Winters in the north are very cold, especially when there is no global warming yet. In the unpolluted present, Guan Xuqing breathes fresh air, but because he lived in the south in his previous life, he is really not used to this cold and freezing day.

The difficult winter has finally passed, and the birds and flowers in the capital in April are fragrant. Everywhere is full of vitality. Although the flag people are still the same as before, walking birds, drinking, and visiting kilns.

Guan Xuqing looked at the "Daqing Daily" in the Yangxin Palace, and the newspaper introduced the recently promulgated decrees of the imperial court, which were concise and to the point. Even people who don't know how to read and ink can basically understand it. In addition, the newspapers are also chattering about the nation's large-scale foreign affairs.

Guan Xuqing rubbed his temples, and suddenly found Wang Shang kneeling in front of him.

"What's the matter?" Guan Xuqing asked.

"Back to the emperor, the slave is looking at you in a daze. I can't bear to call you, Zuo Dashuai has been waiting outside for a long time. Wang Shangdao.

Oh, shit. actually forgot to summon Zuo Zongtang.

"Quick, call him in." Guan Xuqing said.

"Wow."

After a while, Zuo Zongtang walked in in a military uniform. Kneeling on the ground: "Minister, knock to see the emperor." ”

"Boss, please get up." Guan Xuqing raised his hand and helped him.

"I don't know if the emperor summoned me, what's the matter?" Zuo Zongtang stood up.

Guan Xuqing looked at Zuo Zongtang, who was getting older, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart. For the sake of the Qing Dynasty, at the age of 60, he still went west to Xinjiang and recovered thousands of miles of land for the country. He is now nearly seventy years old. It is also necessary to reorganize the new army and train the team for the imperial court.

"Zuo Shuai, I want to know about the training of the Qing Army." Guan Xuqing said.

After all, the Sino-French war is approaching, although the Sino-French war in history was a great victory for the Qing Dynasty, but. He is still not at ease, because he is changing history. If you don't ask clearly, your heart will always be a little empty.

"Back to the emperor, all departments have standard commanders to lead training, and each battalion often has some competitions. For example: shooting, bayonets. The foreigner instructors are in charge of the theoretical and tactical courses, and the battalion commanders mainly talk about how to allocate firepower in positional warfare. Explain the course of group charge, breakthrough, emergency response and troop transfer for the standard system. The tactics of foreign devils are indeed advanced, but they have the backbone of a soldier. Zuo Zongtang replied.

"How?"

"They lie to confuse the people, saying that once they are surrounded, they will run out of ammunition and food. It is necessary to raise the gun and surrender to avoid unnecessary casualties. Waiting for the state to come forward to redeem it. Zuo Zongtang said angrily.

"We only take the best of it, not the bad things. Don't learn it. Zuo Shuai, military schools in various places are doing well. This year, there was the first batch of graduates. I want to put them in the army and serve as overseers. One person from each battalion. Each standard and each ministry also has a person. Responsible for the cultural, life, and ideological education of the soldiers. It is necessary to let the officers and men know why we are fighting and for whom. Guan Xuqing said.

Guan Xuqing used the political commissars of the army of later generations to the army of the Qing Dynasty. Facts have proved that the effectiveness of the political commissar is quite large, and the phenomenon of the military in various localities establishing themselves as kings has been avoided. In addition, let the soldiers know more Braille and know that they are fighting for themselves. It will be more courageous to fight.

"Yes." Zuo Zongtang replied.

"Also, I want to review the new army. You immediately order all the departments to draw a battalion of men and horses into Beijing, and I will personally inspect them. Guan Xuqing said.

"Wow."

The formation of the Qing Army, the abolition of the Eight Banners, and the Green Battalion were all dictated by Guan Xuqing alone. Most of the people in the court were against it. Even his biological father, Prince Alcohol, was against it. The Qing Army even made Guan Xuqing spend a lot of silver. It can be said that he is almost gambling, gambling with the fate of the country, in order to win more money to invest in education and the construction of the navy. If the Qing Army, which was built with a lot of money, did not have super combat effectiveness, then the Sino-French war team might have directly entered Guangxi and Yunnan from Vietnam. If this is the case, then the court will be in chaos, and maybe several princes will jump out and reorganize the Eight Banners and the Green Camp to force the palace. Therefore, if you don't see with your own eyes, how much growth this unit has had in the past year and how effective it has been, I am still not at ease.

"Your Majesty, the British agreed. The British agreed to resell the two ironclad ships ordered by Turkey to me in the Qing Dynasty. And the price was much cheaper, and the London shipyard also promised to help me build two more cruisers in the Qing Dynasty. The ship will be delivered the following year. Li Hongzhang rushed in.

"Okay, Li Zhongtang. I have an idea, you think about it. Guan Xuqing said.

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"Now the arsenals are in full swing all over the country, but these are all the silver of the imperial court. Nowadays, the army's guns can basically be supplied by domestic arsenals. I wanted to separate the army from the arsenal, and every year the household department allocated 10 million taels of silver to the military department as usual. The Ministry of War shall purchase weapons and ammunition at its own choice of arsenals. In this way, these domestic gun manufacturing bureaus will be able to compete, and without good weapons, there will be no orders, and without orders, they will not survive. I know that because I am keen on foreign affairs, many governors have taken my liking and opened some arsenals. so that most of the money may go into their pockets. Guan Xu said flatly.

"It's so wonderful, and so is the shipyard of foreigners. Not only can we build the country's gunboats, but we can also build foreign ones to make money, and we can't build our own gunboats in the Qing Dynasty now, but we can't do it in guns, not only can we supply our Qing Army, but we can also receive some foreign orders. Self-sufficient, no need to spend the court's money. Li Hongzhang looked excited, he really didn't understand. Why is the emperor in front of him so wise?

"Well, so be it. You go back and figure it out, and you organize the wording. Hurriedly sent the decree to the provinces to inform them of the cost of the arsenal this year, but the imperial court refused to give it. Guan Xuqing said.

"Chirp" Li Hongzhang hurriedly retreated.

On April 25, the western suburbs of the capital practiced martial arts. Rows of neat lines, uniform attire. The energetic soldier waited for the emperor's review with his head held high.

Guan Xuqing is also dressed in military uniform, riding a tall horse. Surrounded by the Royal Forest Army, he came to the martial arts training ground.

"Knock on the emperor." Zuo Zongtang, Liu Mingchuan, Nie Shicheng, Lu Yiwei, Dong Liang, Wu Ping, Wu Guang, Chen Heng, Wan Tianjie, Shen Danyang, Pan Dongmin and all the ten battalions knelt down and shouted.

"Soldiers, get up." Guan Xuqing grabbed the reins and continued: "One hundred and seventy years ago, it was here that the Holy Ancestor ordered troops to govern Geldan and unify the Mongolian tribes. At that time, I was so mighty in the Qing Dynasty. Barbarians and bandits, as long as the heavenly soldiers arrive, they will bow down and be subordinate. But now? But the land of my Great Qing Dynasty was occupied by the barbarians. Why? It's not because my Qing army can't defeat people. Now that I have made up my mind to put the army in order, you have all heard about it, and I have abolished the Eight Banners. The annual grain and silver of the banner people have also stopped. The expenses of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have been cut in half. All the money that has been saved is given to you. The things you take and wear are the best things I have in the Qing Dynasty. and your salaries are the highest. You are the first strong army that I built in the Qing Dynasty. One day in the future, I will ask you to recover the land that originally belonged to my Qing Dynasty. Your guns are no worse than those of foreigners, and if you still can't win, not only will I have no face to see my ancestors and ancestors, but even you will be poked in the backbone by the countrymen. Warriors, tell me. Do you have the confidence to take back the land that originally belonged to me? ”

"Yes." There was a sea of shouts.

From the generals to the soldiers below, their blood was boiling, and they couldn't wait to charge into battle immediately. Take back the land.

"I've heard that you've been training very hard this year. Today, I want to review your work. Are you ready? Guan Xuqing continued.

"Please ask the emperor to review it."

"Okay, today I review your shooting, fighting, and running with weights." Guan Xuqing turned to Zuo Zongtang and said, "Two hundred paces away, each battalion and each officer and soldier have three bullets. Draw three circles on the target, with three points in the innermost part, two in the middle, and one point on the outside. At the same time. ”

"Wow."

After a burst of gunfire, Zuo Zongtang and the generals reported it after statistics. "The emperor, Liu Ming's first battalion scored a maximum of 1250 points, and none of them missed the target. The rest of the scores are: Nie Shicheng 1180 points, Dong Liang 1152 points, Lu Yiwei 1080 points, Wu Ping 1079 points, Wan Tianjie 1068 points, Shen Danyang 1050 points, Chen Heng 1020 points, Wu Guang 1008 points, Pan Dongmin 1000 points. ”

Seeing such results, the monthly ammunition loss expenses of the household are also worth it.

"Okay, appreciate Liu Mingchuan's yellow coat." Guan Xuqing said happily.

The following empty-handed fighting was even more exciting, and his blood was boiling. One person from each of the ten battalions fought against the ten strongest men selected from Guan Xuqing's Imperial Forest Army. may have the intention to show himself in front of the emperor, and he fought for a full thirty minutes. Many people are covered in blood and refuse to fall down and admit defeat, if Guan Xuqing hadn't stopped the game, there might have been deaths.

Running with weights is much worse, and the army has never practiced running before. Short-distance running is okay, but not many people stick to long-distance running.

After the review, Guan Xuqing specially summoned ten generals. The face-to-face lecture was opportune, and criticism was raised about the mobility of the troops. Failure to move quickly can lead to total annihilation or missing out on the best aircraft. So it is necessary to train for weight-bearing running in the future.

In general, the troops who came to Beijing for reading this time still satisfied Guan Xuqing, and the big stone in his heart was finally put down.