Chapter 2939 Acting in a play (Part 1)
Fang Jun said happily: "Why not? I just wanted to ask His Highness to correct me."
Li Zhi smiled and said: "The military training presided over by Duke Wei, I am afraid that all the generals in the empire will want to come to observe and learn. Not to mention that I am not familiar with martial arts. Even if I have read a few military books, how can I dare to do it myself?"
The Duke of Wei, Li Jing, resigned from his post and lived in seclusion for many years. He did not engage in military affairs and wrote books. Nowadays, the younger generation of military lieutenants and generals have only heard of his legends, but have never seen his ability in arranging troops and formations. Therefore, they heard that Li Jing presided over the academy while Military training, while cooperating The assistant princes reorganized the six leaders of the East Palace, and they all became interested and wanted to see the ability of the "Military God". After all, although the generals from all over the country had the opportunity to enter the academy for training and study, there were so many people that it was impossible for Li Jing to give instructions one by one in every class.
So if you can take advantage of the academy's military training to learn a few moves, you may be able to use them throughout your life.
Naturally, the reorganization of the Sixth Army of the East Palace cannot be seen, so only the military training of the academy can be feasted on...
Fang Jun stood up and said: "Then let's go now. I'm going to the academy to have a look around. It's just in time for lunch. Your Highness also wants to have a taste of the academy's food."
Li Zhi also stood up and said longingly: "Nowadays, the cafeteria of the academy has long been famous in Guanzhong. It is said that you can find food in the cafeteria of the academy all over the world. Many students even do not want to go home during the holidays, but voluntarily Stay in the academy to help the teacher do some work, just to eat a few more meals.”
Fang Jun stretched out his hand and asked Li Zhi to go ahead. He followed him out of the check-in room, shaking his head and saying: "It's just spreading rumors. Most of the people staying in the academy during the holidays are students from poor families. My hometown is far away and requires a lot of money. Young Master They can save some money by going back. Moreover, they know that their starting point is low and they are not able to have various opportunities to get involved in the operation of the yamen, so they take the initiative to stay in the academy. The teachers in the book either hold important positions themselves or have deep friendships with officials in various yamen, so they will arrange for students to go to various yamen to help with official documents or do odd jobs. This can not only broaden their horizons, but also help them get started early. They are familiar with the procedures of yamen and can be exposed to various rules in yamen, which will be of great help to them when they enter the official career. ”
The two of them walked outside the door, and the warm sunshine shone on their bodies, making them feel warm and comfortable.
While waiting for the carriage, Li Zhi asked again: "Although it saves the trip home, as far as I know, the imperial court is not responsible for the food expenses in the academy canteen during holidays, and the food expenses are probably not huge." Fei?”
Fang Jun looked at the carriage passing by and replied: "The food for all the students staying in the academy during the holidays has always been borne by the ministers. The academy has money, but this kind of extra expense is for the personal benefit of the students. The academy Will not pay.”
Everything must have rules. It is a good thing that students can actively participate in the operations of various yamen during the holidays, broaden their horizons and accumulate experience. But if this increases the academy's expenses, it will be unfair to those students who have not stayed.
Every penny spent by the academy must be spent on every student based on the principle of "openness and fairness."
At this time, the carriage drove over, and the two of them got on the carriage one after another. Their respective guards crowded in front and behind to guard the carriage tightly. They slowly left the imperial city and headed south of the city along Suzaku Street.
After leaving Mingde Gate, go south along the official road. After walking for a while, you turn west and head towards Kunming Pool.
This section of the road is not bad. Although the temperature has just warmed up in spring and has just thawed, because merchants gathered here during the renovation of the east and west cities and carried more than half of Chang'an's commodity trade, the road has been reinforced and it is not bad to walk.
After passing the abandoned market and the area where the Foundry Bureau was located, the road headed southward.
The winter in Guanzhong is cold, and the ground is freezing. The rain and snow are frozen by the cold on the earthy roads. In spring, the temperature warms up and the ice melts. But at night, the temperature drops sharply, and the roads where flowers bloomed during the day are frozen again, and they bloom again the next day. … After being rutted by people and horses, the road became muddy and rugged.
The carriage was shaking, and Li Zhi was a little dizzy from the shaking, and complained: "Isn't this road too difficult to travel? You are the director of the academy, why don't you advise your father and allocate a sum of money for repairs? Concrete roads are better, not afraid of rain or snow.”
Fang Jun said: "This road is right next to Kunming Pool. There is constant water seepage and abundant underground water. The roadbed is very difficult to tamp. If the cement pavement is laid without a solid roadbed, it will not be able to hold up for a few days. When the road surface completely thaws in some time, micro I will order people to shovel out the entire roadbed, pave it with gravel and compact it, and then pour cement on it. However, the project is too large and will cost a lot of money. The government is currently short of money and food, and the ministers are unwilling to allocate funds."
Everyone knows the saying "If you want to get rich, build roads first." However, in any era, building roads is an extremely difficult task.
Consolidating the roadbed and paving the road require a lot of manpower and material resources. Especially the Kunming Lake area is low-lying and has abundant underground water. So we can only move earthwork from other places to build the roadbed. This huge amount of work requires the use of civilian labor, which involves a lot of trouble. In every aspect.
You can't just recruit civilian men like building the Great Wall, right?
After the repair is completed, it cannot be ignored, and subsequent maintenance must be undertaken, otherwise it will be useless within a few years. The only advantage is that there are few vehicles in this era. Unexpectedly, overloaded vehicles crush the roadbed, causing minor repairs every year and one major repair every two years...
Li Zhi then laughed: "The prime ministers and assistants live a careful life, and in time for the Eastern Expedition, no amount of food is enough, so naturally they have to cry about poverty from time to time."
Speaking of which, the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty was also very strange. All the previous prime ministers and ministers came from aristocratic families, and were relatives of distinguished ministers. Each family was rich and wealthy. However, after becoming prime ministers and assistants, each one became more stingy than the other. No matter what the emperor or the court wanted to do, most of them could not do anything. Sometimes there is only one word reply: No money...
Of course, it is these people who have come through the difficult years of the Tang Dynasty. They know how difficult it is when the treasury is empty, so they have always maintained this spirit of hardship and simplicity. Break a copper coin into two petals, Only then did he accumulate a huge fortune, and he could easily start a national war.
When the future "Emperor Tang Ming" came to the throne, although he was somewhat capable in governing the country and employing people, he spent a lot of money and enjoyed himself. He was defeated in foreign wars year after year, which led to the rapid depletion of the wealth accumulated by Taizong, Gaozong and Empress Wu in the treasury. Empty.
Since the imperial court had no money, it could only rely on local forces to maintain the country's stability, which accelerated the growth of local clans and laid the foundation for the "An-Shi Rebellion".
Throughout the dynasties, the decline of a country or even its demise began when the treasury was empty and the court had no money. The emptiness of the treasury was determined by whether the king and ministers could increase revenue and reduce expenditure.
Money and food are the foundation of a country.
Of course, except for the Song Dynasty, which was a weird thing...
The two of them were chatting in the swaying carriage. After a while, they heard a shout from outside the carriage. It seemed like hundreds of people were shouting in unison, and it was very powerful.
Fang Jun knocked on the carriage and loudly asked the driver outside: "What's going on?"
The coachman replied: "He is a student from Wei Gong's training academy."
"Stop."
"Here."
The carriage slowly stopped on the side of the road, and the escorting soldiers gathered around, observing the surroundings vigilantly, especially Fang Jun's personal troops, not daring to slack off for a moment.
The people in the court who want to kill Fang Jun are all big shots. They have huge power and can often arrange killings unexpectedly and kill people in impossible places. The arrow in Furong Garden last year still makes me think about it. It scares everyone...
Fang Jun and Li Zhi got off the carriage and looked up. Not far away from the Kunming Pool, a large group of soldiers in military uniforms were running on the beach beside the pool. Everyone was carrying a big baggage on their backs. The sand beneath their feet sank to their ankles when they stepped on it. Running was extremely laborious, and the big baggage on their bodies seemed heavy. They were all writhing in exhaustion and shouting. The chants gradually became sparse, and from time to time someone collapsed on the beach from exhaustion, lying on his back like a dead dog and falling behind.
Li Zhi looked at it for a while and asked: "Is this cross-country with heavy loads? It is said that the Duke of Yue used this kind of training method in the Shenji Camp to train everyone in the Shenji Camp to be strong and powerful, even if they faced The charge of the Turkic wolf cavalry is also calm and unafraid.”
Fang Jun was a little surprised and glanced at Li Zhi. (End of chapter)