No amount of painful pleading could stop the steel-hearted soldier from carrying out the execution. On the Tianzhuang platform, by the Liao River, the emperor said that the bullets could not be wasted on the pocket fee, so the generals brought the big knife for execution from the yamen. Zhou Rongyao's family knelt neatly in a row, and the black pressed pieces were cut off one by one. The people around them just watched the executing soldier raise the butcher's knife and then swung it down.

The soldiers felt more hatred for Zhou Rongyao's family in their hearts, and they thought that killing them was just revenge for their comrades who died in battle, but Guangxu couldn't see it that way." The eight-year-old girl didn't understand why the soldiers rushed to their house and escorted them all here, she didn't understand why she had to be held on her knees with her hands, she didn't understand why the uncles with big knives cut off the heads of her mother and brother, she could only cry and call her father over and over again, hoping that he would tell her clearly. But his father could only cry until her head left her body, and then she stopped crying endlessly.

Zhou Rongyao's eyes were full of blood and tears, and he tried to keep his eyes open and watched his little daughter be cut off by a sergeant. The originally decadent body seemed to be full of strength for a moment, and the sergeant who broke away from the escort threw himself on the little daughter's skull, which had not yet closed her eyes, and wept.

Guangxu stopped the soldiers who wanted to pull Zhou Rongyao away, and watched as a person's head was cut off to the ground as usual, every stream of blood rushing out of his neck seemed to hit Guangxu's heart, and his mouth was full of thick blood, no matter how much tea he drank, he couldn't wash it clean.

Finally, only Zhou Rongyao was left. Look at the blood of the family all over the ground. Zhou Rongyao finally quieted down. Guangxu asked, "Do you have anything else to say?" ”

"The guilty minister asked the emperor for permission to bury the criminal minister's family together. The sinner implicated his family during his lifetime, and atone for his family in the underworld after his death. After that, Zhou Rongyao was prostrate in a pool of blood.

Guangxu nodded: "Filial piety is greater than the sky." I'm right. ”

Zhou Rongyao opened his mouth hard and shouted: "Regret not being at the beginning, heavens!!! Before the sound could be uttered, his head flew into the air, and the blood gushing from his neck was like a bright red silk over the young head of his little daughter. At this moment, the blood flowed like a river......

Look at the corpses all over the ground. Guangxu's heart was gloomy. Zhou Rongyao's 19-year-old son, who was five years old and three thick, was also sent to the army by Zhou Rongyao, and his grades were also in the upper middle. What a good soldier to cut down like this. In the future, the country will also have one less combat power on the foreign battlefield. Even if it is sent to the construction site, it is also a good labor.

Actually, I don't want to, Guangxu said this to himself, but he had to do it. It is better to say that it is to kill a hundred people, or to say that it is an example to kill chickens and monkeys. A lot of times it's just a means. If this bloody massacre can really deter these lawless corrupt officials. So for this country, this governor can also be regarded as a little credit.

Five days later, inside the Wuchang Railway Station. In an ordinary hard sleeper carriage that was temporarily changed to the emperor's train palace, a big man with a masked face was summoned by Guangxu.

"Your Majesty, in the past five days, many officials of the corrupt army have returned the embezzlement to the families of the martyrs, but there are still many officials who do not know. This is the list compiled by Weichen, please ask the emperor to adjudicate. The big man with his face ripped off the cloth, and he was the director of the National Security Bureau, who had never been appointed but was actually in charge of domestic intelligence affairs.

"Man dies for money, and birds die for food. No one can resist the charm of money, but these people have forgotten that a gentleman loves money and should take it in a proper way. Guangxu took the roster and flipped through it casually. There is even a special indication on it that it is the name of a student who has just graduated from the university hall. Guangxu shook his head, and handed the roster to Cen Chunxuan on the side: "For the officials who have been returned, let them submit their resignations, and the others will be according to the regulations of the Hubei Governor's Office." Now that the Qing Dynasty is in constant trouble, it is the time for the sergeants to use their lives, and it is important not to chill the hearts of hundreds of thousands of soldiers for a few officials. I hope that after this incident, the officials of the world should also understand what I mean. ”

"The governor of Huguang has been dismissed, and the Hubei Governor has been subjugated, and Cen Qing has left these two positions to temporarily investigate and deal with the corruption of military merits. Another telegram was sent to the Prime Minister's Office, asking Premier Li Hongzhang to choose another official to take up his post. Corrupt officials must be dealt with, but localities must not be left without chief officials for a long time. Cen Qing paid attention to coordination with the Prime Minister's Office. Leng Jun's meritorious service this time will be rewarded separately after I return to Beijing. ”

Cen Chunxuan took the roster and called the order, but because Leng Jun said that there was another secret report to play, he left the carriage first.

On the platform, Cen Chunxuan finally waited until he stepped out of the car with a smile on his face. Cen Chunxuan hurriedly stepped forward: "Being able to find out such a detailed roster in five days, Lord Leng is really a great merit-"

"Lord Cen is overrated." Leng Jun still said without a smile on his face: "It seems that Zhang Wang's family met the emperor by chance, but where did there be so many coincidences in the world." The matter of Zhou Rongyao, the governor of Hubei, was actually in the plan for a long time, and it was all arranged by the emperor. ”

Cen Chunxuan suddenly realized at this time that Leng Jun had not been in Beijing for a year. Then it is not unusual to be able to come up with the roster in five days. Cen Chunxuan still said with a smiling face: "The emperor is far-sighted, and his subordinates are naturally beyond his reach." It's just that there are so many officials involved in this roster, and I have to ask Brother Leng Xian for advice for my brother, so as not to ruin the emperor's plan for my brother. ”

"The emperor can let Lord Cen act as Huguang, and the emperor must have made a decision. I really don't dare to take it as a pointer. The lower officials have other errands to do, and please ask Lord Cen Haihan to be. ”

"Eh-Brother Leng Xian, why should you rely on people and thousands of miles away. Fang just counted it carefully for his brother, and there were hundreds of officials on the roster. This can be dealt with first, and who comes after can be chaotic. This official is the most familiar to Brother Leng Xian, and this is also official business. Besides, there's no rush for this day. It just so happens that you and my brother have a good get-together and have a drink, and you will definitely not miss the big thing of the virtuous brother. ”

Leng Jun smiled rarely: "Then the little brother will bother." ”

"Where will it be, it is really a blessing for a brother to be able to invite a virtuous brother. Virtuous brother, please—"

On the train, Guangxu walked out of the train station with a smile side by side with Cen Chunxuan in a cold manner, and then instructed Li Lianying: "Let's drive." ”

The train slowly drove out of Wuchang Station. At this point, Guangxu has completed the most important part of the southern tour. The following is a routine inspection and sending the Nanyang elders home. On the same day, a convoy also set off from Wuchang to the south. They set off in the early hours of the morning, and the Tianjin First Automobile Plant has finally achieved results since it was established two years ago. For the first time, 10 vehicles that have completed various in-house tests have begun field testing. This team was personally led by Duan Qirui, and the chief technical engineer was an American - Henry? Ford.

Henry? Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, was the first person in the world to mass-produce cars using an assembly line. His mode of production made the automobile a mass product, which not only revolutionized the industrial mode of production, but also had a huge impact on modern society and culture. Later American scholar Mike? In Hart's book "The 1oo Celebrities Who Influenced the Course of Human History", Henry? Ford was the only entrepreneur on the list. But now Henry? Ford was still a down-and-out auto engineer.

Thomas? Edison's General Electric Company once gathered a company that included Nikola? A large number of high-tech talents, including Tesla. But they all ended up leaving GE for a variety of reasons, and everyone who left GE was included in the list of overseas plundering schemes. Of course, those main engineers who did not leave will also be "forced" to leave. So when Henry? After Ford left General Electric. He didn't know that the people in the American branch of the CIA in the Qing Dynasty were already eyeing him.

Henry? Ford left the Edison Lighting Company along with a number of other inventors, and together they founded the Detroit Motor Company. But the company soon went out of business because Ford was so focused on researching new cars that it neglected to sell them. However, this time the collapse depleted all his savings, and he struggled to invest. When he wants to race his car against other companies' cars to prove that his car is better. He was approached by an investor from the East. Henry? After Ford received a generous promise, plus Nikola? Tesla's precedent, after signing the contract, came to the East to Kaijin and became the chief engineer of Tianjin First Automobile. Thanks to a dedicated internal combustion engine development team, the race car he designed was quickly produced. It's a pity that he was completely denied before he could test it, because Guangxu didn't need civilian cars.

The military secretly took over the car plant. All R&D missions must be in the service of the military. So, Ford's civilian car design was discontinued. The military's design requirements were crammed into the development of automobiles under the guise of safety. This delay is more than a year. Although Ford was not satisfied with the investor's approach, the unconditional construction of sufficient funds and facilities that could meet his requirements made the engineer who was still immersed in the development of automobiles very satisfied. Today, the self-developed car finally left the factory and drove into the road for the final field test.

The convoy of 10 cars was accompanied by more than 500 support personnel, all of whom were carrying sapper shovels and other tools to clear the way for the convoy. Originally, the military chose the north for the test road, because the terrain in the north is flat, and because these cars will be used in the future northern battlefield. But Henry, as the chief engineer? Ford disagreed, thinking that his car should be able to run anywhere, so he strongly demanded that his car be sent to the southern part of the Qing Dynasty for testing, because the road conditions were the worst.

This kind of dispute could not be brought to Guangxu's dragon case, and a decision was made in the internal meeting of the General Staff Headquarters -- to agree to Ford's request. The General Staff Headquarters retained what Guangxu had requested, and analyzed and discussed the advantages and disadvantages of each battle. The conclusion drawn from the summary of the Qing and Russian wars at the beginning of the year is that the reason why the Qing Dynasty was able to quickly encircle and defeat the Russian army was the rapid advance of the army. The second division was able to complete the encirclement of the Russian army, that is, by quickly bypassing the Russian army with a large number of horses and capturing Changchun and Jilin. In the frontal battlefield, a large number of artillery can follow the army soldiers to advance quickly, launch an attack with lightning speed, and it is the use of a large number of prisoners and slaves to forcibly pave the way for heavy enough artillery to move. Gaining the ability to move quickly became a demand of the Qing army from top to bottom. So when the first test car of Tianjin Automobile was produced, the military reached over and held it firmly in their hands.

Automobiles are needed not only for the northern battlefield, but also for the southern battlefield. Since engineers are going to do more rigorous testing, there's no reason not to say yes. There are no roads in the south that are sufficient for automobiles to pass, so in order to ensure the testing of automobiles, the military has specially dispatched 500 engineering troops, which can also be used to train the ability of the engineering troops while ensuring the testing of automobiles.

Henry? Ford was now sitting in the first car in the convoy, and he couldn't help but sigh as he looked back at the huge convoy behind him. Although the Qing state was poor and weak, it was far better to gain the support of an emperor than to obtain investment from merchants in the United States. A factory has not produced a single profit for more than two years, which only an emperor can afford. The car he designed had already been named Ford after the Guangxu Emperor himself, and if these tests passed, the Emperor would ride in his Ford at the New Year's Dinner and recommend it at the New Year's Dinner. Although the assembly line production model he originally envisioned had already been applied on a large scale in the Qing Dynasty, with such support from the Qing Emperor, he really decided to design more and better cars to repay the Qing Emperor's support.

That's right, it's good for technicians to study technology well, and don't worry about selling cars to make money. This is Guangxu's requirement for all the technical personnel who have "engaged" from foreign countries, so that the one mind engaged in technology will study technology, so that the benefits brought by technology will remain in China.

Industrialization is not called industrialization when you build factories and buy equipment everywhere. Just like the Ten Years of Westernization, the Manchu Qing Dynasty built enough factories. But when the Japanese called, when the industrial capacity needed to burst, all these factories were paralyzed. The core of true industrialization is to train and have a large number of skilled workers, as long as there are enough skilled workers, a sufficient number of high-quality industrial products will be produced. Only a sufficient number of skilled workers can ensure that the country can produce enough weapons and equipment for the army to fight when it needs a sufficient supply of arms.

Is there any industry that produces enough skilled workers than the automotive industry? Of course not. Europe started their industrial revolution with shipbuilding, so China started to catch up with the automobile industry.

Guangxu went south with a vision for the future, because Guangxu also prepared a huge "surprise" for the world in Guangzhou. (To be continued......)