Since the Yongying era in Yuyao County, as the founder and absolute commander of this army, Lin Zhe has absolute authority in this army.

Then Lin Zhe led this army to rise step by step, from only five or six hundred people at the beginning to thousands to tens of thousands, and finally laid the foundation of the Chinese Empire.

In this process, countless people who were originally just unknown followed Lin Zhe to rise together, Xu Yanqing, Lin Anfei, Wang Luyun, Shi Qingxuan, Bi Yu and others If there is no rise of Lin Zhe, they are estimated to be as annihilated among all beings as the original time and space, and they will definitely not move Kyushu as famous as they are now, and become the founding heroes of the Chinese Empire.

There are many more people who have also risen with Lin Zhe and become important people in the Chinese Empire!

And when they paraded with Lin Zhe, the kind of momentum they showed that they could follow Lin Zhe to launch a charge and fight to the death for Lin Zhe made the civil officials on the viewing platform tremble.

Any founding emperor who relied on military affairs to start his career was destined not only to be an emperor, but also a military commander, and his control over the army was incomparable to that of those emperors who inherited the empire.

This military parade not only showed the great military might of the Chinese army to outsiders, but also let others know that he, Lin Zhe, is still the absolute commander of this army, and he still has absolute authority in the army.

After the ceremony, many important military generals such as Lin Anfei and Xu Yanqing did not go directly to their respective defense areas, but stayed for several days to participate in the military meeting chaired by Lin Zhe himself.

There were two main topics on the agenda of this military meeting, which was personally chaired by Lin Zhe and brought together most of the senior generals in the Chinese army, the first was the reorganization and expansion plan of the Chinese army, and the second was the strategic plan for the next step of the Chinese army.

For the reorganization and expansion of the troops, the senior generals of the troops are very enthusiastic, after all, who doesn't want to lead more troops under their hands.

On the first day of the military meeting, the commanders of all departments of the Supreme Command, including Shi Langyi, the new chief of the Joint Staff, Han Xiangfang, the chief of the Ordnance Department, Qi Xuanhao, the chief of the Quartermaster Department, Xu Pengan, commander of the First Division, Lin Anfei, commander of the Second Division, Shi Qingxuan, commander of the Third Division, Xu Yanqing, commander of the Fourth Division, Shen Chiyun, commander of the Fifth Division, Qu Panyun, commander of the Seventh Mixed Brigade, and Wang Luyun, commander of the cavalry and commander of the Second Cavalry Regiment, gathered together.

In addition to these familiar faces, there are several new ones, such as Colonel Li Hongyuan of the Operations Department of the Joint Staff.

Qu Panyun, the commander of the Seventh Mixed Brigade, who had returned from Shanghai all the way back, sat beside Xu Peng'an and said with an envious expression: "Brother Xu is so enviable, he has been promoted to the commander of the First Division so quickly." ”

Xu Pengan smiled: "There, there, it's all for His Majesty!" Don't talk about me, I've heard that this time the army is expanding, I'm afraid your 7th Mixed Brigade will be expanded into a division! ”

After taking Nanjing, Lin Zhe knew that he would have to sit in Nanjing for a long time in the future, as the emperor of the empire, he could not lead the troops to fight every day, and in this way, it would not be appropriate to personally serve as the first division, the first division This elite division is the main force of the Chinese army, but it can't be rusted in Nanjing, and it needs to be released to fight.

Therefore, he no longer personally served as the commander of the First Division, and was transferred to Xu Pengan, chief of the Joint Staff, as the commander of the First Division, and the vacated post of chief of the Joint Staff, Lin Zhe couldn't find a too suitable candidate for a while, and finally used Shi Langyi.

Qu Panyun said: "That's so, but who can say for sure if the matter has not been decided, Brother Xu, you served in the General Staff before, do you know whether this matter is accurate?" Is it to build a new division or to expand the current two mixed brigades? ”

Xu Pengan shook his head: "Although I was in the General Staff Department before, you also know that although the General Staff is powerful, but only this expansion and recruitment and other things can't be managed, why don't you ask the Military Training Department?" ”

"It's better not to ask that William!" Qu Panyun shook his head as he spoke: "I don't know what His Majesty thinks, why there is no chief officer in the Military Training Department now!" ”

Hearing Qu Panyun's words, Xu Pengan said: "Brother Qu said cautiously, Your Majesty's holy judgment does not need you and me to judge!" ”

Hearing Xu Pengan's words, Qu Panyun was also shocked for a while, although he was dissatisfied with Hante just now? William, but between his words, he complained about Lin Zhe, this kind of thing is not something that a courtier can say.

Qu Panyun was originally a big tongue, and he didn't have anything in the past, but Lin Zhe has now ascended the throne as the emperor, and if he still doesn't pay attention, it is easy to get into unnecessary trouble.

In fact, it's not just Qu Panyun to the Khan on the other side? William was a little dissatisfied, in fact, the other high-ranking generals were also disgusted with Hunter? William's control of the military training department was somewhat dissatisfied.

To know this Hunter? William is a serious foreigner, although he has given up his British nationality and joined the nationality of the Chinese Empire, but the mentality of non-my race whose heart must be different is deeply ingrained in the thinking of the Chinese, you want to let a foreigner be an instructor, as a consultant nothing, but you give a foreigner a viscount, give the deputy director of the military training department this kind of weight and real position, and delay in appointing the chief of the military training department, let this Hunter? William was in charge of all the powers of the Military Training Department as Deputy Chief.

It is reasonable for many generals to disagree.

When Lin Zhe appointed Hunter? William is the deputy director of the military training department, except for this Khanty? In addition to William's loyalty, it is actually related to his foreigner status, which is incompatible with the Chinese army, and he has no chance to form a gang with other generals as a foreigner.

Only this kind of person who has no foundation and cannot form a gang can be a lonely minister, and he can be in the heart of the emperor, otherwise Lin Zhe would not hand over the heavy department of the Military Training Department to him to be responsible.

The Military Training Department, this department is very important in the Chinese Army, not only responsible for the training of the army, but also responsible for the recruitment, training, and distribution of new recruits. In addition, he was responsible for the affairs of the Imperial Army Military Academy. The recruitment of new recruits and the training of officers are two points that Lin Zhe must firmly grasp, and strive to prevent other generals from getting involved in these rights, and prevent a certain military boss from becoming big and self-reliant, and the situation of local warlords appearing.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have ignored the dissatisfaction of his subordinates and let Hunter? William, a foreigner, went to be in charge of the military training department, and he was still waiting for a while, waiting for Hunter? After William straightened out the military training department, he straightened him up and became the chief of the military training department.

Today's Chinese Empire has been formed, and there will inevitably be a struggle for power, there is a civil and military struggle, there is also a power struggle between the military bosses, and it is also inevitable that there will be a dispute between monarchs and ministers, so Lin Zhe has to be cautious about the arrangement of many powerful departments, and he can't be as in the past, let his own preferences come, and give more consideration to the balance, and not let any military general become bigger.

Everyone was talking to each other in the conference room, and soon everyone except Lin Zhe arrived.

At this time, I saw a major wearing a military uniform and dress walking quickly into the conference room, and he immediately said aloud to everyone in the conference room: "Generals, the holy car is almost here!" ”

Hearing this, Lin Anfei, Xu Pengan and others stood up together, and at the same time, there was also a voice outside: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

Immediately afterwards, they saw Lin Zhe, who was wearing a dragon-patterned military uniform, striding into the conference room, and in an instant, everyone who was still loose immediately stood upright, straightened up, and said in unison: "Welcome to the holy car!" ”

Lin Zhe didn't look too much, he strode forward directly, and only turned around after walking to the top, then took off his hat and nodded slightly: "The cabinet has sat down for a while, let everyone Aiqing wait for a long time, don't stand, sit down!" ”

After that, he just sat down!

At this time, the generals returned to the rectangular table, and then put their hats on the table upright, and sat down again, but unlike the casual sitting before, although they all sat down this time, they still straightened their waists, and both sides hung down and clenched their fists on their thighs.

On such a formal occasion, they must always maintain the prestige of a soldier, and they must not lose their dignity in front of the king!

Lin Zhe drank the tea brought by his entourage, then looked at a meeting briefing in front of him, and only after a few minutes did he put down the briefing, and then said: "It seems that everyone is ready, so let's start!" ”

Immediately, Shi Langyi, as the chief of the Joint Staff, immediately stood up: "Your Majesty! ”

Then he turned his gaze around the others: "Colleagues, let's talk about the current state of our army and the surrounding strategic situation. ”

"As of yesterday, under the hard work of 100,000 soldiers of our empire's navy and land armies, we have completely controlled southern Jiangsu and Zhejiang, occupied most of the Taiping Mansion in southern Anhui, most of the Ningguo Mansion, and part of the north bank of the Yangtze River from northern Anhui to Nanjing. In addition, the 10th Mixed Brigade has also been in the three counties of Fuding, Shouning and Fu'an in Funing Prefecture in Fujian. The overall strategic posture is moving in a positive and favorable direction! ”

"At present, our empire has a total of 48 large and small warships and 6,000 soldiers. The Imperial Army had five infantry divisions, two mixed brigades, and 14 divisions of the Allied Defense Army. ”

"However, according to the deduction of our Joint Staff, if we want to control the existing southern Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and southern Anhui regions, we need to maintain at least 50,000 troops, so that we can effectively suppress the localities and guard against being exploited by potential enemies.

And if we want to dominate Kyushu, completely defeat the puppet Qing and Taiping thief army, and unify the land of China, we think that at least 30 divisions and more troops are needed to be able to accomplish such a feat! ”

Listening to Shi Langyi's words, those people who were below were all discolored, could it be said that they would be expanded to thirty divisions?

If there are 30 divisions, it is not a matter of minutes to unify the whole country, and there is no need to think about so many strategic strategies, just push all the way over, see who fights whom, and be able to unify China after many years of hard work, but is this possible?

With the current tax revenue and ordnance production capacity of the Chinese Empire, if it could arm thirty regular infantry divisions, even these generals who were bent on expanding the army knew that it would be impossible.

At present, the five divisions and two brigades have not been able to complete their strength, and the artillery and other technical weapons owed to the third and second divisions have not yet been found.

Sure enough, there was no need for many generals to ask questions, but Shi Langyi himself spoke: "But according to the current background of the empire, it is really difficult to expand the army on a large scale, so our Joint Staff Department has proposed another compromise plan!" ”

With that, the others pricked up their ears and waited for him to continue (to be continued). )