Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 501 Qin Keqing: Sister Bao is saying that there will be troubles in the south of the Yangtze River?

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Erqin Keqing: Sister Bao is saying that there will be troubles in the south of the Yangtze River?
On the third day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of Changxing, Fengtai, the original "Fengtai Camp", is now the "Royal Army Command College".

Ever since he announced the change of the "Three Great Battalions of the Beijing Camp" to the "Twelve Regiment Battalions", Zhou Yang took the opportunity to relocate all the Fifth Army Battalion and the Three Thousand Battalion. The Shenji Battalion was specially assigned to divide troops into towns, and Fengtai Daying and Xishan Daying were cleared out in this way.

The [-] regiments and battalions are scattered throughout the Gyeonggi region. For example, Jinmen Town has now been restored, and two regiments and battalions are stationed. Another two "Marine Corps" units with the same level of regiment and battalion have been established; similar situations are Originally belonging to the Xishan Camp of the Three Thousand Battalion, the Miyun Camp is now the headquarters of two regiments and battalions of the Royal Forest Army. The capital's city defense generally only has two thousand households stationed in turn.

The Royal Army Command College was expanded and upgraded by Zhou Yang based on the original Shenji Camp Teaching Camp. Its purpose is the same as that of modern military schools. It specializes in cultivating basic officers at the first level of the General Flag and Hundred Households. The schooling lasts for three years, but the current situation is special. , we can only add one more year to the original half-year training, with the old leading the new, and the number of people increases to [-], which is basically a "crash course" level.

"General, I have met your Majesty!" As soon as Shengjia came into view, Zhao Tong, the current chief instructor of the Royal Army Command College - the dean is Zhou Yang himself - had already led a group of instructors and students to stand by at the door. After Zhou Yang got off the car He knelt down suddenly and said, "The last general has led all the troops."

"Okay, get up." Zhou Yang was not interested in formalities with him, and after waving his hands, he said to the group of civil and military leaders who followed him, "Today is the graduation ceremony of the first batch of students in this military academy, and I will take all my dear friends to watch it together. It can be regarded as a demonstration, from now on here it will be like an imperial examination, non-military academies are not allowed to be promoted to vice-thousand households, even if you want to be promoted, you must go to the military academies for further studies—let’s go.”

"Salute——" All the students who had already lined up on the road on both sides of the gate saluted everyone with guns, "Long live my emperor—Long live the Great Week—"

Compared with the martial arts officers and generals who were all smiling, the civilian officials were obviously solemn.

This time, Zhou Yang selected and trained all the first batch of students according to the standards of the modern Red Iron Army - except for the cultural level, all of them were above seven feet five inches in height. They were usually well-equipped in both civil and military education, and all aspects of discipline, housekeeping, etc. were on par. Even a layman who comes here can see that they are a new type of soldiers that are completely different from the feudal army.

This day is a rare sunny day. The blue sky is cloudless. What is slightly lacking is the biting north wind, but it adds a bit of solemnity and solemnity to today's grand occasion. Zhou Yang stood on the rostrum and addressed all the students. After giving lectures and awarding imperial sword medals to outstanding students, seeing their faces flushed with excitement made him feel a lot more stable for the first time.

After the ceremony, the college chapel.

"What do you all think?" Zhou Yang asked with a smile, looking at the civil and military ministers who were still immersed in the solemn atmosphere just now.

"Your Majesty is indeed far-sighted. I didn't understand why I was going to such trouble before. Now it seems that I am short-sighted." Niu Jizong, the foreman of the military aircraft, said with emotion, "If all the generals in the army have such a level, even the leader of the army If the general is replaced by a trash, there will be no need to worry about any big problems."

"Your Majesty, if the current personnel training speed is used, it will be difficult to keep up with the needs of the military, right?" King Beijing's fiery eyes never lowered, "Now only the Beijing camp and surrounding camps have completed the training, not to mention the whole world. The various health centers, even just talking about the four major frontier armies, probably need at least thousands of graduated students, but now there are less than 500 graduates a year, how can there be enough?"

"What Aiqing said is reasonable, but this military training cannot be completed in a day or two. It is said that thanks to Aiqing's trip to the northwest in August, Prince Xining came to Beijing to report on his duties, and tens of thousands of men from the Dingxi Army were allowed. Firearms training has officially begun, but unfortunately the arsenal’s production capacity is currently limited, and it will take at least two years to complete.”

"Brother Wang of the Qian family also promised to stay in the capital from now on. This is all due to His Majesty Long Wei. How can I dare to take the credit?" Shui Rong smiled and replied, "Your Majesty, as a humble minister, you might as well let this college expand and expand it. The number of students in each period is increased to about 1000, so that it is possible to complete the training of all the armies in the world."

"What do you think, dear friends?" Zhou Yang asked the general with a smile.

"I second the proposal!" This sounds like it is good for the whole army. Who is stupid enough to object?
It's not that they can't see that once the entire army completes the officer academy training, they will never expect to master the "family soldiers" as before, but it is too early to tell now. The most important thing is that they all know that Zhou Yang Now that he has started this route, there is no way he can stop unless something goes wrong.

There are nearly 8 fully armed elite soldiers in the field. It is useless no matter what ideas they have in mind. These new armies, all derived from the Shenji Battalion, almost fanatically recognize Zhou Yang's identity, making any idea they have It has become impractical. Instead of messing with useless things, it is better to see how to continue one's own family. Anyway, the inheritance of "general gate" will only become more stable after being baptized by the military academy.

This is another reason why Wu Xun is honest and obedient. In the past, only the eldest son in the family could inherit the title. Now, as long as he enters the military academy, anyone can become a powerful general. When Shui Rong went to the northwest to convince the Qian family, the king of Xining County, this was the most powerful argument. , The Prince of Nan'an County also relaxed a few days ago and will soon go to Beijing to "report on his duties."

Is this a familiar pattern? Find out about the "Junker Military Nobles"!
Compared to military generals, civilian officials are much more repressed.

What is the reason why Confucianism has controlled the court for thousands of years in China?The imperial examination system uses Confucian classics as teaching materials and the imperial examination system as the center to continuously cultivate new officials. No matter which dynasty it is, or how many parties the court is divided into, it is essentially the inheritance of Confucianism itself.

Therefore, during the Qin, Han, Three Kingdoms and even the Sui and Tang dynasties, those Confucian elites who wore swords and bent bows, were both civil and military, mounted their horses to lead troops, and dismounted their herdsmen, disappeared. They were replaced by cynics who would kneel to whom after the Song Dynasty. It didn’t matter who was on the throne, as long as they The imperial court also recognized the imperial examination, and they didn't care whose court it was.

"Your Majesty, as the power in the army has increased greatly, I am worried that there will be another incident of the separation of feudal towns, or the story of Dong Zhuo and Wang Mang -" Li Mian, the elder in charge of culture and education, said bravely.

"Li Aiqing is worrying too much." Zhou Yang smiled and waved his hands, not even bothering to refute. Not only him, but also the military commanders also sneered in response, all with "not worth refuting" expressions. The most basic question, imperial examination background They are all called "disciples of the emperor", who takes them seriously?All the teachers and students of the Royal Army Command College are called "dean" by him, and they are truly "masters and apprentices"!
After discussing some state affairs, as it was approaching noon, Zhou Yang simply greeted everyone and had a simple "working meal" in the cafeteria. Then he told them to get out, and he returned to the palace to do whatever he needed to do.

That night, Daming Palace, Imperial Study Room.

"So, is this your real ' trump card'?" Looking at Zhou Yang, who was reading the memorial and then arranging for Xing Xiuyan to write the comments, Princess Yongchang, who was pregnant in early March and was about to give birth, walked in with Dongfang Bing supported, " It seems that you are indeed dishonest, why didn't you mention it to the emperor brother and Kai'er before?"

"Because it's useless to tell them." Zhou Yang smiled and nodded to Xing Xiuyan, indicating that she should go back to rest first. Then he took the princess from Dongfang Bing and helped her sit on the rest couch together. "This requires strong strength." No matter which one of the two former emperors, they have neither the courage nor the ability.

As for the Supreme Emperor, if he had really been committed to implementing it before Prince Yi Zhong's "military remonstrance" in the 32nd year of Longwu, it would have been possible, but with their thinking, it was impossible to think of this kind of "civil and military balance" method, even if it was The Supreme Emperor has always looked down upon civil servants, and essentially governs the country within their framework. "

"That's right." Princess Yongchang sighed softly and leaned softly into Zhou Yang's arms, "There's no need to hide it, my father couldn't do it. Although he initially relied on martial arts, the world's army is actually in the hands of Wu Xun. They are all inherited from the founding of the country, and they already have their own circle and their own thoughts. It is too difficult to expect them to give their full support regardless of their wealth and life.

Today's Beijing army was basically brought up by you. Most of the main backbones of more than a hundred households in the army were taught by you step by step. Even if the leading few are dishonest, the generals below will only know how to do it. Obey your orders. In fact, the civil servants also rely on this support. They are all the same from top to bottom. So what about the royal family? "Okay, don't think so much, it will save our baby a lot of trouble." " Zhou Yang squatted down with a smile and put his ear against Princess Yongchang's belly. After a while, he smiled and said, "In more than half a month at most, the little one will meet. You still have to think about something all day long. Are you really not afraid that your body won’t be able to bear it? "

"Hmph!" Princess Yongchang gave him a white look, then looked at Dongfang Bing and said, "What about her? It's been more than five months now, so don't you need to make arrangements in advance to rest in time?"

Dongfang Bing, who had known the temperament of a certain princess for a long time, burst out laughing and didn't even bother to say anything.

"Guo Rong!" Zhou Yang took out his hand angrily, feeling the softness of a certain half-moon, and hurriedly caressed a certain princess's belly to comfort the unborn baby, "Don't you just want to say that when our baby is full moon, you Just take over her work? Don't you even want to host the hundred-day banquet for the baby?"

"It doesn't affect - ah!" Princess Yongchang just retorted halfway, and it was inevitable that she would be slapped again.

"Dongfang, what do you think?" Too lazy to talk to a certain princess, Zhou Yang hugged Dongfang Bing on the other side and asked.

"Actually, what the princess said is not bad. I can't carry this burden all the time." Dongfang Bing said softly, "It's better to hand over the matter gradually in two or three months to save time. I think the two sisters of the Zhao family "

"One of them is in charge of the Jinyi Army, and the other is in charge of the imperial guards. They have no time to care about your affairs anymore." Zhou Yang glanced at Princess Yongchang who looked proud, "So, you two should take turns. Come on, don’t waste anything."

"You know what's going on." A certain princess rolled her eyes at Ai Lang, but she didn't let go at all.

"Let's go back and rest." Looking at the clock not far away, he found that it was almost ten o'clock. Zhou Yang didn't want the two pregnant women around him to be tired, so he helped one of them get up and walked towards the Jiaotai Hall at the back. , "I've been thinking about you all day long. It's like I'm really not worried about you. In fact, I really don't care at all. I'm just afraid of the baby--ouch!"

"Zhou, if you had the guts to say that, I would have told you not to leave anything useful except for your happiness!" A certain princess was still grumpy.

"At least take a break with your mouth, it may be busy later." Someone flew into the car directly.

"I beat you to death--"

Chuxiu Palace, the residence of Xue Baochai, the noble concubine of Emperor Liang.

"Sister Bao, look at this." Li Wan placed the two account books in front of Xue Baochai with a serious expression, "This is the account sent by the Zhenjiang branch, and this is the shipping record sent by Prince Jinghai. , nearly [-]% of the salt products cannot be accounted for, but the income is completely in line with the normal rules. I am afraid that someone turned the public into private, and then secretly sold it at a higher price. "

"Sister Feng, please remember to tell the eldest sister of the Zhao family tomorrow and ask her to send someone to check it out." Xue Baochai frowned after taking a glance, then nodded after a while and said, "Sister Wan, the accounts of the major branches in Jiangnan , you should also ask someone to check it carefully, I suspect this is not an exception, but someone has interfered with something that should not be touched."

"Why, who dare not be honest?" Wang Xifeng, who was looking at them looking at their account books with envy, raised her eyebrows and said in a stern tone.

"Sister Bao is saying that there is going to be trouble over there in Jiangnan?" Qin Keqing asked, who was walking in with a tea tray.

"If this happens everywhere, nearly a million taels of silver will be lost in the entire Jiangnan area, because a full [-]% of the salt consumed there will be smuggled up the river to the Central Plains and southwestern provinces, and the profits will be astonishing." Xue Baochai was worried. "With such huge wealth and the instability there, it's hard to say whether someone wants to take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble."

"Now that the world is peaceful, there are still people who want to live a good life and insist on doing these things." Li Wan said helplessly, "If it is true as Sister Bao guessed, I am afraid there will be another disaster in the world."

"What are you afraid of? Just kill a few dog slaves who don't know how to die." Wang Xifeng didn't take it seriously at all.

"You, no matter how much you think about, uncle won't just let you watch." Qin Keqing rolled her eyes at a hot girl, helplessly pulled her to sit down, and gave her a cup of hot tea to warm her hands, " Now that all the best soldiers in the world are in my uncle's hands, why would anyone dare to cause trouble? Isn't it because major events in the world cannot be solved with firearms?"

"Girl Feng, you should think of something useful." Li Wan rolled his eyes at her and said after a moment's thought, "It's the end of the year anyway, why don't you find a suitable day to host a banquet so that the sisters can have a good time together? Well, if your Majesty is free."

"Don't worry, Sister Wan, I will say hello to Sister Lin and Sister Xuan'er." Xue Baochai immediately nodded with a smile and said, "As for Sister Lin, I don't know what she is doing. Is she dragging Sister Sichun, Sister Yun and Sister Qin along with her? Girl, you want to hold a 'Xuemei Poetry Party' again? Why didn't you post anything?"

"Our faction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is full of money, is afraid that they have been expelled from the list of poetry clubs." Li Wan's cool joke made everyone laugh, "As long as they dare to join the club, there must be news When word gets out, we'll go there together and make trouble for them - well, there's no need for Feng Yatou to go, she can't read either."

"You're such a prude -" Wang Xifeng almost became angry, "Isn't it just a few words? Even that girl Yinglian can learn to write poems, is it possible that I am stupider than her? From now on, I Just ask her to learn from her. No matter what happens, I don’t believe it.”

"Sister Feng, please don't let the baby in your belly embarrass you." Not to mention Xue Baochai and Li Wan who curled their lips and said nothing, Qin Keqing kindly reminded, "We have so many sisters, but you were the only one who was held down and slapped by His Majesty. , I can’t force you to learn to read.”

"Humph--"

(End of this chapter)