Finally got the ministers of various countries, Guo Ye's mood finally relaxed, the Jinan Arsenal has an annual output of 7,000 heavy machine guns, full production, this factory alone can provide the empire with a profit of six or seven million taels of silver a year, counting ammunition, rifles, and artillery, it is very possible to break through the profit of fifteen million taels of silver, this is a huge money printing machine!

The affairs of the capital gradually stabilized, Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang also began to prepare to go to the northwest and southwest, each of them commanding the strength of a legion, at least four or five years to catch up in the border, waiting for the border to be completely stabilized before they can come back. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Guo Ye personally came to the Nanyuan camp to see off the two Xinjiang ministers, although the two forces are not the main force of the People's Army, but after this period of rectification, the combat power can not be underestimated, just to deter the rebellion in the border, there is still no problem.

The battle flag hunting, the guns are full of guns, and the momentum of the officers and men of the People's Army is like a rainbow, and it is no longer the sluggish situation of the green camp and the flag camp a few years ago.

Now all the people's army has cut off their long braids, according to Guo Ye's requirements, all soldiers must not exceed two inches of hair, as for the clothing, all have faded from the dazzling eagle feathers, python robes and jade belts, replaced by a heroic new military uniform, a new military uniform based on the Zhongshan suit, clean and neat.

In order to rush to make these military uniforms for the seventy or eighty thousand soldiers of the two legions, the clothing factories in the Gyeonggi area are going crazy, and the two summer clothes are added together, but more than 100,000 summer clothes are not so easy to drive out.

Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang are both experts, since the extermination of the Taiping Army by Zeng Guofan, the big and small battles have been fought for more than ten years, they are all handsome talents on the famous side, just the change in this clothes, the two of them have already felt Guo Ye's determination to change, the clothes are only external, the most important change is from the style of the People's Army, the spirit of the Lu Army has gradually penetrated into the interior of the five legions, this spirit is definitely not comparable to the Manchu army!

The two of them admired Guo Ye from the bottom of their hearts, they were really convinced, with the ability of the two of them, it was not impossible to train an elite, but it was absolutely impossible to want such a big change.

"Ji Shuai, with these tens of thousands of elite soldiers, whether it is the southwest or the northwest, I think it should be as stable as Mount Tai, what kind of rebellion and horse bandits in the northwest are simply vulnerable!"

Li Hongzhang was arrogant and laughed loudly.

Zuo Zongtang nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, Shaoquan, now that all our armies have completed the equipment of firearms, the entire army can hardly see the shadow of swords anymore, as for bows and arrows, now I am afraid that they will be used as firewood for cooking, right?" Your Majesty, this is all your merit, without you, it would be impossible for us to complete such a earth-shaking change! ”

Guo Ye said with a smile: "Therefore, we must have the courage and courage to change, and we must have the mind and ambition of the economic world, so we are afraid to move forward, and we can never change the current state, is the resistance we are encountering now still small?" The people have a lot of resistance to such things as cutting hair and changing clothes, they are all old and young in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, these people have been brainwashed by the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they don't want to think about it, what is the real thing left by the ancestors, three hundred years ago, in order to keep the hair and clothes, how many predecessors were heroic and martyred, and the head fell to the ground? The Han family's clothes are truly orthodox, and these braided horse coats are just imposed on us by the Manchurians, and they have become their treasures, which is really pitiful and ......"

Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang are both full of scripture and history, and they are naturally familiar with these stories, and they didn't care about it, but gradually they found out that time can really erase the most precious memory of a nation.

Guo Ye for these, just advocating, inducing, but not a dead order, only the army and hundreds of officials must cut their hair and change clothes, for the common people, if you want to keep it, just keep it, it doesn't matter, once the tide surges, these things that lag behind the development of the times, after all, will be eliminated, it won't take three years, I'm afraid that almost everyone in the Chinese Empire will lose that ugly braid!

"Ji Shuai, Quan Shuai, don't talk about anything else, the experience of governing the place, you are far better than me, when you arrive in Chengdu and Lanzhou, there are only two things I want to tell you......"

Zuo Zongtang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Those two?" ”

"First, to encourage agricultural business, pay attention to the introduction of Western technology, if the financial is abundant, may wish to set up a few large-scale factories, can be a good supplement to local financial resources in the future; Second, pay attention to education, especially Western education, not much else, if you want to change the ignorance of the people as soon as possible, the best way is to implement education, don't be afraid of resistance, don't be afraid of the people after enlightenment is difficult to manage, only their wisdom fully burst out, we can be regarded as a real rise of China, you two want to lay a solid foundation for these places! ”

The two of them glanced at each other, nodded and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, we will naturally do our best to do these two things." ”

Li Hongzhang pondered for a while and replied: "Your Majesty, it's just that whether it is the southwest or the northwest, it is a place where people's livelihood is withering, and without money and food in hand, nothing can be done......

Guo Ye smiled and said, "This is not simple? In order to let you go for a great time, I have decided that within five years, the six provinces in the southwest and northwest will not have to pay any taxes to the central government, and all taxes will remain in the local areas to help your development! ”

Exemption from taxes for five years!

What a big deal!

Although the six provinces are poor, but the tax of a year is no longer a few, in five years, the six provinces can at least intercept tens of millions of taels of silver, with the income of tens of millions of taels of silver, what can not be done?

"Your Majesty is really clear and far-sighted, and the ministers admire it!"

Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang were excited.

"Don't say much else, you remember, I gave you so much money and food, but you can't let the officials below be greedy, after arriving in Lanzhou, Chengdu, we will make every effort to rectify the rule of officials, not only to kill chickens and monkeys, but also to kill a few monkeys and even tigers when necessary, the bureaucrats left over from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, I can't believe it, these people are not a few clean, and if they are not ruthlessly rectified, our new empire will not take many years, and it will still collapse!"

(To be continued.) )