Chapter 189 Yingtai Sunset (2-1)

On March 15th, an imperial edict was issued, and Prince Qing Yikuang, Minister of State Supervision and Prime Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was appointed Minister of Military Aircraft.Because of his title, even though he is new to military aircraft, he is not a "curtain military aircraft" who "learns to walk", but a "leader" who has all the right to speak when he visits every day. So Yingmen's congratulatory guests, from Baoding to the capital, continued every day. Among the foreign envoys, the first one to congratulate was Russia's acting minister Prasong. Regarding matters related to the withdrawal of troops, no details were given.

It turned out that the negotiations between the three eastern provinces of China and Russia had been suspended invisibly since the death of Li Hongzhang. After returning to Luan, Yikuang and Wang Wenshao were ordered to continue the negotiations. On the first day of March in the 28th year of Guangxu, they signed the "Four Treaties for the Handover of the Three Eastern Provinces". It is stipulated that Russia should withdraw its troops in three phases, each of six months.The first period expired in September last year, and Russia finally fulfilled the agreement, withdrawing the occupying forces in the southwest section of Shengjing and returning the railway outside the pass.Now the second period will expire at the end of March in ten days. Yiqiang thought that Russia would withdraw all the Russian soldiers in Fengtian and Jilin as it did half a year ago. He didn't take it to heart at all, and only handed over the original to Lianfang, the right servant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deal with.

On the second day, in the early morning of March 22, when he was waiting to go to court, Lianfang knocked on the door to pay homage. "My lord," he said, "is in serious trouble!" "What trouble?" "The translation of the Russian note, please have a look at it, Your Majesty." Yikuang took a look and was shocked.Russia’s note stated that the treaty could not be fulfilled, and put forward seven new requirements: “First, China shall not transfer or lease the land in the three eastern provinces to other countries; ; Third, no matter what you want to do, you are not allowed to hire people from other countries; fourth, Yingkou customs duties should be collected and stored by China and Russia Daosheng Bank, and the tax department must use Russians, and entrust the customs to manage quarantine affairs; fifth, Except for Yingkou, it shall not be opened as a treaty port; sixth, the administration of Mongolia shall remain the same; seventh, before the Boxer Incident, the interests of Russia shall not be changed."

"Isn't this going to annex the customs again?" "Yes." Lianfang replied, "Today the Rongzhong Hall will be hanged, and envoys from various countries will come. If anyone asks, how should I answer?" "No one will know, right?" Yi Kuang was puzzled, "How can Russia leak it by itself and invite other countries to interfere." "Then, ask your lord, can we reveal it ourselves?" This is the usual technique of using barbarians to control barbarians.But if it is not used properly, it will cure the silk and heal the wound. Yiqian is quite self-aware, he dare not use this method, but he has no other good strategy, he just said:

"Let's discuss later." Lianfang knows more about the general trend of the world than Yikuang.Because of Russia's entrenched presence in the three northeastern provinces, Japan feels threatened like someone snoring next to a couch. Therefore, at the beginning of the Sino-Russian resumption of negotiations on the treaty of handing over the three northeastern provinces, they began to conclude the Anglo-Japanese alliance with the purpose of countering the Russian-French alliance.Now that Russia has this new request, even if China is willing to accept it, Japan will definitely oppose it with all its strength.That being the case, why not use Japan to control Russia?

After resigning from Prince Qing's Mansion, Lianfang drove to the Rongzhai in Dongchang Hutong. This was not only a private affair of Shen Shen's memorial service, but also a business.Because the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are the Prime Minister Yikuang, and according to the custom, the prince and the Han people do not have weddings and funerals, they can give gifts, but they are not allowed to visit in person, and the minister Qu Hongji, as the Minister of Military Affairs, cannot sit in the Rongzhai for a long time .In this way, the responsibility of receiving foreign guests who went to the Rong Zhai to express their condolences fell on the shoulders of Lianfang and another minister, Gu Zhaoxin, who was born in Zhang Jing, the head of the General Administration.

The envoys from various countries came together.As usual, the leader of the minister is a senior minister. After returning from the Spanish Minister Geluogan, he pushed the American Minister Conger to stay in China for the longest time, so he led the salute.There must be some condolences. Lianfang was stumbling because of Kang Ge, and couldn't get in touch with Uchida Yasuya, the Japanese minister who made another visit to China, so he couldn't help feeling anxious.Because there is no chance to talk to Uchida except on this occasion, if you interview Uchida exclusively, or send a secret letter, you will be presumptuous, and you will bear a great responsibility. traces of contact.

Just when he was at a loss, he suddenly had an opportunity; it turned out that the funeral home prepared snacks, coffee and cakes for foreign guests, but Uchida changed to plain noodles because he knew how to use chopsticks.Lian Fang had an idea and invited him to another table to eat noodles. In a few words, he revealed this big secret of international diplomacy. Uchida was very deep, and at that time his voice was calm, and he braved the heavy rain at night to visit Yikuang. Coincidentally, Natong arrived first, and Yikuang said, "Qinxuan, please see me on your behalf." "No!" Natong He calmly replied: "It's better to ask the prince to meet him in person."

"Oh," Yi Kuang took a closer look at Natong's face, "You know Uchida very well, and you want to know why he came here. What is it for?" "Come to see me at night, and it's raining again. Naturally, it's not a confidential matter that can't be understood by outsiders." Yikuang thought for a while, then stood up, "Okay!" He said, "Don't go, we can talk about it after I see him." As Natong reminded him in advance, Yikuang met Uchida and his translator, Secretary Shimizu, in his study.After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Uchida asked straight to the point: "Russia has already sent seven new requests to China. What attitude is China going to take?"

That's why!Yikuang asked rhetorically, "According to your minister, what attitude should China take?" "If China accepts Russia's request, I dare say that the three northeastern provinces will no longer be owned by China." "Yes, we also know. However, your minister should understand China's situation. Since the Eight-Power Allied Forces, China's vitality has been severely damaged. Now it needs to recuperate and recuperate. It cannot be against its strong neighbors." "The strong neighbor you mentioned is Russia?" Yikuang knew that Uchida was "smell", and replied with a smile: "I think there should be your country."

"Japan just wants to be a good neighbor of China and help China deal with bad neighbors." Uchida paused and said again: "Your Excellency should remember the result of Minister Li's 'friendship' with Russia, such as a precious Chinese idiom, cited as 'a lesson from others' '." "Yes, I am very grateful to your minister for his advice." "So," Uchida excitedly said, "Your Excellency intends to reject Russia's request?" Yi Kuang thought for a while and said, "I personally would like to do this, but I cannot make the decision by myself. I have to discuss with my colleagues and ask the superior to make a decision. In short, I cannot control the overall situation alone." "Your Excellency is too modest." Uchida said half flatteringly, half mockingly: "Your Excellency is the Prime Minister. You are in charge of internal affairs and foreign affairs, and you have won the trust of Empress Dowager Cixi. China's major plans are in your hands. I believe you will be able to Make the decision that is best for China." "I hope so," Yi Kuang said with an emphatic tone, "but offending Russia is by no means the best thing for China." Hearing this, Uchida became depressed, talked with Shimizu briefly in Japanese for a while, then stood up, folded his hands in front of his abdomen, and looked at Shimizu. "My lord," Qing Shui said in fluent Chinese, "Minister Uchida wants to accuse the lord, please stay away for now." "Oh," Yikuang didn't know what kind of medicine they sold in the gourd, so he had to agree: "Okay, okay, please!" When they faced each other alone in the study, Qing Shui took out a passbook from his pocket and offered it with both hands, "My lord has become the minister of military aircraft, and the expenses are very high," he said, "It's a small thing, please keep it for me." Qing Shui is not only a "China expert", but also a "Chinese officialdom expert". He also knows how to donate cash to nobles. Look at the passbook of the Japan Specific Gold Bank.The name of the account is "Qing Ji", and there is a deposit on the inside page, which is 200,000 yen in Japanese currency. One dollar in Japanese money is worth more than 60 cents in Longyang. Not too little. "Okay! This booklet is here for now. I don't have to meet with your minister again. Please tell him that I will do my best." "Yes! This is a matter of mutual benefit, public and private interests!" Qing Shui pressed his hands Knees bent, bowed with a flat back, turned around and left. As soon as he left, Yikuang realized that something was wrong. With only a passbook and no seal, how could he raise the money?Could it be that Qing Shui was negligent and forgot to leave the original seal?If you think about it, the Japanese always pay attention to the details when they do things, so they shouldn't have such a major negligence.After thinking about it again, it suddenly dawned on me that as long as the letter rejecting Russia's request was sent, the Japanese embassy would naturally send the stamp for withdrawing money. "Hmph!" Yikuang couldn't help but sneer, "Damn, you're so mean!" That said, it's still something to be happy about.Yikuang thought to himself, rejecting Russia's request is justified, but there are still people sending money to use it, where in the world can we find such a good thing?This money will definitely not cause great trouble like the Li family and his son used Russian rubles. It seems that I have really made a step of luck. "My lord!" someone shouted at the door. He looked up and saw that it was Na Tong, followed by his eldest son Zai Zhen, he nodded and said, "Come in." "What did Uchida say?" "It's not about Russia." Yikuang pointed to the passbook without hesitation and said, "Leaving such a passbook without a stamp, it's just hollow glutinous rice balls!" Natong received 300,000 from Uchida, and 200,000 from Zaizhen, so they naturally helped the Japanese: "I must have forgotten to keep it." Natong said: "Uchida said that this is the first sum, and it will be done." After that, there is also filial piety." "Oh!" Yikuang thought for a while and said, "There are many people here, so it's not appropriate to be too secretive. Fortunately, you are going to Japan soon. If there is something to do, I will send you a confidential call, and you can connect with Xiaocun." Natong also thinks so.The current Japanese foreign minister, Komura Kotaro, is Uchida Yasuya's predecessor, and he knows each other well. It is more convenient to contact him in Japan than Yikuang here to connect with Uchida. "Are you going to be on the boat the day after tomorrow?" Yi Kuang asked his son. "yes!" "Although you are an 'envoy', your experience is far inferior to Qin Xuan's. This trip, you must ask Qin Xuan for advice, and don't make random decisions." Yi Kuang also warned: "Don't be ridiculous! Be careful to make a joke, it's embarrassing!" "No." Na Tong defended Zai Zhen, "My lord, please rest assured." ※ ※ ※ The Minister of Fengjiang has made another big move. At the beginning of the transfer, because Xu Yingtao, governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, was involved in corruption of ginseng, Zhang Zhidong, acting governor of Liangjiang, was ordered by the court to thoroughly investigate.The reunion exonerated Xu Yingtao, but his writing was like a standard secretary, and Wu was like a deputy general in the Chinese army. He had more or less dereliction of duty, so Xu Yingtao was still vacated, and was succeeded by Xi Liang, who was the governor of Shanxi. . Xiliang has not yet arrived, but something happened in Guangxi.It was originally bandits who robbed homes, but because of the mishandling of the governor Wang Zhichun, it gradually turned into a rebellion.As early as October last year, Wang Zhichun sent a telegram to the Military Aircraft Department, saying that apart from Wuzhou, Guilin, and Pingle, there were almost no bandits anywhere in Guangxi.However, the imperial court had no other good plan except for a telegram ordering Wang Zhichun to do his best to suppress the government.Wang Zhichun had nothing to do, and he planned to use the French soldiers to quell the chaos.When the news spread to Shanghai, the fellow villagers in Guangxi were in an uproar.The imperial court also felt that Wang Zhichun's move was tantamount to attracting wolves into the house, which was too absurd, so they were strict not to act rashly, and at the same time considered sending another officer to Guangxi to suppress the bandits. After careful study, it is most appropriate to transfer the governor of Sichuan, Cen Chunxuan, to take up this post. It turned out that Cen Chunxuan had been tempered by King Geng Ziqin for thousands of miles, and had a lot of experience in military affairs. He was transferred from Shanxi to Guangdong last spring, but he had not yet taken up his post.Cen Chunxuan traveled 200 miles a day, and arrived in Chengdu from Shanxi within 20 days. He immediately sent troops to encircle and suppress the bandit leader "Living Guanyin", and asked the king to kill him in the downtown area.It took only three or several months to clear up the whole territory of the report.In addition, Guangxi is Cen Chunxuan's hometown, not relying on prestige, only talking about fellowship, and bandits should also be caressed. The original governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Deshou, was a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.This fat vacancy among the governors has always been the imperial palace, so many people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs fill this vacancy.It doesn't matter if the official voice is not good, as long as the "handling of the matter" can be done as expected and the internal affairs people are perfunctory, it will be fine.Deshou's official reputation is not too bad. Although he has few talents, he can be cautious, but he offended the Empress Dowager Cixi.When the two officials were hunting west, all the provinces paid tribute incessantly, some generously, some gifted, such as Zhang Zhidong's tribute, even when they were traveling, they were afraid that there would be no books to read.The tribute of Deshou alone was relatively meager. Li Lianying "borrowed" 20,000 silver from him, but she declined it politely.In this way, even if there are no bandits in Guangxi, it will be difficult to be at ease. However, Deokshou has no bad deeds after all, and he cannot be dismissed without reason, let alone downgraded, so the governor is still the governor, only transferred to manage the water transportation that has existed in name only. Cao is highly rewarded by Ronglu, and Chen Kuilong, whose holy family is also quite prosperous, must at least find a vacancy for him as a governor.As for the transfer of the governor, the first thing to consider is Guangdong. The governor of Guangdong is Li Xingrui, a native of Liuyang, Hunan. He was originally a scholar, but he started out with military exploits.He once ran a food platform for Zeng Guofan for many years, and his character is not bad.It is conceivable that such a governor who is willing to do things with sincerity, and the mighty Cen Chunxuan "in the same city" will inevitably become a fire and water. In the end, Li Xingrui will be destroyed, and it may not be good for Cen Chunxuan. Therefore, Li Xingrui had to be transferred, and Cen Chunxuan was given an honest and good-tempered governor.This person picked Zhang Renjun, governor of Henan Province.Zhang Renjun is Zhang Peilun's nephew, his personality is similar to that of Deshou, but he has much more ink in his belly than Deshou, and he was born in the Imperial Academy. This can make him less bullied by Cen Chunxuan. Now, Chen Kuilong has a way out.The governor of Henan is not a very fat vacancy, but it is a well-known one. Generally, there is a "mother-in-law" on the governor-the governor is in charge, there is no "mother-in-law", only the governors of Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan, but Shanxi and Shandong are still Inevitably it depends on the color of the governor of Zhili, but the governor of Henan, since Wenjing, has not been restrained by any governor. As for Li Xingrui's origin, it has something to do with Xiliang.He is a Mongol, born in two ranks, honest and industrious, and a talented person among the banner people. He was originally the governor of Hedao, but he was abolished and transferred to the governor of Rehe, and then succeeded Xu Yingtao as the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. People are good at military affairs, and Li Xingrui has a way to rectify taxation. He chooses people for the matter, transfers Sichuan with Xiliang, and Li Xingrui acts as the agent of Mindu, so everyone gets what he wants. This permissive and careful arrangement came from Qu Hongji's single-handed plan.But on the day of the announcement, just after Yikuang was in charge, he invisibly plundered the beauty. Everyone said that Jiang was old and spicy after all, and it was refreshing when King Qing entered the military plane.This unexpected reputation is naturally undoubted in Yikuang.Unfortunately, the disappointment came soon after. Speaking of it, Yikuang is making fun of himself! ※ ※ ※ Cen Chunxuan has a hobby. He likes to join and impeach subordinates.When the governor is newly appointed, after three months, the incumbent and alternate officials of the whole province must be evaluated once, and they will be asked to dismiss them, which is called "screening on arrival".When Cen Chunxuan took office in Sichuan, he planned to join 300 people, but after persuading him from behind-the-scenes friends, he still joined 40 people. At this time, Cen Chunxuan wanted to "get up" when he received a telegram to be transferred to Guangdong.Others fired their guns to fill in the vacancies, but he did the opposite.In the list of candidates for impeachment, there is an alternate magistrate named Tang Zhiyuan, and his father is Tang Wengeng, who was an admiral and has a close relationship with Yikuang.Tang Zhiyuan had been sent many good missions, but his reputation was not good. When he got the news that Cen Chunxuan fired a cannon, he was also one of the bombarded people, so he had to urgently call for help. A few days later, a secret telegram from Yikuang to Cen Chunxuan arrived, saying that "Tang Zhiyuan is only available, and I look forward to it."This was enough face, so Cen Chunxuan had no choice but to write out Tang Zhiyuan's name from the impeachment list that he had already copied, and re-write it. It's just that Cen Chunxuan's temperament is extremely small, thinking that Tang Zhiyuan used a big hat to oppress others, it's really abominable!Because of this, he was brooding on his heart, and there was always a sense of injustice across his chest, which made him restless in sleep and food.When it was time to fire a cannon, he suddenly punched the table and said fiercely: "I don't want to buy it, what do you think?" So while explaining to the shogunate that they still played according to the original list, he replied a telegram to Yikuang, pointing out Chen Tang Zhiyuan's various misdeeds, and at the end he said: "I received the order from Jun, and the impeachment has been issued", expressing my apology. Only after Yikuang touched such a nail did he realize that Cen Chunxuan is really not easy to mess with.Reluctantly, he was first the Empress Dowager Cixi's favored minister, but since the suppression of bandits in Sichuan, his reputation has gradually increased, and he has become an important town in the governor's office, so he had to tolerate it first. In addition, there are many things that Yikuang is proud of. The most enviable thing is that Zai Zhen came back from Japan to visit the Expo and inspect the business. Shangshu.The Ministry of Commerce is in charge of railways, mining, industry and commerce, and all industries that are profitable. Everyone can see that it is a government office that is wider than the Ministry of Household Affairs. This was Yuan Shikai's strategy, using the Ministry of Commerce to take over Sheng Xuanhuai's power, and at the same time planning a large source of salary for his own military training. "You need to raise money for military training, and the money raised may not necessarily be used for military training." Yuan Shikai said to Yikuang, "Didn't the Empress Dowager want to build a Buddha Tower?" Hearing the last sentence, Yi Kuang was refreshed.He took the charge of managing Fengchen Garden and the Summer Palace, and rebuilt the Summer Palace. If Natong was thinking of something, he could ignore it. The rebuilding of Xiyuan was instructed by Empress Dowager Cixi in person not long ago, but there was no funds.Just when the clever woman had no rice to cook, but she said that the neighbors had surplus food to help her, she was naturally overjoyed. "You didn't mention it, I never thought of it again. Li Shaoquan ran the navy back then because his superiors wanted to build the Summer Palace. Now that Xiyuan needs to be rebuilt, your soldiers will be able to train well." "Yes. But today's Beiyang is no different from Beiyang back then, when Beiyang had a 'Navy Yamen'..." "It doesn't matter!" Yi Kuang interrupted him and said, "It is still possible to set up a military training center now." "My lord is right." Yuan Shikai paused and said, "What I mean is to set up a military training office, and don't worry about raising wages. The concubine will almost avoid suspicion, and the name is justified." Yikuang thought for a while, then nodded and said, "I understand what you mean. It's still a matter for the Ministry of Households to raise wages. In this way, Beiyang can not bear any responsibility for the funds transferred to Xiyuan. Is that right? " "You can't hide anything from the prince." Yuan Shikai complimented him with a smile. "You have a good idea, but it's not easy to do." Yi Kuang frowned slightly, "Lu Zixuan is getting more and more self-willed, and Chong Shouzhi can't talk to him." "Just change to someone who can convince him." Yuan Shikai said easily, "Isn't there a ready-made Naqin Pavilion there?" So, in less than three days, Hubu Shangshu Chongli was promoted from a co-organizer to a bachelor, and Natong was promoted to a missing person.Since then, the project of rebuilding Xiyuan has begun to take shape. ※ ※ ※ "What Lafayette means is that the Hall of Yiluan doesn't need to be repaired anymore, it's just finished, and Lafayette can no longer live in it. Why? Wadesi lived there before, not to mention," Na Tong lowered his voice and said, "It's said that Sai Jinhua I have served Waldesi in Yiluan Hall. Can such a useless place be used as the empress dowager's bedroom?" "Then," Yikuang asked, "if you don't build the Yiluan Palace, what are you going to do?" "Lafayette wants to build a Buddhist pavilion. It has a name, so it is called Fozhaolou, and it has a pattern. It is a western-style building." "Buddhist pavilion built into a western-style building?" "Not only to build a western-style building, but also to install electric lights." "It's getting more and more strange!" Yikuang laughed, "The Bodhisattva is also fashionable! Put it away, let's take a look at the pattern first, and ask about the price." "Wages?" Natong replied, "At least five million." The next thing to talk about is money.After returning to Luan, all kinds of wastes were lifted, and new policies were implemented, and they were asking for money. Therefore, financial planning was the top priority of the imperial court, and Yikuang and Qu Hongji were specially assigned to handle it together with the Ministry of Household Affairs.For more than a year, he has checked the farmland, rectified floating income, recast silver dollars, opened cigarettes, alcohol, stamp duty, etc., almost all of which can be found. "Is this truth not easy to understand? 'People are not for themselves'..." Na Tong swallowed back the second half of the rude saying "male robbers and female prostitutes", paused and said: "The provinces still do not change their old habits and only care about themselves. Regardless of the imperial court. In my opinion, there are only two ways. One is to send Gang Ziliang to various provinces in the spring of the Gengzi year to check the method of sitting reminders. , deficiencies, and uncollected receivables, all of them will be squeezed out." "Not good! Not good!" Yi Kuang shook his head, "In that case, all the magistrates in the provinces will be offended, and it will be difficult to do things in the future." "Then, use the second method, apportionment!" Yikuang thought for a while, then nodded and said: "This method is fine. Anyway, the imperial court wants so much money, and everyone knows whether it is good or bad. Qu Zijiu go talk about it." Qu Hongji didn't think so.He believes that the key to rectifying finances is to create a banking system.However, any system that is initially established must be quick to take effect, but it will be effective once it has been implemented for a long time.Otherwise, what is called rectification?Hearing that he spoke the truth so eloquently, Natong had no choice but to put aside the apportionment method. After putting it aside until autumn, Yuan Shikai was in a hurry, because the plan for succinct recruits, since Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang, Yuan Shikai's capable subordinates, came back from Japan to visit the military training, they stepped up to draw up, and they were ready. Kui was named as the Minister of Management, while Yuan Shikai was fully responsible as the Minister of Meetings.There are assistant ministers below, who are promoted and assisted, and there are three divisions under it: military politics, military science, and military orders. The divisions have departments, and departments have supervision.In the first phase, soldiers were trained in two towns, Baoding on the left and Xiaozhan on the right, with 12,000 soldiers in each town.In addition, 6,000 idle soldiers from the Twenty-Four Banners of the Manchurian, Mongolian, and Han armies were selected to form a "Beijing Banner Army".As for the provinces, there are supervisory and training offices, with the governor as the supervisor, and there are three departments for military equipment, coaches, and staff. Yuan Shikai can ignore the military training in the provinces, and the recruits in the left and right towns have already been appointed to the old department and started recruiting.There are soldiers but no pay, and there is an uproar, which is no small matter.Therefore, Yuan Shikai sent Yang Shixiang, the governor of the Zhili feudal clan, to Beijing on business, in fact, to meet Yikuang and ask for a practical way to raise salary. At this time, the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Household Affairs changed.Wang Wenshao managed the household department as a bachelor, and sent him to the minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and transferred Natong as the minister and minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Among the four divisions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Dayin, the "Accounting Division" manages tariffs, Huayang loans, and mission funds, etc., regardless of increasing income and reducing expenditure, all have an important relationship with salary raising.Another minister and minister who will be in charge is Qu Hongji. He is in the military aircraft department every day and doesn't come to the Ministry often. Therefore, Natong was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to "head the family". However, the Natong people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can still manage the affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs. This is the way Yikuang and Natong came up with. They set up a special "Finance Department" in the Ministry of Household Affairs and ordered "Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister Natong to work together with Prince Qing." Yikuang and Qu Hongji handled the affairs of the Finance Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs".In this way, the power of Wang Zhishao, a scholar in charge of the household department, and Rongqing and Lu Chuanlin, the two ministers of the Manchu and Han Dynasties, were greatly eroded. Rong Qing, who succeeded Natong, was born in the Zhenghuang Banner of Mongolia. He was born in the Imperial Academy. After more than ten years, he became a cabinet bachelor and opened a workshop in the Imperial Academy. , into the common environment.However, there is a certain number of shifts to fill the vacancy, but it is not easy for Mongolian bachelors to transfer.So after waiting for three years, he was transferred internally to be the Zhengqing of Honglu Temple, the last seat of the "Great Nine Ministers", and then transferred to the deputy envoy of Tongzheng. When I went to the storehouse servant, I was still an acting agent. The servant of the storehouse is stationed in Tongzhou, and he is in charge of Jingcang, which is the official supply of Tianyu. It is a fat vacancy.Rongqing's conduct is not bad, and he is quite capable of eliminating disadvantages and making profits. Therefore, based on his achievements in dealing with the aftermath after the peace negotiation is concluded, and serving as the promotion of the Administrative Office, he was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and Minister of Management. Promoting schools and educating talents is one of the main objectives of the new policy, and the establishment of new schools throughout the country and raising funds are still secondary. The most important thing is to establish the school system.Since Zhang Baixi was appointed as Minister of Management, he has devoted all his energy to this. Every time he adopts Western methods, he makes many changes. The conservatives are not only dissatisfied, but panicked.Among them, the dispute between Banner and Han was mixed, so that the new style of learning was under attack.Rong Qing was able to stand out, because he was a bannerman and Jinshi, and his conservative nature was just used to resist Zhang Baixi. The result can be imagined, it must be hindered by each other, and nothing can be achieved.It happened that Zhang Zhidong was called into the audience. He wrote a large and eloquent article called "Encouraging Learning", which was originally intended to be during the 1898 coup. ", not contrary to the teachings of the sages throughout the ages.But the result is that it has gained an unexpected reputation. The two lakes are the most prosperous of Dudao's new schools.