"Liu Pifu, where are my three hundred guards?"

"My aunt, you have seen it. Isn't this recruitment? We agreed before that the recruits can train you to train guards, right?"

Liu Shaoqing said, picking up the teacup and drinking a sip of water. He has also been busy these two days.

Jianning sat down on the throne chair next to him and said, "Then I don't care, I want it now."

"Hey? Are you unreasonable?"

"Bold, do you dare to say that this palace is unreasonable?"

"No, no," Liu Shaoqing hurriedly clarified, "I mean, please wait for a while. The new recruits can be recruited to train you, no, otherwise I will not have 300 people in total."

"Well, that's right, then I will give you a grace," said Jianning's true form. "But I want female soldiers!"

"Puff!" Liu Shaoqing squirted out a mouthful of tea.

"Female soldier, my princess, how can women join the army from ancient times to the present? Where can you find it?"

"Then I don't care. You have recruited so many people in the past few days and the masses are so enthusiastic, why can't you recruit female soldiers?"

"Can that be the same? It's natural for this man to join the army, what is a woman to join the army?"

"This palace cannot control it, you can find a way for yourself."

"There's no way!" Liu Shaoqing turned his head.

"Then you will give me three hundred guards now!"

"No!"

Jianning was furious, "You little man, then I will go back to Beijing and tell the emperor brother that you are bullying me." After that, he stood up and pretended to leave.

Liu Shaoqing hurriedly stopped him: "Princess, please calm down, calm down, aren't you trying to find a way?"

"Okay, I'll give you three minutes, think about it."

Uh, Liu Shaoqing has a bitter face. If you have it, use the method of shirking.

"Prince, you know that the emperor has very strict control over the new army. This time, the emperor only gave a quota for one brigade. He had never considered female soldiers before. If it were to be recruited, it would not be possible. But should you ask the emperor for instructions first? Otherwise, I would be a small fourth-rank, so how dare I change the emperor's destiny privately?"

"Is that right?" Jianning was as easy to fool as ever.

"Can I still lie to you? All over the world, there are the emperor's army. Without the emperor's will, I can recruit soldiers privately. This is the crime of beheading."

"Okay, let's go back to Beijing and say hello to the emperor's brother."

"Ah? Princess, this minister is still recruiting troops, so he can leave."

"Don't fool me, why can't you leave? I see that County Magistrate Pang is very concerned about doing things. I just want to leave it to him. At most, you can leave a few more people. In short, you will set off early tomorrow morning to return to Beijing!"

After returning to the capital, the people who had experienced the conscription of Dagu returned to the capital, they had fully understood how to use their own advantages. So more than 400 students were divided into groups. Except for those who had to stay in the military academy, everyone else was divided into them and went to various places in Zhili to carry out conscription work. As the new army's policies became more and more well-known, the entire Zhili spread. It was said that the new army of this brigade adopted a new military system, and the weapons were said to be the latest rifle of the Machine Bureau. Although the military pay was the same as the previous Green Camp, because the new army could enjoy the policy of supporting the military and preferential families specially approved by the court, the family and their own social status had essential changes, and the name of the "guard" was also very intimidating, so that some old camps deliberately did not train well in the army and were eliminated to apply for recruitment. On the first day of May, there were tens of thousands of people coming to the military academy to apply for recruitment.

As the army enlisted around the capital, another army quietly moved into the barracks of the non-commissioned officer school at the same time.

In the Forbidden City.

"How is the recruitment work of the new army going on?"

"Back to the emperor, as of yesterday, more than 10,000 people have registered. After the initial screening, more than 3,000 people have been selected. This is considered that there may be elimination in training later."

Guangxu frowned, "It seems that the number of people is less. Isn't it planned to organize the first brigade? I remember what you said in your new army training outline, this brigade must have six or seven thousand people, right?"

Liu Shaoqing replied: "It's like this when we go back to the emperor. However, the reason why we recruited few people this time is mainly due to several reasons. First, the school has insufficient barracks, which can only accommodate up to 5,000 people. Second, there are insufficient instructors. There are only a dozen German instructors, and our own substitute teachers are less than fifty, so we cannot teach so many students. Five thousand people are already the limit. Third, there are insufficient grassroots officers. The first batch of non-commissioned officers trained only more than 400, which cannot meet the staffing needs of a brigade. We can't drive the ducks on the shelves and let a non-commissioned officer lead 100 people."

Guangxu thought for a while, "I understand what you said, but if you follow this speed, the new army will be too slow to form an army. I originally planned that within three years, the new army would complete the training of 30,000 people."

Liu Shaoqing said: "This, the emperor doesn't have to worry. The people selected this time are all good seedlings. In addition, the 1,000 veterans selected from the south - these veterans were all veterans selected from Sanguang and Yunnan and Guizhou who participated in the French war. They combined them with new recruits to train. I think that in a year, at least one thousand grassroots non-commissioned officers would be able to screen out from them, and the speed of expanding the army would be much faster."

Guangxu nodded after hearing this and said, "However, I don't have all the veterans from the south for you. In the future, at least half of them will have to go back to the south. I also want to open an army branch in Guangnan or other places. This will speed up the national military reform."

Liu Shaoqing said: "Yes, I understand."

"Okay, in short, you have to hurry up the training of the new army. In addition, I will arrange for Mutul, Yiketang, Fengshenga and other Eight Banners generals to enter the advanced training class in the near future. Tell Ronglu, tell him to make strict requirements. If you dare to let go of water while thinking about personal affairs, then I will release his blood!"

"twitter!"

Turning his head, Guangxu said, "The matter is over. Let's talk about the trouble you caused. Jianning said that he wanted to recruit female soldiers, and you agreed?"

Liu Shaoqing immediately turned into a bitter face and said, "Your Majesty, how dare I agree, but I am forced to do nothing."

"Dode, don't pretend to be wronged in front of me. I have already agreed to Jianning anyway, but how can this female soldier be used to find a way."

Liu Shaoqing's eyes rolled and said, "Your Majesty, as long as you support it, this matter is easy to handle."

Guangxu said: "What are your bad ideas?"

"Hehe, Your Majesty, as long as you give an order, it is said that in order to better protect the personal safety of the royal women in the future, a female guard needs to be established. In this way, will it be possible to recruit women from the palace maids and the bannermen in the capital? At that time, I will arrange for someone to practice them a little, which will meet the needs of His Royal Highness the Princess."

Guangxu thought for a while and said, "This is a solution. You reminded me again. If you only have an army, there will always be casualties when you go to the battlefield in the future. It is just a good opportunity to build a women's rescue team. In addition to some simple military training, they can also learn some medical rescue techniques and act as rescue teams on the battlefield in the future. Well, yes, there are literary propaganda teams, intelligence analysis, and communication teams, we will build them for him."

When Liu Shaoqing heard Guangxu's thoughts and thoughts, he was stunned and thought: The emperor can really learn from one example.

When he returned to the military academy, he had just sat down and Yang Yong came to report: "Sir, Liu Feng led the team out and someone beat him."

"Is someone beat me? What's going on?" Liu Shaoqing was shocked. He put on his military uniform and went out to the barracks with Yang Yong, asking about the situation while walking.

Yang Yong said: "I don't know the specifics. He has just returned not long ago. When I heard that you were back, I hurried over to report."

"Damn, this kid is just a big fight and even loses. I won't explain it to me this time, and see how I deal with him."

As they spoke, the two entered the barracks together.

There were already some people in the barracks, all of whom were close to each other, such as Duan Qirui and others, who were comforting Liu Feng at this time. Seeing that Liu Shaoqing was back, everyone quickly stood up and saluted.

Liu Shaoqing stepped forward and looked at it. He saw that Liu Feng's face was indeed blue, so he asked, "What's going on!"

Liu Feng was embarrassed to say that, hesitated for a long time but couldn't explain it clearly. Liu Shaoqing was angry and drank: "Who else is there to stand up!"

So a few more people stood up slowly, including four veterans and two new recruits.

Liu Shaoqing stepped forward and called a new recruit and said, "What's going on!"

The recruit looked at others nervously, and Liu Shaoqing was furious: "What are you looking at? I'll let you say it!"

"Yes! Report to the commander, that's right. Today our team took a rest, so the captain decided to take us to the street to buy some daily necessities. When he was walking back, he met a few foreigners. They seemed to be drunk and rushed on the street and met us. We didn't say anything at all, but we just wanted to go around. Who knew that a foreigner happened to hit the captain. The foreigner was drunk and couldn't stand firm and fell down. He insisted that we pushed him down, so he attacked us. The captain was afraid of causing trouble for our school, so he didn't fight back. It was like this."

After hearing this, Liu Shaoqing said to the veterans: "Is that true?"

The veterans lowered their heads and said 'um'.

Liu Shaoqing shouted: "I can't hear, are you women? Or are you angry little wife? Let's say louder!"

"Report, that's it!"

Liu Shaoqing was very angry and said to Liu Feng: "Okay, I've got a few foreigners beaten them, or they're still drunks on the street. You are really capable. Are you a pig? We are so embarrassed that we are all the faces of our Qing Dynasty. It's embarrassing, embarrassing! We are embarrassed as soldiers! We are the faces of Chinese! The court has raised you with delicious food and drink. I thought I could count on you to defend your country, but I didn't expect that a few drunks would knock you down!"

Duan Qirui and others begged for mercy: "Sir, Captain Liu is also afraid of causing us to engage in foreign negotiations. The foreigner is unreasonable. If something goes wrong and involves negotiations, it will be troublesome."

"Fart!" Liu Shaoqing said angrily: "It is called negotiation when fighting with foreigners. What are we? We are soldiers. What do soldiers do? They are for war. If you are not afraid to fight, why do you raise them? If you kill them during the Chinese New Year, eat meat!"

Seeing that Liu Shaoqing was angry, no one dared to say anything again. Liu Feng and several others quickly knelt down and said, "Sir, I am humble, I know my mistakes. Please punish me!"

"Of course, you have to punish me. Someone comes!"

Yang Yong, Li Shuwen and others said in unison: "Come!"

Liu Shaoqing pointed at Liu Feng and his men: "I just entered the military camp and was punished to wash the toilet for one month. Each veteran beat the military stick ten times. As the captain, Liu Feng did not dare to stand up and punish him twice as much as he beat the military sticks."

When Yang Yong and others next to him heard that they were just beating the military stick, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief. For Liu Feng, as long as they were not expelled from the military, it would be a good thing!

Who knew that Liu Shaoqing hadn't finished saying: "Don't you all look like a woman, and you didn't dare to say anything when you were raped. OK, the emperor is asking me to do military training for the palace maids. Just so, you guys go to the palace and train those girls!"

"ah?"
Chapter completed!