Chapter 551 Laurent and Zhishuiwu
The spring rain sprinkled finely on the green earth, and the sky was like a gauze with silver needles, swaying back and forth in the undulating spring breeze.
After entering March, the warm current of the Emerald Sea and the cold current of the Furnace Highlands collided in the Thousand River Valley.
Lubricated by spring, the cold and majestic water vapor turned into drizzle and fell on the military tents of the war monks.
The legion commander, 10 division captains, and army chaplains all gathered in a tent and listened to the legion's document reading out the latest gospel of the Holy Word.
"...War monks are also monks, the Salvation Army is an army of monks, and the Papal State is also a country of monks..."
"...What is a monk? Sitting in a monastery, reciting scriptures every day Is literature considered a monk? If there is no labor, no output, no exchange, no circulation, then we cannot be considered a monk..."
"...Monks should know who we are, what is our country, and why do we need it? Defend our country..."
"...The reason why war monks are called monks is just because they engage in war and are responsible for protecting the output of labor and the exchange of commodities. Their status is not superior to other monks..."
"Isn't this what I said before? Why do you say it again?" One division captain asked in a low voice to another division captain.
The division captain lowered his voice: "It's probably the division captain of the Eighth Black Army who got drunk and slept with the knight's daughter."
"Real or fake?"
“I saw it with my own eyes yesterday, as several military policemen escorted him past our station. "
"Isn't she the daughter of a knight? Besides, she's the daughter of a knight from Hotam County..."
"The priest is reciting the scriptures, what are you doing? Are you chatting?" Laurent, who has now reached the rank of regimental commander, roared at the two of them.
"No, Your Excellency, Legion Commander." The two young men immediately stood at attention.
“Apologise to Adol, Adol!”
“Yes, Adol, we were wrong, please forgive me.”
“Hahaha.” as Adol, the chaplain of the army, laughed, "Sit down, everyone, this is a discussion meeting, there is no need to be so serious."
The so-called chaplain is not a political commissar of his country, or even a Soviet Union style political commissar.
Under the current productivity conditions and ideological level, these two types of political commissars cannot be born.
In comparison, they are more like a combination of military chaplains during the Thirty Years' War and commissioners during the French Revolution.
Their tasks include leading the war monks in prayer, conducting battlefield funerals, encouraging morale, supervising officers' execution of orders, and promoting the ideas of the Cause.
The requirements for them are also very simple. They don't even need to receive the Holy Eucharist. They only need to be able to read the Gospels thoroughly, be able to read and write and debate briefly.
As for the materials read by the military chaplains, most of them were set by Horn himself and then written by the writers of the Holy Fathers.
These pens are different from the pens of church clergy.
Compared with the church's rhetorical articles that frequently hit the classics, they prefer to adopt a colloquial and passionate writing style.
This was not decided by Horn, but was summed up from the experience of a series of large and small wars and daily activities in Langsand County.
The monks of the Order of the Holy Father even gradually formed a set of oral writing paradigms.
If those serious priests from the church were to come, they would not be able to adapt.
Generally speaking, each legion will be equipped with 2-3 chaplains.
But the specific administrative work such as life, logistics and so on are all corps document management.
Of course, because the current establishment of the Salvation Army is not yet sound, even servicemen are often vacant.
So in many cases, legion clerks also serve as chaplains.
This is why the war monks call this legionary clerk the "Chief Priest."
After reading and explaining the material again, Adol clipped the hemp paper to the writing board and put it aside. There were more than a dozen big, foot-picking men sitting cross-legged together, and it was still a humid and rainy day, so the smell in the tent was naturally sour and unpleasant.
But as for life in the military camp, Adol, who was born as a citizen, has long been accustomed to it.
He cleared his throat: "I have finished saying what the Holy Sun Tzu warned you. Let me explain my own understanding.
Why does Your Majesty want to establish a country of monks? ? It’s because the world is turbid now, the devil is rampant, and people’s hearts are lost.
If His Majesty the Holy Sun wants to save the world that is heading towards the Doomsday Judgment, we must first save people’s hearts. This is why we must revive the original creed and the Al-style life. .
We must have faith, because we are the people appointed by the Holy Father, so we should have good moral character.
We should have requirements for ourselves, including not bullying the weak.
The knight himself is unforgivable. Even if his daughter is involved, it should be punished by the law.
That is what the adjudicating monks should do. If it is not our profession, we should not insert our own thread into other people's needles.
Our war against the nobility and the church is a holy war. Don’t be tainted by it. Do you understand what I mean? ”
The officers naturally answered in unison that they understood, but whether they really understood or not, I guess only they themselves knew.
So later, several military chaplains will have to talk privately with these officers one by one and hold a small meeting to debate.
The reason is unclear, and the promotion of the concept of "monk" in the army is Horn's secret experiment to establish a new imagined community.
Laurent, who was once just a little tailor, led the 7th Black Hat Legion and was now only stationed near the detention dock.
Compared to the other Black Champions and Guards Corps who were attacking Lujiao Township, they were much freer, which is why there were so many gospel meetings to be held.
After the officers held the evangelical meeting, the war monks also held division after division.
In addition to the gospel meeting, literacy classes will also be held, requiring each soldier to master at least 500 words of reading and writing skills.
These political tasks are equally important as combat tasks and will also be included in the final military merit assessment.
But when he thought that those old friends could make great achievements on the battlefield, but he could only sit in the river bend, holding meetings day and night, Laurent felt depressed.
But Adol, the legion clerk and chaplain, was very happy and smiled every day.
During the gospel meeting and literacy class, the two sides had a sad and happy look that complemented each other.
But such a busy but peaceful daily life was broken by the sound of rapid footsteps.
The sentry in a poncho opened the curtain of the tent, and raindrops drifted in, instantly wetting the blanket under the buttocks of a legion commander.
Standing up on the ground, Laurent shouted to the sentry: "What's going on?"
"Your Excellency, the Legion Commander, there is an urgent report from the Saint-Sun Rebel Army." The sentry took off his hood, revealing his wet head.
Laurent rushed to the sentry in two steps at a time, opened the envelope in his hand, and started reading by the dim oil candle lamp in the tent.
After reading it, he took a deep breath, suppressed his pounding heart, and handed the urgent report to Adol, the legion clerk at the side.
Adol is not as determined as Laurent, and his eyes almost popped out after just one glance.
“The Count of Sampoli rebelled?!”
“Four counts and three abbots responded?!”
"The Shengsun rebels pretended to be refugees and surrounded Zhishuiwu. Zhishuiwu was tricked into opening the city gate by the earl's order. It was already at night..."
"Has it been breached?!"
(This chapter End)