Chapter 43: The Old Lady (II) Asks for a Recommendation
Promise me an errand in one place!
Hearing Cixi's words, how could Tang Haoran not be happy, with this old lady's words, it is estimated that this matter will really be done!
While secretly rejoicing in his heart, Tang Haoran knew that now was the most critical time, whether it was successful or not, it depended on the next performance.
"Thank you for the grace of the Empress Dowager Lafayette, the minister is going to train the land and water divisions first, each with about 5,000 people, and after a little effect, then ask the court to continue to run a new army."
The Queen Mother was relieved, Tang Haoran had a reason not to be grateful, isn't this what he wanted, but Tang Haoran did not show joy on his face, but added with a solemn expression.
"Although the minister wants to train a tiger and wolf division for the imperial court, but the power of a province is always limited, which is not only to run a new deal, open factories and mines, build schools, but also to train soldiers, this training of new soldiers naturally costs money, the minister estimates, with the financial resources of a province at most to maintain a town of new army, coastal provinces, at most can train a water division and an association, more, I am afraid that the financial resources of a province can bear."
Tang Haoran took the initiative to shrink the level of the new army, and he was still thinking about training the new army in the two towns before, but in the past few days, the new army in the two towns is thirty or forty thousand people, and there must be no problem on the Guangxu side, but what will Cixi think here? It's better to be cautious, first train the land and water divisions and have an association, there are not many people, which will naturally attract the suspicion of the outside world, besides, if it can be put in Taiwan, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, how can the capital know how much the army is. Let's get a name first.
With this title, as many soldiers as you want to train, as long as you have money, you still have to train yourself, and the 18th Group Army was not just the establishment of three divisions back then, what happened to one association, and one association could also become several divisions of soldiers.
"If in the future, all the provinces of our Great Qing Kingdom will be trained into a new army, and when the time comes, there will be nearly a million new troops across the country, then the foreign devils will naturally not be afraid!"
I heard that it was just a new army, and there were no more than 10,000 people in the water and land divisions, Cixi nodded, and there were a few governors in various places who did not train soldiers over the years, but even so, Cixi still asked again.
"In the past, the training of troops in various provinces was all land training, and this water training division has always been an errand that costs money, so why do you need to train water divisions?"
Why a water practitioner? It's not because you have the Beiyang Sailor in your hands!
muttered to himself in his heart, but Tang Haoran replied with a straight face.
"Back to Lafayette's words, the threat of the foreigners comes from the sea, and the coastal provinces naturally want to train the sailors, although these years, the imperial court has trained the Beiyang sailors, which are also ranked in the world, although they are valued by the foreigners, but the Beiyang sailors, stationed in the Bohai Sea, guarding the key places in Gyeonggi, but the coast of our Qing Dynasty is as long as tens of thousands of miles, if he is attacked by the Japanese, if the main force of the Beiyang Sailors is dispatched to reinforce, the Gyeonggi key land is bound to be empty, and after the sailors are dispatched, they are not familiar with the waterways, which will inevitably affect, so in the opinion of the ministers, This imperial court is training a large fleet like the Beiyang Naval Division, and the local can train small naval divisions, and the small naval divisions are based on two or three gunboats, supplemented by several gunboats, if it is wartime, one can defend the harbor so that the foreigners will not land, and the other can also cooperate with the Beiyang Naval Division to block foreign ships on the sea route, so that the coastal defense can be safe. Speaking of the roots, the Beiyang sailors are dry, and as for the local practice, they are just branches......"
Cixi nodded, this coastal province does need a sailor, Guangdong is not also a sailor, since he wants to train the new army, he will also train the sailor, anyway, it is the financial resources of a province, then the Beiyang sailor is the power of the whole country, this is the root, isn't it also for the imperial court, not to mention, there is no Beiyang sailor, as for other places, it is just a small matter, just like the thousands of new troops who have been trained.
Tang Haoran, who was kneeling on the ground, peeked at Cixi and Guangxu, the former's mind seemed to be on the stage, and the latter would just sit there resignedly, so he continued.
"The minister also knows that the court's finances are exhausted, so this new deal, the minister is thinking, as much as possible to do it with the power of a province, if it is not enough, the minister will try his best to raise himself, and will never dare to waste a tael of silver in the court, if the minister is given five years, the minister will do the new deal out of a way!"
Guangxu didn't dare to speak, but his chest rose and fell. He is weak on the outside, but in fact, he is the most anxious on the inside, and he is also very easy to be moved. But he didn't dare to express his opinion in front of Cixi, just looked at Tang Haoran, this is a talent recommended by Master Weng, and one day in the future, Taiwan will also be his "Satsuma Domain".
But, the Queen Mother's side...... Thinking of the Queen Mother, Guangxu didn't dare to raise his eyes to look at the Queen Mother, but he just held his palm from time to time, and the palm was sweating, all of which looked impatient.
Cixi sat quietly, all looking immersed in the play, and after a while, she nodded lightly.
"If the ministers of the world understand the truth like you, this matter will be easy to do, okay, Your Majesty, I think this errand for the trial of the new policy will be entrusted to him!"
"One qiē should obey the orders of the emperor's father!"
Guangxu's face was filled with irrepressible joy, this is done! It became ......
Before the words fell, Tang Haoran kowtowed again.
"Lafayette and the emperor are gracious!"
When Tang Haoran thanked him, Cixi turned her face and looked at Guangxu with a smile.
"Your Majesty, a while ago, isn't this court out of control because of Japan's affairs, no, in order to settle this matter, didn't it allow all the affairs of North Korea to be negotiated and handled by the minister in North Korea, it was said at the beginning, but who ever wanted the Japanese to catch the handle, our Great Qing Kingdom is the Heavenly Empire, if you say it, then there is a reason to take it back, do you say that this is the reason?"
Listening to Cixi's words, Tang Haoran's heart couldn't stop beating the drum, North Korea? At this time, shouldn't you, an old lady, give Lao Tzu an official reward and show grace, why did you bring up North Korea again?
North Korea...... North Korea
When he was muttering this word in his heart, Tang Haoran had that sentence in his mind again-I want you to do an errand in one place!
Could it be that this old lady wants to kick herself to North Korea!
"That's what Daddy said!"
Guangxu obviously didn't think so much, Cixi's words just fell, and he hurriedly responded.
"Now, the Japanese grasp the word, make Yuan Shikai in North Korea struggling to deal with, I see, that Yuan Shikai said that although it is after the meritorious service, he has also made meritorious service for the country, but he was born in the army, this foreign affairs, is always just reluctant, these years in North Korea, it is also hard work, but it is difficult for him, I see this North Korean errand, so I will unload him, call him back to North Korea to make another errand, as for the candidate for the prime minister in North Korea, I think it is better to let Tang Haoran take it first, I heard that even the Japanese admire his tightness, besides, North Korea has not asked us for silver in recent years, it is better to teach people to fish than to teach people to fish, Tang Haoran has a skill, he can use it all in North Korea, and I think that letting Tang Haoran go to North Korea will not only solve the situation in North Korea and consolidate the barrier, but also try out a new deal in North Korea, and some North Koreans have been shouting about a new deal......
Although it was a smiling word, Guangxu listened to it in his ears, but he trembled, this, this, how can the Queen Mother be like this, Tang Haoran, that is the courtier he wants to reuse!
Listening to Cixi's words, Tang Haoran's heart will be filled with bitter water, with Cixi's words, don't think about Taiwan's errands, North Korea!
Is North Korea a good place to be?
You old lady, you and a bunch of people looked ahead and didn't care about the future when they were doing things, and in the end they even let Lao Tzu wipe your ass! I fooled for a long time before Guangxu agreed to go to North Korea by himself, and you kicked Lao Tzu to North Korea with a word.
When Tang Haoran complained in his heart, Guangxu over there had already said resignedly.
"The sons should obey the emperor's father's decree!"
Seeing that Guangxu's face was white and blue, Cixi, who had achieved her goal, put away the smile on her face.
"Your Majesty, this is a matter for the imperial court, and the mourning family can't take care of it. Your Majesty, you can do it yourself. ”
Reluctantly smiled Guangxu, looked at Tang Haoran and said warmly.
"Tang Haoran, this minister stationed in the DPRK Prime Minister to negotiate trade matters, is also the same as the three grades, although the DPRK is my Qing Dynasty, you have to remember that "the domain is solid, the country is secure", this minister in the DPRK, although he does not have the name of the governor, but has the power of the governor, in the DPRK to try out the new policy, but there is no constraint from all sides, do it well, the court has high hopes for you, if the errand in the DPRK is done, the court will also be of great use to you in the future......"
Cixi, who was watching the play, suddenly interjected on the side.
"Your Majesty, since you want to run a new deal in North Korea, and you also have to train a new army, from the perspective of mourning the family, this minister stationed in the DPRK Prime Minister to negotiate trade affairs will be the minister stationed in the DPRK Prime Minister's Affairs, with a name, it is convenient to do things in this way, and this new deal can be done well, right?"
Cixi's words, then Guangxu choked, just now he was giving grace to this courtier, let him remember the love, but I didn't expect Cixi to say a word next to him, and the grace surpassed him as the emperor, although his face changed, but he hurriedly responded.
"It's still the emperor's father who thinks about it thoroughly, so let's change the name! Tang Haoran, you have to remember the grace of the Queen Mother and the Emperor, and do a good job......"
"Thank you to the Empress Dowager Lafayette and the emperor for their grace, and the ministers are willing to do this errand well!"
Although his heart is full of bitter water, Tang Haoran can only kowtow and thank him, thunder and rain are all heavenly graces...... Even compared to before, this head knocked heavier, and naturally louder, if it was said that it was a worship of the dead, this would really be a worship of the dead.
Although his legs were already kneeling, when he left Dehe Garden, Tang Haoran's steps were much lighter than before, and even the Xu Feng blowing from the three seas did not make his whole person refreshed.
The Minister of Prime Minister's Affairs stationed in North Korea presides over the new policy of North Korea!
What's going on?
In the history of North Korea's new policy, it was a few years later, after the "independence" of North Korea, but now it is better, this errand fell on his head.
Now let alone running a new deal for Korea, that place is a land of tigers and wolves, and it is difficult to deal with the Japanese problem alone, and if the North Koreans want to run a new deal, it is not instigated by the Enlightenment Party supported by the Japanese, and those people are all pro-Japanese!
His grandma's! This old lady is really poisonous!
He kicked himself to North Korea! How good is that?