Wei Zhongxian smiled and looked at Zhang Jing: "This brocade guard, with a person like you, it seems that the field is like a straw bale." ”

After a pause, Wei Zhongxian said again: "In fact, Tian Ergeng's ability is really not much, and the only thing he is good at is obedience." But ......"

Wei Zhongxian said: "In the past, this Ming only needed an obedient commander, and it was enough. But now, is it useful to rely on an obedient commander? His Majesty's determination to reform the system is obvious. But since ancient times, where has it been so easy to restructure? This is to reach into someone's pot and grab meat to eat! ”

"Don't look at those scholars, they are all very pedantic, they can't do anything, they are soft and weak, but if someone touches their interests, they are more ruthless than anyone else."

"Really?" Zhang Jingyi looked at Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian said calmly: "A few days ago, there was already a report. The rogues began to spread, traveling to several provinces, the gentry everywhere were panicking, they recruited village warriors to protect their Zhuangzi, guess how they took the rogues and dealt with them? ”

Zhang Jing said: "I want to hear it in detail." ”

"Cramps, peeling, oil-panting, all there! Of course, do you think they're dealing with real rogues? If the rogue really comes, where is their opponent with that little bit of bravery? They deal with it as a group of honest homeless people, hanging people up, brushing off layers of skin with iron brushes, brushing off the meat, and feeding the dogs. Dissect the child of a pregnant woman...... These things...... You've probably heard of it. ”

Wei Zhongxian continued: "Who are we, we are suffering when we are young, and if we don't come hard, how can we cut ourselves into the palace?" What are the faces of these people, we don't know? Externally, they are good people, and they pay attention to gentleness, courtesy, humility, and harmony, but this face is a matter that they themselves are closed. If anyone violates their interests, let's talk about treating those homeless people and rogues, they really dare to kill people, and this method of torture is not softer than our factory guards. ”

Wei Zhongxian suddenly stopped, stared at Zhang Jingyi, and said: "Then you can imagine that if Your Majesty continues to implement the new policy, these people will be complaining, if it succeeds, it will naturally be glorious for eternity, but what if it fails?" If Your Majesty fails, he will naturally perish in the world, but after defeat, what will happen to you and me? Do you think it will be better off in their hands than in prison? Therefore, if you don't do this kind of thing, if you want to do it, you will have to break the boat, because there is no way back. ”

Zhang Jing nodded, he didn't believe the so-called benevolent government and the way of the saint mentioned in those articles, this is a lie, but people not only take advantage of the advantages and occupy a high position, but also occupy it with morality.

Wei Zhongxian continued: "I said so much today because we want to tell you that whether you and I are brothers or not, we are also grasshoppers on the same line, we can only pinch our noses and follow Your Majesty to the black." Tian Ergeng, it's not wrong to be our godson, but he has no ability, and at this time, a person's incompetence is a heinous crime. This commander of the brocade guard is still yours after all...... Tian Ergeng's side...... In a year or two, we will transfer him to Jin Wuwei and let him be the commander, in fact, he is a little jealous, a little less capable, and everything else is fine. ”

"All in all, you and I can't hurt the harmony, if it's just that we put our eyes on Your Majesty's side, you eat more meat, we will eat less meat, sooner or later, we will have to meet each other. You might as well broaden your horizons, if you and I cause trouble to Xiao Wall, in the future, you and I will both have to be tied up, so that people will get out of the oil pot and peel off the skin. We're not alone, ...... If you really want to die, it will be a river of blood. ”

Zhang Jingyi understood what Wei Zhongxian meant.

Today's events have greatly stimulated Wei Zhongxian.

This has not yet begun to promote the new deal, and now it has reached the point where it is the same as water and fire, many people are eager to clean up all the people in this palace, what will happen in the future, Wei Zhongxian actually has no bottom in his heart, he needs to pull Zhang Jingyi away, for fear that there will be a gap in the future, and then he will be broken by others.

Zhang Jingyi patiently listened to what Wei Zhongxian said, looked at Wei Zhongxian's heart-to-heart appearance, and said with a smile: "Tian Ergeng is a commander, I am just a fool, and I don't have anything to think about at this time, I am now focused on the military academy, and I can't care about other things." ”

Wei Zhongxian didn't expect that Zhang Jingyi actually had no intention of commanding the position for the time being, but he couldn't help but be stunned, and then he laughed, patted Zhang Jingyi's shoulder and said, "Just send it here, he'll see you later." ”

Zhang Jing nodded, but chewed Wei Zhongxian's words carefully, but Wei Zhongxian's words still reminded Zhang Jingyi that to a certain extent, those businessmen were terrible, but those scholars were by no means fuel-efficient lamps, he only saw the pedantic side of a group of scholars in the capital, but he did not see their brutal side.

He walked out of the palace quickly, then mounted his horse and returned to Xinxian with a group of guards.

The clues of the merchants, he is not in a hurry now.

At this time, with His Majesty's permission, the matter of this military academy has to be put on the agenda.

Zhang Jingyi really has no intention of commanding the envoy for the time being, in his opinion, the current Jinyi Guard is a bloated mess, there are too many people who are eating and waiting to die, these old captains and horsemen, all of them are oil.

Rather than being in the company of them, it is better to grasp the training and training of the captain yourself.

Therefore, military schools are a top priority.

Zhang Jingyi recruited Lu Xiangsheng first, and now Lu Xiangsheng is more like the county order of the new county.

After Lu Xiangsheng sat down, he looked at Zhang Jingyi with a smile: "Many factory guards suddenly appeared in Beijing last night, and they made trouble all night, and I don't know what happened. ”

"Big deal." Zhang Jing kept saying bluntly: "But...... These things have now been resolved, and they have nothing to do with us for the time being. I have one thing now, and I need our new county to cooperate with it. ”

"I don't know what."

"Teaching Team Admissions." Zhang Jing said categorically: "To expand the scale, at least now the number of students who need to be recruited, more than 3,000 people, must specify a good age, between the ages of seventeen and twenty, and be healthy, the health here is not only complete limbs, but also no eye diseases and other diseases, not only that, but also an exam, four teaching teams, all need to be examined, after the question, the physical examination is passed, and the age is met, as long as the exam is passed, you can be enrolled." ”

"Admissions? Still want to take the test? Lu Xiangsheng was surprised at first, and suddenly felt a great responsibility.

If you want to recruit three or four thousand people, if it is common sense, you may come to apply for the examination, and there must be tens of thousands of talents.

Even the imperial examination did not have such a huge scale.

Personnel, venues, discipline of examinations, and publicity of admissions, if something goes wrong in any of these places, it will be a joke.

"What to test?"

"The most basic test." Zhang Jingyi: "I will send a list, you have people print, print more than 100,000 copies first, go to the counties, and distribute them for free, as long as you are willing to apply for the exam, everyone will have a copy." ”

"What list?"

Zhang Jingyi immediately took out a manuscript and handed it to Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at it, it was all one, two, three, four, five, or chicken, duck and fish, or some simple arithmetic problems, and some simple and commonly used words: "Just test this, so simple?" ”

This thing will be placed in the next generation, in fact, it is the level of the second and third grades of primary school.

"Yes, it's that simple." Zhang Jing said: "This is a commonly used word, and there are some very simple arithmetic, but in this world, there may not be many people who can know these words, after you distribute them, they can naturally learn by themselves, in fact, adults really have to learn by themselves, a month is enough for them to master, and after learning these, you can do some simple arithmetic, and you can barely read some simple books and newspapers, even if someone can't pass the exam in the end, in fact, it is not a loss." ”

Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said, "It makes sense, so you can say it...... We have to start with admissions, and as for the arrangement of the exams, I will first draw up a charter......

As he spoke, he still said with a little uncertainty: "But Master Hou, these measures of yours are a pioneering act, there are really so many people who come to take the test?" ”

"Why not?" Zhang Jingyi said very firmly: "The monthly subsidy of three taels of silver, including food and lodging, and abundant food, this student of the military academy may not be anything in the eyes of you scholars." But in the eyes of ordinary people, it is no worse than Xiucai. After entering the school, you can keep yourself and your family living a decent life, where can you find such a good thing? ”

"Besides, the future future is also stronger than that of ordinary farmers and craftsmen's children, where do you find such a good thing? Therefore, in terms of enrollment publicity, you have to pay attention to the pain points of the people, including food and shelter, fish and meat, and subsidies for three taels of silver, all of which must be added ......"

Lu Xiangsheng listened: "If this is the case, I am afraid that when the time comes, there will be no one or two hundred thousand people who will apply for the exam, but seventy or eighty thousand people. ”

"That's what I want." Zhang Jing smiled and said: "I don't believe in the set of education of scholars, but I believe that if a person can be simply literate and can write and calculate, there will be more such people in the world, then it will be of great benefit to the world!" ”

After a pause, he continued: "In the future, they will not only become the cadets of our military academy, or the reserve of the future cadets, but may even become our source of strength. Behind those so-called clear streams are 100,000 meritorious scholars and gentry, and behind us, there must be millions of such people, so that we can be regarded as having the foundation to dominate the world. ”

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