The Hunan army commanded by Zeng Bohan had already equipped its naval division with foreign artillery as early as the third year of Xianfeng. But in the first year of Tongzhi, Zeng Bohan wrote a letter to Cai Yingsong and said: "I despise the importance of offense and defense, in people but not in soldiers, and I don't need to use foreign guns for every brother, and Zhang Tong went to Shanghai to regain the benefits of foreign guns. During the suppression of the Silk Army, Zeng Bohan expressed doubts about the effect of "the Huai Army is good at using flowering cannons", and suggested that Li Shaoquan "carefully observe whether the cannons should be used instead of spears." Zuo Jigao had devoted himself to military training activities when he suppressed the Shengping Army in Fujian and Zhejiang, but until the ninth year of Tongzhi, he still believed that in battle, "it is advisable to use the people of Middle Earth, carry mountain artillery, and set up short mountain artillery, which is to do their best", "supplemented by foreign guns, protected by swords and spears". There is a big gap between their military thinking and Li Shaoquan's understanding.

The modernization of the Huai Army far surpassed that of other cadres in the same period. In the 11th year of Xianfeng, the cadres and troops in various coastal areas were ordered to start hiring foreigners one after another and training them with foreign guns. In the third year of Tongzhi, Prime Minister Yamen said in a compromise: "Fuchen Li Shaoquan did not hesitate to spend a lot of money, purchased foreign craftsmen, set up bureaus and sent people to learn the system, and used all battalions in a steady stream to obtain this sharp weapon, which was enough to destroy the fortifications and break the fortress. The south of the river is cleared one by one, and the speed of the effect is unsurpassed. In another compromise, he said: "In the matter of military training, only Jiangsu Province has the strength to do so, and it is still able to do so." He fully affirmed Li Shaoquan's military training activities in Jiangsu and the modernization of the Huai Army.

In the process of modernizing the Qianguo army, the Huai army was at the forefront, and thus became an example for other cadres and troops at that time to follow. In the third year of Tongzhi's reign, Premier Yamen asked 48 officers and men from the Eighth Department and the Beijing Battalion to study foreign explosives, bombs, and various munitions in Li Shaoquan's Huai Army in Jiangsu. Received the permission of Emperor Tongzhi. Zuo Jigao also invited the generals of the Huai Army, Guo Songlin and Yang Dingxun, to send more than 10 Ben Yong. To the Hunan army led by him, the instructor blossomed the cannon. Zeng Bohan was ordered to suppress the 3,000 newly recruited Hunan troops during the Silk Army. also imitated the Huai army to form a foreign gun team; He also invited Wu Changqing, the general of the Huai Army, to the Hunan Army to coach the use of foreign guns and new formations. In the ninth year of Tongzhi, the imperial court issued an edict, "Zhili Tianjin, Jiangsu Shanghai, and Liu Mingchuan's military camp all practice gun teams and artillery teams, and the pace is still neat, and the orders are still serious." The method of teaching and performing is to consult the regulations of each province on its own, and to seek truth from facts in the general period, and to turn weak into strong. "Liu Ming's ministry is the best in the Huai army. The training of troops in all localities was organized and carried out in accordance with the training regulations of the Liu Ministry. After Li Shaoquan took over the training army of Zhili, he successively sent Ye Zhichao and other Huai army generals to take up posts, and equipped the training army with foreign guns and trained them according to the Huai army's drill method. The training troops in various provinces imitated the training of the army one after another, equipped with foreign guns, and trained with foreign exercises, and the imperial court had a high degree of trust in the modernization of the Huai army, and often ordered Li Shaoquan to send personnel from the Huai army to other provinces to coach and allocate firearms. The modernization of the Huai Army had a great impact on the cadres and armies in various localities at that time.

However, from then until now. The Qianguo army has not completely become a modern army that uses new weapons and equipment and is trained by new methods, nor has it ended the history of using bows, arrows, knives and spears for thousands of years.

After quelling the rebellion of the Holy Peace Heavenly Kingdom. Because the original military pillars of the Daqian Empire, the Eight Divisions and the Youth Brigade, had completely lost their role, the imperial court had to rely on regimental training and armed forces founded by the bureaucratic landlords of the Central Plains, which caused a situation in which the power of local officials was large, and the imperial court was very worried and vigilant about this, so after the end of the war, it tried every means to limit the power of the local Xinjiang ministers and prevent them from threatening the central power.

From the very beginning, the military modernization of the Qianguo country was affected by this kind of game between the central and local governments.

In addition to the power struggle between the central and local governments, the struggle for power in the imperial court has never stopped!

Li Shaoquan, who has been in officialdom for a long time, knows these situations very clearly.

His teacher Zeng Bohan took the initiative to disband the Hunan Army he founded on the day of success, but asked him, the head of his protégé, to keep the Huai Army from letting go, the deep meaning of which is by no means understandable to outsiders!

However, after Lin Yizhe led the shipmaster and sailor to defeat the Japanese navy and keep Mosswan, the imperial court could not wait to "rise and descend secretly", dismissed him from the posts of "governor of Fujian" and "minister of affairs of Mosswan", and deprived him of the command of the shipmaster and sailor, and replaced him with the "Minister of Preparing for Naval Affairs" in the newly established Prime Minister's Naval Affairs Yamen, the intention of which is also very obvious.

Lin Yizhe is dedicated to the country, regardless of fame and fortune, he doesn't mind this, he only thinks about building a powerful navy for the country, with his ingenuity, he could have done a lot, but in the end, his ambition was not rewarded, and he died young!

Lin Yizhe is good at reconciliation, and he was originally a favorite figure of both the Empress Dowager and Prince Jing, but he died suddenly in Beijing, and his death still has many mysteries unsolved, but Li Shaoquan can be sure that his death must be related to the political dispute between the DPRK and China!

The grievances between the Queen Mother and Prince Jing are by no means easy for Lin Yizhe to resolve!

And now his twin brother Lin Yiqing, will he make his mistakes again?

"The current situation is different from that year, but if you don't rise up in time, you will always be the queen, and I am afraid that if there is chaos again, the overall situation will be out of control." Li Shaoquan sighed.

"The queen mother of the DPRK and the king of the government can control the overall situation." Xue Shuyun understood what Li Shaoquan meant, and couldn't help but sigh, "Unless...... There is someone who can be as righteous as Zeng Wen, and he will be in charge of the court, otherwise ......" He shook his head and shrunk the words behind him.

The two were relatively speechless for a while.

At this moment, a master hurriedly walked in, holding a telegram in his hand.

"My lord, Ye Zhen is calling."

Hearing that it was Ye Zhichao's telegram, Li Shaoquan hurriedly took the telegram and couldn't wait to open it and read it.

"Unexpected...... The Russians' hands are long enough! After reading the telegram, Li Shaoquan snorted and handed the telegram to Xue Shuyun.

"This Lin Hanpeng is really extraordinary, the Russians are acting so secretively, they even asked him to find out!" Xue Shuyun quickly finished reading the telegram, and his eyes lit up.

"The Queen Mother gave him a silver medal, and he was really prescient." Li Shaoquan smiled bitterly, "It's ridiculous that my Celestial Empire was so tricked by the Russians without knowing it, and it was rumored that it would go out, and it would really be looked down upon by the nations!" ”

"The stakes are high. Do you want to play the court? Xue Shuyun asked.

"Lin Hanpeng is a silver angel. This happened to be the one he found out. He should report to the imperial court, we are not good to mix here," Li Shaoquan thought for a while and replied, "The imperial court is already afraid of the secret connection of the Xinjiang ministers, Lin Hanpeng will return to the country soon, we can't get too close to him face-to-face, this matter." Let's help him secretly, it doesn't have to be much. ”

"Shanhaiguan is like this, and it is directly under the territory of Shandong, and the situation is not much better." Xue Shuyun couldn't help but be a little worried.

"The training and the navy can't be delayed any longer." Li Shaoquan clenched his fists, looked at the model of the warship displayed on the Duobao grid, and said in a deep voice, "It is inevitable that he will fight with Russia in the future......

"What do you do? Training troops and navy, although the imperial court has a clear edict. However, the soldiers trained in various places are probably no more than the appearance of the Huai army. How can we go one step further without arousing the suspicion of the imperial court? Xue Shuyun asked.

"The imperial court is afraid that the local army will be self-respecting and become a feudal town, so the title of the article will be made on the Beijing camp!" Li Shaoquan looked at Xue Shuyun, "What does Fucheng think?" ”

"Wonderful!" Xue Shuyun suddenly understood, and couldn't help but praising his palms.

"The Beijing camp is now controlled by the sixth master, the seventh master is now in charge of the sea department, in charge of the navy, is the queen mother's pawn to contain the sixth master, the queen mother has always wanted to put people in the Beijing army, but has not been able to do it, the sixth master knows the disadvantages of the Beijing army, and wants to revive but no one, if there is a character who can accept it in two times......" Li Shaoquan looked at Xue Shuyun meaningfully and raised his eyebrows.

"Your Excellency mean, Lin Hanpeng? ......" Xue Shuyun suddenly realized, "The family is in the hands of the Queen Mother, and she handed Wen Wenzhong a protégé post...... Perfect fit! ”

"It's just that it takes a lot of trouble for him Lin Hanpeng to train the Beijing army...... And the danger in this is important, and he should also be reminded to pay attention......" Li Shaoquan has made up his mind, and his expression has become cheerful, "Wait for me to mention him Lin Hanpeng, I think, with his intelligence and ambition, he should be willing to take on this errand......"

Li Shaoquan immediately discussed the relevant details with Xue Shuyun, but Lin Yiqing at this time did not know that his most determined and reliable ally would arrange himself like this.

And he, like Li Shaoquan before him, was deeply worried about the future of the Qianguo army.

"You borrowed these shields from the army guarding the beacon?" Lin Yiqing picked up a tiger-striped copper shield and looked at it, his brows habitually furrowed.

"Yes. This is the equipment only available to the eight soldiers, and the youth brigade soldiers and the brave battalion mostly use wooden shields or iron shields, and the quality is far worse than this kind of copper shield. Xingyue Liuli nodded, "Although it is a little heavy, it is okay to use, thanks to it, we didn't bury the avalanche." ”

Thinking that the cadres were still using such an ancient weapon, Lin Yiqing thought of the battle between the tiger soldiers and Zhu Xueyan that night, and couldn't help but roll his eyes when he looked up to the sky.

Russian spies would definitely report back such equipment, no wonder they acted so unscrupulously.

Most of the opponent's armies still have the same equipment and combat concepts as the Middle Ages, so what are they afraid of?

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