The same clear and cool weather in autumn is different from the sad father and son far away in the Winter Palace. The Western King's mood has been very good recently. After nearly two years, the Sufu New Policy has gradually entered a period of stable progress, and the interests of all classes have been met with necessary satisfaction. Under the guidance of the Western King, the enlightened gentry of Sufu Province began to move from one exploitation relationship to another.

For those conservative forces who are not as good as ancient times, the new policy is like a razor, stripping them from the land on which they depend for survival. Under the strength of the new policy of the West Palace, some people lost their wealth, some people lost their reputation, some people lost their lives, and some people lost all three things. Social changes cannot avoid violence. The Taiping Military Government of Sufu Province is the largest violent institution. After the West Palace adopted the Ming Dynasty Code and took a two-pronged approach, most of the conservative forces in Sufu Province were cleaned up. During these processes, the West Palace has emerged one after another, and they even used the so-called evil forces in the martial arts world to clear the obstacles. Although many people understand that it is not accidental to be eliminated, at least in terms of official and public opinion, the things done by the West Palace are still cleaned up at the beginning and end.

After the early game with conservative forces, the initiator of the new policy ended with laughter. It seemed that God and God possessed their souls at this moment, or that the two were one. In short, after the beginning of spring this year, the joys of the West Palace came one after another.

After experiencing the episode where the Western King was sick, the first thing was that the Western King's wife gave birth to the second son of the Western King Xiao Youfu. In the entire Sufu Province, there were not many people who knew the truth about the Western King's illness. The military and civilians only knew that after the Western King recovered from the illness, the Western King was happy to have a noble son, which was exactly the same as the Eastern King's statement of redeeming illness. The circulating saying is that the Western King fell ill this time to atone for everyone. After the Western King recovered from the illness, everything would be good.

Then came the Fuzhou victory on the front line. After more than a month, the 70,000 troops commanded by Li Kaifang conquered Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian Province. Wang Yide, the governor of the Qing army, died in battle. Li Tingyu barely broke through with a few troops and retreated to Quanzhou. The Qing army had already shown signs of collapse in Fujian.

After a few days, the Suzhou-Shanghai Railway was fully connected, which was the first railway in China and the most important mileage symbol after the New Deal. Therefore, the King of the West and a group of officials of all sizes and big and small attended the opening ceremony. At the opening ceremony, the ministers and consuls of various countries in China were invited and attended the ceremony. At the same time, newspaper reporters and many foreign journalists from Suzhou Province also attended the ceremony. Nearly tens of thousands of Suzhou soldiers and civilians came to watch this historic grand occasion.

At the ceremony, Xiao Yungui left the first black and white photo since his time travel, and foreign journalists left the heroic figure of the Western King with black and white cameras. As the mysterious Taiping Army gradually unveiled the veil, and the Taiping Army's mercenary group won the battle against Russia in the Far East, the East became a paradise for Western journalists to dig out news. Westerners were equally curious and had great interest in the mysterious Eastern countries. Unlike the occupied areas of the Qing Dynasty, journalists in various countries in Suzhou Province had some privileges and privileges to be protected.

The addition of Western journalists also led to the development of journalism in Sufu Province. At the beginning of the year, the first unofficial newspaper, "Sufu People's Livelihood News", was published. Although the newspaper was also reported to the Shanghai Military and Political Department, its founders and operators were all complete folk gentry, and this person was the Shanghai celebrity Yu Songnian.

Regarding Yu Songnian's original intention of founding a newspaper. At first, many officials in the West Palace still opposed it because Yu Songnian had been an official of the Qing court before. This old guy obviously had bad intentions when he ran the newspaper. However, the Xiwang specially approved Yu Songnian to run this newspaper. The reason was very simple. The Xiwang was buying horse bones for a thousand gold coins. He planned to let the gentry of Su Fu Province know that the West Palace was uniting them, and at least the Qing Dynasty was absolutely not so polite. At the same time, the Xiwang also warned his officials that the newspapers in the folk were also a mirror, and some problems in the West Palace could be exposed through them, which could be regarded as setting up a mirror for many officials and government departments.

Sure enough, on the front page of the first issue, "Sufu Minsheng Daily" began to criticize the scandal of using the people to change fields when Sufu built the railway and used the secondary fields to make good fields for the people. On the day of seeing the newspaper, the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Personnel, and Ministry of Revenue in the West Palace could not sit still. Officials at all levels still thoroughly investigated the matter and finally found out that this matter was found. In the Kunshan area where the Suzhou-Shanghai Railway passed, there was a village in which the people in a village were indeed involved in the fields because of the occupied farmland. At first, the local county yamen

I did prepare the same good fields and exchange them with the people in the village, but later the fields were allocated by the Ministry of Households to a private textile factory to build a factory. In the end, the fields that were similar to the people in the village were indeed second-class. However, at that time, the Kunshan County Government specially subsidized some more money per mu to the people, but I didn't expect it to be published by the newspaper. And that textile factory has now become the largest source of income in Kunshan County, and no one seems to think it is inappropriate.

Yu Songnian bluntly criticized the Sufu authorities in the newspaper, saying that "I changed land with the people and lost trust in the people to enrich the government's public interests. Although there are many silver subsidies, the current output of sub-land is difficult to cover the people's mouths. Even if I get the goods and lose trust, I have no use."

Xiao Yungui admired Yu Songnian's nitpicking, but Zuo Zongtang said that Yu Gong was kind-hearted. He was reminding the Taiping Army that no matter what, the Taiping Army was a rebel. Whether it was to implement a new policy or establish a country, the first thing was to win the trust of the people. Although the matter of changing the fields was small, it was related to the credibility of the government, and it also involved the issues of public and self-interest, and should not be treated underestimated.

In the end, the West Palace spent a lot of money to acquire the good fields of a nearby gentry and exchanged the fields of the people of the village, but did not recover the subsidy. In the words of the government, the state compensated them. At the same time, officials at all levels in Kunshan were punished to varying degrees. This incident caused an uproar in Sufu Province. When have you ever seen an official who keeps trust in the people for thousands of years? After this incident, the people have even supported the new policy more and their views on the government have also changed. The reputation of the Taiping Army has not declined but increased.

Therefore, the folk newspapers in Sufu Province began to play a role. After the first person to try it out, various folk classes and groups also began to try to run their own newspapers, so the first batch of folk journalists were born in Sufu Province.

At the opening ceremony, the image of the King of the West and the ministers of various countries cutting ribbons was photographed by Western reporters using black and white cameras. More than two months later, the Times reported the incident on the front page. The newspaper claimed that the King of the West was the Prince of Wales in the East. This obviously did not understand the relationship between the King of the West and the princes in Tianjin.

However, Chinese journalists in Shanghai and Suzhou are very envious of the equipment in the hands of Western colleagues. The cameras can record the pictures. It is a very intuitive and magical machine. So various newspapers then began to introduce cameras, which further promoted the development of the journalism industry.

When the steam engine train roared and slowly drove out of Suzhou Station, the whole ceremony was filled with joy. Even Chen Cheng-ying, the Marquis who sent the Tiantian to watch the ceremony, was very shocked. The iron cow ate black charcoal and vomited thick smoke, which was a huge force, but he could travel thousands of miles a day. Similarly, the military and civilians were also very shocked by this object. The places where the trains passed along the way. Some people even burned incense and worshiped, calling this object a divine beast. Although newspapers have since published train columns to correct the superstitious and ignorant ideas among the people, they have achieved little effect. It seems that only after the people are familiar with this object can they slowly understand that this is a product of science. At present, it is not harmful to let the people think that the train is a divine beast, at least no one dares to destroy the train.

The King of the West and the Ministers of various countries and the VIPs naturally became the first passengers. The King of the West invited the Ministers of various countries to visit Suzhou in advance. After the ceremony, they took the train to Shanghai. Russian Minister Tuzhkov and his party came to Shanghai. They prepared to negotiate the Far East War Zone as a defeated country. He was waiting for the negotiations in the Far East. The two old foxes, Bao Ling and Blombur, also learned their skills. They left Tuzhkov in Shanghai and ran to Suzhou to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the Su-Shanghai Railway, naturally wanted Tuzhkov to suffer for a few more days.

The telegraph line from Suzhou to Shanghai was also completed at the same time as the railway. The telegraph line was run along the side of the Suzhou-Shanghai Railway. Although the telegraph line was relatively simple and should be completed earlier than the railway, according to experience, the telegraph line was better laid along the railway line, which was convenient for maintenance and maintenance, and also reduced some costs. Inspectors along the railway line could work part-time as telegraph line inspectors. Xiao Yungui was still worried that the telegraph line would be two days.

The head was cut off. After all, this strange thing still attracts the curiosity of the Chinese people. There are several lines hanging on the wooden telephone poles. Both adults and children may study it curiously. It is difficult to ensure that the telegraph lines will not be damaged. Therefore, laying telegraph lines along the railway has become the only choice. So far, no one has noticed these flying lines. People have gone to worship the divine beasts. The timids even dare to worship from afar and dare not approach the railway lines.

Xiao Yungui went to Shanghai to participate in post-war negotiations between Britain, France and Russia. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was not a warring country, but the Taiping Army was unwilling to withdraw troops from Miaojie and Sakhalin Island, which became the biggest obstacle to negotiations. Bao Ling and Blombul had only paid for the Taiping Army mercenary group. Moreover, the Taiping Army had to pay for the ships ordered by Britain and France. In this northbound military operation, the Taiping Army took on most of the supplies, ammunition, materials, and casualties of soldiers. The Taiping Army even provided medical logistics services to the British and French coalition fleet. Therefore, it was reasonable for the Taiping Army to use three British sail battleships and two French cruisers as employment remuneration. It should be noted that in the Crimean War, the cost of the British and Prussian, Sweden and other countries employed by Britain was several times that of the Taiping Army.

The Taiping Army now occupies several important Russian fortresses and military ports. When Baoling and Bloompur were discussing with Zuo Zongtang, the second-person figure of Sufu Province, they found that the other party seemed to be intentional to delay, or the Taiping Army wanted to withdraw troops from Miaojie and Sakhalin Island. The several military ports on the Kamchatka Peninsula were fine, and the Taiping Army might not have any interest, while Miaojie and Sakhalin Island were different. Whether it was the Qing Dynasty or the Taiping Army, they all thought that it was China's territory. At this point, Baoling and Bloompur felt a headache. If the Taiping Army did not withdraw, Russia would not agree to the harsh conditions proposed by Britain and France. The bold Taiping Army front-line commander Tan Shaoguang has begun to command the army to force local Russian prisoners and residents to build fortifications and buildings on Miaojie and Sakhalin Island. It seems that the Taiping Army wanted to stay and not leave.
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