Glancing at Zhang Weixian, Zhang Yong smiled and nodded. "You don't look stupid!"
Zhang Weixian looked at his grandfather in shock. After hesitating for a while, he said, "How could this be?
His Majesty would never do this. He would never do this! "As he spoke, Zhang Weixian raised his head and looked at Zhang Yong.
"It's hard to say!"
Zhang Yong shook his head. "I also hope that he will have a good ending. However, this has nothing to do with you. You just have to remember one thing, and that is to do a good job. Do whatever His Majesty tells you to do, understand?"
"I understand!" Zhang Weixian nodded and was a little silent.
In the Forbidden City, Zhu Yijun was eating with Empress Wang. The chefs in the Palace of Heavenly Purity were pretty good.
Although Zhu Yijun was frugal, the skills of the chefs in His Majesty's small kitchen were naturally excellent. The home-cooked dishes were also very good. They were afraid that His Majesty would get tired of eating them, so they basically cooked in different ways.
As this was a meal with the Empress, there were 16 dishes.
Under normal circumstances, Zhu Yijun would eat eight dishes, which were very nutritious.
After the meal, Zhu Yijun asked someone to send Empress Wang back. He couldn't keep her by his side all the time. He had to accompany other women.
Moreover, he had things to do. It was not convenient to leave Empress Wang here.
"Zhang Cheng, do you have a suitable successor in the palace?"
Zhu Yijun took the teacup from Zhang Jing, then raised his head and looked at Zhang Cheng.
In fact, Zhang Cheng had been looking forward to this day. Now that he heard Zhu Yijun's question, he quickly said, "I have a candidate. This person is the Imperial Horse Supervisor Luo Xuan. He is familiar with military affairs and is a rare talent."
Zhu Yijun nodded. "Then let him be in charge!"
Zhu Yijun didn't think much of this candidate because the academy would be moving out soon.
The original academy was in the West Court. Although it was very big, it was still the Imperial Palace. In the past, it was still okay. The Emperor didn't have any concubines, and there were very few people in the academy. But in the future, it wouldn't be possible. With more people, it would definitely have to move out.
Zhu Yijun planned to let the Ministry of Works handle the construction of the new school. Of course, this school would definitely not be a large-scale construction, but the site would definitely not be small. It would be best if there were mountains and lakes. The specific location still needed to be chosen.
After the academy was completed, the eunuchs couldn't continue to be in charge of it. They needed a new person in charge. Zhu Yijun hadn't thought of this person yet.
The most suitable person was, of course, Qi Jiguang, but Zhu Yijun couldn't touch Qi Jiguang for the time being. Liaodong wasn't peaceful!
The key was that Qi Jiguang was Zhang Juzheng's man. If he brought Qi Jiguang to Beijing now, there would be trouble.
Well, it wasn't the time to put Qi Jiguang in an important position yet.
If there was no other way, he could only let Yu Dayou be in charge.
"Zhang Cheng, I have something important for you to do!" After saying this, Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Cheng.
"This matter has to be done quietly. Dongchang will provide some manpower, and the inner factory will also provide some. I have written down your duties." After saying this, Zhu Yijun handed a booklet to Zhang Cheng.
"I know you don't want to stay in the academy. This time, I will give you this chance."
"However, it's up to you whether you do it well or not. If you mess it up, don't expect me to cover for you."
After saying this, Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Jing. "Get some good people from Dongchang. Don't get some people to fool people."
Zhang Jing quickly said, "Yes, Imperial Majesty, I understand!"
Zhu Yijun nodded, then looked at Zhang Cheng. "Don't say anything to the outside world. Keep a low profile and be pragmatic. For the time being, just say that you are from the Imperial Stables.
Alright, go!
Pull them up as soon as possible. "
"Yes, Imperial Majesty!" Zhang Cheng said respectfully, then turned around and left.
Military discipline and anti-espionage were all things that needed to be done, especially at the border.
Zhu Yijun didn't believe that the smuggling at the border could be carried out without the cooperation of the border army. Right now, he couldn't even get the most basic information, let alone do anything.
He had to have his own military espionage organization. This wasn't something that could be done overnight.
However, it had to be done. This was also to ensure that the military reform would be more intense in the future.
After Zhang Cheng left, Zhu Yijun sat on the dragon chair and tapped his fingers on the table. "How are things in the capital recently?"
Naturally, Zhang Jing knew what Zhu Yijun was asking. He quickly said, "The discussions in the streets are peaceful. The Honours are mainly talking about the academy.
However, among the civil officials, there are people who are criticizing the academy. "
With a cold snort, Zhu Yijun didn't need to think to know what those people were criticizing.
"The imperial court's martial arts have been neglected for a long time. Who still remembers martial arts now?
It's not far from closing time! "Zhu Yijun said coldly.
The key was that the current martial arts were completely different from what Zhu Yijun wanted. If martial arts could still be used, Zhu Yijun would choose to reform it. However, the current martial arts could not be used anymore.
Daming was a martial art set up during the Hongwu era. At the beginning, it was only set up within the Confucian school to teach the disciples of the military officials.
During the reign of Emperor Yingzong, the two capitals' martial arts schools were set up. It became a large-scale martial arts school set up by the central government.
The students were selected by the Commissioner of Academies, and those who were above ten years of age were qualified.
The commander-in-chief and other senior officials were required to attend classes once every five days.
The school had one professor and one instructor in charge of discipline.
The idea was good, but when it came to what to learn, Zhu Yijun was speechless. The subjects were divided into two categories. One was Elementary School, Analects, Mencius, and Great Learning. The other was the Five Classics, Seven Books, and Biography of the Hundred Generals. Students were born from all kinds of books. To learn one book, one had to understand the meaning.
To put it nicely, martial arts was a place for martial artists to learn the principles. To put it bluntly, it was a place for scholars to tame martial artists.
Learning the Four Books and Five Classics meant learning how to be a scholar. How could he expect them to teach him the art of war?
If it wasn't for fear of angering those civil officials, Zhu Yijun would have abolished this martial arts school.
However, it was best to push the bottom up and not push the top down. Zhu Yijun was very clear on this point. Directly abolishing the new school was not suitable.
With the training of the academy, when everyone realized that the soldiers who graduated from the academy would be put in an important position and would be promoted faster, there would definitely be a call to expand the academy's enrollment.
The academy would then be able to officially become the military academy of the Great Ming Dynasty from a school that nurtured the children of the nobles.
"We need to divert our attention!"
Zhu Yijun said with a sigh. He then opened his mouth and said, "Tomorrow, have Xu De enter the palace. We have something to say to him.
Send someone to keep an eye on the East Faction Guards. Don't cause any trouble. "
"Yes, Imperial Majesty. Old Slave understands!" Zhang Jing quickly nodded.