Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

"No need, let's listen to what he said." Guan Xuqing said.

After a while, Li Hongzhang walked up to Guan Xuqing, and fell on the ground: "I kowtow to the emperor."

"Stay flat." Guan Xuqing said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Hongzhang stood up.

"Li Zhongtang, what's the matter with the Military Aircraft Department?" Guan Xuqing asked.

"Returning to the emperor, last year I purchased two ironclad ships from the British Armstrong Shipyard through the British Hurd of the General Taxation Department. Now the two ships have been built and are going to return to China today. But..." Li Hongzhang said.

Guan Xuqing's eyes lit up and said: "It's already built? Is it the Chaoyong and Yang Wei? The maximum speed can reach 16 knots per hour. It is the fastest ironclad ship in the Qing Dynasty. Hurry up and let them come back. Nanyang Navy."

Li Hongzhang showed embarrassment and said embarrassingly: "But, the emperor. The envoys of Japan and France put pressure on Britain at the same time, saying that they should not favor each other. Japan also wanted two warships of the same kind. But they were unwilling to wait another year, and they actually fought Two of our ships... so..."

Guan Xuqing wanted to scold her, what the hell.Little Japan doesn't take us seriously now? ?

"You are the Minister of Western Affairs, so I will leave it to you to negotiate with foreigners. The British can't disregard their international reputation. Can I take back the things that have been sold to Qing Dynasty? He wants to buy them from Japan, and let the British figure out their own way." I order you to bring Chaoyong and Yang Wei back within a month." Guan Xuqing said angrily.

"But... Your Majesty, France has a fleet in the English Channel. I am afraid, I am afraid that the two warships will be destroyed by the French as soon as they leave the Armstrong Shipyard." Li Hongzhang worried.

"Okay, the French have decided to make us enemies of the Qing Dynasty for the sake of a small Japan?" Guan Xuqing said angrily.

"Li Hongzhang, you go to negotiate with the UK. The UK will be responsible for transporting two ironclad ships back to our Mawei shipyard. They will provide technical training and help train the officers and soldiers of our Qingshui Division. Then introduce some shipbuilding technology. I will ask Li Zhen to give it to you in two days. Transfer 1000 million taels of silver. Let me tell you, all the money will be used on the edge of the knife. If anyone dares to use this money, I will not kill people." Guan Xuqing gritted his teeth.

While Guan Xuqing was talking, Zhang Yu, the former company commander of the Youth Battalion and now the commander of the Yulin Army, raised his gun at Li Hongzhang in due course.

"Zhang Yu, what are you doing? Put down the gun, this is my important minister." Guan Xuqing said dissatisfied.

"Zha..." Zhang Yu immediately put down his gun and stepped back.

Li Hongzhang had seen the power of these people with his own eyes. At the beginning, 100 people took down nearly [-] Imperial Forest Army in just one stick of incense.The strength of the combat power can be called terror.

"I don't dare, I must use the silver on the blade." Li Hongzhang knelt down and said.

"Go on an errand." Guan Xuqing sat back on the reclining chair and closed his eyes.A beautiful blueprint is planned in my mind...

The Lion Wakes Chapter 21 Windfall

In the study room, Guan Xuqing was looking at the telegram sent from Yunnan.The French invasion of Vietnam is being reported.Guan Xuqing frowned and said nothing.At this moment, Wang Shang hurried in.

"Slave pays respects to the emperor." Wang Shang knelt down and said.

"Well, what's the matter?" Guan Xuqing continued to look down at the memorial with his head down.

"Your Majesty, the property of rebellious Li Lianying, Gui Xiang and other party members has been investigated and sealed up. Lord Li has personally collected it into the treasury at the household department. Now Lord Li is out to see you." Wang Shang knelt on the ground and said.

"Oh? Tell him to come in." Guan Xuqing raised his head and said.

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After a while, Li Zhen ran in excitedly. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, look..."

"Seeing how promising you are, how could you be so excited by copying a house?" Guan Xuqing said with a smile.

Li Zhen suddenly realized something and hurriedly knelt down. "The minister kowtowed to the emperor"

"For the rest of my life, there are not so many rules in the study here." Guan Xuqing stepped forward to help Li Zhen up.

"The courtesy of a monarch and a minister should not be forgotten anywhere, the minister lost his composure just now." Li Zhen said ashamedly.

"What made you happy like this?" Guan Xuqing turned around and returned to the dragon chair.

"Your Majesty, I have just confiscated the properties of Li Lianying, Gui Xiang and other traitor party members confiscated by the Imperial Forest Army. Look..." Li Zhen said excitedly.

Guan Xuqing took the account book and looked at it with straight eyes.Good guy, just a eunuch.There are actually three houses in the capital, 5000 taels of gold and 600 million taels of silver are stored in Jiabi.There are countless kinds of jade jewelry.

"I made a rough estimate, only Li Lianying alone. After all the real estate, pawnshops, and jewelry are auctioned, it is estimated that there will be more than 3000 million taels of silver. A total of 3506 taels of silver will be confiscated by all the rebels." Li Zhen continued.

"Damn, there are so many... Hahaha, what a timely rain." Guan Xuqing laughed loudly.This may be the most happy thing for Guan Xuqing recently.

"Your Majesty, the national treasury has so much money at once. Do you need to issue any national debt?" Li Zhen said.

"Send it, of course. The more the better. Now what the Qing Dynasty lacks the most is silver. No matter how much money you give me, I will have something to use it for. Besides, the people deposit money in the bank of the Qing Dynasty. Their interests The interests of the country are tied together. You said that with the support of the people, our Qing Dynasty is like a tiger with wings added. The army and the people have been one since ancient times." Guan Xuqing said.

"Actually, my Qing Dynasty has a vast land and abundant resources. I don't need anything. As long as the officials are united and abide by the law, the national treasury will be filled within two years." Li Zhen said truthfully.

"You're right. If it's a lion, it's okay if you say it's fat. But if it's a sheep or a pig, you say it's fat. It's not a good omen." Guan Xuqing picked up the table He took a sip from his teacup and continued: "Besides, my officials in the Qing Dynasty are still far from being clean and law-abiding. Even so, the treasury is full of money and rich. I am just a transport captain work, collected the money and handed it over to the foreigners.”

Li Zhen frowned, and nodded half understanding.

"So, I want to develop the military. Only when the army of the Qing Dynasty is strong can it resist the invasion of foreign enemies. Foreigners want to take advantage of my Qing Dynasty? Don't think about it! My Qing Dynasty is a lion, not a lamb to be slaughtered!" Guan Xuqing Looking into the distance, he said angrily.

"The emperor's sage" Li Zhen couldn't help but also excited.

"You go down first. The Bank of Great Qing has to prepare quickly. I will give you a month. At least a few semicolons should be opened near the capital and Jiangsu and Zhejiang." Guan Xuqing ordered.

"Cha, I will fulfill my mission." Li Zhen knelt down and said.

The Lion Wakes Up Chapter 22 Rejuvenating the Country through Science and Education

Guan Xuqing was at a loss for the sudden [-] million taels of silver.It's not that he doesn't know how to use it anymore, but that there are so many places where Daqing needs to spend money, so that he doesn't know where to look first.

It stands to reason that the Sino-French war is imminent.Investing in the military should be the most reasonable.But these silvers are all taken from the people by those corrupt officials, and it seems to be the truth to take it from the people and use it with the people.

The quality of the people is a sign of whether a country is really strong. Germany has experienced the devastation of two world wars. The country can only be described as a ruin, but in just a few decades, it has been reborn like a phoenix.This is because Germany has a very high national quality.

However, improving the quality of the people is a slow and long-term process. Since ancient times in China, the children of the rich can only read, and the poor cannot read.How can this kind of national quality be compared with the real powers abroad.What's more, China has never had education expenditure, a national budget expenditure, since ancient times.Even if Guan Xuqing is arbitrary and insists on adding this item to popularize education across the country, there are not so many teachers, and the educational model of private schools is already outdated.Although the establishment of Westernization in recent years has paid attention to the cultivation of talents to a certain extent, but for a superpower with a population of [-] million, it is still a drop in the bucket, and it does not help!

To solve the problem of teachers, sending overseas students to study abroad, or hiring foreign teachers would cost too much.No amount of money is enough.It can only be used on talents in certain special fields.Such as the use of warships, army management and so on.Education for all is not enough.

After the rise of the Westernization Movement, military schools across the country were gradually established, such as the Weihai Naval Academy, the Shanghai Artillery Academy, the Lushun Torpedo Academy, and so on.

Many subjects are taught by foreign teachers, and these students can only take over after they graduate.

At this time, in the study room, another important minister asked to see him.

"I kowtow to the emperor." Weng Tongsu knelt on the ground.

"Oh, Master Weng, let's get down." Guan Xuqing still respected this teacher very much.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Weng Tongsu stood up.

"I see that the emperor is frowning, and I don't know what troubles you have." Weng Tongsu asked.

"To tell the truth, Master Weng, I want to popularize national education. After all, education is the foundation of a century-old plan. This is a wise saying that can never be wrong in any era. It is a pity that my teachers in the Qing Dynasty were poor and there were no available teachers." Guan Xuqing these few days Nian spent the longest time in contact with Weng Tongsu in the palace, and there was nothing hidden in his words.

"Your Majesty, I came here today for this matter. So the Emperor wanted to be in front of me a long time ago. I am really ashamed." Weng Tongsu said with emotion.