Zuo Zongtang most wanted to learn how Wei Ze used his troops, and in September, the Guangfu Army finally began its own military operations. Its goal is not to go north, but to Yunnan and Guizhou.

After working as Wei Ze's secretary for more than a month, Zuo Zongtang understood Wei Ze's full name. Chairman of the Liberation Party, Chairman of the Military Commission of the Liberation Army, President of the Republic of China, Emperor, Comrade Wei Ze. In this capacity, the chairman of the Military Commission of the Liberation Army is still two before the title of emperor. If it was before, Zuo Zongtang would feel that this order was "not like a human king". Now Zuo Zongtang doesn't think so anymore. In his concept at this time, this is the image of a real human king.

"The major affairs of the country are in the worship and Rong", the ancient sacrifice is basically equivalent to the "political concept", and the matter of the horse refers to the war. The Liberation Party is in charge of the country's political philosophy, and the Military Commission is responsible for the heavy responsibility of the war.

In the Book of Poetry, the soldiers of the Liberation Army are dressed in stubbornness-excellent-excellent-small-say-more-new-the fastest-fastest-WWW.UUXS.CC-sharp, defending the country, and their prominent social status matches their dedication.

From these perspectives, where is Weese deviant? Wei Ze is the staunchest inheritor of Chinese tradition. Regarding the war operations of the Liberation Army, Zuo Zongtang wanted to get a glimpse of the true face. What kind of wisdom and martial arts can have such outstanding military exploits.

At the meeting of the Military Commission, Wei Ze first set the concept of liberating Yungui, "When liberating Yungui, we must pay attention to ethnic policies, and first of all, we must eliminate discrimination against local people such as Zhuang and Dai." We are going to liberate these areas, not to take the Manchus away and we will be there on top. The Ministry of Political Affairs should shoulder the burden of educational work. ”

Many people in the high-level of the Guangfu Army have fought with Yungui's Qing army and Zhengyong, so they know the reality of Yungui. After listening to Wei Ze's point of view, many people felt a headache. Trusting the chief of the General Staff Hu Cheng and the leader of the Old Heaven and Earth Society, he said in embarrassment: "Dudu, this idea is very good, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty has plagued Yungui for so long, and the Zhuang and Dai people, as well as the Li people, are extremely hostile to the Han people. I heard that the mother of the winged king Shi Dakai is a strong man. So he can say some strong words, and he has some reputation. How prepared are we in this regard? ”

Shen Xin, director of the political department, took over the conversation, "We have now recruited some Zhuang comrades in our army, and when we only talk about this matter, we will never be worse than Yiwang Shi Dakai." ”

"In this way, our original experience will continue to be implemented, and we must pay attention to revision and adjustment," Weiser said. My idea is to let the army art troupe learn some mountain songs. If the troops can sing a mountain song that can make the local people feel friendly, I think it will be a little help. ”

Singing mountain songs?! Zuo Zongtang, who was listening to the side, listened to Wei Ze's Jianyì, and his eyes widened in astonishment. However, at this time, Zuo Zongtang's mentality also changed a little, from the previous confrontation to follow. He couldn't help but start to find a reason for Wei Ze's actions, and as a result, the "embattled" story came out. This word is most easily associated with the end of the road now, but in terms of its original meaning, it is really a mountain song.

Just when Zuo Zongtang's thinking diverged, Ju Junfeng smiled and said, "Dudu, why don't you sing a song." ”

Someone took the lead, and the guys from the Military Commission immediately began to heckle. "Yes, the governor will sing a song!"

Wei Ze was not angry, his fingers were playing a sign on the table, and he sang openly: "Hey, what kind of water fight, hey; What water rises from the sky; What kind of water surface holds a parasol, what water surface is white.

Hey, duck fight, hey; The big ship rises from the water; The lotus leaf water surface supports a parasol, and the mandarin duck water surface is white-headed. ”

After all, his current body is from Guangxi, and Wei Ze's voice is also clear, and a mountain song really sings the original flavor of Guangxi. Guangxi has a tradition of singing mountain songs, and when they heard this familiar local sound, the original look of the cadres from Guangxi who was just coaxing quickly turned into a look of nostalgia.

Zuo Zongtang is a native of Hunan, and Guangxi dialect is not completely incomprehensible. Although he was surprised by Wei Ze's rather beautiful singing voice, he was even more surprised by this rather elegant lyrics. Mountain songs, in the imagination of readers, were quite vulgar at that time. But listening to this song, there was a big boat sailing on the water in front of me, and I saw the beautiful scenery of ducks on the water, lotus flowers on the shore, and mandarin ducks swimming together.

In Wei Ze's conversation, although Wei Ze doesn't like to drag any sour texts, he often comes up with some words created by Wei Ze, which makes people incomprehensible. But Zuo Zongtang felt that Wei Ze must be a person who had read a lot of books. Even ordinary words have a very elegant feeling to Weeser. Just like this mountain song, it has a unique beautiful taste of the water town, but there is no vulgarity. Zuo Zongtang is getting more and more confused about Wei Ze, are these things God-granted?

After Wei Ze finished singing, the comrades of the Military Commission did not speak immediately, and everyone was silent for a while. Shen Xin spoke, "Isn't it inappropriate for the troops to sing this song?" ”

Hearing this, Zuo Zongtang couldn't help but nod slightly. The song is good, but it is completely unsuitable for the army to sing. This view is completely in line with Zuo Zongtang's thinking.

Wei Ze nodded, "It's really not suitable for the troops to sing, so we want to create more songs that are suitable for the troops to sing." Oh, the superior people owe me money, the medium ones have to sleep, and the inferior ones follow me, it is better than renting oxen and plowing thin fields! Make this into a song and sing it. ”

After listening to it, Shen Xin replied: "I will ask the art troupe to make some suitable songs." ”

Zuo Zongtang's evaluation of Shen Xin was immediately much higher, Shen Xin did not dwell on the details, fully understood what Wei Ze meant, and came up with a solution. This is indeed the bearing and practice of capable ministers. Of course, Zuo Zongtang knew that in the Manchu era, there could never be such a frank dialogue between superiors and subordinates. The subordinates either use a flood of words to prove how wise and powerful the boss is, and a fart is fragrant. Or to quote scriptures and say that the boss's opinion is wrong. can understand what the boss means and give a decent answer, this kind of smart person will be beaten to the point of incompleteness in the Manchu officialdom, and may even lose his life.

In the discussion of the march into Yunnan and Guizhou, there is not much purely military content, and more discussions are about issues at the political level. After listening to it for a while, Zuo Zongtang understood. The goal of the Military Commission of the Liberation Army was how to eliminate the estrangement between the local people after occupying Yungui. The General Staff is responsible for drafting the battle plan for the specific content of the war.

After discussing this issue, Shen Xin, director of the political department, reported on the latest conscription issue. "The proportion of soldiers from the provinces in the liberated areas has gradually been balanced, and the conscription work has basically achieved its goal. Moreover, the policy of joining the military in other places has also been basically implemented. ”

Zuo Zongtang had a question in his heart, with the strength of the Liberation Army, he could have swept the world a long time ago, why did the Liberation Army stop moving forward when it was able to let go of action. Now he also has a feeling of enlightenment, and the Liberation Army is not pausing at all, but is making more internal adjustments.

Weeser said that he wanted to completely break the status quo in which the provinces were beggar-thy-neighbor and hostile to each other. Zuo Zongtang is now sure that Wei Ze is not that kind of mouthful, and Wei Ze first started this step in the army. The Manchu provinces were all local soldiers, and the troops recruited were all stationed in their own provinces, and only when they needed to fight in other provinces. The Guangfu Army's enlistment in other places was fundamentally different from the policy of the Manchu era.

The topics at the meeting were one after the other, and the content varied. The common denominator is that the Liberation Army is implementing its own strategic plan step by step. Among them, there is also a long-term strategic plan for the future to attack the Netherlands in the South China Sea and seize the Spice Islands. The Netherlands used to want to annex Lanfang Province very much, but after the Chinese Dynasty incorporated Lanfang into the country, the Dutch side finally relented a lot. But the Dutch convergence does not mean that the recovery army is ready to let the Netherlands go. The Military Commission developed a plan for the Dutch-occupied Spice Islands over the next five to 10 years.

To Zuo Zongtang's surprise, the reason for this move was that the Guangfu Army needed to expand the planting area of palm and rubber. And instead of letting the Dutch earn Chinese money by exporting spices, this money for spices should be used to build a powerful fleet, defeat the Dutch, and let the Chinese control the spice islands themselves. This is not just a question of seizing land for China, it is also an economic issue.

While admiring Wei Ze's broad and far-reaching strategic vision, Zuo Zongtang also knew very well that Wei Ze was by no means a good person. But the ethics of waging war for long-term economic purposes are indescribable.

After the meeting, Zuo Zongtang couldn't help but ask Wei Ze if it was a bit "that" to start a war. Wei Ze said with a smile: "Comrade Zuo Zongtang, in my opinion, only the highest interests are the interests of the Republic of China. On top of this interest is the interest of the Chinese people. This is not an arbitrary war, this is an action for the long-term interests of China. ”

Zuo Zongtang was not completely persuaded by Wei Ze, he said: "I'm afraid that the gains outweigh the losses." Yungui still has the harm of miasma, and the South China Sea is only afraid of being even more powerful. ”

"Miasma?" Weser smiled and nodded, "You're right, there is indeed this problem. But it's not a miasma, it's bacteria and tropical diseases. So medical schools are working hard to develop drugs and treatments for these problems. ”

Hearing that Wei Ze had already made corresponding preparations, Zuo Zongtang no longer dwelled on this issue. However, Wei Ze did not let Zuo Zongtang go, he said: "I will invite you to dinner at noon." ”

Lunch was a dish ordered by Weese, a multi-course dish made with a lot of spices, fish and meat. Zuo Zongtang likes a hot and sour soup very much, which uses many spices that Zuo Zongtang has never eaten. Zuo Zongtang didn't know that this was a dish called "Thai hot and sour shrimp soup" in later generations.

After eating, Weser asked, "Do you know the benefits of this spice?" I heard that people don't dare to eat fish, because they are afraid that the fish will be cold and hurt their bodies if they eat too much. ”

Zuo Zongtang, who was sweating profusely under the urging of spices, had already understood what Wei Ze meant, and with spices, everyone no longer had to worry about those problems. Zuo Zongtang couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, the people are afraid that they can't afford to eat meat." ”

Wei Ze looked at Zuo Zongtang with a smile, "If you can't afford to eat now, it doesn't mean that you can't afford to eat in the future." I hope that before I die, the Chinese people will be able to eat meat as they please. At that time, people didn't eat meat, they just didn't want to eat it. ”

This is no longer grandiose, in Zuo Zongtang's opinion, this can be reduced to the point of wishful thinking. But Zuo Zongtang at this time was no longer the Zuo Zongtang of two months ago, he closed his mouth and didn't say anything. R1058