Chapter 80 The big plan
"Everyone knows that this year, I opened several yamen in Daqing. I believe everyone knows Yung Wing of this yamen. What does this yamen do? As the name suggests, it is education, educators, educate people's hearts and cultivate their talents and virtues. What I want to say is that this education, not only teaches the Four Books and Five Classics, but also teaches foreigners. Only in this way can I not be left behind by foreigners and get farther away. If education is not established, foreigners will fight you in the future, you can't find foreigners to buy guns and cannons to fight him at that time, right?"
Some generals and admirals who had fought with foreigners nodded, especially Yiketang, who had been in conflict with the Russians recently, clenched his fists.
I continued: "The purpose of education is to educate and train talents who are loyal and patriotic, and who know Western skills to use them for our dynasty, resist foreign aggression and restore lost territory. These all depend on talents. Where do the talents come from? I ordered Lord Yung Wing to build the Prime Minister's Education Office last year, and there has been a little progress last year. By the beginning of this year, the Beijing Normal University will start classes. If you have children who are suitable for your family, you can hand them over to Lord Rong." As he said, he signaled Zaifeng with his eyes. Zaifeng immediately understood and stood up and bowed: "Your Majesty, I want to learn something from Lord Rong, so that I can serve the emperor in the future!"
I laughed, pressed his hand and signaled him to sit down, and then said, "It's great. What I need is this kind of heart. I know that for thousands of years, China has valued Confucianism and abandoned hundreds of schools. In fact, my ancestors also had those who valued skills like the Mohist school. If something big happens today, skills prevail, and we must catch up. Of course, it takes time to catch up, so this education yamen is not a matter of one day or one night. I think that if I can see some results in ten or twenty years, I will be satisfied."
Yung Wing stood up and wiped his tears and said, "The emperor is so determined. If I don't work hard anymore, I will be useless..."
"Yong Wing sit down. Fortunately, I am still young, and I can still wait. Our Qing Dynasty has been weak for decades and has been bullied by others. Therefore, I have made great ambitions and devoted myself to strengthening the country! All of you work together!"
"I respectfully receive the holy teachings!" The voice was neat and uniform, but how much sincerity was? I would rather believe that it was 100% sincerity, and I could only believe that they were 100% sincere. After calming down, he said, "Yong Wing obeyed the order and in order to establish education, he actually gave Yung Wing the Left Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was in charge of the merit examination affairs, was appointed as the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion, was given yellow belts, and was given yellow jackets. He was also in charge of the Prime Minister's Education Office. Hanlin Academy, and all local academic and political education are subject to the education office."
Yung Wing knelt down: "I received the order to thank me! Long live my emperor!" Under the envious or jealous eyes of the officials, he kowtowed in tears and thanked me.
I asked the eunuch to help him sit down and said, "Prince Heshuochun Zaifeng obeyed the order. Since you are effective in your country, you will be promoted to Minister of Education and assist the Prime Minister in opening a school."
Zaifeng thanked me, and I was a little tired of saying that I took a sip of tea to moisten the mouth. The matters here, just being managed by Yung Wing, an expert, even though he had the title of the Ministry of Personnel, I am afraid that those ministers would still not give face. Add Zaifeng, the world's number one iron hat king, and the affairs will be smoother.
After finishing this education, the next column on the screen is the word "Strong Soldier". It is easy to understand literally. It is a strong army. The new army is in operation. All regions have also established new troops according to the situation, especially Shandong, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Although there have been unhappy with the Ministry of War, the overall situation is good, and local officials have also nodded frequently. In this way, it is easier for me to speak: "The army will not prosper and the country will not be stable. Although there have been no foreign enemies invade recently, the word "Strong Soldiers" is the word "Strong Soldiers"
I cannot relax the day. I entrusted Prince Shiduo to train the new army on behalf of the emperor. It is also for this purpose. It is a good thing for all localities to respond, but it should not be a formality. We should train and educate hard, but we should not disturb the local area. Now the imperial military system is under reform. We will establish the military department, reform the military department, and establish the logistics department. In addition to these three departments, I will also intend to establish a general in the future, name it is the Military Consultation Department, and use each general as a plan and work hard for national military affairs. If there is a state-owned war in the future, we will make a perfect plan."
The next theme is to "enrich the people". This one seems simple, but it is difficult to do. It is mainly because the traditional status of industry and commerce is too low, and the status of merchants in society is also low. In addition to the few state-owned government-run industries, it is also a workshop. The whole people do not have the awareness of industry, so it is difficult to implement it. However, no matter how difficult it is, it must be done, not only the official-run industries, but also the private-run industries. The purpose is to fully encourage urban residents to establish industry and commerce. This is a good thing. There are many private cement factories and textiles and other factories there.
It is also very effective. I will establish a Ministry of Industry and Commerce in the future. Zhang Jian will let Zhang Jian do this, but he is still thinking about taking the top scorer, so he has to wait until he gets the top scorer and then let him do it. This matter is temporarily left to Zhang Zhidong. I believe in his ability. He also has outstanding talents like Gu Hongming. Gu is a great scholar and is proficient in Western learning. He will do this. At present, it is better than Zhang Jian. His foreign language ability and personal charm are very helpful for the current comprehensive introduction of foreign industries.
The principle of enriching the people also includes agriculture. Facing the loess and facing the sky, the harvest depends on God’s life. After thousands of years, the concept is not easy to change. However, we must start researching and promoting good plants. There is no good person to do this for a while. It is also a temporary solution to Yung Wing pay attention to the introduction of agricultural science.
There is no specific content to talk about. It is mainly about some changes in the assessment of officials. Sun Jianai, the Minister of Personnel, had already received my order and drafted an entry for the assessment of officials. It mainly added the degree of help of a comprehensive assessment official to the plan to strengthen the country, and added to the previous five-level assessment system of virtue, talent and merit, and decided on the transfer and promotion of officials. As for the national examination, I officially issued an edict. This year, in the 17th year of the Guangxu period, the palace examination in 1891, Li Hongzhang and Yung Wing were appointed as ministers of the paper, Yi Xin and Li Hongzhang were selected as ministers of the palace examination. Exercises on international policy theories, national plans and other aspects. In fact, this also paved the way for Zhang Jian to be the top scorer three years ahead of schedule. Zhang Jian had experience in the Korean army and experience in handling international affairs, and he would be the top scorer.
I can't help but be fascinated by this subject, with many talents. Liang Qichao, Tan Sitong, Yang Shenxiu, Kang Youwei, Kang Guangren and others are about to appear on the political stage. I have more materials to learn from. Maybe this year is a turning point!
The imperial examination system itself is not a bad thing. The key is to rely on what it depends. Students in later generations have squeezed their heads to take civil servant exams and failed. Perhaps they should envy such a system.
The country's plan was almost finished. I ordered people to close the screen, and the front was the first side: Ming Ding Guo is.
I looked at His Highness and the Dukes with some emotion, and said with a trembling voice: "Look at this screen, is it a bit like the memorial book you usually write me? You have written memorials for me for so long and have read me for so long. This is also the memorial book I have submitted to myself. I can't do this imperial book by myself. Please give me my trust!
"I respectfully receive the holy teachings!" The sound was uniform, which gave me a lot of confidence. Although I knew that this might not necessarily mean that their future actions would completely follow my edict, even if they were perfunctory to me, it would be beneficial to the country. Later generations read history, when the Reform of 1898, the emperor's government orders were completely unsatisfactory, and the local governments were waiting and not enforced. That was because Cixi was present, so officials would of course wait and see. Now I am arbitrary, and even if I have any thoughts in my heart, at least I dare not explicitly disobey. After all, the future of the official in my life is in my hands.
As for results, education is the most difficult to achieve. I am afraid that industry and commerce are the easiest to achieve results. There is good news here, so officials may be more motivated.
Take everything slowly. How easy is it to transform this country? The biggest person in the world is not the emperor. He is an old man thousands of years ago, named Kong Laoer.
After the banquet, the officials of the same year who were close friends left the palace in groups of three or three. I sat on the imperial throne and looked at the empty hall. For a moment, I felt extremely tired. An unprecedented feeling of fatigue hit my heart. Kou Liancai asked considerately, but I didn't want to answer a word, just wanted to fall asleep.
"Your Majesty, why don't you ask that Japan to agree? She secretly gave the slave several dollars in the past few days and asked the slave to say good things in front of the emperor. The slave dared not accept the silver, but this child often cried secretly these days, which is very pitiful..."
Chapter completed!