Chapter IX Royal Naval University

Guangxu took the edict written by Cixi on the paper wrapped in dim sum, and the edict said that the Qing Emperor was appointed as the president of the Imperial Naval University, just these words. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In fact, Cixi didn't plan to be serious, a 16-year-old child, she hadn't begged her since she was a child, and one day she was making trouble, crying while eating, she had to be the principal, she couldn't beat it, she couldn't scold it, she couldn't scold it, write a note and let him play!

Guangxu is not in the mood to play, there is still a foundation for the construction of the Naval University, Guangxu has already had a plan in his heart, and he rebuilt it on the basis of the Beiyang Naval Academy, which was officially completed in 1881 in 1881 by Li Hongzhang, the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang. The site of the school is located next to the East Machinery Bureau in the east of Bali in the east of Tianjin and the northeast of Dazhigu. During the founding period, Wu Zancheng was ordered to serve as the general office of Tianjin Sailor School, due to poor health, when the school was about to be completed, Li Hongzhang recommended Wu Zhongxiang to take over as the general office of Tianjin Sailor School. Yan Fu, a famous Enlightenment thinker, responded to Li Hongzhang's move and was transferred from the Fujian Shipbuilding Bureau to serve as the chief teacher of the Tianjin Sailor School.

Guangxu he soon issued an edict to let Wu Zhongxiang and Yan Fu enter Beijing to see the driver, and at the same time inform the whole country of Cixi's appointment by telegram, and the next thing Guangxu has to do is to wait, in fact, at this stage, everything can not be done by Guangxu, look at the achievements of the Beiyang Naval Academy over the years, it is very gratifying, as long as you pay attention to it, as the first naval school in northern China, he will definitely develop very well.

It was in such a difficult situation that there were also many celebrities who were admired by future generations. For example, Xie Baozhang, the father of modern female writer Bingxin, Li Yuanhong, president of the Republic of China, and Mr. Zhang Boling, a well-known famous patriotic educator and founder of Nankai University, also studied at Tianjin Sailor School. During her time at the school, Zhang Boling was eager to learn modern science and was the best student in the driving department of the school. Due to the influence of Yan Fu, a modern enlightenment thinker and educator, and the then general office of the school, he later embarked on the road of saving the world and opening education.

The Tianjin Naval Academy has enriched the Beiyang Naval Division with many military and technical personnel. Li Hongzhang made a special performance for this and asked for an award for the Tianjin Water Master School.

At the beginning of the establishment of the school, a detailed and strict charter was drafted, and specific provisions were made on the recruitment conditions, study period, treatment, rewards and punishments. One year after the school opened, the number of places was not full, the results were not obvious, and there were "few outstanding talents" among the students recruited. Li Hongzhang revised the original articles of association and announced it to the people. There are two key points in the revised charter: one is to improve the salary, and change the original "monthly allowance for students to four taels per month". This means that once a student is selected for the school, even a family of eight will have a guaranteed life. The second is to increase the reward, "If the students here are successful, they will definitely be awarded for excellence and hired."

After the revision of the charter, the appearance of the school gradually changed, and the number of students increased. The duration of study is 5 years, in order to train naval talents for the Beiyang Navy Division and reserve technical strength, the main disciplines are two subjects, namely driving and wheel management. The school has Chinese and foreign teachers to teach, English is the main subject, and the courses offered include geography, algebra, geometry, water, heat, astronomy, climatology, drawing, surveying and gun drills, torpedoes, use of mechanical instruments, etc. The purpose of studying the Chinese scriptures two days a week is to "teach the scriptures to clarify the great righteousness, to teach the literature to understand people, to reduce their spirits, that is, to cultivate their roots." "After the completion of the course, students will go on board for internship, in order to integrate theory with practice.

It is a pity that the heavens did not give the Qing enough time when the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Tianjin. The invading army captured the Dagukou Fort, and then drove a large number of men and horses into Tianjin. During this period, a unit dominated by the Russian army poured countless shells, and the Tianjin Machinery Bureau, which was founded in 1868, became a battlefield. So far, a machine bureau with huge investment and painstaking operation for more than 30 years and a sailor school that has been operating for 20 years have all been destroyed by foreign powers. It is a pity that the achievements of these Westernization movements were originally founded to resist foreign enemies, but they were eventually destroyed by foreign enemies, and the place where they were located lost China's sovereignty.

This kind of thing must not happen here in Guangxu, everything is to be rich, the current Guangxu is cleaner than the face, he believes that the future of China under his leadership will be very rich, but it is far from quenching the thirst of the near, there is no way.

Emperor Jiaqing has a good father, he left a Heshen when he died, and he felt that he was full in Jiaqing, but the brother above Guangxu didn't leave him anything, this "Heshen" Guangxu had to find it himself, and it was not so easy to get it.

He is waiting for the arrival of a person, this is Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang is now the minister of Beiyang, mainly responsible for the trade and trade in the north, almost all of the north is widely involved with him, this old man is one of the few people who understand in the Qing Dynasty so far!

Guangxu was not idle when he was waiting, he drew a few drawings of the Mauser gun and AK47, Guangxu's previous life and those professional military personnel can not be compared, but out of a man's hobby or obsessed with the military for a long time, and then earn money, earn money, earn money these three things, polished him, for this hobby also put down, now with a brush to draw these drawings, that familiar and cheerful with the tip of the pen flowing, it feels like swinging, there is a feeling of flying.

Li Hongzhang came, saluted Guangxu and asked him to stand beside him, let him see the drawings that had just been drawn, Li Hongzhang looked at it carefully, he was stupid, he had never heard of the emperor having this craft, and he had never heard of someone teaching the emperor, his teachers, represented by Weng Tonggong taking a piece of goods, were very sour, his brain was spinning rapidly, and he couldn't figure out why, only staring at Guangxu, after Guangxu painted, he glanced at him, put down the pen, and sat down.

Pointing to the more than 20 detailed drawings in front of him, he said: "I don't remember some of the detailed parameters on this too really, you can let the craftsmen test it a few more times to calculate the most reasonable parameters for manufacturing." In addition, after you go back and return the drawings, you will copy twenty copies, and each one must be carefully kept.

Especially Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangguang, must be handed over to him!

Li Hongzhang has long wanted to make guns by himself, but the foreigners are only in the technical blockade and do not buy them for the Qing Dynasty, so now Li Hongzhang's ordnance institute in Tianjin can only make bullets.

The old man was still thinking, "I was called back to reality by the old man, the old man, the old man's several summons"

Guangxu said, I have been crowned the president of the Naval University by the Queen Mother, but now we do not have a naval university in the Qing Dynasty, I am ready to expand the Beiyang Naval Academy into a naval university, your old man will not disagree, I have asked Wu Zhongxiang and Yan Fu to go to Beijing to report on their work, because I want them to be the vice president of the Imperial Naval University,

Today, I will take the drawings and copy them, send them to the governors, and send them to the governors, let them try to produce them as soon as possible, and send the sample guns and the calculated production costs to the Beijing Division as soon as possible, and the imperial court will give the results according to the advantages and disadvantages of the guns and the level of production costs. Come and choose to support the establishment of an arsenal, you also have an ordnance institute in Tianjin, try to produce it as soon as possible. 、

There is also the matter of the Imperial Naval University, at the moment the household department can't come up with much money, but the university can't be left out, someone has the money, do you want to come out, this Li Zhongtang, your help, if you want to pay the money, we will give 4-6 points, my Naval University will be 6 percent, and your Beiyang Naval Division will be 4 percent, and then Guangxu asked Li Hongzhang to come over with his ear, Li Hongzhang was dumbfounded after hearing it, is the emperor going crazy.

O blackmailing prince! is still Uncle Guangxude, Minister of Military Aircraft, Cixi's celebrity, that official is not younger than Li Hongzhang, think about the amount of information today is too much, let me wisp!

Just when Li Hongzhang was in a daze, Guangxu said again, Li Zhongtang, you are responsible for the first half, and someone will naturally pick up your plate later, and then I will be a red face, you don't have to express your attitude, someone will come out to sing blackface, you have to mediate moderately, don't let the contradiction be too intense, after all, our purpose is to borrow a little money to use it first, and we will pay it back when we have money later.

Li Hongzhang is completely about to collapse, what kind of logical thinking is this, he has to return it to others, clean up his messy mood, and go home with the drawings.

The first thing I did after replying was to find a craftsman technician to check the drawings, and after learning that the drawings were indeed feasible, I quickly copied them and prepared them for production. But in addition, Guangxu explained one thing, but he was difficult, do you want to do it, listen to the emperor's statement at least 5 million taels of silver, the Beiyang Navy Division stipulates that the cost of a year is 4 million taels, and it has never been given enough, at most it was given 1 million taels, and that's it, the two navies in the North and South Oceans are divided, and 4 percent also have 2 million taels!

The Beiyang Navy Division has not updated its equipment for a long time, and the reserves of ammunition are insufficient, so with this money, it can greatly alleviate the urgent need, but the emperor's method, indeed!

After some ideological struggle, Li Hongzhang decided to do it! Prince Qing! Prince Qing! For the country, for the community, for the Beiyang sailors, and of course, for the emperor! I have to wronged you!

In the end, Li Hongzhang called Li Zhong, the head of the Li Mansion who he trusted the most, to come in.