Chapter 204: Intelligent General

In fact, it is the end of the eighth month of the Western calendar, and it is the hottest season of the year. In the hot summer, I stayed in Shanghai for another three days. One is to take part in the battle between Luqu, Jiangsu, and after arriving in Jiangning, I will decide on the spot. Now these two people have been suspended from their posts and waited for investigation and are in panic at home all day long. I am probably in the fire of the fire, while staying in Nanjing, while waiting for the summer to come from the east as soon as possible.

Secondly, the ministers of various countries in Shanghai must be received one by one. The most important thing is Britain, Germany, and the United States. These three countries are closely related to my next big plan. The terms and phrases are also implicit and have different qualities according to the object. Another is the candidate for the Shanghai Daotai after Nie Jiye. Shanghai is different from other places. First, it is an important military port, and secondly, it is also a place where political and business people from all over the world gather. Shanghai is also an important military base. In such an important place, local officials must understand the Westernization Affairs and the Secondly, they must also have a gathering place for political and business personnel from all over the world. Shanghai is also an important military base. In such an important place, local officials must first understand the Westernization Affairs and the Secondly, they must also have a

Understand economy, and have the ability to tune in the mix between China and foreign countries. After thinking about it, I still had to come up with the first list of administrative officials who stayed in the UK. After careful investigation, I chose an old Tongzhi of Nenjiang Prefecture. After returning to China, I temporarily appointed Ye Zuqing, a Tongzhi of Fengtian Prefecture. This year, I am 35 years old, a native of Hangzhou Prefecture, and a tribute student in the eighth year of Guangxu. First, I saw that he was a southerner and now I have been to Fengtian Prefecture as an official, and second, his English exam in the UK was excellent. In addition, he was also named Ye, so I ordered an order to go to Jiangning to meet him. If I had an interview, I would be a good candidate.

It is difficult to get the place of Shanghai to be handed over to old bureaucrats, and this is also an important signal for the national officialdom. New officials are going to officially move to senior leadership positions. Although Shanghai Road is just a road platform, once the term of office of Shanghai Road expires, they will immediately send out the vassal departments or magistrates from neighboring provinces or their provinces, and some will jump directly to the governor. This position is a springboard position, so the political signal is stronger.

Meeting famous gentry in Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu is one to encourage them to establish education and industry, and the other is to encourage them to support the new policy over the years. Zhejiang is preparing to establish the Qiushi Academy of Higher Education College, asking for the name of the school. Lin Qi, the governor of Hangzhou Prefecture, also served as the principal. This time, he was also among the interviews. This person is a Jinshi of Guangxu Bingzi, an editor of Hanlin Academy, and was released from Shaanxi Academy of Education and the Censor of Zhejiang Dao Supervisory Censor. Because he was convicted, he was released from the prefect of Quzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, and was transferred to the prefect of Hangzhou Prefecture. He traveled around the country and responded to the call of the court. He turned to open Qiushi Academy, which was also a new model for Zhejiang Province. So I directly asked him to change Qiushi Academy to Zhejiang University and wrote the name of the four-character school to encourage him to run the new school well and cultivate more talents for Zhejiang Province and even the whole country.

There is also the local gentry of Shanghai, Song Jiashu. I also met him. This person is a missionary and has made great achievements in investment in industry. This time he received a special favor and allowed his whole family to meet him. He was specially awarded the same Jinshi. His wife Ni was awarded the title of the Lady. The two daughters and the Empress also had rewards. Because his wife was pregnant, the Empress Longyu was very envious. He also had some inquiries about Fang Ce and was very happy to talk about him.

Sheng Xuanhuai was also with him. Seeing that I was particularly interested in education and industry, I also proposed to invest in the Royal Bank of the Qing Dynasty to establish Nanyang Public School in Shanghai. This is a good thing that is beneficial to the local area. Of course, I would agree. Lu Runxiang, the top scholar in Tongzhi for the 13th year, also expressed his intention to establish a yarn mill in Suzhou; Fei Qihong, an American pastor of the American Presbyterian Church, wanted to establish a commercial press, print textbooks for the new study, translate foreign science and technology books to China for distribution, etc., etc. These good things are the good results of my southern tour. After meeting that day, I was in a very happy mood.

There is another itinerary in Shanghai, which is to inspect the Royal Armstrong Shipyard. After reviewing a batch of government affairs reported by the cabinet from Beijing that the cabinet has no authority to handle, such as issuing stamps, and the United States invites Prime Minister Li Hongzhang to visit the United States, and so on, he reads the accumulated news from China and foreign countries. For example, Ford built a car using gasoline as fuel in the United States, Marconi applied for a patent for telegraph in the United Kingdom, the first Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece, and Yan Fu, a teacher at the Imperial Naval University, translated and completed the Tianyi Theory, and approved the official fee for the publication and distribution of the official fees to students in schools at all levels across the country, etc., Shenqing After lunch, I finished my lunch in the afternoon, I checked the itinerary of the Royal Armstrong Shipyard. Now I am building two cruisers on the two pedestals, the Diqing and Wang Jun (i.e. Jun). These are the last two of the eight 18 cruisers prepared for the six Imperial Power Classes. The first sixteen have been visited. The construction period of these two is expected to be at the end of this year. In addition to the remaining eight destroyers, the entire batch of Imperial Power Class fleet will be completed. According to the requirements of the British, all shipments of the Royal Armstrong Shipyard after this must be approved by the British Empire's Navy.

It is necessary to name the eighteen cruisers here. The naming of cruisers is named after the famous future in history, but there are a group of famous generals that I want to leave for future battle patrols, so the names reported by the Navy Command are not top-notch generals. In addition to these two Di Qing and Wang Jun, the first sixteen ships are Li Jing (first ship, special meaning), Le Yi, Lian Po, Li Ji, Tian Dan, Li Guang, Tian Rangju, Zhou Bo, Deng Yu, Guo Ziyi, Lu Meng, Wu Han, Huangfu Song, Han Qinhu, Zhang Rendan, and Deng Yu.

Since the establishment of the Royal Armstrong Shipyard in the 16th year of the Guangxu period and its completion in the 17th year of the Guangxu period, 1,327 British engineers have been successively employed and 39,71 Chinese workers have been employed. Currently, 179 British engineers have been in the factory, 431 British skilled workers and 1,409 Chinese workers, of which more than 700 are reportedly comparable to British skilled workers.

The current British supervisor is a fat man named Johnson in his fifties. Since I arrived, I have been accompanying the British side, expressing the great contribution of the British side to China in this project. Regarding the new resolution of the British Parliament on shipment of the shipyard, he also expressed his hope that there is a way to bypass it. I looked at Zai Ying, who was visiting with me and smiled in my heart. The merchants are always the smartest people. It is estimated that the Armstrong company is not very satisfied with the decision of the parliament. There are probably some measures to bypass it in the future.

Due to the existence of the Royal Armstrong Shipyard, the development of upstream and downstream industries along the Yangtze River coast has been driven, and the steel, transportation, mining, paint and other industries in provinces such as Jiangsu, Anhui and Hubei have been vigorously developed. It can be said that the existence of this enterprise has almost driven the development of the entire river industry, and has affected and cultivated the newly cultivated working class to reach 100,000. According to statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the number of people living in the country who work for a living has reached more than 500,000, and a new class has begun to be born and has developed vigorously.

Since I was dealing with the gentlemen in Russia who were planning to engage in the workers' movement, I also focused on the working class this time. The reports of the Armstrong company's investors showed that the average wage of workers is one or four cents a month, the apprenticeship is half a liang per month, and the skilled workers can reach up to three liang. It has basically exceeded the income of being a soldier, and it is also a relatively rich class in society.

Therefore, I specifically instructed local officials in Shanghai and Jiangsu to protect the rights and interests of workers and not to coax the capital. This meaning should be issued to the whole country after returning to the palace, and the cabinet should also issue court edicts. The working class is about to gradually enter the political stage as the country's industrialization begins to gradually enter the political stage and make them have their own organizations. Therefore, the court must first take action and keep up with publicity. Kang Youwei's "Quotes on the Hadith" should also add this content and print it as soon as possible. When I remember the people from the Commercial Press who met, they happened to give them their first big business and print it out and distribute it to the workers as soon as possible. This year is the sixth year of my rule, and I will count this to last year. This year is the summary of the first five years, named as the first volume. In the future, a volume will be compiled every five years, and the publications printed will be distributed for free with the royal treasury as funds.

This was also the hottest time of the year. The escort soup and drinks brought by the entourage were paid down, and the double salary this month was announced. The extra monthly salary was paid by the royal family. The workers were happy to see the holy face, and this was even more popular. For the Armstrong Shipyard, I also assured them of future order issues, but they also put pressure on them in their words. The orders must be approved by the British Admiralty Department. They will definitely step up pressure on the parliament.

After the three parties satisfactorily visited, the day was basically over. In the evening, I finally made the decision to deal with the Jiangsu Fuxue and the decision to deal with the Shaanxi-Gansu civil unrest. I called Liang Qichao, who was still serving, and I ordered him to draft an order: Yang Changjun, the governor of Shaanxi-Gansu, was dismissed from being the governor of Qinghai, and he was demoted to be the governor of Qinghai, which meant that he could get up wherever he fell. I believe that after the lessons of this civil unrest, he could be helpful to civil affairs. In his early years, he was also a talented man in Zuo Zongtang's mouth, and his character was also very knowledgeable. I believe that he could help me stabilize Qinghai, a province with multiple ethnic groups. The governor of Sichuan Liu Bingzhang was transferred to Shaanxi-Gansu Governor of Shaanxi-Gansu. This was also because the Shaanxi military reform was gradually getting on track. The next province for military reform was Gansu and Sichuan. It was necessary to move Liu Bingzhang, who had served as the governor of Sichuan for ten years, so that Zaifeng could take action smoothly in Sichuan.

Of course, there is no need to explain this kind of power scheme to Liang Qichao one by one. I took a look at Liang Qichao who seemed to be unclear and said, "You can remember it, and you can consider the words and sentences yourself... Lu Chuanlin, the governor of Sichuan in Jin, I reward him for his intention to run a new school, not his behavior. If you are considering the words and sentences here, I will not say much. Well, Qu Hongji, it is not appropriate to remove the position of Jiangsu Education Envoy, how to arrange, and wait for the etiquette, and think about his mistakes at home. The Ministry of Education will choose the position of the Ministry of Education. The governor Deng Huaxi, the governor of Jin and the governor of Shanghai Dao, was appointed by the governor of Jin and Jiangsu. This is an imperial edict, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will send someone to issue the edict. After you have drawn it, you can issue the edict at night. In addition, a telegram will be sent to the cabinet, and the Ministry of Personnel will issue the ticket as soon as possible."

After a series of abnormal personnel movements, I knew that it would cause major shocks in Jiangsu Province and related provinces. This area was determined to be well developed. The empire's hinterland must be well developed. If anyone destroys my development plan, don't blame me for destroying his bright future.

Before the case, I looked through some of the remarks transferred from Beijing by the cabinet. Liang Qichao also drafted the edicts. I looked at it and found that after this series, it seemed that only Qu Hongji was deprecated. After frowned, he sighed and clicked on the edict and said, "This is a change, the original intention remains unchanged. I added a sentence later. As he was waiting for the journey in Jiangning, I still want to see him. This person, hey——" said with a wry smile: "It's very famous-"

"Emperor—" Liang Qichao looked at me carefully and hesitated and said, "Really speaking, I shouldn't say it, but since I still follow the status of the emperor, Your Majesty has made up his mind, I have a mind to ask the emperor to judge."

"Tell me." I hesitated, "The most taboo thing about following you is to interfere with my life. You have never before. I will listen to you once."

Liang Qichao said with some difficulty: "The emperor has no intention to interfere with Your Majesty's decisions, nor has the courage. I am also afraid that this will hurt the heart of the Jiangnan Shilin. The emperor, although Qu used his small actions to obstruct the new school, his reputation among the scholars is still very outstanding. The academic and political achievements in Jiangsu Province have been obvious in the past two years, and everyone attributes it to Qu. If the imperial edict said that Qu's despicable things, Lu Fu was promoted there, and he was afraid that he would give the emperor a glimpse of the people..." He looked at me carefully and continued: "The emperor later added this sentence, and I am afraid that there would be some worries in this regard. I think it would be better to clearly explain his place. This would be a mobilization for everyone. It is a pattern of praise on both sides. This also explains to the scholars in Jiangnan."

"No—" I thought about what he said, and shook my head and said, "My edict is not for scholars, but for officialdom. But you still reminded me that you should go to Kang Youwei and ask him to post a special topic in the China Times. Any remarks from Jiangnan people can be debated on it, and let him write two articles. When I have time, I will tell you what I mean. You can write two articles for me to catch a knife, and post them on the pseudonym to see the response."

Liang Qichao's face suddenly slowed down and he nodded, "The emperor's holy concern is extremely good, but I am thinking about it. In this way, the emperor's holy intentions and the fundamental gentry of the country can be clearly grasped. I worship him." He looked up and asked, "I beg the emperor to give his pen name."

"Well—" I smiled and nodded and said, "Just call me... Zhenhua. Revitalize China..." I sighed.

After Liang Qichao went, I was going to report urgently in the afternoon. The current mechanism was that I urgently reported the telegram, and the ordinary government affairs were still sent by posts. So I almost immediately saw the special report of the war situation in the northwest. The dog was anxious and wanted to jump over the wall, and the rabbit was anxious and wanted to bite people. This was really the ancients who were not bullying me, but Xu Shichang still suffered a small loss.

Last night, just last night, Han Nuri's 18,000 cavalry suicide squad took advantage of the night to rush for more than 400 miles in the night to attack the West Route Army. Because the equipment was not as good as the Eastern Route Army, and that night was an extremely rare summer night without moonlight and starlight. He suffered heavy losses and was robbed of ten days of military rations, killing and wounding more than 3,000 people. This was the first great defeat since Xu Shichang was ordered to fight. Although the responsibility was not on the eastern defense line he was responsible for, as the supreme commander in the overall situation, he was still so angry that he didn't have a meal for a day.

"I really didn't expect it-" Zhao Bingjun comforted him: "There was no light last night. We still suffered the disadvantage of the right time and place. But the man who lost his horse-"

"Oh--" Xu Shichang raised his hand to interrupt Zhao Bingjun's words and said, "Xu is ashamed. The 180,000 army spent money every day. He has been surrounded for more than half a year, but he has not made any contribution. Instead, he was kicked back to the bandit camp. This is really a shame and humiliation. According to the West Road newspaper, it is said that the troops of the old leader Han Nuri. It seems that Ma Kuangkuang's power has been reduced after suffering a great loss outside Lanzhou City. This can probably be considered a good thing. However--" Xu Shichang sighed and said, "I have let down the holy grace."

"The Grand Marshal is too determined-" Zhao Bingjun persuaded him: "If you advance quickly, let alone the inch of merit, the Grand Marshal has also established himself. Bingjun's previous advice on besieging the city was also inappropriate. Unexpectedly, there will be a gap in the hundreds of secrets. Please don't blame me too hard."

Xu Shichang smiled faintly and said, "I'm not harsh. I'm thinking that we're just thinking about the overwhelming advantage of new weapons and forgetting the clear instructions of our ancestors. Don't be bored by siege. I'm too worried about my own casualties and want to win a complete victory, so I can take advantage of the opportunity for the bandits to take advantage of this battle. It's not difficult to win, but it's rare to win. I thought about taking this job before-" I looked at Zhao Bingjun and smiled mockingly, "I want to."

How to achieve the greatest result with superior firepower? This is the subject given to me by Your Majesty. Don’t forget that I also serve as the vice president of the Imperial Lu University. After fighting this war, I will still have to go back to Lu University and teach a group of good generals to serve the court. In the future——” Ruoye looked at Zhao Bingjun and said, “It will always be your young people.”

"Master--" Zhao Bingjun was stunned and said, "Master-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Xu Shichang narrowed his eyes, his face was no stranger, as if he had not heard any praise. After leading the army far away from Beijing, he always felt that Zhao Bingjun seemed to be trying to win over him for Prince Chun. What did the emperor's younger brother want to do? The prince's relationship with ministers is a taboo. Although it was a matter of order, the private movements were constantly being done. Is it the emperor's instructed or private? He gave the emperor several secret comments, but he kept saying that he had left the emperor without a reply. What was the emperor's plan?

He didn't know that he didn't want to run into this muddy water. As he said to Zhao Bingjun, after this battle, his goal was to cultivate a group of excellent command talents for the country. According to the emperor when he left the capital, the overall pattern of the country in the past twenty years was peaceful development, and raising troops was the first. But twenty years later, it might be necessary to fight with all the strength, and the army and navy would fight big battles. Maybe the whole world would fight and prepare in advance. He was deeply influenced by the army and felt that this was the case. Those German staff members

He always feels very proud when talking about his country, which is very similar to his friends in private chatting with the Navy. The difference is that the object is changed to the British. Germany's land interests must conflict with the maritime interests of the British Empire. Although it is far away in the East, it either takes advantage of the situation or stays out of the matter. In any case, it must have an army that is proud of the world and at least proud of the East. He must be grateful to the king and devote all his talents to the army of the empire in this life.

There is no shortage of talented people in the army, such as Zhao Bingjun and his benefactor Yuan Shikai, who has been promoted to the Governor of the East China Sea, talked about his former friend of Yuan. When talking about his troubles about Prince Chun, Yuan Shikai never mentioned his reply, as if he was out of the matter. However, he knew this benefactor well, and he was not a simple person...

Alas, no matter what, be a simple professional soldier. As for politics, it is best not to touch it. If you encounter a wise king's prosperous era, you can go straight to the king's army and go straight to a thousand miles, and do your life and death for the king, and make no achievements in the world. What if you encounter a foolish king's dark world? Hey, learn to learn Tao Jingjie.

"Master, are you trance?" Zhao Bingjun said, "Are you still worried about the emperor's punishment? The emperor is a hero who is not a hero, so he will not be too harsh. In fact, it is no wonder that the general is. According to Bingjun, the situation of the battle will be within these few days, and there will be a breakthrough. At that time, the general will definitely smile."

When he said this, Xu Shichang seemed to be thinking about it and smiled and said, "Let's say it? I also seem to have some enlightenment-"

Zhao Bingjun and Xu Shichang looked at each other and smiled, their eyes falling on the map at the same time. They almost discovered the mutual appreciation on each other's face, and at the same time gave each other a thumbs up.
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