Chapter 2                                                              

In the years since Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, only in the 14th year of Zhengtong, the other days outside of Beijing were generally prosperous.

I won’t talk about the floods and droughts in other parts of the Ming Dynasty, but in Beijing and Hebei, although there are various abnormal weather, it has little impact on crops.

Even though there was a big hail in April this year, causing a significant reduction in production, it would not be as if people were starved to death. Not to mention, the Ming Jingying spent millions of taels of military pay every year, a considerable portion of which flowed into all parts of Hebei.

The consumption of soldiers, officials and nobles constitutes a huge consumer market.

In addition, Shaofu is centered on the capital, and I don’t know how many factories have been installed, so the agglomeration effect is also very large.

But the people did not know the reason, but they only knew that there have been some twists and turns since His Majesty ascended the throne, for example, many of the locals have died outside.

But overall, everyone's life is better every day.

This is the situation where the people gathered together almost spontaneously.

Chang Liu didn't know this either.

Fortunately, after dark, there were fewer people in the city.

Liu Chang spent a lot of effort to find martial arts. Unexpectedly, there were still people in martial arts at this moment, but they couldn't do anything else, so he just set up a dormitory for him first, which is the official room. This kind of official room is usually a small courtyard.

Yes, in martial arts, many students have official positions.

If you have a family position, these are all from the family background. You will be able to get involved in the military after counting several generations. And you can only enter the martial arts school after making contributions.

For example, Liu Chang. He gave up his position as a thousand households and received a silver reward, and had the opportunity to study martial arts.

This is reality.

There are some things that you don’t know how much contribution you have made on the battlefield and earned with your life, but for some people, they are all born.

Faced with such a situation, Zhu Qizhen did not have much change.

After all, in the army, all the generals trusted by Zhu Qizhen are from hereditary officers of the garrison, and they are the basic foundation of the Zhu family.

Zhu Qizhen could only do this. However, he believed in human self-metabolism. Although the starting point between the two sides was not fair, the young officers selected from hundreds of thousands of troops would definitely be able to surpass the noble generals in the future.

I can only fight for this myself.

After all, nothing is truly your own. It is better for others to give you a gift, and your fate will be lost for one reason or another.

Chang Liu came to his yard, but found that several people had already arrived.

Liu Chang said hello one by one and talked a few times. They were all young people and soldiers, and they became familiar with each other.

One was named Tang Yin, who was the descendant of Dong'ou Wang Tang He, who was determined to restore his title in his words. However, he was full of ambition, but in Liu Chang's view, he felt a bit arrogant and talented.

One of them was named Liu Fu, who was Ning Jin Bo's youngest son, and Ning Jin Bo was Liu Ju. Liu Ju was awarded an earl for his contribution to the Battle of Annan. Liu Fu was the youngest son, so he had no title. Naturally, he had to send it to martial arts and learn from his good students.

There is another one named Sun Cuo, who is the grandson of Sun Jizong, the eldest son of Huichang, who had only been re-elected for three or four years.

The other one is Zhang Jie. He said he couldn't read, so he turned to martial arts.

Liu Chang immediately knew that Zhang Jie also had a backstage. Otherwise, it would not be so easy for that person to study and transfer to martial arts. At least he had a fourth or fifth-rank official position at home.

Only then did Liu Chang realize that he was probably the only one who came from a poor family.

He is not even a poor family, he is a refugee.

However, Liu Chang has been struggling in the army for several years, and some communication methods have been practiced long ago.

Compared to these four young people who were under 20 years old, Liu Chang had time to fiddle with them. In a while, the three of them became familiar with each other.

However, Liu Chang also asked the question he wanted to ask the most, saying: "What is the situation of martial arts?"

Although Chang Liu arrived in November, the actual class will be until next spring.

Christmas is just a few days away, and Tang Yin and others have had a few days off. Nothing else. Anyone who teaches martial arts holds official positions. During Christmas, they all have to go to the palace.

As the teachers are gone, the students will naturally have to have a holiday in advance. After all, when the banquet is held in the palace, they must prepare in advance.

Liu Fu said: "Brother Liu, you are right. My family ancestors used to be in charge of martial arts. In martial arts, there are many connections. I have also studied martial arts for a year and know everything about it."

"When His Majesty first established martial arts, he was still a strait team. He was just a three-part trip, and he would definitely be able to enter the three-part trip in the exam. These three-part trips have their own requirements."

"In recent years, martial arts have been increasing. Now it has been divided into a five-year system. In the first year, we learn writing and fighting methods. Some officers from below have no writing skills and have to learn well in the first year. Some families have a wealthy family. If they can't make up their minds in the family, they can only send them to martial arts to learn."

It looks simple, but it is the foundation of a grassroots officer.

Many times, it is useless to a low-level officer, no high-level military tactics, but what is useful is courage.

One is well aware of military scripts and strategies in daily life, but at critical moments, he cannot rush to the front and be with another officer who does not know a big word on weekdays and dares to carry a knife at critical moments, but can kill people. The latter is obviously more qualified.

"In the second year, we will systematically learn the military books and war strategies, Sun Tzu's Art of War, Sima Law, the military system of this dynasty, drawing methods, etc.."

"In the third year, I learned about the war examples, from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the just-concluded Du Zhangman battle."

"In the fourth year, we will study the specific knowledge of the subject, including water war, naval warfare, horse warfare, mountain warfare, firearms and logistics and logistics supplies, etc., and all of them are the officers and professors who have fought on the front line."

"The courses were greatly reduced in the fifth year, and there was only one thing, that is, the entrance examination. The limit was 300 people per year, and they were martial arts scholars. Instead, they were taking weapons, strategy, and the way to arrange troops."

"After graduation, what kind of placement will be there, it depends on an exam."

"After getting into a martial arts Jinshi, it is considered a graduation, but if you fail, it is only considered a graduation. However, the arrangement is a difference between heaven and earth."

After years of repair and increase and decrease, martial arts has become closer to the military academy that Zhu Qizhen imagined. Although there are only 300 graduates every year, the number of graduates is increasing.

Sometimes, what the Ming Dynasty needed might not be one or two genius generals, but one thousand two thousand or even more qualified generals.

The scale of martial arts is getting bigger and bigger, and it has become the center of the Ming army's hematopoiesis.

At this time, the Ministry of War requested to be a martial arts Jinshi. It was not that the Ministry of War wanted to give people who learned martial arts from the people to advance, but that they wanted to use martial arts Jinshi to suppress the development of martial arts.

However, Zhu Qizhen did not expect that the Wu Jinshi and Wu Xue combined the Wu Jinshi, which resulted in the fact that he had to enter the Wu Jinshi in order to take the Wu Jinshi. He also took this opportunity to expand the martial arts enrollment, and in addition to the children of the hereditary officer family, the children of nobles, and the children of relatives, he added more children of ordinary people.

Martial arts has become a focus of competition between nobles and civil servants for twenty years. The first victory for civil servants is the first basic course, which is the literacy course, which is taught by Jinshi from the Hanlin Academy.

Although some are useless, they are also to maintain the loyalty of the army to the Ming court.

Liu Chang couldn't help but worry.

Liu Chang had never doubted his martial arts. When he was in real war, he had not seen several enemies who threatened him.

But it was his hard work in writing.

Although he had learned words under Xiang Zhong's arrangement, he only remembered hundreds of commonly used words and picked up a book, as if he didn't know words.

But I don’t know if Sun Tzu can learn the Art of War, Sima Law and other things.

"By the way, Brother Liu, I just heard you have learned the skills of Duzhangman from the Weinan Bozheng. Can you tell me what happened to Duzhangman? Is it easy to fight?"

For a moment, several people's eyes lit up.
Chapter completed!