In the end, everyone's property was confiscated and converted into 80 million taels of silver, which was the total annual income of the Qing Dynasty.
Other than the twenty million taels that Rong Lu's family had taken out for the navy and new army, there were still fifty million taels left.
"Your Majesty! Last year's official salary was still short of 1.8 million taels, the imperial clan needed 3 million taels to clear the rice they owed, the Ministry of Works still needed…the Qinghua University that the emperor ordered to be established still needed…"
Zhang Zhidong broke out in a cold sweat. Now, everyone and departments were trying to get money from him. Qing Dynasty had been poor for several years. These hungry wolves had already turned green with envy. Some of them even listed the money they needed to spend in three years.
"40 - 60 split! I'll take 60%, you take 40%!"
Wang Guangxu said to Zhang Zhidong and let him leave.
Zhang Zhidong's face darkened. He had wanted to complain, but in the end, he lost 30 million taels.
In fact, the economy of the Qing Dynasty was not that bad. Otherwise, they would not have been able to spend 20 to 30 million taels of silver to train soldiers every year (although the training was dog shit, most of it was swallowed by the Eight Banners and the Green Army). The so-called GDP was still in the top five in the world, only below the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the United States. It was six times that of Japan.
However, science, technology, and military strength were too backward.
The real bankruptcy of the economy would only happen after the signing of the Shimanto and the Xin Chou Pact. A large amount of sovereignty was lost, especially the compensation and interest of up to one billion yuan, which caused the economy of this huge country to collapse instantly.
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Just as Wang Guangxu had expected, after Zhan Tianyou went to the Tianjin Machinery Bureau, he was like a fish in water. With the grinding machine and steel-making technology, many precision parts could be processed.
Huge chimneys were erected, and factories were built one after another. Rumbling sounds kept coming from inside. Half of the 30 million taels were smashed here. Within two years, all of them would be turned into materials, equipment, and factories.
The Huang Estate under Little Shunzi also started to operate, slowly making money. The management model was naturally based on the modern enterprise system. Although Wang Guangxu graduated from a technical school, he could casually spend 1,000 points to organize a scientific enterprise management system, which was enough for the time.
Three months passed, and soon, it was time for the three-army competition.
The commoners were still poor, but Wang Guangxu was still happily accepting the ice and charcoal offerings from the governor's offices.
It would be a fool not to accept the money. Could it be that he still hoped to wipe out the corrupt officials and make them return the money to the people?
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"Your Majesty, those strange techniques of the West cannot be trusted. We should use our blood…"
Weng Tonghe was trying to persuade Wang Guangxu, his white beard trembling.
"Teacher, do you know the newspaper?"
Wang Guangxu glanced at Li Hongzhang, who was being scolded by Weng Tonghe.
It couldn't be helped. The moral guardian and the guardian of etiquette were just so awesome.
Right now, he wished he could slap this old man to death, but he would also help this emperor's teacher's reputation.
"Although this is something from the West, it is similar to the Imperial Roll of the Qing Dynasty.”
This time, Weng Tonghe didn't complain. He didn't dislike this kind of thing.
I am preparing to open a newspaper office, with you and Li Hongzhang as the general manager. The name will be 'Da Qing Daily.' Teacher, you can write your thoughts on it and let everyone in Da Qing know about it. Of course, you must also allow others to write their own thoughts.
Some of the major events that happened in the Qing Kingdom and the West had to be on it, and they had to be the truth.“
Wang Guangxu's eyes lit up. He had already started to scam people.
Let them copy it in the newspaper. Let's get the fishing boats first.
"This subject obeys the decree!"
To Wang Guangxu's surprise, both of them agreed readily.
On the one hand, it was equivalent to writing books and letting the whole world know about their things. This was what scholars liked the most.
On the other hand, the Westernization Faction and the die-hards had an additional way to express their views.
"Stop arguing! Fight! If they couldn't tell the truth, they would be able to understand if they listened to both sides, but if they believed in one side, they would be able to hide it. This way, they would have one more thing to monitor the Westernization Faction. The die-hards would definitely grab hold of some of the Westernization Faction's wrong practices and criticize them. That way, they wouldn't mess things up!”
"I must hold on to this thing firmly and control the fishing vessel!”
Wang Guangxu thought.
The newspaper was quickly published. The die-hards were, of course, Weng Tonghe's lead writer, while the Westernization Faction excluded Zheng Guanying.
The war of words gradually escalated, but no one expected that the newspaper would soon become a weapon to promote someone's literary and martial arts.
The news of Wang Guangxu's military reorganization and the implementation of westernization spread to the ears of the local governors. For a time, there was a wind of doing westernization everywhere, and many factories were set up. The Tianjin Machinery Bureau also sent batches after batches of technical backbones for further studies. Soon, the firearms would be self-sufficient.
Of course, Mauser 1992, Gatling gun, hand grenade, Maxim's technology would never be leaked.
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