Rules, rules, rules!
Now Zai Chun's mind is filled with these two words. Ever since he returned to the capital, these two words have been circling around him like a nightmare!
Why should I listen to you? Why should I give you the military aid that I have worked so hard to get by showing off my smiling face in Europa, selling out my future interests, and working hard?
How can anyone in the world be so unreasonable? Am I the emperor or are you the emperor?
I really wanted to overturn the table and fall out completely, but Zai Chun suppressed his anger and endured it!
It's not because Zai Chun is cowardly, but because Zai Chun understands in his heart that a relatively peaceful and stable environment is needed in the early stage of industrialization!
Those special zone factories cannot be created by pulling out the hair on your head and blowing your breath. They have to be built brick by brick and then sold out one by one!
How can we ensure that the iron factory can produce products without two years? How to make money without these products? How can an unprofitable iron factory continue to develop the industrial system?
And without the industrial system as a backer, then you can only follow the old path and go around in the past cycle over and over again!
In the end, all your strength will be consumed in going around in circles. You can't break anything, and the old rules will still control everything tenaciously!
I really want to break everything in front of me! I really want to take all these bastards out and shoot them!
That's really refreshing. It can eliminate the root causes and solve the most serious problems in the shortest time!
But no! Zai Chun knew very well that these people were disgusting, but you still had to rely on them to get things done. Go down and personally select the people who acquired the land, recruited workers, and transported materials one by one, including those who would manage in the future, and you had to choose from this group of people!
I don’t have a talent pool that can completely replace the entire bureaucracy!
You set up a crane gun to attack all these people, but in the end there are no more people to work for you. What's more, you can't kill this group of people. They also have soldiers in their hands, and there are quite a lot of them. !
This is the sad thing about not having power. Only now does Zai Chun understand how good centralization of power is!
Time passed by, and no one came forward to help Emperor Tongzhi, not even the Queen Mother of the two palaces could help, because Prince Gong used conspiracy from beginning to end. He did nothing but let Your Majesty, please clear up the rumors!
Is there or is there no British military aid? If there is, then follow the rules and put it in the Ministry of Revenue or the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Of course, the emperor's money must be put in the Ministry of Internal Affairs!
But if you, the little emperor, are benevolent and righteous, no one will object if you give some money to households, right?
If there is no British military aid and you Zaichun insist on not admitting it, it will be easier to handle! Why would you build an ironworks if you don't have money? The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Revenue are both empty, and there are plenty of places for the ministries to stretch their hands!
Do you want to build an ironworks? Goodbye to you...just wait in line. Ten years from now, maybe your iron factory project will be available!
The conspiracy is the most annoying, but the conspiracy is also the most effective!
Cixi and Ci'an moved their lips several times in an attempt to speak, but unexpectedly Prince Gong kept observing them from the corner of his eye.
When the empress dowagers of the two palaces were squirming and unable to sit still, Guiziliu raised his hands behind the curtain, "Queen Mother, I have no other intentions! Long Live the Lord wants to build a steel plant, and I am the first to agree!"
"If nothing else, as long as your majesty is determined to repair it, I will pledge a donation of one hundred thousand taels!"
"However, these one hundred thousand taels are just a drop in the bucket! I still hope that your majesty will clarify the rumors. As long as we understand the current financial situation in the hands of the imperial court, we can then measure the rice and put it into the pot!"
"What do you think, Zeng Shuai?" Guiziliu started to make jokes again to try to antagonize Zeng Guofan.
"Governing a country is like running a family. You have to settle accounts! If you don't have enough food and clothes, you will suffer poverty if you don't calculate it! I don't want your majesty's iron factory to be built half way and run out of money!"
"When the time comes, it will be turned into half-ruined ruins, and it will be embarrassing for the world to see, right?"
Zeng Guofan opened his eyes a little and looked at the Japanese with a smile and said, "Yes, that makes sense... Since Prince Gong has pledged a hundred thousand yuan, and the ministers dare not match him, please donate ninety thousand taels!"
"Commander Gao Yi!" Prince Gong cupped his hands and then turned to Emperor Tongzhi and smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you see, the old ministers of the country still have intentions, and the ministers don't want much. It's nothing more than the monarch and his ministers working together to make the most of it!"
"The monarch and his ministers... need to be more honest. This is the foundation for governing the country in the future!"
Having said this, Zai Chun was so crowded that he could no longer remain silent. His eyes subconsciously looked around as if he was looking for some reinforcements!
But there are no reinforcements for him in the Forbidden City. All they have are the blank eyes of hungry wolves!
"Ahem... Regarding the matter of British military aid... My dear friends, you have misunderstood!"
"I'm not denying this... but I'm saying there simply aren't that many military aids!"
Zai Chun finally admitted, and there was a commotion in Dongnuan Pavilion. The ministers looked at each other and even whispered to each other regardless of etiquette!
Guiziliu looked at his nephew and sneered in his heart, "Boy, you are still young!"
The Umbrella Meeting in the Forbidden City is a turbulent one. A net surrounding Zai Chun has begun to be spread out. Prince Gong also has arrangements outside the Forbidden City!
Nancheng of the capital, also known as the Outer City among the people, enters from Dashilarkou and goes west, passing through about five or six streets and alleys, you will find a very famous and wealthy place in Nancheng, Liulichang!
A long street starts from the east gate of Liulichang and leads to Nanliu Lane. Both sides of the street are full of antique calligraphy, painting and second-hand storefronts. There are countless baggage restaurants in the alleys, and the soldiers of the Nine Admirals are lazing around. Scattered men stood patrolling, wearing foreign myopia glasses. They opened a few tattered books and looked for treasures while coming and going!
In Liulichang, there is an alley called Liulicijing Hutong, because there was a small temple in this alley during the pre-Ming Dynasty. In the later period, when the temple was dilapidated, the surrounding people occupied it.
Those along the street have become storefronts, and those further down the street have become homes. However, an octagonal glazed well in the old temple has remained, and it has gradually become a place name symbol of this area.
The alley is very narrow and not deep, and the location is neither good nor bad, so there are only three inconspicuous antique shops hanging on, and the one in the back with the worst business is undoubtedly Jingzhai!
The people around him couldn't figure it out. This shabby antique shop only opened twice a year. How come he wasn't famous yet?
Moreover, the owner of the store and a young apprentice are also famous for their poor service attitude. When a customer comes, it is as if they owe them money. The nose is not the nose, the face is not the face!
With this kind of terrain and this kind of boss, it’s crazy if the business can do well!
But today was so evil. A large number of people suddenly came to Jingzhai and actually surrounded the room. This time, the boss and the apprentice no longer dared to show off their bad faces like before. They were so frightened that they knelt in the room. Then he kowtows.
"Master Military! Military Masters! Our small business has not been open for half a month. We are really unfilial..."
"Please raise your hands, military masters. Here are a few silver coins to show your respect. Please raise your hands, military masters..."
The people who rushed into the Jingzhai store were not customers, but a group of soldiers from the Nine Admirals!
