However, he did not have any dissatisfaction with Li Si because of this, after all, this is the privilege of the nobles, and Li Si is not the only one who has come to the army to train.

And compared to others, Li Si is at least capable, dare to fight and kill, much stronger than some waste.

"I'm not a nobleman of the Zhao State, I'm a native of the Chu State, and I was from a poor family, but I was fortunate to be favored by the king, and after being a county commander for a few years, I was sent to the army for training." Li Si said with a smile.

"The cold gate of the Chu Kingdom! No, join the army and know the king?" Li Hao said excitedly.

"Not only have I seen it, when I came to Zhao Kingdom, it was the king who personally helped me into the carriage and set up a banquet in the palace, and I can remember this scene for a lifetime." Li Si said with a retrospective face.

When he came to Zhao from Chu State, he just had the mentality of giving it a try, who would have thought that from then on, his life and destiny would change so much.

"If it were me, I would remember it for the rest of my life." Li Hao said enviously.

Although Zhao often went to the military camp when he was in Handan, he would chat with the soldiers to understand the situation at home and what difficulties there were, but Zhao had 100,000 troops, and Zhao Kuo alone did not talk to all the soldiers, and he was awesome if he could complete one-tenth of it.

"If you want to see the king and let him hold a banquet, you can't do it at your current level." Li Si glanced at Li Hao and said directly.

"Please join the army for advice." Li Si not only did not get angry, but said respectfully.

It was pouring rain outside, and a fire was lit in the barracks, and Li Hao carefully controlled the fire so that it would not be extinguished or burned to the barracks.

Originally, there was only one here, but before I knew it, there were more and more of them, and finally even the soldiers who were ready to sleep rushed over, filling the small barracks.

The firelight reflected everyone's faces red, and with the ginger water they had just drunk, all the cold on their bodies seemed to be wiped away.

"You should have someone in your army who has a special teacher to teach you how to read." Lees' gaze swept over everyone's faces.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and no one speaks.

In the end, Li Hao nodded ashamedly, "Yes."

"And how many of you are literate?" Lees asked again.

Everyone shook their heads, and only three people raised their hands.

"When I joined the army, at the beginning, the army did arrange a kid to teach us literacy, that kid was only twenty years old, and his hair didn't grow up, so why should he be our teacher? The brothers were not convinced, so they made trouble while he was teaching us, and later made him angry and left. And then no one taught us to read." Li Hao shrugged.

"You ...... I really don't know what to say about you. I used to envy the aristocracy for being able to read and write, but when I had the opportunity to read and write, I didn't cherish it. It's really cheap. No wonder the teacher would say to the king that free things will never be cherished, and education can be popularized, but not for free. I've had arguments with my teacher before, but now it seems that the teacher is looking farther than me." Li Si sighed deeply.

In this era, there are only a few scholars after all, even if Zhao Guo spends a lot of money, and even uses the title as an attraction, he has abducted many scholars from various countries, but there are still not enough teachers.

So drive away a teacher, and then change a teacher, and finally there is a teacher who can be literate and martial, has a strong morality, is very patient, can teach students according to their aptitude, and let all students change their ways and return to righteousness, leading everyone to break through themselves and achieve their life goals will never appear in Zhao Guo.

I, Zhao Guo, can provide you with a chance, but there is only one such opportunity, and if you choose to give it up yourself, it will never be there.

"You always think that others are successful because they have a background better than you, others have more money than you, and others are luckier than you. But when the opportunity comes its way to you, you can't grasp it."

"I, Li Si, was born in a poor family in the Chu Kingdom. A poor family like me, there are not 10,000 but 8,000 in the entire Chu country. Perhaps in your opinion, such a background has surpassed the vast majority of people. I admit it, but, those Chu State officials, how many people can see my back now?"

"I was reading while they were playing Liubo. When they bullied men and women, I was reading, and when they were bullying their superiors and subordinates, I was reading

。 It's not because I love reading, but I know that reading is my only chance to change my life."

"When the king issues the recruitment order, I know that my chance has come. Therefore, I did not hesitate to give up my position in the state of Chu and came to the state of Zhao alone."

"I am far from the only one who has come to Zhao, there are many talented people, some of whom are about the same age as me, but their knowledge is far beyond me. I was lucky, with the help of the king, I worshipped Xunzi as a teacher, began to study again, and after a few years, I stood out from my peers and was sent to the local experience. Although I dare not say that I surpass my peers now, I am confident that I am not inferior to them."

"If I hadn't resisted the temptation when I was in Chu State, then now Chu State should have one more deceitful official. If I hadn't chosen to come to Zhao State when I learned about the recruitment order, then now Chu State should have one more little official who complains all day long and still insists on studying. If I come to Zhao Kingdom and feel that other people are from a better background than me, richer than me, have better luck than me, and have better abilities than me, I will never be able to catch up with those people, so I will give up my efforts. Now Zhao Guo should have one more ordinary official and one less to join the army."

"A lot of times, we can't change anything, like we were born into a poor family, and we had to work hard every day to keep ourselves from starving. It's like we may have worked hard all our lives, but we still can't compare to the wealth passed down from their ancestors. It's like all our efforts don't necessarily pay off. But when you don't even want to work hard, how can there be a reward?"

"Reading may not make your life better, but it can give you more choices. When you are frustrated in the army, you can go back to the local area to be a bookkeeper, you can go to the academy to be a teacher, you can go to be a staff member...... In the end, if it really doesn't work, you can go home and farm. If you know even the words, and you don't even know the basics, what will you do after you leave the army, except for farming? Some people may even forget about farming."

Li Si's voice was very small, but it was sonorous and powerful, like a sharp blade piercing into the hearts of the soldiers of the Zhao army, like a bell in the morning and a drum at dusk, deafening.

"Join the army, we were wrong." Li Hao lowered his head and said.

"Join the army, we were wrong." In the end, all Zhao Jun bowed their heads and admitted their mistakes.

"You are luckier than me, at least you still have a perfect military merit awarding system, unlike the Chu State, although you say that you are meritocracy, but ...... Let's not talk about it."

"The king once said that low-level generals can rely only on force, and high-level generals, in addition to a certain amount of force, must be able to read and write. If you can't read and write, no matter how great your merits are, you can only be promoted to a knighthood, not an official position. Because to promote an official position is to be irresponsible to other people."

"But when the knighthood reaches a certain level, ordinary decapitation is useless, and you must lead the army to victory in order to increase the title. If you can't be promoted, it means that you can't lead a large army, and the titles you can promote are limited."

"Therefore the king spends a lot of money to hire teachers to teach you to read and write, but you people ......."

Lees sighed again.

"I see, I thought that as long as I kept killing enemies, I could keep rising to the ranks." Li Hao patted his thigh and said, from the looks on everyone's faces, it can be seen that it is obviously not one or two people who think so.

"We've all betrayed the king's trust."

"Now tell us, are you still willing to read and write?" Li Si asked solemnly.

"Yes. We do." Everyone said.

"After returning to the Kingdom of Zhao, I will ask the king for me to teach you to read and write. But only if you apologize to the teacher who taught you before. Are you willing?" Lees said.

"We are willing, if it is to join the army to teach us, we will definitely do." Li Hao said excitedly.

"Alright, except for the defenders of the city, let's go back and rest." Li Si waved his hand and said.

"Join the army, and we'll quit first." The crowd saluted, more respectfully than ever.

Li Si had a smile on his face, it was not easy to convince this group of people.

Now he finally has a little in the army

The foundation is up.