Chapter 249: Military System Reform
In July, Beijing was very hot, and it was as if there was a fire in the sky. However, the whole city of Beijing is in full swing, and the renovation of Beijing's old city began last month, and after the conclusion of negotiations with Japan, the cabinet allocated 10 million yuan to renovate Beijing, and strive to complete the first phase of renovation within three months. Within the next year, Beijing will be built into a city with both ancient meaning and modern atmosphere.
Many of Beijing's poor people are employed by the government, and although they are tired, the salary of each month and the treatment of taking care of lunch at noon make most of them flock to it. Even many destitute Manchus rushed to join in.
After the conclusion of the negotiations with Japan, China won the final victory and gained enormous benefits from Japan. This plunged the people of the whole country into a state of jubilation. All of them are developing on the good side. Now, what the people of the whole country are looking forward to is probably the new emperor ascending the throne. The Cabinet has set a specific time and announced it. Wang Yuze will ascend the throne as emperor in September this year and establish a new empire. The first phase of the renovation of Beijing must be completed by September. This has led to overtime work at various construction sites, and if it weren't for the fear of disturbing the people, I am afraid that it would have been replaced by two shifts day and night.
Wang Yuze also arrived in Beijing in early July with his family and various departments in western Sichuan. His second daughter and second son have been born, the third lady Zhou Rui gave birth to a daughter for him, named Wang Zitong, and the fourth lady Yuying gave birth to a son for him, named Wang Zilin.
After arriving in Beijing, Wang Yuze did not live in the Forbidden City, but in a newly built palace. After the overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Wang Yuze privately invested tens of millions of yuan to build a palace covering an area of hundreds of acres on the shores of the South China Sea and the Middle Sea next to the Forbidden City, including the entire South China Sea and the small half of the Middle Sea. Although, the cabinet was built to live in the Forbidden City, after all, it was the symbol of the emperor for hundreds of years. But Wang Yuze refused, the Forbidden City. It has been built for hundreds of years, I don't know how many emperors have lived, hot in summer and cold in winter, what's good. On the contrary, the Xinhua Palace built by him not only has Chinese-style pavilions and pavilions. There are also Western-style villas and western-style houses. Under the combination of Chinese and Western, it is more suitable for living.
As for the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace, they are all open to the public and charged. It is used to maintain the ancient buildings of Beijing. This caused a sensation in Beijing and even across the country. The Forbidden City is the residence of the emperor! Now it's actually open to ordinary people, and even though the ticket is as high as one yuan, people still flock to it. Even many outsiders rushed to Beijing to see the residences of the emperors, which made China's tourism industry take advantage of the development.
After all the departments moved to Beijing. It's already up and running. Now, the whole of China has been under the control of the Sichuan Army, and the socialization reform is also being carried out in an orderly manner, with the great victory over the Japanese in Sichuan, after the signing of an extremely favorable treaty, Sichuan West has become more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the vast majority of people have taken Sichuan West as Zhengshuo.
It's just that there are still some foolish loyalists against the Manchu Qing Dynasty who scold western Sichuan as bandits. Wang Yuze is a rebel minister and refuses to cut off the pig's tail on his head. For this part of the people, Wang Yuze didn't pay too much attention to it. As long as they do not take practical action and do not participate in rebellion and other activities that are dangerous to society, they will be left to their own destruction! But once there is a danger to society and the country. Then Wang Yuze was ruthlessly suppressed. In recent days, many Manchu loyalists have been brutally suppressed because of riots. However, the vast majority of Chinese people still agree very much with the accession of western Sichuan to the central government and Wang Yuze's accession to the throne as emperor. The basis of the reign of Kawanishi and Wang Yuze. It's already very solid, and not everyone can shake it. Unless lost in a foreign war. Otherwise, those with bad intentions will not have a chance at all.
There are two conference rooms in Xinhua Palace, both of which are located on the South China Sea, one is a large conference room that can accommodate hundreds of people, and the other is a small conference room that can only accommodate dozens of people at most. When Wang Yuze arrived in Beijing, most of the summoning of high-ranking military and political officials was in a small conference room or in his study.
Today is already July, and there are still two months before Wang Yuze ascends the throne and becomes emperor. On the one hand, adjustments will be made to the next step of the Sichuan Army's planning, and at the same time, the meritorious personnel in the last war will also be promoted.
Wang Yuze sat at the top of the long table in the conference room, flanked by Chief of Staff Xiong Wu, Deputy Chief of Staff Cai Yun, Defense Minister Jiang Xingguo, and Navy Minister Zhang Cheng.
Next, there are the top echelons of the army and navy, but there are only a few people in the navy, and most of them are generals on the army side, with golden epaulettes, and a shining star.
"Ladies and gentlemen, in the last war, thanks to the lives of all of you and the soldiers, we were able to defeat the Japanese and achieve brilliant results. However, we must not be proud of this, the empire is about to be formed, but we still have to face a large number of enemies. The army, in particular, must not slack off. Otherwise, it will pose a great threat to the security of the Empire. As we all know, now that the world has been almost divided by the Western powers, if China wants to rise, if it wants not to become a fish on the board of the great powers, it can only catch up. In particular, in terms of the military, it is all the more necessary to catch up with and surpass the great powers, so that the Chinese nation can occupy a place on the world stage! Wang Yuze said solemnly. After defeating Japan and achieving great results, there was inevitably an atmosphere of arrogance and lasciviousness in the army, which made Wang Yuze very worried. Today is also taking this opportunity to sound the alarm for everyone. In addition, the Judge Advocate General's Office of the General Staff Headquarters has also taken action to crack down on these acts. In the past month, more than a dozen generals and colonels have had to be forced to retire because of this incident, which has made the generals of the military also a little frightened.
The people attending the meeting were all the chief officers of various units of the Western Sichuan Army, and when they heard that Wang Yuze once again emphasized this aspect, they couldn't help but attach importance to this aspect, for fear that they would be planted in these aspects at that time.
"Next, Minister Jiang announced the promotion list this time, everyone is welcome!" Wang Yuze finally said.
The conference room burst into applause.
"In view of everyone's performance in this war, the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff Headquarters have discussed and consulted with the commander, and have drawn up a list of promotions this time. Xiong Wu, Chief of Staff of the General Staff Headquarters, was promoted to Army General. Cai Yun, deputy chief of staff of the General Staff, was promoted to army general. Jiang Xingguo, Minister of Defense, was promoted to Army General. Zhao Bowen, commander of the Second Cavalry Corps, was promoted to army general. The instructor and deputy division commander, Dong Hanfei, was promoted to lieutenant general. Liu Zhiye, commander of the First Cavalry Army, was promoted to lieutenant general. Zhou Shun, commander of the 1st Division, promoted to lieutenant general, and Yang Guoxing, commander of the 3rd Division, promoted to lieutenant general. Cheng Anguo, commander of the Fourth Division, was promoted to lieutenant general. Lu Chengzhi, commander of the Fifth Division, was promoted to lieutenant general. Lin Chengye, commander of the 7th Division, was promoted to lieutenant general. Chen Wenjun, commander of the 8th Division, was promoted to lieutenant general. Gao Chang, commander of the 11th Division, was promoted to lieutenant general. Su Hongguang, commander of the 22nd Division, was promoted to lieutenant general. Du Qizheng, commander of the 23rd Division, was promoted to lieutenant general. In the navy, Minister Zhang Cheng was promoted to admiral. Deng Shichang, commander of the fleet, was promoted to admiral. Li Dingxin, Chief of Staff of the Fleet, was promoted to Vice Admiral. Wu Dezhang, head of the armament department of the Admiralty, was promoted to vice admiral. Ye Longxiang, Chief of the Quartermaster Division of the Admiralty, was promoted to Vice Admiral. Wei Han, Director of Shipbuilding at the Admiralty, was promoted to Vice Admiral. Defense Minister Jiang Xingguo read it one after another. These are the lists of those who have been promoted to lieutenant general and above. As for the list of major generals, there will be another appointment from the Ministry of Defense next.
Those who have been promoted are naturally full of joy on their faces. Those who have not been promoted are very envious. However, this promotion is completely based on everyone's achievements in the war, and even if they are not promoted, everyone has no objections.
"Let us congratulate the generals who have been promoted, and hope that everyone will make persistent efforts, as long as they use their lives on the battlefield and defend the country wholeheartedly, my Wang Yuze will definitely not be stingy with his official position!" Wang Yuze said.
In the conference room, there was once again warm applause. Although Wang Yuze has not been a marshal for a long time, he is about to become the emperor of the empire. However, what Wang Yuze has done over the years is in everyone's eyes. Everyone can be sure that China, under the leadership of Wang Yuze, will definitely lift quickly. In this process, it is inevitable that wars will break out with neighboring countries and even Western powers, which is the best opportunity for them as soldiers. This time the merits have not been accumulated enough and cannot be promoted, it does not mean that they will not have a chance next time.
"In addition, the structure of the army will be reformed. The General Staff Headquarters was renamed the General Staff, and the Chief of the General Staff was General Xiong Wu. The War Department was established, and the head of the Ministry was General Cai Yun. The War Department consists of the Operations Department, the Training Department, the Equipment Department and the Logistics Department. The resignation of the directors of each department will be announced next. The war has now come to an end. Our army has now expanded to one instructor, fifty-three infantry divisions, two cavalry corps, and two heavy artillery brigades. In order to facilitate the management of the armed forces, they will be divided into eight different military regions according to the different defense areas, and the commanders of the military regions will be responsible for commanding them. In wartime, the armies of each military region and the newly mobilized troops will be reorganized into several group armies to serve the battlefield. Next, Xiong Wu, Chief of the General Staff, announced the division arrangements of each military region! Wang Yuze said.
PS: The third update is here! I didn't have a single monthly pass today......