Chapter 019 Foreign Affairs and Clear Stream

On the surface, Jin does not reject Western technology, and even has a sincere fear of Western guns. However, in his heart, he looked down on Westerners. In his opinion, those red-haired Westerners also had a group of blood-drinking barbarians who only knew how to rampage with foreign guns and cannons, and did not understand the fundamentals of benevolence, righteousness, courtesy and wisdom. The benevolence of the Qing Dynasty had the responsibility and obligation to save these foreign devils. Soul.

Therefore, Na Jin teaches weekly rites and Analects to German teachers every week. Tianjin Wubei School hired six German teachers, and Na Jin required that all German teachers must be absent for any reason.

In order to educate these red-haired and blue-eyed foreign devils, Jin didn't care. After two hours of lectures, Jin had to prepare for seven days. During the lecture, Jin foamed at the mouth, but those foreign devils stared with big eyes and were ignorant.

Feng Guozhang is completely different from Jin, and he highly respects the advanced systems and concepts of the West. Feng Guozhang firmly believes that a nation that is institutionally and culturally backward cannot produce strong technology under any circumstances.

Once, Feng Guozhang drank over his head and patted Zhou Charter on the shoulder and cried bitterly: "Brother! If the national body of China is the most advanced in the world, how can it produce the most cowardly army and backward weapons and equipment in the world? Those ministers in the court mislead the country, and the Empress Dowager Buddha mislead the country!"

Zhou Charter was so scared that he covered Feng Guozhang's mouth - dared to talk about the old Buddha, Feng Guozhang was impatient to live!

Zhou Charter agrees with Feng Guozhang very much. The Qing Dynasty is bullied by foreigners everywhere and should never be simply attributed to the fact that guns are not as good as others!

Over the past six months, Zhou Charter has studied so much Sinology with Jin and gradually understood the national conditions of the Qing Dynasty. He originally came through the 21st century. Looking at the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty was like a bystander, while the Qing officials of the Jin Dynasty were fans of the authorities. At this time, the Qing Dynasty was already under the river. Even if there was no Sino-Japanese war, even if there was no war, the Qing Dynasty could not withstand the toss.

What is valuable is that Feng Guozhang, the authority, can see it clearly, which makes Zhou Charter admire Feng Guozhang very much.

Therefore, seeing that the wind and Japan were calm and the possibility of a war was very small, Zhou Charter secretly celebrated that his head had been saved. He was worried about his eldest brother Feng Guozhang's head.

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In March of next year, the 12th year of Guangxu, 1894 of the Western calendar.

The spring flowers in Tianjin are warm and peaceful.

On this night, Zhou Charter had just finished his Sinology class and walked out of Najin's study. There was a bright moon in the sky. The moon was bright and white, shining on the branches of the spring buds. The warm wind brushed his face and the scenery was pleasant.

During this period, under the careful** of Jin, the attainments of Sinology have advanced rapidly. The Zhou Charter, which originally did not know what the four books and Five Classics are, can now actually write strategy theories. Moreover, the writing is smooth and citing the classics, which is quite imposing.

Jin also made some efforts to get Zhou Charter to the National Prison. He took Zhou Charter's articles to publicize everywhere in the capital, which was actually praised by many princes and ministers.

In fact, Zhou Charter has only studied Sinology for more than half a year. He is a child prodigy, and it is impossible to write a colorful article in such a short time. There are two reasons for this.

First of all, in order to gain face for himself, Na Jin slightly modified the article written by Zhou Charter. There are not many places for Jin to modify, that is, to talk about a few strokes, but with Na Jin's skills, each stroke is the finishing touch, which makes the article a lot more colorful.

Secondly, and most importantly, in the eyes of those court officials who have read a lot of poetry and books, it is a miracle that a student of Tianjin Wubei School can write articles smoothly and can still citing classics and wonderful writings.

Among the generals of the Qing Dynasty, no one can surpass the writing of Zhou Charter. Even Nie Shicheng, the general general of Taiyuan, did not reach this level.

Nie Shicheng is nearly 60 years old and has been in officialdom for decades. He is a member of the imperial court. However, Zhou Charter is only in his twenties and is just a small student.

Based on this, Zhou Charter has a reason to look at the members of the court differently.

This evening, Jin told Zhou Charter that tomorrow morning, Li Hongzhang, Minister of Commerce and Governor-General of Zhili, and Weng, the Minister of Household Affairs will visit Tianjin Wubei School to personally examine the students.

Tianjin Wubei School was founded by Li Hongzhang. Together with Beiyang Mariners, it is Li Hongzhang's two proud sweethearts. Therefore, Li Hongzhang occasionally comes to the school in person to preside over the exam. This is not surprising at all.

It's strange that the book of the Ministry of Household also followed suit, which is unusual.

In the Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang and Weng Tongqi were two hot figures, but they were two enemies.

Li Hongzhang, as the governor of Zhili and the Minister of Commerce of Beiyang, is not only the highest officer of the land of Beijing, but also the only Qing Dynasty official trusted by foreigners. In fact, Li Hongzhang, the Minister of Trade of Beiyang, is equivalent to the Secretary of State of the United States today, second only to the president, and Li Hongzhang is more interested than the Secretary of State in the hands of State. Without the army, Li Hongzhang controlled the most elite and expensive Beiyang navy in the Qing Dynasty. At this time, the Beiyang sailor was known as the first in Asia and the fourth in the world.

The Shangshu Weng of the Ministry of Household does not seem to be as dazzling as Li Hongzhang, but he is not an idle person. He is the teacher of today's Guangxu Emperor, known as the emperor! When he was a servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he once presided over the sensational case of Yang Naiwu and Xiaocai. Weng Tong handled the case impartially, which made the case ordinary and clear, and hundreds of Qing officials were dismissed. Since then, Weng Tong has been famous all over the world.

At this time, Weng Tongyu said a few words in the court, and a large group of words and Hanlin united around him, forming a large force, known as Qingliu, and Weng Tongqi was the leader of Qingliu. Although the Qing school does not have real power, it has a strong ability to speak and can influence the public opinion of the imperial court. Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang, who hold real power, are most afraid of Weng Tongqi.

Weng Tongyu and Li Hongzhang are two popular figures in the imperial court, but their political opinions are seriously different. Li Hongzhang is a foreign leader who is keen to run foreign affairs and build factories. Weng Tongqi is a person of the genre and advocates morality and cultivation. The two factions look down on each other. Although they are not incompatible with each other, they are also clear.

However, tomorrow morning, the two leaders of the Westerners and the invited school will visit Tianjin Wubei School together, which is incredible.

Two prominent but different court officials came to Tianjin Military Academy, nominally for inspection, but everyone knows that they must have another purpose, but no one knows what their real purpose is.