I drank too much last night, it was three o'clock in the morning, and Wang Zhongfu was still sleeping soundly. Suddenly, the door was pushed open. Cui Qing rushed in, dancing and shouting: "We've won, we all have won! What good luck! I'll treat you to a drink! Let's go drink!"
Wang Zhongfu sat up suddenly and looked at Cui Qing blankly.
Xu Shijie on the side said: "It is indeed good luck to win. It's just that at this time, there is no one drinking."
Cui Qing said: "Why not? When I came back from looking at the rankings, I saw many people hanging out together, and they all said they were going to drink! I heard people say that after graduating from the military academy, you can become an officer. Am I trying to honor my family?"
Wang Zhongfu said angrily: "You have to learn to become an officer. Why are you anxious? It's so early in the morning, I haven't woken up yet!"
Cui Qing said: "You come from a wealthy family and are both civilized and military. Naturally, you don't think it would be good to join a military academy. I am different. My family has been farming for generations, and no one is a scholar, let alone an official. If I hadn't been lucky, , I was liked by the teaching scholar in the village when I was young, and after studying with him for several years, I didn’t even get this chance!”
"Okay, okay, you are awesome!" Wang Zhongfu got out of bed and stretched.
Even in other armies, with Wang Zhongfu's status and abilities, he was at least a junior officer. Wang Xiaolie's army has to march into the military academy, which is really not attractive to Wang Zhongfu. He studied both civil and military arts since he was a child, and he felt that the military academy was not a great place.
At noon, Shu Jiming came over happily and went out to drink with six people to congratulate him.
Many candidates come from other places. For this exam, the results are required to be available and admitted within five days. After enrolling, the school will choose a time to take a vacation to visit relatives. After that, there will be no vacation until graduation. Xu Shijie accompanied the five people and was not in a hurry to go back.
In the first month of the first month, Zhao Gou took the meaning of Shao Zuo Zhongxing, which means "Shao Yishi's great rest, and a hundred years of Pi Xu", and changed the Yuan Dynasty to Shaoxing. On the tenth day of March, on Ding Wei Day, the military academy under Wang Xiaolie officially opened.
Xu Shijie sent Wang Zhongfu and others to the school gate, watched them enter, and silently looked at the rising sun on the horizon.
After entering the gate of the military academy, passing the security troops, and passing many government offices, we arrived at the school grounds. There were several tables lined up there, and next to each table there was a big list with everyone's name written on it. Everyone signs up based on their name, and someone will organize it themselves.
Wang Zhongfu and Shu Jiming happened to be in the same team, so they went over to sign up and stood with the others.
After all the formalities were completed, someone came over and took ten people aside to wait quietly. It wasn't until three o'clock in the morning that the person in charge said, "Today is the first day of school, and the governor has come to give you a lecture. You should be careful."
After saying that, the leader directed Wang Zhongfu's ten people to stand on the school field.
Wang Zhongfu turned around and saw that he was surrounded by people. He didn't know how many there were. From the entrance to the school gate to both sides of the school grounds, there were soldiers on guard. The vigilant soldiers extended to an invisible place, and it was unknown how many there were.
After a while, a general in his forties came to the stage and said loudly: "I am Liu Shaoxian, who was originally the guard general of Guangzhou. In the third year of Jianyan period, Li Qiong attacked Guangzhou and was forced to flee into the Xinyang army. He suppressed and Fu The envoy ordered me to promote the military academy. The military academy has been in preparation for nearly two years, and everything is now in rough preparation. Today is the official opening of the school. You new students who have entered the school are considered the first batch."
After finishing speaking, Liu Shao turned sideways and said: "The military academy starts today, and this is a serious matter. The envoy of the town and counselor Wang are here to lecture."
After Liu Shao finished speaking, he retreated to the back and Wang Ruohai stepped forward.
Looking at everyone, Wang Ruohai said: "I am Wang Ruohai, the counselor of the Zhenfu Envoy Department. I came with Zhenfu today because you students are very important to our army. In accordance with the order of the Zhenfu Envoy, the entire army will be reorganized this year. , there is a shortage of very many officers. Especially the middle and lower-level officers are very important to the army, but the shortage is severe. When we say there is a shortage of officers, there are two main meanings. One is that according to the establishment, there are no suitable people for many positions. The other It means that the existing officers are lacking in knowledge and need to be trained. In this situation, you need to learn as soon as possible and work in the army. I can guarantee that in the coming days, the military academy will not be short of money, food and supplies. There will be no shortage. If there is anything else missing, just tell me and I will try every means to solve it! In short, the Governor will spare no effort to ensure that the military academy has enough money and food!"
At this point, the students below sang Nuo together with great momentum.
When the voice calmed down, Wang Ruohai said: "After entering the military academy, how and what do you need to learn, and what are the requirements for you? Please come and lecture the governor! The military academy is a new thing, and officers have never been trained in this way before. , everyone should adapt slowly."
After saying that, he walked to the back and asked Wang Xiaolie to come forward.
Wang Xiaolie stepped forward and looked at everyone. Said: "I have a lot to say today, and it will take a long time. If an official is speaking, find a place for everyone to sit down. You are soldiers, and you should be able to stand for an hour. However, today, It's the first day of school. It's not good to stand here and listen to me. Everyone is given a small chair and everyone sits down. "
Soldiers came in from the outside, holding small chairs behind the crowd, and passed them forward one by one, one for each person.
This is actually the Mazar of later generations, which is easy to carry and especially convenient for use in the wild. It is not very difficult for Wang Xiao to hunt now. Each person in the army is prepared to have one as part of the marching equipment. The earliest batch was sent to the military academy.
Everyone took the maza and didn't know what to do for a while. Someone was looking around.
Wang Xiaolie said: "Soldiers are different from civilians. They must sit as they should and stand as they should. Even when sitting down, you must have a unified military posture! You are new to the military academy, so there are no requirements today. Sit down. Try to sit as straightly as possible!"
Everyone promised. Put down the maza and sat down.
Wang Xiaolie said: "Ever since I arrived in Xiangyang after chasing Yang Jin, I wanted to set up a military academy to train officers at all levels. But officers were not trained this way before. For a while, there were no instructors, no teaching materials, and I didn't know what to do. So we have been making preparations. Although officers continue to come here to study, to be honest, it is not a real military school. The military school only starts from you. You are the first batch of students!"
"Due to the lack of talents, the admissions this time will be more lenient. The admissions will not be lenient until you complete your studies. The initial plan is this. All of you will learn the same textbooks and the teaching methods will be the same, but it is inevitable that some will learn faster. , some people learn slowly. After one year, those who have learned well can take the initiative to take the exam, and if they pass the exam, they will be considered successful. If you are not sure, then study longer. The longest time in the military academy is five years, five years If you still can't graduate, forget it. According to your test scores, after you graduate from the military academy, you will basically serve in the army below the capital. Those who have graduated will only be in the four positions of captain, military envoy, left section level, and right section level. You can't complete it. If you are a professional, you can only hold positions such as supporting the team, guarding the team, and flag leader, and are not counted as officers."
Having said this, Wang Xiaolie looked at the people below. Said: "You allocate positions according to the grades you learned in the military academy. Is this allocation appropriate? Is it fair? To be honest, it cannot be said that it is fair if people can make the best use of them. There are always special people, even if their grades are not good. Good, but they actually studied very well. When they got to the army, they performed well in battle. There are also some people who, although their grades are good, are of no use in battle. Such things are always inevitable. So in our army, for There are remedies for this kind of thing. I won’t go into details here. In short, the method of using examination results to determine your future is suitable for the governor."
At this point, Wang Xiaolie paused. After a while, he said: "Why build a military academy? Many people have asked me this question. My answer is simple, because it is necessary."
"It has been more than four years since the imperial court established the martial arts examination in the second year of Chang'an in the Zhou Dynasty. Over the past four hundred years, the military examination has selected some famous generals, such as Guo Ziyi of the Tang Dynasty and Xu Huiyan of this dynasty. But in general, The military examination has not reborn the army and has many shortcomings. It has been a hundred years since Emperor Renzong opened the military examination in the eighth year of Qingli, and there are not many talents selected. Therefore, in addition to the military examination, this dynasty also established In the fifth year of Xining, Emperor Shenzong established martial arts, usually with 200 people, and it took three years to complete the training. However, later wars, especially the Jinlunan prisoners in Jingkang, showed that whether it was martial arts or martial arts Learning cannot truly make the army strong."
Speaking of this, Wang Xiaolie smiled bitterly and said: "During the Jingkang period, during the Hedong War, seventeen Jin troops defeated the two thousand troops of this dynasty. Oh, think about it, if one of the two thousand people spit, they would also spit these seventeen people to death. But he was chased by seventeen Jurchens!"
"Some people say that the Han people are cowardly. What are they talking about? Is there anyone in the world who is better than the Han people in a one-on-one fight? But why can't we defeat people in war? We can't defeat the Khitans, and now we can't defeat the Jurchens. That's the truth. Where?"
"Let me say, first of all, the court's positioning of the army. What does the army do? Secondly, the organization, system, selection, equipment and training of the army, and all kinds of things. Is it based on improving the combat effectiveness of the army? Now look at , I’m afraid not. How can we make the army combat effective if we don’t start from every link? When we set up military academies, we must start from organization, system, personnel selection, and training to cultivate talents. Use talents like you as the skeleton and the foundation. Serve your soldiers and build a truly reborn army!”
The most common saying in the past life is that the most important reason for the military weakness of the Song Dynasty was the emphasis on civility and the suppression of military force. This term has been changed around a lot. Some people say it values culture over martial arts, and some people say it values culture over martial arts. In short, they all mean the same thing. When he first heard it, Wang Xiaolie thought it was right. Later, as I gained more knowledge, the more I thought about it, the less sense it made. Is it because the military status of a country is weak because of its low status? If the status of soldiers is high, the military will be strong?
During the Five Dynasties period before the Song Dynasty, warriors ruled the country, and the status of soldiers was high enough, right? How did Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures get lost? During the warlord wars in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, the status of soldiers was high enough, right? When the world's anti-Sist war began to counterattack, Henan, Hunan and Guangxi were defeated. From a global perspective, when Britain was the world hegemon, its army was filled with thieves, hooligans, drunkards, criminals and vagrants. How could it not conquer the world with invincible troops? Whether it is from China or the world, the argument that culture is valued over military affairs is untenable.
The military is not good, and the army cannot win external battles. Instead of looking for the reason from the army itself, they say that they value civility over military affairs, and that the court does not allow military generals to serve as prime ministers. This statement sounds extremely ridiculous. Why was the Song Dynasty’s army incompetent? Of course, we must look for the reasons from the court's positioning of the army, its organization, system, money, training, and equipment. To say that it is because the imperial court values civility over military affairs does not sound like a conclusion that a normal modern person could draw. Which country in the world now does not value culture over military affairs? The shortcomings of the Song Dynasty mentioned are almost the same as those of beautiful countries in the West. Who dares to say that the army of beautiful countries is no longer good?
After studying the history of the Song Dynasty for a thousand years, you can come up with this? Others like to say that the only thing history teaches people is that they learn nothing from history. History has taught people a lot, and people have learned a lot. What can they not learn?
Lack of strict enforcement is one thing. The military law of the Song Dynasty was actually very harsh, and people were killed and beheaded at every turn. Wang Xiaolie felt that the reason why the Song Dynasty's military was ineffective was because those who valued civility over military affairs were very similar to the civil servants of the Song Dynasty who formulated military laws. Civil servants, when they see or hear that military discipline is lax, often run away on the battlefield, instead of investigating the reasons and solving them, they just kill this and that, thinking that the officers and soldiers will be afraid if the sword is raised high. Those who say that the military of the Song Dynasty was not good because they valued literature over military affairs clearly don't understand, but they insist on pretending to be experts.
In this era, if you really believe in the nonsense that emphasizing culture over military force leads to the army's incompetence in combat effectiveness, you will fall into a trap.
Wang Xiaolie didn't know who was the first person to suggest that the Song Dynasty's emphasis on civility and neglect of military affairs resulted in military incompetence. It must have been very late after the founding of the People's Republic of China to make it so clear. But the first person to put forward similar views should be the Qing Dynasty. The Manchus were about to conquer the world, and they paid special attention to bows and horses, thinking that they were the foundation for their clan to establish themselves in the Central Plains. They often use the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty as negative teaching materials to teach their descendants not to forget their roots. The problem is that when the Qing Dynasty faced the Eight-Power Allied Forces and the world's powerful forces, it showed no sign that its army could fight, and it was a disgrace to the Central Heavenly Kingdom.
If he remembers correctly, Wang Xiaolie remembered that the Qing Dynasty was defined in history books as the pinnacle of China's feudal autocracy. When it reached the mouths of some experts, it transformed into the pinnacle of China's feudal society, and even created Kang, Yong, and Qian Sheng. It was at this time that China began to lag behind the West in an all-round way. Behind the prosperous times of the world, some people really make such a joke.
If the military is not good, of course we have to find reasons from the military. This is the scientific attitude. He takes care of things and pretends to understand. What's the use? New China has given methods on how to transform the military. It would be wrong to turn a blind eye.
