"The human heart is not ancient!" Xianfeng could only sigh: "Now that people's hearts are in turmoil, I don't know when we can calm down the thieves, the two thieves have been difficult to control, and there are Britain and France on the sea, and now there is another red thief, I am so miserable?" ”

Wu Wenduan immediately replied: "Yes! Now it is a troubled time, but as long as the saint holds his heart and bathes in the grace of the saint, he will be able to prosper! ”

"I don't know what to do! Should I have promised Wang Xinde's excerpt! ”

"By all means, governing the country lies in the hearts of the people, not in the skills, if you win with foreign guns, foreign cannons, and foreign steamers, the country will have endless troubles, Your Majesty can remember my excerpts back then!"

Wu Wenduan's recital in the first year of Xianfeng was quite famous, but Xianfeng's memory was not very good, and he was busy with military affairs all day, so he remembered it for a while: "That excerpt!" ”

It was a long treatise, and the writer memorized it: "Administration does not precede the use of people, and the employment of people does not precede the distinction of gentlemen and villains. Most gentlemen are clumsy, villains are clever; The gentleman is determined, and the villain is competitive; Gentlemen cherish talents, and villains crowd out aliens; The gentleman is ambitious, taking the country's vitality first, the villain is thinking about the present, and the task is to gather and be mean. Those who are upright and indomitable, and have nothing to do, are also gentlemen; Those who violate the two and work to avoid are villains. ●”

"Those who admonish Kuang Bi and enter into the discussion of danger, and move the vigilance of the Lord, the gentleman also; He likes to talk and is not afraid of changes, and he is a villain. Public and private evil, the opposite is true. The emperor is wise, and he will be able to know which is virtuous or not. The first fear is that a person's mind is ears and eyes, there are many people who speculate, there are many people who are confused, there are few indistinguishables, feelings and hypocrisies are mixed, love and hatred are slightly partial, and the choice will be inappropriate. Knowing people is philosopher, how can he have other skills, in the emperor is studious and diligent, so that the holy will is bright, and the holy virtue is solid. Song Cheng Haoyun, 'The ancients must have ministers who recite admonitions. Please order the old Confucian, talk about morality and choose the world's virtuous and virtuous, and accompany the law. I went to Kangxi, Xiong Ci was sparse, and he also said, "Extend the visit to the true Confucian." What the two ministers said is the key to cultivating body and mind, and the source of employment and administration. The world is in chaos, the prime minister, and Junde is responsible for the feast. But the virtue is achieved, and then the auxiliary wins the people, and the auxiliary wins the people, and then the world can be governed......"

It's just that this backing made Emperor Xianfeng settle down, and he asked directly: "I heard that Zeng Disheng was known to the first emperor, is it because of you?" ”

"Hmm!" Wu Wenduan was not completely ignorant of current affairs, and he saw Xianfeng's brows tightened: "Exactly!" ”

This is a more famous story in the late Qing Dynasty, when Emperor Daoguang asked Zeng Guofan to hand over the sign to Jin, and when Wu Wenduan brought him in advance, he first asked Zeng Guofan to remember the couplets on the pavilion clearly after passing through a pavilion, and recite it backwards

Sure enough, when Emperor Daoguang met Zeng Guofan, he casually talked about this couplet, and Zeng Guofan responded correctly because of the guidance of Wu Wenduan, which left a deep impression on Emperor Daoguang's heart, and he suddenly had a bright future. moth

And Zeng Guofan was also grateful to Wu Wenduan all his life because of the teacher's kindness. Even if he was a parallel commodity among Mr. Daoist compared to the real Mr. Daoist Wenduan, he did not live up to the Wuwenduan in his life, even if the two sides had a dispute over the issue of foreign affairs during the Tongzhi period, the extreme conservative of the Wuwenduan was unwilling to carry out a little reform and progress, and repeatedly bombarded Zeng Guofan, Zeng Guofan, and still treated each other with courtesy.

And Xianfeng also nodded: "I know that the Japanese servants are kind-hearted, but at this point, non-foreign guns, foreign guns, and foreign firewheels can't work, so I can only let them do it first!" ”

It's just that this Taoist gentleman can't come up with a specific way to solve the problem, but he remembered one thing he was entrusted with: "He Guiqing can still barely maintain himself in Zhejiang, I don't know what the emperor thinks?" ..., Xianfeng nodded: "I have already sent a political envoy to see how long he can maintain, if he can guard Hangjiahu for one day, he can be the governor of Zhejiang for one day!" ”

"He Guiqing is in Zhejiang, although he once failed to His Majesty, but recently he has been sincerely trying to govern and repeatedly frustrating red thieves, if the battalion really can't transfer troops, I'm afraid he can only let him maintain it first!"

"That's all I can do!" Xianfeng Ye patted his hand with a folding fan, and sighed loudly: "I am really a hard-working man, I don't know when this suffering will end!" ”

Wu Wenduan repeated the old tune again: "Your Majesty, the way to build a country is to be courteous and righteous rather than powerful; The fundamental picture is not in the heart of the person! ”

"This expedition to Fujian can be regarded as earned!" Zhang Sigui summed up the gains and losses of this expedition on the ship, and finally got a ransom of 200,000 silver yuan, which can be said to be a surprise, and this ransom alone is enough to offset the advance investment of the Hong Army.

He also knows that now the Hong Army is a little tight economically due to its comprehensive expansion and expansion, and although a large number of public bonds are set up for the autumn grain, if there is no more income, the Hong Army will support it until after the summer harvest next year, and it will be difficult to support it until before the autumn harvest, so Liu Chang has made up his mind that he must take Hangjiahu after the completion of the army next year.

And now, although it is impossible to hand over all the 200,000 silver yuan to Liu Chang, a large part of it will remain among the sailors - at least 100,000 silver yuan will make Liu Jiehu remember his name Zhang Sigui again.

That's enough!

Thinking of this, he glanced at Ye Ningbing again.

She was still as silent as a piece of ice, stroking the short sword and pistol at her waist from time to time, but Zhang Sigui understood what kind of prestige this little girl had in the entire fleet and the entire Baoshun ship, and perhaps she was the real commander of the entire fleet.

Maybe she's exercising her own command on behalf of Liu Jue, or maybe she'll be able to stay among the sailors?

Zhang Sigui's heart swelled with such a ridiculous idea.

"Check!"

Ma Qianzhu's expression was a little nervous, the grass green military uniform and white armed belt he was wearing represented that he was an old qualified Rainbow Army officer, but he lacked the decisive look of those Rainbow Army officers. foreign

"Coming?" Liu Chang stood up in his office and stretched out his hands: "It's good to come!" ”

"It's coming! Check! ”

Compared with ordinary veteran officers of the Hong Army, Ma Qianzhu is a little less resolute, but a little more restrained: "Check? Can I help you? ”

Liu Chang glanced at Ma Qianzhu, this old officer should have enlisted in the army before the Spring Festival of the fifth year of Xianfeng: "You are the old man of the fourth year of Xianfeng, right?" ”

"yes!" Ma Qianzhu smiled: "Xianfeng enlisted in Panshi Village in December of the fourth year!" ”

This is a qualification that he can be proud of, and he said with a smile: "It's just that after enlisting in the army, he didn't leave Panshi Village and stayed there all the time?" ”

"How's the Rock Village now?" Liu Chang asked him not to be restrained, and sat down to talk: "How many old people are still in Xianfeng for four years?" ”

"Five, including me, there are only five, and the rest have been transferred out as deputy battalion commanders or company commanders!" The smugness on Ma Qianzhu's face couldn't be concealed: "Everything is fine in Panshizhai now, everything is going well!" ”qP

He saw Liu Chang motioning for himself to continue, and immediately gushed on: "Now we are trying to produce the pot Luo machine, that thing is absolutely amazing, it is better to start the steam engine with coal, Duncan said to strive for four units a month, and we are ready to trial produce our own steam battleship, but the steam engine is still bought from Shanghai......"

He spoke in great detail, from the production of sulphuric acid to the manufacture of rifles, and he described the fruitful results achieved by Panshizhai in the past few months, which is now the most important industrial area in the whole of China. "Now we can make iron, steel, guns, cannons, anything, that is, some materials have to be bought from Shanghai, and in another year, we can make thousands of rifles and hundreds of artillery!" ”

Liu Chang suddenly asked a question: "If you leave the foreigners, can you make it?" ”

Ma Qianzhu hesitated for a long time before he said: "If you leave a foreigner, it is more difficult, although I have learned a lot of things from Duncan and read some books, but after all, there are some limitations, if you can make ten things now, then you can make about four or five things without a foreigner!" ”

Many times it is not that foreigners are unwilling to spread technology, and there is too much generational difference in this, and Liu Chang also nodded: "I came to you this time for this matter, I am going to set up a technical school, are you interested?" ”

"Technical school?" Ma Qianzhu became interested all of a sudden: "Don't worry, although I can't compare to qP foreigners, but among the Chinese, my skills are definitely the best!" ”

His words are not empty talk, Ma Qianzhu may not be the best Chinese person in the whole Panshizhai technology, but he is definitely the most proficient and hard-working Chinese technician, in order to learn a little more technology from Duncan, he even learned a little English.

Liu Chang told him: "This school is temporarily set up in Panshi Village, and the enrolled students can have both military status!" ”

The military status of the Hongjun is an extremely convenient identity in the entire control area of the Hongjun, and Liu Chang can be said to be ready to use all his strength to run this technical institute: "The teaching method can refer to the Shanye Military Academy, while studying, working at the same time, and promoting each other, but you have to ensure the learning time and living conditions of the cadets." ”

Ma Qianzhu was very excited, and he immediately asked, "What about the venue, funds and personnel?" ”

"The entire Rainbow Army, including me, will do everything to support you!" Liu Chang handed over the school charter he had written to Ma Qianzhu: "Look at it, what needs to be added!" ”

Ma Qianzhu took the charter of the school, Liu Chang wrote it quite carefully, and it was supplemented by Shi Tinglan and Yang Changmei, which can be said to be perfect.

But Ma Qianzhu is concerned about a question: "Check, who is the principal of this technical school?" ”

"I'm the principal myself." Liu Chang's answer first made Ma Qianzhu a little disappointed, but he quickly showed his front teeth again: "Specific affairs, you, the vice principal, must be arrested!" "To be continued. moth

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