"To the left, to the left. Hey, it's over, to the right. ”

"To the left or to the right, can you have an accurate word?"

At the entrance of the Army Academy, several young men in green clothes were working with each other rolling up their sleeves.

It's not complicated, it's just hanging a new slogan.

Starting from the door, it is irregularly distributed in every corner of the campus.

What they want to erect at this time is the original words that the emperor said here the day before yesterday.

A total of sixteen words: loyal to the Son of Heaven, protect the people, defend the territory, although there is no regret in death!

After passing the gate, some other slogans will be hung inward, such as the eight big characters that have been prominently erected on the grass of the campus: Either be strong or die!

This is the efficiency of the soldiers, who lectured two days ago, and then made signs and slogans overnight, without a moment's delay.

The speech of the Son of Heaven is the direction of the government,

Two days later, Gui Cao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, personally invited Bowang Hou Jingyang to give a speech at the Army Academy.

Since the emperor cares so much about the so-called world outside the Ming Dynasty, and wants to make changes to the army for this purpose, then Jing Yang is naturally the best person to teach.

In fact, during these days, Jing Yang has been constantly asked for these things.

Of course, it was the first time to go to the Beijing Normal High School.

In fact, what he didn't know was that maybe other academies would question his various statements or character, but the military academy was respected.

Because he is a contemporary Zhang Qian, he has discovered a more distant world, which is an unconquered territory for soldiers.

also because he has the marquis of Bowanghou.

The students at the door were the first to see a sedan chair entering, and they inquired left and right, saying that it was Bo Wanghou, and everyone's eyes were hot.

Today, in the composition of the students of the military academy, there are hereditary military families, there are noble descendants, and there are also young talents who simply want to be military.

Jiang Shen is a hereditary military household in Shaanxi, and he was admitted to the Army Academy through his own efforts, with a four-year study period, and this year is his third year.

Bo Wanghou and "Atlas of All Nations" were a shock to Da Ming, and it was even more like a soul tremor for him, a specific person.

Especially since he is from Shaanxi, he doesn't understand that the world is like this after starting from the ocean.

Now that Bo Wanghou has appeared in the academy, how can he miss this opportunity?

So after hearing the news along the way, he immediately ran to the large classroom of Zhongjun Building.

These people have to train and run on weekdays, and they really rush up to 800 meters without breathing.

……

"Everyone, line up in an orderly manner!"

On the first floor of the building, a majestic order sounded.

The students who were originally huddled together immediately formed a square formation.

Jing Yang happened to appear at this time, he saw this scene, and said to Gui Cao beside him: "The order is forbidden, and the Army Academy is even more than in previous years." ”

"Your Majesty has an order, dare not obey? Bo Wanghou, please. ”

Jing Yang walked up the steps.

Enter one of the largest classrooms in the school in front of everyone's eyes.

After he entered, there was a voice outside, "The front team becomes the back team, the back team changes to the front team, enter in turn!" ”

Jiang Shen was one of them, and he was lucky to stand in the second row, which was very close to Jing Yang at the top.

……

The lecture began quickly.

is really Jing Yang's loving character, he himself is full of passion, after all, this is the result of his nine years, and it is the most iconic credit of his life.

“…… Let's start with a route. ”

Behind him, two people on each side held up the canvas for him, while he himself held a brush.

In the final analysis, he was also born as a jinshi, and he was able to enter the chamber in the end, in terms of talent, it was also the top category, as for calligraphy and painting, it was the ability to watch the house.

"Sailing south from the port of Ningbo-Zhoushan, this is the initial direction of our fleet, so that if we sail south along the coast, if the distance is right, we will find that there is land in both directions at a certain moment in half a month. Fujian is to the west and Taiwan is to the east. ”

Jing Yang roughly delineated the coastline of the mainland, and at the same time briefly outlined the island of Taiwan in the southeast corner.

"This is still the boundary of the Ming Dynasty, at this time continue to set off along the coast, you will meet Qiongzhou, Qiongzhou and the mainland across the sea, but much closer to the mainland than Taiwan......

In accordance with the seafaring techniques of our predecessors, we ended up crossing a narrow sea lane between Manchuria, after which the direction of the fleet would turn from southwest to northwest, in other words, the land would seem to be reclining on the sea, and soon after Siam would be reached......

A year's voyage allowed our fleet to reach a country called Bont (Somalia). The people there were tall and black, and we didn't know it at first, but then we heard that it was also a land, and it was no smaller than the land we were. We were guided south along this larger continent, where the coastline was farther than from Ningbo to Taiwan, which shows what a huge land mass it was. ”

Following his words, in fact, a coastline from East Asia to East Africa appeared.

Some of them were personally walked by, and some of them were actually supplemented by looking at the maps of other peoples, in short, in the end, it is the appearance presented in the "Atlas of the Worlds".

"Then we went to the country of Franco, and they told us that the whole continent we had bypassed was called Africa, and in the east we were called Asians, and that there was a vast continent north of the country called Europa. Ladies and gentlemen, if we borrow this title, there is a fact that the Ming Dynasty was not the whole of Asia Minor, but only the master of this territory in the easternmost part.

In other words, the Ming Dynasty has not even reached half of the three continents. From this, we can imagine how big this whole connected continent will be, and how many countries will be on it. In fact, in the era that our ancestors did not know, there were some powerful empires in these places, even spanning three continents, such as the Roman Empire and the Arab Empire.

We don't know, but we don't have to be ashamed, Easterners don't understand the West, and Westerners don't understand the East. But just thirty years ago, there was a man named Christopher Columbus in the country of Franco, in Europa, who continued his voyage westward from Europa, and you know what he discovered? ”

Everyone craned their necks and waited for an answer.

Jing Yang took two steps to the left and drew two more coastlines, "They found that there is another continent in the world, a continent as big as Asia Minor and Africa!" ”

"The West of the Westerners!"

"The outside world is so big!"

If this is a novelty and adventure, Jing Yang's next words are more terrifying, "Ladies and gentlemen, according to what I have seen and heard in the past nine years, in this world, the Asians in the East are not as keen on sailing as the Europeans in the West, but do you know what the Europeans do after discovering a new place?"

These men came for profit, and more than half of the countries I met along the way had been recorded to have been invaded by the Europaans, and these beasts in human skins went to a new land in search of gold, silver, spices, and everything of value! Even in the sixth year of Zhengde, their footprints have arrived in the eastern country of Manchuria, forcing the country of Manraka to ask for help from my Daming!

These blonde and blue-eyed Westerners did not know Confucius and Mencius, and there was no such etiquette as gentleness and frugality, let alone kindness and kindness. They found a new place where they only wanted to loot their wealth. When our fleet was in Franco, the most heard was the story of their fortune to the west!

They have an ambitious plan to take over America and exterminate all the people who lived there! Ladies and gentlemen, in the face of such a barbarian nation, the emperor said that he would strengthen military equipment, but there was a slight mistake?! ”

So defending the territory and protecting the people of Li is not a slogan,

It's something that must be done under a real threat.

"We are willing to be loyal to Your Majesty and guard the Ming Dynasty! Never let the tragedy of Shenzhou Lu Shen happen in Daming! ”

"Not bad! Your Majesty said that although the enemy is vicious, my Ming is still strong, if they dare to come, let them go and never return! ”

"The Ming army is invincible!"

……

Jiang Shen couldn't calm down for a long time when he heard this, but he suddenly thought of another question, "Learn to be brave, ask Bo Wanghou!" ”

Jing Yang's eyes froze, "Come on." ”

"Bo Wanghou has drawn such a long coastline, I don't know how this land is, and what is the place west of the Western Regions?"

Jing Yang said: "You mean the belly of the mainland, right?" I haven't been to any of these places, but according to the information I know from the people of Europa, the Western Regions can eventually reach Europa if you go westward! ”

"The Far West is Europa?!"

"Not bad. The Mongols had an expedition to Europa, and there are records of being conquered by the Mongols. That's the proof. ”

Jiang Shen asked again: "So the north?" ”

Jing Yang shook his head, "I don't know if there are other continents in the north, but there are also people who organize fleets to sail north, but the further north you go, the colder the weather becomes, and the weather at sea is too bad, so no one has gone through yet." ”

Zhengde for twenty years, because the Son of Heaven is open, and even tendentious.

So from top to bottom, there is a kind of frenzy for understanding the outside world.

After understanding, in fact, many things will be logical.

Westerners continued to occupy and plunder, and in the process continued to grow their power.

Could it be that Da Ming is looking at it like this?

In addition, in this world, there is ugliness before the concept of beauty, and there is big and small. One yin and one yang, no one can do without anyone.

Nation and country are things that cannot be strengthened or even produced when there is only one nation and one country in cognition.

Only by knowing that there are many, many nationalities in the world can we have a strong sense of belonging to the Han people.

As a Han Chinese, now the emperor proposes to fight for the Han people,

What's wrong with that?

Not at all.

The Army Academy has such an event,

The Naval Academy cannot afford to be left behind.

And the Naval Academy did not wait for the Son of Heaven, but inspired them even more.

Not only that,

This kind of thing in the Beijing division is coming in waves, even fools can see it, Bo Wanghou's westward exploration, and the next thing is that Daming must actively respond to changes in the outside world.

The so-called positive is to prepare troops.

Of course, the Naval Academy also receives this kind of information, so it is not only the Army Academy that keeps up with some of the things it does. And it's all about the ocean, and it's all about them.

As a result, the Naval Academy spontaneously began to propose to guard the sea frontier and conquer the sea.

……

……

At the end of October of the twentieth year of Zhengde, the attendant room suddenly threw three things to the court.

The first two are two documents.

One is the "Regulations on the Discipline of Ming Military Personnel in the New Era"

The other is the "Regulations on Infantry Training in the New Era".

In fact, these two are the same thing, that is, Zhu Houzhao began to raise the discipline requirements for the current army.

Discipline is more than just setting a few rules and then imposing a harsh punishment to force people to do so. The successful establishment of military discipline requires soldiers to have a centripetal force and a sense of mission.

That is, he at least understands that although he is bitter and tired, he is correct and valuable.

If you don't reform your thinking, and simply punish and punish the law, this will be changed to the end of the Tang Dynasty, and those soldiers and ruffians will be able to kill you and change your head.

And the last one is a suggestion: it is recommended that military personnel should be paid.

Don't say much, one percent still has to be added.

This is the traditional method, a slap and a sweet date.

Moreover, this is also an adjustment to adapt to the new era, in which all countries in the world will form fierce competition and even resort to force, so that the military will become an important guarantee of national peace and security.

Without a strong armament, there would be no strong Ming.

However, intensifying army building is not only about readjusting the system, but more importantly, it is necessary to invest real money.

At the very least, it is necessary to solve the worries of those who serve in the army.

For the ministers of the DPRK and China, they all knew about the emperor's lecture at the Army Academy.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the attendant room made these according to the will of the Son of Heaven.

It's just that some of the army discipline is more harsh for people at this time, in fact, the army of the old era,

Even those who we think of as the 'army of justice' have looted and killed indiscriminately after the siege.

Therefore, the people suffer, die, and the people suffer.

The people at the bottom are not treated as human beings.

In the Qianqing Palace,

Zhu Houzhao on the dragon chair said to the courtiers: "I won't tell you anything, I have been thinking about these things for a while. "Atlas of the World" is now published everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, and everyone knows that the world is constantly strife, and the only way to survive in such an environment is to make oneself stronger. That didn't work in the past.

Governing the country and the army cannot be a monk for a day and hit the clock for a day, but before thinking about foreign victory, we must first eliminate our own shortcomings. To put it more extremely, after the founding of the country, the common people also opened their eyes to the world and knew that there are many countries in the world, and some of them are not bad. If the Ming army always does more injustice, then sooner or later the people of the Ming Dynasty will take the initiative to welcome the enemy outside, and really make the compatriots stand on the wall, which is the biggest tragedy. ”

The military department Shangshu Gui Cao should have made a statement first, but he was silent.

In this way, everyone understands that this guy knew beforehand.

"Your Majesty," Wang Tingxiang came out first, "Wechen thinks that some of these regulations are missing. ”

"Say." Zhu Houzhao's voice was calm.

"Yes. According to the current discipline requirements, the officers and men of the Ming Dynasty must give priority to protecting the people, let alone infringe on the people...... Those who have gone to the academy and read can probably still understand these truths. But ordinary soldiers did not understand what would happen if many soldiers broke the rules. Is it necessary to punish these people on a large scale? ”

Zhu Houzhao was originally prepared to do this, but when he brought it up, he thought that if he had a good way, it would be okay, "What do you think you should do?" ”

"Wechen thought that he had to explain clearly in the armies and guards first, and set up a transition period, otherwise if the conversion was too drastic, the minister was worried that there would be many unexpected events. After all...... Wei Chen dared to say bluntly that the army that His Majesty wants to establish is unprecedented. ”

Zhu Houzhao thought about it for a while, this did not change the fundamental thing, so he nodded, "Yes, just set up different transition periods in different armies." ”

"Your Majesty." Zhou Shangwen proposed, "Take advantage of this transitional period for Your Majesty to make civilian officials join the army to preach, so that the whole army can better understand the background of this change." ”

He was reminding the emperor.

Because Zhu Houzhao said earlier that he would set up a civilian officer in every army.

Zhu Houzhao quickly received this message, and he immediately said, "Yes, this is still necessary, although the literacy rate in the army has continued to improve over the years, it is still insufficient, and most people must not be able to understand what the world situation is, what is the struggle between nationalities, and it would be better for someone to preach it." ”

Transforming the army is a very meticulous job, and to put it bluntly, it is brainwashing.

This is not something that can be done casually.

Comparatively speaking, it would be more convenient for Zhu Houzhao to gradually pull up a team from a hundred people, but now that the guards of the Ming Dynasty are all over the world, it is actually more difficult.

After thinking about it, Zhu Houzhao said, "In addition to the transition period, add another batch implementation." It would be better to start with the Beijing camp and make improvements based on the feedback from practice, and at the same time it will be a benchmark for other troops to know how to imitate. ”

It's more secure.

The ministers nodded their heads.

This incident does not infringe on anyone's interests, but it will only pull out some moths in the army, but these people usually shrink their heads, and they have no 'spokesman' in the court, so naturally no one will stand with them.

In fact, in the chaotic era, this kind of spokesman may exist, but in the Zhengde Dynasty, probably no one must challenge Zhu Houzhao in the military affairs of Zheng'er Bajing.

The person standing in the court, he can manage the problem and cause any scandal by himself, but he cannot be involved in the scandal himself.

"And what about the raise?" Zhu Houzhao rolled his eyes and swept the people present.

Jiang Yong of the household department was very simple this time, "Your Majesty, the household department has more than 40 million taels of silver, and according to the situation in recent years, the annual income will still increase. Therefore, the minister can pat his chest with His Majesty and guarantee that the court is rich! ”

"Okay, okay." Zhu Houzhao smiled so hard that he was about to bare his teeth, "Our God of Wealth has always been picky, and now we can be regarded as generous." ”

Jiang Yong said again, "If Your Majesty wants to look for rare treasures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, or make Buddha alchemy, or build a large number of buildings, no matter how many times you ask the minister, the minister will say that he has no money." But Your Majesty is a strong army and a strong country, and if you create a meritorious career, the minister is digging three feet into the ground, and he must find out the silver for His Majesty! ”

These words are the secret of his Jiang Yong's ability to stand tall in the court.

Even if he was close to the emperor's eldest son, the Son of Heaven didn't say much.

The essence of it is that he, Jiang Yong, fully supports Zhu Houzhao's various policies for the benefit of the country.

"Well said, well said." Zhu Houzhao turned around and said: "In a few days, the commanders and governors of all towns should enter Beijing, and then our monarchs and ministers will discuss the military system again." Ladies and gentlemen, don't blame me for loving tossing, I have a way to strengthen the army in my heart, if I don't build the Ming National Defense Force into an army that is feared by all countries in the world when I am alive, do you want to regret it after I die? ”

Zhang Xuan, Gu Renyi and the others knelt down, "The ministers don't dare." ”

"Before I do this, I will say a few words from my heart to you. I think that in a hundred years, future generations will use a very special vision to define what the monarchs and ministers of the Zhengde Dynasty did, but no matter what, we know what we are doing.

I have been on the throne for 20 years, and it can be said that I have not had a few good days, which year is not busy from the beginning of the year to the end of the year? I have worked hard for this country all my life, and I have no regrets, so you should not have any resentment. Now a copy of the Atlas of the Nations has been published...... If I don't train Da Ming well, how can I rest assured that it will face this world of great controversy? Are you reassured?

Therefore, I want you to support me with all your might, and the cabinet and all ministries must also unite as one. But the same court is his own people, so no matter what small calculations he makes, he can't be at the expense of government and military affairs, if he can't remember this warning, and when something happens, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”

"Weichen and others remember His Majesty's teachings!"

"Hmm. Gui Cao, Yue Guogong. ”

The two men stepped forward and kowtowed, "The minister is here." ”

"These two regulations are very strict, but other troops are complaining that they are tired, and the Navy and Army Academy and the Beijing Battalion should not be allowed, and after you go back, you must strictly follow the contents contained in the regulations to train the soldiers of the academy and the troops, and after half a year, I will see the results of both of you."

This actually implies that there is a need to compare.

"Yes, the minister will live up to the holy entrustment!"

The specific goals for shaping the army are already in the regulations.

In fact, it is something that later generations are familiar with, such as making soldiers understand who they are and what they are fighting for.

State, Nation, Individual...... What exactly are these relationships.

Zhu Houzhao stood up and announced: "The imperial court will set up another high court under the military department, called the Political College. It is necessary to make every effort to train qualified political personnel for the military. In the early stage, the propaganda personnel in the military were first selected from the Hanlin Academy and the Metropolitan Inspection Yuan, and the subsequent propaganda personnel were mainly trained by the Political Academy. Since all the soldiers can't be literate, the court will send people down and tell them stories! ”

In a way, the mind is a more powerful weapon than a cannon!

(End of chapter)