A glass of milk a day, strong Chinese. This is the propaganda slogan of the rotten streets of later generations, but it is even more difficult to really do it.

The average height of Chinese in this period was about 1.65 meters, but it should be known that the average height of Chinese in the Qin and Han dynasties was about 1.8 meters (the Terracotta Warriors of Qin Shihuang were made in a ratio of one to one). There is a saying that during the Han and Tang dynasties, Chinese ate more meat such as cattle and sheep, but after the Song Dynasty, due to the loss of northern pastures, the food became mainly vegetarian, and the height began to decline. Although the Ming Dynasty recovered slightly, the average height was only about 1.7 meters. However, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the ethnic discrimination policy and the slave-like salute and other bad habits made the Chinese accustomed to hunching over. The most important thing is the so-called Kangqian prosperous era under the Qing Dynasty, and the main food of the Chinese is sweet potatoes, potatoes + bark (this is the so-called China under the rule of the Manchu Emperor Shengzuren). Sweet potatoes, potatoes and other coarse grains are helpful to the human body when eaten in small amounts, but sweet potatoes as the staple food lead to serious nutritional deficiencies. Therefore, the common people have yellow faces and thin muscles, which is a manifestation of serious lack of nutrition. Therefore, if the increase in the population is due to low-quality people who are in serious physical decline, then this can only increase the burden on the nation. It is ridiculous that the Manchus regarded this as one of their greatness. On the other hand, in the Han and Tang dynasties and the Song and Ming dynasties, although their population was not so large, the population they could feed was mainly based on rice and noodles, so even if the population was small, at least the human physique was much better than that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, as early as when proposing the popularization of education, Li Ming put forward the idea of a glass of milk and an egg a day per person, which is one of the most important things that he has dreamed of for a long time to strengthen the national physique. Eggs are easy to do, and people are encouraged to raise chickens. After all, there are no restrictions on raising chickens. But a cow is different, it needs enough pasture. Today. There are more than 100,000 high-quality breeding cattle imported from abroad, but the huge population base makes it impossible to realize this ideal. The scarcity of milk relative to the population inevitably leads to high prices. The high price also determines that it is impossible to reach the price level of ordinary people. The physique of an adult has been formed, but the youth is the time to grow a body. So Li Ming changed from comprehensive popularization to partial popularization, requiring every student in each school to have a glass of milk for breakfast every day. However, the processing and storage of fresh milk are problems, so the Ministry of Agriculture, which is subordinate to the Ministry of Households, has joined forces with some businessmen to purchase the latest equipment from Germany and set up milk powder processing plants in the main breeding bases. However, this is still not enough to meet the needs of the school, as the Ministry of Agriculture estimates that at least five million cows are needed to meet the needs of each student for one glass of milk a day. At present, the total number of dairy cows in the country is only in the early 2 million. Fresh milk can only be supplied temporarily to cities where farms are close to each other.

Therefore. Li Ming ordered the purchase of the already small amount of milk powder from the market, and ordered the dairy factories to prioritize the procurement needs of the Ministry of Education. As a result, the price of milk powder in the market continues to rise. However, the breakfast at the school is not limited to milk and eggs, but also staple foods such as steamed buns. Lunch and dinner are also free, Li Ming also specially asked the hospital before, and after learning that pork is far less cold than beef and mutton, the school meals are more based on beef and mutton. For this reason, he also reprimanded some Mongolian tribes who had failed to meet the quota for the number of cattle and sheep purchased by the imperial court, and explicitly told them that if they could not meet the quota purchased by the imperial court next year, the imperial court would forcibly reduce their pasture quota.

Li Ming's forced protection of students' diet is to improve the physical fitness and average height of Chinese from generation to generation by ensuring the nutrition of young people. However, this administrative method of ignoring market demand has single-handedly pushed up the market price of milk powder and cattle and sheep. The high market price makes the free meals in the school more precious, and all the education funds are borne by the royal family, so that the students have to say it again before eating every day: The emperor's grace is mighty, thank the lord Long's words. Invisibly let the royal family. Especially Li Ming, the fake emperor, won the hearts of students all over the world.

Li Ming didn't know about these things, and officials big and small thought that it was really appropriate for the royal family to bear such a high cost and say a word of gratitude, so no one had ever taken this matter seriously Li Ming. This is what Li Ming's father-in-law Yang Qishan told him after he ran away to Ningbo.

Li Ming originally thought that his decree would cause a backlash from some people who had lost their interests. But strangely enough, there was no opposition. Educating the world was originally a thousand-year-old ideal of Chinese literati, although it was not realized for various objective or subjective reasons. But now that the emperor has begun to enforce it, of course, the literati have been vigorously advocating. These literati represent the direction of a nation's consciousness. At this time, who dared to jump out and openly oppose it. And from the imperial court sent to inspect the imperial history, every place must check the food situation of the school. Because the influence of the young China theory, as long as there is a slight situation, it will inevitably be magnified by them to the extent of endangering the country, because in their view, these young students represent the future of the country. Moreover, the children of officials everywhere are also in the same classroom as ordinary students, and there are no exceptions, and no one dares to make exceptions. Because the future prince will also enter the ordinary academy to study, who dares to say that he needs special care more than the emperor? Traditionally, the Chinese mind is to keep the best for his children, so Li Ming's behavior seems to everyone to be exactly what an emperor should do - to leave the best for the next generation.

Therefore, the court has at least vigorously promoted it from above, and no one dares to joke about the food in the school hall. A businessman who sent beef that already smelled into the school (in fact, the meat was not bad, but it had been put for a long time on a hot day), but after being discovered by Yushi on the spot, he was completely bankrupt because no one traded with him anymore, and even the children who were supposed to go to school were forced to expel him because he was no longer taken in by the school, and finally the family moved out of his hometown with a hidden name. This is the only thing that Li Ming dares to be happy about, the moral power of the thousand-year-old inheritance has not been broken, and he still determines the foundation of national governance. Accustomed to seeing the later generations of moral decay, who can please the appearance of Chu's moral system after the collapse of his moral system more than himself.

Helping an old man will ruin his family, and stopping the bandits will lead to jailing. When you save someone, you are slandered as a murderer, and when you save someone and die, your body is still used by others to sell for money. How can you be so embarrassed......

The course of history has changed in China, but in Europe it is still moving on the same track. The blood-colored flowers, known to the European powers as the Red Ghost, are still blooming on the land of Europe. Li Ming did not dare to guarantee that this specter would not permeate China as it did in the past. In the end, after the complete death of Europe, it still took root in China. Therefore, before this red ghost came to China, Li Ming had to put the power of Chinese morality into words and laws. At least one of the things that must be written into the textbooks of schoolchildren - the interests of the state are above all else, and the army is only under the command of the state.

Just as Li Mingzheng was discussing with his courtiers how to fully legalize the power of morality, the remains of Guangxu in the Imperial Garden interrupted the process. The rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty has become the "authentic" in the hearts of most of the Chinese people. Li Ming hurriedly went south when he did not dare to guarantee how much power there was still in the capital that could be mobilized on the premise that he had lost the throne. However, Li Ming's deliberate cultivation of his team over the years has still achieved results, and the arrival of Yan Fu means that Li Ming's twelve years of emperors have not worked in vain, and their achievements have been recognized by the courtiers.

After finishing the work on the beach, the emperor and the two walked on the way home, and the looming security personnel in front of and behind them did not attract the attention of others. Regarding the fact that the Ningbo Mansion School mentioned by the emperor is not able to provide milk. Yan Fu explained helplessly: output can't keep up with demand.

"After this northward advance, the vast expanse of Siberia is a vast pasture. Whatever you do, you will have to solve the problem within a year after the war. From now on, all dairy products, including toffee, will cease to be sold on the market, except for munitions. ”

The patent of toffee is the emperor's, and if the sales of toffee are stopped, it means that in addition to the military order, the toffee on the market will be completely out of stock, which means that the emperor's own interests will also be lost. The emperor can even ignore his own interests, so there is nothing else to say. So Yan Fu immediately allowed to come down.

The two staggering emperors returned to the study. Yan Fu also took out a thick fold and presented it to the imperial review. The affairs within the power and responsibility of the prime minister need to be reported to the emperor to know, and it is more that only the emperor has the right to approve the twists and turns, whether it works or not, and now there is finally a result that can be approved. Li Ming even ate dinner in the study, because Yan Fu exalted the name of national righteousness and made Li Ming defeated. Throughout the night, Li Ming was approved by Yan Fu under the "supervision" of Yan Fu and the recital was folded until dawn.

After dawn, the city of Beijing remains unchanged, although the emperor said that it is gone, but life always has to go on. It's different for the ministers, and a lot of things will be delayed without the emperor. The troops originally planned to be transferred to the north as the second echelon have not yet been mobilized, and the new industrial and commercial law issued by the Ministry of Commerce cannot be approved and promulgated...... Li Hongzhang didn't play the Queen Mother, please stamp the jade seal as soon as possible, but the thoughts of the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces are not here. As a result, a lot of government affairs have been delayed. But today's early dynasty is a little different.

After saluting the empress dowager of the two palaces, Li Hongzhang, who was standing at the head of the class, first announced to the courtiers. Yan Fu, who went to Ningbo to persuade (originally to arrest), was detained, and he would not be able to return to Beijing for a while. At the same time, the government affairs that had not been decided for a long time were passed under the pretext that Prime Minister Li Hongzhang "put state affairs first", and the government affairs that had been backlogged for a month and a half began to be implemented. The face of the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces can be imagined, but no one will care about the face of the Queen Mother who needs to be guarded by the Central Guard Brigade in and out. Now the difference is the exact time, so what to do and what to do.

It seems that the entire court can still operate normally without the emperor, but everyone understands in their hearts, because Li Ming, who is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, is still the backbone of this court. Although he is not in the court now, when is he not allowed to go out for a month? It's normal to leave Beijing for patrols.

The Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces did not say a word at today's court meeting, and returned to the Summer Palace gloomily. Cixi glanced at the Han guards scattered inside and outside the Summer Palace, and her heart sank again. Li Hongzhang no longer came to ask for peace, and the ministers asked the Prime Minister's Office for instructions on large and small affairs. The Queen Mother of the Two Palaces has finally reached the point where no one cares about it.

That's not all right, at least there are still Shi Duo who come to say goodbye every day.

"The two queen mothers, the minions have secretly gathered more than 3,000 warriors loyal to my Qing Dynasty, and now they are distributed all over the city and abroad. With just an order from the Queen Mother, three thousand warriors will swear to kill the rebellion. "After striking off all the maids and eunuchs. whispered to the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces: "But there is an extreme shortage of weapons, and most of the weapons secretly bought by the ministers have been confiscated by the rebellion." The slave knocked on the queen mother and asked the queen mother to send an edict to the slave. so that the minions can bring in the weapons they bought. ”

"Give up, Shidor." Cixi, who hadn't spoken for a long time, finally spoke: "Didn't you see it when you went up this morning?" After more than a month of government affairs, there was a result immediately after Yan Fu met him. What does this mean? It shows that they have already made a decision, and it means that the days of the Qing Dynasty are only a few days away. Shidor, your loyal mourner knows, but at this point, let's spend the last few days with relief, and when the new emperor ascends the throne, we will all be killed. ”

"The Queen Mother doesn't need to worry about it, as long as the ministers of the DPRK and China can be captured in one fell swoop, and the Queen Mother will come forward to order the world, and the traitor in Jiangnan will have no foundation." Shi Duo worked hard for the continuation of the Qing Dynasty. On the contrary, the Queen Mother first retreated: "Now when the Queen Mother's hand is still passable before the skin is completely torn, these warriors will be assembled as soon as possible, and it will change later." After saying that, Shidor was about to cry.

"I asked him back then, why did you use Li Hongzhang but put you, the prince of Manchurian, aside, you must know that you also have some skills. Do you know what he said? Cixi asked with a long sigh. For Li Ming, no one in the capital has directly breathed his name, and uses various code names to represent Li Ming.

Sedorth shook his head and said he didn't know. Cixi continued: "He said that if you are in the prosperous era, your talent will not say that you can take the dynasty to the next level, at least you will be a qualified prime minister. But in troubled times. You don't have the ability to set things right. Although he is a rebel, the mourning family really admires his vision of people from the bottom of his heart. Look at these courtiers he used, don't look at the youth, but this is a top powerhouse. If only we could have such talents among the people. And that's it. Shi Duo, even if you are armed to the teeth with 3,000 warriors, can you compare to these soldiers who have seen blood inside and outside the capital? I'm afraid it's just a rabble to be armed. Forget the priesthood. Stop it. When he comes back, we will hand over this court to him safely, and maybe he will still give us a way to live in the past. ”

"Queen Mother. Don't—" Shi Duo knelt on the ground and knocked his head on the ground, and the blood dripping onto the ground did not make Cixi's heart move. In the end, Cihui couldn't see it. Call in the Imperial Physician to heal the wounds of the priest.

Shiduo cried and shouted, and left helplessly. Cihui still waved off the maid and eunuch: "Sister, do you think this Li Ming can really let our sister?" ”

Cixi smiled helplessly: "He will let go of ordinary flag people, because he needs the name of righteousness in the world." But we? Which dynasty and which generation of the new dynasty does not kill the royal family of the old dynasty, because if you don't kill it, it is equivalent to burying hidden dangers. So our sisters can't run away, and neither can Shidor. ”

Hi-Cihui sighed and touched his tears: "If it weren't for the emperor's remains to appear, sister, I believe that Li Ming would have regarded himself as Guangxu." Now that this situation is like this, we can only blame the people for not wanting to forge ahead. When the new Eight Banners Division was formed, Li Mingke equipped the Eight Banners Division with the best weapons. But as a result, he ate empty salaries, secretly bought weapons to the Japanese, and finally ruined the entire Qing Dynasty for his own selfishness. But if we are full of strength, we will not come to this. ”

"Forget it, anyway, our Qing Dynasty has no emperor, and it won't be a matter if there are two less queen mothers." Cixi took Cihui's hand and said with a smile: "Our sisters are not going to court anymore, let's walk around for the rest of the days, and they all say that this world is the world of Aixin Jueluo, and our two daughters-in-law of Aixin Jueluo have really not been to a few places." Taking advantage of the good weather these days, let's take a walk around and have a look. ”

Late at night, Beijing, the Qing Dynasty Imperial Staff Headquarters

"The CIA Irkutsk urgent. Temperatures in Irkutsk plummeted in August, and the first snow of the year fell this evening, showing no signs of stopping. ”

"Report, emergency power from the Northeast Theater of Operations. The 5,000 Russian troops stationed in Boli were withdrawing overnight, and all the fortifications that had been built were destroyed. There are also signs of evacuation in the twin cities. ”

"Report, the Northwest Military Region is in an emergency. The first batch of 12,000 reinforcements from Russia itself had already arrived in Semiy and were speeding towards the border overnight. ”

“……”

With the incoming of information, the red and blue flags planted on the central sand table changed with the sound of telegrams, and the distribution of troops in the entire area was unobstructed on the sand table, and the distribution of troops on both sides of the enemy and us was given accurate real-time changes on the central sand table of the General Staff Headquarters.

Wang Shizhen frowned and stared at the sand table below, but his mind was full of thoughts. In the east of the city is the Royal Senior Military Academy, in the south of the city is the Fengtai battalion garrisoned by the First Division, in the west of the city is the Xishan battalion garrisoned by the special forces of the Central Reconnaissance Corps, and in the north of the city is the staff headquarters. Want to rebel with just 3,000 rabble? It's really fake that tens of thousands of soldiers and horses inside and outside the capital. So Wang Shizhen is not worried about the situation in the capital, he is worried that the heavy snow in the north has disrupted everyone's steps.

The early snow in Siberia this year seems to have made the Russians see danger. On the eastern route, they reduced all their forces to Vladivostok, where the total number of troops would reach 40,000; In the center, they concentrated all their forces in Ulan-Ude, Krasnoyarsk, and Irkutsk, the largest stockpile of supplies; In the western direction, the early arrival of heavy snow accelerated the pace of troops in this direction. The war between China and Russia is not a secret, and both sides know that when the Far Eastern Railway is fully opened, it will be the time for both sides to decide on the belonging of Siberia. The sudden heavy snow disrupted the original arrangements of the two sides, and in order to prevent the Qing State from forcibly attacking at the beginning of next spring, the Far Eastern Railway had not yet been opened. Although the commander of the Russian Far Eastern Army, Kuropatkin, was only a typical military bureaucrat with little practical experience, he still understood the principle of waiting for reinforcements on the defensive. He believed that gathering troops in a few key areas to hold the first wave of Qing attacks would be a victory. And the new commander of the Russian Pacific Fleet, Stepan? Osibovi? After looking at the strength in his hand, Makarov left Vladivostok with only two cruisers and four destroyers, but instead of going to Weihai to avoid the cold as usual, he chose Singapore.

"The time of the operation must be advanced, otherwise the Siberian winter will not allow for a large-scale and rapid march." Feng Guozhang's brows were squeezed together.

"But this year's snow was too early, and who knew that it would suddenly get warmer again in the next few days. Once the snow turns to rain, the ground is muddy and it is even more difficult to march. Duan Qirui was even more worried. The winter in Siberia is so cold that if you can't calculate without the Russians, this winter alone may end up in the annihilation of the entire army.

Everyone's eyes are on the weather forecasting department, which has only been established for three years, but it does not collect enough historical weather conditions, and the meteorological department, which does not have a long-term observatory in Siberia, is afraid to draw certain conclusions.

"It is not uncommon for the Siberian winter to arrive early this time, as in ancient China there was a saying that snow fell in August. Based on the information available, rain is unlikely, but not entirely certain. Liang Shan, a meteorologist who returned to China from studying in the UK, looked at the vicious eyes around him and immediately said: "As long as you observe for another ten days, you can make a definite conclusion." ”

"The earth is falling at the beginning of the day, and the snow is very soft, which is not conducive to the rapid advance of the army. Okay, I'll give you ten days. Wang Shizhen nodded and turned to the generals and said: "Order all the departments to start assembling, in order to avoid attracting the attention of Russia, say to the outside world that the army is ready to enter the customs to welcome the new emperor." (To be continued......)