1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 569, preparations for a great era (4)

In addition to technical preparations, the more important preparations are economic. For example, in order to produce these things on a large scale in the future, McDonald needs to be able to integrate the United States shipbuilding industry at some point. But the timing of this integration is very important. If the integration is premature, but the war has been dragged on, the efficiency will be low if so many shipyards are in their hands. Moreover, before the war started, Scrooge predicted that the economic situation would not be too good, because if the economic situation is good, everyone has money to make money, so how foolish would it be to fight a world war? And this bad economic situation is certainly not short-term, because if you forbearance, you will have a good life. Who wants to fight a world war? Therefore, if you start early, those assets will definitely lose money for a while. Although Scrooge is sure that he will earn more in the end, but if he can reduce a little cost, it is a little cost. Who would think that he will make less money?

However, if it is too late, the tendency of the war to break out immediately is very obvious. If you do it again, it will be too late. Because more people can already see that the war is about to begin, and they all know that these things can make money when the war starts. Then the price of shipbuilding companies will naturally be ascending. If you buy it at that time, you will have to pay even more. Of course, if Scrooge’s version of the “Freedom Wheel” is successfully developed, making money will not be a problem.

In the original history, World War I broke out in 1914. If everything remains the same, Scrooge can certainly grasp the situation. However, Scrooge has caused a lot of interference to the world after all, so although this war It is still inevitable, but considering that the speed of industrial development in this time and space is faster than before, Scrooge estimates that this war may be advanced by a certain amount of time. I just don’t know how long it will be in advance.

“The matter in China must be resolved as soon as possible. If history is to be followed, and the Revolution of 1911 will be launched in 1911, the world war will not start before that. By that time, not only the British will have no power. Intervene, even the United States has little power to manage nosy, I am afraid it will be taken advantage of by Japan.” Scrooge thought this way, “If you want to do it, next year might be a good opportunity.”

Empress Dowager Cixi died in 1908. Before her death, Emperor Guangxu, who had been imprisoned by her, died suddenly. The death of Empress Dowager Cixi dealt a huge blow to the Qing Dynasty. Although the various histories of later generations often criticized Cixi as a “diehard”, the biggest problem with Cixi was actually the butt problem, not the ability problem. Because there is indeed a contradiction between Bao China and Bao Daqing, and her ass is sitting on Daqing’s side. Although this old woman had done some silly things, at least among the people in the Manchu dynasty, this old woman had first-class vision and skill. If she were to be seen among the core rulers of the Manchu dynasty-the Manchu nobles, then she would not be a second-person figure. Once the old woman died, the Manchu Qing government’s ruling power dropped sharply, and the ruling and opposition parties fell apart. This is really a good time. Moreover, isn’t the death of Emperor Guangxu also something that can be used?

Scrooge suddenly remembered a certain traversing novel he had seen before he traversed. The protagonist in it rushed to Cixi’s death and made a prophecy, declaring that Cixi would kill Guangxu before his death. Then, watching this, he made a huge achievement. Political advantage. Although the goals of Scrooge and the traverser were completely different, in the spirit of ethics, Scrooge felt that he could do the same, and even rely on the propaganda power in his hands to do it. It’s even more convenient.

“Let the fellows from the Liberation Association throw out a “This Life of Cixi”? Well, Zhang Taiyan’s writing style is good, so he should write well. Then, whether Cixi kills Guangxu or not, it is a pitfall.” Shi Gaozhi thought. Then he rang the bell and called Fernan Bellier.

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Editorial Department of Minbao, Tokyo, Japan.

For a period of time, the newspaper Minbao, the organization of the Tongmenghui, could hardly be maintained due to funding problems. Fortunately, it was funded by those Chinese from the United States who were born in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and it could finally be maintained.

This morning, Mr. Zhang Taiyan was writing a manuscript at his desk in the study, but he heard a rapid knock on the door. Mr. Zhang Taiyan frowned, put down the pen, stood up, walked out and opened the door. But when he saw that it was Qian Xia, a student of own who was standing outside the door, his face flushed red, excited and joyful, so he frowned and said, “Qian Xia, what’s the matter? Can’t hold back your breath!”

Mr. Zhang is a master of Chinese studies, and he is extremely focused on nourishing energy. He pays attention to the collapse of Mount Tai without changing his color. Qian Xia is his proud disciple. Mr. Zhang Taiyan’s acknowledgment) Now such an uncomfortable look naturally makes him a little unhappy.

After hearing the teacher’s criticism, Qian Xia immediately woke up, put away her excited expression, and said to Mr. Zhang Taiyan: “Teacher, Mr. Tao has a letter. There is important news.”

While talking, Qian Xia handed the letter to Mr. Zhang Taiyan.

This letter is in duplicate, one is Tao Chengzhang’s handwritten manuscript filled with all kinds of weird Heavenly Stems Earthly Branches and numbers, and the other is translated by Qian Xia. Since receiving training in Yuanpengban, the correspondence of the Liberation Association has used a lot of passwords to improve confidentiality. Naturally, Heishui will not teach them how to compose complex passwords, which is quite demanding in terms of mathematics. So it provides them with a simpler way. That is to select a certain version of the book, and then use the secret language to indicate the page number, line number, and word count, and then select a word, so that word by word constitutes the ciphertext. If the other party does not know the books and editions used, and the books used are changed regularly, it will be difficult for others to decipher even if they find the letter. It’s just that such a cumbersome plaintext becomes ciphertext, and ciphertext becomes plaintext. Of course, a dedicated person is needed to do it. In Tokyo, the secret letters sent to Mr. Zhang Taiyan were all translated by his protégé Qian Xialai.

Seeing the disciple regained his solemn attitude, Mr. Zhang Taiyan nodded, reached out his hand to take the letter, unfolded it, and read it.

“Cixi is not in good health, I am afraid that he will not survive next year? Is this news reliable? Why did Huanqing talk about this kind of rumors?” Zhang Taiyan saw Tao Chengzhang’s letter saying that he had received news that Cixi was in very bad health. Although there is no serious illness, the exhaustion of the body is very obvious. I am afraid that I will not live for long, so this sentence came out casually. But in fact, he is not too skeptical of this news. Because in normal circumstances, Cixi should have died a long time ago. In fact, everyone has long been guessing how long Cixi will live.

Cixi is now more than 70 years old. In China at that time, this was already a very longevity. At this age, if there is obvious physical failure, even if it is a royal family, even if there are all kinds of rare drugs to renew its life, it may not be long. Moreover, those so-called life-sustaining drugs are not without toxic and side effects. The more you use them, the less the positive effects and the more obvious the side effects. Later, even if the so-called Changbai Mountain Ginseng King comes out, I am afraid it will only Can continue for a second.

But the following content suddenly caught Zhang Taiyan’s eyes. Tao Chengzhang analyzed the changes in the political situation after Cixi’s death in this letter. He said in the letter that before the death of Cixi, the most uneasy and difficult thing to deal with was the Emperor Guangxu who was imprisoned in Yingtai. There has been a huge interest group around Cixi for a long time, and this interest group is completely opposed to Emperor Guangxu. The imperial party members who supported Guangxu were also waiting for Cixi’s death. They thought that Cixi was dead, and they would have a bright future.

Therefore, Tao Chengzhang further analyzed that in order to ensure the interests of the post-party group, Guangxu must not die after Cixi. When Cixi was about to fail, she would definitely let people kill Guangxu first. So he suggested that Mr. Zhang Taiyan write an article to predict this change. In his opinion, if Cixi really killed Guangxu as predicted by the time, then it would be a murder of mother and child, depriving humanity. Even the Manchu who can do such things naturally does not have any legal rules at all. In addition, after the death of Cixi, the Manchurians could not find anyone who had enough ability to control the world. Under such circumstances, the success of the revolution would be very promising. And if Cixi gets nervous and doesn’t kill Guangxu, that’s not bad. Joker Zaitian is not a politically capable person. If he is allowed to come back, everyone in the post-party will be in danger. The imperial party must also counterattack. Nowadays, which figure in the real power of the world is not a back party? In this way, I am afraid that the Qing Dynasty will fall apart faster. At that time, an uprising was launched and the Tartars were expelled, and the restoration of China would naturally be a matter of course.

“Tao Huanqing is really a caring person. I actually thought so far-reaching.” Zhang Taiyan put down the letter in his hand and exclaimed.

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“The news about Cixi’s physical condition came from Dr. MacMillan… As soon as Mr. Zhang’s article is published, there will naturally be a lot of controversy. And I think even if there is Mr. Zhang’s article, Cixi will still be before his death. Kill the clown Zai Tian. At that time, Mr. Zhang’s article, Manchu prestige will naturally fall to the ground. However, this is only a little promotion for our revolution. After all, the success or failure of the revolution still depends on own. To talk about prestige, When Nurhachi, Huangtaiji, and Dorgon had any legal system and prestige. They just relied on force to seize the world. Now, if we want the revolution to succeed, force must not be relaxed. Bosun is now rectifying in Anhui. The police, in the Anhui New Army, have also contacted many revolutionary patriots. Jingxiong, your death squad must hurry up to train. Time is not waiting for me.” Tao Chengzhang said to Qiu Jin in the Datong Academy.