Warring States Eagle

At the end of September in the 18th year of Tianwen, the castle town of Hizen Guoxuefu, Kyushu.

The castle town of Xuefucheng is surrounded by rivers on two sides.To the west are the Kase River and the Honjo River, the central part is the Hatta River, and the east is the Hantsu River.These rivers flow into the Ariake Sea or the Chikugo River after passing through the castle town of Gakufu Castle.All kinds of boats, big and small, come and go in the river, making the river and the sea seem very prosperous.

After all the affairs of Xuefu City were settled, Zheng Liang and others officially moved here.After resting in the city for a while and dealing with government affairs for several days, Zhengliang finally had time to take a walk in the castle town under Xuefu Castle this day.

Like the castle town of Kishidake Mountain Castle, the streets here are paved with cement and bricks. Walking on these streets, the ground feels quite solid and flat.The width of ordinary streets in the castle town is unified by the standard of four ken. Calculated according to the standard of [-] meters at this time, the width of an ordinary street is [-] meters.This is already a considerable width.

And as the two main roads that divide the castle town into four areas in a cross shape from south to north and from west to east, the width is even more ten ken (18 meters) apart.Such a large width is mainly for the military force and the passage of convoys in Xuefu City.There are two main roads in the town, of which the north-south main road is directly connected to a square of ten acres in front of the gate of Xuefu City.The intersection of the two main roads in the center of the town is also a square with a size of nearly five acres.

Each of the four areas divided by two main roads is different.Among them, the northeast area of ​​Machiko, which is close to the southeast of Xuefu City, is mainly the area where retainers live.According to the law of the Luo family, all the family members of the retainers above the general level must live in the castle town of the daimyo (as hostages).

As one of the benefits for these retainers.The courtyards built in this area are built in order according to the status of the retainers.The higher the status, the closer the retainer is to the school city.And the bigger the yard.The courtyards are all of brick and tile structure, and are equipped with gardens, stables and other facilities.These are provided by the territory for free to these retainers.But how to arrange it in detail, it is up to the retainers to spend money and food to configure it.It can also be called a high-end residential area of ​​the castle town.

In the southeast area of ​​Machiko, that is, to the south of the retainer's residential area, is the commercial area.The streets here will be planned according to a unified standard, but the land on both sides of each street has no clear building requirements.These lands will be auctioned by bidding. As long as you have enough money and food, you can buy a large enough land here.

certainly.The use of the land in this area can only be used for commerce and crafts.That is, after you purchase this piece of land, you can only build commercial houses or craft houses on it, and engage in business or craftsmen's business.As for how to build, what kind of architectural form the commercial house or craftsman's house will be, it is up to the land owner to decide.It's just that some brick, tile and cement craftsmen directly under the territory are ready to solicit business here.

In order to serve as a demonstration, at this time, the market of Machiko, the temple dedicated to entertaining foreign guests, and the commercial houses of Rocheya and Shenya have already begun to be built here.

In the southwest of the town, that is, to the west of the business district, this area is a residential area.In order to facilitate management, this area has made detailed regulations on the width of the streets.Rows of houses with uniform and neatly arranged brick and tile structures were also built in this area in advance for the first batch of residents who chose to settle here (in fact, some of them had already settled here at this time. The citizens of the country live here).in the future.When new houses continue to be built, only the streets are restricted, and it is up to the people to decide what kind of houses they choose to build.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to residential buildings, facilities such as recruiting offices, talent enforcement offices, pension centers, town offices, boy scout training camps, and temporary military camps have also been established here.

Of course, no matter which area in the town, it must abide by the laws of the territory, and it must also obey the management of the Cabinet of the Interior and the Cabinet of the Military.As for the three towns that are in charge of civil affairs, farming, and military training, they will be recommended to Zhengliang after a unified study by the Cabinet of the Interior, the Cabinet of Intelligence, and the Cabinet of the Military. Finally, Zhengliang will make the final decision.In principle, the head of the town can only be the regular stock of the retired Luo family.

As for the position of acting city lord of Xuefu City, which has attracted the most attention, it is naturally assumed by a group of Kosuke.Although Xingsuke's ability is not very outstanding, he is still competent enough to maintain the daily operation of a city.

After visiting the vassals' residential area, commercial area, and residential area, the only thing left is the Roche Academy, which is located in the northwest corner of the town, near the southwest of the Academy City.

This is a building complex similar to the university campuses of later generations. Around the university are brick walls as high as two meters. At this time, the brick walls have been covered with some ornamental vines.

At the front entrance of the school, there is also a square covering an area of ​​several acres. This square is connected to the square in the center of the town.In the center of Xuefu Square is a stone statue up to six meters high.

The appearance of the statue is naturally the image of Zhengliang.At this time, the statue of Zhengliang is wearing an armor (the shape is exactly the Luo's armor unique to the Luo family), and a helmet (the shape is exactly the Nanban helmet that Zhengliang wore when he fought), with his feet upright and his hands clenched. With the long sword stuck in the ground, his eyes were looking straight to the northeast of the vassal's residence area.In the future, this statue has collapsed several times during the baptism, but every time it will be quickly rebuilt according to the original, until hundreds of years later, it will still stand in place, and it will become the most attractive place in the future. Eye-catching sights.

Centering on the statue of Zhengliang, behind the statue is the residential area, in front is the residence area of ​​the retainers, on the left is the Roche Academy, and on the right is the commercial area.Under the eyes of the statue, there are the main entrance avenue of Roche Academy and the main road running through the north and south of the town.

Pass by the statue and walk directly into the Roche Academy along the cement brick road, and you will see huge stones placed at the entrance of the institution.It is engraved with the eight characters of "a long way to go, don't forget to struggle".

Both sides carved from the boulder.It is the main road into the interior of the school.Most of the colleges are buildings with a mixture of wooden structures and brick and tile structures.In addition to these unique architectural shapes attracting attention.At the entrance of almost every building, you will see a stone tablet, and then some warning mottos from later generations will be engraved on it.Although many students who entered here to study at this time did not know the true meaning of these mottoes, hundreds of years later, these mottoes on stone tablets have become one of the most proud heritages of this school.

Among the colleges, there are mainly seven colleges, including Language College, Civil Affairs College, Agricultural College, Military College, Medical College, Buddhist Theology College, and Women’s College.

Language Institute.As the name suggests, it is to teach language, and basically all colleges that enter the Roche Academy must come here for advanced studies.The only language and characters taught here are simplified Chinese characters and Mandarin that the Luo family has been promoting.

Why did Zhengliang insist on enforcing such a language system?One is to help prevent other countries from spying on the Luo family's territory.To avoid information theft; second, because the Luo family is a multi-ethnic society where the local people and immigrants from the Ming Dynasty merged, no matter which original culture they maintain, it will cause conflicts with the other culture, so they simply adopt a method that neither party can understand. It is good to integrate the conflicting cultures; third, this is the most important point.Zhengliang hopes that through the spread of this unique language, the citizens will subconsciously think that they are an independent group, they belong to the Luo family, and they are different from the citizens of other countries, because speak their own language.The user's unique and more succinct text distinguishes him ideologically from the citizens of other countries.Enhance their sense of support and belonging to the Roche family.This is conducive to the independent rule of the Luo family.

To sum it up in one sentence, everything is for domination.

School of Civil Affairs and School of Agriculture.Naturally, these two colleges teach the Luo family. These two colleges are optional colleges. Students who think they are talented in civil affairs and farming can choose to study in these two colleges.

Those in charge of teaching in the college are all those who have rich experience in civil affairs and farming in the Luo family's territory, and are familiar with the Luo's family's internal affairs technology and system (for example, when the Luo family started, the one who followed Matsumiko to promote the cultivation of magic melons in the territory Several standing widows were also invited to be the teachers of the school this time, and took on the task of teaching agriculture in the women's college).In some specific periods, important figures of the Luo family, including Zhengliang and others, will also come here to give guest lectures.

The students who graduated from these two academies will basically enter the internal affairs organization of the Luo family.

The Military Academy, which has the Sword Dojo, Archery Dojo, Spear Dojo, Riding Dojo, Navy Dojo, and Military Strategy Dojo, is the largest academy in the school, and it is also the academy with the most students.Due to the need to keep the iron cannon and the big tube confidential, the learning of these two weapons needs to be learned after entering the corresponding iron cannon team and the big tube team, so no corresponding dojo has been set up in the school.The water army dojo is only here to teach theoretical knowledge, and the real water practice needs to go to the water army training base of Hizengo Matsuura Army Karatsu Bay.

Likewise, the people who teach in it are experienced people.For example, in the swordsmanship dojo, there are kendo masters who have wandered around in pursuit of the highest point of martial arts. In addition, masters such as Yamamoto Kansuke will come here from time to time to teach their skills.As for the other ashrams, there are some experienced retired Roche family regulars to teach.The teaching method used is basically based on practice.With the continuous development of these dojos, many independent and special schools will be formed here in the future.

It's worth mentioning that, for the Military Academy's Military Dojo, it is mainly used as a place for the generals of the various divisions of the Luo family to study.And after each battle, Zheng Liang would personally organize relevant generals to come here for post-war summary.In daily time, some battles will be used as examples here to explain some students who have the potential to be generals. When necessary, students will even be allowed to directly participate in real battles as logistics personnel.

Originally, there was still hope for a ninja dojo in the military academy.However, due to the cultural background, the ninja family in Black Eagle's Nest is only willing to pass on their skills to members of the Black Eagle tribe, so they cannot openly set up dojos in schools to teach ninja skills.

In the end, the students who graduate from this military academy will basically enter the various standing equipment of the Luo family.

School of Buddhist Theology.Mainly to teach some knowledge of Buddhist theology.One of the purposes is to strengthen the Luo family's control over the Buddhist theology within the territory.Let these temples and shrines be under the control of the Luo family.And this college also has a branch college located in the Zhongxiao Temple and the Hachiman Great Bodhisattva Shrine in Ye Gaoshan.There will be lectures by eminent monks such as Kuaichuan Shaoxi, Xuanzhi, and Chanrong.These eminent monks are naturally extremely happy to carry forward Buddhism.

Another purpose is to train temple and shrine personnel loyal to the Luo family through this dojo, and then disperse them to temples and shrines in the territory.For example, this time Masanobu Takasaka was ordered to lead the Second Standing Cavalry Division to use more than five months to gradually cooperate with the Cabinet and Shaoki Kuaikawa to finally integrate the local temples and shrines in Bungo Kingdom.But what followed was the lack of talents to replace the management leaders of the local temples and shrines (the original leader was arrested or killed because he resisted the fire and did not cooperate with the Luo family's rectification. In the end, Masara had to dispatch some monks and priests from local temples and shrines that had fully adapted to the Luo family system to Bungo in Hizen and Chikugo.Served as the chief priest of the local temple and shrine in Bungo.If the Roche Academy could train and return some of this kind of reserve talents early on, there would be no need to go through so much trouble.

In terms of medical school, it mainly imparts some basic pharmacy and medical knowledge.The purpose is to increase the healing talents of the territory, provide medical support for the people of the territory and the Luo family's army, and at the same time weaken the influence of temples and shrines that have dominated the medical field of the territory before.

Finally, there is the women's college.This is the most peculiar college among Luo's colleges, and it is definitely the first college specially set up for women in the history of Japan.Due to the cultural background, it is not allowed to mix boys and girls to go to school in the school, otherwise, even if the boys think it is okay, the girls will not go to school.Moreover, the parents of these students will strongly oppose it.

In order to avoid unnecessary controversy (in fact, it caused a lot of controversy when such a women's college was established), this women's college is almost an independent college.There are language, weaving, farming, cloth art, embroidery, medicine, and martial arts subjects specially for girls to learn.

The language aspect is naturally the same as the previous language institute.It is also to keep these women at a cultural level that keeps pace with the times.As for subjects such as weaving, farming, cloth art, and embroidery, it was Zheng Liang who wanted to give full play to the advantages of women.It is specially set up for these female students to reserve talents for the domestic affairs industries such as textile workshops that will gradually take shape in the territory in the future.

In terms of medicine, Zheng Liang deliberately added it in. Zheng Liang planned to set up a team of medical nurses for the Luo family's army in the future, and now he is teaching these women medical knowledge in advance, in order to expand the women's understanding of medicine in the territory, and prepare for future generations. The foundation was established for the formation of the nurse team.

The last martial arts was forcibly added by the two little girls, Miki and Noonghime.This subject also includes swordsmanship, archery, spearmanship, and riding skills.After getting a job in this women's college, these two troublemakers finally calmed down, and they spent most of their time in this women's college messing with their affairs.It is said that these two little lolita are going to become teachers of a certain subject in person.Not to mention, although they are only 14 years old, they have a lot of knowledge better than the average male, so they are really able to take on such an important task.

The only regret is that due to cultural background, most of the people, including retainers, are not willing to send their daughters to study in the academy.Even under the circumstance that Miki and Noonghime are entangled, even coerced and lured, and with the "Women's Guard" formed by the two of them, there are only more than 50 women's college students in this period.

In addition, in terms of teachers, women's colleges have also encountered problems.Personnel, including retired permanent staff, are unwilling to come here to teach.In desperation, Zheng Liang had no choice but to ask Tai Jiu Ling to wait for his own women to teach these women about civil affairs and business.As for subjects such as farming, weaving, cloth art, and embroidery, some women with outstanding skills are selected from the leaders to teach.

As for the final martial arts, it was under the order of Nong Ji, and Mori Kecheng, who had been unwilling to accept the recruitment of the Luo family, was in charge.

The above is the specific situation of all the students of Roche Academy.University management.The honorary principal is naturally held by Zheng Lianglai himself.And responsible for the daily operation of the school.Liu Lelai, the general of the Luo family who was in charge of education and agricultural affairs in the territory, and in charge of all affairs of immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, was in charge.Due to the fact that there are not many students in the college (the first batch of students, including male and female students, there are only more than 200 students, and there are more than 50 teachers in various subjects), the post of dean of each college will not be set up for the time being.The entire Roche Institute is directly under the management of the Cabinet.This will be the future talent reserve center and cultural communication cradle of the Luo family.

day-to-day management.The requirement for students to enroll is that only those who are confirmed as citizens of the Luo family can enroll (family members must live in the territory of the Luo family for at least three years); the age of enrollment for men must be over 15 years old (that is, the age of Yuanfu) , the main consideration here is to hope that these people will come to study after laying a good foundation in the local village or town boy scouts); there is no age limit for women to enter school (there are not many women who come to study, so the number of places for admission is naturally limited. will not be restricted); must graduate in the local Scout troop.Admission must be approved by the local village or town, and approved by the local Cabinet of the Interior and Intelligence. In addition, under normal circumstances, unless specially approved by Zhengliang, these admission requirements must be followed.After all, as the cradle of professors who disseminate the skills and related knowledge of the Luo family, Luo's Academy absolutely does not allow secret workers to sneak in and learn, so the access conditions are strictly controlled.

The duration of study is two, three, or four years, depending on the performance of studies and the needs of institutions in the territory for talents.Based on the current situation in the territory of the Luo family, it is estimated that most of the students will be asked to leave by various institutions after studying here for two years.

The school adopts a dormitory system, and there are student dormitories, canteens, bathhouses, etc. similar to later universities; tuition is free.Free food and lodging, free information fees, etc.It can be said.During the period of time for the students to study in the institution, most of the expenses are basically borne by the territory.

There is no way to adopt such a strategy.Among the students in the first period, less than half were the children of ordinary people from poor families, while the remaining half were the children of retainers or wealthy families.The reason for this situation is that the learning conditions of the children of the retainers and powerful families were better than those of the common people from the initial stage, so naturally more people met the admission requirements of the schools.However, with the continuous development of the school and the entry of students in the later stage, the students who are children of civilians who account for the vast majority of the population base will inevitably exceed the number of children of these retainers and wealthy families.

Therefore, in order to prevent these two groups of students from different family backgrounds from forming groups at the beginning of the school and causing unnecessary conflicts and disputes, and even opposing each other, thus forming a culture of opposition; Zheng Liang had no choice but to adopt the method of letting the territory bear the general expenses for his children to apply for the Roche Academy.

In order to strengthen the learning competition among the students, and also to test the academic performance of the students, the school holds a college competition every year.The competitions that students must participate in are intra-faculty and inter-faculty competitions.

In order to strengthen the cooperation between the colleges, a mixed competition will be held every two years. Students from each college will voluntarily form a mixed team to participate in the competition jointly organized by the colleges.This competition is further divided into a literary test and a martial arts test. The literary test is mainly a written test, and the martial test is responsible for the management of a certain place and the battle on a hypothetical field in a certain place.It is mandatory for this competition to invite at least one female student to join.And the more female students, the more bonus points, but in a participating team, no more than three female students can add points.Female students are encouraged to form teams by themselves, there is no limit to the number of people, and they will get bonus points for three people.

All of the above is to test the abilities of the trainees and improve their ability to cooperate with each other. It also lays a conscious foundation for Zhengliang to promote women as territorial managers in the future (it is not intended to improve the status of women, but it is based on the ability to live in principle).

Assigning a job after graduation is an absolute good treatment. When this policy was announced, it immediately aroused the yearning of many people (especially those who realized that this is an absolute good opportunity to join the Luo family's vassal system. ).

At that time, all institutions such as the domestic government cabinet, intelligence cabinet, and military cabinet in the territory will send these students to the grassroots organizations of each organization for training according to the performance of the students, and then let them gradually grow into the pillars of the Luo family.

In the past, all areas of a territory were basically controlled by the clansmen of the wealthy families. Even if the Luo family already had some advanced management systems and management institutions to assist in the rule, in the final analysis, as long as these important areas were controlled by the wealthy families If this happens, the foundation of the Luo family's rule will not be stable.

This situation can be gradually alleviated through the way of assigning work to students from universities.A large number of talents with various knowledge flowed into various fields of the Luo family, and these talents still loyally supported the Luo family, which naturally strengthened the ruling foundation of the Luo family.

However, those retainers and powerful families may not be able to perceive this process, and even if they are aware of it, they will not have much objection.Because even if such a system is implemented, because the environment is better than ordinary people, their children are ahead of others from the beginning, so when others benefit, their children also benefit, even more than others Naturally, they will not complain about the benefits.

Of course, it must be emphasized that because they have learned the exclusive knowledge of the Luo family in the Roche Academy, these students of the Roche Academy must also become the retainers of the Luo Family after graduation (that is, they are not allowed to go abroad, let alone treason), Otherwise, not only will your relatives be harmed, but you will even be hunted down endlessly by black eagles. Even if you die, your family members living outside will be hunted down, even if they will not be killed after being captured, but at least They will also be sent to slave camps for hard labor.

Finally, among all the teaching content of the college, there is no such thing as mathematics, physics and chemistry. After all, the purpose of Zhengliang's establishment of this college is to strengthen the spread of ideas and control over the territory. Cultivate various reserve talents.

What are the various reserve talents in the territory?That is a talent who is proficient in the unique language and characters of the territory, and has made achievements in internal affairs, military affairs, and medicine.The primary purpose of all that Zheng Liang has done is to allow the Luo family to survive in the Warring States Period and have the capital to fight for hegemony (even if you don’t want to compete with others, you will eventually be eaten by big fish), not to build a The so-called Utopia and the like.And the knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry, which is obviously beyond the acceptable level of this era, is obviously not suitable for the ruling needs of the Luo family for the time being, nor is it suitable for this era.Knowledge is too advanced, not only is it unacceptable, but it will have a negative impact on its own rule. For example, if the people pursue freedom too much, it will evolve into a free movement and so on.

(Thanks to "Bai Shi Jing Lun" for the monthly pass; thanks to "Green Mia, Blue Pine Tree" for the reward.) (To be continued...)