it is too strong, it will exceed the control of the British Empire. Therefore, in some aspects, some restrictions on this ally need to be imposed - such as the Japanese incident.

But Germany is different. Germany has basically no interest in the Far East, so it can sell the most advanced weapons, the most sophisticated warships, and the most advanced technology to China without any scruples. For Germany, as long as it is given money, there is nothing that cannot be sold to China.

Therefore, in the past two years, German arms and instructors have flooded the Chinese military transformation process, which has also led to the political cooperation between the two countries to some extent. Although the arrogant William II was far less interested in the distant East than that in Europe, in his concept of pride, there was also a little bit of arrogance that would think that Europe would soon be in his hands, and Germany also had the need to look outward - of course, he could clearly recognize the dangers of the British.

The intentions of the Germans cooperate with my initiative, and Sino-German relations are developing in a good atmosphere. I need to use Germany to reduce and restrain Britain. If I don’t want to find a prince far away in London, I must do this. When more than 200 civil servants arrived in Psmouth after a long voyage, the selection of young army officers began to be carried out. The conditions for this selection are much more stringent than civil servants. In addition to age restrictions, they are more from the background, and the investigation of three generations of ancestors, whether there are any unfaithful words and deeds. In short, I need a young officer class who is completely loyal to me and cooperate with the army reorganization to be carried out. In this way, in five or ten years, the situation of the Huai Army's private army for Li Hongzhang will be greatly improved, and the goal of nationalization and royalization will be implemented to a high degree.

After communicating with some detailed military training with Germany, more than 300 young soldiers ranging from shedding to guerrillas will also go to Germany in the second half of the year according to the agreement to enrich the German army and grow like German officers. At the same time, the Beijing Army Command Academy has also begun to be established, and the German army and artillery commanders who are currently serving in the Dragon Flag Army will be taught. Outstanding talents in the Dragon Flag Army, such as Xu Shichang, also added to the teaching staff. Zaifeng, after I made him go to the British team, finally got the opportunity to study abroad, and he will serve as the prince of the leader of the German officers' regiment.

In return, the Vladivostok shipyard sold it to the Hamburg Shipyard for only 350,000 taels of silver, and the newly established the Hamburg-Vladivostok joint shipyard jointly operated by China and Germany. It was specially stated when signing the contract that any buyer of the shipyard products must obtain the consent of both China and Germany. The purpose of my special addition is to prevent the Germans from selling the ship to Japan in the future.

At the same time, the Germans also received my help at the level of European hegemony. I handed over the formal drawings of the Imperial Power to the engineers of the Hamburg-Vladivostok shipyard. My envoy told them very clearly that the source of this drawing needs to be kept confidential. Germany can modify it on this basis and build its own ships of the same type in China. The Hamburg-Vladivostok shipyard also received orders for the Imperial Power. Of course, I also made detailed modifications - on the top of the living area, I added a small airship cabin where the operator can catch the cables thrown by the airship landing above and take back the airship.

In naval battles, a condescending vision can solve many problems. Long-distance artillery battles beyond the concept of naval battles in this era can be commanded by the artillery school in the air. Naval battles will no longer be limited to within one thousand meters.

The manufacturing bureau in Tianjin also received capital injection. Although Mr. Maxim received the production rights of 250,000 taels of silver in Europe, he never received large-scale capital injection from other countries. In anger, he came to China to sell field machine gun cars to me. I readily gave him another sum and asked him to serve as an consultant of Tianjin Gun Factory. Because of the fast machine gun firing speed, it is difficult for such bullet-consumer machines to be purchased on a large scale - except in China.

Under such circumstances, China carefully moved its own steps between Britain and Germany, and made good use of both sides. I, a young and enterprising Eastern emperor, have become increasingly mysterious in the eyes of Westerners. Major newspapers report me as a legend, just like Muhammad of Egypt back then.

Ali's report. Of course, I know that I will not leave the same mistake in Egypt.

The United Kingdom and Germany almost at the same time sent me an invitation to visit Europe, but I refused. Now is not the time. If I sit in a long distance and go to Europe, I will not reflect my dignity. If I have to go to Europe, then it will be after my six battleships are in place!

Under such circumstances, China, Germany, Britain and China formed a strange cooperative relationship. The cooperation between Russia and Japan has been in name only. The Japanese are looking for the next cooperation goal. They have almost no choice to find the French. The reason is very simple. Germany chose China. Japan was unable to find Germany for dignity. Moreover, Germany, which received a large number of Chinese orders, had to take care of Japan's military expenditure of more than 3 million taels of silver per year. The few purchase contracts left after the failure of the French-Prussian War were not interested in Japan's fewer purchase contracts. And France has been

Europe acts as a mistress. Britain sometimes takes care of the French emotions and can be somewhat tolerant of France. In addition, the center of Europe, Germany, has never lacked hostility towards France. More importantly, France has a military and political existence in the Far East - Vietnam. After this vassal that originally belonged to China was occupied by France, the Japanese knew that there would be a war between China and France in the future. Although China is far from overestimating the French, with the progress of China's innovation, the ambitious Chinese emperor would never allow such a powerful existence in the south.

Therefore, the frequent exchanges between Tokyo and Paris by Japanese envoys, and the strength of the French navy also gave Japan a special interest. The Japanese knew that even the huge polar bears were also learners of the French navy at some stage. Of course, there was another reason - the ships of Britain and Germany were already filled with orders from their own and Chinese, and they were unable to accept orders from Japan at the same time. Therefore, the 20 million yen specially raised by the Japanese was equivalent to nearly 15 million taels of silver, and threw out a ship purchase order that made the French salivate. The Japanese hoped that France would build three battleships for Japan within five years, including design costs. The French happily accepted the invitation.

When I learned the news from Wang Fengzao's secret report, I couldn't help but laugh out loud-the Japanese were waiting for the money thrown into the sea to be soaked into pulp. France is a European power, but their ship design and manufacturing industry is even bigger than that of Britain and Germany! I even feel a little sorry for the little money that the Japanese people saved from their mouths, which is not worth it.

Of course, I also clearly know that before my industrialization took shape, I was unable to confront France in the south. Moreover, the advanced agricultural technology of the French was quite attractive to me. In the process of my country's transformation from an agricultural country to an industrial country, the development of agriculture must be helped by advanced technology, otherwise I may not be able to support the huge population on this land.

Although now, I can exchange the Jade 16-type Mauser 1888 rifle produced by the Hubei Gun Factory that was just opened last year for a large number of Thai rice, but I also have to organize manpower to study excellent varieties to solve the food problem. The old farmers organized from all over the country have opened some experimental fields in the imperial village, but they are not sure of the results yet. I have made up my mind that if there is no results within two years, I will send someone to France to study agriculture.

Although the Matsuba Cabinet has gained the opportunity to survive due to the Emperor's appearance, as the emperor's voice has become weaker recently and Hirobu Ito appears more and more in newspapers, the Matsuba Cabinet's lifespan is no longer long.

In summer, Youlan's belly grew bigger and bigger. Zhaofei Yanyan and Zhuangpin Wang Yi are my favorite women during this period. They almost took turns to sleep with Hepin Caizi. Soon, the two of Yanwang became pregnant. Yanyan is good at painting and will draw some ladies in work clothes in their spare time. Occasionally, they help me draw sketches. They are very quiet and comfortable with her. And she talks a lot, and she almost never gets bored. Wang Yi is kind-hearted and puts dozens of clay chickens and ducks in the room. Sometimes she asks Yanyan to come to Caimo to add anger to her elves. She is good at clay sculptures, but she is relatively bored and she is like a naive little girl. She will feel like she is protecting her when she is together.

Three women in the palace were pregnant, and Lao Nara suddenly became busy. After dinner every day, she didn't want anyone to come to pay her respects. She wandered around the three palaces, checking this and talking to that. In short, she wanted to hold her grandson better than anyone else.

After this, I was happy to be idle. Aiko seemed to be infected. After the second concubine of Zhaozhuang was pregnant, she became more and more fierce. I always told her that you Japanese women were not good-looking when they were pregnant, but she always didn't believe it. Later, I couldn't stand it, and finally one month before Youlan was about to give birth, which made her pregnant.

The three old concubines gradually became a little confused and kept making noises on the Empress Dowager's La. Strangely, although Longyu was the old lady's niece, she didn't seem to like her niece at all, so Zhenfei disliked her even more. She didn't look good every time. She looked the best for Jinpin, who was the ugliest one.

The things in the harem are not important things I care about. In short, with the old lady in charge, I will help me block so many things. I really want to thank myself for this "mother".

As summer goes and autumn comes, the country is growing slowly in the process of change, and a large amount of money is invested in infrastructure construction. In this year, the annual income surplus last year and the nearly 90 million taels this year combined with the total amount of 130 million taels of silver spent. In desperation, I allocated 50 million taels from the treasury to the Ministry of Revenue for use in various projects. Although such expenses will decline year by year, they will continue for four years.

I have to find a way to broaden my financial resources. I even thought of issuing bonds, urging donations, loans from abroad, etc., but in the future, the deficit of 20 to 30 million taels per year, it is not easy to go. I still have 50 million taels of silver in my treasury, but that can basically only be about 30 million. In the next four years, I will still have a fiscal gap of nearly 50 million taels.

For financial troubles, I have to use nearly 30 million taels of deposit in the Royal Bank, and I also encourage people to deposit more money in the bank, and at the same time, I have to mobilize merchants to raise funds, lottery funds, and other methods. Of course, I may still have to borrow money from foreign banks. Let's leave this to Sheng Xuanhuai to worry about.

In the autumn of 1892, a dozen days before my first prince came to life, a news that shocked and excited from Shandong came from the Shandong side: Grand Duke Ferdinand, the crown prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was on a seat - Catherine. The Queen Elizabeth cruiser arrived in Qingdao and requested the Shandong authorities to visit the Chinese Naval Base in Weihai and allow His Royal Highness to board the inland to visit Beijing. What else can I hesitate about? I used the newly established telegram line to reply to a word: Yes!

Five days later, I met the young crown prince in the Ganqing Palace - I know that in real history, this young man will be corpsed on the streets of Sarajevo with his wife twenty-two years later. At the same time, a war that almost swept the entire Eurasian continent also broke out. So, when I met the young crown prince, I met him with a kind of compassionate enthusiasm.

The long journey of sea and land made the crown prince look very tired, but the characteristics of the young man still kept him alive and surprised. After expressing his admiration for my clothes, he talked about his purpose: "Your Majesty, I am very happy that you can allow me to visit your country. In fact, I am a global sailing. After traveling to Europe and America and circling the entire African continent, I am very happy to see His Majesty the Emperor. You are also the first emperor in the Far East to allow me to meet - you know, I just came from Japan, and the people there were fanatical and arrogant, and they did not seem to know my identity and the status of the country behind me in Europe, which made me very curious. Then His Majesty the Emperor, do you know my country?"

"Please sit down, Grand Duke." I smiled and signaled to give you tea. After making a gesture to Grand Duke Ferdinand, I smiled and said, "The Austro-Hungarian Empire is one of the strongest countries on the European continent. The European countries that can be compared with your country are probably England, Germany, France and Russia. I am full of respect for your country. Please bring me back and bring back my people's good wishes for your country and your father."

A satisfied smile appeared on Grand Duke Ferdinand's face. I looked at the gift list presented to me. It was some clocks and a few pistols. I ordered Koulian to return the gift with silk tea.

"Your Majesty, your country seems to be full of vitality. From Shandong to Beijing, your country seems to be undergoing a change. The Austro-Hungarian Empire really hopes to have a friend like your country. In fact, we have a common friend - Germany, and the merchants of the Austro-Hungarian Empire will also be willing to participate in the construction process of your country. I firmly believe..."

I nodded and said, "The Qing Empire welcomes friendly merchants to invest. Of course, including the Austro-Hungarian Empire."

"Is that true? It's a pity that I know that your country has signed an agreement with the United Kingdom, and the UK's commercial status in your country seems to be more guaranteed."

I smiled and said, "Your country does not seem to be an ally of Britain, but I don't care about those."

The visit of the Grand Duke Ferdinand seemed to be more like a tourist visit. Although he was curious about my country and my attitude was able to satisfy him, he was too young after all, and his interests seemed to be more in the navy. I knew that Germany would share the achievements of the navy with them to a certain extent. So, I did not have much conversation with him. I just kindly suggested that he try to avoid going to Sarajevo in the future. My reason was that based on the mysterious numerology of the East, the place of Sarajevo was very dangerous to him. As for whether the Grand Duke would go to Sarajevo in twenty-two years later, it would not be possible for me to make the decision.

Of course, World War I would not break out until that time. I also talked to him about the current subtle situation in Bulgaria. Although the Russians had nominal alliance with Austro-Hungary, the Austro-Hungary Empire was still wary of Russia's attempt to annex Bulgaria. Of course, the biggest enemy of the Austro-Hungary Empire was Britain - Greece and other countries in the south were all the British lackeys. Italy also had a special cooperative relationship with the United Kingdom.

The UK's global layout was completed very early, and the British could be seen anywhere. The Mediterranean fleet has a special deterrent effect on any country in Southern Europe.

On this earth, in addition to the United States, Americans are now in a strange stage of self-enclosure. They are busy with the crazy industrialization process, starting earlier than my country, and developing faster. In my concept, when I have achieved success in my internal skills and are about to leave the seclusion in more than ten years, Americans must also start to move.

I can first let these international political affairs go. After two or three years, the Shanji side’s military and political affairs bureau should also make some arrangements in Europe. Only when they are practicing for three or five years can I have an impact on the situation in Europe. Before that, let me practice my internal skills hard.

If it cannot be affected, it does not mean that I give up on understanding. I attach great importance to Germany's relationship and specially sent Xu Jingcheng to Germany to establish friendly relations with the German government and the royal family. Under the guidance of Mercedeschmitt, Xu Jingcheng quickly understood the priority of German officials and the preferences of important officials. The Germans also quickly fell in love with this friend from the East that they had seen before.

With my support from Zhang Yinhuan, Little Hoover went to a middle school in the United States. His ambition seemed to be to become an engineering and technical staff, but I knew that this was just him in his youth. In the future, he would hope to become a politician.

When autumn comes, Youlan finally gave birth. It was the 30th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar in the 18th year of the Guangxu period. That day I was so excited that I couldn't fall asleep. In the nervous waiting, amid the heart-wrenching moans of Youlan, amid the crying of the baby, and a joy of becoming a father, I became a father, and I had my own eldest son. The baby in my hands was a healthy boy. As soon as he reached my hands, he stopped crying and stared at the stranger in front of him with wide eyes, a strange world.

The next day, I ordered Youlan to be Concubine Ning. His father Ronglu, who had been released from home, was also promoted from the third-class duke to the second-class duke. The name of the eldest prince was put on the agenda. According to the ancestral system, this generation was of the Pu generation, and the name must be from a single person. Therefore, Puyi, Puning, Pulun and other names were all selected. I thought of Puyi at first, but the fate of this person in history made me instinctively reject it. I don’t want my own son’s future to be affected at all. So, in the end, I named the eldest prince Puhua (next to the person). The name has a special political meaning. I also hope that this prince can bring some signal to the subjects: the emperor has China in his heart, but there is no Manchu Han.

As a father, I feel inexplicably more responsible. Sometimes when I go back to the harem after the court, the first thing I do is to see my son, then go to see the queen mother, and then go to see Youlan. The weak postpartum Youlan smiles happily whenever she sees me. I know that her personality is slowly changing, from a carefree official girl to a young girl who has been influenced by her family and has become a lot of utilitarianism. Then I come to the palace and the concubine who is deeply favored by the emperor. She has a much more life experience than her peers. I like to hold her hands and coax her to sleep until she closes her eyes in happiness. I will leave to handle the memorial.

After a while, the work of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Education gradually got on track. The role of the public opinion-oriented role of the China Times and the literary and artistic practitioners on the streets and alleys had to be reviewed by the Ministry of Education and Chemical. These two measures have brought the control of the people's sentiment to a new level, which is many times more skillful than the previous high-pressure policies.

When the Ministry of Education and Culture gradually became less and more troubled, I transferred Liang Qichao to me and served as a servant. I had high hopes for this young man. His first step was to read the "Qing Dynasty Laws" and "Napoleon Code" and other Chinese and foreign legal works, and then gradually became familiar with all the imperial edicts since I took power.

In the future, he will gradually know that what I want him to do is a matter that will be recorded in history, and that the constitution of this country will be written under his command.

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