After the court was over, Zhang Shize walked out of the Forbidden City unhappily and headed back home.
Today, his matter was not completed. He was ridiculed by various factions in the court. In the end, he was rejected by the emperor.
Chongzhen knew that the war in the west was tense and Yang Fan's troops were insufficient. However, he was not prepared to continue to increase Yang Fan's troops.
Because, Yang Fan already has enough people. With a small strength of 100,000 people, and the recent reorganization of migrant workers into militia groups, the number of additional migrant workers is almost 200,000. Thinking about it makes him a little sleepy. How old is the Ming Dynasty?
It’s been almost two hundred years since one person has led so many troops.
When Zhang Shize returned home, he first went to pay his respects to his grandfather.
Because His Majesty was pressing hard, he marched in a hurry. In order to stop the rebels in time and not rush to the capital, he led 20,000 people on the road day and night, and finally arrived in the capital last night.
As a result, the rebels were put down by Zhou Yuji. His trip was in vain. He suddenly felt very angry.
He didn't go home when he arrived in the capital last night. He went directly to the inn outside Dong'an Gate and asked for a room in order to go to the morning pilgrimage this morning.
He was tired from the journey, so he took a hot bath, and then fell asleep without even eating dinner. He was also very tired during this time.
He is a pure playboy. He has been out of Beijing in the past twenty years and has suffered this crime.
But to be honest, he himself felt that although this expedition was very hard, it was very worth it.
He clearly knew how much training he had received.
Especially what I learned from Yang Fan could not be learned anywhere in the Ming Dynasty.
Among the generals, the method of leading troops to fight is a secret that is not taught. Only Yang Fan doesn't carry anything behind him, just read it casually. If you don't understand, you can ask, and he will give detailed answers.
Although the British princes often took charge of the Beijing camp after Tumu Fortress, for almost two hundred years, no British princes led troops on expeditions. Apart from some family-heirloom experience, they basically had no actual combat experience.
When it comes to war, you are most afraid of talking about it on paper.
There has always been a big problem with the inheritance of China's military knowledge. That is, it is intermittent. It always returns to zero and then studies again, repeating the path that the predecessors have taken.
What can really be circulated are military books. Most of these military books are theoretical. "Tai Gong's Art of War", "Six Tao", "Sun Tzu's Art of War"... etc. are all abstract theoretical knowledge.
China basically has no specific practical knowledge on war mobilization, infantry unit command, army formation, military logistics, etc. As for map terrain, meteorological knowledge, road traffic conditions, disease prevention, formation coordination, etc. These are very necessary knowledge.
.However, these are extremely lacking in inheritance.
You cannot fight by just reading "The Art of War". The army is an extremely special armed group with its own development rules. Only by personally leading the troops and going deep into the front line can you truly understand and master an army.
Therefore, most of China's famous generals come from the ranks, that is, they come from the ranks of soldiers.
They learn war in war and understand the construction principles and operating rules of the army from the grassroots level. However, once these famous generals pass away, most of these extremely precious experiences summed up with countless lives and blood will be lost and will be discontinued.
Then, during the next large-scale war, someone re-summarized it again, and then it was lost again.
For three thousand years, China's wars have been like this. They keep repeating in a circle. The fundamental reason for this period is that there is no military academy as a base for inheriting military knowledge and cultivating talents. The emperor's high vigilance towards the inheritance of military science has also caused extreme anxiety.
Good effect.
As soon as the war is over, I can't wait to burn all the military books, hang up all the capable generals, watch them, or kill them.
Therefore, Yang Fancai established the Army Lecture Hall in Xinghe Academy and the Naval Academy in Jeju Island.
In the future, those famous generals who have achieved great success will be able to leave their command positions and go to teach in academies to pass on military knowledge and avoid the suspicion of their superiors.
Zhang Shize's expedition to the west with Yang Fan was an exchange of interests between the British prince Zhang Weixian and Chongzhen.
They are old and mature and know very well that today's British government is nothing. There is no one who knows how to fight for three generations. Although they have always been in charge of the Beijing camp, they cannot fight a war.
Zhang Shize entered Sanxi Hall and saw that his father Zhang Zhiji was also here.
"My grandson, please pay your respects to your grandfather and father." Zhang Shize hurriedly took a few steps forward, knelt down and kowtowed to his grandfather.
Zhang Weixian obviously looked much older. He was sitting there tremblingly, very thin, and his energy was not as good as before. Suddenly his nose became sour and he shed tears.
"Grandpa, why are you so thin..."
The British Duke is the breadwinner of the family, but the tiger also ages.
Zhang Weixian is a man of great influence. He is the most capable master of British kilometers in history.
In the twenty-sixth year of Wanli (1598), he succeeded to the title of Duke of England. In the thirty-seventh year (1609), he took charge of the military governor's mansion. After that, he added the young master and the crown prince's Taibao.
People to win over.
He was deeply involved in the three major cases in the late Ming Dynasty (the Assault Case, the Red Pill Case, and the Palace Relocation Case). However, this talented man was bold, and in Donglin, the Eunuch Party, Zheng Guifei, Fu Wang, and Taichang Yi
In the extremely dangerous and complicated situation of party struggle, he danced on several eggs, but he didn't break any of them.
And all the political speculations were made correctly, and the harvest was plentiful. He was really a mature man, and he could be called the most old thief in the late Ming Dynasty.
Although he tried all kinds of tricks and attempted death, because of his prominent background, he was in charge of the military power in the capital camp. In the chaotic and dangerous political struggles in the late Ming Dynasty, he was able to protect himself and his family, and he was promoted and made rich.
He made great efforts in the palace relocation case, broke through the obstruction of Wei Zhongxian and others, and personally carried the sedan chair to carry Emperor Tianqi from Qianqing Palace to Wenhua Palace to inherit the throne.
He and Dong Lin fought for Tianqi's throne together.
Donglin represents the civil servants, and he represents the military generals. The combination of civil and military forces defeated Zheng Guifei, Li Xuanshi, and Wei Zhongxian.
When Wei Zhongxian was in power and his arrogance was at its most arrogant, he could not do anything to Zhang Weixian. It can be seen that no one dared to easily provoke a general who wielded military power.
After the death of Emperor Tianqi, he entered the palace according to the Queen's order and accepted Emperor Tianqi's last edict, thereby defeating Wei Zhongxian's conspiracy to keep the funeral secret and not announce the funeral. He protected the precarious situation and created conditions for Emperor Chongzhen to ascend the throne.
Therefore, the thrones of Taichang, father and son were fought for by the British Duke.
Now, he is old and thin, as if a gust of wind can blow him away. But those falcon-like eyes are still sharp and brilliant, as if they can see what you are thinking in your heart.
"Idiot, why are you acting like a child? Have you forgotten our family's ancestral motto that a good man should sweat but not shed tears?" Zhang Weixian pointed his cane on the ground and reprimanded.