Chapter 614 Honor Needs ‘Privilege’ to Set Off

In the dark night, the sky was heavily painted with endless thick ink, without even the glimmer of stars.

Chen Ming lay quietly on the bed, his eyes like a mirror-like pool of water, quietly hidden in the depths of the dense tree shadows. His eyes were very cold and his emotions were stable. The low enthusiasm of the people in Borneo and Ha Tien to join the army did not worry him.

China's base is still on the mainland, not Borneo and Ha Tien, which have just been developed. As long as the enthusiasm of the people in the country to join the army is not really dispelled, Chen Ming does not have to really worry about this problem.

Although the survey shows that the enthusiasm of the people in the country to join the army has been declining year by year in the past two years - one of the most obvious reactions is that the number of retired soldiers is increasing rapidly. In particular, the policy of replacing salary with land will end, which to a certain extent frustrates the enthusiasm of the people to join the army.

But China's base is too large, with a population of 200 million, and there are many children from poor families in the country who are willing to eat the bowl of soldiers.

Although the current situation makes Chen Ming a little depressed from the heart, the years of persistent "brainwashing" have not been able to completely grind away all the negative effects caused by the fading period of the passion for joining the army. Even his current thinking is a very backward idea - treating soldiers as a profession to make a living.

But he knows very well that this is a necessary process for the transformation of the national spirit.

The core of Chen Han's initial recruitment was to lure them with "benefits", and then instill the honor and spirit of the country and the nation, and the spirit of soldiers and martial arts. But with the stability of the country and the recovery of the people's living standards, this "attraction" based on "benefits" will inevitably decrease.

An old era has ended, and a new era will naturally come into being.

Especially with the end of the policy of replacing salary with land, this represents a change and innovation in Chen Han's recruitment policy. It also represents Chen Han's increased requirements for "dedication" for his own army.

The influence of being a soldier and eating salary is fading, and the dedication to defending the country is increasing - now is a turning point.

Remove the temptation of interests, keep the salary of soldiers at an upper-middle level, use other "rewards" to offset the temptation of high salary, and instill national honor and the spirit of dedication of soldiers. This is what Chen Han will work hard for in the next ten, twenty or even longer years.

Turn the attraction of the army from "high salary and high treatment" to spiritual construction and social honor, just like the original PLA.

The calmness in Chen Ming's eyes is because the rising wave of "good men don't join the army" in Borneo and Ha Tien is really a small matter in his eyes. So he can use a very calm and calm mind to consider a series of new era soldiers' "welfare" submitted by the cabinet!

This is a period of change. Chen Ming wants to allow "chaos".

All the monsters and demons have emerged, and the demons are dancing wildly, so that they can be chopped one by one by the knife raised by the court.

Transforming material attraction into honor and dedication, raising the social status of soldiers, not because they make a lot of money, but purely in the spiritual realm-soldiers defend the country, and the country must also reward the soldiers for their efforts. So "welfare" is very important.

We can’t let the heroes (soldiers) bleed and cry.

The scenes of PLA in the 1980s and 1990s in the last time and space are heartbreaking.

But the rabbits’ abilities were there at that time, and they were willing but unable to do so. But China is different now!

China is now the strongest country in the world. If we just talk about GDP, if China doesn’t account for half of the world, it is at least two-fifths. After all, in his memory, some people said that China’s GDP during the Qianlong period was one-third to one-half of the world’s GDP.

Will Chen Han’s productivity now be inferior to that of Qianlong?

So the ‘detour’ that PLA took in the previous life, Chen Han’s national defense army can’t go through again in this life. China now has the ability to make soldiers shed blood, sweat and tears instead of tears. The detour that the rabbits had to take in the previous life directly made the status of soldiers in society very unbearable.

From the mid-to-late 1990s to the first decade of the 21st century, how many people regarded the grassroots of the army as a scum concentration camp? Those who didn't want to continue their studies after graduating from junior high school, and some young hooligans who gave their parents and relatives headaches and distress, all joined the army to train and become a new person.

The trend at that time was very different from the image of PLA before.

At that time, there was a saying called "The army made me, the army forged me."

It seems very noble, but in fact it is full of endless sadness.

Because those who said this were people who had nothing before joining the army, had a low starting point, and had few resources. If they (we) don't rely on the army, it will be difficult for them (us) to gain a foothold in society or realize their own value. For example, children who have been poor and hungry since childhood, hooligans who can't graduate from middle school, or those who can't make it in society, can be sent to the army to beat for a few years, otherwise they may starve to death or go to jail. But if you are a "good man", born in a family that has never experienced hunger and poverty, have excellent cultural literacy and high ability, have the ability to think independently, have resistance to indoctrination propaganda, have your own ideals and plans, and have the most basic survival ability to support yourself, then joining the army is obviously not your best choice.

Good men don't serve in the army, and good iron doesn't make nails. This is what the landlords, rich peasants, and national bourgeoisie said in the old society. In a word, because they are rich, they don't need to serve in the army to support themselves. In essence, they regard serving in the army as a job to make a living, which has nothing to do with dedication and defending the country. This sentence itself is the product of a crooked butt, and it should be criticized. But in that era, this sentence was quite influential.

In order to "earn more/eat enough/forced by livelihood/other material pursuits", choosing to serve in the army, and thus taking on the risk of "being away from family in difficult and remote areas/sacrificing marriage/sacrificing freedom/losing life/sacrificing one's own happiness" is a very reasonable but unavoidable choice for "us". So the phenomenon of the army in that era was: children from poor places found connections to serve in the army, and the more economically developed the area, the fewer people served in the army, and the less people were willing to serve in the army. For example, the conscripts in Songhu and Yangcheng were almost all deceived and deceived by the temptation of benefits.

This phenomenon is really full of negative energy and has a huge influence. But this is something that reality cannot eliminate - this is reality. Whether it was in the previous life or in the current Chen Han Huaxia. This is absolute reality!

Chen Ming does not look at it from the perspective of a ruler, but from the perspective of a person. Not only a "good man", but all people consider it from the perspective of reason and nature. No one would want to be a soldier. The profession of "soldier" is inherently against human nature. The essence of being a soldier is to maintain the rights of most people (ordinary people) and sacrifice the interests of a small number of people (soldiers) - this is a kind of dedication! A very noble and noble dedication!

From the perspective of an emperor, Chen Ming wishes that a genius would appear now and invent a brainwashing machine to instill this concept into everyone's mind.

The existence of the army is an inevitable result of the development of human civilization. This is a liberation of society and will not drag everyone into a vortex of possible death. But for that individual: Why do you risk losing your life to defend the happy life of others?

Is your effort rewarded enough?

This is a question that everyone needs to judge for themselves based on their own experience.

Just like the temptation of the Fu Han Army. For those who are extremely poor, a salary of a few silver dollars a month, land distribution, pensions and resettlement allowances make them feel that their lives are worth buying. Now, with the implementation of the new system, the end of the policy of using land instead of salary, and the recovery of people's livelihood, many people feel that "serving as a soldier" is not worth it.

This is not only about salary, but also has an impact on life and death.

And this is fundamentally the old way of the Ming and Qing Dynasties - serving as a soldier and eating salary, or the idea that should be criticized. They still regard soldiers as a "normal" profession that requires corresponding rewards for their efforts!

And soldiers are actually an abnormal profession.

The National Defense Army that Chen Ming requires is an abnormal and dedicated army. With the end of the system of using land instead of salary, the three words "National Defense Army" will replace the Fu Han Army and become the new name of the Chen Han Army. This itself breeds Chen Ming's desire!

Just like what a joke teller in the public intellectual circle said in the previous life: "People who are poor and have nothing at home risk their lives for a fight. That is not called revolution, but rebellion. People who have a lot of property at home and half of the city belong to them. Such people make revolution for the happiness of the people. That is pursuit and belief, that is true revolution." To a certain extent, Chen Ming also agrees with this concept. He hopes that his army is such an army, full of ideals and beliefs, but look at the beacon country army in Iraq and Afghanistan, the so-called symbol of freedom, there are also endless sins.

Is it an army with "ideals and beliefs"?

So, Chen Ming has no idea how long it will take to complete this transformation. It is very likely that he will take his last breath in this life, and the army is still far from the goal.

So Chen Ming's "heart" must include everything that will happen during this period of change. The rapid increase in the number of retired soldiers in the country and the negative emotions of the people in Borneo, Ha Tien and other places to join the army are all within his expectations.

- This is a low tide period.

As I said before, China has too many people, and there are always children from poor families who want to serve in the army. This can be cured as long as we change our mindset. When the rabbits were making revolution in the previous life, those martyrs who calmly faced torture and death were definitely not the ones who had endless food and drink in every family, right?

The preferential treatment that Chen Ming wants to give to soldiers is a national policy inclination.

For example, when seeking medical treatment, the families of soldiers must have priority; for example, when getting on a bus or a boat, the families of soldiers must also have priority; when children go to school, the families of soldiers must have priority. Give children extra points!

The longer the service time, the more extra points you get!

What is honor? Honor is not just about talking, but also about the comparison of real materials.

Honor is to make others envy and covet.

It needs "privileges" to set off, until this definition is stabilized, then we can talk about pure spirit.

Chen Ming thinks this last one is very promising. The new dynasty has not been stable for a few years, and the new school system has just been promoted. Chen Ming couldn't even imagine how huge the power would be if he had to wait ten or twenty years, when the concept of learning to change one's destiny had been deeply rooted in people's minds, to get extra points for the children of soldiers in their college entrance exams.

One of the things that was really fucked up about the rabbit in his previous life was that he gave extra points to the minorities. Chen Ming felt that the rabbit really expressed his feelings wrongly. Shouldn't the descendants of the minority soldiers be given extra points?

Even though the soldiers in peacetime have reduced the risk of death, their individual freedom is also restricted. They sacrifice the joy of reuniting with their families, and their right to normal life, normal entertainment and vacation. This is just what can be said and promoted. There are also very strict training, corporal punishment and beatings in the army, and even insults to personality and mental torture...

In order for a person to dare to kill, he must first become an extraordinary person. Isn't it very bt?

This makes the profession (social identity) of soldiers inherently unfair in all walks of life in society.

If you want to eliminate this unfairness, you can only give everyone equal opportunities: for example, a compulsory military service system, or a lottery: let the children of the rich and the poor, and the children of civilian leaders have the opportunity to serve in the army. But this kind of military service will bring a problem: Does the government have the ability to make a citizen sacrifice his life if he doesn't want to?

For China, an unparalleled country, it is probably very difficult.

These issues make the subjective will and right of choice of soldiers to join the army important. Therefore, the development direction of the military service system must be inclined towards "self-selection, voluntary enlistment". Moreover, China's population base is too large, and the compulsory military service system is definitely not a good choice. Even if the current Chinese population is only 200 million, compared with the development of this era, Chen Han cannot promote the compulsory military service system. Chen Han can promote the same intelligence as Rabbit - a combination of compulsory military service and voluntary military service.

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Chen Ming didn't leave until very late that night, and he thought a lot in his mind. Who let the feedback from Borneo and Ha Tien arouse his heart?

Don't underestimate his feelings for the army and the soldiers.

After Chen Han established the country, he continued to insist on the high-standard treatment of soldiers, which was not easy. Chen Ming was the biggest backstage of the army in the court.

Don't let the soldiers bleed and cry!

Chen Ming never said this sentence to the outside world, but it has been deeply buried in his heart.

Because for the army, no matter what the purpose of a person's joining the army is, or whether he has no choice, from the day he puts on the military uniform, he has assumed the responsibility of defending national security and the happiness of the people, and he can give everything he has at any time for this - including his life.

Being a soldier is really what makes it impossible for a person to be a "good man". Because soldiers cannot enjoy a happy and free life, nor can they reunite with their families and be filial to them; but being a soldier allows them to shoulder the freedom and happiness of more people.

This is the eternal sorrow of soldiers, but also the eternal glory of soldiers.