Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

"Oh? Please tell me, Master Weng." Guan Xuqing regained his energy all of a sudden.

"Has the emperor ever heard of Xu Shou?" Weng Tongsu asked.

"Xu Shou? I seem to have heard of it. Did he open a foreign school in Shanghai?" Guan Xuqing recalled.

"Your Majesty is really smart, and his memory is very comparable to others." Weng Tongsu paused and continued: "Xu Shou opened Gezhi Academy in Shanghai. Students were officially recruited in September of the following year, and the classes were officially taught in the spring of the following year. According to the regulations of the Gezhi Academy, the courses are divided into six categories: minerals, electricity, surveying and mapping, engineering, steam turbines, and manufacturing. Except for Xu Shou, the academy presides over regular courses for admitted students. In addition to arts, regular science lectures are also held, and Luan Xueqian is another teacher in charge of teaching chemistry in the college. When he teaches chemistry knowledge, he also cooperates with experimental performances, which are very effective."

Ah, it turned out to be him.Guan Xuqing suddenly remembered that he was a famous chemist in modern Chinese history.He is still alive?When did he die? Because Guan Xuqing studied finance in his previous life, he really doesn't know when those great men died.I only know that Xu Shou was born in the Jiaqing Dynasty.still alive?He must be very old, and he needs to find two doctors to see him regularly. This kind of person is simply a national treasure of the Qing Dynasty.

"Where is this person now? Please invite him to Beijing. I want to open a university where he will teach chemistry." Guan Xuqing said hastily.

"This person is in Shanghai, but unfortunately he is weak and sick and has been bedridden. But the Gezhi Academy he opened in Shanghai has many excellent students and teachers. Luan Xueqian was recommended by Xu Shou." Weng Tongsu said.

"Oh, what a pity! Have you seen Luan Xueqian before?" Guan Xuqing continued to ask.

"I have not." Weng Tongsu said.

Guan Xuqing thought for a while and said: "That's it, you are responsible for contacting them and recruiting all outstanding talents to Beijing. I will open the university next month to continuously transport talents for the country."

"Zunzhi, dare to ask the emperor, is the name of the university ready?" Weng Tongsu asked.

"Of course it's called Tsinghua University." Guan Xuqing replied without thinking.

The Lion Wakes Up Chapter 23 Open up the Word

In the first month of the eighth year of Guangxu, the whole of China was still in a mess, and the people still didn't have enough to eat.But he hadn't heard of people dying of starvation anywhere. Guan Xuqing knew that local officials would not report such things to him.

Zuo Zongtang and Dong Liang's disarmament has been initially completed, and the Hunan Army, Huai Army, and Chu Army have been fully integrated into the Qing Army.The ten generals were also recommended by Zuo Zongtang, Guan Xuqing personally decided, and were appointed by Liu Mingchuan, Nie Shicheng, Lu Yiwei, Dong Liang, Wu Ping, Wu Guang, Chen Heng, Wan Tianjie, Shen Danyang, and Pan Dongmin.These are young generals who have received Western military education.Stationed in Yunnan, Guangdong, Dalian, Shandong, Heilongjiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, Tianjin, Mongolia and Gansu.The army purchased all German equipment in a unified manner. At that time, the army was close to the world level.Claimed to be armed to the teeth.

And schools all over the country have also opened up one after another, and students come in droves.I heard that after graduating from school, you can become a teacher. Every year, the imperial court subsidizes teachers with five taels of silver, so that the whole family doesn't have to go hungry.

As the saying goes, what is good at the top must be followed by the bottom.The governors from all over the country have long heard that the little emperor is enthusiastic about foreign affairs, and they all sent telegrams to curry favor with the emperor.For example, the reconstruction of the Machinery Bureau in Sichuan, the expansion of the Guangdong Arms Bureau, and the establishment of the Qing Dynasty Daily Bureau, a storm of Westernization has blown up across the country.

Among them, the establishment of Daqing Daily News aroused Guan Xuqing's interest, yes.Set up a newspaper office to let the people of the world understand the Qing Dynasty and the world.Before the mountains were high and the emperor was far away, all the governors were the overlords of one side, and the officials and officials protected each other.The common people have no place to redress their grievances... If a newspaper is established and the truth is presented to me, those governors should also restrain themselves.

At first glance, the person who started the performance was Zheng Guanying.This person is the general office of the Shanghai machine weaving layout organized by Li Hongzhang, and also the general office of the Shanghai Telegraph Bureau.

"Li Hongzhang, draw up the decree." Guan Xuqing said.

"Cha." Li Hongzhang waited with a brush in his hand.

"Zheng Guanying immediately set up the Daqing Daily and served as the general office. The name of the newspaper is "Daqing Daily". I can say whatever I want, but the authenticity of the content must be guaranteed. I want to let the people of the Qing Dynasty understand the world through the newspaper. What does it look like, and what does my Qing Dynasty look like in the world. You can write all the shortcomings of the Qing Dynasty, and you don’t have to worry about offending others. I will never sin with words. After the Daqing Daily is published, all are free Present it to the local people. Within one year, I will specially allocate 1000 million taels of silver to you, and you must do it within three months, and the Daqing Daily will spread all over the country."

"Your Majesty, the treasury is empty now. Is it too much to spend 1000 million taels to run a newspaper?" Li Hongzhang raised his head and asked.

"Ever? When did I ever do a loss-making business?" Guan Xuqing pointed to the heavy snow outside the window and continued, "Auspicious snow heralds a good year, this snow is a good sign. Look at the tax money sent by the provinces in two months. Compare There are a lot of snowflakes."

Li Hongzhang looked blank, looking at the snow floating outside the window, his heart was blank.

Due to the extremely outdated financial system of the Qing Dynasty, taxation was handled uniformly by local yamen.It was intercepted layer by layer, and when it was handed over to the Ministry of Accounts, it was less than one third.

But this year, since the Daqing Daily has been launched in various places, it is not easy for the Yamen to intercept it.The newspapers clearly wrote about the tax collection of local yamen officials, and they held the emperor's decree in their hands, so they could not beat or scold them.

"Your Excellency, look. Since this newspaper came out, how much tax we collected, he sent it to the capital faster than our memorial. We don't have any oil or water. Small. How can I live with this little salary from the imperial court?" said Xu Minghua, the prefect of Hangzhou.

"Hehe, our little emperor is so hateful. You put your eyes in front of us. Don't even think about taxes, just pay them in full. From now on, you should be more careful when doing things, otherwise I won't be able to protect you. I paid you back last year. You were forced to buy the national debt of our Bank of Daqing, 1 taels of silver. You can’t cash it out now, and you are much happier than me.” Zhejiang Governor Chen Tao said.

"Hey, I also bought 1000 taels. Do you think the emperor is really only 11 years old?" Xu Minghua said painfully.

"..."

In March of the eighth year of Guangxu, all national taxes were paid in full.The Ministry of Accounts counted and verified, a total of 7000 million taels of silver.Because the people are encouraged to open factories and engage in business.With the support and stimulation of the imperial court, the enthusiasm of the people was high.This has helped some taxes this year, but the main thing is that there are no layers of interception.It seems that the national treasury will finally be in surplus this year.

Guan Xuqing looked at the tax memorial with a look of relief.

The Lion Awakens Chapter 24 Ship Purchase and Preparation

The Sino-French war is only over a year away, although the Chaoyong and Yangwei ships were purchased from the British.Including the dozens of broken ships of the Nanyang Navy, Fujian, and Guangdong Navy, it is simply a dream to defeat France, which was the second in the world at the time, in a naval battle.

Now Guan Xuqing is not too worried about the Qing army, and the historical Sino-French war was also a complete victory in the Qing Dynasty in Vietnam.Now it is equipped with all German weapons, and German officers are also invited to help train some subjects.They are not required to reach the combat effectiveness of the German Army, which should be much higher than before.

After doing so many things before, the treasury finally has some money now.If you are not willing to spend now, you will really become the captain of the transportation team.

"Biography to Li Hongzhang." Guan Xuqing said.

"Zha..." Wang Shang hurriedly backed out.

After a while, Li Hongzhang came.

"I see the emperor." Li Hongzhang knelt on the ground.

"Calm down, sit down and talk." Guan Xuqing was as polite as ever.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Hongzhang sat down.

"How is the purchase of German warships going?" Guan Xuqing asked.

Li Hongzhang replied: "Your Majesty, the Munich Shipyard in Germany has agreed to my request from the Qing Dynasty. In addition, another German shipyard, the Hamburg Shipyard, is also willing to train some water warriors and officers and soldiers for the Qing Dynasty. I hope that we can join them. Build ships there."

Guan Xuqing thought for a while and said: "Okay, but you go and tell them that what I want to build is a world-class ironclad ship, don't fool me with outdated and obsolete inferior products, and you should send more Jiangnan Shipyard's technology personnel to supervise the shipbuilding and learn a lot from foreign shipbuilding techniques. One day, the Qing Dynasty will also build its own iron-clad ships.”

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing. I let the British know about the purchase of ships from Germany by the Qing Dynasty. They sent a protest, saying that I had discriminated against them in trade. They demanded that they be treated as one." Li Hongzhang didn't know what was wrong.

"Humph" Guan Xuqing snorted coldly. At the beginning, Turkey and Britain ordered two ironclad ships with a displacement of 4830 tons. After the Crimean War broke out, Britain neutralized the contract with Turkey and resold the two ironclad ships to China. Qing, Daqing also agreed at that time.Later, Britain changed its mind unilaterally.Otherwise, China would not buy warships from Germany.

Guan Xuqing continued: "The British want to build warships for us, and I can't ask for it. You go and tell them, and I will build their British warships."

The Infrash white battleship was a product of Britain in the 70s, and it attracted worldwide attention as soon as it was born.The displacement reached 11800 tons, and the thickest part of the ship's side armor reached 608 mm. It must be known that the displacement of the two ships Dingyuan and Zhenyuan at that time was only 7670 tons, and the ship's side armor was only 355 mm.That's how it was. At that time, the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan ships were also called giants by Japan. During the Sino-Japanese War, the Ding and Zhen ships endured an average of 200 shells, but they still persevered.The Infrash white battleship is almost twice as thick as Zhenyuan and Dingyuan.I really don't know what kind of artillery can sink it.

"The Infrash White battleship is the main battleship of the British, I'm afraid..." Li Hongzhang worried.

"Of course I know that it is impossible for Britain to help us build their capital ships. But at least they must be the most advanced cruisers. And I agreed to sell the two ironclad ships originally ordered by Turkey to Da Qing after refitting." Guan Xuqing said non-negotiable.

"Cha, I'll do it right away." Li Hongzhang said.

The Lion Wakes Up Chapter 25 Military Parade

Winters in the north are very cold, especially before global warming.Now that there is no pollution, Guan Xuqing breathes the fresh air, but because he lived in the south in his previous life, he really can't get used to the freezing weather.

The tough winter is finally over, and the capital is full of singing birds and fragrant flowers in April.Vigorous vitality is everywhere.Although the banner people are still the same as before, walking birds, drinking, and visiting kilns.

Guan Xuqing was watching the "Daqing Daily" in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. The newspaper introduced the edicts recently promulgated by the imperial court. These introductions were concise and to the point.Even people who are illiterate can basically understand it.In addition, the newspapers are also chattering about the whole country's promotion of Westernization.

Guan Xuqing rubbed his temples, and suddenly found Wang Shang kneeling in front of him.

"What's the matter?" Guan Xuqing asked.

"Going back to the emperor, I saw that you were engrossed. I couldn't bear to call you. Marshal Zuo has been waiting outside for a long time." Wang Shang said.