3986 Wedding preparations
When the chaos of power in an empire ends and a new order is born, this seemingly bloated bureaucratic system will burst out with efficiency that you cannot imagine at the first time!
Zaichun won the bloody political struggle in 1872, and the news was quickly conveyed to the entire Qing Dynasty by relying on the telegram website of Qing Sanye!
The Qing Dynasty telegram network has now covered all prefectures and counties in the Central Plains, and is tenaciously approaching the northwest border of the empire. Now the telegram poles in Jiayuguan have been established!
In addition to the Tibet region, there is still no telegram information exchange, even the major cities in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, which are stretching for 100,000 mountains, have telegram systems!
The bureaucratic system of the entire empire received secret reports from the capital at the fastest speed and also learned about the personnel transfers of senior officials!
No one is a fool. Everyone understands that the emperor has taken power in power, and he has taken power in advance. Just like Emperor Kangxi defeated Oboi, the power of the empire has returned to the emperor!
The fenceists suddenly became panicked. They suddenly realized that what they had done before was so unfaithful to the emperor!
What was even more frightened was that the conservative officials who were involved in the six Japanese walls were all in panic all day long, and they all felt that the imperial edict for beheading the head and searching the house the next day would appear in front of them!
What to do? It can be said that 80% of the bureaucrats in the entire empire, and even more than 90% of the officials in the local area, do not believe that the little emperor would get the power so quickly!
They are really too dependent on the original conservative power system!
The desire for survival became prominent at this moment. All officials had only one thought at this moment, that is, to congratulate the emperor on his wedding, and to prepare a grand wedding for Long Live. Only by making the emperor happy may he escape the disaster!
The Chinese and Europa were all stunned. Have they ever seen officials from the Qing Dynasty so dedicated and dedicated to their work?
The Jiangning Weaving Mansion has not rested for more than half a month. During the day, the people are roaring and the lights are brightly lit at night. Jiangning Weaving Mansion has already submitted a statement to the capital that he must restore the brocade weaving techniques during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty and make a complete set of new dragon robes for the emperor!
The jade workers in Suzhou invited the Hetian jade mountain obtained through the Hunan Army's smuggling channels, and the best Hetian jade with a total weight of more than one and a half tons and a half. They will restore and carve a miniature Mount Tai, wishing the emperor a permanent and prosperous country!
As the producer of royal porcelain, Jingdezhen smashed more than 6,000 pieces of porcelain that were previously reserved, and why did it be smashed? This is what the officials deliberately acted for the emperor!
The imperial porcelain in the past was not bad, but was not perfect enough, and was not worthy of the title of Emperor Tongzhi!
With a command, it would be smashed! More than 6,000 exquisite pieces of imperial porcelain for weddings turned into pieces, and the foreigners who picked up goods in Europe were crying!
They are all gold-powder painted porcelains with bright yellow ground. These are all colors used by the emperor and are not sold to the public at all!
Although Europe had cracked the secret of porcelain at the end of the 19th century and could still burn white porcelain with kaolin as raw materials, the time was still short and the industry was not yet mature. The truly top-quality porcelain still relies on China's exports!
If those foreigners could buy hundreds of these more than 6,000 pieces of porcelain, they would make a fortune if they shipped them back to Europe!
As long as they can transport it back, they will be announced on the market that this is the porcelain used by the royal family of the Qing Dynasty. As long as this gimmick is made, European nobles will snatch it crazy!
These are all porcelains that can be used in auction houses, but they are not ordinary road goods!
But all of these were smashed and nothing was left. The Qing army guarded the whole process, so no one could make a falsification!
This batch of porcelain lost more than 250,000 yuan in cash, and the officials of the new porcelain did not know where to dismantle it, and even allocated 700,000 taels of silver!
All of this is a play, and it must be shown for the emperor, and it must be written into a memorial and passed on to Beijing by telegram and fast horses!
All European luxury merchants on the beach were surrounded by these Qing dynasty officials and their brokers, Switzerland’s top clocks, French best valley wine, Spanish olive oil and ham!
Even some Renaissance paintings, carvings and crystal products smuggled out were sold out, and these precious luxury goods were eventually packaged and sent to the capital with heavy troops!
At Shanghai Customs, a cruise ship from Britain slowly docked on the shore, and a gentleman in his thirties walked down with his Indian servant.
On the dock, several blonde and blue-eyed Europeans were waving to greet "Simpson, your ship is delayed for four days. God bless you finally arrive safely."
Simpson is a special correspondent of the British "London News Pictorial". He is also a well-known journalist, archaeologist, artist, and traveler in London!
This time he came to the Qing Empire and was invited by the newspaper to experience the wedding of Emperor Tongzhi himself, interviewed some eye-catching news, and finally helped the newspaper publish a series of special reports!
"Sorry, my ship encountered a storm in the South China Sea. Thanks to the Chinese Borneo, we have been hiding for a few days."
"I'm so sorry, I hope to come sooner!"
Several friends hugged each other, and the servant who reached out to help Simpson carry the running ceremony. A friend who greeted him said, "This is your first time in China, right? I called a very representative sedan chair, you can take it."
"Thank you, but please ask me to appreciate the Asian style. Is this China? It's so magical."
The East, the West, industrial civilization and agricultural civilization, colonial colors and feudal traditions, and various heads of state intertwined to form a fascinating Shanghai style!
Simpson was so curious about all this and couldn't help but press the shutter a few more times!
Just as he was recording the beautiful scenery, a serious conflict and quarrel suddenly occurred on another pier behind him, and the intensity attracted the attention of people around him!
On another parallel pier, a Chinese-style hard sailboat was docking on the side, and several sailors were busy lifting their sails, while a fat white squire was wiping sweat and tears on the wooden board, and was carrying a cow with several servants!
"What do you want to do? Why do you have to search my boat before you checked it. There is no contraband, no opium, no salt and iron, all of them are my personal supplies!"
"Master Guo, you are also a scholar. We don't want to be harsh with you. You know what happened in your heart? Don't make it difficult for the young people, just hand it over!"
"It's just that I don't want you for nothing. Why are you running away?"
Simpson was a little curious when he saw the sudden conflict. He turned around and asked the interpreter to ask the Qing people working in these docks. Unfortunately, these dock workers were all timid and dared not say anything!
Chapter completed!