"The two explosions just now woke me up... I know that this capital has been eaten out long ago. Although the Eight Banners is big, there are not many people I can rely on!"
"Baojun... As the chief auxiliary of the military aircraft, you must stabilize the six departments at this moment. This huge machine of the Qing Dynasty cannot stop, and it must start no matter how difficult it is..."
"Especially the transshipment of grain and grass... The safety of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway must be guaranteed. The Chinese grain transported from the Tanggu Special Administrative Region is the foundation for our life-saving!"
"The troops need food to fight, and the people have to maintain their lives... You have the heaviest burden!"
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"Ying Gui..." Zai Chun pointed at Ying Gui from the Ministry of War.
"I'm here..." Yinggui hurriedly took a few steps to get closer.
"You are in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of War. Although you don't have to go to the battlefield in person, your logistics is more difficult... Expanding the army from the common people of the capital is the top priority!"
"The troops we can directly mobilize are only 100,000. Although they are all Western-style armies, the number is too small... It is too wasteful to use field legions to maintain the place!"
"Recruit troops, gather together the idle people among the common people in the capital, and form a new legion! If we don't expect them to fight, why not let them build fortifications?"
"And Yinggui, remember... your job is very important. If one or two of the common people in the capital join the army as soldiers, then this family will not rebel!"
"Ahem...their children have fought for the imperial court, so their parents and grandparents will not surrender to my sixth uncle! Think about it, is this a political debt?"
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty is wise!" Yinggui wiped away her tears and kowtowed in tears.
"Also... we cannot stop the disaster relief work! But giving these victims free food will also cause waste... let them use work instead of relief to build trenches, bunkers, and communication trenches along the outer walls of the capital..."
"Women can do the work of digging trenches! By working in exchange for food, the victims of the disaster can have some stability!"
"Where's Fu Qing? Has Fu Qing not come today?" Zai Chun looked around.
Weng Tonghe whispered, "Master Fu Qing's errands are more important. All the arms caches outside the capital must be re-inventory. To be honest, we really don't know what's on those books. Don't embezzle much!"
"There are also the telegraph lines of the Qing Dynasty... Fortunately, Guiziliu didn't go crazy and cut them all. If all the telegraph lines were destroyed, our capital would really become an island of intelligence!"
Baojun suddenly reached out and took out a brochure from his sleeves and handed it over, "Your Majesty! Lord Fuqing asked me to secretly write this brochure to Your Majesty before he went to court. He said that the suggestions in this brochure were too shocking and it was best not to make it public... If I don't I agree, but please scold me in private!"
"Bring it...what's the taboo? Can Fuqing still rebel?" After Zai Chun took the secret fold and opened it, he began to think deeply.
No wonder Fu Qing didn't dare to present this book in public. The suggestions contained in it were so shocking that if the officials knew about it, they would subconsciously oppose it or even impeach him.
There was only one letter written by Fu Qing, requesting His Majesty to allow the staff of Qing Post to protect the lines with arms during the war!
One of Fu Qing's most important jobs was to be the head of Qing Post, and he founded this department!
The Qing Post Office was an independent department that combined the latest telegraph network and the past postal and postal system. In the past, the postal and postal system of the Qing Dynasty was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War and rarely provided services to the people.
This system has been a serious deficit institution for many years. The imperial court has been losing money every year, but it is not enough if it cannot be maintained. The post is the neural network of the empire's information transmission and must not be interrupted!
It was precisely because of the emergence of Fu Qing that this system was given a new life. He separated the postal system from the Ministry of War and formed an independent postal department. Together with the construction of the telegraph network, it became a unique part of half yamen and half company. .
Under Fuqing's reform, the postal system that originally rarely provided private services began to take on a large number of private businesses, delivering letters to the people, and even mailing some packages. There is nothing wrong with increasing revenue and reducing expenditure to increase business.
Moreover, after the telegraph line was repaired, the soldiers who used to maintain the road at the post station suddenly became the staff maintaining the telegraph line.
It was very profitable to send telegrams in this era, especially businessmen who did not dare to be stingy for the speed of message delivery!
Fu Qing is even preparing to find time to list Daqing Post's stock, so at this moment he has attracted some funds from the Chinese to invest in it.
It is through a series of complex reforms that Qing Post has turned a profit, and the profit rate is not low!
In fact, according to the virtues of the Manchu and Qing court, once a certain job became a good job and there was money, many people would naturally rush to snatch it.
But who made Emperor Tongzhi trust the third master? Coupled with the close relationship between the third master and Xiao Letian, no one dared to get involved in the fat piece of Qing Post.
Now the Postal Department has become Fuqing's private vegetable garden, and the control is extremely strict. Coupled with the control of the Qing Times, Fuqing's power is really impressive!
But today, Fu Qing actually made a shocking offer. He actually asked the staff of the Postal Department to be armed to protect the road. He planned to use the profit balance of the Postal Department over the years to purchase weapons to arm these postal soldiers.
The benefits are of course obvious. Facing Prince Gong's army, these post soldiers are of little use, but when encountering sporadic bandit victims, these armed post soldiers can protect the telegraph line!
In a word, the empire's message transmission network cannot be interrupted and must be protected!
Everyone saw that Emperor Tongzhi was silent. It took a long time before Weng Tonghe said, "If your majesty does not agree, just keep it! Don't make any noise, and give the third master some face!"
"The third master did not dare to present this memorial in public because he was afraid of the comments from the ministers... After all, from ancient times to the present, it has been a big taboo for ministers to take the initiative to ask for military power from the king!"
"Hahaha... You are wrong. Do you really think that I am a weak-minded monarch? Fu Qing is right. No matter what, our empire's message transmission network cannot be interrupted!"
"I can't be a blind emperor! Isn't it just armed road protection? Or the Postal Department should pay for it itself, I'm sure!"
"Not only that, I also allow Fuqing to organize military forces not exceeding the company level! Now the world is in chaos, and there are more and more bandits and victims!"
"Can you expect a dozen road guarding postmen with a dozen guns to protect the line? It's impossible... I'll raise the upper limit to a company!"
"More than a hundred people, more than a hundred guns! How can we frighten these bandits and grassroots bandits! I'm sure of this tip!"
The people present looked at each other, wanting to say something but not daring to say even a single word!
