Is there also a guaranteed commuter pass? Can you give Rolls-Royce a little support?

Yuanmingyuan, the palace of diligent government and pro-virtuous.

Today's meeting is really a bit special, sitting on the chairs on both sides of the hall are not only the civil and military ministers of the Ming court, but also several directors of the royal consortium, as well as the more influential members of the Constituent Assembly. The matter discussed at the meeting was also relatively special, how to carry out militarist propaganda and education, and transform the subjects of the Ming Dynasty who were indifferent to the war into militaristic people who fanatically supported the national war.

"In our Ming Dynasty, the status of soldiers is still not high, and there is a saying among the people that 'a good man is not a soldier, and a good iron is not a nail'. And most of the scholars are rude to the military and are unwilling to be with them, let alone put pen to paper and build a career in the army.

Since the first year of the restoration, the annual enrollment target of our Daming Army and Navy Military Academy has always been barely completed. As long as the body is strong, young people who are coarse and fluent can easily be admitted to military schools. It's much easier than taking the test to show it, and I don't know how much easier it is to do it. In fact, the graduates of the military academy all have the rank of second lieutenant, and Yu Lu is much higher than ordinary local petty officials, and his future is much brighter. Since the rise of the army in 201 of the Yongli calendar, tens of thousands of people have won knighthoods in the army, and how many civilian officials have won knighthoods?

As for the ordinary soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, the treatment is also excellent. Forty acres of military land alone are worth about 2,000 yuan, and there is another 3 yuan of vegetable gold every month, and there is a daily supply of 24 taels of military food. The eight rank officials in those poor places are not as good as my ordinary soldiers in the Ming Dynasty. But there are very few soldiers in my Ming army who are literate and literate......"

Emperor Zhu on the throne was talking, and the content of the conversation was all focused on the status of a soldier. It may be due to the shorter duration of the war against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of sight. The imperial examination system has also been strengthened to some extent. Therefore, the status of the warriors in the current Ming Dynasty cannot be compared with the Republic of China in later generations. The thinking of emphasizing literature over military force is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"On the other hand, the country of the Western powers. All of them sanctified the army, heroized the soldiers, and their social status was much higher than that of civilian officials. For example, the monarchs and princes of the European powers all wore military uniforms as their regular uniforms, received military education from an early age, and held military positions. Most of the aristocratic men in Europe chose to enroll in military schools as their first choice to serve in the army. Fight on the battlefield. France, Prussia and other army powers in Europe are all soldiers, and millions of army forces can be quickly mobilized in every national war! And I, Daming, even if I have a population of 40,000, how many troops can I recruit? If it is a close neighbor of the European army power, I am afraid that it is not much stronger than the Turkish Empire. ”

The "all people are soldiers" that Zhu Jishi talked about is actually the "compulsory military service system". This system was the foundation of the strong armies of France, Prussia and other countries. After all, crowd tactics are still very effective in this era.

However, it is not so easy to implement compulsory military service. First of all, it is necessary to strengthen the government's management of the localities and the people, because compulsory military service is a military service system with a certain degree of compulsion. If the people are not willing to take the initiative to join the army, it is also necessary to tie it with hemp rope - it is better to have soldiers than no soldiers! Therefore, the government that the Ming Dynasty began to implement since the first year of the restoration of the Ming Dynasty to go to the countryside basically met the first prerequisite for the implementation of the compulsory military service system.

But how much enthusiasm can the bundled soldiers have to train for combat? Wait until you go to the battlefield. The officers of the Ming army were afraid that they would have to worry about the problem of too many deserters.

And the same problem exists among the European powers. For example, Prussia, which was the first to introduce compulsory military service. Although it had the only compulsory education system in the world, the Prussian army had the highest rate of desertion on the battlefield in Europe. The German Imperial Army, which was awesome in later generations, still doesn't know where the road is?

In order to improve the morale of soldiers under the conscription system and the enthusiasm of the people to join the army, the countries that implemented the conscription system in Europe began to strive to establish a kind of popular military support system - that is, the militarism that was later branded as an alternative kind of militarism! Under this system, the government uses propaganda, education and other means to brainwash the people, raise the social status of the military to the point of no return, and make every boy proud to serve the country in the army. In this way, the government was able to recruit a large and highly motivated army for a relatively low salary. This kind of "low-cost" army is the foundation of the army power in this era.

And Zhu Jishi's Ming Empire, although it also has a large number of army with high morale. But this army is built on tens of millions of acres of military land. However, the sustainability of the military land grant system is not strong, so the morale of the Ming Army is also unsustainable at present.

Once the system of granting land to soldiers cannot be maintained, not only will the morale of the Ming army plummet, but also the recruitment of the Ming army will also have problems. Because it is impossible for the finances of the Ming Dynasty to support a high-paid army! The only way was to follow the example of France and Prussia and other Western powers, establish a national military support system, and transform the subjects of the Great Tomorrow into the militaristic citizens of the Ming Empire.

Of course, such a transformation cannot be made overnight. Nor can it be done by a few decrees or decrees. Otherwise, the Prussian army would not have become famous in Europe for deserters.

"Under His Majesty the Emperor, the Western powers, such as France and Prussia, have always admired force, and the status of the army and soldiers has always been high. Prussia's compulsory military service and compulsory education coexisted, and the state instilled in the people through education that they would be proud of their country's military service. Although France does not have a compulsory education system, the education level of its citizens is among the best in Europe.

On the other hand, in the Ming Dynasty, the new type of education has only just begun, and there are less than 100 primary schools, less than 50 academies, and only 6 universities in the country. And the private school education of the Ming Dynasty is incompatible with the military and civilian system, as far as I know, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty are ashamed of joining the army. ”

The opinion was given by Engels, the general director of the royal consortium, who was a Prussian who had served in the Prussian army. Of course, it is known that Prussia's compulsory military service system is based on Prussia's compulsory education system, and in fact, it is an important purpose of Prussia's compulsory education to provide a sufficient number of excellent soldiers for the Prussian army.

Engels said: "In fact, education in Europe is to a large extent in the service of the military. Any male citizen of a European country with a primary and secondary education can become a qualified infantryman in a very short period of time once he enlists in the army. This is because much of the content of infantry training has been integrated into primary and secondary education. Traditional Chinese education, on the other hand, has always been aimed at training scribes and bureaucrats, and there are hardly any military-related courses. I think this is the biggest difficulty for the Ming Dynasty to establish a militaristic system. ”

The problem seems to be in education again!

Emperor Zhu sighed softly in his heart, the weakness of China in modern times is actually the failure of Confucian education!

Zhu Jishi said solemnly: "Education is not a day's work, and my Ming Dynasty's new education cannot be established and perfected overnight, but the general direction still has to be set." Sending enough outstanding soldiers to the Daming Army and Navy should be an important goal of Daming's new education!

To achieve this goal, the social status of the military must be improved, and the Ming army must also be sacred! At a time when the development of new education is slow, the status of the army and military personnel can only be improved through public opinion propaganda.

I have decided that before the victory of the war against Russia, the Ming court will exercise control over the press and public opinion! To this end, the Ministry of Education of the Ming Dynasty will be reorganized into the Ministry of Education and Propaganda Department, which will be fully responsible for reviewing all newspapers published in the Ming Dynasty and will also provide guidance and suggestions on war propaganda to the major newspapers. At the same time, it is also necessary to carry out military and national education in all new-style schools in Daming, and conduct military training education for all students in school.

Once the Ming Dynasty declares war on Russia, the newspaper must publicize the war as a just war, and must publicize the interests after the seizure of Siberia, so as to arouse the enthusiasm of the people for the war and ensure the support of the public for the war.

It is necessary to vigorously praise the contributions of military personnel, respect the social status of military personnel, and beautify military personnel and war from all levels such as history, archaeology, religion, literature, and opera. (To be continued......)