To be honest, Zhang Yingxian is really not a very beautiful woman, if she is put in the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, or in the land of the capital, I don't know how many ladies from high-ranking families are more beautiful than her, but a woman like her appears in a bunch of bandits, it will be different! Because she has been pampered since she was a child, she has raised her slender and delicate body, which is the most lovable. And she can also read and write, although she is not proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but she also dabbles, knowledge can bring temperament, throw a woman with a temperament like her into a group of big and rough people, it is inevitable to shine.

This reason is not difficult to understand, for example, Sora Aoi is not the most beautiful actress in Fusang, but you invited her over and stood on the same stage with Sister Feng to endorse a certain game, which immediately made the audience feel that Teacher Cang has been in the paste!

In fact, Xue Hongqi, a heroic and sassy woman, is also very good, and in later generations, I don't know how many men will worship her as a queen and bow to her. But it's a pity that in the era of the late Ming Dynasty, heroic posture is not a good word! How can a woman be heroic? Those who are heroic are those who "do not abide by women's morals"!

Women should be weak and delicate, holding embroidery needles at home, shaking a small fan, moving a three-inch golden lotus, letting the maid support, walking around the back garden at a turtle-like speed, and then leaving a few lingering and complaining poems, it is best to pick a bag of petals in your arms, dig a pit in the dirt in the back garden, sprinkle the petals into the sky while burying the petals in the soil pit, and hum a small song like "Burial Flowers" in your mouth, which is perfect! This is a fucking woman!

This is very sad, but it is a fact, even Xue Hongqi, a good woman who is definitely a queen in later generations, deeply admires a rich lady like Zhang Yingxian. In the face of this kind of longing for the perfect woman, she will inevitably have low self-esteem for a while, feel sorry for herself for a while, and hurt herself for a while...... "Huh? Sister Xue Hongqi, what's wrong with you? Ma Xiaotian asked beside him.

"Hey...... It's okay! Xue Hongqi put away her sentimentality and slowly entered the city, her back was quite straight just now, but now it was slightly bent, her four thousand rabble could not follow the city, so she had to set up a camp and stay outside the city, and a city and a cloud were also left outside the city to restrain military discipline.

Entering Baishui City, Xue Hongqi looked left and right, only to see that the streets were prosperous, the traffic was endless, and the people saw Zhu Yuanzhang and his group, and there was no fear, only to see the color of respect, most of the people would hang their hands on the side of the road, and say: "Brother Zhu!" Then wait for them to pass by before doing their own thing, and occasionally there are people who call them "Master Zhu Ba", and most of them are officials and people who look like people in the court.

"There are still officials in this city who are quick to catch fast?" Xue Hongqi was shocked.

"Don't arrest the servants quickly, what if someone is a criminal and kills someone and sets fire?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a smile.

"Why don't you send someone to arrest and kill the person who did the bad thing?" Xue Hongqi said.

"Then what should I call the men I sent to arrest them? It's not like it has to be called a servant to catch fast! Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Anyway, it's all the government officials who catch fast, wouldn't it be better for me to use the government to leave me to catch fast, they are more familiar with this city, who are good citizens and who are habitual offenders, they know much better than my soldiers." ”

"Yes...... But if none of the people in the government are good, they will oppress the good people! Xue Hongqi said slightly angrily.

"Where are the good people in this city?" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled again: "Now there are no good people in Baishui, all the people are all my people, and they are all vicious bandits!" If these servants dare to bully me, even if I don't pinch them, the vicious bandits will pinch them to death...... No one dares to bully them now, they only dare to do things impartially! If they offend my people when they are doing things impartially, I will support them, and if they do wrong, I will not support them, then ...... Gee...... The consequences are unimaginable......"

As if he had learned something, Xue Hongqi nodded deeply: "It seems that after I capture Dali, I will also learn from you." ”

After a while, the team passed by the county school, the so-called county school, which is actually a government-run academy.

The academy began in the Tang Dynasty, and when it came to the Ming Dynasty, the academy experienced very great tribulations, first of all, in the sixteenth year of Jiajing (1537), Ming Shizong ordered the destruction of the world to create a private academy with the academy advocating evil learning. As a result, the privately run academy suffered a very heavy destruction, and then in the seventeenth year of Jiajing, the academy was again banned on the grounds that the academy consumed money and property and affected government education. It was not until the last years of Jiajing that Xu Jie, the first assistant of the cabinet, advocated the lecture of the academy, and the academy was restored.

In the seventh year of Wanli (1579), Zhang Juzheng came to power, and in the name of unifying the idea, he ordered the destruction of the national academy. After his death, the academy became popular again. In the fifth year of the Apocalypse (1625), Wei Zhongxian ordered the demolition of the Tianxia Academy, resulting in the "Donglin Academy Incident". After Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, the academy was restored one after another. During this period, the total number of seowon reached about 2,000, of which 1,700 were newly established.

What appeared in front of Xue Hongqi now was a newly built academy, and the buildings were still very new, that is, they had only been built in the last two years. Looking in from the door, you can see a group of students in the courtyard, and an old man dressed as an old pedant is giving a lecture to the students. Seeing a large group of people walking by at the door, the old man glanced out, and when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang, he obviously showed a disgusted expression, and hummed: "Ignorant bandits, don't linger at the gate of the academy, either leave me quickly, or come in to listen to the class, probe your brain at the door, what kind of system will it be?" ”

Xue Hongqi saw that he was sour and rotten, and immediately said unhappily: "Who is this person?" How rude is it? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang introduced: "This is the teacher of Baishui County, named Zhang Yi, known as Old Master Zhang. ”

What is an oracle? In fact, it is the teacher in the county school, who is a well-educated person designated by the imperial court to the local area, and if compared with the modern position, it is equivalent to the director of the education committee in the county.

Xue Hongqi was slightly shocked in his heart, this is different from the fast arrest of the official servants, although the fast arrest of the official servants is also part of the government, but it is only the lowest level in the big collective of the official government, but the edict is already a very formal court official, this kind of thing, Brother Zhu Ba is actually accepted as his subordinate?

Seeing her stunned look, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "No one in my subordinates can take on the position of a priest, so I have to continue to serve as an official of the imperial court, and the leaders have to come here every morning to listen to the lectures." ”

"Silk!" Xue Hongqi gasped, more surprised than he heard that the sow could climb trees: "This old master Zhang is actually willing to teach?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "At first, he didn't want to continue to lecture here, but later I told him that since we are thieves, he should use the sage to educate us thieves to learn more truths. So Mr. Zhang woke up and gave serious lectures here every day, hoping to influence us as traitors to reform themselves. ”

"Flutter!" Xue Hongqi almost laughed: "This is really an old master to use for nothing." ”

After passing the county school, I walked for a while, and a carpenter's house appeared on the side of the street, and I saw a large group of craftsmen making something in full swing...... Is it a crossbow? ”

"Hmmm! I have only occupied the county seat for a short time, and I have just started to build bows and crossbows, and this is the first batch! Zhu Yuanzhang smiled.

Zhu Yuanzhang's army used to shrink in the Huanglong Mountain, and the materials were extremely not rich, so they had not made crossbows. As a matter of fact...... In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, crossbow arrows have begun to be eliminated by the times, firearms have developed rapidly, crossbow arrows have been taken seriously, and in the Qing Dynasty, they will be completely eliminated from the army.

Crossbows have rarely been seen in recent years, and Xue Hongqi couldn't help but be slightly curious when he saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was actually making crossbow arrows in large quantities: "Eighth Brother Zhu, what are you doing with this thing?" No one is playing this now......"

"I don't want to play with this either, but firearms are too luxurious for us to be equipped in large quantities, so we have to use crossbows for the time being!" Zhu Yuanzhang said helplessly.

"But...... If you use this kind of thing against the firearms units of the officers and soldiers, you will definitely suffer a big loss! ”

"Not necessarily!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "In a few hundred years, the important surname of weapons will gradually surpass that of soldiers, but now...... The important surname of a soldier is still above the weapon, and the use of a crossbow does not necessarily mean that he will lose to a firearm, the key is to see who uses it. ”

Xue Hongqi was obviously not very cold, and his eyes showed disdain for crossbow arrows. This can't be blamed on her, the Ming Dynasty has experienced the era of rapid development of firearms, whether it is the court or the people, everyone is superstitious about the power of firearms, and no one values crossbow arrows. It has obvious drawbacks, that is, it is more expensive than a bow, it is very cumbersome to make, and it is inferior to firearms. Moreover, the launch of the crossbow is more time-consuming than the bow, and the crossbowman needs to pull with both hands or pedal to fully wind the crossbow when firing the crossbow, so it cannot be used with other weapons at the same time as the archers, let alone on horseback.

For a horse thief, a weapon that cannot be used on horseback cannot be called a weapon at all! It can only be called garbage!

She was about to say a few words about the uselessness of the crossbow arrows, when she suddenly saw Xu Renjie beside her rushing into the carpenter's house with an arrow, raising a freshly made crossbow with both hands, and shouting in ecstasy: "It's finally made...... The real Song Dynasty stepping on the crossbow! Wow, this is what I want the most, I used to read the book of soldiers and repeatedly saw the three words of stepping on the crossbow, but I didn't touch it with my own hands...... It's so beautiful! I love it so much! ”

He held the crossbow in his arms, and he loved it like a treasure, rolling on the ground, stroking it incessantly, as if some miser had picked up a piece of gold on the ground.

Xue Hongfang saw his disgusting movements, and couldn't help but say depressedly: "What a fool...... Oops, you're still rubbing it on your face? Don't do such a shameful thing! ”

(To be continued)