"Oh...... It is okay if you don't know the soldiers. ”

The emperor repeated Liu Yu's words as if talking to himself, seemingly unintentionally.

This general does not know the meaning of soldiers, it does not mean that he will be the main general if he catches someone casually. Liu Yu's intention has always been to carry out military reform, unify the training of the army, and establish military academies for officers of various departments.

The main general also has to study in the military academy, but for the sake of the emperor's trust and other issues, he must be selected from the honorable or dragon ban.

The situation of the Qingzhou Army is very special, according to the name of the previous dynasty, it can be called Liu Jiajun.

The training, salary, and filling of alternate officers were all presided over by Liu Yu.

If the Qingzhou Army can change its main general and still maintain its combat effectiveness, then the follow-up military reform can definitely be done as Liu Yu said before.

The emperor knew that Liu Yu took the initiative to find the deputy general, which was much deeper than the layer of Li Jiu's thoughts, because the emperor had always been convinced that Liu Yu did not take the threat on land seriously at all, but had been pondering Nanyang.

If the question just now is not tentative at all, it is not necessarily true. But if there is really no idea of reducing talents in an eclectic manner, it is also a curse.

Dzungar affairs, the emperor is really in a hurry.

Seeing that he is about to reach forty, if he doesn't even have an Anxi Protectorate, where can he compare his face to Li Tang?

The affairs of the Rakshasa Kingdom, accompanied by the official visit of the Duke of Qi, also made the emperor worried.

Li Gan is a little confident, but looking at the past dynasties, no one dares to guarantee what the subsequent heirs will be.

In case the Rakshasa Kingdom produces a few more Ming monarchs like Peter in the future, and Dashun produces a few stupid people, then the Western Regions will really not be able to keep it.

For Peter, Li Gan admired him very much.

This kind of admiration is inseparable from the rumors of the Poles.

The Poles forged a testament of Peter I, revealing Peter's ambitions and those of Russia.

France, a country whose traditional ally was Turkey, issued a large number of copies of Peter's will, which had been forged by the Poles.

The relationship between France and Dashun, coupled with Li Gan's concern about the Rakshasas, made this ambitious will of Polish rumors come to Li Gan's hands very smoothly.

Despite his obvious ambitions, as an emperor, he has a hint of heroic thoughts.

In the matter of the Western Regions, Russia's feet have been inserted too deeply, and Li Gan is really afraid that Russia will produce a few more Peters, and the Western Regions will definitely be chaotic in the future.

Qi Guogong's visit also brought news of the Russian coup d'état, a woman who married a foreign country without any foundation, dissolved the Privy Council overnight and successfully seized power.

Although Anna I's level is average, it can't be seen at this time.

This coup d'état made Li Gan exclaim, is Rakshasa going to produce another female Peter?

Liu Yu said that he learned his training methods from Xiyi, and after Li Jiusi returned from Weihai, he praised the Qingzhou army, which made Li Gan even more worried.

Although Liu Yu said all day long that he would connect China and the West in order to win, no matter how he thought about it, he felt that even if the blue was better than the blue, the army of the Westerners should not be taken lightly.

According to the situation reported by the Duke of Qi, the regular army of the Rakshasa was not at all the level of the group of Cossacks on the Heilongjiang River, but had been mostly reequipped with flintlock pistols and bayonets.

In order to have an intuitive comparison, Li Gan also asked Li Jiusi a very heavy question.

If the Qingzhou army and the Beijing camp are facing each other, and the strength is similar, can the Duke of Eguo be sure to win?

Li Jiusi was silent for a long time at that time, and gave an answer very carefully: if the field battle is against each other, he has no certainty of victory.

Li Gan was deeply shocked by these words, even if he believed in Liu Yu's words before, he didn't have such an intuitive comparative answer.

With this intuitive comparison, Liu Yu's letter of "please arrange a deputy general" has another saying.

"In Qing's opinion, this deputy candidate is a dragon ban? Or Xun Weijia? ”

"I think it...... Honorable Guards. ”

"Why?"

"Your Majesty wants to see the most capable army in the world in the future, and the officers are all from good families?"

Li Gan glanced at Liu Yu, and there was a look on his face that seemed to be smiling.

Just as civil officials are not monolithic, and Xungui is not monolithic, Li Gan is sure that Liu Yu did not say that Xunwei should be appointed as a deputy general because of the background of Xungui's son.

The most capable army in the whole world, the officers are all from good families...... This in itself was something that the emperor did not want to see.

"The minister thought that it was necessary to open up military academies and select more talents as officers. The textbooks of the military academy need to be changed, and the students of the Wude Palace who were born in a good family, even if they learn real learning, there is still a gap between them and what the new army wants to learn. In a short period of time, it is natural to use a good family as a junior officer, but His Majesty cannot but think about the future. Open schools widely, teach practical learning, select officers, and dilute good families. For the time being, he was in charge of the army and the son of a good family was appointed as the captain. ”

"The children of the nobles can start a little higher, and after completing their studies, they can become the battalion commander, familiar with military affairs, and can be transferred to the army at will in the future."

"Military academies recruit and select and evaluate according to their ranks, and serve as company-level officers. Rely on good families in a short period of time, after all, what they learn is more useful; In the long run, it is still necessary to take the road of 'imperial examination' and open schools. As long as you can be an official, a civil and military attaché, everyone is willing to come. ”

"Soldiers are mainly recruited and trained intensively."

"Training, generals, captains, military salaries, separate."

"The minister is not ashamed to speak, if the minister comes up with the question to select artillery officers, none of them are qualified. In the end, you have to learn again, and those from Wude Palace are just easier to learn. But in fact, the things they learn that are really useful can only be learned in five or six years. If you open a new school, it will only take five or six years, and you don't have to rely entirely on a good family. ”

These words are really not to scare Li Gan.

In a few years' time, the French artillery officer examination will require a later high school level of mathematics and mechanics, plus a preliminary foundation in calculus.

If you are a naval artillery officer, you also need to take the spherical geometry and navigation exams.

The gap is getting wider and wider, and now we can only chase after it.

The foundation laid by Wude Palace and Yingxue Sansha is very good, but there are also a lot of useless things to learn.

If you really want to open a new-style school, the biggest problem is that after studying, you can't take the imperial examination, you can't become an official, and no one wants to learn.

And the Kaowude Palace, you have to ride a horse, you have to shoot, and you have to strategize.

Poor and rich in martial arts, ordinary families can't afford to learn at all, and they can't pass the exam. Wealthy families who have the ability to study part-time are also more willing to take the imperial examination to become a big official.

Artillery and navy are technical arms, and of course they need to be studied more deeply.

However, infantry officers at the battalion and company level have a very simple thing to learn. If the military reform can be carried out, and the study of practical studies can be given a way to become an official outside the imperial examination, this will undoubtedly help to promote.

Privileged sons of good families, Liu Yu was originally ready to get rid of them. It's just that there is a shortage of officers in military training at present, and it is too late to train them from scratch, starting with teaching literacy, geometry, and arithmetic.

On the one hand, it is to lay out in advance, and on the other hand, it is also to instigate the contradictions between good families and ordinary school students in the future.

Now that the emperor has asked this question, he has just said it.

The imperial examination did not dare to move lightly, so it could only be so compromised, the big deal was that all the science students in the new school went to become officers, at least there was a useful path after learning.

Otherwise, if you study hard and can't become an official, who will learn new knowledge? Utilitarian and utilitarian, naturally it is utilitarian, and how many of them are studied purely for the purpose of acquiring knowledge?

Li Gan knew the military songs compiled by Liu Yu, and also knew that Liu Yu had always believed that Guan Zhang, who was the champion of the three armies, was not needed as a general in the new army, but that it was better for officers at the company level to be literate and arithmetic.

Hearing Liu Yu say this, Li Gan knew that Liu Yu had a complete set of systems and ideas for future military reform, and was not an isolated Qingzhou army.

In other words, as long as the new army is carried out step by step, anyone can train it, not Liu Yu.

These words made Li Gan feel very relieved, and he was also very satisfied with Liu Yu's knowledge of the advance and retreat. The original promise has not changed, and I have not forgotten the idea of "fighting without knowing soldiers", which is for the long-term national economy.

Liu Yu suggested that Xun Wei should be appointed as a deputy general, but this idea coincided with Li Gan, and he also thought about it in an attitude of checks and balances.

Now that Liu Yu has proposed it, Li Gan nodded and said, "Qing Yan is very true." The matter of opening the school will be discussed after it is leveled. The candidate for the deputy general, I also thought that the guard should be filled. The grandson of the British princess, who is slightly older than you, will be the deputy general. What do you think? ”

The grandson of the British duke, of course Liu Yu recognizes it. A few years older than Liu Yu, he has been a guard in the capital, and he is also a person in the noble circle.

Liu Yu thinks that it may be that the emperor thinks that the British duke is old, and his son is a bad thing, and the grandson is okay, and it can be regarded as giving the old minister a treatment.

This person has a blank sheet of paper, and he has no experience in the front line, but he has only been a guard in the capital, so he can be regarded as a suitable candidate.

Choosing a deputy general to take over in the future must be as blank as possible.

The old experience and the old system are completely inconsistent with the Qingzhou Army. Both of them are sons of nobles, and Liu Yu has military merits and can be suppressed.

Liu Yu didn't care too much about this matter itself, and the emperor could choose whoever he wanted, so he said: "Your Majesty has a candidate, and the ministers can obey the order." It's just that...... Belch...... Jinghai Palace's official school and navy ......"

Li Gan laughed, and said in his heart Liu Yu, Liu Yu, what you really care about the most is the threat of the East China Sea. It seems that what Eguo Gong said is not false at all, you are very confident in the Qingzhou Army, and you really don't care about the Dzungar Department, it is also a good thing to have such thoughts.

"As soon as the war in the northwest starts, the affairs of Jinghai Palace and the navy, I will take care of it temporarily by your father, Yiguogong. When the navy was first built, I didn't want to be ruined. You don't have to worry, since you are loyal to the country, I can trust it. Yi Guogong has not been out of the capital for many years, just to do some things, activities and muscles. You don't have to do anything if you want to, you've got it all arranged. ”

This is indeed a great trust, Liu Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, since his family is responsible, there is no need to worry that someone will destroy the fledgling navy.

Liu Yu's staff, all of them are too shallow in seniority, and they can't get into the stage at all. According to the rules of this dynasty, how can a group of people who haven't even been admitted to the Wude Palace directly manage such a big mess? Let those who are admitted to the Wude Palace and enter the upper house, what do you think?

If someone else is replaced, the emperor is really afraid of making trouble. I thought that Liu Sheng, the prince of Yiguo, was a suitable candidate.

This can be regarded as a kind of reciprocation, since Liu Yu has always been selfless, and he wanted to hand over the Qingzhou Army early on, the emperor also had to express his due trust.

After Liu Yu thanked him, he took advantage of the situation and said: "Back to Your Majesty, there is another matter." The minister brought back this year's dividends, a total of 130,000 taels. Those two warships are also dividends from His Majesty's internal funds, but unfortunately they can't be transported and can't be seen by His Majesty. ”

Li Gan was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Didn't I say it? I can trust it. You send this silver to the capital, and then I will return it to Weihai, which is really a superfluous move. ”

said so, but he was extremely happy in his heart, thinking about the shareholding system that Liu Yu said before, and said with a smile: "That's it, since it was shipped, I will find someone to send it back." The accounts are clear, and I have read them. I also know that if it is the official camp or the 24 prisons of the former dynasty, there will be trouble. Businessmen are very profitable, as long as they are strictly guarded, and do not make some big mistakes that harm the people's livelihood and national affairs. But you gave me a pseudonym, Long Aotian...... Oh, it's so cheesy. ”

"It was with this in mind that I called the matter of the navy to be temporarily taken by the Duke of Yiguo. This matter is detrimental to the royal face, and it must not be publicized. As for what Qing said about setting up a maritime chamber of commerce and a stock exchange in Songjiang to collect stamp duty, I also chose a good person. ”

"The cost of the navy is all from this. You have all this in place before you send troops next year. Don't delay the construction of the Navy because of the Battle of the Northwest. The silver will be put into the inner treasury for the time being, and I will send someone to escort it to Weihai in a few days. ”