Xinshun 1730

Chapter 202 The History of Storytelling and Bangzi Learning

What the emperor wanted to do was exactly what Liu Yu was thinking about for the time being.

Two or three thousand miles apart, in fact, there is not much tacit understanding between the monarch and his subjects, but they are just on the way at this time.

Just like the entry point for the navy to make money is Japan, the entry point for Dashun's education reform is the military reform, and the entry point for the military reform is the Ministry of Finance.

Liu Yu used the Qingzhou Army to prove how powerful a reformed army is. If the emperor wants more Qingzhou Army, he needs a full set of officer training system.

This is the only place where the imperial examination can be loosened.

However, it is impossible for Liu Yu to be assigned to control these matters, and even the matters after the Western Regions.

Things in the Western Regions are certain, he will leave.

Now, he wants to do one last thing to stabilize the Western Regions.

At the foot of the Sunduluk Ridge in the Altai Mountains, at the northern exit of the pasture road where the ancient herdsmen moved to another field, the Qingzhou Army, which has replenished supplies and ammunition after repairs, is mobilizing for the final battle.

Some people from the guide and the staff have already set off first, and they are going to make plans for each department to climb the mountain.

Where to camp, where to guard, where to place orders, where to be narrow and where to be spacious, all this requires planning.

Marching is an extremely test of the organizational ability of the troops.

The power of nature is far more terrifying than the army of the Zhunbu. All the twelve-pound guns and captured twenty-pound mortars were left at the foot of the mountain.

Liu Yu also wanted to throw away the eight-pounder, but almost everyone persuaded him not to keep only the light four-pounder.

Artillery had done a great job in the previous World War, and the infantry loved the sound of their own cannon rumbling, which reassured them.

"My lord, even if we carry them, we will carry these guns over the Altai Mountains. If we don't take the twelve-pound guns, we won't take them. Why should we take the eight-pound guns?"

"Yes, my lord. The people in the quasi-ministerial department can carry the cannon across the north of the mountain, why can't we? Even if the soldiers are expensive and fast, as long as they cross the mountain, the road behind will be much easier."

In the persuasion of everyone, Liu Yu still made a concession.

"Okay, but the twelve-pound gun can't be brought. It's really too heavy, and it will seriously affect the speed of climbing the mountain."

"After overcoming the mountain, artillerymen and engineers, your first priority is to draw a map."

"Half of the people in the staff department are dedicated to map drawing. It must be accurate. Whether it is a seasonal river, when it snows, when it freezes, and in what month the frost falls, all these must be asked clearly from the herdsmen."

"The map, you must draw the map. This is more important than winning a battle. You don't need the cannon, and you must bring the large telescope for surveying and mapping."

The officers of the artillery and engineering corps have higher "education" and have studied mathematics for at least three years more than those of the infantry officers.

Surveying and mapping itself is also their old profession.

Liu Yu thought to himself, this is the last thing he will do for the country to pacify the Western Regions, an accurate map, and choose the location of the future city.

All the officers agreed to come down and went to assemble the troops.After the troops were assembled, Liu Yu came to the front of the formation.

Even before the decisive battle with the Zhunbu, Liu Yu did not make any pre-war speeches.

But today's decisive battle was over, and when the army was about to cross the Altai Mountains, he stood on the [-]-pounder gun that was about to be left behind, and gave some encouragement to the soldiers in the dark.

"Soldiers, I know that most of you didn't know a single word before joining the army. Face the loess and back to the sky, and ask if the clouds in the sky are going to rain? Does the wheat need watering? You must know But if I ask you, where is the Western Region? How big is China? You definitely don’t know.”

"Don't talk about the Western Regions, you Jiaodong people, you call those in the west Xilaizi all day long, and call those who have crossed the Guandong in the south of Liaoning called Hailizi. The farthest place you have ever known is probably Xilaizi. Some people may say, I don’t care where the Western Regions are, and I will do whatever the officers tell me to do, as long as the military pay is paid, not to mention the Western Regions, even Tianzhu will go.”

"Does any of you know what the Western Regions are?"

The soldiers recruited in Jiaodong laughed when they heard the regional names such as "Xilaizi" and "Haiyaozi".

But when it comes to the Western Regions, everyone is stupid, but they know that there is Shanxi in the west and Henan in the south, and they are all far away.

How far is so far?Anyway, it is a distance similar to myths and legends. It is impossible to go to Nantianmen, but it is also difficult to go to Henan these days. What is the difference?
As for this Western Region, what is it?
"What is the Western Region? Let's put it this way, let's just talk about food. Watermelons, walnuts, grapes, cucumbers...they didn't exist in the Central Plains. Have you all eaten cucumbers?"

Most people have eaten it, and there are a lot of vegetable fields in the military camp. In summer, anyone can eat a few.If you talk about how the Western Regions are like and how the world is like, they don't understand these things.When it comes to these things that are known on weekdays, this distant Western Region suddenly gets a lot closer.

They don't understand what to say since ancient times.But when it comes to these things that can be seen on weekdays, everyone laughs.

"The Western Regions is a place. How long has this place been lost? Since you are illiterate, you can't read history books, but have you heard of storytelling and opera singing?"

"When the Yang family led Qilang and Eight Tigers, Princess Tiejing, Jinshatan, Mrs. She, and Queen Mother Xiao, all the Han people in the Western Regions were killed. I guess you don't know how many years have passed since now, but what should you know? Is it the story that happened after this?"

Speaking of the Pingshu drama, all the soldiers cheered up and discussed it in a hurry.

"Bao Qingtian is from the future!"

"That treacherous official Pan Renmei is also behind."

"Yes, yes, there are also fishermen and killers. Liangshan's one hundred and eight generals are also behind."

"Yue Wumu! Yue Wumu's teacher is Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen's teacher Zhou Tong."

"The same goes for Luan Tingyu from Zhujiazhuang. After Yue Wumu, it was the Jinren Dazi who went south. Han Shizhong, Liang Hongyu..."

"Further on... Further on, Mongolia Dazi goes south. "Biography of Heroes", yes, Biography of Heroes, it's about the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Behind it is Marshal Qi who is afraid of his wife?"

"Fart, Marshal Qi is behind Yan Wang Saobei. It was Chen Lei, the prince of the Northern Kingdom, who entered a white-fronted tiger and was beaten to death by Yan Wangdi; in the school field competition, Chen Lei was beaten to death by Yan Wang. After Chen Lei was beaten to death by Zhu Di, his wife It was Yan Yueniang and her younger sister Chen Miaotang who sent troops to the south. Zhu Yuanzhang made Li Wenzhong the commander, and Li Yulang and Yan Wang were the vanguards in the northern expedition. Marshal Qi has to go back."

The people below were already arguing over whether the henpecked Marshal Qi was in front of or behind Yan Wang Sao Bei. After a while of arguing, they finally talked about that period of history that was only a hundred years ago.

"After that, the Eastern captives entered the pass. Emperor Taizu rebelled, and Wu Sangui, a thief, avenged Emperor Chongzhen, and led the Qing soldiers in white clothes and white armor to enter the pass."

This recent historical event is already the story of their grandparents.

At this time, think about the more distant Yan Wang Saobei, Yue Wumu, Qilang and Eight Tigers... These soldiers with little culture felt the weight and long history of history for the first time.

It turns out that the cucumbers, watermelons, grapes that they ate with them, the carrots that were vomited, and the garlic that must be eaten with dumplings...all these things came from the Western Regions?

Those Western Regions that once felt far away and had nothing to do with me suddenly became familiar, even if I had never really seen them before.

One by one thought, has the Western Regions been lost for so many years?
The Qilang and Eight Tigers were lost when they were generals of the Yang family. How many years has it been?
The emperor has been changed, I don’t know how many stubbles, it’s really been lost for a long, long time.

Although it is wrong to rely on storytelling and singing to learn history, it is the only effective way at this time.

Seeing that these soldiers had a vague but very close awareness of the Western Regions, Liu Yu pointed to the white snow on the towering mountains in the distance and said: "Crossing that mountain is the Western Regions. Since the Yang family general Seven hundred years after the era of the Seven Langs and Eight Tigers, another army from the Celestial Dynasty entered the Western Regions. And you are the first group of people after 700 years."

"Perhaps some people will say, it's your general's business to become famous, what does it have to do with us? I said, it's not easy?"

"When someone wins a war, they have to erect monuments. If we win, we will also erect monuments. It's just that we have to engrave your names on the monuments we erect. Isn't it just tens of thousands of people? There are many engineers and soldiers in our army. Yes, it's not difficult to engrave thousands of names."

"When we mentioned the Western Regions in the future, some people pointed to the inscriptions and said, hey, look, these are the people who entered the Western Regions after 700 years."

"When I go back, I will print another book and write your names on it. Then I will make a medal. When you marry a wife, have a doll, and the doll has a doll, you will take the medal and the doll." book, tell the grandchildren to look up your names. OK?"

The encouragement full of earthy smell is as dirty and gray as a newly dug sweet potato in the field.But this happened to make these people understand.

Amid bursts of applause, Liu Yu pointed at the rugged herdsman and shouted: "Let's go! Hit Yili to eat watermelon!"

The drummers in the army played cheerful beats. Tens of thousands of soldiers who had no culture or even knew why they were fighting sang the most earthy and cheerful military songs. Under the dispatch of the staff department, they began to climb the towering Altai Mountains .

... Daughter-in-law, I'm leaving, don't steal people at home.Xiaoman, Xiaoman, don't cry, the lead bullets are not fired.

If lead bullets are fired, who will His Majesty ask to serve as a soldier?The gun is no more than a small hole, and the shell hits the bowl with a big scar.

Our cannons are the biggest and our bayonets are the longest.The garrison drags their salaries all day long, how can it be like our monthly payment?

As long as His Majesty can pay, we promise not to rob.If the monthly salary is increased by two taels, they dare to conquer Jiuchongtian...

Amidst bursts of earthy singing, the soldiers in columns marched in an orderly manner, or stopped pushing cannons, or drove cattle, horses and camels, or stopped to serve the people behind them according to the dispatch of the staff. Cook.

Liu Yu deliberately chose a pure white war horse, put on the best-looking armor, and said to a painter who had studied Western painting in the army: "Just draw me a Western painting. Call it: Liu Yu Crossing the Alps...er, no, crossing the Altai Mountains."

"The horse must be white, and the sky must be cloudy. The mountain must be steeper, and there must be soldiers pushing forward with cannons as the background. It is best to describe it. The horse raises its front hooves, and I point my finger at the distance. The shape of the mountains, especially my cloak, must dance with the wind..."

The painter accompanying the army looked at the blue sky and the fierce sun, and said to himself, well, I can paint whatever you want.

"But I don't know if my lord wants to emphasize realism? Or focus on artistic conception?"

Liu Yu also looked up at the fierce sun in the sky, and said with a smile: "Do you think this is a cloudy day? Just draw an artistic conception. I also know that it takes a long time to draw a picture, but I just outline the lines now. Just draw slowly."

After speaking, he reined in the horse, let the horse raise its front hooves, stretched out its hand and pointed forward.After finally waiting for a gust of wind, the cloak rose against the wind, and Liu Yu shouted: "Yes, yes, this is the feeling now, hurry up."

(End of this chapter)