When Chen Ling's article," Abolish Feudal Bad Habits, Become Independent and Self-Strengthened," was published in China Daily, it caused a great response.
The China Daily was the official newspaper after the founding of the Chinese Empire. It was still very authoritative.
This was because the interpretation of various policies and some official ideas were conveyed through China Daily.
Especially since Chen Ling was the Emperor of the Chinese Empire. His thoughts represented the will of the country.
If the officials wanted to understand the emperor's thoughts, they could only go through China Daily.
Therefore, the China Daily of this period was comparable to the future news broadcast, and even more authoritative.
With the publication of the newspaper and Feng Yi's order, everyone in the Chinese Empire knew what the Emperor was thinking.
But even if they knew, was there anyone who was stubborn?
Yes, there were many more.
In their eyes, this was their family matter, and the emperor had no right to interfere.
And my wife has bound her feet, do you know that?
It was impossible to take off their shoes and check every house.
Indeed, he couldn't take off his shoes, but the problem was that he could report it.
In the future, the reporting ability of the Chaoyang District citizens would be awesome.
As the ancestor of the Chaoyang District people, the current Beijing people were not bad at reporting.
Anyone who reported it could receive five taels of silver after confirming the facts.
In this era, five taels of silver was already a lot.
According to the ratio, five taels of silver in this period was equivalent to 3000 yuan in the future.
How much was the salary at this time?
50 yuan a month.
This was equivalent to 60 months of salary.
Of course, you said that Chen Ling was losing money by doing this.
It didn't exist.
Fine.
The informant was given five taels of silver and fined ten taels of silver.
Chen Ling had also earned 5 taels of silver. This was a good deal.
But overall, Chen Ling still did not earn much money.
Because once it was related to money, people would be very concerned. It was said that there would be a fine, and some people had indeed been fined.
In this case, who would be stupid to continue doing this?
Therefore, in a short period of time, many unhealthy practices were corrected.
On March 1st, when the Chinese Empire's primary and secondary schools reopened, many female students appeared in the school.
Chen Ling sat in the car and walked around the school gates of several schools in Beijing. He was quite satisfied with the current situation.
The only thing that made Chen Ling helpless was that the students in front of him were basically all children from rich families.
Education was a resource, and this resource had always been controlled.
This phenomenon had never changed since ancient times.
Even in the future, when this phenomenon had weakened, the commoners would still not be able to enjoy the best resources.
It was already not easy to ensure fairness.
Yes, all roads lead to Rome, but some people were born in Rome. This was a fact that could not be changed.
"Let's go back to the palace."
Chen Ling said to the driver.
"Your Majesty, aren't you going to a few universities to take a look?”
Feng Yi, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, quickly said when he heard Chen Ling say that he was going back to the palace.
"I'm not going. Let's talk about it in the future." Chen Ling said indifferently.
When he returned to the palace, a young eunuch immediately reported to him that several lecturers from the University of Foreign Studies were already waiting for him.
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
The group of lecturers immediately bowed when they saw Chen Ling.
Although they could not kneel down, they had restored the ancient system of cupping their hands.
"Have a seat. This time, I called you here because of the problem of the envoys to the western countries.”Chen Ling nodded.
After signing the agreement, the Chinese Empire and the western powers also began to trade.
Thus, sending envoys became a problem for the Chinese Empire.
Previously, the Qing Dynasty had also sent envoys to the western powers, but those officials could only bow and bow, embarrassing China. They could not do anything else.
Therefore, Chen Ling could only choose someone else.
He had previously drawn a card and selected a few talents who were above 90 in diplomacy.
He also specially asked them to learn about the situation in other countries.
Now that the New Year was over, the western powers had sent over their reparations and equipment. The next step was to send back the captives.
Chen Ling also took this opportunity to send the envoys of the Chinese Empire to the various countries.
But the problem was that these envoys did not speak a foreign language.
European, French, English, Italian, Spanish, Portugal, and so on. Although Europe was not a big place, there were many languages.
It would take a lot of time to learn from scratch.
Chen Ling had no choice but to ask the lecturers of the former Jingshi Tongwen Hall and the current University of Foreign Studies if they were willing to go to a western country.
"I have already arranged for the envoy's personnel, but they do not know foreign languages and are unable to communicate with the other party.
That is why I asked you to come here. I want them to accompany the emissaries of the empire to the western countries.
Do you have any problems with this?
If there is, you can tell me and I will solve it for you.”
Chen Ling looked at the group of people in front of him and said indifferently.
"Your Majesty, I have no difficulties. I am willing to serve the empire and share your worries.”
"Your Majesty, I have no difficulties. I can rush to the west at any time to serve the empire and share your worries.”
"Your Majesty, I have no problem…"
Soon, the dozen or so people in the room all expressed that they had no problem going to the western countries.
Chen Ling was very satisfied with everyone's attitude, even though he had already expected this situation.
"Very good. I will not forget your contributions, and neither will the Empire.”
After Chen Ling finished speaking, he had the young eunuch and the others send them out of the palace. At the same time, he gave each of them 100 taels of silver as a settlement allowance.
Then, Chen Ling called over the envoy stationed in the country and gave him a special order.
Five days later, this group of people boarded an ocean liner and headed for Europe.
At this point, the Chinese Empire had established diplomatic relations with the western countries.
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