The number ‘Lenghuai Soup Cake’ on the cover is eye-catching.
At this time, the Tai students who had finished their classes walked out of the gate one after another and went to this old shop.
Shopkeeper Xu San was still waiting in front of the door, greeting the students. Soon the lobby on the first floor was filled with people.
After being hungry for a long time, the Taipei students were eager to pick up soup cakes with chopsticks. Although the cafeteria in Taixue was good, it was too crowded after the expansion of enrollment. In addition, some Taipei students couldn't help but want to have a toothpaste.
Now there are 2,400 Taixue students in Taixue. Such a settlement has made all industries around Taixue prosperous.
As for Xu's soup cake shop, business is even more prosperous.
On a square table in the store, several Taipei students were discussing while chewing rice cakes and soup noodles.
"The Khitan's Tielin and Dangxiang's Iron Kites are all armored cavalry."
"There is also Dang Xiang Bu Ba Zi, who is as important as Pai Cheng in the Northern Wei Dynasty."
"The imperial court wants to organize and train new troops in the third auxiliary state. According to the Di newspaper, there are only 20,000 soldiers in each auxiliary state. Excluding the remaining soldiers, there are only 30,000 regular soldiers. There are a total of 120 commanders here."
"If we, the Imperial College students, do this, there will be one hundred and twenty supervisors and commanders! One hundred and twenty people, some of us monks will have too much food and not enough to share."
"It's difficult, it's difficult. I heard that the new army of the imperial court will imitate the Khitan and Dangxiang to build heavy infantry, heavy cavalry and horses. Our Song Dynasty soldiers and horses want to inherit the tradition of the Five Dynasties, focusing on field battles but little on logistics, so this time we have arranged more than 30,000 troops with three
Ten thousand regular soldiers. But I heard that every regular soldier in Dangxiang has two burdens."
"It is said that we need to equip heavy cavalry, but where will the weapons come from? Besides, after autumn, the Khitan cavalry will go south. The court wants us to use soldiers as a city. Then our third auxiliary soldiers and horses will have to use real swords and spears."
We are fighting the Khitans on the ground. We have no eyesight with swords and guns. It’s hard to tell if we are not in front of the formation."
"But you have also heard that all regular soldiers are given fifty swords for one year like the forbidden army. As for the generals, it is more than that. Although it is military qualifications when you enter, you can exchange for literary qualifications after making meritorious service and receiving rewards. When the time comes, you will still be appointed to the local government.
He is a civil servant."
"But our Song Army has a command of 500 people, and if it is a cavalry command, it only has 400 people. And I heard that a team of Khitan cavalry has 500 to 700 people. After our court has mastered the art of war in these years, we can still fight with the Dangxiang people.
If we fight against the Khitan, I'm afraid there will be no chance."
"Hey, maybe it won't be a real fight? At least it's a place to get seniority. Look at the senior brothers who have gone to Xihe Road to show off their military exploits in recent years. Many of them have been promoted and even joined the horizontal ranks. In the past few years, the imperial court has
As long as the Khitan does not go south this year, we will at least have an official status."
"We are all born in the lower house. Not to mention entering the upper house, it is very difficult to enter the middle house, let alone solving the exam. This is a good way in front of us. What if there is no war? Even if there is a war
, it may not be our turn then."
"When I see the time, please ask, I don't know how many students want to be accommodating. If we are late, I'm afraid we won't have a chance. I won't say it anymore, I won't say it anymore, there will be a classics lesson later."
"Cheng Zhi said that he kills without blinking an eye and refuses to be flexible at all. Let's go quickly to avoid being dealt with by him."
These people chatted, ate soup cakes, had a chat, and left one after another.
On the other hand, the two imperial students sitting nearby were eating noodles. When they heard these people's words, some found it funny and some found it disdainful.
After all these people left, one of them said: "You have also heard that if the new army of the Third Auxiliary are all such people, the training of the imperial army will be in vain."
The other man looked heroic, with a pair of long eyebrows as sharp as a knife and said: "What else can be done? The Liao Kingdom is about to go south, the forbidden army in Beijing is useless, and the soldiers and horses in Hebei have not fought for eighty years."
The other party laughed and said: "I think the world is as dark as crows. As long as the intricate connections are not eliminated and the human world is not eliminated, the New Army will also follow the old path of the New Army and the Hebei Army."
The long-browed man said: "Yes, the imperial court is just wasting its efforts. The Khitan Tielin, Dang Xiang Bubazi, and which troops are not produced by them. I think if the Khitan hits Bianjing City, there will be no other choice but to mobilize the Western Army back."
Help, there is no other way."
"Then are you going?"
The other party said: "No, I would rather go to the northwest."
Another person said: "You and I are both middle school students. We can take the official official path in the future, but there is no need to take the military path."
The two exchanged a few words and then left.
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Two days later the emperor inspected the Imperial Academy.
It is a great event for the emperor to observe the wind and study.
Everyone from top to bottom of Taixue is ready to prepare.
As a former Imperial College student and later a Imperial College worshiper, Zhang Yue accompanied the emperor on his inspection tour of the Imperial College and revisited his old place, touching the scene.
Taixue was his base. Han Zhongyan, Huang Lu, and Cai Que were all his classmates in Taixue, and his surroundings all came from Taixue.
Now that he was organizing and training the new army of the Third Auxiliary, he naturally thought of Taixue.
Why train a new army?
Because the old units cannot be used.
Now, neither the Song Dynasty's so-called 800,000-strong Forbidden Army nor the Ming Dynasty's three major battalions will be of any use when the dynasty comes to an end.
By the time of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the later period of the Qing Dynasty, it had already stretched its boundaries. The combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners Green Camp was also clear at a glance. It consisted of the Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps. What level was that?
It was completely rotten and hopeless. From the generals to the soldiers, they openly solicited prostitutes and smoked cigarettes in the camp.
In the end, the Taiping Rebellion was defeated by the newly recruited Hunan army.
Starting from scratch is definitely more efficient and more effective than reform.
The imperial court has treated scholars with great kindness over the years. What benefits he has received? The first thing he thinks of is Taixue. Now that there are things going on in the world, Taixue must take care of them."
Taixue is also an important position for the new law and reform. It is the representative of scholarly ethics and the position of public opinion.
During the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, politics in the officialdom was corrupt, and the morale of the scholars was also degenerate. Scholars were constantly competing with each other. Others said, "Everything in the world is valuable, but scholar-bureaucrats are the cheapest."
This inspection is still the same process as before.
But later on, the officials specially met with the martial arts students from Taixue.
Now that the world is in danger, the official reception of martial arts students also shows the court's admiration for martial arts. In the future, they also hope that these imperial students can become the mainstay of the new army of the Third Auxiliary and bear the responsibility of resisting the Khitan cavalry or the future Northern Expedition to Youyan.
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"Emphasis on literature over martial arts" is a saying of later generations of the Qing Dynasty. It was never said like this in the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, there was only the theory of "Youwen".
More than 300 martial arts practitioners gathered in Zhishantang. The officials rewarded them with money and gifts, and the scholars naturally called on the emperor to be wise.
The officials were very happy to see the students. Their faces were full of life, unlike those in the officialdom who were cautious in their words and deeds.
The official was in a good mood today and suddenly said, "If you have anything to say from your heart, you might as well tell me."
With the rise of the official family, the imperial officials and ministers who were accompanying him had a bad look on their faces, for fear that the imperial students would say something unpleasant.
Taixue directly told Cheng Yi that he was open-minded and said: "Your Majesty has a question, and you can tell me everything you know!"
Sure enough, there were several Tai students below who were eager to try.
The official nodded, as if he was accepting the advice humbly.