The opening of the Licheng Military Academy has caused an uproar in the entire Shandong Liufu Realm and even the surrounding areas, and not only that, there is also a "academy" called Shuxiangtang that opened at the same time.

Speaking of which, although the Shandong Army also recruited literati, the scale and action were very small, and there were dozens of people at a time, because the Shandong Army did not need such a huge number of literati at that time.

However, this time it was different, the Military Affairs Department of the Shandong Army had set up several sub-offices, and branch offices and offices had been established in various places, and a large number of literati of various talents were urgently needed to serve them.

Although these yamen did not have the "license" of the imperial court, they could still operate normally, and successfully replaced the local government yamen within a few years.

In the long run, it is impossible for the imperial court not to hear the rumors, but now there is no sound and action, and fools can see that there must be an extremely large military group behind this military division.

Of course, this group must also be strong enough to despise other local court yamen and court soldiers, and be so strong that it is impossible to question it.

Obviously, this military group is the Shandong Mingwei Army headed by Wang Zheng, Zhongliebo.

The Shandong Army first recruited people with civil and military talents on a large scale in the territory of the six prefectures, and finally selected those who really had the ability and talent to come to Licheng to take the entrance examination through local selection at various levels.

Even with these harsh conditions, more than 1,400 people eventually enrolled in the school.

It is conceivable how many people in the local area have signed up for the first phase of the Licheng Military Academy and Shuxiangtang, and some people even sign up for the whole family in order to increase the so-called pass rate.

But this method is simply impractical, and most of them end up taking advantage of the excitement and returning disappointed.

According to the statistics of the Military Discussion Department, there are more than 900 students enrolled in the first phase of the military academy, accounting for the majority, compared with the number of students in the first phase of the Shuxiangtang.

However, after the statistics came out, there were more than 400 people, which is quite a lot.

In fact, many people are secretly glad that if it weren't for the foresight of Uncle Zhonglie this time, he spent a lot of money to build an extremely large military school, and I am afraid that in the end, there would be insufficient places for students to live and practice.

Such a large-scale civil and military recruitment soon spread to Jiangnan, and the students of the Fushe Society immediately laughed when they heard it, and some of them were even more talented, and they actually took advantage of the excitement to chant a seven-step poem.

That's right, if you are a martial artist, you can be your martial artist well, and it's okay to beat up thieves and bully the common people.

As the leader of the Restoration Society, Hou Fangyu, the leader of the new generation of outstanding scholars in Donglin, was cooking wine and admiring the moon with Li Xiangjun, the wife of the newly married Yan'er, when he heard this, he also laughed at the moment.

In the end, Li Xiangjun asked affectionately, there is a way that Chaozong, you have been to Shandong, how is Zhongliebo?

In fact, if this matter was mentioned, Hou Fangyu couldn't believe it in his heart.

The last time I went to Dengzhou to see Wang Zheng, he was just a small court garrison, and his subordinates were only a Wendeng battalion, more than a thousand combatable soldiers, and they were nothing at all.

Although he made Song Zhengyu, one of the four great talents in the clouds, speechless at that time, and was also praised by Liu Rushi and Chen Zilong, in the eyes of Hou Fangyu, he was still a character who was not even worthy of lifting shoes for him.

Up to now, this small role has not only become the governor of Shandong and the governor of the five armies, but he was actually awarded the title of earl at a young age, and Emperor Chongzhen personally gave him the title of "Loyal Uncle".

This kind of promotion speed can no longer be described as rare, it can be said to be rare in the world, although he has a faint fear of Wang Zheng in his heart, but after hearing Li Xiangjun's question, Hou Fangyu still laughed a few times.

Leaned over and pinched Li Xiangjun's beautiful face, snorted coldly and said:

"The general soldiers of the world are like cattle hair, and the governors and others are even more worthy of the lords, and they are no longer valuable, as for the so-called loyal martyrs." Speaking of this, Hou Fangyu sneered and said:

"It's just an expedient measure by the Son of Heaven today to win over these vulgar martial artists, not to mention this martial artist, it's too disappointing!"

Hou Fangyu made a decent gentleman's appearance, handed Li Xiangjun a glass of wine, and smiled slightly:

"Xiangjun, you see that the moon is full tonight, and everyone is drunk if the wine is not drunk, why don't you and I take this opportunity to have a spring supper?"

Li Xiangjun was originally just curious about Wang Zheng, although he always heard rumors about his great victory and promotion, but after all, he had never met, and he was not as good as his erudite and talented husband.

When she heard this, she didn't refuse, but a touch of red appeared on her face, and she said "um" softly.

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Not to mention how shocked and indifferent people in the south of the Yangtze River were when they heard that the Shandong Army had founded the Licheng Military Academy and the Shuxiangtang, Shandong did not sit idle after the opening ceremony of the military academy, followed by another bombshell news.

The Shandong Army is going to expand!

Hearing the news, many people invariably breathed a sigh of relief, and then became excited, even if they did not pass the military academy, they could still participate in the upcoming expansion examinations in various places.

There is still a chance to change your fate!

This expansion is no longer limited to the six prefectures in Shandong, as close as the Guide Mansion that has just been fought with the Chuang Army, the not very stable Kaifeng Mansion, and Haizhou and other places near the south of the Yangtze River, all of which have to be recruited simultaneously, but the recruitment standards in these places are much lower, and all of them are foreign.

For a time, the entire eastern part of the Ming Dynasty became lively, as if another year had passed.

In addition to urging their sons to practice martial arts and join the army, every family bought the best food for them to supplement their bodies.

The expansion of the Shandong Army has never set a time limit, sometimes it is one year, sometimes it is three years, but it is impossible to find it, and if you miss this time, you don't know when you will wait for it next time, and you can't miss the opportunity.

As soon as the military order was expanded, even the number of displaced people entering Shandong was increasing day by day, and the number of checkpoints arranged by the Security Department had also increased several times.

Licheng Marshal Mansion, with a loud sound of boots, Wang Zheng quietly came to the lobby, and when everyone finished saluting, this was a smile and a wave of his hand:

"I called everyone here today to send a unified charter down, and the expansion of enrollment is a big deal, and it is a good thing that the people are enthusiastic, but we can't take it lightly or perfunctory."

Everyone said yes, in fact, such a major event of recruiting expansion, even if Wang Zheng didn't need to say it, everyone was very concerned.