Chapter 338 As long as Luo Xueshuai takes action, the Qing Dynasty will definitely get better! (Please order and vote)
Shanghai Bund, Xujiahui.
Weng Tong and Ronglu, with a group of followers carrying large and small bags, took the address of the newly purchased luxury house in Shanghai and inquired all the way. Finally, they found a house covering an area of ​​20 acres, with a hanging hanging on the door.
A Chinese-style garden house with the "Weng Lu" brand.
This should be Weng Tong’s 20-acre mansion in Xujiahui, Shanghai... Twenty acres, more than 10,000 square meters, not a building area, but a pure land area! If this house is passed down to the 21st century, Weng Tong will
The descendants of the family will be prosperous!
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A servant of the Weng family went up and patted the door, and then saw a small door on the door panel creaking open, and then an old man with gray hair poked out from inside, narrowed his eyes and asked: "Who is it?"
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Weng Tong recognized it as his housekeeper An at a glance, and immediately smiled and said: "Amber, it's me, Weng San!"
The old man looked at Weng Tong and recognized him immediately: "Third Young Master! Third Young Master has come to Shanghai...\nHurry, hurry, hurry, go and invite the second lady, the eldest lady, and the second lady.
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The old man called for Weng Tong's second sister-in-law Yang, his elder sisters Weng Shouzhu and Weng Xuanhua, and at the same time he opened the door for Weng Tong, Ronglu and others.
Weng Tong felt a little strange when he heard the old man calling his two sisters, so he asked Housekeeper An: "Amber, my eldest and second sisters have come to Shanghai?"
Butler An greeted Weng Tong and Ronglu as he came in. He sighed and said, "There is nothing we can do. Changmao is so powerful that both Suzhou Prefecture and Huzhou Prefecture are occupied by Changmao. Next, we have to divide the fields. Your eldest brother-in-law Yu
Both the master and his second brother-in-law, Mr. Qian, did not dare to stay in Changshu and Huzhou any longer, so they came to Shanghai with the eldest and second young ladies to join the second young master.
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"What about my eldest brother-in-law, second brother-in-law and my second brother?" Weng Tong asked again, "Aren't they at home?"
Butler An replied with a smile: "The three gentlemen are all scholars who have done important things. Now they have become Luo Xueshuai's secret friends. They should be at the Yuyuan Governor's Mansion at the moment!"
"Really?" Weng Tong asked with a smile, "My second brother, eldest brother-in-law, and second brother-in-law are all working for Luo Xueshuai? What about Luo Xueshuai?"
Butler An picked up Brother Thumbs up and said with a smile: "Luo Xueshuai is a capable person! Third Young Master, you will know after you live in Shanghai for a few days...\nShanghai is prospering under Luo Xueshuai's governance.
It's booming! Otherwise, with the ambition of the Second Young Master and Mr. Qian, it would be impossible for him to join his shogunate."
The "Second Young Master" mentioned by Butler An is Weng Tongjue. Historically, he entered the Imperial Academy as a Yinsheng student. Although his career was not going well, his official career was prosperous, and he eventually became the Governor of Huguang!
And that Mr. Qian was Weng Tong's second brother-in-law Qian Zhenlun. In the 18th year of Daoguang's reign, he was a Jinshi, and he was promoted to the Imperial Academy.
Zuo Zongtang captured Huzhou almost without a single blow.
Qian Zhenlun saw something was wrong, so he took his wife, children and Qian Zhenchang to Shanghai and stayed in Weng's mansion with Weng Tong's eldest sister Weng Shouzhu and eldest brother-in-law Yu Dawen.
After Weng Tongjue, Qian Zhenlun, Qian Zhenchang, Yu Dawen and others settled in Shanghai, Luo Xueyan's Governor's Office and the Nanyang Minister's Office were recruiting talented people. All four of them felt that they were talented people, so they came together
I applied for jobs at Luo Xueyan’s shogunate and were successfully hired!
On the way to Wenglu in Xujiahui, Weng Tong had already seen the prosperity of Shanghai!
The newly opened roads are already a bit busy with traffic. Busy construction sites can be seen everywhere on both sides of the road. The whole city is prosperous. Although it is not as good as Suzhou where the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Wu Wangfu is located, it is comparable to Yangzhou of Yang Xiuqing.
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You must know that Suzhou and Yangzhou are ancient cities that have flourished for more than a thousand years, while Shanghai was a small county town not long ago. Its rapid development can only be described as a miracle.
And this rapidly rising "City of Miracles" now seems...\n..\n. Still belongs to the Qing Dynasty!
Thinking of this, Weng Tong smiled and said to Ronglu: "Zhonghua, let's settle down first, and then go to the Yuyuan Shuai Mansion in Shanghai County to visit Luo Xueshuai!"
Ronglu nodded and said with a smile: "Okay! I also want to meet this southeast pillar of the Qing Dynasty!"
Shanghai, Yuyuan.
When Weng Tong and Ronglu came all the way to the Yuyuan Governor's Mansion in Shanghai County, Luo Xueyan was chatting with several staff in the Yuyuan Dianchun Hall.
There are three staff members with him. One of them is a young and handsome scribe named Zhao Liewen, who is from Yanghu County, Changzhou Prefecture. Although he is young, he sits closest to Luo Xueyan and is obviously very respected.
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The other two were both middle-aged scribes in their late 40s. They were both good-looking and dignified. Among them, the middle-aged man who was a little older and had a kind face was Weng Tong's brother Weng Tongjue.
There is also a man with a Chinese character face, a high forehead, and a pair of glasses. He is a learned man at first glance. He is Weng Tong's second brother-in-law Qian Zhenlun. This Qian Zhenlun has a grandnephew who is also Luo Xueyan's staff.
Qian Zhenchang's grandson is named Qian Sanqiang...
"The three of you are all men of extraordinary intelligence and understanding of current affairs. Do you know why I am in trouble with Japan today?"
Luo Xueyan picked up the coffee cup on the coffee table, took a sip of bitter coffee, looked at the three screen friends he had recruited with the "Recruitment List" with a smile and asked.
"Shuai Xue," Zhao Liewen, the youngest of the three, said with a smile, "I'm going to start by offering some advice and a few words."
"Please." Luo Xueyan smiled.
"The reason Xueshuai makes things difficult for Japan is to strike first to gain strength," Zhao Liewen said, "so that the country will not participate in China's internal strife in the future!"
"How do you say that?" Luo Xueyan looked expectantly at this "prophet" who had accurately predicted the time of the demise of the Qing Dynasty and the subsequent chaos in the world - this was when he met a colleague!
"Isn't this obvious?" Zhao Liewen said, "Now the era of the Great War between the North and the South has come to an end! The world seems to have already had the situation of the late Yuan Dynasty. In the eleventh year of the Yuan Dynasty, Han Shantong and Liu Futong first raised the righteous flag, and in the first year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu swept
It took 17 years for Bei Gong to be completed. Looking at history, it can be regarded as a very fast transition from chaos to rule. I am afraid that the current troubled times will not end faster than the troubled times of the late Yuan Dynasty.
But today's world culture is different from that of the late Yuan Dynasty. It has long been full of great powers and surrounded by wolves. China's internal strife will inevitably attract the victory of the great powers. Fortunately, most of the great powers are far away from China, and they have long-distance relations and close-quarter attacks...
..\n.Japan is very close to China.
, although its national strength cannot be called a great power. But its population is 30 million, less than France and more than Britain. If it can work hard and get support from one or two great powers, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be a disaster for China! It is better...\n
..\n. Let’s cut it with the sword of the great powers first!”
"Okay, okay!" Luo Xueyan said three good words in a row, and looked at Zhao Liewen with eyes full of respect!
This guy...\n...\n.is a military advisor!
He then looked at Weng Tongjue and Qian Zhenlun.
The former twirled his beard and said: "China is big and Japan is small. Since ancient times, big countries have been difficult to pacify but small countries have been easy to conquer. I am afraid that after Japan was irritated by the four countries, it will learn from the pain, reform with determination, eliminate the old shortcomings and use the new, and it will become stronger soon!"
The latter frowned and said: "In fact, it would be best if Japan did not open up a country. In the past two hundred years, the Tokugawa shogunate has been in seclusion and not asking about the outside world. It is best for us. If we can maintain Japan's seclusion...
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Luo Xueyan, the male, has already begun to shake his head: "I don't want to shut down Japan, but I really can't. Now the warships of the four countries are gathering together, and they will soon go on an expedition...\n.\n.\n.\n. Britain, the United States
, France and the Three Kingdoms all have powerful ships and artillery, their families have their own generals, and they rule Rentian.
The emperor must establish the country. We can only follow the trend, try to disrupt the situation in Japan, and get more privileges. Only in this way can we slow down the pace of Japan's progress! Even if we don't use this strategy, we in China may not be able to do it.
He was defeated in the competition for founding and reforming the country.
But..\n.:..There is no martial ethics in the struggle between countries! If knowledgeable people in Japan can take action against China now, they will definitely not hesitate!
Do you three understand?"
All three of them nodded.
"So," Luo Xueyan asked, "who will accompany me on the expedition? Who will stay in Shanghai to assist Zuo Jigao?"
Zuo Zongtang is now serving as an official of Zhejiang Ningshao Road and Supervisor of Zhejiang Customs, helping to handle Nanyang trade affairs.
If Luo Xueyan wanted to personally lead an expedition to Japan, then he would have to let his assistant handle the affairs of the Nanyang Minister.
Zhao Liewen smiled and said: "I will go to Japan with Xueshuai!"
Qian Zhenlun said: "Xue Shuai, Luo Tongshi and I have learned some Japanese these days and can speak a few words, so let's join you!"
Weng Tongjue smiled and said: "Since Lunxian and Huifu have accompanied Xueshuai to Japan, then I will stay in Shanghai with Xian (Qian Zhenchang) to assist Zuo Jigao!"
Chapter completed!