In front of Fucheng, there is a sea of people, young and strong like dragons, and everyone is looking forward to it.
On a wooden platform about ten feet high, twenty warriors lined up on both sides. Three captains held scrolls and read loudly.
"Everyone who has an only son in the family will stand out!"
Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, but no one made a sound.
"Humph, a bunch of slick little devils!"
The captain's face was gloomy, but his eyes were full of good humor and amusement. He said solemnly, "It is an iron rule of the Ministry of War that anyone who dares to conceal his or her situation will be removed from the army and will not be hired after being found out. You can Think clearly!"
Wow!
Before he finished speaking, someone jumped out quickly, and many people walked out of the queue absentmindedly, like eggplants beaten by frost, with their heads hanging down, looking sparse, making the whole team feel depressed.
"Hey!"
The captain didn't take it for granted and continued to read, "Those who have no children will come out!"
"ah?"
This moment made many people stunned.
Although most of the people present were young men in their twenties, the current situation arose after the Holy Temples issued an edict that men and women under the age of eighteen were not allowed to marry.
Originally, in the inherent thinking of the human race, having children and carrying on the family line were the first major events in life.
Even though the Holy Temples issued a series of decrees, in just five years, almost every one of them gave humanity a completely new look and unleashed unimaginable power.
But this was the only one that encountered resistance from almost all the people in the world. It was resistance and resistance from the bottom of their hearts.
You control heaven and earth, but you can also control whether people fart, have children, and have children. This is too broad, right?
But the Great Ming Sage was so tough. With a stroke of his pen, the Medical Department of the Holy Temples received an order, and a family of disciples went to the countryside to popularize simple medical knowledge while launching a Confucian literacy campaign.
Among them is the most basic issue of raising two daughters, which is related to the fundamental interests of the people.
After just one month of investigation, manpower and material resources were mobilized at all costs, and one after another authentic and accurate birth statistics tables were compiled.
In this era, almost half of those who start a family and start a business and become parents at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and the rest just delay it for various reasons, not because they don't want to.
But when this statistical table was released and posted to villages and towns without reservation, the cost of premature marriage and having children was bloody exposed in front of everyone.
For those who give birth to children at the age of fourteen or fifteen, 30% will be able to give birth safely and the mother and child will be safe.
Among them, the proportion of babies who died in infancy, died in childbirth, or even killed two people reached a gruesome 50%.
Even though women in rural areas are in better physical condition than women from small families in villages and towns because they helped their families with farm work in their early years, in this era of constant natural and man-made disasters, it is common to not have enough to eat.
Therefore, most rural girls are malnourished.
Coupled with various bad habits, there are also many people who are almost selling their children, so the majority of them get married at the age of fourteen or fifteen.
Therefore, when this statistical table was released, it caused an uproar.
The most obvious sign is that the policy of temples, which has always been supported by the majority of the people, has been fiercely resisted.
Especially in the early days, when the clan system had not been completely eradicated, when this cancer still affected the people in villages and towns, chaos almost broke out.
But as the old saying goes, the eyes of the people are sharp.
In a village, there are almost no secrets. When a farmer broke the news that his daughter died because she was difficult to get married and had children when she was fourteen or fifteen years old, more such news soon followed.
One word spreads to ten, and ten spreads to hundreds. The village affects the town, and then affects the county.
This kind of fact-based example, coupled with the promotion of the major departments of the Temple, was quickly accepted by all the people, and it once again severely dealt a blow to the old and young of the clan system.
But precisely because of this, after five years, a group of young adults who should have started families and started businesses early have grown up, but most of them have not gotten married.
Not only for this reason, but more importantly, all kinds of new things, like blossoms in bloom, have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, accompanying the various decrees of the temples.
Coupled with the literacy movement and the popularization of junior colleges, the wisdom of the people at the bottom of the human race has been greatly broadened.
Anyone who has some sense and is not hopelessly stupid can almost see an opportunity.
Therefore, while most of them are busy trying to make a lot of money, they gradually delay the important life event of getting married and having children.
What's more, today's conscription system has been greatly changed, and it has almost become an iron rice bowl.
Under the Order of the Holy Temple, not only are retirement allowances provided, but jobs are also arranged. Especially after three years of retirement, those who perform well can directly enter emerging departments such as the Patrol Department, Supervision Department, and Security Department.
Among them, the most elite ones are more able to receive careful instruction from powerful Taoists such as Legalists and Military strategists, and can even become high-ranking officials in charge of the government in the future.
Various benefits and benefits have naturally attracted a large number of young people, and even though they have been fighting for many years now, their enthusiasm has not diminished.
Nowadays, as long as an honorary family comes out of the village, it is very prestigious. Even if you go out to the county town to attend a big fair, you will be respected.
In your own village, between neighbors, that’s even more amazing!
After three years of military service, normal veterans will have people rushing to propose marriage, even if they are twenty-four or five years old.
Even if the woman is still young, it’s okay to get engaged first!
If someone says that a good man should not be a soldier or a good man should not hammer nails, he will definitely be spitted to death.
Of course, there are dangers in going to the battlefield, but in these years, which one has not been done with caution?
Either the crops were taken away by the government, or the lives were harmed by ferocious beasts and monsters that suddenly appeared. They were precarious and had no food to eat. What a miserable life?
But what now?
As long as there are school-age children in the family, regardless of gender, who is not raised in a junior college, fat and fat, as strong as a little donkey?
Among them, those with outstanding talents can even use the materials at hand to create something like a small spirit rain talisman. If they keep a village, it will have good weather every year.
Not to mention the various benefits of conscription, if you die on the battlefield, you will not only receive a generous pension, but your direct children at home can also be directly sent to an intermediate college for free.
Those with outstanding performance can even choose a unique skill in advance after entering the senior college - for free!
It is precisely because of this, that there are no worries and excellent benefits that almost take care of military families, so these young people enthusiastically sign up.
Among them, there are even young men who have just been discharged from the army for three years and are idle at home, waiting for a job.
Of course, the Ministry of War has already made special arrangements for these retired soldiers who are already soldiers, and they must accept wartime recruitment unconditionally.
However, there are a few rules that must be followed. Those who are only children, have no children, or have no parents to support them are not included in the recruitment. It can be said to be extremely humane.
What's more, through the brainwashing of the Propaganda Department, uh no, pre-war propaganda, who among the brave young people doesn't want to immediately seek a title, make a career, honor the ancestors, and benefit future generations?
Therefore, when the conscription order was announced, young people from all over the country gathered almost overnight, creating the lively scene today.
"What, you want to disobey the iron rules of the Ministry of War?"
The captain's face turned gloomy, and he shouted lowly. The powerful aura of the innate realm suddenly filled the air, causing the atmosphere in the arena that was ready to move to freeze.
Wow!
Soon, many young people walked out of the queue with their heads hanging down, and some even had sad faces and faintly wept.
The captain also felt uncomfortable in his heart. He was both pleased and amused.
Although he is only thirty years old, recalling the situation five years ago and looking at the present, he is even more determined to support the Holy Temples and the Great Ming Sage.
Once upon a time, how difficult was it for the government to issue conscription orders?
Not only do they defy orders by changing the law, but also when officials do not risk a few lives in order to complete their tasks?
What's more, the whole village hid in the mountains and forests out of fear!
But now, my family is in a rush, and if anyone who meets the requirements for enlistment dares to avoid military service, the mere accusations from neighbors will make people unable to lift them up.
By the way, now it is not called a government office, and the yamen that ordinary people like to avoid snakes and scorpions is not called a yamen anymore, it is called a government, it is called a department!
"Okay, anyone who meets the conditions can come here to register!"
When he thought of this, the captain rubbed a medal on his chest, eliminated all distracting thoughts, put on a resolute face, glared, pointed and ordered, and at the same time shouted to another group of young men who had been brushed off, "Everyone Everyone, stand at attention!"
Hooray!
Before the words were spoken, an order was given, and within ten breaths, thousands of young and strong men immediately lined up with their heads high and chests high, according to their height, in order, as if they were commanded by their arms.
boom!
No one had any luck, or even formed a formation, but the power of Qi and blood that was invisibly dissipated by these thousands of young men formed a strong wind that stirred the sky.
Even if this powerful force has never been on the battlefield, this formation and momentum alone are enough to confirm that with a little training, they will be elite soldiers!
As long as you see blood, you are the best soldier among the best soldiers, and all of them are fierce soldiers in the army!
Not to mention anything else, just the first rule of conscription is that those who have not reached the third level of physical training will not be allowed to join the army at all, so you know the strength of these young men!
"You don't have to be discouraged. Our Great Ming Sage has said that there are no useless positions, only useless people!"
The school captain took a step forward, glanced at these young men with dreams with cold eyes, and shouted, "The Ministry of War has ordered to temporarily form a wartime logistics escort team to cooperate with the Security Department, Inspection Department and other departments to inspect the countryside and strictly prohibit illegal activities. This is to prevent people with evil intentions from destroying villages and towns during the war and affecting the stability of our human race's rear.
Now, tell me, do you have the confidence to complete it?"
"have!"
With a long roar, thousands of people became one, the sound shook the sky, and the energy and blood were like dragons!
"Very good, come here and register!"
The captain nodded with satisfaction and pointed to the rows of desks on the left.
On the right, Qing Zhuang, who was registering for the army, even beat his chest towards the left.
This is not mockery or contempt, but trust.
When a man goes to war, why should he call home?
These people are the most powerful support for them to go to war with peace of mind and stabilize their homeland in the rear!
In early May of the same year, the Chinese people, in response to the Ming Dynasty's decree from the Holy Temple, ended the national conscription. A total of 14 million elite soldiers set out for Xixia and Beijin, and started the first battle of the human race in ancient times to regain their homeland. (Unfinished)