Before the Spring Festival, the throne of the emperor of the Great Qing Kingdom was finally decided.

Unsurprisingly, it is indeed Zaifeng, and there is no more suitable than him. Zaifeng was very low-key and knew how to reconcile the Manchu-Han contradictions, and he did not move any Han officials or Manchu officials. Even the rules that all officials of the second rank and above required for the necessary rituals to worship the heavens must be present have been changed. Hu Xiaoyan, Zhang Zhidong, and Yuan Shikai were also required not to go to Beijing in person. The local policy Zaifeng even put forward no objection in principle.

Zaifeng's interest made the governors everywhere very satisfied.

The funds of the major royal palaces began to transfer to Shanghai and the banks of foreigners, Zaifeng knew about this, but he turned a blind eye. Regarding the private sale of official positions by Yixuan and others, he also made a big stroke of the pen, without thinking about it at all.

So the Manchurians were even more satisfied.

Everyone was happy, and Zaifeng's position was secured. So he issued an order: appoint his younger brother Zaitao as the commander of the Nine Gates to govern Ma Yukun and Dong Fuxiang's troops, a total of 8,000 military guards. This matter is even more unopposed.

Zaifeng took initial control of the city of Beijing. At least on the surface. Hu Xiaoyan also wittily asked Jiang Yanxing of Beijing City to escort more than 10,000 prisoners to Ma'anshan County with 10,000 people. Without Hu Xiaoyan's new army, Nie Shicheng's subordinates under Li Hongzhang also began to leave the capital and rushed to Tianjin to continue to serve as the governor of Zhili. Gangyi, on the other hand, became the governor of Zhili and controlled the gateway to Beijing.

It was not until the Spring Festival ceremony that everyone discovered that Zaifeng's combination punch had come down, and the new emperor had taken control of the cities of Beijing and Tianjin. Zaifeng really sat firmly in this position.

Li Hongzhang didn't care about Zaifeng's small movements, because he didn't have time to pay attention to these. With the stabilization of the emperor's throne. Peace talks also began.

Naturally, Japan and Russia still demanded more than 50 million in compensation. Britain, France, Germany and other countries began to play soy sauce. They wanted some compensation, but they knew it wasn't likely.

Dou Nale and Klinder also slowly put pressure on Japan and Russia after communicating privately with Li Hongzhang.

Li Hongzhang is not a fool. In this time and space, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has not been defeated, so why should we pay compensation? He did not dare to agree to pay compensation. Zaifeng, the new emperor, is not the old lady of Cixi. This can be seen from the name of Zaifeng's era.

Zaifeng's era name was taken by himself: Xuanwu!

For an emperor like Emperor Xuanwu, Li Hongzhang did not dare to sign any traitorous agreement at all. Every time he went to see Emperor Xuanwu with new terms, Li Hongzhang always felt like he was thorned in his back. This is the first time he has felt this way in so many years as an official.

So Li Hongzhang was "sick". Soon Emperor Xuanwu's enthronement ceremony began on the second day of the Spring Festival, and the peace talks were terminated.

Hu Xiaoyan did not go to Beijing, but he returned most of the antiques dug up from the treasury and one million taels of silver as a congratulatory gift. Regarding Zaifeng's year name Xuanwu, he just smiled awkwardly. Xuanwu is not something that ordinary people can do, there is no absolute strength, Xuanwu is just a joke that is not big or small.

He was holding a telegram with an inexplicable smile.

"Looking at the Governor's expression right now, is there anything to be happy about?" It was Yan Fu who came in.

Yan Fu likes to chat with Hu Xiaoyan very much, and Yan Fu can write the sentence "natural selection of the fittest to survive", of course, he is very open-minded. Hu Xiaoyan's opinions from time to time really made his eyes shine. The most important thing is that the books in Hu Xiaoyan's study are too memorable. Today, Zhang Song of Times China Newspaper is translating those books with a group of students and scholars. There are not only scientific books but also many works by Western philosophers. This is fatal to Yan Fu's temptation.

Hu Xiaoyan put the telegram aside.

"What? Mr. Youling. Didn't go reading today? ”

"My lord, if you don't give me an explanation, you will have to sleep here." Yan Fu smiled bitterly.

"Hahaha." Hu Xiaoyan laughed loudly, "Mr. Youling can come, I can't be happy." ”

Yan Fu had to mention a few words to Hu Xiaoyan every time he came. It's also a question of student allocation.

Shanghai Chengxin University is divided into two parts. One for boys and one for girls. In the first Faculty of Letters, there were only about 100 students. The second had 500 people. There are 400 boys and more than 100 girls. Hu Xiaoyan's official rank has become a second grade, and although the governors of various places have ideas in their hearts, they are still very powerful on their faces. They help Shanghai Chengxin University to recruit students in various places. There were 8,000 students in this class. Many of them are scholars. Very simply, many professors in the Faculty of Liberal Arts are very famous, and the strength of the Faculty of Liberal Arts of Shanghai Chengxin University is no worse than that of the major ancient academies.

Under the deliberate propaganda of the three masters, Rong Hong, Cai Yuanpei and Mike, most of the students were assigned to the Academy of Sciences. There is no way, of course, the rich scholars choose the Faculty of Letters, but the rich ones are a minority after all. The governors were not so kind. More than 7,000 of the 8,000 were from good families between the ages of 12 and 3 or 20. These people are more or less literate, and they are pulled to fill in the numbers.

Of course, these people can't enter the university all at once, but they put up a sign in the university and stuff the middle school. After two or three years of secondary education, these people can go to university. The textbooks for secondary education are all from the United Kingdom and the United States, with some references to Germany. The secondary education system is the same as the university education system. In just two or three years, there will be no shortage of students at Shanghai Chengxin University.

To this end, Rong Hong and Cai Yuanpei held several board meetings and determined about 300,000 taels of silver in student loans to help poor students with their academic problems. There are also many big businessmen who have also contributed money to sponsor some students. These big businessmen are certainly not well-intentioned. The student must work for him for more than three years after graduation to repay the loan. After a teacher from the College of Agriculture of Shanghai Chengxin University and a group of students sat in Lieshan, the grain output of the big farms in Lieshan Town was really at least 10 percent higher than in the past. Needless to say, the major factories are not to mention. With the help of those students from the Academy of Sciences, these students can do simple mechanical maintenance and operation, and there is no need to spend a lot of money from Europe and the United States to hire technicians to come to China to solve these problems. For example, how much is the simplest cigarette machinery worth? If there is a small problem, the Chinese workers may not be able to solve it. How much does it cost to hire a technician from Europe or the United States? How much does it cost to ask the teachers and students of the school to solve the problem?

These big businessmen are very interested in these tangible benefits.

The extent to which the university's practical activities in Shanghai have shocked Shanghai's big businessmen is really visible.

After the students of the Faculty of Arts arrived at 500 this time, Liang Qichao didn't say anything more. Even if these students are divided into classes, the task of each teacher is very heavy, and he now feels that the number of teachers is too small.

Yan Fu came to Hu Xiaoyan to ask for an order. In the past, Hu Xiaoyan's order was worthless, but now the major academies dare not refuse Hu Xiaoyan's order at all. The second-grade officer who holds the army is not small, and he is comparable to the Yamen of the Anhui Mining General Department of the Seventh Grade. What's more, he is backed by Li Hongzhang, the new Zhongtang Lord?

Liang Qichao could only stay in Shanghai because he was carrying a wanted warrant. Since bidding farewell to Hu Xiaoyan half a year ago, Yan Fu has visited the academy in various places, hoping that teachers and students will come to Shanghai Chengxin University. Although Liang Qichao's reputation is good, it is still slightly inferior to Yan Fu at this moment of great change unseen in three thousand years. Although some well-known scholars are willing to come to the university, they are not willing to come without evidence and without a reason. They hope to have a court edict, that is, they hope to have a chance to be famous! Whether I can or not is a question, but whether you please or not is more important.

Of course, it is best to let Hu Xiaoyan, a second-class master, come to the door in person, but if it is really not possible, there will be a sincere conscription order. Literati love face.

For this reason, Hu Xiaoyan wrote a whole day of conscription letters, and there were no printers in this era. Each letter should be written in person to show your respect. Hu Xiaoyan wrote that he was soft-handed, and Yan Fu asked again, but Hu Xiaoyan could only avoid it, but this time he was caught by Yan Fu.

"Okay. I write. Hu Xiaoyan reluctantly agreed.

After writing the letter to the call-up, it was already completely dark. He looked up to see Angel sitting across from him, asleep on her stomach, and the bowl of soup she was holding in her hands was already cold