The great emperor of crossing

No one thought that such a thing would happen. These ministers were willing to let a dusty feudal official and a young man who had not entered the official career become their teacher. This is a very new thing.

"Your suggestion is very good. Let's go to the Royal Garden together tonight. It will be quieter there, and I will talk to you about the next thing."

The royal garden at night is not as simple as everyone imagined. It turned out that Zhao Lie had already prepared everything.

"Zhang Zhidong, you can start your speech now, and from here on, you and your little brother don't need to perform the ceremony of emperor and minister. Now it's time for us to discuss issues together."

"No! It's just a speech, I really don't dare to say it, or you should ask questions."

Zhang Zhidong still felt a little embarrassed, after all he came here without any preparations for a speech.

"Then let me ask you, what is the current situation? I mean the current situation abroad."

"Since you have called me here today, I will naturally say what I have to say without hesitation. In fact, our empire is not as powerful as imagined. In the whole world, we even Neighboring countries can’t compare, so it can be said that in such a big country, we only have a small hydropower station, which is simply overkill for a country rich in hydropower resources like ours.”

Zhang Zhidong's words made everyone feel very surprised. They didn't expect to criticize the whole empire.

"Looking at all the countries in the world today, the strongest are still those in the West. One of them has now become a real empire on which the sun never sets. In fact, they have planted many empires near our empire. Hidden dangers, that is to say, the current situation is not as simple as everyone thinks, the empire is still going to achieve great unification, if there is no way to defeat the empire on which the sun never sets, then everything is empty talk."

Such a sentence shocked everyone present, who did not expect that the emperor's worry was actually correct.

"Then can you tell me what's going on now?"

"Actually, Magerni really brought a large amount of opium to the empire this time. If it wasn't for the emperor's thunderous means, which made him lose face, then this time, our country will be invaded by them. It can be said that they The industrial revolution is already going on now, and the era of steam engines has passed, that is to say, they have started the electric revolution now, but fortunately, we have the electric revolution, so we must hurry up and vigorously develop electric power .”

Zhang Zhidong looked at the people present, it seemed that everyone was very surprised by his words.

"So do you think our empire has reached the point of no return?"

"That's not the case. Looking at all countries in the world, only our country has established a central bank, and only our empire has companies that are controlled by the state. Other countries directly realize the control of the entire country through private holdings. It is controlled by the state, so their parliament is also a spoils sharing meeting for capitalists, and it can be said that their workers are very hardworking, which is the most basic situation in foreign countries now.”

"You're saying our empire isn't useless, right?"

Zhao Lie felt a little relieved when he heard this.

"Your Majesty is very right. However, in such a vast empire as ours, the transportation industry should be very developed. In foreign countries, all ships have begun to develop towards iron ships. That is to say, the iron and steel industry in foreign countries is already very advanced. developed, but now many of their iron and steel industries are still operating on the principle of steam engines, which will also cause certain environmental pollution, while our country uses the principles of electricity and steam engines together, which is technologically advanced. So this time we must hurry up and set up steel factories, and it is best to set up seven to eight directly, because there are too many places where we need steel, and we must find a way to circulate currency. At the same time, we must hurry up and foreign countries. People do business.”

"You mean it's time for international trade, don't you?"

"Your Majesty, you are right again. It is not a good thing for any country to develop silently, so if Your Majesty really thinks it is possible, we must now develop our own ocean shipping. In other words, we must hurry up and build the shipyard. , These are some things that seem to be very difficult at this stage, but they will definitely help in the future, but the current scientific strength of the Imperial Academy of Sciences is at the forefront of the world, so we must hurry up and make good use of their achievements to directly transfer The empire grew."

At this moment, Zhao Lie finally couldn't sit still anymore, he felt that Zhang Zhidong seemed to be condescending when he was the chairman of a steel company.

"Are you interested in becoming the pillar of the entire empire? I think it seems a bit condescending for you to be the chairman of a steel factory."

"Your Majesty, in fact, the real genius is not me, but Lin Zexu. I think it is time to set up a foreign affairs academy, which is responsible for researching foreign scientific and technological achievements and advanced foreign technologies. What's more, it is necessary to find out what each country has developed. Su Qin has not returned to the country yet, if everything waits for him to come back, it will be too late."

At this time, everyone turned all their eyes on Lin Zexu, which made the young him feel very uncomfortable.

"I think at this stage, I still have to hurry up and study hard with you. My strength is still too little."

"Lin Zexu, you don't need to be with me now, anyway, you are one of the people who see the world with open eyes, and you also have your own unique insights into the entire country's system, so I think you should stay and help the Yellow Emperor seize the time To develop the empire, that is."

"Our Qinzheng Palace is willing to welcome such young people to join. Maybe you have not taken the imperial examination, but as long as His Majesty allows, Qinzheng Palace is willing to admit you directly."

Wei Yang seized the time to speak at this time. He has always been a very open person, and he also hopes that more young people can join the team of Qinzheng Palace, so that the talents of the entire empire can be maintained for a long time.

"Lin Zexu, you have a strong heart, so I think you must shoulder such a heavy responsibility, and don't shirk it anymore. Now our empire is lagging behind, so we must catch up no matter what."