Before he said this, Hu Chenghe and Vézé had been talking for a while. Vézé's attitude was firm, demanding strict discipline. No matter who it was, they must abide by the party's discipline. The "brothers" taking care of each other was not allowed to happen again. Hu Chenghe admitted that discipline must be obeyed, but he believed that it was necessary to leave everyone with dignity.
Everyone in the room was smart, and they all knew that no one was willing to make any concessions on this matter. Ruan Xihao was physically and mentally exhausted, and he couldn't help but speak up.
Vézé sneered, "We've talked about abiding by the party's discipline for so long, and we've all attended so many classes. Now, Ruan Xihao obviously doesn't care about the party's discipline and the country's law. To put it bluntly, I'm trying to protect everyone this time. Ruan Xihao, if you insist on meddling in this, and insist on tricking everyone, then I have nothing to say to you in the future. "
These words were too harsh. Not only did Ruan Xihao not know how to respond, but the rest of the people's faces also changed.
Vézé stared at Ruan Xihao and continued, "Now it seems that the British, French, and foreign forces have infiltrated our country more deeply than we thought. If the higher-ups refuse to admit that they were wrong to release the information and clarify the matter, it won't take long for you to realize that you and those close to you have all kinds of connections with foreign forces. If you can't clarify the matter first, someone will definitely drag you in for self-protection.
If you drag them in, do you still want to clarify the matter at that time? If you honestly explain the matter now, it will also be a matter of party discipline. When that time comes, do you think it will still be a problem of the party's discipline? "
Ruan Xihao was completely stunned. He really didn't know whether Vézé's words were a threat or a kind of advice. As a person, Ruan Xihao had never thought of colluding with foreign countries and betraying China's intelligence, and he had never taken any action based on this idea. But no matter how he listened to Vézé's words just now, he felt a strong murderous intent. It meant that he would not compromise.
Seeing that Ruan Xihao didn't understand, Vézé made it clearer, "Colluding with foreign countries is a crime of treason. We will never forgive a traitor."
After that, regardless of whether Ruan Xihao really understood the meaning of the words, Vézé said, "That's all for today. Since Ruan Xihao is here, then stay in Nanjing for a while. There are many things that need to be discussed. You don't have to rush back to Beijing for the time being. "
After a confrontation with the representatives of the upper echelons, Vézé summoned Lin Asheng, the secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, and Geng Guozhong, the director of the National Security Agency. Both of them didn't look too good, but the anger that wasn't directed at Vézé gave them a sense of vitality.
"Commander-in-chief, the customs have already found a group of people. I think we should wait a little longer. If we can continue to follow the clues, we should be able to dig out more. "Lin Asheng explained the situation.
"Now the main problem is that there are traitors. The British can't directly contact our army. The traitors in the army are developed by the government and the people in the customs. I support Secretary Lin's view. "Geng Guozhong expressed his agreement.
Seeing that Vézé was in deep thought, Lin Asheng couldn't help but ask, "Are the old comrades not convinced?"
"Not convinced? Probably. "Vézé could only smile bitterly. He didn't think that these people were really traitors now. The reason why Vézé hadn't adopted the strategy of sweeping the country was that he was afraid that these people would lose the opportunity to continue to improve, and then take the lead to stir up trouble in the country. Setting up a grand strategy for the future was to let everyone know that there would be nothing to do in the next few decades.
However, the current situation was worse than Vézé thought. These meritorious people had begun to have their own internal rules. Just like how they would rather admit that they were the internal intelligence transmission unit and accept Vézé's punishment, they would rather not promise not to do so in the future. It was hard to know if this was a redeemable straightforwardness or a hopelessly stubborn feudalism.
Thinking of this, Vézé replied, "Slowly close the net and start with publicity. Mainly from the perspective of patriotism and the corresponding traitors. After all, these things need a long time of publicity, so this is an opportunity. "
Lin Asheng and Geng Guozhong were stunned. Although they knew Vézé's temperament, they didn't expect Vézé to not give up on publicity even at such a time. Geng Guozhong couldn't help but say, "Commander-in-chief, if we do this, it will make those people feel that something is wrong. If they run away, it will be terrible. "
Vézé smiled and said, "So this time, we should start from different angles. While we are doing publicity, we will organize another disciplinary month. For these two months, we will strictly investigate those who are late and leave early. Although there will be problems in the inland provinces, I don't think it will be that serious. Just focus on the coastal areas. "
With this, Lin Asheng and Geng Guozhong had a rough idea of what Vézé was planning. Lin Asheng smiled bitterly. "Commander-in-chief, we always knew that you were generous. Only now do I know how generous you really are. We really can't compete with you in all kinds of tricks. "
Vézé could only take this as praise. He said seriously, "We are doing this to attack the enemy. If we want to reorganize our organization, we have to take the right path."
Although that was what he said, Vézé was thinking in his heart, "We need more human resources to replace these people so that we can replace those who are unqualified." The biggest problem now was not that there was no way to replace the people in the upper echelons, but whether there were people who were not inferior to those people to take over after the replacement. Back then, Uncle Tieren had saved the Soviet Union through the great purge of the army. After the cruel purge, the key was to give the outstanding people a chance to be promoted. These things had to be done with enough time. This was really not a problem that could be solved in a hurry.
The person in charge of the Northern Command had gone to Nanjing, and there was no new replacement for the time being. The Liberation Army's northern expedition had come to a halt. The situation that the small Manchu Qing court feared the most was that the Liberation Army would chase after them all the way to the border last year. Now, the situation that they feared the most had not become a reality, or rather, they already knew that this was not the biggest problem at all.
For more than a hundred years, the Bannermen had lived on the hardcore crops that sucked blood from all over China. Now that they couldn't rely on themselves to support themselves, they knew how difficult life was. The border was sparsely populated, but the natural environment was quite harsh. In addition to the cold, there were many mountains and dense forests. The plains that were suitable for farming were also densely covered with rivers. If they could not reorganize the land according to the farming situation on a large scale, it would be extremely difficult to feed a large population.
The Bannermen outside of Beijing had all been destroyed. More than a hundred thousand people had escaped from Beijing. Other than the tens of thousands of troops, the rest were the upper echelons of the Bannermen. These people had no ability to farm, and they did not know how to hunt or fish. In the winter of 1867, people actually starved to death in Shengjing outside the border.
After entering March, the weather finally warmed up. At least the ice and snow began to melt, and farming could also be considered. Outside the border, Zeng Guofan, a Han official who was rarely seen in the small Manchu Qing court, proposed a plan to quickly reclaim land outside the border and store food. The small Manchu Qing court was not very interested in this plan. Prince Yi Xin said, "Zeng Guofan, I heard that you have planted spies in the Liberation Army. Why don't you quickly contact them and find out the truth about the Liberation Army?"
In fact, the Xiang Army was not the only one who had planted spies. Even the Manchu Qing had tried to plant spies in the Liberation Army. But there was no wireless telegraph in this era, and the wired telegraph was not a tool that the Manchu Qing knew or had the ability to build. The situation of the war had changed so fiercely that the intelligence lines of communication were completely useless. It was even a big problem whether the spies they had planted could hide in the Liberation Army.
Zeng Guofan could completely understand Prince Yi Xin's thoughts. The most important thing was to quickly find out the Liberation Army's movements. If the small Manchu Qing court painstakingly cultivated the land, and the Liberation Army suddenly attacked outside the border, everything would be over. Being able to understand did not necessarily mean that he would agree. Zeng Guofan found that the Liberation Army did not have the impulsive urge to unify the world. They always stabilized a piece of land they seized until this new piece of land could become a forward base for the next attack.
This method could be discussed, but the Liberation Army had never suffered a loss from this kind of operation until now. At this time, of course, the possibility of the Liberation Army attacking outside the border could not be ruled out, but the biggest problem the Manchu Qing faced now was really the problem of eating. Shengjing was not big, and it could barely accommodate a hundred thousand people. The army could be stationed in other areas, and it could solve the urgent problem.
The Manchu Qing still used the traditional method, which meant that the upper levels of the Bannermen still could not take production as their main task. The hundred thousand upper levels, according to the old system, let the hundreds of thousands of Bannermen outside the border feed them. Inside the border, more than a million Bannermen were fed by hundreds of millions of people, which made the Bannermen a hardcore crop. Now, to let the hundreds of thousands of Bannermen outside the border feed the hundred thousand upper levels of the Bannermen, not to mention whether it was reasonable or not, it could be seen from reality that it would not work.
Although Zeng Guofan was loyal to the emperor, he was not blindly loyal. He frankly put forward his opinion. "Prince Gong, I think the most urgent task is to quickly reclaim the land and plant food. These people are soldiers when they leave, and citizens when they enter. If the Liberation Army attacks outside the border, we can immediately organize an army to fight with them, and we still need to let them farm on weekdays. I would like to ask Prince Gong, if the Liberation Army does not attack outside the border this year, and we only make various plans, what will we eat in winter? "
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