Man Tanghong

"Your Highness, if it's just for this, it seems that there is no need to set up martial arts in each way. It is only necessary to set up Mengxue doctors in each army."

After thinking for a long time, Li Shentong hesitated.

Su Dingfang, Luo Shixin, Xie Shufang and others nodded in agreement.

Li Yuanji asked with a smile: "Do you want to learn the semaphore? Do you want to learn simple military formation coordination? We can't let the soldiers learn it in fighting again and again?

In that case, how many lives of soldiers would we have to pay to cultivate a qualified team leader? "

Li Shentong said with a dry smile: "I have a part..."

Yes, there are parts in this era.

They are all good seedlings of team leaders and brigade commanders honed on the battlefield.

Therefore, after the leading generals enter the battlefield, the reason why they can command the army with all their might is because they will replace the basic officers such as the captain and brigade commander among the generals with their own troops before the army goes out. song.

Doing so would allow the leading generals to master an unfamiliar army as soon as possible, but it would not be of much benefit to Datang.

If things go on like this, once all the generals who are capable of recruiting and fighting are all withered, and the experienced trilogy are all gone, then there will be no one in the Tang Dynasty who will be able to lead the army.

At a critical moment, if someone is temporarily sent to lead the army, a new round of running-in and a new round of step-by-step training must be carried out.

This will cause Datang to suffer a lot of defeats.

It will also make Datang lose his aggressiveness after repeated setbacks.

How did Song Dynasty change from offense to defense in the war against Liao?

It was after all the generals lost their power and became puppets controlled by remote control, they suffered repeated defeats, and finally lost their aggressiveness. After the three expeditions to the Liao Kingdom were all defeated, they gave up the idea of ​​​​attacking the Liao Kingdom , lost the ambition to regain Yanyun, and changed from offense to defense.

Although the Great Tang will not fall to the same level as the Great Song, it will still cause problems if it blindly entrusts all such things as leading the army to the generals who have become dignitaries.

This has been verified by history.

After all the generals who could lead the army were withered, and after the descendants of the generals were corrupted by all kinds of glory and wealth, the Tang Dynasty began to decline.

Even if the general is rediscovered and revived, it will soon wither.

And more and more descendants of generals will lie on Datang's body and suck blood crazily, and eventually even become a stumbling block to the development of Datang.

In the end, the only thing Datang could rely on was the tyrants in remote places.

And these tyrants will not have any loyalty to Datang, and will eventually develop into a party of princes, coveting the country of Datang.

So we must solve this matter from the root.

That is to cultivate more basic officers, so that officers without background can become the mainstream of the army, and even become the mainstay of the military.

Under such circumstances, the army will always maintain a kind of vitality, and all the channels of advancement will not become the private land of the general family.

Of course, this is the goal of development after the development of martial arts matures in the future.

Right now, the most important purpose of Li Yuanji establishing martial arts in various ways is to use the shell of martial arts to spread knowledge.

In the case that knowledge is controlled by aristocratic families and the court is not allowed to spread widely, then there is no choice but to find another way.

Using the shell of martial arts to spread knowledge, even a wealthy family can't stop it.

Because the army is not a place where aristocratic families can intervene.

Once it intervenes, the imperial court can justifiably use the name of conspiracy to kill the aristocratic and powerful families.

Therefore, it is absolutely feasible to use the shell of martial arts to spread knowledge.

As long as the basic officers such as team commanders and brigade commanders cultivated in various martial arts are fully deployed to various government offices to serve as soldiers, county captains, etc., let them spread their education in various places in the name of cultivating their own children, and open up poor students. Entering the county school will definitely break the blockade of the aristocratic family on learning.

After all, a group of captains and brigade commanders with bad backgrounds returned to their hometowns to act as officials after they finished their studies, and set up elementary schools for their children, as well as the children of relatives and friends. And the children of relatives and friends can open up the way to go to the county school, which is not something that a wealthy family can stop.

Why, they have become officials, their class and social status have improved to a certain extent, and relying on the background of the military, and they still hold the only local soldiers and horses in their hands, how dare you stop them from helping their children, relatives and friends? The children of the family work for welfare?

Do you believe that people's current management can torment you to death? !

The aristocratic family is powerful, but it is impossible to openly gather a team to fight with the county lieutenant.

Once a wealthy family does this, the imperial court can justifiably send a large army to kill them.

So as long as it is operated properly and some models are set up, it will definitely make elementary school everywhere spring up like bamboo shoots after a rain.

Li Yuanji had already thought about who to take as a model, and Zhang Liang's son Zhang Wei was the one.

Don't look at Zhang Liang's gang of five and six now, he used to be a farmer, not only from a low background, but also without family status.

If it wasn't for Fang Xuanling's recommendation, he would still be working as a dog and horse under Li Shiji's family.

Zhang Liang used to be neglected because of his bad background, but now he is sent out because of Li Shimin's relationship, and he is absolutely willing to donate a son to be a model.

After all, he has suffered from being without family background and culture, and he will definitely not join forces with those who have family background.

Let his son distribute welfare to the folks in his hometown, and he can be promoted quickly. He absolutely agrees with both hands and feet.

In addition, he is also a small noble now, and he is also an inspirational model in Xingyang, and he is a celebrity. The local aristocratic family will never dare to prevent his son from opening elementary schools and spreading knowledge locally.

As long as his son's elementary education is established, it will be easier for other county lieutenants and soldiers who have gone out of martial arts and are officials nearby to establish their elementary education.

After all, with his son standing in front of him, if someone wants to make trouble, he can only find his son. If he can't move his son, he can't move other people.

However, before implementing these plans, Li Shentong and the others must be persuaded.

"I know you have parts, but it's impossible for you not to use any of the captains and brigade commanders of the imperial court, right?"

Li Yuanji stared at Li Shentong and asked earnestly.

Li Shentong hesitated for a moment and said: "I will definitely use it..."

After all, if the imperial court asked them to lead tens of thousands of troops at once, the trilogy in their hands would not be enough to dispatch, so they could only master the most elite soldiers and horses as much as possible, and the remaining soldiers and horses would be sent by the imperial court's team. He is going to restrain him with the brigade commander.

So what they say will also use the imperial court's team leader and brigade commander, which cannot be refuted.

Li Yuanji continued: "Since we want to use it, why not train them to make it easier for them to use it? Besides, I set up martial arts in various provinces just to teach the captains, brigade commanders and other soldiers to read and write. , and learning semaphore, and mastering some military formations is not really to train them into generals who can succeed you one by one.

This is good for you and me, Datang. I can't think of any reason for you to refuse. "

Li Shentong blushed and said, "It would be good if we could cultivate one or two generals, and we don't have to worry about having no successors when we grow old." .”

These words were against his will, so Li Shentong had no confidence in what he said.

However, Li Yuanji did not poke him, but smiled and said: "That means, Uncle Wang agrees with my idea?"

Unwilling, Li Shentong nodded reluctantly.

Li Yuanji continued to laugh and said, "However, I don't agree with Uncle Wang's words. It is enough for our Tang Dynasty to have the talents of your generals. If there are more, it will not be a good thing, but a disaster."

At the end, Li Yuanji laughed out loud.

Li Shentong was obviously relieved, and Su Dingfang and others were also obviously relieved.

The tense face was cut open at once, and everyone laughed.

Although they are all staunch supporters of Li Yuanji, they are also afraid that Li Yuanji will disturb their foundation.

Now Li Yuanji has made it clear that after the establishment of martial arts, the soldiers will only be taught some simple things, and will not involve the essentials of the art of war and the fundamentals of being a general, so they have nothing to worry about.

"Then I will take the lead and set up martial arts in Guannei Road first, so that those illiterate guys in the twelve guards can all learn to read."

Li Shentong said boldly.

Guannei Road is the newly established state road, which is a large area in Guanzhong. It used to belong to Sanfu, but now it is all included in Guannei Road.

Li Shentong acted as the governor, controlling all the government soldiers in Guannei Road.

This is also a small change made by Li Yuanji when he re-divided the state roads in the world. He changed the former governor who ruled a large state (Kyushu) into the current governor who governs one.

Some constraints have been imposed on the authority, and the areas of unified management have also been compressed to a certain extent.

And all of them are concurrently held by members of the royal family in Beijing.

Unless there is an important natural disaster or man-made disaster in each state road, or the military is going to be mobilized, the governor of each state road does not need to come forward to take care of things.

The affairs of the state roads are governed by the governors of the state roads.

And the governor is also served by all the generals in Beijing. Unless there is a war or a major natural or man-made disaster, the governor of each state does not need to sit in each state.

The soldiers and horses of each state can be controlled by the military commanders of each state, and the local government affairs of each state can be handled by local officials.

Although Li Yuanji did not clearly state that the governors of all states and roads, and the governors of each state were not allowed to wander around the state roads under their jurisdiction without edicts, all the generals silently followed this point.

With Li Shentong starting, others followed suit.

Not long after, the governors of all states and highways expressed their views.

They don't need to care about the rest. The people in the Ministry of War will count the basic officers who are illiterate in the army and distribute them to the localities. They will also select some people in the army who are suitable for teaching in martial arts as soon as possible.

People from the Ministry of Civil Affairs will coordinate the money and food needed to build martial arts.

After this matter was finalized, Li Yuanji didn't put forward any new ideas, and all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty breathed a sigh of relief.

When Li Yuanji told everyone to strictly implement the several five-year policies that had been passed, everyone nodded desperately to express that they would implement them to the letter.

Datang's first reform was launched in such a vigorous way.

However, Li Yuanji had no time to stare at it bit by bit, because Li Xiaogong, Li Shiji, Chai Shao, and Li Jing, who was temporarily recruited by Li Xiaogong, had successfully defeated Li Yi's last army in Youzhou City. All of Li Yi's family members were arrested, and Li Yi's rebellion was also put down.

Now the class teacher is returning to the dynasty.

As for Li Yi himself and his younger brother Li Shou, they all killed themselves when Youzhou City was captured.

How to greet Li Xiaogong and his party, and how to reward Li Xiaogong and others for their merits, are the things that Li Yuanji needs to worry about the most right now.

In addition, Yang Miaoyan was about to give birth, so Li Yuanji had to watch over her day and night.