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Looking at the name of the Great Millet Country, some people in the imperial court thought it was a land of fragrant rice and millet.
But they don’t know that this grain is not that grain.
It is a shame for a country to endorse evil things.
They started out by trade and plunder. In order to regain the eastern trade routes, they defeated many maritime overlords.
Now, finally, with the west wind of the steamship, they rushed to the east and began their journey.
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"What? A monster emitting black smoke and white gas?" In Huaquan Palace, Lu Zhi looked at a report and suddenly stood up.
"Lafayette, this Mr. Liu doesn't learn Western arts. This is obviously a steamship, so what kind of monster is it?" The seventh generation reincarnation of the eunuch Chaoying, who handed over the memorial, said with a smile...
Lu looked at him directly and then took off the earplugs.
Then she heard the voice of Chaoying VII:
"Old Liu is an old stubborn man who claims to be incorruptible. If he dares to go against the Za family, if he dares to investigate the wife of the seventh wife of the Za family who lives outside the palace, the Za family will kill her today."
She put the earplugs in again.
A stubborn old man who happens to be an upright official.
A civilized person is a eunuch who is greedy.
None of this mattered. She suddenly realized a big problem: the cycle of chaos in the dynasty, which she solved through deception and deception.
It doesn't matter if the people don't have land, as long as they have work to do.
The imperial court distributed work, engaged in river engineering, engaged in navigation, and engaged in overseas immigration... What could the imperial court do if it had no money or food? It defrauded the people who owned the land of money and food, and took their lives with them.
This is equivalent to redistributing land every year.
Therefore, her court lasted for five hundred years.
However, the internal worries were gone, but she subconsciously ignored the external ones.
It was also because she had always lived in Dongzhou and never thought there was any foreign trouble.
I learned from the textbook that in history, it expanded eastward, westward, southward, and northward. Wherever there was foreign trouble, it was all foreign favor: Every time it expanded to a place, the local people welcomed Master Wang and congratulated themselves on getting the Dongzhou Red Card for free.
Now that she saw that Westerners had developed steam engines, she suddenly realized something.
It's over, she has forgotten about the Industrial Revolution!
Some people may laugh, how could a time traveler forget the Industrial Revolution and the steam engine?
People who say this ignore that there are countless people who don’t even know about the Sino-Japanese War, let alone the Industrial Revolution.
At least Lu Zhi knew the cycle of chaos and chaos in this dynasty, which was pretty good.
At this time, she immediately issued an edict: "Immediately order the cabinet to draft a decree to recruit Western scholars from the private sector, buy and imitate Western steam ships, and learn Western naval warfare methods!"
"Yes, Queen Mother." Chaoying VII immediately knelt down and went out to deliver the Queen Mother's oral instructions.
The Queen Mother has long been an old Buddha and an old fairy.
The fountain of youth that does not require reincarnation is only available to her.
This is normal. The most noble people will of course drink the best version.
No one has an opinion on this.
Even if you are ambitious, you will restrain yourself and dare not discuss what is fair or unfair in public.
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Cabinet Office, South Study Hall.
Four cabinet ministers, plus four ministers, and some important ministers are working here.
"What kind of Western steamships? They are all strange and ingenious things, nothing to mention. Our empire has millions of soldiers, why should we be afraid of this thing?" Sanfu VIII said.
The seventh chief minister looked at him and thought that it was lucky that the Queen Mother was not here, otherwise, the third child would have to become a hedgehog.
"You said the same thing about Western cannons in the past." Huang Xiong VI, the Minister of Household Affairs, said disdainfully.
It has been 340 years since he became minister, and he has been reincarnated for six lives, and he can live for more than 40 to 60 years in each life, which is actually very good.
Sansuke was very unlucky, and only lived to be four years old twice. Fortunately, he told a dead man in advance to come to pick him up. When he was about to die of illness, he quickly drank the spring of youth to resolve himself, so that he could continue reincarnation.
This is the advantage of important ministers. There is always a way to find a few dead soldiers, whether it is training from orphans or selecting one or two from the court system.
Ordinary wealthy people cannot do this.
"Humph, governing a country depends on virtue rather than danger. Now the people are happy and have not heard of banditry for more than 30 years. This is unprecedented. The people's support is with me. What does a Westerner's steamboat mean?" Sanfu Yiyi
Don't care.
Everyone shook their heads.
The third child was stabbed by the Queen Mother back then, but fortunately he was cured.
Now she still refuses to change her ways and insists on confronting the Queen Mother.
Fortunately, the Queen Mother, for some unknown reason, promoted him again after he was reincarnated several times.
The Queen Mother is really broad-minded, far better than many emperors.
Little do they know that the real Lao San has been dead for hundreds of years, and the current one is just Lao San with memories of the past.
No matter what Mrs. Lu does, she can never hold grudges against people who died hundreds of years ago.
"Put your virtue away first. I only know that their steamships are cavalry on the sea, and our sailboats are infantry. If we use foot against cavalry, the disadvantage is too obvious. If we fight, we can't catch up. If we lose, we will lose everything."
The army was destroyed. Since ancient times, only cavalry can restrain cavalry." The Minister of War said with a cautious expression.
Huang Xiong VI nodded. For someone who could reach the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, the Queen Mother would definitely not choose to be stubborn. That would be courting death.
The Ministry of Rites can find a stubborn old man who doesn't care, but if he disobeys, give him a knife.
"The Ministry of Revenue, how much motor money do you have left? Can you allocate it to buy Western steam ships and imitation steam ships?" The seventh chief minister nodded, and then asked Huang Xiong.
"The Ministry of Household Affairs only has two million taels of live silver, but the Empress Dowager gave a note at the beginning of the year, so we still have 300 million taels of mobile silver." Huang Xiong VI said proudly.
He just sat and died in the household department, and he didn't care about the chief assistant.
Everyone looked at Huang Xiong with envy and jealousy.
If you have money, the household department will be the boss.
Without money, the household department is like a dog.
"Let's make a budget first. The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry will recruit a few people to go down and ask merchants who are proficient in Western shipping to see how this steamship is sold." The chief assistant said.
Everyone nodded.
Just as the meeting was about to end, suddenly an emergency message came from outside.
"Report, long-distance telegraph from Nanjiangkou, the fleet of the Great Su Kingdom forced the pass and fired artillery at Nancheng, demanding that we immediately lower tariffs and allow them to go deep into the interior and trade freely."
"Damn it!" The Minister of the Ministry of War was furious. "How can a group of barbarians force their way into someone else's house?"
Chief Assistant VII took the telegram.
The important ministers immediately realized the benefits of the telegraph. The natural attribute of centralization of power in the imperial court made them immediately order investment and construction.
This thing is a border general, the natural nemesis of distant chieftains, and a natural helper for civil servants to rule the world.
He read the telegram and passed it on to everyone.
"Damn it, the governor of Southern Province actually said that he was unable to fight, and that he could not fight if he could not surrender. He could only die to repay the Queen Mother and the court!" Huang Xiong VI was furious after seeing this.
After taking so much money from him, all he can say now is that he deserves to be killed!
"The Westerners have strong ships and powerful cannons. One shot can destroy dozens of miles. Hasn't he learned anything about Western learning? The Westerners' cannons are just smoothbore cannons. They can shoot only five or six miles and are very good. They only smashed a few city walls.
Where is the use of being rotten for dozens of miles?"
"The governor of Southern Province and the general military office should all be killed!"
In the small court hall, all the officials were filled with indignation.
"Hurry up and invite the Queen Mother to discuss important matters." The seventh chief minister reacted faster and immediately asked the serving eunuch to pass on the news.
As for the emperor, he only eats and drinks every day and participates in some etiquette ceremonies. He doesn't understand anything about the important affairs of the court.
As soon as he finished speaking, the voice of the great eunuch Chaoying VII came from outside the door.
