Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

"Cha." No one dared to speak out to object.

After deciding to tour the south, Guan Xuqing returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation and looked at the map of the Qing Dynasty before discovering it.Years of wars, the imperial court spent money on soldiers' salaries, industrial development, purchase of warships, education development, various earthquakes and disasters, and river embankment repairs, but neglected the most important point - transportation.

When I was about to go out, I realized that there were too few railways in the Qing Dynasty. Except for the railway from Heilongjiang to Guangdong that was built when I first became the throne, there was only the railway from Myanmar to Shanghai. The railway was also built because of the needs of the Sino-British Burma War to facilitate the transportation of materials.

Although there will be no major wars in recent years, and Japan's indemnities have been paid in place one after another, and the Qing Dynasty's trade in Japan has also made a lot of money, but no amount of money can withstand Guan Xuqing's spending methods. Bought four 100-ton battleships in one go, and built ten ironclad warships spontaneously developed by the Qing Dynasty in Mawei Military Port, expanded an entire army of one million, almost doubled the number of arsenals, gun bureaus, and military salaries. The expenditure of the Far East Co., Ltd. was also doubled, and there was a natural disaster, and another 10 billion silver dollars had just been withdrawn from the Ministry of Accounts to establish the Far East Joint Stock Company's airship manufacturing plant.In order to find such a large construction site near the capital, it took a whole 1000 million silver dollars to complete the demolition project of that land.Now there are only 50 billion silver dollars left in the treasury, and the cost of asking foreigners to help build a railway is too high.The development of the railway can only be postponed for the time being.Thinking of this, Guan Xuqing heaved a long sigh, it is really not easy to govern a country.

"Let's go, let's go to study abroad!" Guan Xuqing said to Wang Shang who was beside him.

"twitter."

The Office of Studying Abroad was established in the 10th year of Guan Xuqing. In order to encourage young people in the Qing Dynasty to study abroad, Guan Xuqing allocated part of the money from the Ministry of Households every year to the Office of Studying Abroad to find excellent seedlings to study in Germany and the United States. There are only more than 100 people who study abroad at public expense every year.The rest of the people went out with funds, and many children of Qing officials were also funded by their parents to study in Germany.

The Yamen of the Office of Studying Abroad is a courtyard with three entrances. At this time, officials in official uniforms come in and out of the courtyard, and many students in civilian clothes come to inquire about matters concerning studying abroad.So when Guan Xuqing and the others walked in, no one noticed them.

The person in charge here is Yung Wing, who is known as the father of studying abroad. His parents put a pledge on a certificate of going abroad that "if there is a disease, life or death, each will live in peace", and they traveled across the ocean like human trafficking. foreign.Even so, he didn't miss the good conditions in foreign countries. When he returned to the Qing Dynasty, he got the best diplomas.

He is such a respectable person, and Guan Xuqing is very relieved to be selected by him to study abroad at public expense, because he is really looking for talents for the Qing Dynasty, and he will not accept red envelopes from those officials to go through the back door for others.That's why those big officials need to spend money to let their children go out at their own expense.

"Oh, I have kowtowed to see the emperor." Rong Hong hurriedly knelt down on the ground.

At this time, Guan Xuqing had already walked into the lobby of the Office of Overseas Studies, Guan Xuqing said with a smile: "Get up, get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, why did your Majesty come here today?" Rong Hong asked with a smile, in his impression, the Majesty has not been here for a long time.

Guan Xuqing frowned and said: "Oh, I spend so much money on education every year, but I can't see any results. I need talents to govern the country. No, domestic talents are not good enough, so I thought of you. See if you have any good seedlings to recommend to me when they return to China in the near future?"

"If you go back to the emperor, I really have two people to recommend to you. It's just that I wanted to wait two days before submitting the paper. I didn't expect the emperor to come first!" Rong Hong said in surprise.

"Why is it two days away? It's just right, I'll see them." Guan Xuqing said happily.

"Isn't the emperor busy with starting a company with the Germans recently? I don't want to disturb you. Since the emperor has an order, let them come to greet the emperor today." Rong Hong responded with a smile.Turning around, he said to the guard behind him, "Go, call Tang Shaoyi and Zhan Tianyou over."

Zhan Tianyou? ?Guan Xuqing's inner astonishment was no less than Wen Tingshi told himself that he knew the Wright Brothers, did Zhan Tianyou also belong to this era? ?This name is quite familiar to Guan Xuqing's ears, and it must have been very famous in history.But I just can't figure out what it is for. The one who built the atomic bomb is called Qian Xuesen. It seems that he was born in 1911.There are still more than ten years left, so what exactly does this Zhan Tianyou do?Anyway, it must be a talent! !

"Teacher, are you calling us?"

Guan Xuqing was thinking wildly when two young men walked in.

"Quickly kneel down to the emperor." Rong Hong pretended to reprimand.

"Ah? Xiaomin pay respects to the emperor!" The two knelt down towards Guan Xuqing together.

"Let's be fair, you don't need to be so polite outside the palace. I am also a scholar, and no one in the world is more noble than anyone else. Huh? Is it Rong Hong?" Guan Xuqing turned around and asked.

"No matter at any time, the ceremony of the monarch and his ministers must never be forgotten." Rong Hong said seriously.

"Haha, look at your teacher, he still went to study in the United States! Why is his mind still full of this?" Guan Xuqing seemed to have returned to a later life when he was with these young people who were avant-garde and easy to accept new things.

"The teacher is right, no matter what, the gift of a monarch and his ministers must never be forgotten." A young man with darker skin still knelt on the ground and said.

Guan Xuqing glanced at him and said, "Stay flat, I ask you, what's your name?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, my name is Zhan Tianyou." Zhan Tianyou stood up and replied respectfully.

"Oh? You are Zhan Tianyou? Just came back from abroad?" Guan Xuqing's eyes were shining with golden light, as if he had discovered a treasure.

"Yes, Xiaomin just came back from the United States. Counting today, I only have four days. The teacher asked me to help here first, and then recommend to the emperor when I find a chance." Zhan Tianyou said honestly.

Guan Xuqing was very satisfied with him in his heart, in his opinion, there are not many people who are both honest and capable!

"You don't need to look for opportunities, I'm here, you can recommend you to me yourself, what have you learned in America?" Guan Xuqing eagerly wanted to know what Zhan Tianyou was good at.

"Xiaomin studied railway construction in the United States. Now we only have two Daqing railways. Xiaomin estimates that the emperor will definitely vigorously develop domestic railway construction, so Xiaomin boldly recommends himself and hopes to contribute to my Qing Dynasty railway cause. " Zhan Tianyou said firmly.

Haha, I really want to do whatever I want, just now I was thinking about developing the railway, so this living talent was sent to me.

"Okay, that's exactly what I mean. I'm going to set up an additional railway bureau for the Ministry of Industry and let you be in charge. I want to see that all the provinces of the Qing Dynasty can be connected to each other within 10 years." Guan Xuqing looked at it with satisfaction. Looking at Zhan Tianyou, he turned around and said to Rong Hong: "Rong Hong, you have such an outstanding student, why are you reluctant to recommend it to me? Do I have to come here in person?"

"I don't dare, I don't know if Tianyou will live up to the emperor's grace!" Rong Hong said modestly.

"Hehe, build roads first if you want to get rich. People who have this insight will definitely not be mediocre. I like you!" Guan Xuqing said to Zhan Tianyou, and then asked Tang Shaoyi: "What's your name? You are also from the United States. came back?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. Like Tianyou, Xiaomin also studied railway construction." Tang Shaoyi replied nervously.

"Oh, then you will help Zhan Tianyou well in the future. I hope that in the future we will build the Qing Dynasty's railways by ourselves, without relying on foreigners for everything." Guan Xuqing said seriously.

"Cha, I will definitely live up to the emperor's grace." Everyone knelt down together and said.

Soaring Front: World War I Chapter 188 Conspiracy

Guan Xuqing also asked them about the basic situation of railway construction, such as land survey. After all, not all railways are built on flat plains, especially the west of Tongguan, which is full of mountains.

After chatting until around 5 pm, Guan Xuqing hurried back to the palace.Immediately allocated a fee of 100 million silver dollars to the newly established railway department office for land survey, railway line design and so on.

Back at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Guan Xuqing was in a great mood, never thinking that he would end up getting the right result after unintentionally planting willows.

"Your Majesty, a secret telegram from the Northeast Military Region." Wang Shang handed over a telegram.

Guan Xuqing took the telegram, read it, smiled and cursed: "This Dong Liang watched me grow up, why didn't I see him so timid when he killed Cixi?"

It turned out that when Dong Liang heard that the emperor was going to tour the south, he refused to allow the local army to escort him, and did not specify the route of the tour.Just taking more than 200 imperial guards and dropping a guard group from him, he became anxious on the spot and quickly sent a power to Guan Xuqing.

The telegram said, either let the first division escort, or ask the emperor to set the route for the southern tour, so that the local troops can arrange it in advance.

Although Guan Xuqing scolded Dong Liang for being cowardly, his heart was warm.After all, Dong Liang was the main hero who helped Guan Xuqing win power, but due to various reasons, Guan Xuqing's military power was finally handed over to Feng Xianghua, but Dong Liang didn't care at all, and still worked hard to do his job well.

Inside Prince Li's mansion, there was an endless stream of people coming and going.

Shopkeeper Wang Taiyuanji, who often supplies goods to various palaces in the capital, has a smiling face when he sees people recently. Could he be unhappy?These days, the Prince Li's Mansion asked for more than double the usual amount.For this reason, shopkeeper Wang specifically asked the guy who took the order if he had made a mistake in his memory. The guy patted his chest and assured that he would never make a mistake after asking three times.And the buddy also said that he saw a lot of new faces in Prince Li's Mansion recently, so maybe that's why he asked for more goods.

Shopkeeper Wang felt strange, but with his status, he couldn't manage the affairs of the palace, and he had a lot of goods, and naturally he made a lot of money, which was really something he wished for.No, as soon as he prepared the goods, he asked a few men to send them to the palaces.

The man drove the cart to the corner gate in the backyard of Prince Li's Mansion, and the butler of the Prince's Mansion who usually received them opened the door for them.Seeing that there were too many things in the car, the butler waved his servants to go inside and called a few people out.Taiyuanji's buddies often come and go in various palaces, but these few people have never seen each other.At this time, he heard the sound of shouting and drinking from the backyard, and he couldn't help asking curiously: "Guard Hu, what's going on in the palace, it's so lively."

The steward surnamed Hu turned his face hard when he heard the words, glared at the guys and said, "It's not good for you if you know more about the affairs of the palace, so hurry back after unloading."

Several guys hurriedly lowered their heads to move things and stopped talking.

Not long after, the goods on the car were moved into the palace by the servants of the palace.At this time, a large piece of lawn in Prince Li's backyard was crowded with people. Although they were all dressed in the clothes of servants of the palace, it could be seen from the neat queue that these people were by no means ordinary servants.In fact, their identities are private soldiers of the palace.

After Guan Xuqing abolished the Eight Banners soldiers, the princes no longer had military power.Especially after the reform of the military system, all the troops were uniformly handed over to the Ministry of War by Guan Xuqing.The political commissars set up in the army also ensure the loyalty of the army, and these private soldiers are all bannermen.They are all those who have lost the privileges that bannermen could enjoy before because of Guan Xu's new policy.

These days, the mansions of several princes in the capital are full of people coming in and out. In fact, they are all replacing the servants of the palace, replacing ordinary servants with soldiers from various banners.

Prince Li Shiduo looked at the hundreds of soldiers in front of him with satisfaction. These soldiers had been carefully selected. They must be brave and capable, but also loyal. It is quite difficult to pick out so many soldiers.If it hadn’t been for Guan Xuqing’s constant crowding out of the banner people, giving neither military power nor political power, even the food and silver that the banner people could enjoy as stipulated by their ancestors would have been deprived. The suspicion has come to him, I'm afraid he still doesn't dare to go to this step so quickly.

Gangyi beside Shiduo said at this time: "A total of 780 people have been paid for the settlement according to your instructions, and we are waiting for your order."