The staff following Xu Ding were very familiar with the ship: "This ship has a single mast, with oil silk on the left and right sides. It is the most common Tongzhou-style ship in the Ding Navy fleet. Although the captain is not much more than A hundred feet tall, if you put it in a pool, it looks like a huge thing."
"That's right. To the north of this pool, there is a swamp connected with Lushui. I heard that in order to sail the ship into the pool of the Imperial College before the cold weather froze, Chen Ran from the Pro-Military Department mobilized hundreds of trackers, and in the swamp It took a lot of work to pave the road in it. The reason for this is that Duke Zhou needs the ice to be cut out at any time in the pond where the ships are parked, so that he can practice in the winter."
The staff member looked stern: "Could it be that Duke Zhou intends to use his troops at sea?"
"That's not the case... When you came here, you should have heard that many leaders and subordinates in the navy fleet of Dinghai Navy were bribed by the Song people with ecstasy soup, and then they took advantage of the Jurchens in Zhongdu to cause rebellion. Are you going to assassinate Duke Zhou?"
"Cough cough, cough cough..."
The staff member coughed twice, subconsciously looked back at the other companions, and then slightly raised the hood with the wind out of the edge to look at Xu Ding's expression. It turned out that this person was Jia She.
It was Jia She who orchestrated the rebellion that led to the rebellion of the leaders of the Ding navy fleet. There was something wrong in his mind, and he suddenly panicked. After looking at it twice, he concluded that Xu Ding was the one who spoke unintentionally, and casually mentioned: "This... I have indeed heard of it."
"After that incident, Zhou Guogong re-established the operating rules of the fleet under the direct jurisdiction of the navy. The most important one is that after the crew members obtain a position equivalent to a general or above in the army, they must consolidate their family records and Tianjin Prefecture, Yidu Prefecture, Fuzhou, and Laizhou were resettled in one of the four places. At the same time, all crew members, including Gang Shou, were divided into three classes. Each class took turns to board the ship and go to sea according to the instructions of the military government. We must go ashore to rest and recuperate, and we will no longer allow ships and people to wander outside all year round and do their own thing outside of the orders of the Marshal's Mansion."
Jia She nodded: "In this way, Chief Gang and the crew will be treated as regular naval officers and managed according to the method of controlling soldiers. On every ship, there will no longer be Chief Gang's cronies; Chief Gang and subordinates will no longer be on board. If they want to respond to the solicitation of outsiders, there will be many eyes watching on their own ships. And if the military government takes action at sea, it can also use its arms and fingers like commanding soldiers and horses on land, and there is no longer the risk of losing control. But..."
"But what..."
"But in this case, are the number of ships enough? Can the number of sailors and crew members support three shifts?"
"Haha, let's not worry about the ship. Brother Jichuan, look at that ship, are there many people gathered on it, some climbing the mast, some throwing cables and sails, and some fighting with each other? Half of those people were veterans who had experienced many hardships at sea, and half were newbies recently recruited from local and various ministries. They were all specially trained at the newly established naval academy north of Xin'an Hainan, and their successors were about to become outlines. A person who is a leader or leader."
Jia She frowned and thought for a while: "In other words, there are courses for training gang leaders in this Imperial Academy. But what does it mean? Prime Minister, I really don't know the meaning of it... People on the sea are brave and ruthless, and they can do whatever they want. Damn, the heroes in the army are strong and healthy. They are all studying in the Imperial College. Ahem, Duke Zhou really doesn’t care about the country’s cultural heritage..."
"There are five hundred warriors in the Imperial Academy, including sailors from the sea, veterans guarding the border in northern Xinjiang, and aliens from the northeast who are central to the center. There are also soldiers who, with their extraordinary bravery half a year ago, became generals from small pawns in one breath. . There are five hundred scholars in the Imperial College, including us, the children of the old ministers of the Jin Dynasty, the children of the soldiers who died in the Ding Navy, and the noble Jurchen young people who sincerely contribute to the new dynasty..."
Xu Ding made a big circle with his hands: "All these people will be taught and tempered here. Here, there are few distinctions between civil and military, sea and land, and even few distinctions between Han'er and Jurchen; everyone has They can choose the path they really want to take based on their own strengths. At the same time, they will naturally gather under the command of Duke Zhou and fight for the future of Duke Zhou!"
Jia She looked thoughtful. He knew that what Xu Ding said was undoubtedly true.
This kind of approach is simply unimaginable in the eyes of a Southern Dynasty native like him. But in the eyes of people from big money, it is not particularly deviant.
After all, the northern Han people were used to seeing foreigners using force to establish their country. Anyway, when the Liao and Jin Dynasties were rising, there was no cultural context to speak of. In this case, Zhou Guogong didn't need those, so what?
Duke Zhou needs his subordinates to be both civil and military. Isn't this in line with the strong and decisive ethos of the founding of the country?
The Imperial Academy in front of us was the place where Zhou Guogong broke up the countless mountains under his command one by one and then twisted them back into a ball. It was the place where he trained the disciples of the emperor in the future, and it was also the place where the personnel planning of the new dynasty was decided for decades.
The routine here is clearly contrary to that of the Southern Song Dynasty, and it is also completely different from the political approach of the Jin Dynasty in the past few decades. The scholars produced here, even those who want to be civil servants, are forced to be imbued with martial arts, and they are not the same as ordinary scholars.
They don't need to consider such frivolous things as context, but only need to consider the strong brand of Dinghai navy on their bodies. With this mark, they embarked on the ascending path belonging to Ding Haijun, and from then on they must unite with Zhou Guogong. Only when Zhou Guogong's regime flourishes can the ascending channel always exist and their interests and future can always be protected.
"Actually, if you think about it carefully, this is really a good idea."
Xu Ding laughed easily: "I just relied on my father's protection to steal my status as a Jinshi. In fact, I don't know anything about poetry and Confucian classics. What I am good at is practical work. If you do practical things, you will make mistakes, and if you make mistakes, you will be criticized. , being criticized by others will bring you notoriety. But people like me are the ones who can be used by Duke Zhou... Since Duke Zhou is willing to use me, I will naturally be loyal to Duke Zhou."
Jia She pondered for a moment and smiled.
While the two were chatting, they slowly rode closer to the pool. Because we were busy chatting about entering the harbor, we didn't notice how many soldiers were on guard around the pool. The people fighting on the warships in the pool were not ordinary students either.
A skinny man, covered in heat and sweat, crossed his bare legs on the mast and looked down. After watching for a while, he slowly slid down, then stretched out his arms and grabbed the swaying sail rope. The next moment, he jumped down along the sail rope, as fast as lightning, and finally took advantage of an enemy's unpreparedness and kicked him in the vest.
The enemy was proficient in martial arts and extremely strong. He used a short stick in his hand to knock down many surrounding warriors. While he was looking majestic, he didn't expect a heavy blow to fall from the sky. He suddenly became unsteady and staggered forward. Just at this time, the boat was hit by the wind again and suddenly tilted sideways. He lost his footing and finally fell over.
Dozens of people on the boat cheered in unison: "It's overturned, it's overturned! We've overturned Marshal Guo!"
