However, he did not have any dissatisfaction with Li Si because of this. After all, this was the privilege of the nobility, and Li Si was not the only one to gain experience in the army.
And compared to others, Li Si is at least capable and dares to fight and kill, which is much better than some trash.
"I am not a noble of the Zhao State. I am a Chu State, and I come from a poor family. I was just lucky enough to be favored by the king, and after serving as a county magistrate for several years, I was sent to the army for training." Li Si said with a smile.
"The Chu country is a poor family! No, join the army and meet the king?" Li Hao said excitedly.
"Not only have I seen it before, but when I first came to the Kingdom of Zhao, the king personally helped me into the carriage and held a banquet in the palace. I can remember this scene for a lifetime." Li Si said with a face full of aftertaste.
When he came to Zhao from Chu, he just wanted to give it a try. Who would have thought that his life and destiny would change so much from then on.
"If it were me, I could remember it forever." Li Hao said enviously.
Although Zhao Guo often went to the military camp when he was in Handan, and would chat with the soldiers to understand their home situation and any difficulties, Zhao Kuo had a hundred thousand troops, and Zhao Kuo could accomplish one-tenth of the task by himself, not to mention chatting with all the soldiers. He is considered awesome.
"If you want to see the king and ask him to host 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." Not only was Li Si not angry, but he said respectfully.
It was raining heavily outside, and a fire was lit in the military camp. Li Hao carefully controlled the fire so that it would not go out or burn the military camp.
Originally there was only one Shi here, but unknowingly there were more and more. Finally, even the soldiers who were preparing to sleep came over, crowding the small military camp to the full.
The firelight made everyone's faces turn red, and combined with the ginger water they just drank, all the coldness in their bodies seemed to be driven away.
"There should be dedicated teachers in your army to teach you how to read." Li Si's gaze swept across everyone's faces.
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one said anything.
In the end, Li Hao nodded shamefully, "Yes."
"How many of you are literate?" Li Si asked again.
Everyone shook their heads, and only three people raised their hands.
"I joined the army. At the beginning, the army did arrange for a boy to teach us how to read. The boy was only twenty years old and his hair was not even long. Why should he be our teacher? The brothers were dissatisfied and made trouble while he was teaching us. Later, Make him angry. Then no one will teach us how to read." Li Hao shrugged.
"You... I really don't know what to say about you. I used to envy the nobles for their ability to read and write, but when I had the opportunity to read and write, I didn't cherish it. It's so mean. No wonder the teacher said to the king, we will never get free things. I will cherish it and popularize education, but it cannot be free. I used to argue with the teacher, but now it seems that the teacher sees further than me." Li Si sighed deeply.
After all, there are only a minority of scholars in this era. Even if Zhao spent a lot of money and even used titles as an attraction to abduct many scholars from various countries, there were still not enough teachers.
Therefore, one teacher is driven away, another teacher is replaced, and finally there is a teacher who is talented in literature and martial arts, has outstanding moral ethics, is extremely patient, can teach students in accordance with their aptitude, and makes all students correct their evil ways. It will always be a matter of leading everyone to break through themselves and achieve their goals in life. Will not appear in Zhao country.
I, the State of Zhao, can provide you with opportunities, but there is only one such opportunity. If you choose to give up, it will never be there again.
"You always think that others are successful because they have better backgrounds than you, others are richer than you, and others are luckier than you. But when opportunities appear in front of you, you fail to seize them."
"I, Li Si, come from a poor family in the Chu State. There are only eight thousand people from a poor family like mine in the entire Chu State, if not ten thousand. Perhaps in your opinion, this kind of background is already more than most people. I admit it, but those small people in the Chu State Officer, how many people can see my back now?"
"When they were playing Liubo, I was studying. When they were bullying men and women, I was studying. When they were bullying superiors and inferiors, I was studying.
. Not because I like reading, but because I know that reading is my only chance to change my destiny. "
"When the king issued the order to recruit talents, I knew that my opportunity had come. So I gave up my post in Chu State without hesitation and came to Zhao State alone."
"I am not the only one who came to Zhao State. There are also many talented people. Some of them are about the same age as me, but their knowledge is far beyond mine. I was lucky. With the help of the king, I became a disciple of Xunzi. I started to study again, and a few years later, I stood out from my peers and was sent to a local area for training. Although I dare not say that I am better than my peers now, I, Li Si, am confident that I am not inferior to them."
"If I had not resisted the temptation when I was in the Chu State, then the Chu State would have had another lowly official who deceived the superiors and deceived the subordinates. If I had not chosen to come to the Zhao State when I learned about the recruitment order, then the Chu State would have The country should have one more petty official who complains all day long but still insists on studying. If after I come to Zhao, I feel that others are better off than me, richer than me, luckier than me, and more capable than me, I will never be able to do it. There is no way we can't catch up with those people and give up our efforts. Now Zhao should have one more ordinary official and one less soldier."
"Many times, we can't change anything. Just like we were born in a poor family and have to work hard every day to farm so as not to starve to death. Just like we may have worked hard all our lives, but we still can't compare to the wealth passed down by their ancestors. Just like All our efforts may not be rewarded. But when you are not even willing to work hard, how can there be rewards?"
"Studying may not necessarily make you live a better life, but it will give you more choices. When you are frustrated in the military, you can go back to the local area to be a bookkeeper, you can go to a college to be a teacher, you can go to Being a staff member... In the end, if it doesn't work out, you can go home and farm. If you can't even read Chinese characters and don't even know basic planning, after leaving the army, what else will you do besides farming? Some of you may even Forget about farming."
Li Si's voice was small, but sonorous and powerful, like sharp knives piercing the hearts of the Zhao army soldiers, like morning bells and evening drums, deafening and enlightening.
"We were wrong to join the army." Li Hao lowered his head and said.
"Joining the army, we were wrong." In the end, all the Zhao soldiers bowed their heads and admitted their mistake.
"You are luckier than me. At least you have a complete system of conferring military honors. Unlike the Chu State, although you say meritocracy, but... don't talk about it."
"The King once said that low-level generals can only rely on force. 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 achievements are, you can only improve your title, but not your title. Official position. Because promoting an official position is irresponsible to other people."
"But when the title reaches a certain level, ordinary beheading is useless. You must lead the army to victory in order to upgrade the title. If you cannot upgrade your official position, it means that you cannot lead the army, and the number of titles that can be promoted is limited."
"So your Majesty spends a lot of money to hire teachers to teach you how to read and write, but you guys..."
Li Si sighed again.
"So that's it. I thought that as long as I kept killing enemies, my title could keep rising." Li Hao said, patting his thigh. From the looks on everyone's faces, it could be seen that it was obviously not just one or two people who thought so.
"We have all betrayed the king's trust."
"Now tell us, are you still willing to read and write?" Li Si asked solemnly.
"Yes. We are willing." Everyone said one after another.
"After returning to the Kingdom of Zhao, I will ask the king to teach you how to read and write. But the prerequisite is that you must apologize to the teacher who taught you before. Are you willing?" Li Si said.
"We are willing. If you join the army to teach us, we will definitely be willing." Li Hao said excitedly.
"Okay, except for the people guarding the city, everyone should go back and rest." Li Si waved his hand.
"Joining the army, we will take our leave first." Everyone saluted, more respectfully than before.
Li Si had a smile on his face. It was not easy to convince this group of people.
Now he finally has a little one in the military
of the foundation.
