In front of the gate of the Academy of Arts, a group of students were walking on the road, all arrogant and high-spirited.
The month-long rectification of the yellow books made these officials look more like a different person than the elegant and reserved people they were when they first entered school a month ago, and they also became much tanned.
"Lao Zhang, how was the result?"
"Ha, it's nothing to say. This month, I collected 600,000 copies of the black and yellow records, and named a sixteenth-class Earl. What about you, brother?"
"Slightly better than Brother Zhang, I compiled 800,000 dirty records."
"There are so many, man, how did you find out so many shady people?"
"I talked to them carefully at the beginning. They were easy to do and I was easy to do. But they agreed but didn't take it seriously. In a fit of rage, I hanged the least active prefect in the yamen. Before, they were much more active.”
"You are still good, so I killed two magistrates and left the prefect alone."
"..."
It is not without reason that these officials can make such a big change.
The Liberal Arts College urged them to rectify their yellow records as if they were urging them to do something. There were originally about a hundred people in the Liberal Arts College, but at this time, less than 70 were still alive to return to school.
Those who did not come back were all buried in the ground.
Only then did the students of the Academy of Arts realize that the imperial court was serious this time. The eighteenth-level meritocracy system gave them the opportunity to be knighted, but it was impossible for the court to let them just take advantage and not be responsible.
Their prince took action with no less ferocity and decisiveness than Taizu Emperor Gao, and in terms of results, Lao Zhu felt ashamed after seeing it.
For Zhu Gaojie, killing people is like drinking water. He regards killing as a means. If the problem can be solved without killing people, everyone will be happy. If the problem can't be solved without killing people, then he will be merciless if he does it.
Just imagine, the officials who were out there rectifying the pornographic records were careless at first, but then they saw one after another liberal arts students around them lose their jobs because of their negative work. How would they feel?
Zhu Gaojie's murder was not random killing. He had already seized the evidence of these students, rather than simply killing people as a deterrent. What he wanted to express was obvious: You are good, I am good, everyone is good, and I must be good first. . If you don't want me to be nice, can I make you live comfortably?
After realizing that he might lose his head if he didn't do practical things, he didn't care about so much and just went to rectify the pornographic list. At this time, Zhu Gaojie's methods were much gentler. He asked the inspectors to investigate and collect evidence in various provinces, and then evaluate the grades of the eighteenth-level merit and nobility system based on the achievements of the students in the liberal arts academy.
According to the evaluation results of the eighteenth-level merit system, the officials' positions and integrity bankrolls will be re-evaluated. If their merits are met, they will be promoted on the spot. Where there is punishment, there must be reward. Merely relying on killing people as a deterrent cannot solve the problem.
If the officials were driven to a dead end by threats alone, when they found that they were forced to have no way out, the chain reaction caused would be one that even Zhu Gaojie was unwilling to face head-on. Clearly distinguishing rewards and punishments is the art of the emperor. It is easy to say these four words, but it requires layers of planning to do it.
In his carefully crafted layout, officials also began to become ruthless.
The reason why we didn't rectify the pornographic books before was because everyone had common interests. These officials didn't want to offend anyone, so they just turned a blind eye after taking money from the local government, and the matter passed away.
But now they and the local area no longer have common interests. With Zhu Gaojie's dark hands disrupting the situation, the officials and local forces are on the opposite side. By rectifying the yellow book, the official will be promoted and make a fortune, his political performance will be promoted, and he will be honest and make money. The local forces are thinking that you have taken money from my family for so many years. If you take the money and do nothing, how can you be any more beastly?
The eighteen-level meritocracy system may seem too abrupt, but in fact it is just right, because Zhu Gaojie's purpose has never been to use policies to coerce officials and force them to do things.
Since ancient times, the policy of using coercion and inducement to ensure long-term stability for officials has never been successful.
His fundamental purpose is to intensify the contradiction between officials and local forces and maintain this contradictory relationship. Only after conflicts arise between officials and local forces can the dynasty become rich and powerful.
Officials of the Academy of Arts, a group of gentlemen wearing red official robes, what good can they do?
After being forced to show their bloody nature, the tempers of these officials also increased. They are playing tricks on them. Can the local forces defeat them? Their forces are so intertwined that the local forces cannot fight against them. What's more, with the support of the imperial court, the local forces are not even qualified to overturn the table. For those who are playing dirty tricks, the fact that the officials can wear red official robes is enough to illustrate their methods.
From the beginning, the students of the liberal arts academy were not on the same level as the local forces.
These officials are serious about it, and local forces can only bow their heads and give in.
In just one month, the world has turned upside down. According to the figures reported in the cabinet report, the registered population has now surged to 99 million, and this number continues to rise.
"Hey, where is the prince?"
The students from the liberal arts college went around the liberal arts college but could not find Zhu Gaojie.
What's going on, they've been out for a month and the dean is gone?
Someone said: "I heard someone say on the way here that the prince has been teaching at the martial arts academy recently."
The man who had spoken before became furious after hearing this: "Damn it, why does our dean give lessons to those men in the martial arts academy? Come on, come on, come with me to the martial arts academy and get the prince back!"
"Yes, what can these common men in the martial arts academy have to teach? The dean should give us more lessons in the liberal arts academy."
"Let's go, follow me, tell everything, go to the martial arts academy, and kill those guys in the martial arts academy!"
"Knife in hand, follow me!"
"Kill the common man and rob the dean!"
After just one month of bloody internship, this group of students from the liberal arts academy became extremely angry. They looked like a group of reckless men and stormed into the martial arts academy in a menacing manner. They were even more ordinary than ordinary people.
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In the martial arts lecture hall of the Wuyuan Academy, Zhu Gaojie gave a eloquent speech: "Let's continue to talk about the tactical principles mentioned in the last lecture. First, let me ask if anyone still remembers what the principles of combat are."
All the arrogant soldiers in the hall were listening to the class attentively like good babies, with their backs straight and their concentration attentive. After hearing Zhu Gaojie's question, Su Wen was the first to raise his hand.
Zhu Gaojie raised his hand and said, "Come on, Su Wen, tell me."
Su Wen stood up and bowed, and said: "The so-called tactical principles refer to the three levels of strategy, campaign, and tactics, that is, in the preparation of a war or war scenario, a battle, or a battle. The basic principles used are actually universal truths from macro, meso to micro, applicable to most situations."
"Very well, please sit down."
Zhu Gaojie nodded slightly and continued, "There are many tactical principles I summarized before. Today we will talk about them in detail, one-point and two-sided combat principles."
"One Point, Two Sides" is a tactic of attack and annihilation. Simply put, it is to concentrate superior forces, select the enemy's weak points to break through, open an opening to consolidate and expand the results in depth, and at the same time use part of the force to carry out a pincer attack on the enemy from another direction, forming a two-sided, Surrounded on three or four sides.”
"If you are fighting a moving enemy, you should concentrate your efforts to hit the enemy's flanks all the way. If you annihilate the enemy all the way, then attack one section of the enemy and take one section. If you want to attack an enemy with scattered defenses, choose one point. Break through and annihilate them. If they can develop and continue to develop, implement local encirclement and annihilation instead of focusing fire on multiple points."
"Tactically, we also choose the enemy's weak point to launch a concentrated fire attack. If it is a general breakthrough point, we will choose the enemy's protrusion, joint, side and rear of the enemy's position, and points where the terrain facilitates our army's approach, etc. , concentrate our troops and use firepower to break through.”
"Using your most powerful fist to hit the opponent's weak spot is often more fatal than waving around with two fists."
"..."
The Duke of Cheng, Zhu Yong, raised his hand. After receiving Zhu Gaojie's acquiescence, he stood up and asked: "Sir, you have been saying just now that you should concentrate your forces to attack the opponent's weakness. The student would like to ask, when concentrating our forces, What precautions should we take?”
"This is a good question. Regarding this issue, I have summarized six points of attention."
Zhu Gaojie nodded and said, "First of all, what you imagined may have been concentrated. You must prevent it from actually being concentrated."
"Secondly, it seems to be concentrated on the map sandbox. We need to prevent it from being concentrated on the ground."
"Third, according to the memories caused by fighting ordinary enemy forces in the past, they are already concentrated, but fighting new enemies may not necessarily be concentrated now."
"I said at the beginning that operations and tactics are two different things. The above three principles are from the perspective of operations. From a tactical point of view, the main thing is to concentrate on the fire target and to dispatch the vanguard battalion. You can release the opponent's blood."
"The most important thing is not to open the front of the assault too wide. The front should be narrow so that our firepower can completely cover and overwhelm the enemy, so that the force used is to kill vertically rather than slash horizontally. Whether it is an offensive war or a counterattack, , all attack methods adopted should be dominated by wedge-shaped assaults."
"Article 4: Concentrating troops in the direction of assault does not mean that the vanguard army must form a dense formation and charge randomly, but implement a stepped and deep configuration. On the one hand, it strengthens the edge of the assault, and on the other hand, it maintains The advantage of stamina is that it can charge several times, and after the attack, it is easy to penetrate and expand the results."
"Fifth, in general offensive tactics principles, the troop allocation is based on 60% to 70% of the assault force and 30% to 40% of the containment team. Of course, the battlefield is ever-changing, and this troop allocation must also be changed based on the situation. Under certain circumstances and Under the conditions, 90% or even 99% of the troops can be concentrated in the direction of assault, and 10% of the troops can be placed in the direction of containing the feint."
"The last point is that if an enemy is surrounded, the encirclement circle must be completely closed. The encirclement line must be focused and avoid being of the same thickness."
