Chapter 365: Where is the road?

For anyone who wants to make a difference, the emperor's profession has never been a pleasant job, hard work, and tedious, which Yinzuo had deeply experienced as early as when he was the prince of the prison country, but when he really climbed the throne, he found that the emperor's tiredness was far more than he expected. Let's not talk about the large number of government affairs left by the old man Kangxi before his death, and don't talk about Yinzuo having to deal with government affairs during the day, and he has to guard the old man's spirit at night, so he is so busy, just say where the road of the Qing Dynasty will go will make Yinzuo annoyed enough.

It is impossible for the system of the Qing Dynasty not to be reformed, but what should become and how to change is a troublesome system project, but one thing is clear, that is, the economic foundation determines the superstructure, the advanced is not necessarily suitable, and the things that are ahead of the times may not be suitable for China's current national conditions. Take the bourgeois democracy in the West as an example, democracy, civil rights, and people's livelihood are very loud and beautiful, and Yinzuo also appreciates them, but they do not apply, and the reason is very simple: it is not that China's economic strength is not enough to carry out such bourgeois revolutions, in fact, the economic strength of the Qing Dynasty is still ranked first in the world today, but the problem is that China is a typical small-scale peasant economy, and the transformation to capitalism cannot be achieved in a short period of time; Second, thousands of years of Confucian education in China have led to the ubiquity of the idea of loyalty to the monarch, and the people always need an emperor, and the stronger the emperor, the more he can consolidate the country, even in later generations; Third, if you want to reform, you must have power, even if Yinzuo is an emperor, so it is impossible for Yinzuo to create any democracy in his life, at least in the early middle and early stages of his reign.

The road of democracy is not feasible, at least in Yinzuo's generation, and even "democracy" has to be suppressed, but it is necessary to plant the seeds of democracy, which has formed a theory, how to do Yinzuo now only has a vague shadow in his heart, and has not formed a complete system. The political system must change but not become too violent, nor can it become too excessive, otherwise there is nothing to ensure the prosperity of China, and Yinzuo's own throne may not be able to be kept, and there are many obstacles in this.

The reform of the political system involves a wide range of aspects, not to mention the strong rebound of the existing bureaucratic system, let's say that how to reform the education system is a big problem - there are many disadvantages of the imperial examination, and most of the "talents" selected are corrupt officials and corrupt officials who only know how to read the "books of sages", and there are very few who can really come in handy, but the problem is that if you don't hold the imperial examination, let alone that the world's scholars will rise up and rebel, let's just say where the talents who govern the country should come from, is it possible to rely on recommendation or dig it yourself? That's obviously impossible! Universal education is easy to say, but it is not so simple to do, not to mention the huge amount of money that the state will invest in this, even if it is really universal education, what should be taught? Or the Four Books and the Five Classics, so what is the benefit of such universal education?

Mathematics, physics and chemistry? This set of textbooks Yinzuo has long been written silently, and he has also tried to set up several technical schools and trained a large number of technical backbones, but the question is whether this thing can be popularized? Yinzuo is very suspicious, without him, most of the scholars in this era study for the sake of being officials, even if Yinzuo forces the imperial examination to take the mathematics, physics and chemistry, what can it do? Can you really learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, and you are not afraid to go all over the world? It is obviously impossible, learning well does not mean that you can be a qualified official, but how to redesign a set of official selection system can not be born out of thin air, so Yinzuo can only fine-tune the reform of the political system step by step, using the power and public opinion tools in his hands to take his time, and he is not in a hurry.

The reform of the political system is not in a hurry, and we can only cross the river by feeling the stones, but the reform of the military system is already urgent, not to mention the great truth that political power comes out of the barrel of a gun, and it is said that foreign war is already imminent -- the "Honghu" overseas intelligence system has sent back an urgent signal, and the British and Dutch East India Companies have been extremely dissatisfied with the Qing Dynasty's monopoly of the Japanese market, and the trade deficit of more than 80 million taels of silver every year has dealt a great blow to the national economies of Britain, the Netherlands, and even the entire West. A sea battle is already on the horizon.

Asia is the Asia of Asians, in other words, Asia is the Asia of the Chinese, this idea has long been buried in Yin Zuo's heart, for this reason, Yin Zuo has also made a lot of deployments and efforts, from the maritime fold began to struggle for this goal, it can be regarded as a certain success, now several fleets of the Qing Dynasty in weapons and equipment are beyond Britain and the Netherlands, but in terms of combat effectiveness, compared with the traditional maritime powers, the gap between the Qing navy and the traditional maritime powers is not ordinarily large, whether it can win the battle is really hard to say, Even if it can be won, I'm afraid that it won't be able to tell the winner in one or two battles, and this sea battle still has to be fought.

The navy is moving forward step by step in accordance with Yinzuo's army building ideas, although there are still many deficiencies, but with the strong economic foundation of the Qing Dynasty, it is not too difficult to catch up, what is needed is just time, but the question is what can be done even if the sea is defeated? You have to rely on the army to achieve the occupation, right? As far as the Eight Banners Army, those broadswords, spears and some earth guns and birds can compete with the Western powers? Yes, Yinzuo designed advanced weapons based on the memory of his previous life, but he encountered a big problem - the level of productivity cannot keep up with the advanced nature of weapons, the cost of each gun is amazingly high, it is easy to form a small detachment, if you want to form an army, according to the current production cost, even if the treasury is emptied, it can only equip the strength of one division at most, what role can this force play? Can you fight one or two battles and occupy vast Asian territory? Apparently impossible! Lathes, punches? Yes, although it is still more primitive, but the prototype of the lathe is out, the steel output is not a big problem, and even the power is not lacking - the steam engine has been put into practical use, but the problem is that the more advanced the weapon, the more sophisticated it is, and the existing machinery simply cannot produce the "Type 56 semi-automatic rifle" on a large scale and at low cost.

In the face of advanced weapons but can not be installed on a large scale, this is undoubtedly a frustrating thing, but there is no way, Yinzuo in addition to increasing investment in research and development really does not have much to think about, the problem is that war waits for no one, it is impossible to wait until advanced weapons come out before fighting, right? Yinzuo can afford to wait, other countries will not wait for you, in desperation, Yinzuo can only settle for the second, with the impression of the firing pin type rear-loading gun drawings to make a rough idea, let his group of R&D personnel to improve, at least designed and tested the sample gun, and also produced some on a small scale.

There are guns, there are guns, but what about the people who can use them? Not to mention the training of the army, it takes a lot of time and financial resources to reorganize the army, and at the present time when the war on the Western Front is in full swing, it is simply impossible to change equipment on the spot, and even if the troops can be equipped immediately, they can immediately form combat effectiveness, so what can they do? At present, the military structure of the Qing Dynasty is obviously lagging behind the times, not only the quality of personnel and the selection of military generals, but also the command mechanism, and there are many problems in the command mechanism, all of which must be solved by Yinzuo himself. In order to solve this series of problems, Yinzuo must go through countless ups and downs, and the first thing to face is the pressure of the brothers, and how to solve the problems has become the key to the success of the Yinzuo reform.

Now the Qing Dynasty controlled by Yinzuo is much stronger than the Qing Dynasty faced by Yongzheng in another time and space, not to mention anything else, the more than 50 million taels of silver in the treasury alone are many times stronger than the only more than 8 million taels in the early years of Yongzheng, and the implementation of the government due to fire consumption is also slightly better than that in the early years of Yongzheng, and the continuous treasury income brought by overseas trade is not comparable to that in the early years of Yongzheng, the establishment of the Eight Banners firm has also laid a solid foundation for the reform of the Eight Banners, although there are so many advantages, but there is one is the same- A powerful force in the hands of the brothers.

This is the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty, which can not be easily changed, but it is good or bad to say: the elder brothers open the house and build the teeth in a fundamental sense is conducive to the cultivation of successors, the brothers can be familiar with government affairs since childhood, and can experience political struggles, although the fight is internal friction, those who can be eliminated are some unqualified candidates, and the one who can finally ascend to the throne is often the strongest one among the brothers, from this point of view, it is good for maintaining the continuation of the throne, even if there is internal friction, it is a price, Compared with the former Ming Dynasty, except for the crown prince, it is much better to raise other princes as pigs and dogs. As for the disadvantages, there are a lot, one is that the brothers are fighting back and forth, and most of their minds are used to fight each other, and the government affairs will inevitably be greatly affected, and after the new monarch takes the throne, how can the brothers be willing to give up, so that the purge and even killing are sometimes inevitable, and the new monarch will have to bear the black cauldron of the tyrant if he is not careful.

If the old emperor has been in power for a long time and the brothers are full-fledged, it will be difficult for even the old emperor to deal with it, let alone the new monarch. The reign of the old man Kangxi is too long, although he has not reigned for sixty-one years like the original time and space, but the time of forty-seven years has been close to half a century, not only Yinzuo himself, but the power of other elder brothers is already amazingly huge, the entire court is intertwined, and the government and the opposition are full of the minions of the elder brothers, Yinzuo wants to deal with this group of elder brothers It is really a tricky thing, and he can't be in a hurry, which makes Yinzuo feel very uncomfortable.

Sick of it! Yin Zuo angrily put the red pen in his hand on the dragon table, got up with a tired face, and paced back and forth in the room, trying to calm the anxiety in his heart. It's been ten days, the old man Kangxi has passed away for ten days, and Yinzuo has been busy for ten days, these days, he has been desperately cleaning up the folds during the day, and he has to keep the spirit at night.

"Go, make me a cup of ginseng tea!" Yinzuo rubbed his cheeks tiredly, and said a word to Li Dequan who was standing beside him.

"Yes." Li Dequan bowed down and responded, and was about to go out of the room backwards, coldly bumping into Zhang Tingyu who was about to enter the door outside the door, poor old Comrade Zhang was holding a stack of folds high, and he didn't notice Li Dequan at all.

"The minister deserves to die, the minister deserves to die!" Zhang Tingyu didn't bother to clean up the folds on the ground, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to ask for guilt.

"That's it, Hengchen, you don't need to be so careful in front of me, just get up." Yinzuo was amused by Zhang Tingyu's embarrassed appearance and said.

"It's rude in front of the minister." Zhang Tingyu kowtowed, then got up, busy to clean up the stack of musicals, Yinzuo waved his hand and motioned the little eunuchs in the room to go up and clean up the music all over the ground, and said with a smile: "Hengchen, don't be busy, let them clean up." ”

"Yes, Holy." Zhang Tingyu respectfully lowered his hands and stood aside, waiting for Yinzuo's lecture.

Alas, this Zhang Tingyu always hides something in his heart, which is really troublesome. Yinzuo glanced at Zhang Tingyu, shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Hengchen, I worked with you when I was diving, you know my temperament, I don't like people who always hide things in my heart, I know that you have never liked to talk too much, but since you are doing things in front of me, I can say whatever I want you to say, I am not a mean master, so I don't need to be so careful." ”

"Your Majesty." Zhang Tingyu's head lowered and replied respectfully.

"Hengchen, there is no need to say those clichés in front of me, whether the saint is holy or not is judged by later generations, I just want to do something, you have to help me think more and see more." Seeing that Zhang Tingyu was still like that, Yinzuo couldn't help but be a little angry, and said in a slightly heavier tone.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Tingyu raised his head, his lips moved for a while, and he mustered up the courage to say: "Holy Lord, the minister has three things to play to the Holy Lord. ”

"Oh? Well, rightly or wrongly, I will never blame you. Yinzuo smiled and walked back to his own dragon chair and sat down, with an encouraging smile on his face.

"The saint, the first thing the minister wants to say is that the saint is now the lord of the people, so it is not appropriate to compete with the people for profit, and the matter of 'Fuyuan Ji' should be properly resolved by the saint, so as not to be true." When Zhang Tingyu said this, he stopped and looked at Yinzuo.

Hmm, damn it, this is really troublesome! Damn, I'm dizzy, I've almost forgotten about this thing, alas, what fun is it to be an emperor, even a business name has become a competition for profit with the people, hey, this Lao Zhang is really careful, if you really let the old eighty-one gang make a fuss about this, then it will be passive. Yinzuo knew in his heart that Zhang Tingyu's words were not wrong, the rules of the game in this era are like this, it is really not good to be the emperor to run a business by himself, but now "Fuyuan Ji" is not only a money-making machine in Yinzuo's hands, but also "Honghu", "Dark Arrow" and Yinzuo's various secret laboratories and even various technical schools. Yin Zuo thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "Hengchen is right, this is my negligence, well, how to solve it, although Hengchen said it bluntly." ”

"Shengshang, since there is already a 'Eight Banners Firm', why don't Shengshang merge the 'Fuyuan Ji' into it, and list the details separately." Although Zhang Tingyu doesn't like many things, he has been with each other for many years, but he still heard some rumors and knew some hidden secrets of "Fuyuan Ji", and at this moment he carefully admonished and said.

Well, this is feasible, as long as it is specified in the articles of association of the firm, it is not a big problem, and the shares in the hands of Liu Mingchuan and his son are also given according to the license. After thinking about it for a while, Yinzuo smiled and said, "Yes, I will let Liu Mingchuan do this when I go back, and Hengchen continued." ”

Zhang Tingyu saw that Yinzuo was very reasonable, and his heart was relieved, and then he said: "Shengshang, I heard that there have been rumors outside, saying that Shengshang followed the example of Qianming to engage in Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and I also asked Shengshang to have an idea on this matter." ”

, These words must have come out of the fourth and eighth children's doors, damn, what kind of thing factory, Jinyiwei, if Lao Tzu didn't have "Honghu" and "Dark Arrow", it would have been *** finished, this group of bastard things! The smile on Yinzuo's face suddenly froze a little, but he didn't attack on the spot, after all, it was not Zhang Tingyu's fault, Yinzuo had no reason to vent his anger on Zhang Tingyu's head, but how to place the "Honghu" and "Dark Arrow" Yinzuo was really a headache - these two forces were not only internal but also involved in foreign wars, and it was impossible for Yinzuo to disband them at all, or even hand them over to others, but the problem is that the reputation of spy politics is too stinky, and the only blame can only be blamed on Zhu Yuanzhang's Jinyiwei who is very unpopular with the people, the reason why the chaos in the former Ming Dynasty is inseparable from spy politics.

"Well, I know about this, I will think about it later, and Hengchen will also help me think about it, and I will go back and give me a note." Yinzuo didn't want to talk more about this matter, and planned to discuss one or two with Wu and Lin in private.

"Yes." Zhang Tingyu responded respectfully, and was just about to talk about the third matter, when Li Dequan hurriedly walked in, bowed down and said, "Qiqi Sheng, the fourteenth elder brother has arrived outside the gate of Jingshi City, please show the Sheng." ”

"Oh?" Yinzuo frowned, looked at Zhang Tingyu and said, "Hengchen, let's talk about it later, I'll see the old fourteen first." ”

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