After moving the governor's office to Songjiang and discussing the school affairs, Zhou Zhong immediately sent a memorial to Zhengde. The memorial explained these two things in detail, among which the military school matter was the most interesting to Zhou Zhong.

He was sure, because he knew that this would definitely be in line with Zhengde's appetite. As for the matter of moving the administrative center, it would definitely be unanimously approved by the cabinet.

In fact, this is indeed the case. When Zhou Chong's memorial was sent to the capital and shown to the cabinet and Zhengde, the two sides immediately had different opinions. Among them, the cabinet was very interested in the move of the Sihai Governor's Office to Songjiang.

Li Dongyang and others had a casual discussion and agreed to the matter almost immediately, and Songjiang Mansion was placed under the jurisdiction of the Sihai Governor's Mansion.

However, regarding the matter of the military academy, the cabinet headed by Li Dongyang firmly disagreed. After all, no one who can enter the cabinet is a good person. Naturally, we can see the impact of the military academy on the civil service system. In order to protect their own interests, they

Naturally, they do not agree with the imperial court establishing any more military academies, even if this military academies can enhance the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty's army.

In contrast, Zhengde's attitude was exactly the opposite. He was not interested in the affairs of the Sihai Governor's Mansion at all. After all, he had always trusted Zhou Chong, his younger brother, and had never had other ideas, let alone

He would consider so many things like Zhou Zhong, but since Zhou Zhong wanted to move the government from Shuangyu Port to his hometown Songjiang, Zhengde might think that this was a little selfish, but he didn't care, so he quickly

Agreed.

However, Zhengde was very interested in the concept of a military academy proposed by Zhou Zhong. After all, his biggest wish in this life was to lead an army to fight against the enemies of the Ming Dynasty on the battlefield. Unfortunately, this wish was somewhat difficult due to his identity. But it was still

There was no way to stop Zhengde's love for the military. He naturally had a strong interest in the new thing called military academy, and even had some ideas of his own.

In the Leopard Room in the West Garden of the Forbidden City, Zhengde looked at Zhou Zhong's memorial with excitement. He laughed while watching it, and finally clapped his thigh and shouted: "Interesting! It's really interesting! The idea of ​​​​this military academy is really too great."

Okay, why can’t I come up with such a brilliant idea? But it’s not too late now.”

When Zhengde said this, he suddenly stretched out his hand and waved to the side. Gu Dayong, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately came up to Zhengde and bowed deeply: "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

"Da Yong, Zhou Zhong proposed to me to open a military school. The so-called military school is a place similar to an academy, except that it is not for people to study. It is to train generals for the imperial court. According to his proposal

.A naval academy will be built in Songjiang to train the talents needed by the navy. I think it is a good thing

But I also want to open a military school of my own, right here in the capital, to train some cavalry and infantry generals. The name is Army School, so that when we go to war with the Mongols in the future, my Ming Dynasty's border troops will not be afraid.

There is a shortage of generals, but this matter is very troublesome, please help me with the details!" Zhengde said excitedly.

Gu Dayong grew up watching Zhengde and knew his temper best. He also knew the relationship between Zhengde and Zhou Zhong. Now that he heard that Zhengde wanted to build a military academy by himself, others might think that Zhengde was joking.

, but Gu Dayong knew very well that when Zhengde said these words, the military academy in the capital was almost halfway built, and this matter was already a done deal and could not be changed by anyone.

"Your Majesty, you are asking the wrong person. How can this old slave know about national affairs such as the military academy? But Zhang Yong is a man who has led soldiers and is very familiar with the army, so your Majesty might as well call him here. Maybe

Can you give your Majesty some good suggestions?" Gu Da

With a sharp voice and a flattering look on his face, Gu Dayong said that since Liu Jin's death, Gu Dayong has completely separated himself from the affairs in the court, for fear of following in Liu Jin's footsteps, but the more he does this, the more he will suffer.

Zhengde's trust is one of the reasons why he is smarter than Liu Jin.

Hearing Gu Dayong's suggestion, Zhengde also put his hand on his forehead and laughed: "I am so happy that I am confused. I want to ask you, a guy who knows nothing about military affairs, for advice. Please call Zhang Yong quickly. I

We need to have a good discussion with him about the military school in the capital, and we must not let the naval school established by Zhou Zhong surpass us!"

After hearing this, Gu Dayong agreed, and was about to turn around and leave to inform Zhang Yong to come. However, Zhengde seemed to have thought of something again, and stopped him and said: "Dayong, although Zhang Yong has served as a supervisor, he has not

He has truly led soldiers and fought in battles, so in addition to calling him, you also call Yang Yiqing and Qiu Yue. They are both civil and military, and they are both people who have led soldiers. They will definitely have a better understanding of the military academy.

So many ideas!”

"My slave obeys the order!" After hearing this, Gu Dayong agreed again, turned around and went to ask someone to inform Zhang Yong and the others. Speaking of Qiu Yue and Yang Yiqing mentioned by Zhengde, they were also quite destined to Zhang Yong. When King Anhua rebelled, they

, Zhengde sent Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong to lead troops to encircle and suppress the army. As a result, the rebellion was pretended to surrender before the army arrived in Gansu. Later, Qiu Yue, who turned against the enemy, led his troops to put down the rebellion.

Later, Liu Jin was overthrown by Zhang Yong and Yang Yiqing. As a result, all three of them received heavy rewards. Among them, Zhang Yong is now in charge of the ceremonial supervisor and the imperial horse supervisor of the inner court. He can be said to have the most civil and military power. Fortunately, he is not like Liu Jin.

Jin is so domineering, and it is difficult to get along with the ministers of the outer court.

They are all in harmony, so everything is fine now. As for Yang Yiqing, he was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of War. Qiu Yue was originally named the Governor Qianshi, the Chief Military Officer of Ningxia, and the Bo of Xianning. Later, he was named the Marquis of Xianning again, and now he is transferred

He served as admiral in the capital camp and was in charge of the cavalry of three thousand battalions.

Gu Dayong worked very quickly. Zhang Yong, who was already in the palace, arrived first, followed by Zhang Yiqing, who was over sixty years old, and finally Qiu Yue, who was training troops outside the city. Qiu Yue was in his forties this year.

, is a tall and thin middle-aged man with very regular facial features and a sharp jaw.

He has three strands of long beard and looks very elegant. However, Qiu Yue may have been training when he received the notice, so he came to the palace without having time to change clothes. Now he is still wearing a suit of armor, which makes him have a few extra layers.

Distinguish the fierceness of the generals.

Speaking of Qiu Yue, his experience is quite legendary. Qiu Yue was not originally named Qiu. He was originally an ordinary mercenary in the Ningxia Governor's Mansion. Later, he was appreciated by Qiu Li, the commander of the General Military Mansion.

Take him with you to learn the art of war, because Qiu Li has no son

, so he regarded him as his adopted son and changed his name to Qiu Yue. Later Qiu Li died, Qiu Yue inherited Qiu Li's position of commanding Qianshi. Later, he made great contributions in the rebellion of King Ping'an Anhua, and in one fell swoop

He became an upstart among the generals of the Ming Dynasty and was now deeply appreciated by Zhengde.

After seeing Zhang Yong and the others gathered together, Zhengde did not ask them to salute. Instead, he immediately waved them forward and handed Zhou Chong's memorial to them for viewing. Zhang Yong and the others were all smart people, so they naturally knew that the Sihai Governor's Mansion had been relocated.

They definitely don't need to get involved in the matter, so the reason why His Majesty called them here today must be for the military academy.

"Okay, I guess you all understand the reason why I called you here today. Zhou Zhong plans to build a naval military academy in Songjiang to train future generals for the navy, and I will serve as the principal of the military academy in the future.

The generals who come out of the military academy are all my disciples. In this way, the loyalty of the generals can be maintained.

It also facilitates my control over the military academy. I feel very good about this suggestion, and I also want to establish an army military academy in the capital. After all, in comparison, the biggest threat to our Ming Dynasty is the Mongols on the northern grasslands.

Therefore, the army generals are the top priority. I wonder what your opinions are, dear ministers?" Zhengde said with a smile.

However, after hearing Zhengde's question, Zhang Yong and Yang Yiqing both looked at each other, then lowered their heads and did not dare to speak, because they already knew about the military academy from the cabinet, and also understood the impact of the establishment of the military academy on civilian officials.

, but looking at Zhengde’s high spirits now, he must have

Having made up their minds to establish a military academy, this is not a good thing for civil servants. It also puts Zhang Yong and Yang Yiqing in a dilemma. If they disagree with the establishment of a military academy, they will definitely offend the emperor. If they agree, they may be at odds with the world.

Scholars are enemies, and neither of them can be offended.

In comparison, Qiu Yue's political knowledge seems very shallow, and he usually only trains troops in the Three Thousand Battalion, and has no idea about the affairs of the court. Now that he saw the military academy proposed by Zhou Zhong, although he did not

With such a long-term perspective, he could not see the impact of the military academy on the entire Ming Dynasty, but as a military general, his intuition told him that this was definitely a good thing.

It is precisely because of this that Qiu Yue immediately clasped his fists and replied: "Your Majesty, I think this military academy is a good thing. When I led the army in Ningxia, I deeply felt that there was a lack of generals in the border army.

, most of the generals are fighting

The art of war learned on the battlefield is only a minority. Most people have died on the battlefield before they can learn the art of war. Now that there are places like military schools that specialize in training generals, our Ming Dynasty will no longer have a shortage of generals in the future.

It’s in danger!”

After Qiu Yue finished speaking, he laughed contentedly. However, when he saw Yang Yiqing winking at him, he immediately understood that he might have said the wrong thing, but now that he had said it, he could not take it back.

So I had to bite the bullet and lower my head.

Yang Yiqing sighed. Qiu Yue was his old subordinate. Now that he could see him as a general, Yang Yiqing felt very happy. However, Qiu Yue's words today have offended all the civil servants in the world, and even
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