Liu Bei still has this last position, waiting for him.
If Xunshi can take away this position before the final battle, then this position must belong to Xunshi. If Xunshi only reacts after the final battle...
This position will not belong to the Xun family anyway, but will belong to a family that had the courage to make decisions before this.
If no one takes it away, then this position will disappear forever, and the new position that appears after that will no longer have everything that comes with the old position.
Anyway, your Xun family is still a Wenyue family without me. Since you have such good self-confidence, it doesn't make any difference to you if you don't have this position, right?
Liu Bei no longer paid attention to these things. On the one hand, he stayed with the women at home and tried his best to spend more time with them. On the other hand, he took the time to go to Zhouxue and told him about the problems of the previous problem students. Processed it.
For example, Ma Chao.
After some "teaching" from him, this completely problematic student learned a lesson. He studied hard for three months and achieved passing results in the quarterly examination without being dismissed. .
The teacher Ma Jie who he had beaten and contradicted before relented after he personally brought gifts and stood at the door of the dormitory for an hour. Or he forgave Ma Chao because of consideration for Ma Chao's father Ma Teng.
So Ma Chao could finally continue his studies at the state school.
During this meeting, Ma Chao had obviously changed a lot, which was reflected in his enthusiasm for his studies.
"Your teachings inspired me a lot. After that, I studied seriously for a while and found that some things are really not completely useless."
In Liu Bei's office, he talked to Ma Chao alone and chatted with Ma Chao about his mental journey during this period, which he found very interesting.
"What is more useful?"
"Arithmetic, I think this is very useful."
Ma Chao said happily: "Instructor Ma said that commanding an army to fight is not something that can be summarized by bloody battles on the battlefield. Fighting and winning on the battlefield is the last step, and before that, there is still a huge amount of work. It needs to be done so that the army can sustain itself until a decisive victory on the battlefield.
Otherwise, there is no need for the enemy to fight, and the army will collapse on its own. Before that, I didn’t think so much. After Teacher Ma said it, I realized how complicated fighting is. Teacher Ma also gave an example, saying that he once He has been involved in military logistics and uses his experiences to tell us the importance of arithmetic. "
"for example?"
"For example, the amount of food required by the army for marching, stationing, and fighting is different and needs to be allocated separately."
Ma Chao gestured back and forth with his hands and said happily: "Then the food must take care of everyone except the soldiers, including the cattle and horses needed for the march, as well as donkeys and mules. These are all beings who need to eat food. If it's true The soldiers of the Eight Classics only need one stone of food, so counting the entire army and normal losses, five stones of food must be prepared.
Then the army also needs accommodation materials, clothing materials, medicinal materials, various cooking utensils, and money to reward soldiers and motivate them. How to use these things also requires arithmetic calculations before we can come to a conclusion. , can’t be given randomly. "
Liu Bei was very satisfied with Ma Chao's understanding and smiled.
"Yes, fighting is a science, a very profound knowledge. Victory on the battlefield is the last step. In order for the army to reach this final step, the things that need to be done in the early stage are beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and the most used ones are knowledge is arithmetic.
If you can master arithmetic well, you will be a beginner in fighting. A general who does not understand arithmetic cannot accurately grasp all the supplies he has. If he cannot grasp the quantity of his supplies, he will be deceived. Deception, how to win? "
Ma Chao nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice.
"You are absolutely right. I have been thinking about this issue these days, and then I felt that knowledge is really useful. If I want to become a very powerful general, I might not be able to do it if I don't master some knowledge. arrive."
"You realize very quickly. Most people don't reflect as quickly as you do."
Liu Bei smiled and said: "Did someone give you some advice? Could it be that your father beat you again?"
Ma Chao touched his head in embarrassment.
"The beating was a beating, and the gift of apology was prepared by my father, but what's really important is that when I returned home, I found that my father actually asked teachers from the state school to help him with arithmetic lessons."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Liu Bei shook his head and laughed: "Yes, I have strict requirements for officers at all levels. If every officer wants to be promoted, he must not only have military merit, but also have knowledge that matches the position. The higher the position, the better." The higher the academic requirements, the more you need to pass the exam, otherwise you won’t be promoted.”
This is true.
There were no conditions before. Everyone was from a wild background, and they didn't care much about knowledge. They all relied on talent and a little accumulation of experience. Liu Bei had no time to improve the quality of his officers.
But this cannot last long.
So now that he has money, conditions, and environment permitting, Liu Bei not only provides basic education to soldiers, but also makes requirements for officers at all levels.
When an officer is promoted from level to level, he not only needs to have clear military merit, but also needs to have a certain cultural quality and needs to take a promotion exam.
Each level of officer has cultural quality requirements for each level of officer. If you fail to meet these requirements, even if you have achieved the merit, you will not be promoted. You will have to take remedial courses and make up exams until you pass.
Promotion can only be completed after passing the exam, otherwise you will have to take extra classes and make up the exam.
Taking into account everyone's worrisome cultural foundation, Liu Bei specifically stipulated that there would be three opportunities for make-up examinations. Liu Bei personally participated in the examination papers, which were not very difficult and mostly consisted of practical questions.
If this is not passed, it will be directly regarded as giving up the qualification for promotion.
A person who is too stupid cannot assume a higher military position and cannot entrust the lives of more soldiers to him, otherwise it will be bad.
This order has been implemented since the beginning of the fifth year of Zhongping. Officers who have been promoted previously must also take remedial courses and take an exam to prove that they are qualified for this military position. Otherwise, they must make up the exam. Everything must follow the rules.
For a time, the learning atmosphere among the officers in the Liangzhou Corps was quite strong. A large group of officers gathered together for tutoring in order to successfully pass the assessment.
Ma Teng had already failed once, and he didn't know how much to blame Liu Bei for making such an embarrassment to him, but he had to work hard and not make up the exam.
Therefore, he could only hire a teacher from the state school to help him with tutoring. He would read the teaching materials there all day long. Those who didn't know better thought he loved studying.
Ma Chao saw Ma Teng struggling with tutoring, and he immediately understood the importance of learning more deeply.
Without education, it is impossible to be promoted to a military position, let alone become a general. Under Liu Bei, officers without education cannot become officers. In addition to being able to fight, to be an officer, you must also be able to pass the exam.
Therefore, Ma Chao quickly understood why the teachers in the state school always told them with a tigerish face - people who don't study hard can't do anything well!
Really, Ma Teng told him with practical actions that if you don’t study hard, you really can’t do anything well because you have nothing to do.
Therefore, Ma Chao can only study hard, and he is particularly concerned about arithmetic. In other classes, he may wander off and become distracted, but in arithmetic class, he is absolutely focused and meticulous. He is the kind of person who has to ask the teacher if he has any questions. .
Liu Bei was very satisfied with Ma Chao's ability to reflect so quickly. He encouraged Ma Chao and encouraged him to study hard.
(End of chapter)
