At this year's palace banquet, Zhu Yuelan blushed hard.
The things that Chen Kan had done were put on the table one after another, which made the female family members in the palace tremble with fear.
The little chubby Zhu Zhanji's eyes shone brightly and he looked at Chen Kan with admiration.
Only Yuan Rong and Li Rang looked like they had eaten dead flies. They had straight faces throughout the banquet, as if someone owed them millions.
However, no one paid any attention to them.
Chen Kancai was the protagonist at this banquet.
It's evening, and as the Queen's palace, Kunning Palace is naturally not without fireworks.
As a result, Chen Kan was taken to the attic of Kunning Palace by a group of female relatives. The palace watchers set off fireworks that were no louder than farts.
Naturally, Zhu Di would not miss this opportunity for the harem to finally get together.
At the same time, Zhu Di was also the only one in the audience who had the same lack of interest in watching fireworks as Chen Kan.
Perhaps seeing Chen Kan's reluctance, Zhu Di waved to him.
When Chen Kan saw this, he hurriedly got out of the crowd of women.
He trotted up to Zhu Di holding a luminous cup and said with a smile: "Father-in-law."
Zhu Di motioned to the young eunuch to carry a stool for Chen Kan. After Chen Kan sat down, he asked, "I have thought carefully about what you said about the establishment of the Ming Dynasty Royal Military Academy."
"Um!"
Chen Kan nodded and quietly waited for Zhu Di's next words.
Zhu Di continued: "I was thinking, would it be better if this college was built in Beijing?"
Chen Kan rubbed his chin and said in deep thought: "Why would my father-in-law consider this?"
In Chen Kan's view, it doesn't matter where the Ming Dynasty Royal Military Academy is built. What matters is that it should be established first.
Moreover, no one stipulates that only one college can be built. One can be built in Beijing and Nanjing, or even one in all the big cities in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Di raised his glass and gestured to Chen Kan, and then said calmly: "Beijing is close to the grassland, and the problem of Beiyuan will be solved sooner or later. Since the purpose of Damin Royal Military Academy is to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, we must ensure that the academy The students must have the opportunity to train at any time."
Chen Kan understood Zhu Di's thoughts.
He wanted to use Beiyuan as the grindstone of the Ming Dynasty Royal Military Academy.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Kan asked, "Father-in-law, do you think Jiangnan's makeup is too much?"
Zhu Di nodded: "Yes, since ancient times, northern soldiers are good at land warfare, and southern soldiers are good at water warfare. Throughout the dynasties, all the strong soldiers who resisted the northern grasslands came from the north. The only successful example was me. Chao Taizu Emperor."
Chen Kan pondered for a moment and responded: "In this way, it is indeed not of reference, but Wei Chen is still more inclined to place the military academy in Nanjing for the time being."
Hearing this, a look of disappointment flashed across Zhu Di's face.
He asked lazily: "Boss Chen, don't you agree with me moving the capital?"
Chen Kan was stunned, what should he say about this matter?
From the perspective of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Kan naturally felt that moving the capital would help the Ming Dynasty burst out new vitality.
But he was from the south, in his past and present lives. When he thought of the dry and cold climate in the north, Chen Kan felt that it would be better for him to stay in Nanjing.
Seeing that Chen Kan didn't speak to him for a long time, Zhu Di's eyes became more disappointed.
Then he sighed in disinterest: "I am very happy that you can agree with me in building Beijing. I also know that it is a bit difficult for you to agree with me in moving."
"Well..."
For a moment, Chen Kan was speechless.
He could swear that he was just afraid of the cold and had no interests in Jiangnan.
The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.
Zhu Di seemed a little bored and just drank glass after glass of wine.
"His Majesty."
After thinking about it again and again, Chen Kan still felt that he should express his attitude to Zhu Di.
As soon as the title in Chen Kan's mouth changed, Zhu Di knew that this boy Chen Kan was going to talk about something serious, so he couldn't help but subconsciously cheer up.
"What's the matter?"
After organizing his vocabulary, Chen Kan considered it and said, "I believe that moving the capital will not affect the construction of the Royal Military Academy."
Zhu Di sat up straight: "What should I say?"
Chen Kandao: "In my vision, the Royal Military Academy is not just a place to train middle- and low-level generals for the army, but a comprehensive university covering comprehensive military knowledge on land, sea, and air."
Zhu Di: "?"
I didn’t understand it, but I was shocked.
Seeing the doubtful look on Zhu Di's face, Chen Kan continued: "In addition to the visible things, my Ming Dynasty's territory also has invisible things. The invisible things are naturally the vast and boundless sea. The sea contains countless wealth. Even for To guard this wealth, our Ming Dynasty must also have a powerful navy."
Chen Kan thought for a moment and nodded slowly to express his agreement with Chen Kan's statement.
"Go on."
Seeing that Zhu Di agreed with his statement, Chen Kan continued to add: "I believe that the remaining forces of the Northern Yuan Dynasty on the grassland are nothing more than scabies to our Ming Dynasty, and our Ming Dynasty's powerful enemies in the future will definitely come from the sea. "
As soon as Chen Kan said this, Zhu Di's brows suddenly wrinkled, obviously disagreeing with Chen Kan's words.
Of course, Chen Kan did not force Zhu Di to accept his statement immediately. After all, the entire Ming Dynasty, from the monarchs to the common people, regarded the grassland as the biggest enemy of the Ming Dynasty.
The inherent thinking formed from ancient times to the present cannot be changed by Chen Kan in just one or two sentences.
He is now just giving Zhu Di a vaccination to prepare for the opening of naval subjects in the military academy.
Therefore, Chen Kan turned a blind eye to Zhu Di's expression and continued: "The problem of the grassland must be solved, the problem of the southwest must also be solved, and the sea must be guarded. These are the precious treasures left by the Han people for us for generations."
"And if we want to keep this wealth, it is obviously not enough to develop the army on land. The navy and even the air force should be the goal of our Ming Dynasty's vigorous development.
Only if our soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are strong enough to defend the Ming Dynasty's sea, land and air as a monolith, the tragedy of Yashan will not happen again, the Han people will not be massacred by aliens, and the splendid civilization of our Han people will have the possibility to continue.
It is for these reasons that I proposed that Your Majesty open the Ming Royal Military Academy.
The minister's proposal to temporarily place the military academy in Nanjing does not mean that he disagrees with moving the capital. The north is the grassland and the south is the sea. It is natural for the northern soldiers to conquer the grassland, but to conquer the sea, the southern soldiers are better.
A naval academy can be opened in Nanjing and an army academy can be opened in Beijing. The south and the north will watch each other, which will be more conducive to cultivating professional military talents. "
Chen Kan quickly told all his thoughts, and then looked at the change in Zhu Di's expression.
At first, Zhu Di listened with interest, but as he listened, he became a little confused.
"I can understand the army and navy you mentioned. What is the air force?"
Zhu Di found that every time he talked with Chen Kan, he would always hear some new words in his mouth that he did not understand.
And every time he heard these new words, Zhu Di couldn't help but doubt himself.
Is he getting too old and will be swept into the dustbin of history?
Chen Kan was stunned for a moment, and then explained seriously: "Your Majesty, the Air Force is naturally the force that maintains the integrity of our Ming Dynasty's airspace."
"Airspace?"
A big question mark slowly appeared on Zhu Di's forehead.
Chen Kan said: "Yes, the sky and the sea are the indivisible and inherent territory of our Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty, do you still remember the hot air balloon I made?"
Zhu Di nodded, feeling that what he heard was somewhat specious.
But after a moment, I suddenly felt a little ashamed and angry.
He is a majestic emperor, but he actually wants his ministers to help him spread knowledge about airspace, territory, and territorial waters. What a shame!
Chen Kan had already said he was addicted and didn't even pay attention to Zhu Di's expression.
Just seeing him nodding, he said enthusiastically: "I discovered that we people can fly into the sky with the help of tools. Hot air balloons are one of them. There are other tools that the craftsmen of the Ordnance Supervision are already developing."
"Your Majesty, you can think about it. Once our Ming Dynasty controls the sky, when we fight the enemy in the future, other people's armies have not yet assembled and we can see their whereabouts clearly in the sky. How much advantage will it gain for us."
"Not to mention, we have gunpowder and use tools to accurately drop it in the sky. We will blow the enemy into pieces before they can gather together. We can also fly over the enemy's city or even the capital of the empire to bomb. At that time , what other country can compete with our Ming Dynasty?"
Chen Kan became more and more enthusiastic as he talked, as if he had seen Ming Dynasty's planes flying over the territory of other countries to launch a massive bombing campaign.
The two countries are at war, and your troops haven't even gathered yet, but my plane has already flown over your territory. Just thinking about it makes people's blood boil.
Zhu Di was even stunned by the pie drawn by Chen Kan.
His eyes were all red, and even his breathing began to become heavy.
"The sky is bright and the air force must be cultivated."
Zhu Di put down the wine glass in his hand, with a ferocious expression on his face. He wished he could take a hot air balloon and take a walk on the grassland.
"The sea also belongs to the Ming Dynasty, and there is also land."
Chen Kan added thoughtfully, and the two of them started staring at each other.
After a moment, Zhu Di nodded heavily: "Okay, I will do as you say, open a naval academy in Nanjing and an army academy in Beijing."
"Your Majesty is holy."
"However, I still feel that the Ming Dynasty's army cannot only be capable of land warfare or naval warfare."
Chen Kan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, isn't this simple? Just open the channel for exchange students."
"Exchange Students?"
It's another new word, but Zhu Di can easily understand its meaning.
Chen Kandao: "Yes, we can exchange outstanding students from the Naval Academy to the Army Academy, and vice versa. As for students whose grades are not good enough, they can be proficient in land warfare or naval warfare.
Our Ming Dynasty does not need so many commander-in-chief figures who are proficient in sea, land and air warfare.
As for the Air Force Academy, it is temporarily attached to the two academies in the north and south. It will be too late to choose a location to open it after the weapons inspector develops a flying tool that is more advanced than the hot air balloon. "
Zhu Di couldn't stop nodding. He was completely immersed in the fantasy of the Ming Royal Academy and couldn't extricate himself.
The two exchanged many opinions and time passed slowly.
No matter how many fireworks there are in Kunning Palace, they will eventually run out.
When the fireworks stopped, Chen Kan and Zhu Di also reached an agreement.
A site was chosen to establish the Naval Academy of the Ming Dynasty Royal Military Academy in Nanjing. While building Beijing, the Army Academy of the Daming Royal Military Academy also began to be built.
One south and one north simultaneously.
As for the source of students, for the time being, they will be recruited from literate middle- and lower-level officers in the army.
As of today, the initial plan for the military academy has been temporarily formed.
At the end of the New Year, Chen Kan and Chang Ning said goodbye to Zhu Di and Queen Xu, and headed back home.
Along the way, the smile in Chen Kan's eyes never faded.
On the carriage, he was mentally planning how to build a bridge between the bank and the military academy, so as to minimize the resistance in the court to the opening of the military academy.
As we all know, it is very expensive to open a school, no matter what kind of school it is.
Zhu Di's internal treasury will definitely not be able to afford this money, and the treasury will only be able to spend the most money to build the school.
But compared with these initial investments, subsequent investments account for the bulk.
Students and teachers need to have food and accommodation, and teachers also need to pay salaries. Considering the source of students, not only cannot tuition be collected, but students must also be paid salaries.
It can be said that the entire military academy has no income but investment.
Where does the investment money come from?
Such a gold-swallowing beast would never be able to continue investing in it due to Hu Bu's urinary nature.
So Chen Kan naturally thought of the bank. Although the bank's current assets are not many, Chen Kan is very aware of the bank's ability to attract money.
Within a year, all the deposits of the people in the capital will surely enter the bank's coffers, and the new type of banknotes that will replace them will become popular.
Soon, Chen Kan thought of a way for the bank to connect with the military academy.
It’s good that military academies can’t generate revenue, but the military can.
Now Zhu Di is determined to get rid of the shortcomings of the military registration system, which means that the Ming Dynasty's military recruitment system will be put on stage thirty years in advance.
When the army receives its salary, the army's spoils of war will fall into the national treasury.
Chen Kan can speculate that the Ming Dynasty's army must have been losing money, but the same cannot be said for the navy.
With endless wealth overseas, isn’t it easy to repay a bank loan?
Since military academies have trained countless elite soldiers, is it reasonable for the army to use part of its proceeds to repay the debts of military academies?
As for whether the treasury will agree to it at that time, that is not within the scope of Chen Kan's consideration.
After the bridge was erected, Chen Kan's mood became better.
Unknowingly, the carriage had already arrived at Wuyi Lane.
"Got home."
Zhu Yuelan got off the carriage first. As soon as Chen Kan stepped out of the carriage, a fat man suddenly rushed past Chen Kan with a proud smile on his face: "Wow, hahaha, we're finally home!"
Chen Kan pointed at Zhu Zhanji in stunned silence, looking at Zhu Zhanji rushing through the gate, then looked at Zhu Yuelan and asked: "He...he..."
Zhu Yuelan frowned: "I promised my mother to take him out of the palace to play, but I don't know when he got into our family."
