Liu Zongzhou panted heavily.
He is the Minister of Rites and is in charge of the world's scholars. He is the best choice for both classics and history, as well as eloquence and debate.
It's a pity that I met such a strong person as Qin Liangyu.
They don't play by the rules at all, and every rebuttal is factual.
It's not that he can't argue, it's just that he can become a sophist and lose his impression in front of the emperor.
The emperor has abolished the ancestral system of legal privileges for scholars, and changed the selection ratio of military attachés some time ago.
If he offended the emperor, he might really abolish the ancestral system of civil servants being overshadowed.
"Marquis Zhongzhen, please don't be rude in front of His Majesty!"
Hearing Li Banghua's reminder, Qin Liangyu turned around and saluted Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I am disrespectful, please punish me!"
"It doesn't matter, I just said, you can speak freely today and just have a reasonable argument!"
Chongzhen was also surprised by Qin Liangyu's words against Liu Zongzhou.
But then it became clear that although Qin Liangyu was now a marquis, he was born a chieftain, and there was still poverty there.
To a certain extent, she represents the middle and lower classes, and coupled with her integrity and loyalty, she speaks for the people.
He also thought about Qin Liangyu's proposal to abolish the shadow of civil servants, but now he had to rely on this to make civil servants work hard and could not abolish it for the time being.
After listening to the argument between the two, Fang Zhuangwei thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, what Mr. Liu and Marquis Zhongzhen said have their own reasons.
I am thinking that there is a certain overlap between the way people who come from martial arts schools enter the army to serve as military attachés and the way military officers are selected to select military attaches. Should we make some adjustments? "
"Master Zhou, there is no need to adjust. Your Majesty just changed the health education to the martial arts hall, and the requirements have been raised.
When the Wei School was there, the martial arts classes were still held. Now that the martial arts lecture hall is there, it has no impact on the martial arts classes.
Moreover, there are more than 110 health schools, and each health school has 80 military students, which is equivalent to nearly 10,000 people.
Even if one martial arts hall is opened in each province, there will only be one or two thousand people a year, which is not too many. "
Listening to Li Banghua's response, Chongzhen nodded: "Li Aiqing is right. The martial arts hall starts with training from children, while martial arts requires adults to participate. It is impossible for the patrol to find all the geniuses.
We must always give some opportunities to some people who abandon their writing and join the army, suddenly become enlightened, and exceed the age limit.
Besides, the model of the martial arts hall is just my idea. Whether it can be realized or not, and the final effect is hard to say.
Assuming that the martial arts training hall is effective, we can change the martial arts system or cancel it in the future, but I think that will probably happen in twenty or thirty years, and it is too early to talk about it now. "
After thinking for a while, Liu Zongzhou said: "I understand!"
"Your Majesty, I strongly support you!"
British Duke Zhang Weixian expressed his position that the martial arts hall did not pose much threat to him.
As long as the Zhang family makes no mistakes, they will be the hereditary first prince and control the capital, no matter who comes out of the martial arts hall.
"Your Majesty, I agree!"
Zhongzhen Hou Qin Liangyu also agreed. The strength of her Ma family and Qin family was pretty good, but they were not hereditary.
From now on, when the children of the family enter the army, they will either have to work hard at the grassroots level or take up martial arts. The former is more dangerous and the latter is more stressful.
But if a martial arts hall is opened and the children in the family are taught by them since childhood, the chance of entering will always be greater than others.
Seeing that both the British Duke and Zhongzhen Hou agreed, although several other cabinet ministers had ideas, they could only agree.
"Since you all have no objections, the matter of the Martial Arts Hall has been decided. The Martial Arts Hall will be under the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War will be responsible for formulating detailed plans, and the speed must be fast."
Li Banghua responded that the new Minister of War, Hou Liu, had not yet arrived, so he had to take over first.
"I would like to say a few more words about the Martial Arts Hall."
When Chongzhen said this, he paused for a moment and stared at the ministers closely. The pressure of the ministers instantly increased by several steps.
"Throughout the past dynasties, civil society was emphasized over military affairs, and military affairs were emphasized over civil affairs in troubled times. What is the reason? Have you ever thought about it?"
“In the eyes of civil servants, and even the emperor, military officers have never known what benevolence, justice and morality are, and those who kill the enemy on the battlefield are the ones with outstanding merits.
Emperor? He can take his place! The emperor was afraid of rebellion among his generals. "
"But is that really the case? I don't think so."
Chongzhen sighed leisurely: "In the final analysis, it is still a struggle for power. Otherwise, why would scholars despise each other and military men respect each other?"
"We say that military attachés can rebel, but civilian officials can't? Would it be more terrifying if civilian officials restrained military attachés and collusion between civil and military officials?
Are all military generals born to be rebellious? Don’t you have any thoughts of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism in your bones?
Who can be the commander-in-chief of an army who has not read the classics and history?
Wen Ke died to remonstrate and Wu Yi died in battle. Is it just empty words? "
"Are you thinking that after the horses are trampled and the slaves are established, you can release the horses in Nanshan, put the swords and guns in the warehouse, and disarm and return to the fields?"
Hearing the words "horses released to Nanshan, swords and guns put into storage", everyone's eyes lit up, and then they heard Chongzhen say: "If you have such thoughts, then the Ming Dynasty is not far from being destroyed."
“Besides the Ming Dynasty, there are Japanese pirates and Korea in the east, Luzon in the southeast, Siam and Vietnam in the south.
There are other countries besides Tubo in the west, and there are more countries on the other side of the ocean.
We may not cause trouble to others, but can you guarantee that others will not cause trouble to us? "
"Having said so much, I just want to tell you that only by promoting military force can you strengthen the country and enrich the people.
We must always be prepared so that when invasion comes one day, we will have enough ability to deal with it.
Having a sword in your hand and not using it, and not having a sword in your hand are two different things. This is the real reason why I established professional sergeants and martial arts halls. "
"You may not understand what I said now, but what I want to tell you is,
If you don't recognize it, you must first acknowledge it. If you don't recognize it, you must first agree. If you understand it, you must implement it. If you don't understand it, you must slowly understand it during implementation.
Of course, you can raise questions and your own ideas, but before you refute my point of view, implement it first. "
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
The British Duke Zhang Weixian, the loyal Marquis Qin Liangyu, and the commander of the Forbidden Army Sun Chuanting immediately knelt down and saluted Chongzhen.
Chongzhen's words completely established the status of military commanders. From this moment on, civil and military forces coexisted and were equal.
The military general was happy, but the civilian officials' faces were full of sadness.
Chongzhen naturally knew what the civil servants were worried about, but even if they were worried, he couldn't change it.
When a country's military loses its vigor and spirit, that is the beginning of disaster.
Paying attention to generals does not mean letting them go.
After the Forbidden Army is reorganized and the four Tengxiang guards are added, there will be a total of 250,000 to 300,000 people. This is where the confidence lies.
Coupled with the Ming Dynasty's Military Discipline Inspection Department's indoctrination into the army, as well as the selection of generals from the martial arts department and the martial arts lecture hall,
As long as the emperor remains upright, the generals' rebellion will almost be eliminated.
Following Chongzhen's rhythm, everyone continued to discuss the contents of the five-year plan.
This discussion, which established the development pattern of Ming Dynasty in the next five years, continued until Zishi, and was only dispersed because Sun Chengzong and others were old and lacked energy.
