Liu Dalin picked up the tea bowl, pushed the tea leaves to one side with the bowl lid, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and at the same time calm down his emotions, and then he said: "Everyone in the world thinks that the Fubo Army is invincible in every battle and can conquer all attacks.
It’s because the firearms are so sharp that one shot can destroy dozens of miles, which is really a blindfold..."
"Could it be that Meng Liang has a different opinion?"
"It's true," Liu Dalin said as if he had returned to the afternoon when Australians had their first big funeral many years ago. Wu Ya, the prime minister of Lingao County, who put on plain clothes and turban and blended into the crowd of spectators to find out, returned.
Then he vividly recounted the scene to him.
"...There were no gongs and drums from the troupe, no Taoist priests performing the Luotian Dajiao, and no women crying and wailing. The soldiers of the honor guard marched in neat goose steps and lined up with guns. As soon as the trumpet sounded, two drummers led the way, and the military drums
Knock slowly, two tall black horses that have never been seen before slowly drive past, pulling a black four-wheeled artillery cart, with a simple plain wood coffin placed on the cart. The horse hooves beat on the stone road, and the slow drum beat
The sound. Everything was unprecedented. Nothing could express mourning and grief more than all of this. The atmosphere was so intense that Wu Ya almost suffocated.
"Following an order, seven soldiers raised their guns and fired into the air at the same time, three times in a row. The crisp sound of gunshots circled the hillside. There was silence all around. In the silence, the sad trumpet sounded again, 24 syllables.
It was played slowly, and everyone present was moved to tears.
"The coffin was covered with earth, and the elder Wen Desi read the eulogy in person..."
After telling this story, Liu Dalin still sighed: "No one could have imagined that this grand funeral was actually prepared for an unknown person."
"Is it really just a soldier who died?" The same year present all asked the same question. They had never heard this story from anyone who "knew Kun", and it was really unbelievable.
"Later, I specially sent someone to check, and the name engraved on the tombstone was Li Shisan." Liu Dalin said.
"At first, it was just a piece of gold and horse bones to win people's hearts." Someone sneered, "I don't believe it. Every time someone in the Kun army died in battle, there was such a funeral?"
"If you say they are exactly the same, that's not the case." Liu Dalin said frankly, "But when soldiers are buried, there must be a full set of ceremonies. Soldiers and students scatter flowers and lay flowers in all seasons. This is the case every year, and the same is true in every season. Let me ask the warriors of this dynasty, not to mention Cangtou
A soldier is from an official to a commander-in-chief and a general. Will the court have such respect after his death?"
Everyone was silent. The imperial court did not value warriors. Those who died in battle were only compensated as usual, and the honors and honors after death were quite meager. As for the annual memorial ceremony, they could only rely on family and friends.
"Soldiers can fight when they are born and raised, and when they die, they can fight. This is what it should be." Liu Dalin said, "Students think that the most wonderful thing about Australia's military system is the soldier committee."
"Soldier committee?" Everyone listened to the new words that kept coming out of Liu Dalin's mouth, and they couldn't keep up.
Liu Dalin explained: "The system established by the Senate is that everyone is equal. There are soldier committees at all levels in the Fubo Army, and the committee members are composed of several people elected by all soldiers. All food, clothing, housing and transportation that involve the interests of soldiers are supervised and investigated.
If a chief officer commits corruption and harms the rights and interests of soldiers or mistreats soldiers, the Soldiers Committee has the right to appeal to the superior chief officer or even the military headquarters. Once confirmed, the officer will be severely punished."
Due to the atmosphere of the late Ming Dynasty, most scholar-officials would study a little bit of military literature. Whether it was Sun Wu, Bai Qi, Han Xin, Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Zhuge Kongming, since ancient times, soldiers were like gods, and their military orders were as high as mountains.
It is rare for soldiers and soldiers to work together. As for "the subordinates committing crimes against the superiors", it is even more treasonous. It is said that "the people sue the officials, and if they are not guilty, they are guilty."
Zhao Xunru couldn't help but asked: "What Meng Liang said is really unbelievable. Soldiers usually complain frequently, and the commander has no authority. If this is the case, military orders will be difficult to implement. How can we defeat the enemy in war?"
He Wuzou said: "Hou Shengmiao is here. Meng Liang's intention is to arrange the troops and charge into the formation. The soldiers must still obey the orders of the officers. If they violate the battle orders and fear the enemy and fight cowardly, they will still be unable to escape according to the military law."
Liu Dalin nodded and said: "Guangdong and Guangxi are bordering important areas, military and political affairs are lax, and there is a shortage of troops, especially in Guangzhou. But it is not just Guangzhou, it is the same all over the world. Why? Farming is a good law practiced by the ancients, but the officers of the guards both inside and outside know nothing.
To fatten oneself. Either to collect monthly money, or to buy and sell private services, or to deduct monthly rations due to academic requirements, or to reduce the amount of cloth for military operations, to make soldiers live in poverty, to be sick without medicine, to die without a coffin, to drink with hatred and swallow the sound, and to have no one.
It is possible to accuse. Chaozhou's farmland is the most fertile. Most of it is hidden by the guards, and it is also occupied by the powerful people. The superintendent of the farm asks for a small amount of money, and many of them invade fishing. Is it true that the sergeants are ready to wait with their stomachs full? Zhengde
Since then, military positions have been rampant and have been underestimated by the world. The internal departments, the external supervisors, and governors have suppressed each other. The five military offices are like warts, and the generals are like pawns. After Li Boxiang (Li Sunchen) ascended to Hanyuan, he transferred
I am a civilian, but I cannot talk about my military status. Brother Long You should know that what I say is not true."
In fact, when Zhu Yuanzhang separated military households, he did not regard military households as lowly status as he did in the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Except for the military service burden and the management of the guard station, military households were no different from civilian households. There were no special discriminatory policies.
Many officials in the Ming Dynasty came from military households, the most famous being Zhang Juzheng.
However, under the long-term operation of the military household system, due to heavy oppression and heavy burdens, a large number of people fled into hiding. The court either recruited criminals to join the army, or forced civilian households to become naturalized. Gradually, the social status of military households deteriorated, and the people did not want to
Those who marry and associate with them, and are said to be good people, are often no different from untouchables.
He Wuzuo's expression changed slightly when he heard this. Li Sunchen was from his hometown. After he was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing, he built a wall at Dajun Mountain, the former public burial place of military households, and decorated its entrance with the name "The Shangshu Ancestor Villa" to show his connection with the military households.
In addition, only during the period from the Qingming Festival to the closing of the tomb every year, descendants of various surnames of the military households were allowed to enter and pay homage. It was precisely because of the low status of the military households that the Li family could not wait to erase the traces of their origins.
What's even more terrible is that He Wuzuo also came from a military household. Everyone present understood that Liu Dalin did not mention Li Sunchen in person, which was to save face for He Wuzuo, his brother of the same age.
"It's true." He Wuzuo wiped his forehead and replied.
Liu Dalin continued: "Officers and soldiers in the Fubo Army are equal. Officers are not allowed to humiliate soldiers, otherwise they will be reported by the Soldiers' Committee. Military marriages are protected by law. If a libertine seduces the wife of a soldier, the Senate will also severely punish him. Soldiers are paid two yuan a month, no
All meals are provided by the army, and two sets of summer and winter military uniforms are issued every year. Special military doctors in the army treat diseases free of charge. They all have the ability to rejuvenate. Life is nourished.
, fell ill and died in Cuigang. Sun Tzu said: Who has the right to rule? Who is the general capable? Who has the heaven and the earth? Who can carry out the laws? Which of the soldiers is strong? Who is the drill of the soldiers? Who knows the rewards and punishments? I will know victory by this.
It’s a shame.”
How could this group of scholar-bureaucrats not know that the Ming Dynasty’s garrison system had been completely destroyed and had to turn to recruitment, but there was no mature system for enlisting and retiring soldiers. What’s more, the social status of soldiers was low and they lived a life of licking blood. The Ming Dynasty It is common in the army to be in arrears with pay. Soldiers are unwilling to work hard and sometimes flee. Some simply join another army to receive pay again after receiving their pay. As the saying goes, "Good iron cannot be nailed, and good men cannot be used." "Soldier", a good man will never become a big soldier. It has become normal for criminals, paupers, scoundrels, bandits, and refugees to be drafted into the army, and there is no distinction between soldiers and bandits.
However, Chen Zizhuang had to admit that the "national conditions of the Ming Dynasty" were completely different from those of the Kun thieves. Even though he knew that the Australian military system had its advantages, he could not imitate it no matter what.
He immediately said: "Although there are kings in the Song Dynasty in Australia, they are called virtual kings. If they are virtual, they are not real. The power is all vested in the Senate. Isn't it Cao Cao who used the emperor to order the princes? The Australian people's so-called equality of all people has not been seen in three thousand years. This drastic change is no less than the collapse of rituals and music in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Are fathers and sons equal? Filial piety is the foundation of virtue, and it is the source of education. The hair and skin of the body cannot be damaged by parents, which is the beginning of filial piety. , to be famous in later generations, to show off parents, and the end of filial piety. Filial piety to a husband begins with serving relatives, ends with serving the king, and finally establishes oneself. The five punishments belong to three thousand, and there is no crime greater than being unfilial. Those who want the king are supreme, and they are not saints. No way, those who are not filial have no relatives. This is the way to great chaos!"
Yao Tian also agreed with Chen Zizhuang's opinion, saying: "I heard that the people in Lingao are very rebellious and do not know their clan affiliation. They only have resentments and cannot win. Then they use sticks to fight each other. How can they respect their elders? These people , do not know the etiquette and justice, although they were born as compatriots, they are in love with Hu Yue, although they live in the same room, and they are not seen by passers-by, and even consider the slightest benefit and abandon the most kindness, how do they know the righteousness of brothers? These are all bad customs and deep human relations. Harmful. The Australians claim to be of Song Dynasty, and they 'defeat Xianggong' for reform, shouting, 'There is no fear of changes in the sky, no law for ancestors, and no sympathy for people's words. A minister who changed his mind in vain and beautiful Xining. Later generations thought that the death of the Song Dynasty was due to the fault of villains. Who are villains? Ding Wei, Cai Bian, Zhang Dun, Wang Anshi and others. The ancestors are my body. The source of origin is determined at the beginning of life and is not easy to change. To respect the ancestors, one must strictly abide by the instructions of the ancestors. Establish ancestral sons and clarify the lineage so that everyone knows where they come from. Set up family fields, set up village houses, and leave widowers in the family. The poor and the weak all have something to rely on, so they have to accept the clan. This is a clan system that has been passed down for thousands of years. The Australians are doing evil now and want to destroy my clan, disperse my people, and turn barbarians into summer. Their intentions should be punished!"
Although the words are high-sounding, they are all open-minded. The reason why Australians regard clans as a thorn in their side is because they cannot allow others to sleep soundly under the couch. What the Australians want to establish is a system like Qin Shi Huang's where the decree goes directly to the grassroots and does not allow the existence of rule. huge local power,
Since ancient times, the core of imperial studies has been foreign Confucianism and internal law. The actions of the Australians are actually not surprising to scholars. However, although Qin finally unified the six countries, it also left behind the historical lesson of "the second generation died". The Han Dynasty On the surface, "exclusively respecting Confucianism" is actually "external Confucianism and internal law", which is essentially a revision of the politics of the Qin Dynasty.