Although there are problems that are not terrible, it does not mean that we can leave them alone, but we should actively face them and come up with reasonable solutions, and after the success of the Shanghai talks, the crossing group should now be able to obtain a period of relative stability, and there will be enough time to solve these problems and allow the People's Army to further develop.

And Qin Zheng is also thinking about how to solve the problems raised in the investigation report. Qin Zheng is concerned about political work, because Qin Zheng himself is a political worker, and he has also seriously thought about the question of how to do political work in this era. It is indeed urgent to strengthen and improve the work ability and work methods of middle- and lower-level political work cadres. Qin Zheng has some ideas about this, and now he corroborates them with the questions raised in the investigation report to further improve his ideas.

Just when Qin Zheng was thinking, the car had arrived in Tianjin and sent them to the office of the Military Commission, and now the Military Commission has a special office building in Tianjin, not in Gordon Hall to work with other administrative staff, and has its own independent rest place and kitchen, which is completely functional, which is also the separation of the administration and the army. At this time, it was already about 11 o'clock in the afternoon, and they were received and given a rest room, and told them to meet at 2 o'clock in the afternoon to discuss the investigation report.

Qin Zheng took advantage of the lunch time to meet with Xia Bohai and Xiao Jianjun, introduced the recent work to each other, and had a brief discussion on the investigation report and exchanged their opinions.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the meeting started on time, in addition to Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun attended the meeting, there were also 7 captains and political commissars of the warship, as well as army commanders Zhu Yaping, a total of 19 people attended.

Xiao Jianjun first announced the decision on the handling of the personnel involved in Li Zhuangyong's defection. Three soldiers who attempted to defect were sentenced to dismissal from the KPA and serve for five years; while two soldiers who explicitly participated in Li Zhuangyong's defection plan but did not defect without being notified by Li Zhuangyong were also sentenced to dismissal from the KPA and serve for three years. Or the soldiers who allowed Li Zhuangyong to escape were given the severe punishment of dismissal and probation, and all of them were transferred to the reserve training for three months, and they received regular political study, and after the three-month reserve training was completed, they decided whether or not to transfer to the regular army based on their performance. If they are unwilling to undergo three months of reserve training, they will be directly dismissed from the KPA, and all preferential treatment and welfare conditions for military personnel and their families will be abolished.

Officers of the units who defected or attempted to defect or failed to notify the defecting soldiers were given a demerit, while officers of the soldiers who did not report it or allowed Li Zhuangyong to flee were given a warning.

After listening to Xiao Jianjun's report, Lu Kai said: "Chief of Staff, isn't the punishment of the soldiers who know a little too severe, after all, they didn't run away with Li Zhuangyong, this still shows that they are loyal to us, and they are still commendable, there is no need to beat them to death with a stick, I think they should still be given a chance." ”

Xia Bohai said: "Not participating in defection, this is the most basic obligation of a soldier, it is not a thing to praise at all, and we don't need such loyalty, and not reporting it, or even conniving at defectors, this is a serious mistake, so transferred to the reserve and did not expel them directly, which is already giving them a chance." ”

Lu Kai said: "That's right, but we should also consider the particularity of this era, now it is a feudal society, and it is impossible to eradicate the habits of the rivers and lakes in the army." ”

Qin Zheng said: "I agree with the strict handling of these informed soldiers, some things can consider the particularity of the times, but there are things that must not consider the particularity of the times, because military discipline is military discipline, and we can't break the buckle at all, otherwise our people's army can only be like the Hunan Army, the Huai Army, and the Beiyang New Army, step by step towards corruption and degeneration, if we want to consider the particularity of the times, then is it necessary for us to establish a republic?" And according to the investigation report, they still haven't realized that their mistakes are there, which makes it even more difficult to be careless. ”

Lu Kai said: "Political commissar, what if the transformation is not good in three months?"

Qin Zheng said, "We give them the opportunity to educate and reform, but if the reform is still not good after three months, then we would rather not want such soldiers, and we must not discount military discipline." ”

At this time, Zhang Weining said: "I have no opinion on the punishment of these soldiers, but all the officers of the relevant units have been punished, and this defection incident involves a total of 3 regiments, 7 battalions, and 16 companies, and may involve nearly 100 officers. ”

Qin Zheng said: "I don't think the blow is too big, of course the officers are responsible for their own teams, there has been such a large-scale defection, but the officers of the army have not noticed it at all, this is a serious dereliction of duty in itself, officers are not only honor and status, but also responsibility, you can't only punish the soldiers and not the officers, or only punish the local soldiers, not the crossing soldiers, do you think such an army will have a future?"

After listening to Qin Zheng's words, the others stopped talking, so the punishment decision of the relevant personnel in the Li Zhuangyong defection incident was finally determined. However, of course, this meeting will not only discuss the decision on punishment, in fact, it is only a small topic of this meeting, but more importantly, to discuss the solution of the problem of the KPA and its future development.

So Xia Bohai said: "The occurrence of large-scale defections shows that there are big problems within our troops, and these problems must be solved. First of all, let the chief of staff talk about the current expansion of the KPA. ”

Xiao Jianjun said: "By April 1901, the People's Army had established 12 regiments with a total of 34,200 men, with 7,500 non-combatants, and the navy had a total of more than 12,000 people, with a total of more than 53,600 troops, and there were about 20,000 reserve troops in Beijing and Qingdao. It is planned that the army will allocate about 15,000 men, and will be organized into 3-4 regiments, and in the future it is planned to be organized into 4-5 divisions, while the remaining 5,000 men will be allocated to the navy, and after all the warships are repaired, the fleet will be formed. ”

Xia Bohai said: "I think the current scale of the People's Army is enough, even if we occupy the whole territory of Shandong in the next step, it will be enough to deal with it, so the expansion of the People's Army will stop here for the time being, and the next step is to solve the problems encountered at present, and carry out strict training, so that the current People's Army will become our backbone force in the future." If you have any comments, you can feel free to speak. ”

Qin Zheng immediately said: "Let me talk about a few points, first of all, the management of the army must be strict, and all kinds of disciplines and systems must also be implemented without discounting, and we must not insist on major matters and relax small things, and at the same time, we must establish a strict supervision mechanism, and the higher-level departments must strictly inspect in place, and there can be no more sloppiness." However, our mid- and lower-ranking officers do have the problem of lack of management experience, so I suggest that the necessary training should be given to the middle- and lower-ranking officers, so that people with management experience can guide their work and help them grow up as soon as possible. Moreover, the training is not only for crossing soldiers, but also for local soldiers, and now all soldiers at the company level have been served by local soldiers, and in the future, officers at the company and battalion levels will also be served by local soldiers, and it is absolutely necessary to train them as well. ”

"In terms of political work, to be honest, I don't have a very good way, and I am also a novice in this era, so now we can only cross the river by feeling the stones, and slowly explore the working methods, after today's meeting, I will gather all the original political work cadres to meet and discuss, as soon as possible to come up with a set of working methods, and then train the political work officers at the company and battalion level, and gradually improve them in the future work. However, I believe that we should indeed finalize our political propositions, programs, and land policies as soon as possible, as this is not only to facilitate political work, but also to facilitate our development and growth in the next step. ”

Xia Bohai also nodded and said, "Our political propositions, programs, and land policy matters really can't be delayed any longer, and they will be discussed at tomorrow's executive committee." ”

Qin Zheng said: "That's good, there is another point, I have mentioned before, that is, the establishment of a soldiers' committee, so that the grassroots soldiers can learn to manage themselves, and supervise the internal affairs and financial situation of their own troops, which used to be shelved because of the war, and now I think it's time, the establishment of a soldiers' committee can not only strengthen the sense of responsibility of the grassroots soldiers, but also an important embodiment of the people's army that distinguishes it from the Qing court army and the Beiyang army, and we can also find from it that the ideological consciousness is high, Native soldiers with management ability, focusing on training. ”

After a little discussion, Wang Hailong said: "Political commissar, is this okay? As far as the thinking of the local soldiers is concerned, can they manage themselves well? Don't make a mess when the time comes, I have studied the soldiers' committee, and it is not easy to want the soldiers' committee to do a good job, and if it is not done well, it will become an extreme democratization, and everything will be resolved by vote, and the staff of the soldiers' committee will be stronger than that of the grass-roots officers." ”

Qin Zheng said: "What you said are the details of the system, which can be solved when the system is determined, and if you don't give it a try, how can you be sure that the soldiers' committee cannot be established in this era? ”

At this time, Jin Feng said: "I support the establishment of soldiers' committees in the army, but I suggest that the establishment of soldiers' committees in the whole army should not be busy at first, but should be tried for a few months in the first or second regiments to see the effect of the whole army, and at the same time, it will also help to find problems and solve them in a timely manner." ”

Qin Zheng thought for a while and said, "I agree with this, it's better to be safe." ”