The Northern Bureau's intelligence system was much more advanced than that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, especially the telegraph system. Although Fu Qing was an important minister of the Reform, he had not received a systematic scientific education after all!
The Western science and technology knowledge he has in his stomach is all second-hand from the Chinese side. In many cases, people's thinking and ideology determines his shortcomings!
He failed to realize the effective application of short-distance telegraphy. Perhaps he understood it but did not have the talent available at all!
In this capital, there are only a dozen or so telegraph terminals belonging to the Manchus, in the palace, the telegraph office, the Sixth Ministry, Prince Gong's Palace, Prince Chun's Palace, and the military camp outside the city!
There are no more than twenty telegraph machines, which can only form a rough intelligence network!
But how many Chinese telegraph machines are there? The Northern Bureau alone has set up 120 secret telegraph machines in the capital. In Shuntian Mansion, the direct territory outside the capital, which is the area surrounding the Forty-Nine Cities, the Northern Bureau has more than 300 secret telegraph machines!
Moreover, these telegraph machines are not the clumsy models used in the Qing Dynasty telegraph bureaus, but miniature spy versions specially made by Siemens in Germany. Of course, Prussia calls this kind of telegraph machine the military version, and it is rarely used internationally. For sale on the market!
If it weren't for the president's face, Siemens would only sell the regular version overseas!
It was still very difficult to establish an intelligence network in this era. There were no radios or telephones, so we had to rely on wired telegraph machines to transmit messages!
It's easier to handle for ordinary civilian use, but it's troublesome for military use. Before every performance or war, engineers have to set up telegraph lines between headquarters. This work is hard and tiring!
There was no way, the technical constraints were real, and Xiao Letian couldn't build a radio by himself. He could only guide the researchers at Huazhong University who were studying electromagnetics in a direction, and then invest a lot of money!
It takes a long way to turn ideas and theories into actual products!
But no matter how difficult it was, the Chinese did much better than the Manchus. The grid formed by more than 400 telegraph machines around the capital gathered all the news of the bizarre turmoil that happened tonight into the embassy!
Next to the conference room is the dispatch room, where ten transceivers are busy nervously. The sound of beeps is like dense rain hitting the ridge of the roof, which makes people feel irritable.
What kind of fire was burning outside the city, what kind of rebel slogans were shouted by the factory slaves in Qinghe, what happened in the Kunming Lake camp...even the nobles from the imperial court at the top of Jingshan Mountain didn't come. All this information was compiled in time!
Who is the most informed in Sijiu City now is Xiao Letian, only Xiao Letian!
Some people may be confused. Fu Qing doesn’t have money or a place to copy answers. Couldn’t he learn from the Chinese and build a telegraph network?
After all, all the city gates in the capital are equipped with telegraph machines? Does the huge Qing Empire still lack this amount of money?
If you ask this question, Third Master Fu Qing will probably cry to death. He is really not short of money for the time being, but he has no one!
In the final analysis, it still suffers from the lack of compulsory education. It is more difficult to train a telegraph operator than to train a knight. This person must at least have a Chinese secondary education level!
You need to understand basic mathematics and physics, and you also need to be able to speak simple English. Basic knowledge is required for sending and transcoding!
But there were no such people in the imperial court, and few could be found in the Qing Dynasty. Anyone who had this ability would either become an official or become a local official!
Even if you work as a bookkeeper for a big business, you can earn a lot of money and be relaxed and respectable. Who will do this boring job for you?
Without a large number of talents with basic education, you can't even train a few telegraph operators. The telegraph school under the Third Master can only provide more than 50 telegraph operators to the Qing Dynasty. This number of people must be used Traveling across the country is enough to do what?
The gap is too big. This is the concrete manifestation of the gap in national power. Even if it is just an unknown telegraph operator in history, if you don't have it, you don't have it!
It is precisely because the Northern Bureau has established a fast telegraph network in advance that all the situation in the capital is under Xiao Letian's control!
The high-ranking Chinese people in the room were chattering and noisy. Even Xiao Letian was confused this time. He and his men had no idea who was behind the scenes!
Most people still believe that Guiziliu did this, but Xiao Letian firmly objected, "No! It definitely wasn't done by Guiziliu! You don't understand this person. Although he has the intention to kill Zaichun, he still has the intention to kill Zaichun in his heart." We believe that the interests of the Eight Banners group come first!"
"This person is not a pure careerist who fights for his own selfish desires... When he discovers that he has no control over the hearts of the people outside the Pass and that the Eight Banners has shown signs of splitting, he will not take action!"
"Because what he wants is the revival of a powerful Eight Banners group, not the end of the country!"
"Whether it is Yikuan or Yixuan, how do they view the interests of the Eight Banners in their hearts? In fact, it is outside the customs. This is the root of all the Eight Banners and their core interests!"
"This is the last escape route they have left for themselves. This escape route is their lifeblood! So no matter how hard Hunchun hits Guiziliu, Yixin will not retaliate!"
"Interests outside the customs are actually the core strategic interests of the Eight Banners Manchus! Just like maritime interests are the core strategic interests of our Chinese people!"
"How do we view the first island chain and the second island chain? Then how will the Manchus view this homeland outside the Pass! Now think about it, will Guiziliu still rebel?"
Everyone present nodded, "Then it's hard to guess who is behind this. Without this suspect, everyone else looks like a bad guy!"
"What other people are there? If Guiziliu is excluded, then we Chinese will be the first suspects! We have to bear the blame even if we don't take it!"
"Who made us Chinese powerful in the capital!"
"With great power, there must be a conspiracy? Does the head of state still want to take action against his apprentice? You know, we have just achieved our strategic goal. We have already obtained the fortress we want!"
"It is impossible for us to rebel against Zai Chun at this time. This is how we will refute those people's frame-ups tomorrow!"
"Stop arguing. The purpose now is not to find the real culprit, but after the situation calms down tomorrow, society needs a real culprit. Even if we are not, we are afraid that they will think that we are!"
"Easy to handle! Then put the blame on the foreign devils! Rakshasa ghosts and France are not good people. Let's discuss how to dump the blame!"
Xiao Letian watched these people arguing and never said anything. Suddenly he raised his head and whispered, "You think...could it be done by someone behind the commander-in-chief?"
Hiss... people suddenly became quiet, and after some calculation, the possibility was really high!
"Head of the State, Jingshan's spy just sent a telegram. Third Master Qing has led people to raid Prince Gong's Mansion. Peng Yulin, Minister of the Ministry of War, has gone to raid Prince Chun's Mansion... Ma Ming has gone to arrest Prince Qing!"
"This Peng Yulin is a handsome man. Let's take a closer look to see if his tricks are dirty. If his tricks are really dirty, then the Hunan Army may be venting his anger!"
"After the stabbing case, another attack on the Qing Dynasty? This thing is a bit interesting..."
While people were talking about it, suddenly a sentry from the Führer's Guards ran outside and "reported to the Führer...the gate...that there are guests at the gate..."
"Guests? Nonsense, why are there guests at this time?"
The sentry said with a grimace, "This...this guest wants to see the head of state, and I can't attack him..."
