Chapter 25: Total Denial
Wei Zhongquan was puzzled, and turned a few more pages, but this time he understood something.
But at the same time, a faint trace of expectation in my heart was also put down.
Can these so-called training methods be effective? When soldiers go into battle to kill the enemy, what they need is blade fighting and fighting skills, these methods of lining up are like children playing at home, and they can't see the world at all.
Could it be that the soldiers stand in a daze on the school field every day, and it has the effect of training? On the battlefield, fighting to the death, will the enemy stand better than you?
Absurd! Ludicrous!
Wei Zhongquan was very disappointed, I thought that His Majesty, who had repeatedly surprised people, would still be able to surprise people this time and bring some clever training methods, but now it seems that how great the expectations are, how much disappointment there is, Your Majesty is still too young after all, even if there is the favor of the gods and the demeanor of a virtuous monarch, but he still knows nothing about governing the army.
Yang Mu didn't know anything about Wei Zhongquan's inner activities, what he thought in his heart was that it was definitely not a simple process for an emerging thing to be accepted by others, especially this kind of militaristic event, which would definitely suffer extraordinary doubts and resistance.
However, after all, he still underestimated Wei Zhongquan's determination to resist, and in less than a few minutes, the small book was returned as it was.
"Aiqing finished reading it so soon?" Yang Mu was very surprised.
Wei Zhongquan looked left and right, hesitated for a moment, and said: "The old minister is brave and begs His Majesty to take back his fate!" ”
"What? Why is Aiqing like this? Yang Mu frowned, he never thought that the general he had high hopes for would be the first to jump out and oppose it, and he completely denied it, without any discussion at all.
Wei Zhongquan gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "The method recorded by Your Majesty is really a naughty child's game, and it is embarrassing to use. ”
Yang Mu was stunned, he couldn't believe it.
You know, this is something that almost every young person in China has practiced, don't look at it as just a college student training method, but in fact, after the military reserve enters the barracks, it is also trained in this way in the early stage, which can be said to be an advanced training method recognized by all countries in the world.
But when it came to Wei Zhongquan's mouth, it became a naughty child's game, which was embarrassing and useful.
The armies of all countries in the world expressed their injustice, and thousands of young students who had received military training also expressed their anger, it turned out that everyone had been deceived and suffered for half a month in order to make a game!
"Your Majesty, do you have any concerns?" Wei Zhongquan saw that Yang Mu was stunned, and asked respectfully.
"I understand what the general meant, but he hasn't practiced it, why can he be so determined?" Yang Mu asked.
"Lao Chen has been training for more than 20 years, and he will never be mistaken, this method must not work!" Wei Zhongquan was categorical, and the determination in his heart was getting stronger and stronger, and he had to find a way to stop this farce no matter what.
"So, what if I insist on doing it?" Yang Mu asked.
Hang on?
Wei Zhongquan was stunned, he didn't expect His Majesty the Emperor, who had always been easy to communicate, to suddenly become so resolute, just like when he was shouting loudly to resist a strong enemy in the court.
"If Your Majesty really insists, please forgive the old minister for being rude."
"What do you want?"
"The old minister didn't dare to resist the decree, so he had to resign and ask himself to guard the soul of the first emperor."
"Aiqing, you...... Alas......"
Yang Mu pointed at him, not knowing whether to say old stubborn or loyal ministers, so he had to sigh in the end.
"Your Majesty, even if Your Majesty doesn't want to listen to it, the old minister has to say a few more words. If it is a peaceful year, the old ministers will be messed around by His Majesty, but now Zheng Guo is in the north, he will definitely not be willing to be defeated, once he comes to his senses, he will definitely raise troops to fight, if His Majesty implements a new method of military training at this time, once it fails, it will inevitably mislead the country and the people. Not only did the old minister think so, but I believe that the rest of the generals would definitely oppose it if they knew such a training method. ”
"What Aiqing said, everything is reasonable." Yang Mu nodded, and then changed his words: "Let me ask you, Zheng has an army of 100,000, if you go south to crusade, can the 30,000 weak soldiers of my Cangguo be able to stop it?" ”
Wei Zhongquan shook his head: "Even if you use the strength of the whole country, it will be difficult to resist, but now, Zheng Guo and Shen Guo are in the middle of a fierce battle, and it is impossible to divide the troops, and it is impossible to dispatch all 100,000 people." ”
"Isn't that right? Aiqing also said that Zheng Guo is attacking Shen State right now, and he has no time to take care of my Cangguo, if he blindly waits for Zheng Guo to send troops, wouldn't he steal peace? ”
"Your Majesty is right, but the minister still thinks it's inappropriate." Wei Zhongquan looked like an iron skeleton.
Yang Mu was also helpless, he didn't know what to say, Wei Zhongquan's current appearance is very similar to a type of character in the TV series, such as Gan Long, Cixi, Red Guards, etc., anyway, it is a mistake of heaven, earth, and you, only I am right.
This reminded him of the end of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, when the new armies of the Western powers first appeared in the land of China, the whole country thought that the strange skills were ingenious and could not be looked down upon at all, but after several defeats, they began to admit that the skills were inferior.
The most typical is the Boxers, who also claimed that they were covered with iron cloth shirts, resolutely did not use foreign guns and cannons, and finally ended up being bloodily suppressed, most of the reasons stemmed from this extreme rejection of new things, and in the good situation of the whole country's response, they wasted an opportunity to overthrow the Qing court and strengthen the nation in vain.
It was not until after the First Sino-Japanese War that the Qing court finally began to accept Western-style training methods and created the "New Army", which completely used Western-style military system, training and equipment, all in accordance with the German-Japanese system, taught by foreigners mainly Germans, and was the last regular army with combat effectiveness in the Qing Dynasty.
History has proved that if the advanced want to eliminate the old, it is never something that can be said clearly with empty words, and it must be verified by facts before we can convince others.
At this point, it was also something that he hadn't thought of before, something that seemed reasonable to him, but for people in this world, it was like a white swan in a flock of black ducks, completely incomprehensible.
Thinking of this, he pondered for a moment and said, "I have a compromise method, in the next few months, Zheng Guo will not be able to invade the south, why don't you take advantage of this time to select some soldiers to use the new training method, and the rest of the soldiers will continue to practice, how about it?" ”
"This ...... Since His Majesty wants to play tricks, the old minister will follow it, and after consulting with the generals, he will implement it specifically...... However, the old minister must make it clear to His Majesty that if the new training method is ineffective, it will be stopped in a month, and he must not be rash again. ”