The grand strategic measures that kill multiple birds with one stone are actually regarded as ridiculous idiots by all walks of life in Europe, which shows that the real master is the wise and foolish.

Luo Yang didn't deliberately conceive anything, how many people are looking for to spray innovation and new thinking, in fact, the real thing is very simple, the more bells and whistles, the more empty straw that fools people,

Looking at the fanatically admiring eyes of the cronies and officials, Luo Yang even scratched his scalp in embarrassment, this is really advanced, it is just the farmer's little Jiujiu,

In order to make this conspiracy more realistic, Luo Yang sent many officials to urge Britain, France, Pjoster and other countries, asking them to speed up the production of ships.

The price, real money, was no joke, and was quickly added to the terms of the contract, so the shipyards of various countries were overjoyed and began to build at full speed.

All the ships at that time were made of wood, even if it was an ironclad fleet, it was either an iron rib or an iron deck, and there really was no all-steel warship from the beginning, which was determined by the construction technology at that time.

In order to ensure that the most important battleships can be obtained among the variables, Luo Yang asked all countries, the four main battleships, to be built first, preferably within half a year, or a few months in advance.

The deposit is not a small amount, more than five million taels, which is a huge amount, in order to raise this money, Luo Yang summoned officials and thought of a way,

At that time, Britain and France controlled China's customs, and all the financial taxes were handled by them, and then they could be transferred to the Chinese government, and the British, Hurd, was still the highest head of customs and taxation, because of the low tax rate of five percent, because of the high salaries of the British and other people in customs positions, so that the income of the customs really reached the government, the proportion was extremely limited, but when the war with the American fleet was brewing to defraud the powers, correcting this problem was absolutely a brain-dead act.

However, urging the customs agency to quickly submit the tax of the month became a reasonable thing because of the war, Luo Yang sent Zeng Guofan as the director of the Customs Supervision Bureau, so that he was responsible for urging the British, and at the same time, a huge agency was formed, stationed in various customs offices, supervision, assistance, for this reason, there was a dispute with the British minister, Luo Yang came forward, and finally reached an agreement,

Zeng Guofan is still capable, he has a problem with one eye, but he can still actively go to work, supervise his subordinates, and mix up almost all customs affairs.

The customs rights of the British have not been weakened, but they are transparent, and in terms of expenditure, there must be no special items, and there must be no excessive expenditures, which is of course a great achievement for the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom.

The rights of the customs must be withdrawn, but the recovery must also have the skills to recover, and it is not yet the time.

Luo Yang re-issued the administrative appointment order to Hurd, appointing him as the director of the General Customs and Taxation Bureau of the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom, this name change means the change of the main body of the country, and it also means that it is a reminder to Hurd: no matter how bullish you are, you are also a small staff member of the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom.

Not only that, Luo Yang instructed Zeng Guofan to conduct an economic investigation on Hurd,

He is an Englishman again, and what he does, he is indeed a government officer of the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom, so he has to act according to the rules.

"You'd better find out for me about his financial problems." Luo Yang is admonishing,

"What if it doesn't." Zeng Guofan has a headache about things involving foreigners,

"Then, you can check his other problems, for example, money laundering, the smuggling syndicate, if it really doesn't work, even if his life is corrupt and degenerate, you have to find out the problems for me." Luo Yang made no secret of it,

"The archon means." Zeng Guofan was quite distressed, this is not a good job,

"We decided to drive Hurd away." Luo Yang said,

"Do you want to lose peace with the British?" Zeng Guofan was worried,

"No, we want to replace a Hurd, knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, although we still use an Englishman, but let these guys understand that they are under our supervision and cannot do anything wrong." Luo Yang handed over the old bottom,

"Okay." Zeng Guofan was overjoyed, he found that this was just a power trick by Luo Yang, so it was easy to say, as long as Hurd was expelled and the British were still appointed, he would not have a stalemate with the British.

Luo Yang made a proposal to the British minister, emphasizing the financial difficulties of the government, sending a team into the customs, which was understood by the British, in fact, this was the first step for China to recover the customs rights, successfully infiltrating the personnel into the customs, and also obtained the right of supervision and management,

At that time, the customs was divided into Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin three parts, three key points, after Zeng Guofan's supervision agency stationed, there were more than 200 people, every day to audit the accounts of the customs, and then recorded,

Hurd, a Chinese expert, thought very openly on this issue, and cooperated with the Manchu government in history very well, he was a lovely person, and in the era of the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom, he was also very gentle, but he never thought that he planted it himself.

The more gentle Zeng Guofan, when he saw Hurd's face, he always greeted him from afar, originally, the Qing court officials were always more embarrassed when they saw foreigners, and now, the etiquette has been unified, and the meeting is to shake hands and bow and so on, which is very harmonious, and these officials, in many cases, wear the same suit and tie, which also makes the British people in the customs have a sense of identity, and the relationship is okay,

However, Zeng Guofan has been working on Hurd's small materials, and after reporting to Luo Yang many times, he expressed his frustration: "Mr. Consul, Hurd is a person with good official morals, he doesn't have any bad hobbies, and his hands and feet are clean." ”

There are no economic problems, is it possible?

"Will he shelter smugglers, it's really rare for customs officials not to be involved in smuggling cases." Luo Yang tips,

"Oh, maybe, then, Weichen, no, no, the lower officials will continue to investigate." Zeng Guofan said,

Zeng Guofan is still capable, no, it finally came out, in three days, a large number of smuggling cases surfaced, there are indeed customs officials and smugglers colluding, pay attention, smugglers, are all foreigners' work,

Zeng Guofan couldn't find out on the surface, so he simply organized an inspection team, and finally ran into a foreigner's merchant ship, which was on the dock, so it involved a wide range of people, although it could not be interrogated publicly, but after secretly interrogating and threatening, those foreigners still confessed a lot of inside information.

Of course, this is enough, but Luo Yang is still not happy, and instructed Zeng Guofan to instigate Chinese businessmen to invite several customs officials to consume, although Shanghai's Shili Ocean Field has not been fully developed, but it has begun to take shape, and Hurd was invited, although he did not go,

In the past, the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom actually focused on this incident, once again emphasizing the country's policy, prohibiting officials from setting foot in entertainment venues, and mandating that all officials involved in it would be immediately sentenced to death.

This is the Chinese government's most severe crackdown on ** activities since the late Qing Dynasty, and the action decree to purify officialdom has been promulgated many times.

As a result, the customs officials and Chinese businessmen were arrested at the entertainment venue.

This is a bureau, several Britons who were arrested and put into the government were released on bail one after another, but they kept their case records.

Luo Yang praised Zeng Guofan and encouraged him to continue to work hard, and then, with the materials in his hand, he notified the British Minister Glo that he was involved in smuggling and violated the official norms, so that Luo Yang's reasons were very sufficient.