"I've seen your excerpts. According to your scenario, it will take us 30 years to make education universal, and then 10 years from now the first young people who will be able to enter the society, and then give them another 5 to 10 years to grow. At that time, China could see the results. Very good. What is even more commendable is that your excerpt fully takes into account the actual situation of the country, especially the finances. After sending Anqian's four daughters back to school, Guangxu immediately found Rong Hong.

"Ten years of trees, 100 years of people. The foundation of education is not something that can be achieved overnight, but must be accumulated and precipitated over time. However, if the general trend today does not allow us to arrange calmly, we will be able to see results in 20 years. ”

"Of course, I also know that twenty years is a short time. So I think of a few ways to help me figure it out. First, based on the children studying in the United States, the Lancaster mentoring system in the United Kingdom is adopted, and the people with certain basic knowledge in China are driven to grow up as soon as possible in the way of points and lines. Second, based on the factory, literacy education is provided for factory workers. For those who have excellent work performance, they can be retrained for professional knowledge, and even more can be arranged to go abroad for special skills learning. Third, we will continue to arrange for some students around the age of 10 to study abroad. Of course, if you have a better way, please bring it up. ”

"No matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education, and no matter how hard you are, you can't be hard for students. From now on, go and pick the country's elite. I plan to send them to study abroad in two years' time. Wait for them to come back and lead the country on the road to take-off. Human, material, and financial resources, as long as you need me, I will give it, who wants me to be the emperor. Guangxu's voice changed: "In the American loan, I left you three million. ”

"Remember, we only have twenty years left. We can afford to lose, the Qing Dynasty can afford to lose, but China cannot afford to lose. ”

As soon as my eyes were closed and opened, the day passed. As soon as I closed my eyes, a lifetime passed. The current situation is that Guangxu opens his eyes every day to discuss the affairs of the court, and then takes a drowsy nap at the noisy court meeting like a vegetable field, and summons some courtiers to ask in the afternoon. Every three or two days, take the fold to Cining Palace to say hello and ask for instructions. In Guangxu's view, this is simply a waste of the already pitiful time. Only at night, Guangxu can summon the ministers he wants to see, ask about some things he cares about, and arrange the next work to be done. In the dead of night, sort out what happened inside and outside the court for the next day, and think quietly about future plans. It's just that Liu Mei and Kou Liancai, who worked hard to help Guangxu sort out the paperwork, can't make up for sleep like Guangxu at the court meeting the next day.

But Guangxu thinks it's a waste of time, and in the eyes of some people, this is the time to do the right thing. The heavy snowfall fell intermittently for a week and finally stopped. In today's China, there aren't many concrete roads. The melted snow turned into water and mud, and immediately it was a muddy mess. If you don't have to go out to run errands, no one wants to leave the city's cobblestone roads and walk the muddy roads of the countryside. Even the court officials who sat in the sedan chair were afraid of dirtying their own sedan chairs.

"Melting snow and frying fragrant tea, mixing crispy and boiling chyle. The greed is still self-defeating, and who knows how to be happy. It was in such a day when the snow melted and the depression gathered, that Prince Li, the minister of military training of the imperial court, came to the Fengtai camp to inspect the training of the new army. Although Shi Duo said that the three-month recruit training had been completed and he had come to the parade, in Guangxu's opinion, it was not what the old lady in the palace meant.

"Risaki"

"Less"

"Walk in unison, one, two, three, four"

"Get on the gun"

"Running Forward"

"Established—"

More than 20,000 people walked in the barracks with their heads held high, and all their actions were in unison. When the spear was on the shoulder, the bayonet was strong and dense like a forest. Even the slogans were shouted loudly and neatly. Even if Shi Duo didn't understand military affairs, he felt a burst of aggressive momentum. He had to make Shi Duo's heart feel comfortable, although it was only three months, he was indeed very satisfied with the progress of the new army. The army, when it comes to training, it is indeed a little bit of a look.

Not only that, the three German generals were very respectful to him, especially Ouyang Zhenhua and others were respectful to him, the minister of supervision. Ouyang Zhenhua on the side handed over a fold, which was written about the progress of the new army this month. There is a copy of this excerpt every month. The mere fact that he was sensible made Shidor quite satisfied.

"At present, the basic training of the new army has been on the right track, and the queue drills and obstacle drills have achieved initial results. Even if the snow is muddy, it is still orderly, its military appearance is neat, and its morale is high, which is completely different from the previous Fengtai battalion, and the servants are full of joy. The slave inquired in detail and learned that it was only a small success so far, and there would be more strict and standardized professional skills training in the future, and it would take another year or two to complete the final training, and then it would be regarded as a real strong army...... In this way, he finally lived up to the Queen Mother's trust in the slaves. The slave dared to ask the Queen Mother to patrol the new army in order to boost the morale of the whole army and serve the Queen Mother and the Qing Dynasty. With that, Sedors took a step forward and knelt on the ground, bowing his head with a look of earnestness.

Seeing Shi Duo kneeling underneath, the joy that emanated from his bones, Cixi frowned and snorted coldly, "Is it really as good as you say?" ”

"The slave has the courage to deceive the queen mother. Indeed, as the slave said, the new army not only has a strict appearance and gives people a new feeling, but what is even more rare is the loyalty to the queen mother......"

"Faithful, faithful. Shouting a few words of allegiance to the Queen Mother, is it loyalty? Cixi slammed the tea bowl in her hand on the table: "The mourning family wants to ask you, where are the more than 100 people who left at the end of last month?" ”

Cixi's sudden anger really startled Shi Duo, and he didn't know that it was that sentence that provoked the Queen Mother, so she knelt on the ground and hesitated for a long time before she cautiously replied: "Those more than 100 people were expelled and left because they repeatedly violated military rules and could not be educated." The minion thought that it was not a big deal that the army everywhere had more or less unruly people. Therefore there was no report. ”

"Not a big deal? Those more than 100 people boarded a ship in Shanghai and went to Nanyang together, what did they want to do? As she spoke, Cixi took a fold from the table and threw it in front of Shi Duo, "Look at it, this is a secret fold sent by Liu Kun and his ......."

Shiduo shuddered in fright, and hurriedly picked up the fold from the ground, unfolded it and looked at it carefully, muttering in his heart. Even if the people from the Times Newspaper Hall lead the team, not to mention that this is still going to Nanyang, even if they stay in the Qing Dynasty, can they still make waves with these 100 people? Everyone has already gone to sea and gone far, and you Queen Mother can't beat you with eight more shots. Shi Duo thought about it and couldn't get what he wanted, and he didn't know how to reply, and after a while, there was a dense layer of sweat on his forehead.

"As soon as this matter came out, the mourning family felt strange, how could something be so coincidental. Just firing a hundred people. So secretly let people check it. I didn't think that these 100 people were the 100 people with the best training performance in the new army. I also went to Shanghai together, and there were still people who arranged it along the way. The mourning family issued a secret decree to let Liu Kun stare at these individuals. Although the mourning family doesn't know what these more than 100 people are doing, but you are the minister of the military aircraft foreman, the minister of supervision and training of the new army of the imperial court, don't just care about the glamorous set on your face, no matter how good you say, I am not uncommon, what you want is a real stewardship......"

Cixi took a sip of tea, looked at the nervous and sad look of Shi Duo kneeling on the ground, and sighed silently in her heart, "I know your loyalty, but in the court, loyalty alone is not enough, you also have to be able to do things." The big and small officials in this new army are all candidates determined by the emperor. Like the people you sent to the new army, whether they are reliable or not, whether they can be used, and how influential are they in the new army? Can you command the movement of the new army? ……… You have to be careful about everything, don't be blinded by a few words from others, the new army must be in your own hands, do you understand? ”

Shi Duo suddenly realized at this moment that the evil fire that the Queen Mother said today was about to go to the new army, but the new army was only established in March, and nothing happened? was pondering, and suddenly heard Cixi above his head suddenly say again, "The mourning family heard that there is a person named Yuan Shikai in North Korea, and he is quite capable. The person in charge of the new army in these two towns has not yet been decided, let him come back and bring a new army in one town. ”

"I'm afraid it's too late, and the slave came back from the Fengtai camp to learn that the emperor ordered Yuan Shikai to select capable soldiers in North Korea and imitate the new army model to train a new army." Shiduo looked up in surprise, thinking that the two of them were a good match.

"General Michael, it's not that I don't want to ask for it, it's that Li Hongzhang doesn't give it." Guangxu was explaining to Michael at the military academy: "You know, I also have a town of marines in Weihai, and Hannagan is serving as an instructor. ”

"But Your Majesty, I have been working in the General Staff. It is no problem for me to set up a general staff, and it is no problem to do basic training for soldiers, but it is really a bit reluctant for me to do the work of training in specific tactical movements and combat coordination in the army. "I'm afraid that only stubborn and dull Germans will say this kind of thing, and try it in a Chinese way, this is not to understand that let the boss fire you squid." However, it is also a reflection of the rigor and professionalism of the Germans.

"Don't you have two more subordinates?"

"Your Majesty, the two of them are also only members of the General Staff. At the beginning, you repeatedly asked for the German political axe to send staff officers. It was through three months of living in the Qing Kingdom that Michael saw the trust and support that the Qing Emperor had in them. Also through the conversation with Guangxu, Michael knew that the Qing emperor not only had a high sense of identity with the German team, but also had a deep understanding of the German team, and was even very familiar with German history. With affection and reason, he didn't want to disappoint the emperor.

"What then. General Michael, could you please send a few more officers from your country to assist you? ”

"I'll do my best."

Guangxu, who left the military academy with some regrets, thought to himself, this thing is really stinky. Just thinking about learning from Germany to form a general staff, I really forgot that there must be a qualified army to carry out the orders of the general staff. Besides, this Li Hongzhang is really annoyed, if you don't give it, you won't give it, and you won't let it be seconded for a month. How did he know that I was going to borrow something that I hadn't intended to pay back?

In any case, it is very pleasant to take a hot bath in winter, and if there is a carbon fire under the large bathtub, the water will be kept at a certain temperature. You don't have to let people add water all the time, being an emperor is better than being an engineer. Guangxu closed his eyes and enjoyed it, lying on his back, humming a song in his mouth: Sister, you go forward boldly, go forward, don't look back.

Singing unintentionally, listening intentionally. Kou Liancai, who was waiting outside the door, saw Liu Mei coming and stepped forward to whisper a few words.

"I haven't finished washing yet, so what's the hurry?" Guangxu, who was still with his eyes closed, heard the door open, and someone walked in: "Wait outside." ”

"Little Kouzi, why don't you speak." The door was closed, and the person came in but didn't speak, Guangxu asked a little strangely.

Still no one spoke, and Guangxu didn't bother to open his eyes: "I said, Kou Liancai, you won't let an assassin in." ”

Assassin? Someone was shocked. "The slave maid came to serve the emperor to bathe."

Girl? Guangxu opened his eyes violently, and Guangxu, who was lying on his back, immediately wrapped himself tightly into a ball, and asked three questions in a row: "You, you, you...... How did you get in? Didn't Kou Liancai look at the door? I didn't say I wanted someone to serve me? ”

The person who came was Liu Mei. Liu Mei was looking down at her feet, blushing and said, "The slave maid came in to serve the emperor to bathe." After speaking, he walked into two steps: "The slave and maid rubbed the emperor's back." ”

"No, I don't. You go out first. Guangxu hurriedly stopped, and then shouted loudly: "Kou Liancai, let Lao Tzu die." ”

"Minions deserve to die." Kou Liancai came in and hurriedly knelt down: "Miss Liu is serving the emperor for the first time, and she doesn't understand the rules. But in a hurry, the slave could only find Miss Liu to serve. Please calm the emperor's anger. ”

brush, Guangxu's forehead fell countless black lines, and his face couldn't be darker: "When did Lao Tzu say that he wanted someone to serve." As he spoke, Guangxu stood up violently. But I heard Liu Mei's low cry of "ah". Guangxu sat down violently again: "Lao Tzu likes to take a bath alone." Get out of here. ”

Kou Liancai could only go out with Liu Mei, bypassing the screen and looking at each other, both of them were full of doubts. The emperor should have not been in ** for almost a year, could it be said that the heavy rain at the beginning of the year made the emperor suffer from a hidden disease? Since the emperor transferred Liu Mei to his side, he took it with him wherever he went. Both of them understood in their hearts, and Kou Liancai understood in their hearts that Liu Mei was already the emperor's woman. But why hasn't the emperor made any moves yet?

Before Kou Liancai closed the door, he heard the emperor shouting inside: "Kou Liancai, just use some effort to do the things I confessed, and give Lao Tzu less moths." ”

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