Chapter 905: Your Majesty, Go straight to Huanglong
After the training, Jia Liu gave a few words to the participating officers and soldiers as usual.
It didn't take long, maybe half an hour.
Because the weather was hot and the sun was poisonous, the guards had to put up the emperor's guard of honor, a large yellow paper, so that the emperor would not be exposed to the sun when he spoke under the paper.
However, His Majesty the Emperor flatly refused, saying that the officers and soldiers were not afraid of the sun, so what did he, the Emperor, have to fear.
Shuan Zhu wrote the speech for him and revised it a few times before finalizing it.
The overall rhythm of the speech was very well controlled, sometimes with small climaxes and sometimes with big climaxes. It was basically coherent. There was no deliberate interruption or citation of scriptures. It was as down-to-earth as Meng Jiapo's speech to the officers and soldiers of the first regiment, which attracted the officers and soldiers to empathize and express their feelings at the same time.
Applause, morale was greatly boosted.
Finally, amid warm applause and cheers from the participating officers and soldiers, Jia Liu led the crowd to leave the training venue and go to the First Army headquarters at Wusheng Pass.
Although it was already dark, Jia Liu ordered people to convene observation groups from various provinces for a meeting regardless of fatigue.
And asked Bao Guozhong, Chief of Staff of the First Army, to arrange the venue.
Because the decree came suddenly and there was no meeting arrangement in advance, Bao Guozhong couldn't find a suitable venue for a while, so he had to book the only brothel in Guanli and gave each of his sisters fifty coins, so he could rest today.
After receiving the notice of the meeting, the Zhili observation group was the first to arrive, led by Wan Chaoxing, former Admiral of Zhili and now known as General Jingzhou.
The first reason for moving Wan Chaoxing from the post of Admiral of Zhili to the post of General of Jingzhou was to pave the way for Wang Fu to serve as the Admiral of Zhili; the second was to solve the problem of Wan Chaoxing's grade and treatment.
Admiral Green Camp and General Jingzhou are both from the first rank, but the latter is a flag member. Before Jingzhou Mancheng was conquered, General Jingzhou was ranked above the Governor of Huguang.
Therefore, Wan Chaoxing's transfer to Jingzhou General was actually changing his position from Lieutenant General Corps Commander to General Theater Commander. Both the gold content of the grade and the political treatment were much higher.
However, the Reform Dynasty now implements a system of banners and Han. Government and military officials no longer have separate bannermen, and Jingzhou Mancheng will not be rebuilt. The Jingzhou General will naturally be abolished.
In view of the fact that Wan Chaoxing had done great things for him in the past and had always supported him unequivocally and set a practical example in his actions. He was a subordinate who could be relied on. Therefore, if the Yunnan-Guizhou side could not resolve the issue peacefully, Jia Liu proposed that Wan Chaoxing should be left to his own devices.
As the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, he commanded two to three armies to recover Yunnan and Guizhou.
And established a combat headquarters against Burma in Kunming to prepare for the future export of reform ideas to Southeast Asia by the reform empire.
Burma was the largest military power surrounding the Qing Dynasty, and had caused great losses to Qianlong. If the Reform Court could conquer this military power militarily, the authority of Emperor Jia Liu would be greatly enhanced.
Since Fan Wei, the leader of the Zhili delegation, was appointed Minister of Industry, Wan Chaoxing temporarily led the delegation to observe the drill.
He, the former governor, is also good at military matters and is a professional counterpart.
The second person to enter the scene was Hetu, the leader of the Shandong observation group and the deputy capital of Qingzhou Eight Banners.
The original leader of the Shandong delegation was Chief Envoy Yu Yijian, but he returned to Shandong after the Hundred Officials and Clan Conference. The reason was to convey the spirit of the conference to Governor Cathay and implement the comprehensive reform measures in Shandong Province. Therefore, the military
Fang, on behalf of Hetu, was in charge of the observation group.
The main team leaders from Shaanxi, Gansu and Shanxi provinces have all returned. As the military observer representative is Shanxi Deputy General Qian Anzhi.
The representative of the Henan military observation group was Deputy General Zhou Xiong.
The leader of the Sichuan observation group was Wu Bingzhen, the former deputy general of Songfan Town. This person was not from the "Jia family". Later, he was persuaded by Sichuan Governor Li Shijie to join the Joint Advancement Association and assisted Chairman Li in comprehensively reorganizing the Sichuan Green Camp and starting the formation of the Sichuan New Army.
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The Sichuan Green Camp was reorganized into the Tenth Army, and Wu Bingzhen was expected to serve as military admiral.
The leader of the Liangjiang delegation was Hao Shuo, the governor of Jiangxi who did not go back with Prince Zheng after the conference. He said he wanted to stay in Xiangyang to further study the spirit of the reform. In fact, there was not much to do after he returned. It would be better to study here in Xiangyang.
Maybe the emperor would be pleased to promote him to serve in the central government.
This is no better than a mere commander.
But it was clear that Jia Liu had no intention of promoting Hao Shuo to serve in the imperial court. He met with him alone once and put a heavy burden on him.
This burden is to contain the old man He Shuo.
Jia Liu planned to appoint Hao Shuo as governor of Jiangsu.
With Hao Shuo was Ma Youde, who had been reprimanded by Jia Liu for the previous defeat and was later transferred to Jiangxi Commander-in-Chief.
If the reform court finally reaches a reconciliation with Wuchang and accepts the change of flag from Wuchang, Ma Youde will definitely not be able to serve as the Jiangxi Commander-in-Chief, and will most likely be transferred to Jiangsu Commander-in-Chief.
Wuchang is still led by Chen Huizu and Lu Yuanguang, who have been secretly negotiating with the reform cabinet. Now the two sides have reached agreement on major issues, but there are still disputes over specific details.
This time the First Army organized a summer training exercise. Jia Liu specifically asked Chen Huizu to lead a delegation to Wusheng Pass to observe the drill. He just wanted to give the Wuchang delegation a little shock - it wasn't that I couldn't defeat you in the past, it was that I didn't even think about it.
Hit you!
The delegations and the imperial camp accompanied by civil and military officials and the main generals of the First Army arrived at the venue one after another. They did not realize that the venue was actually a brothel because the plaque and the entertainment facilities in the building were demolished.
Since there were a lot of mosquitoes that day, a lot of mosquito repellent incense was lit at the venue.
This means that unless you have a particularly sharp nose and are particularly sensitive to the smell of women's makeup, you can detect something amiss, while others will not be able to discover the true face of the venue.
"Your Majesty has arrived!"
As the guards in yellow jackets lined up in front of the door passed by, Jia Liu, who had changed his clothes, appeared in the sight of representatives from various provinces attending the meeting.
"Whoosh!"
Officials drinking tea, nibbling watermelon, eating melon seeds, chatting, and making friends all stood up one after another and bowed to their actual (nominal) emperor.
"Sit, sit,"
Jia Liu kindly raised his hand to signal the standing representatives to take their seats.
He has issued an edict to abolish the kneeling ceremony and make bowing the etiquette for meeting officials of the imperial court, including those who meet his majesty, the emperor.
After walking to his throne, Jia Liu habitually spread out the notebook on the table, glanced at it instinctively, and then nodded slightly.
Even if there wasn't a word in the notebook, he couldn't change the flowing movements for a while.
The kind that goes deep into the bone marrow.
Seeing the emperor sitting down, the officials also hurriedly sat down and followed the emperor's example and opened the notebooks in front of them.
According to prior arrangements, Jiangxi Commander-in-Chief Ma Youde took the lead in speaking, but he excitedly asked the emperor on the stage when his Northern Expedition would be planned.
Baoning, the admiral of the First Army, also stood up and said enthusiastically: "Your Majesty, our more than 20,000 soldiers of the First Army are on guard and ready to attack Huanglong as soon as your Majesty gives the order!"
Obviously, the theme of this meeting is the Northern Expedition.
The attendees knew quite well that, with the exception of a few individuals, most of them supported the Northern Expedition and hoped that the sooner the better.
Because the longer time passes, there will be variables.
Rumor has it that the Eight Banners outside the Pass have received Qianlong's Clothes Order and are planning to enter the Pass on a large scale.
The southwest and Guangdong and Guangxi regions may have to use force to attack the reform government.
As the saying goes, capture the thief first and capture the king first. As long as the capital is captured and the Qianlong government is completely overthrown, no matter how big the changes are, they will be blown away by the wind.
On this point, the officials attending the meeting were certain.
Representatives of the second, third, and fourth armies also stood up one after another and strongly requested His Majesty the Emperor to issue an edict for the Northern Expedition.
For a time, calls for the Northern Expedition filled the venue, making Jia Liu very popular. Suddenly, the familiar Ningbo accent rang in his ears - "In April of the 16th year of the Republic of China, it was also in the suburbs of Xuzhou that I had the honor to personally lead dozens of people.
Wan Jian'er conquered the Beiyang warlords Sun Chuanfang and Zhang Zongchang and won a great victory!"