After the establishment of the Huaxia State, Hu Zining set out to carry out reforms in all aspects, and the first thing to reform was the military system. In the new army of the late Qing Dynasty, the establishment of towns, associations, standards, battalions, teams, platoons, and sheds was adopted, and officers at all levels were renamed as commanders, co-commanders, standard commanders, pipe belts, team officers, platoon commanders, and chief and deputy heads.www.biquge.info

By the time of the fall of the Qing Dynasty, a total of 14 towns, 16 mixed associations, 2 Janissary Guard associations, and several independent standards and battalions were established. Among them, the six towns of Beiyang are the elite of the new army, which is directly controlled by Yuan Shikai, and the subordinates are in the Zhili area, and the others are scattered throughout the country.

Hu Zining decided to adopt the establishment of the army soldiers when it was called, and to unify and reorganize all the armies in the country. It is planned to reorganize the whole country into 10 infantry divisions, and the army must be reorganized and trained in accordance with the requirements of the whole country, and the soldiers who do not meet the requirements must be eliminated and re-recruited if the number is insufficient.

Officers in various localities must first study at a military school in Beijing for three months before they can return to work, and if they fail to pass the course, they will study for another three months until they pass the test. The most important purpose of gathering officers to study in a unified manner is to brainwash them in political education and cultivate their loyalty to the monarch. He emphasized that the Chinese nation is the best nation, and that even all the Japanese people can be loyal to the emperor, and that the Chinese nation cannot be inferior to the Japanese. These brainwashing efforts are all in charge of Zhang Qiqi's General Political Department.

In terms of weaponry, equip Hu Zining with the latest weaponry at this time taken out of the system, and use the original weapon first in the case of insufficient weaponry.

On March 15, the edict on the reorganization of the army was issued, and most of the officers in various localities were able to obey the central government and accept the reorganization, but a few local officers refused to carry it out in an attempt to become local emperors.

On March 18, Minos, escorted by a pair of officers and soldiers of the Huaxia Army, arrived in Beijing, along with Hu Xiaodie and Bai Lingfang.

"See the Emperor."

After Hu Xiaodie and Bai Lingfang saw Hu Zining, they knelt down together.

"Concubine Ai, get up, I haven't seen you for nearly 4 months, I miss you every day."

After Hu Zining became the emperor, Hu Xiaodie didn't dare to be so casual, and there were many palace maids and guards present in the palace.

"Your Majesty, you haven't married the people's daughter, and you haven't made the people's daughter a concubine, so it's not appropriate to talk nonsense."

"That's sooner or later, I'll ask the Ministry of Culture to choose a good day and an auspicious day, so that I can marry my concubine as soon as possible."

"Your Majesty."

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"Your Majesty the Emperor, after a few months, you have gone from the governor of a province to the monarch of a country, and I have brought everything your Majesty needs."

"Well, thank you, Mr. Minos, I hope that there will be further cooperation between the Chinese Empire and the German Empire."

"I also hope that so, our German Empire must be the best partner of the Chinese Empire in Europe."

In this transaction, the price is 30 million silver dollars, of which 30% or 9 million silver dollars are paid in cash, and the other 7% is exchanged for machinery and equipment of corresponding value. 9 million silver dollars is a huge amount of money for a person, but for a country, especially a big country, it is nothing.

Hebei's iron ore ore is mainly concentrated in the Tangshan area, and Hu Zining ordered Zhang Jian, Minister of Agriculture and Industry and Commerce, to step up the exploration of iron ore resources in the Tangshan area and make use of these iron ores as soon as possible. The steel plant production equipment brought by Minos, Hu Zining instructed Zhang Jian to choose a suitable address in the Zhili area and prepare to build a large-scale steel plant.

On March 20, Hu Zining issued an edict, officially canonizing Hu Xiaodie as Concubine Mei, living in Yongshou Palace, and being selected by the Ministry of Rites to complete the marriage on an auspicious day.

On March 28, just one month after the system upgrade, Hu Zining summoned the talents first.

A senior executive named Yi Zhongpa, who was summoned, was good at industrial management planning. The army's senior technical personnel is named Feng Qingyi, who is good at power technology. Yu Jiahui, a senior technical talent in the navy, is good at the research of naval armor and artillery. Wang Yunxia, a senior technical personnel of the Air Force, is good at research on the aerodynamic layout of flying objects.

The name of the high-ranking military talent of the navy is Yu Si, and according to his comprehensive ability, he is an extremely excellent naval officer. Although countries have not yet established a special air force, the military capability of the air force is enough to be called equivalent to that of an outstanding officer of the air force in 10 years.

On April 3, Hu Zining summoned cabinet members to the Yangxin Hall for discussion, and even the Minister of the Navy, Sa Zhenbing, who worked daily on the warship of the Tianjin Military Port, was also summoned.

Hu Zining first ordered further military reforms, and set up the Ministry of National Defense to be responsible for the management of all military aspects in the country, with Wang Shizhen as the Minister of National Defense. The Minister of War and the Minister of the Navy were renamed Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. Separated from the cabinet and transferred to the General Staff, Duan Qirui concurrently served as the commander-in-chief of the Army Command, and Sa Zhenbing served as the commander-in-chief of the Navy Command.

Next, listen to the minister's work report.

Liang Qichao, Minister of Culture, said: "The emperor, after the careful selection of the ministers, May 11 is the most suitable for the wedding of the emperor and Concubine Mei." ”

"Okay, let's have a big wedding on that day."

Foreign Minister Liang Dunyan said: "Yesterday, the Russian ambassador conveyed to the minister the request of the Russian Government, requesting that the rights and interests in China be further expanded on the basis of the original Qing government. ”

Liang Dunyan handed the chapter to Hu Zining, Hu Zining opened it and read it, the more he looked at it, the more angry he became, Russia was in the detailed rules, not only had a great appetite, but also made naked threats to himself, the emperor, as if he would use force if his requirements were not met. If it weren't for the fact that the army was not strong enough now, Hu Zining would have sent troops to fight against Russia a long time ago, and the more than one million square kilometers of land ceded to Russia in the northeast and northwest by the late Qing Dynasty must be recovered.

Hu Zining tore up the chapter in front of the minister and said, "Liang Aiqing, you tell everyone about Russia's unreasonable demands. After you go back, tell the Russian ambassador that our Huaxia State can only accept Russia's original rights and interests during the Manchu Qing Dynasty at most, and if it wants to expand its rights and interests again, unless it sends his troops over and defeats our Huaxia Army, and warns them not to meddle in the affairs of our Mongolian Province and Xinjiang Province. ”

Liang Dunyan repeated the unreasonable demands of Russia, and the ministers were filled with righteous indignation when they heard it.

Duan Qirui said: "Your Majesty, if Russia dares to invade our Chinese Empire, the minister is willing to lead the troops to fight with Russia." ”

Several officers also responded.

The civilian officials, however, are mostly sensible, and according to the current strength of the country, they are not a military opponent of Russia.

Tang Shaoyi said: "Your Majesty, of course we can't agree to Russia's unreasonable demands, but now it is not appropriate to directly clash with him militarily. ”

Hu Zining said: "Well, Premier Tang is right, on the premise of adhering to his own principles, try to be as smooth as possible." "Compared with military attachés, this civilian official tends to be more rational in handling these matters.

Zhang Qiqi said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that when necessary, you can play the card of Japan." Japan and Russia have been competing with each other for the interests of the Northeast, and the Russo-Japanese War a few years ago has led to tensions between the two countries. We can tell the Russians that we can basically agree to his demands, but this has already been learned by Japan, and the Japanese Government strongly opposes our Huaxia country's agreement to Russia's demands, and cannot agree to his demands for the time being under pressure. The Russian government never really asked Japan if it knew about it. ”

Hu Zining laughed and said, "What a clever plan! Kiki.....Oh, Zhang Aiqing deserves to be my brainchild. ”

Zhang Qiqi was a woman, only 17 years old, and the emperor appointed her as a high-ranking official equivalent to a cabinet minister, except for the person summoned by Hu Zining, almost all the other ministers were dissatisfied. In the past month or so, I have seen that he is talented and full of wealth, and the dissatisfaction in my heart has been much lighter.

Zhang Qiqi said modestly: "The emperor has won the award, and it is the duty of the minister to give advice to the emperor." ”

Hu Zining said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am a dignified Huaxia country, with a large land and rich resources, but I have to endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens so much, it is because our strength is still too weak, we must seize the time to build our Huaxia military, economy, science and technology, people's livelihood and other aspects, sooner or later, my Huaxia country will definitely become a first-class power in the world like the Han and Tang Dynasties." ”

All the ministers knelt down one after another, saying that they wanted to go to the soup for the emperor and do their best, whether it was from the heart or pretentious.