In 1868, Wei Yuan's "Atlas of the Sea Kingdom" had already been published, but unfortunately, this huge work, which was given a high status by historical books, was not taken seriously in this era, and the Qing government did not pay attention to it, but only had some influence among the people. What is laughable is that the Japanese actually enshrined this book as a classic, and the spirit of mastering Yi's long skills to control Yi took root in Japan.

It took more than 40 years for later generations to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, and I don't know how many years it will take to break the backward and ignorant feudal mentality. What we don't know is how many innocents and the blinded are caught up in it, and they all end up in powder.

If you want to break this turtle shell faster and with less loss, you need to push it from the top down, with the consciousness of the superstructure, and with the imperial examination, before it can be implemented. It seems that the dragon chair in the Forbidden City has to be sitting.

Rong Hong waved his hand, not wanting to talk about those bad things anymore: "I came here today to go to Jiangning with you to meet Governor Zeng and ask for his support on running a university."

Young Master Liang felt strange: "I don't need government funding to run a school, why do I need his support?" ”

Rong Hong is now considered a person in the officialdom, and he is also a candidate of the fifth rank recommended by Zeng Guofan, and he can only patiently explain in the face of the officialdom of Young Master Liang: "If you want to do something in the Qing Dynasty, you can't do it without the permission of the government, people can come to make things difficult for you at any time, these people are not enough to succeed and more than to fail." And Zeng Du is now the first Han official in the Qing Dynasty, and there are many officials in the southern Qing Dynasty who are his protégés, as long as you have his support, no one will dare to make things difficult for you in the future."

Nima, how does this Qing officialdom sound like the underworld, you have to worship the boss first, but I don't know how much protection money you need to pay? Young Master Liang looked depressed.

Seeing his expression, Rong Hong continued to persuade him: "Zeng Governor is an honest and open-minded official, you don't need to worry too much, besides, our school is good for the country and the people, frank and selfless, what is there to be afraid of?" ”

Yes, think about it, what is there to be afraid of, Young Master Liang nodded: "Okay, then let's go, when will you leave?" ”

"At your pace, the faster the better, and you can go today."

Two days later, the Liangjiang Governor Office Yamen.

Looking at the former Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Heavenly King's Mansion, Young Master Liang couldn't help but think with a thousand emotions, a vigorous peasant uprising, after more than ten years, swept through most of China, and was finally wiped out by the current owner of this house, but what else is left to this country in addition to trauma and loss, the entire Jiangnan and Jiangbei areas are directly slaughtered in all directions, and Zeng Guofan was also given the nickname: Zeng Shaved his head.

In the Liangjiang Governor's Office, Zeng Guofan was talking to his confidant Zhao Liewen: "A letter from the capital said that the capital is still full of people who are poor and luxurious, and cases of open fire wars occur from time to time, and there are groups of beggars in the market, and the people are poor and rich. ”

Zhao Liewen: "The world has been unified for a long time, and the period of disintegration is probably not far away. It is too easy to start a business in this dynasty, too heavy to kill, and too clever to seize the world. The way of heaven is difficult to know, good and evil do not hide each other, and the virtue of the queen is not enough. When the situation of heart-pumping and rotten takes shape, the trend of collapse is unstoppable."

Zeng Guofan pondered for a long time: "It won't be so fast."

Zhao said: "It won't be 50 years old."

Zeng: "Will you move south?" ”

Zhao: "The south has been full of evil people for a long time, and this long-haired rebellion is proof of this."

The two stopped talking, and at this time, someone reported that Rong Hong was visiting, and Governor Zeng signaled to bring someone in. Zhao Liewen's eyes narrowed suddenly, and a ray of fine light lit up instantly.

"Rong Hong see the Governor", Rong Hong saw the Governor with the courtesy of the lower officials, and the poor Young Master Liang could only salute along.

Zeng Guofan raised his hand to let the two of them get up: "Chunfu, I haven't seen you for many days, your children are so old?" In fact, he naturally knew that Rong Hong had not yet married a family, this was a joke, to relieve the boredom of talking with Zhao Liewen just now.

"My lord, you are laughing at me again, this is my junior brother of Morrison School in Hong Kong, surnamed Liang Sihan, is the eldest grandson of the Liang family of the Thirteen Lines of Tianbao in Guangzhou, my younger brother is terrible, determined to develop education, and now wants to buy land in Shanghai to run a school, imitate the West to run a university, to name it University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, and want to cultivate science and engineering talents for the dynasty, so Rong Hong specially brought him over, one to report to the adult, and the other to ask the adult to officially name the school." Rong Hong has returned to China for more than ten years, and his speech and demeanor are close to the current officialdom etiquette.

Zeng Guofan smiled: "Science and engineering talents, it's a bit interesting, I don't lack Confucian students in the Qing Dynasty, only lack of talents who know about things, I searched all over the country to find a few of you, and now you are all in this Jiangnan Bureau." With this vision alone, this kid is not simple" Then he turned his head to look at Zhao Liewen and asked, "Huifu, what do you say?" ”

Zhao Liewen nodded: "I am a big country, and there are many capable people, this kid has such ambitions, it is really the luck of the people of the country, and my generation is not as good as it."

Zhao Liewen's evaluation was so high, everyone was surprised, Zeng Guofan knew that he was a strategist with a very high vision, but today he praised a child, and he was also a little puzzled. But now it is inconvenient to ask in detail, so he looked at Liang Sihan and watched it for about half a minute (legend has it that Zeng Guofan was good at face-to-face skills) before he spoke: "I have no experience in running this kind of Western-style school, but it must cost a lot to think about it. ”

Young Master Liang was neither humble nor arrogant in the face of the governor's majesty, and immediately stepped forward and replied: "Your Excellency, please forgive the boy."

"But it doesn't hurt to talk about it."

"When the boy was seven years old, he entered the Morrison School in Hong Kong, and most of his studies were Western knowledge, and he understood the general situation of the Western powers such as England and France, which were also ruled by the same dynasty as the Qing Dynasty, and the reason why they obtained strength was the knowledge of this kind of knowledge, and now the European and American powers are full of this kind of university, and thousands of students graduate from these schools every year, and devote themselves to the invention and creation of various science and technology, they have manufactured trains, ships, textile machinery, telegraph communications and other civilian products, It also manufactures military products such as warships, cannons, gunpowder, and various guns. But this is just the beginning, in the future, more civilian goods will be produced, and more powerful military weapons will be manufactured. ”

Amazing! It's definitely deafening! This should be the national strategy considered by the princes of the dynasty and the person sitting on the dragon chair, but it came out of the mouth of a young man who was a businessman, Zeng Guofan and Zhao Liewen glanced at each other, the governor smiled bitterly, but his staff was deep-sighted.