Chapter 246: The Capital's Counterattack (V)
"Commander-in-chief, this is a new report."
Huo Chong flipped through a few pages of the new investigation report on the captured Qing officers and put it down. While he was thinking, someone else came running over, "Governor, Li Shude doesn't want to eat."
Li Shude had been captured for a long time, and he just started the hunger strike now. Huo Chong felt that it had a lot to do with the discussion at the previous military meeting.
Less than half a day later, the General Staff sent a document, "Governor, this is the new combat arrangement."
Huo Chong picked it up and looked at it carefully for a while, then put the document down and said, "Send Lei Hu and Hu Yue over!"
Hu Yue arrived first. As soon as he entered the room he shouted angrily: "Commander-in-chief Lei Hu is making things difficult for me!"
Huo Chong felt that Hu Yue at least made some sense, but if there really was internal trouble, it would have nothing to do with whether the investigation was reasonable.
Waiting for Lei Hu to come in. Huo Chong asked the two to sit down, and then spoke, "Lei Hu, you and Hu Yue probably have something to say. Let Hu Yue speak first!"
Hu Yue immediately told the grievances he had suffered. Originally, Hu Yue's Sixth Regiment was the main attack force, but now it was directly transferred to be the vanguard and containment force. In Hu Yue's view, this was obviously a challenge from Lei Hu.
Lei Hu was also angry when he heard it, "Governor, no matter how mean I am, I wouldn't do this! Am I lying if I did this at a time like this? Governor, you always say that no one is a fool. Um... and the people have sharp eyes! Hu Yue wronged me!"
This is a troublesome matter. However, Huo Chong had once studied in a company hosted by the Party Committee. As a training base, there are real things there. I didn't expect that this time they would directly use all the training cases.
"I called you here not to lecture you. I called you here because I thought you might understand something this time."
After Huo Chong finished speaking, the two people on the other side hesitated. It was obvious that they were quite resistant to Huo Chong's education.
Huo Chong had seen this kind of thing many times. Although Huo Chong knew that he was definitely not the one who had mastered the truth, he could not overestimate everyone's learning ability. Moreover, as everyone grew up, Huo Chong's incompetence as a teacher led to an increase in the cadres' resistance to learning.
But I couldn't just say it. Huo Chong said, "Think it over first. It's normal to be angry. I don't think there's anything wrong with being angry. You can't be angry right now. If we have to fight, and you two are arguing about people instead of things, I'll have a hard time dealing with it. If you two were soldiers, I'd transfer you to different units and not let you meet. That would solve the problem. It's a temporary solution. Since you are the chief of staff and the head of the regiment, if you continue to be arguing about people instead of things, then I can only say that you are not suitable for this position."
Huo Chong had never received this level of criticism and education, and even what he said was quite obscure. However, it had to be said at this time, and I was afraid that this kind of thing would happen more in the future. This was just the beginning.
Looking at the reactions of the two, Huo Chong found that Lei Hu and Hu Yue were quite restrained. At least they both took Huo Chong's hint of "withdrawing them" seriously.
In other words, neither of them wanted to be removed.
After a moment of silence, Lei Hu spoke first, "Governor, Hu Yuexian's judgment was wrong, and I don't know if he is right or not. Hu Yuexian said that he could use what he said to contain the Qing army."
As soon as Lei Hu finished speaking, Hu Yue angrily said, "Governor, what the Chief of Staff said is wrong. I have spent a lot of effort investigating this. Instead of using this, they use me to make trouble. This is making things difficult for me!"
Not bad! Huo Chong was somewhat satisfied with the ideas in the two people's answers. "Well, I'll call a few more people to have a class."
"No! Commander, no!" Lei Hu begged for mercy, "Commander, you said it before. People's brains only came later ..."
Huo Chong corrected him: "It's not that the brain appeared later. The brain is an organ that evolved after many organs of the body evolved."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Lei Hu was a little afraid of Huo Chong's teaching and quickly agreed.
Huo Chong turned to Hu Yue, "You've heard of this too, right ?"
Hu Yue was not so resistant. "Captain, I've heard about the class on how emotions come about. I was just curious this time, so I did a survey."
Huo Chong felt even better. The students' performance clearly exceeded Huo Chong's expectations. Doesn't this prove that Huo Chong's education is actually useful?
Huo Chong felt a sense of satisfaction from his body as he was proven not to be such an incompetent teacher. "Well! Very good. Then this matter is a question of organizational construction."
"How come it's an organizational construction issue?" Hu Yue asked puzzledly.
Lei Hu secretly kicked Hu Yue from below, and Hu Yue immediately understood, "Yes, yes, it's an organizational construction problem!"
"Listen to me. There is nothing wrong with your understanding. Since the brain is the product of the later stage of physical evolution, our brain appeared to process the signals that the body cannot process. On the contrary, the brain is not above the body. It must be affected by the body's reaction. So I never think it is abnormal to be angry. It is too normal to be angry. Lei Hu, Hu Yue. Have you ever thought about it? If the body feels comfortable, any problem can be solved. Does the body need to evolve into a brain? If the problems we encounter do not make us feel uncomfortable, do we need to make progress? Do we need to adjust ourselves? Do we need to set up more departments because of this? Every new department is to solve new problems..."
Lei Hu answered decisively: "Governor, I will set up a new department to investigate and interrogate."
"Lei Hu, I have high hopes for you. Hu Yue, I think the same of you. But in my experience, a new department must be useful. Don't think that a new department can solve everything."
"Commander, please let us go." Hu Yue begged, "Commander, you are right. I really know it. But we can't figure it out right away. Commander, if you insist on making us understand, it's like sticking a branding iron into my brain!"
This analogy made Huo Chong burst into laughter. Lei Hu also smiled bitterly and said, "General, I understand. Hu Yue is a good brother. I am not angry anymore. Please let him go."
Huo Chong felt even happier with his excellent subordinates. "Alright. I'll let you go. But I can't let this matter go. I still say that I will punish the person, not the matter."
Lei Hu was as if he had been pardoned, and quickly said: "We must be targeting people, not things..."
"What do you mean by being right about the person and not the matter!" Hu Yue shouted.
Lei Hu realized that he was talking nonsense and quickly corrected himself, "Right, right, right. Don't blame the person, but the issue! Don't blame the person, but the issue!"
"Very good! You two should discuss this matter and come up with an arrangement. Even if you want to maintain the current arrangement, you two should make it clear to each other. Also, I have to say that this matter itself cannot be treated as if it did not happen. In my opinion, Hu Yue pointed out some things, and the investigation and interrogation itself was not comprehensive. Oh, yes, Lei Hu, I heard that Li Shude is on a hunger strike."
"Let that bastard die of starvation!" Lei Hu expressed his stance.
"I wouldn't feel bad even if ten thousand Li Shudes starved to death. But the purpose of those investigators was not to starve Li Shudes to death. This result proves that the investigators' methods did not achieve their goal. As I said, I'm not targeting people, but the matter."
Lei Hu sighed, "Commander-in-chief, after the battle, I will follow you and learn well. Now you teach me this, just like what Hu Yue said. This is to poke me with a branding iron."
"Hahaha. Go ahead, go ahead." Huo Chong gave the order with confidence. At least the tension between Lei Hu and Hu Yue was resolved.
