Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 191 Zhan Tianyou

Guan Xuqing's prestige in the imperial court can be said to have surpassed that of the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, even better than that of Kangxi back then.Kangxi killed Oboi, Mie Sanfan, Shou, and Ping Zhun Geer back then.But now Guan Xuqing has brought down Empress Dowager Cixi, won the Sino-French war, captured Vietnam, seized Burma, occupied North Korea, and won a huge sum of compensation for his defeat. At the age of ten, his prestige has surpassed that of Kangxi.

When he announced the southern tour in the early court, but did not specify the route, where the guerrilla went, no one dared to object to such a situation that would not have been allowed at the time.

"I will take all the people in the telegraph room away together, each with a radio station. If you have any memorials, you can send them over!" Guan Xuqing said flatly.

"Cha." No one dared to speak out to object.

After deciding to tour the south, Guan Xuqing returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation and looked at the map of the Qing Dynasty before discovering it.Years of wars, the imperial court spent money on soldiers' salaries, industrial development, purchase of warships, education development, various earthquakes and disasters, and river embankment repairs, but neglected the most important point of transportation.

When I was about to go out, I realized that there were too few railways in the Qing Dynasty. Except for the railway from Heilongjiang to Guangdong that was built when I first became the throne, there was only the railway from Myanmar to Shanghai. The railway was also built because of the needs of the Sino-British Burma War to facilitate the transportation of materials.

Although there will be no major wars in recent years, and the indemnity payments from China have been in place one after another, and the trade in the Qing Dynasty has also made a lot of money, but no amount of money can withstand Guan Xuqing's way of spending. Bought four 100-ton battleships, and built ten ironclad warships spontaneously developed by the Qing Dynasty in Mawei Military Port, expanded a whole army of 10 million, almost doubled the number of arsenals, gun bureaus, and military pay. It was also twice as high, and there was another natural disaster, and another 1000 billion silver dollars had just been withdrawn from the Ministry of Accounts to establish the Far East Joint-stock Airship Manufacturing Factory.In order to find such a large construction site near the capital, it took a whole 50 million silver dollars to complete the demolition project of that land.Now there are only [-] billion silver dollars left in the treasury, and the cost of asking foreigners to help build a railway is too high.The development of the railway can only be postponed for the time being.Thinking of this, Guan Xuqing heaved a long sigh, it is really not easy to govern a country.

"Let's go, let's go to study abroad!" Guan Xuqing said to Wang Shang who was beside him.

"twitter."

The Office of Studying Abroad was established in the 10th year of Guan Xuqing. In order to encourage young people in the Qing Dynasty to study abroad, Guan Xuqing allocated part of the money from the Ministry of Households every year to the Office of Studying Abroad to find excellent seedlings to study in Germany and the United States. There are only more than 100 people who study abroad at public expense every year.The rest of the people went out with funds, and many children of Qing officials were also funded by their parents to study in Germany.

The Yamen of the Office of Studying Abroad is a courtyard with three entrances. At this time, officials in official uniforms come in and out of the courtyard, and many students in civilian clothes come to inquire about matters concerning studying abroad.So when Guan Xuqing and the others walked in, no one noticed them.

The person in charge here is Yung Wing, who is known as the father of studying abroad. His parents put a pledge on a certificate of going abroad that "if there is a disease, life or death, each will live in peace", and they traveled across the ocean like human trafficking. foreign.Even so, he didn't miss the good conditions in foreign countries. When he returned to the Qing Dynasty, he got the best diplomas.

He is such a respectable person, and Guan Xuqing is very relieved to be selected by him to study abroad at public expense, because he is really looking for talents for the Qing Dynasty, and he will not accept red envelopes from those officials to go through the back door for others.That's why those big officials need to spend money to let their children go out at their own expense.

"Oh, I have kowtowed to see the emperor." Rong Hong hurriedly knelt down on the ground.

At this time, Guan Xuqing had already walked into the lobby of the Office of Overseas Studies, Guan Xuqing said with a smile: "Get up, get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, why did your Majesty come here today?" Rong Hong asked with a smile, in his impression, the Majesty has not been here for a long time.

Guan Xuqing frowned and said: "Oh, I spend so much money on education every year, but I can't see any results. I need talents to govern the country. No, domestic talents are not good enough, so I thought of you. See if you have any good seedlings to recommend to me when they return to China in the near future?"

"If you go back to the emperor, I really have two people to recommend to you. It's just that I wanted to wait two days before submitting the paper. I didn't expect the emperor to come first!" Rong Hong said in surprise.

"Why is it two days away? It's just right, I'll see them." Guan Xuqing said happily.

"Isn't the emperor busy with starting a company with the Germans recently? I don't want to disturb you. Since the emperor has an order, let them come to greet the emperor today." Rong Hong responded with a smile.Turning around, he said to the guard behind him, "Go, call Tang Shaoyi and Zhan Tianyou over."

Zhan Tianyou? ?Guan Xuqing's inner astonishment was no less than Wen Tingshi told himself that he knew the Wright Brothers, did Zhan Tianyou also belong to this era? ?This name is quite familiar to Guan Xuqing's ears, and it must have been very famous in history.But I just can't figure out what it is for. The one who built the atomic bomb is called Qian Xuesen. It seems that he was born in 1911.There are still more than ten years left, so what exactly does this Zhan Tianyou do?Anyway, it must be a talent! !

"Teacher, are you calling us?"

Guan Xuqing was thinking wildly when two young men walked in.

"Quickly kneel down to the emperor." Rong Hong pretended to reprimand.

"Ah? Xiaomin pay respects to the emperor!" The two knelt down towards Guan Xuqing together.

"Let's be fair, you don't need to be so polite outside the palace. I am also a scholar, and no one in the world is more noble than anyone else. Huh? Is it Rong Hong?" Guan Xuqing turned around and asked.

"No matter at any time, the ceremony of the monarch and his ministers must never be forgotten." Rong Hong said seriously.

"Haha, look at your teacher, he still went to study in the United States! Why is his mind still full of this?" Guan Xuqing seemed to have returned to a later life when he was with these young people who were avant-garde and easy to accept new things.

"The teacher is right, no matter what, the gift of a monarch and his ministers must never be forgotten." A young man with darker skin still knelt on the ground and said.

Guan Xuqing glanced at him and said, "Stay flat, I ask you, what's your name?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, my name is Zhan Tianyou." Zhan Tianyou stood up and replied respectfully.

"Oh? You are Zhan Tianyou? Just came back from abroad?" Guan Xuqing's eyes were shining with golden light, as if he had discovered a treasure.

"Yes, Xiaomin just came back from the United States. Counting today, I only have four days. The teacher asked me to help here first, and then recommend to the emperor when I find a chance." Zhan Tianyou said honestly.

Guan Xuqing was very satisfied with him in his heart, in his opinion, there are not many people who are both honest and capable!
"You don't need to look for opportunities, I'm here, you can recommend you to me yourself, what have you learned in America?" Guan Xuqing eagerly wanted to know what Zhan Tianyou was good at.

"Xiaomin studied railway construction in the United States. Now we only have two Daqing railways. Xiaomin estimates that the emperor will definitely vigorously develop domestic railway construction, so Xiaomin boldly recommends himself and hopes to contribute to my Qing Dynasty railway cause. " Zhan Tianyou said firmly.

Haha, I really want to do whatever I want, just now I was thinking about developing the railway, so this living talent was sent to me.

"Okay, that's exactly what I mean. I'm going to set up an additional railway bureau for the Ministry of Industry and let you be in charge. I want to see that all the provinces of the Qing Dynasty can be connected to each other within 10 years." Guan Xuqing looked at it with satisfaction. Looking at Zhan Tianyou, he turned around and said to Rong Hong: "Rong Hong, you have such an outstanding student, why are you reluctant to recommend it to me? Do I have to come here in person?"

"I don't dare, I don't know if Tianyou will live up to the emperor's grace!" Rong Hong said modestly.

"Hehe, build roads first if you want to get rich. People who have this insight will definitely not be mediocre. I like you!" Guan Xuqing said to Zhan Tianyou, and then asked Tang Shaoyi: "What's your name? You are also from the United States. came back?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. Like Tianyou, Xiaomin also studied railway construction." Tang Shaoyi replied nervously.

"Oh, then you will help Zhan Tianyou well in the future. I hope that in the future we will build the Qing Dynasty's railways by ourselves, without relying on foreigners for everything." Guan Xuqing said seriously.

"Cha, I will definitely live up to the emperor's grace." Everyone knelt down together and said.

(End of this chapter)