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Chapter 48 Where to start

In the Zhili Governor's Office, Li Hongzhang was frowning and listening to Yang Shixiang's report on the recent cumbersome government affairs. This time, the matter of supervising military discipline has been very popular, because the little emperor wanted to do this. He thought about it over and over again, but did not object, but privately asked the generals of each town to deal with it carefully.

However, it is obvious that the Huai Group's military training has been a long time ago, so it is not enough to deal with it with one order. Another imperial envoy who had already set out earlier, Zhirui, the Minister of Rites, only inspected the Sixth Battalion Training Army, but caused a lot of trouble. First, the garrison of Baoding Prefecture, Lin Yu, was staunched in the area and was stopped by someone. Later, Zhirui just looked at the military equipment of the military camp and found a big problem. The Mauser rifle, which had just equipped the army two years ago, was actually rusted, and the more serious accounts actually had serious inconsistencies...

Baoding Prefecture is also a capital capital. The memorial will arrive in the capital in one day. Weng Tonghe is obviously a little surprised by Zhirui's discovery of such high efficiency. However, this is a great thing. When Wang Renkan's imperial envoy came to Tianjin, the Military Affairs Office had issued a document yesterday to seize the position of Lin Yuzhi, the position of Baoding garrison, and was subject to surveillance! Qin Huang, the guard of Hejian City, was also implicated, demoted to a first-level position, and fined one year's salary!

"Zhongtang, the various battalions of Baoding are so troubled by Zhirui. Our seventh general in Zhili may be implicated. I have reported that the generals of each town have been carefully investigated recently. But the problems may still be found!" Yang Shixiang also looked thoughtful. Obviously, the three fires that were burning from Zhirui were quite a bit.

A white-bearded old man next to him heard why he was careful, and now he asked: "Pingshi (Yang Shixiang's name is Yang Shixiang), I know this Minister of Rites Zhirui. This man is very cautious in his work. I don't expect that there will be too many moves in this way. However, Wang Renkan, who came today, is very straightforward. Weng Tonghe used him because of this. He may not be concerned about any kindness. I think he still needs to deal with it carefully!"

The topic turned to Wang Renkan, and Li Hongzhang looked a little strange. He turned around and took out a letter from the desk beside him, "I sent Pingshi to pick up this top scholar. I originally intended to please him. After all, this time the inspection of Beiyang military discipline is naturally the top priority. Unexpectedly, he transferred me such a letter... Look, what does this mean!"

Yang Shixiang naturally knew about the letter before, but he thought it was a polite letter. At this moment, he took it and opened it, but he was secretly shocked. In fact, there were rumors in the letter a while ago, and some inferences about the possible dispute between China and Japan... If Wang Renkan wrote this letter to Li Hongzhang, it would not surprise Yang Shixiang!

The problem is that this letter is not something that Wang Ren can write. At the end of the letter, Long Feifengwu's signature is indeed the current Minister of Personnel and Minister of Military Affairs Li Hongzao... Zhou Fu followed Li Hongzao for a long time. After reading it, he sighed, "Li Lansun is dedicated to the public. Zhongtang. I think he mentioned the matter of North Korea so solemnly, it would be better to let Yuan Weiting inform the Korean royal family. The assassination case of Jin Yujun was transferred to Beijing for handling!"

Li Hongzhang sat in the upper head, closed his eyes and said, but Yang Shixiang beside him had already spoken: "Mr. Zhou, this matter has been decided. I will send Tongji ships to Seoul these days, and I have already informed the Korean royal family. If it is changed now, it may damage the credibility of our country!"

"Although Pingshi, Li Lansun and Zhongtang often have different political views and are also tit-for-tat in the court, they are not vague in major matters. He and Zhongtang don't have many letters, but they are all sincere words. This time, Wang Renkan was asked to deliver this letter in person, which shows that he attaches great importance to it. I think he should pay attention to it!" Zhou Fu has followed Li Hongzhang since the Hongyang rebellion, so he naturally knew more confidential matters.

Originally, there was no absolute enemy in the court. Even during the Battle of Sino-French, Qingliu was in power in the court, and the Qing army on the front line was defeated. At that time, Li Hongzao, who was already known as the "green cow" in the court, had never stopped private contact with Li Hongzhang. At the beginning of the Battle of Sino-French, Li Hongzhang happened to lose his mother Ding You at home, and Zhang Shusheng served as the governor of Zhili. At that time, Li Hongzhang was able to "take love" and return, but the two Qingliu bosses Li Hongzhang and Zhang Peilun were the ones who made great efforts.

It was Zhang Peilun, one of the four admonitions of Qingliu at that time. His father Zhang Yintang originally had a deep friendship with Li Hongzhang when he quelled the Hongyang Rebellion. After he entered the officialdom, although he criticized the Westernization Movement many times, he privately actively planned the maritime defense and naval affairs for Li Hongzhang...

Zhou Fu, who is well aware of these secrets, is naturally not a person who speaks a lot, but his opinion is obviously immediately recognized by Li Hongzhang. The old man with a strong expression suddenly showed a look of contempt for the world, "Wushan (Zhou Fu's name), please write a reply for me. The matters about North Korea will be based on his words... Wang Renkan, please ask him to explain the pros and cons, after all, the morale of the army must not be chaotic!"

Although Wang Renkan knew about the correspondence between Li Hongzao and Li Hongzhang, he probably guessed that it should be the exchange of news between these big figures. After all, no one could take it with all his efforts on national affairs. What he cares about now is naturally whether he can handle the matter of supervising military discipline in this trip. Since he is an imperial envoy, he naturally has to achieve results!

At this moment, all the members of the house were called, and Wang Renkan naturally had his ideas. Of course, he didn't mind listening to the opinions of these temporary staff members. "Everyone, since we have followed the emperor's will, we must do our best to share the emperor's worries. This time, we should not be careless in supervising the military discipline of the navy. If there is any illegal act, we will naturally investigate it to the end... What suggestions do you have?"

As soon as he said this, the eleven members below responded immediately. Lu Hong naturally did not have the intention to compete for the first place in such matters. His statement of rectifying military discipline had long been with Wang Renkan. However, although the top scholar also valued this very much, at present, the establishment of an independent military branch like the later military police was obviously not accepted by the senior officials of the imperial court...

Yan Fu obviously has more capital to speak than others. He immediately bowed and said, "Sir, if you are supervising military discipline and abuse of power, it is actually the easiest to buy three aspects: one is the empty amount of salary, the second is the large amount of items in daily listings, and the third is the inlet and out of the military inventory. From this, it will be easy to find out the problem in time!"

As soon as Yan Fu finished speaking, everyone else stared at this guy. His expression that he was eager to try just now disappeared. Lu Hong also seemed to be able to summarize Yan Youling. He finished all the topics that others could say in just a few sentences. No wonder everyone in this room stared at him...

Wang Renkan nodded with satisfaction. Among the members Lu Hong found for him, Yan Fu was real. "He also Ling's words are very good... Do you have any suggestions?"

Now, the members of the escorts below were a little dumbfounded and frowned and thought hard. For a moment, they were a little unlucky. Wang Renkan naturally knew the reason. However, since it was a matter of discussion, no matter whether the suggestions were good or bad, he was interested in listening. This was also a good time for him to understand the ability of these escorts.

"Sir, I think we should find some old officials in the yamen to help us check the accounts at that time!" Tan Xianpin, who was holding it in a while, was the second one to speak up. This proposal was just a matter of rules... However, the old officials in the yamen were all old people. Besides, in this Zhili area, we can still find old officials who help me and who are proficient in the accounts.

Lu Hong looked up at this guy's red and white face. Under the Qing government's rule, the court actually did one thing, which was to receive all the money to Beijing... However, after the Hongyang Rebellion, the local liquor tax system had completely broken the original national fiscal and tax system, which directly led to the free breeding of corruption. If the accounts in the yamen in this era were recorded over the years, it was really not something that people could see.

Wang Renkan nodded. He was not a rookie in the officialdom. He naturally understood these tricks. However, if he really wanted to do this, it would be a long-lasting and extremely arduous task. It can be said that since the revival of Tongzhi, the Qing government has been very open-minded about censors. This is naturally to deal with the growing power of local governors. There are also many first- and second-rank officials who have been impeached by censors.

However, these officials are involved in other serious cases, rather than corruption, because in this era, if a corruption case is to be identified, unless the house is confiscated or there is special evidence, even if the censors can be exempted from crime, these rumors dare not easily determine the crime of corruption by anyone... The long-standing and popular gifts in the Qing Dynasty have already been clear!

Everyone in the room muttered and raised some opinions, but they all had similar opinions, almost all of which were replicas of Yan Fu's argument. In the end, Lu Hong sat there calmly and calmly. From the beginning to the end, he only asked a few questions, but did not speak seriously.
Chapter completed!
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