The first thousand five hundred and eighty-seventh chapter is the master of the house
Accompanied by Zhou Yafu and others, Liu Che inspected the newly established school building of "Lihe Martial Arts".
Because at the beginning, the purpose of Zhou Yafu and others was to cultivate elites.
To be precise, it is to train their successors.
Whether it's political or military.
Therefore, this Lihe Martial Arts School is an elite military academy.
What it wants to cultivate is senior generals at least captain and above.
Naturally, the school building is not very big, with only a hundred and fifty rooms in total, but they are all very exquisitely decorated.
Not only are there bookcases in each student's dormitory, but they are also filled with various military books.
There are the ancient "Six Tao" and the modern "Huaiyin Art of War" as well as the contemporary "Minutes of Caiguan" and "Minutes of Strong Crossbows". If it were an ordinary person, I am afraid that these military books alone are enough to make a well-off family completely
Bankruptcy.
Because the cheapest volume of these military books is priced at 500 yuan in Shaofu.
As for those contemporary tomes such as "Minutes of the Officials", they often cost 20,000 to 300,000 words, and their prices generally start at 30 gold for a set.
However, since it was Zhou Yafu who wanted to buy these books, the Shaofu naturally did not dare to ask for more and just charged the cost price.
In the center of the Lihe Martial Arts School grounds, there stood a square boulder.
On the boulders, craftsmen used knives and axes to chisel, tracing the outline of the entire known world.
The Han Dynasty was like a giant in the east, starting from Jiaozhi in the south, Yanchi in the north, Heli Mountain in the west, and Beihai in the east. It spanned tens of thousands of miles, and its territory had more than doubled than that of the Qin Dynasty!
It occupies almost every known area that the Chinese people have seen in the past thousand years.
And outside this area, there is a world that is completely unfamiliar to people and has only been heard of in legends.
The world that King Mu once passed through during his western tour.
In the legend, there is the world of Queen Mother of the West.
But now, the Han Dynasty also has some understanding of these areas.
The names of the countries in the Western Regions are already vaguely visible on this huge stone map.
The vast area occupied by the Northern Huns was also divided.
There was even Daxia in the distance, whose body-poison attribute was also pointed out.
Looking at this huge stone map, Liu Che was also filled with excitement. He said to Zhou Yafu: "You are interested..."
He knew that this was specially prepared by Zhou Yafu, and Zhou Yafu was famous for not being able to flatter a horse, nor knowing how to flatter a horse.
Therefore, this stone relief map was probably prepared because he really wanted to do this.
This is more flattering than other people's 10,000 words, and it makes Liu Che feel more comfortable.
not to mention……
Touching the embossed map, Liu Che knew that from now on, all students who come to school here will see this map during morning and evening exercises every day.
The whole world is open in front of them, and there is no better way to cultivate the aggression and aggressiveness of young people than in this way.
"It is an honor for me to work hard for His Majesty's great ambition..." Zhou Yafu replied with a smile.
Liu Che turned around and took a deep look at the old minister, nodded to him, and said nothing.
"I am here today. In addition to congratulating you on my martial arts skills, I also have something I want to discuss with you..." Liu Che said to Zhou Yafu, Li Ji and Han Daodang with a smile.
As soon as Zhou Yafu heard Liu Che's tone, he knew he was in trouble.
Because he had served Liu Che as prime minister for eight years, and he was very familiar with the actions and habits of this young emperor.
Negotiation does not mean waiting for others to endorse him, or persuading certain die-hards.
Nothing good happens anyway!
But... there is no way.
Who calls him the emperor?
"Your Majesty, please give me your orders. Even if I go through fire and water, I will definitely live up to your orders..." Zhou Yafu said bravely.
"It's like this..." Liu Che said with a smile: "A few days ago, I received a joint letter from all the captains in the Heli Mountain area, asking them to move the reclamation regiment to the Heli Mountain area, and promised that Hexi will be the land for the reclamation regiment in the future.
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Zhou Yafu and others listened quietly, while the other ministers pricked up their ears and did not dare to miss a word.
The development of the Reclamation Corps in Andong exceeded almost everyone's expectations. Since the establishment of the first Reclamation Corps, a total of nearly 800,000 people have immigrated to Andong under the Reclamation Corps model.
They reclaimed millions of acres of land and formed dozens of towns, large and small.
And made the Andong area a land of plenty.
According to the report of the Shaofu, last year alone, the food surplus of Anton's reclamation regiment amounted to millions of dan!
While people in other places are still worrying about food and clothing, the children of the settlement group can already eat noodles, steamed buns, sesame seed cakes, and cornmeal every day, and they can also add snacks from time to time.
What's even more frightening is that the Reclamation Group is also a large livestock farmer.
According to statistics from the Andong Protectorate, among the major settlement groups, on average every five people own an ox or draft horse.
This ratio is the highest in the country and cannot even be compared with Guanzhong!
Nowadays, the military is clamoring to copy the system of reclamation regiments to the West and go to Hexi and the Western Regions to open up their new bases.
There has been endless debate about this in recent days.
Civil servants may be worried about the expansion of the settlement regiment system.
Although in Andong, some reclamation regiments have begun to convert from the army to civilians since last year, and the Duhufu has also established new local county officials at the locations of these disbanded reclamation regiments.
However, this does not dispel the fear of civil servants.
Because everyone with a discerning eye has discovered that although the Anton Protectorate disbanded the expiring settlement groups, it also appointed county and township officials and established grassroots organizations.
but……
The soup has changed but the medicine has not changed. The local county magistrates, Qiangfu, county captains, and magistrates are still the officials of the past reclamation regiments.
Moreover, although the people in this area were all transferred to civil registration, they were each assigned land, money, grain, farming tools, livestock, and houses.
However, the connection between them and the army to which they belonged was not severed.
In the foreseeable decades to come, the connection and affection between that army and the people here will not be alienated.
For example, after the Yulin Guards Reclamation Corps was disbanded last year, the active instructors of the Yulin Guards who evacuated the local area cried and cried with the people, and the farewell crowd even sent these instructors to Xinhua City.
In the area where the Reclamation Corps was located, the words spoken by soldiers were much more useful than those spoken by literati.
The scholar-bureaucrats were frightened and uneasy about this.
If the warriors continue to play like this, how will we gentlemen behave in the future?
Since the development of the examination system, life has become increasingly difficult for the scholars, officials and gentlemen of this world.
In the beginning, it was just a bunch of mud-legged people competing with me for food.
It doesn't matter!
The scholars from left and right humble families are still considered to be the same kind of people as them.
At least they have something in common.
However, with the continuous improvement of the status of military commanders, especially the edict that "the commander of the pavilion should be the one who is upright, retired, and disabled soldiers, the generals should be the first", the power of military commanders has rapidly expanded to the local grassroots level.
They began to take control of the grassroots discourse.
Immediately, the whole world was turned upside down.
The scholar-bureaucrats in the cities who were surrounded by the warriors in the countryside could only tremble in fear and tremble under the lustful power of the warriors.
As for now, it is said that Lantai is studying a system for military officers to change careers.
To facilitate the future placement and arrangement of military generals after their retirement.
In the past, scholar-bureaucrats could still use the argument that "warriors are vulgar and not worthy of conspiracy" to suppress the warrior group.
but now……
Than culture?
The military commander Xueba Group, headed by Cheng Bushi, expressed no pressure.
In this world, Cheng Bushi's life trajectory has completely changed.
He went from a general who led troops to fight to the first expert in the Han Dynasty who focused on studying military theory.
There are dozens of works to his name.
He is the founder of cuirassier tactics, the author of the Han Dynasty's current training manual for military officers, and the first author and chief editor of "Lihe Shu", which is a must-read for all senior generals.
From the current point of view, Cheng Bushi is likely to become the Clausewitz of the Han Dynasty.
Under such circumstances, the scholar-bureaucrats were naturally wary of the continued expansion of the power of military generals. If these military generals were allowed to expand like this, perhaps in the future, there might be laws in the Han Dynasty: those who did not serve in the army could not be officials, and those who did not serve could not establish heirs...
Only those who join the army as sergeants are eligible to participate in official selection and examination; only those who have served in the military can inherit the family business.
This is no joke, nor is it unfounded.
But...
This emperor of the day once said a thought when he was on a hunting trip with the King of Liang.
Although it has not been confirmed, the Liu family emperor has always been very imaginative.
What if it's true?
What to do?
Therefore, the scholar-bureaucrats are working hard this time and do not want the power of the generals to expand like this.
At this moment, when Liu Che mentioned this matter publicly, who dared not to observe and listen attentively?
But Zhou Yafu just thought about it for a moment and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, why don't you allow it to be played?"
"The Andong Reclamation Corps has been very effective over the past few years and is known to the world. It harvests tens of millions of stones of corn every year and settles millions of people..."
As for Zhou Yafu, he was too lazy to pay attention to the petty calculations and petty calculations of the civil servants.
In his opinion, are there any disadvantages to the Reclamation Corps?
No!
Militarized management and unified collective labor have greatly enhanced the survival rate of immigrants and the efficiency of land reclamation.
Moreover, the Reclamation Corps itself is a melting pot, which can bring together people from all over the world into one family.
More importantly, immigrants in the Reclamation Corps can also learn various skills that they would not have been exposed to before.
If you don’t believe it, you can look at the Shaofu statistics.
Now, in the whole world, where has the largest number of craftsmen?
The answer is Anton.
Its blacksmiths and carpenters number in the tens of thousands.
In Guanzhong, the total number of carpenters and blacksmiths is only over 10,000.
You have to know that the population of Guanzhong is two or three times the population of Andong (Han immigrants including naturalized people)!
The Reclamation Group is so successful, how can we not continue to promote it?
In Zhou Yafu's eyes, those who do not support the Reclamation Group are either idiots or people with ulterior motives.
So he showed his attitude without fear.
What Liu Che needs is Zhou Yafu's endorsement.
With Zhou Yafu's support and the court deliberation to make a decision, the buzzing of some flies can be ignored.
In this country, the masters are ultimately the generals and the guns.
