Diqin Designer

Chapter 159 I think we can build a military school

Li Nian said: "We should start with what the soldiers can learn. To make the soldiers read and write is not to let them read any book or learn any book, but to let the soldiers know the king, the country, and the family."

"They should know that this land gave birth to them and that their families need their protection. They should understand that they are fighting not only for their king and country, but also for themselves and their families."

"If the country is destroyed, the family will also be destroyed. Their parents and brothers will be slaughtered by the enemy, and their wives, daughters and sisters will be humiliated by the enemy. They fight to defend the country and also to defend their family, to protect their parents, brothers, wives, daughters and sisters."

"In addition to this, I think we should also give soldiers appropriate preferential treatment and honor to help them develop a sense of honor and encourage more people to join the army. The Qin soldiers have made an indelible contribution to the unification of the world."

With the current productivity of the Qin Dynasty, it is difficult to give more preferential treatment to the soldiers, but it is not difficult to do so in terms of honor.

"I suggest that we build a soldier monument, engrave the names of Qin soldiers who died in battle or made contributions on it, set a certain day of the year to offer sacrifices, and even record the soldiers who made great contributions in the history books, so that the world can remember their contributions and pass them on to future generations."

After answering Wei Liao's question, Li Nian continued to answer Wang Jianzhi's question.

"As for the question from Minister Wang, 'If a soldier knows how to read and understand the art of war, and wants to be a general, what's the problem?' Someone in the west of my hometown once said, 'A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier.' If a soldier has the ability to become a general, it would be a blessing for your Majesty and the Qin Dynasty. What's the problem with letting him become a general?"

A soldier who doesn’t want to be a general is not a good soldier?
Although no one knew where Li Nian's hometown was or who said this, many ministers repeated this sentence in their hearts. This sentence is really suitable for Daqin.

Because the Qin Dynasty's military merit system was designed to encourage soldiers to kill the enemy, they could obtain titles and be promoted to generals based on their military merits.

Wang Jian nodded and smiled, "This is exactly what I want from Great Qin!"

Li Nian added: "This is actually the second thing I want to tell Your Majesty. I propose to set up a military school to train talented generals for our Great Qin. Although the military merit system can also select outstanding generals, when there is no war, even a natural talent will be difficult to show."

Ying Zheng also thought of something at this time. During the reign of Qin II, Chen Sheng's army was about to attack Xianyang, but not only did they have no soldiers, they also had no generals. In the end, they let Zhang Han lead a group of prisoners to fight.

Zhang Han was the Minister of the Imperial Household at that time, and was not a regular Qin general. Although Zhang Han was quite good at leading troops in battle and became a famous general at the end of the Qin Dynasty, this indicated the decline of generals in the Qin Dynasty at that time.

Wang Jian and Wang Ben retired and returned home, Meng Tian and Meng Yi were killed one after another, and only Zhang Han, Wang Li and others were left to support the Qin Dynasty...

Thinking of Zhang Han, Ying Zheng felt strange in his heart. He wondered how Zhang Han's pilot experiment would turn out.

Anyway, he is not very optimistic now, because Daqin has changed so much now, which will definitely affect Zhang Han's pilot project.

After putting the matter of Zhang Han out of his mind, Ying Zheng began to think about what Li Nian said about establishing a military academy. If a military academy was established, a group of generals could be trained as reserves in peacetime.

Although these people have not experienced the true baptism of war and are not as good as real generals, it is better than having no generals available when the enemy is outside the city.

Wang Jian, Meng Tian and many other Qin generals set their sights on Li Nian, but this time their intentions were not entirely good.

Because if the military academy advice proposed by Li Nian is adopted by His Majesty, their descendants will lose a great advantage. Li Nian can be said to be digging up the future of their descendants.

Their sons and nephews could have easily become Qin generals and been promoted based on their achievements and family military strategies.

After all, most people are illiterate and do not know the art of war, so Your Majesty has no other choice. But if Your Majesty adopts Li Nian's advice and builds that military academy, allowing more people to go to that military academy to learn to read and write, learn the art of war, and train to become generals, Your Majesty will have more choices.

At the same time, it also means that their children and nephews have no advantages, and with so many people competing, their children and nephews may not be able to stand out.

Li Nian seemed not to notice these glances, and continued: "After the military academy is established, Your Majesty will be the principal. You can let the generals and veteran soldiers of the Qin Dynasty come to the academy to learn the art of war, how to scout the enemy, how to survey the terrain, how to read maps, etc."

Ying Zheng glanced at Li Nian, then cast his gaze on the Qin generals headed by Wang Jian, and asked, "What do you think of this military academy, old general?"

Seeing Ying Zheng's gaze falling on him, Wang Jian knew that Ying Zheng had already accepted Li Nian's advice in his heart. Asking him now was just to let him take the lead and say on behalf of all the Qin generals, "We also agree with this advice."

Wang Jian said: "I think what Minister Li said is very good. Building a military academy will be very beneficial to the Qin Dynasty! Although I am old, I am willing to do my part for Your Majesty and teach the art of war in the military academy."

After hearing Wang Jian's words, many Qin generals were quite dissatisfied, but since Wang Jian, who had the greatest contributions and the longest seniority, had said so, and it was obvious that His Majesty wanted to listen to Li Nian, they could only accept it.

Wang Jian was really willing to spend a lot of money and took the initiative to go to the military academy to teach military tactics.

Generally speaking, the military tactics of generals like Wang Jian are family heirlooms, passed down only to the closest children and nephews in the family.

It is not just the concept of leading troops and the method of deploying troops, but also includes many detailed and useful battlefield experiences such as setting up camp, identifying directions, finding enemy weaknesses, finding water sources, arranging logistical supplies, etc. It is not just a few words "warfare is the art of deception".

It was essentially an encyclopedia summarizing Wang Jian's experience in leading troops in battles, but Wang Jian handed this encyclopedia over so directly.

While the other Qin generals were still thinking, another voice came: "Your servant Meng Tian is also willing to teach the art of war in the military academy!"

Meng Tian became the second Qin general to support Li Nianjian's military academy advice.

At this time, the other Qin generals realized that since they could not stop this incident, why not get involved?
Unfortunately, the first place was taken by Wang Jian, and the second place was taken by Meng Tian. It is too late for them to voice their support now.

Seeing that all the Qin generals voiced their support, Ying Zheng said: "Since everyone has no objection, then this matter will be settled. Li Nian, since it was you who proposed it, this matter will be decided by you, and the old general and Wei Qing will assist you."

He is obviously the Minister of Education, but he can interfere in the affairs of the Ministry of War. Everyone can see that Li Nian is really favored by the king. He can not only give suggestions across departments, but also do things across departments.

Hearing this, Wei Liao's eyes lit up. He was just looking for an opportunity to talk more with Li Nian. Isn't this opportunity here? Although he was asked to assist Li Nian, what does it matter?
Wang Jian was also very curious about Li Nian, so he did not refuse and agreed.

Seeing the three people accepting the order, Ying Zheng asked again: "Is there anything else you think should be added?"

Li Nian nodded and said, "I think we can give the Qin soldier a surname..."

At this point, Li Nian had an idea. After thinking about it quickly, he felt that this idea might be feasible, so he changed his words and said, "I think Your Majesty can establish a surname and grant surnames to all the people in the world!"

(End of this chapter)