To be precise, the inheritance of the art of war is more difficult and sensitive than the inheritance of grammar.

It is very normal for the country to cultivate military literature during the peaceful season, and it is completely unthinkable in the eyes of civilian officials to engage in military education on a large scale.

Even from the military attaché's point of view, this is a bit incredible.

The inheritance of the art of war is not like the inheritance of Confucianism, and until now these learnings have a very clear way of inheritance, with schools and teachers, as well as their own family and private learning, which has blossomed everywhere.

But military science is difficult.

This thing does not have the scale of teaching like Confucianism, and the educational inheritance lags behind Confucianism in an all-round way, either it is a family tradition, producing a general, etc., or it is a natural genius, lucky, and hit the big era.

And in general, who needs military talent in peacetime?

If we build a country now, can we still govern the country right away?

This is what the Confucian scholars persuaded Liu Bang to say, and Liu Bang couldn't refute it.

It is precisely the so-called Taiping that was originally determined by the general, and the general was not allowed to see the Taiping or the like.

It means that when the country is too peaceful, there is no need for generals, and everything can be handed over to the literati.

But is this kind of army thing that can be abandoned for a while, and then immediately restore its super combat strength in situ if necessary?

Without perennial investment and careful maintenance, once defeated once, after a large number of veterans died in battle, the army's combat effectiveness will quickly decline.

In this way, in the event of a war, the army will not be able to cope with it, and the country will inevitably suffer a great crisis.

The weakening of the combat effectiveness of the feudal army is a matter of twenty or thirty years, and it is difficult to maintain it, and after the founding group of troops grew old or died in battle, the new recruits could not keep up with that combat effectiveness.

Guo Peng also thought that if he didn't make changes, after his death, it would take twenty or thirty years of hard work, and the Wei army would also lose its once extremely strong combat effectiveness and begin to decline.

In ancient times, it was not that no one had taken this issue into account, and there were also people who thought about running military academies.

The first person to put it into practice was the former Qin Emperor Fu Jian, who ordered the establishment of a military academy called Jiaowutang, so that people familiar with the art of war formation could teach the knowledge of the art of war to the army generals.

After that, he was objected, saying that this was not good, and then Fu Jian did not insist, and the military academy naturally did not go on, which is the earliest record of military academies.

Later, it will be in the Northern Song Dynasty, and during Wang Anshi's reform, a military academy called martial arts appeared, but according to the strong tradition of the Northern Song Dynasty, which emphasized literature and light martial arts, it was not handled much, so it was suspended.

Later, during the Southern Song Dynasty, out of the need to counter the threat from the north, martial arts began to appear on a large scale, and the government began to take the initiative to cultivate outstanding military talents, rather than leaving them to fend for themselves.

Until the Two Song Dynasty, successive governments did not take the initiative to set up military academies to train military talents.

This is extremely wrong in Guo's opinion.

Military talents all rely on the inheritance of generals and do not take the initiative to cultivate, all rely on innate, and if they do not take the initiative to explore, the army will fall sooner or later.

It is something that everyone can think of, whether it is easier for a family to have real military talents in a general's family and a military school that relies on bloodline and a military school that enrolls students on a large scale.

Moreover, what is more crucial is that the army cannot be supported by a single military talent, but the army is a large organization, organized by tens of thousands of grassroots officers and an even larger number of soldiers.

Peerless generals are important, but can a peerless general lead an army?

Qi Jiguang was brave enough, and repeatedly took the lead in charging on the battlefield of resistance against the Japanese, and his achievements were impressive.

But what is very funny is that when he led the first army to lead the charge to attack the Japanese Kou, he actually abandoned him and turned around and fled, almost leaving Qi Jiguang to send the head alone.

The general led the charge, and the soldiers all ran back.

How funny?

An army that is completely rotten, even if Sun Wu is reincarnated, he can't bring it up.

I can't see it in ordinary training, but as soon as I go to the battlefield, my true form is revealed.

Qi Jiguang learned from the pain, summed up a set of military selection and training methods, and realized that selecting soldiers is also extremely important, so there is the story of Qi Jiguang going to Yiwu to recruit troops to establish the Qi family army that later shocked the world.

Peerless generals are important, but the continuous large number of grassroots officers with qualified military qualities is even more important.

You don't need to be amazing, as long as you are professional and resolutely follow orders, that's enough.

This is the original intention of Guo to establish a military academy.

But not many people can understand his thoughts.

He has that insight that others don't.

Few people think in advance about possible future crises.

Therefore, they are not optimistic about the sustainable development of military talents, thinking that it is enough to have one or two generals in the army, and they can make small troubles themselves.

To establish a military academy?

Are you kidding!

Opposition erupted immediately.

Many people oppose the establishment of martial arts halls, saying that this is the way to cause chaos, that the army cannot do this, and that it should strengthen its control.

But it was clear that the emperor did not intend to consult with anyone, and directly ordered the imperial court to start preparations.

Some courtiers, with all kinds of worries, sent a table to Guo Peng, and gave advice to Guo Peng, trying to prevent such a situation from happening.

Dong Zhao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, took the lead in admonishing the table.

"Your Majesty's expedition to the east and west, invincible, the land of the four seas, all into the hands of Your Majesty, at this time it is time to take a little military affairs, increase the cultivation of Wende, at this time to establish a martial arts hall, teach the army in the art of fighting, is not a sign of peace and prosperity.

And all the armies are all the last to fight for the rest of their lives, how can there be anyone who does not know the art of the battle array? Let some staff officers and scholars teach them the art of war, is there such a reason for the world's greatness? I am afraid that such a thing will not be beneficial to the country, and I ask Your Majesty to think twice and ask Your Majesty to have mercy on the people's strength. ”

After Guo Peng saw Dong Zhao's recital, he shook his head again and again, very unhappy.

"The peaceful and prosperous times have not yet arrived, so they are in a hurry to whitewash the peace? Could it be that Yanwu Xiuwen is the sign of prosperity? The foreign tribes in Liaodong have not been pacified, the development of Jiangnan has not yet been completed, the Western Regions have not been opened up, and the threat of the Xianbei people has not yet been fully resolved.

So many things have not been done, what are their eyes looking at? I can't see the worries of the country, nor the hidden dangers of the future, just look at the small profits in front of me, is this what a person who makes a book can say? ”

Then Guo Peng immediately wrote a warrant in person, asking the eunuch to send it to the military department to reprimand Dong Zhao.

"I read, I can't get into it, I can't get out of it, I am invincible to foreign patients, the country is dead, and then I know that I was born in sorrow and died in peace, and I don't see Liaodong is not peaceful, Jiangnan is unsettled, the Western Regions is not passed, and Xianbei is not dead? Where can I be happy? How to be peaceful! ”

In this way, a warrant was sent to the Ministry of War, and Dong Zhao's side died down.

He knew that the emperor's will was unshakable, and even took out the Mencius chapter to refute him and shut him up.

Can't you see internal and external troubles?

Don't you see the difficulties of the country?

Peaceful and prosperous?

Tell me where the peace and prosperity are?

Dong Zhao, are you blind?

Such a rebuke is already quite serious.

Remembering that Cui Yan was forced to kill Cui Qu in person before, Dong Zhao was instigated, and admitted his mistake on the above table, saying that he had not thought about it before, but now he has figured it out, and he supports the emperor's idea.

Dong Zhao didn't dare to speak, others still dared to speak, and some people still went to the table to admonish Guo Peng, thinking that it was not appropriate to do so, and there might be hidden dangers.

There are quite a few such people.

Guo Peng looked at their recitals, thought for a while, and issued another holy decree to announce it to the public.

The emperor personally served as the sacrificial wine of the lecture hall, and set up a general office and an assistant office to assist in handling the affairs of the lecture hall.

I'm in charge of the martial arts hall myself, what else do you want to say?

What else do you dare to say?

Feeling the emperor's stern gaze, the ministers died down one after another, and no longer dared to object.

The emperor personally went down to manage the martial arts hall, and personally went down to serve as the head of this group of big-headed soldiers, what else could he do?

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