Chapter 596 Fertilizer Plant Project Demonstration
At this time, Li Hongzhang was at the peak of his power, Prince Gong cultivated Li Hongzhang as a successor, and Emperor Tongzhi also gave Li Hongzhang absolute trust. The Westernization Movement was in full swing in various places, and every national key industrial project was inseparable from Li Hongzhang's approval, and it can be said that the development trajectory of the Qing Dynasty was carried out along the strategy formulated by Li Hongzhang. Both good and bad are borne by Fu Xiang Li Hongzhang, during which the Westernists fought on their own, and the governors of various places sometimes had conflicts with Li Hongzhang, among which the relationship between Zuo Zongtang, Zhang Zhidong and Li Hongzhang was stiff. Regardless of whether it is right or wrong, the imperial power always supports Li Hongzhang. Of course, in terms of actual results in the future, most of them are Li Hongzhang's right, and Li Hongzhang is very forward-looking in industrial infrastructure construction.
Li Hongzhang personally presided over the heavy industry projects, and most of them could see the actual results, but as for the production of benefits, they were in a situation of four or six openings, and forty percent of them needed the state to continuously send silver, and they had not yet turned losses into profits. Sixty percent can bring income to the country, and in an instant, the Manchu magnates flocked to enter industrial projects, and enterprises of the same type were built in various places.
In the middle age, Li Hongzhang was energetic and worked very efficiently. At nine o'clock in the morning, the Yamen, the governor of Zhili, held a seminar on the construction of a fertilizer plant, and began to brainwash the first officials. Li Guolou's excerpt has been plagiarized by the book office in several copies, and each official holds a copy in his hand, asking officials to understand that the excerpt "The Urgency of Building a Chemical Fertilizer Plant in the Qing Dynasty" is extraordinary and related to the rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty.
Li Guolou elaborated on the central idea and began the first round of tongue warfare, if these officials can't be refuted here, then standing in the court, wouldn't they be scolded as a disaster for the country and the people. Living things will always be attacked by others, and hidden dangers will be infinitely magnified by people, and they will be degraded to uselessness. Therefore, all kinds of tricky questions in a seminar have to be answered by Li Guolou. To show the Tongzhi Emperor the excerpts, you only need to clarify the central idea, a few main contents, and explain it clearly. If you really put the seminar below, it is a content, and it will extend countless red tape.
The seminar on the construction of fertilizer plants was held for a day, and the preliminary understanding was unified, and an experimental area was demarcated, and the chemical fertilizer application was piloted in Tianjin first, and it was implemented in a large area, so that there would be real comparability, and the output and other data could be compared with the past.
With a sense of satisfaction, Li Guolou left the Yamen of the Governor of Zhili, worked hard for a day and a night, and finally reached a consensus with the officials of the Zhili region, this sense of accomplishment is not something that outsiders can experience. Old things will make people have a lot of doubts. The Qing Dynasty is an agrarian society, agriculture is the main body of the country's economy, if agriculture is not done well, and the project is carried out, it will make thousands of households bankrupt, sell their fields and cubs, and even force the people to rebel. So don't look at a fertilizer plant project, it is also a major risk project, for this group of officials, if they don't do well, they will take off their black yarn hats, and even go to the frontier.
Therefore, the reform of the Qing Dynasty was not smooth sailing, the courtiers were divided into three factions, and the Westernists were extremely risky factions. As the saying goes, "Do more wrong, do less wrong, don't do good!" "That's right. Fish and dragons are mixed with the Westernists, and the good intentions do not mention the bad things, and they are mixed into the Westerners, and the corrupt officials who pluck the feathers of the geese are the successors of the predecessors. To lead this group of turtle bastards to prosperity together, the leader has to be tired and tired. Li Guolou once had the idea of killing, that is, "Use corrupt officials, fight against corrupt officials!" "But in practice, it doesn't work at all, officials protect each other, push the fault, and the Westernists like to put the fault on those who hire foreigners. The rules of officialdom are intertwined, and no one can overturn them.
Using the right talent is the key, leaving three points of leeway, Li Guolou has been integrated into this officialdom system, sharing risks, sharing profits, and advancing and retreating together in honor and disgrace, then someone is willing to take refuge. Li Guolou has become a member of Li Hongzhang's system, and every step he takes is related to the interests of a group, so Li Guolou cannot be a maverick, and only thinks about creating wealth for the country. We can only change some Westernist strategies in a timely manner and lead the Westernists to take the road of getting rich first, so that this group can grow stronger and stronger, so that more and more people can join the Westernists and be proud of being the pioneers of the Westernists.
Li Guolou has won the trust of Li Hongzhang, so he is busy with government affairs, and the Prime Minister Yamen has its own Ministry of Commerce, planning various economic restructurings, and the main work of the Ministry of Commerce is to prepare for the issuance of silver dollars in the coming year. Li Guolou handed over this work to Xu Lan, he still likes to use his fellow villagers in the same year and the same subject to cultivate his own power, only this kind of person will move forward, not afraid of being scolded for forgetting his ancestors, not afraid of touching his head and flowing with his family. As for the question of competence? You only need to carry the Li Guolou brand, and there is no disadvantage.
Li Guolou happily returned to the pavilion, Yelia and Xie Xiuzhu were waiting for him to eat, and Xie Liya, Zhen Yuhuan, and Mayuko had already returned to Beijing. Li Guolou adopts a system of taking turns to sleep in the bed, so that the two ladies who are favored accompany him, and Xie Xiuzhu can also be his secretary, which can make his work easier.
The cost of food and accommodation is borne by the state, but Yelia is stubborn, likes to eat French food, and brings his own chef, so Li Guolou lives in the pavilion, and the cost of eating is all by himself, and the food is purchased by his own chef. As for the silver saved by Yun Guo, Li Guolou signed according to the rules and let the officials in the pavilion embezzle.
The family of three happily ate around the round table, and opened a bottle of Bo Scoop Ba red wine to celebrate leaving Baoding Mansion, and finally parted ways with Li Hongzhang. Called by Li Hongzhang as a secretary, Li Guolou was double-pressed mentally, financially, and suffered from bumps and fatigue, and lived an inhuman life for more than a month, and finally came to liberation. At this time, Li Guolou regretted that he had such an uncle, and he only lived in the shadow of Li Hongzhang in this life, unless Li Hongzhang died, it would be difficult to become a faction of his own, and Li Hongzhang would be a fan
, you can knock him on the head at any time and make all his intrigues come to naught.
Li Guolou held the goblet and sighed: "Master Fu Xiang is not easy to fool!" I wrote an article and asked me to talk about it thoroughly to the end, which even I couldn't figure out. β
Xie Xiuzhu said suspiciously: "Xiaolou, then you have a meeting so late, what are you talking about?" β
Li Guolou said smugly: "Second grandma, what can be difficult to get me?" Master Fu Xiang wanted to figure it out, so I explained what I knew thoroughly, I didn't know what I knew, and let the specific person in charge tell it in the future, and I only talked about the blueprint for the future, so that those officials and masters were moved to tears when they heard it. Let these officials and masters serve, you have to put the errand at the height of the country, so that they can make their blood boil, and they will die before and after the saddle, and they will not use the trick of procrastination, so that I, a black-haired person, will become a white-haired person A little eyebrows, I don't want to be like Prince Gong, ten years of work have just begun to bear fruit. β
Yelia squeezed on Li Guolou, a little drunk, and asked, "Xiaolou, those officials, do you believe your words?" β
Li Guolou's other hand rubbed Yelia's thigh, raised his eyebrows, and said, "How can you not believe it?" I have a well-documented history, the Qing Dynasty has allowed the people to eat sweet potatoes and potatoes for more than 100 years, and they have already tasted the evil consequences, the human race has degraded, and they cannot defeat the Eight-Nation Alliance, and this sweet potato and potato are one of the hidden evil consequences. If the quality of life of the people does not improve, they can't even run, they can't even carry guns, so what are they talking about fighting? β
Xie Xiuzhu kissed Li Guolou viciously, and said with a lewd smile: "Oh! The small building species has not degenerated, and it is still vigorous. β
"Hey, hey, hey!" The three of them laughed lewdly together, and they also staged a bed scene of boundless love at night, drinking flower wine, improving sexual interest, and regulating the interest of life. Li Guolou defended: "I'm different, I'm the son of an official eunuch, and my physique is certainly much better than that of ordinary people." Look at those who will plant, which is not a broad-shouldered round embryo, and the nutrition must keep up with it from a young age, so that it will have great achievements in the future. Do I still want to raise pigs? When he arrived at the Xiaozhan Town Military Academy, he vigorously advocated pig raising, and let each battalion of the armed army set up a long-term pig breeding team, so that they could have enough food and clothing, do it themselves, and drive the local economy. β
Yelia looked at Li Guolou reluctantly, touched his chest muscles in distress, and said softly: "Xiaolou, then you are too tired, you have to take care of everything, you go out every day and work hard, I can't bear you." β
Li Guolou said proudly: "Men, if you have a job, you will be motivated, if you really let me stay at home, my belly will grow bigger, I drink without moderation, I will do all night every day, and after a year and a half, people will be abolished." You have to be good, don't always think about it, I'm too busy. β
"Humph!" Yelia and Xie Xiuzhu began to exercise, and their four hands reached into Li Guolou's clothes to caress them, drinking flower wine is to make people's blood swell, and they can't pose, immersed in the test of ice and fire.
Give Li Guolou a little benefit, and immediately get rid of Li Guolou's magic grasp, which is very familiar to Xie Xiuzhu, who was born as a singer, and let Li Guolou knead it a few times, then beat off Li Guolou's hand, and said coquettishly: "What is the little pervert anxious about?" It's still early. Let me ask you, for the sake of 300 million peasants, how many silver dollars will you fill in? β
"The sea is gone! Master Fu Xiang asked me to add one more profit to the treasury next year, you said the extra money, where to use it? Taken from the people for the people, anyway, I didn't think about making money from the people. Let the people of Tianjin benefit first, but in the future, those officials and gentry will hoard fertilizers, which is a difficult problem? Li Guolou frowned, he wanted to help 300 million peasants increase the yield of crops per mu, but in the end, it would still benefit the official eunuch class.
Those officials in the Zhili area, who are so energetic in building a large-scale fertilizer factory, also have the motivation to make a fortune. You must know that an ordinary seminar on agriculture will be held for at least three or four days, and the pilot area will not be so large, just a few experimental fields. Following in the footsteps of Li Guolou is the source of making a fortune and getting rich, which is already an iron law of officialdom, so we will unify our thinking in one day, implement and implement Li Hongzhang's agricultural restructuring measures, and the scope of experimental fields will be expanded so much.
Where did Li Guolou point? The potential of the officials has been brought into full play, and all of them can be called by the daredevils, and everyone is not afraid of drowning in the river when crossing the river by feeling the stones, and they all want to jump into the dragon gate and soar into the sky.
"Don't bother with their, we have a clear conscience. Xiaolou don't do criminal things for the gentry, let's build a few more farms, the power of example is endless, you have to believe that people's hearts are kind. If you look at Yelia next to her, you can see what a kind person she has become. Xie Xiuzhu is one of Li Guolou's behind-the-scenes military advisors, and she will also listen to Li Guolou.
Yelia was embarrassed by Xie Xiuzhu's words, broke away from Li Guolou's rage, tied the cheongsam buttons, and said lightly and angrily: "Xiaolou is dead, and my corset is broken, I want you to compensate." β
"Good! Listen to my wife, do my duty, family and everything is prosperous, with your assistance, I can move forward. Li Guolou drank it, put aside his worries about official affairs, and united most of the officials, so that he could show his ambitions, and the official gentry class would speculate on the price of fertilizer in the future, and Li Hongzhang would benefit, which was also a good move.
Li Guolou saw it very openly, and he had already understood the essence of politics, betraying national interests and saving the country with curves, all for the sake of rising early in the early morning. Everything he did was for the country and the people, and led the Qing Dynasty to the road of prosperity and strength. The Western imperial powers saw the changing Qing Dynasty, and the newspapers trumpeted Li Hongzhang and Li Guolou. The foreign nobles were proud to climb Li Hongzhang and Li Guolou, and those foreign ministers vied with each other to invite the Qing Dynasty to set up legations in their countries, and the date of Li Hongzhang's second overseas visit to North and South America was already on the agenda.
After the banquet, Li Guolou dragged two into the study, their home is a scholarly family, and the leisure time after dinner is to read and learn words. Li Guolou and Xie Xiuzhu can practice calligraphy or read books. I drank too much wine today, and the two hugged a chair to watch the English version of "Orphans of the Fog", Li Guolou said while watching, Xie Xiuzhu was a little bird in his arms.
Yelia also has a hobby, painting oil paintings, she likes to paint landscapes, although it is still the first time to try the knife, but she has already opened a personal exhibition in Tianjin. The price of Elia's oil paintings was ridiculously inflated by the antique market, so Yelia was full of motivation and gave up his love of playing cards, and wanted to become a generation of oil painting masters, painting on canvas every day.
Several capable ladies handled the family affairs in an orderly manner, Li Guolou enjoyed the warmth of the big family, although it was a cold winter, but it was still warm as spring, Li Guolou put his two hands into Xie Xiuzhu's corset, and shouted: "Third grandma, are you okay, wash your hands." β
"Well, my hands are very clean, I'm here, second grandma, you're so merry." Yelia threw his paintbrush and pounced on Li Guolou to start the first round of the long winter night.
Yelia and Xie Xiuzhu complement each other perfectly, one dragon and two phoenixes fight on the bed, swaying on the mahogany bed, and there is a faint sound of coquettish panting.
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