23 Empire needs

Update time: 2012-05-0909:02

When Qin Liansheng grabbed his hat and ran out, he almost ran into two people at the door. He apologized with a smile and anxiousness, and hurriedly continued to rush downstairs. He heard Zhong Jialiang's slightly surprised voice coming from the door behind him: "Yi Cheng, are you here now?"

Yi Cheng and Navy Officer An Qi walked into the VIP lounge talking and laughing. An Qi explained to Zhong Jialiang: "Brother Yi Cheng has no invitations or passes. He was stopped by the guards at the entrance. I went to pick them up in person." After that, the two walked on the balcony, pulled over the ring chair, and sat around the table with Zhong Jialiang.

An Qi sat down and looked at Yi Cheng, but turned her head toward Zhong Jialiang and smiled: "Your election is amazing. Now all newspapers are the headlines of your election, which is so exciting! I bought Zhuang Feijiang's 100 yuan lottery! Democracy, make the people, democracy will win! Hey, Brother Zhuang is a eunuch, and hey, I won't let me lose money? For Lao Zhuang, I even bet with Major General Luo for 200 yuan! Private bet! Who is more than Lao Zhuang or Li Meng? Haha."

Although Yi Cheng and Zhong Jialiang knew that the officer was complimenting him, they were also satisfied and laughed.

"Yi Cheng, you did a good job. I read newspapers every day. You beat Zheng Abao and Dog in Longchuan. Now they only have two candidates? They are also forced to admit that one of them is a fraudulent gambler." Zhong Jialiang said with a smile on his subordinates.

"Haha, this is Mr. Zhong's teachings. The Liberal Party is all rogues and no match for us at all!" Yi Cheng was flirting with his eyes when talking about the election. This game has become a topic as cute as his child. He smiled and said, "Even their own candidates can't stand that guy Zheng Abao, has he reported it in the newspaper?"

Angel glanced at two guys who were flying eyebrows while talking about the election, and smiled and interrupted, "Zhang Qijie should directly abolish the candidate qualifications. We are the holy empire. How can we tolerate a gambler who violates the teachings of the Bible and enters and leaves the court? Right?"

"Haha" Zhong Jialiang and Yi Cheng laughed at the same time. Angel's words made them ticklish.

After laughing, Yi Cheng looked at the boss and asked, "Mr. Zhong, why did you come to the Navy today? Let's relax? Look at how beautiful the scenery here at the Navy Command."

He knew that Zhong Jialiang was not interested in military affairs, and he didn't know why he changed his temper today. He came to this place full of Qiu Ba and asked him to come immediately.

Zhong Jialiang glanced at An Qi and smiled at Yi Cheng: "Today is the first time the crown prince attended the ceremony and was granted the title of lord. The navy gave me this opportunity. I would like to climb over and see it. It is really worth this trip. The crown prince was wearing a naval uniform. He was so arrogant. When the saber was pressed down on the ceremony, he was heroic. When he looked at it, he was powerful without anger. His ambition was really strong. The emperor's power overcame the sun and the moon! You can tell at a glance that he would definitely be a wise king in the future. Those giant ships of the army will definitely be the steel cannon in the future."

These words also scratched the navy's itchy flesh. Angel laughed loudly, said yes repeatedly, and grabbed Zhong Jialiang's arm intimately and shouted: "Mr. Zhong knows that you are very literary. You must write poems or some words for today's major events and publish them to the newspaper."

Yi Cheng understood that this time it was the crown prince's imperial seal. He wore a naval uniform. He couldn't help but curl his lips slightly because the boss didn't like to attend such military activities. He had been a representative several times and knew that all white uniforms would be like snow-covered boats. Although they were already very grand, they were not the top-notch style: the real power was that His Majesty came to the imperial seal, which was the white white snow like steel. There was only one yellow robe and red headscarf in the sky blue military uniform. It was the so-called "a little red in the snow" for the navy, the so-called "blue sky red for the army, and the so-called "black charcoal sacred fire" for the civil servants. The "red" was His Majesty, which was called eye-catching and grand. But there was no way. Looking at the world of the Song Dynasty, except for the paupers, the only one who could wear the coarse yellow robe and red headscarf was His Majesty. The crown prince could not wear it. If he wore it, it would be rebellious.

He wanted to speak, but when he looked up, he saw that Zhong Jialiang was grabbed by An Qi and his arms were shrank back. He could see that Zhong Jialiang was a little embarrassed by this impolite behavior. After all, Zhong Jialiang was also educated by the old school. He spent most of his life rich and prosperous. He was not as frustrated as Fang Bingsheng who was unable to become an official. The so-called money is the fortress of the rich. The wind, frost, snow and rain can resist it. He doesn't have to change anything. At least he can be fearless in his heart. Traditional culture can be preserved in his body, so he can at most accept handshakes, such as hugs and pats on his shoulders. There is no such concept. Physical contact for expressing intimacy is really an imported product and a bad habit of foreigners.

But of course Zhong Jialiang and Yi Cheng did not dare to be rude to An Qi. This young man looked handsome, but he was definitely not a novice. On the contrary, he was an extremely terrifying Qiu Baku. He joined the navy since he was 12 years old and followed Da Jinya and Luo Qianjie to kill pirates. He also implemented the system of implicating the whole village. The so-called "knowing but not reporting, the whole village kills all". If the people he slaughtered in his hands could be filled with the lawn in front of the headquarters, and it must be men, women, and young people, and babies. This is an example of three rich and noble faces, namely, the so-called northern and southern ministers, men, women, and martial arts. He is the current newly established Navy General Staff. But it doesn't matter. Everyone knows one thing that he is Luo Qianjie's confidant general.

Although Luo Qianjie was just a major general and was still nominally under General Davidson, at some level, he could represent the entire navy.

Major General Luo Qianjie's favorite words are: "Foreigners and Chinese people jointly govern the Royal Navy" - of course, this is because the navy is Davidson, a native of the Song Dynasty, but a "co-governance" clearly shows Major General Luo Qianjie's ambition and arrogance: he is on par with Davidson.

In terms of military rank, it is impossible. Davidson is the first general of Haisong, not only the navy, but also the army. Under Davidson's strong request, Davidson, who was responsible for the captain of the bandit suppression team, was appointed as the first naval general. He had already had him before the Western military system. Until now, he has become the veritable strongest fleet of East Asia.

It was when Zhao Kuo of Pingnan Hou took over Guangdong, and there was no navy at all. The bounty hunter Davidson came with a navy, which was an old sail warship named Spike. It had only 9 old cannons and had a displacement of 105 tons. Now a steam gunboat is heavier than it and can make it fly with flesh and blood. However, this small broken ship is the foundation for the establishment of the Haisong Royal Navy. Now even his retired broken ship has been given additional gifts by His Majesty.

Give the rank of general - As the main ship with outstanding meritorious achievements in the Empire, this ship was restored to its original name and was appointed as a naval general, renovated for people to admire. "General Spike" stopped in a corner of the military port. When Naval Visiting Day or Naval School student officers were trained to visit it, they had to bow or salute to it before the ship could be shipped. This is a general, the only officer in the entire Song Dynasty army without any hands or general.

Davidson was so grateful for the emperor's nostalgic decision that he cried and often boasted to others: "My old friend, Spike, and I were all the ones. I should really be buried in my boat. At that time, the epitaph could be written: There are two generals, Hai Song, who are sleeping here - Davidson and his Spike."

Major General Luo Qianjie could not compare with such a foreigner who was favored by the emperor. In fact, the navy's rank was lower than that of the army. Apart from a general like a flying general, there was no lieutenant general at all, because the size of the ship was not large enough.

However, foreigners and Chinese are very stupid in terms of intrigue, not to mention that Davidson is also a rough man among foreigners. Luo Qianjie, as the highest-ranking Chinese, has a smart mind and slowly controls the personnel and affairs in the fleet: often outside of combat, such as personnel promotion, weapon distribution, military merit rewards and punishments, playing with mountain exclusion, and playing against the same party. Davidson doesn't understand, and doesn't know, slowly, everyone says that the Royal Navy actually has two leaders: Davidson and Luo Qianjie.

However, in the eyes of Yi Cheng, the relationship between Luo Qianjie and Davidson is more like the relationship between the eunuch and the emperor. Because the emperor trusts, the eunuch Wei Zhongxian and others can cover up the sky and engage in some smoky and smoky activities. However, when the emperor gets angry, he has to listen. Therefore, although the navy is also very dark, like other areas of the empire, he is still very brave. He kills good and takes credit for his achievements. He does not care about pirates and blackmails. However, it is not a common phenomenon. Because Davidson saw you doing your best or breaks the rules, he is not like Luo Qianjie, but he will suppress you because you don’t flatter him, or protect you because you are his mountain. Davidson is stupid, so the rewards and punishments are clear.

The team's morale has always been very high, well, at least higher than the Qing Dynasty. This little bit higher is a little as being assimilated by Christian culture. This little bit can already make the Song Dynasty navy famous for its bloodthirst, cruelty and unreasonableness in the entire Asian waters. Sometimes lords are not bribed, and wherever they pass, these perverts will yell, "I haven't started fighting yet." They will start a crazy massacre, and they will not stop without killing all the enemies. Whether it is a pirate with a bad temper or a kind-hearted and kind-hearted naval master in the Qing Dynasty saw the cross-wave pattern flying eagle naval flag, even if your ship is stronger than the opponent's firepower, you can only hold your tail tightly and run quickly. If you don't run, you may meet a madman who can chase you for hundreds of nautical miles and not accept your surrender.

Two years ago, Luo Qianjie probably wanted the eunuch to be converted into an emperor and began to command his subordinates to exclude foreigners. The first shot was taken from the top of Fujian, and the target Little Knife Legion training officer Smith.

This Smith was also a miserable child. After traveling thousands of miles to East Asia, he first served the Nanyang Fleet in Fujian. As a result, because of his strict military governance, he was excluded by the Fujianese and could not resign, causing a diplomatic dispute between the Qing Dynasty and the United Kingdom. This diplomatic dispute was discovered by the sharp-eyed Emperor Haidi in the Qing Dynasty briefing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. You should know that Emperor Haidi attaches great importance to newspapers and other information. Some people say that the Emperor Qing Dynasty was diligent in reading memorials, while Emperor Haisong was diligent in reading newspapers. Not only did he read, he would also write imperial pens and red comments under the news that he was interested in the newspaper, such as:

"Prespect you."

"My man is so talented."

"Diansi still wants to go against the will of heaven!"

...

Such things.

The Emperor of Hai believed that this British man seemed too rigid and too serious, so he was regarded as an alien by traditional culture, which was beneficial to the cutting and mutation of his own culture. Hai Song lacked this kind of thing. After all, foreigners who were not assimilated were not common. Some foreigners could also be assimilated by the Qing culture. He immediately ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to dispatch, and soon Mr. Smith was invited by Hai Song's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to serve.

It was not far away, just take a boat from Xiamen to Haijing; it was not difficult, Britain was embarrassed in the Qing Dynasty, and Hai Song picked it up for them.

But Ding Yuzhan and the others were in an uproar and they all talked: "Ah, the whole Chinese navy is the main force of us Fujianese. We, the people from the Qing Dynasty, don't even want foreign waste. How can we come to put our heads? Our Song and Min are even better than Qing Min!"

Luo Qianjie manipulated the wave of xenophobia in Fujian. The stereotyped Mr. Smith was excluded by the Qing army culture. He did not get any good results in the Royal Navy of the Song Dynasty. He was also isolated, excluded, and humiliated. Finally, he developed to the point of tearing apart with a Fujian officer who trampled on the army hierarchy to challenge his authority in front of all the soldiers in the camp. The soldiers raised their arms and shouted: "The Chinese Navy is ruled by Chinese, foreigners!"

Although it was just Luo Qianjie who wanted to squeeze Davidson away to control the navy, the meaning of this slogan was extremely memorable. It was 40 years earlier. At this moment, it was about to challenge the foundation of faith and humble learning. Moreover, this slogan scared the one in the palace, as if he recalled his time and space nationalism, all the royal family was destroyed, and Yuan Shikai could not restore the imperial system. As a result, the bigger emperor, the sea emperor, immediately turned against him: ignore the big deal of the first cannon, Ding Yuzhan made such a brave contribution, so he made such a brave contribution. In order to brag about him, the empire had wasted many headlines of the Emperor's newspaper, dismissed from his post and forced his retirement. 13 senior Fujian officers, the entire battalion that shouted that slogan, was dismissed, and promoted foreigners to the commander of the Xiaodao Legion, mixed sand and changed blood. Within three years, the Navy was not allowed to recruit a Fujian soldier, and almost smashed the Fujian mountain under the Hunan mountain of the Navy. Killing fierce monkeys also scared other Chinese mountaintops. Luo Qianjie himself was invisible from the Emperor's newspaper for half a year.

Ironically, Davidson was instigated by Luo Qianjie and asked the Emperor of Hai to plead for Ding Yuzhan and his Fujian gang. He could not see that he was booked as the second piece of the naval domino by Luo Qianjie and Ding Yuzhan. If Smith threw it away, he would not have done it for a long time, but the emperor was even more cunning than those of the Chinese in the navy. After his eyes were only rotated 60 degrees in his eye socket, he swayed and persuaded Davidson with a righteous look, saying that this was against his basic army establishment. He did not want an army that could not be enforced. The army hierarchy system must be followed ironically. The Xiaodao school official resisted Smith, which involved Ding Yuzhan not implementing the iron rules of military governance, so it was obvious that he would implicate the Xiaodao officer. Davidson could not play Luo Qianjie, and could he play Luo Qianjie's godfather, Haihuang? He had to nod repeatedly, but left in confusion.

"What are Luo Qianjie trying to do now? Come and find our boss?" Yi Chengwen smiled elegantly, looking at An Qi, who was obviously flattering, and quietly pondered in his heart.

Zhong Jialiang leaned back slightly awkwardly, pulled his arm out of Anqi's hand, and changed the subject in a hurry. He leaned over to Yi Cheng, knocked his fingers on the table and said to Yi Cheng:

"Yi Cheng, when you were in Longchuan, the court had some changes that you didn't know: because of the influence of the French-Popular War, the army strongly demanded changes. One of them was to vigorously develop railways and improve the movement speed and supply capacity of the army. Your Majesty intends to recognize this opinion, because railways are not just conducive to the military, but almost equal to benefit all levels of the entire country. Who does the great powers have no railways thousands of kilometers? Moreover, the railway has appeared in the Far East for 10 years, and the people have fully accepted it and are no longer afraid of it. Therefore, Your Majesty raised an issue: "The Great Leap Forward Plan for the Iron River", which means that in 5 or 10 years, the imperial court invested 100 million taels of silver to build an iron river transportation network that runs through all areas of the Song Dynasty."

"Yi Jinliang?" Yi Cheng's chin almost hit the table. After a few seconds, he looked at An Qi and understood exactly what was wrong.

His Majesty threw out a piece of fat meat, surely, all the mad dogs would rush towards them with their eyes shining.

An Qi looked at Yi Cheng who was obviously unaware of it, and did not talk directly. She turned to look at Zhong Jialiang, smiled and reached out to shake his hand again. Zhong Jialiang quickly pulled his hand from the table to the table. An Qi didn't hold it, and laughed: "Mr. Zhong, I heard from your entourage that you don't want to attend the royal banquet, why bother? Go to the banquet later."

Zhong Jialiang sneered: "I want to go to the royal banquet, and the great powers will tear me apart. As a private bank encouraged by His Majesty, my newly formed Songshang Bank may bear part of overseas loans. I refuse anyone to offend them, right? I still hide. I hide so that I can have room for negotiation."

Yi Cheng heard that Zhong Jialiang and An Qi seemed to be focusing on this Iron River plan and asked curiously: "Is it because the Navy intends to interfere in this Iron River plan?"

The tone of questioning was a bit strange, because it was obvious: no matter how much the railway was built, it would not be able to go to the sea. It seemed that the most unrelated organization was the navy.

Angel turned her head and looked at Yi Cheng, and said slowly but majesticly: "It's not interfering. It's what our navy deserves."
Chapter completed!