Chapter 158 Australia in the North

The news of the conclusion of the treaty reached Beijing, and the whole country was joking. People who joined the investment plan of Far East Co., Ltd. were even more ecstatic. They knew that the vote was right again. Although Prince Gong's family, who had been scolded a lot since the Xianfeng year, faced more curses, more smart bannermen still thanked this family for having such a Far East Co., Ltd. After all, a good thing like small money and big money is not something that can be encountered in every year. Moreover, many experienced bannermen can also imagine that the landed money and grain passed down from generation to generation will be cancelled one day, and the number of people in the world will be more and more. Where can the treasury keep up? Now this prosperous generation has lost this worry, which is better than losing all the Qing Dynasty when it was weak in the future.

The second person in the Shuntian Prefecture jail has long lost his former style. He has been imprisoned in the prison for several months and has been tried several times but has not been sentenced. Although he was heard that it was a serious crime that insulted the current emperor, and then he heard that it was just a traitor for criticizing the government, but from the inmates in the Shuntian Prefecture jail whom he is in now, he does not look like he wants to be a clan. Whether it is life or death, Ying Lao Er himself has no clue.

Most of the people who were locked up with him were also bannermen. The situation was similar. The people who settled among the bannermen occasionally could not control their mouths on the streets and alleys and caught the prison in the West Mountain. This place was not under the jurisdiction of Tianfu, but was an abandoned material yard of the former Ministry of War. Since the Logistics Department independently came out of the Military Department, this place was conveniently allocated to Shuntian Prefecture for special prisoners. There were six such a simple prisoner in the western suburbs of the capital. In the autumn of the 20th year of the Guangxu period, nearly a thousand people were imprisoned. Although these people were under the name of Shuntian Prefecture, they were actually from now on.

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On this day, Ying Er, who was quite flexible, was finally able to vaguely judge some favorable factors. The Qing Dynasty sank the two islands of Japan and concluded the Treaty of Shimonoseki. Under the great victory, there will be a general amnesty as per the law. You will definitely be able to go home. When Ying Er excitedly told the judgment to others, he was beaten back coldly. The famous thorn in the prison. Sa Laoxi, who heard that he had some relatives in charge of a clan mansion, said sarcastically: "Come on, Ying Er, we will pardon you. Do you dare to disrespect the emperor and want to go out alive? Don't have a big dream of spring and autumn. Then again, what can you do if you go out? It's not a word for death if you eat and wait for death..."

"Hahahahaha--" The prisoners around who were biting the penis in their mouths couldn't help but spit out the braids and laughed out loudly with the talking Sa Laoxi.

Ying Er is not a good person. In the past few months, he has endured a lot of grievances. After suffering this ridicule, he thought about it and was hopeless. He felt bad in his heart. He rushed up and twisted Sa Laoxi to fight. He took the opportunity to get a fight, making the open space a mess.

"What the hell is he doing? I don't want to live!" The prisoner Hu Sanshui was so angry that he had no place to vent his anger. He heard the sound and brought several prisoners to come and scolded him. This Uncle Hu is from Shunde Mansion, Zhili, and his accent is a bit of Shandong scent. Combined with his big and thick figure and a shocking scar on his forehead, the sound was intimidating. A group of people who were fighting looked at each other in a bad mood. When they met Hu Sanshui's fierce gaze, they all shook their heads.

"You are so fucking that the red flag is so chaotic. It seems that I am too polite to you. The blue flag in the prison in Songjiazhuang before is so wilted like a fucking rabbit. I have to give you a hundred whip every now and then like their boss Qi?" Hu Sanshui spat on the ground hatefully and said, "Bah, you guys are so raising me, I have to suffer the bitter cold with you! Fuck! I've been in great trouble for eight lifetimes!"

"Master..." The person who spoke was a thin man who looked a little white. Because he had not participated in the fight just now, he dared to speak: "What kind of crime do you think we are going to suffer?"

A gust of autumn wind blew, blew up a few yellow leaves on the ground and soared into the air. Suddenly, the wind blew the dead leaves flat like an arrow, and nailed them to the partition wall next to them with a bang. Hu Sanshui frowned and withdrew his eyes to stare at the leaves. His voice seemed to tremble in this coolness: "Xiao Mao didn't understand? It's his fucking sin of bitter cold!"

"I'll give you some damn rules, Lao Ding will show me some, and after half a stick of incense, he was admitted to the prison. The head said, E Sanye of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is coming, and it's still half an hour to keep me energetic! You all know my temperament of leading soldiers!" After cursing hatefully, Hu Sanshui glared at Ying Er and Sa Laoxi who were making trouble, and turned around and left.

As soon as he left, the people there began to become restless again. The spoiled who had just helped him urged to make a fuss, but this time he was stopped by Sa Laoxi. This guy was not a brainless person. He brushed the mud on his body with some reserve and looked at Ying Er tentatively.

Ying Er's face turned pale, his hands crossed, and he didn't know what he was thinking. A few rascals whispered: "Okay, Master E San from the Interior Ministry is doing the flag business with Master Beile. This time he must be here to urge this kid's soul."

Ying Er was stunned, his body trembled, and several ruffians raised their defenses. After the round just now, I really felt that this guy was not easy to mess with. The fist hit his body, and the pain was caused by the tendons.

"Shh, don't fucking a fucking noise." Sa Laoxi turned his head and scolded, "We are all men under our jurisdiction, so we have to be so mean? Laoying should not panic and don't think so. I think what you said first makes sense. Well, we have a long life in the future. If we don't fight, we won't know each other. I, Sa Laoxi, are so kind of person, a little rough, don't take it to my heart."

Sa Laoxi made a gesture, but Ying Er felt a little embarrassed. This was not a person with bad nature, but just to be strong and favorable. Now he felt a little embarrassed. Seeing Sa Laoxi smile awkwardly, his smile was a little miserable, and he stuttered: "Brother... Is it my brother who has a bad mouth and a bad temper... Hey, what else to say? That brother is saying, "I'm afraid that someone from the Interior Office is just going to be the brother." The five-foot-high man said this with a bleak autumn mood.

"Don't think about it, Lao Ying." Sa Laoxi restored his pride to his tyranny, patted Ying Er on the shoulder and said, "Justice Hu said just now, just to suffer a little bitterness. If you are brothers, you can't figure out the bitterness of bitterness... Where should you eat? Go to Liaodong? That's OK, it's closer to Guanglu Temple. After all, we are also men under our throne. All our ancestors made great contributions from Longzeng Pass... You can't go to Ningguta..."

After saying this, Yingji's face was a little bloody, and he smiled miserably, "Brother Sa said, I'm afraid I really want to go to Ninggu..." Speaking of this, he seemed to have thought of something, and after a calmness, his smile solidified and said, "I can't say... I'll have to go further north..."

"Dangdangdang--" Accompanied by a sound of bronze ling, the in charge of the affairs of Lao Ding began to shout the prisoners into the prison. Not long after, Mr. E San from the Ministry of Internal Affairs should come.

At this moment, Hu Sanshui was wearing his official uniform, a well-known fourth-rank Dusi of the Huai Army. He just sent a few complaints to this place where the birds were not shitting to take care of such a big prison. He had been depressed for a long time. The reason was that some time ago, someone told him that the military headquarters was planning a new military service law that would be implemented soon. When he heard that the soldiers under his command were going to be redistributed, he couldn't help but complain a few times. The next day he foolishly went to his superiors to argue and scolded him in a slight manner. In anger, he mentioned it again.

Pen wrote a letter to Li Hongzhang, and his words became a little more intense. He was so angry that Li Hongzhang, who was busy cooperating with the Japanese military service, was so angry that he thought about his old boss, Chen Fenglou, the general of Xuzhou Town, who was known as "Li Guang's difficult to enfeoff", sent him here to let him reflect. He hated him so much that he wanted to go to the Japanese front line to fight, and he was ready for everything, but he could only watch his comrades heading east one by one, but he marched west to Beijing to such a broken prison.

However, it is a blessing that the enemy lost his horse. Zhili Admiral Ye Zhichao was defeated as soon as he arrived in Japan. Fortunately, he did not go. Otherwise, the face of Zhili Province would be thrown away by this shitty escaped admiral. I really didn't expect that this guy was a good man in the past, so why was he so careless?

Just as he was thinking about this confused thing, Goshha came over there to report that it was Mr. E San of the Interior Ministry. Hu Sanshui regained his spirits. His temper had caused him so much pain since he was a child. The people in the Interior Ministry could not offend him anymore. As he thought about it, he smiled and cheered up and walked out.

"Thank you for your hard work, Master E San." Hu Sanshui took a few steps and greeted the visitor. The third son of E who was facing him frowned. Obviously, this was a chore for him. When he saw Hu Sanshui coming up, he felt a little relieved and said lukewarmly: "Okay, what are we working hard for? We are all for the emperor and the prince. What kind of thing do you do? Those bastards didn't cause trouble for Master Hu, right?" He took a small silver note stuffed by Hu Sanshui and spoke politely.

"Hey, what good taste can there be here." Hu Sanshui's family is a large family in Shunde Prefecture, and there is no shortage of money. He smiled and wanted to lead Master E San into it: "Go in and drink a little water, brothers also greet you. Thank you for your hard work on the long road. Master E San, please!"

"No need." E Lao San smiled bitterly and said, "This door tastes so good, and you won't be sucked to death when you enter. Master Hu, we are also passing on the prince's life. If you pass on your life, we should return it. Oh, by the way, Master Hu, there is also good news for you... Hehe..."

"Master E, you fool us again." Hu Sanshui said nothing and handed over a silver note.

The third son of E smiled brightly, and did not dislike this. He looked around and said, "Let's go in, go and talk to Mr. Hu for a few sips of tea! Mr. Hu, please."

After entering the house, the third son of E was straight to the point: "Two things, first, at the order of the prince, the six prisoners in the suburbs of Beijing will be dispatched to Xinyu Province soon. This is the grace of the emperor. The country is a great victory. The prisoners are sent to Xinyu Province. Before that, the prisoners may come to inspect one day. If they find the shape of bullying the prisoners, it will damage the emperor's virtue. You know, be careful." The third son of E took a sip of tea and said, "The second is your good thing. This is what I heard from the slaughter of the military department. I thought you were a little clear about it. I'll hurry up to ask the prince to ask for your errands first, and go to Songjiazhuang to pass the message."

This old fox clearly knew that there was something good here. Hu Sanshui cursed in his heart, but his face was full of smiles and looked up and made a gesture of wanting to hear it.

"I heard that Lord Li has already drafted your ticket. Mr. Hu, you don't have to accompany these fools to Xinyu Province. You are going to be promoted to another level, and go to Japan." After taking the third silver ticket, the third brother of E finally finished speaking. He stood up and said with a smile: "You have official duties, and you have errands to do, so I won't disturb Mr. Hu. Brothers, let's go!"

Japan... Looking at the back of the third brother E who was leaving, Hu Sanshui thought about this name and felt sad. What should he do when he was sent to Japan at this time? The battle has been over, and he only has two hobbies in his life, fighting and women. There is no need to fight this battle. It seems that he can only get married...

In this changing era, there are more than one person who feels sad. For example, this prison will be filled soon. A large building complex will soon rise from here ten miles away from the inner city. By the time the German officers' teaching group arrives next year, the Imperial Army University here will officially start. At that time, a large number of young officers and students will come here.

The same change also happened on the other side of the city. With Yung Wing's status unprecedentedly improving, another project with huge investment and huge impact was also launched on the other side of Beijing. The groundbreaking ceremony of the Imperial University was personally hosted by Prince Chun Zaifeng and Prime Minister Education Minister Yung Wing. Celebrities from all walks of life in the capital flocked to him. After Zaifeng took the lead in donating 10,000 taels of scholarship, representatives of Far East Co., Ltd. also donated 10,000 taels of silver in the name of the company. The royal imperial envoy Xiao Dezi, the eunuch in charge of the inner palace, sent the emperor's donation of 10,000 taels of rituals, and donated 5,000 taels in his personal name. This donation ceremony was based on

There was a prescription that no matter how many names the public are, no one dared to exceed the emperor's 100,000 taels, and no one dared to exceed the 10,000 taels of Prince Chun Zaifeng, the first prince of Tianzi. So in the day's school fundraising activities, a total of 1.79 million taels of silver were raised. Yung Wing was so happy that he smiled and spent the money. This money, plus this year's education budget of 5 million taels, the quantity and quality of his postponement of Western teachers can be greatly improved. The infrastructure investment in education was allocated by the Ministry of Revenue for additional silver, so Yung Wing never spent so much money in his life.

Of course, education is not just about spending money. After the elite education in Zhili, the capital and several strategic military-industrial areas was guaranteed, Yung Wing found that there was no manpower and material resources to ensure advanced education in other large areas. At present, the basic literacy education that eliminates illiteracy can only be popularized. Subsidies are given to each county every year to enable primary education in each county, which can basically solve the basic improvement of population quality.

I am afraid that I will not be enough in my life to completely solve the education problem. While I was happy, Yung Wing still felt a little regretful. But the foundation of this country is too weak and there is no way. I can only rely on doing more for this country in my lifetime.

Of course, things are better than his worries. In the past three years, more than 2,000 students who graduated from the Beijing Normal School, after meeting with the emperor and receiving some revitalization education, more than one-third of them were willing to go to the mainland provinces to serve as prefecture and county education bureau departments, and the rest were also added to various strategic locations to enrich the local elite education. Now this is the first batch of seeds that have been sown, and the harvest may be ten or twenty years later.

As the reviewer of this year's competition, Yung Wing also has ambition to promote the Beijing Normal School model to various provinces next year. Each province must establish a normal school to cultivate its own normal talents for the province. As for the candidates, some foreign personnel will be used to supplement the scholars and juren from various provinces and integrate with the first batch of Beijing Normal School training talents. If this continues, you can see the results of popular education soon.

Of course, this is not easy, it requires the cooperation of local officials. Next year is an important year for military system reform. Will the emperor approve his huge plan at the same time? Yung Wing was unsure.

Of course, my current mind has not turned to the cultural field. The top priority at present is the national amnesty. Misdemeanors will be released. Felony crimes will be exempted from death, regardless of whether they are committed or not. All exiled to the local government and Far East Co., Ltd. for management. New Hubei Province is much less attractive to immigration than Liaodong. This forced method must be adopted to eat up this new land with the population base. Moreover, the extension to the north also has an economic purpose. Next year, at most, the year after tomorrow, I must carry out currency reform. Otherwise, as silver becomes increasingly depreciated, it will be too disadvantageous to buy technology, guns, guns, and ships from foreigners. A considerable part of the growth of national strength is to fill this big hole.
Chapter completed!