Perhaps only the three hundred militiamen of Sanglin Village were truly peasants.
As for the other officially registered soldiers, their families were at least well-off small landowners.
Li Jue had no idea about any of this; he only knew how to plagiarize scenes from certain TV dramas.
Anyway, he did whatever was done in later generations, and changed things on the spot if he encountered something unsuitable.
For example, upon learning that many people in his military camp were literate, he immediately selected these people and made them teachers, responsible for teaching the students in each class to read and write.
The teaching materials that Li Jue compiled for them were very simple, consisting of "vulgar characters" that were similar to the simplified characters used in later generations.
For example, the colloquial form of the character “于” is used extensively in Wang Xizhi’s Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion.
Therefore, the people of the Tang Dynasty were not unfamiliar with the simplified Chinese characters of later generations, and many even used them extensively in their daily communications.
Because Shan Daozhen already knew how to read, she was directly promoted to vice class monitor, specifically responsible for teaching all the idiots in the class to read.
The daily task is to write ten characters. As long as the whole class passes the assessment, they can receive a small red flower.
Although the little red flowers are small, Shan Daozhen has become addicted to collecting them.
He heard from the military commander that if he collected ten of these little red flowers, he could get extra points during the end-of-month assessment!
So every night, Shan Daozhen would carry a rattan cane and whip each of the silly boys who didn't take their calligraphy practice seriously, and their dormitory was often filled with howling and wailing.
So much so that the entire army nicknamed their squad the "Howling Wolf Squad".
Although Shan Daozhen's hits hurt a lot, no one in the class hated him; on the contrary, they respected him very much.
This guy is rich, speaks well, and is even well-educated; he's a true all-rounder.
If Li Jue hadn't forbidden changing squad leaders, Hu Xiaozhuang would have wanted to give up his position and become a soldier under Shan Daozhen.
However, Hu Xiaozhuang underestimated Shan Daozhen. Shan Daozhen was determined to become the second-in-command of the Zhechong Prefecture, so how could he be interested in a mere squad leader position?
Moreover, the current class monitor is clearly a temporary position, and it's estimated that they'll have to be reassigned after the end-of-month assessment.
While Li Jue was hiding in the military camp training his troops, Li Shimin finally managed to steal a moment from his busy schedule to visit Sanglin Manor. But as soon as he entered Jinghu Villa, he saw Sizi complaining to the Nine-Section Wolf.
"Little Kitten, my nephew is so awful! He avoids studying and practicing calligraphy, and just hides in the military camp all day!"
"Waaaaah..."
"When my father comes, I'll definitely have him go in, drag him out, and give him a good beating!"
"Waaaaah..."
No matter what Si Zi said, the little panda just whimpered.
The complaints of the oxen immediately caused a great shock to Li Shimin.
"Sizi, your eldest nephew hasn't come back even once these past few days?"
"Father?"
Upon hearing her father's voice, Sizi immediately rushed into Li Shimin's arms and acted coquettishly.
"yes!"
"He just doesn't want to practice calligraphy, that's why he's hiding in the military camp and won't come out!"
"hiss……"
Li Shimin gasped upon hearing this. He was not as naive as Sizi. In his early years, he did not live in the military camp year-round, but whenever he went out to fight, he would eat and sleep with the soldiers.
Therefore, he knew all too well how harsh the conditions were in military camps.
Li Jue is only nine years old, yet he can endure this hardship. His future is bound to be limitless!
"Since he prefers to stay in the barracks, then don't bother him. Let him train with the soldiers!"
"Yes, yes, my daughter didn't bother him, but she heard that he was forcing others to read and practice calligraphy in the military camp, and she was so angry she wanted to grind her teeth!"
"He's the laziest one, how dare he force others to practice calligraphy!"
Li Shimin burst into laughter upon hearing this. But after laughing, he led Sizi to the military camp and secretly observed his grandson's troop training from inside a carriage.
There was no way around it; at least a hundred or two hundred people on the training ground knew him, and dozens of them had even served as his personal guards.
If he shows his face, wouldn't he be exposed?
"Your nephew trains with them every day?"
"Um!"
“I’ve been here a few times, and each time I’ve seen him standing at attention, lining up, running, and so on with other people.”
"Oh oh oh..."
"I knew it! This child has lost so much weight and gotten so much darker..."
"But you've grown taller, you're almost as tall as your ninth brother!"
"ah?"
Upon hearing this, Sizi froze on the spot, and then her little brain started working at lightning speed.
The Emperor compared his eldest nephew to his ninth brother. Could it be that he intends to depose his ninth brother from his position as crown prince and pass the throne to his eldest nephew?
When Si Zi thought of this, he suddenly felt melancholy for some reason.
She was kind-hearted by nature, hoping for a bright future for her eldest nephew but also not wanting her ninth brother to get hurt...
But there's rarely a perfect solution in this world; how can one be both loyal to Ninth Brother and loyal to Nephew?
If someone has to get hurt, then it should be Ninth Brother. After all, Ninth Brother is older and an elder, so he should give way to his nephew, who is a junior!
Li Shimin watched for a while longer and saw that Li Jue had trained these ruffians to be quite skilled, so he took a carriage and returned to Chang'an.
Just as they approached the Xuanwu Gate, they heard a deafening roar of battle cries.
Li Shimin's eyelids twitched when he heard the sound, and he sent someone to inquire what had happened.
"Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince is leading the Six Armies of the Crown Prince in another drill!"
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