The luncheon ended quickly, Zhu Yunwen returned to the office of the sacrificial wine, and sat quietly as usual, according to Master Dexuan, to condense the spirit and avoid insanity, so Zhu Yunwen insisted on meditating even more.

Wang Du returned to his residence, lay down on the bed, weak, as if he had fought a battle, and the conversation with the imperial grandson in the morning came to his mind, although the imperial grandson was young, the pressure on him was not small, and what he said today was also very risky, and the evaluation of Emperor Hongwu was a fatal thing, but for the sake of the future, he could only fight. Although he was recommended by Fang Xiaoru, according to his observation, the imperial grandson would not reuse Fang Xiaoru, even if he respected Fang Xiaoru very much, if he did not enter the eyes of the imperial grandson, I am afraid that there would be no chance in this life, after all, at the age of the imperial grandson, it is common to be an emperor for thirty years. Although the imperial grandson valued himself very much before and handed over the staff office to himself, he was not Qi De and Huang Zicheng's henchmen after all, so he must first gain the trust of the imperial grandson, and today he did this, and the imperial grandson's reaction also made him very satisfied, it seems that he made the right bet. The next step is to build the staff room, although the imperial grandson does not understand military affairs, but his vision is very sharp, and the plan proposed is also good, so it is good to work hard to improve it. In addition, in martial arts, you need to find someone available, that Zhang Fu is not bad, but he is the person of King Yan, whether to use it or not? How to use it needs to be carefully considered.

After the luncheon, Qu Neng returned to his residence, sat on the chair, and was a little excited, he could feel that the imperial grandson valued himself very much, although he was very confident in his ability, but it was still an exciting thing to be valued by the prince. Suddenly, a voice came from the side: "Father, have you come back from the banquet?" Qu Neng didn't need to open his eyes to know that it was his son Qu Tao. Qu Tao is thirteen years old today, but he is already about to catch up with his father Qu Neng, and Qu Neng is different, Qu Tao is thinner, he can be regarded as a bee waist ape arm, it is a good material for martial arts, and he does live up to Qu Neng's expectations, although he is young, he is excellent in martial arts. However, Qu Tao is not a student of martial arts, he is too young, and he is just something that Qu can bring over to see.

"Well, you're back, what did you do in the morning?"

"After I finished practicing martial arts, I went to the literacy class to listen to the class, and I can now recognize 1,000 words."

Qu Neng opened his eyes, looked at his son, and said: "You have to study hard, if you don't read, you don't know the twists and turns of the literati, Your Highness is still very ambitious, but he likes to study military generals, so you have to work hard, the Qu family will rely on you in the future." ”

"I know this, His Royal Highness is a scholar, of course ......"

"Presumptuous, Your Highness is also something you can criticize?" Qu Neng slapped Qu Tao on the head, and Qu Tao screamed: "Father, you can't hit your head, I heard that you will be stupid." ”

"You kid, don't fight for three days, go to the house and uncover the tiles." Qu Neng smiled bitterly.

"Father, don't be angry, you saw Your Highness today, what kind of person do you think Your Highness is?" Qu Tao asked, pulling Qu Neng's sleeve.

"Your Highness, there is no arrogance, there are no problems of civil officials, he is tolerant and assertive, far-reaching and trustworthy to his subordinates, and those who can't think about it will frankly admit that he is indeed a rare benevolent monarch."

"Your Highness is so good?" Qu Tao rolled his eyes: "Otherwise, next time I see His Highness, my father will take me there." ”

"If you say stupid things, how can Your Highness be able to see it if you want to."

......

After Mu Sheng returned to his residence, he frowned, this imperial grandson has a different impression from himself, because his father Mu Ying is the righteous son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor, so he often entered the palace when he was young, and when Queen Ma was alive, he would enter the palace once every two months, but he was still young at that time, and he didn't remember very clearly; When the first prince Zhu Biao was alive, he often summoned himself, and Zhu Yunwen was also common at that time, and he felt that he was a weak scholar; But since the canonization of the imperial grandson, this is the first time to see the imperial grandson at close range, and I found that His Royal Highness has matured a lot, and treats the civil and military generals equally, which can be regarded as a qualified prince. However, thinking of his mission, he picked up the pen and began to write......

After Zhu Yunwen finished his sit-in, he summoned Liu Zhen over and asked him to invite Mu Sheng, He Fu and Qu Neng to come over and see them himself. Liu Zhen nodded yes and went to arrange it.

Mu Sheng came soon, and after Liu Zhenyu reported, let him in. Mu Sheng went in and found that the imperial grandson was dressed in civilian clothes, sitting on the main seat, and hurriedly saluted, Zhu Yunwen hurriedly helped him up, asked him to sit down, and said: "General Mu, so the king of Qianning is the son of the present Shang, so you and I have a good family, General Mu doesn't need to be polite, today is just a casual chat, Yun Wei hastily created martial arts, there are many problems, and please General Mu can speak freely." ”

Mu Sheng hurriedly said: "How dare you, how dare you." Mu Sheng is a shallow learner and does not dare to speak falsely. ”

"It's okay, Lone and you are family, there's nothing you can't say."

"Okay, back to Your Highness, in terms of martial arts itself, there is no problem, and the Mu family is also a family of military generals, so I also hope that martial arts can be done, but this time the general found a lot of problems."

"Tell me about it."

"The last general looks at His Royal Highness, which means to train lower-level and middle-level military generals and improve their military quality, but it is not easy, one reason is that most of the low-level officers are not literate, and the other reason is that instructors are difficult to find.

"Then how do you think this problem can be solved?"

"The last general thinks that this can't be solved in a day or two, and it takes a long time to establish a martial arts school to slowly enrich the instructors and students, but the last general is afraid that it will be difficult to persevere, and the last general can feel that the Xiucai sent by the Ministry of Rites looks down on the students."

"What General Mu said is true and lonely, although there are many problems in martial arts, but as long as you persist, you can always solve them, Lone can promise, as long as Lone is in power, martial arts will continue to be done, and it will become the cornerstone of the Ming army in the future."

"In this way, Mu Sheng thanked His Highness on behalf of the Ming soldiers, and the last general is willing to swear allegiance to His Highness."

"Okay, in addition, about Xiucai, the orphan association and Master Huang explained, formulated a reward and punishment system, and urged Xiucai to teach well."

"Your Highness."

......

The two chatted for a while, and Zhu Yunwen asked Mu Sheng to go back.

Then He Fu came in, and he also hurriedly saluted the imperial grandson, Zhu Yunwen waited for him to finish the salute before helping him sit down: "Old general, you are a hero of the Ming Dynasty, there is no need to make this big gift." ”

He Fu hurriedly said: "Etiquette cannot be abolished, there is a difference between monarchs and ministers, and the last general will keep his duty." ”

Zhu Yunwen smiled bitterly, and said in his heart that after the slaughter of the emperor's grandfather, although it was cruel, it was not without any benefits, alas.

Zhu Yunwen sat down on the main seat: "It has been two months since the establishment of martial arts, there must be some problems, I hope General He can give some advice." ”

"Don't dare, martial arts was created by His Royal Highness, and all the systems are determined by His Highness, how dare the last general speak falsely."

"Hehe, the old general He is too worried, people are not sages, who can do nothing, the old general has experienced a hundred battles, has been on the battlefield for a long time, and the loneliness is just talking on paper, there must be a lot of problems, please make it clear to the old general."

"In this way, the old minister will say a few nonsense, I hope His Royal Highness will not be surprised."

"It doesn't matter."

"Your Highness, the matter of the staff room, the last general feels like talking on paper, although it has a role, but I am afraid that it will be empty talk, so the people who come out of the staff room do not go through training and cannot lead the troops."

"Well, that's a good idea. What else? ”

"There is also the fact that although His Highness's queue practice has not been in actual combat, the last general thinks that it can indeed train elite soldiers. But this approach is too costly. ”

"Huh? How so? ”

"Your Royal Highness, the military system of our dynasty, the strength comes from the guard, the military household of the guard is hereditary, my dynasty to open up the territory often will the army in the field, establish the guard, and then build a new guard on the original land, call new recruits, so the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the guard is getting worse and worse, the combat effectiveness of the border army is getting stronger and stronger, this is all out of the elite soldiers, there is no such strict training at all, if they are all according to the training method of His Royal Highness, it costs too much money and food."

Belch? Zhu Yunwen suddenly found that the wisdom of the veteran was really terrifying, and he could see the difference at a glance, it was true, Zhu Yunwen created martial arts according to the model of the professional army, but this was in conflict with the military system of the Ming Dynasty. However, the road of professionalization of the army must be taken, and now it is only a pilot, so let's take our time.

"Old general, what you said is very right, but Lone created martial arts in response to this situation, and the Beijing army must be trained in this way to ensure that its combat power is not inferior to that of the border army, and to maintain the stability of the Ming Dynasty."

He Fu has been through a hundred battles and has been in the court for a long time, and he immediately understood what Zhu Yunwen was referring to, and his face turned pale and he didn't dare to speak.

Zhu Yunwen also saw it, but he didn't force He Fu to express his position, this kind of veteran forcing is useless, as long as he is in an advantage, he will naturally obey orders, but if he is at a disadvantage, there will be as many people as he betrays.

"Old General, do you have any suggestions?"

"The last general has no suggestions, all I can think of are these two items." He Fu didn't seem to have recovered yet, and he didn't want to say any more.

"Okay, the old general has worked hard, thank you for your advice, Lone has been taught, I hope the old general can still speak freely to Lone like this."

"Certainly, the last general will swear allegiance to His Highness."

"Well, the old general should go back and pay more attention to your body."

He Fu confessed and turned to leave, and then Liu Zhen led Qu Neng in. After the ceremony, Zhu Yunwen asked Qu Neng to sit down and said, "General Qu, are you still comfortable coming here from Sichuan?" ”

"His Royal Highness Xie cares, the last general will be half a horse, and there is nothing uncomfortable."

"How many people are in General Qu's family?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, his parents have died, his wife Li, the eldest son Qu Tao, thirteen years old, with him, and the second son Qu Yu, twelve years old, serving at home."

"Oh, Qu Tao didn't enter martial arts?"

"No, it's too young."

"That's it, Gu Special approved Qu Tao to enter martial arts, and I hope that he will also be a tiger general in the future."

"Your Highness Longne." Qu Neng hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank him.

"It's nothing, I hope that more talents in martial arts can join in and strengthen the military strength of my Ming Dynasty. By the way, General Qu, it's been nearly two months since I came to martial arts, but what do you know? ”

"Your Highness, the last general thinks that the creation of martial arts is a major event that will benefit the future, and if all the officers and soldiers have been trained here, then its centripetal force can be imagined. The last general has been in the west for a long time, and the barbarians often rebel, and it is difficult to use them for submission, but if they can go through the martial arts and then transfer away from their hometown, the last general thinks that there will be a lot of elite soldiers. ”

"Well, this is a solution, but it can't be done yet, the scale of martial arts is too small. However, Lone will remember, and when the conditions are right, General Qu's method will be adopted. What else? ”

"There are also too few instructors, and the trainees are not very literate, making it difficult to teach complex military content."

"This lonely also knows that it takes time, increases the number of instructors with combat experience, and improves the literacy level of the cadets, which takes time and cannot be solved in a day or two."

"What His Highness said is very true, and the last general is anxious."

Zhu Yunwen stood up, walked to the wall, pointed to the map of the Ming Dynasty on the wall and said, "General Qu, you come here, I want to test you a question." ”

"Yes, Your Highness."

Zhu Yunwen picked up the whip and said: "The Ming Jingshi is here, if there is a problem in the northern Xinjiang, such as the Great Wall defense line has been breached, and Beiping and Datong have been lost, what strategy will the Yuan army take?" What strategy does Daming take? ”

"I will think about it."

After a while, Qu Neng said: "At this time, the strategy adopted by the Yuan army should be to seize Taiyuan, occupy the north of the Yellow River with all its might, and then march to Shaanxi, attack Henan on both sides, and then attack the Beijing division. ”

"Is it possible to capture Shandong and then drive straight in?"

"This is very difficult, it is a dangerous move to drive straight in, and the Huaihe River is also a strong line of defense, even if the Yuan army breaks through, it will be hit by Henan and Jingshi from both sides, this method is not advisable."

"And what about my response?"

"Stick to Shandong and Henan, reinforce Taiyuan, as long as Taiyuan is in my hands, and then regain Datong, it will threaten the back road of the Yuan army, they will stay in Beiping for a short time, and they will inevitably give up going north."

"Well, Lone knows." Zhu Yunwen thought for a while, put down the whip, and asked Qu Neng to sit down.

"General Qu, when martial arts are on track, Gu will transfer you to the north, or Shanxi, or Liaodong, what do you think?"

"The last general will obey His Highness's dispatch and have no words." Qu Neng knelt down and said.

"Very good, Lone didn't look at the wrong person. General Qu, do a good job, it is not a delusion to be a marquis and a duke. ”

"Your Highness Xie, the last general will swear allegiance to Your Highness."