The great affairs of the country lie in sacrifice and military affairs.
This is one of the famous lines in the ancient Chinese classic "Zuo Zhuan". It talks about the two most important things in governing a country, namely sacrifice and war. This record tells that around 572 BC, Duke Cheng of Lu, Duke Liu Kang and Duke Cheng Su joined forces to help Duke Li of Jin attack Qin. During the sacrifice, Duke Cheng Su was not respectful enough, so Duke Liu Kang was punished. criticize him.
In this record, "sacrifice" includes not only religious sacrifices, but also culture and education. Faith, culture, education, and war were indeed the most important things for the country in that era when agriculture was backward and industry was basically non-existent. Even in later generations, it is still an extremely important event.
Even in another world, it's the same.
By the way, Sui Xiong didn't know the origin of this sentence. He remembered this sentence because in a certain game, the background of a character's portrait was decorated with these eight words. That character is called Confucius, and he is a kind and gentle educator. Well, he is accustomed to educating in a "physical" way.
In fact, there is a problem with the design of this character, because education and religion began to separate, which was symbolized by Confucius...
Of course Brother Xiong didn't know this. He only remembered this sentence and thought it made sense.
In this world, the distinction between education and religion is not clear. There are not many scholars who are independent of religion, and there are even many illiterate people among the nobility. It is no exaggeration to say that the whole world is an education desert.
Because of this, Sui Xiong's establishment of technical schools and Wo'er's promotion of stationery had such a huge impact that Wo'er could rely on his achievements in promoting culture and education to go from legend to true god in a short period of time. , it was upgraded to medium divine power.
People in this world really long for education, and they have longed for it for too long.
As the country with the best education in the world, the Northwest Republic has basically eliminated illiteracy in the country. Even poor people who don’t have time to study off-duty will go to the literacy night school jointly run by the Church of the Void and the Church of Knowledge to take part in free literacy classes in the evening. About a year of literacy learning is enough for them to know hundreds of simple words. You can also write some simple words and sentences.
This level naturally falls into the category of "low-educated people" in the Northwest Republic, but if you go to a place like the Orc Empire, you will be considered an intellectual and you will be treated politely.
But in the army of the Northwest Republic, the level of education is even higher. In fact, many families will send their children who have just grown up to serve as patrol soldiers for three to five years. The main reason is that they can learn skills as soldiers - which naturally includes culture.
The military system of the Northwest Republic is as follows: the army is divided into two parts, one is the patrol force and the other is the national defense force. Both recruit from the private sector, but the former is temporary and the latter is long-term.
The patrol force is generally composed of young people recruited from the private sector. Their work mainly includes domestic road patrols, chasing thieves, maintaining law and order, and assisting in disaster relief. Because the security in the Northwest Republic is very good and there are no natural disasters, in most cases, in addition to daily patrols, they are training and studying.
The National Defense Force is different. Not only do they train more intensively than the patrol force, but they also take the initiative under the leadership of the Knights to eliminate dangerous monsters in the territory.
The Northwest Republic is located in the northwest of the continent on the main plane. It was formerly the famous and dangerous area "Ashes Forest", where negative energy overflowed, living creatures were almost extinct, and monsters were rampant. As soon as it gets dark, skeletons are running around, and all kinds of monsters appear in endlessly. If we use the terminology in the game, the danger index is conservatively estimated to be five stars upwards.
Although after the establishment of the Northwest Republic, a large number of purification circles were promoted, which basically eliminated the intrusion of undead monsters such as skeletons around people's living areas, there are still many monsters that are not affected by the purification circles, and most of them are Those that are vicious and dangerous require manpower to eliminate them.
Initially, the team to eliminate monsters was personally led by "Red Flame Dragon" Qiao Xiu. They traveled between towns in the Republic every day and wiped out all the monsters they encountered. Later, as the Republic grew stronger, the army became stronger and stronger. Now there are national defense forces stationed in various towns. They usually train under the guidance of high-level warriors and mages. Once they learn that more dangerous monsters appear nearby, they will go out to exterminate them.
The entire Northwest Republic is covered with several large and small detection arrays. With the help of this magic circle, people can detect monsters when they are still far away from towns and villages. Moreover, on the periphery of every town and village, there are many special devices that can mislead monsters, which is enough to buy the National Defense Force a certain amount of time before the monsters cause harm to people, allowing them to mobilize in full force.
Thanks to various arrangements, and most importantly, the bravery of the National Defense Forces, in all the years since the founding of the Northwest Republic, monsters have never been rampant and destroyed villages and towns. In fact, after the National Defense Force was formally established, no monsters were able to break through their defenses and attack people's residential areas.
In this sense, the National Defense Forces of the Northwest Republic are strong enough and fully capable of meeting the needs of the country and the people.
But even so, the Commander-in-Chief of the National Defense Forces, Leonard, felt very dissatisfied. He believed that there was no end to progress. An excellent army should be like an excellent warrior, never complacent, always pursuing progress, and constantly climbing higher. peak.
So when he learned about the performance of the Northern Army of the Gold Coin Federation, he hurried there, witnessed the battle of the Northern Army, and secretly watched the training of the Northern Army.
Afterwards, he told the senior officials of the Republic what he saw. The senior officials of the Republic were shocked. After discussion, everyone unanimously decided that the training of the National Defense Force should be strengthened to reach or even surpass the Northern Army of the Gold Coin Federation.
After all, the Northwest Republic has unique advantages and there is no reason to be inferior to others.
They have the most generous military expenditures in the world, the best armaments in the world, the most loyal, brave and educated soldiers in the world, and the highest proportion of clergy in the world. No matter from which aspect, the foundation of the National Defense Force is stronger than that of the Federal Northern Army. As long as the training is adjusted, it will definitely be able to catch up!
All they need is Sui Xiong's approval.
"I see..." After Leonard explained, Sui Xiong suddenly understood and nodded repeatedly, "So... your preparations have been done? No wonder today's meeting was so efficient... "
Leonard smiled: "Yes, everything is ready, just wait and see the result! You won't be kept waiting long!"