Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

After enshrining Zhang Yu, Liu Yongfu, and Liu Buchan, Guan Xuqing said to all the civil and military officials: "The Strait of Malacca is the strategic hub of the whole of Asia. As long as we can firmly grasp this place, the whole of Asia will be included in the territory of the empire. This is very important. Important places must be guarded by a wise and brave minister, so I can rest assured."

There was complete silence in the hall, and no one could guess who the emperor would hand over this strategically important place to.Guan Xuqing paused for a moment, set his eyes on Yuan Shikai, and said leisurely: "Xiang Cheng, I will leave this place to you."

Just now Yuan Shikai's heart was still beating violently, and a pair of triangular eyes slyly glanced left and right. When he heard the emperor's words, he immediately fell to his knees with a plop, and was so moved that he burst into tears: "Your Majesty... I thank you for your kindness!" , I must guard Malacca with all my heart and soul, and swear allegiance to the emperor and the Chinese Empire..." Yuan Shikai kowtowed, looking very humble.

Li Hongzhang and other court officials couldn't help but frowned, thinking that after others received the imperial title, they should weigh their own weight first. This Yuan Xiangcheng seemed to be only waiting for the emperor to grant it, and he didn't have any training as a courtier.

Yuan Shikai seemed to have sensed the expressions of the crowd, and felt that it was indeed a bit blatant just now, so he immediately wiped away his tears, knelt upright, and waited for the emperor to speak.

Guan Xu saw Yuan Shikai's eagerness to seek seal early in the morning, so he didn't point it out immediately, and said lightly: "I will make you the governor of Singapore, control Malaya, Johor Bahru and other places, guard the Strait of Malacca for me, and protect the coastal defenses of Southeast Asia." Show me the door."

"Cha!" This time Yuan Shikai didn't dare to say too many explicit words.

"Add Feng Guozhang as the governor of Malaysia, and Duan Qirui as the governor of Indonesia, who will act as all local military and political powers."

"Thank you, the emperor, for your kindness." Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui kowtowed together to express their gratitude.

Yuan Shikai was still secretly happy just now, but in a blink of an eye, a wave of anger arose. He thought that he, the governor of Singapore, could control the entire Malay Peninsula. Unexpectedly, the emperor sent two more governors. The forces are mutually restrained, so it turns out that the emperor is still worried about me.But the sacred order was hard to violate, so I had no choice but to hold back my breath.

"Xiang Cheng, are you dissatisfied?" Unexpectedly, Guan Xuqing had an insight into the details, and seemed to see through Yuan Shikai's mind at a glance.

"I don't dare, and I don't dare to die." Yuan Shikai was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and kowtowed again and again, thinking that the emperor is too powerful, and it's like walking on eggshells to work beside such a master.

"The three of you must work together to defend against the British countries in Oceania in the south and the Indian Ocean fleet of the British in the West. It can be said that you have a heavy responsibility on your shoulders!"

"The ministers must do their best to fulfill their mission."

Guan Xuqing nodded, and glanced at the ministers: "Is Liang Qichao in class?"

"The minister is here." Liang Qichao fell to his knees.

"I want to establish the Chinese Academy of Sciences and appoint you as the dean. I don't care what you think of, but I want to gather well-known scientists from all over the world under your command and squeeze out their intelligence. Make preparations as soon as possible. Next month It was established.” According to Guan Xuqing’s calculations, the world war should not be far away, and now that the empire’s national power has grown extremely rapidly, money is no longer a major problem that troubles Guan Xuqing. The most urgent thing is the lack of scientific and technological talents under his command. In the past few years, a lot of investment has been made in domestic education, but it takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. After all, the country's talent development cannot be completed overnight. The fastest way is to invite scientists from other countries with high salaries to work for the empire. Moreover, Guan Xuqing believes that money is an eternal rule, and under the temptation of a huge salary, anyone will be tempted.

"I obey the order. However... I am afraid that this task will cost the country a huge amount of money. It is not a small amount to hire a scientist, not to mention that each person has a different research field. laboratory, and purchase various equipment for experiments..." Liang Qichao took over such a huge task at once, and felt a little powerless for a while, so he first laid out the difficulties, hoping to get the emperor's sympathy.

"That's enough, that's enough. In the final analysis, it's a matter of money. How about this, I allocate 600 million yuan to you every year, is that enough?" Guan Xuqing said generously, "It's enough, it's enough, I thank Lord Long En." Liang Qichao kowtowed happily to thank him.

Everyone in the room was shocked. Unexpectedly, for a small academy of sciences, the emperor would spend 600 million yuan a year, which is equivalent to the fiscal revenue of a province.

Guan Xuqing frowned: "There's nothing else to do, let's all go on errands."

"I'm waiting to retire."

Guan Xuqing leaned back on the throne, closed his eyes and rested for a while, and when he opened his eyes again, he saw Zhao Bingjun standing alone under Dan Xi, his face full of anxiety. "Chian, do you have anything else to do?"

Zhao Bingjun's fox eyes slid left and right anxiously.Guan Xuqing immediately understood what he meant. Zhao Bingjun had just tolerated the director of the Imperial Security Bureau. Judging from his anxious expression, he must have something very important to report.The conversations of their monarchs and ministers have always been kept secret, and this time is no exception. When the two came to the warm pavilion, Guan Xuqing retreated the palace servants with him, leaned on the dragon bed, and said: "What good news is there? Bar."

Zhao Bingjun looked around habitually, and then said softly: "The slave received information from the European Department's intelligence personnel that the British are secretly developing a super weapon, which may be completed soon. They regard this plan as a national military plan. The top secret in the development field, its importance even exceeds that of the Dreadnought-class battleship."

"What's the name of this weapon?" Guan Xuqing immediately raised his spirits, with an unusually solemn expression on his face.

"It's called the 'British Type 19' tank."

Guan Xuqing fell into deep thought. The British really started to develop tanks. Once this plan is successfully completed, their navy will have Dreadnought-class tanks, and the army will have tanks of the King of Land Warfare. If they are allowed to master the flying technology, the whole world will be shocked It will face a situation where the United Kingdom is the only military dominance.This British plan must not be allowed to succeed!

Guan Xuqing's expression had never been more serious. He stared at Zhao Bingjun for a full minute, and then said, "Zhi'an, this matter is very important, and we must not leak the slightest word to the outside world."

"twitter."

"Fortunately, the plan of the British is still in the theoretical design stage. If this information falls into our hands, what do you think will happen?" Guan Xuqing's eyes were extremely sharp, and there was a sneer on the corner of his mouth, making people daunting.

"This plan is the top British military secret, and the design information must be in a very hidden place. It is very difficult to get it with our current intelligence capabilities." Zhao Bingjun said boldly.

Guan Xuqing got off the dragon bed, walked around the room with his hands behind his back, and said, "Our ability is not enough, you can consider using intelligence personnel from other countries."

One sentence seemed to remind Zhao Bingjun, his mind was spinning rapidly, and well-known spies with different skin colors flew past in front of him like a movie, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "I remembered, if this person agrees to work for the empire, There will be nothing wrong with it.”

"Oh? Who is this person?"

ps: From the next chapter onwards, the wonderful spy war begins, and the most famous spy king in history will appear on the stage, so let's hit those who have flowers.

Soaring: The First World War Chapter 233 Mata Hari

Zhao Bingjun leaned forward cautiously: "This person is called Mata Hari. She was born in a small town near Levaden, Friesland, in the northern Netherlands. Her father is a small farmer in the Netherlands, and her mother is from Java. At the age of 15, she married a naval officer who was 22 years older than her. She divorced her husband at the age of 21. She came to Paris, the capital of Huadu, alone and became a red-hot showgirl. brought them into a new realm, and even made Paris gradually become a world-renowned city. During this period, she met many wealthy businessmen and political figures. A well-known courtesan who walks in the top ranks of France, Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom. According to the information we have, these four countries want to use her special status and pay her a lot of money to extract information from other countries' politicians. She also relies on her outstanding appearance. After repeated successes, the price of her information has soared to become the most expensive information in the world in just two years, even so, there are still many countries that want to hire her with a lot of money."

"What's so special about this woman that she has such great energy?" Guan Xuqing couldn't believe it.

"We are too far away from Europe, and we have just started in terms of espionage. European countries are not particularly wary of us. With the humble opinion of a slave, we can just buy this woman with a lot of money, use her special identity to break into the British high-level, and steal Information about the tank."

"Okay, you try to find this woman. If you have the conditions, it's better to let me meet in person. It will be safer." Guan Xuqing thought for a while, and finally made a decision.

"Cha." Zhao Bingjun bowed and stepped back.

Two weeks later, the city of Beijing, which had just entered winter, became more and more chill and cold.On this day, Guan Xuqing summoned the six ministers and ministers to Zhengda Guangming Hall to hear about the development of the country in the past year.

Over the past year, China's economy has shown a trend of blowout growth.What pleased Guan Xuqing the most was that after the ban on private factories was lifted at the beginning of the year, factories and private enterprises sprung up like mushrooms in various places.In particular, there are thousands of foreign cloth factories, foreign noodle factories and match factories, and national enterprises have achieved unprecedented development.

Originally, Guan Xuqing was worried that these fledgling national capital enterprises would not be able to resist the competition of foreign goods. After all, China was in the initial stage of economy, and national industries were still very fragile.So he asked the provincial governors to give these national capital enterprises some preferential policies such as tax exemption, free of charge, and land acquisition at cheap prices, hoping that China's national capital can grow by itself.

It has to be said that the Chinese nation is the most intelligent nation in the world, and it is always beneficial to do business. Faced with the fact that most parts of Chinese society are still conservative and many people still reject foreign goods, they use the foreign cloth and noodles they produce , Matches are placed in those time-honored silk and satin shops, grain stores, and grocery stores, and these shops sell them on an agency basis, which has received great results. Often these factories sell out of the goods, while those foreign goods that are better than domestic products are sold. stay home.

In one year, under the protection and guidance of the state's enlightened policy, many well-known national entrepreneurs emerged and grew rapidly. For example, the famous Huizhou businessman Hu Xueyan originally set up more than 20 Fukang Banks in various provinces. The finance was nationalized. Hu Xueyan invested 500 million yuan in the Imperial Savings Bank and the Imperial Investment Bank at one time, and his annual dividends reached more than 70 yuan. With assets of more than 2000 million yuan, he has become a leading figure of Chinese national entrepreneurs. As the saying goes, "an official must read "Zeng Guofan", and a businessman must read "Hu Xueyan".

In addition, there are Qiao Zhiyong, Zhang Jian, Xu Run, Wu Maoding, etc., while developing and expanding their own industries, they also participated in and supported national construction, and gained a good reputation in both the official and business circles.National industry has gradually become the pillar of national development.

The development of national industry has brought strong growth to the country's economy. Converted according to the internationally accepted exchange rate, the gross national product of the empire exceeded 1470 billion pounds this year, second only to Britain's 1620 billion pounds, and France ranked third At £1356 billion, Germany was fourth at £1030 billion.However, China's economic growth rate has reached nearly 100%. Not to mention compared with Britain, France and Germany, such a growth rate is a miracle in the world.

Looking at such economic data, Guan Xuqing was overjoyed from the bottom of his heart: "Okay, the country can achieve such development achievements, thanks to everyone present here, I believe that if it continues to develop at this speed, the total economic volume of our country will definitely be able to reach the top next year." over the UK."

"It all depends on the blessing of the emperor." Li Zhen and others respectfully said that it was a blessing for all the ministers to have such a wise monarch in charge of the overall situation.

At this time, Wang Shang came to Guan Xuqing's side and whispered, "Master Zhao Bingjun has something urgent to see the emperor."

Guan Xuqing was slightly startled, and said to the ministers: "Okay, let's come here today, and you all kneel down."

"Resignation." All the ministers withdrew from the Zhengda Guangming Hall.

Accompanied by Wang Shang, Guan Xuqing came to the Nuan Pavilion, Zhao Bingjun had been waiting here for a long time, Wang Shang tactfully retreated outside and closed the door.

"Long live my emperor." Zhao Bingjun bowed to the ground.

"Get up. There are no outsiders here, so there is no need to be polite in the future. Let me ask you, how is the matter going?" From Guan Xuqing's expression, it can be seen that he attaches great importance to this matter.

"Report to the emperor, you're done!" Zhao Bingjun was very excited.

"Really? Where is she? I want to see her." Guan Xuqing was quite satisfied with Zhao Bingjun's ability to handle affairs.

"I'm in Beijing's Xisi Pailou now, but..."