After the court ended, Zhang Shize walked out of the Forbidden City unhappily and headed back home.
Today, his work was not completed. He was also ridiculed by various factions in the court. In the end, he was rejected by the emperor.
Chongzhen knew that the war in the west was tense and Yang Fan had insufficient troops. However, he was not prepared to continue to increase Yang Fan's troops.
Because Yang Fan already has enough people. With a small strength of 100,000 people, and the recent reorganization of migrant workers into militia groups, the number of additional migrant workers is almost 200,000. Just thinking about it made him a little restless. The Ming Dynasty has not allowed one person to lead so many soldiers and horses in many years. It's almost two hundred years ago.
When Zhang Shize returned home, he first went to pay his respects to his grandfather.
Because His Majesty was pressing hard, he marched in a hurry. In order to stop the rebels in time and not rush to the capital, he led 20,000 people on the road day and night, and finally arrived in the capital last night.
As a result, the rebels were put down by Zhou Yuji. He made the journey in vain. Suddenly I felt very angry.
He didn't go home when he arrived in the capital last night. He went directly to the inn outside Dong'an Gate and asked for a room. Just to go to Hajj this morning.
He was tired from the journey, took a hot bath, and then fell asleep without even eating supper. He was also very tired during this time.
He is a pure playboy. In the past twenty years, he has been out of Beijing and suffered this crime.
But to be honest, he himself felt that although this expedition was very difficult. But very worth it.
He clearly knew how much training he had received.
Especially what I learned from Yang Fan could not be learned anywhere in Ming Dynasty.
Among generals, the method of leading troops to fight is a secret that is not taught. Yang Fan was the only one who didn't carry anything behind him. He could read whatever he wanted. If he didn't understand something, he could ask, and he would give detailed answers.
Although the British princes often took charge of the Beijing camp after Tumu Fort, for nearly two hundred years, no British princes led troops on expeditions. Apart from some family experience, there is basically no actual combat experience.
When it comes to war, you are most afraid of talking about it on paper.
There have always been big problems with the inheritance of China's military knowledge. That is, intermittently, always starting from scratch and studying again, repeating the path that has been taken by the predecessors.
What can really be circulated is the book of war. Most of these military books are theoretical. "Tai Gong's Art of War", "Six Tao", "Sun Tzu's Art of War", etc. are all abstract theoretical knowledge.
China basically has no specific practical knowledge on war mobilization, infantry unit command, army formation, military logistics, etc. As for map terrain, meteorological knowledge, road traffic conditions, disease and epidemic prevention, formation coordination, etc. These are very necessary knowledge. However, these are extremely lacking in inheritance.
You can't fight a war just by reading "The Art of War". The army is an extremely special armed group with its own development rules. You must personally lead troops and go deep into the front line to truly understand and master an army.
Therefore, most of China's famous generals come from the military system. That is, people who came all the way from the soldiers.
They learn war in war and understand the construction principles and operating rules of the army from the grassroots level. But once these famous generals die. Most of these extremely precious experiences, summed up with countless lives and blood, will be lost. Form a break.
Then, during the next large-scale war, it was summarized again, and then lost again.
This has been the war in China for three thousand years. Repeat in a circle without stopping. The fundamental reason in this period is that there is no military academy as a base for inheriting military knowledge and cultivating talents to carry forward the past and open up the future. The emperor's high vigilance towards the inheritance of military science also played an extremely bad role.
As soon as the war is over, I can't wait to burn all the military books and hang up, watch or kill all the capable generals.
Therefore, Yang Fancai established the Army Lecture Hall in Xinghe Academy and the Naval Academy in Jeju Island.
In the future, those famous generals who have achieved great success will be able to leave their command positions and go to teach in academies to pass on military knowledge and avoid the suspicion of their superiors.
Zhang Shize's expedition to the west with Yang Fan was an exchange of interests between the British prince Zhang Weixian and Chongzhen.
He is an old man and knows very well that today's British government is
An empty shelf. For three generations, none of them knew how to fight. Although he has been in charge of the capital camp, fighting a war is not possible.
Zhang Shize entered Sanxi Hall and saw that his father Zhang Zhiji was also here.
"My grandson, please pay your respects to your grandfather and father." Zhang Shize quickly stepped forward and knelt down to kowtow to his grandfather.
Zhang Weixian obviously looks much older. Sitting there tremblingly, he was very thin and his energy was not as good as before. Suddenly my nose became sore and I burst into tears.
"Grandpa, why are you so thin?..."
The British Duke is the breadwinner of the family, but the tiger also ages.
Zhang Weixian is a man of great influence. He is the most capable owner of British kilometers in history.
In the twenty-sixth year of Wanli (1598), he assumed the title of Duke of England. In the thirty-seventh year (1609), he took charge of the military governor's mansion. After that, he added Shaofu and Taibao to the crown prince. She became the person Zheng Guifei and the Fu Wang family desperately tried to win over.
He was deeply involved with the three major eucalyptuses in the late Ming Dynasty (Eucalyptus lucidum, Eucalyptus red pills, and Eucalyptus migrans). However, he was a talented person and bold, and he dealt with the Donglin, Eunuchang, Zheng Guifei, Fuwang and Taichang families. In the extremely dangerous and complicated situation of party struggle, I danced on several eggs, but not one of them was broken.
Moreover, all political speculations were bets on the right bets, and the gains were plentiful. He is really a mature man, and he can be called the most old thief in the late Ming Dynasty.
Although he jumped around and tried to commit suicide, he was in charge of the military power in the Beijing camp because of his prominent background. In the chaotic and dangerous political struggles in the late Ming Dynasty, they all had to protect themselves and their families, and they were promoted and made rich.
He made great efforts in moving the palace, broke through the obstruction of Wei Zhongxian and others, and personally carried the sedan chair to carry Emperor Tianqi from Qianqing Palace to Wenhua Palace to inherit the throne.
He and Dong Lin fought for Tianqi's throne.
Donglin represents civil servants, and he represents military generals. The combination of civil and military forces defeated Zheng Guifei, Li Xuanshi, and Wei Zhongxian.
When Wei Zhongxian was in power and his arrogance was at its most arrogant, he could not do anything to Zhang Weixian. It can be seen that no one dares to easily provoke a general who wields military power.
After the death of Emperor Tianqi, he entered the palace according to the Queen's order and accepted Emperor Tianqi's last edict, thereby defeating Wei Zhongxian's conspiracy to keep the funeral secret but not to announce the funeral. Protected a dangerous situation. Created conditions for Emperor Chongzhen to ascend the throne.
Therefore, the thrones of Taichang, father and son were fought for by the British Duke.
Now, he is old and frail, as if a gust of wind could blow him away. But those falcon-like eyes were still sharp and brilliant. It's like I can see your inner thoughts.
"Idiot, why are you acting like a child? Have you forgotten our family's ancestral motto that a good man should sweat but not shed tears?" Zhang Weixian pointed his cane on the ground and reprimanded.
