Chapter 731: Building the plank road openly, secretly attacking Chencang
"Your Highness, if it is just for this, then it seems that there is no need to set up martial arts schools in each province. We only need to set up Doctors of Meng Studies in each army."
After thinking for a long time, Li Shentong said hesitantly.
Su Dingfang, Luo Shixin, Xie Shufang and others nodded in agreement.
Li Yuanji asked with a smile: "Do we need to learn the flag language? Do we need to learn simple military formation coordination? We can't let the soldiers learn it in battles again and again, right?
In that case, how many lives of soldiers do we have to sacrifice to cultivate a qualified captain?"
Li Shentong smiled dryly and said: "I have a story..."
Yes, there is a story in this era.
They are all good leaders and brigade commanders who have been tempered on the battlefield.
Therefore, the reason why the leading generals can command the army like an arm and a finger after they go to the battlefield is because they will replace the basic officers such as team commanders and brigade marshals among the generals with their own troops before the army goes out.
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This would allow the generals leading the army to master an unfamiliar army as quickly as possible, but this would not be of much benefit to the Tang Dynasty.
If things go on like this, once all the generals who are good at conquering and fighting wither, and all the experienced subordinates die, then there will be no one in the Tang Dynasty who can lead the army.
At a critical moment, when someone is temporarily dispatched to lead the troops, a new round of running-in and a new round of unit training must be carried out.
This will make Datang lose a lot of battles.
It will also make Datang lose its aggressiveness after repeated setbacks.
How did the Song Dynasty change from offensive to defensive in the war against Liao?
It was after all the generals lost their power and turned into puppets controlled by remote control. They suffered repeated defeats and finally lost their enterprising spirit. After three expeditions to the Liao Kingdom were defeated and returned, they gave up the idea of attacking the Liao Kingdom.
, lost the ambition to regain Yanyun, and turned from offense to defense.
Although the Tang Dynasty would not fall to the level of the Song Dynasty, problems would still arise if it blindly relied on the generals who had become powerful men to lead troops.
This has been verified by history.
After all the generals who could lead armies withered away, and after the descendants of the generals were corrupted by all kinds of glory and wealth, the Tang Dynasty began to decline.
Even if great generals are rediscovered and glory is restored, they will soon wither away.
And the descendants of the generals who accumulated more and more would lean on the Tang Dynasty and suck blood crazily, and eventually even became a stumbling block to the development of the Tang Dynasty.
In the end, all the Tang Dynasty could rely on were the powerful people in remote places.
However, these powerful men would not have any loyalty to the Tang Dynasty, and they would eventually develop into princes, coveting the country of the Tang Dynasty.
So this matter must be solved from the root.
That is to cultivate more basic officers so that officers with no background can become the mainstream in the military, or even become the mainstay of the military.
Under such circumstances, the military will always maintain a vitality, and all channels for advancement will not become the exclusive preserve of general families.
Of course, these are the goals for the development of martial arts in the future when it matures.
At present, Li Yuanji's most important purpose in establishing martial arts in various Taoist circles is to use the shell of martial arts to spread knowledge.
When knowledge was controlled by wealthy families and was not allowed to be widely disseminated by the imperial court, then we had to find another way.
Using the shell of martial arts to spread knowledge, even a wealthy family cannot stop it.
Because the army is not a place where wealthy families can intervene.
Once it intervenes, the imperial court can justifiably kill wealthy families in the name of evil intentions.
Therefore, it is absolutely feasible to use the shell of martial arts to spread knowledge.
As long as the basic officers such as team commanders and brigade commanders trained in various martial arts are fully placed in the government offices of various places to serve as soldiers, county captains and other positions, let them open elementary schools in various places in the name of cultivating their own children and connect poor students.
Entering the county school will definitely break the blockade of learning by wealthy families.
After all, a group of captains and brigade marshals with bad backgrounds returned to their hometowns to serve as officials after completing their studies, and opened elementary schools for their own children and the children of relatives and friends. They even used their military background to provide education for their own children.
As well as the children of relatives and friends, opening up the road to go to the county school is not something that a wealthy family can stop.
Why, you have become an official, your class and social status have improved to a certain extent, and you have a strong military background, and you still hold the only soldiers in the area. How dare you stop them from providing for their children, relatives and friends?
Are the children of the family seeking welfare?
Do you believe that this current manager can torture you to death?!
The wealthy family is powerful, but it is impossible for them to openly gather a group of people to fight with the county captain.
Once a wealthy family does this, the imperial court can justifiably send an army to kill them.
Therefore, as long as it is done properly and some examples are established, elementary school students from all over the country will definitely spring up like bamboo shoots after the rain.
Li Yuanji had already thought about who to use as a model, and it was Zhang Liang's son Zhang Wei.
Even though Zhang Liang is surrounded by five or six people now, he used to be a farmer. Not only did he not come from a high background, he also had no family background.
If it hadn't been for Fang Xuanling's recommendation, I would still be working as a dog and horse under Li Shiji.
Zhang Liang was often ignored by others because of his poor background, and now he was sent out because of his relationship with Li Shimin. He was absolutely willing to contribute one of his sons to serve as a role model.
After all, he has experienced the hardships of having no family background and no education, and he will never join the same trap as those who have a good family background.
He would definitely support it with both hands and feet by asking his son to provide benefits to the folks in his hometown and get promoted quickly.
In addition, he is now a moderate prince, an inspirational model and a celebrity in Xingyang. The local wealthy families would never dare to stop his son from opening an elementary school in the local area and spreading knowledge.
As long as his son's Mongolian education is established, it will be easier for other county lieutenants and soldiers who have left martial arts and served as officials nearby to establish their Mongolian education.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After all, with his son blocking the way, if someone wants to cause trouble, they can only look for his son. If his son cannot be moved, it is difficult to move others.
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However, before implementing these plans, Li Shentong and others must be convinced first.
"I know you have troops, but you can't use none of the imperial commanders and brigade marshals, right?"
Li Yuanji stared at Li Shentong and asked earnestly.
Li Shentong hesitated and said: "I will definitely use it..."
After all, if the imperial court allows them to lead tens of thousands of troops at once, the troops they have in hand will not be enough. They can only control the most elite troops and horses as much as possible, and the remaining troops and horses will be sent by the imperial army.
I'm going to restrain him with the brigade commander.
Therefore, they said that they would also use the imperial court's captain and brigade commander. This is impossible to refute.
Li Yuanji continued: "Since they are going to be used, why not train them so that they can use them more easily? Besides, I set up martial arts schools in various provinces just to teach the commanders, brigade commanders and other officers how to read.
, and learning semaphores and mastering some military formations is not really to train them into generals who can succeed you.
This is good for you and Datang, and I can’t think of any reason for you to refuse.”
His truest thoughts deep in his heart were suddenly exposed. Li Shentong blushed a little and said: "It would be great if we could really train one or two generals. We don't have to worry about having no successors when we get old."
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This was somewhat contrary to his will, so Li Shentong had no confidence in what he said.
However, Li Yuanji did not expose him, but smiled and said: "That means Uncle Wang agrees with my idea?"
Li Shentong was unwilling to give in and nodded reluctantly.
Li Yuanji continued to smile and said: "However, I do not agree with what Uncle Wang said. It is enough for our Tang Dynasty to have generals like you. If you have more generals, it will not be a good thing, but a disaster."
At the end of the sentence, Li Yuanji burst out laughing.
Li Shentong breathed a sigh of relief, and Su Dingfang and others also breathed a sigh of relief.
The tense faces suddenly opened, and everyone started laughing.
Although they are all firm supporters of Li Yuanji, they are also afraid that Li Yuanji will disturb their foundation.
Now that Li Yuanji has made it clear that after establishing martial arts, the soldiers will only be taught some simple things and will not touch on the essentials of the art of war and some of the fundamentals of being a general, so they have nothing to worry about.
"Then let me take the lead and set up a martial arts school in Guannei Road first, so that all the illiterate guys in the Twelve Guards can learn how to read."
Li Shentong said boldly.
Guannai Road is a newly established state road, which is the large area in Guanzhong. It used to belong to Sanfu, but now it is all included in Guannai Road.
Li Shentong served as the chief governor, controlling all the soldiers in the pass.
This was also a small change made by Li Yuanji when he re-divided the prefectural roads in the world. He changed the grand governor who was originally in charge of a large state (Kyushu) into the grand governor who now oversees a large state.
Some restrictions have been placed on the authority, and the areas under unified control have also been compressed to a certain extent.
And all of them are held concurrently by members of the royal family in Beijing.
Unless there is an important natural or man-made disaster occurring on the state highways, or the army needs to be mobilized, the governor of each state highway does not need to step in to take care of the matter.
Matters concerning state highways shall be supervised by the governor of each state highway.
Moreover, the governors are all military generals in Beijing. Unless there is a war or a major natural or man-made disaster, the governors of each state do not need to sit in each state.
The troops and horses of each state can be controlled by the military commanders of each state, and the local government affairs of each state can be handled by local officials.
Although Li Yuanji did not explicitly state that the governors of various states and the governors of each state were not allowed to wander the state roads under their respective jurisdictions without an edict, all the generals still silently followed this point.
After Li Shentong took the initiative, others also followed suit.
Not long after, all the state and highway governors expressed their stance.
They don't need to take care of the rest. People from the Ministry of War will count the illiterate basic officers in the army and send them to the localities. They will also select some people in the army who are suitable to serve as instructors in martial arts as soon as possible.
People from the Ministry of Civil Affairs will coordinate the money and food needed to build the martial arts school.
After the matter was finalized, Li Yuanji did not put forward any new ideas, and the civil and military officials in the court breathed a sigh of relief.
When Li Yuanji urged everyone to strictly implement the several five-year policies that had been adopted, everyone nodded desperately and said that they would implement them to the letter.
The first reform of the Tang Dynasty started with great vigor.
However, Li Yuanji no longer had the time to watch bit by bit, because Li Xiaogong, Li Shiji, Chai Shao, and Li Jing, who was temporarily recruited by Li Xiaogong, had successfully defeated Li Yi's last troops in Youzhou City.
All of Li Yi's family members were arrested, and Li Yi's rebellion was put down.
Now he is returning to the DPRK with his teacher.
As for Li Yi himself, as well as his younger brother Li Shou, they all committed suicide when Youzhou City was captured.
How to welcome Li Xiaogong and his party, and how to reward Li Xiaogong and others for their merits, are what Li Yuanji needs to worry about most at the moment.
In addition, Yang Miaoyan was about to give birth, and Li Yuanji had to guard her day and night.
