Weser told the secretaries not to talk about it after kicking the chair, but Weser felt uneasy in his heart. According to what he learned about secrecy, the so-called "don't tell this out" is just to let those who spread it put "the governor won't let us say this" in the first place of dissemination. For human nature, Weeser is not very confident.

However, what Wei Ze expected the most was the sentence that the guard captain Lu Shengzhong couldn't help but interject, "Who hasn't had any evil fire?" That's your own business. But if you go out and say that this is the political commissar of Lei Hu to make the governor angry, it will be to sow discord. You know what the crime of sowing discord is! ”

This sentence made the secretaries fully understand the strictness of the matter, and everyone promised at that time that they would never sow discord. Looking at the faces who understood the problem, Wei Ze felt that his ideological work was really bad enough. Secretaries are not psychiatrists, what they fear most is not reason, what really deters them is organizational punishment. A sentence of divisive accusation is better than a long description of personal consciousness.

Wei Ze initially thought that Lu Shengzhong did a good job, but after thinking about it for a while, he still felt that he couldn't fully learn from Lu Shengzhong. The use of power to intimidate his subordinates is certainly the most convenient tool for rulers, but the side effects of such things are too great. Just as Weeser can use his appeal unscrupulously, this overdraft will later demand a high price from Weese.

But this is just a trivial matter, and Wei Ze has no time to think about it at this time. Because Wei Ze finally didn't show a negative feeling, when he told everyone about the latest changes in the political bureau, the comrades in the political bureau didn't take this as a big deal. Since the assault battle has turned into a flat push, and a large number of troops have entered the four northern provinces, there is no essential difference between the destruction of the Hunan army on the south bank of the Yellow River or the destruction of the north bank of the Yellow River.

At the meeting of the Military Commission, everyone did not mean to laugh at Lei Hu. They are all old soldiers, and as soon as they look at the route that the Hunan army has escaped, they know that Lei Hu will not be able to catch up no matter what. Although theoretically the cavalry does have the possibility of fierce pursuit, but the cavalry is a branch of the Guangfu Army that costs a lot, and if there is really a business trip, the cavalry unit will suffer heavy losses, so who is responsible. Lei Hu's more conservative approach has been recognized by the Military Commission, and it is the same choice to change other people in the Military Commission as commanders. In fact, Lei Hu's action of annihilating the infantry of the 5,000 Huai Army with cavalry is enough to prove that Lei Hu is much stronger than others in the use of cavalry.

In the new plan, Lei Hu commanded eight armies to attack the city of Beijing, and the navy cooperated with the troops of the Zhejiang Military Region to attack Tianjin. The navy's plan was to occupy Weihai first and build a transshipment station there. With this transfer station, it is estimated that it will be possible to start transporting more than 50,000 troops to Tianjin in a month at most. Even if the Thunder Tiger did not reach the city of Beijing at this time, the troops transported by the navy alone would not be able to resist by the Manchus.

After discussing these matters, Wei Ze made several more specific requests, and did everything he could to seize the documents, materials, and collections of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. In particular, Prince Yi's Mansion needs to be paid more attention, where it is said that there is a complete copy of the "Siku Quanshu". In Wei Ze's time, the Siku Quanshu was basically destroyed, and it is said that there are still Siku Quanshu in Prince Yi's mansion at this time in history.

At this time, there was no shortage of Beijing officials who escaped from Beijing, and the map department was ordered to make a map of Beijing, as well as the location of various documents and archives, and a map of the interior of the prince's palace.

These tasks may seem trivial, but they take a lot of time. As soon as he sorted out the clues, a telegram about Li Hongzhang's surrender arrived in Nanjing. Wei Ze had no doubt that this famous pasteur of the Qing Dynasty would surrender, and Li Hongzhang may be a capable man, but he is not a man of character. In times of crisis, there is no need to count on this person's loyalty.

Whether or not to officially tear up with the Taiping Army, this matter makes the Military Commission feel very troublesome. Army Commander Hu Chenghe asked, "Governor, do we want to increase military spending?" ”

Wei Ze was slightly shocked by this, everyone is basically from the Taiping Army, even if they have parted ways now, Wei Ze also feels a little that the Military Commission may not be too eager to do anything about the Taiping Army. As a result, Hu Chenghe shattered this idea with one sentence.

After Hu Chenghe expressed his attitude, he continued: "Let the Sichuan Military Region go north to Hanzhong, I think it is basically enough, even if it is added, it will not be much." ”

"There are not enough troops!" Shen Xin, director of the political department, also sighed.

Wei Ze initially thought that this was true, but after thinking about it, he realized that there was a problem inside. It is said that there were 900,000 troops in the heyday of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the total number of troops in the Liberation Army has easily exceeded one million. What's more, the basic units that have opened up the South China Sea are also semi-military organizations, and in this way, it is really possible for the army to defeat an unprecedented five million or even more.

The population was not necessarily as large as that of the Manchus, and the number of troops was at least three times that of the Manchus, but even so, the localities considered the number of troops to be insufficient. This contradiction sounds a bit funny.

Just thinking about it again, Wei Ze was relieved. The forces that can be mustered by the industrialized countries are at all comparable to those of the agrarian countries. Weeser's army may have been about the same as the British army, and could destroy the Manchu army in a devastating manner. The stronger the combat effectiveness of the army, the stronger the mobilization power of the country. The United States even mobilized more than 10 million troops during World War II, when the population of the United States was less than 200 million. This is the industrial country, and this is the basic capability of the modern state.

Thinking of this, Wei Ze was not very excited, and he said: "If Chen Yucheng sees that we will withdraw immediately after taking Luoyang, then we will also be happy to take the four northern provinces first." If Chen Yucheng must fight, we can only fight. At this point, although we want to play later, this may not be entirely up to us. I'll talk to the Ministry of Finance about this budget at that time. ”

The discussion took half a day, the telegraph information came and went in less than a day, and the news on the way from Xuzhou to Zheng County took four days. Lei Hu ordered the two armies to go to Luoyang, and if Li Hongzhang really surrendered, then he would receive Luoyang and Li Hongzhang's troops. If Li Hongzhang is playing fake surrender, then kill Li Hongzhang unceremoniously.

Lei Hu commanded his troops to advance eastward along the Yellow River and rushed straight to Kaifeng. After solving Kaifeng, the next step is to solve Miao Peilin in southern Shandong. For this capricious villain, Weeser's order was only one sentence: "Resolutely eliminate!" ”