On the twenty-first day of the lunar month, the Beijing division was full of wind and snow, and all the yamen in the city began to take vacation, the Forbidden City, but the military aircraft department was still busy, under normal circumstances, the emperor wanted to seal the pen on the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, and a group of military ministers naturally had to accompany him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As soon as the cotton curtain opened, a gust of cold wind swept in, Pan Shien glanced up, and a little eunuch walked in quickly and walked straight to him, bowed down and said, "Yuzhongtang, Shanghai is six hundred miles urgent." ”

Listening to the urgency from Shanghai, Pan Shien's heart jumped, this is the New Year soon, don't have any big things, open the fold, see the fold on the elderly, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, after reading it quickly, he couldn't help frowning again, Yi Zhizhi This kid can really toss!

After a slight groan, he instructed the little eunuch, "Please Mu Zhongtang take a look." ”

After reading the excerpt, Mu Zhang'a was dissatisfied, and secretly scolded Qiying for being greedy for merit and bad things, and groaned slightly, before he said: "Everyone take a look, the emperor is afraid that he will inquire." ”

After seeing the three military planes, Qi Liaozao, Sai Shang'a, and He Rulin, they all secretly calculated that what Qi Ying said in the excerpt was not a trivial matter, and sending envoys to England was something that had never happened in the Qing Dynasty, and the annexation of Nanfang and Dai Yanguo on the island of Poluozhou in the South Seas was not a trivial matter, and what was even more unexpected was that the naval academy that Yi Zhixiang planned to build was actually so large-scale, which was simply holding chicken feathers as an arrow!

Heavy snow is falling outside, but it is warm as spring in the Xinuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, after reading the excerpt of Qiying, Daoguang pondered for a long time before ordering: "Xuan several ministers of military aircraft to meet." ”

After Pan Shien, Mu Zhang'a and other five people came in to greet him, Daoguang said straightforwardly: "What does the Military Aircraft Department think of what Qiying played?" ”

"Back to the emperor." Pan Shien said: "Guangxi Haiphong should be included in the jurisdiction of the Nanyang Naval Division. There is nothing wrong with sending envoys to England. Boluozhou Nanfang Kingdom and Dai Yanguo were included in the territory, and Wei Chen thought that it should be slowed down, after all, the war with England had just stopped, and as for the Naval Academy, the matter was big, and the emperor was cautious. ”

Daoguang glanced at him and said in a muffled voice, "Slow down?" ”

"Back to the emperor." Pan Shien hurriedly said: "It is not a matter of urgency to accept the Nanfang Kingdom and Dai Yanguo of Poluozhou, it is okay to delay it for a year or two, once the Nanyang Naval Division is formed, and the Naval Division fleet has the strength to sail to the South Seas again, it may be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort." ”

Daoguang nodded, this is clear enough, the annexation of Poluozhou, must be the Nanyang Naval Division of the Imperial Court Economic System in order to justify it In this way, it is not impossible to wait for a year or two, after all, it takes time for the Nanyang Naval Division to grow into an army.

Seeing that Daoguang was inclined to annex Boluozhou, Mu Zhang'a couldn't help but feel bad, it was obvious that the war with England and the forced signing of the "Jiangning Treaty" were suspected of losing power and humiliating the country, Daoguang was eager to annex Boluozhou, in order to regain the merit of expanding the territory, in order to wash away the humiliation brought by the "Jiangning Treaty".

However, the annexation of Po Luo Chau is obviously Yi Zhi's intention, Qi Ying has never set foot in coastal defense, and is even more ignorant of the situation in the South Seas, how could he propose to annex the two small countries of Po Lok Chau on a whim? It's clearly a contented pout!

"Your Majesty." Mu Zhang'a said in a deep voice: "Poluozhou is far away in the South Seas, the imperial court whip is beyond the reach, it is difficult to actually control, even if it can be included in the territory of the Qing Dynasty, it is just a vain name, close to Taiwan, the imperial court does not dare to immigrate and develop, let alone the Boluozhou far away in the South Seas, if it is because of this, it is against the West, and the war starts again, it is really worth the loss, and the slave earnestly prays that the emperor will think carefully." ”

Daoguang glanced at Mu Zhang'a quietly, in vain? Even so, it's worth it, and that's what he wants now! The exploits of opening up the territory and expanding the territory of the four provinces, even if it were a false name, were enough to cover up the shame brought about by the "Jiangning Treaty", and he could not tolerate that his mausoleum did not have a monument of sainthood!

The ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty - where the emperor has lost an inch of land, he is not allowed to erect a monument of sainthood and virtue, although the "Jiangning Treaty" is only a lease of Hong Kong, but he does not dare to deceive himself, after all, it is a matter of his posthumous name, but if Po Luozhou can be included in the territory of the Qing Dynasty, the territory of the four provinces can not only wash away the stain of leasing Hong Kong, but also leave the prestige of expanding the territory!

Seeing that no one was silent, he coughed lightly and said, "If you don't take it, you will be blamed!" Qi Ying said very clearly in the excerpt, Po Luo Zhou, I do not take the Qing Dynasty, it will be taken by the Western powers, at that time, the Western powers will be able to use the Po Luo Zhou as a springboard as a base to covet my Qing Dynasty!

Furthermore, there is no Western country coveting Bo Luo Chau now, so how can there be talk of fighting evil and resuming war? Although Bo Luozhou is far away at present, it will only take seven or eight days to sail by boat in the future, which is not far away! ”

Daoguang's words, how could the five military ministers of the Warm Pavilion not understand his intentions? Qi Liaozao hurriedly said: "Emperor Shengming, now Luzon is occupied by Spain, Gropa is occupied by the Netherlands, and England occupies Myanmar and Temasek. When the Qing Dynasty occupied Po Luo Chau, it was able to contain all the Western powers in Nanyang. ”

Seeing this situation, Mu Zhang'a knew that he had no power to return to the sky, so he could only retreat to the second, "Your Majesty, Poluozhou is far away from the mainland, even if it is included in my Qing Dynasty, it cannot be developed by large-scale immigration, so as not to be taken advantage of by the Nanyang Society." ”

What Daoguang wants is just the merit of opening up the territory and developing Poluozhou, he really didn't think about it, immigrating to Poluozhou in a big way, that is not a joke, it will take a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and now the imperial court is stretched, even if he has that thought, he doesn't have that ability.

Immediately, he turned his head around, "What do you think about the matter of the Naval Academy?" ”

As soon as Daoguang's words fell, Mu Zhang'a spoke: "Your Majesty, the purpose of establishing a naval academy is to train middle and low-level military attachés of naval divisions, and there are only 100,000 naval and inland naval divisions in the imperial court, even if all of them are converted to the navy, the number of middle and low-level military attachés required is only a few thousand, so why establish two naval academies and recruit 6,000 children a year?"

In addition, the Naval Academy is full of Western learning, which is contrary to the imperial examination, and the annual enrollment amount is too large, which may shake the national capital of the imperial examination! ”

"In each scientific examination, there are hundreds of thousands of children, so how can 6,000 people a year shake the national foundation of the imperial examination?" Pan Shien said unhurriedly: "The imperial court does not lack talents for the imperial examination, what is lacking is talents who are good at Western studies, and the Naval Academy is facing the enrollment of students from the whole territory of the Qing Dynasty, with eighteen provinces, five generals' districts, and two ministers' districts, and they are evenly distributed, and there are only more than 200 people in one province, how can it shake the imperial examinations?"

Furthermore, the imperial court is preparing to build a navy with the intention of strengthening coastal defense and defending the maritime frontier, if it cannot build warships and new guns on its own, will it not always lag behind the Western navy? In this case, what is the point of preparing for the construction of the navy?

Wechen is in favor of cultivating a large number of Western talents and improving their military strength as soon as possible, only in this way can the Qing Dynasty have enough strength to be invincible! Moreover, Po Luo Chau cannot afford to delay for a long time, and it is necessary to strengthen the strength of the Nanyang Naval Division as soon as possible. ”

Seeing him talk about Po Luozhou, Mu Zhang'a's heart sank, and he simply said bluntly: "Shipyards and military factories are not imperial court industries, Yuan Qi is using the name of the Naval Academy to cultivate talents by himself!" ”

"Your Majesty." Qi Liaozao said unhurriedly: "The Naval Academy was originally funded and organized by Yuan Qi, and Yuan Qi is a little selfish, which is also reasonable. ”

As the secretary of the Imperial Academy, Sai Shang'a and the left deputy capital Yu Shi He Rulin are both newly promoted ministers of military aircraft, and they have always been in the face of the saint to end in a few words, where would they have thought that they would be so ridiculous, when they saw that the three of them had their own opinions, they were arguing, and they were all secretly complaining, and next time they could thicken the cotton sleeve on their knees, otherwise they would kneel like this, and their knees would not be able to stand it.

"Under the world, it is not the king's land. On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. Pan Shien followed the conversation and said: "Even if Yuan Qi is selfish, the Western talents he cultivates are also the talents of my Qing Dynasty!" ”

Seeing that Mu Zhang'a was about to speak, Daoguang rushed in front and said, "Yuan Qi's 20 million loan has already been repaid?" ”

Isn't this knowingly asked? Qi Liaozao, who was the secretary of the household department, understood as soon as he thought about it, Daoguang deliberately mentioned Yuanqi's merits and loyalty to block Mu Zhang'a's mouth, and immediately bowed down and said: "Back to the emperor, the 20 million loan has been transferred to the household department. ”

"The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit." Daoguang said slowly: "As the first merchant group of the Qing Dynasty, how can Yuan Qi not pursue profits? How can there be no selfishness? However, Yuan Qi frequently shared worries for the imperial court, his loyalty can be learned, and the government and the opposition know that the preparation of the Naval Academy is beneficial to both the imperial court and Yuan Qi, so why interfere? ”

Guangzhou, Humen Town.

The "Feiyan" clipper ship slowly docked at the wharf, and the officers and men on duty who were waiting on the wharf were staring at it without turning their eyes, and this kind of long-bodied sailing clipper with a pointed bow was not uncommon in the waters of Guangzhou, and many of them were used to smuggle crows. However, the only ones who dared to moor to the dock of Humen Town were Yuanqi's flying clippers.

When they heard the news that the ship was "Feiyan", a group of officers and soldiers on patrol immediately surrounded them, and they all vaguely guessed that the one who came to visit Humen at this time should be the treasurer of Yuanqi, Yi Zhizhi.

For this legendary figure who can be called the whole Guangzhou, the officers and soldiers of Humen Town know each other, and they all know that this Yuanqi treasurer is now a first-class viscount, the governor of Nanyang, and they are on an equal footing with them.

A young man in a navy blue robe, with a tall figure and a handsome appearance, walked slowly onto the deck. A group of officers and soldiers on the dock were very excited, and shouted in a chaotic manner: "Yi Da shopkeeper." "Yi Junmen." "Lord Yi!"

Yi Zhizu raised his hand with a smile on his face, stepped on the dock quickly, and a group of officers and soldiers knelt on the ground with a brush, and said abruptly: "The little ones ask Yi Junmen for peace." ”

"No courtesy." Yi Zhixiang smiled and said, "There can be a war horse, which can be used by Benjue." ’

"Yes, yes. Yi Junmen waited. The leader of a five-rank military attache hurriedly responded, and then ordered someone to lead the horse, "Today is a small year, and everyone is working hard." Yi Zhishu said and handed over the cigar box in his hand and said, "Divide it for everyone." ”

"Xie Yijun's door reward!" The crowd thanked them loudly.

"Yi Junmen, please get on the horse." A soldier rode over, and then bowed down to the ground, which was to let Yi Zhizu step on his back and get on the horse, but Yi Zhizu pulled him up and said, "Ben Jue only steps on the enemy, not on the brother, get up." As he spoke, he turned over on his horse with a long shirt, glanced at everyone, and laughed loudly: "The great victory of sharpening the knife and the great victory of Dinghai, the officers and soldiers of Humen and the Yuanqi regiment practiced together to kill the enemy bravely, and fought bloodily, this lord regards you as brothers and is proud of you!" So saying, he waved his horsewhip and walked away.

The officers and soldiers looked at the galloping fast horses in a daze, and they were all excited, and they were really moved to be able to say these words with their current status and status.

Yi Zhizu rushed to the gate of Humen Walled City and saw Guan Tianpei with a few generals coming out, and immediately pulled the reins, and when he arrived at the people, he threw the stirrup and dismounted, and said with a smile: "Let's say okay first, don't drink today." ”

Mai Ting Zhanglang smiled: "Today is Xiao Nian, how can you not drink ......." ”

"Good boy, I'll see you next year, and the old man will also give you a gift." Guan Tianpei said and returned the salute, and shouted: "You still don't come forward to salute?" ”

The generals hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and said, "The last general has seen Yi Junmen!" ”

"No courtesy, no courtesy, all brothers, why bother with these false courtesies." Yi Zhishu looked at Guan Tianpei as he spoke, and said with a smile: "It's not too late?" ”

"It's not too late." Guan Tianpei said: "It's time to arrive in these days." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and said, "Let's go, go back to the Ya first." ”

Guan Tianpei led Yi Zhifen straight into the study, and waited for the next person to offer fragrant tea and retreated, he said straight to the point: "The Nanyang Admiral is in charge of the defense of the treaty ports of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong. ”

Yi Zhishu asked rhetorically: "What is the plan of Lord Guan?" ”

"The imperial court is preparing to build a navy, which belongs to the commander of the Nanyang Admiral, and the Guangdong Navy Division is also an offshore sea division, so you can't let them be the inland river water division, right?" Guan Tianpei said slowly: "The old man in other places doesn't care, the Guangdong sailor has a deep relationship with Yuan Qi, and contentment is also a good way out, and the old man wants to find a good way out for his subordinates." ”

Yi Zhicontent smiled: "Aren't adults afraid of ruining their future?" ”

Guan Tianpei glanced at him and said, "I can't believe you, old man, you won't let them follow you." ”

Smiled noncommittally, Yi Zhizhi said: "Adults are in their early sixties, don't they want to live for a long time?" ”

Guan Tianpei glanced at him and said, "What's the matter?" Want the old man to give you a hand? ”

"The imperial court is preparing to build a navy, and it is in charge of the coastal defense of several southeastern provinces, and the scale is at least tens of thousands, how can it be handed over to the next person?" Yi Zhishu groaned: "Now, I am still bargaining with the imperial court. ”

"Just you kid cow, dare to bargain with the court!" Guan Tianpei said with a smile: "Okay, don't dislike the old man for being useless, the old man will support you for the scene." (To be continued.) )