Liu Tan was also surprised that Huo Guang was so surprised. In this day and age, common people could join the ranks of scholars as long as they knew a little bit of reading.
As far as Liu Tan knew, in the army, even at the rank of captain, many people were illiterate, and being able to write their own names was already a great achievement.
In the past, when Liu Tan led the troops, he only came into contact with literate people. Now, after close contact with them, he expressed his despair. Okay, his own elite troops can be so powerful.
In response to Huo Guang's question, Liu Tan thought for a moment and said, "Isn't it good to train them this way? Once the army is expanded, these will be ready-made officers."
Liu Tan nodded seriously as he spoke. It must be said that Huo Guang really inspired him. As long as this batch of people can be trained, the next step will be much easier, and an effective process can be formed through this batch.
Huo Guang was startled by him: "Your Highness, you still want to expand the army? Unless Your Majesty is willing to make another exception!"
A thousand people was already the pinnacle of Liu Tan's guards as a vassal king. Any more would be a crime and suspected of treason. Even if Liu Tan was thick-skinned and well-defended, he could not withstand such a charge.
Liu Tan looked at him and said, "What are you thinking? If someone really has potential, would he stay with me forever? For example, Wei Deng, he is now considered one of my guards. Do you think I will keep him forever?"
Huo Guang was slightly stunned, then gasped: "Your Highness, are you targeting only your own guards, or the entire Northern Territory?"
Liu Tan said: "I have an idea, but it's just an idea. Before the tax revenue comes in, this idea can only take shape for a while."
Unless most areas of the Northern Territory are lifted out of poverty or the population increases, it will be difficult to expect these people to do farm work for their families.
Huo Guang said, "But...with a thousand men at once, Your Highness will probably be criticized."
If Liu Tan is very optimistic about someone and provides him with funds to study, there is nothing wrong with that. However, with so many people, there will definitely be some who are dissatisfied. With more literate people, there will be competition. Liu Tan can support a thousand people now, and he will be able to support ten thousand people in the future. Anyway, he has money.
So, even if he taught only a few people, surely there would be some promising ones? If these people stayed in the Northern Territory, it would be fine. But if they joined the imperial court in the future, wouldn't the government be controlled remotely by the King of the Northern Territory in the long run?
Of course, this kind of thing would definitely happen when Liu Che was still in power, but what if he was no longer in power?
Liu Tan had always respected Huo Guang's opinion. Since Huo Guang said no, he simply changed his approach: "Then start with training. I have a lot more arrangements later. If you can't pass, just brush it off. Once all the initial training is successfully passed, we can discuss other things."
Huo Guang instinctively trusted Liu Tan too much. His Highness was too prone to impulsive behavior, so even though he felt he had overstepped his bounds, he still asked, "Have you decided how to train me, Your Highness?"
Liu Tan was about to find someone to discuss this when he heard this and said, "It's a good opportunity for you to come and take a look. This is the project I set up."
Huo Guang took it and looked at it. Wow, he recognized all the characters. When he put them together, he recognized many of them.
He knew about the short-distance running, long-distance running, and weighted running, so he asked, "Your Highness, have you taken the test before?"
Liu Tan said: "At that time, we only set a passing score, which meant that those who passed were eligible for training. Now we need to continue to develop their physical fitness, which is a very high standard. This passing score must be determined based on their training data."
Huo Guang continued to read, but when he saw pull-ups and sit-ups, he gave up asking.
He thought for a moment and asked, "When Your Highness is conducting these trainings, can I go over and watch?"
After hearing this, Liu Tan had an idea. It wouldn't work. He even wanted to ask not only Huo Guang, but also Wei Buyi and Li Buyan to go and take a look.
Li Buyan has not left yet, because although Shoujiang City is under the jurisdiction of the Northern Border Kingdom, Liu Tan still has to write to the court and get the court's approval before he can appoint Li Buyan.
Now we are waiting for the reply from the court, so it’s a good opportunity for him to go and take a look.
Liu Tan said with a smile: "Of course you can, but you may have to wait for a while."
Even counting in formation is so difficult. I don’t know how long it takes to practice marching in step, and after this practice, the first thing to do is running.
Of course, the construction of spiritual civilization can also be relaxed in this process. Liu Tan decided to let them shout slogans such as defending the country, being loyal to the emperor and loving the country, and sooner or later they would succeed in brainwashing.
However, Huo Guang reminded him that a special training base should be established. In fact, the current training ground is inside the palace.
Liu Tan’s palace was too spacious, so it was no big deal to accommodate these thousand people, but they could still stay in his palace.
So he directly drew an area on the outskirts of the city to build a training base, and set up various areas according to his memory, such as a playground for running, walls and trees needed for climbing, and barbed wire needed for crawling.
Basically, everything he could think of was successfully established.
After half a month of training, Wei Deng came to Liu Tan excitedly and said that the team had been able to complete most of the instructions. Liu Tan was very surprised. He did not expect that they could achieve his goal ahead of schedule.
But when he went over to take a look, he immediately suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder - when they stood in a row, they could barely form a line, but when they moved, the whole group of villains moved in zigzags, and they couldn't even march in place in an orderly manner, let alone march in step or goose-step. Liu Tan felt as if they were bandits coming down the mountain.
Liu Tan took a deep breath and said, "No, everyone has already learned how to march in unison. The next step is to make everyone more orderly."
He originally wanted to say no, but looking at Weiden's bright eyes and tanned baby face, he really opened his mouth and began to encourage and educate him.
Wei Deng took a look and thought it was neat enough, so he asked, "Then...how do we do it?"
Liu Tan directly put forward very demanding requirements, which were basically based on the training methods of the national flag class before he came here.
Wei Deng was stunned after watching it. He was no longer the Wei Deng who knew nothing about the training method when he first saw it. After actually participating in the training, he realized that standing at attention and walking were really difficult. Now seeing this requirement made it even more difficult.
Liu Tan looked at Wei Deng with a blank expression and thought to himself, this is just the beginning. The military training for college students in later generations is stricter than this!
When Wei Deng finally recovered, Liu Tan threw another malicious bomb at him: "Come on, it's only four months. When the emperor comes, you, as my guards, must show up. At least you can embarrass me, understand?"
Physical fitness can be improved slowly, but the spirit must be good!
He originally thought Wei Deng would be nervous after hearing this, but unexpectedly, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he even stuttered a little: "Your Majesty...Your Majesty...Will you...come to see it too?"
Liu Tan nodded and thought to himself: Good guy, I am a fan of your dad and you are a fan of my dad. If it is not suitable, I will exchange ideas with you.
Wei Deng was full of energy and ready to continue training his soldiers. Liu Tan was very pleased to see him walking with vigor.
Suddenly, Huo Guang brought him a bombshell: Wu Shilu wrote him a letter!
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