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Chapter 619

For a long time, Jia Liu's creed has been that everything must be investigated before he has the right to speak.

Shuan Zhu is the son of his family. He has never been in contact with the navy since he was a child. Like him, he belongs to the layman of the navy, so he is quite dissatisfied with his behavior of beating cattle every other day and rashly accusing the water camp of having problems.

A plaster seller ran to instruct others to build a house, isn't this a pain in the ass?

Besides, the young master speaks highly of the officers and soldiers of the water battalion, and even promised money and meat. Now you will stand up and raise a problem, wouldn't you embarrass the young master in public?

Do you know how to be a human being?
Since ancient times, how many promising subordinates embarrass the leader on the spot?
The problem is that Shuan Zhu didn't think too much, he asked the young master to use his ass to think again with a scientific attitude, so that he could think about it.

That is, the naval gunboats used solid bullets. The big iron ball blasted out and smashed a few big holes in the target boat to Thaksin, but what happened to the explosion?What happened to the fire that rose into the sky?

"Um?."

After careful reasoning and combining reality, Jia Liu came to a conclusion that he, a leading cadre, was obviously fooled by the Shuiying gang.

That is to say, Shuan Zhu was even more professional than him in this matter, and there was a problem at a glance, but he, the master, clapped his hands and applauded foolishly.

Although this made Jia Liu look too amateurish, he was still happy in his heart, which showed that under his influence, everyone around him had improved to a certain extent.

But voluntarily admitting that my level is not good enough is a bit hurtful to my self-esteem.

"Actually. I thought of this question just now. The reason why I didn't say it is mainly because of the overall situation."

Jia Liu is also a person who seeks truth from facts, saying that he can see through it at a glance, but this matter is not easy to expose now, and needs to be discussed in the long term.

The main thing is to find a step for myself in front of Shuan Zhu.

"What does the overall situation require?"

Shuan Zhu's biggest bad habit is that he's a jerk—the kind of person who breaks the casserole and asks the bottom line.

This caused Jia Liu a very headache, so he could only murmur, "Exactly. This problem involves many complicated problems, and solving this problem involves many problems. Now we know this problem, but we can't make a fuss about it. Articles, that are not conducive to solving the problem, and are not conducive to the problem of unity.”

Baozhu listened for a long time, but he still couldn't understand what the President said.

It seems that this problem is that problem, but in the end there is no problem.

Shuan Zhu stared at the young master for a while, shook his head and said, "Master, since you became a high official, I found that you have started to separate from the masses."

Ok?
If he hadn't published an article in the "Daqing Daily" half a month ago that grassroots officials must always contact the masses and not be separated from the masses, Jia Liu would have pulled out his Bibilong sword and chopped off the bolts and kicked them into the Bohai Sea. .

One mountain cannot tolerate two tigers.

"I've said it many times, don't just label me, when did I break away from the masses?"

Jia Liu was very angry with the hat that Shuan Zhu took off. He has a conscience of heaven and earth. He always puts the interests of the people first.

If he really wanted to break away from the masses, he was full of food, engaged in industry, trade, construction, sanitary city construction, judicial justice construction, and even stayed in Hejian Mansion for several days.

"Because the young master can't listen to other people's correct opinions, and even forbids others to express their opinions,"

Shuan Zhu looked displeased, "Young Master, I am also a member of the masses. You said that you are not divorced from the masses, why did you not allow me to speak? And why didn't you deal with it immediately after I pointed out the problem, instead of talking about the needs of the overall situation here? Follow the style of the young master, Is it because you can't solve the problem I raised in the future, so you will solve Shuan Zhu?"

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Jia Liu was a little choked, and coughed twice: "No, Director Yang, you are not a member of the public, you are an official."

Shuan Zhu is really an official, he is the governor's staff of the fourth rank, the unit is organized in the guard army, and he has a real salary of the imperial court every month.

Although the salary and other benefits are managed by the young master, the money is always yours, right? This official is also yours.

An official is an official, and the masses are the masses. These are two different things.

It is a matter of principle to equate officials with the masses.

For example, if you are an ordinary person, you should fill in the masses in terms of political affiliation, but you must fill in as a non-partisan. Isn't this deliberately embarrassing the government?

"Could it be that officials can't speak anymore? Young master, if even I can't speak, can you still hear the truth? Didn't you often tell me that if the emperor could hear the truth and know the truth, he would definitely not Do you have your day!"

Shuan Zhu looked aggrieved, he kindly pointed out to the young master that the water construction was fake, but the young master talked to him about this and that, which made him really feel that the young master had changed.

"Yes, yes, Your Excellency is a little drifting!"

Baozhu, with a simple and honest face, nodded in agreement. His Excellency President seems to like listening to flattery more and more recently, which is really not good.

Immediately afterwards, Yi Lin: Hey, what do I mean by floating?
"Um"

Shuan Zhu's reaction was so intense that Jia Liu began to realize that he had some problems.

It seems that unknowingly, he is being corrupted by the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, and he has lost himself a bit.

This signal is very bad. If you cannot criticize and self-criticize in time, you will easily slip into the abyss.

The main reason for this problem is largely related to him being the top leader of Zhili.

He knew that Shuan Zhu was doing it for his own good, so how could he be depraved if the so-called great cause was not accomplished.

So he glanced at the loyal Shuanzhu, and sighed softly: "Take copper as a mirror, and you can straighten your clothes; take people as a mirror, you can tell gains and losses; take history as a mirror, you can know success and failure. Zhuzi, you are my mirror!"

After finishing speaking, he straightened his face and told Bao Zhu to call Guerrilla Ding Gui immediately.

First, Ding Gui was asked to confess, but Ding Gui was also stubborn and refused to confess. The target ship that was killed was hit by a shell and exploded.

"Where is the Yebilong knife!"

Jia Liu was furious and ordered the left and right to bring knives.

The result was a bit embarrassing, and the sword of Ye Bilong was left on the shore and was not brought on board.

But this does not affect Jia Liu's exercise of the governor's authority, and he pulls out Baozhu's saber and throws it in front of Ding Gui.

"My lord, the last general and the last general"

Under the pressure of the governor, Ding Gui finally couldn't bear it and had no choice but to tell the truth.

The target ship that was hit just now was actually ignited by the sailors hidden on the ship with medicine twisters and exploded into the water. It was not hit by the cannonballs of the gunboat at all.

"Why did you lie to the governor!"

Even though he already knew that there was something wrong with this matter, when the truth came to his ears, Jia Liu still angered the Emperor Samadhi.

He wants to promote the Dagu Water Battalion to the Beiyang Navy, and in the future, he wants this navy to cross East Asia, dominate South Asia, and threaten the Atlantic Ocean.

Who would have thought that the group of people in Shuiying could interpret the formalism to such a peak.

The navy is the foundation of a country's sea power. The navy in the capital city gate is so deceitful, and the navy in other places is even worse.

Why did the navy of the Qing army and the British navy fight so badly in the first Opium War? Isn’t this what you see in front of you already doomed the situation in the future?

What to fight with!
Why did you lie to the governor?

Ding Gui also babbled and said a lot of official words, carelessly doing so can make the drill look more interesting, and the governor can also watch it happily.

He also said that they used to do this when people from above came to inspect, which was almost the norm in the water camp, but it was not like this in real training.

"Ding Gui, Ding Gui, the governor praised you for your ability to lead troops just now, but you didn't expect to deceive the governor with such a nasty means. Do you really think your head is harder than iron and stronger than steel!"

Jia Liu knew that Ding Gui still had many things to hide from him, so he was furious and ordered people to capture Ding Gui immediately, take off his hat, and go ashore for disposal.

Later, he was ordered to return to Hong Kong, but after landing, all the officers above the seventh rank were sent to the governor's office to discuss matters. As a result, they were all guarded after they came, and they were not allowed to enter or leave, let alone move around.

Jia Liuze ordered Shuanzhu to lead people to conduct an in-depth investigation of the Dagu Water Camp, and to learn more about the training and combat readiness of the Dagu Water Camp over the years from ordinary officers and soldiers in the water camp through one-on-one or one-to-many conversations.

Jia Liu himself also had discussions with ordinary officers and soldiers, and acted vigorously.

With the deepening of the investigation, the inside story of the Dagu Water Camp was revealed one by one.

For example, they have more than forty warships on the surface, but less than half of them can actually go to sea to perform missions. The reason is that they have been in disrepair for a long time. Headed by the pockets of corrupt officers.

The basic training of officers and soldiers in the water battalion was also a formality. Many officers and soldiers did private work for the officers' homes like the former Mingwei soldiers, and some were even sold by Ding Gui and others to Tianjin businessmen as short-term or long-term laborers in the form of "lease".

Normally, the warships in Shuiying were also used as merchant ships to transport goods to Denglai and outside the customs. Ding Gui and others had to go for the rent, and the people below could only drink soup.

Someone from above came to check, Ding Gui and others must have confessed everything before, and they were completely fooled by acting.But the people from above got the benefits of Ding Gui and others, knowing that there were all kinds of disadvantages in Shuiying, they said everything was good when they went back.

But these are only superficial problems, and the deeper problem boils down to one word—poor.

The reason for the poverty is that in recent decades, the imperial court has not paid much attention to the construction of the navy. Even if it paid attention to it, it still invested a lot of manpower, material resources, money and food on the ostentatious Eight Banners navy, and very few fell on the head of the green battalion. .

Take the military salary as an example, according to the system, ordinary soldiers in the Dagu Water Camp can receive one, two, or four dollars a month, plus three dollars for rapeseed money, but the actual payment is less than half.

This half was still exploited by Ding Gui and the others under various guises. The officers and soldiers engaged in the water camp either listened to their arrangements to work for businessmen, or went fishing to support their families.

For the soldiers of the Dagu Water Camp, the happiest thing is to go to work in the Eight Banners Navy next door.

The so-called part-time job means that when the Eight Banners Navy comes to inspect the capital, since the bannermen and sailors can't operate the boat at all, they can only use people from the Dagu Water Camp to deal with it in private.

It may be because they know that they need help from the Dagu Water Camp for a long time, so the remuneration given by the banner soldiers is relatively high.

What Jia Liu went to the Eight Banners Navy was a surprise attack. If he had been notified in advance, he might have seen a large group of people from the Dagu Water Camp on the side of the Eight Banners Navy.

Not to mention ironic.

The basic salary is not fully paid, and the maintenance costs of ships and weapons are either none or less. In this way, how can the officers and soldiers of the Dagu Water Camp have the enthusiasm to guard this gateway for the Qing Dynasty?

When Jia Liu had a discussion with the officers and soldiers on the spot, he definitely encouraged them to speak up boldly. If there was anything to say, he, the governor, would make the decision for them when the sky fell.

In addition, seeing that Ding Guerrilla was removed from his top hat and all the officers were under centralized supervision, the soldiers in the Shuibing must have complained and complained about their grievances.

There are many people who sue military officers for oppressing them and even playing with their wives and daughters.

Jia Liu was so angry that he asked his attendants to record one by one, and everything that was true to the facts would be dealt with severely.

The problems gathered by all parties are not generally serious, but very serious.

In order to completely solve the problem of the Dagu water camp, Jia Liu had to use one method, which was to remove all the more than 60 water camp officers, including Ding Gui, for questioning.

But in this way, the water battalion faced the problem of paralysis of the command system.

Without officials, how to command soldiers?
"The prime minister must start from the state department, and the fierce general must start from the army!"

Jia Liu was determined and ordered the Shuiying soldiers to form a group of 20 people, and one of the 20 people would be elected as a member of the officer corps.

Afterwards, these reserve officers will be elected in groups of ten.

Those elected in this way must be very popular with the soldiers, and they must also be people with some skills.

The new command system of the Dagu Water Camp is composed of these people.

Shuan Zhu raised the issue that soldiers might be illiterate.

"You can learn if you can't read, as long as you are willing to learn, you can be of great use!"

Jia Liu has made up his mind, and this is also an unprecedented attempt for him to work in the army.

The selection of soldiers and the reserve officer corps are actually the prototype of the soldiers' committee.

This approach can completely zero out the influence of corrupt and incompetent officers on the army, thus giving the army a new look.

In addition to the election of officers to restructure the command system of the Dagu Water Battalion, Jia Liu specially allocated 50,000 taels for the rectification of the Dagu Water Battalion. In addition to the one-time payment of half a year's salary to the soldiers, the rest of the funds were used for ships, artillery, firecrackers and Maintenance of various other equipment.

After careful consideration, 500 Sichuan children who were originally intended to be used in the construction of the new army were transferred from Baoding, together with the first battalion of guards from the Guard Industrial Park, were directly incorporated into the Dagu Water Camp, which increased the number of officers and soldiers in the Water Camp from the original 1800 to 3400 people.

Officially submitted an official document to the capital, requesting that the Dagu Water Camp be upgraded to the Beiyang Navy (Town).

In view of the importance of naval construction, Jia Liu ordered another month-long military training on the fourth day of July.

During this month, he, the governor of Zhili, didn't go anywhere. He ate, lived, and trained with the officers and soldiers of the water camp every day.

As a result, the appearance of the officers and soldiers of the water battalion has been qualitatively improved. At the same time, Jia Liu has officially been upgraded to Qingtian.

Because, with the sea breeze blowing and the sun poisoning for several days, his forehead really exposed the moon.

The price I paid for it was that my skin was peeled off in the sun.

As for the Beijing Normal University, the rebellion and suppression of the Eight Banners navy in Tianjin was ratified by Lao Fu and Uncle Se, and the upgrading of the Dagu Water Camp to a township system was also approved. Even the impeachment of the Bannermen that Jia Liu was worried about did not happen. The reason is that Jingli is scrambling over the ownership of the hat king.

Old Fu and Uncle Se didn't have time to pay attention to Jia Liu's messy things in Tianjin.

(End of this chapter)