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Traditionally, China's most flourishing regions were the 18 provinces within the Guanzhong Pass: Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Gansu, and Ningxia. Taiwan and Qiongzhou are not considered as provinces. Xinjiang, Tibet, and Mongolia are all relatively uncivilized areas.
Shaanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia were under the control of the Taiping Rebellion. Of the remaining fifteen provinces, the Liberation Army had not yet advanced into Shanxi. The remaining 14 provinces could basically be determined to be controlled by the Liberation Army. In China's history, there had never been a regime that had seized so much territory in just a dozen years, but in the end, it was overturned. Of course, Vézé didn't want to be the first.
Lei Hu sent a telegram to ask Vézé when he would officially proclaim himself emperor. At first, Vézé did not know what the valuable commissar wanted to say. At the very least, in Vézé's eyes, the so-called formal proclamation of an emperor was a trivial matter. If he had the time and energy to do so, he might as well build up his people.
The speed at which the National People's Congress was being built was really slow. It wasn't that someone wanted to obstruct it, but that the people in power didn't want to go to the National People's Congress. In theory, the National People's Congress is an institution of power. However, in China's culture, the institution of power is an administrative institution. No matter how one looked at it, an institution that only had the power to legislate was worlds apart from power. Not to mention that the legislative power of the National People's Congress was now exercised by the National Conference of the Restoration Party. Other than electing a group of local comrades with more appeal to be responsible for the work of policy propaganda, it really couldn't be seen what use the National People's Congress had.
On second thought, Vézé felt that Lei Hu had reminded him very subtly that everyone wanted to evaluate him.
It was not that there was no such hope in the Restoration Party, but it was becoming more and more obvious. This was the feudal system. Without privileges, there would be no feudal system. They had worked so hard to follow Vézé to conquer the world. If they really did not receive any special privileges or benefits after conquering the world, they would not be able to accept it at all. Of course, Vézé wouldn't be able to accept it if he were to be conferred the title of King and end up with a bunch of feudal nobles.
Politics in industrial countries is class rule, but politics is always a process of compromise. Even Emperor Taizu once said that without a party within the party, the monarch would think like that; without a faction within the party, the monarch would think like that. At this stage, Vézé suddenly understood one thing. The main reason why every new era would go on a killing spree was to use the civil service system to gradually eliminate the meritorious minister system. Sooner or later, sooner or later, sooner or later, there was no way around this problem.
Therefore, Vézé decided to compromise for the time being and settle the internal problems of the army first. Although the Liberation Army was theoretically the people's army, and the internal political commissar system was done well, if the military rank system was not finally established, there would be big problems in the army.
From this point of view, Lei Hu was no longer suitable to lead the Northern Expedition. It was just like how Vézé had killed his way to Nanjing in 1853, but he turned around and ran away, not daring to take the credit for invading Nanjing. It turned out that the action of 1853 was correct. Vézé gained the autonomy to act in Anhui. If Yang Xiuqing didn't trust Vézé at all, Vézé would have to stay in Nanjing. With Vézé's personality, God knows what kind of trouble he would encounter in Nanjing.
Sure enough, when the Central Military Commission talked about changing the commander of the Northern Expedition, a group of generals looked at Vézé eagerly. The commander of the Navy was better. In the war in the South China Sea, the navy made great contributions and was the protagonist of the future Dutch East Indies War. Unless the Army could develop the technology to walk on water, it would be impossible for them to escape the credit in the future.
Now, the opportunities to make contributions on land were in the north. Lei Hu had fought from the south of the Huai River to the north of the Yellow River. This was enough credit. It was time to give the other brothers the opportunity to make contributions and get promoted.
Vézé was not pretentious. He asked clearly, "Now I have a question to ask everyone. How should my military rank be determined?"
This question was finally asked. Everyone was stunned at first, then their faces showed joy. After Vézé's military rank was determined, it was the turn of the generals.
"The commander in chief is naturally the commander in chief!"
"Pfft, you've only heard of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. What is the commander in chief? I think the commander-in-chief is better. "
"I think the commander-in-chief is better."
"In this chaotic world, there are many people who call themselves commander-in-chief. Isn't this a disgrace to our identity?"
"Comrades, we already have the rank of commander-in-chief in our current military ranks."
"You want the commander in chief to be the commander-in-chief? What are you planning? "
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Friendly, unfriendly, ingenious, step-by-step, all kinds of opinions came out. Vézé summed up this idea. The Central Military Commission's opinion was that Vézé must have an unparalleled military rank. And this title should be loud, powerful, and awe-inspiring.
From Vézé's point of view, he wasn't that new in this aspect. Since the Liberation Army already had the rank of commander-in-chief, Vézé was completely satisfied with the rank of commander-in-chief. In modern times, he knew that the United States had a president as commander-in-chief of the armed forces, so the United States only had a five-star general. In China, it was the founding father who didn't want a soldier to rule the country, so he refused the title of commander-in-chief. Stalin was left as commander-in-chief.
As for Vézé, the current system wasn't that responsible. He was the emperor, and the title of supreme being matched with the rank of commander-in-chief was really appropriate.
"I personally want to use the rank of commander-in-chief. Does everyone know what the epaulets of the commander-in-chief are?" Vézé said.
The current commander-in-chief of the Liberation Army military region was a lieutenant general. The insignia of the lieutenant generals were the military insignia, and the epaulets were pine and cypress leaves with straight bars and stars. Hearing Vézé's question, the generals shook their heads.
Vézé explained slowly, "The epaulets of the commander-in-chief are the national insignia, which means that the commander-in-chief has the responsibility of the country on his shoulders. The epaulets of the commander-in-chief are the same, but the hat insignia of the commander-in-chief is also the national insignia. As a commander-in-chief, he can command the commander-in-chief, and such a person himself is the symbol of the country. "
As a man who wasn't particularly pretentious, Vézé actually didn't like to pretend to be mysterious. But for the current China, Vézé had to show an attitude.
It was said that in the early Han dynasty, the meritorious officials were all unruly and unruly, without the appearance of a subject. Therefore, Liu Bang came up with a set of etiquette. According to "Records of the Grand Historian, According to the Biographies of Shusun Tong, in the seventh year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han dynasty, 200 BC, when the newly built Changle Palace held its first court ceremony, Liu Bang couldn't help but say, "Today, I know the nobility of an emperor."
What Vézé was doing was very different from what Emperor Gaozu of the Han dynasty was doing, but the way he was doing it was actually similar. At every moment, in every detail, Vézé could only try his best to publicize the meaning of the country and the responsibilities one had to bear. Even though the effect of this kind of publicity could be discussed, if there wasn't even this kind of publicity, then there was no need to consider how these meritorious officials would spontaneously think that they were responsible for the country. The thoughts of the meritorious officials were actually very simple. They were the ones who fought for the country, and they had the final say in this country.
"Commander-in-chief, don't you think there are too many people using the title of commander-in-chief?" Some comrades were more concerned about this.
Vézé was rather disappointed by this unself-confident attitude, but he didn't mock them. Instead, he smiled and said, "We have Renminbi as a circulating currency, so if someone writes the word" Renminbi "on a piece of paper, does that mean it's Renminbi? This title of commander-in-chief can be used by anyone, but how many people will recognize it? If commander-in-chief is just a title, then it's meaningless. First of all, commander-in-chief is a substance. From this point of view, the commander-in-chief of our Liberation Army is the real commander-in-chief. If anyone isn't convinced, let them fight with us. "
Hearing this, the comrades couldn't help but burst into laughter. There was nothing but confidence in their laughter.
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