On August 24, in the main hall of the Zhennan Wangfu, there were more than a dozen people sitting at this time, and they were all the core figures under the command of the Zhennan Wang. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Present were Zhang Zhidong, Liu Jiang, Song Mingren, Li Ran, Zhao Peng, Tan Sitong, Huang Feihong, Li Jingshu, etc.

Li Zhongju glanced at everyone first, "Hello everyone, the reason why everyone is here today is that there are a few main questions, and this king needs to discuss them with everyone." ”

Zhang Zhidong immediately said, "Lord Wang, please speak." ”

Everyone also nodded, they were all looking forward to what the prince would say.

Li Zhongju said with a straight face, "The first thing, the battle of Wuyi Mountain, although we won, but there are also nearly 3,000 casualties, these soldiers must give a full pension, ordinary soldiers each fifty taels of silver, low-level officers from one hundred to three hundred, middle-level officers each five hundred silver. This matter is personally the responsibility of several of your brigade commanders and Commander Zhou. ”

"Yes, Commander." Liu Jiang, Song Mingren, Li Ran, and Zhou Tiezhu immediately bowed down and replied.

Li Zhongju continued, "In view of the strong support of the people for us at present, this king is determined to strengthen reform. First of all, the government system was reformed, and the governor of each province was fully responsible for the administrative affairs, and two vice governors were assigned to assist him. At the same time, each province has set up an inspector to be responsible for the evaluation of officials and the supervision of officials' work style. ”

Everyone nodded thoughtfully, but they felt a little frightened in their hearts, it seemed that the prince was really ready to do it.

Li Zhongju continued, "In each province, it is also necessary to set up a special department responsible for the management of a province's grain and money taxes, criminal cases, traffic and roads, and so on, and these officials are all called department heads, and at present, there are civil departments, tax affairs departments, military affairs departments, criminal departments, road departments, ritual affairs departments, commerce departments, agricultural departments, foreign affairs departments, and so on. ”

Subsequently, Li Zhongju explained the functions of each department to the public. Everyone was refreshed and smart, and they immediately realized that this was definitely a big reform.

Li Zhongju looked at the stunned crowd, paused for a few minutes and continued, "I believe you are all very confused about the Military Affairs Department just now, why the Military Affairs Department is only responsible for law and order in the province, as well as protecting officials and arresting prisoners. So what to do if there is a major military war in the local area, this is what this king will say next. ”

"Militarily, each province has a military district, which will be discussed later, because at the moment our army is not very sufficient. We should have about a year and a half for the next year to develop, and all of us have to do our best and work hard. ”

Zhang Zhidong and the others nodded, they felt that as long as they did what King Zhennan said, then the government's execution ability would definitely be upgraded to a higher level.

Zhang Zhidong thought for a while and said, "Lord Wang, I'm afraid that the reform will not be completed in a while, after all, it is already deep-rooted. ”

Song Naruto said indifferently, "What are you afraid of, who dares to make trouble, the army will directly crush it, I want to see those people dare to come out and make trouble." ”

Li Zhongju shook his head, "Generally speaking, reform must require bloodshed, but our situation is special, and we must carry out reform in the places under our own jurisdiction. At the same time, there are a large number of people who support us. Therefore, we will definitely succeed in this reform, and we must all work together. ”

"It's the prince." The crowd immediately stood up and answered aloud.

Li Zhongju continued, "Finally, Li Ran, you will transfer some soldiers from the First Brigade and the Second Brigade to replenish your Fourth Brigade and enter Fujian Province. Zhao Peng's Sixth Brigade will also go with you, under your unified command. ”

"Yes, Commander." Li Ran and Zhao Peng replied loudly.

Li Zhongju nodded, "This king believes that the two of you will definitely be able to complete the task smoothly." For the foreigners' places in Fujian, you should close them, smash them, and do what they should do. ”

The two nodded.

Li Zhongju paused and continued, "Next, the first thing we have to do is to hold a big exam, let's call this exam the 'Guangzhou Big Exam'." ”

Zhang Zhidong asked, "Lord Wang, I don't know how to determine the scale and form of this big exam?" ”

Li Zhongju smiled slightly, "Since it is a big exam, then whoever wants to participate can participate, after the discussion, you can notify the other three provinces and all the provinces, on September 15, the big exam will be officially held in Guangzhou." At the same time, during this time, we can build a large square in Guangzhou, which can be used for exams in ten days, and even in the future. ”

The crowd nodded.

Li Zhongju thought for a while and said, "Ao, by the way, you must think that the majority of candidates are strict, what we need is to really do things, not to take the Baguwen test." ”

Although Zhang Zhidong and the others were puzzled, they still nodded and kept it firmly in their hearts.

After that, everyone left the Zhennan Palace.

Xiaomei's eyes widened, "Brother, are you really going to vigorously reform this time?" You know, the timing is actually a little premature. ”

Li Zhongju said helplessly, "Xiaomei, we don't have much time. According to normal history, in 1900, there will be a major event of the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance. But since we are here, then we must keep all the foreign devils out and let them not have a chance to enter the north. Therefore, we must reform as soon as possible, otherwise once the big war really comes, I am afraid that we will be a little unable to resist. ”

Xiaomei nodded, "Brother, there is news from the capital that Prince Gong Yixin has begun to rectify the Eight Banners Army, and he has selected more outstanding sons from many banner people to prepare to form an army to defend Beijing." ”

Li Zhongju smiled slightly, "It seems that in a short period of time, we don't have to worry about the pressure of the Qing court, they are afraid that they are still dreaming of their own Spring and Autumn Festival." Wouldn't that be the case? ”

Xiaomei said again, "Brother, in a year, there will definitely be a naval battle, brother, you must upgrade the battleship system to the third level after the initial reform is completed, as long as this way, the battleship system can help my brother create a very powerful warship." When the time comes, my brother can use it to fight foreign devils, and it will definitely save a lot of worry. ”

Li Zhongju nodded, "Xiaomei, you are right, my brother must complete the upgrade of the battleship as soon as possible, and he must not lose the naval battle, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." Xiaomei, how much property do we have now? ”

Xiaomei said without hesitation, "Brother, converted into silver, it is almost three million taels." ”

Li Zhongju nodded, although this number was very large, but Li Zhongju knew that it was actually not enough to spend.

Li Zhongju watched a bird fly by outside the house, and his heart flew to a distant place.