In the Governor's Mansion of Zhili, Li Hongzhang was frowning and listening to Yang Shixiang's report on the recent cumbersome government affairs, this time about the supervision of military discipline, in fact, it had already been hyped up, because this matter was to be done by the little emperor, he thought about it again and again, and did not oppose it, but privately asked the general soldiers of each town to deal with it carefully.

However, it is obvious that the Huai Department has been training the army for a long time, how can they cope with a paper order, the other way that has set off earlier, the Ministry of Rites Lang Zhirui just supervised the six battalions of the army, and the result was a lot of trouble, first Baoding Mansion garrison Lin Yu rampant place, was stopped by the Qin Cha sedan chair, and then Zhirui just looked at the barracks armament, and found a big problem, two years ago just equipped the army Mauser rifle, it has been rusty, and the more serious accounts have a serious inconsistency... …

This Baoding Mansion is also the land of Gyeonggi, and the chapter arrived in Beijing in one day, Weng Tonggong was obviously a little surprised by Zhirui's efficient discovery of the problem, however, this is a great thing, and when Wang Renkan came to Tianjin all the way, the Military Aircraft Department yesterday said that he had issued a document to seize the post of Baoding garrison Lin Yu, and he was imprisoned for investigation! And Qin Huang, the guard of Hejian City, was also implicated, demoted by one level, and fined for one year!

"Zhongtang, this Baoding battalion is so tossed by Zhirui, I am afraid that all the commanders under the jurisdiction of the seven general soldiers of Zhili will be implicated, I have telegraphed to inform the chief military officers of each town, and recently carefully checked the lack of the battalion, but I am afraid that the problem will still be found!" Yang Shixiang also looked contemplative, obviously, the three fires that Zhirui came up to burn were not small.

A white-bearded old man next to him also listened very carefully just now, and then he also asked: "Pingshi (Yang Shixiang), I also know about this Ministry of Rites Lang Zhirui, this person is very cautious, this time with great fanfare, I don't expect that there may be much action in the future, but Wang Renkan who came today, this person is very upright, Weng Tong uses him, it is also because of this, he may not have any scruples, I think he needs to be careful to deal with it!" ”

The topic turned to Wang Renkan, Li Hongzhang looked a little strange, he turned around and took out a letter from the bookcase next to him, "I sent Pingshi to pick up this champion, I originally intended to welcome him, after all, this time the supervision of Beiyang military discipline is naturally the top priority, but I didn't expect him to transfer such a letter to me...... Look at what this means! ”

Yang Shixiang naturally knew about the letter before, but he thought it was a letter with the surname of Lili, and when he opened it at this moment, he was also secretly frightened, the content of the letter, in fact, has been rumored for a while, and it is some inferences about the possible dispute between China and China...... If Wang Renkan's letter to Li Hongzhang involved these contents, it would naturally not surprise Yang Shixiang!

The problem is that this letter was not written by Wang Renkan, and at the end of the letter, Long Feifengwu's signature is indeed Li Hongzao, the current secretary of the Ministry of Ministers and Minister of Military Aircraft...... And Zhou Fu next to him followed Li Hongzao for a long time, and after reading it, he sighed, "Li Lansun is dedicated to the public, Zhongtang, I think he mentioned the matter of North Korea so solemnly, why don't you let Yuan Weiting inform the North Korean royal family, and the assassination case of Jin Yujun will be transferred to Yanjing for disposal!" ”

Li Hongzhang sat at the top, closed his eyes and said nothing, but Yang Shixiang next to him had already spoken: "Lord Zhou, isn't this matter already decided, these days will be sent to Seoul, and the Korean royal family has been informed, if it is changed now, I am afraid it will damage the credibility of my country!" ”

"Pingshi, although Li Lansun and Zhongtang often have different political views, and the court is also-for-tat, but there is no ambiguity in major matters, he and Zhongtang do not write much, but they are all sincere, this time let Wang Renkan personally deliver this letter, it can be seen that it is taken seriously, I think it should be taken seriously!" Zhou Fu has followed Li Hongzhang since the Hongyang Rebellion, so he naturally knows more confidential things.

Originally, there was no absolute enemy above the court, even at the time of the Sino-French war, the court was in charge, and the Qing army on the front line was defeated again and again, at that time Li Hongzao, who was already known as the "green cow" in the court, in fact, the private contact with Li Hongzhang has not been broken, at the beginning of the Sino-French war, Li Hongzhang happened to lose his mother Ding Wei at home, Zhang Shusheng acted as the governor of Zhili, and at that time Li Hongzhang was able to "win love" in the comeback, but Li Hongzao and Zhang Peilun, the two clear stream bosses, contributed a lot.

It was Zhang Peilun, one of the four admonitions of Qingliu at that time, his father Zhang Yintang had a deep friendship with Li Hongzhang when he pacified the Hongyang Rebellion......

Zhou Fu, who is well versed in these secrets, is naturally not a person who speaks much, but his opinion was obviously immediately recognized by Li Hongzhang, and the slightly closed eyes of the old man with a dignified expression suddenly showed a look of contempt for the world, "Wushan (Zhou Fuzi), you can prepare a reply letter for me, and the affairs of North Korea will be according to his words...... Wang Renkan was there, and asked him to know the benefits, after all, the army's heart must not be disturbed! ”

Although Wang Renkan knew about the correspondence between Li Hongzao and Li Hongzhang, he probably guessed that it should be the exchange of news between these big figures, after all, it is related to national affairs, and no one can afford it alone, and what he cares about now is naturally whether he can handle this matter of supervising military discipline properly in this trip.

At this moment, all the attachés in the room were called, Wang Renkan naturally had his thoughts, of course, he didn't mind listening to the opinions of these temporary staff, "Everyone, since we are following the emperor's will, we naturally have to do our best to share the emperor's worries...... Do you have any suggestions? ”

As soon as he said this, the following eleven attachés had an immediate reaction, Lu Hong naturally did not mean to compete for the first place in this kind of matter, his set of statements about rectifying military discipline had already been in Wang Renkan's place, however, although this champion also attached great importance to this, however, at present, the establishment of a military branch like the gendarmerie in later generations was obviously not accepted by the top level of this imperial court......

Yan Fu obviously had more capital to speak than others, and he immediately opened his mouth and said: "My lord, if it is to supervise military discipline and pervert the law, in fact, it is easiest to start with three aspects, one is the empty salary, the second is the large amount of money in the regular list, and the third is the entry and exit of armament stocks. ”

As soon as Yan Fu finished speaking, the other people all stared at this guy, and the expressions that were eager to try just now disappeared all of a sudden, and Lu Hong also seemed to hear it, this Yan Youling can really summarize it, and he finished talking about all the topics that people can talk about in three or two sentences, no wonder everyone in this room is staring at him......

Wang Renkan nodded with satisfaction, among the attachés that Lu Hong found for him, this Yan Fu can be said to be genuine, "Youling's words are very good...... Do you have any other proposals? ”

At this moment, the attachés below were a little dumbfounded, frowning and meditating one by one, and for a while there was a little cold, Wang Renkan naturally knew the reason for this, but since it was a discussion, no matter whether the suggestion was good or bad, he was interested in listening to it, and this was also a good time for him to learn about the ability of these attachés.

"My lord, I think we should find some old officials in the yamen to help us check the running accounts when the time comes!" Tan Xianpin held back for a while, but he was the second to open his mouth, and this proposal was decent...... However, the old officials in this yamen, they are all old oils, besides, now in this place of direct subordination, you can still find old officials who help you and are proficient in running accounts.

Lu Hong raised his eyes and looked at the red white skin of this suffocation, under the rule of the Qing political axe, in fact, this court did one thing, that is, to receive all the silver to Yanjing...... However, after the Hongyang Rebellion, the local tax system has completely broken the original national fiscal and taxation system, which directly led to the free breeding of corruption.

Wang Renkan nodded, he is not a rookie in the officialdom, these cats naturally understand very well, but if you really want to do this, it is really a long-lasting and extremely difficult task, it can be said that since the rise of Tongzhi, the Qing political axe can be said to be very enlightened to the officials, which is naturally to deal with the power of the local governor and the inflated power, and there are not a few first- and second-class officials who are really impeached by the officials.

However, without exception, these high-ranking officials are involved in other serious cases, not the fall of corruption, because in this era, to determine a corruption case, unless there is a house raid or special evidence, even if the official can be exonerated, but these gossip officials do not dare to easily determine the crime of corruption of any person...... The Qing Dynasty's long-standing tribute and gift-giving has long been a clear rule!

The people in the room all muttered and discussed, and each put forward some opinions, but they were all similar, almost all of them were copies of Yan Fu's arguments, and in the end, Lu Hong sat there calmly, and only asked two sentences from beginning to end, but there was no serious opening.

Wang Renkan listened to all the suggestions in a circle, and naturally looked at Lu Hong, "Lu Yunju, supervise the matter of military discipline, but you wrote the copy, I don't know what new insights you have on Yan Youling's proposal?" ”

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