Tang Heling didn't know whether to be happy or sad, and it didn't take long for him to get drunk, and Xiao Yiming could only order the guards to drive the carriage to send him to his home in the south of the city.

Two days later, Xiao Yiming thought that Tang Heling didn't remember what happened that night, but who knew that this guy led two classmates to the governor's yamen early in the morning, and asked the guards to send a message to the governor Zhao Erxun, asking when the governor's reply would be issued? He also entrusted the guards to deliver a letter to Xiao Yiming, who worked in the yamen.

Xiao Yiming couldn't cry or laugh after reading the letter, and hurriedly ran to ask Zhao Erxun for instructions.

Zhao Erxun was feeling a headache for the student representatives coming again, and when he heard that Xiao Yiming asked to see him, he hurriedly let him in, and when he saw Xiao Yiming, he shook his head and smiled bitterly:

"The old man was just going to write a reply letter to the student representative, you came just in time, and you will send it out after writing the letter later, and it is more appropriate for you to mediate with those students."

"Your Excellency doesn't need to reply to the letter in person, isn't the result of the punishment of the gendarmes who shoot without permission come out? It is sufficient to inform the student representative of the situation. ”

Xiao Yiming then handed over the letter he had just received with both hands, and then briefly reported the situation of drinking and chatting with Tang Heling the night before.

Zhao Erxun listened to the letter while reading it, and finally couldn't help laughing:

Or do you have a way to ask a few questions that seem simple but are actually extremely complex, and how do you ask students who are not familiar with the world to answer them? It's still a trivial matter to get drunk because of the collapse of ideals, and the mental blow is really fatal, no wonder the student surnamed Tang doesn't let go and come, you have to go to their school, and make it clear in front of all the teachers and students! Well, it might be better for you to go and take the results of our punishment of the gendarmes who caused the incident with you, so as to save the old man a headache for this. ”

What else can Xiao Yiming say? As soon as he said goodbye and turned around, Zhao Erxun stopped him again, asked him to send the student representatives to prepare, change into military uniforms, and follow him to the south campus to attend the first exercise held after the expansion of the new army.

Xiao Yiming came to the gate of the Governor's Palace, Tang Heling and two student backbones greeted him one step earlier, Xiao Yiming saluted politely, and reported very formally:

"Xiao Yiming, the head of the Military Garrison Department of the Governor's Office, greeted the three representatives: Appointed by the Governor, I am responsible for conveying the punishment decision for the perpetrators of the 'shooting incident', Li Shaoheng, the former deputy captain of the New Army Military Police, was seriously injured by Ma Zhaotang, a corporal of the 66th Standard of the New Army, for illegally using firearms.

"Please convey it to the teachers and students on your behalf when you go back. In addition, Corporal Ma Zhaotang has woken up yesterday morning, the operation has been very successful, and his body is recovering, and I have conveyed the concern of the teachers and students to him, Ma Zhaotang was greatly moved, and entrusted me to convey my deep gratitude to all the teachers and students. ”

After getting a clear statement, the two student backbones were in a good mood, but Tang Heling said dissatisfied:

"Lord Xiao only conveys it to the three of us, doesn't it seem appropriate? Moreover, since Sergeant Ma entrusted the adult to thank all the teachers and students on his behalf, Master Xiao should go to our school in person to explain the situation and express his gratitude! In this way, teachers and students will no longer have to worry about it, and it will be more polite. ”

"Yes, yes! As it should be. The two students hurriedly helped.

Xiao Yiming looked around, took a step forward, and said in a low voice: "Heling, you kid is too unkind, I haven't agreed yet, you said that you have put up a poster to do a 'speech', isn't this a threat?" ”

Tang Heling smiled:

"Little brother, you can do it yourself, if you don't show up at half past two tomorrow afternoon, more than 1,000 teachers and students in our Normal School and the Law and Politics School next door, as well as more than 3,000 teachers and students in more than a dozen schools such as the Women's Normal School in the west of the city, the Railway School, and the Higher Industrial School, I'm afraid they will be unhappy, and if these thousands of people see someone no-showing, I'm afraid they will lose their temper again."

"You...... Turtle son, if Lao Tzu is not in a hurry, he must clean you up! Xiao Yiming was so angry that his teeth itched.

Tang Heling laughed proudly, squeezed his eyebrows and said, "Lord Xiao said that there are many opportunities, and we don't want to waste our time, so we have to give a clear answer, don't you say?" ”

The guard of honor for the governor's departure had been erected inside the gate, and nearly 100 brothers in the guard had put on their spiritual military uniforms, and were happily watching Xiao Yiming who was negotiating with the student representatives outside the door.

Xiao Yiming was in a hurry, so he had to grit his teeth and agree, and he didn't say "goodbye" and turned around and left, entered the gate and walked through the courtyard for a while, entered his official room and quickly changed his clothes, and when he put on the military uniform of the military academy and rushed to the front yard, the governor and a group of civil and military officials just came out, and the group sat in a sedan chair, rode a horse, sounded gongs and drums, and drove to the south school field.

On the vast south school field, flags were already waving and orders were sounding, and more than 25,000 new officers and men quickly assembled.

With the arrival of the Governor's guard of honor, the new army had already arranged twelve squares according to the standards of each association, although it was not neat, but the momentum was created, and more than 25,000 people plus hundreds of flags and more than 1,000 horses were put together, and the untidyness could frighten many people.

Zhu Qinglan, the commander of the command, led more than a dozen generals and colonels to the front line to salute, and carefully sent Zhao Erxun and a group of high-ranking officials to the newly decorated review stand, and waited for Zhao Erxun and the others to sit down and immediately make a simple report.

Zhao Erxun always looked at the more than 20,000 people in the audience, and after listening to Zhu Qinglan's report, he nodded and signaled that the performance could begin.

Xiao Yiming was too low in official position, so he could only stand behind the high-ranking officials with Guo Tiecheng, the chief of the guard, and others.

After a group of horses holding high the battle flag, all the officers and men shouted in unison, "The new army is mighty," and then the battalion was the unit, lined up in a square line, carrying spears and walked in front of the review stand, the formation was crooked, the officers and men were uneven, it was a group when viewed horizontally, and it was still a group when viewed obliquely, and not a single slogan shouted when passing in front of the review stand was neat, and the spiritual outlook of the new-style soldiers could not be reflected, and Xiao Yiming shook his head frequently.

More than 100 civil and military officials on the stage watched it with relish, all with smiles on their faces, pointing and pointing, and seemed to be quite satisfied with the performance of the new army, only relying on Xiao Yiming's Guo Tiecheng was careful, he attached to Xiao Yiming's ear, and asked in a low voice: "Little brother, you can't look down on it?" ”

"Why don't you look at it? To put it mildly, it is more than 20,000 rabble, thanks to which they have practiced for three months for this exercise, during which I will give them whatever they want, and cheekily begged them to allocate additional funds to make more than 20,000 sets of new military uniforms for them, and in the end it turned out to be this effect...... "Xiao Yiming was so disappointed that he couldn't continue.

Guo Tiecheng can see it: "It's okay to be like this, at least no one has fainted so far, and no one has fallen off the horse, it is much stronger than the autumn in the past few years, that is, the dozen or so artillery pieces are old, but they are not scattered and they are well maintained." ”

Xiao Yiming immediately remembered the autumn season in the past two years, every time it was a continuous mistake, full of foreign appearances, in contrast, the new army in front of him was much stronger, but how strong it was at this level, if you really want to pull it out to fight, I am afraid that it will be revealed immediately, it is estimated that even the border army with lazy military discipline is not as good, at least the border army has fought a few battles with rebels in various places.

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