Chapter 163: Zhang Zhidong and Liu Kunyi’s helplessness

In view of the importance that patriotic youth attaches to the military government’s admission examination for this National Defense Military Academy, and in order to recruit more talents from the country in this critical situation, the Admissions Office hereby announces:

After this enrollment examination, all candidates will have another chance to take the exam. The National Defense Military University will recruit another thousand non-staff students. The regular training of non-staff students is the same as formal students. If the grades are outstanding during normal training, they will be converted to formal students. If the formal students are slack due to conditions such as slackness, they will be reduced to non-staff students. The military academy will keep the 600 formal students unchanged.

For candidates who failed this time, there is a shortage of travel expenses for home, the military government will consider subsidies.

If the candidates who fail the exam are unwilling to go home, due to the current situation, the Russian army is in great power, and the military government is about to recruit soldiers for the second time. At that time, candidates can consider joining the army and serving the country. The military government will organize them together to form a student army.

The remedies of the admissions office were posted in various parts of Beijing the next day. Newspapers in Beijing also reported extensively, praising the military government for being open-minded, thinking about what the people think and what the candidates are anxious about, and it spread throughout the capital for a while. Some of the candidates who were disheartened and were preparing to go home cheered and shouted, long live the military government and long live the Grand Marshal, one by one, and read at night, preparing for the make-up exam.

Among the many newspapers, a "Women's Weekly" stood out and attracted the attention of many people, because the newspaper published a photo of the Grand Marshal's escape.

The front page headlines were titled: "Ask marriage equality, the Grand Marshal was speechless" and reported in detail the scene at the entrance of the hospital, saying that although the Grand Marshal said that women were half the sky, there were still some machismos.

Then the newspaper used the delicate writing style unique to women to describe the process of interviewing Qiu Jin, the first female student at the National Defense Military University and the only female student to this day.

During the interview, Qiu Jin talked several times that the military government is more open-minded than other local governments, and called on women to go out of the boudoir and open their eyes to see the world. Women should not be just vassals of men, but can also contribute to the country in their own way.

When talking about the military government interview, Qiu Jinyan met the Grand Marshal himself for the interview, but he didn't realize it before and during the interview. He only heard it afterwards and said playfully that he even scolded the Grand Marshal a few words at that time. However, the Grand Marshal was very generous, and probably saw his talents and was embarrassed to let him fail the exam.

Qiu Jin was not worried about his future military academy life. He said bluntly that he would not do worse than those male students in the future. He just expressed his embarrassment for living alone in a building in the military academy. He hoped that other aspiring young women could actively apply for military academy so that she could have a few companions.

"Women's Weekly" also interviewed some other female officials in the military government, such as Minister of Health Lin Heier in the National Defense Forces, and some female officials under her.

After the deeds of several outstanding women were reported, it immediately caused a sensation among the majority of women. Inspired by this, many young aspiring women were also ready to show up and began to show up in public.

The newspaper finally said that the soldiers on the front line were short of clothes and shoes, and called on the majority of female compatriots to contribute to the soldiers.

On that day, countless pairs of embroidered shoes and bellybands were sent to the military government donation office. The staff were amused and laughed. Frontline soldiers went to war with embroidered shoes and bellybands. These women could really think of it.

Of course, the notice from the Admissions Office cannot attract the attention of other provincial governors, but the military government's second large-scale recruitment aroused vigilance from all over the country.

The scale of recruitment this time is not comparable to the previous one. The military government plans to recruit another 200,000 new recruits, and not recruit them from Zhili, but are carried out throughout the country, especially in southern provinces.

However, since the front line was in war, the National Defense Forces, as the main force, have slowly entered the three eastern provinces in batches. Other governments in various places have not been able to openly oppose it, so they have to secretly hinder it. Although they do not object to the military government's recruitment notice, they do not promote it. They are slanderous and attempt to make the military government's recruitment automatically go bankrupt.

But who is Ye Zhikui? The ancestor who plays news wars, you don’t make any publicity and not post announcements, right? I don’t care. I’m not interested in it. A telegram was reported by newspapers from all over the country, and began to build momentum for the development of recruitment work.

The military government's offices stationed in various places also walked out of the door, grouped into groups of three or five, and pulled the loudspeaker on the street, and went to crowded places.

Then the policy of lure cane is implemented to allow some children to post big-character posters everywhere. Within a few days, all provincial capitals have become well-known.

Soon, a long queue was lined up in recruitment registration offices in various places.

It’s Zhang Zhidong again, and it’s Zhang’s mansion again.

Zhang Zhidong slept all night. After getting up, he found that the wall outside his mansion was covered with various recruiting slogans, and even the two door gods on the gate were covered, and now they have become three big characters of Grand Marshal.

Zhang Zhidong was angry and rushed to the military government office with a few officials. He wanted to go and reason.

Before I walked far, I heard the crowds of people and the noise shook the sky.

Zhang Zhidong opened his eyes wide and saw a crowd of people. The people who came to sign up broke the three streets, causing traffic jams. Damn, why didn’t you be so active when I recruited new recruits in Huguang?

Manager Li was smiling at a table and remembering his name and hometown.

If Zhang Zhidong doesn't hit the air, he will come forward.

Manager Li had sharp eyes and stood up as soon as he saw Zhang Zhidong.

He said loudly: "Everyone, let's be quiet. Zhang Xiangshuai is here to inspect our recruitment work. Everyone applauds and welcomes us. Thank you for your sincere heart to the country and your active support for resisting Russian aggression."

The crackling applause suddenly rang out.

This said: "Even the Governor General has come to inspect it. It seems that the country attaches great importance to recruiting this time."

The one said: "Zhang Xiangshuai is worthy of being a person who serves the country and the people. Hearing the tension in the front line, he responded positively."

"Yes, didn't you see it? Xiang Shuai even posted recruitment notices outside the mansion. He is a good official."

Hearing these admiring voices, Zhang Zhidong was angry but couldn't make it come out, his face was flushed, and finally he had to squeeze out a few smiles.

Manager Li smiled secretly and shouted, "Now I'll invite our Governor to say a few words."

Zhang Zhidong was squeezed to the front of the stage and was embarrassed, so he could only speak out: "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country. I thank you for your active response to the call of the country and actively sign up."

After saying that, Zhang Zhidong had to take the followers in shame, wherever they came from and where they went, and even the big-character posters on the gate were embarrassed to tear them off.

I was so focused that I entered the mansion, and I turned a blind eye to the outside world.

Zhang Zhidong is not very depressed, Liu Kunyi is the most depressed person.

Ye Zhikui kept it in mind for Liu Kunyi to explicitly oppose the new army's entry into the capital last time, and kept thinking about how to avenge this revenge.

The military government recruited a large number of soldiers in Liangjiang, but also played the trick of placing generals.

With Jiangnan Admiral Li Zhanchun's achievements in training troops, he was highly talented and promoted to Beijing to train troops. Then he led his troops to the Northeast to contribute to the country. He Zonglian was transferred to Nanjing to handle the Liangjiang Camp Affairs Office and commanded the entire army of the Biaoxin Army.

He also reported this matter vigorously in the newspaper, saying that Li Zhanchun is the country and the people, and is a role model for the two rivers. It seems that Li Zhanchun does not agree to go to the front line, so he becomes a greedy person who is afraid of death.

Liu Kun looked at Li Zhanchun with a deep thought and had to ask, "Shouting, what are your plans? If you don't want to enter Beijing, you can repay your illness."

Li Zhanchun smiled awkwardly, pulled the corner of his clothes, and said, "As a member of the Central People, I also want to serve the country. It is also my long-cherished wish to enter the Northeast to fight the enemy."

"Oh, since you have this plan, I don't have to say much, I just hope you can take care of yourself." Liu Kun said with a dejected look on his face.

"Sir," Li Zhanchun had to say something else.

Liu Kun waved his hand and said in a bleak way: "You go down and let me stay alone."

Li Zhanchun stopped persuading him and retreated.

Liu Kun looked out the window and his eyes were full of helplessness.

He was helpless about the propaganda of the military government. He had never understood that those newspapers were on Ye Zhikui's side and said good things about him.

Moreover, according to the news he received, the situation in the Northeast seems to be useless and corruption. The Russian army has been curbed from the offensive. He has always suspected that Ye Zhikui was taking the opportunity to develop his strength and use war to support the war, so he has not counterattacked for a long time.

However, what the newspaper said was that frontline soldiers fought bravely, but due to insufficient troops and financial resources and the lack of support from other provinces, the military government was unable to support it alone. It urgently needed the whole country to work together to overcome the difficulties. Otherwise, China would be destroyed and the Chinese would have no place to stay.

It’s true that victory is the ability of the military government. A little bit of a sudden change will become the affairs of the governors of other provinces. Ye Zhikui, you really want to kill us all.

Mr. Wu brought a hundred people to Sichuan. Because he used to do behind-the-scenes work and his reputation was not obvious, he did not make any big moves at the beginning after arriving in Sichuan, which led many officials to think that he could be bullied and did not take him seriously.

However, as Mr. Wu slowly took control of the army, he finally exerted his strength. After many people observed it, he kicked out more than 20 officials in one breath for crimes such as bribery, corruption, and dereliction of duty, and then promoted the material that he thought was OK.

The Sichuan official earthquake was reported to Beijing, but Ye Zhikui believed in Mr. Wu and supported him with all his strength.

This recruitment, Mr. Wu not only responded positively, but also took the opportunity to win over and promote a large number of young and promising generals, and slowly gained his foothold in Sichuan.

Then his ruthless methods were revealed, and he began to search for the old and young people from the Qing Dynasty everywhere, but he didn't let them go if they killed them. The heads of the people were stained with blood, which scared the officials who were dismissed by him to hide at home and dare not go out. He secretly regretted that he had complained before and sent the silver he had previously embezzled to the Governor's Mansion obediently.

The Sichuan officialdom was a Qing Dynasty, and he did not dare to slacken in the recruitment orders of the military government. It became the province with the largest number of soldiers in the south, reaching 30,000 in one fell swoop. If Mr. Wu had not tried his best to stop, the number would have been even greater.

The Sichuan soldiers were fierce, and Ye Zhikui was very happy. He sent a telegram to the governors of various provinces to learn from Sichuan more. If other provinces do not meet the requirements, Sichuan soldiers would not have to enter Beijing and would be stationed in Sichuan.

This move really scared the governors and governors of various provinces around Sichuan to sweat secretly. Can they sleep in so many troops stationed in Sichuan? They had no choice but to turn from being slandered to being strongly supported.

The recruitment work has just begun to normalize, and the governors of all provinces dare not fail to support it. The military government's plan for 200,000 new recruits has finally been vigorously carried out across the country.
Chapter completed!