Seeing that Yi Zhixin didn't care, Yan Kexin hesitated, and said tactfully: "Not everyone loves daughters as much as the master, the custom has always been patriarchal, and the folk abandonment of raising baby girls is very strong, and the average family is a little richer, and often only one or two daughters are raised, let alone poor families." Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Many places have the custom of drowning female infants, the abandonment of female babies is even more common, orphanages are well treated, if not controlled, it may aggravate the phenomenon of abandonment of female babies, and now there are hundreds of thousands of people in Shanghai ....... ”

Without waiting for her to finish speaking, Yi Zhishu realized that he really thought simply, if the orphanage was not restricted, I am afraid that he would be able to adopt thousands of baby girls or even more in a year, and in the long run, he would not be able to hold on to any amount of money, and this would also go against his original intention of running an orphanage.

In these years, there is a lack of effective contraceptive measures, medical care cannot keep up, there are many children, and the premature death rate is also high, many families are four or five, seven or eight children, and it is not uncommon for a dozen children to have children, but in the end there are not many adults, which also aggravates the atmosphere of abandoning baby girls.

From this, he thought of the resistance of the factory owners to the protection of the rights and interests of female workers, female workers are pregnant every now and then, and children are born one after another, and no factory owner can hold on, so the factory recruits female workers, and those who marry generally do not want to get married.

This is a dead cycle, he is not a fairy, and he is also helpless, *** This thing is not nothing, but the current set is shoddy, and then, because of the high premature death rate, it can only win by quantity, no one wants to use contraception, but it is hard to live, and I don't know how many I can live, once the contraception is used, the chance of no queen is too great!

He walked slowly to the gate of the garden before he spoke: "Post a notice, it is overcrowded, and arrange for others to patrol day and night." Another is the relocation of the orphanage, looking for a remote place, and the original site is converted into a kindergarten for children between the ages of three and six. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Discuss with my wife, organize manpower, and start to promote universal kindergartens, free admission, preschool education is also an indispensable and important part of universal education, and Yuan Qi allocated funds." ”

If it is free to enter school from a young child, this can almost fundamentally reverse the trend of abandoning baby girls, Yan Kexin said with a smile: "Obey, master." ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly, "This is not a trivial matter, don't mess up ...... for me." ”

Before she finished speaking, Lin Meilian quickly stepped into the garden, greeted her, and said, "Lord President Feng of Southeast University asks to see you." ”

"Invite him to the study." Yi Zhixiang said and looked at Yan Kexin, "Tell Xu Yixuan, "Women's Daily" should strengthen publicity in this regard, the times are advancing, women can not only study, do business, work, but also enter the office in the future, and the promotion of popularization of kindergartens can also be blown in the newspaper first." ”

Southeast University, in the twenty-sixth year of Daoguang began to build, Xianfeng began to formally enroll students in the second year, the principal Feng Guifen is a native of Wuxian County, Jiangsu, once studied under Lin Zexu, is a representative of the Jiangsu Jingshi School, Daoguang 20 years of Jinshi, high school first and second place is the list of eyes, in Jiangnan Shilin reputation.

In the twenty-fourth year of Daoguang, he returned to his hometown with his mother's worries, and in the twenty-seventh year, he was invited by Yi Zhizhi to serve as the president of Southeast University and founded Southeast University wholeheartedly.

Entering the study, Yi Zhixiang smiled and said, "How did Brother Lin have time to come today?" ”

Feng Guifen was only forty-six or seventeen, with a diluted and modest and elegant appearance, got up and returned the salute before he said, "I'm afraid I'm afraid I've forgotten Southeast University." ”

Yi Zhishu has always been accustomed to shaking his hands in charge, and when he heard this, he smiled while stretching out his hand to give up his seat: "The trivial matters are complicated, and I hope that Brother Lin will forgive ......." Speaking of this, he had already reacted, "This year is the first batch of students to graduate?" ”

"It's rare that the lord still remembers." Feng Guifen smiled and said, "In two months, the first batch of more than 800 students will graduate, what are the plans?" ”

Groaning slightly, Yi Zhizhi said: "The modern education of the Qing Dynasty is currently in its infancy, and the current stage is still to promote universal education, and select a group of publicly-funded students to study abroad, go to the United States, England, and France, with a quota of one hundred, four hundred are temporarily allocated to teachers colleges and middle schools to teach, and the remaining three hundred enter the two provinces of Nanyang or enter the banks, securities, railways, and factories under the name of Yuan Qi, what does Brother Lin think?" ”

"These students are very good and study hard......." Feng Guifen pondered and said: "Two, four, two, two hundred to study abroad at public expense." ”

"Okay, Brother Yilin." Yi Zhishu said without hesitation: "Their graduation ceremony, Brother Lin informed me in advance, and I attended it in person." ”

Hearing this, Feng Guifen felt a little relieved in his heart, he knew how busy Yi Zhixiang was, and it was he who chose this time period to visit, and the other party was able to take the time to attend the graduation ceremony of the students of Southeast University, which showed the importance he attached to Southeast University.

Nodding slightly, he changed his words, "There is one thing, I am quite puzzled in my heart, according to what the lord said, the Qing Dynasty is far behind the Western countries, when the revitalization of education, the development of industry, and the pursuit of catch-up, but why did Yuanqi waste Nuoda's financial, material and human resources to provoke a war?" ”

Yi Zhizu made a gesture to ask for tea, but he lit a cigarette, he estimated that Lin Zexu should have asked the other party to test it, took a puff of cigarette, and then he said slowly: "It's not that Yuanqi is belligerent, it's really out of helplessness, the Russians are facing Britain, France and Turkey alone in Crimea, and now there is a Kingdom of Sardinia (changed to the Kingdom of Italy in 1861), and defeat is inevitable."

Russia is located in a bitter cold land, and its ambition for external expansion can be said to be innate, and it will definitely not be reined in because of the defeat of Crimea, and after the momentum of expansion to Europe is curbed, Russia will turn the goal of expansion to Asia, and the northeast and northwest of the Qing Dynasty are the next targets of Russian expansion.

What can be done to curb Russia's expansionist ambitions? Only hegemony dominates! Only by taking advantage of Russia's defeat to send troops to the northwest, recovering the territories in the northwest that were annexed by the Russians in one fell swoop, and annexing the countries of Central Asia, can we curb Russia's expansion in the northwest!

The same is true in the Northeast, the South Sea Navy and the Beiyang Naval Division have already sent a fleet to cooperate with the British and French combined fleets to encircle and suppress the Russian Far East Fleet on the Kamchatka Peninsula, and to pull out the Russian stronghold on the Kamchatka Peninsula is equivalent to cutting off Russia's tentacles in the Far East!

Yuan Qi's troops in the northwest and northeast were aimed at Russia, and in the southwest and Tibet were aimed at Britain and France, Tibet, and the Gurkha invaded Tibet with the support of the British.

Once the Crimean War ended, Britain and France would turn their attention to the areas around the Qing Dynasty, Southeast Asia was the first choice of Britain and France, and of course, it was not ruled out that a direct war with the Qing Dynasty would be ruled out.

The purpose of disturbing Southeast Asia was to attract the attention of Britain and France to Southeast Asia, after all, the outbreak of war in Southeast Asia was better than the outbreak of the Qing Dynasty itself. ”

Feng Guifen was shocked when she heard this, and only after a while did she say sincerely: "What a big game of chess played by the lord." ”

"People have no foresight, but they must have near-term worries." Yi Zhishu said slowly: "If you don't have the current long-term worries, there will be near-term worries in the future, and once you have near-term worries, you can't think far-sightedly."

No country wants to see a powerful Eastern empire rise again, if the Qing Dynasty wants to rise, it is not an easy task, everything must be based on the long-term, once Britain, France, the United States and Russia interrupt the process of rise at a critical moment, India is a lesson from the Qing Dynasty. ”

Speaking of this, he sighed lightly, "The Qing Empire is a part of the world, and it is a very important part, we must learn to put the Qing Dynasty in the overall pattern of the world to see and think about problems."

Now it is no longer the era when you could call the king and emperor behind closed doors, and it is difficult to broaden your horizons! Speaking of the war that took place in Crimea, even if the newspapers are tracking and reporting it repeatedly, how many people can realize that the war thousands of miles away is closely related to the Great Qing Dynasty? How many people saw the opportunity behind that war? And how many people saw all the hidden crises of that war? ”

Feng Guifen twisted his long beard and muttered for a long time before he said with emotion: "Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years, and the newspapers have reported the Crimean War one after another, introducing the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the Mughal Empire, I am afraid that few people can understand the deep meaning of the lord." ”

After a pause, he said: "The lord should take the time to go to the school from time to time to analyze and explain the world pattern and current affairs and politics for the students, but no one can see the lord thoroughly." ”

"That's a good proposal." Yi Zhizhi said: "The hope of the country lies in the youth, and it should indeed lead them to understand the world objectively and correctly." ”

He was full of promises, and Feng Guifen smiled: "That's decided, the lord will not have an excuse to be busy in the future." As he spoke, he turned his head around, "Why does the lord think that Britain and France will invade my Qing Dynasty after the end of the Crimean War?" ”

After flicking the cigarette ash, Yi Zhizhi said slowly: "The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty." In the eyes of Western countries, it is not only the largest dumping market for commodities, but also a rare supply of raw materials, and the accumulation of hundreds of years of commerce and trade between the East and the West has long made the eyes of Western countries extremely hot. It can be said that waging war against the Qing Dynasty in the world is the most valuable, and it can be called a million benefits!

In addition, Britain and Russia have always been competing for the position of Asian hegemon, and when Russia is greatly damaged, the British will take the opportunity to step up their expansion in Asia, and the French will also take the opportunity to develop colonies in Asia.

Based on these points, Britain, France, and even Britain, France, and the United States would provoke a war in the Qing Dynasty or Southeast Asia after the end of the Crimean War. ”

Feng Guifen knew very well that in terms of knowledge and understanding of the world pattern, no one in the Qing Dynasty could be content with it, and Yi Zhizhi also had amazing insight and extremely accurate foresight, and since Yuan Qi was so aggressive, it can be seen that Britain and France were extremely likely to invade the Qing Dynasty after the end of the Crimean War.

He had an excellent memory, and when he returned to school, he recorded the conversation with Yi Zhixiang word for word overnight, and mailed it directly to Lin Zexu in Beijing without any tidying, hoping to attract the attention of the imperial court.

Northeast, Sakhalin Island, Yating Bay, Wangxi Port.

Wangxi Harbor is very simple, it is a simple docking base established by the Beiyang Naval Division on Sakhalin Island when it cruises northward, but since last year, the Yuanqi East China Sea Fleet and the Beiyang Naval Division Fleet went north to drive away the Russian fleet that invaded Heilongjiang, and it has gradually become lively here, building camps, fortifications, and erecting gun emplacements, and has the prototype of a military port.

On the sea, there were more than 50 large and small ships quietly moored, half of which were warships and supply merchant ships, and a narrow clipper ship, which was rarely seen in the north, sailed quickly into the bay from the east, and slowly slowed down before entering the harbor.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Xiao Mingming, who was chatting with Zaizhao, listened to the off-the-books shouting report, and casually ordered: "Come in." ”

Captain and Company Commander Pang Dezhong, the captain of the clipper ship "Swordfish", strode in and saluted: "Report to the commander, the combined Anglo-French fleet has arrived in Petropavlovsk, but the Russians have all evacuated, leaving only an empty city. ”

"Can you find out where the Russian fleet is going?"

"I don't know." Pound said: "The British and French combined fleet is also searching everywhere. ”

"Let's go down and rest first." Xiao Mingliang got up and walked to the large nautical chart as he spoke, and said: "Muravyev is a little lucky, he can avoid this catastrophe, let's talk about it, where will the Russian fleet hide?" ”

Zaizhao held the teacup and said lazily: "If you drag your family with you, where else can you hide?" Heilongjiang! ”

"I thought of a piece." Xiao Mingliang said with a smile: "Once the family and mouth are dragged and encounter British and French warships on the sea, it is a dead end, and Heilongjiang can be described as the best hiding place." As he spoke, he frowned, "Is it better to borrow a knife to kill someone?" Or are we quietly eating alone? ”

"Killing people with a knife, of course." Zaizhao said without thinking: "The principal is still trading arms with the Russians in the northwest, and if we destroy the Russians' Far East Fleet here, I am afraid it will affect the principal's northwest expansion plan." ”

Xiao Mingliang said: "But the principal's telegram is telling us to go to war directly when we encounter the Russian fleet." ”

Zaizhao put down the teacup and turned around, glanced at him, and said: "The principal's purpose is to annihilate the Russian Far East Fleet, let's report the news, watch them eat dogs, and by the way, surround the fish that slipped through the net, wouldn't it be better?" ”

"I'm happy to see the hunt, my hands are itchy!" Xiao Mingliang said with a smile and paused, before he said: "The northern part of Sakhalin Island has been frozen for eight months, and at this time, it has not yet thawed, and if the Russian fleet wants to enter the Heilongjiang River, it must enter the Tatar Strait from the southern tip and pass through the ...... of Yating Bay. ”

"The thaw is just a few days away." Zaizhao groaned for a while before he said: "Withdraw, withdraw to Hokkaido, closely monitor them, let them enter the Tatar Strait to close the door and fight the dogs, if you really want to flee in all directions, you have to spend more time and feet." ”