Feng Yunshan didn't expect Luo Zenan to think like this. Obviously, there are some differences with Li Hongzhang's opinions, but he still wants to save the authority of the cabinet and the loss of the empire, and strives to retain the large-scale steel-making movement, but it is suppressed and realistic.

This person is talented and righteous! It is no wonder that the historians of later generations will have such a high evaluation of Luo Zenan, who has not lived a long life and crossed like a meteor, and called him a thinker in the late Qing Dynasty, so it is. Sure enough, there is no vanity under the fame.

Feng Yunshan nodded and asked, "To what extent are there large-scale steel smelting in various places?" ”

Luo Zenan said: "Your Majesty, everything is still under control!" In addition to Zhejiang, Henan, Anhui, Shandong, and Zhili, which have been pushed below the county level, other places have just begun to unfold and have not actually pushed down. There has been no major loss of everything, but some manpower and material resources have been wasted to build a small blast furnace, and there has been a slight delay in the cultivation of crops, and it is still too late to implement remedies immediately. ”

The five provinces are the most active, which must have something to do with Li Hongzhang's influence. However, the scope is actually very large, at least a lot of manpower and material resources are wasted.

Therefore, Feng Yunshan was a little anxious in his heart, and said, "Quickly order someone to call Li Hongzhang and several other cabinet elders, I have important matters to discuss." ”

Although the cabinet duty room is not far from the palace, it wastes a lot of time coming and going. More than an hour later, Li Hongzhang, Wu Chongyao, Liu Changyou, and Zhou Shengkun hurried to the Royal Academy of Sciences.

Feng Yunshan interrupted the four of them to pay their respects, and shouted directly to the point: "Regarding the resolution of the cabinet on the smelting of steel, how did the cabinet do it?" How can you not think about such a national event? If Luo Aiqing hadn't reported it to me, I really wouldn't have known. Li Hongzhang, a few days ago, I told you to increase and accelerate the development of the steel industry, is this how it is promoted? Not thinking about other aspects and consequences? ”

Li Hongzhang didn't expect that the emperor was because of this incident, and he was still angry, his face changed, and he knelt down on the spot and bowed: "Your Majesty, Weichen should be damned, they are all Weichen confused, and they want to use the fastest and greatest power to promote the development of the steel industry, so they will make this decision." We-Chen......"

Feng Yunshan waved his hand: "Okay!" Li Hongzhang, don't be coy, look honestly afraid. Since I have appointed you as Deputy Prime Minister, I trust you and let it go, which is true, and will be the case in the future, but these must be based on the premise that any decision must be realistic, and it must be beneficial to the interests of the empire and the interests of the majority of the people!

I know you want to show me what you can do, but you don't have to be so quick to command, you can just follow the plan I have set, and then discuss it with the other cabinet members as you explore. Don't be hot-headed, as the helmsman of the cabinet, if you are too radical, you will do bad things with good intentions! ”

Li Hongzhang's face was full of shame and his face was flushed. He also knew that the emperor was generous, but to be able to say such things to him showed that the emperor was already very disappointed in him. Originally, he wanted to behave well in front of the emperor after taking office, but now it has become a bubble.

Feng Yunshan was actually very depressed. He took a fancy to Li Hongzhang at the beginning, and directly promoted Li Hongzhang, who was still the governor of Jiangsu, to the head of the cabinet, in fact, because he was moved by his great reputation in history, and Li Hongzhang was indeed very good at developing the economy when he was the governor of Jiangsu, and he must be right to use him. I didn't expect to make such a show when I took office. To say that this Li Hongzhang is not such a brainless person, how can he be hot-headed and directly impulsively engage in a large-scale steel-making movement. Is it true that he is still too young, and he has not experienced the many things in history, and has not cultivated to the level of Li Zhongtang in later generations? Is it a mistake to promote it by yourself? Or did he put too much pressure on him, making him rush to develop the steel industry regardless of the actual situation?

Seeing Li Hongzhang's look of shame, Feng Yunshan's tone also eased, except for Li Hongzhang, he really couldn't think of a better candidate to be the prime minister of the cabinet, the original Zeng Guanlan himself was a machine, and it was definitely not suitable to make him tired to death, and Luo Zenan's performance this time was good, but this matter still had to be carefully observed, and it was not possible to directly dismiss Li Hongzhang and replace him with Luo Zenan, otherwise, it would cause the evil consequences of everyone in the cabinet members being in danger, and it would not be good for Luo Zenan himself, causing the confrontation between Li Hongzhang and Luo Zenan.

Feng Yunshan glared at all the cabinet members, and said earnestly: "Don't think that I am making a big fuss, in fact, the idea and idea of making steel is a good intention, and I also believe that Li Aiqing started this campaign because I once said that I would focus on the development of the steel industry."

But ladies and gentlemen, you are the cabinet of a country, and everything must be carefully discussed and evaluated, especially these major matters that affect hundreds of millions of people, and you must think more about it, and it must be in line with the actual situation!

Do you know what the consequences of blindly giving orders to carry out a large-scale steelmaking campaign will be? There is no need to investigate and count, in my mind, I can also imagine a scene: all parts of the country have carried out a large-scale steel-making campaign, and the people of all prefectures and counties have been concentrated, and all walks of life have not been taken care of, especially agriculture, and they have all gone to large-scale steelmaking, thinking that smelting a pound of iron is worth planting 5 catties and 8 catties of grain. But everyone makes steel, and the country's 500 million mouths open, what do they eat? Other industries will also be desperately squeezed, eventually leading to slow development, or even regression, in this way, even if the steel industry develops, what is the point? What's more, the steel industry can not be developed by relying on a large number of people, but by a large group of farmers! An industry does not simply rely on the output of molten iron to make up the numbers!

Have you ever thought that the production of pig iron in the empire is not low, but the output of steel is very low, and we want to develop the steel industry, that is, to increase the output of steel, as well as the sophistication of steel! It is to improve the quantity and quality of this industry, not purely the quantity, not to mention the unqualified quantity! ”

Seeing that everyone was thoughtful, Feng Yunshan didn't want to say more, he concluded: "In a word, if Li Aiqing implements the large-scale steel-making movement like this, it will only cause one consequence, that is, the great waste of manpower, material resources, and financial resources has seriously weakened agriculture, greatly impacted other industries and commerce, caused a serious imbalance in the entire industrial system and economic proportion of the empire, and seriously affected the lives of the people, and even caused famine, and there is a possibility that the people will starve to death!" ”

When Li Hongzhang heard this, he hurriedly knocked his head on the ground and cried: "Your Majesty, Weichen is guilty!" Wechen immediately remedied, publicly admitted his mistake and asked the provinces to immediately stop the large-scale steel smelting. ”

Other cabinet members also knelt down and confessed their guilt. Feng Yunshan said to Luo Zenan: "Luo Aiqing, tell me what you think." ”

Luo Zenan glanced at Feng Yunshan gratefully, he knew that this was an opportunity for the emperor to give him relief and other members of the cabinet, and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen suggests continuing to carry out the large-scale steel-making movement, but it has to be like the Holy Fertilizer Factory in the past few years, according to local conditions and reality!" ”

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