On November 7, in front of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, a large-scale public memorial began.

More than 20,000 people were killed and 11,000 wounded, including 8,000 disabled for life, in various battlefields of the Sino-French War, including Vietnam, Mawei and Taiwan. Due to the poor level of medical care in the field at that time, those who were seriously injured were often either dead or disabled, and those who were completely cured were those with minor injuries.

According to the pre-war regulations, the spirit tablets of all the war dead will be placed in the Martyrs' Shrine for people to pay respect.

Subsequent evaluation and awarding of titles, although the law on the military rank system has been promulgated before, but a process is needed to improve the relevant supporting measures, such as the military positions that each level can hold, the treatment that can be enjoyed, and how to be promoted, reward and punishment regulations, uniform differences, epaulettes and collar badge styles, etc., after this award ceremony, the military rank system was officially launched, in principle, the division commander is a major general, the brigade commander is a colonel, the regiment commander is a lieutenant colonel, the battalion commander is a major, the company commander is a captain, the platoon commander is a lieutenant, the squad leader is a second lieutenant, and ordinary soldiers are divided into sergeants and corporals. The former military ranks, generals, guerrillas, garrisons, etc., were all discontinued.

Immediately after that, there is the reward for meritorious deeds. First of all, regardless of merit, each war dead will be divided into seven acres of land and five acres for the disabled. Then they are divided into one to ten acres of land according to the size of the merit. And there are those who have both died in battle and have merit, and their lands can be stacked accordingly. In this way, basically each family of the war dead can get more than 10 acres of land.

At the same time, the children of these people can be given priority in joining the army in the future. Regardless of whether it is a training army or a guard army, the reward treatment is equal, and there is no such thing as 369.

According to the previous statistics, more than 31,000 dead or disabled, as well as 38,000 officers and men who had made meritorious contributions, were given land, and more than 10,000 people did not perform well, either retreating from the battle, shooting indiscriminately without aiming, or grinding behind when charging, and so on.

Being able to accurately record the performance of the officers and men is entirely due to the merit of the Military Judge Advocate General's Office set up by Ding Yuntong before the war, which has effectively supervised the combat situation of the troops, so that the military exploits of the troops will not become a big pot of rice, and the brave will be rewarded and the cowardly will be punished, which will be of great benefit to future wars.

According to Ding Yuntong's latest ideas, the performance of the training officers and men in the war was better than expected. Therefore, Ding Yuntong decided to eliminate the more than 10,000 people who did not perform well, and the remaining 38,000 people were all transferred to the Guards, so that the Guards could quickly take shape. As for the more than 10,000 trained troops who did not participate in the Sino-French War, it is estimated that less than one-third of those officers and men who were born poor or who were extremely skilled were selected in principle. In this way, the total number will reach about 43,000, and with the addition of more than 8,000 guards, the guards will be officially formed. All of them have to receive new weapons and new training, a process that is estimated to take several months. At the beginning of next year, Ding Yuntong estimated that he would have an elite army of more than 50,000 people.

As for the land, according to Ding Yuntong's edict, the land has been rewarded. However, it will take another three months for the delivery of the land title documents.

Weishenme is going to do this?

Because now it is said that the land will be rewarded, but where does the land come from? Jihua wanted to deprive some of the Eight Banners of their land, and just took advantage of the situation to start withdrawing the Eight Banners. Ding Yuntong didn't believe that these gentlemen could still rebel, at this time, the Eight Banners soldiers were all fine-skinned and tender-skinned, pampered, and flying eagles and lackeys, and they were powerless at all. In fact, as soon as the cannon rang out during the Xinhai Revolution, the Eight Banners obediently gave up their hardcore crops (the monthly salary of the banner soldiers). But the so-called not afraid of 10,000, just in case, those Manchu nobles must be strongly opposed.

By that time, however, the Guards had already been formed. All the officers have been promoted by themselves, and more importantly, the wealth and nobility of the army are given by themselves, the ranks are awarded by themselves, and the land is rewarded by themselves. If you live and work hard, you can hope to be a general, and if you die, you can still enter the Martyrs' Shrine as a hero, and if you fall, the glorious prospects of the Guards will be gone. As long as the gun is held firmly, no one can turn the sky.

As far as Ding Yuntong knew, the land of the Qing Dynasty was divided into official land and private land, and official land accounted for 30%. The official field is divided into Huangzhuang, Guanzhuang and Baqi Zhuangtian. Among them, Huangzhuang belongs to the royal family, with a total of 1,078 Zhuangzi, 35,772 hectares, and 3.57 million mu. Guanzhuang is owned by princes and nobles, with a total of 1,716 places and 1.33 million acres. The Eight Banners Zhuangtian belongs to the Eight Banners soldiers, with a total of 1.4 million acres. And this 1.4 million mu is the first goal, and the reward needs to be almost 500,000 mu, and the rest can be used in the future.

This time, there are two steps that cannot be taken to deprive the Eight Banners of Zhuangtian and remove the Eight Banners soldiers.

First. After the Eight Banners were dismantled, they were to be paid monthly salaries within two years, so that these people could be given some time to support themselves and learn to support themselves, so that the resistance to reform would be greatly reduced.

Second. It is necessary to make a clear promise that the official village will never be moved, so that the princes and nobles will not work hard for the time being. The so-called boiled frog in warm water has to be done step by step.

When the next step is to defeat the aristocracy, you can carry out the reform of national assimilation, cut off the braids, change the clothes, it seems difficult, but in fact it is logical.

Dictatorship should be based on centralization of power and personality cult, not on national oppression. came by himself, and he didn't have the slightest affection for the Manchu Dynasty. When Zuihou takes a step, even the country name has to be replaced.

For oneself, the subjects of the whole country are slaves, and they are treated equally, and those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish. In his previous life, Stalin was a Georgian, but as the leader of the country, he killed Georgian nationalists the hardest. It also led to the deepest hatred between Georgia and Russia after the collapse of the country, and until the 21st century, there was a Russo-Georgian war.

In the eyes of a true dictator, there is no nation, only slaves.

On the evening of November 11, Ding Yuntong and Peng Yulin were carefully studying the issue of the Guards.

Peng Yulin stood beside him, his eyes didn't need to look at the materials in his hand, and he was talking loudly: "With the enrichment of work experience and the further improvement of the system, the speed of the Guards has also been greatly improved. At present, more than 20,000 recruits are being trained in the four major training bases. More than 5,000 people were regrouped in July and are awaiting induction. By the end of the year, more than 8,000 people will be integrated into the regular army, which means that more than 13,000 Guards recruits can now be trained a year, which is about a little more than a division, and then the new cadets will fill the gap. ＂

Ding Yuntong nodded, he knew that with the current financial situation, he could only afford this level. In recent years, the domestic economy has developed, tax revenue has increased, and at the same time, the in-depth implementation of the budget bill has curbed the embezzlement and corruption of tax revenue to a small extent. This year's revenue has exceeded 100 million taels of silver.

But such a speed is far from meeting the needs, but it is useless not to rush, and the time is not urgent. When the Guards were reorganized, the cult of personality reached a climax, the household registration management was completed, and then large-scale industrialization was about to begin, and then the most conservative estimate would be to starve to death a few million. But so what, development is the last word, and there will be no problem with dying a group of people.

After thinking about it, Ding Yuntong said: "This time, I saw the ferocious firepower of the French Army, especially the machine gun of Nahaqi Kaisi, which was very powerful. I thought about it, and I also incorporated this weapon into the Guards standard equipment. ＂

Peng Yulin nodded frequently: "Exactly, exactly, Emperor Mingjian." The machine gun of this Haqi Kaisi is really powerful, and thirty percent of the casualties of our troops are due to this weapon. Wechen suggested that each company be equipped with a machine gun, so that the firepower would be considerable. ＂

Ding Yuntong smiled: "That's it, it's best to invite some engineers from the Haqi Kaisi Company, it would be better if it could be imitated." ＂

Before, Ding Yuntong was too obsessed with the Makqin heavy machine gun, and according to history, the current Makqin is still researching electrical appliances in the United States. Interest in automatic rapid-fire weapons has just begun this year. It was not until 1883 that he moved to England, and in 1884 he developed a heavy machine gun. In other words, when the Sino-Japanese war began, the Makqin heavy machine gun had not yet been born.

In that case, we had to find a replacement.

Originally, I thought the Gatling gun (Grimm gun) was too bad. Extremely heavy, the system is complex, expensive, difficult to maintain, poor vitality continuity, it has to be accelerated for half a day before shooting, and maintenance is especially difficult. Especially the consumption of ammunition, 6,000 rounds a minute, too much money, bullets flying around, there is no way to aim, it's not okay, tens of thousands of rounds will go out, and no one can hit. Because of this, Ding Yuntong did not equip the troops with machine guns. But now it seems that artillery fire alone is not enough. Now it seems that the Haqi Kaisi machine gun is a good choice, 60 rounds a minute, the power is huge, and the firing range is more than 2,000 meters, which is quite good.

The Guards have Mauser guns, Ha Qi Kaisi machine guns, Krupp field guns, far, medium and near matching, the effect should be good.

After thinking about it, Ding Yuntong asked again: "How is the navy?" ＂

"Returning to the emperor, all the warships ordered in Britain and Germany are being built intensively. The supervising officer sends a quarterly report documenting the progress. Most of the four captured French warships have been repaired, but there are still some key parts, because Jishu cannot be reached, and foreign engineers need to be hired. ＂

Ding Yuntong sighed: "This is also something that can't be helped. ＂

He suddenly remembered: "I heard that there is a person named Wang Hui, who has excellent marksmanship and has made miraculous achievements, but is it true?" ＂

"It is true, this man is said to be very young. ＂

"Well, summon him to Beijing, I want to meet him and encourage him in person. By the way, there is also a person named Wang Xiang in Nie Shicheng's department, and I heard that the attack on Xuanguang and Langshan is in the vanguard. Let him go to Beijing too. ＂

"Yes. ＂

"Also, the current number of the Guards will be maintained at more than 50,000 first, and as for the division that will be added every year, you will be able to arrange a few suitable places. It may be a secret killer in the future. ＂

"Your Majesty. ＂

Ding Yuntong had a thought in his heart, when the war between China and Japan began, the Japanese thought that they only had more than 50,000 troops, and they believed that they would have more courage to take risks.