The great changes that have not been seen in 3,000 years, this is a sentence written by Xiao Letian in "The Journey to the West", which should have been a famous sentence in history after Li Hongzhang took power, but it was plagiarized by Xiao Letian, and it was easily popular in the domestic literati circle of the Qing Dynasty.

This sentence describes that the Qing Dynasty at that time was indeed very sophisticated, and the great changes that had not been seen in 3,000 years made all the scholars fall into deep confusion, and even Cixi, who was born to be proficient in politics, was equally confused and helpless in the face of this world.

Frankly speaking, the ability of the Qing officials to govern is still very strong, thousands of years of imperial tricks and feudal dynasty ruling experience in the Qing Dynasty has reached its peak, this is the heaviest centralized feudal dynasty in China's history, and in the Kang Yongqian Dynasty, the territory of the Qing Dynasty has been growing slowly, this is indeed a historical achievement left by the Qing Dynasty to the Chinese nation.

Historians may be able to find the sins of countless Manchu Qing Dynasty who were corrupt and degenerate, and the remnants of the people, but we cannot deny that it was precisely because of the actual rule of the Qing Dynasty in the past few hundred years that the Chinese nation had the legal right of inheritance recognized by international law to the four vast lands of the three eastern provinces, Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Tibet.

The three dynasties of Kang Yongqian had developed the Chinese philosophy of governing the world to the extreme, and the centralization of power had reached a terrible Cheng dù. The political families who are immersed in this political atmosphere are all masters of black bellies, masters of balance, and in their stomachs, there are thousands of years of conspiracy and conspiracy to choose from. Speaking of men, even the woman Cixi is a top master of politics.

Xiao Letian has long made up his mind about Cixi's political level, and this woman's sensitivity to politics is completely innate. To put it mildly, this woman was reincarnated in the Qing Dynasty to do this. The intricate court situation, how many men feel helpless, but this woman can play very easily, dancing on three eggs until she dies without smashing it.

However, when these politicians, who have been imbued with thousands of years of traditional experience, meet alien-like visitors from the West, all their experience is useless. These political figures of the Qing Dynasty not only did not understand the human geography of the Western world, but also did not even understand the cultural inheritance of Westerners.

They don't know what these foreigners want, and all the negotiations are chickens and ducks. Europe wanted to do business with the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty wanted to impose restrictions, hoping to open a large number of ports for business, but the Qing Dynasty did not agree, and even exchanged envoys to establish embassies in the capitals of various countries, but the Qing Dynasty still shook its head desperately.

Europeans couldn't figure out why the Qing people were so fond of shaking their heads, and why they put so many excellent harbors instead of doing business and turned them into fishing ports. Wait, it seems that in the history of the Chinese, even fishing ports were not allowed to store zài, and at that time it was called that the sails were not allowed to go to sea.

The Qing people could not understand why the Europeans had so many demands, and that it was not enough to open the 13 Lines to Guangzhou? They still wanted to stop ships all the way north to all the ports? What kind of beautiful things did they want! They even had to send officials to Beijing to be stationed in the city? They were simply a bunch of madmen. What's more, if you don't agree, this group of foreigners will send troops to force you to agree, is there still such an unreasonable person in the world?

Look at it, this is the real Qing Dynasty at that time, facing the outside world is purely a smear, from top to bottom when it comes to foreign affairs, everyone is shaking their heads, all hairy. Including Cixi is no exception, as long as it involves foreigners, this woman will immediately transform into an old lady in the countryside, and her eyes will be left with a confused light.

Emperor Tongzhi's question, Cixi couldn't give an answer, and the only person in the Qing Kingdom who could give an answer was still in the limelight in Tanggu Port. Cixi knew that this cunning second devil must be ready to escape, as long as the imperial court had a little intention against him, he would definitely board the foreigner's ship and slip away as soon as possible.

Speaking from the heart, Cixi really wanted Xiao Letian to teach the emperor some knowledge of foreigners, but whenever she thought of the overall situation of the balance of the court, she retreated. Xianxue has ruled China for thousands of years, and he really expects that little guy to overthrow it? Forget it, the mourning family still doesn't have this dream.

In the end, the little emperor of Tongzhi did not get the answer he wanted from his mother, but the changes in the court in the next few days proved the wisdom of Eniang, a big thing in the eyes of the emperor was really not mentioned, and everyone really thought that this matter did not exist.

In the era when there are no newspapers, no radio, and no television, the media industry does not exist at all, and the rule of the imperial court over the people is actually very simple, and the word 'concealment' can solve all problems, and the common people don't even know what is happening around them for dozens of miles and hundreds of miles, and who cares about thousands of miles away.

Four years ago, the Anglo-French army broke through the city of Beijing, and now you go to the countryside in Henan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places to ask, and you can guarantee that not one out of a hundred people will know.

Of course, the news from the top cannot be closed to everyone, and the huge group of scholars and officials cannot be bypassed by the ruling class. And these people are all in a common and very closed field of interests, and every accident is just a reshuffle in this field of interests.

After the occurrence of this incident known as the 'Three Doumi Riots' in history, the forces of all parties seemed to be calm on the surface, but the private communication between the forces of all parties never stopped, from the 800 miles between Beijing and Nanjing, the fast horses, one after another on the post road, in the green buildings in the capital, wine shop boxes, there are always noble big people and all kinds of brokers to talk to each other.

Time passed day by day, and a month and a half later, when the heat of Beijing dissipated a little, a great court meeting was held. What is shocking is that the Qing Dynasty actually approved the plan for three special industrial zones without any official opposition. Tanggu, Shanghai, and Guangzhou became the locations of the first special zones to be developed in the Qing Dynasty.

The crazy Qingliu who made a lot of noise before is silent today. They were all quiet like little white rabbits, and as for their leader, Weng Tongyi, he simply closed his eyes at the court meeting to recuperate.

The three special industrial zones, of which the special zone in Shanghai was in charge of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, a discerning person knew at a glance that this was a concession made by the Manchus in order to appease Zeng Guofan.

Needless to say, the special zone of Guangzhou, which has always been the most important trade place of the Qing government, and the establishment of the Thirteen Banks is actually a kind of special zone in disguise.

Don't look at it here as the southernmost part of the empire, the Manchu government has the strictest control, this is the money bag second only to Jiangnan, how can the imperial court let go. Even when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was at its most violent, Guangdong did not fall. The establishment of a special zone here is a full-core crop full of people.

What is more strange is the special industrial zone of Tanggu, first of all, it can feel strange from the name, at this time Tanggu is a port town, not a city at all. Supposedly, this naming right should be given to Tianjin, which should be called the Tianjin Special Economic Zone? But the Qing government actually named it Tanggu.

The meaning in this is very deep, in China's political atmosphere, every word in the national text jiàn has a deep meaning, and smart people can understand it at a glance.

Who was the first to build the special industrial zone? Who was one of the culprits of the Tanggu riots? The answer, of course, was Xiao Letian, so since he was the culprit, but in the end, his mention was again passed at the great court meeting, and the special zones in the north were named after the riot cities, what does this show the attitude of the imperial court?

Weng Tongyi still closed his eyes a lot, he really didn't have much face to speak today, because everyone could understand that this was the royal family's support for Xiao Letian.

Qingliu, don't make trouble, even if Xiao Letian raises bandits, even if he stirs up a civil uprising, we still have to use him. And we have reached an agreement with the Hunan army, so you should accept your fate.

What makes Qingliu even more ashamed is that the person in charge of the Tanggu Special Industrial Zone is actually Fuqing, which is a naked slap in the face, who in Beijing does not know that the third master of the Fucha family and Xiao Letian are the same as worshipping the handle.

A major conflict caused by Xiao Letian's 'special industrial zone' finally successfully broke through under the blood sacrifice of more than 1,000 lives in Tanggu. History will not remember the names of more than 1,000 people, and history will not even remember the names of Huang Juren and Ma Bao.

When the court meeting was carried out to the end, the Qingliu finally ushered in their gifts, and the emperor and the queen mother decreed that they would add an Enke this winter, and the Qing Dynasty would usher in a large number of new officials.

It was only at this time that Weng Tongyi opened his eyes, took the lead in walking out of the court, knelt on the ground and shouted "The emperor, the queen mother Shengming......" followed by the Manchu Dynasty civil and military kneeling on the Taihe Palace, collectively chanting "The emperor, the queen mother Shengming......"

The court meeting was dispersed, Weng Tongyi walked out of the noon gate, and he did not get into the sedan chair directly. He looked back at the deep palace, feeling the smell of power gushing out of it, and his fists clenched tightly.

"I didn't lose, we didn't lose, we didn't lose. You think that getting the three special industrial zones is a victory? It's naïve, don't forget, if you want to do anything in the world, you need officials, and whoever can be an official can only listen to us, I want to see how long Xiao Letian's Western studies can go......

"Let's go, have a good lunch when we get home, sir, I want to celebrate today, for this year's Enke celebration......"

The decree promulgated at the Great Court Meeting had actually been finalized beforehand, and even 10 days ago, Qing Sanye, who was far away in Shanghai, had already received a letter from Prime Minister Yamen, asking him to quickly return to Beijing by boat to take over the construction of the Tanggu Special Industrial Zone.

On the day of the Great Dynasty Meeting, Qing Sanye was already standing on the bow of the foreigner merchant ship and saw the outline of Tanggu Port from afar.

When the sea boat finally leaned on the trestle, Qing Sanye didn't have time to say goodbye to the foreigners, and Tengteng was the first to rush off the boat. Before he could open his mouth to ask where Lotte was located, a young man on the dock had already jumped and shouted.

"Third master, look at this, I was sent by Mr. Xiao to wait for you, and I will take you to the foreign bank ......" K