Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 175: The Dean of the Military Academy, wise and wise!
Military academy.

It's not a special noun.

It is something that has always existed.

"Book of Jin: Records of Official Positions" states: "Emperor Wu attached great importance to military officers, so most of the military academies were selected from among the most prestigious people in the court."

Song Wu Shu's "Records of Strange People in Jianghuai·Dong Shaoyan": "Yan Si said: 'I am a military officer, and I died on the sharp blade.'"

In the sixth year of Zhengtong in this dynasty, Emperor Yingzong Zhu Qizhen began to establish the Beijing Guard Military School, selecting the children of governors and below who were talented, had good family backgrounds, and young officials to study in the school.

These students usually already have considerable martial arts skills, but the teaching of Jingwei martial arts is not limited to military knowledge, but also includes Confucian classics such as the Four Books and Five Classics.

The imperial court made great efforts in the education of the descendants of military generals, and was committed to cultivating a group of both civil and military talents.

However, the Ming army was defeated in the Battle of Tumu, and the Jingwei Military School was subsequently closed.

It was not until the eighth year of Tianshun, when Emperor Yingzong launched the coup d'état and seized the throne from his son, Emperor Chenghua, and completed the restoration, that Jin Shen, the Imperial Censor, requested the restoration of military studies and stipulated that the general or the minister of war should inspect students on the first day of each month to supervise their studies.

Initially, the martial arts school was located in an old house in Dongcheng. Later, due to its remote location, Emperor Yingzong moved it to Daxinglong Temple in Xicheng in order to win the hearts of the people.

However, as time went by, the Ming Dynasty became more and more inclined to emphasize civil affairs over military affairs, and the descendants of Ming Dynasty generals were like the offspring of a weasel, each litter being worse than the previous one.

The number of students in Jingwei Wushu School was getting smaller and smaller, and the quality was getting worse and worse. Jingwei Wushu School became a place for the children of military officers to pass the time.

Even after graduating from the Imperial Guards Military Academy, the children of military officers, under the arrangement of their general fathers, either entered the Five Cities Military Department or the three major camps of the capital. For nearly a hundred years, the Imperial Guards Military Academy had not sent any officers to the frontier towns.

Now, the emperor mentioned the establishment of a military academy. Zhang Juzheng's cabinet did not object, but was worried that the old orthodox incident would happen again.

Zhu Houcong immediately resolved the doubts of the elders: "The students of the Military Academy will only come from the military, that is, the current officers and soldiers in the army. No more children of military officers will be recruited. The teachers of the Military Academy will be the commanders of the nine border towns in turn.

As for the dean of the Military Academy, I will be the dean. All students of the Military Academy who want to complete their studies must submit qualified answer sheets within the school year. The answer sheets will be reviewed by me and the nine generals of the nine towns. If more than half of the students are not satisfied, they will be expelled.

Students who successfully complete the course, if they are ordinary soldiers in the army, will be immediately promoted to sergeants, and those who are outstanding may be promoted to centurions at the discretion of the army.

If it is an officer in the army, a general will be promoted to rank, and a lieutenant will be promoted to general.

If a military academy student who has been expelled is an ordinary soldier in the army, his promotion will be suspended for three years. No matter what great achievements he has made, his merits will be temporarily sealed. He can only be promoted after returning to the military academy and completing qualified exams.

If a general is a colonel in the army, he will be demoted to a general, and a colonel will be demoted to a soldier. "

If you enter the military academy and successfully complete it, the rewards are really great, but if you are expelled, the punishment is also really severe.

However, Zhang Juzheng had no doubt that the generals, lieutenants, and soldiers in the army were eager to enter the military academy.

Today, only those who pass the imperial examination, enter the palace examination, and are listed on the gold list can be called disciples of the emperor.

The president of the military academy is the emperor, so all the students who enter the academy are disciples of the emperor.

Whether it is the imperial court or the army, they are places that value backing. The phrase "a disciple of the emperor" is enough to make people break their heads to fight for it.

Just like the imperial examination, being watched by the emperor was an opportunity to change oneself and the fate of the family. Compared with the worry of failure in entering the military academy, the most worrying thing for the soldiers in the army was not being able to enter the military academy.

However, although His Majesty said so much, he did not say where the military academy was located.

Zhang Juzheng was stunned for a moment and asked, "Your Majesty, where is the military academy located?"

Zhu Houcong looked at Zhang Juzheng strangely and said, "The teacher of the military academy is the commander of the nine towns, and the nine commanders cannot leave the border towns for long. The teacher of the military academy is in the border town. Zhang Juzheng, where do you think the military academy is?"

This time.

Even Gao Gong, Hu Zongxian, Li Chunfang and Chen Yiqin were confused.

If His Majesty's intention is correct, the military academy will be set up in the nine border towns, and the students of the military academy will take turns entering the nine border towns to receive instruction from the nine main generals.

It sounds good, but Zhang Juzheng's cabinet always felt that there were some problems, especially Hu Zongxian, who felt that the problem was very serious.

According to Hu Zongxian's understanding, frontier commanders like Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou were not very good at teaching students.

Then, the method that generals Qi, Yu and other commanders used to help the military academy students understand the essence of war was probably to directly send them to the real battlefield.

When Hu Zongxian thought of this, his scalp almost exploded. According to the emperor's intention, these military academy students were to be elite generals, lieutenants, and soldiers selected from the Ming Dynasty army.

It is true that the elite should go to the battlefield, but if all the elite go to the battlefield, what if they are wiped out by foreign races or enemies...

"Your Majesty, I dare to make a suggestion. The training of students in the military academy should not only develop military skills, but also some knowledge. I personally think that it would be better to locate the military academy in the capital." Hu Zongxian said stiffly.

As the former governor of Zhejiang, Hu Zongxian believed that he understood the thoughts of the military commanders better. In the eyes of the commanders of the nine border towns, the students of the military academy were perhaps more like "playthings" for their spare time.

These are toys and playthings similar to rattles, nine-ring chains, spinning tops, bamboo dragonflies, and kites in children's hands.

Hu Zongxian was very worried that the students of the Military Academy would be played around by the nine generals.

"For these things, Hu Zongxian, the chief inspector of the border towns you mentioned can teach them. The chief inspectors of the nine towns can be appointed as teachers in the military academy. There is no need to waste so much time."

Zhu Houcong shook his head, but after thinking about it, he nodded and said, "But you did remind me that sometimes the victory or defeat of a war is not on the battlefield, but also outside the battlefield. The students of the Military Academy do not need to fully master assassinations, beheadings, and obtaining intelligence, but they should also understand and be prepared. I will let the Jinyiwei send specialized personnel to serve as temporary teachers in the Military Academy to teach the students in this area."

In a word.

It adds a few more subjects for military academy students to learn.

Hu Zongxian's face was a little stiff. In a trance, he could even hear the curses of the future military academy students when they were learning these war heresies.

Moreover, those killers of the Jinyiwei don't look like teachers at all. If they really teach the students of the military academy, their methods may be even more "brutal" than those of the commanders of the nine towns.

Hu Zongxian did not dare to think about the fate of the military academy students in the future. He bowed and kowtowed, praising the emperor: "There is no one better than Your Majesty!"

Zhang, Gao, Li, and Chen also slowly figured it out, vaguely guessing what the future military academy students would experience. They couldn't help but shudder. With Hu Zongxian's example of "not saving people but harming them" in front of them, they dared not say anything else, and praised the emperor in unison: "Your Majesty is wise and wise, and there is no one better than you!"

(End of this chapter)