Shi Dakai took most of the princes and 80,000 Taiping troops with him. Most of the Taiping troops who were still worried about surrendering followed Shi Dakai and the others to Gansu. The rest of the troops in Chang 'an and Shaanxi were Lin Fengxiang's Taiping army and their families.
After Vézé received the news, he held a meeting at the Military Commission to discuss the abolition of Anhui and Hunan military regions and merging them with Wuhan to form a new Wuhan military region. This was the first time the Liberation Army had merged and abolished military regions. In the past, the number of military regions had been constantly expanding and the number of troops had increased. This was the first time the number of military regions had been reduced.
"What will happen to the personnel after the two military regions are abolished?" This was the first concern of the Military Commission.
"Shi Dakai will go northwest. We won't chase after him for now. Now we need to establish the Shaanxi military region, the railway from Beijing to Zhangjiakou has been completed, and the next step is to recover Mongolia. There will be no chance for them to be idle. " Vézé explained his arrangements. This arrangement was quite reasonable. At least there would not be a large-scale reduction in personnel.
Before everyone could fully recover from the shock, Vézé continued, "The Henan military region will be merged with the Jinan military region. The local military regions will also be abolished and transferred to the Shenyang military region. The Jiangxi military region will be abolished and merged with the Nanjing military region. The Fujian military region will be abolished and merged with the Guangdong military region … "
The current map of China was in the minds of the Military Commission members. Everyone listened to Vézé and already had an idea. All the military regions in the vicinity that did not face the enemy directly would be merged and abolished. According to Vézé, the provincial military regions would all be abolished and merged into several large military regions.
"What about the troops stationed there? Will they be transferred from other places? "The 6th Army's commander, Hu Chenghe, asked. The Navy was constantly expanding. They would only strengthen and not reduce their forces. But the 6th Army might not be so.
Vézé replied, "There is no shortage of places to fight. The purpose of the People's Army is to protect the country. What's the use of being stationed in places where there is no war? Manchu Qing placed the Eight Banners Army in Beijing. What happened in the end? "
As long as the reasoning was correct and he did not deliberately make things difficult for anyone, Vézé's orders would always be passed. The huge matter of disbanding the military region was easily passed. The staff of the Central Military Commission hung up the newly drawn map of China, with several military directions clearly marked out.
Actually, it didn't matter if it wasn't marked. The Central Military Commission was in charge of the war. At this time, the east coast had been pacified. What was left was Russia and Mongolia in the north. Looking at the two pieces of land with a total area of nearly 400 million square kilometers, even the Military Commission felt a headache. It was not easy to give these people headaches about the war, but this large piece of land was really difficult to control.
Vézé's pointer passed through Mongolia. "Build a railway from Zhangjiakou to Xinjiang through Mongolia. Now that the railway has been built, many problems have been solved. "
"Building a railway in that godforsaken place?" Hu Chenghe asked with a pained expression.
"That's not a ghost place. This area is a good place." After Vézé finished speaking, he waved his hand at his secretary, who quickly came in with a bunch of boxes. The conference table was quickly occupied by these boxes. Everyone opened it to take a look. Inside were scarves, gloves, clothes woven from thick threads, and some boots.
It was the middle of September. Although it was starting to get cold, the weather in Nanjing was far from the time to wear thick clothes. To be more precise, everyone was still wearing short sleeves.
"Let's give it a try," Wei Ze said to everyone.
The woolen gloves, scarves, and sweaters were soft and warm. It felt very strong in the summer. The boots, which were lined with wool on the inside, made the old soldiers feel even more different. Hu Chenghe said doubtfully, "Although these shoes are warm, they don't seem to stop sweat."
"Yes, these shoes don't stop sweat at all. They are very suitable for the northern army. Even in Nanjing, these shoes are very comfortable in the winter. "Vézé replied.
"Mongolian wool!" Hu Chenghe immediately understood what Vézé meant.
Vézé nodded, "Mongolian wool can't be sold at a price. In terms of weight, it is much cheaper than tea."
At this point, the army understood. The people from the Military Commission were old brothers with the local provincial officials. Of course, they knew that in addition to deepening the land reform and stabilizing food production, they were also trying to develop crops suitable for the local economy. Mulberry, tea, sugar cane, bamboo, and if it was really not suitable, they would plant trees. After the Yellow River changed its course, the original tidal flats in northern Anhui were planted with cotton, which made the lives of many counties much better.
Silk was better. With the rise of the city, the domestic demand for silk had greatly increased. After the end of the Civil War, the total demand for raw silk had also increased a lot. The market was not yet saturated.
On the other hand, the sales of tea had begun to be saturated. If they could open up the market in Mongolia, it would be really good news for the tea producing area. Since Vézé said that wool had a future, everyone believed that wool had a future. Going to Mongolia was not just a loss-making deal. At least they didn't have to worry about the Ministry of Finance and the Military Commission dying together.
Compared to the national operations of the Min dynasty government, the recovery of Shaanxi was not important. After Hong Tianfugui was sent to Nanjing, Vézé warmly received the child. After a brief comfort, the child was sent to a school to start studying from elementary school. Vézé didn't care about Hong Tianfugui going to university. Now Hong Tianfugui was 21 years old. Even if he could skip classes, it would take him more than 30 years to finish university. At that time, it would be easy to arrange a job for him. Regardless of what Vézé thought of Hong Xiuquan, Vézé no longer had the fierceness he had when he was young.
Zhang Yingchen, Lin Fengxiang, and the others could help deal with the Taiping army in Shaanxi. They were useful at this stage. In the future, they could live the rest of their lives in peace according to the standards of the rebel generals. The Taiping Rebellion and the Manchu Qing were not on the same path, so they naturally didn't need the same treatment.
Vézé was working hard to deal with domestic problems, but he didn't expect the British to target China again. There were two reasons for this. The first was the Paris Commune. The second was that China announced the completion of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway.
The Paris Commune had been destroyed by the joint efforts of the Prussian and French governments. Arrests had been made on all sides, and the members of the Paris Commune had been executed in batches by batches after batches of them had been organized in the "courts." In order to rescue these people as much as possible, Uncle Ma had asked the China Ambassador to the United Kingdom to pass on a message to Vézé, hoping that the China Ambassador to France could help save them.
Uncle Ma actually didn't have any illusions about this. France was so far away from China that it would take several months to go back and forth. Even if cable telegrams were used, it would take half a month to send the news to China. Uncle Ma was completely desperate to count on China's bureaucrats to act on their own. Uncle Ma had asked the China Ambassador to the United Kingdom dozens of times, hoping that they would help the European rebels. Every time, China's officials would politely and appropriately tell Uncle Ma that they would consider it. Except for the continuous sponsorship from China's Zheng Mansion to Uncle Ma, there wasn't even a penny of other support.
This time, the request was not as simple as money. China wanted to use diplomatic resources to rescue people from the hands of the French reactionary government, which was extremely hostile to freedom. Uncle Ma was just trying to make a statement with the attitude of making a desperate attempt.
However, to Uncle Ma's surprise, the day after he finished speaking, the China Ambassador to the United Kingdom actually replied. As long as Uncle Ma gave the list, China's Zheng Mansion would do its best to help. These people would be temporarily sent to Sweden to take refuge. As for where they would go, China's Zheng Mansion would do its best to arrange. Of course, the China Ambassador to the United Kingdom also made it clear that the diplomatic relations between China and Europe and North and South American countries were very ordinary. After trying their best to rescue people, unless these people went to China to take refuge, China couldn't guarantee a stable future for these people.
China from the East used its national power to help the French rebels, which was already very shocking. Uncle Ma couldn't imagine what China was going to do. Distant China and European countries could only be called friends because of the war. China's Zheng Mansion's request for the French side to release people didn't seem reliable. But at this time, the only country that could publicly express its willingness to support the members of the Paris Commune was China. Uncle Ma could only believe in China.
Of course, China couldn't convince the French republican government. China followed the Prussian path. Before the Franco-Prussian War, China and Prussia made a deal. China gave Prussia the technology of its black powder metal shell rifle, and Prussia provided their steel artillery technology to China. Not to mention China's benefits, Prussia's benefits were very large. In the Franco-Prussian War, the Mauser 1869 rifle designed by the Prussian Mauser Arsenal imitated China's rifle and performed well. On the battlefield, it completely overwhelmed the French Shaspo type needle gun and made great contributions to the Franco-Prussian War.
With this relationship, the China Ambassador to Germany asked to see Prime Minister Bismarck. After meeting this European bigwig, the China Ambassador explained his intentions to Bismarck of the Second Reich of Germany.
Bismarck was quite surprised to hear the China Ambassador's request to rescue people from France. As a matter of fact, the judgment of the China Ambassador to Germany was very correct. Now it was said that the French government was in a frenzy of killing these Paris Commune members. The only country that could rescue people was Germany, as the victorious country, who continued to station troops in France. But why would Germany provide such help to China?
The China Ambassador said frankly, "After the Frankfurt Peace Treaty was signed, Germany and France will be in a state of hostility for a long time to come. Even if there won't be a war in a short period of time, both countries will consider a long-term strategy to completely defeat each other. If France is defeated, they will have to pay war reparations of 500 million francs. In order to make up for this loss, France will certainly do everything. We in China have a saying, 'Losses outside the dam are made up for within the dam.' France will certainly increase the plunder of its overseas colonies. At this time, France's hostility to China is in Germany's interest. With your wisdom, I believe you will understand this truth. "
Germany and China had a natural condition for cooperation from a geographical point of view. And the Prime Minister also understood that there was no room for real reconciliation between Germany and France in the future. Offending France would not make the relationship between Germany and France worse. Therefore, the Prime Minister agreed. This matter caused no small shock in Europe.
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