Chapter 344: Living Water for a Source (II)
- Settling down Arab scholars can only be regarded as Chen Ke's spare time, and his serious errand is at the Royal Martial Arts Academy.
Today's martial arts academy is no longer what it used to be, and under the attention of the official family and Zeng Xianggong, the yamen no longer dare to disobey the yang and the yin.
Under the interrogation of Bao Xianggong, the imperial court once made up for the silver grain salaries that had been accumulated in the past, and the Spring Festival was approaching, and the teachers and students of the martial arts academy could finally have a comfortable fat year.
What made them even more ecstatic was that the imperial court announced that starting from the next martial arts, the original clause that two high-ranking officials recommended to take the exam would be changed to graduate from the martial arts academy before taking the exam, and the number of martial arts scholars would also be greatly increased. Of course, the martial arts academy has also raised the bar, and you need to pass a strict entrance exam in order to be among them.
However, the seventeen martial arts students who persevered to the end, including Zhang Zhen and Mo Wen, did not need to take the exam again......
After years of perseverance, I finally waited for the moment of dawn, so how can teachers and students not be grateful? Chen Ke's impression in their hearts naturally fell completely...... It turned out that the Judge had been actively campaigning for the Martial Arts Academy and their future, but he never said it.
Now recalling Chen Ke's various abuses at the beginning, it seems that it has also become a deliberate tempering, so that they can experience the wind and rain more. In a word, how much they hated him at the beginning, how much they love him now.
Before the spring enrollment of the next year, there were only these seventeen students in the martial arts academy, and the officials and faculty members combined were more than fifty people. Chen Ke did not let the faculty officials herd the sheep because there were few students, but asked them to perform their duties and shoulder their respective responsibilities.
So, in this winter, six branches of the Martial Arts Academy were established...... Although the average number of students in each college is less than three, there is no slack in the morning class, exercise, teaching, training, and evening class every day.
Under the organization of Chen Ke, the idle faculty and staff compiled the school's charter, syllabus, and revised teaching materials, and made intensive preparations for the start of classes as soon as they enrolled students for the coming year. There is no leisure at all.
Chen Ke and the two co-judges also have a clear division of labor, he is responsible for teaching, the left co-judge, the Xishang Pavilion envoy Li Weixian is in charge of personnel, and the right co-judge, Yanfu Palace envoy Wang Zhongzheng is in charge of teaching affairs.
These two are sentenced together, but they both have a lot of origins. Li Weixian's character Baochen is the son of Li Zhaoliang, the grandson of Li Jiqian, and the queen of an authentic famous family. He served in the third class of his father's shadow. Later, he waited for the cabinet door and passed the house. Tired of moving to the west to the cabinet door envoy. It has always been inconspicuous, but no one dares to doubt his energy.
Wang Zhongzheng Xilie, a native of Kaifeng. Because his father made up for the inner Yellow Gate, he moved to Yanfu Palace to learn poetry and calculus, and soon showed his cleverness. The official family is talented. Orders are left and right. The change of the Qingli guards, Zhongzheng supervised the guards with bows and arrows to catch and shoot, and the thieves were captured, and he was eighteen years old and famous.
After quelling the rebellion, he was even more prosperous, and soon moved to the east to worship the official, and then released ...... In order to prevent the dictatorship of eunuchs, the Great Song Dynasty not only set up a separate eunuch rank. It is also stipulated that the internal attendant shall be promoted to the east to serve the official. If you want to be promoted, you must leave the palace and return to the ministry and become a member of the civil service system.
In the past few years, he has been doing official work in Yanyan and Huanqing Road, and divided the affairs of the east side of the river. This time, he was recalled by the official family, and the same sentence was judged by the martial arts academy, and the official family attached great importance to the martial arts academy. This is also evident.
The personalities of the two are also completely different, after Li Weixian is famous, he is suave and suave, always smiling, which makes people feel like a spring breeze. Wang Zhongzheng was silent. Always with a straight face and a pair of squinted eyes. It's like looking at you all the time, and it's chilling.
Nominally, the two co-judges were Chen Ke's subordinates, but Chen Ke had no power to order them anything, and no official document could take effect without their countersignatures. So in fact, these two are parallel officials who are not subordinate to each other as the court judge.
Of course, if Chen Ke's official rank and seniority far exceed the two of them, they can also be suppressed and one person has the final say. But whether it is Li Weixian or Wang Zhongzheng, they are all carefully selected by all parties and are enough to compete with him. It is no exaggeration to say that many people are waiting to see the three of them make a pot of porridge, and they don't believe that they can twist into a rope.
However, what surprised them was that after a short run-in, the three of them got along very harmoniously, and they were always open in one voice, without the slightest infighting.
However, 'like people drinking water, cold and warm self-knowing', the three of them are all deep in the city, and they get along well on the face, so it is naturally not a problem, but they are far from the step of heart-to-heart.
That Wang Zhongzheng said that he may have been instructed by the official family to cooperate with Chen Ke as much as possible, so he has not had any excessive behavior.
But Li Weixian's background is there, even if he wants to be at peace with Chen Ke, those elders who watched him grow up, brothers who have played since childhood, follow his path, and want to enter the school without examination, Li Weixian can't refuse at all. I really had no choice, so I asked Chen Ke whether to find a way to be accommodating.
Chen Ke naturally would not refuse in person, he said, in fact, I also have a lot of entrustment here, and the recommendation of many ministers makes people refuse.
Li Weixian felt the same and said: "Yes, we don't have time to ask others?" If they all refuse, how will they see people in the future? ”
"But as soon as you come up, you will go through the relationship and open the back door." Chen Ke sighed and said, "This martial arts academy will inevitably become another national eunuch. ”
Li Weixian is a native of the capital, so he naturally knows that the Guozi Prison is full of uneducated and unskilled eunuchs, and all the rules and precepts are decorations, and the professors and instructors dare not manage it at all.
He didn't want to be like that for his first serious errand in his life. So he was a little worried: "Let's see if there is a way to get the best of both worlds?" ”
"Let me think about it......," Chen Ke said slowly.
This consideration is ten days and half a month, seeing that the New Year is approaching, if you don't have a letter yet, you will inevitably be overwhelmed. On this morning, Li Weixian blocked Chen Ke in the duty room, and first talked about it for a while, and then asked with a smile: "What did you think about that matter?" ”
"That's it." Chen Ke didn't pretend to be stupid, nodded and said, "I just want to discuss it with you." ”
Li Weixian scolded secretly, I don't look for you, and you don't look for me! His face was full of smiles: "No need to discuss, I'll just listen." ”
"Brother Baochen has said it," Chen Ke said with a smile: "I'll throw bricks and lead the jade first, and tell me my opinion." ”
"First of all, we must train qualified officers for the Great Song Dynasty." Li Weixian nodded, and then listened to Chen Ke say: "When China was strong, there was no Western Regions, let alone Youyan. The Li family in Longxi has been rebellious for a long time, and the Khitan Yelu even claims to be the Northern Dynasty, which is really a humiliation for the warriors of this dynasty! ”
"In fact, Youyan is difficult to recover, Xixia betrayed, and it is not a crime of war, and the martial artists cannot be allowed to bear the main responsibility......" Li Weixian smiled bitterly: "Our brothers speak, there are no taboos, I think Brother Zhong Fang also knows how sad our warriors of the Great Song Dynasty are, right?" ”
"Hmm......" Chen Ke nodded and said, "Is it just that you will continue to be so sad until you are trampled through the rivers and mountains by the alien iron horse?" ”
"Alas......" This is the eternal lingering shadow of the Song Dynasty, Li Weixian can only continue to smile bitterly: "This is not something we can change." ”
"I don't say like 'how do you know if you don't try.'" Chen Ke said in a deep voice: "However, the Royal Martial Arts Academy is only the first step in the military reform of the Great Song Dynasty, how many high hopes do the officials and ministers place on it?" If it becomes a puddle of mud in our place, how can the follow-up reform be carried out? After a pause, he said: "Okay, in fact, I also have little confidence in military reform, maybe there will be no follow-up, but this stick can't be smashed in our hands!" Otherwise, we will have to bear the responsibility for the failure of the military reform of the Great Song Dynasty! If we don't get it in the history books in the future, we will also be charged with the crime of destroying the country and exterminating the species! ”
Chen Ke's words made Li Weixian sweat in winter. He had never thought about it, and although it seemed far-fetched, it was also very reasonable......
I heard Chen Ke continue: "If it is said that there are civil officials who come from me, it is easy to understand. What makes me unbelievable is that the Great Song General, who was supposed to be the staunchest supporter of military reform, actually did the same! Saying that, he looked at Li Weixian and said: "It is true that in the short term, military reform may touch some interests of Jiangmen, but in the long run, who will benefit?" Didn't they think that they would be able to stand up to the civilian authorities? ”
"This ......" Li Weixian's wry smile froze: "Zhong Fang said military reform, I don't know what military reform is." ”
"If you come up, you will draw out the blueprint," Chen Ke sneered: "Do you think the civil officials will agree?" ”
"That's right, they guard us like thieves," Li Weixian nodded: "But, Brother Zhong Fang, you also said that you are not confident enough?" ”
"Any reform must have a firm supporter and not be weaker than its opponents, otherwise it is doomed to failure." Chen Ke spread his hands and said: "How can a military reform that is not even supported by the generals succeed?" ”
"What I said ......" Li Weixian took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat and said: "If the reform can really succeed, of course they will support it." ”
"You can't blame them for this matter," Chen Ke said sincerely: "The people who should support us don't support it, it's because our communication is not done well." Said with a smile: "So Brother Baochen, you have to do their job well." ”
"Hmm." Li Weixian scratched his head as he spoke, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Zhongfang, you took me to the ditch." ”
"Brother Baochen, I have nothing to say." Chen Ke said in a deep voice: "You might as well make it clear to them and let them in, you can!" But when you enter the door of the Wucheng Temple, there are no more princes and grandsons, all of them are ordinary martial arts students, and they must strictly abide by the school rules and discipline, and if they violate it, they will never be accommodating. If they can say yes, they will come. I am reluctant to let my son suffer from it, so don't take this road as soon as possible, otherwise I will be expelled, and my face will be ugly. ”——
Segmentation –
It's so distressing......