It is impossible for Zuo Jigao not to know about the situation in the capital. He has not seen these changes with his own eyes, but intelligence from all parties has been poured into his ears, and the cocoon has already been rubbed out.
However, when he saw the changes in the real capital, his heart was greatly shocked. Why did the folk customs of the capital change so quickly?
Some newspapers said this was consumerism. In Zuo Zongtang's eyes, wasn't this just extravagance?
But Zuo Zongtang did not dare to show any objection today, and his face was still smiling like a flower. Zai Chun took the imperial chariot to the north and entered the palace. He had invited him to join the imperial chariot.
Where did Zuo Zongtang dare to sit? After ten thousand refusals, he insisted on supporting the imperial chariot all the way back to the palace to show that he did not dare to overstep!
Being able to hold the chariot and walk side by side with the emperor is already a supreme honor. The other nobles in the palace are extremely jealous.
Along the way, Emperor Tongzhi introduced to him in detail the changes that had taken place in the capital during this time!
The Jiumen Admiral's Mansion has been abolished, and the security functions and the functions of Shuntian Mansion have been merged into the Capital Police Headquarters.
Those wearing big-brimmed hats and black uniforms on the streets are the Beijing Police Force, who specialize in maintaining law and order!
A new gas company was established. To celebrate the commander's return to Beijing tonight, it was put into use in advance. Gas lamps can be lit half of the way from Dashilar to the overpass.
The rickshaw industry is also booming. There is also the Jingshi Exchange in front of it. The daily turnover is a million taels, creating wealth myths one after another!
Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow the emperor will take Zuo Zongtang to take a train to inspect the continuous industrial area of Qinghe. The Yulin New Army and the Kidnapper Masi Mountain Camp will also go to see it!
The new policies of the Tongzhi Dynasty have already seen results, and Zai Chun is like an excited child showing off his big toy to others, talking about it endlessly!
We can't blame Emperor Tongzhi for being immature. Facing a great hero like Zuo Zongtang, a leader among the Han warlords, he could keep his direct lineage in the Western Regions and not return to the Central Plains. How much loyalty does this show to the little emperor?
For this self-disarming achievement, Zuo Zongtang must be set as a typical benchmark, and he cannot be allowed to suffer!
After setting up the banner of Zuo Zongtang, the Han warlords will naturally restrain themselves a lot!
Zuo Zongtang was smiling, but there was a storm in his heart, and he kept many words in his stomach.
"Your Majesty! Do you know why I was delayed for two or three months on the road before returning to Beijing? I am here to inspect the real people of the Qing Dynasty for you!"
"Have you ever seen trackers by the Yellow River? Their backs were bent by suffering. Some people fainted from hunger and fell into the Yellow River, never to be seen again!"
"In the vast Qinling Mountains, do you know how many poor villages have no choice but to become bandits?"
"It's only been a few years since the Guanzhong Plain came out of chaos? Land annexation has already started!"
"Poor! In the mountains and rivers of the Qing Dynasty, apart from the provincial capitals and the lower states and counties, you can see a little prosperity. How are the remaining villages already so poor?"
"The Battle of the Western Regions seems to be fought in Xinjiang, but the economy along the entire supply line leading to Xinjiang is also implicated!"
"The Chinese still provided a large amount of funds, and they took on most of the supply tasks. Without the Chinese Western Region Investment Bank, and relying solely on the strength of the Qing Dynasty... the hardships of the people would be unimaginable!"
"In the remote countryside, the women don't even have a pair of trousers, and each family only has a pair of torn trousers. Whoever goes out wears them. At home, they can only wear a sack to cover their shame!"
"Your Majesty! Is there any prosperity in the Qing Dynasty? No! Everything in front of the capital is an illusion and a lie!"
"The poor can count their hungry ribs. Selling sons and daughters is commonplace everywhere. Do you know how many women are robbed from other places in the capital's new streets and alleys every year?"
"How many of the women who provide for the pleasure of rich people were sold by their parents because of poverty, and how many were stolen by traffickers?"
"The happiness here in the capital is based on the suffering of so many people!"
"The stock market is booming? Your Majesty, do you know how much wealth the stock market has attracted from Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong... these places?"
"The cash flow has been taken away by you, and those places will be even poorer!"
"It's dangerous! Your Majesty is in danger!"
Zuo Zongtang was screaming in his heart, but he did not have the courage to speak to the little emperor because he saw a look that was close to paranoia in Zai Chun's eyes.
The little emperor has fallen into it enthusiastically!
"Commander Zuo? Marshal Zuo...Are you stunned? Did the scenery of the capital surprise you? Hahaha..." Zai Chun noticed that Zuo Zongtang was a little stunned and laughed.
"I just said that I will be repairing the Old Summer Palace next year! Don't try to dissuade me. I am not a coward and will not waste money and people. Let's slowly repair it part by part. Don't worry, do you think it's okay?"
Zuo Zongtang dared not say a word, so he could only say with a wry smile, "His Majesty's plan is naturally excellent. The old minister can only come up with ideas from the side... Nowadays, the court spends money in many places, but it still needs to be used at the tip of the knife." It’s better to go up!”
"Haha! Commander, you are worrying too much... I will take you to the Jingshi Iron and Steel Factory tomorrow. Just go and look at the money-making accounts and you will know!"
"Industry is a cornucopia, and the money you can make cannot be compared to growing crops! There is still some money to repair the Old Summer Palace... Let's go, follow me to the palace, and open the main entrance street!"
The Qing Empire welcomed the commander-in-chief who had lifted his military power back to the center of power with the highest standards. All the main entrances to the Forbidden City were opened, giving Zuo Ji supreme glory!
At the same time, in the distant Western Region, groups of people were heading westward along the official road with difficulty. The soldiers at the stations along the way were under the jurisdiction of the *** Post Office, which was the subordinates of Third Master Qing.
They have already received the latest order. All stations must take care of and protect these strange westbound guests!
"Did you see that? The thirty Chinese gentlemen without pigtails who set out today are going to the Ili Valley...the forty ones the day before yesterday were going to Hami..."
"In the past half month, there have been two to three hundred people coming and going, right? What are they all doing?"
"You don't understand this! These short-haired people are all Chinese scholars, college students... You don't understand the university, they are the imperial scholars in the imperial court!"
"They are all the smartest scholars. Wenquxing has come down to earth!"
"They were all invited by the Bank of the Western Region to teach in our Western Region... Every college student has to teach for three years!"
"Three years later...it seems that the Chinese people will give them official titles directly. It has been hard work in the past three years to change their official status!"
"Oh... God, Wen Quxing has entered Xinjiang, and they are all future officials! No wonder, no wonder..."
These veterans of Mr. Qing's staff in the post station do not understand the difference between Chinese civil servants and officials, but they understand the value of scholars.
The Western Region is a desert of knowledge and culture. Finally, a group of sensible people have come to teach adults and children how to live!
Western Region! Western Region! Yili! Ili Valley!
After the swords, guns and cannons are used, the scholar's talk must immediately follow!
The more than two hundred years of lost culture and education of the Manchu Qing Dynasty now have to be replenished every year for ten years. This is a good time for history to be riddled with holes!
