New Shun 1730

After five rounds of shooting, Tian Ping waved and shouted: "The time is up. You go and look at the target."

He rode his horse to the target and counted eight out of ten, which is already a pretty good result.

Liu Yu was very satisfied. He jumped off the horse and practiced rifle shooting, stone locks, etc. for a while, confirming that as long as these subjects performed normally, there would be no problem.

Several close friends gathered together. Although they did not form a group like the literati, they were still able to discuss world affairs.

"Eight out of ten in mounted shooting. Brother Shouchang's skills have become more and more exquisite. Just now, when mounted shooting, he shot from both sides. Not many people can do this."

A person next to him who supported horseback archery laughed and said: "The real skill is to shoot left and right. After all, shooting left and right is still a bit inferior. Besides, Brother Shouchang's skills are considered advanced, but it takes a minute to reload." For a long time. If you meet a master of mounted archery, hey, if you use one horse to shoot three times, Su Qin carries a sword and other mounted archery skills, the arrowheads on his body will be enough to hit two kilograms of fine iron while Brother Shou Chang is still loading."

Liu Yu, however, threw the matchlock gun on the ground without much care, and said with a smile: "You're right. What's the point of riding and shooting? What do you want me to see? In the future Wude Palace exam, you should be riding continuously It’s useless to shoot everything. Besides, it’s time to change the content of the Wude Palace assessment.”

Everyone knew that he was fond of Western learning, and they all joked: "If Brother Shouchang is the chief instructor of Wude Palace, what if it is not going to be a Western learning school?"

Liu Yu laughed, shook his head and said, "I didn't say that. It's just what Wude Palace teaches now, and it's neither fish nor fowl."

"Such as mounted archery, infantry archery, stone locks, and swordsmanship, these are all skills needed by elite soldiers."

"And books such as Wu Zi, Sun Tzu, and Wei Liao are the strategies that generals need."

"The Wude Palace lacks the middle content. It is either elite soldiers or generals, but it lacks the skills of many middle-level officers such as colonels and lieutenants."

"Although the art of war is clever, the beauty of its application lies in one's mind. How many people can understand its true meaning? How many people can truly strategize according to the skill of a general?"

This has been a problem since the Ming Dynasty. Regardless of whether it is a military examination or a hereditary one, the test of the military examination is obviously to select elite soldiers. They can wield a sword at every turn and can be a general.

However, just like what is sung in the "Song of the Vanguard" that has been circulated these days, the gunfire will shake it apart, and there will be no more Zhao Guanzhang in the world. Even if a warrior is selected who can wield a hundred-pound sword, it seems that he will have little use on the battlefield in the future.

As for books like Sun Tzu and Wu Zi...

It’s not that it’s not good, but it’s not suitable as a teaching material for mid-level officers.

Just like the scholar's examination of policy theory, many people became arrogant after watching Sun Tzu Wu Zi, thinking that fighting is just a matter of talking and laughing with feather fans and silk towels.

The entire general training system is actually out of touch. The most important grassroots officer training is missing, which makes the combat effectiveness of the Beijing-based forbidden troops of various dynasties and generations very problematic.

Grassroots officers trained by full-time military schools are the guarantee of combat effectiveness. At least it can be maintained at the passing line, instead of having too high and low limits depending on the general's ability, which is the so-called "controlled army."

Not all idiots in the Wude Palace were fools. When Liu Yu said this, some classmates who were not noble disciples immediately echoed: "Brother Shouchang is right. There is something missing. Many things have to be sent to the army. China Re learned it slowly.”

"Furthermore, the dynasty often uses honorable men to command the army. However, the honorable men serve as interns in the honorary guard, and then become nobles, and then leave the town. Even if they have family traditions, they still lack a lot of experience. So even though there are many honorable men, they still lack a lot of experience. But once the war breaks out, there will only be very few that are actually available.”

These people expressed their opinions all at once. Liu Yu hesitated and asked tentatively: "How about we write a letter to the chief teacher together?"

Tian Ping came over and said: "There are so many people in the world who are boasting, so let's not be such people. If you want to establish something new, you don't have to break it first, but you have to create something new first and then break it. Now even the head teacher Xi Yun, If your Majesty asks, "What should I do?"

Several people nearby also felt that what Tian Ping said was reasonable.

It is easy to break something, but difficult to create something new.

Liu Yu just took the opportunity to stir things up, and didn't care whether it would work out. He just took the opportunity to talk about the problem and let everyone think about it in the future.

Some people also shouted: "Brother Shouchang, if you can sort it out, we will follow you and write the book together. Anyway, we are about to finish studying, so we need to add more courses and let others worry about it, hahahaha..."

A group of people laughed. They didn't care anyway. This year, it was basically decided: either they would be selected to enter the upper class, or they would graduate from the inner class and become mid-level officers. They didn't care about adding new courses in the future.

After talking for a while, Liu Yu looked at the sky, clasped his fists and said, "Come on, I'm leaving first. Anyway, we have done enough during the weekend class, so you can just take your time here."

As soon as he said the words to beg for beating, there was laughter and curses nearby.

"Brother Shouchang, where are you going?"

"Go and ask those Rakshasa captives some questions. Ask them if they know what I mentioned about school and captain learning. It would be easier to organize them, right?"

"Brother Shouchang is really worried about national affairs. Since those people are captured by Brother Shouchang, be careful of them harming you."

"Give them ten courages. They can't beat me on the battlefield, but they dare to attack me when I'm captured? The name of a person, the shadow of a tree, where I stand now, I'm sure they'll still have lingering fears. Don't worry."

Amid the envious eyes of his classmates who were still working through the day classes, he swung his arms out of the gate of Wude Palace and arrived at Yang Erguan Hutong not far away.

Near the Yuewang Temple at the entrance of the alley, an Orthodox church was being built. An Orthodox military priest who may have worked on church construction before was giving instructions and instructions.

A team of elite soldiers from the Children's Army was stationed nearby. The leader was also a veteran of the Northern Expedition. Seeing Liu Yu from afar, he ran over to greet him.

"Sir Liu, what are you doing?"

"Hey, come and take a look. Why, you're not allowed to go?"

"How could that be? Your Majesty is just worried that the people will come to watch the fun like watching monkeys, but he didn't say that no one is allowed to approach. What is Sir Liu doing here?"

"Nothing, just come to chat and learn something. When three people walk together, there must be one person who can teach me."

"Sir, you are eager to learn."

The officer was also afraid of something going wrong, so he turned around and shouted twice, and several veterans who had followed Liu Yu to Yongning Temple ran over.

"You guys follow Lord Liu. If those Russians dare to make trouble, beat them. Don't let them scare Lord Liu."

"Thank you."

He bowed and thanked him, and then asked, "Is that dark guy here too?"

The officer knew who Liu Yu was talking about, and pointed to a small house with guards outside in the distance and said, "It's there."

"Where are those from the Russian expedition team that I took care of?"

"In the small house inside, your majesty specially took care of them, separate from those Cossacks."

"Okay, thank you very much."

He thanked him, took out a small piece of silver and handed it over. The officer took it with a smile and let Liu Yu and others in.

As soon as he walked in, some Cossacks who had been captured by Liu Yu pointed at Liu Yu, but they didn't dare to do too much.

These Cossacks are of all kinds. There are many Tatars, Tungus and even Jurchens who have escaped in the Amur Cossack Regiment.

Although he still looks yellow, his beard and hairstyle are full of Cossack flavor.

In history, the leader of the Daur people, Gentmur, defected to Tsarist Russia to become a Cossack, which was also a trigger for the Battle of Yaksa. The Gentmur family was also granted a title, and Benzhi fought in the Russo-Japanese War and won the St. George Medal until he was executed by the Cheka after the October Revolution.

Now there are also descendants of the tribal leader family from decades ago, but now they can't even speak their own language.

Liu Yu has no interest in these people, nor in the cavalry tactics of the Cossacks.

The Cossacks can be said to be top hussars. Their level of robbing food roads, sneak attacks, and harassment can make the emperor sigh, but their regular combat is very general, and they rely more on the riding skills trained since childhood and the cooperation of long-term service. This should not be the direction of Dashun's future training.

The talent he wants to find is someone who can raise horses, not ride horses.

He opened his mouth and shouted in passable Russian: "Is there anyone who can raise and breed horses?"

A bald Cossack with a tuft of hair on his forehead came out of the crowd and shouted: "Sir, I can. I used to be a horse breeder in the village, and I have raised quite a few."

Liu Yu tilted his head and looked at him, a little unconvinced.

"Your family has raised a lot of horses? Then why did you go to Heilongjiang? I have never heard of any rich family in the village going to the snow to make money from furs."

"Sir, when we were fighting the Ottomans more than ten years ago, our village was burned by the Turkic barbarians. After the war, I came here to make a fortune."

Liu Yu looked at the wisp of hair on the bald Cossack's forehead and thought, how dare you call someone a barbarian?

But this reason is reasonable. He asked the others, and the other Cossacks also helped to say a few words.

"What he said is true. This guy is a good horse breeder."

"With him, there is no need for stallions or horses. He can breed foals with mares by himself."

"Gerasim, your good days are coming. The Chinese general wants you to raise horses. Hey, Chinese general, if you use him to raise horses, you must take good care of your mares. Otherwise, you may give birth to a monster."

After understanding these curse words, Liu Yu had a rough idea in his mind. It seems that this guy named Grasim should really be a good horse breeder.

He took out the silver and threw it over, shouting: "Gerasim, right? Have a few good drinks, and your good days will come in a few days."

Gerasim took the silver and, imitating the ridiculous Swedish etiquette, turned around on the ground to express his gratitude.

The guards accompanying Liu Yu were familiar with Liu Yu and were very casual, so they asked, "Master Liu, what are you mumbling about?"

"Hey, find a horse groom."

The Journey to the West had been circulated for a long time. The guards looked at it and shook their heads and said, "The hair on the body is enough, but the height is a bit tall."

Liu Yu smiled and shook his head, and asked again, "Who is a good farmer? Who can grow rye? Who has been a carpenter in the village? Who can bundle hay?"

This time, the Cossacks saw that Liu Yu had given Grasim silver before, and at this time they rushed forward one by one, saying that they were good at growing rye, and showed Liu Yu the calluses on their hands.

Liu Yu believed that he had no breeding skills. He wanted to immigrate to the Heilongjiang River Basin north of Liaodong, and now he had to grow rye.

Koreans can grow cold-resistant rice, but now they can only grow it in Liaodong, Suifenhe estuary, Vladivostok and other places at most. It should not be able to grow it further north.

Although this thing is not delicious, since the Russians can grow it in places like Yakutsk, it must be no problem to grow it in the Heilongjiang River Basin. If they really want to immigrate to the northeast to settle the border, they can find a few Koreans who are good at farming to teach the immigrants how to grow rice in the future, which can roughly solve the food problem of the settled border.

He randomly selected a few of the loudest braggarts, rewarded them with silver, and left their names.

The remaining Cossacks who were not selected shouted out their strengths one after another, some said they were good at horsemanship, and some said they could use axes and guns, but Liu Yu was not interested in them. He thought to himself, let the emperor use these things to show off your skills to the four barbarians, I don’t need these broken things.

After thinking about it, there was nothing useful among these people, so Liu Yu first went to the small courtyard where Bering and others were imprisoned. There are indeed a few useful talents there.