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The biggest movement in Fujian officialdom this year is that Governor Wenshan lost his official position because of that seemingly trivial matter, and he was succeeded by Zhang Peilun, one of the two major cadres of the Qingliu faction who was in the limelight in the Qing Dynasty, and the other was Zhang Zhidong, who became famous in later generations. The full-text and ad-free novels are all on Aishang Novel Network biquge.info{Aishang Novel Network biquge.info}

The Governor of Fuzhou Prefecture, Yamen, the new Governor Zhang, has also been here for a few days, just in time for the New Year, this era has not passed the Lantern Festival, that is, it is still in the New Year! Now that the new governor has arrived, the old men of the Fujian state capitals naturally have to come all the way to pay a New Year's greeting and send a Cheng Yi.

However, to everyone's surprise, the Governor Zhang's official face Cheng Yi received all the orders, but no one was seen, these state government bigwigs did a little bit, only to get some news from the master Zeng in the yamen, the governor has recently been busy purging the Fuzhou official system and the Fujian water division, let me tell you, the local civil affairs are good to deal with, if there are corrupt officials and corrupt officials, the governor will not be soft.

This news has somewhat made officials in various parts of Fujian feel like they are walking on thin ice, but this news is well-founded, and this is not one of the "Four Advice on the Clear Stream"; at this moment, in addition to serious business, few people come to visit the governor's yamen.

Three days before the Lantern Festival, the faces of several officials outside the inner hall of the governor's yamen turned pale, because the eldest man in the house was in a bad mood today, and the two masters were asking for training inside.

"Master Zeng, I've been here for more than ten days, and the Fuzhou prefect's yamen doesn't have anything to report? Could it be that the people of Fuzhou Mansion are thriving and Pepsi is so peaceful? The first young man in his thirties was asking questions without anger, and this was naturally the new governor Zhang Peilun.

This time he came to take up his post, Chen Baochen had already spoken to him, Fuzhou General Rong Shan was just a banner man general with a yellow belt, and in terms of ability, he was seventeen or eighteen streets behind Governor Ding Richang. The Qingliu and the Beiyang faction have always been at odds, and the leader of the Qingliu Li Hongzao and the Beiyang minister Li Zhongtang are famous rivals in the DPRK, so he must be careful with each other.

"Tell Lord Zhang, this place of Fuzhou has always been business-oriented, and with the toothpaste industry started by Governor Ding last year, the people in the city and the surrounding villages, if they have some money to spare, don't they all do this thing! Ordinary people, who are willing to bear hardships and stand hard work, are basically no problem finding ten taels or eight taels a month! It was Sun Fu's old friend Master Zeng who spoke, and it was naturally Sun Fu's face to say this.

And this time he came to Fujian to take office, Zhang Peilun was naturally high-spirited, thinking about creating some achievements in this southern Fujian, and he was the position of Wenshan, the old minister impeached by Beiyang, and Zhang Peilun naturally understood that this was related to his achievements in southern Fujian, so he was somewhat worried.

Suddenly, I heard that Ding Richang had done such a great act of kindness in Fuzhou, and the people of the state capital benefited and benefited, which made him very surprised, Zhang Peilun raised his eyebrows, and asked curiously: "Master Zeng, I also purchased this toothpaste in Beijing, and it was produced in Fuzhou!" This is probably what Governor Ding poured from the foreigners! ”

"Lord Governor, you don't know this, this thing is definitely the Mawei Shipmaster's own thing, it is said that at the port of Guangzhou, foreigners also bought it in large quantities and sold it to Taixi!"

Qingliu has always opposed Westernization in culture and respected Confucius and Mencius, and the Mawei Ship Master School, Zhang Peilun knew that it was a Western school, and the teachers were all from France and England, which could not be played with the eight poles of Confucius and Mencius.

And the Qingliu party loves to impeach two types of people, one is the corrupt officials and corrupt officials, the other is the feudal officials, from Li Zhongtang, Zuo Dashuai, to the governors of the provinces, that are the objects of the Qingliu party's verbal criticism, this era, the imperial court is no longer like a court, for the feudal officials who are capable of the pen in the hands of Qingliu, but for these officials, if there is no conclusive evidence, the queen mother of the two palaces is just whipped by the pen of Qingliu.

Although the Qingliu party in the DPRK and China is now quite trusted by the two queen mothers of the east and west, and he Zhang Peilun is even more famous for his upright and clear spirit, under his bullet seal, the waiter He Shouci, Shang Shu Qingqu and Dong Xianke have all been deprived of their posts, but it is the turn of those feudal officials to say things, and this Qingliu party is just relying on the pen, and it is all some thunder and rain and small things.

And now the new school that has always made him quite criticized, can even make things that help the people through the world, which makes him feel somewhat impressed, in the past, the Qingliu party attacked the Westernists most often said that it was the Westernists' heavy weapons, and they would only buy Taixi's machine qì and do Taixi's things, although it was called learning from the West, but there was no real measure to help the people, in the eyes of Qingliu, although the Westernists claimed to learn from the West, they were actually Westernized

Zhang Peilun thought of this, and suddenly became interested, this foreign affairs in Fuzhou seemed to be quite different from the foreign affairs engaged in by Li Zhongtang that he knew, he beckoned, "Master Zeng, come, let's go on a micro-service trip, you take me to see the toothpaste industry opened in Fuzhou City!"

"Yes!"

With three or two servants, Zhang Peilun slipped out from the side of the governor's mansion, and it didn't take long to get to Fuzhou, so he was busy running the Fujian sailors, but this Fujian sailors disappointed his wife, there were a total of more than 30 large and small ships, and all of them were sailboats, the largest was only a hundred tons of wooden ships, and the Western warships he had seen must be the gap between Hanako and the prince.

Thinking of this, Zhang Peilun couldn't help but be a little depressed, this old man Ding seems to be very rich, a few days ago I saw the ships of the Nanyang Naval Division, it was very good, although most of them were still wooden-hulled ships, there were also a few new fast collision ships covered with iron wedges, and all of them were steam-powered ships with high boiler chimneys.

Zhang Peilun thought about it, and asked Master Zeng to take him to the city gate first, here can also return Zhang's governor yamen list, which has been operating since the toothpaste industry, and it has been several months, but it looks very new under the list, and the people standing under the list are no longer the officials of the governor's yamen, but two young people dressed as ordinary people.

"Master Zeng, why does this notice look so new?" Zhang Peilun naturally noticed this detail.

"My lord, the notice has been posted for a few months, this is a special order of Governor Ding, posted for a year, so it will be replaced with a new one every few days, Lord Ding said, all the people in Fujian Province can come to learn the art of making zuò and buy machines!" Master Zeng naturally knew that this Qingliu celebrity and Governor Ding, who had a background in the Huaixiang Army, were not so eye-to-eye, so he also pondered the wording when he spoke.

"Oh!" What kind of person is Zhang Youqiao, very shrewd, but the notice of the governor's yamen is not on the side, which is naturally unusual, he immediately leaned up and asked the two young people on the side: "Two little brothers, what is said in this notice is true?" ”

One of the thin young men saw someone asking, and hurriedly bowed his hand to Zhang Peilun, he naturally saw that the person had some identity, no, there were several followers behind him, "This master, this is naturally true, the villain's family has been registered in the yamen, and now he is doing this business, I dare not say that he is rich and expensive, but this hard-earned money is steady!" ”

This Ding Richang is a capable person, not to mention the notice, but also to send someone to show up to say, no wonder the toothpaste industry is booming, this trick also made Zhang Peilun admire.

At this time, there were businessmen and passers-by who were already asking, "Uh, that little brother, how much money can you make from this toothpaste deal?" ”

"Little brother, how much capital does this transaction cost?"

“……”

As soon as the two young men saw that they had work to do, they hurriedly took out a stack of papers, picked up one vertically, pointed to it and said loudly: "This machine, raw materials, and the governor's yamen are all clearly marked with prices, and there is no falsehood. ”

Master Zeng came out from behind at this moment and asked the young man, "Little brother, how many machines did you buy at home, how much can you earn in a day?" This is what Zhang Peilun wanted to ask, he shook the fan in his hand, and waited for the young man to answer with a smile.

"This ...... The price of this raw material is fixed, but the raw material calcite powder and packaging boxes used by our machine can be processed by themselves, and now there are buyers and sellers who specialize in calcite powder and packaging boxes, if you buy it directly, a box of toothpaste can earn ten cents, my family is full of labor, calcite powder and wooden boxes are processed by themselves, and the profit of this box of toothpaste is higher! If you have one machine a day, you can process at least 50 boxes if you work hard! ”

At this time, even Zhang Peilun was shocked, this industry that everyone has done, can have such a full profit, and can let this industry to the people to operate, this is definitely the concept of Confucianism that advocates both the world and the world, and he suddenly has a feeling of shame in terms of the ethics and means of loving the people.

Then he went to the He shop in the west of the city for a turn, and after a while, he saw a strong man carrying a large basket of toothpaste to deliver the goods.

This strong man is obviously an old acquaintance, and when he came in, he greeted the guy loudly, "Brother Sun, I'm here again, help with the inspection, it's done, I'm still in a hurry to go to the Artillery Bureau to buy some raw materials and go home!" ”

"Wow, Brother Niu, you're here again, how many goods does your family produce a day, don't drop the quality, this quality is poor, it's cheap to sell, and it has also dropped the reputation of our Fujian goods!" The guy came over and laughed, but the big man made a joke.

Dahan didn't mean to be angry at all, "Brother Sun, hurry up and check it, the quality of our goods is definitely not bad!" I'm really in a hurry to go to the artillery bureau, let's walk over on two legs, then we have to walk for an hour! ”

"Okay," the guy took out the wooden box of toothpaste and checked a part of it, then marked the box with a red-hot iron seal, and then handed Brother Niu a piece of paper.

"Brother Niu, there are a total of one hundred and thirty boxes today, and the quality is first-class," the guy turned his head sideways and pointed to a piece of paper pasted on the side, "The estimated sales price is 60 Wen, and the price of this raw material is 50 Wen first, a total of six taels and five yuan, and the remaining part will be collected together after the sale!" Right? ”

"That's right! That's right! The big man nodded happily, put the empty basket on his back, took it and hurriedly left.

As soon as he walked out of the gate, Dahan was stopped by Master Zeng, and when he saw the official card that Master Zeng took out, Dahan was startled, and hurriedly argued: "Official, I am doing a serious business, and I have registered in the governor's yamen!" ”

"What the hell!" Master Zeng's official spirit came up, and he calmed Brother Niu with one mouth, "It's no big deal!" Adults have something to ask you a few words, don't panic! ”

“……”

Zhang Peilun came out at this time, "Brother Niu, it's nothing, I just want to ask about this toothpaste business!" ”

"......" Brother Niu was stunned, but immediately enlightened, "Oh, I know, you are the official sent by Lord Ding to pay a private visit to Weifu!" This toothpaste is a good thing, we have idle labor in the village now, so we have found something to do, and everyone can offer Lord Ding's immortal card! ”

Zhang Peilun was also stunned by Brother Niu's imagination, but he obviously didn't mean to correct it, he just asked with a smile: "Oh! That's good, that's good, you said that this raw material is going to be bought from the Artillery Bureau? ”

"Of course, I heard Wan Laosi, who is an errand boy in the artillery bureau in our village, say that this raw material can only be made by using a large machine in the artillery bureau!" Brother Niu obviously knew such information, but when he said it, he was solemn, obviously grateful.

Zhang Peilun nodded, waved his hand and asked Brother Niu to leave, today's private visit to Weifu was indeed effective, some of it made him sigh, and he saw some unusual, especially the Mawei Artillery Bureau actually opened a private industry, but it was also a lot of courage. Artillery Bureau, what's that for...... Where the sharp weapon of the country is, it is actually competing with the people for profit, this matter is led by Ding Richang, and it is obvious that Lao Ding knows about it......

He pondered for a while, waved his hand and ended the trip, and asked about the Mawei ship administration all the way, he has accumulated this half of the world's fame in the past few years, and has sat in the position of the governor of a province, and now the Qingliu faction can only have this status Li Hongzao and Zhang Zhidong, and they are naturally well versed in the rules of officialdom.

Master Zeng is an old official here, the relationship is naturally complicated, he can neither get too close to this kind of yamen old officials, nor can he ignore them, in this Fujian land, too many things need to be handled by these old officials, today it is obvious that Master Zeng intends to show his own news channels, and many things about the shipmaster yamen have passed through his mouth to Zhang Peilun's ears.

The things of this Mawei Ship Administration in the past year sound really amazing, not only did he lose his head, went to a superintendent, but also overturned the official hat of the previous governor, behind these things, Master Zeng naturally did not understand the original truth, but everything obviously pointed to Ding Richang and the new superintendent named Qin Kai under him.

"This Qin Supervisor is good at Taixi's learning, this is an outlier!" After hearing this, Zhang Peilun couldn't help but think that Zhang Zhidong, who had a close relationship with him, was very troubled at the beginning of the opening of foreign affairs in Hubei, but it was very difficult to hire a Western technician for this.

When he returned to the governor's yamen, the little official came up to report, which was too coincidental, saying that Qin Kai, the governor of the Mawei Shipyard, had come to ask to see him, and when he saw that the governor was not there, he left a famous thorn and a paper bag, saying that he was asking the governor for advice.

An overseer who is proficient in Western studies came to ask for advice from himself, a scholar, which was somewhat unexpected, Zhang Peilun pondered for a while in the bookstore and didn't have a score, so he simply opened the paper bag. There were three small pamphlets in it that were not too thick, and he flipped through them, and the names were a bit shocking, "On Sea Power", "On Industrialization", and "The Rise of Empires".

Zhang Peilun thought about it, and first picked up the booklet "The Rise of the Empire", according to his thinking, this should be the Qin governor's strategy written for the needle of state affairs and the rectification of the dynasty, which is also the content that they often discuss in Qingliu's daily life, which is obviously more in line with his appetite. However, apparently he was wrong, and he did not expect that this was a history of the rise and fall of the great powers of the Taixi countries.

From the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, the glory and defeat of the French Revolution and Napoleon, the rise of England at sea, the Franco-Prussian War and Germany's position in Europe, the rise and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the present day of the Holland as a coachman at sea, the current situation of the Meiji Restoration in Japan, and the Industrial Revolution, of course, these materials come from Qin Kaiguang's books.

These materials and information have never appeared on the land of China in this era, even Zhang Peilun, who claims to be erudite, is the first time to see such a detailed history of Taixi and the analysis of the situation facing China, the content of this booklet is not detailed enough, but it is novel, and the most important thing is that it is completely written in vernacular, which makes Zhang Peilun, who is a university scholar, admire and despise Qin Kai's writing.

After reading the first volume, Zhang Peilun seemed to find that it was already the beginning of the month, and the dinner sent by the servant had been heated several times, but after reading "The Rise of the Empire", he had no appetite at all, too much information loomed in the book, and after he thought hard, it was still like a dream, and the real information expressed in the book was like a thick fog, which always made him unable to figure it out.

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Peilun dismissed his plan to go to this bizarre Qin supervisor overnight, fought at night, and finished reading the two pamphlets "On Sea Power" and "On Industrialization", which was no less shocking than the first book "The Rise of Empire". After all, these two books are talking about real national interests.

To give up sea power and overseas territories is to lose sea power, which has always been the representative of the great powers of this era, and it is by virtue of the strong ships and guns all the way from the distant Tessy to expand its power to the central empire in the past thousand years, and "On Industrialization" writes in black and white why the fundamental reason why the British gunboats do not hesitate to travel thousands of miles is to safeguard the commercial interests of Britain and the colonial economy.

Qin Kai asserted at the end of the book that if left unchecked, the Chinese people would become poorer and poorer, and that the Taixi countries and Japan would not hesitate to start from the vassal states of China, gradually encroaching on China's territory, and trapping 40,000 Chinese people as the dumping targets of their industrialization.

This night, Zhang Peilun didn't feel sleepy, after falling asleep, he couldn't help but get up and read a few pamphlets, and stayed up until late at night before he hastily slept hastily.

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