Coastal defense is a big problem in Huaguo, and Huaguo's industry can't go up for half a day, and President Meng has been worrying about whether to build warships by himself or ask the powers to buy warships. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In terms of China's current international relations, buying warships is really not as easy to buy as it was in the hands of the Qing court in the original history.

Because Huaguo's army is now too strong and famous, whoever sells weapons to Huaguo will cause dissatisfaction among the great powers.

"Huaguo does not have a foreign minister yet, Zeng Jize is a vice minister, but a more experienced person is needed to be in charge of the foreign ministry." Princess Katrina Kafu said to President Moe.

President Meng just gave Cixi condolences, and his mood was still calming down, so he thought about it and said with a smile: "I have a good candidate, Li Hongzhang." ”

Princess Katrina Kave's eyes lit up, "Yes, Li Hongzhang is a very good candidate, on the one hand, none of the officials from the Qing court have a real shortage, let Li Hongzhang take office, you can also dispel a lot of gossip, saying that after our Huaguo crossed the river and demolished the bridge, and deceived the officials of the Qing court to surrender, we tried our best to make it difficult, and it was assessment and training, but it was not arranged." Not only the former Qing court officials, but also discouraged the enthusiasm of many intellectuals of the feudal landlord class. In addition, with Li Hongzhang as foreign minister, the president's father-in-law will not feel uncomfortable. ”

President Meng sneered, "You think about it carefully, I didn't think about it so much, who has the ability and who is on it, Zeng Jize did not become the Minister of Foreign Affairs, I think his ability is not enough to be competent, although Li Hongzhang's prestige is very high, I still have to observe for a while, you help me find Li Hongzhang, I will talk to him personally." ”

Princess Katrina Kafu nodded, "Okay." ”

President Moe smiled and hugged Princess Katrina Kaf.

Princess Katrina Kafu was about to leave, and smiled shyly, "President, what are you going to do?" ”

"Squat down? What to ask? President Moe pouted.

Princess Katrina Kafu squatted down with a smile, and President Meng hugged Princess Katrina Kaf's neck and kissed the beauty's pink lips, "Hehe, okay." ”

Princess Katrina Kafu was funny and angry, "It's etiquette, the president's kiss is too long, it's too long, it's too affectionate, the president's kiss is too short, and people are all over the place, how to do things?" ”

President Meng smiled, "Give some interest first, and sleep with my Princess Katrina Kafu at night." ”

Princess Katrina Kaaf blushed and kissed President Moe's face and went out.

After the honeymoon period with Jiegege, President Meng was in a good mood, although the international situation around Huaguo is still confusing, but it is still much stronger than the original period of Qing court rule!

Li Hongzhang quickly came over, "President." ”

President Meng smiled: "Teacher, sit down!" I came to you and wanted to ask you to be the foreign minister of China, but I can't straighten it out for the time being, and I have to wait for my mentor to do it for a year and a half, and I have made achievements and served the public, what do you think? ”

Li Hongzhang said in surprise: "Thank you for the president's appreciation, Li Hongzhang is willing to serve the emperor!" ”

President Meng sneered, Li Hongzhang is an official fan, he knows best, "How can you not be happy if you get the only real shortage of the original Qing court members in China?" ”

Li Hongzhang's old face turned red, he didn't expect President Meng to say it so directly, he just smiled.

"However, I have a tricky matter for the teacher right now." President Meng said, taking the telegram sent by the Bureau of Statistics in the Americas.

Li Hongzhang read the telegram and frowned, "President, the purchase of Chinese workers in South America is already an old problem, engaging in diplomacy, I want to protect one person, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

President Meng nodded and said, "Yes." The teacher said. ”

"Rong Hong, Rong Hong is a rare foreign talent among the officials of the Qing court." Li Hongzhang proposed to President Meng.

President Meng nodded, Rong Hong is a person, President Meng knows.

Rong Hong, formerly known as Guangguang, was a native of Nanping Village, Xiangshan County, Guangdong Province (now Nanping Town, Zhuhai City), and a famous educator, diplomat and social activist in modern China.

Rong Hong is the first Chinese student to graduate from Yale University in the United States, and is a pioneer of Chinese students, known as the "father of Chinese students".

In the Westernization Movement at the end of the Qing Dynasty, he facilitated and managed two major events: the construction of the first complete machine factory in modern China - Shanghai Jiangnan Machinery Manufacturing Bureau; The first batch of government-funded children to study in the United States were organized.

In the original history, Rong Hong made indelible contributions to the eastward expansion of Western learning in modern China, the Wuxu Reform and the Xinhai Revolution.

On September 20, 1865, Li Hongzhang established the Jiangnan Machinery Manufacturing Bureau (also known as the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, Shanghai Machinery Bureau, and Shanghai Manufacturing Bureau) in Shanghai. This is the largest modern military enterprise opened by the Westernization faction of the Qing government. Li Hongzhang bought the Qiji Iron Works of American merchants in Hongkou for 40,000 taels of silver, and merged some of the machines of the Suzhou Foreign Artillery Bureau and the machines bought back from the United States by Rong Hong, who was sent by Zeng Guofan, into the Iron Works to establish the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. Shanghai Jiangnan Machinery Manufacturing Bureau is the first complete machine factory in modern China.

In the seventh year of Tongzhi (1868), he proposed to the Qing government four articles focusing on the selection of young children to study abroad.

In the ninth year of Tongzhi (1870), under the repeated persuasion of Rong Hong, Zeng Guofan finally expressed his willingness to send students to the imperial court.

With the approval of the imperial court, in the tenth year of Tongzhi (August 1871), the "Bureau of Kindergarten Going Overseas Operations" was established, with Chen Lanbin as a member of the Bureau and Rong Hong as a vice member. Chen Lanbin was responsible for the study of Chinese during the study abroad students in the United States, while Rong Hong was responsible for the children's education in the United States until the Qing government withdrew the students in the 20th year of Tongzhi (1881).

Among these students studying in the United States, there are 30 people engaged in industrial and mining, railways, and telegraphs, including 9 directors of industrial and mining industries, 6 engineers, and 3 directors of railway bureaus; There are 5 people engaged in education, including 1 president of Tsinghua University and 1 president of Peiyang University; There are 24 persons engaged in diplomatic administration, including 12 consuls and chargé d'affaires or above, 1 minister of foreign affairs, 1 vice minister, 1 ambassador abroad, and 1 premier of the State Council; 7 engaged in business; There were 20 people who entered the navy, 14 of whom were admirals.

In short, except for those who died early, stayed in the United States and did not return, and buried their hometowns, most of them have made due contributions to China's modernization in different positions.

Rong Hong was an outstanding pioneer of China's modernization and a great patriot.

From childhood to adolescence, he received a systematic Western education, and later studied at Yale University, a famous university in the United States.

In order to "instill Western scholarship in China, so that China will become more and more civilized and prosperous", he resolutely returned to the motherland after graduating from university.

He initiated, planned, facilitated, and led the dispatch of the first generation of government-funded students in modern China to study in the United States, actively engaged in social reform activities, repeatedly proposed to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Qing government a series of proposals for the establishment and development of modern Chinese military, political, and cultural development, and vigorously advocated the development of the national economy, education, and industry, and put forward a beautiful blueprint for the development of modern China's railways, water transportation, mining, commerce, and the establishment of a national bank. His life followed the trend of history, kept pace with the times, and made unremitting efforts to make the country prosperous and strong, and made great contributions to China's modernization.

"Yes, Rong Hong will be your deputy and enjoy the treatment of vice minister of foreign affairs." President Meng clapped his hand.

Li Hongzhang was overjoyed, and in this way, Li Hongzhang was even more confident in his diplomatic work.

Peru was the first country in Latin America to establish diplomatic relations with the Qing government in the Qing Dynasty, and the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Peru was directly related to the negotiations on the issue of Chinese workers in Peru at the end of the Qing Dynasty.

After the middle of the 19th century, due to the needs of Europe and the United States and other countries to develop Latin America and the abolition of black slavery, a large number of Chinese laborers were imported into Latin America through Macao.

Between 1849 and 1874, "humble Chinese laborers, numbering between 80,000 and 100,000, set foot on the shores of Pizarro's land".

These Chinese laborers, who were lucky enough to make important contributions to Peru's economic development through the "floating hell on the sea", suffered the most inhumane treatment.

Except for a few who worked on the sugarcane and cotton plantations along the coast, most of them were sent to the coastal islands to do the most harmful work -- digging up guano.

At that time, Peru's "overwhelming idea of an overpower among the lower classes of the cities was that the Chinese were created only for the special interests of Peruvians, and that they were much lower on the social ladder, as if they were only a cut above livestock"!

In 1870, an American minister to Peru wrote to his own government on the question of coolies: "I have come to the conclusion that coolies were treated like slaves in the early days of America."

Some Chinese workers committed suicide because they could not tolerate this situation, and the mortality rate of Chinese workers was alarming.

Rong Hong's survey report on Peruvian Chinese workers submitted to the Chinese government pointed out that "since the abduction and trafficking in the early years of Xianfeng, there have been about 120,000 Chinese laborers in existence. In the past 20 years, it is difficult to count the abuses and deaths of illness. ”

President Moe slapped the table heavily.

Without national strength, without military, there can be no diplomacy.

The British and French bully people, forget it, after all, they are superpowers.

Mom, can Peru and Cuba, which are all guano, ride on the head of China?

This is a pain that President Moe, who does not know much about history, cannot imagine.

"President, don't be too angry, let's leave it to Li Hongzhang and them to handle it, right?" Princess Katrina Kaaf whispered comfortingly.

President Meng sighed heavily, "If there is a navy that can fight across the ocean, I want to send troops to this small country now!" ”

Princess Katrina Kaf nodded, "Well, don't be angry. ”