When night fell, there were no more people walking around on the streets of Tianjing City. In 1854, China's nightlife was not abundant. If the light is dark, who has nothing to do to play?

In addition to this very normal factor, another thing that prevents people from going out is the military control imposed by the Taiping army throughout the city. Patrols move from neighborhood to neighborhood, with fixed posts, mobile posts, and passwords, and even those who want to get through the layers of security measures are simply not able to get through the layers of guards. Those caught violating the curfew end up in a miserable situation. Nearly two years after such strong controls were in place, no attempt has been made to break the curfew.

Just after the patrol passed, two adjacent doors in the residential area of the Taiping soldiers quietly opened a small crack. A dark figure burst out of one door and flashed into another. Then, the two doors closed silently again.

The one who ran out went directly into the inner hall of the other room, and the two people waiting inside stood up, and asked in a low voice, "Staff Officer Ye, no one sees you." ”

Staff Officer Ye replied in a low voice: "Don't worry, the people who live here are all brothers of the Taiping Army, and the people who come to inspect are not too strict." ”

In April 1854, Yang Xiuqing finally allowed the Taiping soldiers to reunite with their husbands and wives. The officers and men of the field troops have not yet been able to enjoy such treatment, and the officers and men who guard the Tianjing City have been able to buy houses in the Tianjing City and live with their wives and families. The one who went out privately was Ye Shan, a staff officer of the former chief of the combat training section of Zhang Yingchen's troops, and the neighbor he went to was the house of Lu Hai, the former chief of the logistics section of Zhang Yingchen's troops. Both of them were old brothers of the Taiping Army, Wei Ze's troops who joined in Hunan. They brought their families to join the Taiping Army, and at this time they also enjoyed the policy of reuniting husband and wife. Accompanying Lu Hai to greet Hayama was Wei Ze's guard Yang Can.

Lu Hai has taken a very big risk, if Yang Can is caught, it will be a big trouble immediately. But he couldn't care so much at this time, and when he saw Ye Shan arrive, Lu Hai immediately said: "After the king of the east seized the military power, he immediately placed many people in the army. More than half of the original officers were wiped out, and our staff headquarters was immediately disbanded. Now the staff officers have been relegated to the position of small soldiers. ”

Lu Hai's anger was not his anger alone, but the anger of all the staff members in the army. After two years of operation, the General Staff system was finally recognized by the troops. With a unified system and a unified training and selection criteria, every officer and soldier knows the structure and operation of this unit. Of course, the operation of any system will bring about various contradictions, but such contradictions are contradictions among the people. When the staff system was completely smashed, at least the staff personnel were fully mobilized in an extremely effective manner.

Ye Shan's view is the same as that of Lu Hai, as the head of the combat training section, Ye Shan can see how backward the traditional Taiping Army's training and organizational model is. "Those who were sent didn't know how to fight at all, they felt that they were masters, and their subordinates were their personal subordinates. Ignoring all kinds of training, just ganging up. As for the officers and soldiers they felt were not their own, these people found all kinds of excuses to strike hard. Normal military training has been completely interrupted for more than a month. If this continues, our army will really be finished. ”

Yang Can listened to the two former staff officers complaining, and his heart finally settled down. Wei Ze had been out of contact with Zhang Yingchen's troops for more than four months, and Wei Ze did not know the real situation in the troops. Although the information provided by the two former staff officers contained a great deal of personal information, what they said also described the general situation in the unit.

After complaining for a long time, Ye Shan finally asked, "Brother Yang, what does the chief of the general staff want our brothers to do?" ”

Yang Can glanced at the two of them for a while, and then said: "The Chief of the General Staff wants you to maintain the brothers of the General Staff, no matter how bad they are now, but this system of the General Staff cannot be completely destroyed." As long as you hold on for a few more months, the Chief of the General Staff will have a way to regroup everyone! At that time, if everyone had no heart, it wouldn't work! ”

"Can we still get back on the team?" Hayama said excitedly. He didn't expect Yang Can to bring such powerful news. As long as the troops return to Wei Ze's command, it will naturally be necessary to rebuild the staff system. At that time, these former staff officers will naturally be reinstated.

Lu Hai's face also showed brilliance, but he was also worried, "But the East King is so strict......

Yang Can didn't know what would happen in the future, but since Wei Ze ordered him to take the words, he naturally needed to act according to Wei Ze's arrangement. Yang Can said confidently: "Since the chief of the general staff said so, he will definitely be able to ask everyone back." You think, the chief of the general staff is the king of Qi, and it is impossible for the king of the east to refute the face of the chief of the general staff. I think it's imperative at the moment that you all have to give confidence to your brothers in the General Staff! ”

"Don't worry, as long as there is a chief of general staff, my brothers will naturally not lose the people of our staff!" Lu Hai replied in a firm tone.

Ye Shan also had a firm attitude, "That's right, please rest assured that the Chief of the General Staff will not let the General Staff really break up no matter what!" ”

After talking for a while, Ye Shan secretly left Lu Hai's house and slipped back to his own house. Yang Can stayed at Lu Hai's house.

At dawn the next day, when all the brothers hurried to work, Yang Can left Lu Hai's house in the crowd and secretly returned to the Qi Palace.

After contacting the staff headquarters in Zhang Yingchen's troops, Wei Ze finally relieved. What he was most worried about was that Yang Xiuqing would purge the staff headquarters first, and once the staff headquarters collapsed, the commanders of various units would become isolated and helpless hills, and they would easily be divided and disintegrated. And Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, obviously did not understand the staff system, and he violently attacked the commander according to the traditional method. This, in turn, would strengthen the seemingly disbanded General Staff. History proves that it is often the most ideal in the opposition. Under the weight of reality, it is easier for these people in the opposition to gather with a certain idea.

This was just one of Wei Ze's efforts, and he quickly went out of the city according to Yang Xiuqing's orders, and took Yang Xiuqing's nephew Chen Delong to catch up with the large army outside the city. Wei Ze did not leave immediately, he and Chen Delong entangled with the military department for several days, and solved the problem of food and grass for the troops, and then went to Changzhou.

After introducing Chen Delong, the trusted deputy chief of staff, to the generals of the General Staff, everyone was polite on the surface. Knowing that Chen Delong had come to study here and that Wei Ze did not need to do it at all, Wei Changrong immediately asked Chen Delong to go to the first link of the General Staff Department, the cultural and educational department, to inspect and study.

Wei Changrong's mouth hung over the river, and he blew through the basic study content of the staff personnel. Chen Delong had no contact with this knowledge at all, and was stunned by Wei Changrong. The other generals of the General Staff all had smiles on their faces when they heard this.

Insiders pit laymen, that is always a pit and a quasi. Wei Changrong is right, this knowledge is all knowledge that members of the staff must know. However, the relationship between mastering this knowledge and mastering power is incompatible. He sent Chen Delong to study, and promised that once he grasped it, he would immediately give more power to Chen Delong. But in order to master this knowledge, the generals of the General Staff Department were so tired that they vomited blood. Relying on the hard-working training of Wei Ze and the cultural and educational departments to link theory with practice, everyone studied for more than two years before they barely passed. Wei Changrong did not mention practice at all, and only let Chen Delong learn theory. The generals are quite confident in themselves, unless everyone looks away, Chen Delong is an immortal genius, otherwise he can't learn anything at all.

Chen Delong was disposed of lightly, and the General Staff ruled out the interference of outsiders and continued the meeting. Lei Hu smiled: "It seems that the East King is going to extend his hand to our General Staff!" King Qi, what do you think? ”

"First of all, no one can reveal what I'm going to say next. Do you remember? Weeser said.

"Remember!" Seeing Wei Ze's movements, the generals were nervous, and they knew very well that what Wei Ze was going to say next must be a big deal.

"Long live the king of the east who is going to proclaim himself!" Weeser threw out the biggest news.

Everyone was stunned, even the most uneducated people knew that Banzai represented the emperor. The generals of the General Staff knew even more clearly what it meant to be self-proclaimed. The East King Yang Xiuqing is now 9,000 years old, and the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan is long live. Wei Ze has attacked the incompetence of the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan more than once in the army, and with such full mental preparation, there is no need to discuss the meaning of Yang Xiuqing, the self-proclaimed long live, the Eastern King.

Wei Ze's gaze swept over everyone's faces, and Wei Changrong's thick eyebrows were furrowed, thoughtful. Hu Chenghe's slightly chubby face was a feeling of ridicule. Ke Gongyu and Ruan Xihao's young faces were full of puzzlement. Lin Asheng's thin face was completely shocked. The other generals were only surprised, but not too moved.

Wei Ze continued: "I don't need to say that if the East King does this, something will happen. At this time, our brothers must be closely united. As long as our hearts are in one place, we don't always have to worry about what will happen to us. ”

These words hinted at various possibilities lurking in the future, but they did not surprise the generals. Long live the self-styled thing, it's normal for something to happen, but it's not normal if nothing happens. Wei Changrong shrugged his eyebrows and said loudly: "Chief of General Staff, does the East King have to do it to the end?" ”

"Anyway, it must be sealed long live!" Weese replied.

"Then we have no other choice, so naturally follow the chief of the general staff!" Wei Changrong immediately expressed his position.

Hu Chenghe was not so tough, although he knew very well that Wei Changrong suddenly called Wei Ze by the chief of the general staff, which was a clear indication of the strengthening of this small group, he did not say anything. After looking left and right first, Hu Chenghe said: "Chief of General Staff, once this matter is done, it will be a big deal." I'll have to come up with a rule now. ”

"There are a lot of rules and regulations to come up with, and the most important thing now is one, that is, the General Staff system must not be affected!" Wei Ze had already determined his thoughts, and now the subordinates who came to the meeting were basically Wei Ze's subordinates who had been relieved, so he didn't want to hide anything anymore.

Standing up, Wei Ze looked at these brothers condescendingly, and after looking around, Wei Ze saw that everyone's eyes fell on him, and then he said loudly: "You brothers can sit with me today because everyone has rebelled." The brothers have all said that they believe that the Little Kingdom of Heaven can be built. Then I want to ask the brothers, what do you think is good about the little kingdom of heaven? Let me start with a remark, I think that if the Little Heavenly Kingdom can really be built, it is also because in the Little Heavenly Kingdom, no one can bully people! I think the reason why the brothers of all families rebelled with their heads pinned to their belts is because we have been bullied for too long, and we have had enough! Let's never be bullied again! ”

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