In 1892, the war between the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom and the Sun Nation broke out.
Wang Zhizhen was already under the control of the Beiyang Infantry Association and was also the only association of the Beiyang Army. The establishment of the old era was very chaotic. One association was called association control, one town was called town control, and one standard was called standard rule. There were also ten people as tents, with a chief and a deputy chief.
There were three tents and four people on each sentry post. There was a sentry chief, a deputy sentry chief, and two signalmen.
The three sentries formed a team with a captain, two vice-captains, and eleven people in the team base. Each team had about 152 people.
The three teams formed a battalion with one camp leader, one deputy leader, twenty people from the battalion, and twelve signalmen, making a total of 486 people.
The three battalions were one unit with a unified name. The deputy commander was a member of the Manchu royal family. There were 80 hunters, all of whom were sharpshooters with 100% accuracy. There were 120 guards, and a total of 2000 people.
The two standards are one association, with one association control and two deputy control, divided into Han control and Manchu control.
In the early days, the Beiyang Army only had 4200 people, and they were all soldiers who had been in the army for more than five years and below the age of 28. With some training, they could become an army. The soldiers of the old era were not considered soldiers at all. At most, they were guards. Even so, the Qing court was afraid that the Han people would take over the army and cause chaos. Therefore, the court planted spies in various branches of the army in Beiyang. This could be seen from the appointments.
Wang Zhizhen's grandfather and father were both Manchu ministers and trusted aides of Empress Dowager Cixi. They were afraid that the civil and military ministers of the court would start a war between Manchu and Han ministers again. Cixi did not dare to openly arrange spies. They did not know that the war between Manchu and Han had a long history. Most importantly, during the Daoguang period, it was really a coincidence that the fourth son and the sixth son were fighting for the throne. The Yellow Emperor was the sixth son and the crown prince. In the war between Manchu and Han, he had always supported the Manchu people. He even fought. He often hunted or said during gatherings that he wanted to kill the Han people. They were still pigs and dogs, calling him a slave. This caused a large number of Han officials to support the fourth son of the emperor.
Anyway, I still have face. I am your slave and listen to your words, but I also have self-esteem. You called me a dog so blatantly. Which Han doesn't have face? They don't want face. They still have self-esteem.
Therefore, the Manchu controlled the military and political power. However, fishing boats had existed for thousands of years. They were controlled by Han scholars and scholars. In modern times, fishing boats were controlled by Han ministers.
There was always a chance of success if they used the Manchu-Han conflict. Therefore, it was more likely that whoever had the greatest merit would inherit the throne. Therefore, there was the support of the Han ministers. During the Daoguang period, they supported the fourth prince, not just the sixth prince. It could be said that it was a big failure of the sixth prince.
After the Manchu Dynasty settled in the Central Plains, there were 18 provinces. In addition to the Governor of Jiumen in the capital, there were eight other Governors. There was an unwritten rule that there were only three Han ministers among the eight Governors. The Governor of Yungui was Wu Sangui, the Governor of Minzhe was Shang Kexi, and the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Geng Jingzhong, was the most famous. These three Han ministers were all high officials of the Manchu Dynasty. In the end, they were forced to rebel. Although they were not good people, they also had the shadow of the Manchu and Han disputes.
At this time, the rule of Manchu had reached a limit. The court had stipulated that only three of the eight governors could be appointed at the same time. In other words, the remaining five had to be filled. However, the Han Dynasty could not be granted the title of king. (Prince)
Now, in 1874, when Guangxu ascended the throne, there were already five Han people serving as the eight governors. Here was Zeng Guofan, Zeng Yihou, a descendant of Zeng Zi, a Han minister. In 1857, the Taiping Rebellion began and swept across the entire south of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. Due to the inaction of the higher-ups of the Taiping Rebellion, they only destroyed and did not build. As a result, refugees were everywhere, and local soldiers formed cities to protect themselves. At this time, Marquis Zeng Yi stood out and led the local soldiers to destroy the 14-year-long Daping Movement.
At this time, the imperial court's treasury was empty and the expenditure was severe. After 14 years of war, Zeng Shuai's subordinates were mostly Han Chinese and had made countless contributions. As a result, the imperial court had nothing to reward them with, so they were distributed to various places as officials. He had created a group of Han ministers and gained a lot of military power. At that time, there were six Governors, and the Han people were appointed. It was clear that the Imperial Court had more than 1,000 Prefects and Daotai, and half of the country was in the hands of the Han people.
At that time, the Taiping Movement had almost overthrown the Manchu Dynasty. The Manchu Dynasty had reached its most dangerous period. In the end, they listened to the Han minister's suggestion and relaxed the Han people's authority to not touch the military. They were allowed to recruit local soldiers and train them to protect themselves. They even proposed that those who quelled the rebellion could be granted the title of king.
They didn't know that they had already fallen into the Han officials 'schemes. In fact, after this chaotic world, the people of the world longed for stability. The Han people no longer had the backbone to compete for strength. After 300 years of enslavement, the people were safe and sound. They had already reached the point where they could eat and could tolerate anything. After the best opportunity, a group of Han ministers laid low and waited for an opportunity. Among them were people like Li and Zuo.
Commander Zeng's Xiang Army was divided into the Huai Army, Chu Army, and so on. We are talking about the Huai Army. After this batch of development, they will be equipped with tens of thousands of rifles. The 180,000 Huai Army will be divided into 50,000 Northern Navy. In fact, the Huai Army started out as a navy and was chosen by Marshal Ceng to be reorganized into the Xiang Army.
The 100,000 plus people were reorganized into the Ding Guards 5 Corps, the Yi Wu Guards 5 Corps, the Sheng Guards, the Jin Guards, and Wang Zhizhen's Beiyang Infantry Association.
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