Tieliang originally had a very slight remark about the Imperial Guard recruiting Han people, believing that Han people chose to be senior officers, such as Feng Guozhang, and as for soldiers and middle and lower-level officers, they should "purely use bannermen" to "express the Imperial Guard's original intention of guarding the royal family." But it was denied by Yinchang, Liangbi and the emperor. Lin Guangyu's attitude was very firm: "I am not only the emperor of the bannermen, but also the emperor of the Han people. The "Nine Years of Constitutional Preparation Outline" just said that the flag-Han territory was melted, and the Manchu and Han family were talking about the Manchu and Han family. If the Imperial Guard came again, only recruited bannermen, what would the subjects in the world think? Let them doubt the sincerity of the court?" Although Tieliang did not talk much, he was dissatisfied in his heart.

Although Liangbi was a confidant promoted by Tieliang, he was famous for his integrity and said to the emperor privately: "Tigong's idea is too pedantic this time. Regardless of whether it conforms to the constitutional conscience, just like the current bannerman, how many people can pass the standards for the selection?"

The terrible scene of recruiting ordinary bannermen before was already a blow to Tieliang, and the recruiting of the First Town of the Gyeonggi Army, which is already a disciple of the Gyeonggi flag, made him even more stunned.

According to the strategy formulated by Jiang Fangzhen, in addition to the standards for recruiting active soldiers, in addition to virtue and intelligence, the five skills of "team, step, shooting, throwing, and stabbing" must be examined. Only these five items have passed the assessment can be considered qualified.

——Team: Mainly inspect the queue, military posture and reaction conditions;

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——Shooting: mainly examines the shooting results of 300-step fixed targets and 200-step mobile targets;

——Thumb: It mainly examines the level of grenade throwing, and is divided into two categories: Dingjing and Dingyuan;

——Stat: mainly examines the level of hand-to-hand combat.

The first town was stationed in the capital, and was the earliest target for selection. On the day of the selection, Tieliang went to the scene with a large number of officials from the Army Department to observe. The first town was mainly flag soldiers. After hearing about the generous treatment of the Imperial Guards, more than 90% of the soldiers submitted registration forms. The results of the primary election were not optimistic - 20% were eliminated because of their height inconsistent requirements, and 30% were eliminated because of their literacy level inconsistent requirements, but Tieliang and other important military officials still disagreed.

The remaining soldiers were successively formed into a 64-person square formation and began to undergo the assessment, which was surprising. In the first queue assessment, many soldiers made a fool of themselves, and they should turn left to right, and they should set up and move forward. It was quite eye-catching in the square formation. After a few commands, more than 10% of the soldiers were dismissed; in the second marching assessment, soldiers were required to carry firearms, ammunition, kettles, grenades, military blankets and other items, and the passing standard was half an hour.

In the 18th century, at first, the formation was formed into four columns and could still keep the formation moving forward in turn, but after a long time, the formation gradually scattered. Less than half of the qualified ones were still neatly dressed and the items were carried, and less than 50% of the people were carrying. This line was the number one killer to win people; after passing the second assessment, everyone was already out of breath, and the subsequent shooting results were even more terrible, and a large number of people were beaten down...

As for professional corpses, there are sub-subject examinations, such as the cavalry department, artillery department, engineering department, and logistics department. In addition to taking the test of this technology, officers must also take the test paper. According to the outline drawn up by Jiang Fangzhen in reference to the selection standards of the German Imperial Guards, a large number of people were dismissed.

On that day, more than 3,000 participants were selected, and in the end, all the qualified ones were less than 20%, and less than half of the qualified ones were among the flag soldiers. It is really shocking to know that the proportion of flag soldiers in the first town was as high as 80%. Faced with such a result, Tie Liang shook his head with a wry smile. He knew that it was normal to enter the preset position and perform defense tasks after forcing 20 miles in actual combat. Taking shooting as an example, it was still carried out without hostile firepower suppression and terrain cover. The assessment result was so unsatisfactory, and once the war was really started, the result was unimaginable. Even He Zonglian, the commander of the first town who was watching on the spot, felt that he could not hold back and repeatedly expressed his desire to strengthen the training. After this incident, Tie Liang never mentioned the suggestion that the Imperial Guards were only allowed to recruit flag soldiers.

Later, the Imperial Guards promoted officials to the other towns and carried out the selection. Except for the sixth town under Duan Qirui's command, the pass rate was more than 30%, the rest were hovering between 20% and 30%. The eighth and ninth towns in the south of the Yangtze River were even worse than the six northern towns. Zhang Biao's eighth town had more than 7,000 people participated in the selection, and the final pass was only over 1,000, which was the worst among the towns. Even Zhang Nanpi's old face could not be held back when the news came. It was Li Yuanhong who served as the association to win the tone for Xiangshuai, and the passing rate exceeded one quarter.

After several months of struggle, the Imperial Guards selected enough personnel, including 500 basic personnel in the capital, 7,000 people were selected in each town, and 2,500 people were recruited publicly. According to Liangbi's idea, the Imperial Guards will inevitably suffer a reduction in personnel in the future training process. Now, if there are not many recruits, it is probably not enough to form them.

The selection of officers at all levels was carried out simultaneously with the recruitment of troops. The emperor personally issued an edict asking the ministers of the Imperial Guards, the important members of the Army Department and the governors of various places to "support officers with real talents and practical skills." The news came out, and the letter of sponsorship flew over like snow. Among the people who sought sponsorship, students from the noble school were the most eager.

As soon as the news of the Imperial Guard training came out, Feng Guozhang and Yinchang's mansions were cut off. The nobles and nobles who entered school two years ago came to take this shortcut, hoping to find a background in the Imperial Guard. In their eyes, the Imperial Guard's generous treatment was second, and the key was to seek a future that could make a fortune. Who doesn't know that the Imperial Guard is the emperor's heart, and has made such a big move and made such a large capital - the monthly treasury allocation.

The imperial salary was more than 130,000 taels. As for Liangbi's disciples, most people were unwilling to leave because they were famously difficult to deal with. They would condescend to those with real talents and knowledge. They were completely disdainful of these nobles who rely on their family background but had no real talents and knowledge. For example, Jiang Fangzhen, who stayed in Germany, was invited by Liangbi repeatedly. However, the former Minister of the Army, Dorobel Yulang asked him to write a sponsorship letter, but Liangbi politely declined.

The sponsor can be done, but the emperor issued another order, and all recommended officers under 35 years old also require passing the assessment to be selected. This has made the group of students in the noble school very worried. Many people play and brag in class. Where can they have the talents? Not only that, their physical fitness is only average, and they are still far from the assessment.

But on the day of the selection, everyone obeyed the orders. In addition to the emperor's clear order, senior officers such as Feng Guozhang, Liangbi, Jiang Fangzhen, and Zaitao took the lead in the demonstration. Everyone successfully completed one subject after another. Even Feng Guozhang, who was 50 years old, also had a full experience in controlling his pace in the most physically tested force marching. He successfully completed 16 miles and over 35 years old. The physical fitness standards could be reduced as appropriate. As a result, only a few of these noble children passed the assessment, and the highest-ranking bannerman was Xiao Gong Wang Pu. Wei, the prince gritted his teeth and insisted on completing all subjects, received the emperor's praise, and was appointed as the ordnance of the Imperial Guards, the rank of military inspectors and the rank of colonel; the highest among the Han people was Wang Qingjia, the son of Wang Wenshao, the former Grand Secretary of Wuying Hall, and from Renhe County, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He was the second-ranked doctor. He was appointed as the deputy commander of the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce. He was appointed as the deputy commander of the Mixed Brigade and was awarded the title of major. Another outstanding one was Chen Jinchen, whose great-grandfather was the famous Shen Baozhen, who was appointed as the adjutant of Feng Guozhang and was awarded the title of captain.
Chapter completed!