Wang Shouren is worthy of being known as one of the four sages of Confucianism, and his long-term accuracy is far beyond ordinary people, and he suddenly saw the development potential of Songjiang Mansion, that is, Shanghai in later generations, and also proposed that Songjiang Mansion be used as the seat of the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas, so that all the activities of the Governor's Mansion are under the supervision of the imperial court, and the suspicion of the imperial court, especially the emperor, can also be reduced.

Zhou Chong also agreed with Wang Shouren's proposal, in addition, he was originally from Songjiang Mansion, and he had a lot of friends there, especially Xie Lingyun's family still had a lot of influence in Songjiang Mansion, so if he could move the governance office there, it would not have much impact on Zhou Chong.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhong was also extremely happy, and now began to discuss with Wang Shouren the specific details of moving the administrative office to Songjiang Mansion, he was full of confidence in Songjiang Mansion, and could even see in advance that on the mouth of the Yangtze River, a prosperous and prosperous huge port city is rising rapidly.

In addition, what made Zhou Chong even happier was that Wang Shouren actually took the initiative to warn him, which shows that the other party has begun to sincerely help him complete the maritime layout of the Ming Dynasty, which is like a tiger wings for Zhou Chongwei, I believe that with the help of a great sage like Wang Shouren, the completion of the maritime layout of the Ming Dynasty will be just around the corner.

The matter of moving the administrative office to Songjiang Mansion was thus decided, but this still required Zhou Chong to convene Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai to discuss in detail, so Zhou Chong and Wang Shouren only discussed the overall situation, and then saw Wang Shouren change the topic and said with a smile: "Your Excellency Governor, it is indeed a good thing that you recruit those scholars into the Nanyang Fleet." In addition, the adults also proposed to establish a study center for the training of naval personnel for the fleet. Trainees are recruited every year. Although the lower officials are still unclear about the training process of this learning place, they always feel that this is a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people. ”

Wang Shouren was originally a soldier who knew the army, not only familiar with military books since he was a child, but also served in the military department for a long time, so he also has a lot of interest in military affairs, even if he has the opportunity. He also hoped to lead the fleet of the Governor's Mansion to reach overseas, but unfortunately the Governor's Mansion was different from other places, and the troops here were all military generals, and at most a supervisor was sent to the army, but he never needed civilian officials to contain it, so he was afraid that it would be difficult for him to find an opportunity to lead troops in the Governor's Palace.

Zhou Chong knew that Wang Shouren would be interested in the planning of his military school, and this military school also needs someone to be in charge, and this Wang Shouren in front of him is an excellent candidate, so he saw Zhou Chong smile after hearing this, and turned around and took out a stack of papers from the bookshelf. Above were some of his ideas for the military school, and then spread it on the table and coughed. Only then did he give a detailed explanation to Wang Shouren.

"Brother Bo'an, I am going to set up a military academy in the governor's palace, or call it a military school, this military academy is different from the academies that teach the Four Books and Five Classics in my Ming Dynasty, because it is a college built for martial artists, and the military academy will only teach military books and strategies, and in addition, it will also be militarized and managed by the imperial court, so that the students here can adapt to the life of the army in advance, and it can be said that the students who graduate from here will become middle and senior generals in the Ming army in the future."

Zhou Zhong paused here when he said this, and then said: "In addition, the students here will receive a loyal and patriotic education from the beginning, so that the loyalty of the Ming army can be enhanced, as long as the imperial court takes a little precautions, there is no need to worry that the army will be controlled by some ambitious people, and it can even be said that as long as the imperial court controls the military academy, it is equivalent to controlling the Ming army!" ”

The Ming Dynasty, like the former Song Dynasty, adopted a suppressive attitude towards the warriors, especially after the Battle of Tumubao, the essence of the Ming Dynasty was lost, and he was no longer able to compete with the civil officials for control of the court, as a result, the entire Ming Dynasty became the world of civil officials, and the status of the military generals fell to the lowest point again, even worse than the Song Dynasty, after all, the military generals of the Song Dynasty may still enter the court to participate in the court politics, but the military generals of the Ming Dynasty have completely lost their political influence, and even the control of the army is gradually being lost.

For example, the Ming Dynasty is popular for civilian officials to lead troops, God knows what those civil officials think, even the most reluctant military generals have taken away a piece of their own land, in contrast, the military generals of the Song Dynasty can at least lead troops alone, and even have a lot of famous generals, but look at the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the founding generals in the early Ming Dynasty, there is only one Qi Jiguang who can be called a famous general, but this famous general still relies on the protection of Zhang Juzheng, a civilian official, to show his ambitions, which shows how pitiful the generals of the Ming Dynasty are.

It is also the status of military generals who are extremely low, and even when a military general sees a civilian official who is two levels lower than him, he will feel a head shorter, even when leading troops to fight, they are still restrained by civilian officials everywhere.

For example, Shen Ying under Zhou Chong can be described as a veteran of the Ming Dynasty, he has been leading troops under the suppression of civil officials for most of his life, and finally got the title of Earl of Jingyang, but he was almost killed by the civil officials, fortunately he met Zhou Chong, and he didn't even want to stay in Beijing after the most Lu didn't even want to stay, but came to the Governor's Mansion to lead the troops regardless of the age, and even now he stays in Malacca and is unwilling to come back, the biggest reason is that he works very freely under Zhou Chong's hands, and is not subject to civilian officials everywhere, which makes him find the dignity of a military general again, so even if he suffers in Nanyang, he is unwilling to go to Beijing to serve as a general in Beijing.

Zhou Chong had already seen the embarrassing position of the Ming generals, but he also knew that this situation was not formed in a day or two, and it was not something that could be changed in a day or two, and even if it was Zhengde, he could not do anything about this situation, after all, now the civilian group has completely controlled the upper and lower levels of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhengde also needs to rule his country with the help of the power of the civil officials, so he dare not and cannot change this situation.

The reason why Zhou Chong opened a military academy is that he actually wants to change the low status of the Ming military generals, which may not be effective in the early stage, but Zhou Zhong believes that as these military academy students slowly occupy the middle and upper echelons of the army, these people will form a natural alliance.

However, for the above ideas of changing the status of military generals, Zhou Chong did not tell Wang Shouren in person, after all, the other party also belongs to civilian officials, but looking at the other party's appearance of smiling or not, Zhou Chong estimated that this great sage may have guessed this layer, but he did not say it, presumably Wang Shouren also clearly knew that blindly suppressing military generals would not be beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, and it was better to use the military academy to improve the status of some military generals.

"The Governor-General's opening of a military academy is indeed an incomparably clever trick, I believe that after having a military school, my Ming Dynasty must have countless good generals, but this matter is probably not easy, it is likely to attract the opposition of the cabinet, and the military academy is too special, I'm afraid it is not something that we can master as a Governor's Palace, I don't know what the Governor can do to solve this?" Wang Shouren said with a smile, in fact, he already had a solution to the two questions he asked, but he needed to listen to Zhou Zhong with his own ears.

"Brother Bo'an, don't worry, I also know that although the Lu Dao Military Academy is good, it is not something that our Governor's Mansion can control, so I have already made a decision to His Majesty, hoping that he will be the principal of the military academy, speaking of which His Majesty likes the military the most, and he is familiar with military books, and now His Majesty is serving as the principal of the military academy, which is the most appropriate, as for the cabinet there will be some objections, that is, the matter of the principal of His Majesty, I believe His Majesty will handle it well!" Zhou Zhong was very helpless.

He used to like to talk to smart people, because he felt that it was very easy to talk to smart people, some things didn't need him to say clearly, the other party would understand what he meant, and then he did it very well, but now he found for the first time that if the person he talked to was too smart, then the whole conversation process would seem a little boring, such as the conversation between him and Wang Shouren now, he felt very bored, because he found that no matter what he said, Wang Shouren seemed to be able to guess the next conversation. It gave him a sense of frustration.

Hearing Zhou Chong's words to let Emperor Zhengde serve as the principal of the military academy, Wang Shouren's face finally showed a smile, with his wisdom, he could naturally see the great significance of the appearance of the military academy, and it is no exaggeration to say that in the future, the military academy is the most powerful means for the Ming Dynasty to control the generals, and even the people who come out of the military academy will definitely be reused in the shortest possible time, because these people are the protégés of the Son of Heaven, and they are the most trusted people under His Majesty.

Next, Wang Shouren asked some details about the military school, after all, he was also very curious about this new thing, and naturally he also wanted to know how the military school operated, and even if possible, he also wanted to hold a position in the military school, for this matter, Zhou Chong also agreed very much, although Zhengde can be the principal, but that is only in name, the military school also needs a real manager, and Zhou Zhong feels that Wang Shouren is very suitable for this position.

Wang Shouren heard that Zhou Zhong wanted to directly manage the military academy by himself, and after thinking about it for a while, he nodded and agreed, knowing that the principal of this military academy is Zhengde, if he can manage the military academy on behalf of Zhengde, this is a very tempting thing for any official, because it means that they can have more contact with His Majesty the Emperor in the future, and clear some obstacles for their careers. Of course, Wang Shouren doesn't care much about this, what he cares about is the significance of the military academy to the Ming Dynasty, and being able to build this military academy that will affect the future direction of the Ming Dynasty is the biggest temptation for Wang Shouren. (To be continued......)