Qi Yuanbi, Xu Ermo and Yan Yingyuan entered the Wenhua Hall together.
The reason why Prince Zhu met the three of them at once was not because he had many things to do and was too busy to meet them one by one. But he definitely can't eliminate these three people. One is from Qi Jiguang's family, one is a specialist in Westernization, and the other is a hero who defended Jiangyin in history - these three must have gone to high school! Not only high school, but also focused training.
Zhu Cixiang met the three of them at the same time to give them a chance to "recharge."
Because in the view of Prince Zhu, most of the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty were not worthy of their posts! Most civil servants can only brag and make fuss, and only a few can do practical things. Officials who can't do anything are often criticized as traitors...
The situation of the military attache is not much better. The hereditary guard officers are very corrupt! There will never be another person as powerful as Qi Jiguang. As for the officers who came up from the army, they were brave, but their military management and strategy were far behind.
But this is not the worst thing. The worst thing is that the tactics and tactics mastered by these officers are already different from those of Western military strategists.
They could neither use field tactics such as Spanish Square, Morris Square, or Gustav Square, nor could they build bastions, nor could they use artillery correctly.
To put it bluntly, the quality of the current Ming army officers is not only compared with Western military strategists such as Gustavus II, Nassau Morris, Cromwell, and Condai, but also compared with those who are familiar with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" The Manchu military strategists are inferior to none!
At least he was superb in martial arts, skilled in bow and horse, and he also summed up a set of tactics that could defeat the Ming army in the "rookie war" with the Ming army.
Moreover, the Manchu military strategists were much better at military and political management than the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty... At least the Eight Banners warriors did not starve, and the Han army's muskets did not explode, even the Hongyi cannons could Production!
Faced with this situation where officials were generally not qualified for their positions, Zhu Cihong's method was to make do with it while starting two new "official schools" called Nanjing Shixuetang and Nanjing Martial Arts School to train civil and military officials.
Among them, Nanjing Shixuetang is for training civil servants, and it mainly offers four courses: construction, finance, agriculture, and law. One of the two directors of the school was Han Lin, who had just completed the construction of the Qufu city wall for Shi Kefa. The other one is Song Yingxing, who wrote "Tiangong Kaiwu" - Song Yingxing, who will be famous in later generations, is a native of Jiangxi. He was famous for his academic achievements. Unfortunately, he spent too much energy on "miscellaneous studies", so like Han Lin, he could not win the Jinshi. . Later, he became an official with the title of Juren. At the beginning of the 17th year of Chongzhen's reign, he resigned and left Beijing and returned to his hometown in Jiangxi.
After Zhu Cihong took control of the southeast, he asked Wei Zaode to invite him to Nanjing to be responsible for the preparation of the Shixuetang. In Zhu Cixiang's long-term plan, this "practical school" will be gradually expanded and upgraded in the future, and will eventually become Nanjing University.
However, for now, this practical school in Nanjing can only be used for "official make-up lessons" - the officials responsible for tax collection should at least learn how to calculate accounts. Why do the officials who go to collect rent have to know some agricultural knowledge? Don’t be so stupid that you can’t tell the difference between rice and wheat! Officials responsible for building houses, building city walls, and repairing water conservancy projects also need to learn a little bit about construction, right? The officials responsible for catching thieves and interrogating cases must be familiar with the laws of the Ming Dynasty.
Nanjing Martial Arts School offers seven subjects including city building, Western literature, arithmetic, Western military science, firearms, equipment and transportation. Si Ye is Tang Ruowang and Li Tianjing, Ph.D.s are Li Zubai and Jiao Xu, and there are four mercenary captains who teach Western military science part-time, including Shi Ruien, Foy, Rodoni, and Frissy.
The two schools are currently under preparation and are scheduled to officially open in April. The first batch of military cadets are naturally the young officers of the new army who have overcome difficulties, so it is easier to select. However, it is more difficult to recruit students for practical schools. Who among the officials who have been awarded official positions are willing to come to school?
Those who have not been awarded official positions but are still worthy of use are these tributes.
Therefore, Zhu Cixiang planned to select dozens of people from among the new scholars to participate in the first phase of practical training.
"The three of them are all talented, capable of doing things, and can be ranked among the top two." Zhu Cixiang looked at the three people in front of him with a smile. Yan Yingyuan was in his early thirties, with a Chinese character face and a dignified appearance. Qi Yuanbi and Xu Ermo are younger. Although Qi Yuanbi is a scholar, he has the appearance of a warrior and is very powerful. Xu Ermo, on the other hand, is a fat little guy with a big head, who looks quite smart.
He paused, "I also know the ambitions of the three of them. But having ambitions does not mean being able to get things done. Even if you can put your mind to work, there is a problem of not applying what you have learned. The three of them are Confucian scholars, oh, so many Mo is still a believer and proficient in Western learning."
Duomo is the Christian name of the little fat Xu Ermo. Zhu Cixiang called him by his Christian name, which made the little fat man feel a little warm. At the same time, he also remembered the rumor that Zhu Cixiang met Gabriel. If this was true, then he would be a Jinshi in high school. (His article is very poor) It must be God’s will, just to help the God-chosen king.
"Your Highness," Xu Ermo crossed himself on his chest, "I am willing to obey the arrangements."
"Okay." Zhu Cixi smiled, "Then I will arrange for you to study martial arts."
"Martial Arts..." Xu Ermo was stunned, "But I am a scholar."
Zhu Cixiang frowned, "You still followed the arrangement just now!"
"Kechen doesn't know how to fight..."
Don't know how to fight? Just say you are afraid of death! Zhu Cixiang thought to himself: You are a Catholic and you should love God. Now there is an opportunity for you to see God early. Why are you afraid? This is very inappropriate!
"It doesn't matter," Zhu Cixiang smiled, "I won't let you go to war... You first go to the martial arts school to study, mainly studying Western military science. You need to keep more records and draw more drawings. After you learn it, you can give it to me. Write a book introducing Western-style military training. The language should be popular and the content should be detailed. Do you understand?"
It turns out that Zhu Cixiang asked Xu Ermo to write textbooks... There are several teachers teaching Western military science now, but there are no textbooks to use. In addition, Western military science cannot always be taught by foreigners. It is necessary to train its own instructors. This Xu Ermo is proficient in Western learning and foreign language, so he will definitely learn it faster. After completing his studies, let him become an instructor and then teach others.
"I accept the decree." Xu Ermo was relieved now. As long as there was no possibility of seeing God immediately, everything else was easy.
"Yan Yingyuan, Qi Yuanbi," Zhu Cixiang said to the other two people, "where are you two? Although you are civil servants, you are both from the military. You don't want to be a Hanlin poet, right? In today's troubled times, what the country needs is Sun Wenzheng , civil servants like Lu Wenzhong, it is a pity that both of them have died for their country, are you willing to be the new Sun Wenzheng and Lu Wenzhong?"
Sun Wenzheng is Sun Chuanting, and Lu Wenzhong is Lu Xiangsheng. After arriving in Nanjing, Zhu Cihong gave these two posthumous titles, one Wenzheng and the other Wenzhong.
"I am willing to be Sun Wenzheng and Lu Wenzhong!"
"I am also willing!"
Yan Yingyuan and Qi Yuanbi both stood up and responded.
Zhu Cixiang nodded and said seriously: "But I don't want you two to die for the country like Sun Wenzheng and Lu Wenzhong... I want you to go straight to Huanglong and return in triumph.
Therefore, you have to go to the martial arts school with Xu Duomo to learn Western military science. After you two complete your studies, I will give each of you the command of a battalion of model troops. He first served as an officer for a few years, and then returned to the civil service as a governor and supervisor. What do you think? "
Zhu Cixiang is deceiving people to join the army! He now feels that there are many people in his army who can be commanders, but there seems to be no one who can be generals. So I think Yan Yingyuan should be available - at least he performed well in the battle to defend Jiangyin. And Qi Yuanbi looks a bit similar, so you can give it a try.
If Yan Yingyuan and Qi Yuanbi agreed, they would not be able to go back to being civil servants in ten or eight years.
Yan Yingyuan and Qi Yuanbi thought about it for a while, and they both felt that Zhu Cixiang's suggestion was good, and they both gave a positive answer.
"Your Majesty Yan Yingyuan is willing to join the army."
"My minister Qi Yuanbi is willing to join the army!"
