Chapter 903: Daming Military Academy

It was a good sunny day for a few days, and the big ones who were originally frozen by the spring cold were so listless that they were in high spirits, and the wild flowers and weeds seized the good opportunity to grow unscrupulously from the cracks in the stones and bricks and all the places where they could emerge, competing for the sun with those big trees that had deep roots and leafy leaves, and the growth was gratifying.

The winter wheat in the field is now green after a winter's severe cold, and the farmers who were originally worried about the lack of sunshine this year have relieved their hearts, and when they meet the mother-in-law who delivers food at home, the habit of scolding when they open their mouths has also changed.

Occasionally, when two adjacent pieces of land meet together, they will also talk about the vigorous mutual assistance and cooperation of Shandong Province, and when it comes to the light province of Shandong's taxes, they can't help but be envious; Occasionally, they talked about the feat of being able to plant three crops of land in the south a year, and talked about the various seeds brought back from Fanbang by the imperial court's fleet, which were now planted in Guangdong, and produced strange things.

These are still very close to them, and those things in the Jingshi that are close at hand are far away from them.

Things that are far away for the peasants are closer to the peddlers and pawns in the Jingshi, at least for the coachmen who could have received 900 yuan a month in the Jingshi, they have the most intuitive feeling - at least, there are fewer people in the car now. Many of the old and sick horses that had been waiting to die in the stables were now ridden out by their owners to bask in the sun, no matter how cold their coat was and how skinny they looked. And near the martial arts school to the east of Lumicang, there are people wandering around from time to time.

According to the planning of the Ministry of War, this martial arts was originally built according to the specifications of the school field with a fence and a courtyard with four entrances, but Zhang Yue, who was the left attendant of the Ministry of War, personally inquired, asked in detail and asked for the drawings to see, and immediately called back. Therefore, the place that should have been completed at the end of the first month was delayed until the end of March. Nowadays, in addition to the school field, the rest of the houses are not at all three-in-four courtyards and other structures, but rows like birdcages, except for the Chase Shop or the Chase Shop.

This is the military camp of later generations, and the only thing missing is the equipment used for training. Zhang Yue had the intention to move these gourds in the same way, but considering the difficult attitude of those people in the Ministry of Industry, he naturally continued the set of stone locks, arrows, targets, scarecrows, etc., and went to ask for the martial arts plaque given by the emperor - this is just like modern universities often like to use the inscriptions of leaders or celebrities, so that this martial arts can really be justified.

There are Confucius and Mencius in the tribute courtyard, and this set is naturally indispensable in martial arts. As a result, even when most of the public opinion in the DPRK and China was discussing how to deal with the King of Jin, a big discussion about who should be provided in martial arts also set off a huge wave between the civil and military forces.

Zhang Yue only remembered a martial saint Guan Erye in his previous memory, but he who had read the classics of the Tang and Song dynasties in the military department now knew that in the Tang and Song dynasties, he was ranked with the Confucian saint Jiang Taigong, the king of Wucheng, and as for the rest of the subordinates, the Tang Dynasty system was ten philosophers and seventy-two disciples, and the Song Dynasty was seventy-two generals, and Guan Gong could only be regarded as a famous general in the third grade. At the beginning of this dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the temple of King Wucheng when he abolished the temple, so what kind of god position should be set up in martial arts now, and who is worthy of it, has become a topic that military generals care about the most and civil officials are most cautious.

In the end, the Wucheng Temple, which was once abolished, was finally recognized by everyone, and the accompanying were the seventy-two generals set by the Song Dynasty, as for this dynasty, although there were still disputes among the generals, but Xu Da Chang Yuchun Zhang Yu Zhu Neng became the first batch of people to enjoy without objection, as for the rest, they can only wait for a result in the Hongwen Pavilion.

That's right, the quarrel in Hongwen Pavilion today - no, Hongwen Pavilion deliberations have become a place where civil officials and military generals are happy to attend. After all, it was already difficult for the Ming court's court meeting to make the ministers spray spit stars on the emperor's face, let alone quarrel over one thing. And the court discussion is that the emperor may not be present, and there are only big guys, which is far less than the impassioned in the Hongwen Pavilion. In just one month, three courtiers who were pertinent in their words had been promoted to serve in the Hongwen Pavilion in one fell swoop, although it was only a name, but it was enough to make countless people excited.

What's more, these three biggest, middle-aged officials who are not too old to be confused, are now appearing in the ranks of worshipping the Wucheng Temple.

The completion of the martial arts, Zhang Yue, the largest official of the military department today, was ordered to lead the sacrifice to the Wucheng Wang Temple together with Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, accompanied by a Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites of the Ministry of War, Shuntian Mansion Cheng, several governors of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, three Hongwen Pavilion attendants, in addition to the four hundred and twenty-four martial arts students who have just been selected.

When the sacrifice was completed, Zhang Yue couldn't help but think of the future generations - even in that era, many of the Confucian Temples and Confucius Temples around the country were famous scenic spots, and the Qufu Sacrifice Hole was also there every year, but there were not many famous Wucheng Wang Temples, not to mention what to do to attract Chinese and foreign tourists. Although Jiang Shang is not so much a famous general as a military advisor, and a temple of King Wucheng does not mean anything, it is undoubtedly true that martial arts have never existed for many years in thousands of years of history.

Moreover, the so-called martial arts of the Song Dynasty only mainly studied martial arts and strategies, and martial arts were completely regarded as the last class! There is still a long way to go to truly build this martial arts into a military academy with a strict system.

After sacrificing the temple of King Wucheng, a group of people gathered in the small school field of martial arts. Looking at the group of martial arts students below who couldn't stand in a phalanx at all, Zhang Yue couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and then watched the instructor selected by Zhu Yong stride forward and loudly announce the school rules.

"Entering school at the beginning of every day, until the end of the day, the winter moon is scattered! Martial arts students are all living in martial arts schools, and are not allowed to go out. ”

"Instructors, junior officers and martial arts children will be given six buckets of rice per month!"

"Those who have been enrolled for more than two years and have nothing to learn will chase down the rice and make up the river!"

"Every month, the officers of the military department and the commanders and battalion officials preside over the monthly examination, and one time is not qualified, the second time is not qualified with ten rods, and the three times with twenty rods. Those who have three or more times will be expelled from martial arts and dismissed from the military! ”

"Every year of the year, the answer to the literary test is considerable, or the martial arts test horse step ten arrows in five or six, the reward is five stones!"

The instructor was full of anger and loud voice, and the school rules were shouted by him, and the entire school field was clearly heard, but Zhang Yue on the stage could see it clearly, and among the people below, only a few people showed excitement on their faces, and most of them were either numb, or they were talking there, and they couldn't see the vitality of many martial arts students. Thinking that the military system of the Ming Dynasty could still be maintained in front of the Civil Fort, and then it suddenly collapsed, he couldn't help frowning.

After the announcement of the rewards and punishments of this school rule, Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, went forward and announced that a martial arts competition would be held three days later. Since this news was not made public in advance, but Zhang Yue and Zhu Yong discussed it in advance and reported it to the emperor, few people knew about it, and there was a big uproar at this time. Only when Zhu Yong said that it was the winner who rewarded the treasure knife, and the Jinyi Wei recorded his name and counted various rewards such as an annual examination, there was a commotion. And there was no one in the subject of the competition, and the two officers of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites talked around Zhang Yue for a while, when Zhang Yue bluntly said that many of these young officers and students were even illiterate, they were speechless, and finally they could only give up.

The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Yamen of the Six Divisions are on both sides of the Daming Gate, so on the way back, Zhang Yue and Zhu Yong happened to go the same way, and as for the rest of the civil and military, they went their own way. Zhu Yong is not only the prince of the country, but he has his own guides and servants before and after, plus Zhang Yue's several guards, he occupies most of Chongwenmen Street. Although the road is not a place to talk, it is even more inconvenient to go back to the yamen to say some words, and the two still ride side by side, exchanging matters after the official start of today's martial arts class.

"In addition to those who were selected for the hereditary military examination last year, plus the group that will participate in the examination this year, there are more than 400 people, and a single martial arts professor plus a few instructors is inevitably too few. And most importantly, how many products do they have? Zhang Yue nodded thoughtfully when he saw Zhu Yong, and said with a smile, "Guozijian has sacrificial wine and a business, one from the fourth grade, and the other from the sixth grade." However, the professors and instructors of martial arts are of extremely humble rank, and the officers they brought out have six grades in one hundred households! In such a situation, how can I hold it down? You said I was too worried, but now it seems that I was fortunate to have transferred that person back. ”

Zhu Yongluo nodded, and said: "Moreover, when the martial arts competition was announced before, looking at the posture of the officer of your military department and the lang of the Ministry of Rites, it seems that you are very dissatisfied with the theory of only emphasizing martial arts and not policy...... Having said that, the children of Xungui entered the martial arts training, I am afraid that many people do not think so, even in the court, there will be people who say that Xungui's children have always been sent to the country, and the bow horse has its own family history. ”

"Family Origins? Nowadays, except for a few noble mansions, how many of them really let their children practice archery and horses since childhood? If even these real generals have abandoned their martial arts, then just like what the emperor said when he ordered the military department to build martial arts, the children of officers are content to be raised, floating into the wind, trying their martial arts, none of them can be used! ”

These words quoted the emperor's original words, and Zhu Yong could only sigh. And Zhang Yue thought that Hu Qi and Zhang Bu had been frequently reported in the past few days, saying that there were rumors everywhere in Beijing, and there were some strange signs, so he said in an aggravated tone: "Uncle Shi, I also know that many things are full of shortcomings, and you also have difficulties, but there is something I have to say." The glory and wealth of the nobles all come from the battlefield to fight for the military exploits, if the children do not succeed, then the generation is not as good as the generation, there will always be a time when they are excluded aside. If it is at that time, even if it was once like a splash of wealth, it may not be able to stand up to a word from others. ”

In today's era, most people are worried about passing on the ancestry, glorifying the ancestors, and naturally hoping that the children and grandchildren can pass on the wealth and glory for a long time, so although Zhu Yong feels that Zhang Yue said it sharply, he has to admit that this is the truth. Moreover, he is also self-aware, compared to Zhang Fu, the former governor of the Chinese Military Governor's Office, he is far inferior in terms of military merits and qualifications, etc., and he is not only slightly inferior in martial arts, he is already like this, what about his young son?

"Brother Wen Bi has also said to me many times, you can rest assured among the nobles, I will talk more and say, those who are really short-sighted don't care, whatever they do. But after all, the base of the officer is too large, and it is not so easy, and you have points in your heart, that is, you, the senior officer of the military department, always have to work a little harder. ”

Zhang Yue agreed, and then at the entrance of East Chang'an Street, the two groups of people separated, Zhang Yue went straight back to the military headquarters, and Zhu Yong returned to the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army. When he arrived at the gate of the Ministry of War, Zhang Yue saw several people who looked like generals dismounting at the door, looking at the color of the clothes, at least the military generals of the three or four grades in the provincial capitals. Seeing him stepping on the dismount stone and dismounting, the people looked at each other for a while, and then they all came forward.

"But Lord Zhang?"

The military department and the five armies are all governors' mansions, one is in charge of selecting generals to transfer troops, and the other is in charge of leading troops to train troops, although they are not under the same uniform, but the internal collusion is very great, and since Xuande has been peaceful for a long time, the military department is getting heavier, and the generals will no longer be in the former glory, and they have to bow their heads when they arrive at the military department, which is already a customary fact. At this moment, although several people said that the official rank was similar to Zhang Yue, the etiquette was also thoughtful. After all, in terms of age, they are also old oilers in the army, how can they not know proportions?

Zhang Yue has always ignored the matter of Guan Ling's appointment, so after laughing and meeting with a few people, he didn't pay attention to it, just walked inside, who knew that he had only walked a few steps, and someone chased after him, but it was a middle-aged military attache who said that he was going to take up the post of commander of Sichuan Metropolitan Tongzhi. This person has five big and three rough in life, but he speaks very neatly, and he followed Zhang Yue all the way to the second door, but he was hinting at the customs of Sichuan, and finally mentioned Zhang Xinlai, who was serving as an official in Sichuan. At this time, Zhang Yue, who was just careless, unconsciously stopped his steps and looked at this person twice.

The middle-aged man was also a bachelor, and he calmly looked at Zhang Yue for a while, and when he saw Zhang Yue smiling and going in again, he still followed, and said: "Bashu is far away in the southwest, although the folk customs cannot be said to be strong, but after all, there are too many Yi people in the southwest, and it is not so easy to govern. Only my son is in martial arts, although he is a little naughty, he is proficient in martial arts. ”

The two words of proficiency were deliberately stressed, Zhang Yue put it in his heart, and deliberately asked more, so he nodded, and didn't say anything more, let alone pay attention to the officers waiting in line to see Xu Kuo in the room on the other side. When he arrived at the door of the room where he was doing his errand, a soap man quickly came up to help open the curtain and whispered a word.

"My lord, there is a young officer surnamed Shi who is not leaving, and he must see you if he recommends himself."

"Oh, he's finally back?"

Seeing that Zhang Yue stood up suddenly, the soap Li added: "In addition, Lord Xu made the small one say to the adult, the inscription of the book of your relatives has reached the General Administration. ”