Smuggling Daming

Hearing Yang Yiqing mention that military generals would also oppose the establishment of the military academy, Zhengde and the others were taken aback for a moment, and then realized that the position of military generals in Ming Dynasty is also hereditary. The military generals robbed positions, and even completely excluded those old-style generals from the army, which would naturally cause dissatisfaction among those generals, so Yang Yiqing said that the generals would also oppose the military academy.

"Your Majesty, this matter is not difficult to solve. The last general also has several sons. Among them, the eldest son has grown up and is serving in the army. He has done a very good job. He has been promoted to a thousand households. I am afraid that he will not pick me up in the future." The remaining three sons are still underage, and the general thinks that they can all be sent to the military academy. Whoever does the best in the future will inherit the position of the general, and the rest will be no matter how useless. I'm afraid I can earn my own living in the army in the future!" At this moment, Qiu Yue said with a smile, he is also a general, so he naturally understands the psychology of generals, and the military academy is only for training generals in the army, and there is no restriction on the status of students who enter. Naturally, generals can send their own heirs in as soon as possible, so that they don't have to worry about being robbed of their positions by others.

Regarding Qiu Yue's words, Zhang Yong also laughed and said: "Not bad, not bad, what General Qiu said is on point. Anyway, the military academy trains generals, and the recruits naturally give priority to taking care of the generals in the army. Since the generals dare to send their children and grandchildren to the military academy, they must be prepared to make them suffer hardships. The military academy is the place to train the future generals of the empire, not the place for them to fight horses and dogs. Therefore, we must strictly control the management. Anyone who dares to violate No matter what his background is, a student stipulated by the military academy must not be easily let go!"

Zhang Yong used to be an army supervisor, and he was in charge of the military discipline of those generals and soldiers, so he had a deep understanding of discipline.Although most of the military supervisors only collected money and turned a blind eye to the affairs of the army, Zhang Yong was different from other eunuchs.For example, when King Anhua of Ping'an rebelled, after Yang Yiqing's army marched into Ningxia, it was because of Zhang Yong's restraint that they did not cause too much loss to the local people.

"Hahaha~, I saw that everyone worked together for the military academy, making the concept of the military academy more and more perfect. I believe that when the actual construction of the military academy starts in the future, there will be fewer problems encountered. This makes me also why Rejoicing!" Zhengde was very excited to see that Zhang Yong and Yang Yiqing had started to think about the matter of the military academy, and he believed that Yang Yiqing, a competent minister, would be in charge, and Zhang Yong and Qiu Yue would be on the side to assist.The most important thing is to have the support of the emperor himself, and I believe that there will be no one in the entire Ming Dynasty who can hinder the opening of the military academy.

Just when Zhengde convened everyone to discuss the affairs of the military academy.Li Dongyang, who had read Zhou Zhong's memorial before, was also troubled by this matter, but his attitude was completely different from Yang Yiqing's, because Li Dongyang was firmly opposed to the establishment of a military academy, and another important member of the cabinet, namely Yang Tinghe, who he cultivated as the successor of the chief assistant, also held the same attitude.

"Li Gong, Zhou Zhong is getting more and more outrageous now. He actually proposed such absurd thing as opening a military academy. However, with His Majesty's temper, this proposal may be very appetizing to His Majesty. If there are no accidents, His Majesty will definitely Agree, if we don't want to stop it, I'm afraid we can only watch the military academy start!" In the study of Li Dongyang's mansion, Yang Tinghe said anxiously while walking back and forth in the study.

"Well, since Zhou Zhong became an official, he has indeed become more and more presumptuous. This time, he thought of such a thing as a military academy to please His Majesty. It is simply playing with the court affairs. It seems that we have treated Zhou Zhong too much before. Forgive me!" the old Li Dongyang said, stroking his white beard.

The reason why Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe opposed the establishment of the military academy was not just because they were worried that the generals would unite again, which would threaten the interests of the civilian group. In addition, they also had their own reasons for insisting.

Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe are both pure civil servants. They are different from Yang Yiqing in this respect. At least Yang Yiqing has served as an official in the Northwest for many years, and has personally led soldiers to fight in battles. He has a clear understanding of the military situation of Ming Dynasty. It cannot be compared with Yang Yiqing, at least they have always firmly believed that military generals must not have the same status as civil officials, otherwise Daming will be messed up by these generals sooner or later. At the beginning, Datang was because of the emphasis on martial arts and despise literature. Although it can be strong for a while, But it planted the seeds of civil strife later.

Although Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe's positions are higher than Yang Yiqing's, they are not as clear as Yang Yiqing about Daming's military preparations, and their concept of emphasizing civility over military has long been ingrained. Even if others put the facts in front of them, I'm afraid It is not easy to convince them. This is the difference in philosophy, which cannot be changed in a short time.

"Li Gong, now that Zhou Zhong's memorial has been sent to the palace, His Majesty must have seen it, and I just received the news that Brother Ying Ning, who was working in the Ministry of War, was suddenly summoned by His Majesty, and now he has entered the palace. The one who entered the palace together was Qiu Yue, Marquis of Xianning who was in command of the Three Thousand Battalions. I heard that even Zhang Yong from the palace had also gone to the Leopard Room. , Do you think they will be summoned by His Majesty to discuss the matter of the military academy?" Yang Tinghe calmed down his excitement, and told the news he had just received.

When Li Dongyang heard that Yang Yiqing was also called into the palace, his complexion changed at that time. After pondering for a moment, he finally said: "Your Majesty summoned a general and a minister of the Ministry of War into the palace, and there is also Zhang Yong, who has been a supervisor of the army. It just so happens that Zhou Zhong's memorial has just been sent to the palace, it seems that most likely it is a matter of discussing the military academy, among them Zhang Yong and Qiu Yue are nothing more, I am worried about Ying Ning..."

When Li Dongyang spoke to the end, he stood there hesitating. Yang Tinghe said strangely when he saw this: "Why, Mr. Li is worried that Brother Ying Ning will oppose the military academy in front of His Majesty, and thus conflict with His Majesty." ?"

Although Yang Tinghe was an official in the same dynasty as Yang Yiqing, he was only acquainted with Yang Yiqing, not a deep friendship, and he didn't have a special understanding of Yang Yiqing, but he stood in his position and took it for granted that Yang Yiqing would be on the side of the civil servants, and Yang Yiqing has a stubborn personality, and he might clash with His Majesty the Emperor because he insisted on opposing the military academy.

However, when Li Dongyang heard this, he smiled wryly and said, "Jie Fu, you still don't know enough about Ying Ning. Bing, from the bottom of his heart, he is more like a military general than a civil servant, and he has always felt that there is a problem with the military system of Ming Dynasty. He has discussed with him many times to reform the military system of Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately he himself cannot come up with a complete charter Now that the military academy is a new thing, I am worried that Ying Ning will think that this is a good opportunity to reform the military system of the Ming Dynasty, and thus make some unwise decisions."

I have to say that Li Dongyang is indeed an old friend who has known Yang Yiqing for many years, and he is very clear about what Yang Yiqing thinks in his heart. He immediately guessed that Yang Yiqing might choose to support the establishment of a military academy. If this is the case, then Yang Yiqing has betrayed the whole The civil official group, as the leader of the civil official group, Li Dongyang was very worried about how to get along with Yang Yiqing in the future?

"No way, if Ying Ning chooses to support the military academy, he will offend all civil servants, and he won't be able to gain a foothold in the court in the future. Does he really have no scruples?" After hearing Li Dongyang's words, Yang Tinghe said, He also yelled in surprise, he really did not expect that Yang Yiqing, who is a civil servant, would support the establishment of a military academy.

"Well, Jie Fu, you don't know much about Ying Ning. Although I have known him for many years, I have some differences in political views. For example, he has always been very dissatisfied with Ming's military system, and even thinks that if it continues like this, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed in the future, so I have always wanted to reform the military system of the Ming Dynasty. Although I have persuaded him many times, I have not been able to persuade him to change his views. Fortunately, he has not been able to find a way to reform the army. He didn't do anything until now, and now that he has the opportunity of the military academy, I'm afraid he will support the military academy desperately, even if he loses his reputation for it!"

Li Dongyang sighed again at this time, he was not sure just now, but now after his own analysis, this makes Li Dongyang can be sure that after Yang Yiqing enters the palace this time, when he comes out again, he will meet with all the officials in the court. Walking on a path of being completely opposite, although this path is very bitter and lonely, but he will always keep going, and he will never regret it, because he is Yang Yiqing.

"How could this be?" Yang Tinghe asked again in disbelief. He obviously couldn't understand Yang Yiqing's thoughts. There are certain problems in the system, but he doesn't think these problems are caused by the civil officials suppressing the military generals too much. Instead, he thinks that the military generals are rebellious and do not cooperate with the civilian officials' command to cause chaos in the army.

"Li Gong, if Brother Ying Ning really chooses to support the construction of the military academy, it will definitely not be a good thing for us. After all, he is the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the military academy should belong to their Ministry of War. How to prevent this from happening?" Yang Tinghe asked again at this time. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)