"I have compiled a book of detailed assessment rules, titled 'New Book of Zhejiang Army Discipline and Effectiveness'. I will distribute it to each squad now, with a copy. From now on, the squad leaders of each squad will be responsible for leading the entire squad to study it."
Zhu Ping'an waved his hand as he spoke. A team of well-prepared personal soldiers came in from the stage, holding stacks of simply bound "New Book of Zhejiang Army Discipline and Effectiveness", and distributed them to each squad one by one, handing them to the squad leader.
"Captain, let's see how the assessment is conducted."
"Sergeant, we can't read. Please read it to us. I am so excited."
The soldiers from each squad couldn't wait to surround their squad leader and read the "New Book of Zhejiang Army Discipline and Effectiveness". Then almost all the soldiers found that they were illiterate and it was useless to read it, just like reading a ghost's drawings. They urged their squad leader to read the contents to them.
All officers rank sergeant and above were forced by Zhu Ping'an to attend the night school literacy class.
Therefore, most of the sergeants could barely recognize the contents of "New Book of Zhejiang Military Discipline and Effectiveness".
"Ahem, a bunch of blind and illiterate people are here to make some fun. Hurry up and move aside so as not to block the light. Let me read you a passage from a certain year, and I will read it to you in detail during the break. Well, that's it, just this page." A sergeant of a squad cleared his throat proudly, looked down on his soldiers, then casually turned over a page and read it out proudly.
"Well, compare... Oh, this word is pronounced Wu, comparing martial arts. In the martial arts competition, according to the results of the competition, the initial test is divided into three grades and nine categories: top-top, top-middle, top-bottom; middle-top, middle-middle, middle-bottom; bottom-top, bottom-middle, and bottom-bottom. In the second competition, if the original grade remains unchanged, there will be no reward or punishment; if it is improved by one grade, one silver cent will be rewarded; if it is improved by two grades, two silver cents will be rewarded; if it can be improved from the lower grade to the middle grade, or from the middle grade to the upper grade, five silver cents will be rewarded. If it is the original grade for the first time, there will be no responsibility; if it is still the original grade for the second time and cannot be improved, five sticks will be beaten; if it is still the original grade for the third time, ten sticks will be beaten; if it is still the original grade for more than five times, forty sticks will be beaten and expelled from the Zhejiang Army. If there are those who do not want to be beaten with military sticks, one silver cent will be recovered each time, two silver cents for the second time, and three silver cents for the third time. All the recovered silver will be awarded to those who have made progress in the competition as additional silver rewards."
The sergeant turned the page and read on. He was not fully literate, but fortunately when Zhu Ping'an compiled the text, he took into account the limited cultural literacy of the Zhejiang Army in general and tried to use recognizable characters as much as possible. The content was also written in a relatively straightforward and easy to understand manner. The sergeant stuttered and guessed, but he still managed to finish reading it smoothly.
"Wow! One promotion is worth one cent of silver, and one promotion to the next level is worth five cents of silver..."
"You only see the thief eating meat, but not the thief getting beaten. If you don't make progress twice, you will be beaten with five sticks. If you make no progress three times, you will be beaten with ten sticks. If you make no progress five times, you will be beaten with forty sticks and be dismissed."
"What are you afraid of? As long as you study hard, how can you fall behind?! I may not be able to read, but when it comes to hard work, who can I be afraid of?"
"Yeah, that makes sense."
"But I'm not good at fighting, what should I do?"
"Come on, you're not bad at boxing or kicking. You're just lazy. You just fail during training, just like the lazy monks in the temple."
After listening to the sergeant reading out a section of the details, most of the soldiers were very excited and were ready to show their skills, train well, and strive for promotions. In the future, getting promoted and making money will no longer be a dream.
There are also some individuals who feel like they have lost their parents. After the implementation of the disciplinary performance appraisal, their lazy life is gone forever. If they want to avoid being punished or dismissed, they have to train hard.
Of course, there were also some sergeants who were forced to attend literacy classes, but they were only there in person but not in spirit. They slept soundly in the classes and after attending night school for a period of time, they did not learn a few words.
This resulted in them holding the "New Book of Zhejiang Military Discipline and Effectiveness", but just like their soldiers, they were unable to read.
The sergeant was holding a copy of "A New Book of Zhejiang Army Discipline and Effectiveness" in his hand, and was surrounded by a group of soldiers. The sergeant lowered his head to look at the book, then looked at his soldiers, staring at them like a fool.
"Hey, Sergeant, why don't you read a passage to us? I saw Sergeant Niu next to you has already read a passage. Uh, Sergeant, you have been attending night school literacy classes for more than a month, don't you know how to read?"
Finally, a soldier couldn't help it and boldly raised a question.
"Hehe, who said I can't read. It's just, ahem, there just happens to be no words I know in this book." The sergeant blushed immediately when he was exposed as illiterate, and he spoke with no confidence.
"What a coincidence? There are no words you know in the book? Haha, Sergeant, you really can't read."
The soldiers below discovered the truth and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Laugh, I'll see who dares to laugh, I'll teach you a lesson later, and let you know why the flowers are so red!"
The sergeant said angrily.
However, it had no effect, and the soldiers below laughed even louder.
Zhu Pingan also noticed this scene and was so angry that his liver hurt. He immediately said on the podium: "If officers above the rank of corporal cannot read, they must go to the night school literacy class to learn at night! If they cannot keep up with the learning progress, their disciplinary performance assessment shall not be rated above average..."
A group of illiterate sergeants and other officers suddenly felt as if they had lost their parents. Not being able to be rated as average meant that their positions were also unstable. They immediately regretted not learning to read well in the literacy class and vowed to learn to read well in the literacy class from tonight on.
"This is the first thing I want to announce. What do you think?" Zhu Ping'an looked at everyone with burning eyes.
"Support! Support sir! With this performance assessment, every drop of sweat we shed will not be in vain."
"No objection, we have no objection, we fully support it."
A number of Zhejiang troops voiced their support.
Of course, there were some individuals who expressed different opinions, but their voices were small and few in number, so they were drowned out by the voices of approval.
"Haha, if you have any opinions, keep them to me." Zhu Ping'an said with a smile.
Hahaha…
When the audience heard this, they burst into laughter.
"The military camp is not a place for retirement, nor is it a charity. The more you sweat in peacetime, the less blood you shed in war. Today, the Japanese pirates are becoming more and more serious. They are burning, killing, looting and committing all kinds of evil in our land of China. We soldiers are the fists and sharp knives to defend our country. If our fists are not hard enough and our knives are not sharp enough, how can we eliminate the Japanese pirates and defend our country! From now on, daily training must be carried out in accordance with actual combat, and the discipline and performance assessment system must be strictly implemented. Only by repeated tempering can our Zhejiang Army become a tiger and wolf army that can come when called, fight when it comes, and win when it fights."
Zhu Ping'an stood on the stage, waving his fist, and spoke to the Zhejiang army below with a serious face.
"promise!"
The Zhejiang troops followed suit and shouted, their morale soaring.