Wired telegraphs connect Europe and America, and can be said to be a global connection. This is undoubtedly a great thing for the Qing Dynasty. It is equivalent to instantly bringing the Qing Dynasty closer to countries around the world, and it has great significance for commerce and finance. However, in Yi Zhizu's view, the British timely opening wired telegraphs with the Qing Dynasty at this time is more of a need for war!

During the Crimean War, the British and French forces used wired telegrams on the battlefield, which obviously tasted the sweetness, so they were eager to open telegrams with the Qing Dynasty. However, Yi Zhizu was not worried about this. After Wu Changqing left, he sent someone to call Cao Gensheng.

The rain outside was still quite heavy. Yi Zhizu got up with his cigarette mouth in his mouth and walked out of the study to the corridor to watch the rain. In fact, he had considered the matter of telegraph networking for a long time. He had also negotiated with Citigroup Telegraph Company to connect North America and Asia along the coastline through the Bering Strait to connect North America and Asia, connecting the wired telegraphs between the United States and the Qing Dynasty. However, they were too slow and had not yet explored the route, the British had connected the wires to their doorstep.

Cao Gen was born quickly. When he entered the yard, he saw Yi Zhizu standing in the corridor. He quickly handed the umbrella to the servant, rushed over and said, "Big shopkeeper--."

Yi Zhizu saw that his trousers were wet at a glance. After pondering for a while, he waved to Lin Meilian and ordered: "Build the clamping road into a corridor. It is inconvenient to travel on rainy days. The departments of Yinghui Garden are also connected by corridors to facilitate the travel on rainy days."

Lin Meilian hurriedly said, "Yes, my subordinates will arrange it immediately."

"The British have laid cables from London to Temasek, and they will connect to Nanyang soon." Yi Zhizu said, raising his hand and said, "Get into the house and say."

Cao Gensheng, the head of the confidential telecommunications department, was stunned and followed him into the house and said, "Big shopkeeper, is it unnecessary to lay the trans-ocean sea line in cooperation with Citigroup Telecom?"

"How could it be unnecessary? Continue to lay it." Yi Zhizu said that this trans-ocean sea line is of great significance to Yuanqi for the Qing Dynasty. The Northeast, Sakhalin Island, Kamchatka Peninsula, Alaska, and the west coast of Citiland will all rely on this line to connect it, so naturally we cannot give up. Moreover, the cable telegrams between the Qing Dynasty and Citiland did not want to be transferred through Europe, and his own line is more reassuring.

"Wireless telegraphs are connected to the grid abroad, security and confidentiality are the top priority, especially when war breaks out." Yi Zhizu said: "The two provinces in the South China Sea are isolated overseas. Once a war breaks out, the enemy will inevitably destroy the telegraph lines first, cut off the wired telegraphs, and lay a sea line from eastern Taiwan to connect Luzon.

In addition, the Java line maintenance personnel sent to Java to learn more about the British route laying in Temasek, and were able to cut off the other party's route in time when needed.

In addition, local telecommunications bureaus will be recruited to start studying the wired telegraph passwords from Britain, France, the United States, Russia and other countries, and strive to be able to decipher the passwords of various countries. At the same time, carefully study how to prevent others from deciphering our passwords. Remember, this is not a temporary agency, but a long-term agency. If you contact Ren An, you must cooperate with the Intelligence Bureau."

"Yes." Cao Gensheng said quickly, but was shocked. Yi Zhizu reminded him again, "This matter cannot be made public."

"I understand."

Cao Gensheng had just stepped down, and Wei Yuan and Zhao Wenlie came together. After entering the house to discuss the ceremony, Wei Yuan said: "Justice, the Beijing-Hangzhou Railway and the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway are now open to traffic. Most of the grain has been changed to railway transportation. The imperial court's collection of grain has not changed at all. Will you hit the court?"

After pondering for a little, Yi Zhizu said: "How much can the canal transportation save by changing to railway transportation?"

This question was obviously a bit beyond Wei Yuan's expectations. He smiled and said, "Your Majesty has stopped us. There is no doubt that the cost of canal transportation is huge, but it is difficult to count how big it is. Conservatively calculate, one stone of regular grain transport is one stone, public and private expenses, and one stone of grain is five, six dou, five silver, and seven cents, which does not include the expenses of the huge official official of the canal transportation."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Wenlie continued: "Since the canal transportation is carried out on the railway, it seems that it can be completely discarded, and then the canal transportation will be abolished. The disadvantages of the canal food are known to everyone in the world. It will be abolished one day earlier and stabilize the people's hearts as soon as possible."

"You can't do it too quickly to abolish the canal transportation." Wei Yuan hurriedly said: "There are hundreds of thousands of canals that rely on the canal transportation, plus the family members, at least one million. If you abolish them rashly, there will inevitably be chaos in the local area."

"Mr. Liangtu said," Yi Zhizu took over the conversation and said, "There is no rush to abolish the grain transportation in this time. The Beijing-Hangzhou Railway is not enough to completely replace the grain transportation of grain in the eight provinces. However, it is feasible to hit the court and reduce the burden on the people to pay grain. After all, railway transportation has greatly reduced the transportation cost of grain."

"Big shopkeeper." Zhao Wenlie said unwillingly: "The grains in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are almost all from Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan. Students think that they can buy grains in Hangzhou, Suzhou, Shanghai, Jiangning and other places as grains, and directly transport them by railway. This will not only stimulate trade, but also reduce the burden on the people of various provinces."

Yi Zhizu looked at him and then looked at Wei Yuan. This is not unreasonable. Jiangsu and Zhejiang have few lands and many people, and handicrafts are developed. The grain produced in the two provinces is not enough to supply the local area, not to mention the grain. Therefore, the grain in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is basically not produced in the province, but purchased from the two lakes, which are also supported by Sichuan rice.

Seeing Wei Yuan, Yi Zhizuo smiled and said, "Otherwise, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces should take a pilot project to accumulate experience and conduct data analysis. Finally, the amount of grain and silver is determined as a basis for abolishing the grain transportation in the future. Furthermore, if the effect is good, it can also be abolished year by year."

"This is feasible." Wei Yuanheshou said: "First see how big the difference is."

"Mr. Liangtu wrote a note." Yi Zhizu said: "In addition to the two provinces implementing discounts on silver, the other six provinces also allow the court to take care of reducing the burden of grain, and building railways must also benefit the people. In this way, the localities in each province will have less resistance to building railways in the future. In addition, before the war breaks out, this move can also play a role in attracting the people's hearts."

The capital, Haidian, Old Summer Palace, and the fragrant blue clusters.

After reading the easy-to-be-satisfied memorial note, Xianfeng couldn't help but frowned slightly. Most of the grain grain was changed to railway transportation, and the transportation cost dropped sharply. How could the court not know that it was ignorant? In recent years, the court tried every means to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. How could the court not know about such a big change in the grain transportation? How could the court not let it go?

In recent years, the amount of rice paid for the capital warehouse and the amount of rice converted to rice paid by the Tongzhou warehouse has increased year by year. Last year, it has exceeded five million stones. The additional one million stones is saved by transportation costs, which is three to four million taels of white silver!

Now, letting Jingqing reduce the burden of grain, which is not the burden of the people, but the income of the court! Xianfeng felt naturally fucked, but Yishi's comment was made clear. Anyone with discerning eyes knows that the cost of railway transportation is much lower than that of the canal transportation. It is obviously not possible to pretend to be confused, so I will not post it. I am also afraid that Yishi will reveal this to the newspaper.

He glanced at Peng Yunzhang and Bai Wei who were kneeling below, and then he said slowly: "What do you think?"

Before Peng Yunzhang could speak, Bai Wei said straight: "Return to the emperor, last year, the disaster relief was relieved, and the grain seized by Henan and Shandong was nearly one million stones. Heilongjiang used troops, Shandong disaster immigrated, and Shanxi locust plague all required the imperial court to allocate grain. The slaves thought that even if they had to reduce the amount, they would have to be relieved for two years."

"Emperor." Peng Yunzhang said slowly: "Jiang and Zhejiang provinces tried to purchase grain for silver and pay grain on behalf of others. The cost would inevitably be greatly reduced, and the news could not be concealed. If the court did not reduce the burden on grain for the other six provinces, the people would inevitably be resentful. If the emperor issued an order for Jiangsu and Zhejiang to try to purchase grain for the silver and reduce the grain consumption and additional taxes for the other six provinces, it would inevitably praise the people and help stabilize the hearts of the people.

In fact, I personally believe that the profit of transporting grain and iron, reducing river industry expenditures and cutting redundant workers in the grain transport industry is far more than the consumption of grain and the additional taxes."

After hearing this, Xianfeng was secretly moved. Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces have now manipulated Yizhizu. Yizhizu wanted to try to save grain and silver, but he could not stop it. It is a blessing that the southeastern provinces can pay taxes as usual. How can he interfere? More importantly, stabilize the hearts of the people. No, it should be to win the hearts of the people! Fight with Yuanqi for the hearts of the people!

Reducing river industry expenditures and laying off redundant workers in the canal transport is indeed not comparable to that of one million stones of grain. The imperial court's annual expenditure on river industry was as little as seven or eight million. With railway transportation, Hebei Industrial Bank could significantly reduce the cost, and the official of the canal transport can also be laid off in large quantities.

"Emperor." Bai Wei said: "Railroad tax silver should be urged to urge Yuan Qi to pay. In addition, the price of grain transportation must be discussed with them to reduce the cost of care."

Xianfeng laughed in his heart, "Let's go slow, talk to them later, don't be too obvious." As he said that, he raised his hand and pointed at Peng Yunzhang, saying, "Issue the Issue--."

The eunuch on duty reported at the door: "Emperor, Sushun, and Minister of Justice Lin Kui were handing over a sign to ask for a visit."

"Let them come in." Daoguang said as he glanced at Peng Yunzhang and the others, and said, "Kneel and have a good time."

Soon, Sushun and Lin Kui entered the room. After greeting her, Sushun knelt down on the military carpet and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Justice has recently captured a thief in the ocean, which has involved a shocking case!"

A shocking case? Xianfeng was shocked. What a shocking case? Lin Kui had already bowed and presented a memorial and confession. After reading it carefully, Xianfeng's face suddenly became a bit gloomy and sunny. It was indeed a shocking case. When Daoguang was in power, the fire in Zhenhai Houfu, which was repeatedly issued and thoroughly investigated, was suddenly solved when people had forgotten it! The mastermind behind it was even more shocking, and he actually pointed at Mu Zhang, the chief military minister of the two dynasties! The five arsonists had arrested three people and confessed to them. Lin Bao, the son of Ji Qing, the second steward of the Mu Mansion, had died unexpectedly three years ago, and Ji Qing also died of illness last year.

When the Zhenhai Marquis Mansion caught fire, the entire Marquis Mansion was burned into ruins. Yi Zhizu's parents were all killed. The capital caused a sensation. The most direct consequence was that Yi Zhizu, who was leading troops to conquer Nanyang, returned to his hometown to attend the funeral, and then resigned from his post. The relationship between Yuan Qi and the court also took a sharp turn and fell to the current level.

Xianfeng was a little hesitant. If there was no such case back then, it would be his turn to sit on the throne. Moreover, eight years have passed since the case, Mu Zhanga was already critically ill, and Yi Zhizu is now vaguely separating the Southeast and competing with the court. At this time, is it still necessary to retell this case?

Seeing that Xianfeng did not say anything for a while, Su Shun kowtowed a few times and said in a deep voice: "Emperor, the case of Zhenhai Hou Mansion back then was very strange and full of doubts. Everyone knows that if the emperor can severely punish the murderer."

"Jiqing, Lin Bao is dead, there is no evidence of death, so there is no need to investigate again!" Xianfeng said in a deep voice, pulling out Mu Zhang, Daoguang and his face were not good-looking, which also a serious blow to the prestige of the court, and it will also encourage Yishizu's reputation. More importantly, in his opinion, Yishizu could no longer turn back.

Seeing that Xianfeng was pretending to be confused with his understanding, Sushun quickly kowtowed and said, "Emperor——."

"No need to say it!" Xianfeng said in a deep voice: "After the preview, the murderer abandoned the market, and the fugitives tried his best to arrest him."

Sushun reacted in an instant and kowtowed, "The Emperor is wise."

"Move quickly." Xianfeng reminded. Sushun and the others who were waiting for him bowed and retreated. He immediately ordered four eunuchs to go to Muzhang's residence to serve Muzhang's residence, and ordered the eunuchs to go to the Imperial Hospital to pass the imperial edict. He sent the imperial physician to Muzhang's residence to check Muzhang's condition, and issued an order to the admiral of the Nine Gate, and sent troops to seal the Muzhang's residence in confinement.

In the afternoon of that day, more than 20 copies of impeachment of Mu Zhanga were placed on Xianfeng's desk. Mu Zhanga, as the chief military officer of the two dynasties of Daoguang and Xianfeng, had his disciples and former officials all over the court, but the offenders were also spread throughout the court and the public. Sushun launched and took the lead in impeachment, and naturally there would be no fewer people who agreed.

The news spread, the capital caused a sensation, and the officialdom was in an uproar. No one knew what happened. However, Mu Zhang's political enemies and enemies were really many. When he saw Xianfeng, he did not say anything. The next day, the memorial to impeach Mu Zhang's name flew into the Old Summer Palace like snowflakes.

Xianfeng was not silent for a long time, and at noon, he issued an edict accusing Mu Zhanga of being the chief military officer, who was greedy for the position of greed for glory and hampering the country. He was a little loyal and trustworthy to sell his traitors, false learning and genius, and to understand and meet his ideas... His heart is sinister and cannot be asked.

Just when the imperial edict was issued, Sushun had already brought several eunuchs, carrying white silk and a pot of poisoned wine into Mu's mansion. The powerful ministers of the two dynasties failed to die well in the end.

After Sushun came back to submit the imperial edict and reported that Mu Zhang had been poisoned to kill him, Xianfeng breathed a sigh of relief. He knew very well that there was no airtight wall in the world. Since the arson case in Zhenhai Hou Mansion was solved, it was difficult to cover up. Although the case was dead and there was no evidence, no one knew who the mastermind behind it was!
Chapter completed!