True knowledge and skills cannot be learned from books.

This sentence seemed to hit Emperor Chongzhen's heart like a heavy hammer.

Chongzhen couldn't help but retort: ​​"But I read the book of sages!"

"I know that these are all books of sages. Those who can write these books are famous all the masters who have been famous in history. However, these books are only suitable for the interest of Taozhi on the desk. If they are put into reality, they are of no use!"

"How is that possible?"

"I am brave. May I ask your Majesty, how much military expenditure is distributed to the Guanning Army every year? How many soldiers can I raise? Does Your Majesty know?"

Chongzhen blushed: "I don't know!"

"A well is ten feet deep and the well water is less than four feet. Your Majesty knows how to use this well to irrigate five acres of land?"

"I can ask the farmer to carry more water"

"It's useless. At most, only one acre of land can be saved. The other four acres of land will either die of drought or the wheat seedlings will be trampled on. But for me, this problem is very simple. If you transform the well into a hand-pressure suction well, or simply install a spiral pump to pump the well water. Only two people can use the water from that well to protect the crops of the five acres of land!"

Chongzhen said: "These are all strange techniques and tricks!"

"It's a skillful trick, yes, but these techniques can use less manpower and less land to feed more people, making the entire country more stable and prosperous."

Liu Mingyu said: "No farming is not stable, no labour is not rich, no business is not alive. These books of sages can only tell us some great principles, but they cannot help us solve any practical problems. Half of the Analects of Confucius ruled the world has long passed. Your Majesty, if you really want to rely on reading to solve problems, then read agricultural books, medical books, calculation books, astronomy, and geography. As long as you don't just stumble on these sage books. Didn't Yangming Gong say? Knowledge and action are united, and knowledge and action are united! This not only requires application, but also practical. I was the Qianzong of the Tianxiong Army Tianzi Bureau, and also learned the military strategy of Qi Shaobao. According to the former Qi family army's training method, it was organized by teams, squads, officials, and bureaus!"

Liu Mingyu smiled bitterly and said, "But in fact, when facing Jiannu, the Qi family army's set is not applicable!"

"Why?"

Emperor Chongzhen was also like a curious baby.

"It's because the enemy you encounter is different!"

Liu Mingyu said: "At the beginning, Qi Shaobao established the Qi family army to deal with the siege (forbidden word). However, the siege can be as many as thousands, and at least dozens or hundreds of people are a group. Moreover, the siege can fight bravely and fiercely. There is never any structure in the war. The Qi family army uses each team as a tactical group to form a flexible group of long and short muskets and cannons, which can completely restrain the siege, but Jiannu is different!"

Emperor Chongzhen agreed with Liu Mingyu's story.

"First of all, the light cavalry of Jiannu came and went like the wind. Furthermore, the Jiannu army fought in joint combat with its length, artillery, heavy infantry and heavy cavalry. It was not an independent team and could not face the impact of a heavy cavalry!"

Liu Mingyu smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, you can see that Jiannu's white armored soldiers are wearing three layers of iron armor. They can ignore the knife and spear. Once they break through, other light cavalrymen will quickly expand their breakthrough like a tide. Because of this, I suffered a considerable loss in the Battle of Xiazhuang!"

Chongzhen seemed to have discovered a new continent: "Can Jiannu still make the champion Hou suffer a loss?"

"I am the first department on the left front side, the second department on the right front side, the third department is the left back side, and the third department is the right back side!"

As he said that, Liu Mingyu drew out the formation of the battle of Xiazhuang on paper.

Liu Mingyu discovered that Emperor Chongzhen was close to him mainly because in the court, only Liu Mingyu and Chongzhen were about the same age as him. The others were old men, and they were in a dull mood regardless of whether they spoke or did things.

Liu Mingyu continued: "According to the combat tactical requirements of the Qi family army, a 50-strong squadron should be responsible for the formation of 100 to 300 steps. At that time, I was also responsible for one side, about 1,000 steps. However, when Jiannu charged, he could launch a charge of more than 1,000 cavalry. However, the Qi family army faced differently, and they rarely encountered a scale of thousands of people!"

"Besides, if an army wants to have combat effectiveness, it not only requires the generals and leaders to command flexibly, but also requires long-term training for soldiers!"

Liu Mingyu waved his hand, and a little eunuch slowly stepped forward.

Liu Mingyu suddenly swung his fist and hit the little eunuch.

The little eunuch was so scared that he hurriedly closed his eyes.

Liu Mingyu looked at Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, you have also seen that seeking profit and avoiding harm is human instinct, and it can also be said to be muscle memory. Just like when we turn off the lamp and eat in the dark, we will never eat it in the nose. This is muscle memory and an instinctive reaction. Every soldier is an ordinary person. If you want to train them and become excellent soldiers, you must use training to suppress this fear instinct. But the civil officials are better. They do not give soldiers food, money, or gunpowder for training, and they are also called "evil dogs are fierce..."

"Your Majesty? You said, can you win a battle under the command of Zhong Wenchen?"

"Of course, civil officials will say that military generals are afraid of death, military generals are greedy for merit and advance rashly, and military generals do not abide by the orders, and if they win, they are incompetent. If they lose, they are incompetent!"

Chongzhen sighed and said, "It was the case, so why should I just let civil officials not interfere with the command of military officials?"

"As the saying goes, three feet of ice is not a day's cold, and the accumulation of soil forms a mountain. It is not a work of this. Even so, it is only a treatment for symptoms, not a treatment for the root cause!"

Chongzhen became puzzled: "Why?"

"Because of people!"

"people!"

Liu Mingyu said: "Does Your Majesty think those sauerkraut with insects and moldy rice that are eaten by insects are an individual phenomenon?"

"Isn't it?"

"Actually this is the normal phenomenon!"

Liu Mingyu said, "I dare to say something ruthless. These soldiers are hungry and have no clothes to cover up, and they have to be scolded and beaten by civil servants and superiors. They work hard day and night. They eat moldy rice and stinky vegetables that make people vomit. But their families are at risk of starvation. If His Majesty is them, what would Your Majesty think? Will you still fight hard and fight hard? In the past, they had no choice but to endure it numbly. Once they arrived on the battlefield, they had a better choice and they would surrender at any time."

"If the king treats his ministers as his hands and feet, then the ministers regard him as his heart; if the king treats his ministers as dogs and horses, then the ministers regard him as a countryman; if the king treats his ministers as earth, then the ministers regard him as a enemy..."

Liu Mingyu said: "What Your Majesty says is very true. Not only the ministers of the court are His Majesty's ministers, but also peasants, soldiers, and craftsmen. All the people in the world are His Majesty's ministers, only..."

Speaking of this, Liu Mingyu didn't say anything.

The vested interest groups are very stubborn. They can do anything for the sake of their interests. The Ming Dynasty cannot be saved by any general, nor by any emperor.

The emperor is actually not omnipotent, because the emperor no longer has the power.

After years of suppression by civil servants, the noble class, which was originally the same as the country, was the class that was least likely to betray the emperor, was alienated by civil officials, and had lost its position in the court. Whether it was the Duke of Wei or the Duke of Chengguo, now the five major nationals of Jingnan, founded the 43 Duke of the country, and the ones who stood aside were eliminated...

Which emperor wants to do things, which emperor has problems? He is as strong as Emperor Zhengde, and he died suddenly after falling into the water. Who dares to believe this? Who can believe this?

As for Emperor Tianqi, it is even more miserable. None of the three sons and three daughters survived. If they don’t die young, they will cause accidents for you and will also let the prince die young.

The great Apocalypse explosion was jokingly called a bizarre event. This is pure nonsense. The power of the explosion of hundreds of thousands of kilograms of gunpowder can be calculated. The most direct result is that the son of Emperor Apocalypse Zhu Cijiong, the son of Emperor Xianhuai, and the mother imperial concubine Ren, died in the Apocalypse explosion. The next year, the Apocalypse died unexpectedly.

If Chongzhen, like Tianqi, used the eunuch Wei Zhongxian to check and balance the Donglin Party, especially when the Donglin Party could not be defeated, the emperor would die...

Looking at Liu Mingyu, he remained silent.

Chongzhen became anxious instead: "How can the Champion Hou teach me!"

Liu Mingyu said: "If Your Majesty asks me to serve as the General of Datong, and if Sun Ge Lao or Lord Lu are appointed as the Governor of Xuanda, I can take up my post, but I can't believe it if others are not trusted!"

Chongzhen frowned slightly and said, "This matter is probably not easy. Master Sun needs to supervise Liaodong. Lu Xiangsheng's prestige is not enough to be a supervisor!"

"Your Majesty, please open a separate town in Kuanhe City!"

Liu Mingyu said seriously: "If I stay in Kuanhe City for one day, I will guarantee that Jiannu will not dare to offend the border. If Guancheng is conquered again, I will come to see you!"

"this……"

Chongzhen was really reluctant to let Liu Mingyu hang alone outside the Great Wall. He thought for a while and said, "But the court has financial difficulties, so it is probably difficult to afford the cost of raising troops in the new town!"

"Please ask your Majesty to trade with Mongolian departments and raise your own military expenses!"

Liu Mingyu thought for a while and said, "I heard that the former deputy general of Dongjiang Town and the current general of Dongjiang Town Chen Jisheng, whose prestige is not enough to convince the public. Please transfer to Dongjiang Town!"

"Dongjiang Town? Is this place very important?"

“It’s actually very important!”

Liu Mingyu sighed and said, "Since the second year of Tianqi, Dongjiang Town opened, when did Jiannu dare to pour his troops south? Last year, Yuan Chonghuan and Yuan Governor killed Mao Wenlong in June, and in October, Jiannu devoted his elite troops to break through the pass. Why is this?"

Liu Mingyu asked Wang Chengen to take the map and pointed to it and said, "Dongjiang Town has two responsibilities to deter North Korea. If Dongjiang Town is not like a thorn in his throat, North Korea will definitely surrender to Jiannu. If North Korea surrenders to Jiannu, Jiannu will have no worries. You can concentrate your energy and do your best to harass the Ming Dynasty!"

It is just the saying that it is harassment that Liu Ming met Yangzi.

Although Chongzhen had never learned military affairs, the military masters around him popularized military science every day, and even a novice could become an expert.

"The role of Dongjiang Town is highlighted. Once Jiannu gathers troops from various units, Dongjiang Town can harass Jiannu's troops. At that time, they will definitely leave some elite troops to guard their hometown!"

Liu Mingyu sighed and said, "If Mao Wenlong had not died, there would have been a catastrophe in Dongjiang Town that would have been endless infighting, and there would have been no catastrophe last year!"

No matter how many Yuan fans there are in later generations, Yuan Chonghuan’s mistakes are fatal, and Mao Wenlong makes many mistakes, but he should not be killed. Of course, killing Mao Wenlong also makes Yuan Chonghuan incompetent. As the commander of the first army, the emperor supports it, and it is not easy to deal with Mao Wenlong?

He directly transferred Mao Wenlong from Dongjiang Town to Datong Town and served as Man Gui's deputy. Why didn't Mao Wenlong and Man Gui tie up? In this way, Yuan Chonghuan can complete his own deployment without hurting the strength of Dongjiang Town.

As long as Mao Wenlong has a breath, Kong Youde, Mao Chenglu, Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming, Chen Jicheng, and Liu Xingzuo, who dares to stab?

In Liu Mingyu's mind, Kuanhe City is a good base, but it is not an ideal base. If you serve as the general of Jizhou and control the East Great Wall defense line, you can have the Qinhuangdao as the sea outlet. You can influence the south of the Yangtze River through sea routes, and you can connect Jizhen into one.

However, the General of Ji Town, like the General of Datong, is not easy to be a member. The Governor of Zunhua and Governor of Yongping, two governor-level big men, have control over the food and wealth of Ji Town. Liu Mingyu also has to spend a lot of energy to argue every day.
Chapter completed!