Chapter 45 Starting (4)

"Empress Dowager, I think that the candidate for the imperial teacher can be decided in this way, with one master from Manchu and Han, so that the ministers will not make noise all day long, and the two teachers will take turns to attend classes." Yikuang suddenly knelt down and spoke.

"This is a good idea. Why did you kneel down? Get up and talk." Cixi quickly called Yikuang.

"I have a word to join Cambodia. I hope the Queen Mother will fulfill her wish." Yikuang pressed his head to the ground and said:

Cixi also felt something was wrong, so she said to the maids around her: "You guys go down first."

In Shanghai, the Citi iron factory opened by Americans, Min Hong himself didn't know why Liu Mingchuan, the Governor of Liangjiang, invited him to this place. After graduating from Yale University, Min Hong refused the opportunity to stay in the United States and returned to his motherland, but his original intention to serve the country was hitting walls one after another. Min Hong, who was almost desperate, received an invitation from Liu Mingchuan at this time. Although he vaguely felt that there were big things to do, he still had no idea. After entering, he found that there were actually two people in the living room, and they knew him, Xu Shou and Hua Hengfang.

"Two brothers Nian, are you here too? Do you know what Lord Liu meant to invite us here?" Xu Shou and Hua Hengfang were also surprised by Min Hong's arrival and replied in unison: "We have just arrived, and we don't know the reason."

At this time, the curtain of the inner room was opened, and two young men dressed in plain clothes came out. They were young, but Qi was not weak. The first one bowed to the people and said, "Three gentlemen, Liu Mingchuan took the initiative to invite him, and it was time to be in a hurry. Please forgive me." Liu Mingzhi's presumptuousness was not wrong at all. Almost all three were taken by the soldiers and then escorted here with guns. Although the soldiers did not use violence, the three of them felt a little uncomfortable when they were brought in this way. However, Liu Mingchuan's name still knew that the Governor of Liangjiang was the largest official in this area.

Another young man in his early thirties also smiled and said, "Some gentlemen are great talents in the world. Yang is in a hurry. He can't stay for a long time, but he really needs your help, so he came up with this bad strategy. I hope you can forgive me."

The other person threw a basket of good words over, and the three of them were eliminated a lot of unhappiness. These three people had accomplished many great things in history, and they were originally a large number of people, so they didn't continue to have a stern face. Min Hong, who is the highest among the three, replied with a smile, "We are all white, why should we be so polite? I just hope that the adults can inform us of the purpose of letting us come so that we won't be dull." Min Hong calculated that Liu Mingchuan's high status was so respectful to Yang Yi, and after his speech, he took the initiative to stand behind Yang Yi, which only shows that Yang Yi's origin is even more difficult.

Min Hong's words were all about the hearts of the other two. Xu Shou and Hua Hengfang also nodded, hoping to know the reason for being invited. Hua Hengfang even asked Yang Yi: "Who is this lord?"

Yang Yi's smile on his face became even stronger, and he bowed to the three of them and said, "Mr. Yang Yi, I mean to invite the three of you. If you are dissatisfied, come to me. Don't blame Lord Liu."

"Pu", "Pu", "Pu", "Pu", all three of them knelt down together. Yang Yi is so famous in today's China. With the status of Xu Shou and Hua Hengfang, although he has no fame, he is somewhat proud in front of officials and can still stand in front of Liu Mingchuan, but he can't stand in front of Yang Yi. They admire Yang Yi very much and have a heart to serve the country. Yang Yi's appearance means that their ideals and dreams will be realized. How can they not be excited? Kneeling down to Yang Yi is out of the instinct of the people to see high-ranking officials, and kneeling for Yang is even more natural for them. Min Hong has received Western education and even cut his braids. He was disdainful of these etiquettes in China, but these two things are kneeling down. In addition, he had heard of Yang Yi's famous long ago, so he could also kneel down.

The three of them knelt down like this, and Yang Yi was caught off guard. He was about to reach out to stop them, but he didn't know which one to stop. During the hesitation, the three of them knelt in front of him and had to sigh: "It's such a common manner. I, Yang Yi, don't care. I think a few people are extraordinary, and they shouldn't care. Don't do this in the future. My new army soldiers have not kneeled down to the officials. Let's all get up and talk."

"My dear is the pillar of the country. He shoulders the important task of the rise and fall of China. He takes the time to summon us in his busy schedule. It is a blessing for us." After all, Min Hong returned from studying in the West, so he stood up and said:

Xu Shou and Hua Hengfang also stood up, and Xu Shou said respectfully: "We are all without fame and fortune. Although we have small plans, we dare not be arrogant. If the adults are useful, we must do our best." It seems that these two people also know that Yang Yi brought them up. It is not so simple, but related to what they have learned. What they learned is generally not a good job in literati at that time. Although they don't think anything, the secular vision makes them claim to be small skills. However, they do not know that the small skills he mentioned are much more useful than those Jinshi who came from the two lists. In Yang Yi's mind, they also belong to China's own talents, and they are not as good as those foreigners recruited from abroad.

"Then Yang Yi is here first, thank you." Yang Yichao and the other two bowed, and said again: "Let's go out to see the environment. From now on, Mr. Xu and Mr. Hua will be responsible for this."

This Citi iron factory was originally a small factory founded by an American alone. After the failure of the coalition forces, the unequal treaties were abolished, and the foreigners' special status in China was gone, and the business was not easy to do, so the American boss wanted to change to a deal. Yang Yi took the opportunity to acquire the factory at a low price.

"From today, this place is called Xinghua Research Institute. Here, we need to cultivate and form our own scientific and technological team, design and manufacture guns and cannons by ourselves." Yang Yi said as he looked at Xu Shou and Hua Hengfang, and took out some drawings and said, "You should study these drawings first, and then talk about what will happen in the future."

Yang Yi turned his head and said to Min Hong: "Mr. Min has lived overseas for a long time and is well-versed in English. I hope you will go to the United States again. The United States is in a civil war. After you go, you can take the opportunity to gather a large number of talents. No matter what method you use, you can get back all the talents you can get. I have asked Smith to go back to the United States first. After you arrive in the United States, you can contact him and ask him to cooperate with your work. You can ask Smith to ask him to ask him to pay for the activity. Do you think there is any problem?"

After hearing this, Min Hong felt a stir in his heart. He returned to China in the hope of serving the motherland. Now the opportunity is right in front of him. How can he not be excited? He said: "Sir, I understand what you mean. If a country wants to develop, talent is the first priority. I will definitely invite enough talents for the country."

"How can I miss this good thing?" A voice appeared behind everyone. Although the voice was not loud, it was sonorous and powerful. When everyone looked back, it was another middle-aged man who looked like a scholar. The person who came smiled at everyone and said, "Two sirs and three tits, I, Li Shanlan, are late."

On the second day of the twelfth lunar month in 1861, the Xinghua Research Institute, led by Li Shanlan, Xu Shou and Hua Hengfang, was established. A group of talents with special skills were also recruited to this place. Their main task was to translate and learn various military technical materials from abroad, and wait for the machines transported from the United States and Prussia, and then set up a Xinghua Manufacturing Bureau to develop various weapons. Of course, Yang Yi knew that these people alone were far from enough. He turned his ardent attention to the United States and Europe, where a large number of overseas students were about to come back, and Min Hong and Smith's talent operation were carried out.

An expedited letter sent from Beijing appeared in front of Yang Yi. After reading it, Yang Yi's face suddenly became ugly. The letter was written by Zhang Jian. The letter said: "While Yang Yi was not in Beijing, Cixi suddenly announced in the court that Yi Kuang was the king of government and walked in the Military Affairs Office, and also supervised the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue. Yang Yi also expected to come on this day. But he didn't expect that it would come so quickly.

With the support of a large number of Manchu and Han ministers such as Zeng Guofan, this decision was almost unopposed. Although it snowed from time to time in Shanghai, the drizzle felt even colder under the pervasive cold wind.

"Sales three, I have to go back to Beijing, everything here depends on you." Yang Yi did not look back, and kept looking out the window, allowing the drizzle that kept blowing like a window to drizzle on his face.

"Sir, let's just turn it over. We won't serve such an emperor and empress dowager." Liu Mingchuan slapped the table suddenly and said angrily.

"No, now is not the time. China has just calmed down and can't be messed up anymore." Yang Yi's voice was somewhat helpless. "But this is not a good thing. The more the fox's tail is exposed, the more convenient it will be for us to pack it up in the future. But those Han officials and literary people really take a lot of time."

In fact, Yang Yi's mood is very complicated now. Yang Yi originally had some extravagant expectations for Cixi, but now it seems that this idea is a bit naive. Despite this, Yang Yi still decided to give Cixi a chance, just to see if Cixi himself will seize this opportunity.
Chapter completed!