Guan Xuqing's prestige in the court can be said to have surpassed the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, and even more than the original Kangxi, Kangxi killed Aobai, destroyed three times, collected Taiwan, and leveled Geer, but now Guan Xuqing has overthrown Cixi, won the Sino-French war, took Vietnam, seized Burma, occupied the dynasty and Xian, defeated Japan and obtained huge compensation, and his prestige at the age of ten has passed Kangxi

When he announced the southern tour in the early dynasty, but there was no designated route, and the guerrilla attacks were everywhere, this situation that seemed to be not allowed at all at that time did not dare to come out and oppose it

"I'm going to take all the people in the telegraph room with me, and each person will have a radio station, so I can send a telegram," Guan Xu said lightly

"Chirp" everyone did not dare to speak out against it

After deciding to tour the south, Guan Xuqing returned to the Yangxin Palace and looked at the map of the Qing Dynasty, only to find that after years of campaigns, the silver of the imperial court was smashed on the soldiers' salaries, industrial development, purchase of warships, education development, various earthquake disasters, and river embankment repairs, but he ignored the most important point - transportation

When I was about to go out, I found that the development of the railway in the Qing Dynasty was too little, except for the railway from Heilongjiang to Guangdong, which was built from Heilongjiang to Guangdong, there was only the railway from Burma to Shanghai, and the railway was built because of the needs of the Sino-British Burma war to facilitate the transportation of materials

Although there will be no major wars in recent years, and Japan's reparations have been paid one after another, and the Qing Dynasty's trade in Japan has also made a lot of money, no matter how much silver it has, it can't withstand Guan Xuqing's spending method, first bought four 10,000-ton battleships from Germany in one go, and then built ten ironclad ships spontaneously developed by the Qing Dynasty in Mawei Military Port, expanded the entire 1 million troops, opened almost twice as many arsenals and gun bureaus, and the expenditure on military salaries was also doubled, and encountered natural disasters. In order to find such a large construction site near the capital, it took a full 10 million silver dollars to complete the demolition project of that piece of land, and now there are only 5 billion silver dollars left in the treasury, and the cost of letting foreigners help build a railway is too high, and the development of the railway can only be postponed for a while, thinking of this, Guan Xuqing let out a long sigh, it is really not easy to govern a country

"Let's go, let's go to the Liuyang Office to have a look," Guan Xuqing said to Wang Shang beside him

"Chirp"

In order to encourage young people in the Qing Dynasty to stay abroad, Guan Xuqing took out a part of the silver from the household department every year to look for excellent seedlings to study in Germany and the United States, due to the shortage of funds at the beginning, there were only more than 100 people who stayed abroad at the imperial court's silver and public expense every year, and the rest of the people went out at their own expense, and many children of Qing officials were also funded by their parents to study in Germany

At this time, there were officials in and out of the courtyard wearing official uniforms, and there were many students wearing ordinary clothes who came to consult about staying abroad, so when Guan Xuqing and they walked in, no one noticed them

The person in charge here is Rong Hong, who is known as the father of studying abroad, his parents drew a charge on a certificate of "life and death in case of illness, each has a destiny", and crossed the ocean like human trafficking, and went to a foreign country like this, he did not have nostalgia for the good conditions of foreign countries, and returned to the Qing Dynasty, you must know that he got the best diploma

is such a respectable person, and his selection of publicly-funded students to study abroad also makes Guan Xuqing very relieved, because he is really looking for talents for the Qing Dynasty, and will not accept the red envelopes of those officials to go through the back door for others, so that those big officials need to spend money to let their children go out at their own expense

"Oh, the minister knocks on the emperor" Rong Hong hurriedly knelt on the ground

At this time, Guan Xuqing had already walked into the lobby of the Yamen of the Liuyang Office, and Guan Xuqing said with a smile: "Hurry up, hurry up"

"Emperor Xie, why did the emperor come here today?" Rong Hong asked with a smile, in his impression, the emperor had not been here for a long time

Guan Xuqing frowned and said: "Alas, I spend so much money on education every year, but I can't see any effect on governing the country, I need talents, no, domestic talents can't work, I think of you, see what good seedlings you have here, and recommend them to me when you return to China in the near future?" ”

"If you go back to the emperor, the minister really has two people to recommend to you, but the minister originally wanted to go back to the fold in two days, but he didn't expect the emperor to come first," Rong Hong said in surprise

"Why are you going to have two days? Just right, I'll see them," Guan Xuqing said happily

"Isn't the emperor busy opening a company with the Germans recently, it's inconvenient for the ministers to bother, since the emperor has an order, let them come to the emperor today to ask for peace" Rong Hong responded with a smile and turned to the guards behind him and said: "Go, call Tang Shaoyi and Zhan Tianyou over"

Zhan Tianyou?? Guan Xuqing's inner surprise was no less than Wen Ting's telling himself that he knew the Wright brothers, is Zhan Tianyou also in this era? ? This name is quite familiar to Guan Xuqing's ears, it must be very famous in history, but I can't think of what it does, the one who made the atomic bomb is called Qian Xuesen, it seems that he was born in 1911 and there are more than ten years, so what is this Zhan Tianyou doing? It's definitely a talent anyway

"Teacher, you called us?"

Guan Xuqing was thinking wildly, and two young people walked in head-on

"Don't kneel down for the emperor yet," Rong Hong pretended to reprimand

"Huh? Xiaomin asked the emperor to say goodbye," the two knelt down towards Guan Xuqing together

"It's all flat, this is outside the palace, don't be so vain, I am also a scholar, and no one in the world is more noble than anyone else? Isn't it Rong Hong? Guan Xuqing turned around and asked

"No matter what time it is, the courtesy of the monarch and the minister must never be forgotten," Rong Hong said solemnly

"Haha, look at your teachers, or have gone to the United States to study, why are you still full of this?" Guan Xuqing is with these young people who are avant-garde and easy to accept things, as if they have returned to the afterlife

"The teacher is right, no matter what, the courtesy of the monarch must never be forgotten," said a dark-skinned young man, still kneeling on the ground

Guan Xuqing glanced at him and said, "Pingshen, I ask you, what's your name?" ”

"Emperor Xie, Xiaomin's name is Zhan Tianyou," Zhan Tianyou stood up and replied respectfully

"Oh? You are Zhan Tianyou? Just returned from abroad? Guan Xuqing's eyes glowed with gold, as if he had discovered a treasure

"Yes, Xiaomin just came back from the United States, counting that today is only four days, the teacher asked me to help here first, and then recommend it to the emperor when I find an opportunity" Zhan Tianyou said honestly

Guan Xuqing was very satisfied with him in his heart, and in his opinion, there were few people who were both honest and capable

"There's no need to look for a chance, I'm here, you can recommend you to me yourself, what have you studied in the United States?" Guan Xuqing was eager to know what Zhan Tianyou was good at

"Xiaomin studied railway construction in the United States, and now I have only two Daqing Railway, Xiaomin estimates that the emperor will definitely vigorously develop the construction of domestic railways, so Xiaomin has the courage to recommend himself, hoping to contribute to my Daqing railway career," Zhan Tianyou said firmly

Haha, what do you really want to do, just now I was still thinking about developing the railway, and this living talent was sent to me

"Okay, I have this intention, I immediately aim to establish more railway department yamen in the Ministry of Industry, let you be in charge, I want to see that all provinces in the Qing Dynasty can be connected to each other within 10 years" Guan Xuqing looked at Zhan Tianyou with satisfaction, turned to Rong Hong and said: "Rong Hong, you have such an outstanding student, why are you reluctant to recommend it to me, do you have to come here in person?" ”

"I don't dare, I don't know if Tianyou can live up to the emperor's grace," Rong Hong said humbly

"Hehe, if you want to get rich, you must first build a road, and the person who can have this insight will not be a mediocre talent, I am optimistic about you" Guan Xuqing said to Zhan Tianyou, and then asked Tang Shaoyi: "What's your name?" Also back from the United States? ”

"Yes, the emperor Xiaomin, like Tianyou, also studied railway construction," Tang Shaoyi replied nervously

"Oh, then you will help Zhan Tianyou in the future, I hope that in the future, we will build the railway of the Qing Dynasty by ourselves, and we don't have to rely on foreigners for everything," Guan Xuqing said solemnly

"Oh, the minister will live up to the emperor's grace," everyone knelt down together