"Civilian military attache?" Mei Yin asked doubtfully: "Your Majesty, what is a civilian military attache?"
"Civilian military attaches are those who do things that are civilian affairs, but they belong to military attaches. They wear military uniforms when going to court. They belong to different establishments from civilian officials. Generally, they cannot be transferred from civilian officials to civilian military attaches, nor from civilian military attaches to civilian officials.
Mei Qing, officials in the Ministry of War are civilian military attachés."
"Civilian military attaches are responsible for escorting transportation, dispatching grain and grass, and doing statistics in the army during war. However, they are different from military generals. Even the lowest-ranking civilian military attaches do not have to personally lead troops into battle to kill the enemy, so they do not need to wear
Armor. I plan to have someone design a separate set of military uniforms for them."
"Besides,..." Yunxi explained.
Mei Yin and others looked at each other in shock. Although they listened to Yunxi's explanation, they still didn't think it was meaningful to establish civilian military attaches. The errands done by these people who became civilian military attaches were no different from before. At most, they were prohibited from going to other yamen.
Be an official. But according to the experience of Mei Yin and others over the years, those who hold low-level official positions established after Yunxi succeeded to the throne have basically no possibility of going to other yamen to become officials. They must at least reach the level of principal of the sixth rank.
Maybe if you go to serve as an official in another yamen, the impact will not be big.
The officials discussed privately for a while, and finally Mei Yin, who served as the Minister of War, spoke out: "Your Majesty, I and others, it is difficult to realize the fame of your Majesty's move."
'Of course you can't notice it, because this measure alone really doesn't make much sense. It has to be seen together with the supporting reforms that will be carried out later to be useful.' Yunxi thought to himself.
But of course he will not say these words to the people present, nor will he tell them the regulations of the subsequent reforms now, even if these people are his cronies. Because the impact of his subsequent reforms will be great, and the timing is not yet
Mature. Only after completing the previous steps will he come up with the entire reform plan.
"Mei Qing, I think this move can reduce the negative impact on the army after the establishment of a supervisory army." Yunxi said.
"Your Majesty is planning to set up a supervisory army?" Bao Zhao asked.
"I will not set up a supervisory army, but I will establish a position similar to that of a supervisory army." Yunxi replied.
Yunxi's answer made the officials present a little confused, but they all thought they understood what Yunxi meant: to establish a supervisory army and at the same time adjust the power of this job.
"I have no objection." After discussing with others, Mei Yin said on behalf of all the civil servants.
Yunxi looked at the generals again, and Xu Huizu hurriedly replied: "I have no objections."
"In that case, Chen Ji," Yunxi ordered, "you should prepare an imperial edict and issue it today."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Ji agreed.
"Jin Shan, Yu Zhouwen." Yunxi called out again.
"Your Majesty." The two of them hurriedly agreed.
"The Imperial College and the Military Academy are important places for cultivating civil and military talents in the Ming Dynasty. You two cannot ignore them."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will bear in mind Your Majesty's teachings."
"I will tell you that your two schools will undergo changes after the year. You can also inform the students so that they can be prepared."
"Your Majesty, please make it clear."
"Gentlemen in ancient times all learned the Six Arts to assist the king at the top and the people at the bottom. I am determined to add the study of the Six Arts to the courses at the Martial Arts Hall and the Imperial College."
"The Imperial College is a place to train civil servants and civilian military officers. Currently, music, archery, and chastity are not taught. From the beginning of the new year, they will be taught. I will send musicians from the palace or the teaching department to teach them vocal music, and send music from the military.
People who are good at archery teach them archery. In the past three generations, there were no saddles and stirrups, so it was difficult for people to ride horses and they had to drive. Nowadays, there are more people riding horses and fewer people driving. I decided to use cavalry instead of chariots and sent cavalry to teach them how to ride horses."
"It is already the twelfth lunar month, and the local scholars who are admitted to the Imperial Academy have been selected, so there will be no changes; starting from the next selection of scholars, they must be healthy people, and the sick and weak are not allowed to be selected. If any local official
The scholars recommended for two consecutive years were all frail and sickly, so this local official was downgraded by one grade."
"For the martial arts hall, we currently teach archery, riding, calligraphy, and etiquette, but we do not teach music and mathematics. From the beginning of next year, I will also send teachers to teach these two courses."
"The rules for the admission of students from Jiangwu Hall will not change, but there is another rule. If a student recommended from a certain place has the worst average ranking in the exam for three consecutive years, the evaluation will also be reduced by one grade."
"I will also add a class on music in the Royal Academy." Yunxi added. From the beginning, the Royal Academy has been working towards the goal of cultivating all the children of the royal family to be both civil and military, although most of the ones trained in the end are incomplete.
people, but the curriculum is comprehensive, only vocal music is missing.
"Yes, Your Majesty. I obey the decree." Jin Shan and Yu Zhouwen said immediately. Yun Xi's new rules are very correct. Who dares to say that the Six Arts of a Gentleman, which were personally affirmed by Confucius during the Three Dynasties period, are wrong? We should not learn them.
?What’s more, they felt from the bottom of their hearts that they should learn it, so they agreed immediately.
‘It’s just that, why do I feel that something is not right?’ Jin Shan thought in his heart.
“In the past three dynasties, up to the Qin and Han Dynasties, and even during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the emperor and his officials would learn vocal music and dance, and would often dance and play music when holding banquets in the palace. The country of Korea still has the custom of dancing and playing music with its officials.
Inheriting China’s ancient heritage. As a huge country, how can we, the Ming Dynasty, lag behind other small countries?”
"Starting from the banquet on the first day of the first lunar month of next year, all the ministers must play music at the banquet, and I will also play music for the dancers myself. If you can't play music, you must dance on the stage." Yunxi ordered again.
"Your Majesty, is it a bit inappropriate to make officials dance?" Bao Zhao expressed his objection. He is not opposed to playing music, but he does not know how to use any instrument. According to the standards set by Yunxi, he must dance on stage. So he
Against dancing.
"I love you so much. When Confucius was an official in the state of Lu, did he think it was inappropriate for him to dance and play music with the king?" Yunxi asked.
Bao Zhao was immediately stopped by the question, and he was speechless, not knowing what to say. Seeing this, other people who were unwilling to dance and play music did not dare to object anymore. Everyone was thinking in their minds: 'Is there any musical instrument that can last for more than ten days?
Can you learn it?'
Yunxi could tell what they were thinking by looking at their expressions, but he didn't say anything about it. He talked about a few small things and asked them to retreat.
"Xiao Lu, go to Kunning Palace and tell the queen that after the new year, I will also add new courses to the women's school, like the Six Arts of a Gentleman."
"Later, messengers who returned from the east came to see me."