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The Taiping Rebellion was very different from the Tian Di Hui and the Triads. Vézé believed that the biggest difference was that the Taiping Rebellion had ideals and a political program. To be more specific, the slogan of the Taiping Rebellion was, "Plough the fields together, eat the food together, wear the clothes together, use the money together. Everywhere is equal, everywhere is warm."
Vézé could understand these slogans, but he didn't agree with them. It was normal for Vézé, who had been trained in the industrial era, to look down on the ideals of the agricultural era. As the Prime Minister of the Taiping Rebellion, Vézé couldn't openly oppose this ideology. He even had to do some propaganda according to the propaganda. However, Vézé had his own ideas in the propaganda.
They had been stationed in Yongming County for almost ten days. The troops had finished resting and had gone through systematic training again. According to the rules of the God Worshipping Religion, everyone had to pray. Because of this, the strong utilitarian nature of the God Worshipping Religion showed up. When Hong Xiuquan founded the God Worshipping Religion, he probably wanted to create a religion that he could be the Pope of. However, the late "Pope" Feng Yunshan turned this religion into a tool for rebellion. As a result, the "grass-roots missionaries" became powerful figures in the Taiping army. There were no true grass-roots missionaries in the Taiping army anymore.
Vézé took advantage of the situation in his troops and naturally grasped the power of preaching. For Vézé, his preaching was simple. He tried to instill the idea of a "modern nation-state" into his troops.
Because Vézé hadn't studied the political ideas of a "modern nation-state", he shaped the "modern nation-state" according to his own understanding. The Kingdom of Tianping advocated "everywhere is equal, everywhere is warm." Vézé condensed this into two words: "Equality!"
"Brothers, what is equality? Equality meant treating everyone the same. If everyone jumped up, they would definitely fall back to the ground. If they pooped, they would definitely fall down. Even if that person's buttocks were facing the sky, the feces that came out would still fall down. This was the same for everyone. This was the rule of God. This was equality. Whoever poops will fly into the sky. That means that person is different from us. If there really is such a person, then he can be unequal to us. " Vézé's shouts were very vulgar, but to the uncultured commoners, it was better to be vulgar occasionally. In addition, there were no more female soldiers in the army, so the men didn't care.
Of course, Vézé had his own reasons for saying this. In the Taiping Rebellion, Heavenly King Hong was playing tricks and Vézé was very dissatisfied with it. What bullsh * t, the reincarnation of Jesus' younger brother? This was no different from some of the female leaders of the White Lotus Society claiming to be the reincarnation of Guanyin Bodhisattva. Vézé's rather vulgar comparison sounded crude and even disgusting. However, Vézé wanted to use such words to destroy some "sacred things". Even if people with ulterior motives made things difficult for Vézé's words in the future, Vézé could use it as an excuse.
Listening to the laughter of the brothers, Vézé only smiled in agreement and continued, "We are fighting in the army. Everyone wants to win the war. When the brothers who were scouting saw Qing Yao, they wanted to run back. Because they had to hurry back to tell us that Qing Yao was here. However, if the brothers who were fighting saw Qing Yao and turned around to run, what would that mean? "
"Then they would be deserters!" Wei Changrong shouted.
The brothers had also learned how to write the word "deserter". Some of them remembered how to write the word and how to recognize it, while others didn't. However, the brothers had a concept of deserters.
When Vézé mentioned this, his face turned serious, "For deserters who went to the battlefield, we can only kill them without mercy! Our troops must be equal, which means that all rules are the same. No matter who it is, deserters on the battlefield will be killed without mercy. If I, Vézé, become a deserter, then there's no need to say anything, just kill me to uphold military law! "
His words were resolute and decisive. This time, the brothers didn't laugh. Everyone knew that Vézé wasn't joking.
Vézé continued with a cold face, "Not long from now, we will be fighting a war! This time, we will be fighting a tough battle. If deserters appear, we will definitely not let them go. Therefore, before the battle, I have to tell everyone that in the future training, if you don't listen to orders, we will beat you with a stick. This beating is not to beat everyone, but to let everyone remember their duty. Everyone is here to kill Qing Yao. If anyone thinks that they are not here to kill Qing Yao, then just say it now. We will give them travel expenses, and they can leave. However, if anyone knows that they are here to kill Qing Yao, but still slacks during training, we have to let everyone know that they are wrong. In order to let them remember this, we will beat them with a stick! "
Up until now, Vézé's troops hadn't used the stick method. Although the Taiping army had very strict discipline, it was used to punish soldiers who had violated the "law of heaven". There was no such strict discipline in military training. Moreover, the brothers who followed Vézé in the early days were not afraid of death, so there was no need to beat them with a stick. Therefore, although Vézé announced the discipline, no one took it seriously.
But in the next few days of training, everyone realized that the discipline set by Vézé was no joke. The first one to be beaten was a fourteen-year-old soldier, Huang Chun. Push-ups were one of the basic training in the army. During training, everyone was required to straighten their arms, but Huang Chun was lazy and refused to straighten his arms. In the original training, the instructors would only shout a few words, but this time, after setting the discipline, the instructor ordered five beatings without hesitation.
He dragged Huang Chun out, pressed him to the ground, took off his pants, and gave him five beatings on his buttocks. Huang Chun immediately cried. Although the military instructor had long been trained, and the beating was loud and painful, the pain would pass after a short rest. But Huang Chun was still a child, and he was frightened after being beaten. Part of the reason for his crying was because of the pain, but more of it was because he was frightened.
The military instructor ignored him and let him cry first. When Huang Chun stopped crying, the instructor ordered him to return to the team. The training that needed to be done still had to be done, and none of the movements could be missed. After being beaten with a stick, Huang Chun became well-behaved. When it was time to straighten his arms, he stopped being lazy and straightened them as well. But after this training, Huang Chun's stamina was weak, and he could not keep up with the rest of the training.
This time, Huang Chun was frightened. The reason why he was lazy wasn't entirely because he was lazy, but because his stamina was really weak. If he didn't slack on every movement, he wouldn't be able to keep up with the training. If he was beaten for slacking off, how could he continue if he couldn't keep up? Huang Chun's face was as pale as a sheet of paper.
When it was time to stand, the instructor shouted, "Huang Chun! Step out! "
Huang Chun stepped out, trembling with fear. He didn't know how the military instructor was going to treat him. Huang Chun wasn't the only one who was called out. Many of the weaker soldiers were called out as well. They were grouped into another team and started jogging. They didn't continue with the intense physical training.
Vézé watched the whole process quietly. He was observing the soldiers, but he was also paying attention to the instructor and the military instructor. Punishment wasn't the goal, it was just a means. If punishment was just to vent the anger of the officers, it would be better not to punish them at all.
The reason why punishment was used was to let the soldiers know right from wrong, and not to force them to do things that they couldn't do. As long as they had the right attitude, targeted training would be the most effective.
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