After all, for the Qing Dynasty, the Persian Gulf is an enclave, even if it takes effort to occupy one or two small territories, he is not sure that he will be able to keep it in the future, listening to Zhao Liewen's temptation, he showed a smile, glanced at the newspaper in the other party's hand, and then asked: "There is news again?" ”

"It's all about the discussion of the court's change of law." Zhao Liewen handed over the newspaper in his hand as he spoke, "What is quite controversial is the reform of the imperial examination, and many scholars are worried about cutting off their careers, especially the elderly, and they are ......especially worried. ”

Hearing that he was tentative, Yi Zhizhi said disapprovingly: "Reform and reform will always infringe on the interests of some people, which is inevitable, and the imperial examination system will eventually be completely replaced by Xinxue, and the reason why it is still maintained is just a transition." ”

Zhao Liewen said with some joy: "This is also due to the imperial court's proposal to innovate the imperial examination, if Yuan Qi proposes it, Yuan Qi's business will inevitably be greatly affected." ”

"The implementation of new learning was proposed by Yuan Qi, and the innovation of the imperial examination was also influenced by new learning." Yi Zhizhi smiled and said, "No one attacked Yuanqi? ”

Zhao Liewen said with a smile: "That's because the number of students in the new school is more than the imperial examination in a year, if there is no these, the new school will inevitably be attacked aggressively." ”

Yi Zhizhi nodded, opened the newspaper casually, and roughly browsed the headlines on the front page, in fact, he would read the newspaper every day at breakfast, Lin Meilian would mark the important news, Zhao Liewen pondered for a while, and then continued: "There are many officials who propose to raise private funds in the form of official supervision and commercial offices, build factories, establish enterprises, and exploit mineral deposits, what does the big shopkeeper think about this?" ”

The government supervises and runs businesses to develop local industries, this matter has long been raised by officials, and Yi Zhixiang has denied it, who is taking Zhao Liewen's door? He put down the newspaper and said, "What does Huifu think of the official supervision and commercial office?" ”

"There may be disadvantages to the government's supervision and business management, but it is not without advantages." Zhao Liewen said slowly: "Many local businessmen are conservative in their thinking or dare not take risks or have limited funds, and the local government takes the lead in setting up industries in the form of official supervision and business, which is conducive to promoting local economic development and local ideological changes...... In the construction of railways in various provinces, there are many people who adopt official supervision and business management. ”

"There are pros and cons to everything, and the same is true for officials, supervisors, and business offices." Yi Zhishu said slowly: "For a long time, unless it is a large project that requires a huge amount of money, such as railway construction, I generally do not approve of official supervision and commercial management.

Most of the senior executives of the official commissions are people in the officialdom, and they themselves are official, and those people basically do not understand business operations, but only know how to make a fortune as officials.

In addition, the situation of recommending people is serious, and bosses at all levels and colleagues have recommended relatives and friends to the company, which are all things that are not enough to succeed and more than to fail.

In addition, the internal systems and regulations of the industries run by the officials and the commercial enterprises are almost all decorations, and the power and orders are all in the hands of the officials, which is not only not conducive to the development of local industries, but also encourages the corrupt habits of local officials.

The biggest disadvantage is that officials have a term of office, and the sense of responsibility of officials is not strong, because they have not invested money, even if the investment is extremely limited or public funds, they will not regard the industry as their life, they will use the industries run by local officials and commercial officials as cash cows, and they will take a handful and leave, which will lead to the bankruptcy and closure of these industries run by officials and commercial enterprises. ”

After a pause, he continued: "The factories and enterprises under the name of Yuanqi or supported by Yuanqi have perfect operating mechanisms, rules and regulations, and supervision and audit systems, and these mechanisms, regulations, and systems have been fully and thoroughly implemented in actual operation.

With these good operating mechanisms and management systems, coupled with the reasonable distribution, coordination and strong support of Yuanqi, it is basically enough to ensure that every company can obtain huge profits and growth space.

This also leads to the fact that every company launched by Yuanqi is listed and issued shares, which will be actively subscribed by private funds, and the company can also give back huge returns to shareholders, so that a virtuous circle has been formed.

This is also the fundamental reason why Yuanqi's audit of each listed company is cautious and cautious, don't look at the situation in Guangzhou and Shanghai, but for the Qing Dynasty, it can only be regarded as a start, Yuanqi as a leader, must be cautious.

It is true that the local government is conducive to the development of the local economy, the promotion of industrial development, and the promotion of ideological change, but once the enterprise is corrupted, the bad impact will be immeasurable.

This matter, Hugh will also mention it again, business can be done, and officials must not be supervised! The local government cannot get involved in local industries! With the deepening of the influence of Guangzhou and Shanghai, the non-stop propaganda of newspapers, the continuous extension of railways and the implementation of the new policies of the imperial court, the gentry and merchants in the provincial capitals, prefectures and counties will spontaneously set off a wave of setting up industries.

In fact, what Yuanqi needs to worry about at present is not that no one has set up an industry, but that the provincial capitals, prefectures, and counties are blindly setting up industries, rushing to the top, resulting in competition for resources and malicious competition. ”

Zhao Liewen secretly felt sorry for himself, the other party had already thought so long-term, and he sincerely sighed: "The long-term vision of the big shopkeeper is unmatched in the world." ”

Is this considered long-term? Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly, and was about to speak, Cao Gensheng walked in quickly, and reported: "Big shopkeeper, Guangzhou is calling, the Baiyun Mountain Martyrs' Shrine has been completed. ”

"Well, after five years, it has finally been completed, and those heroes and martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country finally have a resting place." Yi Zhifen's voice was a little low, and he groaned slightly, before he asked, "When will Yan Yangtian's fleet arrive?" ”

Cao Gensheng hurriedly replied: "It should be able to arrive in three days." ”

Yi Zhizu nodded and said, "Call back, half a month later, a grand ceremony will be held for the martyrs to enter the shrine, and all the martyrs who have sacrificed since the Yuanqi group practice will be entered the shrine."

All the officials in the city of Guangzhou, all the troops stationed in Guangzhou, all the students of the Xinxue School in Guangzhou, Yuan Qi and all the staff and workers of the factories under his name, were suspended, suspended from school, and closed for one day, all participated, and the local gentlemen and businessmen followed the voluntary will. ”

Zhao Liewen was taken aback when he heard this, but they were just some ordinary officers and soldiers, it was necessary to be so grand? It was impossible to make a sensation in this matter, and after hesitating, he said euphemistically: "Big shopkeeper, I heard that the pension of the new army is also much higher than that of the Eight Banners Green Battalion...... ”

Yi Zhixiang glanced at him and said: "For the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country, they are worthy of mercy, and they must also be given a high status, the prince will be able to enter the ancestral hall, the Zhaozhong Temple, and the Lingyan Pavilion, and the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country should also have the martyrs' shrine, which is the respect for the martyrs and the respect for the soldiers!" ”

Is this to promote the idea of equality? Or is it to win the hearts of the military? Zhao Liewen couldn't tell for a while, but he kept his mouth shut.

A huge fleet composed of more than 100 warships quietly moored in the sea at the mouth of the Yangtze River, composed of a large number of small boats, is a supply fleet to go up to supply the fleet, this fleet is naturally the Nanyang naval fleet that returned triumphantly from Goryeo, because it is not easy to enter the sea, the fleet is simply stationed outside the sea.

Zhenhai Mansion, outside the Changle Book House, Yan Yangtian and Chen Hongming stepped forward quickly and saluted: "The students have seen the principal. ”

Yi Zhizu nodded slightly and said, "The wounded have already been placed?" ”

Yan Yangtian hurriedly replied: "Back to the principal, all the seriously injured numbers, some of the minor injuries, have been transferred to two western hospitals and several traditional Chinese medicine halls in Shanghai. ”

"Let's talk about it when we come inside." Yi Zhizu turned around and entered the courtyard, Yan Yangtian and Chen Hongming were both a little apprehensive in their hearts, and followed in, this expedition to Goryeo, although the war went smoothly, and the Li Dynasty was destroyed in just a few months, but the casualties were as high as more than 6,000 people, which was the largest casualty since Yuanqi's foreign expedition, and both of them were sweating in their hearts.

Entering the house and sitting down, Yi Zhizhi said slowly: "Tell me, why are there so many casualties?" ”

"Back to the principal, it's because of the epidemic." Yan Yangtian lowered his head and said in a somewhat low voice: "It was the negligence of the students, thinking that the climate in Goryeo was not hot and humid, and they neglected to take precautions, but many troops broke out of dysentery, but fortunately, they were found in time, fully prepared, and controlled the ..... in time." ”

Dysentery? Yi Zhifen frowned, "Caused by unclean drinking water?" ”

"Yes." Yan Yangtian hurriedly said: "The big and small cities of Goryeo are all dirty, even in Seoul, which is the royal city, the streets are full of mud and stench, the roadside is full of garbage, cattle and horses are drowning all over the ground, the people are also dumping urine and urine on the streets at will, and the corpses in the city are not buried, and many soldiers are so smoked by the stench that they vomit on the spot. ”

Chen Hongming added: "Large-scale dysentery has also been caused among the people of Goryeo, resulting in a large number of deaths. ”

Listening to this, Yi Zhicontent did not feel strange at all, Seoul was dirty, and the capital of the Qing Dynasty was not much better, it was also dirty, and there were also a lot of dirt roads and sandy roads, and when it was sunny, he was covered in ash, and when it rained, he was drowning all over the ground, and it was stinky.

Although the new army of Yuanqi pays great attention to food hygiene in peacetime, but in wartime, many things cannot be taken into account, and he himself has led the troops to the expedition many times, which is very clear about this, and this battle is also a quick battle he demanded, and after a period of silence, he said: "How many people have been killed?" ”

"The total number of officers and men killed in the battle is 2,346." Yan Yangtian said in a low voice: "Seriously injured 1,269 people, slightly injured more than 2,700 people. ”

Yi Zhizhi was speechless for a while, the weapons and equipment of the Yuanqi New Army were at least two grades higher than those of the Goryeo Army, and it was not a level at all, it could be said that it was a complete massacre, but it lost more than two regiments, and he was silent for a while before he said: "The whole army, we must sum up the lessons of this time." ”

"Students understand!" Yan Yangtian and Chen Hongming hurriedly responded in unison.

"Sit." Yi Zhizu pointed to the chair, and when the two of them sat down, he asked, "What do you think of Goryeo?" ”

"From what the students have seen, Goryeo's agriculture is backward, the water conservancy is in disrepair, the people are poor and living in poverty, but the gentry officials are doing everything they can to plunder and oppress." Yan Yangtian pondered and said: "In the conquest of Goryeo, our army captured 400,000 taels of gold and 5 million taels of silver....... There is also a 2.3 million yuan banknote. ”

So much? This number is really beyond Yi Zhi's expectations, Yuan Qi opened a semicolon in Goryeo, implemented Yuan Qi banknotes, and also absorbed a lot of gold and silver, which he knew, but he didn't expect to have such a huge amount of gold and silver in the collection!

After thinking about it, he understood that for centuries of trade between China, the Wa Kingdom, and the Goryeo Kingdom, and the Wa Kingdom was rich in gold and silver, it was not a strange thing that Goryeo could have such an accumulation, and the Yuanqi New Army not only destroyed the Li Dynasty this time, but also wiped out the big and rich families in Goryeo.

Originally, he thought that this war would lose money, but it seems that he is still making a lot of money, which is a typical poor temple rich abbot, but compared with the Wa Kingdom, it is still too far behind.

Retracting his thoughts, he asked, "...... the matter of destroying the text and destroying the species?" ”

"Back to the principal." Yan Yangtian hurriedly said: "The principal's order, the students have already conveyed it to Xiao Mingliang and the monk king who stayed in Goryeo, and both of them said that they would resolutely carry out the principal's order. ”

Yi Zhizhi secretly thought in his heart, I am afraid that this matter is still to tell them to obey them, the number of the Eight Banners New Army stationed in Goryeo cannot be less, this is not a trivial matter, this is related to the question of whether or not Goryeo can be permanently occupied, for the stick, he has no good impression in his heart, and the geographical location of Goryeo is important, since it has been incorporated into the Qing Dynasty, it is impossible to let him go out independently.

Sent away Yan Yangtian and Chen Hongming, Yi Zhizhi sat on the chair for a long time and did not move, although the harvest of the expedition to Goryeo was not small, but the casualties of more than 6,000 people still made him a little painful, and he was stunned, Lin Meilian came in and reported softly: "The big shopkeeper, the Tong shopkeeper of Jitian Pharmaceutical is outside asking to see." ”

Jitian Pharmaceutical is a pharmaceutical company that produces aspirin, and it is also a company that Yi Zhizu attaches great importance to, and he immediately ordered: "Please let him in." ”

Tong Henian, who is in his early thirties, is a student of Yuan Qiyi School, and as soon as he enters the door, he bows respectfully and says, "Student Tong Henian has seen the principal." ”

"Don't be polite, sit." Yi Zhicontent greeted with a smile.

Tong Henian took out a snuff box from the bag, took a few steps forward and respectfully presented it, and said: "This is a panacea made according to the principal's requirements, which has the effect of invigorating blood and reducing swelling, relieving pain and itching, and has a miraculous effect on mosquito bites." ”

Open the stopper, Yi Zhishu smelled a familiar smell, picked out a little and took a closer look, the yellow is ointment-like, there is a cool feeling on the skin, he said with satisfaction: "Yes, it can be mass-produced, but this formula continues to ponder, constantly improve, and strive for excellence." ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly thought of Yunnan Baiyao, at this time, Yunnan Baiyao should not have come out yet, otherwise he could not have known, this is a rare good medicine for the army, and he groaned slightly, and then he said: "Check with the traditional Chinese medicine families in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, is there any medicine that can be easy to carry, simple to use, and can quickly stop bleeding." ”