Year 1890, Zhengding County. This was Wang Zhizhen's home.
Wang Zhizhen became the magistrate of Zhengding County at the age of 22. In fact, it had to start with Wang Zhizhen's grandfather.
Wang Huaan had been idle at home ever since he passed the Jinshi examination. Finally, one day, the imperial court sent an edict to Wang Huaan to compile history books at the Imperial Academy. This was a great gift. Wang Huaan packed his bags and entered the capital, becoming a Hanlin scholar. However, after reading a book, he found out that this was the current Imperial Consort, Empress Dowager Cixi. The Imperial Consort had given him an official position. This Wang Huaan was also a person who knew how to repay kindness. He had always regarded himself as a person of Cixi. He was always on hand, giving advice, and helping from the side. This could be considered to have created a good story at that time, and Cixi could be considered to have returned the favor by letting Wang Huaan be promoted to the Military and Political Affairs Office. That was a Secondary Rank One official, the highest honor of a civil official.
His father, Wang Rusong, was even promoted to the governor of Shanxi under the care of his grandfather.
Father, grandfather is so awesome, how can Wang Zhizhen not be awesome!
Zhengding, Zhending, Baoding, one of the three important military towns. In the feudal dynasties, there were military officers who concurrently served as local officials. In today's society, that was impossible.
Wang Zhizhen's great-grandfather, Wang Guozheng, was skilled in medicine and calligraphy. His grandfather was a scholar and later passed the imperial examination. He was also good at martial arts and was known as the "Military Horse Scholar". His father and uncle were proficient in all kinds of weapons, so Wang Zhizhen studied poetry and books very early on. Because she was smart and eager to learn, in the second year of Guangxu, 1876, when Wang Zhizhen was 15 years old, she was taken in by Ye Zhichao as a subordinate and became an orderly. He died at the age of 17 and was admitted to Zhengding Town. He was the commander of the military academy and stayed with Ye Zhichao as the captain of the guards. He was also the magistrate of Zhengding Town.
Under the influence of Ye Zhichao's army, he entered the Tianjin Military Academy in 1885. He studied in the artillery department for three years. After graduation, he returned to Shanhaiguan and became an artillery instructor. It used western teaching methods and applied what it learned, winning many praises.
Tianjin Military Academy, its full name was Beiyang Tianjin Military Academy, supervised by Li Hongzhang.
After studying in Tianjin for three years, Wang Zhizhen's family was well-off, so he often made friends with other students and often invited them to eat out. Among the new Northern New Army students, he should have a lot of beer. In Li Hongzhang's eyes, the Empress Dowager also understood that he had a grandfather who was a military minister.
In 1887, Wang Zhizhen deeply felt that the old artillery practice was too cumbersome. Not only was it slow, but it was also often unstable. The number of packets in the cannon determined the long range of the cannon. If there were too many packets, it would be easy for the chamber to explode. If there were too few packets, the range would be too short. Wang Zhizhen compiled the Artillery Manual based on what he had learned in the Tianjin Military Academy. The Artillery Code of Practice first stipulated that all the gunpowder was unified. All the students of the artillery team had to complete all the steps in the shortest time possible. The final step of the firing process was described in detail. He had observed that not only did the western cannons have a long range, but they were also very powerful. Therefore, Ye Zhichao, the Beiyang Minister Li Hongzhang, suggested buying western artillery to equip the new Beiyang Army. At that time, Wang Zhizhen belonged to the 3rd Infantry Division of the Beiyang Huai Army, which was equivalent to a regiment.
There was only one regiment for the Beiyang Infantry. The Imperial Court didn't want Li Hongzhang to regain military power. The existence of the Beiyang Fleet had already triggered their greatest taboo. They couldn't allow the Han to control more troops and drag things out. Thus, the Imperial Court, under Li Hongzhang's strong suggestion, created a shelf and marked the infantry.
When Wang Zhizhen was here, he was the magistrate of Zhengding County. He developed the economy and encouraged merchants to set up factories. He had developed Zhengding Town, which only had 50,000 people, into a big town like Baoding Town, which had 300,000 soldiers and civilians.
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