In the late Qing Dynasty, the training of the new army was actually a transformation of the army in the cold weapon era to hot weapons. During the transformation of cold and hot weapons, there was a higher demand for the cultural knowledge and professional skills of officers. Under such circumstances, martial arts lecture halls were opened in various places to train officers needed by the new army.

Chen Ying thought that if a group of officers who are both civil and military in the form of a martial arts lecture hall were trained in the army, and then retired due to disability or over-agency and placed in the local area, it would meet the needs of governing the local area.

"Yes, let's build a martial arts lecture hall first!" Chen Ying became more and more happy the more he thought about it. As long as he set up a martial arts lecture hall, he could not only slowly cultivate a large number of talents with both military and political affairs, but also establish a group of backbone members with Chen Ying as his soul, forming a tight network of relationships where both prosperity and loss are both loss.

Moreover, in this era, the relationship between teachers and students is not like that of later generations. In this era, those who are as close as teachers and students, are simply a strict teacher like their father, and disobeying teachers is also a great crime of unfilial piety. It can be said that betraying their teachers will have a big discount in character. In this era, there is actually no market.

Thinking of this, Chen Ying asked someone to notify Xu Jingzong and come to discuss the matter.

Ever since the trouble of Xu Erniang's case, Xu Jingzong has been avoiding Chen Ying, fearing that Chen Ying would get angry at him. When the guards found Xu Jingzong and told him that Chen Ying was looking for him, Xu Jingzong looked miserable, fearing that Chen Ying would deal with him.

However, Xu Jingzong did not dare to disobey Chen Ying's orders, so Xu Jingzong, who was in a state of mind, came to Chen Ying's study uneasy.

Xu Jingzong looked at Chen Ying's face quietly and found that Chen Ying's face was normal, and there was no ambushing swordsman in the study. Xu Jingzong looked at Chen Ying carefully and asked tremblingly: "I wonder what the general manager called Jingzong?"

To Xu Jingzong's expectations, Chen Ying did not mention Xu Erniang at all. In fact, Chen Ying also figured it out. It would be meaningless to pursue Xu Jingzong at this time. Anyway, he and Xu Erniang already had a husband and wife, and if he blamed the blame completely, it would be too unkind and unfaithful.

Chen Ying said lightly: "Sun Tzu said that those who have won the temple before they fight will have to count too many things; those who have not won the temple before they fight will have to count too few things. More than less they can count too few things. Besides, there is nothing to count too many things! From this perspective, the winner will see the outcome. It can be seen that this battle still depends on using your brain and not using your brain to fight. That is a reckless man. Below our army, soldiers not only need fearlessness, loyalty and courage, but also need to learn how to use their brains. But at present, most of the reckless man in the army who cannot use their brains. Therefore, after thinking about it, the general manager decided to open a martial arts lecture hall in the army to teach officers' knowledge of brigades, orders, formation orders, orders, commands, camps, training, city defense, offensive and defense... What do you think Xu Zongjun thought?"

Xu Jingzong thought for a long time, shook his head and said slowly: "The general manager has opened a martial arts lecture hall in the army and openly recruited disciples. I am afraid that the general manager will bring innocent disasters!"

Chen Ying said: "This shouldn't be the case, right?"

Xu Jingzong smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that it's not that, but it's certain!"

After Xu Jingzong's explanation, Chen Ying realized that it was not easy to offer military skills classes in this era and train military officers.

In fact, Chen Ying was a bit too idealistic. In the era of various schools of thought, military strategists have always been feared by various factions. The reason is actually very simple, because military strategists pose too great a threat to the rulers. Representative figures of military strategists such as Sun Wu, Sima Rangju, Sun Bin, Wu Qi, Wei Liao, Zhao She, Bai Qi, Zhang Liang, Han Xin, etc., can easily subvert a regime.

Even though the war gods of military strategists clearly do not want to rebel, they will not have a good end. The reason is actually very simple - they are just a great success. If Chen Ying opened a martial arts lecture hall in the army and recruited disciples, it would definitely give people a feeling of military strategists entering the world. I am afraid that the most uneasy person would be Li Yuan.

Chen Ying said: "Can you do it?"

"It is natural to run a school, and it is very necessary!" Xu Jingzong said: "It's just a different name!"

Chen Ying nodded, thought for a while and said, "That's the blind literacy class!"

Xu Jingzong became confused. He didn't borrow knowledge and could think about it carefully. He had never heard of the meaning of this word. He couldn't help but ask: "Get out of blindness? How can this be explained?"

Chen Ying smiled and explained: "The soldiers are so vulgar and they don't know a lot of big words, just like staring at blindness. This supervisor teaches them to read first and get rid of the embarrassing situation of staring at blindness!"

Xu Jingzong smiled with a flattering smile: "The word "Mr. Chen" is appropriate!"

Chen Ying said: "That's what you do."

On the morning of May 6, the second year of Wude, Chen Ying beat the drum of the gathering.

"Dongdong..." As the sound of the thick war drums sounded, generals at all levels of the Dingyuan Army thought that there would be some major military action, so they hurriedly ran to the Lingzhou General Administration from their respective training grounds.

Not long after, Luo Shixin, Zhang Shigui, Liu Tong, Bi Xin, Liang Zan, Zhang Huaiwei, and other generals of the Dingyuan Army arrived at the Lingzhou General Administration Hall. Then, Yu Guni, Chen Jinyong, and Ashinasmo of the Lingwu Army also arrived.

Chen Ying looked serious and glanced at the generals with a lightning look. He slowly said, "Dingyuan Army, Lingwu Army generals and middle and lower-level officers can not only fight bravely, but also know how to fight with their brains. Literacy is the basis. We don't use any thousand-character texts and three-character classics to teach the officers. I compiled some simple principles of military governance and military use to compile a booklet, and I will teach this. Each Zhechong Prefecture will first organize a junior literacy class to use the team to

As the first-stage cadet, including the deputy team leader, the officer must participate and must not be absent. The Zhechong Commander of each Zhechong Prefecture is personally responsible for the three-month period. The academic performance of the literacy class students is included in the assessment. Any student who fails to meet the assessment results in three months will automatically transfer to the second stage of study. The second stage of study will still not meet the standards and will be demoted to the third stage of study. If he continues to study, he will continue to be demoted to the third stage of study. If he still fails to meet the standards, he will continue to be demoted to the second stage..."

Hearing Chen Ying's words, everyone below showed a sad look.

Fortunately, Chen Ying used his continuous victory to establish absolute prestige in the hearts of the generals. If this blind literacy class was held half a year ago, there might have been a general who would have jumped out to curse on the spot. But now, Chen Ying's absolute prestige is there. Although these generals are full of complaints, they dare not refute Chen Ying.

Chen Ying seemed not to see the bitter faces exposed by the generals below, and continued: "Since the second period of the literacy class, the rewards will no longer be limited to officers at the level of team leader, brigade leader, and lieutenant. We must go deeper and select all outstanding soldiers with potential to be tapped. Students with excellent grades in the literacy class will be promoted to five to eight people and transferred to the General Administration Office to join the army."
Chapter completed!