This book of scholars, Liu Bei named it "Shidao Spirit", note that it is not the spirit of bushido.

If it weren't for some historical reasons, Liu Bei actually remembered the spirit of bushido, lest future generations forget the word martial arts and slowly became a scribe again.

In fact, the spirit of bushido is the spirit of Japanese shido, but Japanese soldiers are samurai, so it is called the spirit of bushido.

In addition, the end of Japanese feudal society was late, from the Meiji Restoration in modern times to the period of recruiting nuclear weapons, it was considered to be completely over. As a result, a large amount of the spirit of bushido is preserved.

Recruiting nuclear is not a typo, recruiting nuclear, recruiting nuclear, no wonder Hirohito recruited nuclear bombs, it's all bad for this unlucky name.

Even those aristocratic spirits that are talked about by some Chinese people in the West are nothing more than the late end of the feudal era in the West, which has been preserved in modern times.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in China, there was also a large number of similar aristocratic spirits.

The most famous is Song Xianggong, who seems to look stupid to modern people, but it was actually a very common phenomenon at that time.

For example, in the battle of Jin, Chu and Yanling, Yin Zhi met Chu Zi's pawn three times, and when he saw Chu Zi, he would go down, so as not to be windy.

When I saw the monarch of the enemy country three times, I didn't hurry up to "capture the thief and capture the king first", but got out of the car, took off my helmet, and walked forward quickly to pay respects, isn't it more stupid.

In the Han Dynasty, it was not too far from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and there were still some relics of the Warring States Period, as well as some relics of scholars. Therefore, Liu Bei planned to compile a book of Shidao spirits to use to brainwash the soldiers under him. No, it's to teach them how to be a qualified scholar. It's not too outrageous.

Of course, this book can't be written in Liu Bei's name, that would be too fruit-eating.

So, Liu Bei invited Cai Yong to write this book, Cai Yong is a great Confucian in the world, very famous, and Liu Bei's father-in-law, he can be trusted and will not misinterpret Liu Bei's meaning.

What should it look like?

For scholars, Liu Bei's most impressive sentence is "Scholars die for their confidants".

Therefore, the first sentence at the beginning of "The Spirit of Shidao" is "Scholars die for their confidants".

The whole book is written in a manner similar to that of the Analects, and is written in the form of dialogue. It is emphasized that scholars should have good qualities such as loyalty, filial piety, bravery, benevolence, and righteousness. In addition, a large number of examples of scholars from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and the Han Dynasty were cited to illustrate.

First of all, Liu Bei asked: "I will now make all the meritorious soldiers under me as soldiers, but most of them don't know what a soldier should look like, you are a great Confucian in the world admired at home." Excuse me, what is a taxi? ”

Then Cai Yong replied: "Zi said: It is shameful to do oneself, to be in all directions, and not to dishonor the king's life, which can be described as a gentleman." The second clan is called filial piety, and the township party is called Yiyan. Again, words must be believed, deeds must be fruitful. ”

Liu Bei: "Please tell me more specifically." ”

Cai Yong: "A person's behavior must be ashamed, and a shameless person cannot be called a scholar." ”

Liu Bei: "So, what kind of behavior is called shameful." ”

Cai Yong: "Filial piety is filial piety, loyalty is loyalty, friendship is faithful, and hometown is lovely." Poverty does not lose righteousness, and it does not deviate from the way. This is the person who knows shame, and he can be called a scholar. ”

Cai Yong: "For example, Yu Rang, in order to avenge Zhibo, he disfigured himself and swallowed charcoal to change his voice. His friend said to him: 'With your talents, if you take refuge in Zhao Xiangzi, you will definitely become a close confidant, and then you will do whatever you want, isn't it easy?' Why bother to mutilate yourself to this? The cost of trying to get revenge in this way is too great! Even if you succeed, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get out. ’

Yu Rang replied: 'If I am committed to Zhao Xiangzi, and then I become someone else's courtier and try to assassinate the monarch, I will have two hearts. I know that the chances of an assassination success are slim to none. But everything I have done is worthy of the spirit of the lord in the sky, and worthy of my own heart, and it is also to shame the courtiers who have two hearts in the world in the future. ’

Such loyal and righteous men will be admired even by enemies. ”

All of these are the stories of such loyal people. However, the concept of loyalty and filial piety has not surpassed the feudal era.

At the same time, Liu Bei also added a lot of private goods to it, adding some modern nation-state concepts to the spirit of Shidao.

This loyalty to the state and the nation will, of course, greatly outweigh the personal loyalty to the monarch. This kind of loyalty to the country and the nation will produce an incomparably firm will to fight, and thus burst out with unimaginable combat effectiveness.

If Liu Bei was able to build a nation-state army in this classical era, even if it was with cold weapons, it would be enough to sweep the world.

At first, Cai Yong disagreed, but in the end, although Cai Yong reluctantly agreed to compile this "Spirit of Shidao" under Liu Bei's pleading, and for the sake of his daughter Cai Wenji's face. However, he still couldn't help but ask: "Give a group of pawns to explain what the spirit of Shidao is, there is really a must for this." ”

Although Cai Yong doesn't know much about military affairs, in his opinion, small soldiers, if they make meritorious service, they will be rewarded, and if they make mistakes, they will be punished, as long as the rewards and punishments are clear, why bother to tell them any big truths. As for treating the little soldier as a scholar, this is just nonsense, if the scholar is so worthless, then what is he Cai Yong.

Liu Bei smiled slightly: "My lord, I can't write a book and say that I can't, and you can't train and fight." Do you know what are the ways to train elite soldiers? ”

Cai Yong shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

Liu Bei said: "In my opinion, there are only two ways. One is outside-in, and the other is inside-out. ”

"The so-called from the outside to the inside means to use the rules of military law, from the appearance of neatness and seriousness, the action must be benefactor, so as to imperceptibly make it develop discipline. As for the outside, it is to educate the soldiers, so that they can inspire their self-esteem and sense of honor, so that everyone is willing to sacrifice for the country, but the appearance is not very demanding, so the hat may be worn crookedly, and the military salute does not have to be neat, but in actual combat, you can get extraordinary results. If the two methods are used together, the world's elite soldiers are at your fingertips. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Bei shook his head proudly, and he said: "Xunzi once said that the 'technical attack' of Qi State cannot be used to deal with the 'warriors' of Wei State, and the 'warriors' of Wei State cannot be used to deal with the 'sharp soldiers' of Qin State, and the 'sharp soldiers' of Qin State cannot be used to deal with the disciplined armies of Duke Huan of Qi and Duke Wen of Jin, and the disciplined armies of Duke Huan of Qi and Duke Wen of Jin cannot be used to resist the benevolent and righteous divisions of Shang Tang and King Wu of Zhou. It's a pity that Xunzi didn't make it clear how to get a benevolent and righteous teacher like Shang Tang and King Wu of Zhou. However, if you train according to my method, even if you don't get the teacher of benevolence and righteousness, I'm afraid it won't be much worse. ”

Cai Wenji hugged the child, and Cai Yong looked at each other as they listened, and the two said in their hearts that if you really practice the teacher of benevolence and righteousness, then you will not become Shang Tang and King Wu of Zhou.

At this time, Dian Wei came to report that news of Luoyang had arrived.