After Zhou Tong returned to the mountain, Gu Haotian's most urgent thing was to open the Liangshan Lecture Hall.

The Liangshan Escort now has 17 regiments and 10 reinforced battalions, with a total of more than 90,000 people. There are nearly 400 to 500 people at the company commander level, and more than 1,000 at the team level, and a large number of grassroots officers lack systematic training, and their cultural and military qualities are generally low.

Therefore, Gu Haotian has been discussing with Zhou Dong, Wen Huanzhang and others in the past two days. In the end, they agreed to set up four sections of infantry, cavalry, sailors, and baggage, and then set up two departments of staff officers and political work when the conditions were ripe. The curriculum is mainly divided into two aspects, one is technical subjects, and the other is disciplines, that is to say, one is to teach professional combat skills, and the other is to teach military knowledge and cultural courses.

But the biggest headache is the textbook. Gu Haotian knew very little about the teaching content of the military academy in later generations, in fact, even if he knew, it was not necessarily applicable in this era. Later, Zhou Tong came up with an idea, he said that there was originally a martial arts school in the capital, and there was also a set of teaching materials in it, which could also be used for reference. When Wen Huanzhang heard this, he suddenly remembered that there was a set of martial arts textbooks in the books he brought with him when he left Beijing, and he wanted to use it for Professor Gu Haotian at that time, but he didn't want to use it at this time.

In the following days, the Military Administration Department mobilized capable forces from the manor to form several textbook compilation teams. Like Lin Chong, Guan Sheng, and Hu Yanzhuo, who already had a good cultural foundation, they all directly participated in the compilation, and Su Sheng, Sun An, Lu Zhishen, and Ruan Xiaoer, who had a low level of education, were responsible for providing materials, and Wen Huanzhang, Xu Guanzhong, Wu Yong, Zhu Wu, Xiao Rang, Zhang Jiucheng, and Zhang Suo naturally became the main force, and finally Gu Haotian also invited Zhang Shuye, Xu Churen, and Liu Tao to be staff officers.

A group of people gathered around the imperial court to increase and decrease the textbooks, and for several days in a row, they finally came up with a set of textbooks with Liangshan characteristics.

As early as when the teaching materials were being compiled, the Military Administration Department issued a notice on the selection of the first batch of martial arts class trainees in the whole guard unit, with a total of 400 trainees in the first batch, including 100 infantry, 100 cavalry, 100 sailors, and 100 baggage officers, and the company commanders and captains were selected for the first batch.

As soon as the news was announced, there was a sensation in the escort team and even the entire manor, and in the past few days, some officers of the escort team, especially those company commanders and captains, have been inquiring about the news of the enrollment of the martial arts hall. Because this lecture hall is too tempting, it is said that the mountain chief is a petty official, and the heroes Zhou Dong, Mr. Wen Huanzhang, and Lu Junyi, Hebei Sanjue, are the deputies, and this level is higher than that of the Liangshan Academy. Now everyone in Liangshan knows that the petty officials are determined to be in the world, and they were not protégés of the Son of Heaven at that time, so many people are trying to become the first batch of students. But after all, there are many monks and few porridges, and only 400 people are recruited among the more than 1,000 targets, so the competition is extremely fierce.

According to the requirements of the Military Administration Department, the cadets are first recommended by the commanders of each regiment and battalion, and then reviewed and decided by the Military Administration Department, so the commanders of each regiment and battalion have become the first key figures.

In the station of the guard battalion, Zhang Erqiang and Ren Chongyuan sat together depressedly, and the two of them were very troubled recently. The martial arts hall is about to open, and as the guards around the petty officials, they naturally know more details than others, so they are more eager to enter this academy, but they can't apply because of the restrictions of their status. This time, the martial arts hall recruited officers at the company and team level, and they just mentioned that the identity of the deputy battalion commander did not match, if the junior officials were asked to hire them exceptionally, it would be impossible to think about it.

"Chongyuan, you went home last night, what did the old man say?" At this time, Zhang Erqiang asked.

"Dad asked me to go to Battalion Commander Bian Xiang to retire the rank of deputy battalion commander and still demote him to the company level."

Ren Laohan is a person with ideas, so Ren Chongyuan made a special trip home yesterday to consult his old man, and he didn't want to ask him to resign from the deputy battalion position he had just gotten as soon as he opened his mouth. chest

This little star made the old man happy for a long time at that time, and he couldn't imagine that he would be so decisive in order to enter the martial arts hall. Ren Chongyuan was a little confused at the time, but his father said, "As long as you come out of the martial arts hall, I'm afraid that there will be no deputy battalion commander, listen to me." He sent him away, he finally understood after thinking about it all the way, so Zhang Erqiang asked him, and he said it bluntly.

This dad is also a discerning man! Zhang Erqiang was shocked when he heard this. Yesterday, he had no idea, so he deliberately went to find the old battalion commander Sun An, and Sun An's idea was the same as this old man, and he made up his mind at that time. So he said to Ren Zhongyuan:

"Brother, you and I want to go together, go! Let's go to Camp Commander Bian Xiang. ”

Bian Xiang couldn't imagine that these two people would have these ideas, and they couldn't be the masters for a while, so they took them to find Wen Huanzhang. After Xiao Jiasui went to Dengzhou, Wen Huanzhang was in charge of the Military Administration Department, so he had to consult him about the demotion.

And Wen Huanzhang has been busy for the past two days, on the one hand, he has to participate in the compilation of teaching materials, and on the other hand, he has to deal with the admission consultation and requests from all over the manor. No, Sha Tong, the deputy director of the ordnance workshop, is sitting in his office.

"Mr. Wen, it is said that this matter should not be said by me, but the dog is far away in Jinling Town, and there is no official above him to say anything for him, so he is cheeky and comes by himself. Santie has been going to the mine for more than a year since he left the guard camp, this kid likes the military, and often writes to shout to come back, but I have been scolded, but this lecture on martial arts is a good opportunity to grow his skills and knowledge, if he can be given a chance, it will be of great benefit to his life, it is really a rare opportunity, and please consider one or two. ”

There is only one mine protection team in Jinling Town, and there is no official garrison, so there is no direct boss.

And Sha Tong's words happened to be heard by Bian Xiang. This Bian Xiang was Sha Santie's first boss, this kid was deeply loved by him when he was in the camp, if he hadn't gone to Jinling Town, now at least he would be similar to Ren Zhongyuan, and he immediately said:

"Mr. Wen, Sha Santie is a good seedling, if it weren't for Jinling Town, I'm afraid he would have been a battalion and company commander a long time ago, but he can't be allowed to stay in that place all the time, and he will abolish a talent."

"I'm afraid you're not just here for this, but what's the matter?"

Wen Huanzhang saw the two people behind Bian Xiang at a glance, and knew that they must not be here for this matter, so he couldn't help but quip.

"It's true, in order to be able to participate in the lecture hall study, these two people asked themselves to be demoted to company commanders, and I was the master of this matter, but Mr. gave me an idea."

Wen Huanzhang couldn't help but be surprised when he saw it, but what kind of character he was, after thinking about it, he understood the thoughts of the two, and couldn't help but think that these two stunned boys had such a good idea, and they must have been instructed by a master, but they didn't break it, they only ordered the two of them to go back first, and then make a decision.

However, in a few days, the list of all regiments and battalions of the escort team was reported to the Military and Political Department, and Gu Haotian personally presided over it, and summoned Zhou Dong, Wen Huanzhang and the relevant personnel of the five major departments of the escort team to review it, and finally admitted 400 people.

Among the various departments of the Escort Force, the Armaments Department has gained the most in this enrollment, and the Armaments Department, which accounts for a quarter of the baggage cadets, is simply equipped with them, and in the future, the Armaments Department will have its own direct subordinates in each regiment and battalion. Therefore, Zhu Wu was very happy these days, and he also did his best in compiling the teaching materials, and for this reason he specially invited Liu Tao, who had been in charge of military affairs in the Western Army, as a consultant, visited Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo, Qin Ming, Bi Sheng, Li Ming, and other generals who had led troops in the army, and consulted Zhang Jiucheng, Song Wan, and other financial and logistics management personnel, and finally completed a set of high-quality teaching materials.

The opening date of the lecture hall was originally set for October 1, but the capital came

Letter, a new round of crusade of the imperial court has been formed, and will set off in the near future, so the manor has advanced the date to September 25.

Everything was ready, but when discussing the candidate for the mountain chief, there was a controversy, Zhou Dong wanted Gu Haotian to take it personally, but Gu Haotian had to give it to Zhou Dong. In the end, Gu Haotian himself thought of a compromise and made himself a famous mountain.

However, in the link of instructors, Gu Haotian asked every regimental general of the escort team to teach part-time instructors in the martial arts hall, but some regiment and battalion commanders with a low level of education complained repeatedly.

That night, before Gu Haotian left the public house of Zhonghua Hall, he was blocked by Ji Sheng, and he said with a sad face:

"Little official, why do you let me teach others if I don't know a few big characters, isn't this a fool?"

"Brother! This matter is actually not difficult, let me ask you, as the commander of a military army of thousands of people, you used to train troops to fight, but there was no way to do it. ”

Gu Haotian knew that this move would attract resistance from some people, but he had to insist, he just wanted to force these generals with troops to think about their tactics and strategies, so he had to take down the first infantry regiment commander first.

"How is this possible, if there is no order, then the whole regiment will not herd the sheep, and what kind of war will they fight."

"Isn't this enough, as a regiment commander, your ability to train and fight is always better than that company commander and captain, as long as you give these professors to them, wouldn't it be good?"

"But ......"

"For example, when you were in Yu Jiatuan, how did you let a battalion of infantry cross the mountains and mountains and walk fifty miles of mountain roads in one hour, and how did you block five or six thousand officers and soldiers for two or three hours with two thousand people at Feihu Pass, these examples are rare practical experience for companies and captains, and they are of great benefit to their future leaders to fight, but you want to keep these good things in your heart and are reluctant to teach them to others."

"This—I wrote it there!"

"If you can't write it, you can dictate it, but you also have to look back and think about it, if Rong Ma has a lifetime, but he can't leave his skills to future generations, what a pity it would be! Brothers may wish to choose a literate personal companion first, and slowly get started by themselves in the future, and there will always be success in the long days. ”

Ji Sheng was speechless by Gu Haotian's words, and was stunned for a while before he got up and went out, but his heart was already full of the bloody scene of Feihuyu.

Lu Zhishen waited downstairs, since the last meeting because of the written report, after being told by Lin Chong, he no longer dared to take the lead in confrontation, originally expected that Yu Sheng would be able to explain this annoying third brother, but looking at Yu Sheng's pensive face, he knew that there was no hope, and he followed out dejectedly. And the return of these two people made all the regiment commanders desperate for luck, and they all obediently prepared to give lectures.

Soon on September 25, after the opening of Liangshan Academy, Liangshan Manor ushered in a major event, and the long-awaited Liangshan Lecture Hall officially opened. On that day, all the regimental and battalion commanders of the Liangshan Escort Corps were dressed up to attend the opening ceremony, and Gu Haotian, as the honorary mountain commander, gave up the podium to Zhou Dong after making a brief speech.

Zhou Tong is known as the hero of Kansai, and has always been a legendary figure in the eyes of the world, but now he appears alive in front of everyone, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

saw Zhou Tong sitting indifferently on the pulpit, with a long beard and a linen suit, and his hair was like a hermit. Then he began his first lesson in the limelight, but it was neither military nor martial arts, but about faithfulness.

"The world's most virtuous is greater than loyalty; No man can stand in the world without faithfulness; Today, since you are a member of the Liangshan Guard, you need to know what it means to be faithful and to whom you are ......."

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