Yuan Shikai understood immediately and laughed loudly: "I am really looking forward to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the Prince's Mansion."
While the three of them were talking, they arrived at the military aircraft office. Ronglu was now the chief military aircraft minister and usually worked here.
Yi Kuang and Yuan Shikai were not military ministers. The reason why Cixi agreed to let them go to such a central place of power was because he deliberately cultivated them. After all, Ronglu's health was not good right now.
It's a pity that Cixi didn't know that Yuan Shikai, as Li Hongzhang's "successor", didn't really care about whether he could enter the army.
After all, the masters and disciples Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang were not military ministers at the time, but they still had power over the government and were arrogant to their ministers.
Since the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the power of local feudal officials has been expanded to the point where they can control the military, government and finance, and even the imperial court cannot control it.
When the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, the prestige of the Qing government was even more ruined due to the "Southeast Mutual Protection" of the Eight-Power Allied Forces. Governor Li Hongzhang of Guangdong and Guangxi, Governor Zhang Zhidong of Huguang, Governor Liu Kunyi of Liangjiang, Minister of Railways Sheng Xuanhuai, including Yuan Shikai, then governor of Shandong, were completely resisting the decree.
Disrespectful, I had already negotiated with the foreigners, but I just watched with cold eyes as Cixi declared war on the foreign powers, and then was beaten to pieces.
Afterwards, Cixi had no choice but to praise them for being "mature in seeking the country."
How comfortable it is to be a local governor! Yuan Shikai doesn't want to be a military minister, not to mention that his new Beiyang Army is also in Tianjin.
Ronglu sat down at the table, took a sip of the tea at just the right temperature, and said to Yuan Shikai: "I have seen the brochure you handed over. I want Tang Shaoyi to pass through the customs in Tianjin. I heard that there are foreign troops stationed there.
, can they release it to you?"
Yuan Shikai said: "Don't worry, Zhongtang. I have already arranged for the police from the Industrial Inspection Bureau to control the customs road. The foreigners have already taken over the customs tax. They cannot also take over the customs road we set up. In that case, how much will they charge?"
We really don’t know about money.”
Nowadays, almost all customs and taxation departments are controlled by foreigners. The Qing government had no choice but to make do with setting up customs roads to monitor customs and taxation.
Ronglu asked again: "The customs department has a lot of dealings with foreigners, can Tang Shaoyi be qualified?"
"Back to Lord Zhongtang, Tang Shaoyi was a student who was sent to study in the United States in the early years. He studied and lived in the United States for seven years. Later, he stayed with me in North Korea for ten years. He specialized in handling negotiations with foreigners. He is quite familiar with foreign things."
Ronglu said: "That's good."
The two of them were just having an official exchange, dealing with official matters, and the person who wrote Yuan Shikai's memorial would definitely not change.
Yuan Shikai added: "In addition, the president of Peiyang University, Li Minchen, has passed away, and the position of president is now vacant. I have the courage to recommend Tang Shaoyi as the new president."
Naturally, Ronglu would not care about such a trivial matter. Yuan Shikai only said that he was a member of Ronglu and wanted to let Ronglu know about everything.
"Since you are qualified, just follow the regulations." Ronglu acquiesced.
Yuan Shikai responded: "I understand the humble position."
Ronglu dealt with official duties for another half an hour, and the important memorials were almost sorted out. He turned to Yuan Shikai and said, "Will Weiting go to Beijing this time to see the Queen Mother?"
Yuan Shikai immediately said: "When I return to Beijing, I will naturally meet the Queen Mother and listen to the holy teachings."
Ronglu said: "Then let's go together."
Cixi lived in Yiluan Hall in Xiyuan, where she basically met with ministers. The highest authority today is actually no longer in the Forbidden City, but in Xiyuan.
These memorials compiled by Ronglu will naturally go to Xiyuan to be seen by the Queen Mother.
In the Tongwen Hall at this moment.
Li Yu had nothing to do during the day, while Yi Kuang went to the palace to run errands. His son Zai Zhen disappeared early in the morning, and even the somewhat annoying Rui Zheng went to the Prime Minister's Yamen.
Li Yu remembered that he still had such a great position as a librarian, so he returned to Tongwen Library.
As soon as I entered the door, I met Ding Haoliang, who was about to enter the office carrying several newspapers and magazines.
"Good morning, Sir!" Li Yu greeted.
Ding Haoliang saw Li Yu and said with a smile: "Why, you can't let go of your job as a librarian?"
Li Yu spread his hands: "If you haven't fired me, I can't be absent from work. I'm a qualified migrant worker."
Ding Haoliang thought he was joking and replied: "There is no need to do such a simple job in the future."
Li Yu smiled bitterly and said: "Master Xi, I am penniless now. I can't just eat and drink in Prince Qing's Mansion every day."
Ding Haoliang touched his beard: "What you said makes sense, I did neglect it. Let's do this, I will arrange for you to be a temporary student of Tongwen Hall, and you will receive a monthly subsidy of 2 taels of silver."
"How much money can I get from being a student?" Li Yu wondered if there might be some backdoor for him.
Ding Haoliang said: "Formal students of Tongwen Hall receive a monthly subsidy of 10 taels, but now Tongwen Hall has been merged into the Capital University and no longer enrolls students separately. These 2 taels are a special allowance given by the imperial court to our preparatory students.
, can be issued for three months.”
2 taels of silver is not much, but it is better than the more than one tael per month for those idle banner clan clans. Sure enough, knowledge is power!
Li Yu is a person who doesn't like free rice, so he can't take this money for nothing, so he is thinking about ways to make money.
He glanced at the magazine in Ding Taoliang's hand and said, "The one in the hands of the chief professor is probably an English journal. If I publish some academic articles, will I get any money?"
"Of course it's possible. However, publishing academic articles is not easy."
"I think you can try it."
Ding Haoliang flipped through the magazines in his hand, and after thinking about it, he felt that he could really test Li Yu's level. "Well, I admire you for having such courage and knowledge. It just so happens that you are currently in the "Natural Science Society" under the Royal Society.
The newspaper is asking for articles, I think you can submit it."
"Proceedings of the Natural Science Society"?
"Yes, Newton, Faraday and others published many excellent papers on it. The British Royal Society rarely solicits papers from the public, but now the scientific momentum in Germany is too strong, and they naturally do not want to lag behind Germany."
Ding Haoliang knows quite a lot about these latest news.
Li Yu said: "Okay, then I will go back and write a paper to try."
Ding Haoliang handed several magazines in his hand to Li Yu: "Go back and take a look. The quality of these magazines is very high. It is very difficult to write an excellent new paper."
Li Yu thanked Ding Haoliang and took the magazine. He saw that the issue number was from last month. It was already quite new when he came across the ocean to the Qing Dynasty. There were not only publications of the Royal Society, but also "Physics".
Yearbook", "Edinburgh Review" and other cutting-edge scientific magazines of the time.
And the last one is surprisingly "Nature"!
Good guy, I didn’t expect to finally see one of the three famous CNS academic journals in later generations in the late Qing Dynasty more than 100 years ago.
In Li Yu's era, "Cell", "Nature", and "Science" were definitely the most influential journals, collectively known as CNS.
The impact factor of "Nature" is as high as over 49, and the other two books are also over 40. What kind of concept is this!
If you can post a research paper signed by the first author on it, you are 100% academically top-notch! As long as you are not one of the top ones in the country, you can just judge a professor, associate professor, etc. in the 985 University, and you can definitely do it.