"Emperor, this time there are more than 3,000 people, 1,000 students are nothing, but the 2,000 people in the back, most of them have brought their own families and servants, and the number is too many!" Xiao Shanzi whispered to Fan Ze.

This time the incident was a big deal in the Qing Dynasty, and the shock caused by such a huge flow of people going abroad was huge.

"What do those foreign businessmen say?"

Fan Ze was like a mirror in his heart, the people who came were businessmen from various countries, as long as they saw the benefits, they would definitely be able to handle this matter well.

"Those foreigners forgot their righteousness when they saw profit, and they were not very happy at first, but after a large amount of gold and silver followed, their attitude is very good now, and the other thing is that this time they can be said to have a bumper harvest, and the ship back is full of our Qing Dynasty goods."

Fan Ze nodded, the whole situation is as he thought, the most important thing for everyone is to make money, as long as it is profitable, they don't mind doing this kind of tourism business.

For them, sending a large number of Chinese to Europe is actually a kind of business.

As for the incident of the British ships being struck by lightning, they did not think that it was a matter of the Qing Dynasty at all, it was just a natural phenomenon.

The current Qing Dynasty does not have the situation of being broken by someone in later generations, and in the eyes of foreigners, there is still some sense of awe, so they are still willing to help the things proposed by the Qing Dynasty, and in this kind of help, they do not make a lot of money.

"Emperor, if they go abroad, will something happen?" Xiao Shanzi hesitated for a moment and asked.

Fan Ze said: "Then it depends on their creation." ”

For these things, Fan Ze didn't want to worry too much.

"Also, the foreigners saw the huge interest, and they asked if we had any other people to go there."

"Set up a tourism department, put it in the house, train some people to do this kind of thing, as long as you are willing to pay money, everyone can go abroad."

After this is done, Fan Ze is also waiting, and now it is time to see the reaction to the tax reform.

Soon, a copy of the "Qing Imperial Newspaper" founded by the Ministry of Internal Affairs was released.

In addition to publicizing the various policies of the imperial court, this newspaper also has a lot of introductions to the Western situation, as well as the emperor's various arrangements for people's livelihood issues, and of course, there are also some interesting facts.

In addition to the army and propaganda, Fan Ze's intelligence work has also been done to the extreme, as long as there is any kind of thing, he can know it at the first time.

Many people thought that many of Fan Ze's policies would shake their foundations, and some even thought that they could unite foreigners against Fan Ze as the emperor, but what they didn't know was that Fan Ze had already controlled many people.

Every day Fan Ze used the excuse to talk to the ministers, or to inspect a certain place, and secondly, to get people together, and then control the whole.

Fan Ze attached great importance to the newly established Royal Academy of Sciences, where Fan Zeg came up with many new technologies obtained from Europe for craftsmen to carry out various cracks and research.

The Fengtai battalion has now been rebuilt, the vacancies have been filled, and the old and weak soldiers have been cleared out of the army, and after the replenishment, the 50,000 troops have all been equipped with new weapons, and these are the strongest combat forces that Fan Ze holds in his hands.

In addition, the 40,000 troops under the jurisdiction of the Admiral of the Nine Gates have also been rebuilt by Fan Ze, and the strength has not increased, but has decreased some, only 35,000 people, but the current 35,000 troops have been greatly different, and the combat effectiveness has been greatly improved under the equipment of new weapons.

As for the power at sea, they did not have this ability before, but now Fan Ze has also obtained their most advanced shipbuilding technology from European shipyards, and the original shipyards such as Mawei, Haikou, and Jilin have all obtained the latest technology, and Fan Ze requires them to be able to build warships equivalent to these technologies in the shortest possible time.

Of course, Fan Ze's naval formation work was also being accelerated, and the Qing navy was reorganized, and the entire Qing navy was divided into three fleets: northern, eastern, and southern.

The reason why the Qing army was able to occupy the Central Plains was that the most powerful thing was their horseback combat effectiveness, many people still think that they have unparalleled combat power on horses, but Fan Ze understands in his heart that with their situation, even if they are well trained, they will be eliminated, of course, he did not eliminate the cavalry, after all, it is still somewhat useful, but the cavalry has also been reformed and equipped with thermal weapons.

The ministers of the court and the central government all saw that Fan Ze, the emperor, had always attached importance to the construction of the army, and when he saw that the army was getting stronger and stronger, everyone's restless hearts also calmed down.

Fan Ze has always wanted to find a few chickens to kill and kill, but unfortunately everyone is not stupid, and when he saw that Fan Ze had the army in his hands, those who wanted to make trouble also stopped.

Unable to find a chicken that could be killed, Fan Ze carried out all kinds of tossing and turning in various places, set up a clean government department, and sent a large number of personnel to various places to conduct inspections, which had the meaning of a minister.

The officials who were sent out were some officials who had just joined the company and had enthusiasm in their hearts, and when they arrived in the localities, they investigated the corruption and whether the imperial decrees were carried out.

In order to cooperate with this action, Fan Ze set up anti-corruption offices in various localities to inspect the work situation in various localities.

Of course, public security in various places is also important, and Fan Ze also set up a security department, which is responsible for the security of various places, and has also brought out the police.

After one thing came out, those who wanted to make trouble were even more daring, and many local bullies were directly dragged out for a public trial, and then their heads were cut off on the spot.

Many scholars were able to get a part-time position as a docent from the local government, and sent them to various places to read newspapers and explain the imperial decrees to the common people.

During this period of time, Fan Ze clearly felt that he had gained more merit.

After an investigation, I learned that the common people did not know what kind of decree the imperial court had promulgated before, and they had always thought that those miscellaneous donations and other things were made by the imperial court, but now I know that it was not made by the imperial court, but by the local officials and squires who worked together, and for a while, the loyalty to the imperial court was greatly improved.

Now there are 300 million people in the entire Qing Dynasty, Fan Ze feels that there are still too few people, if there are more people, a little merit can be obtained from everyone, it will be very huge, so Fan Ze has strengthened the construction of hospitals, invited a large number of foreigners to serve as doctors, and recruited a large number of people to study.

Before he knew it, Fan Ze found that he had done too much.

(End of chapter)