Qin Zheng was accompanied by the Kunming and Changbaishan ships, because the negotiations had already been concluded, and it was basically certain that Shanghai was safe, so there was no need for these two warships to remain in Shanghai. Moreover, this time when I went back, there were important events to be negotiated and handled, and not only Qin Zheng needed to be present, but also Zhang Weining, the political commissar of the Kunming ship who accompanied him to Shanghai, and Lu Kai, the captain of the Changbaishan ship, were also important military leaders and needed to participate in the discussion together.

As a result, as soon as the fleet arrived at Dagukou, Qin Zheng, Zhang Weining, and Lu Kai were picked up by a van that had been waiting here for a long time and went straight to Tianjin.

At present, there are two important matters that the crossing group has, and it is urgent to determine them as soon as possible: one is that the investigation report on Li Zhuangyong's defection has been released, and now it is necessary to make a final decision on the handling of the intersecting personnel; and the other is a topic that has been talked about for a long time, what kind of land policy the crossing group intends to adopt. Although these two incidents, one is military affairs and the other is government affairs, and they seem to be unrelated, they are in fact closely linked.

After Qin Zheng and the others got into the car, the staff who came to greet them immediately showed them the printed investigation report on Li Zhuangyong's defection. After a detailed investigation and interrogation, the investigation team finally determined that Li Zhuangyong's defection was a premeditated, organized, and planned escape action, with a total of eight people successfully escaping, three arrested in attempted escape, and two others also joining Li Zhuangyong's defection plan, but this time they were not notified by Li Zhuangyong and did not participate in this defection operation. But they were very clear about their defection plans.

In addition, as many as 14 people also knew Li Zhuangyong's defection plan, because Li Zhuangyong persuaded them to defect together, although these people refused to defect with Li Zhuangyong, but they did not report it to their superiors, and they have been tight-lipped about it, and one is that after discovering Li Zhuangyong's defection, they did not stop it, but let Li Zhuangyong escape, and did not report to their superiors in the first time, that is, Jiang Haidong.

In their opinion, when Li Zhuangyong told himself such a confidential matter, he treated himself as a true brother, and of course he could not betray Li Zhuangyong, and even many soldiers thought that what they did was not wrong, and that they were loyal to the People's Army because they did not follow Li Zhuangyong's escape, and that he did not betray Li Zhuangyong because he was righteous to his friends. They didn't even think that they would be punished in multiple ways, because by not fleeing with Li Zhuangyong, they showed that they were loyal to the People's Army, and those who were loyal would certainly not be punished.

There were a total of 28 people in this defection incident, of which 18 had joined the Boxers, and the other 7 people had some relationship with the Boxers although they did not formally join the Boxers, and in the People's Army, three regiments, 7 battalions and 16 companies were involved, which was indeed a major incident, and now except for the 8 people who successfully escaped, the remaining 20 people have been imprisoned, lost their personal freedom, and are waiting to be dealt with.

And when Qin Zheng saw this, he also smiled a little bitterly, if one of these 14 people reported Li Zhuangyong's defection to his superiors, then it would not be so troublesome. Although it is not necessarily a bad thing to say that the righteousness of the rivers and lakes is not necessarily a bad thing, for the People's Army, there is no need for the righteousness of the rivers and lakes.

Although the Central Military Commission did not expect to train the People's Army into the People's Liberation Army of the old time and space, after all, although the background of the times is similar, the subjective and objective conditions are different, but building the People's Army into a modern army is the minimum goal, and the combat effectiveness and cohesion of the modern army are supported by the spirit of nationalism, patriotism, and the belief in a sense of honor, rather than relying on the so-called righteousness of the rivers and lakes or loyalty to the People's Army. Otherwise, it would be no different from the feudal army.

For example, although the Beiyang New Army, which is now trained by Yuan Shikai in the Qing court, has introduced a full set of German-style army establishment and training methods, and hired a large number of German instructors, the Qing court itself is a feudal dynasty, and Yuan Shikai, the chief general of the Beiyang New Army, is even more dedicated to building the Beiyang New Army into his own private army, and making every effort to strengthen his personal loyalty in the army Therefore, no matter how much such an army looks like a modern army on the outside, it is still a feudal army in its bones. In the old time and space, the trajectory of the Beiyang New Army, like the previous Hunan Army and Huai Army, did form a certain combat effectiveness at the beginning of its creation, but with the passage of time and the expansion of the size of the army, it inevitably embarked on the old road of corruption and fall.

Of course, this investigation was not completely devoid of positive aspects; when investigating the reasons for the soldiers who defected with Li Zhuangyong, the result was that the People's Army did not deduct the soldiers' salaries, the officers' attitudes were mild, approachable, and treated the soldiers as human beings, while the middle- and lower-level officers shared weal and woe with the soldiers, and rarely beat and scolded the soldiers. This also shows that the KPA has indeed succeeded.

In addition, this investigation also revealed a number of problems existing in the current KPA, first of all, grassroots officers generally lack experience and do not know how to manage the army. At present, the officers of the People's Army at the company level are all held by crossing soldiers, and most of the company-level officers were just ordinary soldiers half a year ago, but they were suddenly promoted to company commanders, and they are in charge of about 150 people, and they really do not know how to manage them, and it is better to fight wars, while the management and training in peacetime are prone to go to two extremes: one is to adopt tough and high-pressure means, and even do not hesitate to beat, scold, and corporal punishment of soldiers to ensure the management of the army; and the other is to use some non-principled disciplines, such as being late and asking for leave. Moderate relaxation such as not returning at night, grasping the big things, and turning a blind eye to the small things, even a small number of officers actually called the soldiers brothers, and also used the set of things of the rivers and lakes to manage the army.

At present, the establishment of the People's Army has reached the regimental level, and it can be developed to the division level, and it is necessary to imitate the old model of time and space, and set up instructors at the company level, instructors at the battalion level, and political commissars at the regiment level to be in charge of the ideological and political work of the soldiers. Although it is true that the ideological and political work has achieved certain results and has played a considerable role in the building of the armed forces, there are still many problems.

Because there were not many political workers who crossed the army, because there were only two battalions of marines who crossed over, Of the seven companies, there are only nine officers who have really come from political work, so the political work officers at the company and battalion level are basically ordinary soldiers, and they have no experience in political and ideological work before, and moreover, since the founding of the People's Army, there has been a constant war, and there is no time to train political work officers at the grassroots level.

At the same time, a political work officer also reported that it was not that he did not want to do political work well, but that he was sure that he would not be able to do it, and part of the reason was that the crossing group had not officially announced its political goals and political program for this purpose. Although the ultimate goal of the crossing group is to overthrow the Chun court and establish a republic, and in private it is not forbidden to spread the topic of overthrowing the Chun court in the people's army, but after all, it has not been officially announced, and the Qing court is still the orthodox dynasty of China, and the crossing group is nothing in the strict sense, which not only causes the ideological division within the people's army, some soldiers hope that the crossing group can ascend the throne and sit in the palace as soon as possible, so that they can be meritorious heroes of the dragon; some soldiers hope that the court will recruit peace and seal their wives and sons, and in this case, political work officers are indeed not good at doing ideological and political work。 After the Qin Cha and his entourage came to Tianjin, the number of people looking forward to Zhao'an also increased, and many soldiers even began to calculate how much official position they could hold after Zhao'an.

Some political workers said that even if the group did not announce its political goals, it should at least formalize its land policy, and if the policy of dividing the fields was adopted, then the political work should be done better, because after all, this is a matter that concerns the personal interests of the vast majority of soldiers, and it is easier to give play to it.

However, although there are so many problems, on the whole, the people's army is still much stronger than the Qing army in this era in terms of military discipline, morale, and combat effectiveness. This is mainly because the grassroots level of the People's Army is still controlled by crossing fighters, and a company has at least three crossing fighters, so although it has not done a good job in some non-principled discipline, major mistakes of right and wrong, such as plundering the common people, disregarding human life, and forcibly buying and selling, have rarely occurred; in addition, since the formation of the People's Army, it has been winning successive battles and making outstanding achievements, and the victories not only help the growth of the army, but also make the local soldiers have a great sense of awe and convincing for the crossing group.

After reading the investigation report, Qin Zheng's mind also began to think, during this period of time, he was mainly responsible for foreign affairs, and less management of the army, he did not expect that the People's Army would have so many problems.

Of course, there is nothing terrible if something goes wrong, any army in the process of its construction, can not be achieved overnight, not only need the tempering of war, but also need the tempering of time, even if it is the People's Liberation Army in the old time and space, it has also experienced countless major setbacks, and even the soul of the Zheng Zheng army created by the fire nirvana, so the problems encountered by the people's army now are the problems that should be encountered in the discovery process of an army, this is a normal phenomenon, and all problems are within the controllable range, and there is no need to over-interpret。