Qi Yuanbi, Xu Ermo and Yan Yingyuan entered the Wenhua Hall together.

The reason why Prince Zhu met the three of them at once was not because he was busy with many things and had too little time to meet them one by one. It was because he definitely couldn't eliminate these three. One was from Qi Jiguang's family and the other was a specialist in Westernization.

One is a hero who defended Jiangyin in history - these three must go to high school! Not only high school, but also key training.

Zhu Cixiang met the three of them at the same time to give them a chance to "recharge."

Because in the view of Prince Zhu, most of the civil and military officials in the Ming Dynasty were not worthy of their posts! Most of the civil officials could only brag and make fuss, and only a few could do anything practical. Officials who could not do anything were often criticized as traitors.

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The situation of the military attachés is not much better. The hereditary guard officers are very rotten! There will never be a powerful officer like Qi Jiguang anymore. The officers who came up from the army are brave, but their military management and strategy are very poor.

Much more.

But this is not the worst thing. The worst thing is that the tactics and tactics mastered by these officers are already different from those of Western military strategists.

They neither knew how to use field tactics such as Spanish Square, Maurice's Square, or Gustav's Square, nor could they build bastions, nor could they use artillery correctly.

To put it bluntly, the quality of the current Ming army officers is not only compared with Western military strategists such as Gustavus II, Nassau Morris, Cromwell, and Confucius, but also with those who are familiar with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"

Manchurian military strategists are inferior to none!

At least he has excellent martial arts skills, is proficient in bow and horse, and he also summed up a set of tactics that can defeat the Ming army in the "rookie war" with the Ming army.

Moreover, the Manchu military strategists were much better at military and political management than the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty... At least the Eight Banners warriors did not starve, and the Han army's muskets did not explode, even the Hongyi cannons could

Production!

Faced with this situation where officials were generally unqualified for their positions, Zhu Cihong's method was to make do with it while starting two new "official schools" called Nanjing Shixuetang and Nanjing Martial Arts School to train civil and military officials.

Among them, Nanjing Shixuetang trains civil servants, and it mainly offers four courses: construction, finance, agriculture, and law. One of the two directors of the school is Han Lin, who has just completed the construction of the Qufu city wall for Shi Kefa. The other is a writer.

Song Yingxing, who published "Tiangong Kaiwu" - Song Yingxing, who is famous in later generations, was from Jiangxi and was awarded the title of Juren. Unfortunately, he spent too much energy on "miscellaneous studies", so like Han Lin, he could not win the Jinshi. Later, he was awarded the title of Juren

He became an official and resigned at the beginning of the 17th year of Chongzhen's reign, leaving Beijing and returning to his hometown in Jiangxi.

After Zhu Cihong took control of the southeast, he asked Wei Zaode to invite him to Nanjing to be responsible for preparing for the establishment of the Practical School. In Zhu Cihong's long-term plan, this "Practical School" will be gradually expanded and upgraded in the future, and will eventually become Nanjing University.

But at the moment, this Nanjing Practical School can only be used to "make up for officials' lessons" - the officials responsible for collecting taxes should at least learn to do accounting. Why do the officials who go to collect rents have to know some agricultural knowledge? Don't even know about rice and wheat.

I'm so stupid that I can't tell the difference! The officials responsible for building houses, building city walls, and repairing water conservancy also need to learn a little bit about construction, right? The officials responsible for catching thieves and trying cases must be familiar with the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

The Nanjing Martial Arts School offers seven subjects, including city building, Chinese literature, arithmetic, Western military science, firearms, equipment and transportation. The teachers are Tang Ruowang and Li Tianjing, and the Ph.D.s include Li Zubai, Jiao Xu, Shi Ruien, Fu Wa, and Luo Dongni.

, Frissi and four other mercenary captains who teach Western military science part-time.

The two schools are currently under preparation and are scheduled to officially open in April. The first batch of military cadets are naturally young officers of the new army who have overcome difficulties, so it is easier to select. However, students from the practical school are more difficult to recruit, and the teaching staff

Who would be willing to go to school if they have obtained official positions?

Those who have not been awarded official positions but are still worthy of use are these tributes.

So Zhu Cixiang planned to select dozens of people from among the new scholars to participate in the first phase of practical training.

"The three are all talented, capable of doing things, and can be ranked among the top two." Zhu Cixiang smiled and looked at the three in front of him. Yan Yingyuan was in his early thirties, with a Chinese character face and a dignified appearance. Qi Yuanbi and Xu Ermo were younger. Although Qi Yuanbi was

He is a scholar, but he has the appearance of a warrior, very powerful. Xu Ermo is a fat little man with a big head, and he looks quite smart.

He paused and said, "I also know the ambitions of the three of them. But having ambitions does not mean that you can get things done. Even if you can put your mind to work, there is a problem of not applying what you have learned. The three of them are all Confucian scholars, oh, so many

Mo is still a Christian and is proficient in Western learning."

Duomo is the Christian name of the little fat Xu Ermo. Zhu Cixiang called him by his Christian name, which made the little fat man feel a little warm. At the same time, he also remembered the rumor that Zhu Cixiang met Gabriel. If this was true, then he would be a Jinshi in high school.

(His article is very poor) It must be God’s will, just to help the God-chosen king.

"Your Highness," Xu Ermo said, crossing himself on his chest, "I am willing to obey the arrangements."

"Okay." Zhu Cixi said with a smile, "Then I will arrange for you to study martial arts."

"Martial arts..." Xu Ermo was stunned, "But I am a scholar."

Zhu Cixiang frowned, "You still followed the arrangement just now!"

"Kechen doesn't know how to fight..."

You don’t know how to fight? You said you’re afraid of death, so why not! Zhu Cixiang thought to himself: You are a Catholic and you should love God. Now that you have the opportunity to see God early, why are you afraid? It shouldn’t be!

"It doesn't matter," Zhu Cixiang smiled, "I won't let you go to war... You first go to the martial arts school to study, mainly studying Western military science. You need to keep more records and draw more drawings. After you learn it, you can give it to me.

Write a book introducing Western-style military training. The language should be popular and the content should be detailed. Do you understand?"

It turns out that Zhu Cixiang asked Xu Ermo to write textbooks... There are several teachers teaching Western military science now, but there are no textbooks to use. In addition, Western military science cannot always be taught by foreigners, you must cultivate your own

Instructor, this Xu Ermo is proficient in Western learning and foreign language, so he will definitely learn it quickly. After he finishes his studies, let him be an instructor and teach others.

"I accept the decree." Xu Ermo felt relieved now. As long as there was no possibility of seeing God immediately, everything else was easy to say.

"Yan Yingyuan, Qi Yuanbi," Zhu Cixiang said to the other two people, "where are you two? Although you are civil servants, you are both from the military. You don't want to be a Hanlin poet, right? In today's troubled times, what the country needs is Sun Wenzheng.

, civil servants like Lu Wenzhong, it is a pity that both of them have died for their country, are you willing to be the new Sun Wenzheng and Lu Wenzhong?"

Sun Wenzheng was Sun Chuanting, and Lu Wenzhong was Lu Xiangsheng. After arriving in Nanjing, Zhu Cihong gave these two posthumous names, one Wenzheng and the other Wenzhong.

"I would like to be Sun Wenzheng and Lu Wenzhong!"

"I am also willing!"

Yan Yingyuan and Qi Yuanbi both stood up and responded.

Zhu Cixiang nodded and said seriously: "But I don't want you two to sacrifice your lives for the country like Sun Wenzheng and Lu Wenzhong... I want you to go straight to Huanglong and return in triumph.

Therefore, you and Xu Duomo have to go to the martial arts school to learn Western military science. After you two complete your studies, I will give you each a battalion model army commander. You will serve as an officer for a few years, and then you will return to the civilian service.

Becoming a governor or a supervisor. What do you think?"

Zhu Cixiang is deceiving people to join the army! He now feels that there are many people in his army who can be commanders, but there seems to be no one who can be generals. So he feels that Yan Yingyuan should be available - at least he was in the battle to defend Jiangyin

The performance is good. Qi Yuanbi looks a bit similar, so you can give it a try.

If Yan Yingyuan and Qi Yuanbi agreed, they would not be able to return to being civil servants for ten to eight years.

Yan Yingyuan and Qi Yuanbi thought about it for a while, and they both felt that Zhu Cixiang's suggestion was good, and they both gave a positive answer.

"Your Majesty Yan Yingyuan is willing to join the army."
Chapter completed!