Zhenjiang in April, misty and rainy.
After coming out of the Dadu Governor's Mansion, Zhou Shixiang came to Daijiashan, which was selected by the military department last year as the site of the Jiangnan Army University.
After half a year of construction, the barren Daijia Mountain has a new look.
The rows of school buildings painted with white lime look so white and fresh in the smoke and rain.
Today is the opening ceremony of the Army University, and Zhou Shixiang, who is the president of the Army University and the commander of the Taiping Army, must attend.
For this reason, he even postponed his meeting with Shoufu Guo Zhiqi.
After knowing that Zhou Shixiang went to the Army University, Guo Zhiqi's expression was a little complicated, and in the end, he smiled bitterly and continued to look through the notes sent by Zhou Shixiang about the gentry from all over the country.
"Handsome arrived" With a hearty shout, Zhou Shixiang, who was surrounded by a group of civil and military personnel, turned over and jumped off his horse and came to the gate of Jiangnan Army University.
Seeing that the rain was getting heavier and heavier, Xu Zhongyi, his personal guard, hurriedly opened the oil-paper umbrella to protect the rain for the handsome, but Zhou Shixiang waved him to step aside.
The wind is strong and the rain is heavy, although it will get wet, but Zhou Shixiang would rather let himself get drenched like this than need an oil-paper umbrella above his head, because his subordinates are waiting for him in the wind and rain.
With the transmission of "the commander has arrived", the sights of the 1,200 Army University cadets divided into ten phalanxes converged to one place.
Zhou Shixiang walked forward step by step in the wind and rain, walked in front of the phalanx, and finally came to the high platform specially built by the school in the square.
Below the high platform, there is a statue of a general with a prancing horse and a sword.
There are different opinions about who the original form of this statue of the general is, and even in later generations, it is still a puzzle for the Army University.
Standing on the high platform, looking at the phalanxes on the square, and looking at the young faces, Zhou Shixiang was proud and emotional.
Because it is because of him that there is today's Taiping Army, today's Jiangnan Army University, and today's high-spirited young people gathered together.
He is a pioneer, a leader, and the heart of this young team.
Zhou Shixiang is very proud that this army university is the first regular military school he created for China and for the Han people.
In the future, a large number of military officers will come out of here, taking on the important task of national defense and leading the people to the world.
And he, like a sower, buries the seed in the soil, and then cares for it, waiting for the moment when the buds will grow into towering trees.
At present, the Taiping Army has three military academies, one is the military training center in Guangzhou, the other is the military training school in Nandu, and the other is the Jiangnan Army University in Zhenjiang.
The Military Preparedness Training Institute in Guangzhou was the earliest military school of the Taiping Army, because the Taiping Army was always in the midst of war at that time, and the cadets transferred to the Military Preparedness Training Institute could only have three to six months of training, so the Military Preparedness Training Center had very few subjects.
The main course is to train the horse team, the infantry team, the artillery team, the march, the formation, the division, the offensive and defensive styles.
The level of cadets is also low, and most of them are middle and low-ranking officers in the army.
As the political center of the Taiping Army shifted to the north, the Guangzhou Military Garrison Training Institute was now mainly responsible for the training of low-level officers below 100 households in the Liangguang and southwest regions and the Annam Expeditionary Force.
Zhou Shixiang thought it was good for this suggestion, because the focus in the south was no longer on land warfare, but on naval warfare.
Therefore, he specially sent people to Guangzhou to negotiate with Song Xianggong on this matter, and if there was no accident, the change of the military training center to the Naval Division University Hall should be implemented before the end of the year.
The military academy in Nandu was established after the Taiping army recovered Nanjing, and at first it was mainly a place to train middle and low-level officers of the Zhejiang army, Zheng army and the newly surrendered Qing army, and there was also a general class, which were all senior generals of the Qing army who surrendered anyway.
These people were not easy to use at that time, and they were not at ease with their use, so they were all sent to this general class for a year of study.
After the assessment of the completion of the study is correct, it will be placed one after another.
In terms of nature, the Armament Academy, like the Armament Training Institute, is similar to a crash course for officers, and there is no systematic study arrangement.
At present, the main students of the Armed Forces Academy are the soldier cadets who are recommended by the army and have passed the registration examination.
These cadets have a certain cultural foundation and can read infantry drill codes, military discipline and military orders, and after they complete the military academy, they will become low-level officers with the rank of general flag and small flag.
In view of the regularization of the Taiping Army and the needs of future wars, Zhou Shixiang founded this Jiangnan Army University.
Judging from the name alone, the Army University is much taller than the Military Armament Training Institute and the Military Armament Academy.
In fact, the name of the Army University was given by Zhou Shixiang, and the purpose of establishing this Army University was precisely to train middle and high-ranking generals for the Taiping Army, so that generals at all levels could systematically learn new tactics and new knowledge.
In addition to the traditional infantry and horse drills, marching infantry formations, and other courses, the Army University also offered courses in astronomy and geography, grid science, surveying, mapping and arithmetic, military command, staff operations, and intelligence analysis.
In addition to some of the university's instructors who were drawn from the Military Armament Training Institute and the Military Armament Academy, one-third of the Western hired staff officers of the former military department joined the university, and many instructors who were proficient in arithmetic and astronomy were newly recruited, including nine Jiangnan missionaries headed by Nan Huairen.
In order to consolidate the foundation of the Army University, expand the teaching staff, introduce new talents, and strengthen and improve the university's education system, Zhou Shixiang has already sent a letter to the Catholic Church through Nan Huairen, hoping that the Catholic Church will send a large number of outstanding clergy to the East, and that the Guangdong side will continue to spend a lot of money to recruit those "adventurers" who come to the East from Macao.
Once you find that there are excellent talents among these people, then no matter how much money you spend, you have to get them.
The West, of course, is a channel for Zhou Shixiang to introduce talents, and Daming's own talents are the focus of his recruitment.
Sun Lan, an instructor who taught astronomy and geography, was one of the leaders, who studied Western astronomy, arithmetic and calendar with John Tang in Beijing in the early years of Shunzhi, and compiled two geography books that amazed Zhou Shixiang, one for Liu Tingyu and the other for the earth, mountains and rivers, both of which Zhou Shixiang had read, and they were generally no different from the geographical knowledge he knew.
With minor improvements, both books became textbooks in military schools.
Together with Sun Lan, Yan Zuyu, a native of Wuxi, Liu Xianting, a native of Wuxian, Wang Dechang, Chen Dumo, Xue Fengzuo, Huang Luzhuang, Mei Wending, and others from Jinan, Shandong, were invited by the Military Intelligence Department with heavy money.
Some of these people were astrogeographers, some were mathematicians, some were medical scientists, and even a large number of craftsmen.
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They all have one thing in common, that is, they are not accepted by the traditional gentry, because they are studying the practical science of Gewu, not the eight shares of the imperial examination, which has naturally become an "alternative" in the eyes of the traditional gentry.
But these "alternatives" have now become Zhou Shixiang's "treasures", and all those who pass his examination will be appointed to the post of instructor, and Yu Lu is equivalent to a five-grade official.
In addition to teaching cadets in military schools, they can also receive an additional amount of money for their own research.
Zhou Shixiang encouraged them to carry out research and research, and demanded that the Army University must unconditionally support these instructors, even if it costs a lot.
Among these people, Wang Xixi, a native of Wujiang, Jiangsu, is the youngest, but 33 years old.
When the Qing army went south, the Hongguang regime collapsed, and all parts of the south of the Yangtze River rose up to resist the Qing Dynasty.
After being rescued, he went on a hunger strike for seven days, and although he was forced by his parents to resume eating, he gave up the imperial examination and lived in seclusion in the countryside, taking teaching as a profession and vowing not to be clear.
At the beginning of the establishment of the Army University, Wang Xixian entered the attention of the military department, was the first batch of faculty members to enter the Army University, and now serves as a full lecturer and instructor in the surveying and mapping department.
In addition to recruiting talents for the Army University, Zhou Shixiang also personally inscribed the name of the school, and established the Army University and Guozijian as the highest university in the Ming Dynasty.
Although this proposal was vetoed by Guo Zhiqi, the first assistant of the cabinet, and was not formally approved in the court, the Army University is now far superior to the Guozijian in terms of scale and the treatment of teaching staff.
From the site selection to the completion of the school, Zhou Shixiang has always been concerned, and has taken the time to come to Daijiashan four times before.
Just four days ago, Zhou Shixiang appointed himself president of the Army University, and at the same time engraved his own character "Kill Hu" on the stone wall on the left side of the gate as the founding philosophy and purpose of the Army University.
Looking at the pair of young faces and fiery eyes, Zhou Shixiang exhaled a long breath and made his speech to the students.
It can be said that Zhou Shixiang is now in power, and everything he says and does has an amazing impact on the country.
But whether everything he does is right, whether everything he wants to do is feasible, he himself does not know.
But he knows very well that whether it is right or wrong, he has to go on, just so that the younger generation in front of him can take over his banner in the future.
"The saber of my Han family will always go north, the world, belongs to the Han family, belongs to us, I hope each of you can remember, you are the guardian of the Han people, but also the guardian of my China, your duty from today is only one, that is, for our nation, fight" As soon as the words fell, a roar suddenly sounded on the school ground.
"Expelling the Tatars and Restoring China" "For our nation, fight" "North, North, North" "The Immortal Tartar Prisoner does not seal the sword" “” After the ceremony, Zhou Shixiang came to the easternmost phalanx.
This phalanx, unlike the rest of the phalanx, was composed of young officers, all of whom were between the ages of 14 and 16.
"Marshal, these are the orphans of the fallen soldiers, they have all studied in the junior soldier camp before, and now they have passed the examination and entered the Army University to study."
Dong Changqing, who was temporarily appointed as an instructor in the army, introduced these teenagers to Zhou Shixiang.
"This child's name is Peng Zhuangshi, and his father gave him this name in the hope that he can be as strong as a cow."
Dong Changqing pulled a young man who was obviously much taller than others to Zhou Shixiang's side, and said in a low voice: "His father is Peng Dazhu." ” After hearing this, Zhou Shi was silent, Peng Dazhu was an old brother in Daqiao Mountain, and later died in the Chaohui War.
"Your father is a good person, a hero, you want to be a hero like your father in the future."
Zhou Shixiang patted Peng Zhuangshi gently, with encouragement in his soft eyes.
"Don't worry, I will definitely become a hero" The young Peng Zhuangshi raised his chest high, and looked at Uncle Xiucai that his father often said before his death with some excitement.
"This child's name is Wang Lin, his father Wang Laoshi is Luo Ding to join our Taiping Army, in the Xiangshan anti-three-way battle, Wang Laoshi and his more than a dozen brothers in order to cover the retreat of the villagers, all of them died.
At that time, Wang Lin was still in our old camp."
"This child's name is Luo Yi, his father Luo Youfu is the Guangdong Green Battalion that Chaozhou asked us to absorb, and during the Jiangbei War, the stomach was opened by the Qing army, and the intestines flowed out."
"This child's name is Wu Tianyu, his father is from the former Ganzhou Green Battalion, and when he beat Nanjing Mancheng, he was shot to death by Tartar" “” After listening to Dong Changqing tell the heroic deeds of the fathers of more than a dozen children, Zhou Shixiang waved his hand and motioned for these teenagers who seemed a little restrained to surround him, and then said to them: "Your fathers are all heroes, they are heroes of my Taiping Army, and they are also heroes of my Ming Dynasty, and I am proud of them, and I am proud of you."
Speaking of this, Zhou Shixiang paused, and suddenly said: "But don't worry, your father is not dead, because I am your father."
If you want, you can call me a handsome father, I will be the same as your father, regard you as my dearest flesh and blood, with my Zhou Shi with me, I will not let you starve, let you have no clothes to wear, let you be bullied, I will let you study, let you be literate, let you take over the banner of your fathers, become a useful talent of the Ming Dynasty, and become a hero who stands up to the sky Now, you tell me, are you willing to be my children" "Yes" Peng Zhuangshi knelt in front of Zhou Shixiang with a "plop" and shouted loudly: "Handsome father" "Handsome Father" More teenagers knelt down, willing to be the children of handsome fathers. oshow7 t1706231537: