"Military affairs?" Li Hongzhang chewed carefully, his eyes condensed slightly, "Zhonghua is out of Beijing, is it possible that there is still a secret decree?" ”

"There is no secret order," Rong Lu said, "I used to be the secretary of the Ministry of War, and I knew a little about the affairs of the Ministry of War, and the regimental training in various places is now uneven, and the source of soldiers of the new army is much less here in the regimental training, and the rest of the people are ...... Over the years, there have been a lot of people in the twelve towns, but they are not all bad seedlings, there are not many good seedlings, and it cannot be said that these people are disloyal to the imperial court, it's just that they are a little exaggerated, I don't know how to do it on weekdays, and the difference in wartime is only very big," Rong Lu shook his head, the new army was managed by him and Wu Yundi, no matter what, he didn't want to say more about the new army, so he was just a little bit and didn't say anything, "Brother Shaoquan, you are in charge of the Beiyang Naval Division, you should know that over the years, it has been difficult to recruit troops." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"In addition to a few sailor schools, there are fewer people recruiting troops outside, and it is not too difficult," Li Hongzhang said, "Over the years, you can earn money everywhere outside, and those who are born in school feel that it is too hard to be a soldier, especially if you want to get on the boat of the sailor, go to the sea, come in the waves, and most of the inland people are seasick, and it is even more difficult to find, and you can only beckon in the coastal and riverside provinces, which is more difficult, but we have a lot of people in the Qing Dynasty, and there are fewer people who want to be soldiers, how to choose, it is enough." ”

"The world is more and more luxurious, the big guys like a stable and comfortable day, it is also an ordinary thing, but there is nothing to blame, now I am in the Northeast, other things in the Northeast, I try to care less, first pull up the regimental training in several provinces in the Northeast, Shengjing is okay, Jilin and Heilongjiang, there are a lot of horse bandits, if these people are exterminated, the local peace will be more peaceful, and it will not give outsiders the opportunity to take advantage of the loopholes, the place is calm, it is the best, if it does not work, then a new army will be sent."

"Is the new army going to be sent to the northeast?" Li Hongzhang was slightly surprised, the new army has always been not easy to move, "Is this matter decided?" ”

"It's not decided yet, it's just a little shallow opinion of the foolish brother, but I want to ask Brother Shaoquan to counsel one or two." Rong Lu smiled, "Is this a proper matter?" ”

The new army is stationed in the place has always been not customized, not limited to what province, not limited to what time, although there is no customization, but there are certain rules to follow, one is the important place, the place where the soldiers must fight, now there is naturally no Han and Tang Dynasty Great Wall pass to guard, but Shanhaiguan, Zhangjiakou, these two places must have a new army stationed, in order to defend Gyeonggi, before the Xinjiang Agubai rebellion, the new army opened, Longyou Ancient Road, Hexi Corridor, a series of cities stationed to guard the grain road, Later, Beihai City was also garrisoned for many years; The second is the land of rebellion and war, Kashgar, Ili, and later Thang Long and Hue, which were all stationed by the new army; The third is a routine change of defense, such as Tianjin moving to Henan, Gansu to Shanxi, such a limited number of provinces to change, the number of new troops is not very large, if each province is stationed, it is too late, and it is easy to make a provincial governor dissatisfied. So these kinds, now it seems, it seems that the three northeastern provinces have not yet been able to get these three situations, Li Hongzhang thought about it, "It's not impossible, the Beiyang Navy Division made a fuss in Nagasaki before, and the Japanese have settled a lot, if the new army enters Shengjing, choose a place closer to North Korea to guard, the Japanese are afraid that they will have to settle down for a while, but it is too much, we must pay attention to moderation, and don't let the Japanese make a dog jump out of the wall in a hurry." ”

Li Hongzhang's attitude is still stable, but he also has his own opinions, "Here in the Beiyang Naval Division, three years have not been able to get a piece of armor to go to sea, although only three years, but the situation in the world is changing, not to mention, even the development of the navy, is a thousand miles a day, the Japanese Yoshino will be delivered immediately, and there are rumors in the past few days, saying that Britain originally had a warship with the same configuration as the Yoshino, ready to sell to us, I don't know what's going on, the warship was sold to Japan in installments, Japan alone, he can't make many waves, It's just that I'm afraid that someone will do the strategy of driving the tiger and devouring the wolf, and I want to do it in Europe again. ”

Li Hongzhang has this confidence, the naval battle of the North and South Ocean in Ha Long Bay, in one fell swoop, not only cleared up the rumors that there is no actual combat experience outside, but also laid the foundation for the South and North Ocean to run rampant in the western Pacific, Vladivostok has not been ceded, the Russian Navy has no ice-free port here in the Pacific Ocean that can be used as a naval base, the US Navy, with all due respect to Li Hongzhang, is not of any use, not to mention that the two countries are too far away from Venezuela to have any actual conflict of interests, China's current policy is to go all out to compete for Africa, Taking into account the Middle East and West Asia, as for Latin America, there are no plans at the moment, so the United States is also very knowledgeable, and the two countries are now friends.

Of course, the British Navy will now often come to the South China Sea to Hong Kong route, this is no way to do it, although there have been repeated provocations, but the Minister of Nanyang predicts that there will be no war between China and Britain, and there will be occasional skirmishes, and it is also Britain that wants to highlight and emphasize its status as the world hegemon, so as long as you tolerate and restrain yourself, respect and respect the British, and lower the diplomatic posture, the British will also be interesting. The North and South Ocean Naval Division was indeed very prestigious before, the first in Asia and the fourth in the world, if it were not for the desire to launch a naval war in the world, this military strength would actually be enough, but the problem is that Japan, the military strength of this close neighbor has also developed.

"The Japanese finances are not enough, a Yoshino has almost tossed the Japanese to death, the Japanese emperor is still so pretentious, and he also makes some tricks to eat one meal a day, and the Japanese people are like guns and their blood is boiling," the Yoshino has already given Li Hongzhang a headache, not to mention another one, "A new warship, named Kanagawa, this is also the most disgusting thing, their two warships, but they are much faster than Dingyuan, faster than Jiangning, now look at it, The British did not have good intentions towards us, and were willing to sell to the Japanese in installments, hmph, when, when did the British merchants have such good intentions? Are you not going to make money? ”

"It's nothing more than borrowing a knife to kill people," Rong Lu continued, "The British want to use the Japanese to contain us, and the Japanese are willing to be this knife, but they don't know what use this knife can be used for us." ”

"If the Japanese want to make a difference in Asia, the first one they can't get past is China."