Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 399
Guan Xuqing patted the armrest of the throne, stood up suddenly, his face was pale, and he said angrily, "How unreasonable!"

In recent years, the world has been peaceful and the people are happy. It is rare for the officials to see the emperor get so angry. Liu Buchan stepped forward and asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, after the incident happened, I sent you to the Ryukyu Islands to garrison I went to investigate the situation with a patrol boat, but up to now, that patrol boat has disappeared like a stone, and there has been no news of it. I am afraid it is a bad thing. In my opinion, should we send warships to seal off the sea area?"

Chief of Staff of the Admiralty Lin Jianzhang said: "In my opinion, this is by no means an accidental incident. This incident is very likely to be related to the Admiralty, or even related to it."

Guan Xuqing asked Feng Xianghua what he thought of this matter.

Feng Xianghua has been in charge of the imperial military for many years, he has already been refined into steel, and his experience is extremely deep, and his thinking about things has become more and more comprehensive. Seeing the emperor asking himself, he mused: "This matter is indeed not that simple. In recent years, it has developed rapidly. There is a great tendency to re-emerge. A while ago, I went to visit and study all over the world, and had frequent contacts with Western powers. In recent years, people have been active in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. It is a non-governmental action, and it is inconvenient to intervene. I did not expect that this time people would dare to send warships to openly violate our territorial waters. It seems that this was premeditated. But in general, international disputes should be stable rather than rash. We had better go through diplomacy first. To find out what people want to do, if we rashly send warships to encircle and suppress those Japanese ships now, if things get serious, I am afraid it will not end well."

Guan Xuqing nodded: "It makes sense, a big country should have the demeanor of a big country, and you can't be like a shrew on the side of the road, fighting big because of a little thing. How about it, Wu Tingfang"

"The minister is here!" Wu Tingfang stepped out of the class and cupped his hands.

"In the name of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I have made an inquiry to China and asked them to respond to this matter within 48 hours."

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Guan Xuqing rubbed a copy in his hand, and said: "This is a copy from Sichuan and Shaanxi. Now the development of all parts of the empire is very good, only Sichuan and Shaanxi are relatively lagging behind. Since last year, I have ordered to speed up the development of Sichuan and Shaanxi. The infrastructure construction in Shaanxi and other places, but after a year, the effect is not very good, do you have any good strategies for this, I would like to hear."

Feng Xianghua said: "I used to only know the importance of military affairs. Now that I have followed the emperor's construction, I know the importance of industry and infrastructure. Even if we win a city and a place, it will not benefit the overall situation. We should focus on the Southwest strategy."

Liang Qichao, who was appointed Prime Minister of the Cabinet last year, said: "The minister thought that more mine protection teams should be sent to Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places. The mining affairs in the province are not peaceful because of the large number of bandits, so it is justifiable for the Mining Bureau to have more armed forces."

"Hmph, since Xiliang became the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, the bureaucrats there have become more and more outrageous, but a few days ago, Xiliang was awarded the title of imperial envoy, after the governor of Fengtian, Jilin, and Heilongjiang, Li Jingxi will take over , this person can also be called an astonishing talent, but he is good at learning, but he always lacks a bit of majesty when he is an official. I think we need to strengthen our defenses in Yunnan and Guizhou, and we should not take it lightly." Lin Xu, Minister of Personnel, said .

Liang Qichao sighed: "Xiliang is upright, honest, diligent and pragmatic. He is a rare Manchu official with good political achievements, kindness, friendliness, and simple style. After Xiliang arrived in Yunnan, according to his backward education, financial constraints, and diplomatic We have vigorously rectified the difficult situation, focusing on the rectification of officials, the establishment of schools, the rectification of armaments, and the construction of railways, etc., and have achieved remarkable results. It seems that this National People’s Congress is available.”

Guan Xuqing nodded, and then said slowly: "Recently, Xiliang gave me a report, saying that the United Kingdom is eyeing the tiger, trying to control the whole of China by entering the mainland of China and opening up the channel from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to the lower reaches. China's strategic position is important, and the natural and man-made obstacles of the Sichuan-Tibet border have directly led to poor political, economic, and cultural exchanges between the central government and the poor communication of information, and it has directly become an obstacle to the effective control of the empire. A few years ago, the British were making trouble behind the scenes, and Tibetan chieftains and other aristocrats frequently made troubles. Zhao Erfeng was ordered to rule Tibet with an iron fist in Qamdo, and it was very effective."

Everyone nodded together and said yes, they knew that the emperor was concerned about the economic construction of the southwest region, but the more important reason was that the southwest region was far away from Beijing, and the information was not smooth, which caused great obstacles to the management of the empire. This was a very difficult task. Due to the weak management of political issues, it is possible for foreign forces to collude with local forces.

Guan Xuqing also said: "Tibet is the hair of Sichuan and Yunnan, Kang is the skin of Sichuan and Yunnan. Tibet is the lips of Sichuan and Yunnan, Kang is the teeth of Sichuan and Yunnan, and the throat of Sichuan and Yunnan. In recent years, the empire has invested heavily in the Southwest. In fact, the British and border affairs It is the key, and local forces are not enough to cause trouble. You have to remember that preservation means protecting the two Sichuans, and protecting the two Sichuans means protecting the hinterland of the six provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Henan, Ningxia, and Jiangsu. It is not insignificant. In addition to building roads and building bridges, Zhao Erfeng changed the land to the local people, abolished the heavy serf labor, laid the Sichuan-Tibet postal line, and set up ponds and stations in various important places to garrison troops, and trained troops, established schools, mining, and land reclamation in the border areas. It can be done, and the future will be the key foundation for the ruling party. I have ordered Zhao Erfeng to gradually take back the local mining rights, and help the reclamation and school establishment. Both the mine protection team and the reclamation protection team must be armed forces trained by ourselves. Dredging Sichuan-Tibet roads and postal services is the top priority, and cement factories, steel factories, steel rolling and steel wire factories will also be set up there. The postal company, a joint venture with Siemens, went to the area to help set up postal lines, all for the sake of an early date Facilitate Sichuan-Tibet exchanges. If there are achievements in a few years and the funds are sufficient, I still want to build the Sichuan-Tibet Railway from Chengdu to Lhasa, and it will be firmly in the hands of China. Not only the future of Mongolia and Northwest Frontier They are all serious problems, so we should plan ahead.”

Guan Xuqing said to Zhao Bingjun: "The Security Bureau should also consider the manpower there. If it is not enough, it should send more. Remember, especially pay close attention to every move of the British, and report to Beijing at any time if there is any abnormality."

Li Zhen came out of class and said: "Your Majesty, I still have one more thing to report. So far, most of the funds for the Eastern Aid Program have been allocated to European countries. Signed a cooperation agreement with China, set up mines and industrial and commercial enterprises in Europe, and personally exploited mine energy. I thought that the products produced by Chinese businessmen in Europe could be re-purchased at a lower price in China, but some Chinese businessmen got in the way and even secretly raised the sales price in China. This matter has been investigated by many parties, and the list of these people is in Here, please look at it, Your Majesty."

Guan Xuqing took the booklet, browsed it roughly, put the booklet on the jade case, and said: "Don't touch these people, don't leak the news, and send someone to investigate secretly. Is there any special political behind this matter?" Conspiracy, the Eastern Aid Plan has been carried out so far, the empire has firmly grasped the economic lifelines of European countries, but what I am most worried about now is that the Chinese businessmen and local forces will secretly hide things and do things that are not good for the empire. This I will continue to pay attention to this matter, and report the results of the investigation as soon as possible.”

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Liu Buchan also played: "Your Majesty, there is another piece of good news to tell you."

"Oh? What good news? Come on."

"The aircraft carrier of the Empire, which lasted three years and five months, has been announced to be completed. Since it is a core secret of the Empire at this time, this matter has not been leaked to the outside world. Deng Shichang and others who are in charge of the construction specially sent I took a photo and asked the emperor to take a look at it."

Guan Xuqing took the photo and looked at it, and laughed happily: "Okay, okay. Zixiang, you have done an unprecedented event for the empire."

In this era, under Guan Xuqing's strategizing, the process of world history has been accelerated much faster than before, and the tonnage of world naval battleships has also been greatly increased compared to before. They have sprung up like mushrooms, but the abnormal tonnage and design concept of aircraft carriers will completely overturn the development history of the world navy. Since then, the development of naval weapons of the empire has left behind the world's major naval powers because of the early appearance of aircraft carriers.Guan Xuqing used a global bidding concept to fool the super shipbuilders all over the world, and at the same time achieved the goal of building the strongest warship in history by pooling the strengths of each.

Lin Jianzhang said with a smile: "With the development of the imperial aviation industry, the theory of sea dominance of giant ships and cannons will be replaced by the theory of air dominance of naval aviation, and battleships will eventually be driven out of the stage of history by naval aviation."

Liu Buchan was still skeptical about this. He said with a smile, "Your Majesty, on this issue, I and Zeng Rong still have different views. I think that only battleships can defeat battleships in theory. Our naval aviation Up to now, there are only a few reconnaissance planes, how can this drive the battleship out of history?"

Although Lin Jianzhang and Liu Buchan are in a superior-subordinate relationship, they have a very good personal relationship. They never judge the affairs of the family and the country based on their personal friendship. What they think is right must be argued with reason. For this reason, the two often meet in the office of the Ministry of the Navy The faces of the quarrel were red, but this did not affect the admiration the two had for each other.He said: "Zixiang is right. The current naval aviation is indeed not much of a threat, so battleships will continue to dominate the sea for a while. However, with the development of aviation technology, we will vigorously build a fleet of sea bombers. By then Where will the war go?"

(End of this chapter)