Chapter 540: Clear Plan
Despite the tremendous obstacles of the conservative and diehard forces from the very beginning, under the leadership of a group of people of insight, Qianguo still began the road of reform with great difficulty. It's just that the results achieved are far from Japan's!
What is even more unfavorable now is that Wen Bochuan, the central minister who was once the mainstay of the Westernization faction, Zeng Bohan, the head of the local Xinjiang ministers, and Lin Yizhe, the most powerful Westernist figure, have all passed away, and the strength of the Westernization faction has been greatly damaged, and it seems that it is quite powerless to deal with the counterattack of the stubborn and conservative forces. This is also why Prince Jing and the officials of the Hayashi Yizhe faction in the Westernization faction will look forward to their return to China in this way, bringing a new turn for the Westernization movement.
And how do you open up the situation?
He studied Lin Yizhe's method, and Lin Yizhe's method at the beginning was very ingenious, which was to tie the shipmaster and the "garden worker" together, and use the name of the garden worker to open the way for the ship administration, and bring in all the affairs of the Westernization Movement, so as to obtain the support of the Queen Mother and enable the Westernization Movement to develop.
The people of the time once used the poem "The wind rises from the three seas, and the rain comes from Qingqi" as a metaphor for the "garden worker", since the British and French forces invaded Beijing in the tenth year of Xianfeng, forcing Emperor Wenzong to avoid the hot river, the situation of the Great Cadres has been turbulent around two great politics.
One of them is naturally foreign affairs, since April of the third year of Tongzhi, Prince Jing, as the prime minister and minister of national affairs, led Wen Bochuan and other military aircraft important ministers to the "Preparation for Yiwu Fold", clearly put forward "the way to investigate the country, care about self-improvement." After judging the hour and sizing up the situation, self-improvement should be based on military training, and military training should be given priority to military training, and military training should be given priority to the production of weapons...... and the whole country began a vigorous Westernization movement.
In addition to the aura of Westernization, there is always another thing in the political situation of the Great Qian Empire that is not enough for outsiders. But it can give a headache to Prince Zijing, down to Li Shaoquan and other foreign leaders. But there is no choice but to deal with the big politics - garden worker!!
Xianfeng entered the British and French forces in the tenth year. Not only forced the holy driver to hunt in the north, but also set fire to the three mountains and five gardens in western Beijing - Wanshou Mountain, Yuquan Mountain, Xiangshan Mountain, and Qingqi Garden, Qichun Garden, Changchun Garden, Jingming Garden, and Jingyi Garden.
The emperors of the Great Qian Dynasty must go to the three mountains and five gardens on the outskirts of Beijing to take refuge in the summer and listen to the government every time the heat is hot. The so-called "family affairs of the Son of Heaven are state affairs" -- since the three mountains and five gardens have now been burned (in fact, the degree of damage is not as serious as the outside world rumors, after the withdrawal of the British and French troops sent personnel to inspect many places, many places are intact, and there are not many places that are seriously damaged), then the rebuilding of the gardens on the outskirts of Beijing has naturally become an absolute national policy of almost no less importance than foreign affairs.
Empress Dowager Renxi had the idea of repairing the garden very early, and Tongzhi consulted the Military Aircraft Department for the first time in six years about the project and cost of rebuilding the Old Summer Palace. This plan of hers was immediately resisted by the joint leadership of Prince Yijing, including the former ministers and all the ministers of military aircraft -- the reason is very simple: as far as the family background in the treasury is concerned, if the garden workers are repaired, they will not be able to do foreign affairs, and if they can't do foreign affairs, the great cadres will be in danger of overturning!
At that time, it was calculated that only the "Three Seas" project would require at least 2 million taels of silver! The treasury of the Great Qian Empire was so embarrassed that it could not be taken out at all.
Renxi saw that his idea was strongly opposed by the ministers. At the same time, I also knew that the treasury had no money, so I didn't insist. And that was the end of the matter. But in fact, this thought has not been broken in her heart for a day.
Lin Yizhe, however, keenly seized the opportunity in this matter and tied together the seemingly contradictory problem of "garden workers" and "foreign affairs"; in the name of paving the way for overseas Chinese businessmen to return to China for development, he encouraged overseas Chinese businessmen to donate funds to "repay" for the repair of the garden, thus solving the problem of the source of funds for the garden workers -- "not spending a penny of state funds." Because it was not the money from the state treasury that was spent on repairing the garden, but the money donated by overseas businessmen to curry favor with the royal family, this blocked the mouths of the gossip officials and made it difficult for them to find a reason to oppose it.
After the problem of funds was solved, in order to speed up the progress of the garden, Lin Yizhe also said that the Ministry of Internal Affairs introduced Western machinery to build garden buildings with traditional technology, and in order to purchase the most important building materials for the construction of the royal palace from Taiwan - golden silk nanmu (Tainan) and transported it to Tianjin by sea, Lin Yizhe developed a transport fleet under the shipping authority, and in order to escort the wooden ships and prevent pirates from robbing, the shipmaster and sailor, who were originally operated by the dismal funds of the provincial associations, got a new source of funds for the construction of new warships. As a result, the first modern all-steam fleet of Qianguo was established.
In order to quickly transport timber from Tianjin to Beijing, the railway was also set up.
Promoting "foreign affairs" with "garden workers" can be said to be Lin Yizhe's brilliant handwriting.
And taking the opportunity of the garden worker, Lin Yizhe also repaired the tense relationship between Prince Jing and the Empress Dowager Renxi, so that Prince Jing regained the trust of the Empress Dowager Renxi and was able to let go of things.
Regarding the grievances and grievances between Prince Jing Yixin and Empress Dowager Renxi, Lin Yiqing now knows very clearly.
In fact, Renxi's suppression of Prince Jing began before the killing of Hidesheng.
Empress Dowager Renxi formed an alliance with Prince Jing Yixin in the "Xinyou Coup" and got along very well, but as Prince Jing's status continued to rise and his fame and power increased, he caused Empress Dowager Renxi's uneasiness. So the Empress Dowager Renxi began to attack him and limit his power. On the fifth day of the third month of the fourth year of Tongzhi, Cai Shouqi impeached Prince Jing, saying that he took power and accepted bribes and was arrogant for personal gain. The ministers of the court and the central government interceded, and the Empress Dowager Renxi allowed him to walk in the inner court and manage the prime minister's affairs of various countries, but the post of king was never restored. In the eighth year of Tongzhi, Yixin supported Emperor Tongzhi and asked the Empress Dowager Ci'an to kill the arrogant and greedy Empress Dowager Renxi's confidant eunuch Hai Desheng, which made Renxi jealous and hateful, but also knew that his power was not stable. Although Rentai usually doesn't care about things, she has a high prestige, and as soon as she joins forces with Prince Jing, she can cause huge pressure on herself. It is because after the Hydesheng incident, Renxi has always paid great attention to consolidating his power, so he has always been quite vigilant and defensive against Prince Jing. And Prince Jing's repeated opposition to Renxi's cultivation of the garden intensified her emotions.
In fact, the Empress Dowager Renxi herself knows. All the rebuilding of the garden is huge. It was difficult for the national strength at that time to bear. She wanted to fix it. It's just that she was the "birthplace" of the year, "Yongqing Changchun", so that she could have a place to rest after returning to politics. The cost of this project is actually not too much. Lin Yizhe understood that as the most powerful supporter of the Westernization Movement, if Prince Jing could be flexible in this matter, he would bridge the rift caused by the Empress Dowager Renxi due to the An Dehai incident, and Yu would have great benefits in the country, and he would have won the support of the heroine who controlled the state politics by trying to help the Empress Dowager Renxi realize this dream of "eternal Changchun". In order to realize the dream of a strong country in his heart, of course, it also attracted the jealousy of the Qingliu people, and made Lin Yizhe bear the name of "Yu Xing".
Although as the actual biological father of the emperor of the current dynasty, Prince Chun changed the image of the "Qingliu Prince" before his reign in the past, fully supported foreign affairs, and cooperated with Prince Jing. But Renxi's intention to contain Prince Jing with Prince Chun is very obvious.
How do you open up the situation in this situation?
Lin Yizhe's method was to base himself on the local area (Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau) and unite with local powerful factions (Li Shaoquan, the governor of Zhili, etc.). He influenced and squeezed into the center of the empire (the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, the Prince and the Minister of Military Aircraft), carried out reforms throughout the country, and although he was almost interrupted by the Japanese invasion of Moss Bay, he successfully won the battle to defend Moss Bay, defending and expanding the achievements of the Westernization Movement.
But it is a pity that the successive deaths of Zeng Bohan, Lin Yizhe and Wen Bochuan have made major changes in the situation of the dynasty, and the stubborn old forces are likely to take this opportunity to make a comeback!
Lin Yizhe's death is really too inopportune!
Now that Lin Yiqing thinks back, there are still many doubts about Lin Yizhe's death, but now he can't be sure whether Lin Yizhe was killed by the old stubborn forces.
Although Lin Yizhe is a traverser, before he crossed, he was just a psychological counselor, although he deeply understood the good and evil of human nature, but after the crossing, he was still not very familiar with officialdom and political disputes, and as a result, his ambition died before he was rewarded.
But he, a special soldier who has experienced countless life-and-death struggles, is not comparable to him as a psychological counselor!
The experience I have gained from the battlefield has only one understanding of political disputes: as long as it threatens you, you must kill it!
Especially in this era of conservative stubbornness everywhere!
All the coffins of the last dynasties are nails driven by conservative diehards!
Thinking of the various methods used by the diehards to hinder his return to China, Lin Yiqing couldn't help but sneer.
They think that they can tie their hands and feet with the imperial examination, but they are so naïve!
Recalling the fact that he killed everyone in Japan, Lin Yiqing suddenly figured out what he should do.
Lin Yizhe set up this "top-down" reform framework, he does not need to make major changes, or start anew, he only needs to add some of his own ideas (such as the selection of naval ships and the establishment of a new army)!
His main task is to sweep away all the old stubborn forces and hostile forces that threaten him!
Once the obstacles are removed, the reform will proceed smoothly!
And if you want to do this yourself, your current status is too far behind.
And to get such a status, you have to ......
Lin Yiqing suddenly remembered Okubo Ritsu who died in his hands.
"Thank you, Okubo-kun! Thank you! Lin Yiqing smiled and said in his heart.
Thinking about it, Lin Yiqing's heart was happy, he got up and walked out of the door, and saw that the lights were still on in He Yunqing and Chiho Kirino's room, so he couldn't help but walk over.
"It's so late, why don't you sleep yet...... Lin Yiqing couldn't help but feel sorry when he saw that He Yunqing and Chiho Kirino hadn't slept and were waiting for him.
"Children sometimes make trouble, anyway, they sleep late, it's better to wait for you to come over......" He Yunqing glanced at her daughter in the small bed, and a quiet smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
She looked back at him, "Will you leave in a few days......?"
"yes......"
"It's so urgent......"
"The will of the imperial court cannot be disobeyed, besides, many people are staring at it."
"Oh......"
"This time, I have wronged you......"
"It doesn't matter, besides, the children still have to be taken care of......"
"It's all up to you at home."
"You can go with confidence...... There's me and Chiho Kirino at home......"
Lin Yiqing looked at He Yunqing, who was already the mother of the child, and suddenly impulsively hugged her in his arms.
"Oops! …… ...... lightly," He Yunqing cried softly.
"What's wrong?"
"Here...... There is a ......," He Yunqing pointed to her bulging chest with a worried expression. "Swelling ...... Yes...... Extruded ......"
Lin Yiqing suddenly understood. I couldn't help but laugh.
"Then I'll help you relax." Lin Yiqing hugged her waist. I gave her a long, deep kiss first.
Chiho Kirino couldn't help but blush when she looked at the affectionate appearance of their husband and wife.
Although she has been hugged and kissed by Lin Yiqing more than once, looking at the scene in front of her, she still can't help but have a fever on her face, and her heart is pounding. She coughed involuntarily and turned her head.
Lin Yiqing realized her existence at this time, he turned his head to look at her, and then looked at He Yunqing. There was a sudden movement in my heart.
"Chiho, come here. What are you doing there? Lin Yiqing smiled and said to her.
"What are you going to do? ......" Chiho Kirino was stunned.
"I'm going to leave in a few days, and I won't be able to come back for a year and a half, and tonight in order to reward the high righteousness of my two beloved wives, I'll do my best, and I'll be wet with rain and dew all the time. Why don't you come over quickly? ”
"Do you want to ......" Chiho Kirino saw one of his hands tightly hugging He Yunqing, and the other hand reaching out to him to make a hug, and immediately understood what he wanted to do, and his face was full of red for a while. Hung his head.
He Yunqing also understood at this time, and she was also shy.
"Hurry up! Come here! How. Don't you listen to me? Lin Yiqing took out the old man's style and snorted.
Chiho Kirino lowered her head and walked over with small steps, Lin Yiqing hugged her, gave her a long kiss, and then helped them to get on the shelf bed......
The breeze blew and the candle flame shook slightly, reflecting the figures of men and women behind the curtain.
The young Lin Bailiang seemed to be awakened by some sound, he lay on the crib, turned his head, blinked through the gap in the fence, blinked his big bright eyes, and looked curiously at the shadow of his father sucking on his mother's chest......
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