Chapter 221 forges the soul for the army
"The world?"
The three thousand teenagers silently recited this word, and for a moment they didn't know why the Lord General, who was high up in their eyes, would say such a word, the world was still too far away from them, and it was not something they could understand now.
"This is the world, it spans thousands of miles, encompassing the land of the Seven Kingdoms, and our Qin State is the most powerful country among the Seven Kingdoms." Yang Ming said.
In the still blank gaze of the three thousand young men, Yang Ming asked again: "Some of you have come to this Shanglin Yuan from hundreds of miles away, and some of you have even come here thousands of miles away, what are you for?" ”
"To get ahead."
"To have enough to eat."
"In order to make my mother happy."
"Don't be bullied."
Some of the more daring people scrambled to answer.
"What else?" Yang Ming asked.
In the thoughts of the teenagers, Yang Ming continued: "Some of you are from Hedong, which used to belong to the Wei State, some are from Qianzhong, which used to belong to the Chu State, among you, some are to get ahead, some are to eat well, some are to make your mother happy, and some are not to be bullied, these are all good, but have you ever thought about what you have to do when you enter this military camp?" ”
"It's a war." Someone replied.
"Yes, it's a war, but when you fight, you kill enemies, and these enemies are people like you, for example, people from Hedong County among you, when we fought against Wei, your enemies were Wei people, and decades ago, you were also Wei people, what would it be like for you to kill such people?" Yang Ming asked.
For a while, the young Qi Qi from Hedong County fell into deep thought, their ancestors were from Wei, but now they are from Qin, and in the future, they will kill those Wei people, such a thing seems too complicated and beyond their understanding.
"There are still some of you who are from Qianzhong County, which used to belong to the Chu State, a few decades ago, maybe your grandfather was still from the Chu State, but in the future, when we fight against the Chu State, you will kill the Chu people, are you willing to kill enemies who may have been the same people as your grandfather?" Yang Ming asked.
"This, we don't have to fight with the people of Chu." An innocent teenager replied.
"Then you will disobey the military order and be beheaded according to the law." Yang Ming said senran.
The innocent boy turned pale with fright.
"You people from Hedong County used to be from Wei, but in the longer past, you were from the Jin State, and it was the Wei State that carved up the Jin State with the Zhao State and Korea." Yang Ming continued.
"You Qianzhong County was a native of Ba before, but in Ba it was destroyed by Chu State, so in this case, it seems that you have a reasonable reason to attack Chu State."
Am I from Qin? My grandfather was from Wei? My ancestors were from the Jin Kingdom?
Am I from Qin? My grandfather was from Chu? My ancestors were Pakistani?
Who the hell am I? For a while, many teenagers were in trouble because of Yang Ming's words.
They don't even know who they are.
"What I want to tell you is that no matter who you used to be, you are all Qin people now, the past is no longer important, the important thing is the present, the present, you are Qin people." Yang Ming said.
"In this world, there are Qin people, Wei people, Chu people, Zhao people, in the long past, there are Jin people, Zhou people, but these are not important, you just need to remember that now you are Qin people."
"We are Qin people." The teenagers muttered to themselves in a trance, and their hearts that had just been shaken slowly became firm.
"For 500 years, there have been constant wars in this world, some countries have been destroyed, some countries are rising, in this process, we people, who can be people of this country today, may become people of another country tomorrow, and in the war, no one can get the real happy land." Yang Ming said.
He spent so much time telling these teenagers these things that seemed to have nothing to do with army training, but he was not wasting time, he wanted to let these teenagers understand step by step what they were fighting for, and he wanted to shape the military soul of this army.
As for why Yang Ming chose these teenagers who didn't have much combat power, instead of the forbidden soldiers of other departments that had gradually taken shape, it was naturally because the three views of these teenagers were easier to be guided.
Yang Ming wants to create a common ideal for these teenagers, and then condense an existence called the military soul.
Although ideals seem ethereal, sometimes they can burst out with power beyond ordinary people's imagination.
And it is too difficult to talk about ideals with those elite soldiers from all over the Qin State, and when it comes to ideals, they may be more concerned about the question of how many things can be exchanged for the head of an enemy army.
Compared with the benefits of a short time, Yang Ming is more willing to use more time and greater energy to shape the ideal existence in these teenagers.
"I am telling you all this to tell you that you have come here, not only to be fed, to make your mother happy, and to get ahead, but also to complete the great cause of unifying the world for the Qin State, and you will be soldiers in the future, but you are not soldiers who only know destruction and destruction, the weapons in your hands are to make this world free of war."
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"Through the weapons in our hands, we will establish a country without war, in that country, there are no Jin people, Wei people, Chu people, Ba people, only Qin people, and everyone in the world is Qin people."
What happened in the Shanglinyuan barracks naturally couldn't escape the attention of Xiang Guofu, after all, the recruitment of three thousand teenagers was only completed with the cooperation of Xiang Guofu.
"Morning exercises, the first chapter of the text, the general knowledge of ancient history, sword and shield skills, horsemanship, the use of long weapons, military discipline, archery...... The teenagers in Lin Yuan seem to be under a lot of pressure. Lu Buwei couldn't help but smile as he looked at the schedule he got from Shanglin Yuan.
"Isn't that a waste of time? A soldier needs to learn so many things. Lu Qi wondered.
"It's a waste of time, such a schedule makes those teenagers only have four hours of rest a day, and the rest of the time is either in training, or in learning history and military law, and the lives of those scholars in the Jixia School Palace are just like this." Lu Buwei put down the bamboo slip in his hand and couldn't help but be surprised.
"It is precisely for this reason that Yang Ming wants to recruit these teenagers into the barracks, because only these teenagers can Yang Ming train an elite soldier that satisfies him." Lu Buwei said.
"What can three thousand do? Even if it is a ten, compared to the resources invested, it is a loss-making business. Lu Qi was puzzled.
"When doing business, you can't just look at the gains and losses of money and interests." Lu Buwei said.
In Lu Qi's puzzled gaze, Lu Buwei continued: "Yang Ming, if he doesn't pass away in the middle of the way, before the age of forty, the military family will definitely have another great master, but the road he wants to take?" ”
Lu Buwei said this, and there was a look of regret.
Today, there are hundreds of masters, because of their strong cultivation, and people are honored as a grandmaster, therefore, there are not a few grandmasters in the world, but there are very few who can add a big word to the world before the grandmaster.
In terms of combat power, the Great Grandmaster may not be really stronger than the Grandmaster, but the Great Grandmaster must have achievements that are difficult for the Grandmaster to achieve.
At that time, Lao Tzu, the first master of Taoism, had never practiced martial arts in his life, but once he attained Taoism, he went straight to the realm of the great master, and finally reached a realm unimaginable to the world.
For these things, Lu Qi naturally didn't know, his understanding of the grandmaster and the great grandmaster was still at the level of martial arts, but according to Lu Buwei's knowledge, he knew the difference very well.
After all, he himself was also pursuing the path of miscellaneous families, hoping to achieve the path of a great grandmaster through this.
In Yang Ming's body, Lü Buwei also saw a path that could go directly to the realm of the Great Grandmaster, but unfortunately, it was only a chance, but it might not be able to become a reality, there were too many variables, especially it might not be able to integrate with the royal power.
The army is just a weapon, and the kingship is the hand that holds it, but if the army has a mind of its own, will it be willing to hold its hand?
"However, people who have ideals and can practice them later are always worthy of our respect, Yang Ming, if I had been born twenty years earlier, I would definitely have become friends with him." Lü Buwei stood up and moved his body because he was too old to sit for a long time.
"The long history of the Protector's Mansion will be handed over to you." Lü Buwei suddenly said to Lü Qi.
"Father, are you going to let me go to the Protectorate and be Yang Ming's subordinate?" Lu Qi was shocked.
You must know that three years ago, he still wanted to subdue Yang Ming for his own use, but now he is going to become Yang Ming's subordinate, and the gap is a little too big.
"Why, you don't want to?" Lü Buwei asked rhetorically.
"Father, Shang Shu Changshi, but the official of a thousand stones, is still under Yang Ming's subordinates, if I am appointed, what will others think of me?" Lu Qi plucked up his courage and said.
It is too ...... to be an official in the Protector's Mansion or under Yang Ming's command Lu Qi had too many reasons to refuse Lü Buwei's request.
But there are only reasons, but not enough courage.
Under Lü Buwei's sight, Lü Qi's stubbornness quickly disappeared, and in front of Lü Buwei, his courage was limited after all.
In the Xianyang Palace, Qin Wangzheng browsed the history books obtained from Shanglin Yuan to teach young soldiers, and a look of thought appeared between his eyebrows from time to time.
History? How can you still write like this? How can it still play such a role? A whole new world is opening up towards the reign of King Qin.
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