Due to the need to host martial arts competitions and craftsman skills competitions, as well as wars during this period and the transfer of civilians from various states and counties, etc.
Zhang Mao was very busy and exhausted.
Zhu Gui finally figured it out, so he sent someone to find Butler Wang from Prince Dai's Mansion and asked him to help.
This Butler Wang was brought by Zhu Gui from Nanjing. He was an old servant of the Guo family who was personally selected for him by Concubine Guo Huifei. He was both loyal and capable.
Zhang Mao breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your Majesty, the national martial arts competition and the entire army will be held in three days, the craftsman skills competition will be held in a week, the first trade fair with the Mongols will be held in half a month, and..."
Zhang Mao began to endorse Zhang Mao, and after a stick of incense, he finished reciting the arrangements for this period of time.
"The total of these miscellaneous items requires about one million taels of expenditure, and the state government can only provide one hundred thousand taels."
Zhang Mao said with some embarrassment.
"No need, all this money will come from the Prince's Palace, and another hundred thousand taels will be allocated to the state government to subsidize local officials and let them work harder during this time."
Zhu Gui said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Zhang Mao quickly thanked him.
One hundred thousand taels. There are less than 100 officials in Datong Mansion. In addition, the money has to be divided according to the seniority of the officials. The amount he can get into his hands is very considerable.
At the same time, he could really feel the generosity of King Dai.
…
Three days later, the Datong Prefecture Guard Station was stationed.
The two large martial arts arenas were already crowded with people, one-third of whom were garrison troops, and the rest were spectators from Datong Prefecture and County.
The martial arts competition on the left is a military competition, and the martial arts competition on the right is a national martial arts competition.
More than 300 people participated in the All-Army Martial Arts Exercise Conference, and more than 1,000 people participated in the National Martial Arts Exercise Conference.
The competition on both sides is in full swing.
Zhu Gui and Xu Miaoqing also came to the scene, which also ignited the atmosphere at the scene.
Xu Yingxu and Zhang Mao each held a booklet, which recorded the outstanding figures in the conferences on both sides.
Zhu Gui nodded repeatedly.
"Not bad, not bad. I didn't expect that there are also crouching tigers, hidden dragons among the garrison at the garrison. It seems that the previous promotion system did have quite a few drawbacks."
Zhu Gui said to Xu Yingxu.
"What the prince said is true, but the martial arts tournament can only test the physical fitness and fighting skills of the soldiers. A general also needs a strategy."
Xu Yingxu said.
"General Xu is right. How about setting up a military academy?"
Zhu Gui's eyes lit up and another idea came to his mind.
"What is a military academy?" Xu Miaoqing asked eagerly.
"The military school is the counterpart of the school, except that it teaches the skills of marching and fighting. It is specially used to train personnel related to combat command. How about it?"
Zhu Gui looked at Xu Yingxu.
Most of the generals in the past came from aristocratic families, either inherited from the family, or had talent or understanding.
This leads to the fact that most of the people in the army who can be called generals are just reckless men.
Now Zhu Gui plans to break this shackles and mass-produce battlefield commanders.
However, Xu Yingxu had a troubled expression.
"Although the prince's idea is good, cultivating combat commanders who can take charge of their own operations does not happen overnight, and these people also need to be talented in this area."
Zhu Gui nodded and said: "Yes, but it is better to learn more military theories than to explore on your own. Let's do this. The Dai Wangfu will fund it and build a military academy in Datong Mansion for trial operation for a period of time."
"Chief Zhang, I will teach you how to collect military classics. You can explain the required fees to Butler Wang."
Zhu Gui said to Zhang Mao.
"I understand."
Zhu Gui looked at Xu Yingxu again.
"General Xu, you should have some familiar generals in Nanjing, right? If they are idle at home, you can hire them to Datong Mansion. Everything else is easy to talk about. As for this first batch of students, let's take this martial arts competition as the starting point.
Take your pick."
Zhu Gui looked at the anxious fights taking place on both sides of the martial arts field and said.
Xu Yingxu nodded hesitantly.
He glanced helplessly at Xu Miaoqing next to him, but the latter made a face at him and whispered: "I think Zhu Gui's idea is feasible."
…
The competition lasted for two days, and a total of thirty-two soldiers in the army received corresponding official rewards.
The top one hundred winners in the National Martial Arts Tournament were all taken into the palace and accepted as guest ministers.
This time, many people joined the garrison, making up for those lost in the previous battle with the Mongols.
Many others have become reservists.
Since Zhu Gui personally entrusted Zhang Mao with the military academy this time, he was particularly serious about his work.
He actually used his connections to buy a wealthy manor house in a very good location in Datong Mansion, and then reported the matter to Zhu Gui.
So the twenty schools and the military academy opened on the same day.
For a time, it became a strange story in Datong Mansion.
The Prince's Palace once again issued a notice that all children over the age of six and under twelve must attend school compulsorily.
In order to encourage farmers to send their children to school, all families with school-age children can be exempted from court labor for that year. At the same time, the various expenses for all children to enter school will be borne by the prince, and a subsidy will also be provided.
This policy mainly takes care of families whose children are the labor force of the family.
As soon as this policy came out, within a few days, all the schools were overcrowded, and the total number of students who signed up exceeded 10,000.
When Zhu Gui was told this data, he was also in disbelief.
After he urgently added ten more schools, he asked Zhang Mao to investigate the matter.
Finally, he came up with an answer that made him laugh or cry.
It turns out that because the policies of the Prince's Palace are so good, many people under the age of six or over twelve years old have concealed their true age and enrolled in school.
There were even a lot of farces where adults were obviously pretending to be children.
Finally, after Zhang Mao consulted Zhu Gui, he severely punished the situation and finally curbed this unhealthy trend.
In the end, the total number of students enrolled that year reached more than 8,000.
This also shows that the education situation in this era is indeed very worrying.
Of course, this was mainly because Shanxi's population was still very large during this period.
In contrast, the situation at the military academy is much more orderly.
Because these people all stood out through martial arts competitions, but the instructors Xu Yingxu found from Nanjing had not yet arrived, so he could only personally take a dozen guards and Qianhu to teach these new students.