Chapter 106: Useless Bastard (I)
Huo Chong established the training system in the 58th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign. In the winter of the 60th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, that is, in November 1721, the number of youth training classes increased from two per year to six per year. The tenth youth training class was held in the mountainous area of Zhangdian.
Similar to the previous ones, there will be an evaluation meeting after each training session.
As the platform's strength improves, more and more poor people are accepted by the platform, and more and more young people among the poor are receiving training. On the fighting field that has been leveled and compacted many times, young people who have completed training subjects including expansion training are divided into classes to practice military boxing.
In the process of practicing martial arts in the 21st century, the experts all praised the military boxing. They believed that it was a real battlefield fighting technique trained in actual combat. Huo Chong sat on the stage and watched. Although most of these young people were just show-offs, many of them could be seen to have truly improved.
The five classes finished their drills separately, but that did not mean the end of the review. Such a lively opening was just the beginning of the sports meeting. Short-distance running, middle-distance running, shot put, shot put, hammer throw, high jump, long jump. Each competition attracted young people to display their abilities in the competition.
The archery and javelin events, which required a lot of skills, attracted a large number of people. Huo Chong was very excited when he heard the cheers. Most of these sports came from ancient Greece. The purpose of setting up these events was not to simply show the athletes' muscular bodies, but to fight a bloodless war.
Each of these sports corresponds to a combat skill. As long as young people who have mastered these skills learn discipline, they can exert their combat effectiveness on the battlefield. So the last part of the entire sports meeting is the formation drill.
Huo Chong was excited with joy and uneasiness. As his own strength grew, Huo Chong could see more and more of what was in his heart. The reason why he didn't rebel now was that he hadn't found a reason to rebel.
During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the people wanted peace. There were no powerful rebels challenging the Qing Dynasty. Huo Chong knew that he might be able to form a team, but it would be impossible to form a rebel team.
But it won't be long before Yongzheng comes to power. After Yongzheng comes to power, he first imprisoned his brother, the fourteenth brother, who has the same father and mother, and ended up angering his mother to death.
No matter that Huo Chong himself had never done anything under the banner of the Fourteenth Prince, he would inevitably be regarded as one of the Fourteenth Prince. With Yongzheng's method of pursuing his political enemies, it was only a matter of time before he would take action against Huo Chong. It was inevitable.
Huo Chong had tried his best to win over the sea merchants before because he had some illusions about them. If there were big pirates like Zheng Zhilong among the sea merchants, Huo Chong could indeed use such power to cooperate. After meeting the real sea merchants, Huo Chong gave up the idea.
Huo Chong used to think that the Qing dynasty was ignorant and enforced the maritime ban because they were afraid of the outside world. As for the claim that the Qing dynasty was afraid of the rise of maritime power, it was completely nonsense.
After having a relatively frank exchange with the sea merchants, Huo Chong was shocked to find that the Qing Dynasty was really very wary and even afraid of maritime power. In the past, the maritime forces of Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Chenggong really made the Qing Dynasty unable to cope with them. If it weren't for the astronomical tides, the Qing Dynasty would probably not have been able to kill Zheng Keshuang.
In order to resolve this concern once and for all, the Qing Dynasty purposefully and systematically eliminated maritime merchant forces.
Since there was no possibility of relying on sea power, Huo Chong could only think on land. The young people in front of him looked lively and energetic, and Huo Chong also hoped that they would stand on his side in the uprising that would break out in the future. But Huo Chong did not dare to have any illusions.
Of course. He might not dare to rely entirely on these young people when rebelling, but at least Huo Chong felt that he could trust these people to deal with the sea merchants who had no teeth left.
On the second day of the sports meet, the most intense and eye-catching event, wrestling competition, began.
When the girls watched the game, even if the girls were just watching, the boys were excited. This reaction did not surprise Huo Chong. After all, humans are animals. Showing their bravery in front of women and defeating other men is, without exception, a way to win the favor of women.
There is no need to teach, boys have this urge instinctively. Especially Huo Chong's wrestling matches are quite formal. There is no room for angry fights.
It was impossible to make young people understand the rules on their own, and wrestling matches eventually had some problems. Some people were punished. In the end, such guys were punished publicly.
In general, the competition achieved its purpose. After the competition, Huo Chong first awarded prizes to the youth training players of different weight categories. After the awards were over, Huo Chong called over the youth training players who were punished with a stern face.
"Everyone is angry about the fight and just wants to win, so this kind of thing is bound to happen. Anyone can do it. There is a name for this kind of thing, called madness! We will never allow our own people to do this to each other. So, we have set a rule that those who do this will be punished!"
Huo Chong's voice was extremely stern. Glancing at the other students, he saw that their expressions were different. Huo Chong continued loudly, "If anyone laughs at these students because they were punished for being mad at the moment, then that violates another rule, and we will never let them off. Remember, we are all family. No ladle will not touch the edge of the pot. You can't treat your own people as enemies just because something like this happened. I say it again, if anyone treats our own people like enemies, I will never let them off!"
Hearing that Huo Chong's words were truly from the heart, the selected young men became serious. Even those who had been punished straightened their backs a little, and the shame on their faces was much less.
Ordering these people to return to the team, Huo Chong ordered a formation drill.
According to the 21st century online evaluation, the morning exercises of many excellent high schools in China are far superior to those of the elite troops in ancient times. If these students were given weapons and trained for a while, they would be able to fight the enemy and have a high probability of winning.
Huo Chong didn’t know whether this was true or not, but after watching the drill carefully, he thought it was okay.
The last project was that Huo Chong personally issued certificates to the young people who participated in the tenth training session. A total of 133 young people participated in the training. Huo Chong personally issued certificates to each young person .
The young men lined up and walked to Huo Chong one by one, turning right in a standard manner. They saluted each other first. The emcee beside them read out the contents of the certificate aloud.
"Student XX has participated in the tenth youth training and completed all training content. He is hereby awarded a certificate to prove that the tenth training of XX has been successfully completed!"
The trainee received the certificate from Huo Chong and shook hands with him after reading it. Huo Chong encouraged the young man and the two saluted each other. The trainee then turned left in a standard manner and marched away.
On ordinary days, this action would probably look ridiculous. However, in group action, this exact same process makes the students full of energy.
This was a challenge to Huo Chong's physical strength, but he still persevered. After that, there was a dinner party, and the rich food made the young people feast on the food.
Huo Chong was not very interested in food. The food in this era was just so-so, and Huo Chong did not have a high-level chef. Watching the young people feasting, Huo Chong listened to the people at the same table whispering about how many people were selected.
After the training class ended, Huo Chong met with the selected young people. Those young people who couldn't control themselves were not selected. Discipline is one of the prerequisites for joining this violent team.
Qian Qing, the leader of the team, led the group of young people into the meeting place and ordered them to sit down. The young people sat down naturally. No one showed the bandit behavior of the so-called Li Yunlong. Huo Chong would not want such a person. A person who thinks that as long as he accepts the punishment , he can climb back through the so-called merits and be able to commit the crime again next time is a contempt for the organization.
According to the organizational engineering training Huo Chong had received, members of the organization did not need to worship the organization. This was impossible. Even if it happened for a short period of time, it would be harmful to the organization. And people who disrespected the organization's discipline could not be accepted. Tolerating them would mean that the organization's authority would be gone.
Seeing the attitude of these young people, Huo Chong hoped that the person who selected them would not make a mistake. Without further ado, Huo Chong first explained the mission, "Everyone should have heard the introduction. There is a man nicknamed Sea Dragon King in Mouping County, who has done many things to us that we cannot accept. Everyone should go and teach this Sea Dragon King a lesson. If you don't have the courage to beat him up, you can withdraw."
