Chapter 125: Towards the Future
There are many, many elements that are needed to build the core leadership of a team, the most important of which is the core philosophy. Man is a thinking animal, if the core concept of "robbing money, food and girls" is taken, even bandits will not last long. The big bandit leader also has to play a sign for the way of heaven to come out and mix, without a core concept, he can't be a big willow when he is a bandit.
The Qing army under the Guoxing Asuo Department had extremely complex origins and motives, and if it weren't for the special environment during the war, it would have caused a big mess long ago. But the war will not last forever, and there are intermittent periods of war, and it is impossible for Goxinga to take these people to fight non-stop day by day.
Zeng, Zuo, Li, and Hu's regimental training and armament took loyalty and morality as the core concept, but this thing is a bit illusory. Although the illiterate peasants in ancient China also knew morality very well, people always changed. After the end of the war, the Hunan army rapidly declined, and the relatively young Huai army failed to persist in the Sino-Japanese War. The officialdom and the glory and wealth quickly turned these soldiers who once fought bloodily for morality into cowards who escaped from the battle.
Although Guo Xing'a has been thinking about this issue, he cannot preach communism, and he has no more incantations. As a good boy who grew up under the red flag, he didn't understand and really couldn't think of other ideas. In this evening class, when he saw the young man studying, he suddenly remembered Yingang Academy, thought of the former prime minister, and casually said that he would fight for the rise of the Chinese nation. Although it was a temporary idea, it made Guoxinga suddenly enlightened, and new nationalism is also a good banner, and the former world boss who was beaten by outsiders especially eats this set.
After the evening class, Guo Xing'a gave two orders. The first is that the instructors of each ministry quickly conveyed the new idea of Guoxinga to all departments, and the second is to add a new course on the history of the Chinese nation. The textbooks for the history class were compiled by Guo Xing'a himself, and although he couldn't remember the details, Guo Xing'a was still able to figure out the general context. Of course, because of his special status, the main thing in history class is to preach how China was in the world in the past since the Xia Shang and Zhou periods, how backward it is now, and how it has been bullied, and the internal contradictions of various ethnic groups have been brushed aside.
In addition to the rapid conviction of the various departments, Goxinga also had an unexpected gain. Tan Shaoguang looked for Guo Xing'a a few days later, and it took a lot of effort for Guo Xing'a to figure out what he meant. The main thrust of Tan Shaoguang's remarks can be summarized in one sentence: "I will study military knowledge hard in the teaching team and turn myself into a new-style commander." I also agreed to surrender to you, but you asked me to fight the brothers of the Taiping Army, but Lao Tzu still didn't go, and if you were unhappy, you would kill me. But if you start with Yangyi one day, you can give me a company, give me a battalion, and Lao Tzu will be a pawn for you! "Guo Xing'a, who wasted countless spittle stars in front of this Uncle Tan, of course agreed at the first time. He didn't expect Tan Shaoguang to beat Li Xiucheng, as long as this uncle could give him ideas.
After Tan Shao's bare feet, Rong Hong also came, and this yellow-skinned and white-hearted patriot was even more straightforward.
"Hello adults, I'm convinced, you can let me teach English, let me make up textbooks, I admit it. I hope you can give me a half-official position, and I will do it with you in the future. But your speech also mentioned machines and railways, you are also a person who knows the development trend of the world, you see if you can give me more important work in addition to teaching, I am a talent, I hope you don't waste me! "Rong Hong obviously typed a draft before he came, and he spoke a large part of Chinese very fluently.
"I know that you are a talent, and it is a very rare talent, but you are a talent who is detached from reality, so I asked you to teach English, I want to calm down your hot brain!" Guo Xinga likes Rong Hong very much, this guy is estimated to have been in the United States for a long time, and he speaks very directly.
"My lord, I am well-educated, not what you thought I was?" Anyone who has just left school will not accept it, and they all feel that they just haven't found a suitable position yet, and Rong Hong feels that he is particularly suitable for governing the country.
"China has its own national conditions, and there are too many specific circumstances, which cannot be solved by moving the United States to China. The set of things that were copied from the United States cannot be implemented in China, and even if they are implemented, they will not make China rich and strong. "It's necessary for Guo Xing'a to talk to Rong Hong a little more, Rong Hong still needs a lot of practical experience, but Guo Xing'a doesn't have that much time.
"I'm just learning from the advanced places in Europe and the United States!" Rong Hong was still stiff-mouthed, he felt that what Guo Xing'a said was just a pretext.
"Alright! I'm asking you a few questions, and if you can answer me, I agree with you! "Guo Xing'a is very patient, he wants to convince Rong Hong, and then let Rong Hong do something important.
"Okay, if you win, I'll listen to you!" Rong Hong is still somewhat confident.
"Let's just talk about your seven pieces of advice from last time! Article 1 The army should be organized according to scientific principles, do you think that the army formation is scientific now? Guo Xing'a is ready to refute Rong Hong one by one.
"The U.S. military is all ......," Rong Hong said, his voice getting quieter and quieter, and he didn't know much about military affairs as a student of English literature. The scientific principle he suggested was to imitate the military systems of Europe and the United States, but as far as the Qing army of the Guoxing Asuo was concerned, it was actually similar to the military systems of Europe and the United States.
"Alright! You're not a soldier, let's talk about what you're better at! Your second and third are to establish the Armament Academy to train talented officers, and the Sailor Academy to train the navy. The school is easy to build, I just need to change the name of the teaching team, how to train officers in the problem city! Do you teach or do I teach? Guo Xing'a looked at Rong Hong with a smile.
"......" Rong Hong was speechless again, he could actually say something in the first three, but in the face of the semi-professional soldier Guo Xing'a, he gave up struggling.
"Article 4 The organization of a civilian government with persons of intelligence and experience acting as advisers to the various executive branches. First of all, my Qing Dynasty is a civilian government! Secondly, who is this intelligent and experienced person, how to be sure? Guo Xing'a spread his hands to Rong Hong.
"You can elect!" Rong Hong is full of confidence.
"How can the selection be fair? Isn't there such a thing as favoritism in the United States? "Guo Xing'a can't bear to look at Rong Hong.
"This ......" Rong Hong is a little stuck again, it's not that he hasn't thought of a way, but how powerful China's favoritism and fraud are, he has already seen it in Shanghai.
"Why don't we take the test!" Guoxing Ah Jiao'er Lang gave his opinion.
"This is a good idea!" Rong Hong slapped his thigh.
"My current officials in the Qing Dynasty are selected through the imperial examination!" Guo Xing'a has already begun to pity Rong Hong.
China's system has been continuously improved over nearly 2,000 years since Qin Shi Huang ruled the world. Some of the sages of the past generations were talented and intelligent, and through their efforts, this system has become almost impeccable. If it were not for the external attack of the foreign powers, this system would have been difficult to break. Rong Hong drank foreign ink for a few years, and wanted to fight against the famous sages in history on his own, but the result could only be to hit the stone with an egg.
The two debated for a long time, and the basic routine was that Rong Hong was criticized by Guo Xing'a, and of course there was also a Rong Hong who held the front, that is, to establish a school education system at all levels for the people and use the Bible as one of the textbooks. Goxinga agrees with the first half, but Goxinga doesn't agree with the Bible as a textbook. However, religion can be said to be good or bad, as long as it is not a cult, it is all good! But if you have to say that that religion is better than other religions, this is not looking for a draw! The two argued for a long time, and in the end they could only seek common ground while reserving differences.
"In the end, what you said is the great principle of governing the country, do you think it makes sense to talk to me as a leader from the third grade? You should go to the emperor to talk, but will the emperor meet you? You can't even say I'm convinced, are you convinced by the Military Aircraft Department and the Imperial Ministers? Goxinga concludes the debate with three questions.
"God , what should I do! What should I do? Rong Hong sat down dejectedly.
"Don't be discouraged! There is still hope, you will follow me as an official first to understand China. When I have my own territory in the future, let's start a pilot first, and then we will find a way to promote it to the whole country! You don't think so! "Guo Xing's purpose is to pull Rong Hong over, not to completely dishearten him.
"Good!" Rong Hong's eyes lit up again.
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Guo Xing'a set off with Rong Hong and the cavalry battalion, and this time the destination was "Little Nanjing". Big Peter has another batch of good things to sell, and Rong Hong is going to Shanghai with Big Peter. Guo Xing'a gave Rong Hong a nine-pin pen-style official position, and then sent him to Shanghai or the surrounding overseas to purchase supplies.
Big Peter's things are good and cheap, but they are all made, and the few tools that can only be repaired are minor repairs. Big Peter brought in all the big road goods, basically anyone can buy them, and Guo Xing'a has no technical advantage at all. Guo Xing'a was even fed up with the rate of fire of the front-loading guns and the overall weak firepower of the Qing army, so he needed to modify his weapons to increase the rate of fire of his guns and the power of his artillery. And to do this, Goxinga needs precision machine tools and other tools, as well as chemicals, and even if Peter has it, he will not sell it to Goxinga, and he doesn't want Goxinga to have the ability to make his own weapons. So Goxinga had to send Rong Hong, a Chinese with American nationality.
Shanghai is still only a port, there are very few machines to buy, chemicals are not so easy to find, and Rong Hong may have to go to India or even further afield. After Guo Xing'a gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, he allocated a huge amount of 50,000 taels to Rong Hong, as well as eight outstanding teenagers from the teaching team as Rong Hong's entourage.
I also want to thank the Shanxi ticket number, if it weren't for these warriors who dared to make money in the pile of dead people, Rong Hong really couldn't take away 50,000 taels of silver. One and a half tons of silver could not be carried away by Rong Hong and eight thirteen or fourteen-year-old boys. Zhenjiang's Shanxi ticket number turned the silver into a piece of paper weighing less than a penny. The Qing Empire dared to let the Shanxi ticket number help collect the silver, and Guo Xing'a had nothing to worry about with this little money. After receiving 800 German-style sabers and 200 oceanic horses from Big Peter, Guo Xinga watched Rong Hong go away with all his family resources.
Rong Hong took away all the cash that Guo Xing'a had robbed for half a year, and Big Peter also paid off the payment as he wished, and Guo Xing'a became poor all of a sudden. After returning to the base camp of the deserted village, Saishana reported to him that there were only one hundred and twenty taels of silver in the Gongzhong.
Before dinner, the dusty Xiande interrupted Guoxing, who was lamenting that he was going to start all over again, and he brought two good news that came at an untimely time, and one bad news that came especially at a bad time.