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After Wang Yuze's ascension ceremony ended, the people gathered in Beijing gradually dispersed, and senior officials from various provinces and chief officials of each division also returned to their respective garrisons. Next, it was time for the empire to develop with all its might, and these local officials
, you still need to continue to return to your respective territory and sit in front of you.
After staying in China for half a month, Heinrich said goodbye to Wang Yuze and embarked on a journey back to Germany. During this half month, Heinrich spent most of the time in the Royal Navy.
, learn more about the battle examples of the Chinese Royal Navy defeating the Japanese joint fleet. After learning about the hit rate of the Chinese Navy, Heinrich was also very shocked, because even the German Navy, which had been in the army for more than 20 years,
It is absolutely impossible to do this. However, because the Chinese Navy keeps some secrets in this regard, he does not know the specific reason.
In October, Ryukyu King Sang Tae and North Korea King Lee Hee resigned, and Wang Yuze allowed it. However, North Korea Princess Min stayed on the grounds of treating the disease. Since then, Wang Yuze will take time to meet with Min every week.
Yes, it was not until three months later that Queen Min was confirmed to be pregnant that Queen Min set out to return to North Korea. However, the accompanying staff were specially dispatched by the Military Intelligence Bureau to protect them to avoid any problems. After all, Queen Min is now
The child in his belly is also the future prince of the empire, and there is no room for any mistake. The following autumn, Queen Min gave birth to a boy in Seoul, named Lee Kyung, and Wang Yuze immediately issued an order to designate the child as the Korean Crown Prince.
.And the Joseon King Lee Hee, who knows all this, has no way. With the help of China, the power of the entire North Korea is now ready to be under the control of Queen Min. Lee Hee, the Joseon King, is simply
It's no different from a puppet.
In November, the term of office of Cabinet Prime Minister Liang Xingrong was over. He was not seeking another term. Wang Yuze asked Deputy Prime Minister Yang Hua to take office and became the second prime minister of the empire. Later, Wang Yuze visited Liang Xingrong, and Liang Xingrong spoke frankly.
It is a shame to ask Wang Yuze to keep a clear mind, hoping that Wang Yuze will not keep being armed and bring the entire empire into a land of no return. Wang Yuze assured Liang Xingrong that China will become stronger and stronger and will be a powerful country in the future.
In the middle, the comrades have a place.
With the sound of firecrackers on New Year's Eve, the rings of history have entered 1896. Starting from this year, China's five-year plan began to be implemented, and the government made large-scale investments in transportation, industry and education throughout China.
It seems to have become a huge construction site and began to develop rapidly. In 1895, China's fiscal revenue was only 280 million yuan, but it is expected that by this year, due to large-scale capital investment, fiscal revenue will be further improved.
More than twice.
At the same time, the situation in the Far East is still very tense. In the future, licking the wounds. With the support of Britain, France and the United States, Japan quickly recovered its vitality and began to reorganize its arms and confront China. However, now Japan's
The naval warships have not returned to China, which makes them afraid to fight against China. However, everyone believes that there will be another war between China and Japan. At that time, it is time to determine the fate of two countries and two nations.
The defeated side may really fall into a doomed place. For this reason, both China and Japan are making final preparations. They do not want to lose in the next war. They both want to lead to war and become the overlord of the Far East in one fell swoop.
Become the ranks of world powers.
In the spring of 1896, China transferred radio technology to Britain, France and the United States, and obtained considerable transfer fees and patent income. China's use of radio signals during the war has been learned by these countries. However, although their research has been achieved.
After a quick start, there is still a gap compared to China. Therefore, the ministers of several countries proposed to purchase this technology from China. Considering that China will not sell these technologies in a timely manner, these countries will soon master the relevant technologies, so
After agreeing to their request, he was able to make a big profit.
In May 1896, Wang Yuze went to Dongying, Shandong to attend the production ceremony of China's first oil refinery, Lutai Petroleum Group. After half a year of exploration, he finally discovered a large oil field with a reserve of over 100 million tons in the Dongying area.
Complete set of refining equipment has been installed and debugged. This oil field named Shengli will produce more than one million tons of crude oil per year. Although the amount of oil in China is not large, the use of oil is increasing as the global use of oil is increasing.
The bigger the oil will replace coal and become the most important energy source.
In June, Wang Yuze summoned the cabinet members, the General Staff and the heads of the Army and Navy Department, all gathered at the Beijing No. 1 Heavy Machinery Manufacturing Factory. This is a factory built in the Huailai area outside Beijing. It specializes in the production of what is needed for domestic industrial development now.
Various heavy machinery.
"Prime Minister, what did you say the emperor wants us to gather here today?" Minister of Finance Wang Wenhua asked. After the founding of the empire, the ministers of various cabinet departments have also changed to ministers. During this period, Minister of Finance has been renamed ministers.
Wang Wenhua lived a very comfortable life, holding a huge amount of money in his hand. Although he spent money like flowing water, the feeling of being regarded as the God of Wealth is very good.
"How do I know? The emperor is coming soon! I will know then!" Yang Hua said. He has been the prime minister for half a year. Although he is Wang Yuze's father-in-law, he has fully cooperated with Wang Yuze's plan in many aspects.
This prime minister also felt very happy. Wang Yuze usually only grasped the general direction, and the other things were decided by the cabinet, which gave the cabinet a lot of power, and both sides got along very well.
No one knows why Wang Yuze summoned them, but since the emperor has the will, those who are ministers can only put down their affairs and all come.
"Beep!" At this time, two horns suddenly sounded, and then a four-wheeled car and square iron shells rushed over. Countless cabinet ministers and military officials, one by one
Everyone widened their eyes. Although three-wheeled cars with kerosene burning in Europe and the United States and exuding a pungent smell have become popular, in China, this kind of thing is still quite rare, so many ministers have not seen it yet
.
"This? What is this?" someone asked in confusion.
"Car! This should be a car. Europe has existed for a long time, but European cars are extremely ugly and exudes a pungent smell, which is not like this one!" someone replied.
Then, the car drove to everyone, the door opened, and Wang Yuze and Wang Wei got out of the car.
"See Your Majesty!" Everyone hurriedly saluted Wang Yuze. Of course, it was just a bow. After becoming the emperor, Wang Yuze had ordered the abolition of kneeling rituals. Whether it was the people or the ministers, they only needed to bow when they saw the emperor.
That's it.
"No gifts, sirs, let's see how this guy is? This is something we produced after a year!" Wang Yuze patted the car in front of him and said with a smile.
"Master, this car seems to be a little different from that in European cars?" someone asked.
"Of course, are European cars considered cars? The 'Chinese' cars we developed and produced by ourselves are much more upscale than theirs. You can get in the car and try it!" Wang Yuze said with a smile.
Everyone was very interested in this novel thing. When Wang Yuze said it, everyone immediately surrounded it, touched it here and looked there, just like a child seeing a novel toy.
The 'Zhonghua' brand car has a similar appearance to the T-type car that will only be produced ten years later. It looks much better than the current cars. At the same time, it uses gasoline as fuel, and the power is much greater and it will not produce a pungent smell.
.
This car uses a w-1 engine studied by China. It has a power of 10 horsepower and a speed of 30 kilometers per hour, which is similar to riding a horse, but it is much more comfortable than riding a horse.
Soon, with the help of Wang Wei, these ministers began to drive around the square for a few laps. After getting off the bus, they all felt that it was very good.
"Your Majesty, this thing is good. Why don't you give us a few cabinets and let us try it out?" said Minister of Finance Wang Wenhua.
"Yes! But it will take some time to wait. The China Automobile Manufacturing Plant has started production, but the current output can only reach about 100 units per month, and the production capacity will probably be increased next year!" Wang Yuze said.
Under his request, China has begun standardization and assembly line production, and at the beginning, it was still in the exploration stage. However, when everything is straightened out, China's industry will enter the fast lane!
"Your Majesty, you can't be more favorable than the other! Such a good thing, our Army Department will also have dozens of vehicles!" Army Minister Cai Yun said immediately. After hearing that the current output can only reach 100 vehicles per month, everyone
They immediately started scrambling.
"Get out! You veterans are tired, just ride a horse. The car should be supplied to us, the civilian officials in the cabinet, first." Foreign Minister Wu Tingfang cursed with a smile.
"Are civil officials and military officers the same? At least they should be treated equally!" Secretary of the Navy Zhang Cheng also interrupted.
Seeing everyone's scramble, Wang Yuze smiled. He was planning to register domestic and foreign patents immediately to avoid being copied. Then he expanded production capacity as much as possible, not only sold domestically, but also needed to go abroad.
Exports and automobiles are high value-added products! In addition, the development of the automobile industry will also have a great promoting effect on the economy. In the early 20th century, the United States was called on the wheel.
Is there a country? In addition to using steel for automobiles, rubber is also needed to produce automobiles. The Nanyang region is the main production area of rubber. It seems that China's expansion direction needs to be added.