Accompanied by Yin Chang, Wang Chenhao came to all grades of the school and visited each class.

When the Armed Forces Academy was first established, it was only a one-year system and there were not many subjects, but it was soon changed to a four-year system, and the subjects included all the subjects in the army classics of various countries, becoming the first army officer school in China that was in line with foreign education.

Along the way, Wang Chenhao kept instilling some information to Yinchang: "In the First Sino-Japanese War, the army of the Nation and the DPRK was vulnerable, and it really lost the face of the court, and almost ceded the land and paid compensation to the country and the people. Now I really hope to help the imperial court train an elite army, so that the devils will go to the sea to feed the king! ”

There are also enlightened people among the banner people, this Yin Chang has studied and is well versed in foreign military affairs, and Wang Chenhao suddenly felt the same way when he said this.

"What Lord Wang said is extremely true! It's time for our Qing Army to train an elite army, otherwise there will be another Sino-Japanese War, and the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

When Wang Chenhao saw Yin Chang's expression, he immediately guessed some of his thoughts, so he pretended to lament and said: "I am overseas, thinking about the imperial court all the time, thinking that our Qing Dynasty can become strong and dominate Yadong. It's a pity that after returning to China, I found out that my hard training is unaccustomed to many people. Who am I training for? Isn't it because our Qing Dynasty is not being bullied by foreign powers? ”

When he said the latter words, Wang Chenhao couldn't help but sigh and shook his head, looking a little disheartened.

Of course Yin Chang has heard of this incident, he has also experienced the miasma of infighting in the court, he is also a soldier, and he can't help but resonate with Wang Chenhao.

"Lord Wang, don't be discouraged, you are a hero of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the whole country is looking at you, this new army has to be trained, and you can't give up halfway. It's just a humble position, and it can't help adults! ”

I'm waiting for your words!

Wang Chenhao was happy, and hurriedly said: "Lord Yin, don't say that, the martial arts academy under your management is full of talents, and these will be the pillars of the dynasty in the future, and you have made great contributions!" ”

"Lord Wang has won the prize!" Yin Chang, a man in his thirties, couldn't stand the praise, and suddenly became cordial to Wang Chenhao.

Wang Chenhao struck while the iron was hot and said: "What I said is the truth! Lord Yin has studied abroad in the German [***] school for four years, you should do this, but it is a condescending talent, why don't you help me train the new army? With your help, our new army will definitely train the best! ”

In the context of the Qing Empire's military reorganization, Yin Chang, as a soldier, naturally wanted to go directly to the army to do a career, and Yin Chang was naturally very grateful for Wang Chenhao's invitation. However, at present, Wang Chenhao's new army has become the focus of the whole country, the center of the game of major forces, Yin Chang cannot intervene at this time out of royal interests, but personally, he already has a good impression of Wang Chenhao.

Yin Chang declined Wang Chenhao's invitation, but in order to express his gratitude to Wang Chenhao, Yin Chang recommended Liang Huadian and Wang Shizhen, two high-achieving students who graduated from the Martial Arts Academy, saying that with the help of the two, the training would be of great benefit.

Liang Huadian and Wang Shizhen were both right-hand men who helped Yuan Shikai start a business. One is good at infantry training and is a sharpshooter, and the other is good at artillery command, and his artillery combat ability is outstanding.

When Liang Huadian helped Yuan Shikai train his troops, he accidentally fell into the water and died, because Wang Chenhao didn't have much impression of him. And this Wang Shizhen is different, after following Yuan Shikai, he became the head of the "Three Heroes of Beiyang" in later generations, and he is a civil and military all-rounder.

Yin Chang carried the two of them out to Wang Chenhao as helpers, which shows that he has changed his attitude towards Wang Chenhao, at least he will not give Wang Chenhao a problem in the selection of personnel.

In this way, Wang Chenhao's painstaking persuasion also played a role, and he was very happy.

In addition to Liang Huadian and Wang Shizhen, Wang Chenhao then selected the top 350 people in the five categories and 15 subjects of the Beiyang Military Academy as middle- and lower-level officers in the newly built army.

Wang Chenhao can only remember some famous figures in history, so in the face of the names of so many Beiyang military students, Wang Chenhao can only rely on their learning and performance to roughly evaluate.

After the personnel were selected, Wang Chenhao and Yin Chang returned to the general office. When Lian Fang saw Wang Chenhao's selection list, he immediately gritted his teeth and looked at Yin Chang, which meant nothing more than to say: Why did you give all the elite students to Wang Chenhao?

In fact, Lian Fang originally gave Yin Chang a disrupted transcript, the purpose was to prevent Wang Chenhao from picking elite students. However, after Yin Chang had a conversation with Wang Chenhao, he had a lot of feelings, so the list was not taken out, and Wang Chenhao was shown the real exam list.

Li Hongzhang was scheming, obviously saw the doorway, and he didn't know what method Wang Chenhao used to go out and settle Yinchang. So he asked Lianfang, "What?" Does Lady Hasume have an objection? ”

Lian Fang can only play tricks in secret, after all, this is Li Hongzhang's territory, and he doesn't dare to object. So he said painfully: "Lord Wang is really wise, our elite students in the fourth grade of the Martial Arts Academy have been picked by you, I am worried that this year's graduation ceremony will disappoint the officials who come from various provinces!" Can you take fewer people with you? ”

Every year, the students who graduated from the martial arts academy will be asked to leave by the provincial officials, and this lotus party has not taken any benefits from it, this time Wang Chenhao took away the top 350 people at once, and there are 150 people left in the graduating class, obviously there is a lot less oil and water.

Wang Chenhao smiled: "We both serve the country, why do we divide each other?" If it weren't for the difficulty of taking care of Lord Lian, I'm afraid that this year's five hundred graduates would have to be taken away! ”

Lian Fang was speechless, and Yin Chang was silent.

Li Hongzhang and Wang Chenhao glanced at each other, knowing that Wang Chenhao's goal had been achieved, so he smiled and said: "Since Lord Lian has no objection, then the old man will take the person away!" ”

The corners of Lian Fang's mouth twitched, but in the end he didn't dare to object, and nodded helplessly.

On the teaching field, Lianfang once again gathered 500 students from the fourth-grade graduating class of the Martial Arts Academy, and then announced that the named people packed up their things and went to the new army yamen in Zhili to report.

The students who were named immediately shouted excitedly, while the students who did not shout their names suddenly had a bitter gourd face and a look of envy on their faces.

In this way, Wang Chenhao looted another batch of officer cadets in the Beiyang Military Academy, so that the number of officers increased to 500. There are still more than 200 vacancies for officers, which Wang Chenhao has already considered, and the remaining officer quotas will be selected from among the recruits with outstanding achievements. These officers who have been promoted from among the new recruits at the grassroots level will form a middle- and low-level command system of the new army together with the student officers of the Armed Forces Academy, and the overall strength of the new army will be brought into full play by cooperating with the elite of the veteran generals of the Huai Army in the middle and high levels.

At the same time, the middle and low-level officers were all promoted and arranged by Wang Chenhao, which was conducive to Wang Chenhao's control of the entire army. The high-level Huaijun generals are to give Li Hongzhang face, if they honestly obey Wang Chenhao in the future, they can continue to be promoted and make a fortune, otherwise Wang Chenhao can easily get rid of them.

It can be said that Wang Chenhao will consider every move from the strategic height of the future, which has the advantage of not only getting the rights he wants, but also not offending people.