Master Yuan, start!

"I appoint you as the Imperial Commissioner for Military Training. Select Yuan Xiangcheng and other courageous generals from the court to train a new army in a location near the capital. Then, consult with Yuan Xiangcheng and submit a detailed plan for the training."

"Yuan Xiangcheng!"

"Chen is here!"

"You are a capable person, able to quell a rebellion even in Seoul alone. However, early success is not always a good thing. Although you boast about pacifying the French within a year, I am not angry." Cixi glanced at Yuan Xiangcheng and said in a deep voice, "I only hope that you can be the Guo Ziyi of the Qing Dynasty, not Yuan Chonghuan."

"After the Korean rebellion was quelled, were you awarded a third-rank military position as Prime Minister for Korean affairs?"

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"Exactly!"

"Don't be the Prime Minister of Korean Affairs anymore. Just be the Acting Governor of Seoul, a second-rank official, under the control of the Shengjing General. If this new army can be truly trained, I'll drop the "acting" title and become a full-fledged second-rank governor."

"Empress Dowager! Since ancient times, there has never been a non-Eight Banner commander-in-chief. Moreover, Korea is no longer part of the Qing Dynasty, but a vassal state. This is totally inconsistent with our ancestral system!"

Chapter 36: Determine the composition and go to Tianjin

"What's the ancestral system? The Westernization Movement has been going on for many years. If we follow the ancestral system, the Qing Dynasty would still be hunting and fishing in the Baishan and Heishui rivers!" Prince Chun Yixun stepped forward to smooth things over.

"Yuan Xiangcheng, if you can make great contributions, the court will not be stingy with rewards. Whether this new army can be as effective as you said depends on your performance." Cixi's voice was a little louder, as if she was admonishing Yuan Xiangcheng.

"I will definitely live up to the Queen Mother's expectations!"

After a conversation, Cixi seemed to have exhausted all her strength and pointed to Li Lianying beside her. Li Lianying understood and shouted, "If you have any other memorials to submit, please hand them over to the officials. I am dismissing the court!"

This court meeting ended before the main faction and the peace faction could reach a conclusion in their argument.

No, it cannot be said that there was no result. The result was that Ronglu was ordered to lead the new army, and Yuan Shikai could not return to Korea for the time being, so he could only follow Ronglu to Tianjin.

After Weiyouxia retreated from the city, Yuan Xiangcheng and Ronglu went to the residence of the Infantry Commander-in-Chief together. As soon as they sat down, Ronglu asked a question.

Suanba Xiangcheng, besides yourself, do you have any recommendations for organizing a new army?" Ronglu seemed a little unsure, and seemed to be deliberately testing his judgment.

Qi wants me to recommend someone? Yuan Xiangcheng pondered in his heart, not knowing what Ronglu was planning, so he could only reply honestly:

"Lord Rong, the majority of the troops currently stationed in the capital are Huai Yong. Instead of recruiting all new soldiers, it would be better to transfer some of the best Huai Yong soldiers to form a new army. This would not only save the court money, but also allow the army to be formed quickly."

Ronglu nodded when he heard this: "That's a solution, but if all the Huaiyong are withdrawn, then this new army will become the Huai Army New Army again." After Ronglu finished speaking, he looked at Yuan Xiangcheng meaningfully and said with a smile:

"Yuan Xiangcheng, Prince Chun told me that you are a rare and capable general in the court these days. How come you also think that apart from the Huai Army, there are no more troops available right now?"

It seems that the Qing court was still on high alert against Li Hongzhang, but I didn't expect that Prince Chun Yixun had already communicated with Ronglu, and I don't know to what extent.

3. After all, Ronglu was Cixi's die-hard thug, and Yixin probably didn't dare to tell him to let Cixi withdraw from power.

Realizing that Ronglu was testing him, Yuan Xiangcheng was not panicked. After all, he only needed to repeat how the Beiyang New Army was formed in the original time and space. The only difference was that the candidates for generals had changed.

"You can also transfer part of Song Qing's Yi Army to defend the capital, and train a new army based on the defense of the Yi Army." Yuan Xiangcheng mentioned a new candidate, Song Qing. After saying that, he was afraid that Ronglu would be worried, so he explained Song Qing's background.

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"Sir Rong, although Song Qing's Yi Army originated from the Huai Army, they followed Sir Zuo Zongtang in the Xinjiang campaign and are by no means a direct descendant of the Huai Army. They are more like the Chu Army. The Huai and Chu armies have been at odds for over a decade. Only by keeping the two armies in check can we prevent factions from forming within the New Army. Sir, you can control them at will."

In his early years, Song Qing joined the prefect of Bozhou, Anhui, and had one foot in the Huai Army. But later, when the governor of Anhui was ordered to disband the Huai Army, he recruited the disbanded Huai Army while following Senggelinqin to fight against the Nian Rebellion.

After the Christian riots in Shaanxi and Gansu, he followed Zuo Zongtang to pacify Shaanxi and Gansu, marching east and west, and almost ran to Xinjiang.

Later, after friction broke out between China and France, he was transferred to garrison at Lushunkou, where he built artillery batteries to prevent the French from moving north. In fact, he was doing the same job as Yuan Shikai's old boss Wu Changqing.

After hearing about Yuan Shikai's new candidate, Ronglu also felt that he was more suitable. However, he felt that if there were only the Huai and Chu armies, it would still be insufficient.

Ronglu planned to ask Zhang Yao, who had just been ordered to enter the pass to guard the northern part of Zhili a few days ago, for troops, and use his "Yu Army" or "Songwu Army" to balance the Huai and Chu factions.

In this way, it will be possible to use the Huai, Chu and Yu armies as a base, recruit new soldiers, and supplement them with Yuan Shikai's new training method.

Maybe it won't take a year, but only half a year to train a new army that can make a big splash in front of the old lady.

"Then do as you say. I will submit a memorial in two days. Not only will the Huai Army be mobilized, but I will also ask Zhang Yao of the Yu Army to transfer his brave warriors, and ask Song Qinghe of the Chu Army to come over. Together with your Korean military training base, we will form this new army.

This year is the Jiashen year, and the French are invading. You, Yuan Shikai, are making a name for yourself in Korea. I think we should call this new army the Jiashen New Army. I plan to divide it into five divisions.

"Part of the Huai Army is the Jiashen Front Army, part of the Yu Army is the Jiashen Rear Army, part of Song Qing's Yi Army is the Jiashen Left Army, and your Korean troops, Yuan Xiangcheng, are the Jiashen Right Army. Add to that the Jiashen Central Army I recruited from among the bannermen." Ronglu counted on his fingers, then turned to Yuan Xiangcheng and said,

"In this way, the Jiashen New Army has a framework."

Isn't this a replica of the Wuwei Army in the original time and space? Yuan Xiangcheng thought, but the Wuwei Army is also better than the regiment training soldiers, but Yuan Xiangcheng still bowed and reminded Ronglu:

"Sir, we can begin recruiting soldiers now, but training a new army will take time. We should hire Western instructors and equip them with Western weapons. Besides that, we also need professionals for daily military drills, artillery training, and cavalry training. Therefore, please establish a new military academy and recruit Western-educated people to teach Western knowledge."

Q Ronglu knew nothing about organizing and training a new army, but he felt that there was great potential after being instigated by Yuan Xiangcheng. Now, of course, he would agree to whatever Yuan Xiangcheng said.

Upon hearing Yuan Xiangcheng mention the establishment of a new military academy, Ronglu waved his hand and said, "This is a trivial matter. You don't need to report it to me. Just handle it yourself. If you need money or grain, please submit a memorial and I will take it to the Ministry of Revenue for funds."

"But there is one thing you must remember, Yuan Xiangcheng. The old Buddha has placed so much trust in you and me. If the new army fails, I'm afraid both of us will be in danger!"

: After Yuan Xiangcheng's words, he got the power to open a new military school in the country. Naturally, he was overjoyed and didn't even take Ronglu's warning seriously.

After all, in the Sino-French War, Feng Zicai, despite being ill, was able to lead his militia troops to victory over the French. There was no reason why Yuan's new army, which had been influenced by new ideas and new equipment, could not defeat the French.

0 Compared with defeating the French, what was more important was that he obtained the power to recruit talents at the official level.

After all, North Korea is located far away in the east of the sea. It cannot be said that there is no talent, but it can be said that the talent is scarce. Recruiting soldiers is okay, but if you want to find new talents, there are almost no places except Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

You should know that the three heroes of the Beiyang government, Wang Shizhen, Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang, all graduated from the Tianjin Military Academy.

In addition to this, countless military and political talents stepped onto the historical stage of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China through the Tianjin Military Academy. If he controlled the Tianjin Military Academy, he would not only be able to strengthen his own strength, but also weaken the power of the Qing court.

9. Except for Yuan Xiangcheng, no one now probably knows how much a Western-style military school can improve the combat effectiveness of the army. That is why Yuan Xiangcheng has the opportunity to place his own people in the Tianjin Military Academy and even promote his own ideas.

4 After the two men discussed further military training matters, they agreed that Yuan Xiangcheng would go to Tianjin first in three days, and Ronglu would go after he had settled the affairs in Beijing.

It was already late at night when Yuan Xiangcheng walked out of the Infantry Commander-in-Chief's Office and returned to his room. He felt that he was one step closer to achieving his goal and he couldn't wait to run to Tianjin.

However, early the next morning, before Yuan Xiangcheng had packed his luggage and said goodbye to his friends in the capital, he heard a knock on the door.

There was no servant to help take care of things at home, and Yuan Xiangcheng felt it was really troublesome. However, when he thought that he would not be staying in the capital for many days, he did not bother to find a servant.

Wearing casual clothes, Yuan Xiangcheng pushed open the door and looked out. The person who came in looked a little familiar, like the doorman of Li Hongzhang's house.

"Sir Yuan, you are finally back. My Lord Li asked me to write you a letter before he went to Tianjin. I saw that you had not returned late last night, and I was afraid that the letter would be lost, so I waited until this morning to deliver it." The doorman looked like he had run over from Li Hongzhang's residence early in the morning, and was exhausted and panting.

"Oh? What does Lord Li want to talk to me about?" Yuan Xiangcheng said as he took the wax-stamped letter in his hand.

When I opened it, I saw these big words written inside.

"Japanese envoy, Yuan Xiangcheng, go to Tianjin immediately!"

Chapter 37: Capital is Destroyed, Japanese Forces Press

When Yuan Shikai found Xu Shichang, he was still dealing with the aftermath of Kang Youwei and others.

Since no one could be determined in the court, Shuntian Prefecture Governor Zhou Jiamei naturally no longer cared about this group of troublemakers and scholars.

Ronglu sent Gong Baotun to take the opportunity to rescue the man. According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, if someone was beaten to death, the person must pay with his life, but the prerequisite is that the victim pursued the matter. If the victim did not pursue the matter and the matter was resolved privately, the government basically would not intervene.

Therefore, Kang Youwei and a group of candidates were released, and Yuan Shikai gave each of them 50 taels of silver so that they could prepare for the exam in Beijing with peace of mind.

He also asked Xu Shichang to take 500 taels of silver to Du Liu's home and asked the bannermen who were familiar with Du Liu to help him.

Du Liu's mother could only cry and say "my poor son" while accepting the 500 taels of silver with tears in her eyes.

"Let's go!" Yuan Xiangcheng looked back at Beijing City and got on his horse.

"Yes, Lord Yuan." The two bannermen who had followed Du Liu before and were now planning to go to Tianjin with Yuan Xiangcheng answered in unison.

One of them was named Qu Nan and the other Han Bei. Both were members of the Han Army Banner. One belonged to the Han Army's Zhenglan Banner like Du Liu, and the other was from the Han Army's Xianghong Banner.

However, during the Guangxu period, the number of Han army flags had already been greatly reduced and was not as large as in the early Qing Dynasty.

During the Qianlong period, the Han army banners were forced to leave the country on a large scale due to the high cost of "banner pay". Later, during the Jiaqing period, Han army bannermen were punished again because they participated in the White Lotus Rebellion's assassination attempt on the emperor.

7 By the time of the Guangxu Emperor, the number of captains in the Han army banner was only one-third of that in the Manchu banner, far from the situation in the early Qing Dynasty when three out of four bannermen were Han.

Those in the Lu Han Banner who had received the emperor's favor were naturally grateful to the court, and they recognized their status as bannermen even more than the Manchus. However, without the imperial rations and subject to many restrictions, the Han Bannermen naturally felt dissatisfied with the Qing court.

Among the Jiu Du Liu group, two followed Xu Shichang to find Du Liu'e's mother, and the remaining three or four took Yuan Xiangcheng's money, and the lazy cells in their bones broke out again. They said they had something to do at home and did not plan to go to Tianjin with Yuan Xiangcheng.

In the end, only two young bannermen who had no ties at home and no positions in the banner followed Yuan Shikai to Tianjin.

"Qu Nan, Han Bei, can you two ride horses?" Yuan Xiangcheng asked while riding a horse at the foot of Beijing City.

"Of course I can, Lord Yuan. Han Bei and I have ridden horses in the Eight Banners parade ground since we were young. If the parade ground hadn't been demolished to build a garden, we might have served as soldiers under some lord." Qu Nan was a talkative man and said directly that he and Han Bei could ride horses.

Yabei nodded at Yuan Xiangcheng, agreeing with Qu Nan's words.

Seeing this, Yuan Xiangcheng asked the two men to buy two horses, and the three of them went directly south from the capital.

D After ten miles past the south gate, he removed the saddle from the horse's mouth, squeezed his legs against the horse's belly, and ran even faster.

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The last time I traveled from Tianjin to Beijing, I had to rush through the night. I was anxious about the situation in Beijing and didn't have time to check the scenery on the road. This time it was daytime, and Li Hongzhang was able to calm the Japanese, so Yuan Shikai was not in a hurry.

So I walked and rested along the way, wanting to take a good look at the current situation of the countryside in Gyeonggi Province at the end of the 19th century.

In his previous life, when Yuan Xiangcheng took the Beijing-Tianjin high-speed railway, when he passed through Wuqing, Baodi, and Yizhuang between Beijing and Tianjin, what he mostly saw were fields or large factories.

The high-speed rail passes through, and the crystallization of agricultural society and the products of industrial society are intertwined, giving people the illusion of being pushed into ancient society and then pulled back to modern society.

But when it came to the agricultural society, Yuan Xiangcheng found that it was not the case at all. He didn't know whether it was because it was winter or because it was just like that.

Wherever Yuan Xiangcheng and his two companions rode their horses, it was all barren. Only a little wheat stubble could be seen growing on a few plots of land, while most of the land was still bare.

There were few trees along the way, and not a wisp of smoke could be seen.

Occasionally, you can see a few thatched huts, and a few young boys in tattered clothes are playing and fighting at the door, not afraid of the cold, until they hear the sound of Yuan Xiangcheng and his party's horses' hooves, then they are frightened and run quickly into the house.

Yuan Xiangcheng pulled the reins and dismounted, walked to the front of the house, took out some dried fruit he had brought from the capital to eat on the way, and handed it to the children. He then asked a child who hadn't had time to run away, "Where are your parents?"

The child didn't dare to take the dried fruit, but wanted to eat it, so he replied fearfully, "Mom is chopping firewood in the backyard."

"It's so cold, why is your mother chopping wood? Where is your father?"

"Dad said that this year's harvest is not good. We owed grain to Mr. Zhang's family when we paid the autumn tax. If we don't find a way to pay it back this winter, we will owe even more next spring. So we plan to go to the city to earn some money." The child saw that Yuan Xiangcheng did not do anything to scare him, but he still couldn't help but reached out to take the dried fruit.

"My mother said that in previous years, I could trade my needlework for some New Year's goods in town, but in recent years, it's become increasingly difficult to sell, so I simply stopped doing it."

After finding out clearly, Yuan Xiangcheng jumped on his horse and continued to go to Tianjin. When the child's mother rushed out from the inner room, she only saw the dried fruits in her child's hands and Yuan Xiangcheng's distant smoke.

Yuan Xiangcheng truly felt the three mountains weighing on the Chinese people. Although there was no bureaucratic capitalism at the moment, the pressure of imperialism and feudalism alone was making the people of the capital under the emperor's feet worse year by year.

Rural usury has existed since ancient times, but if the harvest is good, it can be alleviated. However, if the dumping of European industrial products is added, the rural people may never be able to pay it back in their lifetime.

If they can't pay back and go bankrupt, will the Qing Dynasty still have any money?

The four major taxes—land, salt, li, and customs duties—were the primary sources of revenue for the late Qing Dynasty. Prior to the First Sino-Japanese War, land tax was even more crucial, accounting for roughly half of the country's annual revenue.