Chapter 159 Meeting an old friend in a foreign land

The registration work of the Liaodong Eight Banners Public Security Army was quite smooth, and the destruction of the destruction of the banner households has been getting harder and harder in the past two years. Everyone knows that going to Japan is an adventure, but it has money and can also slightly restore the glory of the ancestors. Since the old bastard of the Japanese Sixth Dynasty got his favor again, our men's lives have become more and more difficult. Of course, those who say this are those who are stupid who have not invested in Far East Co., Ltd., and see that the four neighbors have sent white official silver to the people of the clan mansion every quarter. Although it is a matter of fact, the number of people in the four neighbors has sent white official silver to pay dividends.

The amount is not large, but the four seasons add up, and it seems that the amount of landing money and grain in Guanglu Temple in the past is more than the previous Guanglu Temple. The reason is very simple. Their destructive bannermen have to go to Heilongjiang to collect the few taels of silver every year, and the back and forth is expensive. The business along the way is basically monopolized by Far East Co., Ltd., and with the power of Zaiying Beile, the trade in Liaodong's animal skins, medicinal materials, minerals, etc. is all controlled by Far East Company. Three new gold mines have been discovered along the Heilongjiang River basin, and the business is even more prosperous.

Seeing that the trade on the two islands of Japan is about to be monopolized by this company again, but stupid people are always stupid. These broken and unsighted bannermen could not expect that they could still make more or less profit by binding their future with this promising company. They are still addicted to day after day cursing this company and the father and son of Prince Gong behind it. In the eyes of many broken banner households, Prince Gong and son are not like Manchus than before. Many elderly people even doubt their memories. In the year of Xinyou, wasn’t this prince who led people to arrest Sushun, who despised Manchus? Why did this iron-hat prince also bully us Manchus?

This is the era of change. The giant wheel of the era will ruthlessly overcome people who cannot keep up with its pace, such as these flagmen who only complain. Of course, this giant wheel will not worry that these people will resist their progress, because these people who only complain will always complain. As long as anyone who has the will torn to death who wants to use these people, there will be no serious incidents.

The river of time flows like this, the season of autumn wind is coming, and the city of Beijing under the sun is filled with the melodious atmosphere of the ancient city.

The Dragon Flag Army expeditioned to Japan, the new army of Zhili, Shandong, had not yet returned to China, and the joy that stretched out in Beijing had not yet faded. In the inn east of the city, a slightly fat man was deeply frowning, watching the servant in the yard sweeping the dead leaves. This was a man who was not so stingy. He stayed in this inn for a month and never waited for an imperial edict. Although the people from the Ministry of Justice would come to ask him a few words every now and then, he could never hear any margin. The only thing he could do was just ask and answer whatever he asked.

If it is said that the power of heaven is unpredictable, the emperor is furious and thundering. He has not yet felt the power of the thunder. Although he has lived here for a few months, he still enjoys the treatment of a second-rank official. He can still see the military department, the cabinet's residence report, the major events in the court, and the daily "China Times" and there is no feeling of being imprisoned. In the past month, China, Japan, China and France have successively made armistice agreements. The Imperial Army University and Imperial University have successively broken ground. The imperial court exiled tens of thousands of amnesty prisoners to Xinyu Province. The imperial court rewarded the front-line soldiers. The Minister of Industry and Commerce Zhang Zhidong led a delegation to Europe. The proletarian civilians in various provinces in the mainland were census and given new land. The Royal Bank President Sheng Xuanhuai visited the United States... He knew all these major events and did not feel that he was an official who had been neglected.

But if the emperor has not forgotten himself, he dare not be so sure. The last time he met the emperor and the empress dowager died, the ambitious young emperor favored him and understood him very much. However, this time he was dismissed and was summoned to Beijing, there was no sign of reinstatement. Except for the people from the Ministry of Justice, no one from the inner palace has been here. Hate, the damn man in North Korea, who peeled his skin and sucked his tendons, could not relieve his hatred. This guy is likely to ruin his career in one go!

Thinking of this, when the bitter autumn wind blew, the strong man couldn't help but shivered and calmed down. He raised his head and looked at the dark sky in the sky, and Zhan Mei walked out of the yard.

"Master Yuan, are you relaxing?" The servants had a good impression of Lord Yuan. Although he had been famous for a long time, he was still a good person after getting along during this period. The servants at the post station welcomed and saw him off. I don't know how many arrogant and noble demeanor he had seen, and how many defeated officials and families looked miserable. Although this servants said that he was dismissed from his post and was not at all inappropriate in his manners, he was quite generous in his actions and actions, and he didn't look like a person about to fall. Therefore, on the one hand, he had money to make friends, and on the other hand, he didn't dare to bully him. On the contrary, he liked to be with this fat man with a very dignified manner.

This person is Yuan Shikai. Since the incident between the six women in Japan, he has been urgently summoned to Beijing and removed from his post and waiting for investigation. As the admiral of the North Korean king who presented a beautiful woman to the North Korean king, he has a great guilt. Of course, I don’t have much doubt about him, because it is not good for him now to assassinate me now. He has made too fast in his career, offended many people, and has no foundation in the military headquarters. It is precisely when I need to support him. He will not use this matter so stupidly to prevent me, and the chance of success is very small. It is obvious that he has also been harmed by human disasters.

Originally, I planned to give him a digit immediately, but although Shanqi and Liu Guangdi believed that he had no intention of rebellious plans, as a minister, he should be responsible for the emperor's safety. I also took this opportunity to kill him, so that he would not be too sharp in the future and would be jealous. Therefore, he stayed at the post station for a month.

Of course, during this month, the people of the Ministry of Justice found out that he was indeed unaware of the Japanese's conspiracy. I also handled many major events in this month. The Japanese's 50 million in compensation was converted into 9 million pounds. It was delivered to the Ministry of Revenue in the form of joint loans between France and Britain. With the money at the bottom, and there will be a lot of commercial interests visible to the eyes in the future. The investment of Far East Co., Ltd. has soared. Many bannermen who were still waiting and watching also responded to Yi Xin's plan for the reform of the banner business and exchanged the merits earned by their ancestors for the shares of Far East Co., Ltd. Although it was a little late, the court was becoming increasingly strict with the bannermen. After all, this Far East Co., Ltd. is a way out.

Either go to Xinyu Province or go to Japan as a security army. I heard that the bannermen there gave them silver and silver supplements, which are all ways out. Stay away from the imperial city and the imperial capital, and there are ways out everywhere.

Zhang Zhidong's delegation boarded the ship from Tianjin and went to Europe. The next stop was the United States. The burden was not light. China has been a scholar, peasant, industry and commerce for thousands of years. The status of industry and commerce has been lower than that of farmers. It has never had an industrial tradition. It is not an easy task to complete the preparation of industrialization before the first five-year plan. But isn't foreigners only able to go to this East that has been closed for thousands of years to be powerful? Now, China is about to start this process. Whenever I think of this, Zhang Zhidong and his senior aide Gu Hongming are excited. Zhang Zhidong has also served as the deputy leader of the New Confucian Party, which is also a glory. In addition to the descendants of the saints, the great scholars of the world are so glorious that he has a little lower than Li Hongzhang.

Europe is in the aftermath of panic, and American capitalists also need new investment markets, which will be a win-win journey.

However, the trip to Sheng Xuanhuaide, a local financial expert in China, was a current investigation of my monetary reform. It is difficult for Chinese people to accept paper money in traditional concepts. Whether to issue silver coins or paper money in the next year is still to be discussed. Of course, copper coins must be retained, but the silver standard must be abolished. This is a consensus from the court to banks and to private money shops. This is not a small matter. It may impact the economic order of this ancient empire. In the 20th year of the Guangxu period, a copper coin could buy two white-flour steamed buns, and a dozen Guangxu brothers could allow an ordinary farmer to spend a month leisurely, but in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Tianjin, and Guangzhou, various expenses were very different. China's traditional closed society was slowly different.

Education was also stimulated by the victory of the war. Since many teachers were to be transferred to Japan to occupy new land to work, the work of the Education Office, in addition to the foundation laying and starting of the large comprehensive university of Imperial University, is to push the education fund to the whole people. The Education Office and the Cabinet jointly issued an edict that the state would bear the education costs of all children of appropriate age and prohibit the collection of any fees from students. All the fees will be settled by the teaching bureaus of each county. In this way, the illiteracy rate will be greatly reduced in ten or twenty years.

After finishing this series of things, I also gave Huo Jiner a reassurance, giving the Oroqen Ministry the exploration rights, and the various mineral reserves they explored, and found that there were half a share in the capital, but the mining rights must belong to the court. After being stranded in Beijing for several days, Huo Jiner returned to her wild side and led the Hubei Ministry to enjoy a free hunting and adventure life. Regarding that Golden City, after the current series of things are completed, a capable person must be sent to lead a gold force to occupy the uninhabited area first, and slowly transport gold to me to the country. Now the north is frozen, and a large amount of gold must be waited for the ice to open next summer. It is more cost-effective to transport it back with naval warships. Therefore, initially, the people from the Heilongjiang Gold and Mining Bureau, together with the Hunchun Tushifeng, led an army of 1,500 people to escort the prisoners to do hard work there.

Just when I remembered Yuan Shikai, time had been flowing for a month.

"Well, how old is Lao Ding this year?" Yuan Shikai looked at the old Ding, who looked quite young, with a smile, but his eyes did not stay on the old face for long, and soon turned to the west. There seemed to be several carriages walking towards him in the direction of the official road, facing the wind.

"Reply to Mr. Yuan." Old Ding bowed respectfully to Yuan Shikai and said, "You are fifty-two. It's a big wind in this hall. Please be careful."

"It's okay." Yuan Shikai didn't look at him, and nodded with a smile. His heart was beating wildly. Will he be looking forward to the good news he wanted in the car?

The car arrived very quickly and stopped at the gate of the inn. "District!" Before he saw the person, he heard the sound of his voice. Yuan Shikai was shocked with a strong Henan accent. Could it be him?

The curtain was lifted, and a cramped smile appeared in front of Yuan Shikai, "It's really Brother Zhi'an!" Yuan Shikai stepped forward a few steps, and the enthusiastic future people took the car and hugged each other tightly.

"Brother Rong'an, I've seen you!" The visitor looked at Yuan Shikai's fat face, and his nose turned red.

"Yes, since Yuan was ashamed of leaving the village, it has been more than ten years since he has not seen Brother Zhi'an. When we meet fellow villagers in Henan, don't play with tears." After saying a long time of separation, Yuan Shikai noticed Zhao Bingjun's short hair and a pair of foreign military uniforms. He smiled and said, "Brother Zhi'an has entered the army? Shikai has entered the mountains for several years, but he didn't know that it has been a thousand years in the world. Thinking about the time when Brother Zhi'an was still a clerk, I guess he is a celebrity in the military department now! He is really a scholar who has been separated for three days, so he will not be able to get back to Wuxia Ameng!"

"Brother Rong'an made fun of it. What's this? Bingjun is Amon. He just returned from Germany with Prince Chun. He is currently in the military headquarters." This person's surname is Bingjun. He is from Linru, Henan. He is one of the members of the military corps who returned from Germany. Zhao Bingjun smiled and said, "Brother Rong'an is the chief admiral who is in charge of the military talisman. Is this how he treats guests?"

"Haha--" Yuan Shikai smiled brightly. When he met his old friend again, he was really exhausted after days of depression. The laughter was different from the past. He pulled Zhao Bingjun's hand and said, "Although Shikai lives in the suburbs, he still dared not forget the way of hospitality. But when he met an old friend in a foreign land, Shikai was wild - walk around and talk to the door. Damn, I haven't seen a friend visiting me, Yuan, for a month, I'm really about to forget how to hospitalize guests--"

Zhao Bingjun stopped and smiled without saying a word. Seeing Yuan Shikai showing a slight surprise, he smiled and said, "How come Bingjun doesn't know that his brother lives here, and he doesn't hide it from his brother. Brother is waiting to be investigated. If Bingjun comes, he may cause trouble for his brother. Now--"

Yuan Shikai's heart thumped wildly and hesitated: "What's the matter now?"

"Hehe--" Zhao Bingjun pretended to make fun of him: "You Yuan Xiangcheng forgot the way of treating guests, but I, Zhao Bingjun, dare not forget the way of treating guests. There is no good news. Do you dare to come to see you, Brother Xiangcheng?"

"Zhi'an——"

Zhao Bingjun shook his hand, and Surong leaned into Yuan Shikai's ear and said, "Brother Xiangcheng, Rong Bingjun has recommended an imperial envoy to his brother - Iron Envoy, please come out."

As soon as the curtain was lifted, a middle-aged man with short hair stepped out of the car with a solemn face, looked at the two of them, and said with an understanding smile: "I have just arrived. Yuan Shikai, hurry up to the yard to put on an incense table and listen to the order--"
Chapter completed!