Since it would take a month for the cadets of the Northwest Frontier Army to arrive in Tokyo, Meng Ming and Yang Wenguang decided to conduct trial military training for the cadets of the Sanya Forbidden Army and the meritorious children in advance.

Meng Ming decided to customize a new military uniform for the new army and military academy teachers and students, using the standard of the tunic suit; The uniforms of the Forces nouvelles are gray, the cadets of the military academy are light green, and the instructors are light brown.

At eight o'clock in the morning on the sixth day of the tenth month of the third year of the Heavenly Sage, the preliminary military training of the first 180 cadets of the Royal Military Academy began.

Yang Wenguang was giving a lecture on the review stand on the playground of the military academy, and the cadets were all standing under the stage to receive instructions.

I only heard him say loudly: "Good morning, all the students present. ”

The students in the audience also shouted: "Good morning, chief instructor." ”

Yang Wenguang shouted at this time: "The voice is too small, I didn't hear it, you shout again"

The cadets shouted "Good morning, Chief Instructor" again.

Yang Wenguang said disgusted at this time: "The voice is still small, and there is still no momentum, haven't you eaten in the morning?" Shout at me again. ”

In the end, I saw that the students below all straightened their chests and stomachs, and then they all raised their throats and shouted, the sound was like muffled thunder, so that the birds in the forest of the military academy took off one after another and fled in panic.

Yang Wenguang was giving a speech with great momentum at this time, but his face was hot, and then he felt that something wet fell on his face, and he hurriedly touched it with his hand, and saw that it was a puddle of bird droppings.

Seeing this, the students below burst into laughter, Cao Ning actually leaned directly against the wall and laughed wildly, tears flowed out; Pan Liangzuo lay on the ground and laughed straight to the ground; Shi Yanbin, he couldn't even straighten his waist when he smiled; Gao Wenhuan's stomach was full of gas, and he lay on the grass and screamed; Everyone laughed, and all of them bent their backs.

The solemn atmosphere of the scene was suddenly swept away, and the scene was a little out of control; At this time, Yang Wenguang was a little angry, he hurriedly shouted to stop, but he still couldn't control the chaotic scene.

I saw that he immediately took out a gun from his pocket, and then fired a shot into the sky, and then the chaotic scene suddenly fell silent.

At this time, Yang Wenguang looked at the panicked students in the audience, nodded with satisfaction, and then blew the black smoke in the barrel with his mouth.

He said: "I won't talk about other nonsense, in short, what I want to say is: you only need to do two things, one is obedience and obedience and obedience, and the other is hard training and hard training." ”

He also said: "Today we will do two trainings, one is to sort out internal affairs, and the second is to practice military posture and walk right. These two trainings will be demonstrated by Minister Meng Ming. ”

Meng Ming got up to greet everyone, and there was warm applause from the audience, they felt that Meng Ming might be kinder and easier to talk than Yang Wenguang.

Meng Ming led everyone to the dormitory area, and 180 students arranged for 18 dormitories to move in, with 10 people living in each dormitory, taking the class as a unit; Yang Wenguang asked each dormitory to elect its own class leader and dormitory leader, and then asked these eighteen class leaders to learn from him on the spot to organize housekeeping.

Meng Ming demonstrated how to fold the quilt into tofu cubes on the spot, and the students looked at Meng Ming's folded quilt with some amazement, as if it had been cut out with a knife.

At this time, Cao Ning muttered on the side: "What's the use of folding some quilts, it's not idle." ”

At this time, Meng Ming heard what he said, so he said, "Trainee Cao Ning is out of the ranks, please repeat what you just said." If you have any doubts in the future, say them on the spot, don't mumble behind your back. If this happens, the penalty will be severe. ”

When Cao Ning heard this, he said unconvinced: "Report to Minister Meng, what I said is, "What's the use of folding some quilts, isn't it idle?" "That's it."

Meng Ming saw that these people were all in the same mind as Cao Ning, and felt that it was difficult to change the old concepts, but he would not retreat in the face of difficulties, and he would definitely rise to the occasion.

Meng Ming said: "Folding quilts and tidying up housekeeping seems trivial and not worth mentioning, but this is just to exercise the patience and perseverance of soldiers." There is a saying, "If you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world?" "Then I want you to focus on the details, start small, and see the truth in the details."

He also said: "As a soldier, shouldering the heavy responsibility of defending the country and guarding the frontier, he is carrying the safety and happiness of the entire Great Song Dynasty and even every Great Song Dynasty people. They must possess strong mental willpower, patience, endurance, and strict self-requirements. If a soldier can't even take care of his own personal life, how can he shoulder the heavy responsibility on his shoulders? ”

After Meng Ming said that, everyone lowered their heads in shame, admitted their mistakes to him repeatedly, and then learned from Meng Ming seriously.

Everyone was clumsy at the beginning, especially those meritorious children who were all dressed in fine clothes and food, and were served by others since childhood, and were used to opening their mouths for food and stretching out their hands for clothes, so they were all stumped.

Meng Ming didn't force them, he patiently taught everyone hand in hand, and after practicing for nearly half an hour, most of the quilts folded by most of them passed, but Meng Ming asked them to fold the quilts as he had just folded.

At this moment, I heard an abrupt voice sound: "Minister Meng, this method of yours has never been recorded in ancient books, what is the basis, you can't say it without evidence, red mouth and white teeth." ”

Yang Wenguang, who was on the side at this time, was immediately angry when he heard this, and he scolded: "You Shang Zhonglin, you are the one with red mouth and white teeth, Minister Meng's ability is great, trains, ships, and steam engines were all invented by him, and the great victory I achieved in Huili is also inseparable from Minister Meng's help." What is your credit? Don't you just rely on the shadow of your ancestors? ”

Shang Zhonglin was not stunned by Yang Wenguang's reprimand, he fought back: "Instructor Yang, it's useless to talk too much, I just don't accept it in my heart, what can you do?" Moreover, my ancestors also shed their blood for the Great Song Dynasty and made great contributions. ”

He then turned back to a few accomplices behind him and said, "Brothers, we are here to gild, not to suffer and be disciplined, don't think that if you have made some achievements, you can't get up, my ancestors are ......"

Meng Ming interrupted him at this time and said unceremoniously: "May I ask what credit do you have?" ”

He mentioned his ancestors again, and then asked Meng Ming to interrupt impatiently.

Meng Ming said again: "I asked what credit you have, not your ancestors. ”

Meng Ming turned around at this time, asked everyone to stop, and signaled that he would have something to say to everyone.

I heard him say, "Everyone put down what they are doing and listen to me tell a fable." This story takes place in Daqin, thousands of miles away, and it is a story about the Roman goose. ”

He told the story:

The plot goes like this: One day, a man drove a flock of geese to the market to sell them, and the man kept driving the geese with branches in order to hurry, so the geese complained to the passers-by: "Why did he do this to us? Our ancestors were of noble birth, and our ancestors saved Rome. The passer-by asked the goose, "What are your skills and merits?" The passer-by interrupted him and said, "I'm talking about you," and the goose said dejectedly, "It doesn't seem like there is," and the passer-by said, "The credit belongs to your ancestors, and it is the glory of the past, and it has nothing to do with you now."

After Meng Ming finished speaking, he asked: "After listening to this fable, what do you think, I will assign an assignment now, and all the students here will write a story testimonial, and give it to me tomorrow, and those who fail to complete it will be punished." ”

Yang Wenguang said at this time: "In view of the fact that Shang Zhonglin violated the rules of the military academy, maliciously contradicted the instructor, and disobeyed the discipline, I decided to severely punish him. ”

He shouted: "Gendarmerie, take down Shang Zhonglin, lock him up for five days, and he will not have contact with outsiders." ”

At this time, Shang Zhonglin was still unconvinced, and shouted and scolded: "Yang Wenguang, you are holding chicken feathers as an arrow, and you still don't let others speak?" You're just making a big fuss, using the topic to play, and beating me up."

Yang Wenguang angrily rebuked: "The army is to fight, discipline is the primary requirement, and obedience to orders is also the basic requirement for a soldier; For an ordinary soldier, there is no room for opposition to combat missions, and he must stand up and work hard to complete them, so he must obey orders; For the sake of the needs of the overall situation on the battlefield, we must resolutely implement those who do not understand. In a pinch, there is no room for explanation. Only obedience. ”

He added: "If the army wants to win on the battlefield, in order to achieve the best staffing and improve combat effectiveness, it must require every member to obey orders, follow commands, and coordinate with each other." ”

He pointed at Shang Zhonglin and said to the others: "For a person like him, he is only regarded as a qualification for promotion to the military academy, and it is impossible to expect him to dedicate himself to serving the country; If he arrives on the battlefield, he will only hide behind the scenes at the cost of death, watching others charge ahead, bravely killing the enemy, and then he can make some military merits, and even take the lead to do it. ”

He asked the gendarmes to tear down Shang Zhonglin's pants, and then executed him, and beat him with twenty boards, only to beat him screaming again and again, and he no longer had the arrogance just now.

Yang Wenguang then asked Shang Zhonglin to be thrown into a confinement room and imprisoned.

Then he said with a gloomy face: "Who else is not convinced now?" If you are not convinced, stand up. ”

The underground was suddenly silent, and no one made a rafter with a head, after all, Shang Zhonglin's lesson was in front of him, and a hero would not suffer a loss in front of him.

Learn to manage internal affairs, and then learn to stand in a military posture and walk in line, and Meng Ming will demonstrate and explain as usual.

Standing in military posture, also known as "pulling out military posture", is the first lesson of soldiers, and it is also a skill that must be learned during military training. As soon as you enter the barracks, you must learn to stand in a military posture. Standing in a military posture, it can be said that it is the mother of all military actions.

Spread your feet 60 degrees apart, keep your legs straight, place your thumb on the second joint of your index finger, and hang your hands down and clasp together.

Be sure to stick tightly, if someone pulls out your hand hard, even if your person is pulled down, your hand will not be loosened.

Tuck your abdomen, raise your chest, raise your head, look ahead, and stretch your shoulders back.

The action essentials of the military posture can be summarized as "three stiffs, three receiving, one opening and one top", the so-called "three stiffs" refer to the neck, chest, and legs; "Three collections" refers to the jaw, abdomen, and buttocks; "One open" eyes should be wide open and look straight ahead; "One top" means that the head should be pushed upward"

After Meng Ming's demonstration, he asked the students to hurry up and learn the drill, and he walked through the queue to check whether the students' movements were standardized.

He walked in front of Gao Wenhuan, only to see that his waist was not straightened, his buttocks were pouting, and he didn't listen carefully.

Meng Ming picked up the whip and hit him, and then said loudly: "Student Gao Wenhuan, are you learning to walk as a duck?" Straighten your chest and abdomen, raise your neck and legs, and stand up straight. ”

He saw that some of the students' bodies were trembling and shaking, and they looked like their center of gravity was unstable, and they still didn't seem to understand the essentials.

He added: "When you stand in a military posture, you should lean forward slightly so that the gravity presses on the ball of your forefoot, otherwise a long military posture will cause a lack of oxygen to the brain, resulting in dizziness and other unexpected situations." ”

He let the students stand in a military posture for half an hour, and many of the students couldn't hold on, twisting all over, and were taught a lesson by Yang Wenguang on the spot.