Zhu Ping'an's words made Huang Gongfu and others stunned.

"Shut up!" Lu Zhenfei hurriedly interrupted Zhu Ping'an's words, "Gong Zhenxi and Mr. Jisheng are both great Confucians in the world, where is your turn to talk nonsense here!" ”

Zhu Ping'an stiffened his neck, "Sir, students just talk about things, when teaching in the past, Mr. also said that brainstorming should be humble and accept other people's opinions, why is it now backtracking!" ”

Lu Zhenfei laughed angrily, "You kid ......!" ”

Zhang Jizu, who had been silent, suddenly opened his mouth, "Seeing Mr. Bai's appearance, Brother Zhu's words are not unreasonable!" ”

Chen Zizhuang and Huang Gongfu glanced at each other, and at the same time looked at Zhang Jizu and Zhu Ping'an, it seemed that they were quite interested in their opinions, and Lu Zhenfei also closed his mouth, intending to listen to the analysis of the two.

Zhang Jizu finished saluting the three of them, and then said: "In the past, students also felt that they practiced scriptures and history in order to serve the court and benefit the people. But after returning to Fengyang, what he saw and heard was very different from the truth he knew in the school. Not to mention anything else, just a few days ago, the army of thieves approached Fengyang, and the civil and military forces in the city were at a loss, if it weren't for Mr. Bai and Brother Zhu Shi's command Ruoding, sacrificing their lives, what happened to Zhongdu now, I still don't know! ”

Zhang Jizu sighed, "At that time, the students had no choice, they only felt that they had no ambition and literary talent, but they were useless. ”

Zhu Ping'an's face turned red, but fortunately, Huang Gongfu and others paid attention to Zhang Jizu and did not notice his embarrassment.

The day before yesterday, in order to deal with Liao Yongtang, Zhu Ping'an ordered Yin Shigang to instigate the scholars of Fengyang Mansion to make trouble, and the first target was to choose this Zhang Jizu. Just because he is one of the few people in Fengyang Mansion, and he is also a member of the Donglin Party, he has a great influence in Shilin, and this person, like many scholars, likes to discuss state affairs and criticize the gains and losses of the imperial court, much like the so-called angry young people in later generations.

So, Zhang Jizu became a sharp sword in Zhu Ping'an's hand, smashed the Jinyi Wei Thousand Households, and was finally ordered to think about it at home for a year.

Now listening to Zhang Jizu's words and deeds, Zhu Ping'an found that this young master of the Zhang family is an out-and-out upright gentleman, and compared with the shady things he has done, he is a little ashamed for a while.

"The society is turbulent, and my generation can no longer be limited to the study of the world!" Chen Zizhuang nodded, and he felt the same as what Zhang Jizu said. "Not to mention the side, just talk about the current members of the court, Yang Sichang, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, which of these people is not proficient in military affairs, but the situation is still difficult to change. Just like Brother Zhenxi, didn't he also switch from literature to martial arts, and he had to take care of Huguang's military affairs? ”

Huang Gongfu smiled bitterly, he was also driven to the shelves. It is not easy to take charge of military affairs, in the years when Huguang served as the chief secretary of the council, he successively pacified the "Yao Rebellion" in southern Hunan and western Xiangxi, although he returned victorious, but the problems found in the Ming army were shocking to him. How can such an army compete with the increasingly powerful thieves and the Tatars outside the border who have fought for more than two years to completely quell a small rebellion of a small tribe?

So, Zhu Ping'an put forward his own opinions in a timely manner. When Chen Zizhuang opened the Yunzhu Academy, he could invite Huang Gongfu, a talented person who was both literate and military, to give lectures, so that the scholars could first have a preliminary understanding of military affairs and be familiar with the war, so that once the country changed, they could immediately go on the horse to command the army to resist the enemy, and there would not be a tragic situation in which a large number of scholars joined the army but sacrificed meaninglessly in the Southern Ming Dynasty.

But Zhu Ping'an's thoughts are a bit wishful thinking.

Huang Gongfu, an official who turned from a civil to a military force, was the first to express his doubts. Now although the situation is erosive, it is far from the point where the country is ruined and the family is ruined, and it is obviously impractical to let the scholars who only read the books of the sages and sharpen their heads and walk the single-plank bridge of the imperial examination to learn military affairs.

Huang Gongfu's judgment is undoubtedly relatively objective, which makes Zhu Ping'an a little discouraged. grabbed the wine glass on the table and poured a glass violently, the wine was up, the blood was surging, and I couldn't help but feel sad and inexplicable.

"Natural disasters**, my Ming Dynasty is not lacking, in the long run, within ten years, it will inevitably destroy the country and extinct the species, are you all the people in the forest and the pillars of the country watching my Ming Dynasty fall into the hands of thieves?"

"Peace and no lie!" Lu Zhenfei immediately stopped.

"Sir, peace is not false!" Zhu Ping'an put the wine glass on the table.

"Let's talk about ** first!" Zhu Ping'an stood up, withdrew the cups and plates on the table, left a few wine glasses, dipped them in wine and drew a map, "In the ninth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong and the rebel Lao Huihui and others claimed to attack Jingxiang with 200,000 people, defeated Qin Yiming, the general soldier of Xiangyang, and then went east along the river. In February this year, to conquer Anqing, if it weren't for the imperial court's edict Zuo Liangyu, Liu Liangzuo and other troops to intercept it, I am afraid that Huaiyang would have fallen at this time! ”

Huang Gongfu and Chen Zizhuang looked at the simple but clear map on the table, and were silent for a while.

Zhang Xianzhong attacked Anhui and did not conquer, and the 30,000 troops of the bandits were buried in the middle capital, Zhang Xianzhong lost Austrian aid and had to retreat to the Lujiang River. Shi Kefa, Zuo Liangyu and others defeated Zhang Xianzhong in a row and forced him into Qianjiang, who expected Zuo Liangyu to support his own troops, not only retreated, but plundered the people with the general army, and then returned to the north alone, resulting in the collapse of the good situation! ”

Yang Sichang's strategy of four positive and six corners has begun to show its power, and Li Zicheng has been defeated by Hong Chengchou and has had to retreat to Sichuan. Zhang Xianzhong's army was defeated in Qianjiang, and he was already a lost dog at this time, as long as all the departments worked together, it was only in the day and night to exterminate these two major bandits. ”

Lu Zhenfei snorted, "You and I have deduced these battles many times, and the shape has developed in the direction of benefiting the imperial court, how can it be called **?" ”

Zhu Ping'an smiled bitterly, "The reason is that my husband and I ignored two important aspects at that time. First, the Guanwai Phi Island fell and Korea was annexed to the Manchus, and the Manchus had no trouble hindering them from then on, and they could wholeheartedly use troops against the Guannai. Second, once the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the Kou, it was inevitable to transfer the elite of the official army to defend the Beijing Division, but the bandits should not be suppressed again. ”

Zhu Ping'an's eyes couldn't help but redden, "If the student's guess is right, in the coming year, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will inevitably use a large number of troops against the Guannai, and this time the scale will be far greater than in the past." You might as well imagine how the imperial court would respond if the Manchu iron cavalry went south? ”

Huang Gongfu and Chen Zizhuang looked at each other, "Alarmist, the slave chief Emperor Taiji has only inherited the throne for a few years, and he has never stopped using troops, how can he be sure that he will be in the entrance pass next year?" ”

Zhu Ping'an sat up straight and couldn't help laughing, but his face was full of bitterness. "Haven't you two figured it out yet? The Tartar and the thief are the two tumors on my Da Ming's body, will they watch each other be divided and conquered by the imperial court? Without thieves, hundreds of thousands of troops in our court will immediately gather on the nine sides, where will the Manchus have a chance to enter the army? Without the Tartars, can the thieves get away with it for so many years? ”

Zhu Ping'an slapped the table, "Now that the thieves are in trouble, seeing that the situation is precarious, will the Tartars sit idly by?" The enemy of your enemy is your ally, don't you even understand this? ”

"Just imagine, once the Manchu Qing invaded, the good situation of exterminating the thieves would disappear immediately, and perhaps, there would be court officials who would raise tigers with the idea of recruiting peace. When the court and the Tartars are exhausted, these thieves will not hesitate to raise the anti-flag again! ”

Zhu Ping'an said such a big thing, and the strength in his body seemed to be drained. But this is the real history, although it is just Zhu Ping'an's speculation at the moment, but Zhu Ping'an knows that these "speculations" are becoming reality little by little.

Huang Gongfu, Chen Zizhuang, including Lu Zhenfei and Zhang Jizu couldn't help but be shocked, recalling the war process that has continued since the Apocalypse, it is indeed just like what Zhu Ping'an said, the Tartars and the thieves are one north and one south, singing and harmonizing, and they are constantly losing the strength of the Ming Dynasty, and now the Ming Dynasty is close to the verge of collapse.

"So, what do you mean by natural disasters?" Chen Zizhuang drank a glass of wine, then suppressed the horror in his heart, and asked with a trembling voice.

Needless to say? The Xiaoice River period at the end of the Ming Dynasty! Zhu Ping'an shouted in his heart.

To say that Chongzhen is really an emperor with extremely bad luck, no emperor in all dynasties has suffered so many difficulties as him. From the beginning of Chongzhen's succession to the throne until the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the period of more than twenty years was the coldest and driest period of the entire Xiaoice River period. The so-called "Kang Yongqian" prosperity of the Qing Dynasty was purely a joke. If it weren't for the large-scale planting of high-yielding and drought-tolerant crops such as potatoes and the warming of the climate, how could it usher in an explosive population growth?

But these, Zhu Ping'an can't tell Huang Gongfu and others clearly, he can only excuse himself by saying that he once met a master outside the world, proficient in celestial phenomena, and has calculated that since the first year of Chongzhen, there will be about twenty years of extremely bad weather to plague the Ming territory.

Maybe this statement can make them half-convinced, but in fact, half of it is enough.

After Zhu Ping'an finished speaking, everyone at the wine table fell into a long silence. The so-called natural disasters are indeed skeptical, but the severe drought and cold weather in the past ten years are indisputable facts. However, Zhu Ping'an's analysis of the current situation convinced most of the people.

No way, these are the facts that are in front of you and cannot be refuted!

Huang Gongfu grabbed the wine beach, poured a big sip, no matter how wet his long beard was, he threw the wine jar away, "Ping An boy, the old man made a bet with you, if the Tartars will really enter the academy in a big way next year, the old man and Jisheng Xian will immediately start teaching military affairs in the academy, whether the scholars are willing to learn or not, even if the old man finds some peasant children and military children, he must imitate the regulations of the former martial arts academy to teach military affairs, what do you think?" ”

"Really?" Zhu Ping'an was inexplicably surprised, he didn't expect his words to really have an effect, if these future Nanming elites can realize the severity of the situation now, and start to prepare early, it will definitely be a big help for the future cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty.

Chen Zizhuang smiled and patted Lu Zhenfei's arm, "Seeing that Bai accepted a good student!" ”

Huang Gongfu smiled at Zhu Ping'an, and also grabbed Lu Zhenfei's arm, "Your teacher is here, and the old man can still tell you that you can't." Join you ...... lose, though! ”

"Lord Huang, please make it clear, the kid is willing to gamble and lose, and he is willing to be punished!"

"Haha, that's not necessary, I just heard Brother Bai Xian say, you have General Qi Jin's subordinates under your command back then, how about it, if you lose the bet, can you send a few old soldiers to the old man's army?"