"Read...... Study? Zhu Biao was a little stunned.

He keenly captured that the "martial artists" mentioned by Zhu Su did not only refer to generals and Zuo Er, but also to all martial artists, including soldiers.

"Why?" Zhu Biao leaned over and asked Zhu Su.

In an age when the overall literacy rate is no more than 20 per cent, reading and writing is, undoubtedly, regarded as a privilege of the upper classes. Only if the family has money, can they afford to hire a teacher to teach and can afford to buy pen, ink, paper and inkstone. And those who have learned to read and write will also be generally respected in the bottom society, and they can make a good life by writing and calculating accounts for others.

And the ...... who are soldiers It's not nice to say, but it's true that most of them are rough people who have no livelihood and lick blood from the knife edge. What he did was also the business of pulling out a knife and killing people. Want them to read? Will they be able to read it?

What if you read it? With a better way to survive, will you be a deserter and return to your hometown to sell calligraphy and paintings?

"Big brother, you have fallen into a misunderstanding...... If you want to create a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, what you need to transform should not be military law, but the soul of the army. Zhu Su said. Military lawyers, rules also. If there is a loophole, the soldiers will naturally take advantage of it. ”

"There are too many rules, and it will hurt the morale of the soldiers, making the soldiers unwilling to do it."

"And the word 'benevolence and righteousness' of the teacher of benevolence and righteousness is virtue. If there are rules and no virtues, how can you really be regarded as a teacher of benevolence and righteousness? As long as they are far away from the Jingshi, the emperor is far away, or the rules are not strict, and the lord does not think so, the soldiers will naturally let themselves go and forget the word 'benevolence and righteousness'. ”

"Today's people always divide civil and military, and think that civil and military cannot merge, it seems that between civil and military, there must be a clear distinction, civil officials cannot kill the enemy, and martial artists cannot study...... But a hundred years ago, what was the difference between civil and military affairs in the world? The difference between civil and military should be in his position, not in his knowledge. ”

"When he is in his position, he should not be in his ......" Zhu Biao lowered his head and thought, the wine glass in his hand had been brought to his lips, but it had not moved for a long time. He suddenly raised his head and said, "The fifth brother wants the new students to regain the six arts of a gentleman, so that everyone who reads can understand the three arts of riding and archery, do you also think so?" ”

"Of course." Zhu Su said with a smile. "During the Qin and Han dynasties, Confucian scholars could also draw swords to kill the enemy, and there were many people who could write to calm the world and martial arts. The ancestors are so legacious, do we dare to lag behind? ”

"In the same way, literati can learn martial arts, why can't martial artists learn literature? If everyone in the army knows the principle of benevolence and righteousness, then this army is not the teacher of benevolence and righteousness that my brother said? ”

Zhu Biao once again showed a contemplative look, although what Zhu Su said was very reasonable, but as he had been in power for many years, he still felt that what Zhu Su said was a bit superficial. "It's all wonderful," he asked, "but it's hard to do." ”

"The number of my Ming soldiers is more than 10,000? How is it possible to teach everyone to read...... Where to find so many teachers? ”

"Besides, if this is the case, how many more posts will be created in the DPRK and China? How much does it cost? If it can bear fruit, that's it. But if you don't achieve anything......"

"Why add more?" Zhu Su smiled. "Isn't there a position in the army today that is very suitable for teaching sergeants to study?"

"Huh?" Zhu Biao was stunned. "What is the position?"

"Overseer." Zhu Su said.

The overseer, a notorious position for the military, has left a lot of infamy in history.

Historically, there were eunuchs supervising the army, and there were civil officials supervising the army, generally speaking, the emperor trusted the civil officials, and the civil officials were the supervising troops, and the emperor trusted the eunuchs, and the eunuchs were the supervising troops.

Because of his position, he is the emperor and firmly holds the ownership of this army. Therefore, the supervising army, which holds the power of supervision, often makes the head of the army jealous at some levels.

Because the supervising army holds great power, at critical moments, it is often able to restrain the commander-in-chief, or even change the decision-making of the entire army. Therefore, in history, there have been many cases of supervising the army as outsiders guiding insiders, because there are not a few cases of supervising the army and annihilating the entire army.

Lao Zhu hated this to the extreme, so although the Ming Dynasty set up the post of supervising the army, there were also various unwritten rules and regulations to strictly restrict the behavior of the supervising army in the army. Therefore, in the early Ming Dynasty, the supervising army was often a closed-mouthed Bodhisattva with clay carvings and wood sculptures, and when they were in the army, they were only used as the eyes and ears of the emperor, and they were idle and could not be idle.

Zhu Su's idea was to add a layer of functions to these prison guards, who received salaries and had little other use......

"You mean, let the prison army tell stories to the soldiers, tell stories, and organize big guys to sing?" Zhu Biao was dumbfounded.

In the army? Storyteller? Singing big plays? Is this a troupe or an official army?

"Not only storytelling, but also helping soldiers to run night schools, writing letters to their families, explaining the policies of the imperial court to the soldiers, explaining the deep meaning of military law, and so on." Zhu Biaodao. "Most of the soldiers are illiterate, which limits their knowledge, and they only know the small profits in front of them, and they don't understand the righteousness of the imperial court...... Someone has to teach them! ”

"Ordinary teachings are bound to cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers. But aren't storytelling and singing also good means for people to understand things? ”

"We want the soldiers to study, not to let them worship the master, take the test to show their talents, and be polite, but to let them understand things and understand the righteousness, and these, storytelling and singing, through all kinds of dramas and operas that they like to see, are the best way to guide their hearts and thoughts."

"As for the night school, you can further train generals, or you can make me Ming, and there will be more good generals who can be Yunwen and Yunwu. will be the courage of an army, if the general is reasonable, are you still worried that the soldiers do not know benevolence and righteousness? ”

Zhu Su's method was to combine the functions of supervising the army with the "political commissar" and "literary and artistic commissar" in the army in later generations. The function of supervising the army on the left and right is placed in the army, either dragging the main generals back, or idling the salaries of the imperial court in vain...... If a new position is added rashly, the Ming Dynasty does not know how much movement it will take, and letting the prison army do such things can minimize the turbulence of the restructuring.

This method has been proven by later generations, and Zhu Su is very confident in it.

Zhu Biao was suspicious, a little tempted, and a little incredulous: "This ...... Can it really be done? ”

"Setting up quyi in the army really won't make the soldiers lose their minds?"

"Now in Yingtianfu, everyone yearns to open up the territory, the rangers in the world, and there are many people who contribute to my Daming, isn't this enough to relieve my eldest brother's doubts?" Zhu Su said.

"One Three Kingdoms, so that everyone is martial; A book of condor shooting, which makes heroes compete for the country, can explain the importance of literature and art, and can guide the social atmosphere. ”

"The elder brother brought the newspaper office and the theater into the jurisdiction of the imperial court with the cabinet, just to control the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty...... Today, the atmosphere in the army is not quiet, why haven't you thought of using the same method to improve the atmosphere in the army? ”

"The supervising army is responsible for the military's Chinese arts and is in charge of public opinion in the military. Why don't you give it a try first? ”

(End of chapter)