?In the eastern suburbs of Xiyang City, the Hulin Army barracks were heard all the time, and the soldiers were conducting daily exercises. Long-distance running was one, training queues were the second, and reciting thousands of characters was the third. ≧

There are many different places between the Hulin Army and other troops. One of them is that the soldiers are required to recite the Thousand Characters, once in the morning and evening, and the frequency of daily persistence has already allowed the whole army to memorize it backwards.

So in the school field, in addition to the slogans, there are the sounds of reciting thousands of characters. Listening to the sound of "The heaven and earth are mysterious and yellow, the universe is vast and vast...", people who are unaware of it think this is a primary school or a clan school.

According to later generations, "If you read three hundred Tang poems well, you will recite them even if you can't write poems." Although this era was not yet in the Tang Dynasty, after memorizing them day and night, the soldiers of the Hulin Army would really shake their heads and recite thousands of characters.

But it is limited to knowing how to memorize. Many people memorize the thousand-character texts in a thorough way, but they can’t write a single word. After all, it is easy to learn to recite with other people’s voices, but it is difficult to write with your pen.

In a barracks, more than 20 people were learning to write. These strong men who usually go to battle and kill enemies without blinking, now they are writing on paper with brushes. The brushes are used in a variety of ways, but none of them are correct.

A young man with a white face and no beard stood in front of a white cloth with a big word "天" written on it. The young man was teaching the word "student" in front of him how to write this word.

Thousand-character essays are elementary school books, and most of the people here are over 20 years old. Of course, young people who teach them to learn calligraphy are exceptions. This person can tell at a glance that he is not over 20 years old. A large number of fighters are like elementary school children in front of him, each looking honest, but most of them are restless.

Li Shimo was one of them. He only felt that the brush he was holding was very hot. He felt that it was not good to hold it no matter how hard he was. The heavy axe and halberd could dance, but this small brush stumped him.

It has been two days since we started practicing calligraphy. The two days ago they learned how to get a brush, but Li Shimo and others couldn't learn it. If it weren't for the military law that abandoning the pen and not practicing calligraphy was like running away in the face of battle, they would have thrown away this thing long ago.

What's the use of learning to write when you go into battle to kill the enemy?!

This is the cry in the hearts of Li Shimo and most of the Hulin Army. After the New Year, the coach Yuwen Wen issued an order. Everyone above the team must learn to write, and they will write a thousand-character text, which will be included in the assessment in the future.

So Li Shima sat here with a bitter face and suffered. He had never touched a brush. Now he was like a young child who had just learned to use chopsticks. He wanted to pick up food but couldn't pick it up. Looking at the messy handwriting on the paper in front of him, Li Shima couldn't help but sigh and then got distracted.

He remembered the white figure, the scene that made people breathe rapidly every night, and then subconsciously rubbed his waist.

At the end of last year, the matchmakers "entered" into Bahe City and made a mess. Li Shimo originally wanted to help his younger brother marry a wife first, but his parents told me that the elder brother had not married him, so he had a wife.

According to Li Shimo's requirements, the wife was very strong and capable of farm work and endured hardships. Then the two of them were in trouble at night. By the time they returned to the camp after the holiday, Li Shimo was almost unable to straighten her waist.

Having a home, living in the military camp had a different kind of thought. Looking at the room full of feet, he could hardly sleep on the first night, but it was only that night that he recovered the next day. Just when he was about to live a life, he was forced to learn to write.

‘If you can do it, at least you will write your own name in the future, right?’ Li Shimo encouraged himself in his heart. He was unyielding, so even if he was difficult to write, he decided to grit his teeth and persevere. Now he has become a family and will have a child and a half of his daughters in the future. He didn’t expect that he could not even write the names of his children.

Outside the window, Yuwen Wen was sneakingly "peeping". This time he turned into the most annoying class teacher back then, and he always monitored students through the glass windows outside the classroom whether they were playing with their mobile phones in class.

Looking at the big men in the barracks scratching their ears and foreheads, because the "dark psychology" was greatly satisfied, he showed a "scandal" smile on his face.

This is not because Yuwen Wen was bored and tossed his subordinates. His army should be different, so it is inevitable to read and recognize words. An army that cannot even understand military orders at the grassroots general has no room for growth.

The army that only knows how to fight for food and pay, but does not know why has no future. Yuwen Wen deliberately asked the soldiers to read and read, just to let them understand military books and summarize themselves.

If you lose a battle, you can summarize your lessons; if you win a battle, you can summarize your experience; you can understand the formations mentioned in the military books and use them flexibly; you can understand the map, know basic arithmetics, and calculate the daily food and grass consumed by your troops.

If you can read and recognize words, you can know the various war examples from ancient times to the present, you can know the deeds of many heroes, you can sigh at their loyalty and righteousness, and you can touch them.

This is the minimum requirement of Yuwen Wen against his soldiers. He feels that he must pursue some pursuits in addition to the fields, women, and money.

Just as he was distracted, the sound of bells came from his ears. This was the "ring" for get out of class. The strong men in the house who were scratching their heads when they heard this sound like a drowning man grabbed a straw and entered a state of rebirth.

"Wang everyone knows that it is so difficult to read and write?" Yu Wen Wen complained helplessly when he saw this. After the 'students' in the row of classrooms escaped with relief, he met him.

Of course, it is not about getting a wake-up call, and discussing the long-term education of the fighters to "study hard and get a copy of the exam". Yu Wen Wen's goal is the young 'teacher'.

"How do you feel when you say "Di Wenshu?" he asked. The young man saluted first, and then said it was OK.

"They are all twenty years old, but even those who are young in elementary school are not as good as those of primary school children. Don't worry about not being able to teach well." Yuwen Wen smiled. The man in front of him was Di Erlang, who was "brother and brother" and Di Dalang had already gone to the prefectural yamen to serve as an officer.

"I am just worried that it took too long. It's been two days since I saw that many people couldn't even get the pen." Di Yu said anxiously. He came to Hulin Army to be a clerk. If he managed the logistics like his brother, he would not be afraid of helping write. He never thought that he would be a teacher to teach people to write. He was afraid that he would "mislead his children."

"It is even more difficult for young children in elementary school to teach. These soldiers simply didn't understand it, so they were not very motivated to learn." Yu Wenwen, "Di Wenshu only teaches according to the plan. As for how to improve their enthusiasm, the official will naturally be responsible."

After talking for a while, Di Yu left. Yuwen looked at the empty "classroom" and turned around and left, thinking in his heart how to help everyone improve their enthusiasm for learning.

Illiteracy was common in ancient times. It was normal for the people to be illiterate, but it was not normal for them to be illiterate. Knowledge is the patent of aristocratic families and cannot be learned by poor people.

There is no movable type printing technology yet, and papermaking technology cannot make cheap paper in batches. Most books are handwritten copies with few and expensive books. As for woodblock printing, they are even more expensive. Only those rich can afford books, and can afford pens, inks, papers and inkstones.

It’s not enough to have these alone. How to write and how to study is still taught by people. When you can read the Four Books and Five Classics, someone still has to answer questions and answer questions, which means that you have to have a serious teacher to teach, and hiring a teacher costs money.

I spent money to buy ink, paper, inkstones and books, and asked the teacher to give me some advice and food and accommodation. I could not take into account both farm work when studying, so the people who study are basically out of business, which is too huge for ordinary people.

But even if you read a book, what if you want to become an official? No way!

It is a delusion for scholars who are civilians to become officials. Aristocratic families, families, and powerful people can’t even arrange relatives in the side branches. You, a humble civilian, are also quite official? No one recommends you, no superiors, no superiors, no appreciation, and no powerful people to introduce them to the shogunate. Without these, you cannot enter the official career.

"There are no poor families at the top, and no nobles at the bottom" is the imprint of this era. No matter how outstanding a person is, even if he is lucky enough to enter the official career, his path to promotion will not be much higher.

Not to mention anything else, I finally became a grassroots official, and no one taught the unspoken rules of the officialdom, and the etiquette of sending off the trip was nonsense, and I was unclear about all kinds of things, and I didn’t understand the dirty methods of the clerks at all. I was always at risk of stepping into a trap and taking the blame.

Without a big tree, you can do the hardest and most tiring work. If you do it well, you will have to use the word "good". If you don't do it well, you will be scolded by Shangguan at the least, and if you lose your official position, you will be imprisoned and wait for death. Therefore, the people have no motivation to study.

If you want to gain wealth, it is better to join the army. If you are lucky enough to die on the battlefield and make decent contributions, you can get rewards for military merits, livestock, and land, and you can get married and have children. If you are lucky enough to be awarded a title, then your son will also be protected, which is much better than studying.

It doesn't matter if you have an official and half of your position, you can't read it. If you have an assistant, you can help you read the military order and write it. Just use a seal or draw a circle when signing it. If you write a letter, you can also ask the literate servants to help you with it. Therefore, there is no need to read it when fighting against the Chinese.

It is natural for ordinary soldiers to be illiterate and do not need to read. This is true, regardless of countries, this is true. Most of the "secret books" such as military books are family traditions, so there is no need for these people to understand them, so as not to compete for merit with the children of aristocratic families.

Therefore, the Hulin Army soldiers read and practiced calligraphy, which was a major initiative of Yuwen Wen, and many people were puzzled. These days, most of the soldiers were illiterate. I have never heard of them having to learn to write if they wanted to go to battle to kill the enemy, so this incident became another example of Yuwen Wen wasting money.

The soldiers were also a little puzzled. Although they were forced to learn to write honestly due to Yuwen Wen's "power" and many people could not raise their enthusiasm. Yuwen Wen had already expected this emotion, so he also made corresponding plans.

All generals above the army must practice calligraphy. After half a year, the exam will be taken. A thousand words will be 1,000 words in a thousand words. If you can write more than 600 words, you will pass the exam. If you can write more than 500 words and less than 600 words, you can still save it. If you can give it a chance to take the exam in one month, you will be given a chance to take the exam.

Those who have more than 500 typos during the exam will be demoted directly. The army leader will become the leader of the squad, the leader of the squad will become the leader of the team, and the leader of the team will become the leader of the team. When promoted, the higher the cultural level under the same conditions, the more priority will be.

Of course, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are provided by the army, and the cost of teaching teachers is also borne by the army. The soldiers only need to study hard. If this happens, there are still people who are not polite, Yuwen Wen personally teaches him how to be a human being.

"If you know how to read and write, the next thing will be easy to do."
Chapter completed!