In the secluded study, there was a silence. Xiao Letian was silent for a quarter of an hour. How should he change? To be honest, before Xiao Letian traveled through time, he was just an ordinary white-collar worker. He was just a personal hobby and willing to study military and history. In front of a real politician, his level was definitely not enough.

But it is because of the hundreds of years of history that he can face the current situation calmly. During the Tongzhi period, it was a period when human history began to transform from the first industrial revolution to the second industrial revolution. China completely missed the first industrial revolution represented by steam power. So, will China miss the second industrial revolution represented by electrification?

This year is 1865. In another three years, Japan will change its reign to Meiji. The important Meiji Restoration in history is about to begin. Moreover, in the current Japanese government and the people, there are already a group of people like Ryuma Sakamoto, Shinsaku Takasugi, Rito Okubo, etc., who are desperately thinking about the reform. Moreover, the conservatives and reformists have already killed the bayonet.

Three years later, the Japanese boat will begin to undergo modernization, and in just 27 years, in 1894, the tiny Japan will defeat the huge Qing Dynasty and tear off the flesh and blood from the Chinese nation to feed its own nation.

It only took more than twenty years, and the matter in the blink of an eye, was the most troublesome thing that Xiao Letian had. There was really not much time, and it was a major change that had not been seen in three thousand years. I wanted to learn from other time travelers to join forces to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and build a new country, and by the way, it would also allow China to complete initial industrialization? The most important thing is to defeat the tenacious traditional ideas?

OK, let me see if there are any wild Ultramans to catch. It may be more reliable for me to tame two. Please come to more and faster chapters.

Time passed minute by minute, and the Japanese Liu and Jiushu were waiting quietly with unprecedented patience. Except for the women who served, the rest of the women who left behind.

Xiao Letian seemed to be making a very difficult decision, and even his forehead was sweating. When he opened his mouth, the prince and Jiushuai were stunned.

"If I can't say anything, will I be going to be a knife and axe immediately? Are there eight hundred knife and axe players ambushing outside this door?" Xiao Letian was so funny. He exuded the serious atmosphere that had just accumulated in the study.

In the eyes of the Japanese Sixth, if the Jiushuo Zeng Guoquan said this, it would be a naked declaration of war, but if Xiao Letian said it, it would be funny.

"Haha, Mr. Xiao really returned from overseas. It seems that he has listened to a lot of legends about the heroes of the Three Mountains and Five Mountains, but he forgot what the play is and what the reality is... Hahaha, you are really only knowledgeable about Western learning, and you really have a slight understanding of the affairs of your mother country..."

Yi and Zeng Guoquan both laughed and sighed in their hearts that they had eight hundred swords and axes. Is there any better way to kill people in this world than foreign guns? If you really want to kill you, a scholar, you took action as early as when you were plotting against Mr. Wang, Hanlin. Do you really think those bandits who have won can protect you?

Of course, Xiao Letian is not a fool. He is just pretending to be stupid and deliberately saying some outsiders to prove his identity as an overseas lonely guest. He will be relieved to himself as soon as possible if he does not have any domestic power labels.

"Okay, since the prince did not arrange for the swordsman to chop me up, I will say whatever I want." Xiao Letian carefully recalled the reform path of various ethnic groups in later generations, and slowly put forward the plan that had been thinking about for a long time and had gradually matured.

The 30-year-old No. 1 Prize Red on the table exudes a strong aroma of wine. The dishes have been cold for a long time, but without the prince's order, the eunuchs outside the study didn't dare to come in and change it.

"It is very difficult to change in such a huge empire. It is like a large cart full of cargo and once it moves in one direction, it will produce a strong inertia. To change this inertia, you must exert greater force. If these two forces conflict too fiercely, it will easily cause the entire cart to be damaged or even disintegrated..."

Xiao Letian started with the principle of "Small boats and good luck to turn around". He abandoned all idealism and explained all the problems faced by the Qing Dynasty one by one. The core issue was the empire's exclusion of Western thought.

You said that the railway can drive tens of thousands of kilograms of goods in a day? I just said that the train sounded loudly, which might have alarmed the ancestors' tomb. You said that the steam engine is efficient and powerful, but I just said that this steel monster seized profits from the people and harmed farmers and workers.

Also, do you say that the earth is round? Sorry, I don’t believe that evil. Even if you ask me to travel around the world, I’m not interested. As for the opening of sea bans, building ocean caravans to do business, that’s even more unavailable. We don’t want to change the policy that will be continued in the Ming Dynasty, nor can we change it. Whoever changes will be a sinner forever.

Look, the power of tradition is so powerful. In fact, the core contradiction is the manifestation of Confucianism, and we are afraid of the invasion of Western learning from the bottom of our hearts. If one day the country does not need the manifestation of learning to select talents, wouldn’t these Confucian scholars drink the northwest wind? Therefore, the rise of Western learning must face countless obstacles, even bloody resistance.

Speaking of this, Xiao Letian must not help but think of the Six Gentlemen of the Reform and Reform of 1898. What was the period? It was an era when the Japanese had just defeated and the Qing Dynasty was completely torn apart even the last bit of fig leaf. It was an era when almost all literati knew that they would die if they did not change.

It was in such an atmosphere that Tan Sitong and others tried to change and strive for strength, but in the end they fell into Caishikou and beheaded, and once again suppressed the enthusiasm of domestic literati for reform. It can be seen that the traditional power is so powerful that how could those in power give up their rights?

Xiao Letian doesn't want to die. Don't think that he tries his best to establish a relationship with foreigners, dresses himself up as a second-aggressive man, and then writes books to gain reputation, trying to exchange for a sense of security as a master of Western learning. More and faster chapters are invited. However, as long as he dares to touch the power of the vested interest class, even a little bit, he will die without a place to bury him, and even foreigners can't save him.

"So, the Qing Dynasty is now like a weak patient. Although she has just survived the crisis in the Hongyang Rebellion and her body has begun to improve, don't forget the patient's identity. So, any major change is not advisable..."

"Here, I only offer one strategy to the prince, that is the Special Administrative Region... You heard it right, just build a small country in the middle of the country. Of course, I am not going to rebel. What I call a country in the middle of the country is to let the Qing Dynasty get everything that the Western powers have at the lowest cost..."

"Guangdong, Shanghai, Fujian, Ningbo, Tianjin, Shandong and other places, we can completely circle some places, close to the ports, and build industrial areas belonging to our Qing Dynasty. Here we can build steel mills, lay railways, build military factories, and even shipyards..."

"Political innovation can be taken slowly, but our Qing Dynasty must have its own industrial foundation. Needless to say, we must be able to build guns and cannons. All of this requires our heavy industrial foundation! With sufficient foreign guns and cannons, we will at least have the ability to resist the foreigners. Even if there is a rebellion, we will not buy it from foreigners now. That would be a loss..."

Xiao Letian said it very detailed and slowly. He updated the first time and gradually outlined the prototype of a huge industrial empire. China is too big. It is because of its bigness that it is difficult to carry out comprehensive reforms. However, it is also because of its bigness that China has more choices and possibilities, and it also has a great strategic depth.

Needless to say, as long as one or two provinces can achieve industrialization in China, then the population of these two provinces alone will be enough to compete with Japan. Hirobu Ito once said that his opponent in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 was only Beiyang, with only one Li Hongzhang. The Sino-Japanese War of 1895 was actually a war between Japan and Li Hongzhang alone, and in this way, it had dragged Japan's economy into a state of bankruptcy.

The Japanese Liu and Zeng Guoquan were all stunned. Talents are top talents. Why didn’t we think of using this method to build factories? I had thought of this method, so I didn’t have to care about the Confucian scholars talking nonstop. Mr. Xiao said so well. At worst, the industrial zone was built and the walls were blocked. Ordinary people would not let them in, and then send troops to guard the chaos.

Man-made control of the harm will allow useful goods to flow in and out, and everything else will be blocked inside. Who can gossip now?

Prince Gong Yi, who was excitedly standing up and paced back and forth in the study. He could see the feasibility of this plan at a glance. The resistance of all forces to this plan must be minimal. As long as they work a little, they will definitely pass the court meeting.

Zeng Guoquan was also moved. Although the Hunan Army now had several repair shops, which could even imitate some famous guns from foreigners, one thing they could not solve was the problem of the industrial system. Steel plants, large machinery factories, precision parts manufacturers... Various industrial foundations are almost zero in the Qing Dynasty, and few repair shops were just assembled with semi-finished parts provided by foreigners.

Baby, this overseas lonely guest is really a treasure. The representatives of the two major forces both shot greedy eyes in their eyes at that moment.

Of course, Xiao Letian knew what they were thinking, and he even knew the rebellion hidden in Zeng Guoquan's heart. In addition, the Japanese Six would definitely understand their subtext. The Industrial Special Zone is not only able to avoid artillery fire in the court, but the most important thing is that it is easy to control.

As long as the Qing nobles dispatched the most loyal Eight Banners troops in the above cities, they could even encircle industrial areas with city walls. These industrial bases would become the private areas of the Qing Dynasty, just like the willow edges in the northeast, they would definitely hold them firmly in their hands.

Time passed minute by minute. After Xiao Letian retelled his plan completely, it was already dark and the whole afternoon passed.

"Prince! Prince? The wine and food are gone. Don't you want to take care of the meal anymore?" Xiao Letian teased.

At this time, Prince Gong Yi, but said to Xiao Letian seriously, "I wonder if Mr. Xiao is interested in joining the dynasty as an official? How is this big plan for this Industrial Special Zone? I will be appointed by Mr. Xiao as the second-rank Minister of the Ministry of Works. I think I should not be wronged by Mr. Mr. Wang. If the Industrial Special Zone goes well, I will also promise you the position of Minister of Works...."

What a guy, Yi? He has such a courageous spirit. He is a second-rank high-ranking official at the Open Mouth, but unfortunately he is just a Ministry of Works. When Zeng Guoquan heard the bait thrown by the Japanese Six, his expression on his face was wrong. He really didn't expect Yi to dare to pay such a heavy capital.

But unfortunately, Xiao Letian smiled and shook his head, "Your Majesty is negligent. You forgot that I am not a citizen of the Qing Dynasty now. If I become a second-rank high-ranking official, I may be quarreling in the court. Besides, I am not in the court. In two months, I want to invest in a foreign company in Tianjin and do some business with foreigners. The relaxed and leisurely life and money-making life is my wish."
Chapter completed!