The Zhenyuan, the flagship of the "Dudu ......", sounded the whistle, and the fleet sailed out of the mouth of the Bohai Sea and into the Yellow Sea. In the distance, from the direction of Weihaiwei, two large, five and seven warships came. The first two hulls

Huge are the two first-class ironclad ships Jiyuan and Weiyuan, which belong to the same improved Saxon type as Dingzhen and Dingzhen, and their straight sides are shaped to look more like a slender pencil case than to later generations

It is said that Bismarck, in order to get the payment for China's huge shipbuilding, personally inquired about the construction of the second ship, and in fact, this class of ironclad ships can also be called complete

A masterpiece of the German shipbuilding industry in the 80s.

With a displacement of 7,335 tons, thick and shiny armor looks extremely solid, and the perfect protection composed of armored forts and waterline armor provides them with great survivability

In the Battle of the Yellow Sea, Dingyuan and Zhenyuan were hit by nearly 400 rounds of bullets, but they still stood still and sailed back to Lushun smoothly, which was called the "unsinkable ship" at home and abroad. As for the firepower, although due to rapid-fire guns

After its appearance, the Qing Dynasty government still did not modify it, making the Dingzhen two ships not as dazzling as them in defense, but its four 305mm giant guns distributed according to the ridge line did not have one in Asia

The armor of a warship can stand up. Historically, Zhenyuan almost sank the Sankei ship with a single shot and withdrew the Japanese Navy's flagship Matsushima from the battle. In this time and space of Guan Xuqing, because of the development of ships

He is more familiar with history, of course, it is impossible to ignore the rapid-fire gun modification of the Dingyuan-class ironclad ship again, and now the Ding, Zhen, Ji, and Wei ships have all dismantled the two 150mm Krupp breech guns and the ship's side on the stern terrace

Four 75mm Krupp sampan guns on either side. It was changed to 6 120mm rapid-fire guns produced by the Jiangning Arsenal (formerly Jinling Machinery Bureau) of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau.

Following the Jiyuan and Weiyuan ships were six cruisers that were significantly smaller than one size, "Riding the Wind", "Breaking the Waves", "Sailing", and two cruisers purchased in Britain in the 11th year of Guangxu

Eagle", "Sea Lion" and the "Rise" built by Jiangnan Shipyard in imitation of "Chengfeng".

With the help of German and American experts, the Jiangnan Shipyard imitated the "Rise" protective cruiser based on the "Chengfeng", and the water volume of both legs is about 5,700 tons, although some passes of the Rise

The key parts, such as armor and steam turbines, were still produced abroad and then shipped back to China for installation, but he was a new class cruiser that was successfully built in China, and the Rise was a dome cruiser. he

The hypothetical task is. After the main fleets of the north and south fought with the combined Japanese fleet, they caught up with and destroyed the Japanese cruisers that escaped with injuries, so they were required to be extremely fast and powerful

firepower, so no matter far or near without strong pressure ventilation technology, it is easy to run at a speed of 19 knots. This means that in a wartime situation, neither of Japan's active cruisers, including the fastest Chiyoda, can escape

The ship's palm, and its armament of 2 203mm Armstrong breech guns, 10 120mm Jiangning rapid-fire guns, can completely sink one-on-one including the Sanjing ship with 320mm giant guns and has a "matchbox."

"Any Japanese cruiser known as the Mu Bang.

These eight warships, together with Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, are the latest nine warships of the Beiyang Fleet, and they also constitute the entire main force of the Beiyang Naval Division.

After waving the banner of "Wishing the Emperor Happiness and Longevity, and the Prosperity of the Qing Dynasty," eight Beiyang warships led by Lin Yongsheng joined the visiting fleet. For some purpose, Guan Xuqing's this

The visit was semi-secret in nature, and everyone from the cabinet down to the prime minister's yamen was kept shut up, and even some foreign ministers in Beijing did not know about his departure from Beijing. In fact, it is very necessary

For example, after the Russo-Japanese War, the United States intended to sign an alliance with China to jointly curb the rapid expansion of its power in the Pacific region

The expansion of Japan was very beneficial to China, which was poor and weak at that time, and was trapped internally and externally. However, Tang Shaoyi, who was in charge of the negotiations, had not yet gone abroad, and Japan was the first to get it from the Chinese Premier Yamen

Shocked by the news, the Japanese Government immediately sent a telegram to the Chinese ambassador to the United States to hold consultations with the United States -- not only repeatedly expressing its willingness to improve relations with the United States, but also promising that Japanese immigrants would flow to the DPRK and Xian and China in the future

The Northeast will no longer be the United States, and Japan will no longer cause problems for the United States because of immigration. But it demanded that the United States recognize its "freedom of movement" in North Korea and Northeast China.

On the other hand, at that time, China did not have direct ships to the United States. Tang Shaoyi could only go to Tokyo, Japan, to change to a Japanese mail ship to visit the United States. When I arrived in Japan on the way, the Japanese government resorted to its usual small amount

Clever. He was welcomed with great ceremonies and courtesy, and arranged for celebrities from the political, business, literary and artistic circles, and academic circles to visit him in an endless stream

The pomp and circumstance of the banquet made me dizzy, and it was inconvenient to make the trip. At the same time, in order to prevent him from seeing the flaws, the Japanese side also instigated protests among the Chinese revolutionaries in Japan through groups such as the Black Dragon Society

With the encouragement and even connivance of the Japanese police, the bloody youth demonstrated, protested, and harassed outside Tang Shaoyi's lodging – and sadly, they did the same when it came to expressing patriotic fervor

A tool with ulterior motives in Japan. Whenever the heat was almost over, the Japanese police would come forward to disperse the crowd, and then detained Tang Shaoyi with such words as "crowd sentiment" and "fear of assassination."

He was strongly persuaded to stay a little longer under the protection of the Japanese Government.

On the one hand, Tang Shaoyi's itinerary was delayed, and on the other hand, diplomats were sent to actively negotiate with the United States, and on the day Tang Shaoyi arrived in the United States, he was hit on the head, and Japan and the United States reached an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters

It became the "Luotuo-Gaoping Agreement", the main content of which is: the two countries maintain the status quo in the Pacific region, abide by each other's territorial possessions in the region, and maintain the principle of equal industrial and commercial opportunities in the region.

to encourage the free and peaceful development of their respective businesses; The two countries will use all peaceful means to safeguard China's independence and integrity, and uphold the principle of equal industrial and commercial opportunities for all countries in China. The wording of the Ringray Agreement is quite elegant

Emperor, obscure. But the implication is clear: Japan pledged no territorial ambitions for the Philippines and other U.S. possessions in the Pacific, and the U.S. promised Japan a "peaceful means" release in northeast China

hand to expand power.

Therefore, on this visit, Guan Xuqing did not let the Beiyang Navy Division line up in a grand lineup to pick him up in Dagu, but gathered on time on the route in accordance with the ocean-going training conducted at this time of year.

Once a year, the sailors of the North and South Oceans undergo ocean-going training, either across the equator to Burma on the shores of the Indian Ocean, or across the Pacific Ocean to the west coast of the United States. Such training though because of China

There are no overseas ports and it costs a lot. However, it is extremely beneficial to the improvement of the ability of naval soldiers to shoot, sail, and repair damage under wind and waves, and Guan Xuqing has always believed that only training that is close to reality is training

so that the soldiers will not panic in wartime. So, although military spending has been cutting in recent years, the cost of training for the Navy. At the behest of Guan Xuqing. The household department still did not deduct at all

。 In recent years, although the domestic economy has developed to a certain extent. However, the actual increase in local fiscal revenue was not much. First, in order to lighten the peasants' burdens and ease the class contradictions in the country, there has been a major reduction in the past few years

Only land tax was levied on the peasants' miscellaneous expenses, which made China's finances, which were based on agriculture as the basis of its economy, lose a big piece of the cake. Second, in order to promote the development of industry and commerce, the provinces set up those roads

More than half of the card and tax bureaus have also been abolished, and when industry and commerce have not yet developed, and the gap can only be borne by the central government when industrial and commercial taxes are used to fill this vacancy; Third, in previous years, they fought one after another

war, the foundation accumulated since Tongguang has been fine, and he still owes a lot of war debts, which have not been paid off yet, so it is another sum; Fourth, after the war, British and French businessmen made a comeback, Germany

The United States also seized the market by signing new land treaties, while some Chinese factories that made their fortunes on war orders lost buyers

The magnitude of the blow also affected the growth of fiscal revenues. In addition, due to the abolition of the system of selling officials, there is no income from donating officials, and there is a deficit of several million taels of silver every year.

Although there has not been much growth in fiscal revenue, there is no shortage of places to spend money. Let's just talk about the four major things that Guan Xuqing has been paying close attention to in the past few years, the reform of the bureaucratic system, the popularization of basic education, and the railway wharf

Construction and the modernization and reorganization of the army, which is not a matter of spending money like water.

The reform of the bureaucratic system, which has modernized government institutions and functions, will inevitably add many new institutions and official positions, such as the establishment of local courts and judges, and the establishment of prosecutors and prosecutors

, the establishment of the police station, the establishment of the tax bureau, the establishment of the transportation bureau, etc., these institutions all need new office space, and if they have a space, they must recruit people, which naturally has to be financed from the state treasury

Go out;

Needless to say, the importance of the popularization of basic education is still in the ears of the famous aphorism of later generations: "No matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education." Therefore, Guan Xuqing has always been open to the state's expenditure on education

Allocate money. In the past three years, in the eastern and central regions, at least one county school (junior high school) and several township schools (primary schools) have been basically realized in each county. Some of the large prefectures also have fugaku (high schools) and one in the west

Some ethnic minority areas. New schools have also been set up in big cities such as Suiyuan (Hohhot), Ulaanbaatar, Yili, and Dihua (Urumqi), and now the national literacy rate in Daqing has increased from five

The proportion of education expenditure in the Qing Dynasty's fiscal expenditure has remained above 20 percent for a long time, and even reached 25.7 percent last year.

This made the other ministries and yamen look at Rong Hong, who was in charge of the Ministry of Rites;

The days at sea were dull and boring, and Guan Xu cleared up chatting with the officers and men on the ship every day to learn about the situation of the navy, and he was standing on the bridge and thinking about the sea view while looking at the sea

。 Of course, I won't forget to accompany my wife!

The financial constraints naturally affected the expansion of the navy, and in the past few years, except for a few warships that had already been determined to be built. The North and South Ocean sailors added up to the "Rise".

The capital ship, in addition to the ironclad ship that has been successfully developed and is already under construction. It's far worse than the neighbor who has a strip of water.