The one who came to deliver the decree was the eunuch Huang He, who seemed to be a little afraid of Liu Hongji, maybe Liu Hongjian was too cruel in the Northern Expedition, so that he always twisted and pinched when he saw Liu Hongjian himself. щ.com

Liu Hong saw the little eunuch selling leather from afar, and knew that the uncle in the palace was in trouble again.

After some inquiry, I learned that a few days ago, Chongzhen was furious and abolished the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and took back the iron coupons of the nobles, but this matter looked comfortable, but there were many problems left.

The military system of the Ming Dynasty has hardly changed in the past three hundred years, and the army of the Ming Dynasty is raised by the Governor's Office of the Five Armies on weekdays, and in case of war, the cabinet and the emperor meet to discuss and select the commander, and then get the emperor's approval, and the military department orders to mobilize the army.

And if one of the military departments and the emperor does not agree to send troops, the soldiers will definitely not be able to send troops, even if the military department shouts to break the sky, the governor's office of the five armies will not release a single soldier.

The process seems to be a bit troublesome, after all, the soldiers are fast, and there are endless meetings with this effort, and the enemy is not stupid and has already taken precautions.

But this was a necessary check and balance in ancient times, and there were no advanced communication tools in ancient times, and the emperor was most worried about threatening the imperial power by the generals with their own troops.

After experiencing the chaos at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the two Song Dynasty chose to vigorously suppress the generals, and the policy was even more redundant and redundant, not to mention the separation of powers, and many officials didn't know what they were for.

This also led to the fact that although the two Song Dynasty were rich, the soldiers were not good, and those who were beaten by the Western Xia, Liao, and Jin could only shrink back in the sixteen states of Youyun and get drunk with gold.

When the old Zhu family came to power, Zhu Yuanzhang was a ruthless man, and after ascending the throne, he almost killed the father who could fight, but he was still worried that after the establishment of the Governor's Mansion, he created the military household system.

Later, Lao Zhu still felt unsafe, so he simply divided the Governor's Mansion into five, and the soldiers and horses in the world were all under the control of the nobles of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but the Governor's Mansion could only be responsible for training, and if he wanted to send troops to fight, he had to be ordered by the Ministry of War.

But whether it is a hereditary nobleman or a hereditary soldier, after a hundred years of peace, where is there still half a wolf nature?

Rao is like this, if it weren't for Liu Hongji's intervention, the imperial court would still have to raise this group of vampires, and now it's okay, the Governor's Mansion has been withdrawn, only to find out that the Governor's Mansion is not useless.

The first thing encountered is the selection of generals, the middle-level generals in the Ming Army are hereditary, although the overall quality of these middle-level generals is not good, but after all, there are some family traditions, and it is okay to pull them to the battlefield.

And eating the royal food, the loyalty is not bad, now that there is no such layer, the emperor can't get out of the capital, how to select this intermediate general?

Do you listen to the Ministry of War? This is obviously impossible, and who knows which faction the generals selected by the military department are.

Chongzhen now regrets it a little, if it weren't for Liu Hongji's repeated proposals, he would not have removed the Governor's Mansion.

The opinion given by Li Banghua, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is to reopen the military to select talents, but Chongzhen does not buy it, and when the time comes, will the military department still assess it?

Chongzhen sat in the Qianqing Palace and had no tricks, and suddenly thought that since this stupid trick was proposed by the shaft, he must have thought of the way back.

Thinking that the shaft was free outside, but he threw the problem to himself, Chongzhen was unhappy, and directly sent Huang He out of the palace to deliver the decree, and the cabinet meeting had to be suspended.

When Liu Hong gradually arrived at the Qianqing Palace, a group of uncles were staring at Chongzhen with big eyes, and Ni Yuanlu, a scholar of Jianji Palace, and Fan Jingwen, the second assistant, still ignored Liu Hongjian because of the Confucian Mansion.

said that on that day, Kong Yanzhi Liu Hongjian and Cao Huachun joined forces for a while, vomited blood and fainted in front of the courtiers, and then were deprived of their titles without knowing it, and even offended the courtiers all over again.

I can't say it's really bitter, the capital is faceless, Kong Yanzhi woke up that day and set out on the return journey.

But this guy felt uncomfortable, he was robbed of food, robbed of his knighthood, deprived of his real estate, and was humiliated like this, and he didn't know how to be laughed at when he returned home.

This caused quite a stir in the imperial court, and many courtiers speculated that this was Liu Hong's gradual death, after all, Kong Yanzhi came to Beijing to sue him, coupled with Liu Hong's always ruthless style......

Out of sympathy for the weak and respect for Sage Kong, the old Donglin Party, including Ni Yuanlu, put this pot on Liu Hongji's head.

Liu Hong gradually knew that this group of old men was still sulking and didn't care, is the Donglin Party that lost its land still called the Donglin Party?

Regarding the problem raised by Chongzhen, Liu Hongjian had already thought of a countermeasure on the road.

"What's so hard about this? Running a school! Set up a military academy that specializes in training middle-level generals! Liu Hong gradually said.

Although it costs money to engage in education, Chongzhen is not short of money now, so it is not at this time to make trouble, and when will it be.

"Isn't Liu Qingmo addicted to running a school?" Chongzhen couldn't help but be speechless.

This guy only proposed to run a civilian school a few days ago, and now in addition to this matter, the solution given is to run a school.

What is the difference between running a school and the martial arts proposed by Li Banghua, the secretary of the Ministry of War, when the time comes, it will not be Zhang Luo who understands soldiers from the Ministry of War, but now fortunately he is here, no matter how bad it is, this kid can still be stared, can it be later?

"Your Majesty, listen to the minister's explanation, the military academy that the minister said is not an ordinary school." Liu Hong gradually knew that Chongzhen was in a hurry, so he hurriedly explained, and even took a group of cabinet masters to put on a deferential look.

After all, they have worked together for more than a year, and although they have never seen this prince sit on the shift, their ability to send troops to fight is still worthy of recognition.

Liu Hong has been fighting for more than a year, and he knows very well the overall quality of the existing generals of the Ming Dynasty.

How to say it, the Ming Dynasty now has no shortage of fierce generals who dare to fight, but there is a great shortage of intelligent generals who can command.

It was okay to fight a good battle, but once the general had an accident, the whole army immediately became a straggler, and in the case of increasingly sophisticated firearms, the courage of the horseman became more and more undesirable.

After all, no matter how brave a military general is, he can't stop a cannonball.

Moreover, the newly promoted generals under him, Lin He, Lu Haibo, Wu Binghao, as well as Tang Feng and Xiang Xiong of the Octagonal General Army, as well as Gao Yigong and Hao Shaoqi who surrendered from the people's army, are all illiterate.

Oh, I forgot about the old governor Huang Degong stationed in Shanhaiguan, this guy is also illiterate.

This is simply hilarious, as the most important component of the empire, it turned out to be a large group of illiterate people, although the war is still okay, but it is also to fight the grazing Tartars.

It's not that you can't win a battle if you can't read and write, but after a generation of firearms, you still only know how to slash with knives and shoot crossbow arrows?

The officer academy mentioned by Liu Hongjian must first break away from the original system, and the instructor in charge of lecturing must firstly understand the soldiers, have a certain amount of actual combat experience, and have a good record, and second, the resident instructor must be white.

To be precise, this military academy cannot be touched by people from officialdom, which can not only control students to a great extent from being dyed by the big dye vat of officialdom, but also make the emperor more at ease.

Second, military schools should not be opened in a prosperous place like the capital, and they must stay away from the fireworks and willow lanes of right and wrong.

Third, the assessment system should also break away from the shackles of the original martial arts, and use actual combat simulation, battle formation analysis, tactical research, international situation analysis, and firearms research and use......

As for the original Four Books and Five Classics, fuck the little watermelon, the military academy doesn't need it, whoever can fight and win the war is an honor student.

However, cultural courses are also the top priority, but the cultural courses of the military academy are based on literacy, supplemented by participating in the study of various military books, and then carrying out patriotic education, plus cooperating with the mathematical and geometry textbooks prepared by Song Yingxing that Liu Hong ordered Song Yingxing to prepare early.

Military academies will be free from the shackles of the original system and will be fully militarized, and even if military cadets graduate and join the army, they will not be allowed to go to the DPRK to participate in political affairs.

There was only one object of their allegiance - the Emperor.

They are literate, understand the art of war, know mathematics, and their only task is to fight, to fight for the empire, to fight for the emperor!

Liu Hong gradually crackled and explained that a lot of straight words were dry, unprecedentedly, this time he didn't say that Chongzhen and the cabinet uncle were confused.

In the end, they are all people who understand, plus Chongzhen can be regarded as having seen the battlefield and knows some of the shortcomings of the Ming army, so he can't help but feel happy.

If it is really as this shaft said, it can build such a school, a school where everything you think about is a war, a school that is completely under the orders of the emperor and does not go with the officials, it will not be too beautiful for the Zhu family.

"And the mountain chief of this military academy must be the emperor!" Liu Hong gradually put the finishing touch, and finally came to a sentence.

The military academy must not be private, that is terrible, but it can't be run officially, and it has to take into account the issue of trust, so it is no longer suitable to let the emperor be the head of the mountain.

In this way, the military academy is neither private nor government-run, but directly under the emperor, and there is no need to say much about the trust of the generals.

"Hmm...... What do you think? Chongzhen did not express his opinion, but asked the other members of the cabinet.

"The minister feels that this matter is too hasty, and it is unprecedented to open such a school, once there is a problem at that time, it will definitely affect the military prestige of the Ming Dynasty." Second assistant Fan Jingwen rubbed and said.

Joke! If such a school is really established, then wouldn't the civil servants have to worry about it every day?

In the past, they could still suppress the generals, even if they went out to fight the governors, they were all civilian officials, which is good, it has all become a royal hall, where is the face of the cabinet? Where is the face of civil officials?

Liu Hong gradually listened to Fan Jingwen's speech and felt amused, he knew that these ministers would be unhappy.

Since ancient times, one of the major things of the Taiping and prosperous emperors was to balance the relationship between civil and military, checks and balances, checks and balances, and in the end, most of them overturned.

The disagreement between civil and military has always been a big problem, but now it is okay, military generals are not allowed to participate in political affairs, which is like later generations, the only task of military generals is to fight, and nothing else has to be cared about.

You are a civil official, we can't scold you, can't we play with you?

After Fan Jingwen finished speaking, Ni Yuanlu immediately agreed, while Meng Zhaoxiang chose to abstain.

"The minister thinks that although this school is in a hurry, it is a good plan in the long run." Li Banghua, the secretary of the military department, thought for a while.

Li Banghua didn't care about the difference between civil and military, he was an outlier among civil officials, his uncle didn't care about his grandmother's stubborn temper, and sometimes he could make Chongzhen angry half to death, but the big truth was still clear.

Perhaps this is the only way to completely put an end to the civil and military disputes, and also to reassure His Majesty.

"It's just...... With all due respect, the ruler must be the king of eternity, otherwise he ......" Li Banghua was really straight-tempered, and he was about to raise it when he saw the problem, so he didn't care about the emperor's face.

His meaning is very clear, if there is a faint king, a faint monarch with elite soldiers in his hands, then wouldn't Da Ming suffer?

"Li Aiqing is saying that I am a faint king?" Chongzhen said coldly.

"Your Majesty forgives the sin, the minister has no such intention!" Li Banghua immediately got up and knelt down to ask for sin, and said in his heart that you are like that, if there is no prince, it is estimated that we would have gone to see Taizu earlier.

But a word wakes up the person in the dream, although Chongzhen is not happy in his heart, but I'm afraid, this is really a problem.

"This is easy to do, the prince can also go to the school to study, how did we come here? It was fought by Emperor Taizu Gao with a knife and a gun, and the prince must also know how to fight. ”

Liu Hong gradually patted Chongzhen's dragon fart by the way.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Meng Zhaoxiang, a scholar of the Middle Pole Temple, expressed his attitude, whether the civil and military are indisputable, the imperial court can be less smoky, and the civil ministers can be safe and political.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Han Yu, a scholar of Dongkaku University, waited until the end to speak.

His position is clear, and in the end, the right to speak should be to avoid suspicion, anyway, at this point, it is already clear whether he says it or not.

"Then this matter is settled, it's just that this mountain chief is not appropriate, I don't understand military affairs, Liu Qing, you come." Chongzhen saw that everyone was silent, and immediately clapped his hands.

"No, Your Majesty, this mountain chief must come to you, otherwise, the minister will not do it." Liu Hong gradually said in his heart, uncle, didn't you put me on the fire pit?

His merits and prestige already made him tremble, although you trust me, uncle, but the courtiers and the people of the world don't think so!

"I'm not allowed, this mountain chief must come to you!" Chongzhen is a stubborn person, if he wants to do things well, he must find someone to do things, and he is still self-aware, after all, he has not accomplished anything in the past twenty years.

"Eh, the minister will only be on the right track for two years, and when the military academy is on the right track, the minister must step down, do you think it's okay, the emperor?" Liu Hong gradually discussed, and said in his heart, Uncle, don't cheat me.

Lao Tzu is already busy enough, the sailor, the ordnance office, the folk school, all kinds of workshops, plus from time to time he has to be sent out on business.

Oh my God, Lao Tzu has a dream, he dreams of one day being able to travel around the world, how can he be busy as a dog now!

"That's right." Chongzhen was happy in his heart, this shaft, I didn't suspect you, but you suspected me first, you really deserve to fight.

The two-year period is an agreement between Liu Hongjian and Chongzhen, but it is just ......