The army at the end of the Ming Dynasty was not the worst, only worse.

The 36 Rogue Bandits, burning, killing and looting, the officers and soldiers are no better, they are more ruthless than the Rogue bandits, they do all kinds of evil, the military discipline is lax, and they spoil the people at every opportunity.

Needless to say, the Qing army outside the customs did not leave chickens and dogs behind, looted property, and killed all personnel.

Although the army of the Great Wei Army is different, it is also adapted from the Liukou and the official army, and the military discipline can only be said to be acceptable.

A large number of officers and non-commissioned officers have made it difficult to change their old habits, and many cases of harming the people and disturbing the people have been created, but they still exude the atmosphere of an old-style army to some extent.

But the student army of the Imperial Military Academy in front of him is different, not only in dress different from the old army, but also completely different in spirit from the old army.

Generally, Wei soldiers wear a bloated black battle jacket, gray cloth shoes, iron helmets or turbans, with various ammunition bottles hanging on their bodies and a musket on their backs.

The students of the Imperial Military Academy, but they are wearing military coats, a five-pointed bronze star on a large-brimmed hat, wearing leather boots, a straight waist, and full of spirit, from the inside to the outside, exuding a different atmosphere from us.

The army walked through the streets, this was in preparation for the big parade at the New Year's party a few months later, not only the student soldiers, but also the elite of the Wei army, but also some people and horses were sent to Zhuque Street to be reviewed.

The Great Wei court decided that cultivation was to live and rest, and it didn't want to fight in the near future, but the territory of Great Wei was too big, and there were too many bordering forces, so it was inevitable that there would be some people who didn't want to die, and they had to provoke Great Wei.

Therefore, Gao Yihuan specially repaired a city gate and invited all vassals and neighboring countries to come to watch the military parade, show their strength, and tell them not to cause trouble.

The military cadets walked through, which made the people of Chang'an secretly amazed and feasted their eyes, and Gao Yihuan, who was standing on the city gate tower, also bowed slightly.

Not long after, more than 900 military cadets stood still in the square under the city tower, and the leader of the team drew his swords out of his sheath and shouted, "Salute!" ”

All the military cadets raised their guns and saluted at the same time, and their movements were uniform, and the phalanx of more than 900 people was like a person, both horizontal and vertical, and the military was majestic, so that the men and men couldn't help but be excited.

Gao Yihuan took a few steps forward and came to the front of the city tower, without a microphone, he could only return the salute to the students with a wave of his hand.

Gao Yihuan wore a well-tailored military uniform today, with a belt around his waist, a long sword, a diagonal ribbon in front of him, and his hand wearing snow-white gloves was raised to the brim of his hat, and he waved it in a dashing manner, and he was extraordinary.

"After many days of hard training, I am very relieved to look at today's style!" Gao Yihuan looked at the military cadets and asked in a deep voice: "You are all highly talented students of the Imperial Military Academy, do you know why I want to set up a military academy and train you?" ”

"In order to protect the family and the country, be loyal to Your Majesty!" Nine hundred replied in unison.

Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, "Since more than ten years ago, the light has stopped and the darkness has been weak, the rebel army has swarmed, the slaves have been built and the people have no livelihood. I want to ask you, why is the world like this, doesn't the Ming Dynasty have its own army? ”

Gao Yihuan replied himself: "Yes, there are a lot of them, at least more than one million, but they have not resisted external humiliation, and they can't pacify the bandits internally, Guan Ning spent a huge amount of mercenaries to pay their own weight, and the soldiers and horses in Guan Nai looted people's property, which was more fierce than the robbers." Strictly speaking, none of them is the army of the state, but the warlords! The warlords raise soldiers, in order to seize territory and loot people's wealth, they don't care what happens to the world and how the people are. Since the beginning of the Jiashen years, the world has been eroded, and it is inseparable from them. ”

Gao Yihuan asked again: "I ask you again, why were so many troops in the Ming Dynasty bullied by the barbarians?" Dignified China, the Celestial Empire, why can't even hundreds of thousands of Jiannu be defeated? ”

"Because I can't beat it!" Someone replied.

"Because of decay!"

"Because ......" is a rambling phrase below, and there are all kinds of answers.

Gao Yihuan raised his hand and pressed it, signaling quiet, "I came to tell you, it's still the same sentence, the warlord's private soldiers, who don't know the righteousness, are only used to exploit the people and protect the interests of their small group, and they will not use their lives to defend against foreign captives." Therefore, an old-style army like Guan Ning surrendered, and Liu Zeqing and Zuo Mengeng surrendered when they saw that the enemy was strong, and they didn't think about protecting the people at all. ”

Speaking of this, Gao Yihuan became excited, "For the sake of the world, the army of Great Wei must be changed." The world must be good, and the people must live a good life, relying on warlords and old-style armies cannot be relied upon, and an army that belongs to the country and me must be established. ”

Gao Yihuan waved his arms, "The country's army is an army that has ideals and responsibilities, fights for the country, fights for me, and cares about the people and the world." I want you to build an army that belongs to the country and to me. ”

Gao Yihuan's eyes swept over everyone, "You are all knowledgeable, ambitious, and enthusiastic young people selected by me, now Zheng needs you, are you ready!" ”

"Ready!" A roar of rage.

Gao Yihuan experienced the feeling of parading in the city tower in advance, and hurried back to the Heavenly Pavilion.

At this time, he found that Li Yan was already waiting outside the Heavenly Pavilion.

In recent days, Li Yan has been busy cleaning up the mess and implementing the reform of the official system, and he is so busy that he rarely takes the initiative to see Gao Yihuan.

Gao Yihuan saw Li Yan and saw him coming with a smile on his face, and couldn't help laughing: "Has Mr. been waiting for a long time?" ”

Li Yan saluted and said, "The minister has just arrived. ”

Gao Yihuan asked, "But what's the good thing?" ”

Li Yan said with a smile: "Your Majesty is wise, there is indeed a good thing, after the minister knew about it, he immediately came to the palace." ”

Gao Yihuan raised his eyebrows, "Go in and say!" ”

At that moment, the two entered the main hall, and after taking their seats, Gao Yihuan asked, "What is a good thing?" ”

Li Yan took out a note, "Your Majesty, good news from the Liang Pavilion Department." ”

Gao Yihuan hurriedly took it, unfolded it, and was immediately overjoyed, "Okay!" Good! All right! Mr. Liang really didn't disappoint me! ”

Li Yan said with a smile: "Zheng Sen got the news that I, the Great Wei Beiyang Naval Division, went to Fujian from Ningbo and prepared to join the Nanyang Naval Division to attack Fujian. Zheng Sen personally led the sailors to intercept it, but he didn't want to fall for the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, so Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian united the island to capture Xiamen Island. Now that Xiamen is occupied, Zheng Sen can only retreat to Taiwan, and the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang will be safe. ”

Gao Yihuan said excitedly: "This is indeed good news, and when the report is slackened, Mr. Li will be rewarded after the statistics." ”

Li Yan nodded, "Honorable Minister." ”

As he spoke, he asked again: "Your Majesty, the Liang Pavilion Department mentioned in the recital that the next step will be to prepare to use troops against Taiwan and Qiongzhou, but the generals have different opinions, some say that they will attack Qiongzhou, and some say that they will take advantage of the situation to collect Taiwan, and the Liang Pavilion Department wants to ask Your Majesty to decide, what does Your Majesty think!" ”