Since graduating from university, when he stepped into the land of Wuchang again, Tang Haoran could not find a trace of familiar memory, the blue-gray city wall was covered with dry grass between the cracks, and the ancient buildings with blue bricks and green tiles were everywhere in sight, in Wuchang more than 100 years ago, for some reason, Tang Haoran first felt that it was a depressing and dull air, for him from later generations, it was also like another world, although it seemed to be prosperous, but behind the prosperity was the sunset of the empire.

It was in that sunset that Tang Haoran came to his residence, which was a residential courtyard prepared for him by the mansion, only two alleys away from the governor's palace, a very typical southern-style courtyard, but it was somewhat similar to the courtyard. When you enter the door, there is a spacious earthen lawn with a pomegranate tree growing on it. When the wind blows, the leaves on the trees sway with the wind, and the most interesting thing is that there are still a few small pomegranates that have been frosted and snow-soaked among the leaves. Those garnets are red and black, showing a vigorous beauty.

There are three main rooms facing south, one is arranged as a bedroom, one is a study, and one is a living room, with new furniture of one color, and even the bedding on the bed is paved. On the east and west sides are guest rooms, miscellaneous houses, and kitchens. There are eight houses in the whole courtyard, large and small, and the environment is very quiet, and once the courtyard door is closed, there will be no noise from the outside at all. It seems that this place is not the noisy Wuchang, but the spotless mountain cottages.

For this qiē, Tang Haoran is naturally very satisfied, not only because of this courtyard, so that he has a place to settle down in this era, and he no longer has to worry about food and clothing.

"It's finally finished!"

While putting down the pen, Tang Haoran stretched his waist, this book that referred to the rise and fall of many later generations such as the rise of great powers and many later generations wrote the rise and fall of the Ten Kingdoms, which lasted half a month, and was finally completed.

"It seems that it is not possible to call the rise of a great power again!"

Looking at the thick manuscript on the table, Tang Haoran's lips muttered, the biggest difference from the later "Rise of Great Powers" is that in this era, the United States has not yet shown its strength, while Russia is declining, and Japan is rising, and at the same time he also wrote about Ottoman Turkey, which once made Europe tremble, but now it is called the "sick man of Europe". In a way, he hoped that the Chinese people of this era should learn a thing or two from the Ottoman Empire and Japan.

As for how much, it depends on the understanding of the Chinese people.

"What should this book be called?"

Because he knew that Zhang Zhidong intended to publish this book, Tang Haoran, who also wanted to be famous with this book, was naturally full of expectations for this book, but what should it be called?

Is it still called "The Rise of a Great Power"?

In thought, Tang Haoran, who was clueless for a while, raised his head, and saw through the glass window under the pomegranate tree outside the study, a little girl ring lowered her body to sort out the stone case under the tree, although it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, the breeze was slow, but the weather was still a little hot, the little girl was packing up her things, and a few beads of sweat were hanging down on her temples, and she couldn't help but wipe the sweat with the back of her hand and exhale.

What caught Tang Haoran's eyes was a sweet and delicate face, this pretty little girl was called Yun'er, which was arranged by Zhao Fengchang together with this house, saying that he was waiting for his own life, and he was waited by this delicate girl ring every day, which was also a pleasure, looking at Yun'er's slender figure, but his chest was very plump, and he was better than girls of the same age, Tang Haoran only felt a burst of fire in his heart, full of warm thoughts...... The ancients did not deceive me!

Yun'er, who had just cleaned up the stone case, felt as if someone was looking at her, and at a glance, she saw the young master standing by the window and looking at her with a smile, so she was even more flustered, and quickly lowered her head.

Looking at Yun'er's blushing pretty face with a smile, Tang Haoran smiled again, this day is pleasant, it is true that the back is against the big tree to enjoy the shade, since he arrived in Wuchang, there are people who have arranged for food, clothing and clothing, not to mention, now not only do they have a place to live, but even a pretty girl at home is waiting on the side, this day is ...... It's a bit of a no-brainer.

If there are a few more evil servants in the family, the fact is that the evil servants go to the street to ** the people's daughters, that day ...... But this thought just flashed through him, he didn't come to be a big man, not to mention that now he was just a staff member of the governor of Huguang......

Thinking of his identity, Tang Haoran suddenly realized a question: Why has it been half a month now, but Zhang Zhidong has never looked for himself? Although Zhao Fengchang has arranged all his qiē, as a staff member of the shogunate, he has not consulted Dong Weng for half a month, can he say that he has been left out in the cold?

Thinking of the 300 taels of silver sent by Zhao Fengchang when he moved into this mansion, it was for his daily expenses, and now, thinking of the silver of that day and his sentence "write with peace of mind", Tang Haoran's brows furrowed,

Zhang Zhidong has just arrived in Wuchang to take office, and it stands to reason that it is the time to show his skills and discuss governance matters with a group of staff, but he is excluded from the decision-making circle, what does it mean?

The feeling of being excluded from the shogunate as a staff member is really unpleasant, not to mention that in Tang Haoran's opinion, he still has to rely on the big tree of Zhang Zhidong to achieve a great career, but this will not only be unsuccessful, but the reality of not being invited to make decisions still makes him feel at the bottom of his heart.

"Could it be that something has happened again?"

If there is something in his heart, he naturally has no leisure to appreciate the pretty little girl ring again, lying in front of the desk, looking at the table full of manuscripts, Tang Haoran repeatedly thought about all kinds of possibilities.

That's not right,

If Zhang Zhidong doesn't use himself, how can he let himself write this book? Even asked Gu Hongming, who was known for his erudition even a hundred years later, to polish his own article?

But since he wants to use himself, why is he idle at this juncture, he Zhang Zhidong came to Hubei with the intention of becoming the leader of the Westernization Movement, why didn't he ask for his own opinion?

"No, you must not be a Gu Hongming-style literati!"

Although Gu Hongming, who was also Zhang Zhidong's staff, was famous for learning both Chinese and Western studies in later generations, Tang Haoran was unwilling to do his studies here and be a literati like Gu Hongming.

"We must not be marginalized!"

Tang Haoran, who realized that he might be marginalized or only regarded as a "literati", realized that if he did not take the initiative to show his value, he was afraid that there would be no place for Hubei Western-style construction in the future.

While contemplating his eyebrows, Tang Haoran knew that if he couldn't show his ability, I was afraid that even if Zhang Zhidong wanted to use himself, he wouldn't dare to use himself, and he didn't know what use he could have?

But what should you use to show your abilities?

It's gold that always shines, Tang Haoran doesn't doubt it, but this gold also has to be seen to shine, and I can't wait, not to mention that it's time to wait for me!

Thinking of the First Sino-Japanese War five years later, Tang Haoran suddenly felt that time was getting tighter and tighter, what could he do in this limited time? Thus reversing the situation of the First Sino-Japanese War.

"It's a bit far to think about this, let's get through the current level first!"

Tang Haoran, who realized that he might be marginalized, closed his eyes slightly, sat on a chair, and slowly sorted out in his mind the historical materials of the Hubei New Deal that he had seen in the past, I don't know if it was because of the meteorite or the white light, now Tang Haoran found that his memory was very good, more precisely, it was a lot of information he had read in the past, even if he just read it casually, he could remember it word for word.

This kind of memory has given Tang Haoran great help when writing the manuscript, and even if it weren't for this, I am afraid that he may not be able to enter the Zhangzhidong Shogunate, and now Tang Haoran is retrieving relevant information in his mind from time to time, which will make him glad that his hobby is extensive to often look through all kinds of information on the Internet, which is naturally not the information of the Hubei New Deal in the late Qing Dynasty.

"Hubei New Deal, Hubei New Deal ......"

Repeating this word, Tang Haoran picked up a dipping pen and wrote a few words on the paper.

"Luhan Railway, Hanyang Iron Works, Daye Iron Mine, Hanyang Arsenal, Hubei Weaving Bureau......"

listed a series of achievements during the period of Zhang Zhidong's governorship, and in the end, Tang Haoran, like others, still attributed it to building railways, running factories, training new troops, and rejuvenating the West, and in this series of achievements, how many were really successful?

The Luhan Railway has not been developed for several years, and after a few years, it had to raise foreign debts to give way to Belgium, as for the Hanyang Iron Works to spend millions of taels, but its output is very pitiful, and finally had to be attributed to the commercial office, which made Sheng Xuanhuai's "Han Yeping", but the result was that the former "Asia's first iron factory" became the "cow" of Japan's Yaman Iron Works, and the Hubei weaving bureau was also fruitless, and finally achieved Zhang Jian's Dasheng Yarn Factory. As for the famous Hanyang Gun Factory, first due to the improper management of the gun factory caused a fire, the plant and equipment were all burned down, and then although the factory was re-established and expanded, it took nearly ten years before it was on the right track, but because the production equipment was not well utilized, it was also extremely pitiful, like other projects, its root was improper employment, unorganized, and even until Zhang Zhidong left Hubei, the Hanyang Gun Factory did not make a factory production management charter, it was simply a large workshop with the name of the factory, and it was not until the rear of the Republic of China that it gradually tended to be standardized. This is Zhang Zhidong's Hubei New Deal, whether it is the comments of later generations or the comments of the contemporaries, in the end, the disadvantages of the new deal lie in the misuse of people.

Will the mistakes of history be repeated here?

Tang Haoran, who was silent, frowned, and slowly the night fell, but his heart couldn't calm down, how to avoid Zhang Zhidong's mistake? There is only one way, and that is to take control of the New Deal by yourself, but how can you let it delegate power to yourself?

In contemplation, the core of the Hubei New Deal listed on the paper, what they all have in common is that most of them have suffered failures in different ways, but what else? Thinking of this, Tang Haoran's eyes suddenly lit up again.

"That's right! That's right! That's right, that's it! ”

With excitement on his lips, Tang Haoran hurriedly turned on the lamp, re-opened the paper, and began to offer advice for Zhang Zhidong's new policy, he wanted to lay the first and most solid foundation for Zhang Zhidong's new policy, only in this way can he reuse himself.

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