Chapter 114: Come to discuss politics at night (1)

"The emperor is wise!" Duanhua, who stood on the side and had not spoken for a long time, said loudly, "The Qing Dynasty has been ten thousand years, and the emperor has been ten thousand years! With this promise, it can be seen that the emperor's sage for the new ship's holy wishes can also make all people serve. The blessings of our heavenly dynasty will last forever and pass on forever!"

The emperor laughed a few times, and was in a good mood, and he was not so worried about his words. "You two brothers are just good at talking!" After saying that, he turned to look at Shen Baozhen and Zeng Guofan. "The technicians and foreign craftsmen in the shipyard of the Yu Anqing, will be given a heavy reward. All the personnel involved in the manufacturing, regardless of China or abroad, will be rewarded for three months. Zeng Guofan. After you return to office, you will order people to put on the detailed list. The reward will not be much, so I will give it to the Anhui Fanku."

"yes."

"Also, Shen Baozhen, we will educate people, and we will not make a hundred years of plans and ships. We can buy them through foreign countries, but talents are not good. We should still cultivate our own naval generals in the heavenly dynasty as the top priority. We can't have ships but we don't have commanders who are on the sea and fight against the enemy. Therefore, the establishment of a naval school is the top priority now. I will give you this burden. You must be cautious and not be careless at all times!"

"I have all recorded it. In the future, I should take the emperor's sage as the standard for doing things, and I dare not wander for a moment."

"You stay in Rehe first. During this period, you do two things. First, sort out what you have learned and prepare the training outline of the Naval Academy. The outline is clear. I will take a look. Then, go to Wenxiang and pass on my will. You will negotiate with the British Foreign Minister Wenhan, ask for the other party's opinions, and see if you can recruit more British teachers, teach with boats on the sea, formations, and military experience, and hire me to the Tianchao to serve as the Naval Academy. If this matter can be achieved, it will be very good. If it doesn't work, I will think of another way."

This was the first time Shen Baozhen came to the imperial prelude to answer. After this moment of conflict, he found that the emperor was really as Zeng Guofan said, and he did not have any sense of power in his official business. Not to mention that the emperor was talking to his subordinates, even the Qinggu in his mansion seemed to be higher than him. That feeling was a bit like a child who had just started to go to the insanity and asked the teacher for advice.

He looked up in confusion, facing the emperor's bright eyes, Shen Baozhen's eyes felt sore, and he felt a heat surging in his chest, and he hurriedly lowered his head again.

"As for the content of teaching, in addition to teaching professional techniques sent by the countries, students will personally drive a boat to the sea after one to two years of study, from the sea to the ocean, from the nearest ocean to the ocean, from the nearest ocean to the ocean, water and fire division, reefs, sand and barbarians, hyacinth inspection, and mast wheels will welcome them. All of them must be printed in reality. In addition to practicing, they can also compare the old and new, and practice the effect of changing the new and new."

Shen Baozhen was extremely convinced. His studies had not yet officially begun. The emperor had already thought of the only way to study with theory and practice in advance?

It took Shen Baozhen three days to kneel out of Yanbo Zhishuang Hall, and first went to the General Administration Office, and with Ronglu, to visit Wenhan, where the British were staying. He had served in Anqing Mansion for a year, and had handled things in Anqing Shipyard. He also had a lot of dealings with British technicians hired by the Shipyard, and could understand a few words in English. This time, he was ordered to do a job and met Wenhan and talked about the ritual recruitment and teaching. The latter agreed without any worries, "...Please rest assured, Mr. China, our British Empire is very willing to help China and complete all the needs of entering the ocean from land. I just don't know what kind of talents your country needs?"

"First of all, it is naturally to train talents in ships, and secondly, it is to train ships, train seamen, rest and reconcile the water surface." Shen Baozhen said while thinking, "Do you think there is anything else that I have never expected to think clearly?"

"That's probably the case," said Wenhan. "But I think the more important thing is not the choice of these teaching talents, but whether your country's students can accept the teaching and training of my Great British."

"Please rest assured that this level is handled by me."

"Okay." Wenhan nodded, "Since that's the case, after I return to China, I will notify my government of your request. At that time, I will arrange for the talents you need to gather in Beijing and wait for your country's arrangements."

"Thank you Lord for your kindness. As for your country's life and monthly salary after coming to China, please wait until the official presents to the emperor before conducting detailed consultations." Shen Baozhen thanked Wenhan and Ronglu for farewell, returned to the office where he lived, and began to conceive and prepare to draft the memorial to the "Naval College Service Charter".

With his erudition, he also knew that the drafting of such a memorial was not so easy. First of all, the Naval Academy was the first time in China's history to train and support the sea combat troops. The terms of the charter rarely have reference materials, and everything must be planned with their own careful planning; secondly, even if it has not been formally written and promulgated nationwide, Shen Baozhen could imagine that the people would not be willing to send their children to foreigners to study and study! Therefore, they had to make more tilts in the school system and fees, and this would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among some Taoist priests in the middle of the capital. Just as the Tongwenguan was established in the middle of the capital and was attacked by Waren and others, I am afraid that this naval school that was handled in accordance with the emperor's will will also be criticized by the same?

Shen Baozhen smiled bitterly for a moment, held his pen in his hand, and wrote a few lines in a sketch. "First, each disciple will come to study. Every year, the Dragon Boat Festival, and the Mid-Autumn Festival, you will be given three days off. When you spend the year, you will go home on the seal day and start the seal day. Whenever you encounter foreign holidays, you will not be given off. After getting up in the morning and before sleeping at night, you will listen to foreign teachers' teaching lessons. You are not allowed to travel outside, cause waste of your studies, insult teachers, or bully classmates. You are not allowed to take a long leave."

"Secondly, all dietary and medical expenses are paid by the school, and in addition, the family is supported by 4000 yuan a month. Those who are seriously ill are allowed to go home for treatment, and they will be sold for leave after they recover from the illness."

"Third, if you take the exam every three months, you will be rewarded with five taels of silver for the first class, you will not be punished if you have no reward or punishment for the second class. If you have a third class exam twice, you will be discouraged by the third class exam three times, you will be punished by the third class exam three times. If you have a first class exam three times, you will be rewarded with other clothes and materials." The study period is tentatively set to five years. When you enter school, you will be willing to get married and you will not be allowed to change your career.

"Fourth, the wise and gentlemen of the Zhongshan Chief will be selected by the Zhongshan Chief, and the teachers and students who will be diligent and lazy in the Xuezhong examination."

"Fifth, after completing the study, the navy's officers will be allowed to be used as supervisors. If the ship owner has completed the study, the ship owner will be ordered to be supervisors. The monthly salary will be paid according to the foreign supervisors. The ship owner's salary will be paid. Those with civil servants will be admitted to the school and will not be allowed to be guaranteed military positions. The military meritorious personnel will be allowed to negotiate the rewards according to the regular "

After writing, I read it. It was just a one-person statement. It might not be perfect. But one person was short of intelligence, so that only that could be thought of. Shen Baozhen re-expressed several of the drafts, copied them on the copybook, and ordered someone to send them to the Villa Insider Office. He said that the listener prepared dinner and ate it. He was about to rest. When someone heard a voice outside the door, he heard a sound, "Sir, sir? Someone is coming from the palace."

Shen Baozhen turned over and sat up, opened the door and saw that it was his servant. Behind him was a very familiar young man, but he didn't remember his name, "Dare you ask?"

"My surname is Lu."

After only mentioning one surname, Shen Baozhen remembered that it was Lu Fu, and hurriedly stepped forward, bent down and asked, "Eunuch Lu, is there something wrong?"

"The emperor has read the master's memorial and ordered the slave to come and Lord Xuan enter the garden."

"Ah, yes, yes." Shen Baozhen hesitated for a moment and said hurriedly, "Eunuch Lu, please do it in the house, allow me to change my clothes, and follow my father-in-law to meet the saint."

After temporarily letting Liufu into the room, Shen Baozhen stopped and called his family over, whispered a few words, the latter frowned, "Master? This little money..."

"Don't say much, go!"

He put on his official uniform in a random manner, picked up a big hat, and left the mansion with Liu Fu in a sedan chair. "Eunuch Lu, I have been in Anhui for the first time since I served as a saint. I don't know much about the rules in front of the imperial court. I also asked Eunuch Lu to give me some advice. Please accept this little thought." As he said that, he handed over a silver note.

No eunuch is not a fan of money, and the emperor did not control these slaves' greed and greedy actions. Liufu was the eunuch in charge of the Hall of Yangxin. In the past ten years, he had accumulated a huge fortune. He no longer saw the ordinary small money. He looked at it with the moonlight outside. He smiled and reached out to take it, "Since that's the case, the slave will be disrespectful. Thank you Lord Shen for your reward."

"I dare not, I dare not." Seeing that Liu Fu accepted his money, Shen Baozhen's heart was much relaxed. "Eunuch Lu, do you know what the emperor summoned him at night?"

"I don't know this, but I heard from Miss Li that the emperor asked someone to prepare a sea of ​​cinnabar." He said, "Mr. Shen is away all year round and does not know the temperament of Long Live. As long as he orders people to prepare cinnabar, he will not sleep for another night."

"Oh, oh." Shen Baozhen agreed as he said, not knowing what it felt like, "The Emperor... oftentimes he doesn't sleep all night?"

"Isn't it? Last year, when the war against the *** was first started, the emperor couldn't sleep for a few nights in a month. We servants dared not persuade them. In my eyes, we felt so distressed!" Perhaps for the sake of Yinbao, and seemed to be trying to talk to someone, Liu Fu said again, "Although the emperor has a good body, he is most afraid of staying up late. Every time he stays up late, his beauty will be reduced, hey!"

While talking, the sedan stopped at the entrance of the villa. Two men walked forward in a row and checked the tickets for the night guards to leave the palace. When they entered the garden, they could see the bright candlelight in Danbo Jingcheng's palace. They were close to each other. The fragrance of nanmu came to their noses. Shen Baozhen heard Zeng Guofan say that the emperor liked to smell the smell of nanmu the most. In this way, the emperor was going to handle the official business here.

Liu Fu led Shen Baozhen into the hall, who walked a few steps forward and knelt down to salute, "My minister, Shen Baozhen, kowtow to the emperor."

"Get up and talk," he said, "I have just read your memorial. Although this naval school constitution is still a little far from what I think, it is not far from it. Being able to clearly understand the errands I assigned within a few days is also considered a capable person."

"I dare not, this is just a foolish person who sees it at first sight. Compared with the emperor and the sages who are the only one who dominates the emperor and the long-term peace plan for our Holy Dynasty, what's the point of noticing?"

"This time I came here, in addition to discussing with you and implementing the school's rules, there is another section, which is to help me and determine the Beiyang Navy's constitution; wait a moment, and in addition to you, I have also recruited several other people in." The emperor pondered for a moment, as if something was difficult to say. Finally, he said, "The recruitment of students in the Naval Academy may have many difficulties, the biggest and most troublesome thing is that there are many Western teachers. From this point of view, the Naval Academy is in line with the Tongwenguan established at that time, but the difference is that the latter can also directly issue an order to choose the children of the Eight Banners family to enroll. The naval affairs depend more on the Han people - especially the people of coastal provinces such as Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong. In this way, the resistance will be greater."

"What the emperor said is that I have been thinking about this in my mind over the past few days." Shen Baozhen said, "But I think that since the first year of Xianfeng, the people have been deeply grateful to the emperor for more than ten years, even if they don't want to..."

The emperor interrupted his commentary with a laugh, "It's better not to say anything you flatter like this." He said, "So I think, I can still tempt it with great profit." His eyes gradually shining, and he suddenly asked, "I remember, you are from Fujian, right?"

"yes."

"As far as you see, can Fujian Province still be called wealthy?"

"This, please forgive me for saying a very disrespectful word. Fujian has been poor since ancient times, and the provincial capital is not circulated for the time being. Other prefectures, counties and governments have made difficulties in the livelihoods, which are not comparable to other provinces."

The emperor did not care. Since he had asked others to say that, he had already prepared himself, "This would be better. After the college was officially established, the court would provide food and accommodation for every child who entered school. In addition, each person would allocate twelve taels of silver a month to scholarships - what do you think this is the case?"

Shen Baozhen was amused. This was really wealthy! The twelve taels of silver, calculated, was enough to make the living conditions of a family of three in Fujian Province a fundamental change. However, just silver, money and goods can make the people willing to send their children to foreigners? It is hard to predict!

As the king and his ministers spoke, there were mixed footsteps outside the hall, and a few more people arrived, Zeng Guofan, Wen Xiang, Yung Wing, Rong Lu, and a few more. After entering the hall, the emperor asked a few people to sit down first, and then said, "I think that in addition to the Naval Academy used to train the generals who will command and fight in the future, naval construction should be like the new infantry army, with year-round training and martial arts as the first academic year for future warfare. Therefore, the training of naval soldiers must also take the opportunity. It is difficult to let only a few, a dozen generals go out alone to fight in the sea - what's the point? Therefore, recruiting water braves and building a naval military preparation school to provide the most basic guarantee for the future development and growth of the navy will also be determined in a short time. This is also the reason why I summoned you overnight this time. We discussed it and see if we can come up with a preliminary method."

He said, "If anyone of you is hungry and sleepy, you will rest in the side hall in this hall for a while. Today, you can't finish it in one day, only two days, only three days. In short, you have to implement this matter."

Wen Xiang and Zeng Guofan were a little dissatisfied. After the war against Russia, the world would be peaceful and the world would be ruled. Needless to say, naval construction was not an urgent task. Even so, we could not work like this overnight, right? Isn’t this arguing of sensationalism? Thinking of this in my heart, I didn’t dare to reveal it at all, and bowed respectfully and said, “The emperor is busy with national affairs, how dare the servants and others take a break?”

"Actually, this is also an occasional idea of ​​my heart on a whim. Among you, Yung Wing is not mentioned, and the others are well-educated people. Although there are things in your heart, it is no problem to write a thousand words. But in my mind, the matter of articles and poems is just as Du Gongbu said. Articles are natural, and I can get them by hand. With the flash of spirit, the fruits obtained are the most awesome. That's how I am!"

He turned around and picked up a piece of paper with dense handwriting and handed it to Wenxiang, "Look, these are the few items in the charter I thought of before you came just now. If there is any inappropriateness, let's discuss it."

Wen Xiang took it and took a look. The emperor's naval charter was divided into ship system, official system, promotion, accident, school examination, salary, reward, work needs and miscellaneous expenses, ritual system, seal system, military regulations, brief review, military preparation, and various bureaus in the rear of the navy. There are a total of fourteen items, including the official system and salary items below, and the corresponding content has been added to each category.

"The Navy has a commander who commands the entire army, builds offices in Weihaiwei localities, or builds offices, as offices; two generals, divided into left and right wings, and each with armored warships as the wing commanders; the other deputy generals, and the officers below the generals, are divided into sizes and magnitudes of the ships they are carrying, and the severity of the duties. Their ranks are only named when they are replaced, and there is no fixed pattern, so it is not convenient to add the name of the ship to the blind title. Now, the existing warships in Beiyang are divided into three central troops, left and right wings, and each has three ships, that is, one ship is used as a battalion.

The personnel on the ship are firstly the deputy general and above, with the title of general and below, leading warships. There are two guerrillas, who are appointed as deputy manager and general manager; one member of the chief supervisor of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the

A brief look, no less than tens of thousands of words, each stroke was written neatly and meticulously. I don’t know when the master wrote it? Wen Xiang looked at it for a while and was dizzy. He handed it to Zeng Guofan casually and said with a smile, "I really admire my master. The tens of thousands of words are written neatly and not messy at all. After discussing state affairs with the emperor today, I am busy with official affairs and exhausted. But seeing the emperor spending his holy heart on the naval charter... I ask myself, I am really ashamed."

"So, older age is a little bit worse. I always have to take advantage of my youth to cook all the state affairs that can be clearly treated, so as to avoid the troubles coming and the king and his ministers will be blinded."
Chapter completed!