I'm only seven years old, Lao Zhu, you let me supervise the country?

Chapter 114 An Army That Crossed Era!
The ministers in the court debated endlessly over the establishment of the Advisory Office and related regulations.

How much power should the Advisory Office have? Who should enter the Advisory Office and who cannot enter...

Although the final decision rests with the emperor, it is still possible for the ministers to discuss it.

They also used this to form public opinion pressure and force the emperor to agree with their opinions.

Zhu Yunxuan has been watching with cold eyes.

Historically, the Civil Service Group of Ming Dynasty was very powerful.

So much so that later emperors had to remove factory guards and suppress civil servants.

The relationship between the Donglin Party Struggle and the fall of the Ming Dynasty is profound.

However, even he did not expect that they would be so arrogant when the country was founded and Lao Zhu personally took power.

But soon, Zhu Yunzhen also understood.

This has a lot to do with Lao Zhu's reuse of civil servants.

Because in Lao Zhu's heart, what he really wants to guard against is the noble group of military generals who once followed him to conquer the country and made great achievements in battle.

Instead of talking about sages all day in the court, half of the civil servants who govern the country in the Analects of Confucius.

Lao Zhu's idea cannot be said to be wrong, at least at this moment, the real threat to the imperial power is undoubtedly the general Xungui.

They hold heavy troops and have high prestige in the army, and they are the ones who are really likely to raise the banner of rebellion.

As for the civil servants, no matter how much they fought at court, they could never escape the emperor's grasp.

It is obvious at a glance who to guard against and whom not to guard against.

It's just that Lao Zhu didn't expect that after his death, the civil servants would have such great power that they couldn't lose their tails, the party struggles continued, and the state affairs were barren, which eventually led to the decline of Ming Dynasty.

What Zhu Yunzhen has to do now is to crack all this from the root.

It is by no means simply for centralization.

While the eyes of the court officials were all focused on the Counseling Office, Jinling Military Academy had officially opened.

Train new troops and cultivate military talents.

If it was in the past, it would definitely attract the attention of Manchao.

But now, everyone's eyes are fixed on the affairs of the Counselor's Office and the Military Academy, but no one cares about it.

It also reduces many unnecessary troubles.

Among civilians and lower-level sergeants, the establishment of military schools caused a great disturbance.

It is different from the later generations who think that it is an honor to be a soldier.

In Daming at this time, unless they entered Jinyiwei and other high-ranking guards, the common people all adhered to the idea of ​​"good men don't serve as soldiers, and good irons don't hammer nails".

Exile, in this era, is still a very severe punishment.

During the Hongwu period, a certain county refused to obey the discipline and committed a collective crime. In the end, all the people in the county were fined as military households, the entire county was exiled into the army, and changed to a guard.

Lao Zhu has never set the law and does not blame the public.

But it can also be seen from this that the status of a soldier is very low at this time, so there is such a punishment.

But as soon as the admission regulations of Jinling Military Academy were posted, not only the military households, but also many farmers who had never thought about becoming soldiers were ready to take action.

Without him.

The treatment given by the military school is really too high.

Anyone admitted to the military academy will be given 50 taels of silver at a time.

Weapons are issued by the school instead of carrying them yourself.

After entering the school, the monthly salary is two taels of silver. If there is credit, there will be a lot of rewards. It is also promised that the school is trained according to the model of military officers, and they will have the opportunity to be promoted in the future.

It is not impossible to become a general, lead the army, and be conferred with meritorious service.

Since Zhu Yunxi proposed to increase the business tax and implemented it, the tax collected was much more than expected.

With the money, the Ministry of Revenue was also very happy to allocate funds to the Jinling Military Academy and the New Army.

Not bad money, naturally can offer generous rewards.

This kind of treatment is very attractive to the people at the bottom.

Therefore, as soon as the enrollment notice was posted, the number of applicants was overwhelming.

In this regard, the officials in charge of the Ministry of War were very critical. They believed that if the imperial court set up a military academy and intended to train officers, it should be recommended by generals and officials at all levels to ensure that the people recruited had both excellent character and academics.

But Zhu Yunxuan directly vetoed this proposal.

Recommended by the generals in the army, the outstanding ones selected must be soldiers who are skilled in bow and horse.

But what he wants to train is a new army, new ideas, new equipment, and even combat tactics will be a brand new new army.

And Zhu Yunxi knew very well that it was very difficult for one person to break the previous rules.

Letting a master archer who has practiced bows and arrows for more than ten years throw away his bows and arrows and re-learn gun shooting will be more uncomfortable than killing him.

Because he was watching his efforts, all the investment, all the sweat in the past ten years, disappear into nothing.

From the perspective of human weakness, it would be very difficult for anyone to accept this.

Historically, the people who most actively prevented the army from switching from cold weapons to hot weapons were precisely the best generals and soldiers in the cold weapon era.

For example, from the perspective of the rulers of the Qing Dynasty, Seng Gelinqin could not but be said to be a very outstanding general.

Then, when he "bravely" led the army and tried to charge against the guns and artillery with mounted archery, it can only be said to be a tragedy.

As for the officials recommending talents, Zhu Yunxuan could already imagine how they found a way out, how they drilled their camps, and stuffed in their relatives and children, or those who gave important gifts.

He is a scholar, but he doesn't know how to read.If you are filial and honest, your father will leave.

It has been so since ancient times.

If you expect those officials to recommend outstanding talents, you might as well stand on the wall of Jinling City and throw anything at random, and whoever hits you will be better than the people they recommend.

Therefore, Zhu Yunxi used the simplest method, directly recruiting and selecting those with excellent physical fitness.

If you can read a few words, that is of course a priority.

Although the people in the Ministry of War were dissatisfied with this, they could only tolerate it when facing the emperor's grandson.

What's more, the establishment of a military academy was originally approved by Manchu officials.

As a deal for the establishment of the Advisory Office, he also tacitly allowed this army to be completely controlled by him alone.

Originally, Zhu Yunzhen's idea was that all the people he wanted to recruit should have a certain level of education.

But he soon discovered that this idea was basically a pipe dream.

Because in this era, knowing a few words is already pretty good.

Although there are not many real scholars, they don't come to the military academy.

What's more, most scholars are powerless, and they don't usually work, and their physical strength is not good enough.

At least in the short term, he has no way to recruit the talents of his dreams, so he can only settle for the next best thing.

Fortunately, I don't read much, but there are quite a few semi-literate people who can read a few words and write their own names.

Ordinary people in this era, although they do not have the ability to provide off-the-job studies for future generations, are selected as candidates in the examination for talents.

But many people will also try their best to let their children go to private schools for a year and a half to learn how to read and open their eyes.

Although he is still semi-literate, he still knows a few words.

After compiling various training standard manuals for later generations of armies, he handed over the recruitment work to Zheng He.

He did it very hard, and it went very smoothly.

Soon, the first batch of students recruited 500 people.

This number cannot be said to be many, but in Zhu Yunxi's view, it is enough.

After all, the admissions standards for military academies are very high.

Often twenty or thirty applicants are required to pick out a qualified one.

Next, is the strict training and training.

In addition to physical training every day, there are also cultural studies and literacy!

Reading and literacy, learning military theory...

The first batch of flintlock muskets has been issued. Although there are only one hundred, it is enough for rotation training.

The follow-up is still being manufactured continuously.

By the time these students officially graduate, everyone should be able to equip guns.

The military school is also gradually on the right track.

Brand-new training mode, brand-new tactics and tactics, brand-new equipment and weapons...

While almost all officials are paying attention to the battles in the court, paying attention to the upcoming advisory office, and wondering who will become the counselor, a brand-new, cross-era army is gradually taking shape and slowly revealing itself. Fangs.

(End of this chapter)