Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 253 The Withering of Martial Arts

"Your Majesty, what do you want from me?"

Qin Shao was a little puzzled, there are so many people around Zhu Houzhao, what can't be solved now.

Of course, he thinks that those people can't solve it, and it's not easy for him to solve it quickly.

For example, let the cabinet pass a decree and let the Ministry of Households pay to support the construction of border defense here.

This matter, if those old guys don't fall, and the emperor doesn't implement the policy of iron and blood, killing those people, it really can't be realized.

He knew that in the end Zhu Houzhao used his private treasury.

But there is no way.

After the battle, the soldiers need to be rewarded, and the sacrificed and injured soldiers and their families need pensions. There is no money.

Qin Shao saw that those people were pitiful, so he also donated 500 taels.

In addition, another 500 taels were issued for the construction of Yingzhou Battle Monuments in Yingzhou and Datong.

Fortunately, the purchasing power of this silver is not bad now.

500 taels is pretty easy for these two places to build a monument.

Moreover, he made the construction of the stele not free of labor, that is, the soldiers who participated in the construction had to be paid.

Many construction projects these days generally use free forced labor, and the Great Wall is the same.

I heard that there is still money to be made in building the monument, and that it was built for the soldiers who died in the same trench as them. Those people were very happy and even more motivated.

"Ziming, there's just something I want to discuss with you."

Zhu Houzhao seemed to be in a good mood.

"what's up?"

Qin Shao asked curiously.

Judging from Zhu Houzhao's face, it seems that the matter is not serious.

It's a good thing to share with yourself.

If Zhu Houzhao liked and admired Qin Shao a little before, now he treats him as a very close friend, even slightly surpassing Jiang Bin.

Many people around him have already noticed that the emperor's favorite person seems to have become Mr. Qin.

Others didn't know their attitude, but Datong and Yingzhou were quite used to staying with Zhu Houzhao anyway.

This Mr. Qin is really extraordinary!

The emperor thought about Mr. Qin in everything, and the former favorites Jiang Bin and others were not appetizing, nor jealous, and even thought it was normal, which was really incredible.

On the contrary, there was a little soldier beside Jiang Bin secretly muttering to Lin Tong, saying that the emperor liked that Qin Shao so much, would he not use Dudu Jiang again in the future.

Lin Tong immediately kicked that person.

"Fuck! You know what! Mr. Qin is a scholar, and Dudu Jiang is a military commander. What's the conflict between the two? They both work for the emperor. Why do you need an unknown little bastard here to sow discord?"

So far, almost no one talks about this topic.

As for Jiang Bin, he is quite open and generous, and currently he is mainly in charge of the outside affairs that Zhu Houzhao ordered. When he saw Qin Shao, he also had a good time talking with him, but there was never any estrangement.

"Ziming, Dai Wangshizi made a suggestion two days ago, which is very satisfactory to me. I wanted to do something in the early years, but there were too many things, and I forgot it. Now I want to come. When I return to Shangjing, I can operate it." To implement this matter, I just haven’t figured out the specific strategy yet, so I want to ask for your opinion.”

Zhu Houzhao took a sip of tea and said.

Qin Shao has been running outside for the past few days, but he still hasn't had a drink of water today.

Moreover, the wind, sand and drought here make it easy to get thirsty, and now I am thirsty too.

Regardless of the precious good tea in Dai Wangfu, he drank it directly.

"Ziming, you are also a scholar. Drinking this good tea feels like chewing peonies. Hahaha!"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing.

"I made the emperor laugh. I've been running outside for the past few days, so it's inconvenient to drink water. I'm really thirsty now!"

Qin Shao couldn't help laughing either.

"Does the emperor want to reform martial arts?"

Qin Shao solved his thirst problem at the moment, but began to drink tea slowly.

Zhu Houzhao was still very foresighted. Qin Shao felt that the style of emphasizing literature in the Ming Dynasty had become a little abnormal, and it was indeed time to resume martial arts.

Nowadays, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is low, and many generals are hereditary.

Dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes, and the sons of mice can make holes.

But there are exceptions to this. It doesn't mean that the son of a general will be able to fight and have military capabilities. Although the influence is important, which family will not produce a few waste materials!
If we can revitalize martial arts and let capable men go to the battlefield, then we can truly revitalize the military of Ming Dynasty.

In the early years, I also occasionally performed martial arts, but because I was suppressed by the Wenju, even if I was admitted to the martial arts, I was still a middle- and lower-level officer.

Martial arts are not taken seriously, and naturally they cannot attract outstanding talents to participate. Even if the examination is held, only some of average quality can be admitted.

If you want to revitalize martial arts, what you need to do is to reform martial arts.

The early martial arts exams were generally about common kung fu such as boxing, horseback riding and archery, as well as some strategy essays and the like. The system was very sloppy, and only six or seven people were admitted in each exam. It was like a pediatrics, meaningless .

In the third year of Zhengde, the martial arts exam was also conducted, but the exams were mainly presided over by civil officials. Obviously it was a martial arts exam, but it was made a bit like a literary exam. There were not many requirements for kung fu, but the content of the exam paper was very important, nondescript.

What's even more tragic is that in the Ming Dynasty from the eighth year of Tianshun to Chongzhen's hanging, in the history of more than 180 years, there were only five subjects in martial arts, and there was no palace test in martial arts at all.

The higher-ups don't pay much attention to it, and the civil official group suppresses it. What if the Ming Dynasty does not perish?
"Nowadays, there are internal and external troubles in the frontier. If we blindly only know how to defend, I don't know how long I can last. This battle has also shown everyone that the frontier army is not only poor in combat power and poor in treatment, but also has a shortage of talents. It is necessary to reopen the military. Let’s revitalize the military. So, I want to hear your opinion.”

"Your Majesty is wise, martial arts must be revitalized. I personally think that the first thing to do is to change the year of the scientific examination. Now it is held every six years. Six years is too long, and the supply of talents is insufficient! In addition, the matter of martial arts, sometimes Talent is needed, just like Wen Ju, apart from acquired ability, reading ability is basically gifted if you can get to the examination stage!"

"Daming has no shortage of excellent civil servants. The reason is that many outstanding talents can participate in scientific examinations. Many high-quality talents are from ordinary backgrounds, but they can still enter the officialdom all the way through scientific examinations, and many even enter the cabinet. The reason is that Daming has too many benefits for literati. Policy, after being admitted as a scholar, life can be promoted step by step."

"If you want to revitalize martial arts, you should also allow people with poor abilities to take the Wenju exam!"

Qin Shao expressed his opinion.

"But martial arts does not restrict poor people from participating!"

Zhu Houzhao didn't understand.

Even though he lived in the military camps in Datong and Xuanfu for a year, he actually didn't know much about the lives of ordinary people.

Why not eat minced meat!Even though it makes people hate it, it is also restricted by various circumstances. In many cases, those so-called emperors are just blamed.

When the people are in dire straits, it is often not the fault of one person, but the result of a group of forces.

"Your Majesty, you don't know that the content of our martial arts exams in Ming Dynasty now, in addition to the bow, sword, stone and other items, there are also items such as horse archery, which are not available to some ordinary people and have no money. If you buy those things, there is no way to contact them at all, which also forms a threshold, which may prevent capable people from participating."

"Well, Ziming, what you said is also a problem. But this kind of problem is not easy to solve. You can't equip them with things to practice. The court is not so rich..."

"Your Majesty, I personally think that we can support some local martial arts schools, so that talented children can go in and learn, and gradually cultivate..."

The century-old plan has to be started from the baby.

Qin Shao thought of some sports events in the Great Xia Kingdom in his previous life, which were to select talents from the local level and cultivate them from an early age.

"Yes! You are right, this method is feasible! Since you have time, you may wish to write a detailed suggestion on this aspect. I will take a look. Earlier you said that our soldiers should learn how to deploy troops and how to operate gunpowder weapons. This kind can actually be used in martial arts exams, you can sort it out when the time comes, and I will start to do it when I return to Shangjing."

Zhu Houzhao was very excited.

"Ok."

Qin Shao promised.

"By the way, Ziming, how have you been playing these few days? What are your plans for the evening?"

After talking about the business, Zhu Houzhao became interested in chatting.

"It's okay. Lin Tong, Wang Yun and I took a brief tour. This Datong mansion is well built. But they came back beforehand, so I'm the only one who is still hanging out these few days. Brother Lin Tong said he would invite Go to the karaoke workshop to listen to the song, I heard that there is a song in the karaoke workshop, the song is very good, if the emperor is interested, you can go and listen to it!"

Qin Shao didn't hide it either.

"Singer? Don't say that Jiang Bin mentioned it yesterday. They all said it was good, so it should be fine. This folk song has a special flavor. Let's go and see it tonight!"

(End of this chapter)