From the end of February onwards, it seemed that a large number of people inside and outside the Chinese empire had calmed down, whether it was the military conflict with the British and French forces in Guangzhou, the western front in Anhui and northern Jiangxi, or the northern front in Henan and Shandong, the large-scale military operations of the Chinese army had stopped.

The Chinese army is accumulating strength to meet any challenge from the British and French forces, and as for the Taiping army and the Qing army, as well as the Zhenhu army, etc., they have been classified as secondary targets and will not be taken care of for the time being.

If there is no sudden intervention of the British and French forces, it is estimated that the Chinese army has now invested at least five Royal Army infantry divisions in the direction of North China, and then launched the Shandong and Henan raids, and it is estimated that the Chinese army will not have to wait for the summer to be able to attack Beijing.

But now, the Qing court can use this rare respite to recover!

In the past few months, the Qing court in order to save the defeat is also frequent, it is rumored that Emperor Xianfeng at the beginning of the year to the military aircraft department and the six departments of a large-scale personnel transfer, it is clear that Emperor Xianfeng is very dissatisfied with the performance of these military ministers in the past few years.

Hu Linyi, the former governor of Shandong, was once again entrusted with important responsibilities and was transferred to the governor of Zhili, and since the monk Greenqin, the most important general of the Qing court in the north, Duxing'a, although he suffered a series of defeats, was still regarded as a lifesaver, and was ordered by Emperor Xianfeng to supervise the 'Prime Minister's New Military Department', and at the same time, there were many dispatches to 'supervise the military affairs of Zhili, Shandong, and Henan provinces', making this historical Manchu general the most prominent Qing court general in contemporary times.

I have to say, the rise of Duxinga. Even the rise of Nader and Hu Linyi's continued promotion to become the governor of Zhili without dying at the hands of the Taiping army have a great relationship with the butterfly effect caused by Lin Zhe.

Lin Zhe appeared in this time and space. One of the most obvious and direct influences is the introduction of a new military combat system and the introduction of modern armies to China. Line tactics brought the domestic army, which was still at the level of the sixteenth century, directly to the nineteenth century.

The predecessor of the Chinese Army, that is, the rise of Yu Shengjun, directly allowed the Qing court and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to establish their own new armies on a large scale, among which the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was quite good at the beginning of the preparation of the new army, and with the support of Yang Xiuqing, Lin Chengting trained a Zhenhu army of nearly 20,000 people, but unfortunately the Taiping civil strife in 1856 made this Zhenhu army directly rebel out of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom system and became an independent force, which also caused the Taiping Army in the Shi Dakai era to have no new army. can only rely on the previous movement, coercion and other modes of exile army to fight against Zeng Guofan and Zhenhu army.

Compared with the ups and downs of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's training of the new army, the scale of the Qing court's training of the new army was much larger, and at the same time, it was much smoother. Although the Eight Banners New Army, which was first organized and trained, was an empty shelf, the Jianghuai New Army was quite good, and the large-scale training of the Qing court was also very effective.

Its Gyeonggi training army and Zhili training army became the main combat force of the Qing court in the north last year, and then the current rectification of the military system and the unification of the number of the 'Qing Army' are also very similar to the appearance of the Beiyang New Army in later generations.

The four towns of the army, which were reorganized from the Gyeonggi training army and the Zhili coalition army and some local training forces, are the only reliance of the Qing court at present.

And the four towns of the army have become the main support of the Qing court at present, which directly proves the rise of Duxinga from another aspect!

Why?

Thinking back to a few years ago, who would have thought that at that time, he was just a deputy commander of Jingkou and a Qianqing gate, and he could reach the commander of all the Qing troops in the north today by hosting the training?

Not only him, but even several of his subordinates who followed him to run the training army also became a pivotal role in the northern provinces of the Qing court. For example, Shi Rongchun, the deputy who assisted him in organizing the Gyeonggi training army before, and Nader, who was responsible for hosting the Zhili training army, are now the commander of the second town of the army, and the other is the commander of the fourth town of the army.

As for those Qing court generals who were widely active in the government and the opposition in the past few years and had a prominent reputation, they had already been dismissed from their posts. The most representative of this kind of people is Seng Lingqin, then those who died in battle, such as Xiang Rong, and then those who were captured, such as Li Hongzhang.

When these people disappeared behind the sequence of the Qing army. Du Xing'a, Nader, Shi Rongchun and other people who were unknown in the original time and space rose sideways because of the formation of a new army.

The year 1858 in this time and space and 1858 in history have been changed beyond recognition, and the vigorous Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is already struggling. Zeng Guofan and his Hunan army, who were supposed to shine, could only be trapped in Hunan, and a new Lin Chengting and his Zhenhu army appeared entrenched in Jiangxi. The Qing court's early training of the new army, coupled with Lin Zhe and his Chinese army, led China to enter the era of line warfare that did not appear in the original time and space.

All these variables are because of Lin Zhe's arrival!

In the face of history, the little historical knowledge in Lin Zhe's mind is useless, how to face the road ahead, how the Chinese Empire should face the challenge of the British and French alliances, how to defeat the Qing court and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and then unify China, these things have no history for him to copy, or even refer to them.

And Lin Zhe is not a genius, he is not born with a commander like Napoleon, nor does he have any outstanding talent like Yuan Shikai and Li Hongzhang, who are famous in the late Qing Dynasty.

On the contrary, before coming to this era, he was just an ordinary person, and the reason why he was able to lead the rise of the Chinese army, establish the empire of 'China', and become the emperor of a country relied on his efforts over the years and his understanding of the common sense of later generations.

However, now, Lin Zhe, who is facing a new round of challenges, is in a trance, and he doesn't know whether he is right or wrong to use such a tough attitude to fight against the British and French forces.

Should we continue to use a tough attitude and finally fight with the Anglo-French alliance in order to win a complete victory, so as to lay the foundation for the rise of the empire, or should we endure it first, first give in to the Anglo-French alliance, cede some of the benefits, and then turn around and concentrate on dealing with the Manchus and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

For these, Lin Zhe is hesitant!

But although these hesitations in his heart occasionally flashed through Lin Zhe's mind, Lin Zhe didn't pay too much attention to it, because there was no chance for him to regret it now.

Since the decision to confront the British and French forces in January this year, the entire Chinese empire has been on the fast track to war, and it is too late to make a U-turn.

Looking at the unfinished Xinhua Palace, Lin Zhe's gaze did not retract for a long time!

This war must be won by himself, and the Xinhua Hall in front of him must also be restarted and then built, and he will lead this country and nation to rise completely.

As a man standing at the pinnacle of power, Lin Zhe has not much to pursue, whether it is power, money or women, he has reached the point where he wants nothing, if he wants a woman, women in the world can take it, money is now a number for him, it has no meaning, and the words of power are also waiting for the peak for an emperor with real power.

What else can Lin Zhe pursue now?

It's nothing more than the name behind him, or some ambitions in his heart, such as unifying China, or letting China rise, if he can do this, then he is enough to be compared with those famous kings, and in the future, in the history books, his name is a name that can't be bypassed.

People at different stages of life have different pursuits, and people at different levels also have different life pursuits, and now Lin Zhe's life pursuit is somewhat illusory compared to ordinary people.

However, this is not his exception, from ancient times to the present, the pursuit of those emperors is different from ordinary people, and the expansion of territory is the most, of course, there are some exceptions, such as those who want to be carpenters, and those who want to live forever.

In short, the so-called ideals of emperors for thousands of years are a bit perverted and cannot be viewed with ordinary people's thinking.

In order to realize his ambitions, in order to lead the rise of the country, he must solve the problems of opium and tariffs, so that he can have a good environment to develop the country's agriculture and industry, and then establish an industrial country, otherwise he will at most be like the Qing court in history, and make a so-called Westernization movement.

During this time, Lin Zhe had many thoughts in his heart, but his subordinates naturally didn't know many thoughts about Lin Zhe's psychology, they only knew that their emperor had made up his mind to fight with such a barbarian foreigner, and he did not hesitate to mobilize all the forces of the entire empire for this purpose.

In late March, after three months of intense training, the Eighth Infantry Division of the Sixth Army, which was trained in Jiangyin, was the first to be formed, which was also the unit that was officially incorporated into the army in the 1858 expansion plan.

In order to show his importance, Lin Zhe personally took the navy's warship to Jiangyin and presided over the inauguration of the Jiangyin Fort and the formation ceremony of the Eighth Infantry Division.

Originally, according to the examples of other feudal dynasties, this kind of thing generally does not need the emperor to go in person, and usually sends close relatives of the royal family or ministers to go, but Lin Zhe's control of the army is deep in the bone marrow, so he is to go to Jiangyin in person to participate in the relevant ceremonies.

On March 29, Lin Zhe and many ministers accompanying him took a number of steam warships of the Navy, and Lin Zhe's ship was naturally the largest and most advanced 1,000-ton steam dark wheel warship in the Navy. (To be continued......)