Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Ci An was not an ignorant woman who followed the rules. Perhaps she was in the past, but ever since he had hooked up with Fu Qing, this beloved man had changed her by quite a bit!

Fu Qing was the absolute reformist, and he was one of the oldest, being the first one to come in contact with Xiao Letian and learn from him.

Since Fu Qing was not a big official when he came into contact with Xiao Letian, he was just a small officer in the Xi Ling army.

It was impossible for such a person to be a powerful Reformist. His interest in political innovation was not great, he did not have such a strong political background, so he could only start off with technological innovation!

Xiao Letian had once said to Fu Qing, "High school body, west school for use!" This was a slogan, but it was sealed as a lifetime goal by Fu Qing!

Fu Qing was a typical technical Reformist, which was why he could do his own Great Clear Telegraph Office with ease!

It was precisely because he was skilled that all the ministers in the court could still tolerate him. At most, they would treat him as an outsider!

You don't rob the military, you don't rob the wealth, you don't rob the personnel … If the imperial government gave you a small amount of silver, you could go cultivate your own telegraph line; if you don't have enough silver, you could raise your own money!

If I praise you well, I might scold you a little. In any case, I won't expel you in the end!

In fact, this late Qing era was quite interesting. The imperial government and the officials who were actually in charge of carrying out the tasks were more like a cooperative relationship!

I approve you to do a certain project, but I will not give you any funds, and the court will not give you any money, so you have to think of a way to solve it yourself!

Who cares if you cheat, even if you take advantage of the loan to set up a business, in the end, it is you yourself who starves!

If you can't get things done, do you have to go through with it? In the end, it turned into the imperial court. This Qing Dynasty was completely irresponsible!

Just like Zuo Zongtang's western campaign, if the Han people are willing to fight, then go fight. Since the imperial government has no money, go and raise your own money!

In the end, the remaining mountains and rivers had to be owned by the imperial government!

Fu Qing's Great Clear Telegraph Office was also a scheme, you go find investment, you return the interest, in the end, no matter how it was built, the clear telegraph network would become the imperial government's!

This was a business that would never lose anything! All of the benefits were theirs, not taking any risks.

In fact, this was the main reason why the majority of late Qing's officials did not do anything. Doing well did not bring any benefits, but doing harm to others, was basically helping others get married off!

Who is still fighting with their life on the line? Only heartless people would try their best to do it!

Of course, it was not like the imperial government did not give any benefits to the officials at all. He would silently agree to give you the right to embezzle.

The construction of telegraph network in the Great Qing Dynasty, will be contracted to you, Fu Qing, so in the process, you can do whatever you want to embezzle!

This was a kind of unspoken rule. In fact, the ropes were still in the hands of the imperial government. They were tacitly admitting it, but they would not openly admit it. When they felt that they were going to hit you, they would also change the unspoken rule into the unspoken rule!

The chaos in the late Qing had already started at the highest levels of the empire, and it was hard to turn back!

Of course, Fu Qing wasn't a bad official, but he wasn't a cleaner either. He also followed this kind of unspoken rule, he only had more conscience after all.

With the money he took, Fu Qing also invested some of it into his business. For example, in the Northern Industrial Zones, he invested in the iron nail factory, the Yang Huo factory, and a few other small machinery factories.

While he was making money, he also accumulated a little bit of skilled workers for the imperial government. He was using his own methods to secretly amass reserves of talents for the imperial government!

What a good official! He knew how to work without fighting or snatching, and he even kept a low profile!

It was because of this that the Great Clear Telegraph Office had always been a quiet place in the imperial government for the past five years.

Through purchasing and trading with the foreign people, and even Fu Qing sending out over 100 apprentices and managers, these people had also inspected some industries in the United States and the United Kingdom.

He sent Fu Qing a lot of first-hand documents, including photos, postcards, copper engravings … He even translated some enlightening books!

Fu Qing and Ci An were like honey to them, with these good things they definitely had to show their loved ones!

Originally, Ci An didn't have much interest in overseas stuff, but he couldn't resist the love of men, so he gradually started to learn together with them.

Five years had passed and Ci An had mastered a lot of basic western knowledge. In fact, his reserves of this knowledge far surpassed Ci Xi's!

Since Tongzhi had revealed his cards today, of course the Empress Dowager of the East could understand what the little emperor was feeling anxious about!

"My son... I can understand what you are saying, but every reform you are trying to carry out will affect the interests of countless people! "

"You have a big iron mill? How big was it going to be? "It's useless if it's small, but the scale of a few thousand people is too big. This is equivalent to stealing the authority of the Department of Accounts!"

"You want to start a new type of education? Creating a university hall? This is even worse. You are robbing the world's Confucian Scholars of their jobs! "

"As long as you object to it, you will definitely suppress it. In the end, we will still have to rely on the new army that you spoke of …" Your new army is becoming more and more numerous, and you have started a major reform of the military system.

"There's still the Ministry of Revenue!" All these businesses of yours need money and food. If you were to directly intervene, how could the people from the Department of Revenue not have any objections? "

"A new career requires a new talent selection mechanism. In the end, you stole the authority of the Ministry of Government …"

"There's only the Board of Justice and the Board of Rites left?" You definitely deserve it! My son... You're setting yourself on a pile of firewood to burn! "

Zai Chun suddenly stood up, "Of course! This son of mine naturally knows that I have stepped on the crater of the volcano! But so what? The road to innovation is to walk on blood and corpses, step by step! "

"This Emperor wants to maintain his transformation!" "For this goal, even if it is filled with the bones of millions of people, I will find a way!"

"He blocked people and killed people!" Buddha block! Buddha kill! "

The bloody slogan scared Ci An to the point that his bones were frozen into ice!

Pah pah pah … Pah pah pah …

From afar, the sound of monotonous applause rang out, followed by a figure walking out, "Your Majesty, you are quite bold! I have indeed seen the great Europa scene! "

"Who?" Zai Chun suddenly turned his head. He never thought that there would be someone who would dare to eavesdrop on his private conversation with the Empress Dowager of the East.

But after seeing that familiar figure, Zai Chun's iceberg like face suddenly bloomed with countless flowers!

"Ouch …" "Sister Cai!"

The person who came was dressed in a Chinese Navy military uniform, it was exactly the style that Zai Chun was familiar with.

Lieutenant Colonel Chinese Navy, Cai Bixia, Chinese Navy's Flower!