Chapter 208: Military Academy Restructuring

In Zhang Yunwen's impression, the so-called military academy should be divided into several systems to cultivate individual talents. Just like the staff department established after the original group of students entered the military academy, it specializes in cultivating staff officers. Therefore, Zhang Yunwen divided the military academy in this proposal.

First of all, the entire college is graded and divided into three academic years. The first year of basic study is basic military training and basic courses. At the end of the first year, students can choose to enter the department of the college for more professional and in-depth study.

The faculties are divided into five faculties and one college. The staff department is mainly aimed at those students who can read and hyphenate and have a high level of education, mainly to train staff officers. The Department of Infantry mainly teaches infantry tactics in various situations, such as step-to-foot, step-to-horse, and step-to-city. The Department of Cavalry mainly teaches various tactics of cavalry. The Department of Artillery, which is a new department set up by Zhang Yunwen, explores the strategy and tactics of rational use of hot weapons according to the development of hot weapons in the Tang Dynasty. There is also a department called the command department, if it is said that the purpose of the three major branches of the military is to train middle and low-level officers, then the goal of this command department is to train senior generals. The rest of the research institutes are devoted to studying a series of innovative issues, such as the most rational methods for the use of new weapons, the methods of coordination between the three major arms of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, and new tactics.

As for the heads of various departments, after this report is passed, they will jointly discuss and decide with Qu Tutong and other college officials.

It took two nights and one day to finally finish the proposal.

When he submitted this proposal to Li Shimin, Li Shimin read it carefully, and then said happily: "This article of the virtuous son-in-law is outlined, the structure is clear, and the organization is clear, and the people below only need to follow this suggestion, which is really half the effort!" ”

Zhang Yunwen was humble at first, and then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, then can you tell me whether this proposal can be passed?" ”

Li Shimin smiled: "Of course you can!" I thought about it, if it is implemented according to Yunwen's suggestion, then the construction of the military academy will embark on the road of regularization and specialization, and the future famous generals of Datang may be born here! Of course I'm fully supporting! ”

Zhang Yunwen breathed a sigh of relief, and listened to Li Shimin say again: "You take this plan and go and show it to Master Qu Tu, Pharmacist Li, Li Ji, your master and others!" Zhang Yunwen nodded, took the plan, saluted Li Shimin, and turned to leave.

After a round trip back to several high-ranking military academy officials, Zhang Yunwen's plan was unanimously affirmed by them. With the protection of these bigwigs, he began to restructure the military academy.

The college was established in the first year of Zhenguan, and now it is the third year of Zhenguan. In the meantime, in the second year of Zhenguan, the college held another enrollment of students, recruiting hundreds of students, and 3,400 soldiers from all over the country who were willing to come to recruit soldiers, and after selection and screening, more than 2,800 people remained. So, today the entire academy has more than six thousand people.

The 3,000 people who entered the academy first began to choose their departments as second-year students. The division adopts a combination of individual volunteering and college overall arrangement, first allowing each student to choose the department independently, and then making local adjustments according to the opinions of the faculty members on the students. For example, some students are not suitable to be cavalry, but they choose the cavalry department from the general trend. The final results were counted, which made Zhang Yunwen a little depressed, almost 1,000 people reported to the command department, 1,000 people reported to the cavalry department, and the remaining more than 1,000 people reported to the three departments and one academy where they were born.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yunwen decided to hold an examination in the command department and the cavalry department to eliminate those students who blindly followed the general stream.

More than 2,000 people enrolled in the second year of Zhenguan continued to carry out basic education and training as the first grade.

So Zhang Yunwen spent two more days to complete two test papers, one is from the command department, which mainly examines the overall ability and adaptability of the students; The other is from the Department of Cavalry, which mainly examines the cavalry combat theory of the cadets. All the cadets who have applied for the command department and the cavalry department will take the examination on February 26 of the third year of Zhenguan.

However, before the exam, Zhang Yunwen's mansion had a large number of guests, and all of them were in high positions. Nearly ten military generals represented by Duan Zhixuan and Cheng Yanjin visited Zhang Yunwen's mansion together, but it was for the exam.

In the open college restructuring plan, the command department will aim to train senior generals, so these generals are afraid that their sons will not be able to enter the command department and become a laughing stock for everyone, so on the eve of this exam, they all came to Zhang Yunwen one by one, and shouted affectionately as a "brother", talking about the things that fought side by side with Zhang Yunwen back then. However, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help but be a little puzzled, did he really fight side by side with them? It seems that they are in Henan, and they are in Shandong!

Since these generals have pulled down their faces to find themselves, of course Zhang Yunwen will not refuse sternly, but he took out a thick textbook, and sketched out the test points one by one in front of the generals and their sons, and then said: "Chapters 1 and 2 are the foundation and must be examined; The third and fourth chapters are deepened and must be examined; Five or six chapters are the essence, must be examined! ”

Na Cheng Mo looked at the thick book, and couldn't help muttering: "Didn't you say it!" Chapters and chapters have to be tested! ”

"Wrong!" Zhang Yunwen said righteously, "Isn't there another chapter that is not included in the scope of the exam?" ”

“…… That's the Appendix! ”

In the satisfied looks of the generals and the somewhat depressed faces of the princes, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help but smile secretly: "These guys are three big and five coarse, whether it is Duan Yunsong or the Cheng family brothers, they are more suitable for charging into battle, rather than planning and planning!" Besides, these guys don't usually go to class well, and they crammed for a while, where is it so easy! Look at Liu Renshi, although he is also a headache, but his homework is done very well, and this time he didn't let his father Liu Hongji come out to intercede! ”

The examination on February 26 was held on time, and it took three days, all the faculty members and several veterans in the academy were mobilized, and it took three days to read through more than 2,000 examination papers one by one, and the final result was that more than 230 people in the command department were qualified, including of course those sons who interceded before the examination. So under such high pressure, these usually careless and lazy guys worked hard, and finally stumbled and barely passed. On the cavalry side, there are more than 540 qualified.

Those who were eliminated were faced with a new choice. Excluded by the command department, the students can also choose among the remaining four departments and one college. Cadets who have been brushed down by the cavalry can also choose from the four departments and one academy. However, if you want to apply for the command department and the cavalry department again, you must go through another exam.

Zhang Yunwen left these things to the instructors to do, and what he has to do now is to structure the command department and the artillery department. As for the other departments, there are other faculty members in charge.

First of all, the command line. Zhang Yunwen's requirements for the command department are very high, and there are many courses offered, such as foot combat, cavalry combat, artillery warfare, logistics, and so on, but the more important course is "Politics and Military Affairs", which is almost a copy of Clausewitz's "On War."

As for the artillery department, the number of applicants was originally less than 100, but Zhang Yunwen said that he would personally serve as the director of the artillery department and teach the trainees to shoot artillery, and the number of applicants increased sharply. By the time the number of people in each department was finalized, the artillery department had a total of 428 people joining.

After this incident, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help but be secretly a little complacent, it seems that his charm is still quite great!

Finally, at the beginning of March, the restructuring of the military academy, which lasted for more than a month, was finally completed. The College began to operate under this new structure.