Call of Heroes: A History Only I Know

Chapter 198 Lectures at the Military Academy!Open up a new path! (seeking subscription)

Peiping.

A brand new college was established here.

At the entrance of the college, there are seven large characters——

Daming Royal Military Academy!
The college has already been preliminarily completed, and students have already arrived at the school one after another.

The Academy of Military Affairs is different from the other three academies. Whether it is the Academy of Medicine, the Academy of Agriculture, or the Academy of Mathematics, there is no support and promotion from anyone except the imperial court.

Farmers are not able to stick together and strongly support agricultural colleges.

Whether it is a doctor or an imperial physician, they regard their medical skills as treasures, not only do not support the medical school, but even many people are very resistant.

And the master accountants have a low status, and they also have little ability to support the development of the School of Mathematics.

Only the Military Academy is different.

Those honorable military officials, relying on their meritorious service in founding the country, became dukes and marquises, and had great power. If it was at the time of the founding of the country, they might not care about this small military academy at all, and they would not give much support.

But following the founding of the country for more than ten years, these honorable military officials gradually felt the change of the situation.

At the time of fighting the world, these generals and warriors were the most popular.

But as the world fell, they felt more and more that their status was about to be lost, especially the right to speak in the court, which had long been snatched away by those eloquent civil servants.

This gave many nobles a very strong sense of crisis.

At this time, the emergence of the Military Academy naturally won the strong support of this group of nobles.

After the establishment of the Military Academy, elites from all over the country were sent here one after another.

Because Su Che promised Zhu Di that if he can run this military academy beautifully, then he will be rewarded as a general who conquers the North, and he will be given enough soldiers and generals.

Such a reward greatly activated Zhu Di's motivation.

For this Military Academy, Zhu Di has been working from dawn to dusk, and has done everything to the extreme. The reason why there are so many honorable men who ask for help to build relationships is not all because these honorable men value the Military Academy, and part of the reason is that Zhu Di Tireless harassment!

In addition, Zhu Di also communicated with his father, discussed many times, and got many useful suggestions.

And Zhu Di also had some ideas of his own, which he added to the curriculum of the Military Academy.

With the smooth opening of the Military Academy, the first day of classes also began.

The first lesson these elite soldiers from all over the country received was mathematics.

For a qualified general, the knowledge of mathematics is absolutely indispensable. The estimation of food and grass, the mobilization of the number of soldiers and horses, and the judgment of the marching distance all require a certain amount of mathematical knowledge.

In this mathematics course, many elite soldiers who are full of confidence can be described as big-headed, and they are all dumbfounded—why do they still need to learn mathematics?

Many students have such confusion.

Some students even raised their own doubts.

Faced with such a question, the teacher couldn't help but sneered, and scolded directly: "You can't even learn this math, how can you become a qualified general?"

"In "Sun Tzu's Art of War", there is a question "I don't know the total number of things", which asks how many things have."

"The original text is: Today there are things that don't know the total number. Two is left when counting three or three, three is left when counting five or five, and two is left when counting seven or seven. How many things are there?"

"When Sun Tzu wrote the Art of War, he knew the importance of mathematics. Don't you think mathematics is not important after so many years?"

"It's really a group of idiots, so stupid that they are hopelessly stupid. Those who ask questions today will have double the task today!!"

Zhu Di walked past the door, and when he heard such reprimands, he couldn't help but nodded. Many of the people who came to teach were retired veterans, and they were not afraid of these so-called elite soldiers.

Under this reprimand, all the students lowered their heads obediently and began to study seriously.

With the end of the first class, after a short break, the second class also began.

These students had expected the second lesson to be a little easier.

However, the difficulty of the second class was once again beyond their imagination.

Physics in the second class!

If the mathematics class just made them feel like a bucket, when it came to the physics class, it really made their scalps tingle, and the whole body went numb!
In ancient times, there were many works on mathematics, such as "Zhoubi Suanjing", "Nine Chapters on Numeracy", "Zhushu", "Nine Chapters of Shu Shu", "Sun Tzu's Suanjing", "Siyuan Yujian", "The Essence of Mathematics".

Even geometry. Xu Guangqi began to cooperate with Matteo Ricci in the translation of "The Elements of Geometry" in the 34th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. The original version used was the Latin version compiled by Kravis.

There are also books on physics, such as "Lunheng", "Lingxian", "Huainanzi", "Mojing" and so on.

These students were all dumbfounded when they heard the knowledge of physics, but they still bite the bullet and started to learn.

After all, with the foresight of the first class, if you still dare to ask why you want to learn these strange knowledge, then punishment is inevitable.

After the second class is over, it is the lunch break at noon. After listening to these two classes, many students have completely destroyed their previous pride and arrogance. It's nothing at all.

Fortunately, those who can enter the military academy are all elites from various places, and their IQs are not too different. The reason why everyone is numb is because they have not adapted to it for the first time.

In the afternoon, they finally started the course they were more familiar with, which talked about the configuration of military weapons and the arrangement of soldiers.

This familiar course has finally allowed these students to find some confidence, it seems that they are not hopeless!
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The fourth class in the afternoon made these students dumbfounded again.

The fourth course is about chemistry!
The students who were full of self-confidence a second ago, closed themselves again...

In addition to the common types of gunpowder and porcelain, the achievements in ancient chemistry also made great achievements in metal smelting.

In ancient times, the method of refining mercury was mastered very early.

The Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin is written in the historical records, and there is a relevant record: "Mercury is used as the rivers and seas of hundreds of rivers".

It is estimated that the mercury in Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum is between 100 and 120 tons.

And Qin Shihuang didn't like mercury No.1.

Earlier, Duke Huan of Qi had a pool of mercury in his mausoleum.

In other words, in the Spring and Autumn Period, or even earlier in the ancient times, the means of refining mercury were mastered.

In addition, in terms of chemistry, alchemists have contributed a lot.

The chemical knowledge taught in the Military Academy is of course not for the students to make alchemy, but to let them know the principles of this knowledge.

Even though Zhu Di hadn't thought about this aspect of the course, Su Che took the initiative to ask these students to take one more course like this...

After the fourth class ended, the literature class on the first day was temporarily over, and what awaited these soldiers were military practice classes.

From small things like camouflage in the jungle, lighting a fire for cooking, and food collection, to big battle formations, battlefield transfers, target scouting, and the use of various military equipment, these military academy students are fully arranged.

With the end of the whole day of classes, almost all the students are exhausted.

But at this time, Zhu Di stepped forward and began to give these students psychological training, letting them understand the rareness of this military academy, and they must cherish this opportunity.

The opportunity to change their destiny is now in front of them. If anyone does not seize it, then they may not have such a good opportunity in the future.

As the head of the four major academies, the Military Academy must set an example, so that the literati and scholars all over the world can take a good look at it!

Let them know that Confucianism is not the only way to govern the world!
Father Huang wants to open up a brand new path.

As a soldier of Ming Dynasty, you must open up this brand new path for the emperor!

Following Zhu Di's impassioned blood, this group of students forgot their fatigue and their resistance to unfamiliar knowledge. They all made up their minds and made up their minds to learn enough knowledge in this college. Knowledge must come out ahead! !
at the same time.

In the imperial palace of Yingtian Mansion, Su Che couldn't help frowning as he looked at the memorial in his hand.

The Academy of Arms is developing very smoothly, but the Academy of Agriculture, the Academy of Mathematics, and the Academy of Medicine are different. The progress is very slow, which is quite different from what Su Che expected.

There are very few people who are willing to support these three colleges.

This is impossible, in Su Che's plan, the other three academies, even if they are a little behind the Military Academy, must not be too far behind.

That being the case, it is necessary to change the way of thinking.

Su Che thought for a while, and decided to fool those honorable military officials into supporting the other three academies.

As for the reason, it is also very simple.

These three colleges can provide some help to the Military Academy.

Doctors taught by medical schools can join the army as military doctors. Is it true that even doctors are not needed when marching and fighting?

Students taught by the School of Mathematics can be responsible for part of the military logistics.

And this is even more critical for the Agricultural College. Once the Agricultural College produces results, it will inevitably make Daming's Lingmi more abundant, and isn't it just food for marching and fighting?The food and grass go first without the soldiers and horses moving. Without the support of sufficient food and grass, it is impossible for the war to continue.

and so.

The nobles must not only support the Military Academy, but also the other three academies!

Thinking of this, Su Che immediately began to write, to let those nobles understand the reason behind it!

As for whether these nobles might not support them?

Su Che is not worried.

The reason is very simple, it doesn't work if you don't support it!

I have written to you, explaining the stakes, but still want to save face?How can this work!Get more or less!
As for why honorable military officials are allowed to contribute instead of those civil servants, the reason is also very simple. Even if civil servants are allowed to contribute, they may completely screw things up!It is not uncommon for these people to have a bad stomach and not work hard.

And Wu Chen's thinking is simpler, and it's easier to fool around!
After Su Che finished writing the letter, he looked at the other memorials again.

Since the cabinet was formed, both Su Che's workload and Zhu Biao's workload have decreased a lot.

Although the cabinet was only initially formed, they quickly produced their own role.

Under the leadership of Zhu Biao, these cabinet ministers worked hard and worked extremely hard.

With these cabinet ministers, Zhu Biao gradually had some rest time, the pressure was reduced a lot, and his health has improved a lot recently.

Su Che didn't want Zhu Biao to die early, and he absolutely couldn't send a white-haired person to a black-haired person, so there was less supervision and more love for him.

When the cabinet showed its effect.

And a whip method that had been implemented a long time ago was finally on the right track.

With Fang Keqin's untiring efforts, a whip method was successfully implemented in various parts of Ming Dynasty, which largely eliminated all kinds of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and also eliminated the space for management corruption.

Of course, corruption is not completely eradicated, because it is obviously impossible to completely eradicate corruption, and what can be done is to reduce it as much as possible.

In order to fully enforce the whip method, Fang Keqin was not afraid of offending anyone, no matter if it was the local bureaucrats, nobles, or even members of the royal family, he didn't care.

If Su Che hadn't dispatched the Imperial Army as Fang Keqin's guards, he would have died several times.

Fang Keqin has offended too many people, and his reputation is getting worse and worse. The previous praises on him have completely disappeared. Many local officials, wealthy families, and even some royal relatives all want to strip Fang Keqin. Cramped, eaten raw.

And as Fang Keqin's infamy grew, his reputation among the people became better and better.

Even under the slander of people with a heart, Fang Keqin's reputation has become extremely bad. He seems to be the biggest villain in the world, the biggest treacherous minister, but the eyes of the common people are discerning. Those at the bottom of the people, they know In the end who is doing good things for them, doing practical things.

Fang Keqin is the executor of a whip.

The benefits of this policy to them are real.

The people at the bottom, after getting rid of those exorbitant taxes, life is getting better and better. The precious money that could not be spent before can also be used to pay taxes, and even be used to offset corvee!
Of course, most of the common people did not choose to use precious banknotes to pay off corvee, because they did not have so much money.

Those who spend money to offset corvee are mostly rich and noble families.

The money offset by the corvee was used to buy food, and part of it was used as a subsidy for the corvee workers.

Although the money is not too much, but with a good meal, this is a very rare thing.

This is not too good for the people at the bottom.

As long as there is a full meal to eat, what is corvée?
There's even money to take!

Where is this corvee?

This is clearly a reward from the imperial court!

Prior to this, corvee not only required the people to contribute, but also required the people to bring their own food, and even suffered various inhuman treatment.

But now, with the implementation of the one whip method, things in these aspects have been greatly improved.

People's lives are gradually getting better. In their view, isn't this the credit of that "full of evil" Fang Keqin?
"Biography of Incorruptible Officials in the Ming Dynasty" records: At this age, Fang Keqin followed the king's order to implement a whip law to establish virtue and govern the people, so all the people in the world set up Lisheng Temple to praise his merits and virtues, and to rectify his name!
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