Liu Xia's face suddenly showed joy when he heard this, and said, "There are so many people? Then Ben Hou will see it, you arrange it, and let them come over when the time comes, Ben Hou will see if these people are available. ”

Chen Liu said with a smile: "General Hui, these people have been preliminarily screened, and there are a lot of people who have defected, but most of them are idle or dead nerds, and these subordinates have arranged them to Dongcheng, with more than 200 people. If the general wants to see him, his subordinates will find a time for them to come. ”

Liu Xia said: "Let's do it, let the two groups of people get together first, and then General Ben specially gave them a test question for them to answer, if they pass the grade, let them come, and Ben Hou will ask them carefully." ”

Chen Liudao: "I don't know how the general's test question is out?" Is it still like the imperial examination of the four books and five classics? ”

Liu Xia shook his head and said: "No, otherwise, this test question is not a test of the Four Books and Five Classics, the Four Books and Five Classics are the principles of life, not the way to do things." After a while, Ben Hou went to find some strengths encountered in the official career and adapted them into test questions for them to answer, Ben Hou wanted people who could do things, not people who could only read. ”

Chen Liu pondered for a while, and then said with a smile: "General's idea is good, from these test questions, you can see what they will do after they encounter those things." It can also be determined whether these people are mediocre people or people who are good at doing things. It's just a general, the officials of our cities are no longer as simple as the original only county order, and at the same time, they also need courts and the like, do you want them to take the same test questions? ”

Liu Xia said: "In this exam, civil affairs and law will be examined, and the others will not be examined, but for some professional departments, there will be a little more assessment, such as the establishment of an agricultural administration department in the future, and naturally some things about agriculture will be examined." If a high-ranking official in charge of agriculture does not know what agriculture is, how can he manage it? As for the specific details, you can slowly figure it out yourself after you go down. ”

Chen Liu was helpless, Liu Xia asked him to do this, he could only find a way by himself, now Chen Liu can be said to be a part-time person, and he is also a person who does everything, shuttling between the military and political circles and the civil affairs circles at the same time. He is not only the chief of the military and political department, but also the president of the Supreme Court in the field of civil affairs.

"General Ben, prepare to set up an armaments academy." Liu Xia said solemnly.

"Armaments Academy? General, what is this? Luoyang County Ling Rui Junai asked.

Now everyone has been numbed by the many unheard things that Liu Xia said, and now those generals have not raised questions for the first time. This time, Rui Junai, the commander of Luoyang County, saw that everyone had not spoken for a long time, so he asked.

Liu Xia said with a smile: "This armament academy is naturally a school and a place for teaching. ”

"A place to teach? Does Master Hou want to run a academy? I don't know what the general wants to teach in this academy? Rui Junai asked.

Liu Xia smiled and said, "This is not an ordinary school, an academy. Benhou does not teach the Four Books and Five Classics, nor does it teach poetry and etiquette, and the people taught in this school are not for the purpose of participating in the imperial examination. ”

Although Chen Liu had long known that Liu Xia wanted to prepare for the school, he didn't know what kind of school Liu Xia wanted to run, so he asked, "What is the general doing in this school?" ”

Liu Xia no longer went around in circles, so he said with a smile: "This armament academy is to import low-level officers for the army, and after the academy is built, all officers who are promoted will have to enter the academy to study, and at the same time, some literate and loyal soldiers will be recruited in the army to enter the academy for further study, and they will serve as lieutenants after they come out." ”

After hearing this, Chen Liu frowned, and Rui Junai asked, "This is a school dedicated to training soldiers?" It's really unheard of, this academy has always been a place to train literati, and now the general trains soldiers......"

Liu Xia said: "Soldiers are not all coarse, soldiers also need to know how to read, know the art of war so that they can better fight a good war, if this general sends a secret order, as a battalion commander, a captain can't understand the order because he can't read and write, how is this good?" Moreover, future operations will be more and more inclined to small unit operations, and the role of lieutenants will naturally become apparent at that time. At the same time, what General Ben wants is not an illiterate army that knows nothing and does not understand anything, but a unit that understands the art of war, is literate, disciplined, and educated. ”

After all, Rui Junai is not a person in the military and political circles, so it is inconvenient to say it again, under Liu Xia's hands, it is divided into military and political affairs and civil affairs, these two aspects do not intersect with each other, that is, the people of civil affairs have no direct relationship with the people of military and political affairs, and they are not in the same system, and the people of civil affairs have no right to order the people of military and political circles. The Supervision Department is a trial and investigation department set up for people in military and political circles, while the court is a trial department set up for people in civil affairs circles and ordinary people. People in the military and political circles are not all big and coarse, they are all people who wield knives and guns, and there are also literati. For example, Chen Liu, the military advisor can also be regarded as a person in the military and political circles.

As the chief of the military department, Chen Liu then asked: "I don't know how the general set up a school?" And what are you taught? ”

Liu Xia said: "The name of this school, for the time being, is called Luoyang Army Armaments Academy, the school site is built next to the War Spirit Mausoleum, the drawings of the school site have been drawn, and then Ben Hou will hand over the drawings to you and Wang En, and the two of you will discuss how to do it." This army armament academy is to teach soldiers military knowledge, the art of war, and cultural ethics. At present, the Scout Investigation Section, the Artillery Section, the Cavalry Section, the Infantry Section, the Military Division Section, and the Engineer Section will be set up first.

Among them, Yu Mingjun is the chief professor of the scout investigation department, who can come to class from time to time, and the rest of the usual professors are selected from the Yingyang camp to be some experienced soldiers who are disabled and cannot go to the battlefield. The cadets of the Reconnaissance Section recommended a number of non-commissioned officers from the Eagle Battalion and other regimental scout teams who were motivated and performed well in peacetime. ”

Although the Yingyang Battalion is a special brigade under Liu Xia, they have fundamentally evolved from scouts, so Liu Xia still decided to let Yu Mingjun serve as the chief professor of scouts.

Yu Mingjun's Yingyang camp now has only 200 people, but according to Liu Xia's order, the Yingyang camp will be expanded to 400 people in the future. The additional 200 men were selected from the scouts of the regiments except the Guards.

"Yes! His subordinates must be good professors. Yu Mingjun said solemnly.

Liu Xia paused and said: "As the name suggests, the artillery department is to train artillery arms, and there are not many artillery in our Pingbei Army now, and the technology is also uneven, most of them will not fire shells, and they will not aim accurately." After all, there are no professional professors. In the future, Wang Xiaotong, the commander of the artillery battalion, will be the chief professor of the artillery department, and then a few experienced instructors will be appointed. ”

Wang Xiaotong's face showed joy, it has always been his wish to revitalize the artillery, and it is also his long-cherished wish to let the artillery flourish, and now he is naturally very happy to have such an opportunity. He said: "The general can rest assured, his subordinates will definitely teach the cadets well and train batches of outstanding artillery officers." ”

Liu Xia nodded, and said: "The chief professor of the cavalry department and the infantry department will select a person with good equestrian skills in the army, and at the same time find a few more as instructors, and the task of finding someone will be handed over to Liu Dazhuang." You go to the army and pick a few people. ”

Liu Dazhuang bowed respectfully: "The subordinates obey the order." ”

"To the Engineer Section. This engineer is responsible for technical work such as heavy construction in the army, and the logistics department will send someone to take care of it. Wang En, you go find some people. ”

Wang En said solemnly: "The subordinates obey the order." ”

"As the name suggests, the military division department is to teach military teachers, this subject is different from other subjects, and some scholars are selected to join in this subject, and Chen Liu is the chief professor. At the same time, Chen Liu served as the chief professor of the art of war in all subjects, and Ben Hou served as the professor of ideology among them, teaching the thinking of students in all subjects. The mountain chief of the armaments academy "Liu Xia's move is naturally to take these students from the armaments academy directly as his own disciples, so that you can get the loyalty of these students, and at the same time Liu Xia as a heroic figure, the influence of this Pingbei army is very large, and there are countless people who worship Liu Xia, Liu Xia serves as the mountain chief, and the person who enters the academy to study is Liu Xia's descendant disciple, which is a very high honor, and there will definitely be a lot of people who want to step on their heads and want to enter.

"General, if this academy is set up, then ...... will be promoted in the army in the future," Chen Liu asked.

Liu Xia said with a smile: "If you want to be an officer in the future, you must get the academy for a period of further study, and only after graduating can you return to the army as an officer, there can be no exceptions, after the merit in the battle, the non-commissioned officers or soldiers who are qualified to be promoted to officers will be arranged to study in the academy after the war." ”

Liu Xia served as the mountain chief, wouldn't the officers be Liu Xia's disciples in the future? Even if Liu Xia is just a nominal existence, his influence is not comparable to others.

"At present, these subjects will be set up first, and some subjects will be added in the future, depending on the situation. When you go back, tell the soldiers the news, and if you don't know how to read, you can learn it. So that the soldiers don't have to be afraid, those who are qualified can just sign up. ”

"Yes!" Everyone said in unison.

"And the last thing, is Benhou's wedding."

Chen Liu said suspiciously: "But Mrs. Bian and the general? ”

Liu Xia said with a smile: "That's it, this big wedding doesn't need to be too extravagant, now we haven't gained a firm foothold, so we shouldn't make it too big to attract everyone's attention, just plain." Wang En, you go down to arrange this matter, when is the nearest auspicious day of the zodiac for Chen Liu? ”

Chen Liu thought for a while and said with a smile: "General Hui, the ninth day of September next month will be a good day." ”

Liu Xia immediately nodded and said, "Okay, then it's the ninth day of the ninth month." ”