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Zu Dashou was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that he did indeed have an official title. It seemed that he was called Chief Instructor of the Ming Dynasty Advanced Lecture Hall?

What official title is this? Never heard of it! How many products? What power, what do you do? Zu Dashou had a question on his head. Anyway, this official title doesn’t sound like much! I even forgot about it immediately after hearing it!

However, in order to save his face, he could not show his deep suspicion and disdain. Instead, he respectfully replied: "General, I will remember! The chief instructor of the Ming Dynasty Advanced Martial Arts Hall!"

Hu Guang couldn't help but shake his head and smile after hearing this: "It's the chief instructor of the Beijing Normal University's Advanced Martial Arts Hall!"

When Zu Dashou heard this, he couldn't help but blush, and he quickly apologized: "I am stupid, I only remembered it wrong after a while!"

Hu Guang didn't care about this. He waved his hand and denied Zu Dashou's apology, and then said seriously: "The Capital Senior Martial Arts Lecture Hall doesn't exist yet, so it's normal that you don't remember it. But I want to tell you that the Capital Senior Martial Arts Lecture Hall, It will be an institution similar to the Imperial College. And the chief teaching practice is similar to offering wine."

Before he finished speaking, Zu Dashou opened his eyes wide and looked directly at him in surprise. At the same time, I was thinking, can a military man have a government office like the Imperial College?

You must know that the Imperial College's offering wine is an official position of the third rank, while the Six Ministers are only the second rank. From this we can see how high the status of this Imperial College is.

Besides, literati have always had a path to becoming a scholar, a scholar, or a scholar, but there are almost no such things as warriors. In the more than 250 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been only a few martial arts examinations, and most of them are just martial arts examinations.

Thinking like this, Zu Dashou didn't care about the rank of the chief instructor, but was worried about other things. He just heard him ask: "Your Majesty, has this capital's senior martial arts lecture hall been approved at the court meeting?"

He could imagine that those civil servants would not readily agree. It's not like I haven't mentioned this before. It was the civil servants who obstructed it, both covertly and overtly, and finally let it go.

Hu Guang shook his head after hearing this and said: "No, but I have made up my mind. No one can stop this matter! The only thing to worry about is the funding for running the school! You should also know that the imperial court's finances and taxes are now unable to make ends meet. We are in urgent need of money, so although I have decided to open the Capital Advanced Martial Arts Lecture Hall, I have to wait for fiscal and tax relief..."

Zu Dashou listened to the emperor's words and nodded involuntarily. Of course he knows that this is the truth! If the emperor said that there would be no problem and would open this martial arts hall immediately, he would be damned if he believed it.

"I decreed that you should be appointed as the chief instructor of the Capital Advanced Martial Arts Lecture Hall. I just want to leave an introduction here. At this time, I will explain it to you first, so that you can know in advance. Please don't think about it. Take advantage of this free time. , you can imitate the Imperial College, prepare it first, write down what you need, what concerns you have, etc. in the memorial, and deliver it directly to me."

When Zu Dashou heard this, he suddenly felt a lot of pressure. Although he was born in a general family, he was no better than Man Gui. He had been educated and literate since he was a child. But it was really difficult for him to build a structure similar to the Imperial Academy.

However, this is definitely an opportunity for the warrior. As a warrior of the Ming Dynasty, if not for others, he must work hard for the sake of other warriors in his ancestral family.

Therefore, after Hu Guang finished speaking, Zu Dashou immediately stood up, saluted and said: "Your Majesty's will, I will do my best to fulfill it!"

Hu Guang smiled when he saw it. After he finished his salute, he asked him to sit back flat, and then continued: "This time the Jianlu invaded the capital, and our Ming Dynasty has almost no army that can fight with it. , so that the capital city was ravaged and suffered heavy losses. To take a step back, to regain Liaodong, we also need a strong army. Therefore, I decided to take this opportunity to form a new army and kick off the reform of the military system! "

This is what it should be! In fact, every time the Ming army suffered a major defeat, civilian officials would request the formation of a new army. Zu Dashou was listening and thinking in his mind, and said smoothly: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Unexpectedly, Hu Guang shook his head after hearing this, which made him a little surprised. Just when he thought he said something wrong, Hu Guang said, "You didn't understand the point of what I said, which is to reform the military system!"

ah? Zu Dashou couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this, and then he immediately replied humbly: "The general is stupid!"

"If a warrior has a status, it cannot be given by me, but he must fight for it himself." Hu Guang looked at him and said, "But I will give you this opportunity, starting with this new army. I decided to establish a military rank system and put aside In the past, officers were hereditary, and in the new army, they competed for positions and rose to positions based on their ability."

"..." Zu Dashou was speechless upon hearing this, and then carefully reminded him, "Your Majesty, if we do this, I'm afraid there will be a lot of resistance among the warriors!"

Hu Guang nodded and naturally considered that it would be difficult to abolish the hereditary system of officers: "I know, so this will only be implemented in the new army. My goal is that the Ming army will be divided into two types: field army and guard army. The new army will slowly transition into a field army, while the garrison army will remain unchanged, but reorganization is inevitable."

After a pause, he continued to explain: "As long as you are a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, regardless of whether you are a military household or not, you can go to the intermediate or primary martial arts hall to study. Depending on the quality of your grades, only those who can pass the examination can enter the guard army and field army. Of course, officers in the Guard Army or the Field Army must go to the Capital Advanced Martial Arts Lecture Hall to study and pass the examination."

In fact, even hereditary officers must first go to Beijing and pass the assessment before they can be hereditary. Hu Guang said this, which is not unexpected.

When Zu Dashou heard this, he understood why the emperor wanted to mention the new army, because it could be linked to the senior martial arts lecture hall in the capital. However, the emperor's plan was too novel, and many of the terms he had never heard of made it difficult for him to make suggestions, so he had to listen attentively.

When Hu Guang said this, he sighed and said: "The imperial court has no money! I can only squeeze out some money and food to form a small new army. When the chief assistant helps me fill the treasury, then we can By expanding, warriors can move forward faster!"

When Zu Dashou heard this, he urgently hoped for the first time that the treasury would have more money, and for the first time he hoped that the chief minister could really get things done. In the past, the chief assistant and the others would have been just watching the fun.

At this time, he was sure that the emperor's plan to revive the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion was not just empty talk, but had a whole set of plans and things that even he had never heard of. It was obviously planned for a long time.

Thinking like this, he couldn't help but long for that day to come. However, he also had hidden worries in his heart. He didn't know whether the emperor could achieve his goal and whether he could wait until that day came!

After Hu Guang had said so much, it seemed that a lot of time had been wasted, and Zu Dashou was also persuaded by him, so he did not go any further. He just asked Zu Dashou: "For the new army's training, I decided to follow the "Jiu Xiao" "New Book" combined with the characteristics of the northern battlefield, do you have anyone to recommend?"

Thanks to Li Lizhi and Shui Banqing for the reward!