The 600 miles of the Beijing division was sent urgently by Yi Zhi's excerpt - the proposal for the construction of the navy and the long-term planning of the navy, this excerpt Daoguang stayed in the middle for more than a month, and it was only late in the past few years. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Looking at this sentence of more than ten words, Yi Zhizhi couldn't help but have a helpless but somewhat cunning look in his mind. Looking at Zhu Pi again, he was refreshed for a while, no matter what the idea of Guan Guang was, this is all a good thing, at least Yuan Qi can justifiably start a military factory.

Seeing the smile on his face, Xie Xiuyuan quipped: "Good news? ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled and said, "Yuan Qi can open up a financial road again......." ”

Before he finished speaking, Li Wang turned back and reported: "Sir, Lord Qinchaqi is invited." ”

Hearing this, Xie Xiuyuan and He Shutai hurriedly got up to say goodbye, and Yi Zhishu went straight to Sansui', Qiying lived in Sansui Hall, and he lived in Tingtao Pavilion, the two of them could be said to live next to each other, but they rarely had contacts.

As the minister of Nanyang, Qiying is not a simple person in Shanghai, and often visits the city and nearby prefectures and counties, but he never points fingers, and he never asks questions about the preparation for the construction of the navy and the Yuanqi regiment training stationed in the four treaty ports, as if he came to Shanghai for a vacation.

Yi Zhishu didn't care about Qiying's coldness at all, he knew very well that the main task of Qiying, the Nanyang minister, was to supervise and supervise him, the Nanyang governor, if the two had close contacts, Qiying, the Nanyang minister, should probably be replaced.

Walking all the way into the Sansui Hall, and Qiying exchanged a few words of greeting, then sat down with the guests and hosts, and Qiying said with a spring breeze on his face: "Now that it is almost a year old, Ben Qincha, the minister of Nanyang, and the Nanyang Admiral of Lord Yi have also been in office for two months, what suggestions does Lord Yi have?" ”

Suggestion? It seems that this Lord Qincha is trying to make some political achievements, and he groaned slightly, and only then did he smile and say: "Since my lord said so, Xia Guan really has a few suggestions ......" ”

"Contentment, but it doesn't hurt to say."

Yi Zhizhi was not polite, and said straightforwardly: "The imperial court is preparing to build a navy to strengthen the southeast coastal defense?" That being the case, the navy's defense should not be confined to the four provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang, but should include the entire southeastern coastal defense, including Liangguang, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Liangjiang. ”

Does it make a difference? Qi Ying reacted as soon as he changed his mind, there is indeed a difference, there are many Guangxi, but it is not unreasonable to think about it, there is no reason not to classify Guangxi as the defense area of the Nanyang Naval Division, thinking of this, he bowed his head slightly and said: "Lord Yi is very worried, Guangxi coastal defense should indeed be included in the defense area of the Nanyang Naval Division, fortunately, the imperial court has not yet determined the functions and powers of the Nanyang Naval Division in detail, and Ben Qin is on the fold." ”

Yi Zhizhi wanted to fight for Guangxi's coastal defense, naturally to seize the Annan coal mine to lay the groundwork, seeing that he agreed to be happy, he reciprocated: "Next year Xiamen, Ningbo, Shanghai open ports, England will inevitably send envoys to our Qing Dynasty, based on international etiquette and the equal status between the two countries, the imperial court should also send envoys to England, this is also a channel for the imperial court to understand the West, and I hope that the adults will write a book, so that the imperial court can make preparations as soon as possible." ”

Hearing this, Qi Ying secretly embarrassed, as the minister of Nanyang, such a big thing actually had to be easy to be content to remind him, but this can't be blamed for not thinking about this, the diplomacy of the Qing Dynasty has always been the diplomacy of the clan, there is no such thing as equal diplomacy, and the establishment of diplomatic relations with England on an equal footing is still the first time that a big girl has been in a sedan chair.

He immediately bowed his head and said, "Lord Yi reminded ...... ”

"And—." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "Nanyang has always been an inseparable part of the Qing Dynasty's maritime frontier, since the imperial court is preparing to build a navy, it should take precautions and find a suitable port for the navy in Nanyang so that the navy can settle down and replenish materials when it cruises the Nanyang." ”

Nanyang? Qiying was not born as a sailor, and he really didn't know the situation in Nanyang, so he groaned a little before he said, "What did Master Yi like?" ”

"East Wanjin, the capital of Boluozhou and Nanfangguo." Yi Zhizhi was content with the old god in the said: "Nanfang Kingdom is a native of Meizhou, Guangdong Luo Fangbo was founded in the 42nd year of Qianlong, has been established for more than 70 years, has been a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, Nanfang Kingdom at the beginning of the establishment of the country hoped to be incorporated into the territory of the Qing Dynasty, but the imperial court refused because of the distance.

Now, the imperial court wants to build a strong navy, fully capable of controlling the islands far away in the South Seas, Xia Guan hopes that the imperial court can incorporate the Nanfang Kingdom into the territory of the Qing Dynasty, not only the Nanfang Kingdom, but also the Dai Yan Kingdom established by Wu Yuansheng, a Cantonese in the north of Boluozhou, hoping that the imperial court will accept it together, which can be regarded as opening up territory for the Qing Dynasty. ”

Qi Ying looked at him with a puzzled expression, there was still such a thing? He really didn't know, and after thinking about it, he said, "How big is Poluozhou?" ”

"The land of the four provinces is equivalent to the area of two two wide." Yi Zhizhi said: "If the imperial court is willing to accept it, if the other party does not agree to annex, Yuan Qi can send troops to conquer." Now that the Western countries covet the islands of the South Sea, if the imperial court does not make a decision as soon as possible, Boluozhou will inevitably be captured by the Western countries, and at that time, the Western countries will be able to use the Poluozhou as a springboard as a base to covet our Qing Dynasty.

Once the Qing Dynasty incorporated Poluozhou into the territory, Western countries would have to worry about the enemy if they wanted to invade the Qing Dynasty. ”

And such a good thing? Qiying couldn't believe it, not to mention the benefits of annexing Poluozhou, that is, Yuanqi Tuanlian was willing to go to Nanyang to expand the territory for the Qing Dynasty, which was also a great thing, but he quickly calmed down, Yuanqi was not profitable, so enthusiastic about annexing Poluozhou, what kind of calculation was he playing? Do you want to take this opportunity to expand your strength and power?

After a slight hesitation, he asked, "How many troops do you need to conquer Poluozhou?" ”

"In the land of barbarians, why do you need too many troops." Yi Zhiyun said lightly: "Five thousand people are enough." ”

Only 5,000 people? Then there is no plan to take the opportunity to expand the army, Qi Ying really couldn't figure out what kind of calculation Yuan Qi was playing for a while, and he couldn't ask his eyebrows when he asked, and he said after a moment of silence: "After all, it's still too far, even if you can conquer it, it's difficult to actually control it." ”

"Far? How far can it be? Yi Zhizhi said disdainfully: "There is a railway on land, there are ships on the sea, no matter how far away it is, it is not a problem, with the rapid development of steamships, it will only take seven or eight days to take a boat from Guangzhou to Boluozhou in the future, is this far?" ”

It is said that once the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway is completed, it only takes two days from Beijing to Jiangning, although this ship has not been seen, but I heard that there are many steamships in England, thinking of this, he can't help but be a little moved, seven or eight days away, relatively speaking, it is very close, the northwest land, but a few months.

Thinking of this, he chuckled and said, "Since this is the case, Ben Qin will go to the excerpt to play." He knew in his heart that the other party was using him as a gunman, but this thing was really going to be done, and he had a share of the credit, which was the work of opening up the territory, and the large territory of the four provinces was not trivial.

"For the sake of the long term, it is very likely that the imperial court will agree to annex Po Luo Chau." Yi Zhishu looked at him and said, "This can be regarded as a great gift from Yuan Qi to adults." So saying, he took his leave.

I didn't want to, but Qi Ying said: "The emperor has approved Master Yi's plan to build a navy and develop a navy?" ”

Why ask knowingly? Yi Zhixiang was content with a slander, but nodded and said, "I just received an urgent six-hundred-mile rush from the Beijing Division." ”

Qi Ying asked, "What are the plans of Master Yi?" ”

"Let's start with the Naval Academy." Yi Zhicontent said without thinking: "Naval academies were established in Shanghai and Guangzhou respectively, and children of appropriate age were recruited from various provinces of the Qing Dynasty to study in the academy. ”

Recruiting students from various provinces? How big is that? Qi Ying was slightly moved, "How many children are you going to recruit?" ”

Yi Zhizu stretched out three fingers and said, "Three thousand, each academy recruits three thousand students every year." ”

Qi Ying's eyes almost popped out, one academy is three thousand, and the second one is not six thousand? And it's still recruited every year, isn't it 60,000 in the past ten years? He couldn't help but say, "How big of a navy is this going to build?" ”

"The three thousand cadets are not all for the purpose of training naval officers." Yi Zhizu explained: "More than half of it is to train professional and technical personnel such as shipbuilding, ordnance manufacturing, and machinery manufacturing, as well as translation and diplomatic talents urgently needed by the imperial court. ”

Qi Ying said in a deep voice: "So, the so-called Naval Academy is just a cover? ”

"Disguise?" Yi Zhizu raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't take Yuan Qi's hard work as a donkey's liver and lungs, and cultivate professional and technical talents such as shipbuilding, ordnance manufacturing, and machinery manufacturing for the long-term development of the Qing Navy."

The lower officials had reminded the adults before that twenty years later, the warships crisscrossing the ocean are not the sail wooden ships seen now, but the steam ironclad warships equipped with huge guns, and the Qing Navy must catch up if it wants not to be beaten by Western warships again, and can build steam ironclad warships and develop new artillery, and these require a large number of professional and technical personnel and long-term technical accumulation. ”

This was quite polite, and Qi Ying was too lazy to bother with him, after all, he was now a minister of Nanyang who had no power, no power, no soldiers, no money, and didn't know anything, and the establishment of the Naval Academy was still Daoguang's approval, he was just to inquire about the other party's plan, but the other party mentioned the steam ironclad battleship twice, which made him feel that this matter may not be groundless.

Seeing that Qiying was silent, Yi Zhizhi continued: "The imperial court adopts the imperial examination system, and learning mathematics, physics, chemistry, geometry, calculus, mechanics, etc. is tantamount to cutting off the road to the imperial examination.

The enrolled students should not only be free of charge, including board and lodging, but also given appropriate subsidies, otherwise it will be difficult to recruit enough students, adding 6,000 students every year, Yuan Qi will pay a huge price, adults may wish to go to a fold, if the court does not allow it, it should be said that the court loves to toss and toss. ”

Hearing this, Qi Ying stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The Naval Academy is so large-scale, Ben Qincha will definitely have to be folded, so as not to make trouble in the future." ”

"If that's the case, then the lower official will make it clearer." Yi Zhifu said bluntly: "The training of professional and technical personnel such as shipbuilding, ordnance manufacturing, and machinery manufacturing all need to be cultivated from an early age, and naval officers are also regarded as technical talents, and they also need to be cultivated from an early age. ”

Qi Ying nodded and said, "Ben Qincha must play truthfully." ”

Coming out of Sansui Hall, Yi Zhi's face was stupid, he just received Daoguang's Zhu criticism, Qiying came to ask him about his thoughts about the Naval Academy, originally saw that sentence Zhu criticism, and felt that Daoguang was refreshing, let him toss, I don't want to be like this, it seems that shipyards and military factories will not be so simple, so it's okay, simply poke it open to see what Daoguang means, if it is not interesting, he doesn't mind picking a child!

Back at Tingtao Pavilion, as soon as he entered the door, Li Wang greeted him and reported: "Sir, Lord Wu, Lord Liu, and Shopkeeper Yan are here, waiting in the study." ”

What's the matter? These three people came together? Yi Zhixiang didn't think much about it, when he saw the study, and saw the three of them getting up to salute, he waved his hand and asked, "One piece?" ”

Wu Changqing smiled and said, "The "Haiyan" clipper ship has arrived at Lao Baidu ...... ”

"Sit down, no formality." Yi Zhixiang said with a smile, "The yamen is also about to prepare to seal the yamen?" ”

Liu Guangdou hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Xiaguan will celebrate the New Year in Shanghai County this year, and there is nothing to seal the government or not." ”

Yan Shikuan looked at him with wide eyes and said, "There is nothing to do now, it is just the ..... of the disaster victims who are working for relief." ”

The three of them said this, Yi Zhixiang had already reacted, Yan Shikuan wanted to follow him back to Guangzhou for the New Year, he must be back to Guangzhou this year, the war is over, he was promoted to the rank of knight again, and Yuan Qi Tuanlian is now in Guangzhou, he has no reason not to return to Guangzhou, the "Haiyan" is specially here to pick him up.

After a slight sigh, he said: "Xie Xiuyuan and He Shutai are determined to spend the New Year here this year, Changqing has only taken office, and there is no need to go back, just stay with Lord Liu, the number of victims is large, and you will have to take a few days off for the New Year, don't let any mess." ”

"The subordinate obeys." Wu Changqing and Liu Guangdou hurriedly bowed and said.

"The Daoya County Government will take turns to take holidays this year, and the staff on duty will give them three times the money." Yi Zhizhi pondered and said: "The victims of the disaster will rest from the twenty-eighth to the third day of the new year, and the wages will be paid for the days off, and the food will be better, and they will see meat." In addition, the victims on the construction site were given two silver dollars per capita for the New Year, and those who did not have labor were given two silver dollars per household. ”

"Yes." Yan Shikuan hurriedly said.

"Also." Yi Zhifen glanced at Liu Guangdou and said, "Give the county government five thousand silver dollars for the New Year." ”

Hearing this, Liu Guangdou hurriedly said: "Sir, the lower official ......" ”

"This is from Yuan Qi to the county government." Yi Zhizu interrupted him and said: "Give it to a few adults in the county government, everyone has worked hard all year round." ”

Liu Guangdou's heart was hot, and he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Thank you." (To be continued.) )