The whole sacrificial activity began, and this sacrificial activity Wang Guorui made it very solemn, and invited many surviving soldiers of the Beiyang Navy Division that year, as well as the relatives and friends of the martyred soldiers, etc., also came to participate in this public memorial event. And some people obviously heard that Wang Guorui's public sacrifice was mixed with a lot of private goods. Previously, Wang Guorui loudly announced the defeat of the Manchu Qing in the First Sino-Japanese War, and put all the blame on the corruption of the Manchu nobles and bureaucrats, as well as the faults of various Manchu nobles and bureaucrats. And Wang Guorui obviously shirked all the responsibility to those Manchu nobles and bureaucrats, this is to pull hatred for the Manchu nobles and bureaucrats!

However, Wang Guorui's words can indeed give hatred to the Manchus. The Manchus had 50 million taels of silver, and it was ridiculous not to think about how anyone could use this money to resist the enemy, but instead go to celebrate the birthday of Cixi Lafayette. And especially the families of those soldiers who sacrificed their lives are even more resentful, because they also think that if they can use this money for the army back then, then their families and friends may not die on the battlefield. Even if they take a step back and die on the battlefield, then at least their sacrifice is meaningful, at least the country can win. But now, because of the mediocrity of these rotten aristocratic bureaucrats, they died in vain, and it was meaningless to let those soldiers die in battle.

But no one knows that Wang Guorui's theories about spending money on the army in the Manchu Qing Dynasty are only theoretical. The so-called cost of being able to form two Beiyang naval divisions, as well as the formation of more than a dozen army divisions, or the mobilization of more than 800,000 troops, is actually "theoretically" feasible this time. In fact, it is impossible to succeed, because it involves not only the financial and military affairs, but also the games of many countries around the world. The Western powers will not allow China to have more warships. That is, there are three times more navies than the current Beiyang Naval Division, which will completely affect the balance of the countries of the world. And more than a dozen new military divisions, that is also impossible, because Western countries may not sell weapons to you. Once China has more than a dozen new army units, the interests of Western countries in China will be worried, so they will not sell weapons to the Chinese army. The new army of more than a dozen divisions is nothing more than a castle in the air. As for the final mobilization of 800,000 troops, this is even more absurd. There are not many so-called soldiers, and the 80 traditional armies are not as good as the 10,000 modern armies. So don't say 800,000, 8 million is all for nothing on that battlefield. Because in the face of fierce artillery and rifles, the traditional cold-armed troops were slaughtered no matter how much they came. Before the enemy's bullets were consumed, their own side first retreated, which is also the reason for the generation difference in the army. Once there is a generation gap in the army, the numerical advantage is also equal to nothing, and it is useless to come.

But ordinary people don't understand what's in it. Ordinary people don't know the complexities involved. The defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War was actually inevitable to a certain extent, but too many ordinary people did not know it. Therefore, Wang Guorui also took advantage of this opportunity to fiercely hate the Manchus, anyway, most people also thought that the Manchu nobles were incompetent, which would cause the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War.

"Now, please read the memorial prayer to Lord Wang!" Host Li Zhanfeng said.

Wang Guorui took out a copy of the sacrificial texts written by the "rotten Confucians" in the Manchu Hanlin Courtyard and began to read them out, which was also to inherit traditional Chinese culture, so Wang Guorui did not object to using this kind of Chinese sacrificial text to sacrifice.

When Wang Guorui read these sacrifices that he didn't understand what they meant. Wang Guorui looked at most of the people below who didn't understand, but he could only read it hard. This sacrificial text is very awkward. But Wang Guorui really almost wanted to immediately order those guys from the Hanlin Academy to be sent to the nursing home, but in the end he endured it. Isn't it making him uncomfortable to let him read such an awkward article for future generations? Not to mention anything else, how many people in ancient times were able to read smoothly?

"I am a Chinese martyr, forever!"

When Wang Guorui finished reading this sacrifice, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. I have finished reading this prayer. But then, it is time to move on to the next link, which is to officially incense. This time, the so-called incense case was placed on a warship that looked very dilapidated. This wrecked warship is the cruiser Laiyuan of the Beiyang Naval Division. Originally, he participated in the Battle of Dadonggou in the Yellow Sea, and then participated in the Battle of Weihaiwei, but was sunk by a Japanese torpedo, and Qiu Baoren was rescued after falling into the water. However, at present, Qiu Baoren is also the chief of staff of the Taiwan Navy.

This cruiser Laiyuan was salvaged by Wang Guorui, and because the diving and salvage ability of this era was not very good, Wang Guorui also sacrificed several frogmen and sailors in the red alarm system to salvage it. Wang Guorui intends to use this Laiyuan as a future patriotic education memorial hall, as a mobile memorial hall, which can be like later generations, holding a war devastation to tell future generations, cherish the current peace, and be able to look back on the war and feel the hardships of the soldiers who sacrificed for the country back then.

"Please go to Shangxiang!" Li Zhanfeng said.

"Lord Wang, please put it!" Li Zhanfeng took the initiative to bring three sticks of incense and said to Wang Guorui.

According to the ancient rules, the highest status of the person is also the first incense. At present, the person with the highest status here is Wang Guorui, that is, Wang Guorui is the first to make incense.

However, Wang Guorui said to Qiu Baoren next to him: "Old Qiu, this time you can come to this first incense." ”

"Lord Wang, I ......" Qiu Baoren hesitated.

Wang Guorui nodded and said: "You were originally the pipe band of the Laiyuan, and you and the sailors of the Laiyuan battleship who died back then have a friendship with each other. Regardless of whether they are from our side or not, they have all sacrificed their lives for the country, and there is no need to care so much. In any case, since we have already sacrificed our lives for the country, we can't care so much. No matter where you are, you are all paying for the country, whether it is our people or not, whether it is in our army or not. Suffice it to say that heroes are not supernumerary. It doesn't matter if we are government members or not, but they are all Chinese. You are their captain in the past, so it is up to you to serve this first incense stick this time. ”

Qiu Baoren didn't continue to say anything, but picked up the three sticks of incense, took the initiative to come to the wreckage of the warship that came to the far ahead, and put down the three sticks of incense. But then Wang Guorui was also the second to incense, he took the initiative to incense, and then he also incensed step by step according to his status. Hu Wei, chief of the General Staff, Zheng Hong, director of the General Political Department, and then the commanders of various military departments and officials from government departments also came to offer incense one by one, and this is also lined up according to their status, after all, in the army and the government, they are all hierarchical, so they cannot casually exceed their status.

"Now, everyone kowtows to the martyrs!" Li Zhanfeng said.

"Bow down!"

Wang Guorui led everyone to take the initiative to kneel, and then kowtowed on the surface of the Yellow Sea outside Weihaiwei. However, this move surprised many people, because Wang Guorui actually knelt down to those martyrs of the Beiyang Naval Division, which was very unusual for many ancient people.

"Lord Wang actually kneels down to the martyrs?" There was a martyr of the Beiyang Navy Division who was surprised.

And the other martyr's family also said with some emotion: "Lord Wang actually knelt down to the heroic martyrs of the Beiyang Naval Division, this is really unusual." ”

"Yes! What a rarity! "Lord Wang, it's not long before you become the emperor!" "Since ancient times, it has been the people who have knelt to the emperor, but Lord Wang, the future emperor, actually knelt down to the martyrs, it's really not simple!" ……

In ancient times, even the emperor would not kneel to the martyrs, the emperor was the son of heaven, and their power came from the grant of heaven, but they would kneel to the heavens. Or out of the worship of their ancestors, they will also choose to kneel to their "first emperor", but it is impossible for others to let the emperor kneel. In China, the emperor is also the representative of the supreme one, and it is simply impossible to kneel to anyone. Even if the other party is a martyr, because for the emperor of the ancient feudal period, it is natural for a soldier to give his life for you, it is an obligation that you should fulfill, and there is no glory at all. And the emperor is the emperor after all, and the soldiers are all the emperor's minions, how can the emperor kneel to the minions? Maybe some "minions" die, and the emperor will give something to his family, but he will never kneel for them.

Now Wang Guorui not only knelt, but also knelt to the soldiers of the "former dynasty", which made many people feel very emotional. Wang Guorui is very generous, and there is really nothing to say about these soldiers of the Beiyang Naval Division.

"Now, I have sacrificed to the martyrs of the First Sino-Japanese War, and I now want to announce a message in front of the martyrs, a very important news." Wang Guorui said.

Everyone heard that Wang Guorui was going to announce a very important news, and they all pricked up their ears to listen, because the news announced by Wang Guorui at this time was definitely not ordinary news. And, maybe it is related to these soldiers of the First Sino-Japanese War, especially the news that is of great significance to them, but no one knows what the news is, and everyone is looking forward to Wang Guorui starting to announce the news. (To be continued.) )