Chapter 277 Strength suppresses everything!
“One faction…”

When Prime Minister Li of the Cabinet saw Emperor Shunde’s reaction, he could no longer sit still.

It would be fine if the trend of using culture to control military power is gone.

Now we also need to raise the status of the military examination to make it equal to the imperial examination.

If things go wrong, the status of military men may surpass that of scholars in the future.

In a rage, he was about to start a furious rebuke as he usually did in a political fight, but then he suddenly came to his senses when he thought of Lin Ruhai’s identity.

I forced myself to swallow the word “nonsense” back into my stomach.

Then put a smile on his face.

“Like the sea!”

“Military men are proud of their bravery, but they rarely know the importance of etiquette and morality. They act based on their courage and disregard the strictness of the law. It is truly lamentable.

“Moreover, warriors are more likely to break the law than ordinary people. Because they are so strong and difficult to control, once they become rebellious, they often cause great disasters and cause endless harm.”

“If martial arts is promoted on a large scale, it will become a threat to the country over time!”

It was really difficult for Lord Li. In a short period of time, he came up with a criticism that was almost like a manifesto.

Want to change Emperor Shunde’s decision.

But Lin Ruhai simply bowed in greeting.

“Mr. Li is absolutely right!”

“Military personnel are very powerful and difficult to control. If you are not careful, they can easily become a disaster.”

“This is indeed the words of an old and mature man who is planning for the country.”

“It is my humble opinion that this martial art can be promoted, but it cannot be promoted at will.”

“We should follow the example of the education administration and set up military administration township schools, county schools, and prefectural schools in various places!”

“The rural school will recruit some rural children. We will not teach them martial arts for the time being, but just train them to strengthen their physique and lay a good foundation.”

“Every five years, we will select the best candidates and send them to the county school to learn basic martial arts. After three years, we will select the best candidates again and send them to the provincial school!”

“After the provincial academy, there is the military academy, and then you can join the army through the military examination!”

“In this way, even if you don’t have a strong talent for martial arts, you can strengthen your body. In the future, my Daqian will no longer have to worry about a lack of soldiers.”

“Your Majesty, in order to discipline martial arts students, I think that starting from the time they enter the Military Academy, they can be granted the status of reserve military officers, which will increase their sense of honor, teach them the ways of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and encourage them to serve the country!”

As Lin Ruhai spoke, he turned around and made a suggestion to Emperor Shunde.

Finally, he asked Prime Minister Li another question.

“The military is too powerful to rule because the people are too weak to rule.”

“If everyone practices martial arts and becomes strong, and the best are recruited into the army, then the rest will be easy to control.”

“What do you think, Lord Li?”

“This……”

Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Li felt confused.

He clearly wanted to criticize Lin Ruhai’s proposal of the military examination and military academy, but he didn’t expect that Lin Ruhai would seize the opportunity.

These two things were broken down into details at once.

But I couldn’t find a suitable reason to refute it for a moment.

“it is good!”

“I heard that knights in the West have a code of honor.”

“Our Celestial Empire has always had benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness.”

“It is far superior to the West and should be publicized.”

Emperor Shunde was deeply troubled by Lin Ruhai’s words, and he had only one concern.

“However, the promotion of martial arts education can only barely feed the common people, and they still have to rely on the support of the court, and the money needed…”

“I think we can start with the trial in the capital, Shandong, and Jiangnan.”

“I am willing to donate 30 million taels of silver to the Imperial Military Academy, and no less than 20 million taels every year thereafter!”

“In addition, the land in the Nanyang countries is fertile, and it is spring-like all year round. Food can be harvested three times a year, which is enough to support our people to practice martial arts!”

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“The Imperial Military Academy?”

Emperor Shunde’s hands trembled when he heard this, and he keenly noticed the key words in Lin Ruhai’s words.

“Yes, Your Majesty. In the future, warriors trained in the Military Academy will be spread throughout the army.” “I think it is necessary to use the name of the royal family to ensure the loyalty of the army.”

“well!”

“My dear minister, you are loyal and devoted. I will never let you down in the future!”

Just like being the principal of Dongli Academy.

After the Spring Examination, Emperor Shunde had fully realized the benefits brought by the students of Dongli Academy.

Now we are setting up a Royal Military Academy.

In the future, he promoted civil and military education.

All the officers in the army graduated from the Royal Military Academy!
All the ministers in the court are from Dongli Academy!
With both civil and military officials in his control, Emperor Shunde felt that the power he held was even greater than that of Emperor Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han.

“My dear companion, pass on my decree. Lin Ruhai will be promoted to the position of Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of War and will be responsible for the preparation of the Imperial Military Academy.”

“Let’s start with Gyeonggi, Shandong, and Jiangnan.”

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Emperor Shunde decisively decided the matter.

Lin Ruhai was given the concurrent title of Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, responsible for coordinating the establishment of the Military Academy.

As for the other civil and military officials in the cabinet.

No one said anything anymore, including several old marshals from the Five Military Governors’ Office, whose military honors were the most affected and weakened after the establishment of the Military Academy.

What else can I say?
Lin Ruhai came from the Lin family, which had been marquis for four generations!

After years of accumulation, the family is extremely wealthy!
But he couldn’t come up with 30 million taels of silver at once, and he had also promised 20 million taels every year in the future.

The nobles of Man Daqian have such wealth, such talent, and such courage!
Who else could it be besides Jia Cong?

Everyone just felt the pain in their teeth.

For the other fifth realms, apart from breakthroughs, worldly affairs have long been forgotten.

Even if the dynasty changes, it may not show up.

Even within the royal Ziwei Division, the few families in Longhu Mountain who supported the Liu royal family only sent a fourth-level Yinshen master to serve as deputy chief.

Only Jia Cong dared to intervene in secular affairs frequently and always stood on the side of Emperor Shunde.

His tyrannical strength was enough to suppress those great scholars at the third level or the civil and military ministers who were gifted in martial arts.

Where can I go to explain this?

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imperial study room

“My dear friend, I have been thinking about the first time I met Jia Cong during the autumn hunt in the fourth year of Shunde…”

“I put aside my status as an emperor and have a heart-to-heart talk with him, and sincerely ask him to come out of retirement.”

“At that time, I valued his talent, and I had no one else to use.”

“Now that I think about it, this may be the wisest decision I have ever made in my life.”

Returning to the imperial study, Emperor Shunde looked at the memorials on the desk but had no intention of reviewing them.

It seemed like he was communicating with Xia Shouzhong, but also like he was whispering to himself.

“I thought that Marquis Jing’an was also sentimental. When I first interacted with him, he was cold and taciturn.”

“Later, as we dealt with each other more often, the Marquis became more friendly. Even though the Marquis is now much stronger than before, his attitude towards me has not changed.”

Xia Shouzhong lowered his head slightly and said something at the right time.

“I know…”

Emperor Shunde shook his head.

“After the southern expedition, Jia Cong seemingly didn’t hand over any of the spoils to the court, and the taxes of the two major protectorates in Andong were also cut by 40%.”

“But in promoting civil and military education for the court.”

“I’m afraid he has taken out all the money he has saved over the past few years.”

“The matter I asked you to investigate, hurry up!”

“There must be results before New Year’s Day.”

“The slave obeys the order!”

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(End of this chapter)