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Chapter 42 Rong Lu's Wisdom

Once Zhang Zhidong's memorial was revealed, the discussions in the court and the government and the country had temporarily calmed down for a while, and the public opinion gradually turned to me. Anyone with a little wise mind could see the meaning of memorializing this memoriality. After a few days, people successively wrote memorials to praise my wise actions and praised the new system and new training methods of the new army. In addition, Sichuan Admiral Song Qing, Yili General Chang Geng, Jilin General Changshun, Heilongjiang General Yike Tang A, Fujian Taiwan Road Tang Jingsong, Guangxi Envoy Li Bingheng, Yunnan and Guizhou Governor Wang Wenshao, Liangjiang Governor Liu Kunyi and others all praised them for their goodness.

Li Hongzhang also collected the Beiyang officials' statements and presented them together, Ding Ruchang, Lin Taizeng, Liu Buchan, Deng Shichang, Sa Zhenbing and others were all listed.

As for the opposition, there were still a few more days in the first few days, but later, there was no one.

At this point, I naturally issued an edict, stating that the army across the country should not have more than an inch of hair, and even more so that after retiring from the army, I would like to take care of myself. What I think is that after a few years or ten years, there will be more people who have retired from the army. When the people do not regard it as a different matter, the trend of the people and frequent victory on the battlefield will be the best time for reform.

However, through the past few thousand years, it is probably not possible to change the education of the edict every day and every night.

As soon as I entered the military office that day, I saw Weng Tonghe frowned and pondering something, but I didn't notice that I was coming. I leaned over and saw that what he was holding was Zhang Zhidong's memorial.

I got closer, and then Weng realized that I was coming, so I hurriedly wanted to kneel down to greet me. I shook my hand and said, "I'll be exempted. Why do Master Weng think so enchanting?"

"Oh..." Weng Tonghe presented the memorial in his hand and said, "Please look at this barracks' haircut is the special order issued by the emperor on the seventh day of the seventh month. When it was sent to the capital, it was around July 11th. The old minister learned it earlier on the tenth day of the seventh month, but Mr. Xiangyan's memorial arrived on the fifteenth day of the seventh month..." Weng's face was a thoughtful expression, and there was no sign of any hint to me.

I glanced at him and smiled and said, "Master Weng wants to say that Zhang Zhidong has eyes and ears in the capital? That's normal."

Weng Tonghe shook his head and said, "That's nothing, but the old minister was in Jishu, the capital city, and it was only on the tenth day of the seventh month that the capital city was thousands of miles away from Wuchang, and Yima always took nearly ten days to work. Even if Lord Zhang had thousands of ears and ears in the capital city, it would be impossible to have such a fast method."

I felt a little nervous. It was indeed the case. It took only eight days for him to post the memorials. The governors and governors from other places were not as quick as him. Most of them were fake and didn't know it. It was not until I issued the memorials that I handed over the memorials one after another.

I nodded and said, "Master Weng thought..."

Weng Tonghe then showed a look of worry on his face and hesitated: "After thinking about it, I must be that there is a very smart person in the Dragon Flag Army. I realized that I expected this to be a good opportunity. This person happened to be a good friend with Zhang Zhidong..."

"You mean Ronglu?" I frowned and said, "Why didn't he submit a memorial?"

"Emperor..." Weng Tonghe smiled and said, "Emperor's Holy Wisdom..."

I shook my head and looked at Weng Tonghe and said, "Master Weng, you shouldn't think this matter is gone. I don't care about it. Don't let the censors write any memorials. I have my own opinions."

After saying that, he pinched his fists, fell off his face and walked out.

Ronglu really thought, knowing that this was an opportunity to flatter me, so he notified Zhang Zhidong, and it would be beneficial to write a unique memorial. And it was true. I posted a red comment and boasted about Zhang Yishen.

But, didn’t Ronglu get any benefit?

The new army, the new army in the capital, colluded with foreign ministers, is a taboo in any dynasty, and it is no wonder that Weng Tonghe is deeply worried. Although I believe in Zhang Zhidong's ethics,... it is really a big deal.

I kept this in my heart because I could not easily move Ronglu without real evidence. This guy's relationship network is really too complicated. Hey, I remembered that after taking over the palace, I did not deal with Ronglu in time. Instead, I had a wrong move. I took a good move. If I had done Ronglu again at that time, the royal family would rebound even more, and I was afraid that one or two of the governors from other places would jump out to cause trouble. For me, I really didn't have the political experience to deal with these old guys.

What kind of intentions do Ronglu have now? He said that he wanted to rebel, but he probably didn't have the courage or strength. The Dragon Flag Army was not up to him. Although he invited Prince Li to preside over the presidency, Shi Duo also knew that it was not him and his son-in-law who were in charge there, but Nie Shicheng. If Prince Li understood this principle but Ronglu didn't understand... I believe that no matter how stupid a person is, he would not believe it.

Now he made up his mind to go to the Dragon Banner Army camp again.

The Dragon Flag Army has no fixed quota, and currently there are more than 12,000 people, but it is still being recruited one after another. What I originally meant was to first train a First Chinese Army and then fight a tough battle to train the first batch of professional officers to be assigned to the military camps in various places, so as to improve the military quality of the national army.

Shiduo, Nie Shicheng and Ronglu were wearing official uniforms, leading dozens of officers from all over the place to welcome the sage at the gate. As soon as my car arrived, everyone knelt down one after another.

I got off the car and entered the military camp. During this period, I kept paying attention to Ronglu, but I saw that he looked open and had no suspicion. This book was as expected by me, a cunning person like him, should have been like this.

This time, I came here, first, I would like to talk to the three giants, especially Ronglu, in a while, and second, I would also like to see the foreign instructors invited. I immediately signaled Shi Duo to invite all the foreign instructors.

After a while, dozens of foreigners in new military uniforms gathered in the Central Army Square. When I saw me, I bowed. "YourMajesty", "Your Majesty", "The Emperor", and "The Emperor", all kinds of Chinese and foreign languages ​​blurted out. Shi Duo frowned repeatedly.

I laughed, got up and asked Shi Duo, "Which country are these people?"

Shi Duo bowed and replied, "When the emperor said, most of them were Germans, and there were fewer Austro-Hungarian, British, French, and Americans."

I nodded, walked slowly down the viewing platform, ignored the surprised screams of several officials behind me, walked to the foreign officers, and said in English with a smile: "Thank you all for your hard work. On behalf of the hundreds of millions of Chinese people, I welcome you!"

Most foreigners showed a surprised expression on their faces. A big bearded officer grinned and said, "Your Majesty, do you also speak birds' songs?" This was said in Chinese.

I couldn't help but laugh. Which translator taught him? This guy actually taught foreigners like this...

I nodded and said, "Hello, what's your name? Where did you come from? Your birds...I can't say it well..."

The bearded man shyed his chest and said in high spirits: "Reply to your Majesty, my name is Feng Insteinau, from Germany." I smiled, Oh, it was not from Bird Country.

I patted his shoulder, walked forward a few more steps and stopped. The bearded man actually followed and introduced me, "This is my friend, William Maybach."

I nodded. Every time a person passed by, the bearded man would introduce the man's name. When he was about to finish the queue, the bearded man's words suddenly stopped me: "Your Majesty, this is also my friend, retired Imperial Artillery Colonel Ferdinand Von Graf Zeppelin..."

"Zepplin?" I had already walked past Zepplin, and when I heard this name, I immediately turned around and stared at the middle-aged man named Zepplin.

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