Generally speaking, there are two kinds of composition of the new army, one is that local regiments train once every few years to win the championship, and this will naturally fill the new army; the other is the lecture hall, and the lecture hall recruits knowledgeable reserve officers, and after a few years of training and study, they will pass the selection examination to enter the new army, not to say that everyone can enter the new army through the martial arts hall, but also to pass a very strict examination, and only those who meet the standards can enter the new army. This proportion is about 30 percent, and you can participate once in the second year if you don't pass, if you still can't meet the standard, then, I'm sorry, you can only find another job, of course, this other arranged profession is not bad, such as local military officials, such as assistant leaders or thousands of generals, these are military attachés of eight or nine grades, which are stronger than the soldiers who have no grade in the new army, but those who are selected into the new army are all serving as officers from the seventh grade, and the difference here is very big, If there is no major change in the opportunities in the future, the gap between the two sides will become wider and wider in a few years, and of course special exceptions will not be ruled out; a general officer who was assigned to the general army of southern Shaanxi was born in the martial arts hall, and trained the regiment in southern Shaanxi to be extremely strong, won the championship in one fell swoop during the big competition four or five years ago, and re-entered the new army as an ambassador for regimental training, which caused a sensation in the whole army for a while. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info the rest, of course, there are some other ways, only three people can specially approve people to enter the new army, one is the military department of Shangshu, this is undoubted, one is the head of the twelve towns of the new army, now Wu Yundi is the position, the head of the government agreed, naturally you can enter, the other is the military aircraft foreman, this depends on the authority of the foreman, before Prince Gong will not go to the new army to intervene, so he has not used the right to approve this special approval, but now Prince Li also knows that he does not understand the military, can not touch this ash, for the minister, only these three people can be approved, then of course, for the monarch is naturally not a problem, this is the prerogative of the Empress Dowager Cixi, but she has never exercised this right, has she never eaten pork, and has she never seen a pig run? I've heard how many originally very good armies have completely degraded because of the large-scale arrangement of private individuals. But Feng Zicai said that his son is indeed proficient in writing, brave and good at fighting, and can open an opening, "But when I talk about ugly things, when you join the new army, you have to start as a small soldier, inside, you can't use any face, understand?" ”

"Weichen understands," Feng Zicai said happily, "It is his great blessing to be able to enter the new army." ”

"This blessing is still there," the Empress Dowager Cixi smiled heartily, "not only your son, I have listened to the report, and I know that this great victory, the Cui army has also contributed a lot, and the credit is very great, and it has been quite effective in digging fortifications. What do you think? ”

Feng Zicai was overjoyed, knelt down and kowtowed a few times, "Thank you Queen Mother, thank you Queen Mother!" ”

"What? Why are you so happy to have pulled all your troops away? The Empress Dowager Cixi said, "Are you secretly scolding your mother in your heart?" ”

"I don't dare and will never," Feng Zicai said happily, "Weichen's authority is nothing, as long as the Cui army has a good future, I have nothing to worry about, joining the new army, it is naturally better than following me to practice in Guangxi!" Originally, I took them out of the countryside to fight and sacrifice my life for the country, I already felt guilty, but now I have a good future, I can only be happy, to see them enter the new army, this is definitely happier than my own son entered, it is really the grace of the queen mother, I can't think of this! ”

Hearing Feng Zicai's words, the Empress Dowager Cixi couldn't help but be slightly moved, "This is really General Feng, who loves soldiers like a son, hurry up, you don't have ordinary thoughts, yes, joining the new army, for the Cui army, this is an excellent future, but I think you are left, the duke is selfless, these four words can be worthy of you General Feng." ”

After that, it is to introduce several generals of the new army, Fang Hongyi, Li Yunlong, Chu Yunfei are all in this list, the rules of the new army, as long as it is the uniform of the new army, it is not possible to bow and bow, therefore, several of them all hung down the seam of their trousers, bowed solemnly, the Empress Dowager Cixi stood up and walked down the seat, "Very good, very good," the Empress Dowager Cixi looked at these senior generals of the new army with admiration, "Although I am the most confident in the new army, but there are many people muttering next to me, I naturally can't help but doubt in my heart, this is human nature, Don't be surprised, what is this suspicion, that is, to doubt the quality of the new army? Ten years have passed since the Battle of the North Sea, and in this decade, how many countries will rise, how many armies will decline, how many soldiers will choose to leave, and how many soldiers of the New Army will continue to stay here, these are all things I want to think about and mutter, although I never say how the New Army is, but you should know that I have always been the most supportive of the New Army. ”

This southern tour, in fact, is also a huge bet for the Empress Dowager Cixi, winning is naturally hello, hello, everyone, but in case of failure, not to mention that Prince Gong will inevitably make a comeback, and the important thing is that the relevant domestic reforms will be frustrated.

The purpose of the war is to win, and why the war is waged is for two points, one is domestic and the other is abroad.

Needless to say, suppressing France can broaden China's development space. And in China, the reform of the Eight Banners, do you really think that a few people can really be solved if they are so pressed, and Su Shun can be a villain with a black face?

This is just too naïve.

Only by waging war, transferring domestic contradictions abroad, and dispersing the grievances of reform with victory and national righteousness, will the resistance to reform be reduced, and the main attention of the state will be directed to foreign wars, so that the resistance to reform will be reduced.

"If you lose, then I won't have any good fruit to eat, so my heart is up and down." The Empress Dowager Cixi knew very well that if she failed, she would have to bear the consequences, what would be the consequences? That is, there will be more people who oppose you, and fewer people who support you, more and more people will resist your policies, and those who have lost their interests will involuntarily form an alliance. (To be continued.) )