Tie Liang walked in with someone, making the originally warm atmosphere of the meeting instantly turn into a freezing point.

"Ah, everyone is here today!" Tie Liang had already entered the door, his face was about the same as the bottom of the black pot, and he was talking with a gun and a stick. "It's better for us to help Yuan, our Lord Ronglu doesn't have such prestige as you in the new army."

Yuan Shikai was annoyed when he saw Tie Liang, but the two were officials in the same dynasty, and now was not the time to tear their faces. However, Xu Shichang, as Lao Yuan's staff, couldn't let Lao Yuan suffer at this time, so he said: "Lord Yuan is the training assistant, and the training of the new army is all under the responsibility of Lord Yuan." This is not only the meaning of the Queen Mother Lafayette, but also the permission of Lord Ronglu. Therefore, Lord Yuan is the head of the new army, and it is reasonable that a meeting will be held today, and all the generals will gather...... Lord Tieliang, don't you have any objections to the arrangement of Lafayette and Lord Ronglu? ”

Tie Liang glared at Xu Shichang and didn't say anything. Because Lao Xu was born in the imperial examination, his roots are red and Miaozheng, and he is a good dwarf in this regard. Although Tie Liang is quite famous among the Manchurians, his official position is also done step by step. But after all, it was because of Rong Lu that he had today's status, and he did not participate in the imperial examination, which is not justified.

However, Xu Shichang obviously did not let Tie Liang go, and continued: "As for Lord Ronglu's prestige in the army...... Xu Shichang smiled slightly and said: "The respect for Lord Ronglu is in my heart, not in my mouth. People who put Lord Ronglu on their lips all day long may not have other thoughts in their hearts. This is the Dingwu Army, who are you scaring with a fake tiger! ”

Tie Liang was so angry that he even led the group of full-man officers behind him, but he had no choice but to swallow his anger with Xu Shichang.

Yuan Shikai just sat there and smiled, and only then did he speak: "Lord Tieliang, let's sit down!" ”

Uninvited guests came in the middle of the meeting, and the atmosphere of the meeting developed in the direction of the Hongmen banquet. Yuan Shikai did not discuss the construction of the fourth town again, on the contrary, at this time, Tie Liang asked to discuss the matter of increasing military spending for the first town, which was regarded as a hornet's nest.

Among the new army, the first town is the trump card, with the largest number of people and good equipment, so since the establishment of the new army, most of the military funds have been spent on the first town. Although the current Qing Dynasty is still a country, not to mention the Northeast Autonomous Region, other provinces are also in a state of semi-autonomy. Although there are also taxes to be paid, in reality they are not able to make ends meet. Just the cost of the offerings of a group of Eight Banners who ate idle meals was enough to torture the Minister of the Household Department to find death and hang himself. However, it can also be seen from this that the Qing court resolutely and resolutely established a new army under such a tight financial situation, and how wary it was of the northeast.

The reason why Yuan Shikai agreed to let Tie Liang be the head of the first town some time ago was that Tie Liang had been sent by Rong Lu to the local provinces before he approached the new army and was responsible for clearing the stranded taxes. And most of these taxes are now used for the military expenses of the new army. It may not sound like a big deal, but it's a great feat for the Forces nouvelles.

There are meritorious rewards, but there are punishments. Tie Liang gave the new army such a big benefit, Rong Lu pushed him to the front at this time, no matter how unwilling Yuan Shikai was, he could only swallow his broken teeth into his stomach and suffer a loss.

"The first town still needs to increase military spending?"

The surrounding officers discussed, they were originally hot when they looked at the first town, and the military funds allocated by the Qing court, the first town alone accounted for sixty or five. The other two towns spent less than half of their military spending, because the new army had other projects that cost money. Now the first town has to increase military spending, so will the other two towns still survive?

"Xia Guan disagrees!" Wang Shizhen was the first to stand up. He was originally in charge of the first town, but now he is in charge of the second town, and his life is similar to that of the original, like a flower child.

The second town spoke, and the third town, which lived a life of abject poverty with Coptis chinensis, naturally could not be a turtle with a shrunken head. Feng Guozhang also said: "Our third town also disagrees!" ”

Yuan Shikai didn't have such an impulse, squeezed out a smile on his face, and said, "Mayor Tieliang, it's not impossible for you to ask for money, can you ask where you plan to use this money?" ”

Tie Liang glared at Wang Shizhen and Feng Guozhang, and then said to Yuan Shikai: "A few days ago, I sent someone to sort out the intelligence of the East Russian War, saying that the Northeast won this time, in addition to the soldiers using their lives, the most important thing is that the artillery strength of the Northeast far exceeds that of the Russian side. Their structure is different from our new army, and our number of people in a town is equivalent to one of their integrated divisions, but the firepower is ...... Hehe, although we claim to be the elite of the empire, compared to others, one is in the sky and the other is underground. I don't want much now, I hope to expand the original artillery corps to 3,000 people, and purchase 12 more German Clauber 75mm guns, 6 120mm guns, and ...... shells."

Tie Liang knew that it stands to reason that the northeast is so close that it is the most economical way to purchase their artillery, and their artillery has also been tested in actual combat. However, the Qing court's precautions against the Northeast made it impossible for the procurement case to pass through at all, so Germany, which had a large number of military and technical exchanges with the Northeast, naturally became the first choice.

This time, Tie Liang's idea of increasing the military expenditure of the first town was very simple. As far as Yu Gong is concerned, since the new army is trained, it is natural to build a town, train a town, and become a town. Otherwise, even if the six towns of Beiyang are all established, they are all rice buckets, so what is the point of establishment. And as a Manchurian, he can have such an achievement, which will have an immeasurable effect on boosting the morale of the Qing court. The Han people have been singing the leading role in the Qing court in this era for too long! Tie Liang even believed that if he operated it well, then this dynasty of his own nation would complete a seemingly impossible redemption.

As for the private aspect, with the above achievements, how much political capital it will be, this provides a strong guarantee for his future promotion.

Tie Liang is for public or private reasons, others don't care, the people present are all the same idea, you don't give a picture of your grandmother's dog urine, it's a big face. There are twelve 75mm guns and six 120mm guns, which are still German, and they are not afraid of the wind and fanning their tongues.

"As far as I know, there are so-called artillery divisions in the Northeast Army Division, could it be that Lord Tieliang wants to establish an establishment like the Northeast Artillery Division?" Yuan Shikai asked at this time, he didn't directly deny Tie Liang's idea.

"Not bad......"

"Then do you know that at the beginning, I suggested to Lord Ronglu and Lord Li Hongzhang that the Northeast should be used as a model and its military discipline as a model to establish a new army, and Lord Tieliang would know what the result was?"

As soon as he heard this, Tie Liang's face immediately sank! These two adults directly gave no!

"Lord Tieliang is dedicated to the country, we naturally know, but if we change the military system without permission, I don't know if there is an edict?"

Tie Liang glared at Yuan Shikai, and there was almost fire in his eyes, but although what Yuan Shikai said was official, he also stood on reason, and finally Tie Liang was helpless, got up and said to his subordinates: "Go!" ”