Levi continued: "Don't think that the British soldiers are all the same virtue as the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, in Britain and France, these Western countries, being a soldier is a national obligation, the only wounded soldier is to protect the territory and the people, and the common people are also proud to be soldiers, which is like the Green Battalion and Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, which is simply a group of bandits. Moreover, the governments of Western countries are elected by the people, and every citizen must be protected, and the soldiers are also from among the people, if the government dares to ignore these captured soldiers, the next day the people will be ousted from power. ”

"The government is elected by the people?" "Ousted by the common people?" Tian Yu, Lu Qinghou and Zhuang Jihua felt that their brain capacity was not enough, and these unheard of strange theories made the three of them suspect that their ears had heard wrong. As for the indigenous soldiers, most of them didn't know what Chief Li was talking about.

Looking at the surprised expressions of the three people, Levi also felt that he had talked too much, "democracy" and "republican" were tantamount to fantasy to the Chinese in the 19th century, they could not understand it at all, and what kind of government system would be implemented after the restoration of the army had not yet been finalized, and it was not appropriate to spread these ideas among the common people, especially the readers. So he didn't say anything more, looked at his watch, and said to Boss Zhuang: "It's almost time, let's go to the countryside!" ”

Tian Yu also stood up and said goodbye to Levi's, "Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years, and listening to what adults say today has also benefited the students a lot." Since the adults still have official duties, the students will not bother much and take their leave. Students are interested in Western things at first, and adults are also well-informed people, and students will want to ask adults for advice when they have the opportunity in the future! ”

Tian Juren wanted to communicate more with Levi's, or the survivors, and Director Li of course welcomed it, so he invited the former to come to the district government when he had time in the future, and then the two sides would discuss topics of interest.

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In the following days, the villagers in all towns and villages were spreading the news of compensating the families of the fallen soldiers, and if one person died, they would pay 50 taels of silver. Not to mention the military salary of January 22, and the death of a person still helps to support the elderly and raise young children, such superior conditions have made the enthusiasm of the people in the entire Xin'an County to join the army unprecedentedly high. The conscription work in various towns has also changed from a rigid apportionment to a scramble, and the threshold of the homes of the "people's representatives" in charge of conscription is about to be broken, and the scenes of intercession and gift-giving have appeared more than 100 years ahead of schedule. For this reason, the General Political Department and the General Staff Department jointly screened the recruits sent in, prepared a detailed soldier file, and listed all those who did not meet the physical conditions, such as those who were physically weak, those with infectious and mental diseases, and those who smoked opium; The family conditions do not match, such as the only child in the family, minors, and those who are too old are all returned home.

In addition to the 131 people who died in battle, another 57 people of the Liberation Army had to retire from active duty due to various disabilities. There is no doubt that the government is responsible for the resettlement of disabled servicemen, but as to how to resettle them, many people have put forward different opinions.

Tan Fei proposed that the disabled soldiers should be responsible for guarding the gates in various factories, enterprises or government departments in the future, because most of these indigenous soldiers have no culture and no skills, even if they enter the factory as a worker, they are afraid that they will not be qualified, so Vice Chairman Tan proposed to arrange disabled soldiers to do this kind of work that is generally arranged for old men in the original time and space. However, this plan was opposed by Ma Angelica, Wei Bozhi, Shen Xingshi and other military leaders, Wei Bozhi pointed out, "If the disabled soldiers are arranged to such a job, in fact, the disabled soldiers are positioned as invalids." These disabled soldiers are currently in their twenties, and there are decades to come, and it would be unfair for them to be allowed to work as gatekeepers, which would have left them in a very low social position in the new society. ”

"And our army will grow stronger, and the current indigenous soldiers will also have higher and higher positions, and the disabled soldiers will see them enlist at the same time, and the status of friends in the army will become higher and higher, which will also easily cause them to be psychologically unbalanced." Shen Xing supplemented Wei Bozhi's views.

"We must abandon the idea that disabled soldiers are invalids," Ma Angelica summed up the opinions of several people, "these people who shed their blood for our cause should be rewarded as they deserve, and even if they have some physical disabilities, as long as they do not affect their intelligence and mobility, they can be relegated to more important jobs." ”

At this time, Yang Bo, the chief of operations of the staff headquarters who stayed behind, also expressed his opinion, "When we begin to establish grassroots political power in townships and towns, it is completely possible to arrange these disabled servicemen to serve as police station chiefs or people's armed forces ministers in local areas." In the original time and space, demobilized officers who have the ability are generally transferred to the public security department, and we can also copy this method! ”

"Comrade Yang Bo's opinion is very constructive!" Chairman Huang Fanding also voted in favor of the opinions of the military leaders, "We are also very short of grassroots cadres, and there should be no problem with the loyalty of these disabled soldiers, and we can better grasp the grassroots political power at the local level, and we will not let the local wealthy families empty us." ”

"These people themselves are also local indigenous, and they are also inextricably linked with the local big households, how can we ensure that they will not collude with the local big families and play tricks with us?" Wu Yizhi asked rhetorically out of wariness of indigenous and local clan forces.

"You can work in a different place!" During this time, Qi Shima made the work of the Longgang District Government impressive, and also had certain experience and experience in local work, so he suggested, "The Ming and Qing governments are engaged in non-local employment, and officials are not allowed to serve in their provinces of origin, regardless of their hometown, ancestral hometown, or hometown. We don't have that much territory, so at least we must achieve a system of avoidance of origin at the town level, so that local clan forces do not have the opportunity to get involved in local power. ”

"We can also bring in more talents from other places," Huang Fanding took Qi Shima's opinion one step further, "Now there are many refugees in Xin'an and Hong Kong who have fled from the north, and we can also select some talents among these people, who have nothing to do with the local wealthy families, and if they want to ensure the power in their hands, they must rely on us tightly, and when the local government recruits civil servants in the future, it may be more inclined to outsiders." ”

The guiding principles for the resettlement of disabled servicemen were decided, and the heads of the management committee went separately to comfort the wounded and sick who were still in the hospital and the troops who were recuperating. Huang Fanding and Wei Bozhi made a special trip to the hospital to comfort the wounded and sick.

Most of the patients who were admitted to the base hospital were the seriously wounded and the wounded who had been disabled, while the lightly wounded were kept at the field hospital on Stonecutters Island. Chairman Huang and his entourage were accompanied by President Qin into the ward, and the chief of the base hospital was prepared by the survivors for themselves. Not only are lights and fans installed, but even air conditioning is installed in the senior wards, and there are special people cleaning every day, and the careful care of the nurses makes the natives who have never been served by others sigh that they live the life of an emperor.

Seeing a group of leaders enter the ward, a wounded man with half of his face covered shouted, "All stand upright!" The wounded who were still lying on the bed just now immediately jumped up from the bed like springs, Huang Fanding took two steps forward and pressed a wounded man who was struggling to sit up, "Don't move!" Don't move! Just lie down like that! The wounded man's right hand was no longer from the elbow down, and he could only rely on his left hand to support his upper body, Huang Fanding helped him lie down again, and said to the other wounded who were still standing upright: "Sit!" Everybody sit down and talk! ”

Huang Fanding held the wounded's only left hand and said kindly: "Everyone should recuperate with peace of mind, don't worry about your future life, as long as the Liberation Army is in one day, you will not let everyone starve and freeze." Everyone was injured in resisting the invasion of the British, and it was thanks to the country and the people, and the country and the people will not forget everyone. Although you will not be able to continue to stay in the army in the future, the management committee will not leave you helpless, and will arrange some work for you to do what you can. ”

The wounded man with only one hand was a twenty-year-old young man, and he was very unaccustomed to letting a big man hold his hand all the time, and after listening to Chairman Huang's words, he asked: "Chief, I only have one hand left, what else can I do?" ”

"You can still do great things with only one hand," Huang Fanding comforted him, "although you can't hold a gun in the future, you can use a pen instead!" You are still young, you can still re-study, you can study in the future, you can also do business, there are a lot of positions for you to choose from. In short, not only let everyone live a good life, but also live a glorious life. ”

Wei Bozhi patted the shoulder of the wounded man who was half-faced, and then said: "Everyone is good, your performance management committee and the general headquarters are in the eyes, so everyone can rest assured that they are here to take care of their health, and the management committee will definitely make proper arrangements for everyone's future life." After saying that, he waved out the door, and several guards walked in with cloth bags one after another, and took one and handed it to the wounded man who covered half of his face. This is a little caution for everyone, don't dislike it! Then he said some words of relief before leading the man to the next room.

As soon as the chiefs left, the sick and wounded eagerly opened the cloth bags, and the one-handed wounded poured everything on their beds. There are really a lot of Wei Wen products, two packs of Zhonghua brand cigarettes, two canned luncheon meat, and several bright paper (plastic) bags of different sizes. Look at the people around you, everyone's cloth bag is almost these things, someone immediately opened the cigarette package, beautiful enjoyment.

"Who allowed you to smoke here?!" A shrill voice sounded at the door, startling several wounded people who were "happy like fairies". If they don't look at people, they know that it is the most vicious person in the entire hospital, and Lu Jing, the head nurse, is here.

The wounded who smoked were very consciously snuffed out their cigarette butts, and one of them salivated and smiled: "Nurse Lu, this is from Chairman Huang to us." ”

"Did Chairman Huang let you smoke here?" Lu Jingyuan's eyes widened, and several wounded people were immediately silent. Speaking of which, in the hearts of the wounded and sick, Lu Jing's prestige is much higher than that of Huang Fanding. Although Huang Fanding is the chairman of the management committee, it is just a virtual image for ordinary soldiers, just like the emperor in the hearts of the people of the Qing Dynasty, with a respected status but no sense of reality. And Lu Jing has to contact them every day, not only to take care of their food and clothing, but also to change their dressings, change bandages, clean wounds, and even scrub their bodies. Although the hospital has recruited a group of indigenous women to work as nurses, these people can only do some work as tea and water, and ask them to scrub the body of a strange man, who refuses to do anything. Lu Jing had to demonstrate in person, and this alone Lu Jing had been upgraded to a goddess in the minds of the wounded, and her speech was more effective than that of other chiefs.