On the bustling streets of the capital, newsboys sell newspapers in clear voices.
“Sell newspapers, sell newspapers.
The eldest prince Su Shu first arrived at the court and told the officials that people living overseas are rich and can pick up gold on the ground. "
“Sell newspapers, sell newspapers.
Cabinet Minister Lin Wenjing reported on the major smuggling case involving Gu Qiandao, the Minister of Household Affairs.
His Majesty the Emperor angrily dismissed Gu Qiandao from his official position and ordered the Three Law Divisions to conduct a joint trial to resolve this major case as soon as possible. "
The merchants and common people passing by heard the newsboy shouting loudly.
Someone was interested in what was in the newspaper and immediately stopped and handed the newsboy a few copper coins to buy one or two newspapers.
Reading the newspaper on the way to work will be a rare pleasure for them in the day.
Compared to other parts of the empire, the people in the capital had more money in their pockets and could afford to buy a few newspapers every day.
Two scholars in cotton coats holding small heaters in their hands.
Among them, the tall man saw the newsboy's face flushed with cold, but he was still selling hard.
He stepped forward, took out a ten-coin note, handed it to the newsboy and said: "Give me one of the Yanhuang Daily, and the rest is a tip for you."
When the newsboy heard this, he held out a newspaper with both hands and immediately bowed and thanked him: "Thank you, sir, for the reward."
The two scholars walked away, and the thinner scholar persuaded: "Brother Hua Zhang, you are still making a living by writing articles for newspapers.
Why bother tipping the newsboy every time you buy a newspaper.
I want to spare money to buy newspapers, but Brother Hua Zhang is still unwilling. "
Zhao Huazhang looked at his friend and said helplessly: "Brother Bernard, it's not like you don't know why I did this.
My father died on the battlefield, leaving only my sick mother and me as a child.
My mother stubbornly wanted to keep my father's pension and use it to educate me and find a wife.
At that time, I was selling newspapers in Beijing to earn some money to support my family.
The happiest thing at that time was when I sold newspapers, someone would give me a reward.
Besides, if we graduate from the Imperial College and are assigned jobs, we will have a salary, so why should we care about this little money? "
Bernard Li pointed to the restaurant in front and said: "The Imperial College is too boring. Neither Mr. Lin nor Mr. Li have time to come to the Imperial College to teach today.
We can relax a lot in the morning and go to a restaurant to have a drink and relax. "
They walked into the private room in the restaurant, and the surrounding drinkers looked envious when they heard their words.
These two people are studying in the Imperial College. They are the imperial examination high school Jinshi this year. After graduating from the Imperial College, they will soon become the county magistrates.
Zhao Huazhang put the newspaper on the table and said in a relaxed tone: "Our current Jinshi class is very blessed. Most of them can be rated as seventh-grade officials and become county magistrates, county magistrates or chief officials of county yamen.
The gap between the seventh grade and the real seventh grade can be made up by hard work.
There is a natural chasm between the eighth- and ninth-grade officials and the seventh-grade officials. Without ability and background, no matter how capable a person is, it will take five years.
There are several five years in life, and perhaps these five years are the difference between a prefect and a governor. "
When Bernard Lee heard the news, he looked shocked and blurted out: "How is this possible?
Brother Hua Zhang, don’t comfort me.
I know my own abilities, but I am not liked by the adults who teach me at the Imperial Academy, and I don’t get high marks in the course.
Brother Hua Zhang hopes to stay in the capital and become a noble official in the capital.
After several years of training, he will at least start as a prefect.
I don't have as much ability as Brother Hua Zhang. I just hope to become an eighth-rank official in a powerful yamen in a large county, so that I can be promoted faster.
Otherwise, at the end of this life, the prefecture will be an unattainable destination.
Brother Hua Zhang’s starting point is my ending point. This is life! "
Zhao Huazhang pointed to the second article of "Yanhuang Daily" and said: "Master Gu, the Minister of Household Affairs, is involved in a major smuggling case, and the rest of the south is unclear.
If this case is indeed correct, Guangxi's officialdom will surely experience a major earthquake.
Mr. Lin said that this major smuggling case must be a trap.
There was an earthquake in the officialdom of Guangxi, and a large number of officials were dismissed.
This will free up a large number of positions, and we certainly cannot miss high-level positions.
However, there are a large number of vacancies for the seventh-grade and seventh-grade positions. As long as the grades are not bad, everyone has hope.
Our probability of obtaining the position of a seventh-grade official is always much greater than that of a low-level clerk. "
When Bernard Li heard what Zhao Huazhang said, he was also a person who successfully passed the Jinshi examination, and his reaction was not slow at all.
He immediately realized that what Zhao Huazhang said had a high probability of actually happening.
Bernard Li immediately became excited, cupped his fists and thanked: "Brother Huazhang, after hearing your explanation, I became confident again.
I will be troubled in the days to come. If I don’t understand the lessons taught by the adults, I will ask Brother Hua Zhang for advice.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I must seize it, or else I will regret it for the rest of my life. "
When Bernard Li saw the waiter coming over with wine, he immediately picked up the wine bottle and poured wine for Zhao Huazhang himself.
He then picked up his wine glass and toasted to Zhao Huazhang.
Lieberna's heart became clear, and the haze that had been pressing in his heart was swept away.
Cabinet Minister Lin Wenjing personally took action to determine whether Gu Shangshu could really be convicted no matter how deeply involved he was in the smuggling case.
But one thing is certain, a large-scale smuggling case did break out in Guangxi.
Lin Wenjing If Mr. Lin can even check this point, he is not worthy of being in the cabinet.
After Li Bona finished drinking, he said with emotion: "Yanhuang Daily is indeed very important. If you don't read the newspaper and don't understand the changes in the court, you will miss a lot of opportunities.
Sometimes choice is more important than hard work. Now that I have received guidance from Brother Zhao, if I choose the right direction and work hard in this direction, I will surely achieve unexpected gains.
The editorial department of Yanhuang Daily should put this matter on the headlines.
These people are used to following the trend, and in order to curry favor with the eldest prince, they put such boring things on the front page. "
There is one thing he is not suitable to say, and that is his contempt for the editorial department of Yanhuang Daily.
The eldest prince has not yet become the crown prince, and they are rushing to curry favor with him, without any literati temperament at all.
Zhao Huazhang drank the wine in the glass, shook his head and said: "Brother Bernard, you are wrong.
Our future glory and wealth are closely related to what the eldest prince Su Shu said today. "
When Bernard Li heard what Zhao Huazhang said, he. The hand that was raising the wine glass immediately stopped in mid-air.
He asked with some confusion: "Brother Huazhang, what's going on?
How did Brother Hua Zhang infer this result from the contents of this newspaper?
Why didn't I see anything? "
Bernard Lee is a social cow. He is good at maintaining relationships between people, but not good at judging the direction of various things.
At that time, he could tell that Zhao Huazhang was not a creature in the pool, but he was quite social and had no friends around him.
Bernard Li immediately got close to him. He exchanged sincerity for sincerity, and he and Zhao Huazhang became good friends who talked about everything.
He followed the instructions of his elders and came to the capital to make more friends. This was a really good move.
Zhao Huazhang knew Bernard Li's level. Bernard Li couldn't understand the complicated things he said.
He could only put down his wine glass and point to the important content with his chopsticks.
"Brother Bernard, we had a relatively clear understanding of the situation overseas and around the empire.
We know where India is and how Governor Fu Xiucheng conquered India.
We know that Persia is in the west of the empire. During the Tang Dynasty, Persia could still compete with us for the Western Regions, but now it has declined to the point where it can only cling to its own territory.
We also have channels to learn about the empire’s overseas provinces.
But what exactly is it like overseas? What are the characteristics of Western countries?
In addition to the usual chats of some businessmen, they revealed things that were not known to be true or false.
At the official level of the empire, no detailed information has been disclosed.
I think the Empire was a little wavering on the overall strategy before.
The empire does not know whether to prioritize land strategy or maritime strategy.
Prioritizing the land strategy, the East has no choice but to expand its borders to the West.
Attack Russia, Persia, the Ottoman Turkish Empire and other countries.
At the same time, occupying the territory surrounding overseas provinces is mainly based on land warfare and is still included in the land strategy.
Maritime strategy means controlling strategic positions at sea, establishing more bases overseas, and vigorously building a navy.
This signifies that the empire will not see large-scale wars on the western front.
The next war will be dominated by the navy.
Now "Yanhuang Daily" is reporting in a major way that the eldest prince Su Shu introduced the overseas situation to the ministers.
This is when the empire has made up its mind to fully shift to a maritime strategy. "
When Bernard Li saw Zhao Huazhang talking eloquently, he admired him very much, but he basically didn't understand what he said.
He punished himself with a glass of wine and said: "Brother Huazhang, please stop talking about imperial strategy and other big principles. I don't understand this situation at all.
Brother Hua Shang briefly explained, what opportunities do we have after here? "
Zhao Huazhang couldn't help but regard Bernard Li as a person who could communicate normally, but this was really difficult for someone to do.
For a change of taste, he drank a glass of sugarcane wine, which is popular in Nanyang.
Then he said in a language that Bernard Li could understand: "Brother Bernard, the strategic direction of the empire has shifted, which can bring too many benefits.
The eldest prince Su Shu is right when he says that from now on we must open our eyes to see the world.
As the empire's strategy is confirmed, the empire will definitely relax some of its purchase restrictions.
The empire's products are too attractive.
We will come into contact with more and more foreigners in the future.
Whether they were people from vassal states, Persians, Ottoman Turks, or Westerners, they would all come to the empire to do business.
Officials who are good at contacting foreigners and understanding foreign affairs will definitely get more promotions.
The eldest prince Su Shu shouted in the court hall that he wanted all the civil and military officials of the empire to open their eyes to see the world.
This proposal won the support of His Majesty the Emperor.
In the future, when he is promoted in the official career, he will have another talent that can be noticed by the emperor and superiors. "
Bernard Li really understood this time. He was half sober and said happily: "We must follow the court's policy closely and open our eyes to see the world.
According to Brother Hua Zhang's judgment, the imperial court has lifted the blockade on overseas information.
I am sure to see more books introducing overseas situations in the future.
I will read more of these books in the future and try my best to become a foreign expert. "
Zhao Huazhang and his friends ate food in a restaurant and talked about things they should pay attention to during the afternoon lecture.
He didn't talk about the more terrible thing with Lieberna. Lieberner didn't understand it at all.
The imperial court proposed opening one's eyes to see the world. This was not just a call for businessmen to do more business abroad.
For the officialdom, this was an earth-shaking earthquake.
The change in the imperial court's strategic direction was not just about reducing expansion to the west.
The imperial court will also simultaneously reduce the possibility of military conflicts, especially conflicts that occur near the homeland.
Instead, the navy was dispatched, using major islands as transit points, to directly knock on the local door.
This way, with less military expenditure, we can still achieve excellent results?
This means that the war logistics work that local officials have always needed to master can be put on hold.
The imperial court's assessment of officials focused more on maintaining local stability and developing local areas.
At the same time, because the probability of war in the western frontier of the empire has dropped sharply, a large number of military officers will propose to change careers and become civilian officials who govern local areas.
When these two reasons are combined, the ecology of the officialdom will undergo great changes, and some conflicts that were eased before will quickly intensify.
In order to protect his own safety, Zhao Huazhang had to find a stable backer, so that he could lessen the impact later.
He sighed and said: "It's a troubled time, it's a troubled time!
But overall, it is a good thing for the empire.
In recent years, due to the rapid development of industry and commerce, domestic conflicts have accumulated to a serious level, and small problems in some places have emerged one after another.
Now the court wants everyone to open their eyes to the world. Those who are not determined or have no goals in life will inevitably be attracted by the colorful world outside.
They choose to go to foreign countries, few succeed, and most of them disappear in foreign countries.
These people left the empire, and the conflicts also took them away from the empire.
If the empire can get a chance to breathe and adjust its domestic problems in time, there is still hope of saving it. "
When Zhao Huazhang is not studying, he likes to go to factories around the capital.
He saw many factories around the capital that only focused on producing this product and did not worry about the sales of the product at all.
As long as they contact the traders, the accumulated products in the factory can be cleared quickly.
In this way, many factories rely heavily on experience and feel that no matter how many products they produce, they can sell them.
After they expanded production, they suddenly found that the product was not easy to sell.
Zhao Huazhang feels that this is by no means unique to the capital.
Beijing is the first to enjoy new technologies developed by scientists.
The technical level of the factories here is not bad, which is not the reason for the poor quality of the products.
The most likely reason for not being able to sell your product is that the market is saturated.
Zhao Huazhang did not have the ability to solve the problems he saw.
But he thought that the imperial court was eager to take out the globe and promote the wealth overseas.
The court probably wanted to wait for changes, hoping to find a solution in the meantime.
Zhao Huazhang believes that human history has similarities.
He hopes to look at the history of other countries for inspiration.
If he has a solution to this problem, he will surely receive a commendation from His Majesty the Emperor.
The imperial court's promotion of allowing civil and military officials and people to open their eyes to the world was also well-intentioned.
Because he was a Jinshi, Zhao Huazhang was able to analyze some of the goals that this policy wanted to achieve.
He believed that the experienced court officials in the court would surely be able to see what His Majesty the Emperor wanted to express.
He just didn't know what the businessmen and the people at the bottom thought about this matter.
As newspapers spread, this incident will gradually develop, coupled with the fact that all parts of the empire have been connected to wired telegraphs.
In about ten days, we will see the power of this report. (End of chapter)
