Chapter 166 Start

All kinds of major events in the capital are now concentrated in two aspects. One is a big competition and a grand ceremony for national talent selection. This matter is related to the future of the country. It cannot be ignored in all dynasties. In this era of extreme attention to talents, this ceremony must be paid more attention to. The second is the preliminary preparations for military system reform. Although senior military, political and civil affairs officials such as local governors and governors from Ti Town, etc., learned from the guidance of the imperial edicts and other national political core channels that such a large-scale military reform was to be carried out, except for some governors and governors in the control of the Hunan Army, especially veteran generals from the Huai Army, who expressed their support, no clear statement was found in other provinces.

The important thing is that the Manchu governors may have not clearly stated whether the Eight Banners are also among the reforms, and there is no sound, neither supporting nor opposition. In short, this reform was under the leadership of Li Hongzhang. The system of the Hunan Army and Huai Army basically gave him face. This is also one of the reasons why I had to directly adjust Li Hongzhang to the center without allowing him to continue to maintain it in Zhili. Li was in Beijing, and there would basically be no civil strife in the world. Li was outside and it was easy for Li Hongzhang to have something else outside. Of course, history proved that Li Hongzhang had no second intentions, but that was the history in the book rather than the history I faced.

At this time, something happened, and I had to turn my mind to the final work of the flag reform left by Prince Gong and his son.

The Minister of Personnel Manchu, the Royal Family Fu Kun; the Minister of Dali Temple, the Han Army's Chief Baiqi Chongli; the Royal Family, the former Minister of War, was later changed to the Minister of Revenue Manchu Jingxin; these three people submitted memorials within five days, indicating that they were unwell and weak, and asked for a restless bone. They didn't care much at first, until they received Jingxin's resignation on the fifth day, and their hearts began to get angry. After I repaired the restless people in the royal family with thunderbolt methods, there were still people who dared to use this kind of soft trick to me. It was immediately heard from Shanqi, and Shanqi is now in charge of the department responsible for monitoring the words and deeds of the princes, nobles and ministers of the clan. I think these three people should not have any major intentions. I guess they just showed me the face to express dissatisfaction. If there were any major abnormalities, Shanqi would have reported to me long ago.

Moreover, as my time in power grew, I gained power in two foreign military use, and the royal family dared to make any changes and was immediately severed by me. Now, those who dared to point fingers at my banner affairs have not yet been born. In the past few years of the reform of the banner affairs, although the actions have been large and some Manchus have lost too much interests, because my policies have maintained the interests of the bannermen who are capable and contributed, and even gained more than before. Those who cannot be confused with the losses are incapable wastes, or those lazy people who are capable but do not want to work, just give them some basic guarantees, and there is no need to worry too much about these wastes who will not live in a peaceful and prosperous era.

But this time, three senior officials protested to me by resigning. I really can't take it lightly. If they were really allowed to stay home, maybe someone with ulterior motives would spread rumors to me below. Since I want to take charge of the flag myself, I have to use my hard methods.

Sure enough, after Shanqi came, he replied that there was no abnormal situation recently, and there were no special changes in his relatives' families. Even Ronglu, who I have been paying attention to in recent years, seemed to have accepted his fate. Since his daughter was promoted to the imperial concubine and became the third-class Shunen Duke, he has been honestly under special surveillance and care for the royal relatives. He did not go out of the gate or contacted foreign ministers. Even Lu Chuanlin, the governor of Jiangsu who had the best personal relationship with him, had cut off contact early. The star anise spider Ronglu seemed to have calmed down his restless heart.

Therefore, these three people resigned, and I issued an order to encourage them. If they resigned, they would have to go, strengthen surveillance and allocate personnel to fill these three vacancies. The position of the Ministry of Personnel is important, and it is necessary to replace a righteous gentleman who is loyal and trustworthy. Looking at the cabinet, it seems that no one is suitable to put it in. It is a little difficult for a moment. You Shanqi can do both, but the burden on his shoulders is no longer light, and I have developed him towards the direction of a special intelligence officer, just like Beria in the past, it is too forced to do human affairs.

Of course, after having the cabinet, the role of the Ministry of Personnel is just an official performance appraisal, which is summarized and reported to the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, and then some upload and dispatch work will be done based on the personnel adjustments of the cabinet. There is no big problem with the position of Minister of Personnel to the Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

However, although Liu Guangdi is a good candidate for Dali Temple, he is the Ministry of Justice, which belongs to the police system and the Qing government office of the anti-corruption system. He also has too much authority when he is responsible for the highest judicial power of the country. Thinking of this, he suddenly remembers a person - Tan Sitong, who can hand over the Qing government office to him. His enthusiasm is enough to set off a storm of integrity in the country. When the war ends this year, the recent talents will be cultivated and cultivated, and there will be another batch of fresh blood. Liu Guangdi is a little older and has many concerns between advancing and retreating, so Dali Temple will still give him it.

The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is an optional role, and there should be no problem with the financial system handing over to Sheng Xuanhuai.

Therefore, these three bannermen resigned and made me free up a seat, otherwise I would have to worry about taking their position. In this way, I should be grateful to them.

As the 15th Five-Year Plan progressed, although I urgently needed ministers with abilities to help me carry out various tasks so that I could have extra energy to devote myself to the advance layout of science and technology and talent training, I always had a creed that everything was based on an absolute authority and absolute dictatorial supreme imperial power. Without this, everything was empty talk.

Of course, in order to appease the nobles of Manchus, they also made targeted actions. In the name of the Nei Palace, Nie Shicheng's old mother was invited to the palace. Empress Longyu and imperial concubine Youlan accompanied him to have dinner and talk. The mother and official family of the Longqi Army were accompanied by other concubines in the harem to visit the inner palace. The atmosphere was naturally very harmonious. After the arrogant Longyu and others lost the sense of superiority of keeping people thousands of miles away, and they were not as disgusting as before.

Compared with Mrs. Nie, the Empress Dowager Nara looks older than the old lady, but Mrs. Nie practices boxing every day and is very tough, which makes Nara envious. Both of them have the kind of restrained and resolute traditional Chinese women, and they speak very speculatively.

In recent years, Nie Shicheng has been a mere second-rank admiral who went straight to the center to be appointed as a marquis and minister, and led the country's troops. Although he is strictly a brave general at the tactical level and is slightly lacking in the strategic level, I have gained his loyalty and righteousness. With my efforts to cultivate, his achievements in recent years are comparable to those of the first-class generals from ancient times to the present. This time, he summoned his whole family and the families of officers of the Dragon Banner Army into the palace. On the one hand, he wanted to give these women the imperial edict, and on the other hand, he added a loyal and righteous pillow to their pillow. Nie Shicheng is 100% at ease. His loyal and righteous temperament is in his body, even if there are evil villains, he will be scared away by him. However, many of the middle and lower-level officers under his command are mankind. If there are any rumors among the bannermen, it is easy to have some problems.

Therefore, before the official determination of the flag-keeping policy, all defenses in the capital must be re-allocated. Although Hui Chong was a member of the Prince Chun system, he had been the Admiral of the Nine Gate for so many years, so it was worthy of being more prepared. He was awarded a minister of the Guards, transferred to the governor of Jianrui Camp, and was given a yellow jacket and a horse in the Forbidden City. The position of the Admiral of the Nine Gate was Zai Wen. Hui Chong led fewer troops, but his status was equally important, and honor was even better than before, so there was nothing to complain about. Zai Wen was in charge of the guards in the palace for so many years, and after he was promoted to Beile, his temperament gradually developed in a steady direction. I trusted this brother more and more. The guards in the palace were also carefully selected and loyal, so the guards and guards ensured that they were worry-free, and the rest were the guards.

Nie Shicheng is in charge of the Beijing Guards, which is why I asked him to come to the palace today.

"Give me a seat." I should first step into the small study of Yangxin Hall, signal the eunuch to give Nie Shicheng a seat, and sat down in the chair and said, "Give me tea, Give me a tea."

After serving, Nie Shicheng hurriedly thanked him for his grace. I shook my hand and stopped with a smile, "Mr. Gongting, it is natural to give me a first-class title to the old lady. Gongting Duke drove the Rakshasa to the north and fought against the Japanese barbarians in the east. Although Li Jing and Su Dingfang were resurrected, the two of them were still far behind Gongting Duke. Isn't this the old lady's credit? I have always valued loyalty and filial piety in China. Gongting Duke is so special, which is inseparable from the old lady's teachings."

Because when talking about his mother, Nie Shicheng did not dare to sit down, and he raised his body and replied: "Your Majesty has praised you so much. I am a commoner. My father was a child. When he was young, his family was lost, and his family was poor and did not dare to say that he would cook tomorrow. He relied on his mother to raise me. Since he was a child, my mother has taught me to be a human being, and he practiced martial arts diligently, and he warned me to always think about the way to serve the country. Until this year, I have spent fifty-nine springs and autumns, and I have never dared to forget my mother's admonition. I have today. One is that the emperor is so kind, and the other is that my mother has good guidance. Compared with Duke Li Wei and Duke Su Zhuang, I am ashamed of him. I am selfish and arrogant. I often compare my mother to the ancients and dare not admit defeat to Meng's mother and mother-in-law..."

Speaking of his respectable mother, Nie Shicheng's heart was turbulent and his eyes were red.

I sighed and said, "Yes, my title is too late. Gongting Gong, when I mentioned your mother today, I also want you to always be filial. I, the Qing Dynasty, govern the world with filial piety, and you and my son are role models in the world. I read history, Gongting Gong's unparalleled achievements today, loyalty, filial piety, bravery and righteousness, even Guan Yunchang Chang, you are the pride of the Qing Dynasty and the pride of China!"

"I am afraid!" Nie Shicheng felt ashamed of his own, and bowed his hands and replied: "I am not arrogant. When I use troops twice, I rely on the advantages of superior troops and firearms. How dare I compare with the Martial Saint? I often think that I am wrongly loved by Your Majesty. I feel ashamed of what I have received and rewarded over the past few years. If Your Majesty changes to any person to practice the Dragon Flag Army, it will be a great victory. How dare I seek the achievements of the Heavenly God?"

Well, I understood a little, I nodded and said, "Well, what you said is good, but you don't have to be too humble. I don't think it's necessary to change anyone else. For example, Ye Zhichao, who succeeded you as the admiral of Zhili, can he?" He said with a contemptuous smile and said, "He is also from Anhui, and he is from Anhui. One has a great reputation and the other has lost his national health. It really hurts me."

Nie Shicheng was about to tell the difference, but I took this opportunity to change the topic and said, "What I want to tell you today is this Jingwei."

"Beijing Guard?" Nie Shizheng said solemnly and said in surprise: "Master, can anyone in Jing Guard dare to have a strange intention?"

I laughed and said, "No, who dares to have a different intention? But since I took power, new policies have emerged one after another. Although I am dedicated to the people, I will inevitably offend many terrible people. It is difficult to distinguish the quality of the 100,000 troops of the Beijing Guards. If something goes wrong, it will be a big mess that shocks the world. You can't take it lightly."

What was said was already extremely heavy. The quiet needle in the room was heard. Nie Shicheng also looked solemn and bowed and replied: "I can't guarantee that the Dragon Flag Army and the Beijing Guards will be loyal to the emperor to the death!"

Seeing that he was solemn, I laughed out loud: "It's not as serious as you said. I just remind you that next year is the year of great reform of the military system. There may be turmoil and the Beijing Guard will be in turmoil. You must train me well. In addition, Kang Youwei, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Education will also ask them to send personnel to the various army members of the Beijing Guard for education, one is to recognize words, and the other is to talk about loyalty and filial piety. Start with you first. The New Confucian Party has been well developed in recent years. I plan to let the Beijing Guard army first try it out. If the results are good, it will be implemented to the entire army in the future." After a pause, he saw his face relaxed slightly, and he coughed lightly.

He said: "You are now leading the world's troops, don't look down on yourself. Since the Qing Dynasty, you are the first honor, and you should not underestimate yourself. In addition, you must strengthen your cultivation. The burden on your shoulders is not light. In addition to what I just assigned, and the military system has been greatly improved, you must also cooperate with Li Hongzhang to get things done. The governors and governors from all over the country should also have a clear idea. Another thing is to pay attention to the purpose of national chaos, so as long as we persist, there will be some talks." Long Xing will hand over the spaceship matters to you in the future. Come on, come on."

"I respectfully listen to the holy teachings." Nie Shicheng knelt down on the ground: "I will only die to thank the emperor for his kindness!"

"Yes." I nodded and said, "I haven't finished speaking yet, get up and talk. There is another big thing, and you must also be attentive. As the world's number one commander, you must have a global perspective. First, look at the new military in the foreign countries, and second, you must also focus on the strategic layout of the country. Now the vast territory of the Qing Dynasty is unprecedented, but it is vast, and there are many places to defend with care. There are strong enemies in the north, west and south, and Japan in the east must also be wary of this strategic vision. This strategic vision is not a matter of one day or one night, you must also be attentive in daily life. You can now let go of the first batch of officers brought back by Prince Chun from Germany, and the generals under your Dragon Flag Army. According to my opinion, they have talents, let go of them, cultivate them, and cultivate them more small groups of people.

Gongting Gong is here, this is a blessing for the Qing Dynasty. Another thing is that if nothing unexpected happens next year, the Germans will send an army teaching team. How to teach and where to teach, you must have an order. Inviting in is certainly necessary, you must also send it out. The Imperial Land University is about to start next year. I see that among the first batch of students, the governors, generals, etc. from all over the country, they must take turns to study. This is to issue an edict. But the sent out is mainly young people. In short, my meaning is to form a training mechanism for generals who can fight, and to continuously train elite troops and strong futures for my Qing Dynasty. I can discover you, Nie Shicheng four years ago, but four years later, I no longer have the ability to discover one new Nie Shicheng one after another, so you have to worry more about everything."

After drinking a sip of tea, he couldn't help but sigh: "Military is the top priority of my Qing Dynasty, but what I want to worry about is just military matters? In the face of this chaos that has not happened for thousands of years, if the country does not change, the disaster of the country's destruction will not be far away. I really dare not be careless! Gongting Gong, the army's military will depend on you."

"Emperor..." Nie Shicheng looked at me with emotion, tears streaming down. He bowed his hand and said with determination: "I must devote myself to my whole life and die..."

"Just use your heart." I deterred my mind, which was somewhat distracted by the emotion, and said calmly: "Do I want you to die Nie Shicheng? I just want you to do your best to do your job, just take the first four words. Looking at the strength or weakness of the Qing Dynasty in ten or twenty years, it depends on your loyal ministers and generals! When Liu Buchan saw this in the future, I will still say this to him again. Liang Qichao will also engrave it into an imperial document and send it to guerrilla officers above the country to read it, so that everyone in the world knows my painstaking efforts..."

After saying a while, he finally made Nie Shicheng understand that the future management of the nation's army, the selection of generals, the management of the military, the arrangement of defense lines, and the future direction of the Royal Qing Army of the Qing Dynasty will mostly depend on him and the elite soldiers and the elite soldiers under him in the future. Everyone has a responsibility to be the strong Far East Empire or the weak East Asia sick man. These principles also allow the Ministry of Education and the New Confucian Party to organize it into a lecture draft "Title of the Imperial Military and Military Compilation" to slowly promote the sense of ownership to every soldier - being a soldier is not a good deal for a living, the country's destiny and the nation's future lies in the efforts of every soldier and every officer.

The military system reform that will be slowly promoted by various provinces has begun with this conversation between me and Nie Shicheng today. From this day on, the first of all the troops of the Beijing Guard began to serve in a fixed service life, preferential treatment for retirement, Western-style queue training, and strict internal guard management to cultivate soldiers' absolute obedience. At the same time, due to his contribution to the gunshot wound on Zaiying's arm, Sun Wen was appointed as the first officer of the newly established Military Medical Department of the Military Department, and opened a military medical specialist in the Imperial Mainland University to cultivate military medical talents for the army.

Taking advantage of the precious twenty years of peace between the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and World War I, the huge country in the Far East, finally started with military reform and took its heavy steps of reform. Although it was only a military start, compared to the history that had not been rewritten, the glorious China started early...
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