To the north of Chang'an City, about three miles to the west of the Arsenal Special Office, is the Wutang camp.The purpose of placing the lecture hall on the periphery of the Arsenal Annexation is also to strengthen the security forces of the Arsenal Headquarters.After the establishment of the lecture hall, pedestrians who want to pass near the arsenal must first bypass the lecture hall.And the martial arts hall is an upright military forbidden area, not as secretive as the arsenal of other offices.Ordinary people will not approach the martial arts hall at will.On the fifth day of the eighth month, the second day after Zhao Yunze moved to his new home, the construction of the lecture hall began.According to Zhao Yunze's original idea, it was to build the lecture hall into a military fortress.But because the treasury was short of money, it could only be simplified because of its ugliness, and the lecture hall was built as an ordinary military camp.Those who were responsible for the construction of the lecture hall were the 216 graduates of the experimental class of the Xiande Palace.These students are all officials selected from the grassroots level of the Sixteen Guards, and they are all familiar with camping.What they were going to build was a large barracks capable of accommodating nearly 2,000 people.This year, the Jiangwu Hall is preparing to recruit 800 students, plus the teaching staff, logistics auxiliaries, the guards directly under the Jiangwutang, and the reorganized members of the Dragon Guardian Society, the total number of people is nearly 2,000.The construction of its project is mainly based on the establishment of walled walls.The terrain chosen by the lecture hall is located in a woodland.After the trees are cut down and trimmed, they become ready-made building materials.As for the tree stumps, except for clearing the necessary open space, the rest are used as desks and chairs.It's rudimentary.Li Jing, Li Daozong, Zhao Yunze, and Ma Zhou, the four high-ranking officials of the Jiangwutang who had already decided to serve, all came to the construction site today to preside over the groundbreaking ceremony.The so-called groundbreaking ceremony is actually very simple, it is nothing more than gathering the construction workers together, and then Li Jing gives an order.According to Li Daozong's idea, after the students are recruited, the students will build the camp.However, Zhao Yunze said that the newly recruited students are not easy to manage, so it is better to let those who will serve as faculty members build the camp.This also sharpens their temperament by the way, so as not to enjoy the glory of most of the glory in the Hall of Virtue for more than half a year and develop an arrogant mentality.Li Jing also supported Zhao Yunze's opinion.Li Jing said: There is no harm in administering the army first and sharpening the temperament of these faculty and staff members first.Those officials who had been working hard in the Xiande Hall for more than half a year thought that they would be able to become daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law by becoming the teachers and staff of the martial arts hall, but who knew that they actually had to be coolies first, and they complained bitterly one by one.But the military order is like a mountain, even if you don't want to, you have to do it.So, these faculty members began to work one by one.Although the lecture hall was built as a military camp because of its ugliness, this military camp is long-term, at least, it will not change in three or two years.Therefore, special attention should be paid to quality and efficacy in construction.This cannot be done in clusters like a march and a camp, it must be carefully constructed.If there are no ten days and eight days, I am afraid that it will not be built.After Li Jing and Li Daozong watched the construction site for a while, they both returned to Chang'an City.Zhao Yunze was also lazy and handed over all the work of supervising the construction to Ma Zhou.He himself took Cheng Chumo and walked around leisurely.After walking around for a while, there was a sudden noise at the construction site.Zhao Yunze frowned, and walked to the noisy place.There, the wooden stake that had just been buried as a camp wall was surrounded by more than a dozen people, and Ma Zhou was pointing at one person."
Do you know what Lao Tzu has eaten military rations for almost ten years, and he has been on the battlefield more than a dozen times, and I don't know how much work I have done to set up camp, and I still use you as a scholar to teach me" The man who was instructed by Ma Zhou yelled at Ma Zhou.This man was about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with a stiff stubble on his face and a very strong figure.Zhao Yunze recognized this person, his name was Qiu Guangzu, and he was a tenacious man.Last year, once Zhao Yunze was in the training queue of the Xiande Palace, when he was practicing the positive kick, Qiu Guangzu actually asked Zhao Yunze why the kicking height had to be one foot high.Zhao Yunze asked him at the time, how many bowls of rice do you eat at a time, Qiu Guangzu said three bowls.Zhao Yunze asked Qiu Guangzu again why he had to eat three bowls.Choked Qiu Guangzu."
Brother Tai, the camps you built in the past were all temporary, and they were lived for three or two months at most.It is natural to bury the wood directly in the soil.But the barracks we are building now are meant to be used for a long time.If you don't burn the bottom of the stake first, let its skin form charcoal, and bury it in the soil for a long time, it will rot. ”Ma Zhou said patiently to the man.As soon as Zhao Yunze heard this, he understood why Ma Zhou and that person were arguing."
It's too unusual, that person is disobeying the official" Cheng Chumo said, and wanted to step forward to stand up for Ma Zhou.Zhao Yunze grabbed him."
Don't be impatient, and see how King Mabin handles this matter."
Zhao Yunze smiled at Cheng Chumo and said, "King Ma Bin is a civil official, and he doesn't have any qualifications, if he can't suppress these arrogant soldiers today, then his master book will not be able to do well in the future." ”As soon as Cheng Chumo heard Zhao Yunze's words, he stood in place with Zhao Yunze, watching Ma Zhou and the man quarrel from a distance."
Lao Qiu, I think what the scholar said is right, you can stop for a while."
A person next to him persuaded Qiu Guangzu.Qiu Guangzu ignored the man, and just blindly disdained Ma Zhou: "A scholar, do you still want to command a knife and gun you are holding" Zhao Yunze observed Ma Zhou with interest.He knew that the reason why Qiu Guangzu quarreled with Ma Zhou was not only because of how to bury the stake.More reason is because Qiu Guangzu is not satisfied with Ma Zhou's management.I am afraid that Qiu Guangzu is not the only one who has this kind of thought.He just wanted to see how Ma Zhou established his prestige in front of this group of arrogant soldiers.Ma Zhou listened to Qiu Guangzu's words, but he was not annoyed, he stared at Qiu Guangzu indifferently for a while.Suddenly, he smiled and said: "It's true that a certain scholar is a scholar, but who said that a scholar can't hold a knife and a gun and the six arts of a gentleman, etiquette, music, shooting, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics."
Even the scholars who participated in the tribute examination in the imperial court had to take the riding and archery test, and you couldn't help but look down on the scholars too much.I am the eldest grandson of Fuji, Li Yaoshi, Li Maogong, Qin Shubao and other generals, and they are also people who read poetry and books.Who said that scholars can't bring soldiers and can't fight" Ma Zhou's so-called tribute is the name of the imperial examination in the Sui and Tang dynasties.At this time, the scholars who participated in the tribute examination did have to test the "shooting" and "royal" in the six arts.to shoot is to shoot arrows; In the era of Confucius, the royal originally referred to driving, because at that time horseback riding was not popular, and even fighting was a luxurious way of car warfare as a charging tactic.Later, after the popularity of horseback riding, the art of imperial art also evolved into riding.Orthodox Confucianism advocates the cultivation of both civil and military affairs for gentlemen, and it does not teach all scholars to be sheep.Confucius also said, "How can you repay virtue if you repay your grievances with virtue."
Repay grievances with straightforwardness and repay virtue with virtue. ”Before the prevalence of science in the Song Dynasty, Confucianism also had a tough side.In ancient times, scholars walked the world with swords, and they couldn't do it without martial arts.The sword hanging from the scholar's waist was not just an ornament, it was also used to drink blood.Xu Shu in the Three Kingdoms used to be a ranger; Li Bai in the Tang Dynasty was also a fencing master.However, after arriving in the Southern Song Dynasty, Confucianism was distorted by a group of so-called "new sages", and began to focus only on the cultivation of literature, while martial arts were regarded as the work of reckless men, and scholars became synonymous with cowardice.Qiu Guangzu was speechless for a moment when Ma Zhou refutated.But he didn't want to recognize Xiong, and after thinking for a while, he said again: "You don't talk about a few generals, they all have made great contributions to the imperial court."
No matter how good you say, who knows if you are just talking and not practicing. ”At this time, more and more people were attracted by the quarrel between Ma Zhou and Qiu Guangzu and came over to watch the excitement.Ma Zhou listened to Qiu Guangzu's words, and suddenly bowed his hand to the onlookers, and said: "Which one borrows a bow and arrow?"
Although it is now construction, the necessary guard force on duty is still deployed.These people who participated in the construction also carried armaments.Those who had good deeds immediately went and fetched bows and arrows and handed them to Ma Zhou.Zhao Yunze's interest is even stronger, could it be that King Ma Bin still has to show his kung fu in archery: