November 9, 1894, the twelfth day of October in the old calendar. The General Taxation Department called Jin Denggan, director of the China Customs Office in London, saying that the Qing court was looking forward to Lang Weili's return to China, and if Lang Weili returned, the conditions were best set by him. Chinese Prime Minister Yamen's plan to establish a real navy, which could probably put Lang Weili in power, is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Langwilli
On the same day, Li Hongzhang, Hu Yifen, and Han Nagan discussed the situation in Tianjin. Beiyang Navy General Investigation, German Hannagan said that the Beiyang Navy has 6 warships, but only "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan" can have combat strength, our ship carries ships to Lushun, there will be a big war, with the enemy outnumbered, "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan" two ironclad ships will not only be difficult to protect, the transport ships will also be lost, advocating still returning to Weihaiwei base, and the defense of the fort is the safest.
Hannagan
On the same day, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangguang, called Li Hongzhang, and the Guangxu Emperor ordered the transfer of 4 warships of the Nanyang Marine Division, but the on-site inspection of these warships were all wooden shells, and the pipe belt was not strong, and the gunner Shui Yong was not skilled, but in vain. Please send the original "Guangyi" ship pipe belt Lin Guoxiang to lead a number of generals who can bring the ship to replace the 4 warships and pipe belts, and go north to help the Beiyang Navy.
Zhang Zhidong
November 9, 1895, the twenty-first day of september in the old calendar. Wang Wenshao, the governor and minister of Beiyang, went to the Tianjin Water Teachers' Academy to watch the students' annual examination classes, and there were 60 students at the time, and the people who managed the school were Yan Fu and Hong Enguang. In the afternoon, we inspected the Tianjin Machinery Bureau.
Wang Wenshao
Wang Wenshao, who succeeded Li Hongzhang as the governor of Directly Subordinate and minister of Beiyang, was a native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, who had been a scholar by birth, who had been working in the official field at the end of the Qing Dynasty for more than forty years, and had been the prime minister for nearly ten years, with mediocre political achievements, but the secret of his rise was that he was exquisite in all directions and smooth.
Tianjin Water Teacher School
Wang Wenshao is a sleek person, easily does not express opinions, and tries his best to avoid offending people. Whenever a major event must be expressed, he also pushes three blocks, or even pretends to be deaf and dumb, so he has won a lot of nicknames. As early as the tenth year of Tongzhi (1871) when he was the governor of Hunan, he was called "Glass Ball", describing him as bright inside and round outside.
Later, people called him "glass egg" and "crystal lantern", and finally people gave him the elegant name of "oil-impregnated loquat core". Loquat core is already sleek enough, coupled with "oil immersion", it is even more sleek. It can be seen that the Qing court employs people to decay and decline, and it will be a matter of time before the building will fall!