Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 181
Especially at the beginning, all you learn is elementary school knowledge. For adults, even if you have never been exposed to this knowledge, you can easily learn it.

What's more, the course "Chinese Studies" mainly tests a subset of classics and history. Although the examination method has been changed and it no longer only tests essays like the eight-legged essay, for these academic officials, the cultural foundation is still very deep. If you are familiar with some poems, songs, historical allusions and the like, you can pass the exam easily.

So they actually only need to learn the course "Mathematics", and they only need to learn mathematical knowledge and concepts that were not available in the Ming Dynasty. They have already mastered some simple operations and do not need to learn them from scratch. .

Therefore, in just one month, a considerable number of people have passed the county examination course and achieved very good results.

And these county school teachers who passed the assessment can return to their posts with the funds allocated by the imperial court for repairing the county schools, as well as hundreds of sets of teaching materials and textbooks to start their work.

If you are an academic in a state school or a professor in a provincial school, you need to continue to study the content of the provincial and provincial exams.

As the first batch of county school teachers embarked on their return journey, it was at the court meeting that Zhu Tianqi announced that the imperial court would reform the imperial examination. Needless to say, the reaction of the officials was very exciting, and they all stood up to persuade them. Remonstrance and opposition.

In fact, when Zhu Tianqi summoned all these local academic officials to the capital, the officials in the court had already begun to notice it, and they also sent people to secretly find out what the emperor was doing by summoning these local academic officials. .

Of course, Zhu Tianqi did not specifically tell Xu Guangqi to keep the education and training of the new imperial examination content for local academic officials confidential, so it was not difficult for the officials to find out about these things, but they had not thought that the emperor not only wanted to develop " "Western learning", and even reformed the imperial examination!

In the eyes of the officials, these "new" subjects were all "Western learning", which had never been seen in the Ming Dynasty, including previous dynasties, and they were dismissive of all "Western learning".

It is precisely because they generally have this kind of thinking and attitude that it is extremely difficult for them to accept that the imperial court wants to reform the imperial examination and change the examination to these new subjects!
In the eyes of the officials, Xu Guangqi likes "Western learning", so due to Xu Guangqi's influence, the emperor may also advocate "Western learning" after all. If the emperor just asked Xu Guangqi to call on academic officials from all over the country to promote Western learning, he was forced by the emperor and They could still compromise and accept the power of Xu Guangqi, the chief minister of the cabinet.

But if it is said that even the imperial examination must be reformed, and that the eight-part essay will no longer be tested in the future, but the content of these subjects will be changed, they will find it extremely difficult to accept it.

But now, does Zhu Tianqi still care about whether they can accept it?Zhu Tianqi didn't care anymore, because these people had never stood loyally on his side, but had always formed cliques to stand against him. Zhu Tianqi was in a hurry just to exchange blood for the court officials. Reform the imperial examination.

Once the new imperial examination system begins to be promoted, the court will soon inject a wave of real fresh blood. They are no longer members and children of the major political parties in the DPRK, nor are they disciples and fellow townsmen of the DPRK and Chinese civil servants. He will be a truly capable official in the Ming Dynasty and become his right-hand man.

Therefore, this time, Zhu Tianqi did not go around in circles with the officials in the DPRK. Instead, he directly announced the specific reform plan to Xu Guangqi, and allowed the officials to submit any opinions and suggestions. The opinions and suggestions of the officials were discussed and discussed intensively, and the final vote was made.

Once the matter is pushed to the cabinet, the result can be imagined. Now the only people in the cabinet who can speak out for the civil servant group are Qian Longxi and Liu Hongxun. Others are on the side of the emperor.

Although Lai Zongdao and Zhou Daodeng are not "die-hard fans" of the emperor in the strict sense, they have always been relatively Buddhist and are good at catering to the holy will. They vote with Xu Guangqi every time. In addition, Now Sun Yuanhua, who has just joined the cabinet, has been completely controlled by Zhu Tianqi.

No less than a hundred memorials were handed in, but Zhu Tianqi didn't read any of them and threw them all to the cabinet. There was nothing to discuss in the cabinet. Anyway, no matter how Qian Longxi and Liu Hongxun jumped around, just the two of them could They can't screw Xu Guangqi and the four of them.

And just when people inside and outside the court were quarreling over the reform of the imperial examination, an urgent military report six hundred miles away was sent from Datong Guard, and Qian Longxi immediately presented it to the emperor.

Zhu Tianqi was a little surprised when he heard that the urgent military report was sent from Datong. He didn't know what happened suddenly in Datong.

After he read the military newspaper, he realized that it was Lin Dan Khan of the Tatars who led the troops to raid the Datong Guards. When he wanted to come to Zhengdan Festival, he refused to join forces with him to fight against the gold, and asked the Tatar envoys to fight against the gold. Give him a message to ask him to surrender to the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.

But after figuring out what was going on, Zhu Tianqi no longer felt a trace of nervousness. Instead, he threw his head back and laughed. This shocked Qian Longxi, who had a solemn look on his face.

Qian Longxi originally thought to himself that what happened today was unfortunately what he said. Lin Danhan of Tatar was indeed angered by the emperor's arrogant words and raised troops to attack. The emperor should have been afraid and regretful, but he didn't. Thinking that the emperor can still laugh now.

In fact, not only Qian Longxi, but also many civil servants and ministers in the court had the same idea. They even secretly thought that the Tatars had arrived at a formal time!

At that time, the emperor was a young man who was very arrogant and treated the Tatar envoys with a bit of arrogance. Not only did he not listen to Qian Longxi's advice, but he also ridiculed him. He was really too arrogant.

Now that the Tatar army suddenly attacked, it just happened to teach the emperor a lesson, so that the emperor would suffer a loss and be able to restrain himself in the future. After this incident, the emperor's reform of the imperial examination might also turn around.

However, Zhu Tianqi disappointed them. He immediately sent people to the northwest military base of the Shaanxi Chief Envoy Department to issue an order to mobilize ordnance to send to the Datong Guard. At the same time, he mobilized soldiers from the Yulin Guard and the Xuanfu Guard to counterattack the Tatars. To repel the invading Tatar army, we have to fight all the way to the Tatar territory. If the Tatars do not surrender, the conquest will continue.

Zhu Tianqi was not very clear about the situation of Yulin Guards, but he was relatively clear about the situation of Datong Guards and Xuanfu Guards. The commander-in-chief of Datong was Man Gui, who was a good leader in fighting, and the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Hou Shilu was also okay.

Previously, I had dispatched the five thousand new troops under Sun Yuanhua to various guard posts to teach the soldiers how to use new firearms. I believe that after this period of teaching, the soldiers of Datong Guard and Xuanfu Guard should also be able to become proficient. Control new firearms.As soon as the firearms and equipment from the northwest military industrial base arrive, the Tatars will only be beaten!
Zhu Tianqi had full confidence in defeating the Tatars. After all, the Ming army was not at a disadvantage in terms of military strength. The three Davids of Yulin Guard, Datong Guard and Xuanfu Guard combined had a total strength of 40 million troops. The Tatar Lin Dan In Khan's heyday, he only had a reported strength of 40 troops.

What's more, now that the slaves are attacking the Chahar tribe, the internal Tatar tribes are still arguing. Lin Dan Khan was beaten and moved west to the Tumut area north of Datong. He must have lost a lot of troops. I'm afraid he can scrape together 20. People are as strong as heaven.

And in terms of combat effectiveness, the Ming army can defeat Jian Nu, so naturally it can defeat Jian Nu's defeated generals. Even if there is no powerful force like Guan Ning's cavalry this time, the power of new firearms will have a huge impact on the combat effectiveness of the Ming army. The bonus effect will be more obvious!

So now it seems that although the battle report seems to be in a critical situation, Mangui only suffered a loss from being attacked by the Tatar army. It really means that the city and the land are not lost.

The Tatars mainly rely on cavalry and are not good at attacking cities, so as long as the walls are fortified and the fields are cleared, the situation can be stabilized. When reinforcements and ordnance arrive in Datong, it will be the end of the Tatar army.

Zhu Tianqi then sent the Ministry of Household Affairs to escort grain, grass and military pay to Datong Guard, and brought a morale-boosting "speech", instructing the responsible officials to read it out in front of the entire army and work for him.

In the eyes of the officials in the DPRK, the emperor's special edict to send such an edict full of empty words was simply a formality and had no meaning at all. However, this was not the case in reality.

Zhu Tianqi didn't just write a bunch of empty words. He wrote it seriously as a letter to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. It was not the kind of superior instructions and orders from a superior, but full of empathy. Inspire.

He first began by praising the heroic performance of the soldiers in the previous battle to encircle and suppress the slaves, so that the soldiers could be full of confidence while being recognized.

Because the emperor was reminding them that they had just defeated Jiannu's troops, and now they were facing only the defeated generals of Jiannu's men. They had the ability and should have the confidence to defeat the Tatars.

Then Zhu Tianqi exaggerated his feelings about his family and country, inspiring the soldiers' determination to protect their home and country.

In the end, it was natural to "promise huge profits" and draw a big pie for the soldiers.

However, the Ming army officers and soldiers really accepted the cake drawn by Zhu Tianqi willingly, and they fully believed that the emperor was not just talking empty words. After all, when the emperor returned from the victorious encirclement and suppression of Jiannu last time, he rewarded them with silver. , they haven’t used it up yet. The emperor has always been very considerate and generous to everyone!

It is precisely because Zhu Tianqi established a very glorious and majestic image for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in the previous wars, which also gave him high prestige in the Ming army, and was deeply loved and admired by the soldiers of the Ming army. .

Therefore, when he sent this edict, it was not embarrassing at all. Instead, it exerted an unprecedented miraculous effect. The morale of the Ming army was instantly boosted. They were all gearing up and wanted to perform well to save the previous battle to encircle and suppress the slaves. In it, the image of a "weak chicken" being held down and beaten by a slave slave.

The northwest military industrial base is located in the southeast of Yulinwei. It is adjacent to the border between the Shaanxi Chief Executive and the Shanxi Chief Executive. It is less than a thousand miles away from Datongwei. It is only possible to transport firearms and ammunition by horse-drawn carriages. It only takes two or three days to travel.

Moreover, this time it was an emergency deployment, and naturally we had to travel day and night. In addition, the enemy this time was a Tatar force mainly composed of cavalry. They did not need heavy artillery, but only needed light artillery with strong mobility - the new Tiger Crouching Cannon, and It’s a new type of flintlock gun, so it didn’t take much time in transportation.

Basically, as soon as Mangui stabilized the situation, ordnance was sent to Datong Guard from the northwest military base of the Shaanxi Chief Envoy Department, and reinforcements from Yulin Guard and Xuanfu Guard arrived in Datong almost at the same time.

Mangui was not too excited about the reinforcements from the Yulin Guards and the Xuanfu Guards. After all, he had more than [-] troops at his disposal. The strength of the troops was not what he was worried about. Moreover, he did not rely on the number of troops to deal with the Tatar cavalry army. can gain an advantage.

But when Man Gui saw tens of thousands of artillery pieces and tens of thousands of muskets sent from the northwest military base, his frown instantly relaxed, and his face was filled with a smile. These things He had witnessed the power of firearms during the previous encirclement and suppression of Jiannu. It would be no exaggeration to say that it refreshed his understanding of the power of firearms.

At that time, Sun Yuanhua only built an artillery position with a few thousand people and was unable to fight back the main force of the Jiannu. The artillery stronghold in front of Da'ankou also caused countless casualties to the Jiannu. In this war, advanced firearms were definitely It played a considerable role.

But now, he has more artillery and firecrackers in his hands than when he dealt with the Eight Banners soldiers of Jiannu. During this period, the new army officers and soldiers sent by the imperial court also helped him train a batch of artillery and firecrackers. Soldier, it’s time to show off your skills!

Thinking that his troops were going to show off their might and crush the Tatar army, Mangui actually became a little excited. He even couldn't wait to launch a counterattack against the Tatars.

The Tatar troops who attacked Datong were personally led by Lin Dan Khan. Lin Dan Khan became furious after hearing the Ming Emperor's reply conveyed by the Tatar envoy.

Although the Emperor of Ming Dynasty had just defeated Jiannu, which shocked him greatly, it was so unbelievable that he was shocked to the point of disbelief. He really could not accept that with the current combat power of the Ming army, they were defeated. Jian Nu's Eight Banners soldiers, so he was more willing to believe that the current result was just a fluke of the Ming army and was caused by Jian Nu's mistakes.

But no matter what, it is an indisputable fact that the Jiannu army was completely annihilated by the Ming army. For both the Ming army and himself, this was a good opportunity to pursue the victory and regain the lost ground, so he sent an envoy to invite the Ming army. The army and himself joined forces to attack Jiannu.

However, what Lin Danhan did not expect was that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty would be so arrogant and rude. Not only did he refuse to join forces with him to fight against the slaves, he even made arrogant words to himself, asking him to lead his people to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. How could he endure this? ?
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