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    "That's natural!" Hu Keqin nodded.  "Actually, it is not that there are no understanding people in the court this time. For example, I heard that Mr. Shen argued hard with reason in the court, but Wang Xianggong insisted on going his own way, leading to this result. Even if Wang Xianggong can still be content this time  His position cannot allow him to do this again, right? Also, it cannot be said that the riots in Shanghai this time are not the fault of improper government governance, so I think some changes should be made to prevent similar things from happening again next time.  " After hearing what Liu Zhiping said, it seemed that he no longer insisted on Wang Qinian's dismissal. Hu Keqin couldn't help but feel secretly happy and quickly asked: "Mr. Liu, please tell me!" "This matter in the court is not for us to do business.  If you dare to comment, Hu Gong will naturally report it to Her Majesty the Queen Mother after he returns. But I have many ideas about Shanghai's municipal administration, such as the location of docks, dredging of waterways, municipal management, and distribution of taxes.  There are deficiencies in many aspects. For example, if the prefect consulted the opinions of our business community before taking action, he would not go to the point of shooting. " "What do you mean?"  If there are major municipal issues with respected gentry as directors, it will be much better if the prefect consults the wise people before implementing them! " "Gong Liu's suggestion is not too much!" Hu Keqin nodded!  , In fact, Liu Zhiping¡¯s ideas were very representative at the time. Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the power of the gentry has continued to expand, while the central power has continued to retreat under the pressure of the power of the gentry. If they can¡¯t get them at the grassroots level,  Without support, grassroots officials are unable to implement their own ideas.  Liu Zhiping's suggestion was just to extend this power to Shanghai, which in Hu Keqin's view was just a matter of course.  "In that case, let's discount the national debt by 75%!" Liu Zhiping laughed loudly when he saw Hu Keqin agreeing.  After several discussions with Chen Zaixing in the past few days, he decided not to insist on Wang Qinian stepping down as a condition for increasing the national debt discount, because after this incident, even if Wang Qinian does not step down, his trust will be greatly weakened, and it will be difficult to do this again.  This time he made a similar decision.  Insisting that Wang Qinian step down is too sensitive, and it is difficult for Hu Keqin to accept it. Even if Hu Keqin is really forced to force Wang Qinian to step down, he will probably settle accounts with them after he comes to power.  Instead of doing this, it is better to step back and ask for the management rights of Shanghai, the economic center city of Dashun, and obtain sufficient benefits. After all, Liu Zhiping is a businessman, and the main purpose of a businessman is to obtain generous and stable profits in business.  , what better business than controlling the largest and richest city and port in Dashun?  Now that the matter has been settled and both parties have achieved a satisfactory result, the atmosphere in the room suddenly relaxed and a warm smile appeared on everyone's face. After all, those who can reach this point are not simple scholars. Previously,  It's okay to fight for profit and lose blood. Now that the errands have been completed, there is no point in ruining the atmosphere with a black face.  Hu Keqin ordered the food and wine to be placed in the back hall, and invited Chen and Liu to have a banquet together until the banquet was over.  Shen Hongmao asked in a low voice: "Mr. Hu, are you really going to agree to their request? This is simply ridiculous. Chen Zaixing doesn't care. This Liu Zhiping should be put in a cell instead of becoming a director of the Advisory Board.  " "Master Shen!" Hu Keqin's face showed a look of fatigue, which made his face look a little older.  "Now Dashun is like a chronically ill person, and the medicine of tiger and wolf cannot be used!" "Then let this guy continue to be rampant?" Shen Hongmao asked back: "Mr. Hu, haven't you seen it clearly these days? What is Liu Zhiping doing for him?  If you can make money and make a lot of money, what else can you not do? If you let him continue like this, how many people will be killed by him? " "Master Shen, we are ministers of the imperial court.  Maintain this situation. Now that the court wants to fight and needs money, we have to find money as quickly as possible. As for what you just said, it is beyond our control!  Isn't it the duty of the imperial minister to easily defeat the enemy?" Hu Keqin raised his head fiercely, his eyebrows tensed, his eyes widened, and Shen Hongmao did not give in to him.  After a while, Hu Keqin finally turned his head, and the tired expression on his face returned to the tiredness not long ago: "Master Shen, what you are talking about is the responsibility of the imperial minister. Wang Xianggong also did the same, but the result  You've seen it, now that the world is in decline, some of the principles in the books don't work!" "No matter what, I will report this matter to the Queen Mother after I return to the court!" "This belongs to the ministers!  It's my duty! I have no objections." At this point, Hu Keqin sighed: "The current condition is that one shin is as big as the waist, and one finger is swollen.?As big as stocks, three to four out of ten of the world's taxes come from Shanghai. If Jiangnan is included, only fifty to six out of ten.  Liu Zhiping is deeply involved. If there is any movement, his whole body will be affected by one move. Even if Her Majesty the Queen Mother knows the truth, I am afraid that the big thing will be reduced to a trivial matter, and the trivial matter will be reduced to nothing.  " After hearing what Hu Keqin said, Shen Hongmao could only remain silent. What the other party quoted just now was a famous line from Jia Yi's "Public Security Policy" in the Western Han Dynasty. The situation in Dashun at this time was also similar. Although Shanghai and its  The Jiangnan area where it is located is not geographically large, but it accounts for a large proportion of Dashun in terms of taxes. It was precisely with the wealth of Jiangnan that Dashun was able to put down the large-scale peasant uprising in the mid-19th century.  At the same time, it also repelled the invasion of foreign enemies, maintained control over its vast territory and numerous vassal states, and even expanded in some directions by relying on its expanded military advantages over the border peoples after its military reforms. But as a later generation.  According to the views expressed by historians in his works, this kind of expansion and control was certainly a blessing for the Chinese nation, which was later dominated by the Han nation, because it was the control in these last few decades that provided the basis for later generations.  The vast territory that China occupies provides strong evidence that the majority of the local residents are Han nationality. However, for the Gao family as the imperial royal family, it was exactly the opposite, because these external expansions in the last years of the empire consumed a lot of money.  The wealth resources of the empire destroyed the already precarious fiscal balance. In order to draw more financial resources to restore the balance, the imperial family and bureaucrats had to make concessions to the emerging bourgeoisie with the greatest wealth and give up part of their power in exchange.  . And it was these concessions that intensified the grassroots divisions within the empire and the larger-scale external expansionary war, and finally led to the destruction of the empire. Therefore, in his paper, a conscientious young historian in the 1930s.  What he wrote: If after the empire put down the internal peasant rebellion in the mid-19th century, it did not send troops to conquer those unstable foreign barbarians and vassal states, but instead made a certain strategic contraction and stayed within the scope of the mainland, then  The rule of the empire will be more stable, and Dashun will not be involved in the devastating world war at the beginning of the twentieth century. Even China today will be ruled by a benevolent and wise descendant of the Gao family.  Compared with those greedy and shameless careerists and demagogues, this may be a better ending. Of course, for Zao Guoquan, who is in Taiwan at this time, he naturally has no way of knowing who will be the next generation.  The conscientious young historian criticized the imperial policy during this period. However, as the second-rank deputy general, commander of the military in Taiwan and Fujian, and the de facto plenipotentiary ambassador to solve the Ryukyu issue, what he considered at this time was to use all means.  Use military or non-military means to force Japan to withdraw its troops, release the kidnapped Ryukyu King, and restore the Ryukyu Kingdom to its original status. As an experienced general, Hayakon Kwon understood Japan's invasion of Ryukyu from the beginning.  It was not an accidental event, but the prelude to a long-planned expansion by the enemy. Therefore, he did not even send an envoy to Japan before making full military preparations. But what made him anxious was that Japan invaded Ryukyu.  , almost a month has passed, but the troops he needs have not yet been fully prepared. If through his efforts, some troops have been mobilized from various places along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang, there is already one in Keelung Port, Taiwan.  There is a detachment of about 7,000 people for the attack on Ryukyu, but the navy is another matter.  Both warships and sea-going ships carrying armies are far behind. What is parked in Keelung Port now is just a bunch of old and new ships with different speeds. It is still far from a fleet that can complete the mission.  Zao Guoquan was well aware of this, but he had no choice. The tight finances of the Dashun court could only provide enough support for the navy, a "gold-swallowing beast", not to mention the purchase or construction of various new warships.  , even the repair and training of existing warships are difficult to guarantee. Naturally, such a navy cannot compare with Dashun's well-trained army.  On the other hand, many civilian ships temporarily mobilized from various shipbuilding bureaus are in much better condition. Both the proficiency of the sailors and the completion level of the ships are much better than those of warships. After all, Dashun's prosperous maritime trade requires a large number of ships. Although  The imperial court was unable to pay enough for the time being, but China Merchants Bureau, which was one of the government-run enterprises, still used its own advance to mobilize a considerable number of ships to support this operation.  As the second largest port on Taiwan Island, Keelung Port is also located at the northernmost tip and closest to Ryukyu, and it has become the main port of call for this operation. ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? We would like to thank the book friend stainless_lotus for the reward, it seems that it comes every day during this period, and I can only repay it by writing a book seriously. ?????????????????????????? Everyone basically thinks that we should write Xinshun, so how about not doing this, because it¡¯s meaningless to talk about empty versus empty. During this time, I wrote a few thousand words at the beginning of these, how about you choose?  Sooner or later it will have to be given to the editor anyway.
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