Early the next morning, Lin Xuan said goodbye to his family and, escorted by his own soldiers, arrived at Zuo Lingjun's camp.
Lin Xuan arrived at the camp and asked Liu Da to go. Xue Rengui and others called over.
"Xue Rengui meets the general!"
"Finally, I will meet the general!"
Although Xue Rengui was appointed by Lin Xuan to be responsible for training, he did not hold any position. Therefore, he did not claim to be the last general.
Lin Xuan waved his hand and said: "Thank you for your hard work during my absence. Rengui, tell me, where are you training now?"
After not seeing each other for a while, Cheng Chumo and his friends have become a bit darker. The cynical expressions that often appeared on their faces have disappeared, and their faces are full of perseverance.
Xue Rengui handed over his hand and said: "Back to the general, I am standing in military posture and queue, just for daily training. The focus of training now is military formation, armed cross-country, and physical training such as push-ups."
Lin Xuan nodded with satisfaction and said: "Rengui, you must continue to train hard. When the training is almost complete, I will invite His Majesty to come to the military parade. Then it will be your time to make a name for yourself."
"Thank you, Lord Marquis!" Xue Rengui said excitedly.
The civil and martial arts he learned were sold to the emperor's family.
He was determined to bring glory to his family and studied the art of war and martial arts diligently for this purpose.
"Okay, Rengui will go to reorganize the army first, and I will go take a look later. Cheng Chumo and the other three will stay behind."
"Yes!" Xue Rengui bowed and strode away.
After Xue Rengui left, Lin Xuan smiled and said, "Okay, we haven't seen each other for a long time, let's catch up on old times."
"Lin Xuan, congratulations, you have been promoted to a marquis so quickly." Cheng Chumo said with some envy.
"For such a big event as being promoted to a noble rank, you still need to treat guests, but now that we are in the military camp, we can only write it down." Yuchi Baolin muttered.
Qin Huaidao smiled and said, "Congratulations!"
Lin Xuan said angrily: "Young master, you will inherit the title in the future, and you will all be Dukes of the country. There is nothing to envy about a marquis."
Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin both inherited the title of duke in history.
Although Qin Huaidao failed to inherit the title of Duke of Yi State, he did inherit the title of Duke of Licheng County from his grandfather.
There are two theories about Qin Huaidao's failure to inherit Qin Qiong's title in history.
As we all know, Li Shimin successfully ascended the throne through the Xuanwumen Incident.
Although it is recorded in history books that Qin Qiong participated in the Xuanwu Gate Revolution.
However, according to the record on an epitaph that was once unearthed, Qin Qiong did not participate in the incident at that time. It is precisely because of this that although Qin Qiong's contribution was outstanding, he was subsequently named the Twenty-Four Meritorious Officers of Lingyan Pavilion.
At that time, Qin Qiong's position was particularly low. For this reason, some people speculated that the reason why Qin Qiong's title could not be hereditary was also because of Li Shimin's distrust of Qin Qiong.
Another theory is that Qin Huaidao was not Qin Qiong's legitimate son, so he failed to inherit the title.
But this argument is untenable. The ancient inheritance system is the eldest son - the eldest grandson - the second son - the third son - the n son - the concubine.
In the case that Qin Qiong only had one son, Qin Huaidao, Qin Huaidao could inherit the title regardless of whether he was his legitimate son.
Lin Xuan believed that Qin Huaidao failed to inherit the title because Qin Qiong, like Li Jing, did not participate in the Xuanwu Gate Revolution.
The difference between Li Jing and him is that Li Jing made many meritorious deeds after Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, so Li Jing's title was inherited.
Due to Qin Qiong's health, Li Shimin never made any meritorious service after he ascended the throne, so he did not inherit it.
"How can this be compared? You got it by yourself, but we got it through inheritance." Cheng Chumo said.
He believes that fame should be obtained immediately, and there is nothing to show off based on inherited titles.
Yuchi Baolin and Qin Huaidao also had expressions of approval.
Lin Xuan shook his head secretly, wouldn't it be good if he could inherit? He didn't want to inherit yet, so he had to work hard on his own.
Some of them envied Lin Xuan, and Lin Xuan also envied them.
"By the way, I heard that you created the very profitable Liuli Pavilion. Remember to give us some Liuli when the time comes." Cheng Chumo patted Lin Xuan's shoulder and said.
Although they were in the military camp and did not go out, they still knew some news from outside.
"Don't worry, I've arranged for people early and sent some to each house." Lin Xuan said with a smile.
"I knew you wouldn't forget us." Cheng Chumo said happily.
"Let's not talk about it anymore. How about it? With the punishment mechanism I set, which one of you helped others wash their clothes and socks?" Lin Xuan asked with a smile.
At that time, he decided to conduct an assessment every seven days, and those with the worst performance would be evaluated and those with the best quality would have to wash their clothes and socks for seven days.
However, he left the military camp before he stayed in the military camp for seven days and has been busy until now.
When Lin Xuan asked about this, the three of them lowered their heads and said nothing.
Lin Xuan laughed and said, "Is it possible that all three of you have lost before?"
"You still have the nerve to laugh. You broke the rules and competed too hard." Cheng Chumo said a little depressed.
Lin Xuan was a little speechless. According to time calculation, they should have competed four times now. Unexpectedly, they had lost all of them.
"It's not my fault. I didn't let Xue Rengui cheat. I can only blame you for not working hard." Lin Xuan said.
Yuchi Baolin said: "Lin Xuan, can you cancel this assessment?"
He really felt comfortable having people wash his clothes and socks for him.
But when he lost and helped others wash, he felt uncomfortable.
Training is very hard every day. Those soldiers sweat a lot every day. Who knows who washes their socks?
"Cancellation is impossible, but starting from today it will be changed to monthly basis." Lin Xuan said.
He made this rule at that time just to allow them to train hard in the early stage.
Now after a month, those soldiers have become accustomed to the previous training, and there is no need to compete every seven days.
Cheng Chumo and the others breathed a sigh of relief. Although it was not canceled, it was good to change it to monthly comparison.
Lin Xuan secretly laughed. He competed once a month. He was not as diligent as before, but the loser would have to wash his hands for a month.
He didn't plan to tell them the news now, let them be happy for a while.
"Let's go to the school field. I want to see the results of your training this month." Lin Xuan said with a smile.
Qin Huaidao praised: "It's definitely beyond your imagination. Your training method is really easy to use. In just one month, these soldiers have become elites."
The left leading army guard was originally elite, but last year many veterans became older and many new recruits were added.
Not to mention that those new recruits have never been on the battlefield, and their training time is still short, so they cannot be called elites at all.
But according to Lin Xuan's method, he only trained for a month. Except for the fact that he had never been on the battlefield and lacked murderous intent, his energy and spirit were not much different from those of the veterans. However, his discipline was much better than those of the veterans.
"Then I'll wait and see. You guys go over there first, and I'll be there right after I put on my armor." Lin Xuan said.
"Then let's go over first." Cheng Chumo and the others said hello and left.
Lin Xuan put on the armor with the help of his own soldiers.
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When Lin Xuan arrived at the school grounds, Xue Rengui had already gathered the soldiers.
More than 8,000 people were divided into three square formations, with three people, Cheng Chumo, standing in front of their respective square formations.
"See General!"
The shouts of more than 8,000 people were deafening, making Lin Xuan feel deaf.
It took Lin Xuan a while to come to his senses, he took the trumpet handed by the soldier and said loudly: "Without courtesy, from your voices, I can tell that you have worked very hard during this time, and I am very satisfied."
Standing on the stage and looking down, the soldiers in three square formations stood neatly.
Although he could not catch up with the troops of later generations, he was already very satisfied. After all, he had only trained for a month.
Lin Xuan put down the loudspeaker and said to Xue Rengui: "Rengui, you can start training normally and let me take a look."
"yes!"
Xue Rengui responded, walked up to the stage, shouted with a loudspeaker: "Start training, stand in a military posture!"
Wow~
Following the order, the soldiers in the three square formations stood up in military postures, looking forward, motionless.
During the entire two cups of tea (half an hour), Lin Xuan didn't notice anyone making any moves and was very satisfied.
After standing in military posture, Xue Rengui asked them to practice walking in formation and doing push-ups...
It has to be said that Xue Rengui is very capable. Lin Xuan asked himself that if he trained, he would never be able to do this in a month.
Throughout the morning, Lin Xuan watched the soldiers training at the school grounds. It was not until lunch time that Lin Xuan returned to the camp to eat.