"After the riots in Qinghe, there have been people who have been trying to bring trouble to the head of state. After the master came to the capital, those people simply took action!"
"Posting unofficial posts, throwing excrement and urine... even throwing bombs, and making fake newspapers! How vicious is his intention? The purpose is just to alienate the relationship between me and the master, and to alienate the cooperation between the Qing Dynasty and the Chinese!"
"Do these people think they can achieve what they want by cutting off all the clues quickly enough? I tell them that is a delusion. My determination for reform cannot be shaken!"
"Just before my wedding, I officially brought the Chinese office to the embassy in order to exchange credentials. I wanted to tear up the fig leaf, realize my shame and then be brave!"
"I must also use this kind of action to tell those scoundrels who love to talk, no matter how hard they try, they can never shake the friendship between me and my master!"
"Just outside Dong'an Gate, Lord Yinggui said that I was too indulgent towards the people and should not let them talk nonsense!"
"Now I want to say that it is not that I am indulgent, but that I want to use practical actions to stop these people's bad mouths!"
"Come here...read the gift list given to me by the head of state, and let all the adults listen to it!"
Bao Yun felt something was very wrong today. Emperor Tongzhi had undergone a huge change in just one night... no, no, no, it should have been just one morning!
If yesterday's Zai Chun was like a thorn bush waving its arms everywhere, it looked very powerful and hurtful, but you always knew it was a bush!
But today, Zai Chun suddenly turned into a green coniferous pine. Although he was still very weak, his roots penetrated deeply into the earth, and his whole person became particularly determined!
The evil thorns of the past have turned into sharp pine needles. If you follow nature and are not afraid, if you go against it, of course they will prick you with blood!
Everyone present was an old man, and they could all feel the changes in the little emperor, and they all swallowed their words of dissuasion!
Da Sixi held the gift list and read it down one by one. The more he read it, the more frightened Baojun and others became. No one expected that Xiao Letian would prepare such a big gift!
After reciting for more than ten minutes, Zai Chun waved his hand and said, "It's enough to recite the large items. As for the scattered treasures below, there is no need to recite them!"
"Return the favor, I am not an ungrateful person! The fact that the master sent me steel battleships and steam locomotives shows that the Chinese people sincerely hope that our Qing Dynasty's reform and reform will be successful!"
"Actually, it's right to think about it. We have successfully industrialized, and the Chinese can also take advantage of this opportunity!"
"Those industrial zones still need our railway and water transport in Qing Dynasty. Which of the railway and water transport we provide is not profitable?"
"The coal and iron stored in the ground will be idle and useless if not dug out. You can use it yourself or sell it to the Chinese! Nowadays, the country is in such a difficult situation, wouldn't it be good to have another way of making money?"
"It's too late if you want me to say something unpleasant! The coal and iron underground in the Qing Dynasty are not needed now...hehehe..." Zai Chun sneered, "If you don't dig it out and use it now, my lords...don't you want to Keep it until the Qing Dynasty is overthrown, and then offer it to the new emperor!"
"How dare you, your Majesty... Your Majesty, you must not think like this! I will be punished by death..."
After saying such heart-wrenching words, the ministers standing at the Military Aircraft Department and the clerks waiting outside all knelt down, and they were all so frightened that they were sweating profusely!
"Haha... I'm kidding you! Please get up quickly..." What Zai Chun wants is this effect, a slap in the face and a sweet jujube to eat!
"Don't stand and discuss matters. Sit down and chat. Today's decrees will be more and longer... I asked the imperial kitchen to prepare food. Let's eat breakfast and lunch together today!"
The ministers sat tremblingly on their chairs. Baojun took the opportunity to secretly poke Weng Tonghe in the arm. The two looked at each other. How could the old man not understand what this meant?
He is the emperor's master, and he has the relationship between master and disciple, and as the leader of Qingliu, he is naturally the one who should give opinions. It is impossible not to speak at this time!
"Your Majesty... Although the matter of raising the case for the embassy will trigger discussions between the government and the public, if your Majesty is determined to do it... I have nothing to say!"
"But this gift note given by the head of state... I didn't understand it from the moment I first heard it in the office!"
"Of course, the head of state has good intentions, but our Qing Dynasty has no need for these armored ships and steam locomotives for the time being? I am not against the Qing Dynasty building a navy, I have also studied it..."
"Building a navy does not mean that one ship can do it, and the warships on the sea are huge. What is the use of sending a warship that runs in an inland river?"
"We, the Qing Dynasty, are not fighting wars now. Isn't it a waste of money to keep such an armored ship? If it is dragged out to the sea, this lonely ship will not be able to form a fighting force..."
"What I mean is... why don't we store this ship with the head of state first, and wait until the country's finances are sufficient to build a navy?"
"And there are those two trains. Our country in the Qing Dynasty doesn't even have a railway... Oh, the only one is in the Northern Special Administrative Region. It's a Chinese railway, and our trains can't run either!"
"How about we save it first and wait until the railway is repaired..."
Zai Chun smiled, "Master! Then when is the best time to build the navy and when is the best time to build the railway?"
When Weng Tonghe saw that Zai Chun was not angry, he hurriedly laughed and said, "The first priority is of course to build your Majesty's steel plant! Steel is the foundation of industrialization. Without steel, nothing can be made!"
"When the steel plant is put into operation and can produce rails, we will build the railway. With the coal from Shanxi on the railway, the railways around Zhili can also be transported!"
"With more steel, we can make money, and our court can build a navy. If we do it step by step, it will be very safe!"
"It makes sense, it makes sense! Mr. Weng is an old man, what he said makes sense!" People in the room reconsidered one after another.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Weng is right. Although these armored ships and trains are good, daily maintenance is also very troublesome. We can't use them for the time being. They will rust and ruin things in vain!"
"That's right, the land acquisition for the big iron factory hasn't been completed yet, and I haven't seen any shadows yet. I'm just wondering if the train and the armored ship are a bit far away!"
"Your Majesty, let's take care of the wedding first, and let's discuss the rest slowly, okay?"
Zai Chun lamented in his heart and thought to himself, "It's still the same old trick of dragging good things into bad things, and bad things into nothing. In the end, this country still has to be governed according to their old ways!"
“In my heart, I still have a prejudice against the reform and reform, and I still don’t want to implement it!”
Zai Chun thought about the crazy people on both sides of the Qinghe River that night. Aren't so many people gravekeepers of traditional forces? Their fear of new things is so extreme that they challenge the imperial power like crazy!
Come on! Without killing a large number of die-hard conservatives, this reform movement will never succeed!
Kill people! I have to kill a batch of sacrificial flags!
