Although there are problems that are not scary, it does not mean that the problem can be left unchecked, but should be faced actively and come up with reasonable solutions. Moreover, after the successful negotiations in Shanghai, the Time Travel Group should now be able to obtain a relatively stable period and have enough time to solve these problems and allow the People's Army to further develop.

Qin Zheng was also thinking about how to solve these problems raised in the investigation report. Qin Zheng was concerned about political work, because Qin Zheng himself was a political worker, and he had seriously thought about the issue of how to do political work in this era. Experiences from old time and space can be learned and learned from them, but they must not be copied and applied flexibly based on the characteristics of this era. Strengthening and improving the work ability and working methods of middle and lower-level political cadres is indeed imminent. Qin Zheng has some ideas about this, and now he has confirmed the problems raised in the investigation report to further improve his ideas.

Just as Qin Zheng was thinking, the car had arrived in Tianjin and sent them to the office location of the Military Commission. Now the Military Commission has a dedicated office building in Tianjin, not working with other administrative personnel in Gordon Hall, and has its own independent resting place, kitchen, and complete functions. This is also the implementation of the separation of the military. At this time, it was over 11 o'clock in the afternoon, and someone received them, arranged a lounge for them, and told them to hold a meeting on time at 2 o'clock in the afternoon to discuss the investigation report.

Qin Zheng took advantage of lunch time to meet Xia Bohai and Xiao Jianjun, introduced each other's recent work situation, and briefly discussed the report and exchanged their opinions.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the meeting began on time. In addition to Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng and Xiao Jianjun, there were 7 captains, political commissars, and commanders of the 6th Army Zhu Yaping, ***, and a total of 19 people attended the meeting.

Xiao Jianjun first announced the decision to deal with the relevant personnel of Li Zhuangyong's defection incident. Three arrested soldiers were sentenced to be expelled from the People's Army and served for five years; and two soldiers who clearly participated in Li Zhuangyong's defection plan, but did not get notice from Li Zhuangyong, were also sentenced to be expelled from the People's Army and served for three years. Moreover, all the soldiers and families of these five soldiers were also cancelled; while 13 soldiers who were informed that they had not reported or allowed Li Zhuangyong to escape were severely punished for dismissal and probation, and were transferred to reserve training for three months, and they received political study regularly. After the three months of reserve training was over, they decided whether to transfer to the official army based on their performance. If they were unwilling to receive three months of reserve training, they would be directly expelled by the People's Army, and all the preferential treatments for all soldiers and families were also cancelled.

The officers who defected soldiers or failed to defect and did not receive notifications were all demerited once, but officers who knew about the situation and were allowed to escape were warned once.

After listening to Xiao Jianjun's report, Lu Kai said: "Chief of Staff, are the punishments for the informed soldiers a little strict? After all, they did not escape with Li Zhuangyong. This still shows that they are loyal to us and are worthy of praise. There is no need to kill them with one stick. I think they should give them a chance."

Xia Bohai said: "Not participating in defection is the most basic obligation of a soldier. It is not a matter of praise at all. We do not need such loyalty. If we know the truth, what is indulging defectors is a serious mistake. Therefore, we are transferred to the reserve service and not expelling them directly. This is already giving them a chance."

Lu Kai said: "That's right, but we should also consider the particularity of this era. Now it is a feudal society, and it is impossible to eradicate the habits of the martial arts in the army."

Qin Zheng said: "I agree to strictly deal with these informed soldiers. Some things can be considered the particularity of the times, but some things must not be considered the particularity of the times, because military discipline is military discipline, and we cannot be dismantled at all. Otherwise, our People's Army will only move towards corruption and degeneration step by step like the Hunan Army, Huai Army, and Beiyang New Army. If we want to consider the particularity of the times, then is it necessary for us to establish a republic? And according to the investigation report, they have not yet realized their mistakes, so we cannot be treated carelessly."

Lu Kai said: "Political Commissar, what if the renovation is not good in three months? What should I do?"

Qin Zheng said, "We give them the opportunity to educate and reform, but if the transformation is still not good after three months, then we would rather not give up such soldiers than to reduce military discipline."

At this time, Zhang Weining said: "I have no objection to the punishment for these soldiers, but all officers from relevant troops are punished. This defection involved 3 regiments, 7 battalions, and 16 companies, and nearly 100 officers may be involved. Is this strike a little too big?"

Qin Zheng said: "I don't think the attack is too big. Of course, officers must be responsible for the team they lead. After such a large-scale defection incident, the officers in the army did not notice at all. This is a serious dereliction of duty. Officers are not only honors and status, but also responsibilities. You can't just punish soldiers but not officers, or only local soldiers or time travel soldiers. Do you think such an army will have a future?"

After hearing Qin Zheng's words, no one else spoke anymore, so the punishment decision of the relevant personnel in Li Zhuangyong's defection was finally determined. However, this meeting will certainly not just discuss the punishment decision. In fact, this is just a small issue of this meeting, and more importantly, it is to discuss and solve the problems of the People's Army and future developments.

So Xia Bohai said again: "The large-scale defection incident shows that there are great problems within our army now, and these problems must be solved. Let the Chief of Staff talk about the current expansion of the People's Army."

Xiao Jianjun said: "As of April 19o1, the People's Army's 6th Army had already organized 12 regiments, totaling 342oo people, and 75oo people non-combatants; the Navy has more than 12oo people, with a total of more than 536oo people in the total army, and there are about 20,000 reserve troops in Beijing and Qingdao. It is planned that the 6th Army will allocate about 15oo people, and will organize 3-4 regiments, and in the future it will be planned to form 4-5 divisions; and the remaining 5oo people will be allocated to the Navy, and after all warships are restored, a fleet will be formed."

Xia Bohai said: "I think the scale of the People's Army is enough. Even if we occupy the entire Shandong territory in the next step, it will be enough to cope with it. Therefore, the expansion of the People's Army will be temporarily over here. The next step is to solve the problems we are facing at present and carry out strict training to make the People's Army our backbone force in the future. If you have any opinions, you can just say it."

Qin Zheng immediately said: "Let me talk about a few points. First, the management of the army must be strictly enforced, and all disciplines and systems must be implemented without any discount. We must not insist on big things or relax small things. At the same time, we must establish a strict supervision mechanism. The superior departments must strictly inspect it and cannot be careless. However, our middle and lower-level officers do have insufficient management experience, so I suggest that middle and lower-level officers be provided with necessary training, so that people with management experience can guide their work and help them grow up as soon as possible. Moreover, the training is not only for time travel soldiers, but also for local soldiers. Now all the first-level soldiers of the company are local soldiers. In the future, the company and battalion-level officers will also be held by local soldiers. It is entirely necessary to train them."

"In terms of political work, I honestly don't have a good way. I am also a novice in this era. Therefore, now we can only cross the river by feeling the stones and slowly explore the working methods. After today's meeting, I will recruit all the former political cadres to discuss together, first come up with a set of working methods as soon as possible, and then train political and industrial officers at the battalion level, and gradually improve them in future work. However, I think we should determine our political propositions, programs, and land policies as soon as possible. This is not only convenient for political work, but also conducive to our next development and growth. It is always unclear, and it is indeed not a solution."

Xia Bohai also nodded and said, "Our political propositions, programs, and land policy matters cannot be delayed anymore and will be discussed at the Executive Committee tomorrow."

Qin Zheng said: "That's good. Another point, I have mentioned before, is to establish a soldier committee so that grassroots soldiers can learn to manage themselves and supervise their own internal affairs and financial situation. It was previously suspended because of war. Now I think it's time. Establishing a soldier committee can not only strengthen the sense of responsibility of grassroots soldiers, but also an important manifestation of the People's Army's Beiyang Army different from the Qing army and the Beiyang army. We can also show local soldiers with high ideological awareness and management capabilities, and focus on training."

Everyone discussed a little, and Wang Hailong said, "Political Commissar, is this okay? With the idea of ​​local soldiers, can they manage themselves well? Don't be in trouble at that time. I have specially studied the Soldiers Committee. It is not easy to do it. Maybe it will become an extreme democratization. You can vote to solve everything. If you don't make a fuss, the Soldiers Committee's stick force will be greater than that of grassroots officers."

Qin Zheng said: "What you are talking about is the details of the whole body. It can be solved when determining the system. If you don't try it, how can you be sure that you can't establish a good soldier committee in this era? I am very confident in this."

Jin Feng said in this fashion: "I support the establishment of a soldier committee in the army, but I suggest not to quickly implement the establishment of a soldier committee in the entire army immediately. Instead, try it out for a few months in one or two regiments to see the effects of the whole body, and it is also beneficial to the extreme problems and solve them in extreme times."
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