Qi Yuanbi, Xu Ermo and Yan Yingyuan entered the Wenhua Hall together.

Prince Zhu saw them once, not because he was in a hurry, and the time was too tight, so he didn't have the time to meet them one by one. It's that he definitely can't eliminate these three, one is from Qi Jiguang's family, one is a foreign affairs expert, and the other is a hero who guards Jiangyin in history - this one must be in high school! Not only high school, but also focus on training.

Zhu Cihong met with them at the same time in order to give them a chance to "recharge".

Because in the eyes of Prince Zhu, most of the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty were unworthy! Most civil officials can only brag and make a fuss, and only a few can do some practical things, and they are often criticized as traitors by officials who can't do things......

And the situation of the military attache is not much stronger, and the hereditary guards are so corrupt! I can't find such a great power as Qi Jiguang anymore. And the officers who came up from the army were brave, but the army management and strategy were too bad.

However, this is not the worst, the worst thing is that the tactics and tactics mastered by these officers have already had a generation gap with Western military experts.

They could neither use field tactics such as the Spanish, Maurice, and Gustavus phalanxes, nor could they construct bastions, let alone properly use artillery.

To put it mildly, the quality of the officers of the Ming army now is not to mention that of Gustav II and Nassau. Compared with Western military strategists such as Morris, Cromwell, and Condé, they are not as good as Manchurian military strategists who are familiar with "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"!

At least they are excellent in martial arts, skilled in bows and horses, and they have also summed up a set of tactics that can defeat the Ming army in the "rookie war" with the Ming army.

Moreover, the Manchurian military strategists were also much better than the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty in terms of military and political management...... At least the warriors of the Eight Banners will not starve, the guns of the Han army will not explode, and even the Hongyi cannon can be produced!

Faced with this situation in which officials were generally not matched, Zhu Cihong's method was to start two new-style "official schools" called Nanjing Shixue Hall and Nanjing Martial Arts School, to train civil and military officials.

Among them, Nanjing Shixue Hall is to train civil officials, mainly including four courses: construction, financial planning, agriculture, and law. The two divisions of the academy are Han Lin, who has just finished repairing the Qufu city wall for Shi Kefa. The other is Song Yingxing, who wrote "Heavenly Creation" - Song Yingxing, who was famous in later generations, was a native of Jiangxi and made a name for himself, but unfortunately he spent too much energy on "miscellaneous studies", so like Han Lin, he couldn't get into Jinshi. Later, he became an official with the fame of meritorious service, resigned at the beginning of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, left Beijing, and returned to his hometown in Jiangxi.

After Zhu Cihong took control of the southeast, he asked Wei Zaode to invite him to Nanjing to be responsible for the preparation of the construction of the school. In Zhu Cihong's long-term plan, this "real school" will be gradually expanded and upgraded in the future, and eventually become Nanjing University.

However, at the moment, this Nanjing real school can only be used for "official make-up classes" - the officials in charge of tax collection should at least learn to settle accounts. Why do the officials who go to collect rent have to know some agricultural knowledge, right? Don't even be stupid enough to tell the difference between rice and wheat! The officials who are responsible for building houses, building city walls, and repairing water conservancy also have to learn a little about construction, right? The official who is responsible for catching thieves and trying cases must be familiar with the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

The Nanjing Martial Arts School offers seven disciplines, including city building, Western language, arithmetic, Western military science, firearms, equipment and transport. Si Ye is Tang Ruowang and Li Tianjing, and the doctors are Li Zubai, Jiao Miao, and Shi Ruien, Fuwa, Rotony, Frissy and other four mercenary captains who teach Western military science part-time.

At present, the two schools are still in preparation, and they are scheduled to officially open in April. The first batch of military cadets were naturally young officers of the New Army, and it was relatively easy to choose. It is more difficult to recruit students in the real school, and who is willing to come to school for officials who have been awarded official positions?

And those who have not been awarded officials, and they can still be used, that is, these tributes.

Therefore, Zhu Cihong planned to select dozens of people from the new science and technology to participate in the first phase of practical training.

"All three of them are talented, they can do things, and they can be ranked second." Zhu Cihong smiled and looked at the three in front of him, Yan Yingyuan was in his early thirties, with a Chinese face and a dignified appearance. Qi Yuanbi and Xu Ermo are younger, although Qi Yuanbi is a scholar, he has the appearance of a martial artist, and he is very powerful. And Xu Ermo is a little fat man with a big head, and he looks quite clever.

He paused, "The ambitions of the three of them are also known to this palace. However, having ambition does not mean that you can do things well, even if you can do things with sincerity, there are also problems that you can learn and not use. All three were Confucian scholars, oh, and Thomas was still a Christian, proficient in Western studies. ”

Domer is the religious name of the little fat man Xu Ermo, and Zhu Cihong called him by his religious name, which made the little fat man feel a little cordial, and at the same time remembered the rumor that Zhu Cihong saw Gabriel - if this is true, then his high school jinshi (his article is very poor) must also be God's will, just to let himself help the king of God's chosen king.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince," Xu Ermo drew a cross on his chest, "the minister is willing to obey the arrangement." ”

"Okay." Zhu Cihong said with a smile, "Then the palace will arrange for you to go to martial arts." ”

"Martial arts ......" Xu Ermo was stunned, "Kechen is a literati." ”

Zhu Cihong frowned, "You still obeyed the arrangement just now!" ”

"Kechen doesn't know how to fight......"

Can't fight? You said that if you are afraid of death, you won't get it! Zhu Cihong thought to himself: You are a Catholic, you should love God, now that there is a chance for you to see God earlier, why are you afraid? It shouldn't be!

"It's okay," Zhu Cihong smiled, "This palace won't let you go to war...... You first go to the martial arts school to study, mainly to learn Western military science, to make more records, draw more drawings, after learning to write a book to the palace to introduce Western military training, the language should be popular, the content should be detailed. Do you understand? ”

It turned out that Zhu Cihong wanted Xu Ermo to write a textbook...... At present, there are several teachers who teach Western military science, but there are no teaching materials to use. In addition, Western military science cannot always be taught by foreigners, and it is necessary to train its own instructors, this Xu Ermo is proficient in Western learning and foreign literature, and he must learn it relatively quickly. After completing his studies, let him be an instructor and then teach others.

"Commandment." Xu Ermo is relieved now, as long as there is no possibility of seeing God immediately, everything else is easy to say.

"Yan Yingyuan, Qi Yuanbi," Zhu Cihong said to the other two, "What about the two of you?" Although you are civil ministers, you are all from the military, and you don't want to be a Hanlin minister, right? In today's troubled times, what the country needs is civil servants like Sun Wenzheng and Lu Wenzhong, but unfortunately both of them have been martyred, are you willing to be the new Sun Wenzheng and Lu Wenzhong? ”

Sun Wenzheng is Sun Chuanting, and Lu Wenzhong is Lu Xiangsheng. After arriving in Nanjing, Zhu Cihong gave these two nicknames, one Wenzheng and the other Wenzhong.

"The minister is willing to be Sun Wenzheng and Lu Wenzhong!"

"The minister is also willing!"

Yan Yingyuan and Qi Yuanbi both got up and answered.

Zhu Cihong nodded, and said with a straight face: "But this palace does not want the two of you to sacrifice your lives for the country like Sun Wenzheng and Lu Wenzhong...... This palace wants you to smash the Yellow Dragon and return it.

Therefore, you have to go to the martial arts hall with Xu Duomo to learn Western military science. After the two of you have completed your studies, this palace will give you a model army commander of a battalion each. He served as an officer for a few years, and then he returned to civilian officials and became a governor and a supervisor. What do you guys think? ”

Zhu Cihong, this is deceiving people to join the army! He now feels that there are many people in his army who can be the commander of the regiment, but there seems to be no one who can be a general. So I think Yan Yingyuan should be available - at least the people performed well in the defense of Jiangyin. And Qi Yuanbi looks a bit similar, you can also try it.

If Yan Yingyuan and Qi Yuanbi agreed, they wouldn't want to go back to be civil officials for ten or eight years.

Yan Yingyuan and Qi Yuanbi thought about it, and they both thought that Zhu Cihong's suggestion was good, and they both gave affirmative answers.

"Chen Yan Yingyuan is willing to put pen to paper."

"The minister Qi Yuanbi is willing to join the army!"