Chapter 205
The sun shone in through the window and sprinkled on the ground, mottled. Ma Huaide looked at the three books on the table, flipped through them casually, and said to Zhang Ke on the side: "I don't give a question, but I let the candidates answer after reading the book. Is this possible?"
Zhang Ji said: "This is the solution that Taiwei Liu came up with. The provinces urgently sent books. There is no way. The literary style of Hebei Road is not strong, and most of the scholars who come here are rural scholars and have little knowledge. What should I do if I don't read the books?"
Ma Huaide flipped through the book and shook his head after a while: "I have been in the army for many years, and I can't figure it out for a while. If these scholars in the village read it, what can I answer? Taiwei, I think it's really hard to say this."
Zhang Ke sat down aside and said, "No matter how many people are. Due to insufficient recruitment, Liu Taiwei has been very anxious recently, so he can only do this. If the people who have learned from the military academy are only generals from the imperial guards and no civilian officers can be very difficult to deal with. If people are transferred from other military academys, there will be conflicts. When Du Taiwei was training troops in Suizhou, Liu Taiwei was the commander of the Tianxiang Army, and his knowledge is beyond the comparison of others. The Taiwei will make sense to do this. We just need to do things as we told, and don't worry too much."
Ma Huaide stopped talking and flipped through the book casually, not knowing what to say for a while. These are several basic textbooks in the military academy, mainly talking about infantry tactics and other basic content. Liu Jiding's examination method is to ask those who join the army to read the book for one day first and answer a strategy theory the next day. The strategy theory is based on the content in the book, with strong understanding ability and able to write orderly.
The requirements for the exam are very low. As long as the article is well organized and the argument is well established, it is considered qualified. Unless you have been reading a book for a day, you are confused about the contents of the book and don’t know what to say, you will not be admitted. There are more than 200,000 imperial guards on Hebei Road, and there are many officers who need to be re-entered, and recruit scholars on Hebei Road may not be able to meet the needs of the army. In this era, there were still too few people who read and read, so they could only be like this.
The literary affairs of the Song Dynasty still depend on Jiangnan. Especially Jiangxi Road and Fujian Road, there are many people who read and read, and their literary style is prosperous. They have formed some large families and are particularly experienced in the imperial examinations. For example, Hebei Road, due to its borders, many disasters and heavy taxes, there are not many scholars. This year is the year of the Great Competition, with 388 Jinshis, and only four people who have won the title of Hebei Road. In Jiangnan, there are 69 people on Fujian Road alone, which is a world of difference. Due to historical reasons, the military academies are all located in the north. Except for the failed Jinshi of the Beijing Military Academy, the Hequ Road Military Academy and the Hebei Road Military Academy, the students can only be taken from the surrounding areas, and the requirements for cultural knowledge can only be lowered.
When Ma Huaide knew about this, he could only shake his head. Xiongzhou has not had a Jinshi for many years, and his literary style is really not strong. There are few places in the folk where elementary school is available. Apart from business and officials in the yamen, there are not many people who read and recognize words.
The sun was rising, and scholars from the state entered Xiongzhou and were taken to the Xiongzhou official office by officials.
Ma Huaide and Zhang Ke arrived at Houya and shook their heads together at the more than 30 people standing in front of them. Most of the scholars in this province are in the prefecture. They have their own futures, either they are public officials in the yamen or the managers of the shops, and they don’t go to the military academy for money. There are only so many scholars in the countryside. Some of the more than 30 people in front of them can only read, and even read articles cannot be read properly.
After clearing his throat, Ma Huaide said loudly: "The imperial court trained the imperial guards and set up a military academy in Hejian Prefecture to train officers for the imperial guards. To enter the military academy, you must be in line with the military standards and read and read. As long as you have learned it, you can become an official in the imperial guards. Recruiting you is to give you this opportunity. I said that, as long as you pass the exam, you must enter the school!"
Everyone bowed to the point. It was precisely because they had to go to school after passing the exam, and scholars with their own professions did not participate, so they could only attract those down-and-out literati. Otherwise, for the 200 literacy a day, scholars in the city would come.
Seeing everyone's respectful attitude, Ma Huaide breathed a sigh of relief. He said, "Entering the military is not an imperial examination. He still needs to study in the exam. He will not be a official directly, so the exams are different. Today, each person will publish three books, you can read them carefully. Wait until tomorrow, we will take the exam together."
After hearing this, someone asked, "The magistrate said he would pay 200 cents a day. If he waited for another exam tomorrow, would he have to pay 400 cents?"
Ma Huaide said: "Yes, each person has enough money for 400 cents. You should know that so many of you are not small money. Please do your best to do this, don't waste this opportunity. Once you enter the military academy and finish your studies, you can join the army as an official and shine your family from now on."
A group of scholars hurriedly thanked him. In two days, four hundred cents were obtained, and such a good thing is not easy to find.
After Ma Huaide finished speaking, Wen Jing, who was sent by Liu Ji, stepped forward and told the rules, leading everyone to a room. Let everyone sit in a seat. Each of them sent three books and said, "Today, you will read these three books carefully and collect them tomorrow morning. The contents of the exam will be in the books you are sending, and you need to read them carefully. If you have a good exam, there will be no reward."
Meng Xuezhao looked at the books he published, one of them was tactical command, one about logistics, food and grass, and another about military organization. These contents were all things that I had never seen or heard of before, so he read them carefully. After roughly reading the three books, he thought about it and decided to start with military organization.
The army is a group with strict organization, and its biggest feature is that it is particularly organized. To a certain extent, the organizational degree of the army is a large part of its combat effectiveness. Everything else, including command, movement, combat, etc., depends on organizational strength. The biggest problem of the imperial guards in the Song Dynasty was that once they exceeded the battalion level, the organization would be very chaotic. The great purpose of the imperial guards' training was to establish a complete organization.
Wen Jing did not say the order of reading, nor did he say how to read it. After posting the book, he occasionally walked around and saw how everyone read it. Some people took the book and read a few pages, and then felt confused and frowning. Some looked like they were studying hard and working hard. Only two or three people could read it into the book and read it carefully.
Among these two or three people, Meng Xuezhai was a man of miscellaneous books. He has read a lot of miscellaneous books since he was a child, and he read everything he could see. He read more books and is not surprising. Many people rack their brains to write these textbooks, with clear logic and not difficult to read. It is just because they are all military content, not common, and people who need to read have some knowledge.
Seeing Meng Xuezhao reading seriously, Wen Jing came to him, looked at the order of reading, and walked away without saying a word. Obviously, Meng Xuezhao had carefully considered the order of reading, and did not choose casually.
There are many details of tactical command, but the principles are very simple. Major principles, such as focusing on superior forces and key breakthroughs. You must be mobility and flexible during combat. The commander must master the reserve team and not invest until the last critical moment. And so on. These are all summarized from the Tianxiang Army of the training camp, which is a practical experience of Du Zhongxiao leading the troops.
Chapter completed!