Chapter 15: The Envoy from the North

Yijing, the nephew of Emperor Daoguang. Born as a guard. He has successively served as the commander of the capital, the secretary of the ministry, and the co-organizer of the university. In October 1841 (the twenty-first year of Daoguang), the British army occupied the three cities of Dinghai, Zhenhai and Ningbo in Zhejiang. In the same month, 18ri was appointed as General Yangwei and went to Zhejiang to handle military affairs. Arrived in Suzhou in early December, stayed for two months, and did not review the army once. On January 25, 1842, I dreamed that the British army "got on board the ship one after another and went out of the ocean", thinking that it was a "good omen", and decided to enter Shaoxing and recover the three cities in one fell swoop. On March 8ri, it counterattacked Ningbo, Zhenhai and Dinghai at the same time in three ways. Due to the leakage of the division, the British army had already prepared and returned defeated, and the British army took advantage of the situation to capture Cixi. He fled back to Hangzhou, and never dared to fight again, but lied about the military situation, covered up defeat into victory, and strongly advocated peace with Britain. He was dismissed from his post for the crime of misleading the country and harming the people. Historically, he has been used since 1843 and served as the deputy minister of Yarkand; The following year, he was transferred to the Minister of Ili. In 1853 (the third year of Xianfeng), he was stationed in Xuzhou to fight against the Taiping Revolution.

At this time, as an envoy of the Manchu Dynasty, he went south to Nanjing, the capital of the Southern Dynasty, hoping to find out the attitude of the Southern Dynasty towards the Manchus, but because the original Manchu officials in Nanjing were caught and released, no one led him at all. When he entered the city, he did not take an inventory, not even the guards at the city gates.

He couldn't help but fantasize: "This Guangzhou's defense is so lax, I don't know if it can steal the city with a surprise attack?" ”

But what he felt extremely strange was that since he entered the territory of Nanjing, he was dressed in official uniforms, hugging him back and forth, but only Xiaomin occasionally stopped and looked at him with a smile, and those so-called public officials didn't even pay attention to him. He was in Bengbu, pulled a passer-by at random and asked where the yamen was.

"Alas, it's still an official from the north, it's amazing. Haha, let me tell you that we don't have a yamen in Bengbu, you have to find an official to go to the city hall, and you have to sue and go to the court! ”

Seeing that the passer-by's tone was not good, Goshha raised his horsewhip and wanted to whip him, but the passer-by was a timid man, and shouted: "Beat people, beat people, jingcha, jingcha, where is jingcha?" ”

Before the horsewhip fell, I saw several jingcha wearing black sè uniforms suddenly burst out of nowhere, raised the jing's stick in their hands, and blocked the horsewhip.

Yijing didn't want to argue with Yicao people, but when he saw that Jing Cha was coming, he thought it was a local official, so he said: "Okay, this official is a special minister of the imperial court, come to recruit Fuer and others, quickly lead me to meet your leader." ”

Ignoring him, he turned to Goshha and said, "Sir, please don't harm the safety of others, and if you don't listen to the advice, I will arrest you according to the law." ”

The passer-by thought that this jingcha was an idiot, grabbed his shirt and said loudly: "jingcha, jingcha, this person is an official from the north, hurry up and take him." ”

Jing Cha didn't seem to have heard of it, and after Jing told a few people who were stunned, he closed the team.

When the passer-by saw Jing Cha, he couldn't figure it out in his heart, but it didn't mean that he would continue to stay here and suffer a loss, so he immediately smeared oil on the soles of his feet and ran away.

Yijing and the others were like entering the Grand View Garden, although the pedestrians on the street were afraid of them, but they did not kneel and saluted, but only showed them the way, how to get to the city hall.

When Yi Jing arrived at the city hall, he thought that this difficult journey was over, but the security guards standing guard at the gate said that they did not have a work permit and did not have permission to enter the city hall.

A few goshkhas, who had already been holding their breath, immediately beat up the security guard, and before they were satisfied, a large group of jingcha came out, put a few goshha with three punches and two kicks, and then said to the air: "You have violated the public security management regulations and beaten up public officials, and you are now arrested, and you have the right to remain silent, but every word you say will become evidence in court." ”

Immediately, Yijing's team was reduced in this way. And Yijing only feels that the autumn breeze is cool, and life is so aggrieved.

In the end, he passed through Nanjing and his party, but he never saw a serious 800 official, and he also quarreled in the Jing Inspection Bureau in Bengbu City. Yijing asked Jingcha to let those Goshha out, Jingcha said, no, the case is being handled, and you need to wait for 48 hours for bail, and you can take the person away after paying the bail. Yijing finally couldn't bear this offense and was ready to go to Nanjing to ask for an explanation, however, the trip to Nanjing was destined to be a copy of Bengbu.

On the way back, he handed over two hundred oceans to bail out a few goshkhas, but all the vicious words were constantly brewing in his mind: great rebellion, no king's law, and forgetting the ancestors......

The attitude of the officials along the way to Yijing also shows Lin Hong's attitude, that is, I pretend not to see it, there is no person like you in the world.

The Chinese Empire did not establish a communication mechanism with the Qing Dynasty at all, did not recognize the attitude of the two sides as a country, and did not recognize that there is a person like you in the world, and a country like you. Of course, people with a little conscience who said such shameless words were ashamed of Lin Hong, but before Lin Hong dealt with the matter and planned to clean up the zhèngfu, he regarded himself as an ostrich with his head buried in the sand.

There is no such person as you in the world, I don't know you, I can't see you.

To put it simply, the Chinese Empire thinks, China, that's mine. What the? The Qing court, I don't know, doesn't seem to have such a thing.

Of course, in the face of history, Lin Hong would never do this.

He just treated the Qing Dynasty coldly.

The first is to express contempt for the Manchu regime, and the second is to express dissatisfaction with the long-standing Chinese people who have found masters for themselves and are willing to be slaves.

Lin Hong is now unable to complete the task of national unification in the short term, the land dispute between the south and the British has not yet been resolved, and domestic reforms are still continuing. The most important thing is that the ethnic composition in the north is more complex, the area is also broader, and the number of troops used for unification needs at least about 500,000, and now all the troops of Lin Hong add up to just over 300,000, although the recruitment of the system army is very fast, but it is very expensive, and more importantly, Lin Hong himself has realized that everything in the system is a powerful locomotive, with the original decay of the body to the light, so the main body of the Chinese Emperor ** team and the root are still the ordinary people under Lin Hong's rule.

In November 1833, just as the angry Yijing rushed to Běijing to file a complaint, the first university in Nanjing, Nanjing Imperial University, was established. In Lin Hong's plan, Guangdong, Nanjing, Zhejiang, Taiwan and other provinces need to establish at least five universities within three years, and Shanghai and Hong Kong must have a comprehensive university in all fields to meet the people's aspirations for higher education. At this time, Nanjing University was not only a base for Lin Hong to open the science and technology tree, but also to pave the way for the scientific and technological achievements of his country in the future (to cover for getting science and technology from the system).

Originally, the scholars were full of expectations to enter the "Guozijian", but when they bought the college entrance examination review materials that could be bought in every bookstore, they were all dumbfounded.

"What, there are still arithmetic problems?"

"yes, this is more like a craftsman test, what kind of chemistry?"

The ubiquitous propaganda committee appeared again, began to patiently explain to everyone, and began to trace the ancients with a smile on his face, saying that he had forgotten all the six arts of the gentleman (Shushu Lile shè Yu), and dared to call himself a scholar; I don't know what to know, and I read the dead book for the whole time, which is not beneficial to the country and the people.

Finally, the propaganda committee member said: "This exam, because of the implementation of the new education system for the first time, so the question is simple, which is based on the past education of the majority of scholars, with the passage of time, the problems involving mathematics and physics and Gewu will become more and more difficult, and the examination will gradually be refined, so, hehe, everyone is good for themselves." ”

"Why is the imperial examination of the New Dynasty so peculiar, how is it good to ask me to wait for scholars?"

"You didn't see the newspaper say that this is a great change that has not been seen in my China for 3,000 years, the country is weak and the people are stupid, so that they were defeated by the hands of Yingyi, only by working hard and implementing new learning can we save the country and benefit the people, and extend my China."

"Hmph, this is to forget thousands of years of saints and humanism, if we continue to toss like this, how can we scholars have a way to come out in the future?"

When the propaganda committee heard this, he smiled slightly: "Thousands of years ago, Confucius didn't have it, so where is the way out?" Now it is a realm where the country will die if it does not change, and it will be common if it changes. If you don't know the general situation, you don't know how to advance and retreat, so it doesn't matter. ”

At this time, a well-informed scholar suddenly said: "This college entrance examination seems to be just a test to enter this university, not the usual imperial examination. ”

A few disillusioned scholars asked the propaganda committee member again how the civil service examination was, and the propaganda committee member said: "Hehe, it is similar to this college entrance examination, but there will be more strategies, but it is necessary to needle the disadvantages of the times, and there is something to say. ”

Later, a scholar said: "I don't see anything that is not done, I have been hanging beams and cones and thorn stocks, and the cold window has come over for ten years. Besides, although the public examination was abolished, it was a test of some real kung fu, and the corrupt people were not successful. Now it is a new dynasty and a new atmosphere, and my peers should work harder, so I will go home and review first. ”

When several people heard this, they also felt justified and said goodbye and went home.

The propaganda committee member added: "If you don't understand something, you can go to various middle schools in Nanjing to ask the teachers." ”――

Some people study and become officials, and some people run factories as businessmen.

Since Governor Yin sent Wu Bingjian to prison, the basic handling of the unclean of the Thirteen Banks has been thorough, and the important thing is not to scrape money, but to correct business behavior and anti-monopoly. The empire set up customs offices in Guangdong, Shanghai, Xiamen, Keelung, Hangzhou, and Hong Kong, and merchants could sell their goods overseas only by paying taxes.

After the implementation of many commercial incentives, businessmen of all sizes suddenly felt that they were in heaven, customs officials did not take favors, did not accept favors, and the city hall did not collect rewards casually, and for a while, businessmen seemed to be unable to do business.

But soon, Lin Hong taught them how to do business. See, the Lantau brand jing salt produced in this Lantau salt field is as fine as silver sand, crystal clear, far better than the north and other small salt farms made by local methods. See, the pancreas produced in the Shunde chemical factory still has a fragrance, and it is clean and fragrant after washing. See, Yangjiang brand cigarettes from Yangjiang Cigarette Factory, 200 yuan a box, you are too expensive, some people are not too expensive.

Lin Hong built one factory after another, and greatly stimulated the profit psychology of merchants with industrial products far beyond this era. Some merchants approached how to get and sell the goods. Some businessmen directly invested in the shares, and some even directly spent huge sums of money to buy down the factory.

For heavy industries such as Ma'anshan Iron and Steel, Lin Hong used a pistol to coerce and a gold yuan to tempt him, and according to the division of labor and cooperation, the company system, a large number of small handicraftsmen were gathered to improve technology and concentrate production.