In Quanzhou, the ruling minister told He Feihu that he would get the second division in three months, but in reality, it was useless for two months because of the Constituent Assembly. Moreover, just a few days after receiving the preparatory work for the 12th Division from Ren Hongcheng, the urgent order of the Qingyuan arrived again, and all provinces completely gave up the intention of using their own soldiers to establish units alone, so more recruits would also go to this front-line base in Jiangxi to form an army, and He Feihu needed to provide garrison planning and marshalling plans for the two divisions, and at the same time, the Constituent Assembly also asked He Feihu to report the list of recommended personnel for the commanders of the three divisions.

He Feihu pondered for a few days, and after finally drawing up a list, the order of the Constituent Assembly arrived again: the order said that He Feihu did not need to provide such a list, and that the Constituent Assembly already had a group of candidates, and they would be sent to Jiangxi after passing the examination and approval of the Constituent Assembly, and He Feihu would be responsible for selecting the most suitable people from among them, and the rest would be put into the reserve.

After seeing the personnel sent by the Qing Yuan, He Feihu felt a chill in his heart, whether it was the division commander and deputy commander or the equally extremely important staff post, the Constituent Assembly selected a group of young people in their twenties, probably based on their grades in the military academy. The few people with the most battlefield experience were only because they joined the army earlier, and they had joined the militia organization when Xu Ping went south to attack Fujian, and later returned to the military academy to learn military knowledge.

"These young men," He Feihu complained to Ren Hongcheng, who was no longer a special envoy of the Jiangxi Qingyuan but a special envoy of the Constituent Assembly, and although Ren Hongcheng could not have fulfilled his duties of discussion and voting in Jiangxi, the Constituent Assembly still gave him the status of a member of the Constituent Assembly: "How could they command thousands of soldiers." ”

"Why were those battalion officers of the New Army able to command a battalion in the past?" After receiving the appointment of the Constituent Assembly, Ren Hongcheng submitted his resignation to the Jiangxi Provincial Secretaries' Yuan, and after approving his resignation, the speaker and his colleagues in the Provincial Secretaries' Yuan wrote congratulatory letters one after another, and everyone was very envious of his ability to jump into the Constituent Assembly. Ren Hongcheng felt that if he could make achievements in this position, it would be the capital for the official election in the future: "I remember that they were only leading a hundred or ten people before, and Duke Qi also put them in the position of commander of several thousand people at once. ”

"At least they've seen large-scale operations."

"We don't have a better candidate, and of course the military school exam is only on paper, but this is the fairest assessment standard in our hands at the moment." Ren Hongcheng seemed much more confident than He Feihu: "These officers have all gone through eighteen to twenty-four months of study, and each of them is the best in the military academy, and there are few Li Shun who have received stricter training and learned more tactics than them, even General Xu was not as good as at the beginning." ”

He Feihu actually doesn't have a very good candidate, but he still has some preference for people who are older and have battlefield experience, of course, these people are the old ones of the Huangshi Group, and He Feihu knows that the Qing Yuan may not be willing.

But Ren Hongcheng is not only thinking about control, he also hopes that the whole army will be able to win a political future for himself: "Actually, I believe in these young people more, I have talked to some children of the Funing army, and the new army in the north...... Of course they're the same, aren't they? Originally, the new army transferred a large number of people from the Funing army. They always think, 'We can't do it, you can't do it, and if you do, it's your luck.'" Although the prince of Qi brought back a large number of Li Shun's military materials, in terms of seriousness in study, the people on the side of the Funing Army were not as good as these newly recruited students. ”

Ren Hongcheng felt that the group of people who stayed in the Qing Yuan were much more down-to-earth, while those people in the Funing Army seemed to be impetuous, and they moved around early to seek positions in the army, as far as Ren Hongcheng knew, almost all the children of the senior generals of the Funing Army had obtained middle and senior military ranks before the start of the Northern Expedition, and the proportion of excellent test scores was quite low.

"General Xu had to train officers while fighting in Henan, and there was a lack of space and facilities, which usually meant that he spoke intermittently for several months, but we provided sufficient military funds for the cadets of the military academy for up to two years of uninterrupted study and training. Since General Xu was able to train a group of qualified generals, I don't see why we couldn't train them. ”

"After all, they still have to go through one or two actual battles before they can apply what they have learned." He Feihu admitted that the training conditions of the Southern Army were much better, otherwise the Northern Expedition would not have gone so smoothly.

"This is General He's duty, and the Qing Yuan is counting on you to help them through the most difficult of the first stages."

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He Feihu soon discovered that due to his age, the prestige of the senior commander of the council division could not be compared with before, and looking at his superiors who were not a few years older than him, the probability of officers at all levels questioning orders was greatly increased. The military court system that the Imperial Court demanded that He Feihu fully implement in the parliamentary division further reduce the authority of senior officers, and now senior officers do not even have the right to dismiss their subordinates in non-battlefield situations, let alone the power of life and death in the past.

When discussing military affairs, He Feihu always listened to his subordinates take Xu Ping's example as an argument, and when others refuted it, most of the arguments put forward were also from Xu Ping.

Many times, He Feihu cited Qi Guogong's battle examples or theories as evidence of his own ideas, and some of his subordinates would use Xu Ping's theory to refute them, and He Feihu could see that most of the subordinates were not on his side, although they would not say it explicitly out of respect for their superiors and seniors, but they would show some in their expressions.

After listening to it a few times, He Feihu couldn't help but suggest that they take a look at the regulations and military regulations written by Duke Qi, but his subordinates still disagreed: "My lord, at that time, the cavalry still had to wear armor, and the enemy army used a large number of bows and crossbows and swords, while the other side was spears and firearms. My lord, will we encounter such an enemy in the future, or will we arm our sons with spears and firearms? ”

He Feihu had seen some of Xu Ping's things before, but he rarely could see them, and he would get bored every time he looked at them for a while. After spending some time with this group of novices in the military camp outside Nanchang, He Feihu felt more and more that if he didn't read through the textbooks compiled by Xu Ping on Li Shun's side, then there would be a communication barrier with his subordinates. In the end, He Feihu forced himself to read a book that his subordinates had read in the military academy every day, and when the whole army began to prepare to celebrate the New Year at the end of the lunar month, He Feihu suddenly found himself full of confidence in victory: "It turns out that you judge it this way, General Xu." After reading Xu Ping's book over and over again, He Feihu felt that the other party's line of thought had a texture, as if it could be touched, and when he closed the book today, He Feihu whispered to it, as if facing a real opponent: "I am looking forward to the day when I meet the general on the battlefield." ”

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The Constituent Assembly has been tossing and turning for more than a month, and the outline of the constitution has been drawn up early, but until now, the Constituent Councillors have heard that there is still a lot of noise in Quanzhou, and it is said that several armed fights have broken out. He Feihu felt that this group of parliamentarians was very inefficient, and so many people were much slower than Ming Taizu alone, but this was not the focus of his concern, the point was that there would be new troops arriving - He Feihu began to accept the personnel and equipment of the Constitution Division, and at the same time arranged the camp needed by the 13th Division, and the Constituent Assembly praised He Feihu's diligence and immediately began to send personnel to Jiangxi, Ren Hongcheng told He Feihu that the first batch of officers of the 13th Division would arrive before the year.

"What's the name of this division?" He Feihu couldn't guess the name of the 13th Division.

"If this General He can guess it, it's really a monster." Ren Hongcheng laughed, the name of this division also has a history, after the Leader Miao of the Labor Party published on the source of constitutional rights, the leader of the Donglin Party Chen provided another heavyweight document - in the future political framework conceived by the leader of the Chen Party, the model of separation of powers should be adopted: the court, the criminal and the government. After reading the article of the party leader, Ren Hongcheng admired the party leader so much that he was convinced that the party leader would leave a name in history because of this political statement.

Since there were already two divisions of the "parliament" and the "constitution", the Constituent Assembly of the 13th Division planned to name it the "Guanfu" division to commemorate Chen Zizhuang's political discussion on the separation of powers.

However, when Qi Guogong heard about this, he suddenly raised an objection, saying that the name "Guanfu" was too unpleasant, and the Constituent Assembly hoped to establish an army for the country and the people, and the name Guanfu was obviously not close to the people at all.

Everyone admits that what Qi Guogong said is reasonable, Qi Guogong has never spoken, once he speaks, everyone is willing to listen, so even if it is unreasonable, everyone will not be too disobedient, Chen Zizhuang immediately said that this division does not have to be named "Guanfu" to commemorate the separation of powers, others feel a little regretful but are also ready to think differently.

However, Qi Guogong obviously had already thought of a solution when he proposed it - Qi Guogong suggested that the "official" division be changed to a "public servant" division, which not only still commemorated the separation of powers, but also demonstrated the righteousness of the new government for the people.

"Servant?" He Feihu didn't understand at first.

"A public servant refers to a public servant, under the supervision of the Imperial Court, the government that acts in accordance with the constitution is no longer a parent official, no longer an elder who the people have to kowtow to and kneel to see, but a servant of everyone, so it is a public servant."

"Oh, I see," He Feihu found this word quite interesting, and there was indeed a touching idea of being close to the people: "This public servant's division flag, presumably the Qing Yuan will also take it away." ”

"This is not necessary," Ren Hongcheng said that the Qing Yuan fully agreed with the public servants to keep their own division flags: "If the Qing Yuan takes away the division flags of each division, won't it make everyone think that we are always worried about losing the battle?" ”

It would be too unlucky if the "parliamentary" division was eliminated, no one in the court wanted to see such a bad omen, and the elimination of the "constitutional" division was also intolerable, as for the government, whether it was called the "government" division or the "public servant" division, the government would definitely not be eliminated - there will never be a shortage of officials in this world, and it would be easier if it was a public servant, and it would be nice to hire a new group of servants.

"Gong Qi also wrote an inscription for the public servant." Ren Hongcheng told He Feihu that Huangshi was talented and wrote a sentence to the 13th Division as a teacher training.

"What did Gong Qi write?"

"Serve the people wholeheartedly."

"That's good." He Feihu felt that this division training was extremely appropriate, which not only echoed the name of this division, but also was appropriate for an army: soldiers should defend the country and the people.

"Gong Qi also composed a piece of music for the public servant teacher and filled in the lyrics."

"Ahh This made He Feihu a little surprised, as far as he knew, Qi Gong didn't like music and opera very much, and he couldn't remember the lyrics of the drama, and occasionally hummed a paragraph and always went to the ends of the earth...... At least He Feihu never knew, and never heard anyone close to Qi Gong say that he had any talent for operating...... As for filling in the words, did you go and fill in seven kills?

"Servants of the people, servants of the people, work hard, work hard;

Serve the people wholeheartedly and live up to the trust of the people;

It's glorious, it's glorious. “

Ren Hongcheng waved his arms rhythmically in front of his chest, and sang the song that the Duke of Qi gave to the public servant. This song written by Huangshi based on the French children's song "" (also known as "Two Tigers") made He Feihu listen to it with relish.

"This is the Constituent Assembly's plan for building the army," Ren Hongcheng said after singing a song and handed a memorandum to He Feihu, in the ambitious plan of the Constituent Assembly, to build a stand for the 14th Division's "honesty" and the 15th Division's "trustworthiness" in February next year.

"According to the regulations of the Duke of Qi, one division has 15,000 people, and two divisions plus some independent units are one army." Before coming to Jiangxi, He Feihu thought that he would work in the position of division commander for a long time, but now he is the commander of the Nanchang Military Base Group and the commander of the 11th and 12th Divisions.

"Yes, there will be a military system in the future, and General He's army will become a group army......" Ren Hongcheng thought that He Feihu was thinking about the treatment: "At that time, General He's salary will naturally rise." ”

"No, I mean, if I'm in charge of the entire army, who will command the army below?" He Feihu shouted, "Does the Qing Yuan want me to choose from these young people?" They can't just command a division for a few months and be promoted to command an army of 30,000 men and 5,000 men, right? And an army group, this is ...... for me"

"General He," Ren Hongcheng interrupted He Feihu and said solemnly: "The Qing Yuan forbids me to participate in the discussion of any military issues, General He has full power in military matters, and the Qing Yuan only cares about your opinions. ”

"It's synonymous with taking full responsibility." He Feihu muttered quietly.

"General He, should Dr. Ben understand this sentence as pessimistic defeatism?"

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