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Volume 1 Sino-Japanese War Chapter 40 Candidates

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    A story has been spreading in the capital for a few days. It is said that Pei Weiyi, a bachelor at the cabinet, reported "The officers and soldiers should be punished for arbitrary looting".  This is the first time someone has reported it to the court, but this is indeed the first time it has been sent to Emperor Guangxu. Of course, there are only a few people in the court who can do this.  Pei Weiyi, a bachelor of the cabinet, wrote in the excerpt the true face of the army he saw when he visited the local area last year: "the imperial minister Wei marched with strict discipline as the first priority, and in the lean years, he was anxious to be homeless.  By the afternoon of the military report, the officials were either unable to handle the situation or unable to take care of it, and there were many places I heard that the worst thing I heard was that this time the officers and soldiers arbitrarily plundered the women along the way, and the battalion officials regarded it as  As usual, even though there were accusations, the local officials did not dare to ask questions. So far, hundreds of people were left behind everywhere, military discipline was ruined, and the situation was very miserable" This official who was ranked first in the second list of Jinshi bluntly said that now  There is a huge problem in military discipline control. Military discipline management is completely handled by battalion officers and generals. If these military lieutenant generals let it go, it means that soldiers can do whatever they want. Although local officials have the responsibility to catch thieves and theft, they cannot  They have no control over these army soldiers.  Last year, he passed through Shandong, Shanxi, Huguang and other places, and saw local women being robbed wantonly during military training. There was even a military camp where soldiers from one battalion stayed there for several days, and hundreds of women were abandoned when they left.  The local officials are completely powerless to do anything about it, and the small county magistrate's participation cannot shake the bad habits of this huge military system!  Of course, Pei Weiyi's confession only revealed the tip of the iceberg of corruption in military discipline in the imperial army. After his accusation was severely punished by the Minister of Military Aircraft Weng Tonghe Pi Hong, it immediately triggered a series of chain reactions. A large number of officials wrote letters to expose the military discipline problems in the army.  The issue of food and salary vacancies, the issue of reselling weapons After passing through the hands of Weng Tonghe, some of these issues were sent to the diligent Guangxu, while other issues were ignored by the young emperor. Obviously, the young emperor  They attach great importance to the military power they have in their hands, especially now that the Eight Banners Army has become a nursing home, and military training based on Western methods in various places has become the country's main military force.  Unexpectedly, the huge army, which costs tens of millions of taels of military pay every year, would have such serious military discipline problems. Weng Tonghe¡¯s evaluation of this was even more thorough. He bluntly told the little emperor, ¡°The cost of training the army is huge, and the expected cost is  To maintain such a huge and useless army, it is better to save the money and put it into the national treasury. Back then, the governors of each province could raise their own money to train brave battalions that were capable of fighting without spending money from the court. Now they can also maintain local peace.  " Of course, Weng Tonghe's words were just a cover. How could the Manchu Qing court easily decentralize the military power that had finally been restored to the court in name? Now, although the Huai Army is still the center of the country's national defense force, there is no real  According to the Huai Army in the Eight Classics, those were military training in the name of the imperial court.  Weng Tong and Tina naturally identified the most concerning issue in the court. The Qing Dynasty now has an annual income of more than 80 million taels of silver, but in fact the annual treasury expenditure is always in deficit. If it can be dug out from military expenditures  With millions of dollars coming, that's a huge surplus. What's more, this move can obviously hit his old rival Li Hongzhang hard!  However, Weng Tonghe is very clear about one thing. It is almost impossible to disband the Huai Army at present, and the denunciation of military discipline under his command is obviously paving the way for the preparation of the military discipline camp.  .  Under the verbal and written attack from the Qing faction in the capital, many conservative officials also joined the ranks of denouncers of Li Hongzhang. The feudal official had to file a petition to defend himself in mid-March, claiming that he would thoroughly investigate military corruption and military discipline cases, and that he would be held accountable.  The guilt of the relevant generals will not be tolerated.  After Li Hongzhang's book arrived at the center, it was natural that Weng Tonghe would not keep it. If he wanted to attack Li Hongzhang, he would not use such unruly methods. Soon the book was sent to the palace and also reported to the Empress Dowager Cixi through other channels.  A report was made. After all, Li Zhongtang was always the most popular person in front of the Queen Mother.  On the 20th, there was a decree from the Queen Mother, and she was very appreciative of Li Hongzhang's statement. However, the Queen Mother, who had been thinking about spending money all day, was also thinking about Qingliu's proposal to disband some of the troops that violated disciplines. After all,  , to abolish tens of thousands of troops, it is worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Therefore, the Queen Mother also commended the Qingliu faction for their loyalty to the emperor and the country.  How could the old man in the court, Weng Tonghe, not understand what Xi Gong meant? With this decree, he immediately persuaded Guangxu to take action against the army. He stayed in the palace all day, just listening to the old man explaining the essentials of Chinese to Guangxu.  , although he is said to be talented and intelligent, but real insights cannot be obtained by listening to lectures in the palace all day long. After thinking about it, he naturally has no real insights.However, fortunately, my teacher did not leave such difficult things to the emperor.  On the afternoon of the 23rd, Weng Tonghe had been ordered to draft an imperial edict and planned to send 7 special envoys to supervise the military discipline of the army. In the first draft drafted by Mr. Weng, the tone was very tough. The violation of discipline in the army must be thoroughly liquidated, and the military establishment with serious problems must be completely abolished.  Later, it was rebuilt to ensure that the new army no longer had the same old problems However, Emperor Guangxu obviously did not agree with his teacher's opinion on this. After slight modifications, he no longer held accountability for general issues. If corruption and discipline violations were serious,  , and then carry out punishment.  Naturally, this imperial edict could not be promulgated immediately in the name of Guangxu, because there was a more powerful edict than this one. Later that day, Emperor Guangxu, Weng Tonghe, and Jun Ji Sun Yuwen went to the Summer Palace to meet Cixi and presented a draft.  Finally, the Queen Mother of the West Palace began to review it very seriously.  Sun Yuwen, who was close to Li Hongzhang, had always looked down on Weng Tonghe's aloof appearance, so naturally he wanted to speak out in this matter. He immediately gave up and said, "Empress Dowager, I also understand the emperor's anxious thoughts, but if this seven-way specialist  I'm afraid the local governor will have objections. After all, the special envoy sent by the emperor is an imperial envoy. I'm afraid there will be a lot of inconvenience to the local government!" The old woman behind the curtain said calmly.  After a long while, he said: "There is some truth in what Xueshi Sun said. Sir Weng, I think it's enough to send two groups. Only by getting things done properly can we share the emperor's worries!" Naturally, these words are not what they sound like on the surface.  Simple, after the little emperor knelt down obediently, he retreated. Outside, Guangxu asked his teacher very hesitantly, "Mr. Ge, do you understand what the Queen Mother means?" Weng Tonghe nodded with a smile.  In front of him, the emperor's student, he has always looked like a know-it-all. "The Queen Mother has too many envoys on route 7, so she only opens route 2. Obviously she doesn't want us to make too much noise, which may disturb the morale of the army I think  The Queen Mother's concern is indeed necessary. I think we will send one navy and one land army. The Eight Banners of the Capital will not investigate!" "Teacher, do you have suitable candidates? I think this matter must be done by honest and upright people.  ! "The young emperor has a good grasp of the key to this problem. The pressure to investigate is extremely huge, even in the name of imperial envoy, it may not be useful.  Weng Tonghe did not answer directly, but looked at Sun Yuwen who was still following him. This was a well-known Houdang celebrity. The two of them deliberately did not avoid this person in their conversation. This was also an attitude.  However, he has several candidates, "Your Majesty, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites Zhi Rui, the head of the Criminal Department Shen Zengzhi, the editors of the Hanlin Academy Wang Renkan, Huang Shaoji, and Ding Lijun are all available. I will report it after I go back to consider it!" Weng Tonghe  After just returning to the Military Discipline Yamen, he naturally considered the manpower to supervise the military discipline affairs this time. After careful consideration, if the previous Qingliu generals really went to the military to handle this matter, to be honest, he was a little worried.  Investigating military discipline matters is definitely an offending activity, but if nothing is found, wouldn't it be a loss of both the emperor's face and his own.  Zhi Rui, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, is the cousin of the emperor's favorite concubine Zhen Fei. He is not very capable in handling affairs. It is feasible to send him to the Army Division to supervise military discipline. However, Shen Zengzhi, the head of the Ministry of Punishments, is talented in literature but not a person who can do big things. Wang Renkan, Huang Shaoji,  Ding Lijun and others are all good writers and have decent character, but they lack practical experience, and they have never been in contact with the Navy or Land Division After thinking about it carefully, he had a headache, so he asked Li Hongzao and Huang Tifang to find  We came to discuss it, and it turned out that Li Hongzao recommended Hanlin editor Li Wentian, while Huang Tifang had no choice. He thought of recommending Lu Hong, but now Lu Hong is just a commoner But this opportunity seems to be worth repaying to Lu Xian.  nephew!  Weng Tonghe was worrying about supervising military discipline. Two days later, something happened in Shanghai that shocked him!  ¡¾Brothers who have votes, please support~~¡¿
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