Hu Xiaoyan talked to Li Jingmai about the arrangements after he left, and then left. Then I found Chen Xin, who was writing a book, in the back room of the prime minister's office. Lao Chen now regards Hu Xiaoyan's office as his own. In addition to practicing boxing every day, I write books. One of them, "Introduction to Taijiquan", has only written a dozen copies, and Hu Xiaoyan is its first reader. Every time he reads it, Lao Chen has to ask: Is it easy to understand?

Hu Xiaoyan was also quite helpless about this.

"Master Chen, why don't you go home and have a look? We're going to be out of here in two days. It's going to be a long time before I get back. Hu Xiaoyan took pity on this old man. Although Chen Xin is only 49 years old. But these days, he has been writing books constantly, and even forgot to eat because of this, causing his wife to come to deliver the meal, and complaining about Hu Xiaoyan for a while. Hu Xiaoyan was secretly ashamed. He himself is busy all day long, most of the time is writing plans, and he is more dizzy than Old Man Chen. A lot of times two people have to eat cold rice.

"Oh, is it dark? I said I couldn't see it clearly. Chen Xin raised his head and shook his head.

Hu Xiaoyan looked out the window and found that the sunset was smiling happily in mid-air. He knew that this was the sudden lack of blood supply to the brain caused by Old Man Chen's sudden head-up, which caused his eyes to turn black.

"No, Master Chen. You haven't eaten yet, have you? ”

"Oh, is it time to eat?" Old man Chen suddenly realized, "Oh, my mother-in-law is coming over." ”

"It's already here." Just talking about Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive. The old woman Chen glared angrily, and walked in with a basket in her right hand.

She took out the food from the basket angrily and was laid out by Hu Xiaoyan one by one.

Old man Chen put his arms behind his back and calmly walked over and sat down calmly.

Hu Xiaoyan took the basket and put it aside, smelling the food and suddenly feeling so happy. Although I often go to Old Man Chen's house to eat on weekdays, I always leave after eating in a hurry. Didn't feel like eating at all. According to the old lady, you are not eating, you are pouring rice. Pour it into your mouth.

Although the old lady was angry, she just sat beside the cell head at this time, quietly watching the old man Chen eat.

Hu Xiaoyan looked at all this, and suddenly was full of confidence and enthusiasm for what he was going to do.

After eating, Hu Xiaoyan processed several bills for reimbursement and issued a few plans. I was about to take a break, but I heard a knock at the door.

He raised his head and saw several soldiers wearing Xu Shichang's almost military uniform standing outside the door.

"Report!" Everyone quickly lined up in two columns, standing straight, shouting in unison. The action is the same, the sound is the same. Everyone, the young face is full of pride and dust.

Dust? Hu Xiaoyan took a closer look at the clothes of these young people. The military uniform was neat, but it did fold in some places. There is some dust near the sleeves and breasts.

Hu Xiaoyan returned a military salute: "Take a break!" ”

The young soldiers outside the door quickly took a break.

"Stand upright!" Hu Xiaoyan shouted with great interest.

The young soldiers all stood up at once. The movements are uniform. Much more professional than his men. Although Wang Yue worked very hard to help him train. But those security regiments, even the most elite security regiment fighters who were drawn out, could not do this.

Hu Xiaoyan is even more interested in these young soldiers at this time.

He looked at his room, which was a little small. If you let these people in. It's full of people.

"Turn backwards and trot forward." Hu Xiaoyan had no choice but to order. He himself trotted out with the soldiers. Out of the door, he ran to the front to lead the way. lest these men hit the wall. He believed that even if there was a wall in front of him, if he didn't shout to stop, these people wouldn't stop, and they just crashed into it.

Because these people are young and proud.

When they arrived at the square, Hu Xiaoyan asked these people to stand upright.

The group stood in two rows. Four in each row. There were eight people in total.

"Count!" Hu Xiaoyan looked at these young soldiers with satisfaction. Every security regiment that gets him is a proper non-commissioned officer. Isn't he short of non-commissioned officers?

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight". These people joined in one breath. There was no delay at all, it was like a person.

The leader took a step forward, quickly stood up straight, and raised his hand to report: "Report, eight students from the Kaiping Martial Arts Academy were ordered to come, and there were eight people." Please instruct. ”

Hu Xiaoyan nodded with satisfaction.

"Is there an appointment?" After speaking, Hu Xiaoyan remembered. How can this person say that they are students of the Kaiping Martial Arts Academy? He spent a day in Tianjin and chatted with Nie Shicheng before leaving. Nie Shicheng once mentioned that there is a martial arts school in Tianjin. The Tianjin Armed Forces Academy is just an officer training camp for the Huai Army. Think about it, there are Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang and others in it. All of them went on to become presidents.

He really hasn't heard of this Kaiping Martial Arts Academy.

"Yes!" The students of the Kaiping Martial Arts Academy led by him took out a letter from his arms and handed it over.

"Homecoming! At ease. ”

After Hu Xiaoyan finished speaking, he took out the letter paper inside. The letter was written by Li Hongzhang.

It turned out that the Japanese Army Daiko Fukushima Yasu, who had traveled to China, tried to persuade the Manchus to send cadets to study at the Japanese Army School. Cixi, Li Hongzhang and others were originally very willing. Because Japan's army has proven itself strong in the Korean theater. Moreover, Japan is very close to China, and its success is imminent. Although everyone knows that Europe is more advanced and stronger, it is not in sight after all. The crowd did not have a specific concept.

Now the Japanese Army Osa has come to persuade him personally. The Manchu civil and military officials were all moved. No one wants to see the Manchus perish.

Originally, things were already secure. Who knew that a Li Yan appeared out of thin air in Shanghai, China. Li Yan's "The Rise of Great Powers" series has swept Beijing in just a few days. Manchu officials in Beijing, if anyone has not read the book, it would be too out. Everyone will collectively despise it.

The "Rise of a Great Power" series and Hu Xiaoyan's speech at Gezhi Academy in Shanghai did cast a shadow on the matter of sending people to study abroad. Later, Zhang Binglin wrote an article in Times China to slightly derive what Lawrence said on the train, revealing Japan's sinister intentions.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty was immediately hesitant to send a member.

In fact, it was true that almost all the students of the few armament schools who went to Japan to study became the advance team of the revolutionary army. Each took part in the later revolutionary movements, either directly or indirectly. There is no exception.

The Manchus were not enthusiastic about this, and the Japanese army Osa Fukushima Yasu was anxious. He said that Japan originally wanted to help the Manchus, but you suspected that we had ulterior motives, since you rejected our friendship. Then let's leave the matter at that.

As soon as Fukushima Yasushi said this, the Manchu officials were embarrassed. Everyone's total. Don't send it, sorry. It's not so good. In the end, Cixi made a decision: pie. Not only to faction, but also to faction. So eight cadets of the Armed Forces Academy and eight generals in the army were selected. The generals in the army are all considered loyal by the imperial court. With these loyal generals and eight young students, they won't be rebelled.

The eight students were the eight present.

After selecting the list, one lower was given to Li Hongzhang as usual. Although Li Hongzhang was not happy at this time, he was still one of the founders of Tianjin Wubei Academy, and Li Hongzhang also had the annual funds.

Old man Li has been a hero all his life, but he only suffered a big loss in Little Japan. How can I endure this breath. Seeing Zhang Binglin's article again, he was even more unwilling to send the students to the devil's cave in Japan. Lao Tzu wants to send it to Germany! Absolutely not to Japan! lest these people come back in the future and plague my great cleansing.

These young students are generally selected according to the most elite standards. That is to say, these eight people are the most elite students of Tianjin Wubei Academy.

The loyal Li Hongzhang then sent the list back: re-election.

Tianjin Wubei Academy replied: This list has been confirmed by the Military Aircraft Department.

Li Hongzhang was angry and sent his son Li Jingfang to personally go to the Tianjin Martial Arts Academy to cancel all the military registrations of these people and burn all the materials.

Your sister, Lao Tzu burned all the information. It's up to you to send it.

Li Hongzhang could do this, but the Tianjin Wubei Academy did not dare to report it like this, so they reported: "The school data room suddenly caught fire, burning most of the rosters and burning several people. Eight of them were among them. ”

The Military Aircraft Department picked up. Why do you need to ask what he's meowing? Someone must have caused trouble. So let's re-elect. With the efficiency of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, such a selection was carried out, and the traitor Li Hongzhang made trouble. It's just that most of the roster of the Tianjin Wubei Academy was destroyed, and no one was elected after all. It will take a long time for the roster to be counted.

On the other hand, Fukushima Ann couldn't stay longer. He was about to return to China, but the Military Aircraft Department had no choice but to send the selected generals first. These generals are all in their thirties and forties, with a correct outlook and a long history of character. No matter how much the Japanese government changes in psychology, it can only affect part of their thinking. This includes Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang and others.

Besides, the roster of the Tianjin Martial Arts Academy was burned, and the Military Aircraft Department was naturally angry, so it sent people down to investigate. Of course, nothing can be found. Although there are rumors that Li Hongzhang did it. But Lao Li's skin is already thicker than the city wall. Without real evidence, you can only impeach him, not convict him.

Lao Li said: Anyway, the old man is no longer official, and he won't live for a few years. Impeachment is impeachment, can you still say that the old man is in a prison cell?

Who would dare to do that? The matter is closed.

But the eight students of the Tianjin Wubei Academy are indeed dead in terms of information. It can't be left in Tianjin. It just so happened that a letter from Li Jingmai arrived, and Li Jingmai was a good boy, and he would write a letter to his father every week to report the current situation.

Li Jingmai said that everything is good here, but there is no money and no non-commissioned officers. There is no way to make money, and there is no non-commissioned officer and student, and as a result, those who are soldiers are now about to become ruffians. Even Wang Yue can't control it, and Wang Yue is Nie Shicheng's subordinate, so he can't stay in Anhui all the time to lead troops, right? Help, old man.

This letter is simply timely rain.

Li Hongzhang immediately arranged it with great interest. First of all, these people are already dead people in the Tianjin Wubei Academy. So you can't transfer it as a Tianjin Wubei Academy.

So these eight people turned into students of the Kaiping Martial Arts Academy.

Kaiping Wubei Academy was built by Li Hongzhang, the general office was Daotai Li Jingcheng, and the direct commander Nie Shicheng sent soldiers to study. At the beginning, it was called the Kaiping class of Tianjin Wubei School. It is a complete training base for reserve non-commissioned officers and students of the Huai Army. This is completely Nie Shicheng's territory.

After Nie Shicheng took the eight students to the Kaiping Martial Arts Academy, these eight people immediately became ordinary soldiers of Nie Shicheng's Wuyi Army, if someone really found fault, of course they could find the names of these eight people from the list of tens of thousands of soldiers. But will Nie Shicheng let people check?

Subsequently, he was sent to Anhui to replace Wang Yue and others.

After the eight trainees arrived at the Yamen Gate of the General Department of Anhui Mining, Nie Shicheng immediately crossed them off the list. Now these eight students have really become black households. Because their military record is that eight people died in the fire of the Tianjin Wubei School.