The slightly cool tea poured into his throat, relieving the dryness in his throat a little, but Hiroyuki Kato didn't speak, just quietly holding the teacup and drinking tea. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

And this Longjing from Zhejiang is drunk in the mouth of Kato Hiroyuki, but he can't taste a trace of tea, and even only tastes the bitterness that is absent, and this bitterness is actually from the heart from the non-tea.

If he had been replaced by someone else and had nothing to come to Tianjin, and after asking to see Li Hongzhang, he would not only have solved the place to live, but also arranged a decent job, I am afraid that he would have been grateful and would have gotten up and thanked him, but instead of thanking him, Hiroyuki Kato was silent.

For Hiroyuki Kato, the reason why he is silent is actually because of a choice given to him by Li Hongzhang.

If he accepted the gift, he and his family would be able to live a peaceful and prosperous life. For an exile, perhaps this is already the greatest gift, I don't know how many exiles are eager to get these from Li Hongzhang's hands, and even he does not doubt that it may only take a year or two for him to become a prominent professor and scholar in the hall of Peiyang University. It can even influence Li Hongzhang's decision-making.

But, why did you come to China?

Why Tianjin? Is it timidity, like everyone else?

Did you come to Tianjin just to get a bite to eat? This is too much to underestimate yourself! Although there were quite a few words in his heart, Kato Hiroyuki did not show his inner dissatisfaction, although so, he still silently lowered his head and drank tea, as if Li Hongzhang's gift was not given to him.

Of course not!

At least that's not what he needs!

Yo, it's a shameless one.

When the atmosphere in the room was a little strange due to Hiroyuki Kato's silence, Zhang Peilun, who was accompanying him, couldn't help but think of if the young nephew was here. That's going to happen.

However, the young nephew has no leisure to do so now. When the new army was formed, Lord Nakado discovered the Beiyang Gun Bureau he presided over. The deficit is huge, the whereabouts of hundreds of thousands of guns are unknown, and it was found that it not only resold ordnance, but even sold weapons and ammunition to North Korea during the war, how can the adults bear it, but in any case, after all, it is their own family, after it was removed from the general office of the Beiyang Gun Bureau by Lord Zhongtang, and now people have gone to Qingdao again. Dealing with the naval base in Qingdao can be regarded as being temporarily kicked out of the center. But now it seems that sometimes there is a need for such a bastard in this center, as it is now...... This Hiroyuki Kato is really shameless!

In the face of the other party's silence, Li Hongzhang did not react at all, but looked at Kato Hiroyuki with a quiet smile. If it were someone else, he would have shown his anger, but now he is just smiling and waiting for the other party's answer, these Japanese can always surprise him, just like Murata, who presided over the Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau, who had just presided over the Manufacturing Bureau. At the same time as rectifying the affairs of the bureau, it also began to develop the latest five-fire repeating gun and a new type of mountain artillery. According to its rectification and plan, there is no need for any additional investment from the Governor's Office, and next year the Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau will be able to produce 50,000 rifles, 180 mountain artillery, and 20 million rounds of ammunition of various types, which is enough for 200,000 Beiyang New Army.

Although I don't know what its quality is, but Li Hongzhang doesn't know that the quality of the Murata-style rifle developed by Murata is not inferior to that of the old Mauser, far better than the guns manufactured by various domestic bureaus and factories, if this gun does not need to be purchased, how can it save hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year, Murata can bring such a surprise to himself, then what about this Kato Hiroyuki in front of him? What kind of surprises can it bring to yourself?

After two minutes of silence, Hiroyuki Kato stood up and bowed deeply.

"Nakado-sama commanded, Kato didn't dare to obey!"

The words came into Zhang Peilun's ears, only making his brows jump! Hurriedly looked at Lord Zhongtang, only to see that Lord Zhongtang was not angry, but a smile flashed between his eyebrows, could it be that he was dazzled.

"Lord Nakado, if Kato only has no worries about food and clothing, why does he need to come to Tianjin? Even if you stay in Tokyo, you will not be embarrassed by the scholars, and you can go to Incheon and Tohoku without worrying about food and clothing."

Indeed, as a scholar, Hiroyuki Kato does not need to worry about his livelihood anywhere, even in the West, and if he is just for his livelihood, he does not need to come to Tianjin at all.

"But Kato came to Tianjin!"

When Hiroyuki Kato's words fell, Li Hongzhang stroked his beard and asked.

"Oh, why is that?"

"The reason why Kato came to Tianjin is for the future of East Asia and the future of Zhongtang!"

Hiroyuki Kato, who sat down again, looked at Li Hongzhang and talked eloquently.

For example, Japan's implementation of land tax reform, although it was extremely oppressed by the people, so that a large number of homesteaders went bankrupt and became tenant farmers or lived in the cities. Japan's desire for reform lies in "enriching the country and strengthening the army"; The reason why China has "gone through the looting" is that China has "gone through the looting" and has already "had a precarious situation in which the people are poor, and the situation is already precarious." However, blindly strengthening the army will inevitably exhaust the people, and blindly seeking wealth will inevitably weaken the army. Japan seeks to become a strong country with a small country, and fights with a small country, and it is beyond its own strength that it is the only reason why it is dying today. And the adults blindly seek to be rich and even weak soldiers, so there is the defeat of Liaodong! ”

Thinking of the fiasco defeat of the Beiyang Land Division in Liaodong, Li Hongzhang nodded involuntarily. If it weren't for this, how could he have begun to reorganize the Tianjin Military Academy as soon as the war was over, and train the new army, and on the other hand, he entrusted Yuan Shikai to train the new army in Zhejiang, and the disastrous defeat of the Huai army really shocked him greatly.

"Although Lord Nakado has been building railways, setting up factories, and training new armies since he took office, and his achievements have attracted more attention from the world, even if he is in Tokyo, he has heard of the name of Nakado, but in Kato's view, the railways built by adults, the factories he run, and the new army he trained are all rootless, and there is nothing to be afraid of!"

Li Hongzhang's brows suddenly wrinkled, building railways, running factories, and training new troops, these are all things he has done in the past few months, whether it is a native or a Westerner, or an Oriental, everyone sees that they are also "admired", how did they come to Kato Here has completely changed.

"If Lord Nakado is a corpse vegetarian, naturally there is no need to listen to what Kato said......"

Hiroyuki Kato, who was aware of the change in Li Hongzhang's expression, had not finished his words. was interrupted by Zhang Peilun's words.

"Bold! How can this be justified......"

didn't wait for Zhang Peilun to finish. Li Hongzhang stretched out his hand and said to Kato Hiroyuki.

"Go on!"

Hiroyuki Kato continued to talk:

"Actually. What Kato wants to say is very simple, Lord Nakado, building railways, running factories, and training new armies are all for the purpose of enriching the country and strengthening the army, but Kato only has three questions to ask adults, who will build this railway? Who manages the factory? Where does the new officer Zo come from? Is it just like in the past, just like the yamen? So. Is it the way to seek wealth and strength? ”

Several rhetorical questions in succession shook Li Hongzhang, Zhang Peilun and others like an earth-shattering shock. Li Hongzhang sat on the chair, squinted his eyes, and looked at the Japanese in front of him, he had not been in contact with the Japanese in the past, those Japanese who fled to China, all they wanted was a place to live, and all they sought was to worry about food and clothing, and it was too late for them to pat on the back one by one, and who had ever told the truth?

Doing foreign affairs is the same as doing other things. In the final analysis, it is necessary to employ people. After so many years of foreign affairs, it is important to choose talents. Li Hongzhang can be said to have a deep understanding, only with the right people can it be done, otherwise it will only be wasted. Although he knows this, when it comes to employing people, Li Hongzhang is still not as good as Tang Haoran, who can let recent graduates build a bridge, a road, a building, and even a factory manager. But Li Hongzhang can't do it, not because he can't do it, because in the Beiyang system, everything has to be based on seniority, just like he intends to let Kato Hiroyuki preside over the university, but now he can only let him teach in the university, not to work, but can't, and must take care of everyone's interests.

"Oh, tell me, what should I do?"

"Civilization and civilization are the foundation, whether it is to build railways, build factories, or train the new army, in the end it is all done by people, engineers are needed to build railways, managers to manage railways, and officers to preside over the new army. …… There are only three principles for running education: first, universal primary education in order to raise the level of cultural knowledge of ordinary people; Second, in line with the principle of spending less money and doing more things, we should establish institutions of higher education in a small number of ways to train high-tech personnel such as instructors of industrialization, and third, through education, especially technical education, to quickly digest and master the scientific and technological achievements that have been absorbed from the advanced countries of Europe and the United States. ”

Hiroyuki Kato did not talk intently, but observed Li Hongzhang from time to time, and continued to say when he saw that he was listening carefully.

"Today's China has not only the higher institutions of Peiyang University, but also the technical institutions such as medicine and telegraph schools, but there are no primary and secondary schools, and the schools at all levels of modern education have their uninterrupted continuity, and if there is no good primary school, there will be no good middle school; Without a good secondary school, there is no good university. And the education that adults run today does not even have a primary school or a middle school, and what is there to talk about "taking the essence of the West for my own use", so Kato did not dare to accept the invitation of adults to work in the rootless Peiyang University Hall! ”

Speaking of which, Hiroyuki Kato did not give Li Hongzhang a solution to the problem, but talked about the education he was most familiar with. Despite this, Li Hongzhang was still taught, but he was silent for a long time.

"Mr. Kato doesn't know that my Chinese imperial examination system has been around for thousands of years, and even if I am a student and a student in the school, my heart is not in school, and in the imperial examination, it is not that the adults in the middle hall have no intention of running the school, but no one is willing to go to the new school."

Zhang Peilun's words show the reason why Li Hongzhang does not run a new type of education, and has dealt with foreigners for so many years, how can he not know that education is the foundation of a strong country, but it is not that he does not run education, but that no one will do it, when he was selected to send young children to the United States, even if he made a promise to return to China and become an official without the imperial examination, how many people were willing to go? Moreover, after the young children returned to China, they were even more restricted by the officialdom because of their non-imperial examination background, and their appointment was even more restricted.

Now it's that Peiyang University! If it weren't for the fact that many people could see from the situation, even if they were admitted to the imperial examination, there would be no chance of appointment, how could they be at ease to study in the school...... Thinking of this, Li Hongzhang couldn't help but smile coldly, if there were really students from the school who went to the capital to take the exam, then he would be expelled directly, making it difficult for him to gain a foothold in this direct subordinate!

In Li Hongzhang's silence, Hiroyuki Kato, who knew that there was great resistance to China's implementation of new education, said directly.

"If there is a lot of resistance, it must be done, but the key is what to do!"

With a slight rise in his voice, Hiroyuki Kato turned his gaze to Li Hongzhang.

"Those who are concerned about your lordship. It is nothing more than the establishment of a new school. No one attended. There is also nowhere to go after graduation, and I am ostracized in the officialdom! ”

Nodding slightly, Li Hongzhang did not speak, but Kato Hiroyuki continued.

"Actually, this is not a problem, if you don't go up, there are more than 1,000 officials in Zhili. The adults of Zhongtang can directly let their children and grandchildren go to the new-style school in Tianjin to study, so how can they worry about the lack of students? ”

Kato Hiroyuki's suggestion only made Zhang Peilun's eyes shine, and Li Hongzhang was slightly shocked, for Zhang Peilun, he saw that if the children of officials entered the new school, the new school would be accepted by the people, and for the latter, what he thought of was a term "proton" in the history books.

"Kato, Motodo acts brightly, how can he bring the Son of Man as a proton!"

After a deep cry came out of Li Hongzhang's throat, Zhang Peilun realized the hidden meaning of Hiroyuki Kato's suggestion. Everyone is not stupid, if the news of adults using the official's nephew as a proton is spread. Then this Beiyang is really ......

"Nakado-sama misunderstood what I meant!"

Seeing that Li Hongzhang was annoyed, Kato Hiroyuki realized his mistake and hurriedly explained.

"The school can be set up in Zhili, Shandong, Henan County, and it is by no means hostage to the Son of Man, but for ...... Do you know that when Japan was civilized and reformed, the selection of foreign students was first required to be selected from among the children of feudal scholars, and if the graduates of the new-style schools were all the children and nephews of officials, how could they be excluded and squeezed after entering the officialdom? ”

In a traditional Eastern country, only this kind of "nepotism" can the country have hope, if it is not the children of officials who learn Western culture, they will not be able to get the support of officialdom, and they will be excluded from officialdom, which is why Japan will first select students from among the noble feudal lords, because they are more likely to be reused and will not be excluded. In contrast, the students selected by China at that time were completely children of ordinary families, and they were not taken care of in the officialdom, and it was natural for them to be squeezed by the Western knowledge that was rejected by scholars.

Li Hongzhang, who figured out the pros and cons of one of the links after a little thought, only felt that his eyes lit up, the reason why Tang Haoran reused the students who had just graduated was because of the Northeast Department of grass creation, and there were no nepotisms at all, and he couldn't be because of the complex nepotism within Beiyang, so he couldn't make the most of it, if the middle school students in his school were all Beiyang children, how could others refuse to use them?

Nepotism is also a relationship, and in this way, not only will things get twice the result with half the effort, but even many of the obstacles in the past will be eliminated, and even to a certain extent, the interests of the officials of the three provinces will be tied to the Beiyang Yamen.

"My lord, have you decided to use Kato?"

After Kato Hiroyuki left, he saw that Li Hongzhang gave him a mansion near the Yamen, and he knew that this person was going to enter the Beiyang Shogunate, and Zhang Peilun asked rhetorically.

"Hmm!"

Nodding his head slightly, Li Hongzhang did not speak, but silently held the teacup, as if thinking about something, and his brows were furrowed and loosened.

Zhang Peilun lowered his voice slightly:

"My lord, this primary school can indeed be set up in Fu County, but if there are secondary school teachers, how can there be secondary school teachers today, in Pei Lun's view, it may also be considered to set up a secondary school in Tianjin, so that the teachers will not be weakened, and the students can be successful."

Zhang Peilun's words were so light that only Li Hongzhang could hear them, but they sounded in his ears like a thousand thunderbolts, which only made his heart beat and bleed. He wanted to loudly reprimand him for being "arrogant and ridiculous", but he saw that Zhang Peilun was completely kind, or that it was entirely because he was a family member, that he would say this, and in the final analysis, his words were for the benefit of the Li family.

The establishment of a middle school in Tianjin is undoubtedly to leave the children of those older officials in Tianjin as "protons", of course, no one will say this in name, just like Zhang Peilun said, this is because of the lack of teachers, how many academies are there in such a big China? Is there a more suitable place than Tianjin?

"Compared with the locality, the rejection of foreigners is very much, Tianjin as a city of open ports, the people have long been accustomed to foreigners, and there are Japanese refugee scholars gathered, set up a middle school in Tianjin, which can study in the nearest professional school, the nearest Beiyang preparatory school, so that it is not conducive to the cultivation of talents!"

In the face of Zhang Peilun's suggestion, Li Hongzhang, who knew the benefits for a while, but had difficulty making a choice, adopted an evasive attitude and said without answering.

"It's getting late today, and I think this matter needs to be discussed for a long time!"

Although Zhang Peilun did not learn the study of the emperor, he clearly knew that there were still some scruples in the middle hall now, and it was this scruple that made it not for Tang Haoran to tear his face and use a trick to "discuss politics" in the middle hall, forcing the adults to have no way out, otherwise the big guy is afraid that he is still a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, or as in the past, he is allowed to be restrained by the court, and there is no power to resist. So he said in an accentuated tone.

"Do you know why the Northeast is united? Why are the Northeast officers willing to die for the Tang clan, although military discipline is restricted, but in addition to military discipline, how can there be a school in North Korea that does not have Tang as the principal? Such a teacher-student relationship, how can it be stopped by the love between the upper and lower levels? Since ancient times, how can there be thousands of students who have betrayed their teachers and are willing to go to justice for their teachers? ”

(Speechless is now forbidden to burn in the countryside, eating and living in the township 24 hours a day, so that there can only be one shift a day, I hope everyone can understand, tears run...... Try not to break the change! (To be continued.) )