Jia Liu's creed has always been that everything must be investigated before he has the right to speak.
Shuan Zhu was the son of his family. He had never been exposed to the navy since he was a child. Like him, he was a layman in the navy, so he was quite dissatisfied with his behavior of beating cattle in other places and rashly accusing the water camp of problems.
A plaster seller goes to give advice on building a house. Doesn't it hurt the idle guy?
Besides, the young master spoke highly of the officers and soldiers of Shuiying, and even allowed money and meat to go out. Now that you stand up and raise a problem, aren't you embarrassing the young master in public?
Do you know how to be a human being?
Since ancient times, how many promising subordinates have embarrassed their leaders on the spot?
The problem is that Shuan Zhu didn't think too much. He used a scientific attitude and asked the young master to think about it again with his butt. It was a good idea.
The navy's gunboats used solid bullets. The big iron ball blasted out and smashed several big holes in the target ship. But what happened to the explosion? What happened to the flames that shot up to the sky?
"Um?."
After careful reasoning and combined with the actual situation, Jia Liu came to the conclusion that he, a leading cadre, was obviously deceived by the Shuiying group.
That is to say, Shuan Zhu was actually more professional than him on this matter. He could see that there was a problem at a glance, but his master was so stupid that he clapped his hands and applauded.
Although this made Jia Liu look too amateurish, he was still happy in his heart, which showed that under his influence, everyone around him had improved to a certain extent.
But it would hurt your self-esteem to take the initiative to admit that you are not good enough.
"Actually, I just thought about this issue. The reason why I didn't say it out loud is mainly because of the overall situation."
Jia Liu was also a pragmatic person, saying that he could actually see through it at a glance, but it was not easy to expose the matter now and needed to be discussed in the long term.
The main thing is to find a step for yourself in front of Shuan Zhu.
“What does the bigger picture require?”
The biggest bad habit of Zhuan Zhu is that he is a stickler - the kind of person who breaks the casserole and asks for the truth.
This gave Jia Liuliu a headache, so he could only say: "That's right. This problem involves many complex issues, and trying to solve this problem involves many problems. Now we know this problem, but we can't make a fuss around it.
Article, that is not conducive to solving the problem, nor is it conducive to the issue of unity."
Baozhu listened for a long time, but could not understand what the President said.
There seemed to be this problem and that problem, but in the end there was no problem.
Shuan Zhu stared at the young master for a long time, shook his head and said: "Young master, since you became a high official, I found that you began to lose touch with the masses."
Um?
If he hadn't published an article in "Da Qing Daily" half a month ago that grassroots officials must always be in contact with the masses and cannot be separated from the masses, Jia Liu would have definitely pulled out his Jubilong sword and chopped down the bolts and kicked them into the Bohai Sea.
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There is no room for two tigers in one mountain.
"I have said many times, don't criticize me easily. When did I become separated from the masses?"
Jia Liu was very angry at Shuan Zhu for being labeled as a man of conscience. He always puts the interests of the people first.
He really wanted to break away from the masses, so he worked hard on industry, trade, construction, health and city construction, and judicial justice construction, and even stayed in Hejian Prefecture for several days.
"Because the young master cannot listen to other people's correct opinions and does not even allow others to express their opinions,"
Shuan Zhu had a look of injustice on his face, "Master, I am also a member of the masses. You said you are not out of touch with the masses, why are you not allowed to speak? And why didn't you deal with the problem immediately after I pointed it out, instead of saying what is needed for the overall situation? According to the style of the master,
In the future, if you can’t solve the problems I raised, will you just solve them with Shuan Zhu?”
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Jia Liu was a little choked and coughed twice: "No, Director Yang, you are not a member of the public, you are an official."
Shuan Zhuzhen was an official, a fourth-grade governor's staff member. His unit was in the Guards Army, and he received a solid salary from the court every month.
Although this salary and other benefits are collected and managed by the young master, the money is always yours, right? This official is also yours.
Officials are officials, and the masses are the masses. These are two different things.
To equate officials with the masses is to violate a principled issue.
Just like you, an ordinary citizen, you should be labeled as "mass" in terms of political status, but you have to label yourself as "non-party". Isn't this deliberately embarrassing the government?
"Can't officials speak? Master, if I can't speak, can you still hear the truth? Don't you often tell me that if the emperor could hear the truth and know the truth, he would definitely not
Is this your day?"
Shuan Zhu looked aggrieved. He pointed out to the young master that the water construction was fake with good intentions, but the young master kept talking to him about this and that, which made him really feel that the young master had changed.
"Yes, yes, you are a little distracted!"
Baozhu, who looked honest and honest, nodded in agreement. His Excellency, the President seems to be more and more interested in flattery recently, which is really not good.
Then came Yilin: Hey, what do I mean by floating?
"Um"
Shuan Zhu's reaction was so intense that Jia Liu began to realize that there was something wrong with him.
It seems that without realizing it, the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty is being corrupted, and I have lost myself a little bit.
This signal is very bad. If you fail to criticize and self-criticize in time, you will easily slip into the abyss.
The main reason for this problem is largely related to the fact that he is now the leader of Zhili.
He knew that Shuan Zhu was doing it for his own good. How could he fall before his great cause was accomplished?
So he looked at the loyal Zhuan Zhu and sighed: "Use copper as a mirror to correct your clothes; use people as a mirror to know gains and losses; use history as a mirror to know the ups and downs. Zhuzi, you are my mirror!"
After saying that, he straightened his face and asked Baozhu to call the guerrilla Ding Gui immediately.
First, Ding Gui was asked to confess and be lenient, but Ding Gui was also stubborn and refused to explain. He killed the target ship and was hit by a shell and burst into flames.
"Where is the Jubilong Sword!"
Jia Liu was furious and ordered everyone to get their swords.
The result was a bit embarrassing. The sword of Bilong was left on the shore and was not taken on board.
But this did not affect Jia Liu's exercise of the governor's authority. He pulled out Baozhu's sword and threw it in front of Ding Gui. If you don't tell the truth, he will use this sword to wipe his own neck.
"Sir, the last general is the last general"
Under pressure from the governor, Ding Gui finally couldn't bear it and had no choice but to tell the truth.
The target ship that was hit just now was actually a sailor hiding on the ship who used a medicine twister to ignite the medicine barrels on the ship and explode it into the water. It was not hit by the gunboat's cannon at all.
"Why did you lie to me!"
Even though he already knew that there was something behind this matter, when the truth reached his ears, Jia Liu was still angry with Emperor Samadhi.
He wants to upgrade the Dagu Water Camp to the Beiyang Navy. In the future, he will want this navy to span East Asia, dominate South Asia, and threaten the Atlantic Ocean.
Who would have thought that the people in Shuiying would interpret formalism to such an extreme level?
The navy is the foundation of a country's maritime power. The navy in Gyeonggi Province is so deceitful. It is conceivable how bad the navy in other places is.
Why did the Qing navy and the British navy fight so poorly during the First Opium War? Wasn't this what we saw before us already doomed the future situation?
What to hit with!
Why did you lie to the Governor?
Ding Gui also kept mumbling and said a lot of official rhetoric, to the effect that this would make the training more interesting and the governor would be happy to watch it.
He also said that it was always done this way when people from above came to inspect, and it was almost the norm in Shuiying, but it was not like this in actual training.
"Ding Gui, Ding Gui, I just praised you for your ability to lead troops, but you deceived me in such a dirty way without thinking. Do you really think that your head is harder than iron and stronger than steel!"
Jia Liu knew that Ding Gui had many things that he was hiding from him, so he was furious and ordered his men to immediately capture Ding Gui, take off his crown, and dispose of him ashore.
Later, the order was sent back to Hong Kong. After landing, all officers of seventh grade and above were asked to go to the governor's office to discuss matters. As a result, they were all under guard after arriving, and they were not allowed to enter or leave, let alone move around.
Jia Liuze ordered Shuan Zhu to lead an in-depth investigation of the Dagu Water Camp, and use one-on-one conversations or one-to-many conversations to learn more about the training and combat readiness of the Dagu Water Camp over the years from the ordinary officers and soldiers of the water camp.
Jia Liu himself also held discussions with ordinary officers and soldiers, acting vigorously and resolutely.
As the investigation deepened, the inside story of Dagu Water Camp was revealed one by one.
For example, they have more than 40 warships on the surface, but less than half of them can actually go to sea to perform missions. The reason is that they are in disrepair and there is no funding allocated for ship maintenance.
Leading the pockets of corrupt military officers.
The basic training of the Shuiying officers and soldiers was just a formality. Like the former Ming Guard soldiers, many officers and soldiers did private work for the officers' families, and some were even "leased" to Tianjin businessmen by Ding Gui and others to work as short-term or long-term laborers.
In normal times, the warships in Shuiying were also used to transport goods to Denglai for merchants. For the merchant ships outside the customs, Ding Gui and others had to pay the rent, and the people below could only drink soup.
When people from above came to check, Ding Gui and others must have confessed everything before, and they were all acting to fool them. However, the people from above had benefited from Ding Gui and others. They knew that Shuiying had all kinds of shortcomings, so they went back and said everything was good.
But these are only superficial problems. The deeper problem boils down to one word - poverty.
The reason for poverty is that in recent decades, the imperial court has not paid attention to the construction of the navy at all. Even if it has, it has invested a lot of manpower, material resources, money and food in the fancy Eight Banners navy, and very little has fallen on the green camp.
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Take military pay as an example. According to the system, ordinary soldiers in the Dagu Water Camp can receive one, two or four yuan a month, plus three yuan of rape money as supplement, but only less than half of it is actually paid.
Only this half was exploited by Ding Gui and others in various ways. The officers and soldiers of the Shuiying camp either worked for businessmen as arranged by them, or went to the sea to fish to support their families.
For the Dagu Water Camp soldiers, the happiest thing is to work in the Eight Banners Navy next door.
The so-called part-time job means that whenever the Eight Banners Navy comes to review from the capital, since the bannermen sailors cannot operate the ship at all, they can only privately borrow people from the Dagu Water Camp to deal with it.
Perhaps because they knew they would need help from the Dagu Water Camp for a long time, the remuneration offered by the flag soldiers was relatively high.
Jia Liu went to the Eight Banners Navy to launch a surprise attack. If he had been notified in advance, he might have seen a large group of people from the Dagu Water Camp at the Eight Banners Navy.
Not without irony.
The basic salary is not fully paid, and the maintenance costs for ships and weapons are either non-existent or low. In this case, how can the officers and soldiers of the Dagu Water Camp be motivated to protect the Qing Dynasty's territorial waters?
When Jia Liu held discussions with the officers and soldiers at the scene, he definitely encouraged the officers and soldiers to speak boldly and say whatever they wanted. Even if the sky fell, he, the governor, would make the decision for them.
In addition, seeing that Ding Youyi had his helmet removed and all the officers were under centralized supervision, the soldiers in the water camp must have complained about their grievances and grievances.
There were many complaints against officers for bullying them and even toying with their wives and daughters.
Jia Liu was very angry after hearing this and asked his attendants to record them one by one. If they were true, they would be dealt with severely.
The problems summarized by all parties are not ordinary serious, but very serious.
In order to completely solve the problem of Dagu Water Camp, Jia Liu had to use only one method, which was to remove all the 60 water camp officers including Ding Gui and hold them accountable.
But as a result, Shuiying faced the problem of paralysis of the command system.
How can we command troops without officers?
"The prime minister must be from the state headquarters, and the fierce generals must be from the army!"
Jia Liu was determined and ordered the water camp soldiers to be divided into groups of 20, and these 20 people would elect one person to be a member of the officer corps.
These reserve officers will then be put into groups of ten for promotion.
The person recommended in this way must be highly supported by the soldiers and must be someone with some abilities.
The new command system of the Dagu Water Camp is composed of these people.
Shuan Zhu raised the issue that the soldiers might not be literate.
"You can learn to read if you are not literate, but you can make great use of it as long as you are willing to learn!"
Jia Liu was determined, and this was his unprecedented attempt at military work.
Soldier selection, the reserve officer corps, is actually the prototype of the soldier committee.
This approach can completely reduce the influence of corrupt and incompetent officers on the army, thus giving the army a completely new look.
In addition to re-structuring the command system of the Dagu Water Camp through the selection of officers, Jia Liu also specially allocated 50,000 taels for the rectification of the Dagu Water Camp. In addition to paying half-year wages to the soldiers at one time, the remaining funds were used for ships, artillery, and muskets.
and maintenance of various other equipment.
After careful consideration, 500 Sichuan soldiers originally planned to be used in the construction of the new army were transferred from Baoding, and a battalion of guards to protect the industrial park were directly incorporated into the Dagu Water Camp, increasing the number of officers and soldiers in the Water Camp from the original 1,800 to
3400 people.
Officially submitted an official document to the capital, requesting that the Dagu Water Camp be upgraded to the Beiyang Navy (town). The Navy will not have a chief military officer for the time being, and Zamul, the former military commander, will serve as the deputy general and temporarily command the Navy.
In view of the importance of naval construction, Jia Liu ordered a month-long military training activity on the fourth day of July.
During this month, he, the governor of Zhili, did not go anywhere. He ate, lived, and practiced with the officers and soldiers of Shuiying every day. He would never leave without changing the appearance of the officers and soldiers of Shuiying.
As a result, the appearance of Shuiying officers and soldiers has been qualitatively improved, and at the same time, Jia Liu has been officially upgraded to Qingtian.
Because, with the sea breeze blowing and the sun shining down for days, his forehead really shined like a moon.
The price I paid for it was that I lost a layer of my skin due to the sun.
In the capital, the Tianjin Eight Banner Navy's rebellion was suppressed and was ratified by Lao Fu and Se. The upgrade of Dagu Shuiying to a town was also approved. Even the impeachment of the bannermen that Jia Liu was worried about did not happen.
The reason is that there is a fierce dispute in Beijing over the ownership of the Hat King.
The old rich man and the sexy man have no time to pay attention to the mess Jia Liu made in Tianjin.