Chapter 218: Looting Talents (Medium)
"I hope you don't regret it then!" Li Junxian said to those students of Guozijian.
In Li Junxian's eyes, the combat effectiveness of his own army using gunpowder weapons is many times that of other troops, or even ten times and a hundred times. But those students are so blind that they won't take this opportunity to join in a hurry. If you join at this time, then once the model of Tekwei is successful, it will definitely be promoted nationwide. Once it is rolled out across the country, their future is promising.
"Junxian, where are you going now? Since the students of Guozijian refuse to come, where are we going to find those people! We can't use coercion, or they won't want to come. They are all children of high-ranking officials, we dare not do it! Even if we act on the holy decree cheaply, so many high-ranking officials are not talking about it. Mulan smiled bitterly.
Li Junxian continued to think for a while and said: "Since we can't use coercive means for the children of high-ranking officials, then we want to choose soft persimmons, and we will pinch soft persimmons!" ”
"Soft persimmons?" Mulan was puzzled.
Li Junxian took fifty soldiers and came to the four schools. Simenxue is also a school, a school under Guozijian. However, the four schools are the children of petty officials, and there are excellent students among the commoners who are qualified to come in and study. There are more than 1,000 people in the four disciplines, which is a lot, which is enough for Li Junxian.
"Jun Xian, the four schools are the 'soft persimmon'?" Mulan asked.
Li Junxian nodded and said, "Yes!" Since we can't force those students from Guozijian to come, then we will bring in the people from the four disciplines. Anyway, the four schools are either the children of ordinary families or the children of petty officials, so what can we do if we bully them? So, this is a soft persimmon! ”
Li Junxian is planning to catch strong men, because few people are willing to come to the special guard, a place that seems to have no future, and Li Junxian can only use it. If you try to persuade them one by one, I'm afraid that Li Junxian will be tired and vomit blood by then. So simply and rudely catch the strong men, so that they have to obey. However, Li Junxian can be sure that once the firearms of the special guard become the strongest army in the world, then they will all thank Li Junxian for bringing them in the first place.
"Students of the four disciplines, you come out for me!" Li Junxian said.
After that, the soldiers went to different classrooms one by one and called out all the students. Those students lined up, and then stood in front of Li Junxian one by one, waiting for Li Junxian to check.
"You hills? What are you looking for from us? One of the students said angrily.
"Hello everyone. My name is Li Junxian, you should have heard of me. Now, the emperor has an order to form a special guard. And Tyvek needs a lot of people like you, so come with us! Rest assured, we won't let you go straight to the battlefield, and there will be no danger to your lives. Li Junxian said.
"Why should we go with you? We don't do it! Another student also said.
"Don't do it? This is the emperor's order, I have the right to act cheaply, you can't help but agree. If you don't agree. That's the rebellion! Li Junxian said immediately.
The student was speechless, he didn't dare to refute it. Because the crime of resisting the decree is not something that everyone can afford, it is obvious that those who do not have high-ranking officials as relatives in their families cannot have the courage to bear the charge of resisting the decree.
"Come on, take them all away for me!" Li Junxian ordered.
The soldiers threatened to take away most of the students of the four disciplines. Now Tewei is in urgent need of literate people, and Li Junxian doesn't want to miss these talents! The literacy rate in the Tang Dynasty was less than 10 percent, and if you miss out on these students in the four disciplines, where will you go to find more talents to come back? Although these students do not necessarily study military affairs. But as long as there is culture, there is potential for development. In fact, the four-department system compiled by Li Junxian does not require all of them to be proficient in military affairs. As long as you have a culture, you can basically do it. They don't have to go to the front line to lead the troops, most of them are staff officers in the four departments, or supervisors, so that they can avoid going to the front line to lead the troops and die. Even if they are not familiar with the business for a while, they will definitely be familiar with it after training.
Anyway, the ability is exercised, as long as you do a job for a long time, you will be able to do it over time. However, if an illiterate person is asked to go to the four departments as a staff officer, I am afraid that he will not be able to do his job competently, and the work will not be carried out. Therefore, it is necessary to have culture, and if there is no culture, you will not be able to do the work of those staff officers.
"General Li, wait! These students are going to take the imperial examination next month, so don't delay the future of others! A doctor of four disciplines said.
"Do you have to take the imperial examination for all?" Li Junxian asked.
The doctor gritted his teeth and said, "Yes! ”
"Nonsense, don't think I don't understand your four studies. All four of you choose some outstanding people to participate in the imperial examination, and not all of them will participate. Since that's the case, I'm going to keep the people you're going to recommend. In this way, they can go to the entrance examination. You can also rest assured that if you are done in the army, you can continue to study the saints. When the time comes, if anyone else wants to take the imperial examination, then I will definitely not be confused! Li Junxian said.
Then, Li Junxian pulled away all the students from the four disciplines, leaving only one or two hundred students who were ready to take the imperial examination. And the rest of the students were all taken to the special health camp, and Li Junxian actually emptied all four schools.
Since Li Junxian went to Simen School to requisition everyone, the news spread to Chang'an City. Countless students are scolding Li Junxian, and the bureau forcibly requisitioned scholars to serve as soldiers. In ancient times, scholars were of high status, and many scholars disdained to serve as soldiers. In their eyes, if a scholar becomes a soldier, he wants to be a general. Although scholars don't like to be soldiers, they are still very keen to be officers.
Scholars are sometimes so strange, on the one hand, they want to be officers, but they are not willing to start as soldiers, as if they want to become the commander of the army directly. However, this kind of scholar is rarely qualified for an officer.
Li Junxian's impeachment by those ministers also came to Li Shimin's table like snowflakes, and he seemed to be very dissatisfied with Li Junxian's forced arrest of so many scholars to serve as soldiers.
"Li Junxian has the right to act cheaply, and he can decide for himself!" This is the case with Li Shimin's reply to these movements.
Because Li Shimin instead wanted the literati to serve as soldiers, because the probability of a literati rebellion was much smaller. Li Shimin also hoped that Li Junxian's subordinate army would be full of literati, so that he could control the army through literati opinions, so Li Shimin helped withstand this pressure. (To be continued......)