"I don't agree." Guangxu slapped the fold in his hand on the dragon case.

After the early dynasty, Li Hongzhang and the directors of the two bureaus of the Eight Books of Shangshu presented to the emperor in the confidential conference room on Zhonghai Island the strategy of military operations to the south and the north on the grounds of secret concerts on important matters.

The twists and turns in Guangxu's hands at this moment are precisely the twists and turns of the strategic conception of the military department and the staff headquarters to advance southward and northward. It is very clear that there is a clear idea and purpose for the entire strategy, and the main strategic offensive lines are also clearly indicated." The navy and army are carrying out their own plans with their own priorities, and at present, with the existing strength of each army, they have the ability and confidence to accomplish their operational objectives.

In the conference room, Li Hongzhang sat on one side with his eyes closed, as if he closed his eyes to recuperate. Wang Shizhen, who presented the fold, stood up, lowered his head, and said nothing.

"The southward and northward advances are indeed plans of action that have been decided since the war between Qing and Russia, but what did you say at the beginning? The army needs to complete the training of cavalry and build a fleet of automobiles, and the navy needs to wait for the landing ship to be built. But what are you doing, and who agreed to change the plan without permission? Guangxu is angry at the moment, after winning the war against Russia last year, China should pretend to be pitiful and use it to obtain international wealth aid. The sudden and proactive issuance of foreign wars is not only a change in strategic planning, but also a major adjustment in the internal and foreign policies of the DPRK. Not only that, the squadron is at this moment in a critical period of comprehensive changes in strategic and tactical thinking, such as the introduction of combat auxiliary equipment such as automobiles and landing ships, and the actual combat test has not yet arrived.

With the development of industrialization, more and more new weapons have begun to be introduced into the army, bringing more than just changes in the way of warfare. More important updates to tactical and strategic thinking. From the beginning of the new army before the First Sino-Japanese War, Guangxu introduced a large number of machine guns into the army. And to make the artillery independent regiments. After the first afternoon, the idea of artillery coverage and infantry and artillery coordination was introduced into the army from Guangxu. At the same time, let the army think about how the emergence of new industrial products will improve the combat effectiveness of the army. Guangxu's purpose is to make the army's combat thinking ahead of weapons and equipment. Aircraft carriers appeared before World War I, but it was not until World War II that they were really taken seriously. This is a kind of backwardness, Guangxu would rather let the mind wait for the equipment, than let the equipment wait for the thought. Therefore, when the first car of the Tianjin Automobile Plant was just presented on the drawings, the military was very sensitive to take over the design of the car after noticing the parameters of the car. Because of the strategic idea of rapid mobile combat put forward by Guangxu, the automobile is the best tool to realize it.

Now whether it is Mongolia or Spain, their armies are still weak to the Qing Dynasty. It is just right to use the weak enemy to test and practice new weapons and tactics. Conduct actual combat training for the army while achieving strategic objectives. But what are these people doing? Guangxu always believed that no matter how strict the training was, it could not replace actual combat, so that cars and new landing ships could not be tested in actual combat, which was the reason why Guangxu was angry.

Of course, Wang Shizhen, who was targeted by Guangxu, knew that it was not good to do this, but if it was not, the emperor's violent anger would be even more unfavorable to the dynasty. After holding back for a long time, he finally mustered up the courage to say: "The emperor once said at the breakfast meeting of the General Staff Headquarters that although weapons are important, weapons must be controlled by people. Nowadays, officers and men in the army attach much more importance to weapons than to the will to fight. Wechen thought that it was necessary to let the army fight in a difficult environment, so as to improve and strengthen the will to fight. ”

"Does the military department think so too?" Guangxu's voice sank, and the ministers knew that the emperor was beginning to have anger in his heart.

Wechen also thinks so. And Weichen and the military command departments and the commander-in-chief of the army have consulted, and everyone agrees. Ouyang Zhenhua stood up and replied.

"To carry out the plan, has the reaction of the Western powers been considered?"

"Considered." Tang Shaoyi stood up: "Mongolia is the internal affairs of my Qing Dynasty, and the imperial court's dispatch of troops to Mongolia is to quell the rebellion." Britain, France and other countries have long hoped that the Qing Dynasty would be able to confront Russia. Therefore there will be no objection. The Russian Far Eastern Railway is still being repaired, and Russia has the heart but power to Mongolia at this time. As for Luzon, we use the excuse of protecting the Chinese. As long as we are fast enough, we can make it a fait accompli before the great powers react, support the Chinese to come to power afterwards, and then withdraw our troops. No matter Britain, France, the United States and other countries, there is no way. Only Germany, they may ask to participate. ”

"It's very well thought out." Guangxu looked around. Sneered: "You are here today, it seems that the supplies and everything are ready, right?" ”

"Thanks to the emperor's blessings, in recent years, the imperial court has abundant finances, abundant grain production, and sufficient reserves of various materials. The household department has prepared all kinds of materials according to the requirements of the military department, and only after the emperor's order, the household department can allocate the materials to the army. Lin Qizhao said with certainty.

"What about the preparations? Intelligence, communications ready? Guangxu's voice was a little louder.

"Since the end of the CIA's war against Russia, its main focus has been on Luzon. Although the manpower is not yet complete, this time the lowly will personally go to the post to ensure that the task is completed. ”

After Zhou Qin finished speaking, Leng Jun, who was stared at by Guangxu, also stood up: "I will also go to Mongolia in person." ”

"You think so, right?"

Indeed, Sun Jianai, the secretary of the ministry, clearly told the emperor that the ministry was already selecting officials to serve after the war. Both the Ministry of Industry and Rites seconded the proposal, and even Prince Shiduo of the Criminal Department, who had always protected neutrality in the government, resolutely seconded it.

"Okay, that's all ready. Li Hongzhang, this is all at your behest, right? It seems that you, the prime minister, are doing a good job. Today, it seems that I have to agree whether I agree or not, you are trying to force the palace. After speaking, Guangxu smashed his fist on the table and threw the fold far away: "The army is all assembled, right?" ”

The emperor stood in a rage, but the ministers knelt down in fear. Ouyang Zhenhua also knelt down on one knee and said: "Although Wechen has ordered the cancellation of the vacation, without the emperor's will, Wechen does not dare to transfer a soldier without permission. ”

Yes, there is no less preparation for what should be done, and no one exceeds his authority. Guangxu saw that Li Hongzhang was able to coordinate the cabinet members to reach an agreement, and it seems that the responsible cabinet that he Guangxu deliberately cultivated has been initially formed. However, the ministries used such a way to force Guangxu to agree, but it was not acceptable to Guangxu. Guangxu gasped. He didn't know that his eyes were slowly turning red with anger.

Li Hongzhang didn't speak, just walked over and picked up the folds on the ground. Then he walked up to Guangxu and said, "Can the emperor still restrain the anger in his heart?" After speaking, he held his hands up and held it high on the top, bowed down and played: "Please allow the emperor." ”

"That's enough." Guangxu stretched out his hand to knock off the folds presented in front of him and said, "One or two are inexplicable. Don't think I don't know. You're all saying that I have anger in my heart, why don't I feel it. The former court master is me, isn't it, haven't I already apologized? ”

Li Hongzhang still picked up the fold and presented it respectfully: "Please allow the emperor." "The eight departments and the two bureaus are all invited.

"Gambling on the future of the country and the lives of the soldiers, just to calm the so-called inexplicable anger?" Guangxu flipped the table over: "That's just an impulse, an impulse." I don't believe you've never been impulsive once? ”

None of the ministers spoke, but bowed their heads.

Seeing that this situation could not be refused by him, Guangxu suppressed his anger and said: "I think this plan is to be discussed, so I will take the staff headquarters and all the ministers and workers together. ”

On the sand table of the staff headquarters. Wang Shizhen explained the strategy in detail, and the emperor kept asking questions and making suggestions. Li Hongzhang stood aside but looked at the emperor who was devoting himself to military deduction, and the emperor of this Ming Dynasty was extremely calm.

Although the emperor wanted to reform the state system because of the consideration of domestic stability, there were no substantive changes, but many inconsequential changes were made. For example, the Military Aircraft Department was renamed the State Council, and the eunuchs were no longer in the court.

Since the work of the previous dynasty was handed over to the secretary general Yang Du, Kou Liancai has been at ease with the internal affairs of the palace. The houses in the palace have not been repaired for four years, and many places have been dilapidated. He needs to worry about the flower room, dining room, and garden, and even many things in the Summer Palace have to be decided by him. Although the current head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is Li Lianying. But who doesn't know that the only one who can make a decision is Kou Liancai. Li Lianying has actually become the head of the treasury.

The Royal Guard is not a lifelong position, and many cadets who graduate from military schools are required to serve in the Royal Janissary for a year before being transferred to various units. As the emperor said, let these people learn the rules first.

In principle, these cadets will serve only in the perimeter defense. And once it is transferred, it will not be transferred back, but some key training students will still enter Yingtai to act as gate guards, allowing them to have some contact with the minister. This will be of great help to them in the future that they may be governors. Because there is a royal guard regiment on the periphery, Yingtai is also surrounded by water. The only Yingtai Bridge, which leads to the outside world, no one dares to ram into it. The work of the Royal Praetorian Battalion is actually quite boring. In order to ease his mood, the emperor equipped the guards who were resting at the changing of the guard with a gramophone. Let them relax by listening to music at their leisure. Therefore, the guards who first heard that the wooden box could make a nice sound always did not hear enough, after all, they must all come from a humble background, and they had never seen such a high-end thing. Therefore, there are not many people who dare to use the gramophone, and once they are hastily transferred, Kou Liancai has to re-teach the new guards.

Kou Liancai knew that the emperor went to the staff headquarters today, and he also knew that once the emperor entered the staff headquarters, he would not be disturbed and would not necessarily stay for a long time. The last guard who knew how to use it was suddenly ordered to be transferred yesterday, and the gramophone assigned to the guards was not used. When Kou Liancai had arranged the affairs of Yingtai, the sun had set, and the emperor had not come back at this time, so he asked people to move the gramophone to the gatehouse, so that he could teach these new guards and wait for the emperor at the same time.

The gramophone was placed on the table under the window, and Kou Liancai pointed to the gramophone and said, "This gramophone is a rare thing in our Daqing Dynasty, a very expensive thing." You must know that the entire Yingtai is only this one gramophone, and the emperor is afraid that you guards will be bored after changing guards, so he will give you this reward. This is the emperor's grace, remember? In fact, Guangxu didn't listen to it, one was that he didn't like the music of this era, and the other was that he had his own melocca to play.

"Thank you for your grace." The guards replied respectfully.

"Well, keep it in mind. I really don't know why the emperor is so good to you, we can't hear it now. ”

"If Grandpa Kou wants to hear it, you can come at any time. I will serve my father-in-law well. The guards greeted them with smiles on their faces.

"If you have this heart, our family will be satisfied, as long as you are loyal to the emperor, the emperor will not treat you badly. Have you ever seen the emperor treat the soldiers badly? ”

"That's that, that's. The inferior rank is determined to be loyal to the emperor and serve the imperial court. ”

Kou Liancai nodded in satisfaction. The above is a routine conversation, and every new batch of guards Kou Liancai speaks like this. Now it's time to teach the guards how to play the gramophone. So he plugged in the electricity, put on the turntable, and was about to start talking with his cantilevered arm in one hand.

"Father-in-law Kou, there is a woman on the other side of the bridge who wants to see the emperor." The guards on duty came to report.

Kou Liancai jerked his head up and looked across the bridge. At the other end of the bridge, a girl in a long white dress was holding a floral cloth bag and looking at this side of the bridge with a smile. The brilliant sunset shone on the woman's white dress, which was so bright red.

The gramophone's cantilever slipped out of Kou Liancai's hand and slammed into the turntable. Kou Liancai hurriedly turned around and pulled away from the crowd and rushed out, not caring about the gramophone being smashed. He hurried across the Yingtai Bridge to the woman, but he didn't dare to look the woman in the eye.

"Grandpa Kou, I'm not late, am I?" Yang Zao'er smiled very sweetly. (To be continued......)