"Zhang Yong, Yang Aiqing, now that General Qiu has expressed his support for the establishment of the military academy, what is your opinion on the military academy?" Zhengde smiled and asked again, it seems that he is not ignorant of the meaning of the Lu Dao Military Academy, this time he summoned the three people in front of him to come just to find some helpers for himself.

Seeing that Zhengde refused to let go of himself, Zhang Yong first sighed secretly in his heart, he was a eunuch not a civil official, although he didn't want to offend the civil officials in the court in the matter of the military school, but he didn't want to disobey the emperor's will, after all, all the power in his hands came from Zhengde, if there was no support from Zhengde, he would just be an old eunuch.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Yong quickly stood up and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the old slave also feels that the military academy is indeed a good way, and although this matter was proposed by Governor Zhou Chongzhou, the matter of the military academy is very important, so the old slave feels that Governor Zhou has a very good sentence in the recital, that is, the principal of the military academy must be concurrently served by His Majesty, so as to ensure the loyalty of the generals, since His Majesty is the principal of the military academy, then he naturally has the right to decide how many military schools to open!" ”

Seeing that Zhang Yong also expressed support for the concept of the military school, Zhengde also nodded with satisfaction, but this did not surprise him, after all, Zhang Yong is a eunuch, and all his ownership and power are given by himself, so Zhang Yong will never dare to oppose his own intentions, but the remaining Yang Yiqing is a little troublesome, although he has also led soldiers to fight, but in essence, Yang Yiqing is still a civilian official, and the appearance of the military academy will sooner or later damage the interests of civilian officials.

Thinking of this, Zhengde looked at Yang Yiqing with blazing eyes, and Zhang Yong and Qiu Yue also looked at him. Now that both of them have agreed to the matter. Naturally, I also hope that Yang Yiqing will agree to this matter. Even Qiu Yue didn't know the meaning of the military academy, but he still wanted to pull Yang Yiqing into the water, this is human nature, and it has nothing to do with interests and feelings.

Feeling the gaze of Zhengde and several people, Yang Yiqing also felt that the pressure on his body increased sharply, he was a person who knew soldiers, and it was precisely because of this that he knew the embarrassing status of the Ming generals better than anyone else. And he also knows very clearly that if the armament of the Ming Dynasty continues to be relaxed like this, it will definitely lead to the destruction of the country in the future, so as an old minister who is loyal to the monarch and serves the country, Yang Yiqing naturally does not want to see the scene of the death of the country in the future.

However, Yang Yiqing is also a civil official, and like Li Dongyang, he is an official from the south, he has now become the secretary of the military department, and he has a good relationship with Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and others, it can be said that it is these high-ranking officials of the southern department who control the government of the Ming Dynasty. But if it is agreed to establish a military academy now, then ten years from now. The generals who were originally like a plate of loose sand will definitely be twisted into a rope, and when these generals form an alliance, they will definitely reach out to the court to ask for the power that should belong to them, and then the court will no longer be covered by civil officials.

If you want to be loyal to the monarch and love the country, you must betray the civilian group from which you were born, and on the contrary, you will live up to the expectations of Your Majesty and the Ming Dynasty, and this dilemma makes Yang Yiqing also fall into deep pain. Zhengde also knew that this choice was very difficult for Yang Yiqing, so he was not in a hurry, but sat down and waited patiently while drinking tea.

Yang Yiqing's mind is very messy now, almost all the things he has experienced in his life have come up, he was known as a prodigy when he was a child, he participated in the township test at the age of fourteen, and was recommended as a Hanlin Xiucai, the then emperor Xianzong personally ordered the cabinet to send teachers to teach him, at the age of eighteen he was in the jinshi, it can be said that he was in the limelight for a while.

Yang Yiqing was a young man, and his temperament was inevitably a little arrogant, and he was a little impetuous, and the imperial court in order to polish his impetuous spirit, he was specially sent to the northwest as an official, although life there was hard, and he often faced the danger of the Mongols going south, but it was the most able to temper people's will, where Yang Yiqing learned to be calm, and also learned to govern the place and fight.

In the first year of Zhengde, the Mongols took advantage of the opportunity of the alternation of power in the Ming Dynasty, sent tens of thousands of people south to invade Guyuan, the then chief military officer Cao Xiong did not dare to send troops to aid because of cowardice, only to know that the road was dead to defend the city defense, Yang Yiqing, who was the most civil official, personally led a team of light cavalry from Pingliang day and night march, and the tens of thousands of troops of the Mongols fought several battles, and the most Lu completely disrupted the Mongol army in a sneak attack, which made the Mongols have to retreat. It was the most proud achievement of his life, and even when he got rid of Liu Jin later, he felt that it was not as important as the last time he repelled the Mongol attack.

It was also by virtue of his military exploits in repelling the Mongols that Yang Yiqing was appointed as the trilateral commander-in-chief and presided over and built the defense of the frontier. At that time, Yang Yiqing had been in the northwest for a full thirty years, and it can be said that the best time of his life was consumed here, but it was his position in the northwest that made him see the brutality of the Mongols, and also saw the serious shortage of the Ming border army, and even he often worried that if the Mongols broke through the border defense line of the Ming Dynasty, and then drove straight in, then it was likely to repeat the shame of Jingkang in the former Song Dynasty, so he could not sleep almost all night long.

As the secretary of the Ministry of War, Yang Yiqing did not think about changing the current status quo of the Ming Dynasty's lax armament, and even he thought about reforming the army, but due to the narrowness of the times, he couldn't think of a way to reform the Ming army, and even in the face of the chaotic situation of the Ming army, he himself felt a little clueless.

However, this time the military academy proposed by Zhou Chong seemed to reopen a door for him, and let him see the hope of changing the status quo of the Ming army, so from the bottom of his heart, Yang Yiqing was very willing to support the establishment of the military academy. But he also knows that if he chooses to stand with Zhengde today, then he will betray the entire civilian-official group, even Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe, who have always had a deep friendship with him, I am afraid that they will draw a line with him, and he will be excluded from the court in the future, even if he has the support of Zhengde, he will become a loner in the officialdom.

The thoughts in Yang Yiqing's mind are uncertain, and the expression on his face is also very exciting, Zhang Yong saw this, and couldn't help but feel some sympathy for Yang Yiqing in his heart, although he is a eunuch, but it is much simpler to consider things, as long as he likes it, but Yang Yiqing is a civil servant who has to consider the interests of all aspects, if one is not good, I am afraid that he will end up with the fate that Wanfu refers to.

I saw that Yang Yiqing thought about it for half an hour, and then his face suddenly turned straight, and he gritted his teeth and said in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, Weichen also thinks that the military academy is a good thing, but although the military academy is good, it is a double-edged sword, especially the construction of the military academy in the early stage is very important, non-important ministers can not be competent, although the old minister is old, but he still has some experience in military affairs, so the old minister implores His Majesty to hand over the construction of the military academy in the early stage to the old minister!" ”

Yang Yiqing finally chose to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, as for his personal position, he put it in a secondary position, and even in order to make himself retreat, Yang Yiqing actually took the initiative to ask him to be in charge of the affairs of the military academy, and now he became the main promoter of the Ming Military Academy, and those who blocked the construction of the military academy had no room for turnaround.

"Ha Lu haha~, when I was still the prince, I had heard the first emperor evaluate the ministers of the court, among which the first emperor's evaluation of Yang Aiqing is to be a general and enter the phase, which can be compared with the ancient famous ministers, today from Yang Aiqing's choice, it is indeed a loyal minister, since Aiqing wants to be in charge of the affairs of the military school, then I will fulfill your wish, Zhou Zhong proposed to make Wang Shouren the superintendent of the naval academy, responsible for the early construction and future operation of the naval academy, so now I will order Yang Aiqing to serve as the superintendent of the army school in Beijing, I manage the entire Army School! Zhengde saw Yang Yiqing agree, and he was overjoyed at the moment.

"Minister, obey!" Yang Yiqing said in a tragic voice, and the next position of the superintendent of the military academy also marked his official break with the entire civilian group.

Seeing that Yang Yiqing took the initiative to take over the power to build the military academy, Zhang Yong was also relieved, he was really afraid that His Majesty the Emperor would hand over this matter to him, if this was the case, I am afraid that his fate in the future would not be much stronger than Liu Jin. Qiu Yue also saw at this time that the construction of the military school seemed to cause some people to be dissatisfied, so Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong did not take the initiative to speak just now, but for some reason, Yang Yiqing still took the initiative to take over this matter, which made him also relieved, although he was the first to express his position just now, but at least there was Yang Yiqing in front of him, as long as Yang Yiqing did not fall, he would be fine.

Yang Yiqing has a decisive personality, and since he has made up his mind to support the establishment of a military academy, he immediately put aside some other distractions, picked up Zhou Zhong's twists and turns, and began to discuss with Zhengde the places that need to be paid attention to when establishing a military academy, especially how they should face the obstacles that may be encountered by the civilian official group in the early stage, and so on.

It was only at this time that Qiu Yue finally understood what Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong were afraid of, thinking that a military academy would offend the entire Ming civil official group, he couldn't help but feel a burst of despair, but now that the wood is in the boat, it is useless to regret it, so after the last moment, he simply gritted his teeth, followed Zhengde and Yang Yiqing, and prepared to go all the way to the black, if he can really build a military academy, maybe he can still gain fame and fortune.

However, just when Zhengde was happy to find a few helpers, he suddenly saw Yang Yiqing frowning, and then said to him with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, although the establishment of the military academy is a good thing for my Ming Dynasty, the resistance it encounters is also very huge, this resistance is not only from the civilian official group, but also a considerable part of the military generals of the Ming Dynasty will also oppose the establishment of the military academy!" (To be continued......)