Smuggling Daming

Wang Shouren deserves to be called one of the four sages of Confucianism. His long-term and accurate eyesight is far beyond that of ordinary people. He unexpectedly saw the development potential of Songjiang Mansion, which is the future Shanghai, and proposed to make Songjiang Mansion the governor's mansion of the world. , In this way, all the activities of the Governor's Mansion are under the supervision of the court, and it can also reduce the suspicion of the court, especially His Majesty the Emperor.

For Wang Shouren's proposal, Zhou Zhong also very much agrees. In addition, he is originally from Songjiang Mansion, and he has many close friends there, especially Xie Lingyun's family still has a lot of influence in Songjiang Mansion. The place where he moved did not actually have much impact on Zhou Zhong.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhong was also extremely happy, and now he and Wang Shouren began to discuss the specific details of moving the government office to Songjiang Mansion. He was full of confidence in Songjiang Mansion, and he could even see in advance that at the estuary of the Yangtze River, a Huge and prosperous port cities are on the rise.

In addition, what made Zhou Zhong even more happy was that Wang Shouren actually took the initiative to warn him, which showed that the other party had begun to sincerely help him complete the maritime layout of Ming Dynasty. With the help of the Great Sage, it will be just around the corner for Da Ming to complete his maritime layout.

The matter of moving the government office to Songjiang Mansion has been settled in this way, but Zhou Zhong still needs to call Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai to discuss it in detail, so Zhou Zhong and Wang Shouren only discussed the overall situation, and then they only talked about Wang Shouren's topic Turning around, he said with a smile on his face: "Master Governor, you have recruited those scholars into the Nanyang Fleet. It is indeed a good thing. In addition, Your Excellency also proposed to establish a learning center for training naval personnel for the fleet. Recruiting students, although I don't know the training process of this study place, I always feel that this is a great thing that benefits the country and the people, I wonder if the governor can explain it in detail, so that I can see it first?"

Wang Shouren was originally a man who knew soldiers. Not only was he familiar with military books since he was a child, but he also served in the Ministry of War for a long time.Therefore, he also has a lot of interest in military affairs. If he has the opportunity, he also hopes to lead the fleet of the Governor's Mansion to show off overseas. Unfortunately, the Governor's Mansion is different from other places. The soldiers here are all generals. Supervise the army.But he has never needed civil servants as restraints, so it may be difficult for him to find an opportunity to lead troops in the Governor's Mansion.

Zhou Zhong knew that Wang Shouren would be interested in his plan for the military academy, and that the military academy also needed someone to take charge of it. The Wang Shouren in front of him was an excellent candidate, so Zhou Zhong smiled after hearing this, and turned around from the bookshelf. Take out a stack of papers.On it were some of his ideas for the military academy, and then spread it on the table and let out a clear cough.Only then did he give Wang Shouren a detailed explanation.

"Brother Bo'an, I am going to set up a military academy in the Governor's Mansion, or call it a military academy. This military academy is different from the academies in my Ming Dynasty that teach the Four Books and Five Classics, because it is an academy built for warriors. In the military academy, only It will teach the art of war and strategic strategy, and also militarize the management of the court. Let the students here adapt to the life of the army in advance. It can be said that the students who graduate from here will become mid-to-high-ranking generals in the Ming army in the future."

Zhou Zhong paused when he said this, and then continued: "In addition, the students here will receive the education of loyalty and patriotism from the very beginning. In this way, the loyalty of the Ming army can be strengthened. There is no need to worry that the army will be controlled by some ambitious people, and it can even be said that as long as the imperial court controls the military academy, it is equivalent to controlling the army of Ming Dynasty!"

Daming, like the former Song Dynasty, adopted a suppressive attitude towards warriors, especially after the battle of Tumubao, the essence of the nobles of the Ming Dynasty was completely lost, and it was no longer able to compete with the civil servants for control of the court. As a result, the entire Ming Dynasty became a The status of military generals fell to the lowest point again, even worse than that of the Song Dynasty. After all, the military generals of the Song Dynasty might enter the court to participate in government affairs, but the military generals of the Ming Dynasty completely lost their political influence. The control of the army is also gradually being lost.

For example, in the Ming Dynasty it was popular for civil servants to lead troops. God knows what those civil servants thought. They even snatched away the last piece of land reserved by generals. In contrast, generals in the Song Dynasty could at least lead troops alone, and even sent out a lot. Famous generals, but looking at the Ming Dynasty, apart from those founding generals in the early Ming Dynasty, there was only one Qi Jiguang who could be called a famous general after that, but this famous general still had to rely on the protection of Zhang Juzheng, a civil official, to show his ambitions. How pitiful the general is.

It is also because of the extremely low status of military commanders that even when a military general sees civil officials who are two levels lower than him, he will feel a head shorter. Even when leading troops in battle, they are still restrained by civil officials everywhere.

For example, Zhou Zhong's Shenying is a veteran of the Ming Dynasty. He spent most of his life leading troops under the pressure of the civil officials. In the end, he finally won the title of Uncle Jingyang, but was almost killed by the civil officials. Fortunately, he met Zhou Zhong. In the end, he didn't even want to stay in the Beijing camp. Instead, he came to the Governor's Mansion to lead troops regardless of his age. Even now, he stays in Malacca and doesn't want to come back. The biggest reason is that he works under Zhou Zhong. He is very free, and he is not subject to civil servants everywhere, which allows him to find the dignity of a general again, so even if he suffers in Nanyang, he is unwilling to go to Beijing to serve as a general of the Beijing camp.

Zhou Zhong has long seen the embarrassing position of the generals of the Ming Dynasty, but he also knows that this situation is not formed in a day or two, nor can it be changed in a day or two, even if it is Zhengde, he can do nothing about this situation After all, the civil official group has completely controlled the top and bottom of Ming Dynasty, and Zhengde also needs to use the power of civil officials to rule his country, so he dare not and cannot change this situation.

The reason why Zhou Zhong opened the military academy was to change the low status of Ming military generals. It may not show any effect in the early stage, but Zhou Zhong believes that as these military academy students gradually occupy the middle and upper ranks of the army, these people will then Forming a natural alliance, it will become very difficult for civil servants to arbitrarily squeeze generals as before, and it may even attract the counterattack of generals. At that time, there is no need for others to do anything. The general will change his situation little by little.

However, Zhou Zhong did not tell Wang Shouren about the above thoughts on changing the status of generals. After all, the other party is also a civil servant, but seeing the other party's half-smile, Zhou Zhong estimated that the great sage might have guessed this level, but he He didn't tell the truth either, presumably Wang Shouren also knew clearly that blindly suppressing military generals would not be of any benefit to Daming, and it would be better to use the military academy to improve the status of some generals.

"My lord governor's establishment of a military academy is indeed an incomparably clever move. I believe that with the military academy, my Ming Dynasty must have countless good generals. However, this matter may not be easy, and it is likely to attract opposition from the cabinet. Moreover, the military academy is really too big. It's special, and I'm afraid it's not something that the governor's mansion can grasp. I don't know how the governor can solve this problem?" Wang Shouren said with a smile, in fact, he already had a solution to the two questions he asked. , but he needs to hear Zhou Zhong say it with his own ears.

"Brother Bo'an, don't worry, I also know that although the military academy is good, it is not under the control of our Governor's Mansion, so I have already submitted a memorial to His Majesty, hoping that he will be the principal of the military academy. Speaking of which, His Majesty likes the military the most. Moreover, he is familiar with military literature, and it is most suitable for His Majesty to be the principal of the military academy. As for the opposition from the cabinet, it is the matter of His Majesty, the principal, and I believe His Majesty will handle it well!" Zhou Zhong said helplessly. .

He used to like talking to smart people very much, because he thought it was very easy to talk to smart people. Some things don’t need him to be said clearly, the other party will understand what he means, and he will do well afterwards, but now he is the first time He found that if the person he was talking to was too smart, the whole conversation would be a bit boring. For example, the conversation he had with Wang Shouren now, he felt very boring, because he found that no matter what he said, Wang Shouren seemed to be able to guess it. This left him with a sense of frustration for the rest of the conversation.

Hearing Zhou Zhong let Emperor Zhengde be the principal of the military academy, Wang Shouren finally smiled. With his wisdom, he can naturally see the great significance brought by the appearance of the military academy. It is not even an exaggeration to say that the military academy will be controlled by Daming in the future The most powerful means of generals, even those who come out of the military academy, will definitely be reused in the shortest possible time, because these people are the disciples of the emperor, and they are the people His Majesty trusts the most. With them, His Majesty's control over the military academy will be even stronger. strong.

Next, Wang Shouren asked some details about the military academy. After all, he was also very curious about this new thing, and he naturally wanted to know how this military academy operates. Zhou Zhong also agrees with this position very much. Although Zhengde can be the principal, it is only in name. The military academy still needs a real manager, and Zhou Zhong thinks that Wang Shouren is very suitable for this position.

Wang Shouren heard that Zhou Zhong hoped that he would directly manage the military academy, and after thinking about it for a while, he nodded in agreement. You must know that the principal of this military academy is Zhengde. If he can manage the military academy on behalf of Zhengde, it would be a big deal for any official. A very tempting thing, because it means that they can have more contact with the emperor in the future, and clear some obstacles for their official career.Of course, Wang Shouren doesn't care much about this. What he cares about is the significance of the military academy to Ming Dynasty. Being able to personally build this military academy that will affect the future direction of Ming Dynasty is the biggest temptation for Wang Shouren. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)