Chapter 801: See it thoroughly

Jingshi, Forbidden City, military aircraft duty room.

With the opening of the cable telegraph and the continuous extension of the railway line, the military aircraft department has become busier and busier, the scale of the military aircraft duty room has been continuously expanded, and the number of personnel has been increasing.

Su Shun finished writing an excerpt of the excerpt, put aside the pen and picked up the teacup only to find that the tea had already cooled, and he didn't let people change the tea and drink it directly from the cup, a Zhang Jing walked quickly to his table and bowed down to present an excerpt, and said: "Shanghai, Zhennan Wang is in a hurry." ”

As soon as he heard that it was an excerpt of Yi Zhi's contentment, Su Shun almost choked, Yi Zhi's content is generally not on the excerpt, and it must be no trivial matter if he is on the excerpt, put down the teacup and take the excerpt, he also thought in his heart, the tariff agreement with Britain and France and other countries in Shanghai has been signed, although it is not all happy, but both sides can still reluctantly accept it, Yuan Qi will not be a change of hexagram?

Flipping through the fold, he saw that it was a matter of inviting the northwest to establish a province, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, Xinjiang is already a vast territory, and Yuanqi is constantly expanding in the northwest, and it is expected that a new province will be built.

Anxi Province? Why the name? He quickly thought of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and it seemed that Yi Zhi's contentment to take this name should mean to restore the glory of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions! And the name Anzai itself is very auspicious.

Feng Renxuan has led troops in the northwest for many years, has a very high prestige in the northwest, and is a capable general who is easy to be content, and the governor Anxi is reasonable, and what surprised him is that Anxi actually set up a governor, and the recommended governor is Li Hongzhang.

Xinjiang was established as a province, and only a governor was set up, and this Anxi not only set up a governor, but also recommended a little-known figure, who is this Li Hongzhang? It seems that there is no such number one person in the third or fourth rank of the Yuanqi series.

Su Shun pondered for a while before asking someone to transfer the excerpt to Wen Xiang, and after reading the excerpt, Wen Xiang paced over slowly, and said: "The northwest is preparing to build a new province, why is Southeast Asia not seeing the establishment of a province for a long time?" Annam, Siam, and Burma have all been occupied for many years ....... ”

After he reminded him, Su Shun also felt quite strange, indeed, why did Yi Zhixiang delay inviting Southeast Asia to establish a province? After a slight sigh, he said, "I want to come to Zhennan King to think about it again." After a pause, he said: "This candidate for the governor of Anxi, can Wen Zhongtang be familiar with it?" ”

Wen Xiang nodded and said, "Li Hongzhang, the word is gradually Fu, a native of Luzhou, Anhui Province, a scholar in the twenty-seventh year of Daoguang, and was elected to the Hanlin Academy as a Jishi. After the museum was disbanded, he stayed in the museum as the editor of the Hanlin Academy, and now it is Zhang Jing, the administrative supervision office, with the title of five grades, and he was once employed under the Zeng Guo Domain, and he emphasized the study of the world. ”

Is it King Gong's people? This thought flashed, Su Shun quickly denied it, impossible, Yi Zhizhi could not be so promoted to King Gong's person, I think it should be Zeng Guofan's recommendation or this Li Hongzhang is outstanding, Anxi Province is newly built, Yuan Qi is going to continue to expand in the northwest, Yi Zhicontent is impossible to be rash about the candidate for governor of Anxi.

He didn't ask much, and then thought about how to reply if the Empress Dowager Ci'an asked about the establishment of a province in Southeast Asia? After a slight groan, he wrote a telegram and handed it to Xiao Zhang Jingdao, who was waiting on the side: "Go and ask immediately by phone." ”

After a short time, Shanghai's reply was sent to Su Shun, "Southeast Asia is not suitable for establishing a province at present, and it will be chaotic for a few years." After pondering for a while, he had already vaguely guessed the meaning of Yi Zhi's contentment, which was to let Southeast Asia be chaotic for a few years, and then build a province to try to govern, so as to facilitate long-term consolidation.

The news that the officials of the Beijing division have always been the most well-informed, and the news about the rise and fall of officials is particularly well-informed, Yi Zhizu asked the northwest to establish a province, and recommended Li Hongzhang as the governor of Anxi Province.

One after another, officials came to congratulate and recommend people, and Li Hongzhang, who was a five-grade Zhangjing, was convinced that the news was true, for him, this was really a joy descending from the sky, directly promoted from the fifth grade to the second grade, directly promoted to the third grade and the fifth grade, and promoted to the rank of the feudal territory, he just dreamed that he would not dare to think so.

However, even if the news was confirmed again and again, he still couldn't believe it in his heart, after all, he had no intersection with Yuan Qi, let alone any friendship with Yi Zhicontent, how could such a good thing suddenly fall on him? Soon, he thought of his mentor Zeng Guofan, his mentor and Yi Zhi** have a lot of affection, it must have been Zeng Guofan who recommended him to Yi Zhi, thinking of this, he was inexplicably moved in his heart.

finally waited for the dispersal, Li Hongzhang declined the celebration banquet of a group of colleagues and friends, and rushed straight to Zeng's mansion.

Zeng Guofan also heard about the addition of Anxi Province in the northwest, and he also felt strange in his heart, he recommended a lot of people to Yi Zhi, but he did not recommend this young family, after all, the supervision of the administrative office is also quite good, which is not only conducive to experience, but also easy to move, and when he heard that Li Hongzhang asked to see him, he immediately ordered him to come in.

Li Hongzhang, who was waiting, came in to greet him, and before he could speak, Zeng Guofan said straightforwardly: "Gradually, I came for the matter of the governor of Anxi, and the old man also knew about this matter today, and he had never recommended it to the king of Zhennan." ”

Haven't been recommended? Li Hongzhang couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and only then did he come back to his senses and say: "Although the students are in favor of changing the law and reforming, and are in favor of setting up factories and implementing new learning, can they not have half of the intersection with Yuan Qi......?" ”

Zeng Guofan said straightly: "Let's go to Shanghai." ”

Going to Shanghai? Li Hongzhang couldn't help but hesitate and said: "Anxi is a province, and the imperial court has not yet ...... will. ”

"The addition of Anxi Province in the northwest is a good thing for the Yu Imperial Court, besides, if the King of Zhennan asks for it, how can the imperial court reject it?" Zeng Guofan stared at him as he said and said, "Gradually, Yuan Qi has a bad reputation?" ”

In their opinion, after all, the imperial court is orthodox, Li Hongzhang is not limited to the southern election and the northern election, from the fifth grade to the second grade, this kind of opportunity can be said to be extremely rare in the imperial court, and he will never allow himself to let go of this opportunity.

What he is worried about is Yuan Qi, although Yuan Qi has not raised troops to rebel, but the hidden opposition between Yuan Qi and the imperial court, the government and the opposition can see that anyone with a little eyesight can see that the court has repeatedly tolerated Yuan Qi, and he is worried that the imperial court will always have a day when he can't tolerate it, once he becomes the governor of Anxi, there is almost no chance to turn back.

After a slight sigh, he said: "The student is not Jue Yuanqi's bad reputation, this is a major choice for the student's career, and it is inevitable to hesitate." ”

Zeng Guofan still knew a lot about this young man, glanced at him, and said, "Don't have any worries, tell the truth." ”

"If the student is careful, he will not be able to hide it from the teacher." Li Hongzhang said slowly: "The teacher should also know that now the emperor is cultivating forces to resist King Gong and Su Xiang, and many princes and nobles, Manchu and Mongolian ministers are also attached, and the students secretly think that what the emperor is targeting is not King Gong and Su Xiang, but the constitution, and between the court and Yuan Qi, I am afraid that a war is inevitable." ”

After a slight groan, Zeng Guofan said: "If the imperial court starts a war with Yuan Qi, what does it mean to gradually go?" ”

"Students can't figure it out." Li Hongzhang said truthfully: "Now that the imperial court has a close relationship with Britain and France, although King Gong and Su Xiang praise the establishment of the constitution, it is to extend the Qing Dynasty, if there is a war with Yuan Qi, they will inevitably stand on the side of the court without hesitation." ”

"I really can't see it thoroughly." Zeng Guofan sighed lightly: "If Yuan Qi has the heart to rebel, why wait until now? Both Yuan Qi and the imperial court were trying to avoid war, and the implementation of constitutionalism was the only way to eliminate the antagonism between the two sides, and both King Gong and Su Xiang understood this.

The emperor and queen cultivate power, and King Gong, Su Xiang, and King Zhennan can still tolerate it, but if the emperor and queen want to hinder the implementation of constitutional government, the three will definitely not sit idly by, and will definitely join forces!

The implementation of constitutionalism is already the trend of the times, and no one can stop it, and once the constitutionalism is implemented, the Yuanqi forces will inevitably override the imperial court forces, and the governor of Anxi is a rare opportunity. ”

Li Hongzhang was already moved, and when he heard these words, he said decisively: "That student will leave for Shanghai early tomorrow morning." ”

Zeng Guofan nodded slightly, leaving for Shanghai before the imperial court's decree came down and leaving after the imperial court's decree came down, it can be said that it is a completely different attitude, since he is determined to be the governor of Anxi, that is Yuan Qi's official, there is no need to care about the opinion of the imperial court, but to try his best to gain the trust and favor of Yi Zhi.

After a slight sigh, he said slowly: "The king of Zhennan summoned Zuo Zongtang, the governor of Xinjiang, and Feng Renxuan, the governor of Anxi, it is reported that Yuanqi wants to continue to expand in the northwest and add a new province in Anxi, which should be for the continuous expansion of the northwest.

Although the king of Zhennan was born as a son of a merchant, he was smart by nature, well-read and memorized, knowledgeable, and talented in military economy. ”

Li Hongzhang hurriedly bowed and said: "The teacher's good words must be remembered by the students. ”

"Gradually, as the governor of Anxi, it is inevitable to interact with Xinjiang Zuo Zhitai, although Zuo Jigao is from a high background, he is arrogant, his eyes are above the top, and he has no spare eyes, and he gradually puts down his body, otherwise it is difficult to get along with him." Zeng Guofan said that Zuo Zongtang couldn't help but feel a little emotional, when he was a squire in the military department, Zuo Zongtang was just a man, but he had to be content to carry him, go to the northwest, and now he is the governor of a province, but he is still a squire.

The imperial court did not delay the addition of new provinces in the northwest, but on the third day, it issued an edict announcing the establishment of Anxi Province, moving Xinjiang Governor Feng Renxuan as the governor of Anxi, and promoting Li Hongzhang of the Administrative Supervision Office to the governor of Anxi.

Shanghai, Zhennan Wangfu, Changle Book House.

After reading the telegram, Yi Zhishu casually handed it back to Cao Gensheng for archiving, and the new Anxi Province in the northwest had no need for the imperial court to oppose it, but the efficiency of this work was quite high to announce to the world so quickly, which made him quite satisfied.

Cao Gensheng went out on his feet, Xie Xiuyuan walked in on his hind feet, and said after bowing: "Big shopkeeper, European cotton has been maintained at a high level this year, the Civil War, the Northern Federation has a full-scale counteroffensive, and now the south has become a battlefield, and the plantations have suffered serious damage...... will the cotton planting scale be expanded next year?" ”

Yi Zhizhi said without thinking: "Except for Xinjiang, all other provinces have greatly reduced the scale of cotton planting and liberalized the monopoly on cotton purchases. ”

Dramatically scaled down? Xie Xiuyuan wondered, "Big shopkeeper, even if the Civil War ends next year, the supply of cotton in Europe will be in short supply, and even if the price falls, the magnitude will not be too large, why do you want to drastically reduce the scale of cotton planting?" Even if not to expand, it should be maintained at the current scale. ”

"As it stands, the American Civil War could end at any time." Yi Zhishu stretched out his hand as he spoke, motioning for him to sit down, "Even if the war ends after the cotton sowing season and affects the cultivation of cotton, the end of the war will cause a huge blow to the price of cotton in Europe, and it will definitely not be a small fall!" ”

"Why is that?" Xie Xiuyuan was a little puzzled, "After the end of the American Civil War, didn't the English textile mill come into being?" ”

"It's not that it won't be produced, but that it will be reduced, and it will be greatly reduced." Yi Zhizhi said: "The American Civil War has dealt a very heavy blow to the textile industry in the United States, and the largest customer of the English textile industry is the United States.

In addition, with such a high textile price, it is impossible to dump it in the colonies, nor can it compete with other countries, such as in our Qing Dynasty, in recent years, British machine-made cloth is almost impossible to see in the market.

With the end of the war, textile prices will quickly return to their original levels, and at this time, English textile mills would rather reduce production significantly than buy cotton at a high price!

Also, India, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Brazil and other places of cotton will continue to expand the scale of planting next year, we don't need to join in this fun, we have made a lot of money in the cotton trade in recent years, there is no need to take this last risk. ”

Xie Xiuyuan pondered for a while before he said: "But in this way, we will lose the ...... of the European cotton market." ”

"The cotton market in Europe does not belong to us in the first place, it belongs to the United States." Yi Zhizhi said disapprerovingly: "The cotton in India, Egypt, Greece and other places all have a geographical advantage over us, there is no need to be reluctant, it is a hammer deal!" ”

Xie Xiuyuan continued: "Then why doesn't Xinjiang scale down? ”

"Because we also need to develop the textile industry ourselves! The cotton quality in the Northwest is the best. Yi Zhizu rolled his eyes, "In addition, the cotton in the northwest can be sold to Russia, and in the Russian cotton market, we have a geographical advantage, and once the railway is opened, the advantage will be even more obvious." ”

Before the words fell, Lin Meilian poked her head out of the door and reported: "Big shopkeeper, Li Hongzhang asks to see you." ”

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