"Alright, get up." Ye Zhao sat on the sofa, closed his eyes slightly, and the passionate music told a story about the life of Jin Ge Iron Horse.

Fucha wiped his tears, he really didn't know what the will of heaven was, but at this time, he could only get up slowly, and when he saw that the emperor stretched out his hand and made a slight gesture, he carefully sat on the soft pier on Ye Zhao's side, and his heart was not settled.

The music was sonorous, and he secretly glanced at the emperor, this legendary saint of heaven, Wen Taowu strategy, created the prosperous era of Middle-earth, but he looks so young, the drum horn in the record player is grand, it is the Fucha clan, and he can also faintly feel the killing atmosphere in it, maybe the internal and external things are all wars to conquer the world for the saint Tianzi.

At this moment, there was a sound of broken footsteps outside, and Shanggong Jinbao hurriedly came in, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, Concubine Yi is sick, I don't want the slave to disturb the emperor, but the slave is afraid, afraid of ......."

Ye Zhao had already opened his eyes violently and asked, "What kind of illness can you ask a doctor?" ”

Jinbao tears swirled in his eyes, and said: "Concubine Yi has coughed up blood since the morning, and the imperial doctor can't diagnose the symptoms. ”

Ye Zhao was stunned, hurriedly got up, and hurriedly walked out.

Looking at Ye Zhao's back, the Fucha clan who knelt down to see the emperor didn't get up for a long time, and secretly wept.

Ye Zhao naturally had no time to take into account the feelings of others, and in the next few days, he stayed in Jingren Palace all day, Jin Feng even said that he had a high fever and was in a coma, and his little face was snow-white and terrifying, but the imperial doctors were helpless, and before that, Christina had been summoned from Tianjin to the Forbidden Palace to treat Jin Feng.

It was not the first time that Christina had entered the palace, but this time Ye Zhao was not in the mood to talk to her more, sitting in front of the golden phoenix bed, looking at the pale pretty face in the brocade quilt, Ye Zhao felt powerless for the first time.

Nowadays, whether it is in the East or the West, it is not uncommon for members of the wealthy family to die at the age of twenty or thirty, but not to mention the royal family in China, there has been a qualitative leap in the civil health and medical environment, so Ye Zhao could never have imagined that he might face the life and death of his relatives in his prime.

Think about it, maybe she hurt Jin Feng, she has been asking her to run around outside all these years, otherwise although she is the weakest among the concubines, she will never be infected with a bad disease at the age of forty, perhaps, after giving birth to a princess at an advanced age, she fell ill, but she didn't pay attention to it at the time.

For a few days, Ye Zhao had no intention of going to government at all, and said that he was accompanying Jin Feng in Jingren Palace, and one night late at night, he heard Jin Feng muttering to himself, "Long live the ...... lord", Ye Zhao couldn't help crying.

When Rong'er came to visit in the morning, Jin Feng woke up in a daze for a while, and then fell asleep again, and at this time, the female guards of the inner court hurriedly came, and the military affairs department and the government affairs office of the imperial study, Zhou Jingshan, Li Hongzhang, Zhao Sanbao, and Pei Tianqing asked to see the holy car in the Wenhua Palace.

Rong'er immediately said: "The emperor will go up, the concubine will take care of Concubine Yi carefully." ”

Ye Zhao bowed slightly, then went to change his body, and hurried to the Wenhua Hall by Luanyu, without asking, he knew that there must be something urgent today.

When Ye Zhao entered the Wenhua Palace, the four of them had been waiting for a long time, among the four, Zhou Jingshan was the prime minister of the Government Council, Li Hongzhang was the most powerful auxiliary minister in the limelight today, Zhao Sanbao was the chief of the military staff, and Pei Tianqing was the chief of the navy.

"The emperor forgives the sin, the emperor is in mourning, but the ministers are bothering the holy driver, a capital crime!" As soon as Ye Zhao entered the main hall, the four of them bowed down in unison to plead guilty.

Ye Zhao waved his hand, sat on the throne, and said, "Has something happened in Australia again?" "In Australia, the empire does not want to be aggressive, the consensus of the current civilized world, Australia is more or less a serious British territory, if the coercion is too great, it is no different from the emperor [***] ship running to the English Channel to show off its might.

During the negotiations with the Queensland Axe, the Imperial diplomats insisted on the construction of Chinatown in Kinbark, but still agreed that the ownership of the land should be owned by the British businessmen, and the Imperial Axe cooperated with a British businessman to obtain the land in the name of the British businessman, but in Brisbane's Chinatown, the Imperial Axe insisted that the land be purchased or leased by the Chinese businessmen.

It is very common for British or Chinese businessmen to buy Australian land, but the Imperial Axe hopes to maintain a state of Chinese autonomy in Chinatown, which is unacceptable to the Queensland Axe.

Zhou Jingshan bowed down and said: "The Australians have been slow to agree to our Chinese autonomy, and yesterday they received an urgent telegram from Maputo that the British fleet had sailed through the port of Maputo, and its provocative intention was clearly revealed. ”

Ye Zhao twisted the Buddha beads, looked at Zhao Sanbao, and said, "Coastal defense, land defense, you can talk about it." "In the Emperor's [***], there has always been a huge controversy over the development of the army or the navy, and the army generals have hoped that more new weapons and military funds will be allocated to the infantry, and the navy's appeal for coastal defense has not ceased for a moment.

Among the high-ranking commanders of the military, Zhao Sanbao is a backbone of safeguarding the interests of the army, but since he became chief of staff, it seems that his thinking has gradually changed.

In fact, the killer weapon of the top level of the army lies in India, the two continents of Europe and Asia, except for Britain, almost no country can threaten the coastal defense of the empire, but if war breaks out between Britain and China, then India, the jewel in the crown of the British Queen, may be completely smashed by the heavy punch of the imperial army, so all along, army generals have believed that as long as the strong competitiveness of the army is maintained, the strategic advantage of the British Navy can be neutralized.

Ye Zhao saw that Zhao Sanbao, the backbone who used to shout for the land defense, also came together, so he looked at him with interest.

Zhao Sanbao bowed slightly and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the British are invincible after all, if you want to occupy the strategic initiative, you can only develop coastal defense, black Africa has many resources, if the emperor is short of ships and artillery, it is not a game after all." ”

"Unwinnable or undefeated?" Ye Zhao twisted the Buddha beads, thoughtful.

Seeing Ye Zhao's face, Li Hongzhang walked up a few steps, bowed down and said: "The minister has discussed with his colleagues in the Ministry of Finance, and now the treasury reserves are abundant, which can be used by the navy. ”

With the victory of the empire, the centripetal force of the people was also condensed to the highest point, coupled with the continuity of imperial policies over the years, the trust of businessmen in the imperial axe can be said to be the highest in history, and the railways and highways were mostly built by private investment, which also made the imperial finances no longer as stretched as before.

The Great Leap Forward of the Empire's Industry, last year's fiscal revenue of the Empire has exceeded 300 million silver dollars, and the total economic volume is not easy to count now, but it has jumped to the first place in the world.

The main investment areas of the imperial political axe are in the public domain, such as the "township school" plan that began last year is to build government-run primary schools and even middle schools in all the township-level districts of the empire, which is a huge expenditure, but also a long-term plan, in fact, the education development of the empire has been extremely rapid, and the government-run new primary and secondary schools can basically be popularized in every county, of course, mainly refers to the Central Plains.

However, in poor counties, schools run by private squires also exist, but the number of students enrolled and the coverage are far less than those of government schools.

To truly change certain backward concepts and conditions in the rural areas, we must actually start with education, and now it is just a slogan shouting flowers, but I am afraid that it will eventually become a blind toss.

The construction of universal rural primary schools is a long-term plan, a ten-year and twenty-year plan, and Ye Zhao has never thought of pouring the country's strength into education, and the teacher conditions are not up to it, right? This is not the founding of New China, when New China was founded, there was already a foreshadowing of the Republic of China for decades.

Therefore, although investment in education will be a heavy burden on the imperial treasury, for the time being, the treasury is still abundant, with more than 500 million yuan in money reserves, and with the increase in expenditure, there is still a slight surplus in fiscal revenue every year.

Obviously, the admirals and the officials of the coastal defense faction have their eyes fixed on the money in the treasury.

At present, the Imperial Navy purchases about 20,000 tons of ships per year, and excluding the elimination of retired ships, the total annual tonnage growth of the Navy is not high, but with the equipment of new ships, the absolute combat effectiveness is no longer the same as that in the early days of the establishment of the army or even ten years ago.

Ye Zhao twisted the Buddha beads, pondered for a while, and said: "If the shipyard under the rule of this dynasty is fully operational, how many Penglai can be produced in two years?" ”

Zhou Jingshan and Li Hongzhang were stunned, the empire's shipbuilding industry has developed the most rapidly in recent years, if it really supplies the military with all its might, it must be an extremely terrifying productivity, but this is not easy to count.

Ye Zhao bowed slightly: "So, don't be too anxious, if these shipyards hadn't received countless orders for civilian ships over the years, whether it was technology or development, how could they have the scale they have today?" ”

Zhou Jingshan and Li Hongzhang both nodded slightly.

Ye Zhao saw the disappointment on Pei Tianqing's face, and said with a smile: "But it's time to place some orders, it's not that I'm stingy with the navy, you can think about it, if we used millions of snowflakes of silver to build ships ten years ago, can we still use them now?" ”

Pei Tianqing's heart froze, and then he thought of those warships that had now been retired and displayed in the Sailor Academy and were not even qualified to be training ships.

Ye Zhao Buddha beads were collected, and said: "A few years ago, when I was poor, the money could only be used on the blade, but now I have barely made a turn, and I have to save some money." Let's discuss it, go back and get an order charter, and there must be a small fleet cruising in Maputo, and you don't have to look too much at the faces of foreigners. ”

Zhou Jingshan and the others hurriedly bowed down and said yes.

The navy orders large orders, in fact, it is also a shot in the arm for domestic heavy industry enterprises, but now that the empire is developing rapidly, Ye Zhao is worried about the problem of economic overheating many times, and he is more cautious and cautious to watch the gradually born consortium gate valve in the empire, and heavy industry enterprises do not need a booster to boost.

(To be continued)