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In China's tradition, the judge was a high and mighty existence. Therefore, when Vézé told everyone that the military court was paid by the Taiping army to judge cases, the generals were confused.
Although they weren't clear about the difference between the judge's authority and the judge's agency, one thing was clear: no one was willing to raise any objections.
Lei Hu, who had once tried to protect Li Guangfei, even had the thought of killing Li Guangfei personally. After Li Guangfei escaped, he actually went to Tianjing City to accuse Vézé of treason. The result of this action was that Li Guangfei had to die. This had nothing to do with whether or not Vézé really rebelled. If Vézé believed that Lei Hu instigated Li Guangfei to go to Tianjing City to accuse Vézé of treason, Lei Hu wouldn't be able to clear his name even if he jumped into the Yellow River. At this time, regardless of the new system, Lei Hu only hoped that this matter could be resolved as soon as possible.
Moreover, his subordinates weren't as relaxed as Lei Hu. Their relationship with Lei Hu wasn't to the point where they wanted to use this matter to step on Lei Hu. Moreover, they had been Vézé's subordinates for a long time. From Vézé's tone, they could tell that he didn't want to blow up this matter. In addition, everyone could feel Vézé's strong determination to establish a military court. At this time, no one was willing to go against Vézé even if they didn't want to be unlucky.
Vézé had always followed the tradition of large state-owned enterprises. Before doing something big, they had to unify their thinking. If it was during a war and everyone's lives were at stake, everyone had a strong learning spirit. But at this time, everyone wanted to quickly put this unpleasant chapter behind them. Secondly, they really didn't understand what a military court was. As a result, everyone had an attitude of "Boss, as long as you don't mention this matter again, we'll do whatever you say".
Vézé didn't know what to do with their passive attitude. Looking at the group of brothers who were extremely cooperative, he couldn't kick the silent Stone three times. In the end, Vézé had no choice but to cut to the chase. "In the future, you can send those soldiers who break the law to the military court, but you can't interfere in the court's trial."
Regardless of what other people thought, Lei Hu stood up and said loudly, "I support the Chief of General Staff's opinion. This is really not something to talk about!"
As soon as Lei Hu took out the attitude of a hooligan who had nothing to lose, several people in the General Staff Headquarters laughed. Lei Hu's face was burning with discomfort, but at this time, he had to stand up and make a statement.
Vézé gestured for Lei Hu to sit down and continued, "Since you want me to set this rule, then I'll make it clear. This military court was not a place where they could judge cases however they wanted. They had to follow the law. Moreover, who would determine this code? It's better for us to determine it! The reason that we agree with is the law. If we don't agree with the reason, no matter how extravagant it is, it doesn't count! "
"Well said! I agree! " Wei Changrong immediately stood up and shouted, "I originally thought that it was great to be able to solve cases, but after listening to the Chief of General Staff's words, I finally understand! They will only do what we tell them to do. It's not like we just listen to what they do! "
Initially, the group wasn't very interested in this matter. They just wanted to quickly get this matter over with. After listening to Vézé's words, the brothers felt that they really didn't lose out. Seeing that Vézé wasn't angry, they gradually became interested.
Seeing that the tension had eased, Vézé said to everyone, "It's not that these people don't care about these cases. If they dare to take bribes, not enforce the law impartially, everyone can come to me to complain about them. If the matter is found to be true, they will be killed! Don't worry, everyone, you can come to me in the future and report these people in the military court. We're paying for these people in the military court, and they want to be the boss? I can only say that they're just like Li Guangfei! "
As soon as Lei Hu heard the name Li Guangfei, he immediately lowered his head. The other brothers laughed. However, Vézé interrupted their laughter again. "But I have to make it clear, we set up the military court to enforce the law impartially, not to let you use the military court to do whatever you want. If I hear that you've done something here, don't blame me for being rude! "
"Of course! Of course! "Wei Changrong took the lead to express his stance. As long as the military court didn't bully Wei Changrong, he was quite supportive.
After explaining the general meaning of the military court, Vézé felt that he had obtained the consensus of the upper echelons. He let them go. Of course, Vézé knew that the generals didn't understand the meaning of the military court. They couldn't understand how this modern institution would subvert the feudal military system. However, Vézé was too lazy to educate the generals in advance. He said, "I'll handle this matter, and there's one more thing. We should hurry up the rest and training of the troops. We're about to go to war."
At the mention of war, the generals immediately became excited. Like Vézé, they were now best at war. In terms of war, everyone also had sufficient confidence. Lei Hu immediately said, "Chief of the General Staff, please let me be the vanguard."
Lei Hu's impatient attitude caused a burst of good-natured laughter.
Vézé waved his hand, and the meeting room immediately quieted down. "Qing Yao's Jiangnan and Jiangbei Barracks have been besieging Tianjing City for more than a year. Our goal in the next six months is to wipe out the Jiangbei Barracks. My idea is to follow the path of Wanzhong, first expand the territory to the east, and pay taxes everywhere. The Jiangbei Barracks rely on the canal to transport grain and fodder. Once the canal is cut, Qing Yao will jump out and fight us. At that time, we can wait at ease. What do you think? "
At the mention of logistics, Lin Asheng had a very quick reaction. He immediately put forward his own point of view. "We don't have enough soldiers. This time, the three Prime Ministers took away 30,000 soldiers from us. Although these soldiers were left over from our selection, the elites were left in our own troops. But these troops can always be stationed in the local areas. If our main force goes out to fight, the troops in other places will be in a difficult position. I don't know if the three Prime Ministers can be relied on. "
"Come, give everyone a map!" Vézé ordered. The staff officer quickly caught up and put a few maps of the area between Wanzhong and the Grand Canal on the table.
Only then did Vézé say, "Now the troops that our army can really afford are only 20,000 people, 15,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry. Now we have 60,000 people, and most of them are supplementary troops. Whether it's gun parts, gunpowder, or artillery, before we can completely make our own kind, we can only maintain such a scale of troops. So if we lose 30,000 people out of 60,000, it won't have much effect on us. During the time that the three Prime Ministers are stationed in Wanzhong, if I order them to assist us in battle, they should be willing. Everyone knows that if we only let them defend the city and confront the Qing Army. They should be able to do a good job. "
"Chief of the General Staff, you've always thought so highly of your allies!" Lin Asheng replied with deep emotion. His words caused a burst of laughter. In everyone's view, Vézé had never expected his allies to be of real help, so his allies had never disappointed Vézé.
Vézé hurriedly waved his hand. "If our allies were Qing Yao, how could we be at ease if we let them defend the city and confront the enemy? We've fought so many battles with Qing Yao, and based on Qing Yao's performance, I definitely wouldn't be at ease. Leading troops on the battlefield to defend the foothold also requires skill. "
What he said was true. Although it didn't increase the level of recognition the generals had for their allies, it at least made them not laugh at their allies. Compared to the Qing Army, the Taiping army was really a very reliable comrade.
While everyone was talking and laughing, Wei Changrong had been looking at the map. At this time he said, "Chief of the General Staff, cutting off the canal to the east may not be able to mobilize Qing Yao to the north. If we really want to kill Qing Yao, why don't we send troops to Yangzhou? With our artillery and current equipment, Qing Yao should be able to easily take it down. "
Vézé replied, "I don't think so. It's already May. If we set off to attack Jiangbei Camp and relieve the siege of Yangzhou, we may not be able to do it before September. Even if we succeed, we definitely won't be able to collect taxes on a larger territory. But if we expand our territory to the east, the worst situation is that we can't attack Jiangbei Camp and collect taxes. But it's also very likely that besides collecting taxes, we can also kill tens of thousands of Qing Army heading north. Between these two possibilities, which one do you think is more likely to happen? "
The Qing Army's Jiangbei Camp was located southeast of central Anhui, several hundred li away from Luzhou. If they wanted to cut off the canal, they only needed to attack directly to the east, which would be much closer to Luzhou.
The generals had great trust in Vézé's judgment on the situation. Moreover, with the map, they could at least take a look at the map and understand the general situation. Chief of Staff Ruan Xihao, who was in charge of operations, asked, "Can we also make full use of the three Prime Minister's troops that are currently being reorganized?"
Vézé laughed and said, "That's right, I do have this plan. But we can't let them freeload here. They can't do any less work! "
After hearing this, everyone looked at the map again. Chuzhou, Dingyuan, and Wuhe. Although these three places weren't areas of intense fighting, if battles broke out at the strategic points guarded by Vézé, these three areas could be very effective in providing support to those strategic points. If Vézé sent troops eastward, these three areas could still send troops to help defend central Anhui. There was indeed a tendency to borrow their strength.
"Let's first attack Xuyi, the capital of Sizhou in Jiangsu, and see what reaction Qing Yao has. According to their reaction, we can also make a response! "Vézé ordered.
"Who will be the vanguard?" Lei Hu asked.
"Oh, let's not talk about who will be the vanguard first. Lei Hu, you will be the president of this military court first. Take care of Li Guangfei's case. "After saying this, Vézé looked at Lei Hu with a shocked expression. He laughed and said, "This is like opening a shop. Since we can't find the shopkeeper immediately, we brothers have to come out and be the shopkeeper first. Don't you think so? "
"… Yes!" Lei Hu finally answered awkwardly.
"Well, let's establish a law now. Stealing a map and handing it to an outsider is punishable by death! What do you guys think? "Vézé turned to his brothers and said.
"It's all up to the chief of staff!" Wei Changrong took the lead and said.
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