Just as Yang Feng began to quietly expand the army in Fujian, Cixi in Beijing also started to build a new army. Now she was increasingly worried about the rebellious ministers and traitors outside. Not to mention the obvious ambition of a wolf like Yang Feng, even Li Hongzhang
In the name of defending the capital, he began to reorganize his main force. With his support, Liu Mingchuan, who withdrew from North Korea to Tianjin, reorganized the original Asan Army into a town according to the Western military system, eliminating the weak and retaining the strong, and organized it as
There were 12,000 people, and they personally served as commanders. Nie Shicheng and Zhang Gaoyuan each led an association. In addition, Ye Zhichao's troops who were reinforcements in the Northeast also returned to Lushun and began the same reorganization.
This was actually Li Erjiao's demonstration against her. This was the first time in many years that this old guy was so bold. He was led astray by Yang Feng. When she thought of this, Cixi wished she could crush Yang Feng to death.
Of course, she could only endure it now. The reason for this situation was that the Manchus themselves were dissatisfied. She really no longer had any hope for the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners. When she thought of Yang Feng killing him in Langfang without firing a single shot.
The 5,000 troops from the Tongzhou Camp rushed away like a duck, and she felt a chill on her back.
So while appeasing Li Hongzhang, giving him promotions and promotions, and giving promotions to all his generals, she also transferred her most trusted confidant Rong Lu and the only Manchu man who could save her some face, Yike Tang Aquan, to Beijing.
, and then announced the formation of a new army of six towns in Beijing based on the ancient standards of the Sixth Army of the Emperor. All the six towns were controlled by Manchu nobles. The soldiers were recruited from the Manchus in the Northeast, and all the equipment used was the latest, just like Bofors Express.
Cannons, mortars, and Maxim machine guns were all used.
To be honest, Cixi is not short of money. Although the court's expenses have been very tight due to those rubbish, she used the Beijing Incident to confiscate the homes of many nobles a while ago, which really made a fortune. In addition,
I gritted my teeth and took out some from the internal treasury. The first two towns have already begun to be formed.
This news made Zhang Zhidong extremely happy. Except for the rapid artillery, everything else had to be purchased from him, including the Lee-Enfield rapid-fire rifle. Although he was happy, the old guy couldn't help but be careful. From the current situation, it is obvious that there is a problem.
, it was absolutely impossible to do without arms, so he also announced that he would respond to the court's call and form a new army in Wuhan, which also had two towns.
In this case, Liu Kunyi could not lag behind. Although he was not as rich as these people, it was still very easy to play in a town. He reorganized all the elites of the old Hunan Army into a town under the commander-in-chief Wei Guangtao.
However, while all the forces were anxiously busy expanding their armies, the culprit who caused this chaos was working on a new project. He wanted to open a school, and this was unanimously supported by Xue Fucheng and others.
Even Yuan Shikai thought this was the wisest decision made by Mr. Yang.
"First of all, we need to build a comprehensive university, with science and engineering as the main focus, followed by medicine, then literature and art. In addition, this university must recruit girls, so it should be located in Hangzhou. There is no need for official funding to run the school.
I will be responsible for everything, and I will accept the participation of private capital," Yang Feng said.
No one cares about anything else. Since Boss Yang pays for it himself, he has the final say no matter what he teaches, but recruiting girls is a bit too shocking.
"It would be best to set up a dedicated women's college. Mixed classes will easily cause criticism from the outside world. And I'm afraid no one would dare to let their daughters go to school, especially if this is a university. Then the students are no longer children. If
It would be bad if something unexpected happens." Xue Fucheng kindly advised him.
Yang Feng thought the same thing. Nowadays, schools in Europe are basically divided into boys and girls, with only a few mixed classes. Even the vast majority of old countries like the UK have separate classes. That is, an uneducated country like the United States, let a bunch of
Feminists were so bewildered that a large number of coeducational schools appeared. In this case, there was no need to get too ahead of the curve.
"Then let's set up a women's college, but it will be located on the same campus!" This guy said immediately, and no one objected to this.
As for university subjects, this is easy to handle. Physics, chemistry, astronomy, geography, medicine, and law are all indispensable. In addition, history must be paid attention to, such as the history of ancient Chinese civilization and Western colonial plunder.
History must be talked about carefully, and big-name celebrities must be invited to talk about it. As for ideas and philosophy, just stay aside. These things have no use except making people feel weedy. It is the age when blood is boiling. Don't be fooled by those false ideas.
Bewitched by heresy, all students must cultivate hatred for the Western world and a desire to open up new territories in the glory of the Tang Dynasty. They must firmly believe that the rise of a powerful country must be based on other countries.
On the bones of the people.
“In addition to these, a vocational and technical college must be established to teach practical skills such as electric and gas welding, machining and even woodworking and construction, and this college must be elevated to the same status as other colleges.
We want to build a real university city in Hangzhou, and we want to build a Chinese Oxford and Cambridge!" This guy waved his fists and howled as excitedly as a mustache. Of course, his real purpose was to be President Yang. Think about it.
Bald men know how tempting such a title is.
As for how to run this school, it was very simple for him. Yuan Shikai was responsible for the infrastructure construction. He bought a piece of land outside Hangzhou and hired designers from Europe. Anyway, the cement plant in Taiwan has been put into operation, and Hanyang Steel
The factory can also produce steel bars, so there is no need to import building materials from abroad, and the rest is just construction. Employees from Hong Kong JY Company and Shanghai Bofors Matheson are called in, and O'Connor is responsible for cooperating with Yuan Shikai.
The main part should be built within one year. As for the school, we can start it first. It happened that hundreds of soldiers died in the war in Japan, and there were almost a thousand other subordinates. Go and get all their children.
Renting a garden in Hangzhou and recruiting a group of teachers from abroad would basically be enough.
That's it for the university. Boss Yang doesn't need to worry about the rest of the specific affairs. He has hundreds of employees in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Plus, with the help of Yuan Shikai and his people from the governor's office, he can't even handle this little thing.
Then just pack up and go back to the slums in England.
"In addition, we must build a military school, an army school, and a naval school." Yang Feng said.
"There's no need for the Navy. The Shipping Bureau has its own school, and most of the teachers are foreigners," Xue Fucheng said.
"The scale is too small. There are only 100 students divided into several classes, which is not very useful at all. Moreover, the quality of the foreign teachers is too poor. There are not many decent ones. The scale must be expanded. In any case, we have to teach at once.
We can only hire thousands of people, but we can’t let our fleet continue to use foreigners, right?” Yang Feng waved his hand and said.
This school is very important. The size of his current fleet is always expanding, but the proportion of Chinese crew members is constantly decreasing. This is helpless. Even if you recruit ordinary sailors, you still have to have some experience, but at this time, China has ocean-going
It can be said that those with sailing experience are very rare. Even if he repeatedly lowers the standard, he will soon be out of recruits. It is not easy to maintain the current fleet size. When the six new ships built in Sweden arrive, the manpower gap will inevitably be filled.
To expand, it is absolutely impossible not to build its own naval academy.
You must know that they are four destroyers and two 5,000-ton armored cruisers. The crew number must be at least 1,500 people. Now they are all foreign employees. There is no problem in letting them bully the Japanese with you, but if
I'm afraid these people won't be able to let them compete with us for the interests of the European powers in the future.
In two years, the Americans will attack the Philippines. At that time, they will definitely go there and take advantage of the situation. Although the Spaniards are not very popular in Europe, they are still a white country after all. At that time, they may have to face this problem.
, there is also the Greek-Turkish War next year. As a prince of the Ottoman Empire, I have to go there and express my opinion. In this war, the European countries have overwhelming support for Greece, so from now on, I must move the fleet as quickly as possible.
The whites in it are diluted out.
As for the location of this school, it is best to place it in Zhoushan. Just like the Japanese set up the military school on Jiangtian Island, find a small island outside Dinghai Harbor and circle a group of young people on it. This will serve as the site for Dinghai Construction
It's enough to attach it, and a series of forts need to be built there to turn it into a real fortress. It is estimated that Yuan Shikai will be very busy next, and he must find something to do for him to keep him busy all the time.
Get busy, so you don't have to worry about being idle.
As for before it is completed, let's make do with the Naval Academy. Anyway, many excellent naval officers have been trained here before. Now it is just to expand the scale and recruit more students and hire more teachers!
In addition, an army school must be built to train non-commissioned officers and officers. This school can be built in Fuzhou. Although this place has mountains and seas, it seems a bit difficult to use, but who said that the current territory is too small?
Yeah! Let’s go back and grab more places before changing them!
Calculating this, the investment is not small. It is estimated that all the profits I made in Japan will be invested in Fujian and Zhejiang. I must encourage the economy. My own territory must be self-sufficient. Although Fujian is a poor place,
But don’t I still have Zhejiang in my hands? Let’s go back and release the two big killers, Wenzhou and Yiwu, to kill those Europeans. Of course, this needs to be considered in the future. (To be continued...)