Chapter 24 Chapter 4 You will suffer a lot if you are not educated

Wang Xiuzhi fell in love with a woman, so he had to deal with Yuan Shikai, but if he really wanted to write a military book for Yuan Shikai, he was unwilling. So Wang Xiuzhi had an idea and gave Yuan Shikai a scrap manuscript. How do you say it is a waste manuscript? It turned out that as early as when Wang Xiuzhi was writing the military book for Hu Yufen, the first draft was scrapped and had to be rewritten.Now Wang Xiuzhi gave Yuan Shikai the scrapped first draft. Forgive Yuan Shikai for not having read a few books, being uneducated, and not knowing what is good or bad... The fact is really like this, Yuan Shikai was overjoyed when he saw the waste manuscript, he was overjoyed, took the stack of waste manuscripts and left excitedly, looking at Yuan Shikai's back, almost made Wang Xiuzhi laugh to death.

But Wang Xiuzhi laughed too early. Although Yuan Shikai didn't read much, he was an out-and-out person who "has no knowledge and skill". Wang Xiuzhi's pile of waste manuscripts is worthless in the eyes of others, but to Yuan Shikai, it is Extraordinary value. At this time, Yuan Shikai had been back from North Korea for almost a year. This was the most difficult year for the Qing Empire, and the land was cut and paid for, but the Japanese still refused to give up.There is nothing you can do if you refuse to give up. After all, China is too big. If the Japanese want to swallow it in one gulp, they will only choke themselves to death.

Yuan Shikai could see clearly that the Qing Empire's control over the sea was completely over, and the country's most urgent need right now was a land force, so it was imperative for the imperial court to train new troops in imitation of Western methods. The empress dowager Cixi is in charge of the court, and this old lady is only smarter than Yuan Shikai, not more confused than Yuan Shikai.When Yuan Shikai thought about this problem, the Empress Dowager Cixi had already ordered Hu Yunfen, the inspector of Guangxi, to train Wu Dingjun at the Tianjin Racecourse. Yuan Shikai was a step too late and lost this opportunity.

So Yuan Shikai sincerely hired Sai Jinhua with a high salary to work in public relations, and finally got these waste manuscripts from Wang Xiuzhi. After returning to his apartment, Yuan Shikai lit a lamp and boiled oil, studied hard all night, and finally sorted out the context of these waste manuscripts and got a clue. Then Yuan Shikai re-edited this manuscript, and wrote another "Talk about Military Training in Time", and showed it to Rong Lu. Rong Lu was appointed as the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang. This official was as big as a prime minister, under one person, and above ten thousand. If you want to get the opportunity to train soldiers, you must first get the support of Rong Lu.

Unexpectedly, Rong Lu was waiting for Yuan Shikai's arrival. why? The reason is very simple. Rong Lu also knew that the loss of the Qing Dynasty's sea power indicated that the future war would start within the country's borders. It is imperative to build a strong army force. He recruited 5,000 recruits, but Hu Yufen was born in the Imperial Academy and had never fought a war in his life. His so-called training of recruits was nothing more than reading from the scriptures written by Wang Xiuzhi behind closed doors. The recruits trained in this way, Whether it works or not is really God knows.

But Yuan Shikai was different. His qualifications, knowledge, experience, and understanding of Western military affairs were not comparable to that of a literati like Hu Yifen, so naturally Rong Lu would not let Yuan Shikai go. Rong Lu asked Yuan Shikai several questions on the spot, and Yuan Shikai answered them fluently.The next day, Rong Lu reported to the Empress Dowager Cixi, requesting that Yuan Shikai and Hu Yifen start a "PK" in the Golden Palace to see who has richer military training theory and more experienced... The result of the Golden Palace PK, Zhijiaoren was stunned.

Yuan Shikai performed very well. He was impassioned and eloquent. When it was Hu Yunfen's turn, he did not expect that this old Hu could not speak official Chinese, but he was full of Shaoxing dialect that no one could understand. Old Hu can't even speak official Chinese, so how can he train the new army? Seeing this situation, Emperor Guangxu immediately decreed that Yuan Shikai should stay in the Office of Supervising Military Affairs as a commissioner for the prince and the court ministers. And write a military book with "Chinese characteristics", and also draw up plans and regulations for Western French military training...

That is to say, the imperial court arranged it like this. Since Yuan Shikai knew how to train soldiers, he should provide technical services to Hu Yunfen, translate a few more Western military books, and Lao Hu would still be responsible for the military training in Tianjin.