"University Scholar Liangjiang Governor Zeng Guofan and Others Invited To Choose Children to Study Abroad"

July 19, 2010

In the previous year, the thief Guo fan handled foreign affairs in Tianjin, and the former inspector of Jiangsu, Ding Richang, was instructed to come to Tianjin to do the office, repeatedly discussed with the ministers, and planned to select a brilliant young child, send them to the academies of various countries in Western Thailand to study military politics, shipping politics, foot arithmetic, and manufacturing, and returned from their careers for about ten years, so that the skills that the Westerners were good at in China could be mastered, and then they could gradually try to strengthen themselves, and it was said that those who brought young children to foreign countries, such as Chen Lanbin, the chief of the Sipin Punishment Department, and Jiangsu alternate Tongzhi Ronghong, could all be competent. The subject of the kingdom of the domain was deeply aware of his words, and he was attached to the case twice in September of the previous year and in the first month of this year. Chen Hongzhang returned to the anti-letter merchant. It is said that Zi Bin Chun, Zhi Gang, and Sun Jiagu have been ordered to travel to various countries twice, and they have also glimpsed the essentials of overseas situations, such as public opinion maps, algorithms, stepping heavens, sea measurement, shipbuilding, and instrument making, all of which are related to the use of soldiers. Those who have long skills in other countries will be extended to the academy, taught in different disciplines, and strive for excellence, which is regarded as the study of physical and mental life in the military and government. Today's China wants to imitate its intentions and master its laws, and when this atmosphere is open, it seems that it is advisable to urgently select intelligent children and bring them to foreign countries, and to emphasize their strength, so as to look up to the will of Xu Tu, the vice emperor.

　　Article 7 of the new treaty of peace in the United States contains that Chinese if you want to enter the official schools of the United States and study all kinds of literature and art, you must give preferential treatment to the people of the best countries; the United States may set up schools in China to designate foreigners to live, and Chinese can also be done in the United States. In the spring of this year, when the U.S. Minister passed through Tianjin, the minister Hongzhang made peace with him and allowed him to wait for the day to be known, that is, to be transferred to his own country for proper care. In March, the British minister came to Tianjin to receive him, and whether there was any news on this matter.

　　Chen Hongzhang should tell the truth, which means that he is quite pleased, that is, he will go to the United States to study first, and there are many British colleges and universities, and he can also be sent to the future. This is a deep wish of foreigners, as if it is beneficial to the overall situation, and the foreign captains such as Fusi are willing to listen to people and learn together, and Zhigang and Sun Jiagu have already led the way, and it is not very difficult to reach the United States by steamship from the Pacific Ocean, which can be reached in more than a month.

　　Or Tianjin, Shanghai, Fuzhou and other places, has set up bureaus to imitate ships, guns, arms, the Beijing Division set up the same literary museum to select the Han disciples Yan Xiren professors, and the Shanghai Cantonese dialect museum to select the literature tongye, as if China already has a foundation, there is no need to go far into the ocean. I don't know how to set up a bureau to manufacture, open a museum to teach, so the base of the map is also exciting, far from the industry, brainstorming, so the effect of the great. Westerners learn to be practical, whether they are soldiers, workers, or soldiers, they all enter into the study, understand their reasoning, learn their instruments, bow down to their own affairs, each of them has their own ingenuity, hand over to the teacher, the period is different from day to day and the age is different, China wants to take its strengths, once it tries to buy its tools, it is not only the strength to catch it, and this Sino-Austrian (sudden dog change of friendship), if you do not go through the long practice, then the origin is not clear, and the twists and turns are self-evident. The ancients said that those who learned the Qi language must be introduced and placed between zhuang Yue, and it is better to hear than to see, this thing is also zhiye. In the case of sincerity, the return to the touch of extension, and the diligent seeker of today's work will not be expanded to infinity?

　　However, there are two difficulties in trial operation: one day to select materials, one day to raise funds. Gai's clever children are rare, they must have great ambitions, simple quality, do not involve the family tired, do not serve the Chinese, can travel to foreign countries, study with peace of mind, it is difficult to choose materials. The state has a regular amount of money, and it is even more difficult to raise funds for raising funds to send people out of the country to learn from foreign countries, and it is even more necessary to take measures. For both of these, the ministers and others are also well aware of their difficulties, the first to become a mountain began in a basket, the period of storage of wormwood was three years, and now to the map, Shu He continues to grow and grow taller, and it is slightly easier to exert strength. Chen Lanbin, Rong Hong, and others carefully deliberated and reviewed them, and planned to send personnel to set up bureaus in Shanghai to visit and select brilliant young children in the coastal provinces, with a rate of thirty per year, a total of 120 in four years, to take a boat to the ocean in different years, to work in foreign countries, and after fifteen years, from the beginning of the year, return to China one after another. On the day of their return to China, the young children are only about thirty years old, rich and strong, and can repay the results in time.

　　It was said that the children of Fujian, Guangdong, and Ningbo also went to the west to study from time to time, but they only wanted to know the shallow foreign languages and foreign languages in order to trade with foreigners and for food and clothing. At the beginning of this selection, it was cautious and cautious. When they are brought to foreign countries, they are under the control of the committee members, divided into categories, so as to ensure academic excellence, and there are translations and teachings, and they can be taught at any time with Chinese literary meanings, and they can be used as useful materials. Although not all of them are great weapons, but there are many talents, when there are gems out of it, this is also said to be out of ten.

　　As for the general cost, the first and last 20 years require 1.2 million taels of silver, which is indeed a huge amount. However, this money does not have to be allocated for a while, and the analysis and calculation are 60,000 yuan per year, and I still don't feel that it is too difficult. Except for the first year of Panchuan issued to the committee members to carry, the rest refers to the fixed amount, allocated according to the year, handed over to the silver number and sent one after another, and it is easy to do. In short, at the beginning of the plot, it is impossible to be very stingy and very greedy; the situation is far from suitable for foreign countries, the reserve is ready, and it is even more impossible to be short of funds, and it is necessary to drop out of the middle school, and in recent years, it has set up bureaus to manufacture, opened museums to teach, and the skills that the Western people are good at, and China is quite knowledgeable and tolerant; the required funds are all approved by the decree. It is also determined to succeed, although it is difficult not to be afraid, although it is not hesitant to spend money, it has accumulated over time, and the results have gradually become considerable, and I hereby intend to take my clever children to foreign countries for business, although the matter is slightly different, the meaning is the same. I have the honour to submit the Twelve Articles of the Constitution to the Imperial Household. Gong Wu yang begged Heaven to foolishly go down to the River Customs, and allocate it annually under foreign taxes, so as not to make it lacking. Waiting for the order, the ministers and others immediately set up a bureau to select the clever children to handle it properly and prudently. If there are any matters not covered in the articles of association, please ask the Prime Minister yamen to approve the changes at his discretion, and the ministers and other ministers can also correct them at any time.　　(Recorded from "Modern Chinese History Data Series: The Western Affairs Movement")