"Great victory! What a victory! Your Majesty! "An officer received a telegram from the front line in the Jianji Palace, and after calling the emperor's secretariat, he hurriedly rushed to the Renzhi Hall where the emperor was located, and as soon as he saw Emperor Zhu Mu, he reported this encouraging news loudly.

He stood in front of Zhu Mu, who was already happy, and opened his mouth in front of the first and second assistants, and loudly said the latest news from Liaodong: "Wang Jue led the new army to break through the rebel defense line and is storming Xinmin County. The First World War captured 100,000 rebels, and it is believed that official written documents will soon return from the front. ”

Zhu Mu had already learned the news of the victory at the front from the secretariat just now, and he was discussing with the first and second assistants about the feasibility of borrowing part of the arrears to produce more weapons. Now Zhu Mu has a large amount of money in his hands because of his compromise with some big capitalists. However, he did not want to use the money in his hand directly, but tried to fight the idea of the treasury as much as possible.

Zhao Hongshou's idea is very simple, that is, to end the use of troops in Liaodong as soon as possible, the war is spending money like flowing water all the time, and the recently reported list of weapons procurement has made him, the first minister, feel a little sorry for Li Mingyi and Li Shangshu.

Wang Jianfeng also looked unfazed at this time, which made Zhu Mu a little surprised. Because Wang Jianfeng's consistent policy proposition is to first enrich the country and secure the country internally and then use troops externally, although Wang Jue fought well in Liaodong this time, but on the other hand, he used up the money that Wang Jianfeng was going to use to build three domestic railways.

"I heard that the Praetorian Guard is on the front line, and I have played a majestic role, and I want to come to this matter of the Praetorian Guard and the New Army being mixed and trained together to form an army of their own...... The Ministry of War is also going to make a statement, right? Zhao Shoufu went to discuss this matter with Ge Shangshu, and I was ready to continue to expand the training of the new army, and the military department and the army must not hinder it. Zhu Mu knew that it was time for him to put forward the conditions, with the great victory of the Liaodong front, he had a lot of confidence in bargaining with the military department, and the Praetorian Guard heard that he was brave and fearless in Liaodong, and was specially mentioned and praised by Wang Jue, which made Zhu Mu feel very good.

Zhao Hongshou smiled bitterly, and had to nod and agree to the matter, after all, the new army had just won the battle on the front line, and expanding the training was also a proper move. Moreover, I have heard that the new army has amazing combat effectiveness, new equipment, and the staff system has also eliminated all kinds of ills of the old army, which can be regarded as a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and it is indeed worth promoting.

Thinking of this, he didn't stop him much, and directly agreed: "The minister's decree, the new army now has more than 100,000 troops, and it must be no problem to expand to 200,000...... In terms of establishment, it will be given the title of a formal army group, and in terms of command, it will be assigned to the army ......"

In fact, the rank of the group army of the new army has been given a long time ago, but because of the rush of time and the time of the old emperor, the official official document only mentions "according to the official group army regulations". The main reason for not directly establishing a group army earlier was that the new army had always been small, and even when it went out to Liaodong, it was less than 100,000 people, and obviously did not have the level of a group army.

And now this new army group has at least 150,000 troops under its command, including even the old army such as the 29th Army. Wang Jue is already a veritable commander of the group army, and at this time he is only 20 years old. In other armies, the record for military rank at this age is that he was promoted to a colonel at the age of 20.

"Wang Jue, the commander of the group army, is only a major general, should he be promoted? The officers under his command should also mention it, lest others see it and think that I am unkind! For his friend, a friend who can win victory for himself and bring endless glory, Zhu Mu feels that he should be given the best praise.

However, this idea was immediately stopped by the second auxiliary minister who had not existed for a long time, Wang Jue's father Wang Jianfeng. He took a step forward and hurriedly stepped forward to advise: "Wang Jue is only 20 years old, and he is already the commander of the first army...... If Your Majesty wants to be gracious again, I am afraid that you will lose your original intention of caring for your courtiers......"

This official is really not so easy to be, his face is about to bloom, and he has to shout Haoran righteousness, postpone it with strange reasons, and make a reluctant appearance - Zhu Mu knows that he will see this situation countless times in the future, and when he was with Wang Jue at school, his simple and honest smile can only be a fragment of childhood memory.

"Zhao Shoufu, I am also embarrassed by this matter, you can also send it to the Ministry of War by the way, let them discuss it, carefully and carefully! I want to draw up a charter that will satisfy me and my generals! "So Zhu Mu didn't help Wang Jue worry about this heart, and threw it directly to the Ministry of War, so that Ge Tianzhang and Cheng Zhixin were stubborn to worry about it.

Zhao Hongshou glanced at the new emperor who was sitting behind his desk and was becoming more and more familiar with the political affairs of this country, and showed a pleased expression on his face - although this emperor is still young, he is more intelligent and heroic than the old emperor, and if he wants to rely on the old emperor's way of serving the old emperor to deal with the new emperor, I am afraid it will not be pleasing to him. Ge Tianzhang and Cheng Zhixin, the two ministers of the Ministry of War, now seem to have been remembered by the new emperor, who can have the upper hand, it is really a good show worth appreciating.

"This twist was sent by General Zhang Rude, commander of the Beihai Division, the battleship Wuyishan sank, the Beihai Division suffered serious losses, and the Japanese side must also give us an explanation...... He called for the construction of 3 new battleships, what do the two ministers think? "After dealing with the affairs on the land of Liaodong, all that remains is the problem of the Beihai Division, which is uncertain.

The two battleships that rushed north to aid Zhang Rude are now temporarily stationed in the Qingdao Navy Base at the behest of Ge Tianzhang of the Ministry of War to carry out so-called solidarity. The stationing here is also so that once there is a change in the South China Sea Naval Division, it can more quickly divert to the south to support.

This made it impossible for Zhang Rude's Beihai Division to carry out an effective counterattack against the Japanese Navy, which was the cause of this setback. Zhang Rude's twists and turns are not whimsical, but just increase part of the military spending, build one more new battleship that is being designed and built, and allocate all of them to the North Sea Division.

However, Wang Jianfeng and Zhao Hongshou, including Zhu Mu, had to smile bitterly - the whole country needs money to do things, and they can't take that much in their hands for a while, and they put it into the war to consume.